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TUK COLVMHIAN.
Hloomsburg. Pa.
VHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1899.
In Manila before the advent of
.he Americans there was one saloon.
There are now four hundred and
fifty. The advantages of American
civilization become somewhat pro
blematic with over four hundred
new saloons as the first fruit of our
occupation of the islands.
The total vote in Pennsylvania
Tuesday. Nov. 7, was 784,226, an
increase of 29,077 over the Beacom
Brownvotein 1897, the 'ear ln
which Dr. Swallow was a candidate
and polled 118,969 votes. It was,
however, 185,941 less than the vote
for Governor last year. Barnett,
for State Treasurer on the Republi
can ticket, ran about 28,200 votes
below Brown, candidate for Supreme
Court Judge. Barnett carried 40 of
the 67 counties in the State.
APPALLIBQ BALLOT CRIMES-
One of the methods by which el
ection frauds have been perpetrated
in some of the wards of Philadelphia
for years has been pretty fully ex
posed in the evidence taken before
Magistrate Eisenbrown on Friday
afternoon. To those who have had
some knowledge of these methods
the exposures present little that is
new, but they will be a revelation
to the people at large, who have
been regularly defrauded by the
system of election crimes that has
been perfected by local machine
bosses.
The statement made by one of
those arrested for the crime shows
that in the Thirteenth Division of
the Seventh Ward, where there has
not been an honest election for
years, men who were brought here
from Washington acted as election
officers; that before any citizen had
appeared at the polls to vote the bal
lot box was stuffed with 200 mark
ed ballots; that afterward fifteen
more marked ballots were stuffed in
the box; that of the 330 votes re
lumed from that division only 124
had been honestly cast, 215 being
fraudulent. The evidence also im
plicates an ex-member of the Legis
lature one who steadily voted for
Quay at the late session in the
crime of marking the ballots with
which the box was stuffed. This,
in brief, is the story of the crime
committed in one division of the
1000 voting divisions of the city.
The statement that it is possible
to return 80,000 fraudulent votes in
this city, and that it has been done,
so often repeated in these columns,
has been received incredulously in
different parts of the State by those
who were unable to comprehend the
elaborate plan to cheat the people
which is steadily maintained in
most of the down-town wards. If a
single election division can return
215 fraudulent votes it can be readi
ly seen how 80,000, or moie than
80.000 can be piled up without en
croaching upon any division where
there is a disposition to hold an
honest election. The twenty-seven
divisions of the Seventh Ward alone
on the basis of the operations in the
Thirteenth Division, could return a
fraudulent vote of 5000.
These cases now in the hands of
the law should be pushed to the ut
most, and all the facts brought to
light and the criminals, no matter
how low or high, properly punished.
According to the evidence, official
ballots were in possession of an ex
member of the Legislature on the
morning of election at his own resi
dence. This is made a misdemean
or by the law and punishment by
fine and imprisonment. How did
those ballots get into his possession?
The law makes it the duty of the
County Commissioners to deliver
the ballots to the election judge of
the division, and take his receipt
therefor. Were the ballots for the
Thirteenth Division of the Seventh
Ward delivered to the judge of elec
tion, and have the Commissioners a
proper receipt? This can be easily
traced, and it would doubtless throw
light on another feature of the
crime.
Before these exposures are ended
the honest people of the city and the
State will be able to understand
some of the methods by which
election frauds have been committed
in Philadelphia, and they will be
able also to get some comprehension
of the extent of those crimes, and
who are responsible for them. Per
haps the people will take steps to
protect themselves when they fully
understand these things. Philadel
phia Press.
REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND SEC
RETARY LOiNG.
In last Saturday's papers appear
ed a letter wriUen by John I).
Long, Secretary of the Navy, in
which he defends himself and the
administration against the charge
that they persecuted Rear Admiral
Schley. He asserts that Schley
disobeyed orders, and that he has
received much more consideration
than he was entitled to.
Col. A. K. McClure, editor of
the Philadelphia Times, a staunch
friend of Schley's, sent a dispatch
from Washington to his paper on
Monday, in which he answers
Long's letter in vigorous language.
He says that the letter was first
published in a Milwaukee German
paper just before the election for
the purpose of influencing the Ger
man vote in favor of the adminis
tration, and that this is a breach of
courtesy entirely unworthy of the
head of the Navy Department, as
the letter was written apparently
for the consideration of the Presi
dent in answering an inquiry of
Senator, McComas and others who
urged a more generous treatment of
Schley by the government. There
is nothing new in Secretary Long's
letter, livery assertion in it was
made in his letter to the Senate
when the nominations of Schley
and Sampson were pending before
that body, and when the President
j was compelled to nominate Schley
as the senior over Sampson, it was
unanimously confirmed by the Sen
ate. Col. McClure then proceeds as
follows :
POLITICAL BLINDNESS IN WASH
INGTON. There is no place in the land
where there seems to be such a per
sistent epidemic of political blind
ness as there is among the bureau
cratic circles in Washington. Sec
retary Long seems to be forgetful
of the fact that if one-half of his ac
cusations against Schley are justi
fied he is wholly without excuse for
not having dismissed him from his
command before the battle of San
tiago, and having been silent until
Schley won the great victory he
can now make no accusations
against Schley which have any force
beyond proving that the Secretary
lailtd in performing his duty and is
unfitted for his place. Any intelli
gent and dispassionate citizen read
ing Secretary Long's fulmination
against Schley can reach but one
conclusion, and that is that Schley's
chief offense is in having destroyed
the Spanish fleet in the absence of
the commander-in chief.
lie criticises Schley's failure to
blockade Santiago and disobeying
orders by starting for Key West to
replenish his coal. He insists that
Schley should have done the im
possible thing by coaling his fleet
at sea in a furious gale that lasted
during all the period that he was
struggling to comply with orders
which he was powerless at the time
to execute, but there is no com
plaint made of Sampson, who, with
a calm sea, sent the Massachusetts
away to coal ouly a few hours be
fore the battle was fought. When
it is remembered that the Massa
chusetts was the twin battleship of
the glorious Oregon, and that after
having sent one of his two strong
est war vessels away to coal when
the sea was calm, he took his own
vessel, one of the only two credited
with sufficient speed to race with
the Spanish cruisers, out of the fight
when he could have fulfilled his
mission more speedily in a steam
launch. The public know .these
facts, and Secretary Long is cer
tainly afflicted with the malady of
political blindness in its most ag
gravated form when he flaunts his
flimsy, and apparently malicious as
saults upon Schley.
A WEAK AND PITIABLE INVENTION.
A weaker and really pitiable in
vention of Secretary Long to prej
udice Schley, is his statement of the
dispute as to the alleged assertion
of Schley when he turned the
Brooklyn aport to avoid blanketing
his own vessels and to prevent the
destruction of his own. Some day
the truth will be known and when
known Secretary Long will blush
when reminded of the use he has
made of it. He took cognizance of
a dispute between two subalterns as
to this alleged statement of Schley,
and on the weak pretense of vindi
cating the character of the navy,
ordered them to report to Captain
Chadwick, of the New York, to set
tle the issue. He chose Schley's
most vindictive enemy as arbiter in
a case that was beneath his notice,
when h2 could have ordered them
to Captain Cook, in whose presence
the conversation occurred, and be
fore whom neither would have
dared to lie. Had Secretary Long
wanted to be honest in his treat
ment of Schley he would have sent
the disputing subalterns where there
could be no mistake in ascertaining
the facts, and had they gone to
Captain Cook the whole story would
have been exploded lorever. Of
thi'i fact it is hardly possible that
"It is an III Wind
That Blows Nobody Good. "
That small ache or pain or
weakness is the "ill wind f
that directs your attention to
the necessity of 'purifying
your blood by taking Hood's
Sarsa parilla. Then your
whole body receives good,
for the purified blood goes
tingling to every organ. It
is the great remedy for all
ages and both sexes.
Dyspepsia " ComptkAied wtih
truer And kidney trouble, I suffered for
yetrs from dyspepsia, ivtth sever ptdns.
Hood" s SrsprilU tntde me strong And
heArty." J. B. Emerton, Auburn, Me.
HUTi mmm I I Ifflr I
Hood't YlUt ear IItotIHi ; tb noil Irrlntlng n
7nlr 'cMlmrrtc to" tV with Hood Hrirllla
Secretary Long can be ignorant.
Of course. Secretary Long must
be responsible for having given out
his private letter to the President
for publication, and that means that
while the friends of Schlev and the
more discreet friends of Sampson '
nave oeen willing that tne issue
should perish, the Navy Depart
ment means that it shall be made
a fight to a finish. This is clearly
indicated by his undignified taunts
thrown out to Admiral Schley tode
mand a Court of Inquiry if he has
been wronged, knowing well that
Long would appoint the court and
that the despotic and vindictive
bereaucrats of the navy would write
the verdict before the court was or
ganized. He has by this renewal
of the dispute made a Congressional
investigation more than probable.
The popular branch of Congress
represents the people, and certainly
two-thirds of it would be honestly
against the vindictive policy of the
Navy Department in persecuting
Schley, while the other third might
reluctantly submit to orders from
the administration. If an investi
gation shall come, therefore, Secre-
j tary Long will learn in a brief
I period how much he has need to
learn to understand how his own
' j - 1 .
ueparunem is auminisierea.
THE COUNTRY SHOULD KNOW.
It is quite time that the country
should know just who have made
this issue and why it has been made,
and it would be most interesting
and instructive reading to the pub
lic to have brought befoie the light
of clay ihe log books of the vessels
engaged in the Santiago battle and
compare them with the malicious
falsehoods which have been given
in contradiction of them. Schley
has been discreetly silent under ail
these assaults.and doubtless will re
main so. He knows that obedience
is the first duty of a sailor, and be
yond that he knows only his duty
to defend his flag and to stand in
lustrous dignity over and above the
troop of naval wranglers who hate
him because he won the greatest
naval victory of the world.
The boys and the girls, as well
as the grown folks, will find lots of
interest and value in the Farm
Journal. Its fashion page alone is
well worth the cost of the paper,
to say nothing of the art cles on
domestic economy. Nearly one
fourth of the paper is devoted to
the interests of the household. We
have not seen a paper of its class
which makes itself so genuinely
useful to all. Get it now by pay
ing up a year ahead for the Colum
bian, and when we say get it now,
we don't mean for one year, but
for nearly four. We will send it
the balance of 1899 and all of 1900,
1901, 1902 and 1903. Just think
of it!
We have just received an exten
sive line of 1900 calendars for which
we will take orders and print at
reasonable prices. Call in and see
samples.
Common
The people want light, not darkness, Bargains,
Not Buncombe.
Good Goods at
TOWNSENDS.
Bargains in
Hen's Suits,
Cheviots,
Cassimeres,
Diagonals.
1
Hats, Shirts, Underwear, Always Correct,
AT MIDD'S STAR CLOTHE UfltSE
Chaplain System a Failure
John Howe Peyton Speaks at Lanidowne ol
Religion in the Army.
In a lecture delivered before St.
John's Club at Lansdowne John
Howe Peyton gave his views to the
situation in the Philippines. Mr.
Peyton was commissioned by a com
mittee of the House of Bishops of
t the Episcopal church to visit the
Philippines and study the condition
of the natives. He was in the Phil
ippines from May 25 to August 12.
He found the natives in the main
a moral people, neither licentious
nor intemperate, but addicted to
gambling and lying, He portrayed
vividly the good and evil conse
quences of Roman Catholic rule in
the Philippines. Of the United
States army he said :
'Facing the 7,000,000 and more
of natives in the Philippines now
stands the American army, the
strong, young American giants
strong of body, magnificently brave
and determined the best fic-htiug
material in the world. What about
their religion ? Made up of men of
all sorts and conditions, from every
class of our society, and from every
one of our innumerable religious
sects and irreligious societies Ro
man Catholics, Anglicans, Protes
tants of scores of different nid con
flicting types of beliefs. Unitarians,
Universalists, Mormons, agnostics,
atheists, all sturdy young fellows,
in the glow of youthful passions, the
great mass without any deep relig
ious convictions and without any
definite religious instruction, and
now severed fcjn all restraining and
refining influences of home, church
and society, held under severe mili
tary discipline a small part of the
time and for the rest of each day
without employment or entertain
ment, and exposed to temptations
such as they never dreamed of be
fore the condition may better be
imagined than described.
In an army of between 40,000 and
50,000 soldiers there are only seven
or eight chaplins.
"Do I blame the Government for
the exceedingly bad moral and re
ligious conditions ? Most emphati
cally I do not. I believe that it is
impossible for a republican Govern
ment or a people so divided on re
ligious questions to handle this
phase of the situation. My delib
erate judgment Is that the chap
laincy must always be a failure, and
that it were better for the Govern
ment to dispense with this branch of
the service and leave the matter to
the Church of God, where it proper
ly belongs."
Queen Quality
For Women
$3.00.
Style, Fit, Wear.
None Better.
W. C. McKINNEY,
No. 8 East Main St.
Sense vs. Absurd
SETO'S
Low Prices. Fair
TOWNSEND'S.
Bargains in
Overcoats,
Kerseys,
Beavers,
Chinchillas.
F. P. PURSEL.
They Ring True.W
We planned for some very exceptional value giving during
the next few days. Bargains ? Yes. bargains, and bargains that
you'll appreciate, too. By the way. that word " bargain " is of
ten misused, and oftencr, badly abused. It has been made to
stand for many a humbug, many a sham not here, though. It
possesses a sense and dignity when used in our store news col
umns. Here it will always be given its broadest, most liberal
meaning. Hence, when we say these bargains " Ring True,"
you can depend upon the statement.
Comnnc IirLrf
a uiaasik7 tJU.V'ixV'i,
Offerings.
We have taken ( small lots
of ladies' and misses' jackets.
It was all they had of them, so
we bought them away down.
Black Kersey Jacket, all wool,
trimmed throughout with silk,
trimmed with cloth and stitch
ing, and the lapels trimmed
wite silk, would be cheap at
$12 00. Our price, $7 50.
A lot of misses jackets we
sold at $5 00 reduced to $4 00.
flore About
Dress Goods.
Yes, and again more, if we
had space to print it. We can
not too strongly emphasize this
fall and winter dress goods
equipment.
The storm serges, in all col
ors, 42 ins. wide, sponged ready
to cut into, at 50c.
Cheviots. 50 ins. wide, in all
colors, at 80c.
Camelshair goods,56 ins. wide,
at $1 00.
Blue Calico.
A lot of the best blue calico
we can buy, at 5c per yard.
Thanksgiving
Table Damasks.
Lots of lookahead housekeep
ers will be glad of this chance
to buy a table cloth or two from
F. P.
UNUSUAL
In black serges, whip cords, brilli
antines, &c, just received.
Have you seen the stylish Ladies' and Gent's
Fine Shoes at $2.50, worth $3.00 ?
We have to offer you great bargains in Ladies' and Misses'
Coats, Tailor-Made Suits, Collarettes. Golf Capes, Plush Capes,
&c.
We have many new bargains to offer vou since our visit to
the city last week. It will always pay you to give us a call.
Fresh Groceries received almost daily.
ri,:any:TTMLi'jiira.rii i jmf
Corner Main and Centre.
Assertions
Dealing to All.
TOWNSEND'S.
Boys' Suits,
Worsteds,
Diagonals
and
Serges.
I these lots. It is a clean case of
money saving:
The kind we can sell
you at
25c.
The kind we can sell vou at
75C
Washing
Machines.
A lot of washing machines.
We will sell them to you with
the understanding if they don't
give satisfaction we will take
them back. Price, $2 98.
The Victor machine you all
know what it is price. $4 75
for a short time. . Regular
price, $8 00.
Groceries.
We don't claim our groceries
are cheaper than any other's,
but we do think that there is
not another store in town has
as good or fresh and clean a lot
as we can give you. If you
want the best pears you ever
ate, try our 2 cans tor 25c.
Hamburg
string
beans are
yellow in color and as nice as
new beans. 2 cans for 25c. To
matoes, 3 cans for 25c. These
are the Sunbeam goods you
well know the brand. Corn, we
can give you at all prices. The
best corn is 2 cans for 25c. New
dried fruits of all kinds. Prunes,
raisins, currants, citron, orange
and lemon peal, to make good
mince meat, or we can sell you
good mince meat, ready to make
your pies.
Pmrsel
TAMES!
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
ALFRED McIIENRY, Manager