4 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. FA. .olumbran. KSTABLI8HEU I860. &ttc Columbia gmonat, KSTABiilHtlRT) 1S37. OONMOI.IDATRT) 18M. P0BLI8UK.) "KKY TIIUKHDAY MOKNINO rtloomsburg, the County goat of Columbia loiintr, Pennsylvania. GBO. R. KI.WELL Kiiitor. D. J. TAMKKK. I.OOl. EDITOH. uko. ('. Ho A N f Form an Tin: tnsldo tbejmir.tr 1.00a ycartn ai nci $i.M It not paid lu advance Outside 6n oounty, It.iJS a year, utrlntly In artvanot.. All tsoinmunlcatlons should be add issued to T11K COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa. YHURSDAY, DKCEMBEK J, 1899. The new mercantile law which goes into effect on January 1st, 1900 rill materially change the inercan :ile list. Under the old law any business under $1,000 per year was not compelled to pay a license. Under the new law no business, however small, is exempt. This will be a hardship on the many small store keepers of the state. The Everlasting Shame of the Eepubhcan Party- There probably never has been a time in the history of our State when the people have been so aroused over the debauchery practiced in the nominating conventions and at the polls. At the late election the abus es were so pronounced in various parts of the State as to bring forth denunciations from even the parti san press, and in Philadelphia such abuses culminated in the arrest of important manipulators of voters and most unprincipled ballot-box stuffers, effected, it is true, by the sturdy newspapers of the city. Here were men caught red-handed in the crime of prostituting the people's rights, without the possi bility of a chance of denial, and tes timony is piling up day by day go ing to show the wide extent to which these frauds were being en gineered and in many cases carried through. To the everlasting shame of the Republican party in that city, the culprits have been proved to be the agents of the Republican organiza tion there, and the evidence so far adduced shows that these ballot box stuffers were under pay to ply their nefarious calling. Pottsville Miners' Journal ', Rep. JUDGE SAVIDGE'S OPINION. Hi Honor Defines the Act Regulating Hawk ing and Peddling. The following is the opinion handed down by Judge Savidge in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Hanco and Keith for hawking and peddling in Northumberland Co. : " It seems to me that Common wealth vs. Kichenburg, 140, P. 259, rules the principal question in the controversy and puts an end to the prosecution. The Act of Assembly on which the case was based is identical with our act of 185 1. The alleged infraction was the same. In that case, as in this, the mer chant having a fixed place of busi ness, solicited, took orders, and de livered the goods afterwards. ' The defendant was not a peddler within the meaning of the Act of 1869,' says the Supreme Court. ' On the contrary he kept a store in the city of Allentown and merely solicited orders through the county of Le high for his goods. When such orders were given he subsequently delivered the goods. We do not understand the Act of 1869 to in terfere with a merchant, having a fixed place of business, soliciting orders from persons, either in the town where his store is located, or elsewhere.' " What was done in thst case is precisely what happened in this, and they are alike in every essen tial feature, with the sole exception that in this case the place of busi ness is without instead of within the state. "The undisputed facts are (hat the Citizens' Supply Company lept a store in the city of ColumUtwv Ohio, and merely solicited orders in the borough of Sunbury lor goods. When such orders were given the company subsequently delivered the goods. " In the Allentown case the goods previously ordered were ta ken from the store by wagon direct to the purchasers, but it could have made no difference had they been shipped by rail to Catasaqua and there loaded on a wagon for deliv ery. " The law being settled, as we have seen, that a resident merchant may solicit orders in the town and county where his store is located or elsewhere, we are bound to permit non-residents, with fixed places of business without the state, to pur sue the same course, otherwise we convert a police regulation into a trade regulation, and do violence to borough of Sayre vs. Phillips, 148 Pa. 482, and a long line of like cases. ' "The motion is sustained and a new trial is granted. "C. R. SAVIDGE, P. J." QUAY SHOULD NOT BE SEATED, SAY THE DEMOCRATS Minority Parly Organization In the Slalo Sends Memorial to Democratic Senator. The memorial of the Democratic organization of Pennsylvania, sigu ed by the members of the State ex ecutive committee of the party, re questing the Democratic United States Senators to oppose the ad mission to the Senate of Colonel M. S. Quay, under the appointment made by Governor Stone, has been forwarded to Senator J. K. Jones, of Arkansas, who is chairman of the Democratic national committee. LEGAL GROUNDS URGED. The text of the document is as follows: To the Democratic members of the United States Senate. Gentlemen : The Democratic committee of Pennsylvania in meet ing duly assembled respectfully sub mits the following reasons for your consideration against the seating of Mathcw S. Quay as an appointed Senator from Pennsylvania. A vacancy arose on March 4, 1899, in the office of United States Senator from Pennsylvania by the expiration of the term of MathewS. Quay, The Democratic members of the Senate and House of Represent atives of Pennsylvania unanimously, in connection with almost one third of thi Republican Represent atives in the General Assembly, and representing more than a majority of the membership thereof, continu ously for seventy nine days and until adjournment voted against the re-election of the said Mathew S. Quay as United States Senator. He tailed of an election as Senator by the Legislature of our State. Where upon William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania, undertook to ap point him Senator notwithstanding the provisions of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, article 2, section 4, which reads as follows: "In case of a vacancy in the of fice of United States Senator from this Commonwealth in a recess the Governor shall convene the two houses by proclamation on notice not exceeding sixty days to fill the same." And the Constitution of the Unit ed States, which thus provides, article 1, section y. "And if vacancies happen by re signation or otherwise during the recess of the Legislature of any State the Executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislat ure." And this.notwithstanding this va cancy iu the representation of Penn sylvania in the United States Senate happened during the session of the Legislature of this State, to wit: March 4, 1899, an( tnat tue Legis lature adjourned April 20, 1899, more than six weeks after this va cancy occurred. It is plain under the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the Governor is required to convene the Legislature to fill a vacancy within sixty days. This authority to convene the Leg islature to fill a vacancy cannot be lawfully construed that because the Legislature failed to elect that there fore the Governor is vested with the power of appointment; because, first: The Constitution of the Unit ed States only authorizes the Gov ernor to maice such appointment during the recess of the Legislature. Second, because the Constitution of Pennsylvania provides what the Executive shall do, to wit: Convene the Legislature. We, therefore, submit as a reas onable and legal proposition that when the Constitution of Pennsyl vania expressly provides how the vacancy shall be filled no other method can be lawfully substituted. The people of Pennsylvania, in their fundamental law, have said that the Legislature shall fill the vacancy in the office of Senator and not the Governor. We respectfully appeal to you to oppose the seating of Mathew S. Quay, not only for the legal and constitutional reasons herein briefly set forth, but also because he is the head and front of a "poHtical ma chine," which has continuously through the office-holders elected by it violated the Constitution of our State in refusing to make a Senatorial and Representative ap pointment of our State; that he has degraded our public life and de bauched our elections, and passed election laws that are but means of practicing fraudulent voting and counting and has denied the con stitutional rights of the people of the State to vote for the adoption of amendments to the Constitution necessary to secure the purity of our elections. We, therefare, protest against the appointment of Mathew S. Quay as Senator from Pennsylvania, and re quest that you oppose the seating of the said Mathew S. Quay, and that you adhere to the precedents and consiruction of the Constitution of the United States since the forma- 44 Actions of the Just Smelt Sweet' The fragrance of life is vigor and strength, neither of which can be found In a per son whose blood is impure, and whose every breath speaks of internal troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies, vitalizes and enriches the blood, gives a good appetite and makes the weak strong. Run Down "My husbtnd ws run down in health and ttt tired out. Those excellent medicines, Hood" s Pills ndSrsA ptrilU, built him up tgtin." Mrs. H. L. Mcnvry, Totvtnd, Pa. Hood's I'll li cur Mvar Ilia; tlx nnii-lrrlintliiR nd only ctbrtlc to take iHtli"lli'ol'. Niiiarin. tion of the Union of .States. All of which is respectfully sub mitted. John S. Ruling, " Chairman. J. W. MOVER, Secretary. W. J. Brknnen, J. L. Spanglf.r, John M Garman, Charles P. Donnelley, George Frank Hrown, W. M. Henderson, Herman Berg, Jr., James T. Mulhearn, Charles J. Reilley. Executive Committee. A memorial signed by nearly every Democratic member of the State legislature has also been sent to the Democratic Senators. The names of Hons. William Chrisman, and W. T. Creasy are among the signers. This document protests against the seating of Quay. Resolutions Adapted by Institute- the Teacher's The following resolutions were adopted at the close of the Teacher's Institute last week Whereas, the teachers of Columbia County, in institute assembled, have enjoyed a profitable and pleasant so journ in Bloomsburg. be it therefore Resolved : That we do hereby ex tend our thanks to Supt. John K. Miller for his earnest ' and successful efforts in securing: most excellent tal ent as instructors and entertainers, thus affording to the teachers of this county a varied, exalting, and highly educational program. Resolved'. That in view of the finan cial benefit arising theretrom to this institute, we heartily commend the course of Supt. Miller in holding the sessions in the Normal Auditorium, and that we further thank the principal and the trustees of the Bloomsburg State Normal School for their kindness courtesy and co-operation in making the convention a success. Resolved: That our thanks are hereby extended to the good people of Bloomsburg fcr their hospitality; to the officers of the Institute for the efficient discharge of their duty; and to all who by word or deed have con tributed to make this session a suc cess. Resolved: That we most kindly and respectfully request our members of the Pennsylvania Legislature to secure free such volumes as are in tended for gratuitous distribution and to place a goodly number of them in the hands of Supt. Miller for use in the public schools of this county. Resolved: That we do most heart ily recommend the establishment of school libraries in the various districts ot Columbia county as provided for by act of Legislature. Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Blooms, burg Daily, The Columbian, and the Republican. C. H. Winder, Anna Follmer, Martha E. Robison, Marth T. Brugler, Chas. W. Derr. Good Underwear 50c. the Suit. Good Winter Caps 25c. j line Holiday Groceries. L. T. Sharpless Co. lias a fine line of seasonable goods. Their stock embraces, cranberries, oranges, lemons grapes, dried fruits, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned meats, cheese of various kinds, fancy cakes and crackers, fine syrups, nuts, sweet potatoes, olives, pickles, ham, bacon, flour, fine teas and coffees, and a thousand other good things to eat, and for household use. Prices right. Goods delivered. 317 CAGTOniA. Boars th. ) Ito Kind You Have Always Bouglit Signature Sj? , VVA of Married- Groh Kirkendall: On Novem ber 30th at the M. E. parsonage at Espy, Pa., by Rev. H. D. Flanagan. Walter R. Groh to Lulu Kirkendall. WANTED--SEVERAL BRIGHT AND HONEST persons to represent us as mana gers in this and close by counties. Salary $900 a year and expenses. Straight, bona fide, no more, no less salary. Position per manent. Our references, any bank, in any '.own. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Com pany, Dept. 3, Chicago. 9-28-l6t NATIONAL BANK Of Bloomsburg, Pa. BEPOEI AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 2, 1899. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.. $196,876.84 United States bonds . . 50,000.00 Columbia County and Bloomsburg bonds. . 64,400.00 Other bonds and secur- hi,e? ' li 158,539.39 Banking House 31,830.30 Due from Banks (not r(;serv5) ",37403 Cash and reserve 65,322.49 $579,343-05 LIABILITIES. Capital and surplus .. $162,500.00 Undivided profits 8,191.30 Nat'l Bank circulation Due Banks Deposits 45,000.00 5.942-39 357.709.36 $579,343-05 E. V. M. Low. Pres. J. M. Staver, Vice Pres. E. B. Tustin, Cashier. Queen Quality SHOES ForsWornen -$3.00 Style, Fit, Wear. None Better. W. C. McKINNEY, No. 8 East Main St. HOLIDAY BARGAINS. YOU BUY CAN FOR .00 A Good Suit --T TOWNSEN Star Clothing House. F. P. PURS EL. They R ing True. 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 oftcner, 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. ' Famous Jacket Offerings. We have taken (3) 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 $s 00 reduced to $4 00. riore 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,s6 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. Pursel PKPSUAL TAtBir 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 ? n Wh-ave V? ?er, you ffreat bargains in Ladies' and Misses' Coats, lailor-Made Suits, Collarettes. Golf Capes,. Plush Capes, 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. I'resh Groceries received almost daily. Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited. CorneriMain and Centre. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager Sweet, Orr's Trousers, $1.00. Latest in Hats, $1.00. $1.00. s 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 for 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, readv to make your pies. Good Overcoat, lllllHllllimHIMIHil
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