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1). J. TAHKKK, Local Kditor.
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BlooniHbiii'K. Pa
THURSDAY, JANUARY iS, 1900.
Democratic Candidates.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(North Side)
GEORGE W. STERNER,
of Hemlock Twp.
That the people of the United
States appreciate and reward the
bravery of American heroes is
amply evidenced in tne expansion
of the Lawton fund, which has
reached the $90,000 mark with
prospects of a further increase.
This manifestation of gratefullness
on the part of the people is indeed
gratifying.
The recent opinion of Judge Mc
Pherson, which is to the effect that
clubs which contain side-boards
bars or cafes are liable to pay the
government tax of twenty-five
dollars a year will no doubt create
consternation in the various socia
organizations of this kind through
out the state. If this opinion stands,
the money to be recovered bv tin
government will aggregate a large
amount.
We observe that the Commis
sioner, at Washington, has decided
that ordinary judgment notes wil
hereafter be taxed fiftv cents each,
and will be considered the same
as bonds. If the note contains a
power of attorney clause, it must.
of necessity, bear the added stamp,
worth twenty-five cents. Hereto
fore internal revenue collectors and
business men have been look
iug at judgment notes as an ordi
nary promissory note, carrying as
tax a stamp worth two cents for ev
ery $100 of its face value.
In the proposition to introduce 1
bill in Congress requiring West
Point cadets to take oath on enter
ing that they will abstain ironi haz
ing lies a potent suggestion to col
lege and university authorities
throughout the country. If every
college and educational institution
exacted as one of its prerequisites
to matriculation a written pledge
on the honor of the student to re
frain from hazing, or similar dan
gerous and foolish horse-play, there
would be no occasion for the more
or less frequent and pertinent news
paper denunciations of the offense.
Senator Cochran has just re
turned from Florida, where he
transacted business. While there
the Senator put in several days
quail shooting. On one of these
occasions he was on one knee bend
ing over the fire alone, with a cup
on the end of a stick, cooking his
coffee. Another hunter, a stran
ger, unknown to the Senator,
snapped him in that position with a
kodak. The two then journeved
back to Jacksonville together and
the snap-shot proved to be a good
one. The Senator speaks highly
of the Florida shooting and says he
got up some coveys with forty
birds in them. wtlhamsport Sun.
Mr. Bryan Explains
W. J. Bryan, on being asked
about his views on expansion, ex
pressed himself as follows :
"I have for one year been discus
sing imperialism, aud I have tried
to distinguish between such an ex
tension ot the Nation's limit as
would not change the character of
the government aud an expansion
which converts a homogeneous
republic into a heterogeneous em
pire. When the annexation of any
given territory is under considera
tion the question is first whether
the people want to come in, aud
second wnetner tne people are
capable of sharing . in the govern
ment and destiny of this nation. I
believe that all people are capable
ot governing themselves ; that the
Filipinos should be allowed to
govern themselves ; but I don t
think that they are sufficiently ad
vanced to share with us the govern
ment of the Nation. If the Philip
pine Islands are annexed the people
there must either become citizens or
subjects. I am not willing to admit
them as citizens, and do not believe
that a republic can have subjects ;
therefore, I want this country to
give- them independence and then
protect them from outside interfer
ence. Each proposed annexation
must be considered upon its own
merit, but I consider in these merits
the condition of all the people should
position or commercial advantage."
"THE CHIEF OBJECTION WILL BE
THE MAN."
Kditor Columbian :
The above title heads a leading
editorial in the Philadelphia Record
of January 13.
Observes the Record, " Few well
informed persons will agree with
Mr. Bryan that free coinage and
' Anti-Iniprrialism ' are likely to
enlist popular enthusiasm in the
next campaign, and it is also doubt
ful whether the proposed crusade
against the trusts would be a vote
winner if it should assume the ap
pearance of a war on capital and
on the industrial prosperity of the
country. Nobody, except a few
interested individuals, favors trusts;
but the remedy lies in tariff revis
ion. and a stricter enforcement of
common law safeguards. Should
the Democratic party nominate Mr.
Bryan for the Presidency this year,
it would make 110 great difference
what issues might be emphasized as
the keynotes of the campaign. The
vital objection would be the man.
The country knows just what he
represents, and thinking people dis
trust him."
Thus the Record's treacherous
twaddle goes on, as though the
Democratic party owed its existence
and successful perpetuity' and lead
ership to such hypocritical sheets,
like the Philadelphia Record, Times
and New York World. This is no
tice to the Democratic party not to
nominate Bryan, upon pain of an
other flunk of Gold Democrats, in
1900, like that of 1S96. Tariff re
vision was tried under Cleveland,
and re-tried under McKinley, and
the two revisions look so much like
twins that there is 110 distinction of
color, neither being black nor
white. Both were failures as reve
nue producers, but both were amply
sufficient for monopolization of cap
ital into syndicates and trusts. So
far as the essential difference be
tween Gold Democrats and Gold
Republicans are concerned, or so
far as the gold standard affects the
country, the monev power feels
just as safe in the hands of the one
as of the other, and y 1119;pc far
just as badly under the administra-
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uon 01 me one as ot the other.
Clevelandism, McKinleyism and
John Bullism go hand in hand,
heart in heart, and are a triumvi
rrte hailed and worshipped by all
the money kings of the earth ;
while the common people are seek
ing to extricate themselves from
their grasp and power.
Of course, " thinking people dis
trust Bryan." But " the thinking
people" in question are the money
sharks of the world. Yes, " you
bet." they distrust him. History
informs us that they also distrusted
Jackson. Bui do the plain people
distrust Bryan ? Did they distrust
Jackson ? Of course, Jackson was
downed the first round, but he and
the people got on top at last. Here,
the money power, like King George
III,"might profit by the example."
Xo matter what principles may
be enunciated in the Democratic
platform, with Bryan as a Presi
dential candidate, or what " issues
may be emphasized as keynotes of
the campaign," observes the Record,
will be "vote winners." No,
Mark Hanna's corruption fund will
be relied upon as vote winners, ir
respective ot principles enumerated
in platforms as winners. The
banks and the money power rely
upon the almighty dollar for vole
winners. It is no longer a ques
tion of principles in a rprUmfnn
of rights, but it is a question of the
power 01 money among the cor
ruptible and purchasable element
in the government to such an ex
tent that monev shall rnntrni nil thA
affairs of government, and thereby
suence tne wui ot the people. We
have no confidence, neither do we
take stock in the political treachery
Ot the Record, limes nnH 11nrlA
creatures, which obey the behests
of king gold, and prey upon the
rights of the people. There is just
as milch true IVmnrraru in tVi
- . ta
teachings of the Philadelphia In
quirer, j-ress, ana tne rxew Yorlc
Tribune and Sun. as in tho ohmm
professed Democratic (hypocritical)
1 . if &
The reason why 1900 is not a leap
year, although it is divisible by four, is
that according to the Gregorian sys
tem on which our calendar is based,
the closing year of a century is never
a leap year unless it is exactly divisi
ble by 400. The next leap year will
be in 1904, the last having been in
lioo. Ever since 1600 the leap years
at the end of a century have been
separated by a gap of eight years, but
the year 2000 will interrupt the series.
The department of public instruc
tion at Harrisburg is receiving returns
from the various school districts of
the state for the determination of the
amount of the appropriation for each
district Under the act of 1875 the
appropriation is made upon the basis
of one-third the number of children
between the ages of six and sixteen,
one third the number ot teachers em
ployed and one-third the number of
taxables.
Actions of the Just
Smell 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 Sarsapcrilla purifies,
vitalizes and enriches the
blood, gives a good appetite
and makes the weak strong.
Run Down "ATy husband was tun
down in hcAlth And aII Urtd out. Those
excellent medicines, Hood's Pills AndStrsA
prilU, buiti him up AgAfn." Mrs. H. L.
Movrv, TooAnda. Pa.
tflOodS SaUafjalith
HikxI'i Hlllt rur lirtr llliMlie nnn-lrrltiitliiK nd
only citlii'rtlc'to Uk wltlPlloocVtariiirHli"
'How Can a Safe and Elastio Currency
Be Secured?"
In a letter to the New York
Tribune, Mr. Theodore Gilmore
endeavors to answer the question :
"How Can a Safe and Klastic Cur
rency be Secured ?" in the lollow
ing manner.
Incorporate our clearing houses
under a Federal law, and give to
one in each State the power to issue
circulating notes to their bank mem
bers to the par of their capital, on
pledge of banking assets at 75 per
cent, of their appraised value, the
notes to be receivable by all banks
for all dues to them. This method
would provide a safe and elastic
bank note currency, based on gold
values, with a margin of 33 1-3 per
cent., which would circulate at par
over the Wiiole country. It would
expand when occasion demands and
contract when the tcrvice required
has been rendered. Such a system
would follow closely the practice ot
the N ev York Clearing House in
the issue of clearing house certifi
cates, which are a currency between
banks.
Such a currency would expand
when needed, and the loan com
mittee, acting under the stimulus of
a contingent liability, would enforce
contraction when the currency had
done its work. Professor Joseph
French Johnson, of the University
of Pennsylvania, a recognized au
thority 011 finance, has said that
"such a system would tend to ren
der impossible such panics as the
business of the country passed
through in 1873 and 1893."
It would be a dismal prospect for
our country if there is to be no relief
from the perpetually recurring
panics which have become almost
the yearly experience of our com
mercial life. We have, lying ueg
lecied close at baud, a means for se
curing monetary stability which
has been proved in many panics to
be safe and efficient. Are our busi
ness men so wedded to antiquated
ideas that one or two more panics
are needed, as some think, to con
vert them to modern methods ?
UOiN'3 MEW E0CK.
Willis J. Abbot, Chief of the Demo
cratic National Committee s Lit
erary Bureau, Reviews "Coin on
Money, Trusts and Imperialism."
About four years ago a little book
issued modestly without any great
heralding or any of the putfery
through the literary press which is en
joyed by writers of romantic fiction
or doubtful verse, so seized upon the
minds of the American people that it
became perhaps the most widely
known book of the decade anJ un
questionably the one which more than
all others influenced men in their po
litical action. "Coin's Financial
School " was the outgrowth of a series
of articles written by Mr. W. H. Har
vey for his little paper Coin, and was
pushed by the Chicago Inter Ocean
at the time when that paper had not
discovered that in order to be Repub
lican it must necessarily also be the
servitor of the bankers. It is hardly
necessary now to recount the tre
mendous success of the book, or to
estimate the share it had in awaken
ing the people of the United States to
a just comprehension of the import
ance of the money question in poli
tics. After four years, during which per
iod he has at all limes been laboring
with voice and pen and organizing
ability to fulfill the mission of '96, Mr.
Harvey comes before the people on
the eve of the new presidential cam
paign with a new book in the famil
iar style of his former one, but treat
ing of the later though not more
important issues which have sprung
up since the time that Mr. Bryan was
defrauded of his election. "Coin 011
Monev, Trusts and Imperialism"
treats of at least one issue imperial
ism which had not raised its threat
ening head in '96. puring that
struggle, too.the trusts, though already
offering a certain menace to the
well-being of the people, had not de-
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Mid-Winter Sale of Clothing !
PREVIOUS TO STOCK TAKING.
During this month we will offer
BIG UmU il WllTil CLOTHING !
Must be sold to make room for spring goods.
coses mmmj to babgaiss
AT TWNSENIJ'S
TAR CLOTHING
veloped into such startling proportions
as they now present. To these issues
Coin, in his new series of lectures,
devotes much of his attention, but
the old issue the issue that will arise
perennially until out of (he hands ot a
favortd class shall betaken the price
less privilege of issuing and controling
the money of the people engages his
attention in the opening chapters of
this book. I do not think that Mr.
Harvey his ever done anything so
well as his dissection of the privileges
enjoyed and the further ones demand
ed by the national bankers. In a
clear and simple style, using as here
tofore the dialogue form, he discusses
the demand ot the banking class that
it shall be permitted to control the
money of the people and shows con
clusively by figures, the authenticity
of which cannot b; disputed, how
enormous are the profits they now de
rive and hope to continue to draw
from monopoly. The profit of the
dealer in money is the "unearned
increment" no less certainly than is
the profit of the speculator in land
who has contributed nothing to the
productive forces of the nation. Mr.
Harvey demonstrates this, though he
does not use this particular compar
ison, and I believe that his logic will
prove as irrefutable as his language
is simple and direct.
To the qnestions of trusts and im
perialism, questions which cannot fail
to be bitterly debated during the cam
paign, th? author has brought a wealth
of statistical material, re-enforced by
a clear and logical comprehension of
the problems they involve, and 1 think
the strergth and value of his discus
sion of these problems is derived
largely from the fact that he ap
proaches them not altogether from
the standpoint of the cold and in
sensate political economist, but rather
Irom that of the man who puts into
his political beliefs and into his writ
ings that touch of heart, of human
sympathy, which made much of the
difference between Herbert Spencer
and Henry George. I do not believe
that a great book on economics or on
any living and vital social problem
can be written from the dry-as-dust
point of view Adam Smith and Mill
and J. Laurence Laughlin may be
necessary for the progress of science,
though in the case of the latter I some
what doubt it, but it i: not their type
of writin which accomplished great
things which stirs the people, and
which will be remembered outside of
academic halls or musty libraries.
In my opinion this new book of Mr.
Harvey's notably better than "Coin's
Financial School" by its thoroughly
human treatment of the questions of
the campaign, deserves and will attain
a popularity and a circulation quite
commensurate with his earlier one.
It is, like that one, cleverly illustrated
by drawings which enforce the teach
ings of the text, and is given a certain
up-to-date and .living interest by the
employment of the names of well
known men in the course of the dis
cussion which it recounts. It is a book
that will be read by the millions and
will be a most potent weapon m the
hands of the people for their defense
against privileged classes.
WILLIS J. ABBOT,
Chief of Literary Bureau, Democratic
National Committee.
Centre countv industrial compa
nies, though in the heart of a soft
coal district, fear that their operations
may be crippled by a fuel famine.
WANTED. -SEVERAL BRIGHT AND
HONEST persons to represent u as mana
ger! in this and close by counties. Salary
ijtqoo 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 omce work coqcmcieq at
home. Reference. Enclose self-addressed
tamped envelope. Tin Dominion Com
panv, Dept. 3, Chicafio. 9-38-i6t
CLOTHING
F. P. PURSEL.
The Promptings
Of Prudence.
Prudence should prompt you to read our store news, espec
ially at this season. If there's virtue in economy, then our ad
vertising columns plainly point the way by which "that virtue can
be put into immediate practice. Let us again explain that our
policy is opposed to carrying over any sort of merchandise from
one season to another.
Only one way to make this policy active, and that is by
active price reductions. These reductions stand out on these of
ferings so that there is no mistaking them.
Garment
Offerings.
Money in the till is better
than jackets on the racks.
We'll get less money for them
than we're justly entitled to,
but that doesn't matter, so long
as you save the difference.
$12 00 and $10 00 jackets re
duced to $7.49.
$8 50 and $7 50 jackets re
duced to $5 49.
$5 00 jackets reduced to $3 79.
A few heavy suits that were
$1600, reduced to $1000, the
$20 00 quality reduced to $12 50.
These suits will not be fitted at
these prices.
You will find big reductions
among our capes.
Knitted
Underwear.
To summer it means camphor
and cases, testing and lugging
dead stock and dead money for
six months. Isn't it clear to
you why we're offering 10 per
cent, discount on all our under
wear for the next two weeks?
F. P.
HAPPY
NEW
Thankinc vou for heloinp'
, . " ' A ?
auu iiiusi jiuajjviuua )tais tu IUC UlSlOry Ol miS Store.
We start the New Year to make you happy, by invinir vou
from this day ' 3
Cut Prices on all Coats, Capes, Col
larettes, Tailor-Made Suits, &c.
Give us a call before the bargains are all. It will pay you to
get what you need in this line now, as you will pay much more
for goods of this kind one year from now.
Dloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager
HOUSE
HOUSE
Furniture.
The factories have made big
a dvances on all kinds of furni
ture, but what we have in stock
we will sell at the old price dur
ing January.
Dress Goods.
We have gone through our
dress goods and picked out all
odd pieces and put them in lots.
We have not counted cost on
them, but put a price on them
to close them out.
One lot at 25c, another lot at
36c, another at 44c. You can
find big values in any of these
lots.
riuslin Underwear
We sold many last week, but
we have mors to sell. You will
save money if you buy during
this sale.
Domestics.
We are selling best blue
prints at 5c; apron ginghams at
5c; 10 yds of good unbleached
muslin at 50c; 10 yds of bleached
muslin at 69c.
Pursel
YEAR!
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