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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1900.
Democratic Candidates.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(North Side)
GEORGE W. STERNER,
of Hemlock Twp.
The Barnum & Bailey show suf
fered a loss of $125,000 by tire, 111
its wiuter quarters, at Bridgeport,
Conn., last week.
Rev. Dr. T. B. Angell died in
Wilmington, Del., last week, where
he had recently accepted a call to
an Episcopal Church. He was a
rector of St. Paul's Church, Har-
risburc. for some years, and assist
ant secretary of the Diocese of
Central Pennsylvania.
The man who seeks political of
fice. and then betrays the friends
who put him there, makes a mis
take. He makes enemies out of
his friends, but does not make
friends out of the enemies into
whose hands he betrays his friends,
because they have no confidence in
a traitor, and will throw him over
board as soon as they have made
him serve their turn. There is a
Democratic poor director in Blooms-
burz who should make a note of
this.
Mandamus To Test School Fund Veto-
The question of whether the Gov
ernor has the right to veto a part
of the school appropriation and cut
it down from $1 1,000,000' to $10,-
000,000 will be tested in the courts,
and the prime mover in the affair
will be ex-Representative C. Tyson
Kratz, of Montgomery County
A Staggering Blow For Polygamy.
Polygamy in Utah and adjoining.
States received what will probably
prove to be a mortal blow wnen tne
committee of the House of Repre
sentatives voted unanimously
agaiusi permitting Brigham II.
Roberts to hod a seat in Congress.
There is a division in the committee
as to whether Mr. Roberts shall be
denied admission ton seat absolute
ly or whether he shall be admitted
and then expelled. But there is no
conflict as to the claim that he is a
law-breaker and that a law-breaker
has 110 right to a seat in a law-mak-ing
body. There is no doubt that
the report of the committee will be
adopted by the House of Representa
tives and that Mr. Roberts will be
sent back to Utah in disgrace.
1 he decision of this case is a
decided gain to morality and decen
cy. It is the most staggering blow
polygamy has received. It will be
the most conclusfve proof the Mor
mon Church can have that this
nation will not tolerate the practice
of plural marriages. When the
polygamists of Utah decided to
flaunt their defiance of law and
public opinion in the face of, the
nation they picked out their shrewd
est member to represent them.
There is no doubt that Brigham H.
Roberts is as able an exponent of
the doctrine of polygamy as the
Mormon Church contains. He has
demonstrated his shrewdness and
capacity to explain Mormon ter
giversations on a good manv occas
ions. He believed that his capacity
was equal to one more tax, that of
persuading the national House of
Representatives that a man and a
State can violate a law and a pledge
and still be held guiltless by t.ie
nation.
But lie failed. And his failure is
the mot distinct victory for the
force and influence of public opinion
this country has witnessed in a gen
eration. Mr. Roberts comes from
a State among the majority of whose
population no public opinion exists.
1 hey are accustomed to accept the
word of their Church as final and
not bother themselves about nice
distinctions in law or morals. Mr.
Roberts' mistake was in supposing
that the same conditions exist all
over the country
"Strike For Your Altars
and Your Fires,"
Patriotism Is always com
mendable, but in every breast
there should be not only the
desire to be a good citizen,
but to be strong, able bodied
and welt fitted for the battle
of life. To do this, pure
blood is absolutely neces
sary, and Hood's Sarsapa
rilla is the one specific which
cleanses the blood thorough
ly. It acts equalh well for
both sexes and all ages.
Humor " WlienlneedA Mood puri
fier I Uhe Hood's SarsAparilU. It cured
my humor And is excellent as a nerve
ionic." Josie E&ion, SUf ford Springs, Ci.
Hood'. 1'liU cur. liver lilt the non-lrrltntlnir nd
"on 1 y fit h r t le to" tsV ew 1 1 h linod't Harmrlll".
The most important issue before
the people of the country to day is
the suppression of the evils of the
trusts and the sordid greed of mon
opolies. To-day the great trusts of
the country are practically supreme.
Many of them are so entrenched in
power that they are to all intents
and purposes above the law and no
longer amenable to legislative
action.
To-day about two hundred trusts
control, wholly or in large part,
every conceivable product and in
dustry of the country.
These gigantic combinations
constitute, in my judgment, the
greatest menance at the present
time of our Democratic institutions.
They control the supply, mon
opolize the product, and dictate the
price of every necessary of life.
They force out of legitimate employ
ment thousands and thousands of
honest toilers. They enhance
prices, reduce wages and write the
terms of their own contracts.
They destroy competition, paralyze
onnortunitv. assassinate labor and
He expected to hold the consumers in our country
There has been talk from" time the same low average of intel- jn their monopolistic grasp. They
Political issues That Confront ttia People-
BY WILLIAM SULZER, MEMBER OK
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to time on this matter, and recently Ugence everywhere that he found
Mr. Kratz addressed a letter to i".' ,own community, ne Knows
Superintendent of Public Instruct- "s mistaKe now. Ana lie will go
irn Srhapffcr .mkinor him it he ill- "at, iu idii vrnii a livelier scum:
tended to base the distribution of f the power of public opinion than
thP school fund due next Tune on he ever had m his life. Whatever
the larger sum as provided by the
Leeislature or the smaller sum as
arbitrarily fixed by the Governor.
Dr- Schaeffer replied that he
would obey the law as approved by
the Governor and distribute on the
$10,000,000 basis, and said that if
this was not satisfactory the courts
could settle it.
Mr. Kratz took the hint and will
begin mandamus proceedings to
compel a distribution on the basis
of $5,500,000 per annum.
He has addressed a letter to State
Treasurer Beacom in which he
says :
"It is, I understand, customary
to issue no warrants for sctiool
appropriations lor the current year
until the end of the year, to wit : In
June and afterward, tor tne very
good reason, I assume, that not
sufficient funds are available, and
if one district were paid all would
have the right to demand payment
In order that the settlement of this
Constitutional question may not
delay the work of the Department
of Public Instruction in arranging
for the distribution of the appro
priation at the usual time, it seems
to me very desirable that the quest
ion be decided at as early a date as
possible, certainly before June
Your notification to the superin
tendent could not be construed into
a precedent, as it would be clearly
understood to have been given for
the purpose solely of expediting the
vexed question
Mr. Kratz concluded by asking
the question whether, when he is
" prepared to present the petition
for a mandamus to the Attorney
General for his consideration, and
send you the name of the district
which is the petitioner, you will
notify the Superintendent ot Public
Instruction in writing, as required
in the act of Assembly, that there
are sufficient funds in the State
Treasury to pay the amount due
said district for the present year ?
The district selected will be a small
one, entitled to receive not over
$2,000. and will, therefore, not
place a great strain on the Treasury.
This will strip the issue of all ex
traneous considerations, and present
the question squarely to the court
Is the appropriation $5,oo,oooor
$5,000,000 which is only another
form of the question : Has the Gov
ernor the right under the Constitu
tion to decrease an item in an ap
propnation bill f
This is the first time the matter
has been formally brought to the
State Treasurer's attention.
The case will be tried in the
Dauphin County Courts.
he does and whatever his future
course may be he will never believe
again that a man or a State can take
a sacred pledge and tearing it into
bits look defiantly in the face of the
American people andsneeringly ask
what they are going to do about it.
No polygamist will attempt to do
what Mr. Roberts has been punish
ed for trying to accomplish.
In distributing the praise lor the
defeat of Roberts it should be re
membered that a large share of the
credit for the result belongs to the
Gentile population of Ltah and
particularly to the Salt Lake Tribune.
If the Gentiles of that State had not
had the courage to grapple with the
crisis brought about by Mr. Roberts'
election to Congress and had they
not had a fearless newspaper to
voice their opinions it is a question
whether the polygamists would not
have been victorious and the nation
been disgraced. They went to work
energetically and awakened public
opinion so thoroughly that Congress
was brought to act promptly and
rightly in the matter. It is an im
pressive lesson of what public opin
ion can do in this country of free
discussion, and it is an impressive
lesson. to every polygamist and law
breaker of the punishment in store
for them if they trespass too far on
the patience of the public. J rest.
Bv a vote of architects, taken bv
a Boston publication, the following
ten buildings were decided to be
the most beautiful in the United
States :
1. National Capitol, Washington.
2. Boston Public Library.
3. Trinity Church, Boston.
4. Congressional Library, Wash
ington.
5. Columbia University Library,
New York.
6. Trinity Church, New York.
7. Madison Square Garden, New
York.
8. St. Patrick's Cathedral, New
York.
9. Biltmore House, North Caro
lina. 10. City Hall, New York; .
In the Lackawanna court, Judge
Archbald noticed that John Sabia,
of Old Forge, a candidate for natu
ralization papers, kept his eyes
steadily on his hat as the usual
questions were put to him. An in
vestigation showed that the answers
were written on a paper pasted in
side Sabia's hat. The scheme work
ed all right until an unexpected
question was asked. Then the ap
plicant became rattled and his ap
plication was refused.
levy tribute on every man, woman
and child in the Republic. They
blight the poor man's home, darken
the hearthside of his children, and
cloud the star of youth's legitimate
hope. They control legislation,
escape taxation and evade the just
burdens of government, while their
agents construct and maintain tar
iffs to suit their selfish ends and
greedy purposes. They imperil
trade, stagnate industry, regulate
foreign and inter-State commerce,
declare quarterly dividends . on
watered stocks and make tortunes
every year out of the people. Their
tyrannical power, rapid growth and
centralization of wealth is the mar
vel of recent times and the saddest
commentary on our legislative
history.
Prior to the Civil War there was
not a trust in the country except
the United States Bank trust, which
Jackson killed ; but to-day they
practically own, run and control
the government and defy success
ful prosecution for violation of law.
If their power of centralization is
not speedily checked, and they go
on for another quarter of a century
as they have in the past few years,
I believe our free institution will
be destroyed, and instead of a gov
ernment of the people, by "the peo
ple aud for the people, we will
nave a government of the trusts,
by the trusts and for the trusts.
How much longer will the people
humbly consent to be robbed and
submissively permit a continuation
of this outrageous policy of favor
itism by class legislation ? All
legislation bestowing special bene
fits on a few is unjust against the
masses and for the classes. It has
gone on until less thau 8 per cent
of the people own more than two-
thirds of all the wealth ofourcoun
try. It has been truly said that
monarchies are destroyed by pov
erty and republics by wealth. If
the greatest republic the world has
ever seen is destroyed it will lau by
the vicious system of robbing the
many for the benefit of the few.
The centralization ot weaitn in
the hands of the few, by the rob
bery of many during the past
quarter of a century has been sim
ply enormous, and the tacts and
figures are appalling. Three-quart
ers of the entire wealth of our land
appears to be concentrated in the
hands of a very small minority of
the people, and the number of per
sons constituting that minority
grows smaller every year. The leg
islative schemes which have been
favored for checking this growing
centralization of wealth are gener
ally the most elusive and the most
impotent.
impartial students of these start
line facts can hardly escape the
irresistable conclusion that a con
! spiracy exists, and has existed for
some time, to convert the Govern
ment of the United States into a
powerful oligarchy of wealth. The
millionaires, the plutocrats, the
trusts, the monopolies, and the
syndicates seem to be supreme and
legislate for their own interests. The
yeomanry of our country will soon
be reduced to a condition of indus
trial serfdom more pitiable than
ever existed before in the history
of the world.
The money power, the trusts, the
syndicates, and the favored lew of
the land threaten the perpetuity of
our free institutions by subsidizing
the pulpit, buying the press, seating
well-paid attorneys 111 legislative
halls and courts of justice, striding
free speech and the right of lawful
assembly and stretching out their
tentacles to the colleges to :rush
professors who have the courage to
tell the truth.
To crush the trusts, now and for
ever, is the. highest duty, and the
true mission to-day of the Demo
cratic party. In this war of exterm
ination against the octopus which
is enslaving our industrial masses,
aud destroying our free institutions
we should invoke the aid and the
support of every lover of liberty.
Let us as firmly resolve and pro
claim the rights and liberties of the
people must and shall be preserved
from the insidious encroachments
of aggregated wealth.
I am opposed to the Government
delegating away its powers to the
national banks. The Democratic
party should vigorously oppose
conferring any additional powers
on or granting any greater privil
eges to the national banks. In my
judgment they already possess en
tirely too much power. They are
doing precisely to-day, only to a
greater extent, what the United
States bank did in the days of
Andrew Jackson.
The right to coin and issue money
is one ot tne greatest prerogatives
of the Republic aud one of the high
est attributes of its sovereignty. It
should not be delegated, transferred
or set over to any national bank,
to any trust, or to any monopoly.
As Democrats and believers in the
meaning of this day, we should
resist the encroachments of national
banks on the liberties of the people
with the same zeal and the same
courage that Andrew Jackson re
sisted the audacious claims of the
United States banrk in his day. And
when the national banks impud
ently declare that the government
should go out of the banking busi
ness, we should answer that the
banks should go out of the govern
ing business.
There is a bill now pending in
Congress which gives to the national
banks of the country far greater
powers and privileges than were
ever enjoyed by the United States
bank. It is a Republican bill, and
the Republican party stands sponsor
for it and is committed to its passage.
If it should become a law it will
give the monopoly of issuing mon
ey to the national banks, and hence
the right to expand or contract the
currency of the people whenever it
suits their convenience. No cor
poration should have this power to
make or destroy. I, would deprive
the Government of one of its great
est attributes of sovereignty and
give to the national banks the right
to paralyze at their own will every
industry in the country. It is the
most daring attempt the banks
have, ever made, by law to seize one
of the greatest weapons for good or
evil known to civilized man. For
the Government to surrender this
prerogative and delegate away this
power would be a crime against ev
ery citizeu in this laud and work woe
and misery to millions yet unborn,
F. P. PURSEL.
Worth Your While.
Yes, well worth your while to read
every line of our store news, especially
in these betweenseasons time, when
lines are practically shown. As win
ter wanes these bargain chances
multiply. If the thing advertised is
the wanted thing, then the chance is
yours, sure.
Flannellette
Night Gowns.
More of these than we want.
Don't propose to carrv anv over,
the s though. These reductions
should see the last of them :
50c. ones, at 45c.
$1.00 ones, at 79c.
Notions.
Weightier matters have
crowded out notions in our
" ads " of late. They are here,
though, to speak for themselves,
wrappers. Not all sizes, conse-t when we can't speak for them.
quently, not full priced. One- Docs this store number you
among its notion customers
Hair brushes, Cutiline
Fancy Dress
Weaves.
True the assortments are not
as large as they were earlier.
But what of that? Just
weave vou may want may he
here. If so, the more money
saving. The 44c. line we have
advertised we have put in with
the 36c. line, and the 25c. line
we have added new pieces.
Winter Wrappers
Meaning dark outing flannel
third would be near the figure.
Short Ends of
Lace.
Short ends of all kinds of
laces, that have accumulated
during the season, have been
put into bunches. One lot at
19c. the hunch, another lot at
5c. the bunch.
Tooth
Gloves,
Hose,
Elastic combs
Of all kinds,
Hair pins,
Needles,
. Pins,
Perfumes,
Collar buttons.
Men's support's
Ladies'
Children's "
Silkaline,
Crochet cotton,
Buttons,
Ruching.
Odd LaceCurtains Knit Underwear.
25 pairs of lace curtains only We are selling all knit undcr
one pair of a kind. Will be sold ' wear at a discount of 10 per
at half price. ' cent-
One of the best makes of blended flour, 90c. for 50 lbs. Buck
wheat flour, 60c. for 25 lbs. Will take it back if not satisfactory"
F. P. Pursel
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
Thanking you for helping to make 1899 one of the biggest
and most prosperous years in the history of this store.
We start the New Year to make you happy, by giving you
from this day
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.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McHENRY, Manager