THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTAllUSIIKI) i860.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Estahusiikh iSj;. Consolidate iSfq.
rviiusiiE!) Kvkrv Thursday Mokmno,
At Hloitns!ur, the County Scat of
Columbia County, l'ennsylvnnia.
V.V.O. V.. KIAVKi.L, Ki.noR.
. J. TASKI-'K, I.ocai. Knnoit.
C.KO. C. KOAN, I okkman.
Terms : Inside the fcounty $r.oo a yenr
in advance j $1.50 if not paid in nlvanee.
Outside the comity, 1.25 a year, Ririttly 111
advance.
All communications shouM lie mldresscd
Till: COLUMBIAN,
llloomshurj', l'a.
THURSDAY, Al'KIL 26, 1900.
Democratic State Ticket.
KOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
P. GRAY MEEK,
of Centre Co.
FOR CONTiR K.SSM KN-AT-LA RGK,
N. M. EDWARDS,
of Lvcoming Co.
HENRY E. GRIMM,
of Bucks Co.
Democratic Candidates.
KOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(South Side)
C. Z. SCIILICIIER,
of Beaver Twp.
FOR SHERIFF,
DANIEL KNORR,
of Locust Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(North Side)
GEORGE W. STERNER,
of Hemlock Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
R. G. F. KSHINKA,
(North Side)
of Bnarcreek Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
FRED. IKELER,
(North Side)
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
(South Side)
of Catawissa Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
A. P. YOUNG,
of Greenwood Twp.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CALL-
There will be a special meeting
held by the members of the Demo
cratic Standing Committee, in the
Court House, at Bloomsburg, on Sat
urday, April 28th, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
for the purpose of making such
changes in our method of organiza
tion as may be deemed wise for the
best interests of the party, and for
the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the com
mittee. C. A. Small,
County Chairman.
The famine in India is quite the
worst of the century. The most fer
tile tracts of Western India, such as
Guzeiat, Kathiawar and Baroda, which
have not suffered for truny years, are
seriously affected, while the provinces
usually stricken are in a bad way.
The chance for the people of the
United States to do an act of mercy
must be patent to all. To think of a
population nearly as great as that ot
the United States in distress is to
think the impossible, and yet that is
the condition of India to-day.
The Republican State Conveution
at Harrisburg yesterday nominated
the following ticket: For Auditor
General, Edmund B. Hardenbergh;
Congressman-at-Large, Galusha A
Grow, Robert S. Foerderer. There
wasn't a semblance of contest made
and the above ticket, which had
been prearranged, went through
with a rush. Senator and Delegate
Fhnn, who is syled an insurgent by
the Quayites, appeared to be a tar
get of abuse, and when he arose to
offer some resolutions he was hissed
ana jeerea. me resolutions, one
for the election of Senators by pop
ular vote, and the other two, for
more efficient general and primary
election laws, went to the commit
tee, and were negatived. Outside
of this the gathering was a harmon
ious one.
The apple tree bark louse, San
Jose scale and English oyster scale
that infest many trees and shrubs
should now be looked after with
jealous eye. They pass the winter
as eggs under old scales, some of
which ate white and some of
purple color. The eggs will hatch
into lice about May 15th. Baaly
infested branches should be pruned
off and burned where practicable, at
once. About May 15th to June
all affected trees should be sprayed
thoroughly with kerosene emulsion
or whale oil soap solution; which is
made by dissolving 1 pound of soap
in 5 gallons of water. Spray
second time in about 10 days, when
if the work is properly done, the
insect will be destroyed.
THE ISSUES OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IN THE COMINO CAMPAIGN
By Adlai E. Stnvenson. Former Vico President
of tho United States.
We are upon the threshold of a
Presidential campaign. The main
issues of the contest are even now
plainly foreshadowed. The party now
n power will stand for a high protecti
ve tariff for the class k'uislation
which lias enriched the few at the ex
pense of the many; for the legislation
nspired by greed which has brought
colossal fortunes to its beneficiaries by
ncreasing the cost of every needed
article of consumption. It will stand
in realitywhatever be the mild con
demnation in platform for the trusts.
The unlawful combinations of capital,
which today threaten the destruction
of legitimate business enterprise, will
find their only defenders in the Re
publican party. Abandoning ils pre
tense in the platfoim of 1896, it will
stand in unequivocal hostility to bi
metallism in any shape or form, its
ultimate object the destruction of
silver. It will favor, as our perman
ent governmental policy, the main
tenance of a latge standing army. The
extravagant appropnations by Con
gress will find justification and pave
the way for greater extravagance for
yet heavier burdens of taxation to
follow. While in platform favorinc
the civil service law, it will unhesitat
ingly indorse its unblushing violation
by the present administration. And,
i the clearest departure from the
wise policy of the founders of the
government from all the traditions
of the past i; will stand for imperial
ism "the spirit of empire."
In unrelenting hostility to all this,
the Democratic party faithful to the
tenets of Jefferson will stand for
"tariff for revenue only;" for reduc
tion to the minimum to the people of
the cost of every needed article of
consumption. It will stand in reality
as wel) as in its platform the antag
onist of trusts. Believing that "wher
ever there is a wrong there is a
remedy," it will favor such legislation
as will seek to curb the spirit of mon
opoly and place an effectual check up
on the unlawful combinations of cap-
tal, which are obstacles to legitimate
business enterprise and investment
and a menace to the existence of
popular government. Adhering to
the heretofore declared belief of all
parties in bimetallism, it will seek,
under the safeguards of wise legisla
tion, to restore silver to its proper
place m our monetary system. It will
oppose the creation and maintenance
of a large standing army in lime of
peace. Believing with Jefferson in
an economical administration of the
government, it will oppose unneces
sary and extravagant appropriations
of the public money. It will observe
m letter and m spirit the civil service
law and oppose its violation to the
end that places be provided as re
wards for partisan service. Believing
that the experience of a century has
demonstrated the wisdom of "avoid
ing foreign complications and entang
ling alliances, it will oppose imperi
alism. In a word, it will be the high
aim of the party of Jefferson and of
Jackson to supplant dangerous ex
periments, reckless extravagance and
corruption with economical and con
stitutional methods of administration
in all departments of the government.
The Democratic party, with creed
clearly defined, again enters upon a
struggle to regain political power. It
stands the champion of the great de
claration penned by Jefferson; the de
fender of the Constitution, whose
salient features are in large measures
the handiwork of Madison. We be
lieve, as did our fathers, that "gov
ernments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed.' A be
lief in tne inalienable rights of all
people is with us a living faith. . Our
sympathy has ever been with the op
pressed; with those who were strug
gling for a larger measure of freedom
for self government. For this reason
our government was among the first
to extend recognition to the republics
of France and Mexico; prompt to ex
tend our sympathy as well as official
recognition to the little South Ameri
can States in their efforts to throw off
the despotism of Spain and to estab
lish for themselves representative
governments fashioned after our own.
History has but repeated itself, and
the struggle to maintain tree govern
ment hasa century and a quarter
after the proclamation of our Declara
tion of Independence been v trans
ferred from the New World to the
little Dutch republics of South Africa.
The Monroe doctrine is wholesome
and enduring. It is the faith of
Americans of every creed and party
is of the very warp and woof of our
political being. It was promulgated
at the critical moment when "The
Holy Alliance" was attempting to
stille the republican spirit and re-establish
the despotism of Spain upon
her revolted colonies in South America
and in Mexico. The essence of the
doctrine, as understood by the world
then, was while we forbid the estab
lishment of despotic governments up
on the American continent, we recog
nize the corresponding obligation to
refrain from an attempt to force our
political system upon any part of the
THE COLUMBIAN,
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Ever have them?
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Then we can't
tell you any
thing about
them. You
know hov dark
everything looks
and how you are about
ready to give up. Some
how, you can't throw off
the terrible depression.
Are things really so
blue? Isn't it your nerves,
after all? That's where
the trouble is. Your
nerves are beingpoisoned
from the impurities in
your blood.
sanapariii
purifies the blood and
gives power and stability
to the nerves. It makes
health and strength, activ
ity and cheerfulness.
This is what "Ayer's"
will do for you. It's the
oldest Sarsaparilla in the
land, the kind that was
old before other Sarsa
parillas were known.
This also accounts for
the saying, "One bottle
of Ayer's Is worth three
bottles of the ordinary
kind."
li.Mafcuit. AUrit!t.
WrNm II Doator.
If T0 hT liny complaint whutorw
and datlr tb bett medical advlea you
caa aotilbly rtralTa, writ tha aaator
tij. Ton will rareiT a prompt r-
piv, Wlvnou. CHI. Aaarm,
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0. AYER, Lowell, Mate,
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Old World. This has been our settled
rule cf faith and practice for seventy
six years. Its promulgation defeated
the purpose of the Holy Alliance and
destroyed forever the power of Spain
upon this continent. Under it Louis
Napoleon, a third of a century ago,
was compelled to withdraw the French
army from Mexico and leave the ill
starred Maximilian to his fate. Under
it the empire established by foreign
bayonets disappeared and the republic
was restored. Are we now to say we
still recognize the binding force of
this doctrine upon other nations, but
not upon our own?
We recognize as st'll binding that
provision of the Constitution which
declares that "Congress shall have
power to lay and collect taxes, duties,
imposts and excises, but duties, im
posts and excises shall be uniform
throughout the United States." Be
lieving that this constitutional pro
vision applies to every part of the
United States, we denounce the tariff
taxation imposed by the Republican
majority in Congress upon Puerto
Rico. Such legislation-inspired solely
by the greed of the trusts is indeed
the harbinger of evil days to the re
public. The attempt to collect unjust
taxes with one hand and with the
other to return them to a plundered
Ipeople finds no warrant in the teach
ings of Jefferson.
One plank of the Democratic plat
form will be, in substance, the now
historic words: "Our plain duty is to
abolish all customs tariffs between the
United States and Tuerto Rico and
give her products access to our
markets."
If ultimate statehood for remote ;s
lands and others yet to be conquer
ed be disclaimed, how, then, are
they to be held and governed? The
only alternative is by force by the
power of the army and the navy, and
this not for a day nor for a year, but
for all time. What, then, becomes of
the bed-rock principle that "govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed?" If they
are to be held permanently as conquer
ed provinces it will be not only in ab
solute disregard of all the traditions of
the past, but in direct antagonism to
the letter and spirit of our Declara
lion of Independence. It is no less
true now than in the lays of our revo
lution that "government by arbitrary
poer is still despotism."
A well-disciplined militia-"our best
reliance in peace and for the first
moments of war." True, at the be
ginning of the century with a few
millions of population; no less true at
the close as we stan 1 in the forefront
of the nations with a population of
80,000,000. The results of our recent
conflict with Spain give emphasis to
the prophetic words of Jefferson. Kx
isting conditions in continental Europe
entailing taxation and misery to the
verue of human endurance, illustrate
by sad object lessen the inevitable re
sult of large standing armies
in time of peace. Shall we give
heed to the warnings of the great
sage of the revolution, or enter upon
a new centurv with European mon-
arrhiiS as our model? Shall we be
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BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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All the latest novelties for spring wear, in hats,
caps, shirts, underwear and neckwear, can always
be found at
Townsend's Star Clothing House.
deaf to the teachings of one hundred
years of our own history ?
These are the main issues on which
the Democratic party will stand. Can
the people be so blind to their own
interests as to fail to judge correctly
between them and the Republican
administration? Surely, we can ex
pect more than that of American in
telligence. What we may expect is
Democratic success.
Early Closing-
We the undersigned jewelers of
Bloomsburg, Pa., agree to close our
respective jewelry stores at seven
o'clock, p. m , except Saturday even
ing open until 9 o'clock, beginning
May 1st, 1900.
J. Lke Martin, Gr:o. W. Hess,
J. E. Roys, C. E. Savage.
Married.
Drum Aten. On Saturday, April
21, 1900, at Espy, Pa., Mr. Philip A.
Drum, of Berwick, and Miss Martha
Aten, of Mifflinville, were married by
Rev. J. II. C. Manifold. Our best
wishes attend them.
While at the table eating his
breakfast and chatting with the
other members of the family, Lafay
ette Savidge fell over dead at bis
home in Snydertowu. He was 55
years old.
HOOD'S PILLS euro Liver Ills, Bil
iousness, Indigestion, Headache.
Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c.
The New York legislature has been
wrestling with a bill proposing to make
It unlawful for a woman to wear a hat
pin more than three Inches In length.
Ilerause a few worthless men huve
been "stncfc" with hnt plna the New
York solons would corne to the rescuo
of their fellows In peril and forbid wo
men to wear them. If the38 statesmen
would pass an act making it an offense
punisable by Imprisonment for a man
to carry, sell or manufacture a pistol
they would show better sense than by
legislating ngainat hat pins. It ought
to be a penitentiary offense to carry
a weapon which nobody but a villain
desires to use. The assertion that they
may be carried for self defense is sim
ply no reason at all. The best men of
the country never think of carrying
one of these villainous weapons, and
they are In far less danger than those
who depend on beating the desperate
man at hia own game. There are a
hundred persons killed accidentally by
pistols for one who escapes bodily In
jury by their use. Good men have no
use for revolvers, and bad men should
not be permitted to U3e them. The
revolver should go.
GRANDMA
HAD
CONSUMPTION
and I am afraid I have in
herited it. I do not feel
well ; I have a cougn ; my
lungs are sore; am losing
flesh. What shall I do?
Your doctor says take care of
yourself and take plain cod - liver
oil, but you can't take it. Only
the 6trong, healthy person can
take it, and they can't take it
long. It is so rich it upsets the
stomach. But you can take
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
It is very palatable and easily
digested. If you will take plenty
)lenty
of fresh air, and
exercise, and
SCOTT'S EMULSION steadily,
1
there is very little doubt about
your recovery.
There are hypophosphites in it ;
they give strength and tone up the
nervous system while the cod-liver
oil feeds and nourishes.
oc. tni $1.00. all druggists.
SCOTT & UOWNt. Crwmitu, Ntw York.
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LADIES'
Tailor -Made
We will
and next, our $12.00 and
$12.50 TailorMade Suits at
$10.00.
LACE
CURTAINS!
We will continue our
Lace Curtain Sale two weeks
longer.
F. P.
Our New Spring Values.
We have just received, for the spring trade, the very latest
styles in Dress Goods, Waist Silks, Trimmings, Ribbons, Laces.
In fact, all the latest style Dress Goods and Fancy Notions in the
market.
LADIES' SPRING SUITS Ladies' and Misses' Spring
Jackets. Latest styles, right prices.
SHOES! SHOES ! Great values, nobbv styles, small prices.
Our sales on shoes still increase. We are up to date at all times
in this department.
SHIRT WAISTS AND SEPARATE SKIRTS.-It will
pay you to see the styles and learn prices.
LADIES' WRAPPERS. We keep a complete line.
Have you seen our great sewing machine ? We are handling
one of the best on the market. Up to date in every respect and
price lowest. If you expect to buv. it will nav voti to sec our
. make of machinu rind 1-
tv our GRnnp.wv nRPAiJTMRWT w nrn nt the
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front in fine groceries, fancy Chinaware.
sets our sales are increasing every day.
You will find it will always pay to trade with us.
has ever been to give you latest styles aud best prices.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McIIENRY, Mgr.
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Suits Reduced
sell, this week
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In dinner and 'chamber
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