THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTAfil.ISIIKI) 1S66. '
.HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
ESTABLISHKD I837. CONSOLIDATED 1S69.
rum.isHEi) Kvkry Thursday Morning,
At Hloonnlitirg, the County Scat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania,
C.KO. K. KIAVKi.L, Editor
1). I. TASKKK, Local Kditor.
GEO. C. ROAN, 1 OKKMAS.
Terms: Inside the county $1.00 a year
n nilvanoe ; $1.50 if not paid in alvance.
Outside the county, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
advance.
All communications should lie addressed
TIIK COLUMBIAN,
Itloomshurt;, I'a.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900.
The Columbian is for the Dem
ocratic ticket national, state and
county. The names of all candi
dates will be hoisted in due time.
They are omitted lor the present,
because they occupy space without
serving any good purpose so long
before the election.
Hob Fitzsimmons and Tom
Sharky will fight before the Seaside
Club at Coney Island tomorrow,
(Friday)night for a purse of $25,000.
In contrast to their being less
prisoners than usual in nearly all
the jails m Pennsylvania, the Alle
gbeny county prison now contains
300 annates, more than there lias
bean for years. There were 68
men brought in one day last week,
the largest number in one day
siucc the Homestead riots in 1892.
The Republican Congressional
conferreesrof this district, compris
ing the counties of Montour, North
umberland, Sullivan and Columbia
counties, will meet at Danville Sat
urday, September 1st, to nominate
a candidate for Congress. The
conferrees from this county will go
instructed for Woodiu. The others
are uninstructed.
As might be expected, some of
the old soldiers in this State who
have beeeu unfortunate in their
habits, are kicking against a recent
ruling of the Pension Department
at Washington, by which certain
pensioners are dropped from the
rolls when their pensiou money is
found to do them more harm than
good. In other words, those who
spend their allowances unduly for
rum and neglect or ill-treat their
families, are to be denied their pen
sions while they misapply the
money.
According to the statutes of Penn
sylvania it is a misdemeanor to point
a loaded or unloaded gun at any
one, punishable by fine or imprison
ment. In connection an exchange
says : When a man playfully points
a pistol or gun at you, knock him
down. Don't wait to ask him
whether it is loaded or not; knock
him down. Don't be particular
what you hit him with, only so it is
clone. If a Coroner's inquest must
be held, let it be held on the other
fellow. He won't be missed.
Probably few people who live in
rented houses, says the Harrisburg
Telegraph, know that their chattels
can be seized and sold for school
taxes due upon the property they
occupy. The tenant has an oppor
tunity, however, to square himself
with his delinquent landlord. Un
der an act of Assembly the tenant
can deduct the taxes paid by him
from the rent due, and the produc
tion of his tax receipt is a valid dis
charge of the rent to that mount.
In this manner the tenant can pro
tect his personal property from levy
and sale to pay taxes which his
landlord has failed to settle. ,
Bryan Urges formation of Democratio
Olubs.
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Democrats Asked to Hold Simultaneous Meet
ing on Sept. 1 for That Purpose.
To the Democrats of the United
States:
In order that the fight for the res
cue of the country from the Repub
lican policies may be carried on
everywhere with vigor aud earnest
ness, we urge all citizens through
out the United States who are will
ing to support the Kansas City plat
form to meet in their respective
communities on Saturday afternoon
or evening, September 1, 1900, for
the purpose of organizing city or
precinct Democratic clubs, where
such clubs have not already been
organized. These organizations be
ing Democratic should avoid osten
tation and extravagance. The fight
must be carried on by American
citizens in behalf of American prin
ciples, and there should be no delay
in perfecting club organization.
When a club is organized the sec
retary should at once send to W.
R. Hearst, president of the National
Association of Democratic Clubs,
No. 1270 Broadway, New York
city, the name of the club, roster of
offices, date of organization and
number of members.
William J. Bryan,
Adlai Jv. Sticvenson,
James K. Jones, Chairman Demo
cratic National Committee; W. R.
Hearst, president of National Asso
ciation Democratic Clubs.
Address of the Executive Ooinmittoe
Of the Democratic Society of Pennsylvania.
Harrisiiurg, July 27, 1900.
"We are entering upon a cam
paign involving the Presidency of
the United States and the control of
the House of Representatives. The
recovery of these branches of gov
ernment by the people at this criti
cal time will prevent the early con
summation and, as we hope, defeat
forever the gigantic conspiracy of
vast moneyed interests, foreign as
well as domestic, to subvert the
American Republic aud to substi
tute the despotic rule of the trusts
and their corrupt allies for the rule
of the plain people.
"The people have but one expe
dient. They must organize in self
defence. It is only by pledging
themselves one to another and as a
whole to stand together for mutual
encouragement and support that
they can offer effectual resistance
to the brutal assaults of intimida
tion and corruptton which will be
made upon them.
"livery Democrat should enroll
himself in a straight-out Democratic
club, to do continuous battle for the
cause of popular government until
the poles close. With such an or
ganization, covering every part of
our state, the imperial trust party's
majority, hitherto counted in Penn
sylvania, may, by lhe blessing of
Divine Providence, be wiped out.
"All Democratic clubs should
unite with the Democratic Society
of Pennsylvania and with the Na
tional Association of Democratic
clubs, and be represented in the
General Assembly of the one and
the National Convention of the
other.
"Our illustrious candidates for
President and Vice President
Bryan and Stevenson present the
noblest types of American citizen
ship and American statesmanship.
They are of the people and for the
people. Their election will insure
the perpetuity of republican insti
tutions. The election of the trust
party's candidates would mean im
perialism beyond seas and imperial
ism at home, a great staudiug army,
oppressive taxation, multiplied
monopolies and the industrial slav
ery of the masses.
"In our own State the one im
portant issue is equally plain and
grave. Elections here are utterly
corrupt and fraudulent. The ballot
boxes do not render the will of the
people. The election laws are
framed to encourage and protect
bribery and coercion, and bribery
and coercion are practised upon a
scale so colossal that it is uncertain
whether some of our public author
ities owe their commissions to the
people or to criminal assessors, bal
lot box stuffers, repeaters and per
jured election officers.
"liighty thousand fraudulent
votes counted in a single city
means that the Executive, the Leg
islature, a large part of the State's
representation in Congress, as well
as the entire municipal government,
may easily enough be the products
of mere crime. The Democrats of
Pennsylvania, having suffered un
der the corrupt and fraudulent ma
jorities rolled up by their opponents
under the mtamous Baker Law,
demand a change, a change which
will include an honest personal
registration of citizens entitled to
vote, and put into the hands of ev
ery elector so entitled a secret, free
and secure ballot, which will record
his independent will.
"And since this radical change
can be effected only by a complete
revision 01 me eigntu article ot the
Constitution on suffrage and elec
tions, the Democrats will earnestly
join with any group or class of their
tellow citizens, or with any party
or faction of any party, which pro
poses open and honest co-operation
for an immediate constitutional
convention for immediate ballot re
form. This is the reform compre
hending all reforms, and it should
be the special care of Democrats in
every district to see that true men
are returned to the Legislature who
will aid in the early passage of "a
fair, non-partisan convention bill
like that of 1872," framed by that
great and good Pennsylvanian, the
late Charles R. Buckalew."
Chauncky F. Black, President.
John D. Worman, Secretary.
All Democratic Clubs will report
the names of its officers and ad
dresses to the Secretary, No. 3839
Sydenham street (Tioga), Phila
delphia, Pa.
The approaching autumn, will
witness an increase of human en
ergy and a revival of all the activ
ities that have languished in the
heat of an extraordinary summer.
Everybody will discover new wants
in preparing for the coming months.
The first advertisers will have the
advantage, not only in supplying
the immediate needs of the com
munity, but also in leading people
to form the habit of dealing: with
them before the competition of
tratle shall become sharpest. Ad
vertise your business early.
WASHINGTON.
From our Kegular Correspondent.
Washington, Aug. 20, 1900.
The Administration's keep-it-dark
policy has been turned on the
Chinese news this week, livery
body in Washington knows that im
portant news was received from
Minister Conger so important that
Mr. McKinley returned a day ahead
of the time he had appointed, b' t
what it was is merely guesswork,
and Assistant Secretary Auee act
ually had the nerve to say that he
thought the newspaper men should
refrain from guessing at the natu.o
of the news, lest it might be guess
ed right and harm done. Accord
ing to latest advices from the allied
army, it should be at Pekin by this
time and able to prove whether the
Chinese government means war or
peace whether the foreigners in
Pekin arc to be allowed to go to
their friends or to be kept as Lost
ages by the Chinese government.
When the facts have been given by
the press dispatches the admistra
tion will probably give out the offi
cial news, unless it is calculated to
reflect on Mr. McKinley of his
wobbling policy.
Mr. H. R. Shade, who is in
charge of the German bureau at
democratic headquarters, said the
bureau was receiving many letters
from Germans, commending Col.
Bryan's Indianapolis speech and
announcing their intention to vote
for him because of his sturdy stand
against imperialism. Speaking of
a recent publication, Mr. Shade
said: "I notice that the republicans
think they have a ruinp card -n a
number of German band uniforms,
brought to Chicago from the Fath
erland by special permission of the
German government. I think they
will be mistaken in the value of
those uniforms as vote-getters. In
stead of commanding the admira
tion and enthusiasm of the German
voter the uniform will remind him
of the imperialism of the fatherland,
which he came to this country to
avoid."
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"In the six National elections
since Grant was President", said
Col. J. B. Cleaver, of Tenn., "the
democrats have had a plurality of
the popular vote four times and the
republicans but twice. Garfield
had a plurality in 1880, although it
amounted to but 7,000 votes, and
McKinley in iSq6. In 1876 Til
den had a plurality over Hayes; in
1S84 Cleveland over Blaine; in 1888
Cleveland over Harrison, and again
in 1892 Cleveland over Harrison.
Because McKinley had a plurality
of 600,000 four years ago is no
reason why Bryan should not have
a plurality this year. Greater
changes than that have taken place,
even years ago when the total vote
was much smaller. In 1892 Grant
had a plurality of 760,000, and in
1896 Tilden's plurality was 250,-
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OVERALLS
Townsend's
000, a change of more than a mil
lion votes. When you stop to think
that the vote in 1896 was something
like 13,600,000, as against 6,400,
000 in 1S72, more than as much
again, it isn't hard to believe that
Bryan has a show of wiping out
that plurality of 500,000 and him
self receiving a plurality of the
votes."
By rejecting the three bids sub
mitted for armor plate for the new
battleships by the Carnegie, Beth
lehem and Midvale companies and
calling for new bids the Navy De
partment has put off for a time the
decision which Secretary Long was
authorized to make as to whether
the extortionate prices should be
paid or a government armor-making
plant be established with the $4,
000,000 Congress placed at his dis
posal for that purpose. Although
the date set for opening the new
bids is October 2, there is reason
for the belief that it is the intention
of the Administration to find some
way to keap the matter open until
after election and then to accept the
bids ol the Carnegie Armor Trust.
The democratic National Cam
paign Committee is meeting the ef
forts of the republicans to befog the
Porto Rican question by circulating
the proclamation issued by Gen.
Miles when he took possession of
the Island, in which he told the
Porto Ricans ihat the United States
forces had "come bearing the ban
ner of freedom" and to "bestow up
on you the immunities and bless
ings of the liberal institutions of
our government". I low well the
republican administration and Con
gress kept the promises of Gen.
Miles was shown by the telegraphic
news of the present week, stating
that a delegation of several hundred
starving natives from the interior
had visited the Governor begging
for bread or work. The Porto
Rican chapter is one of the most
disgraceful in the record of the re
publican administration in Con
gress and the people of this country
should not be allowed to forget it,
and will not be.
In a letter to a local democratic
paper, denying the editorial state
ment that the negro vote was solid
for McKinley, a negro office holder
said: "I am in a position to know
whereof I speat when I say that
Mr. Bryan will poll a larger negro
vote than ever was polled by a
democratic candidate for President.
Mr. Bryan will poll a splendid
negro vote in Indiana, Illinois, j
Ohio and West Virginia. These
are States where the negro vote is a
factor, and where also you need
every vote you can get. In New
York he will poll 25 per cent of the
colored vote. ' '
- - . .
Kdward Welsh of Cer.tralia. son
of David Welsh of that town, was
badly injured at the Mid valley col
lery on Friday. 1 1 is right leg was
crushed and broken at the same
place as it was broken several years
ago. He was taken to the State
Hospital.
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STATE IMEW8 IN BRIEF-
Trn YtTpKtrntt i.nt, ,l- ,i
the Tunkhanuock creek, in Tunk-
naiiiiocK, rruiay.
James Sherlock was struck by
a train and instantly killed in
Stroudsburg Friday.
By a fall from a freight train
on Friday Winfield II. Reynolds,
of Tunkhanuock, was killed.
Falling from a crane, at the
Pennsylvania Steel Works, Friday
Henry Brown, of Steelton, was in
I stantly killed.
Ktlitor Richard Little, of the
Scnuitoman, was released from the
Lackawanna County jail, where he
served the sentence of six months,
lhis was imposed in connection
with the criminnl i;t.i :....
. . , " "v. null nihil-
tut eel by Postmaster Ripple against
Mr Little and Associate Fdi'.or
O loole, the latter being acquitted
Two-year-old Lizzie Roush, of
Preeburg, Tell into a cistern Friday
and would have drowned had not
her mother saved the child by risk
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Clothing House,
PA.
''antra.
ing her own life. Mrs. Roush
bravely jumped into the well, lw"
filled with water, and grasping the
child by the hair, held her up i"'1
timely assistance saved both.
The members of the Grand
Army posts in Central Pennsylva
nia are arranging to hold a big '
union at Lakemont Park, near A.
toona, on Saturday, September si
A number of prominent veterans
intend to be present to address tjie
meeting. Among them will '
Col. M. S. Ouay, General
Reederand Governor W. A. Stone.
The peach crop
will not 1
U'lint ti'ne linrvwl f.ir liv flllV MCl'lS.
All the fruit which has come from
the great orchards in York, Cm"-
bemud ana DiHipnin count"-. -been
of small size and nearly ah '
is
due to
the drought and a bug which
t,Q., ..,i.:.. iw. frown's
fruit and stinging the peaches ou
the stem.