THE COLUMBIAN. r.o I ALLIMItl) JS06. .HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. r.sTBt.isiiKD 1S37. Coxsoi.n.ATsn 18C0. runus.m, Ever v Thumday Morning, At lltoomsl.urg. the County Seat of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. CKO. k. Et.WKLL, Et.iTOR. 1. J. TASKEK, Local Editor. OLO. C. KOAN, l""oi f.max, - I rattisou oe How Porto Bico ia Misgov erned- Former Governor RcMes Sad Story ot Ws- tress Among the Inhabitant. T"E COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA. u mi 11 11 a r i u I I VMM a 1 1 21fV, (t 1 mi ffras can 1 11 m . W KM Terms :--InsU!e the county jjt.oo a year n advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance. Outside the county, ft. 25 a year, strictly in advance. 1 1 1 All communications should t addressed THE COLUMBIAN, liloomsburg, Ta. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1900. Democratic Ticket. NATIONAL. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ADLAI E. STEVENSON, of Illinois. STATE. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, P. GRAY MEEK, of Centre Co. FOR CONC.RESSMEN-AT-LARGE, N. M EDWARDS, of Lvcoming Co. HENRY E. GRIMM, of Bucks Co. FOR PRESIDENTIAL EI.ECTORS-AT LARGE A. H. Coffroth. of Somerset. F rancis Shunk Brown, Pniladelphia. Andrew Caul, of Elk. Otto Germer, of Erie. MR DISTRICT PRRSfDRNTIAL 1LICT0RS. Henry Fernberser, W. s. Hasi W KSii'VS'.-. AmiKrnmn. Adam K. w: nh '.'."?" "art. ' iiainea, Warren Wort n Bailey, Wesley F GutTey, Samuel W. niack, John P. Pauley, J.O.Kelly, Michael Mem," tt'Bg S. P. Kimball. Adam K. Waicii, m. bum Albre ht Kneule, David ,1. I'eursall, I.. W. Heltr, Dr. McConntck, iDHepu u Brten COUNTY. FOR CONGRESS, RUFUS K. POLK, of Danville. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, WILLIAM T. CREASY, (South Side) of Catawissa Twp. FRED. IKELER, (North Side) of Bloomsburg. FOR SHERIFF, DANIEL KNORR, of Locust Twp. FOR CORONER, DR. B. F. SHARPLESS, of Catawissa. FOR JURV COMMISSIONER, DAVID A. SHULTZ, of Madison Twp. To The Voters of Columbia County. It is urged by your County Chair man that you organize "Bryan and Stevenson Clubs" in every election district in Columbia County. Do this at once. C. A. Small, County Chairman. The Paramount Issue- The burning issue of imperial ism, growing out of the Spanish war, involves the very existence of we .epuDiic and the destruction of our free institutions. We regard it as me paramount issue of the cam paign. From the Democratic Plat form. People the Only Power, It is easier to lose a reputation than to establish one, and this na tion would find it a long and labor ious task to regain its proud posi tion among the nations, if, under the stress of temptation, it shonld repudiate the self-evident truths proclaimed by our heroic ancestors and sacredly treasured during a career unparalleled in the annals of time. When the doctrine that the people are the only source of power is made secure from turther attack we can saiely proceed to the settle ment of the numerous questions which involve the domestic and economic welfare of our citizens. From Bryan's Letter of Acceptance. ' (( More than 50,000 men have been 'Maid off" by employing corpora tions withiii the last two weeks with threats that if Bryan is elected they cannot return to work. Mc Kinley prosperity is tither a fraud, or the laws governing elections should be enforced. The peniten tiary is the only fit place for men who seek to control elections by threats of starvation. Judge Miller of Mercer county, was at the fair at Mercer, and see ing a big wheel of fortune, took an axe and smashed it to pieces. The owner got awav. The nthr tors of gambling devices closed shop and departed immediately. Judge Miller says if the local authorities won t stop gambling he will. . Grapes are plentiful and cheap this season and their healthful qual ities recommend them to univeral consumption. It has been re?ealed mai appendicitis dos not lurk with Jtt their purple covering. Kx-Governor Robert K. Pattison, bronzed from exposure to the Southern sun and full of his ex periences 111 the Island of Porto kico, wnere lie has spent the last iew weeKsona tour of investiga tion, returned to Philadelnhi.i last week. The former Governor tells a terrible storv of the stiffen niT and want resultant from the policy of me present Republican adininistra tion. "The island." he snfrl tr a Tints c reporter, "is to-day nothing more than a wilderness of poverty and misery, in tne interior of the is land thousands are actually starving to death. Whole villiages are be- 1 j . ... - 0 nig oepopuiateu. The greatest in dustries of the country are simply at a standstill, tne coliee and to bacco hills are deserted because the people have not the strength to woik mem and cannot obtain the food necessarv for their iKtPnnxo The only industry that hn the period of distress is the sugar crop, wnicu win be exceptionally line mis year, i nere is some small consolation m that fact. A SAD PICTURE. "The coast towns are nothing more man trading places, half-way stations between the real Porto Rican, the farmer, and his market, so no real conception of thp !l.nnH'c aesuiuiion can be obtained there. But 111 the interior the conditions are simply indescribable. Hospitals, where the sick and dying are hud dled in heaps upon the floor, while the doctors, themselves helpless, went irom door to door trying to aDiain a nttie tood lor the miserable creatures who were dvincr hv hnn dreds. Hotels, where dozens of deformed beings, some armless, omers witliout legs, crouched at one s teet and pleaded for alms Streets, which were lined with him, dreds of emaciated mendicants, im ploring charity for their families' sake. Such is a mild pirtnre rf n-i. t- ..... 1 jruno kico as it is today. "And whv is that? Some defemi ers of the administration will an swer that the cyclone is the cause of all this misery. But the cyclone occurred lourteen month no-n anH a country like Porto Rico would have plenty of time to recuperate from even so terrible a disaster in such a period. STARVATION THEIR PORTION. "The real cause is that the in habitants want, and must have, some definite knowledge of the manner in which they are to be governed. Another reason is this: Nearly all the cla ntatiotm Imi'n al ways been operated on borrowed capital. The proprietor mortgaged his land for money with which to operate it. When there was a mar-, ket for his products he ths interest on his mortgage and still have a profit. If he did not pay the mortgage was forerl ntlPfl our! the plantqtion again let out. Then when General Henry came and suspended all foreclosures every capitalist held tightly to what money he had. If he could not foreclose his mortgage he could not cmuitc payment ot interest, and, consequently, everything came to a standstill. , The lenders cannot col lect, the borrowers cannot pay, the penniless owners cannot be replaced by new owners, and so the poorer classes can do nothing but starve. WHY THE NATIVE SUFFERS. "Still another cause is the with draw! of the native currency and the replaciug of it with our money. Now the native Porto Rican is a very shrewed buyer, He will go to market and purchase a leg of a chicken, one onion, a spoonful of lard, etc., everything in the smallest possible quantity. The most use ful coin he had, therefore, was the centaro, which is equal to one-half cent in our money. We have taken his half cent away from him and have given him nothing in return. No time should be lost in giving a half ceutcoinage to Porto Rico and our one. two and three cent issues could be used to good advantage. TIRED OP FINE PROMISES. "But the main reason is that of government. Some definite anno uncement must be made at once by the administration, as the people are getting more bitter every day in regard to the fine promises which were made at the time of the is land's conquest and the manner in which those promises have been fulfilled. It is ridiculous to say that the natives are incapable of self-government. "Just one instance will prove that. In the Province of Adjuntas. v-auvaw tiiiuwen mat nut illation of 125,000 more than seventy per cent, possessed the necessary qualifications of voters, which is a very gratifying average, indeed. Set-government or incorporation as a State is what Porto Rico must have." 'The testis the Cheapest Excerience tsarfise U gOOd Clothes Wis 1rnnt good food gives best nutrition, and a. good medicine that cures disease is naturally the best and chs.i oarsavarilla is the hrst medi cine money can buy, because iwfw -wnen au otners fail. Poor Health - -- pw n.auri IT years, pains in shoutd?,. v 1.1 tuilh consUni hedche. nervousness and no appeme. Used Hoofs Sarsaparitla, gained sirenoih and - it. wvr naru mil dayt eat heartily And sleep -weft. I took it because ii helped my husband to tohom it cane slrmnth " Kr e r diotfdS SaUaba Jlood't Mllir.JlToniNitl,. no0.trrttt1n and onlr cathartl, to uk. wWhT-S JhtS The One Man in Ten. In one of his sneeohea !n r;.,r sota on Monday, Mr. Bryan ex pressed a large truth w t i n m.in space when he said : "Not one man in ten is really benefited by the Republican policy, but that one is expecting to make the nmm;nn contributions and then ey out ot the other nine." ihe campaign contributions of the protected COtThirA t mini rim most profitable of their investments. They are the nrire ra!H ,., special privileges, secured to them vy party legislation, by means of which their The price they pay is small for the benefits secured, and th back many fold from the public. The distinctive policy of the Re publican nartv ha .......... utuiiujiicu ov inese cam paign contributions Thic r shown in the history of the Mc- iniey unit, which imposed duties for the Protection nf m rn--v1 iiau paia. tor it in advance. The system has heen ' Will I liUlfil.M developed. The trusts that have grown UD under the tr;(r j a-ainst foreign competition, require j "siusi competition ' at home, or against legislation that "uu,u '"ae competition possible and they know that their campaign contributions will be remembered to their credit. They would not be merely ungrateful but blind to their own interests if they did not con tribute liberally. . The proportion is less than one in ten, but let that pass. The pol icy of the nartv and the ari,,,;.,... tration has been shaped to the ben efit of the few. who th , w4) ,aIly expenses and get their money back ...... yiuui out 01 tne many, who are expected to vnte told and be thankful for the privi lege of contributing to the rich man s prosperity. When any one raises bis voice against this false policy he is ac used of warring, against the social oroer. it is not the natural order, social, political or economic It is a system artificially created that cannot be maintained with safety, but that needs to be and cau be safely corrected when the nine men insist that their advantage shall be considered before that of the tenth. McKinley stands for the policy of tariffs and subsidi ment contracts, of monopolies at home and militarv mtemn i j j -".viLJuicaunmu for the benefit of the nne ma j. ten. Bryan is thinking of the niuv, nuu naye to pay the auu gei none ot the benefits. The one man cries nut ;.. .1 . his monopoly threatened ; more money must be raised. But the nine men are coming to a conscious ness that they also have some rights that even nmnev spect. and that the election of Bryan iS needed to secure them. rmta. j tmes. WHEN YOU COME TO THE FAIR Be sure and stop at the Star Clothing' House FOR YOUR 5 FALL OVERCOAT The latest styles in Fall and Winter Goods. m . rur men, voys and children. Hats Caps, Shirts. &c. of the Intci euri always be found at l's Star Clothing House, DLUUiYK?BUU, FA. the "statistics" unnti whieh thio charming Republican fantasy is nu hi were supplied by Col. Carroll D Wiight. It is understood that the figures used by the colonel were either furnished bv the trusts them .,t .1 . . . m'wui ureamea Dy nun. Their reliability is therefore not to he questioned by any Republican organ or orator. Yet it is an interesting fart that Col. Wright is a thoroughly dis credited statistician. lie has been shown up in a light so utterly dis honorable that what he says must aiways De regarded with suspicion He understands that his job de pends upon properly "cooked" prosperity ngures: and with an . pert knowledge of what is winter. he is always readv to meet the de mands upon nun. . However, the reallv sio-nifieent imng aoout mis lo der is. thnf t commits me Republicans to an open defense of the trusts. National Uanocrat. Filled With Promises. Getting the Trusts on the Run. Republican Defense of Trusts. Chairman Hanua says there are no trusts and the Republican nat ional committee confirms his declar ation by issuing a campaign folder by millions in delense of trusts This folder, on the strength of Car roll D. Wright's "statistics," shows that trusts are the workingmau's only true friend. However, it is to be noted that most of the Republican organs. and orators admit that there are trusts and that they -are of. two kinds good and bad. The good trusts are those that fill Mr. Hauna's cam paign dinner pail; the bad ones are the trades unions. And according to the campaign folder which the Republicans are spreading broad et h 1 - t - .v vt uaia uav e ucc,, a unmixed blessing to labor They have increased employment! they have increased wages and they have lowered prices. They are th.eK the crowning beneficence of McKinleyisin. But it must be remembered that The removal of the business nf one of the trusts, that exist by favor 01 me Kepublican party and grow rich at the cost of the people, from ruisourg to iew York is only an incident in itself, but it is a cant illustration of the methods used by these aggregations of cap ital in the conduct of their schemes ot avarice and robbery. The trust company is concerned in making sheet steel and it has a nvai in tne same business. Each was too large to swallow the oth-.-r, and pending a permaftent arrange ment to prey upon the uuhlie th.-v adopted a temporary one by divid ing the country for the sale r.f ihJr product and the shutting down of some portion 01 tneir works in order to restrict the output and maintain prices which no competition could eucci. as a result rolling mills at Niles, Hazleton and Youngstown, Ohio; Sharon and Shoustown, Penn! sylvania; Toledo, Ironton, Alex andria, Indiana, and Chester, West lrginia, were closed down and 9,600 wage earners were thrown out of ejiployment without an hour's notice. There is no work for them where they reside and no prospect of any because there is no prospect of the mills resuming operation. They have to go to seek it elsewhere anA the communities wherein they were important factors suffers with them, the tradesman loses his customers! the landlord his tenants and the workingman himself his home. What he will have to undergo by reason of no employment is easily surmised. Even if he has been forehanded and bought a home his condition is nothing better than the man who has been improvident, for in removing the industry the trust has also taken away the value of the property and the owner can Pnd no purchaser. All the trusts are centering their executive offices in New York, and most of them are seeking shelter in one building as far as it will ac commodate them and cutting the office expenses in kindred trades by consolidation of their clerical forces. This shows that no kind of employ! ment is safe from the tion of the trust. It reaches' out with its evil touch TO ovfrr r il-l To the producer of the workers in it and to the con suiner. It debauches trnrle nu the integrity of the merchants with us plausible rewards, and always reaching further does nnt hpuitnt t,-. oppose the will of the people by us- Our advertising epnee ia filled with promises, not 11 promise among them but what we are prepared to fulfill. Promises concerning the qualities, the styles it. n i . . 1 J ; me prices 01 uesn autumn and winter goods, promises that you should carefully read, and then as carefully prove. To the constant proving of these advertised promises by our public, that is steadily adding to this store's patronage, that is steadily pushing this busi ness into a larger usefulness. Furniture Promise. We know that we ran spII vnn ture at Jcpb price than any other store in town. If I 7r!U D't llliDk B0 C0e aml 1(t 1,8 Pr0Te tO VOU. I j -These goods will be displayed at the Fair. ". ; s ' j The Dress Goods Promise. I ; ? i We're ready for selling. Ye?, more completely i than ever before, aud that ia saying much, for we show J the biggest assortment of Dress Goods iu this county. ? Ladies' and Misses' Capes and 5 jackets ot all Kinds. We promise to sell you the best style Coat, and or as little money as you can find anywhere. We a uig Hfjsuruueni or inese goods. Tailor-Hade Suits. Ihe new PuitR tins CMann oq ir.n ntl.ni;,. jg llieyre made ot popular cloth weaves. The prices l5 are verv reasonahlo nnt Lmo.'h, u . nr .i.,f 2! iaandJe jobby suits at any price. Look at the one we 2g ecu at J.U.W. ' mm P. P. PURSEL. them to deprive them ot their voter.. In making a remove to New York the trusts have left themselves but one other change for the future.and that will not be on their own initi ative, but by the stern command of an indignant country which will move them out of existence. Phila delphia limes. For pedals, bells, toe-clips, han dlebars, plugs, chains, tires, inner tubes, coasters, oilers, wrenches graphites, pants guards, saddles! bufiers and all bicycle sundries at Mercer's Drug & Book Store. Laxative Bromo-Qwninc twhou th remedy that curca , one Notice. The Commissioners of Columbia and Northumberland counties will hold a joint letting on the premises for an iron bridge, also substructure over Roaring Creek near Leisenring's Hotel at Bear Gap on Monday, Oct. 15th. at ten o'clock a. m. Co ai mission ers Office, Bloomsburg, Pa., Oct. 1st, 1900. Attest: R. F. Vandersmce, Cltrk. Bui tlw Th Kind Vou Hate Alwan RfliwM m m - -- The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg, Pa., posttiftice, and will be sent to the dead letter office Oct. 23, 1900. Persons calling for these letters will please say ' iha: they were advertised Oct. 0, 1900": Mr. William Carter, J. W. Hct frich. One cent will be charged on each letter advertised. O B. MellickP. M- OA8TOIIIA-. 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