THE COLUMBIAN.
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.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.
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Outside the county, ft. 25 a year, strictly in
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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-
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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
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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. ". ;
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j The Dress Goods Promise. I
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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. '
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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
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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-
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's iuc money u nas stolen from
Blguatnit
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