THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
1:STAHI.1SI!KI 1S6O.
.HE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
staiii.1si1ki) is37. consolidated 18c9.
I'ublisiikd Kvkkv Tiii'rshay Morning,
At liloomlurg, the County Sent of
CoUimliin Countv, Pennsylvania.
CEO. K. KIAVKLL, Editor
1). I. TASKKK, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms : Inside the county $1.00 n year
In advance ; $1.50 if not paid in aJvnnce.
Outside the county, $1.25 a year, strictly in
ndvrmce.
All communications should be addressed
TMIi COEUMMAN.
liloomshurg, l'a.
VHUkSHAV, NOVF.MBKK I, 1900.
Democratic Ticket.
NATIONAL.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM J. BRYAN',
of Nebraska.
I OR VICE PRESIDENT,
ADLAI K. STEVKNSON,
of Illinois.
STATE.
FOR AUDITOR r.ENERAt.,
P. GRAY MKKK,
of Centre Co.
FOR CONOKKSSMKN-AT-LARGE,
N. M EDWARDS,
of Lvcoming Co.
HENRY E. GRIMM,
of Bucks Co.
TOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-AT-1. A ROE
A. H. Coftroth, of Somerset.
Francis Sliunk Brown, Pniladelphia.
Andre Caul, of Elk.
Otto Germer, of Erie.
FOH DISTRICT PRKSII1KNTIAI. KI.KCTORS.
Hugh Moore,
Henry Fernborger,
Jluthew Hitman,
W. Hnrni'P llosklus,
Adam K. Waleli,
3s'. M. Kills
Albra lit Kneulo,
David .1. I'cnrsull,
L. V. HellT,
Dr. Mcrormlck,
Joseph O'Brien,
fnomas Maloney,
ilHines Hell,
V. S. IhiMilncrs,
It. Scott. Amniermnn,
Dr. Hullus Hnrnhart,
Harvey W. Haines,
Warren Worth Hallcy,
Wesley K. OnlTey,
Samuel W. Hlack,
.lolio F. Pauley,
J. (J. Kelly,
.lolin T. Hrejr,
.1. s. Carmlehael,
Miuuaei .neiiei,
.1. ". Kltohey,
S. P. Kimball.
COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS,
RUFUS K. TOLK,
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 JURY COMMISSIONER,
DAVID A. SHULTZ,
of Madison Twp.
To the Voters of Columbia County.
We have held meetings in nearly
every district in the county. Never
in the history of Columbia county
have the meetings been so well at
tended and so much enthusiasm
shown.
There remains but one more thing
for the voters to do and that is - to go
to the polls on the the 6th day of
NovemDer and cast their ballot.
Every vote should be polled at this
election, because it is the fight of the
people against the Trusts and the
Money Power.
The conditiens now point to a
great victory for the people, which
means the election as President of the
United States, that fearless expounder
of the rights of the Common People,
Hon. William Jennings Bryan.
Go to the polls early and vote for
Bryan and Stephenson, Polk, Creasy,
Ikeler, Knorr, Sharpless and Shultz.
We will give the largest Democratic
Majority ever given in a Presidential
year.
Let us place Old Columbia County
in the front for majorities in Penn
sylvania.
R. G. F. Ksiiinka,
J. K. BlTTENIiENDER, C. A. S.MALI..
Secretaries. Chairman.
Bloomsburg, Pa., October 30, 1900.
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 should
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 safely 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.
The Paramount Issue-
The burning issue of imperial
ism, growing out of the Spanish
war, involves the very existence of
the Republic and the destruction of
our free institutions. We regard it
as the paramount issue of the cam
paign. From the Democratic Flat-
form.
Vote for A'. A'. Folk for Congress.
CLltTAIN OF VIOTO.SY.
- 1 c f:o 0 rri i r.nn.ir.ii tnairntan s,ri tiujany
Reports from all Parts ol ths Country In
dicate Easy Majority In the Elector
al. College.
.
C h :c Ann, Oct. 21. At this stage
of the canvass everything appeirs to
be satisfactory and I leel absolute
ly certain that Bryan and Steven
son will be elected by a large ma
jority in the electoral college.
The Republicans are depending
tiDon the use of money to debauch
the electorate in the same manner
that they succeeded in doing lour
years ago, but it is my opinion that
they have not as much money to
spend as they had in 1896 and even
if they had they would not be able
to eflect their purpose.
Forty years ago this Nation was
confronted with problems tending
to destroy the chara:ter and form of
the Government established by our
fathers. If McKinley is re-elected
President it will mark the beginning
of the end of the Republic. The
imperialistic policy of the Republi
can party means destruction of the
Government established by Wash
ington, Jefferson and Madison.
I think the anti-imperialistic
movement in the Republican party
is much more serious and profotini
than was the mugwump movement
in 1884. that defeated Blaine, or the
gold Democratic movement of 1S96
that elected McKinley.
In 1884 and 1896 it was object
ions to candidates on purely domes
t'c issues that could be remedied
that were at stake. Now the very
existence of the Republic is in peril.
It is impossible for me or any
body else to adequately gauge the
result of an election in advance. I
can say, however, that I receive re
ports daily from committeemen in
every State, county and district in
the Union. These men are instruct
ed to report only cold facts and give
the enemy invariably the benefit of
the doubt. From these reports I
feel satisfied that the Democrats will
have at least 257 in the electoral
college.
I feel absolutely satisfied that
Bryan and Stevenson will be elect
ed. J. K. Jones,
Chairman National Democratic
Committee.
It is a conceited fact, by men of all
parties, that Hon. R. A'. Folk has
represented this Congressional district
in Congress in a more able and busi-ness-like
manner than it lias been rep
resented for years.
Hopeful Signs.
If there is any one thing more
than another that should encourage
Democrats, it is the bad temper
shown by both Mark Ilanna and
Teddy Roosevelt. For the past ten
days they have quit arguing the
political issues, and have gone to
calling names, abusing everybody
and insulting half the crowd that
attends their meetings.
Men don't get sour and cross
when things are running their way.
A little guying don't destroy their
temper, nor does an occasional in
terruption tempt them to abusive
language. It is when matters begin
to look hopeless and they do not
know who to blame for it ; when
they feel that they are being left
and know no other means to save
themselves ; when the hoped for is
vanishing and there is no way to
retrieve lost ground, that they loose
their tempers and show their des
peration by their denunciation of
everybody and everything.
Both Hanna and Roosevelt are in
this condition now. They see de
feat and are mad because they can
not prevent it. This is exactly
what their ugly, abusive speeches
mean. Their actions are sure signs
of Democratic hope. Bellefonte
Watchman.
I ofe for Farmer Creasy and Fred
T. Meier for members of the Legisla
ture. They will guard your interests
in the law-making body at Harris
burg. . ..
Not Afraid that Bryan's Election Till In
jure Business
President Cassatt, of the Pennsyl
vania, and the authorities of the
Baltimore and Ohio and the Ches
peake and Ohio railroads, have ad
ministered a blow in the face of the
calamity howlers who are predict
ing all sorts of business disasters
and convulsions of nature in the
event ot Bryan's election, from
which they will be slow to recover.
The Pennsylvania railroad is a level-headed
institution that is not. in
fluenced by threats, predictions or
dreams. In conjunction with the
great corporations named, it has
placed an order with the Steel
Trust for 240,000 tons of steel ra'ls,
being the largest contract for Vails
that has ever been given out in
.this country. Will the Calamity
howlers please take notice and for
ever after hold his peace? Tag
gar fs Times.
Vote for David A. Shultz, of Mad
ison, for Jury Commissioner,
"Necessity is the
Mother of Invention
It was the necessity for an
honest, reliable blood purifier
and tonic that brought into
existence Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. It is a highly concen
trated extract prepared by a
combination, proportion and
process peculiar to itself and
giving to Hood's Sarsaparilla
unequalled curative power,
Rs wonderful record of cures has nude
H America's Greatest Medicine.
Rosy Cheeks " I have good
health and rosy cheeks, thanks to Hood" s
Sarsaparilla. It builds me up and
j.iwj doctor bills." Mary A. Burke,
East Clair St., IndtAiapolis, Ind.
H"nr riMi Wirt iiTir llln; th non In-lmirg nd
jnly oMhirttc to tkq yllll HrtojV 8iiVrlllv
110N. 8- P- McOALMOM
Replies to a Letter From National Committee
in no Uncertain Terms Scathing
Arraignment ol the Party.
S. P. McCalmont, one of the
wealthiest men in the oil regions
and the oldest member of the
Venango county bar, has replied to
a letter received by him from Perry
S. Heath, secretary of the Repub
lican National Committee, and
signed by M. A. Hanna and various
officers and members of that com
mittee. The letter stated that, in
compliance with a suggestion pro
mulgated by Jacob Weyaud, the
Republican Committee had request
ed the surviving founders ol the
Republican party to jointly sign "A
Patriotic Appeal" to the voters of
the United States to support Mc
Kinley and Roosevelt.
Mr. McCalmont, who is one of
the thirteen surviving founders of
the Republican party, which met in
Pittsburg on February 22, 1856,
and in National Convention in Phil
adelphia in June of the same year,
replied as lollows :
MCCAI.MONT'S RKPI.Y.
"To Republicau National Com
mittee :
"Gentlemen : Yours of October
13, with circular inclosed, came
duly to hand. I am sorry to say I
cannot sign the circular.
"The political acts of Benton and
Calhoun are now history, and we,
although old and feeble, live in the
present. The usurpations and dis
regard of the Constitution and laws
ol the nation by William McKinley
are present and unblushiugly
avowed, and were indorsed by the
aggregation of politicians who have
nominated him at Philadelphia and
assure us that he will, if elected, do
in the future as he has done in the
past.
Mckinley's failure.
"How has that been? He has
been over three years in power and
no effort has been made by him to
control the railroad, telegraph or
other corporations. He has crippled
the Civil Service law and permitted
the Intar-Stale Commerce Com
mission to be snubbed and insulted,
until it is useless. He has said no
word and done no deed looking to
the enactment of a graduated in
come tax, but every measure that
would tend to make the rich richer
and necessarily the poor poorer has
been sustained by him. He has
appointed commissioners to white
wash his officers, and when evidence
was given that compelled the con
viction of one of them, the notes of
the evidence were suppressed, and
the sentence of the person convicted
was commuted by McKinley to
suspension from office on full pay
of $4,000 per year. Truly, the
hypocrisy of McKinley is only
equalled by his impudence. I can
not see how the slander of Lincoln
in 1864 can be justification for Mc
Kinley in doing worse things than
Lincoln was accused of.
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD.
''The Republican party, as or
ganized in 1856, has ceased loexist.
Organized to make men free, incor
porating in its platform the im
mortal declaration that all men are
endowed with the inalienable rights
of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness ; that all governments
derive all of their just powers from
the consent of the governed, and
denouncing slavery, polygamy and
the doctrine that might makes right,
and the aggregation that has stolen
its name is engaged in enslaving
millions of people by one of the
mosti cruel, unnecessary, unholy,
unjust, illegal and unconstitutional
wars ever waged. And it is being
carried on with so much drunken
ness and debauchery that the Amer
icans are being rapidly destroyed
by disease, while the Filipinos are
being killed by thousands, all of
which William McKinley, as Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and
Navy, could prevent by a word.
TOO ROTTEN TO REFORM.
"The supporters of McKinley
are the party of the rich, of the cor
porations, trusts and swindlers. It
WHEN
Be
Iff
can always be found at
Towesend's Star Clothing House,
mi
is too rotten to reform and if not
cheeked and destroyed a few years
more will see this the basest of
nations, the country of a very few
rich men and many miserably poor,
held in subjection by that most
effectual and fatal of all enemies of
liberty, a standing army. There is
nothing safe as long as such men
rule ; life is uncertain, liberty is
lost and hope expires."
The letter has created a sensation
among Republicans, who are
amazed at the strong denunciation
by Mr. McCalmont.
Don't try to sp:it your ticket and
then yon will run no risk of losing
your vote by a defective ballot. Vole
straight for Democracy.
CAJS'T FOOL THEM TWICE-
Employees of Tin Trust Remember Campaign
of 1L9G.
For instance, at May wood, a
suburb of Chicago, the Norton Bros,
run one of the largest tin mills in
the United States if not in the
world. They arc the pampered,
children of a robber tariff law. In
the early days of the campaign of
1896 they organized their employees
into a McKinley marching club.
On the Saturday before election the
voting employees were lined up
and addressed about as follows :
"Men, I do not desire to tell you
how to vote, but I wish to say to
you that if Bryan is elected next
Tuesday you need not come to work
on Wednesday. If McKinley is
defeated this plant will be shut
down."
For weeks previous to that the
story was circulated among the
employees and with an air that
seemed authoritative that if Bryan
was elected not only the tin mills,
but ether mills and factories
throughout the country, would
have to close down. Only McKinley
could insure employment, pros-perity
and full dinner pails. The em
ployees believed the fairy tale, for
most of them were foreign born and
from those portions of the European
continent where feudalism still
lingers. They were also assured
that with the election of McKinley
more employment would be given
and wages advanced. Within three
months after the election wages
were reduced twice.
The Maywood employees of the
tin trust have again been organized
into a marching club and made to
parade in unilorm, but it is safe to
assert that not one-third of them
will this year vote for the Canton
mandarin. They will, for fear of
being discharged, march like
"dumb driven cattle" and wear
khaki uniforms, which, in them
selves, are badges of imperialism,
but they cannot be fooled a second
time to cast a slave's ballot.
Bryan will be the next Fresident of
the United States.
Lincoln's Prophecy ia 1805-
"I see in the near future a crisis
approaching that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the safety of
my country. As a result ot the war,
corporations have been enthroned,
and an era of corruption in high places
will follow, and the money power of
tht country will endeavor to prolong
its reign by working upon the preju
dices of the people, until all wealth is
aggregated in a few hands and the Re
public is destroyed. I feel at this
moment more anxious for the safety
of the country than ever before, even
in the midst ol war."
. .
Let there be no stay-at-homes m
Columbia County.
YOU COME TO TOWN
sure and stop at the.
Star Clothing House
FOR YOUR
he kit est styles in
Fall and Winter Goods,
For men, boys and children. Hats,
Caps, Shirts,&c.,of the latest style,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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S Fresh, Forcefial Facts, 1
C '
Facts are always more or less forceful. The stronger tj?
the facts the greater the force. Many a strong buying
argument can you find here. Every stock teems with
S'd them. Thoughtful, careful, prudent people, fiud much i
jjS to their liking in this store. We try to protect you in i
iS your buying at every turn.
3 Warm Undo: wear,
jc Changing time is here,
jjjfc so is the stock here. A
better or larger list of val
0 ucs were never offered you
mC anywhere. The underwear
market has advanced, but
' we have never offered such
:c values as we do now.
3 Han's Underwear.
jw A lot of 50c n
50c men's shirts
at 2?c
Men's fleeced lined at 50c.
,2
Men s underwear, J wool,
5g at 05
yc Men's wool
fleeced tin-
ip ucrwear at $1 00.
Woman's Underwear.
Vests and pants, heavy
cotton, at 25c.
Vests and pants, fine,
soft, heavy cotton, at 50c.
g Natural wool, ladies' tin
g derwear, soft and fine, that
jg anyone can wear, at $1 00.
gS Kisses' and leys' Underwear.
ie Fleeced Cotton Ribbed,
'jt we start at 10c, and ad
g vanec each size. These
jig are extra value.
2p Heavy fleeced goods, for
jtfj boys, start at 35c.
JNatural wool underwear,
jjfc for children, all sizes:solt
5g and fine that anv child can
Se wear, we start at 33c.
Furniture.
Vou have your house
abou cleaned and may need
a new bed room suit, new
5c
Some soft, fine Infant's Shirts and Bands
3g
F. P. PURSEL.
I"jn f N If H rMl" 'VTf"f irvmnr u-,r
Mr. Bryan's Eadurirjg Popularity- j
Notwithstanding that Mr. Bryan I
has in the" rast four vea
me most laminar figure upon the
political platform in America, he is
drawing as large crowds, iif not
larger ones, on the present tour as
he did in 1896, when popular curi
osity in his personality was at the
highest point. Gov. Rosevelt, com-
parauveiy a new llgure, is not prov
ing more of a popular attraction
than the Democratic candidate.
This fact is not mentioned as having
any political significance, yet it is
not without interest in view of the
feeling, even in Democratic quar
ters before the campaign, that Mr.
Bryan had lost some of his drawing
power on the stump. Sprint field
Republican (Ind.).
A vote for J on. Fufus A". Folk,
the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in this district, means a vote for
a mm who will guard the interests of
his constituency as safely as his own.
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in
sideboard, or a new rocker' jj
We show the biggest line S5
this fall we have ever had j
and the best value. If you
don't think so, come to our &
store and let us prove it to 5
you.
Scd F.ccra Furniture. 3
3 piece suit, golden oak
finished. 20x2.1 class, its
3 piece suit, golden oak L
finished smy-jo o-lncc ix f?
3 piece suit, golden oak
gloss front.24.x30 glass, $20.
3 piece suit, golden oak, j
French mirror, 2430glas.s,
$23.00. j
3 piece suit, golden oak,
rubbed finished, 24x30
glass, $25.00. V
3 piece suit, golden oak, 5
rubbed finished, 2S x 30
glass, $32.00. 2
Sidebaards.
We start them at $12.00, 3
and have them up to $35. jj
We can save you money
on these goods if you give '
us a cnance.
Fancy Uockers.
1
vV e can show vou at
least 50 different kinds of r,
rockers, and at different
prices. So you can be
pleased if you come to this
store. ?5;
Blankets. '
We are still selling
blankets at the prices we fe
offered last week. g
.w.mm.YJC5r
Adlai, the fearless Democrat and
favorite son of Illinois, will be the
next presiding ofit er in the United
States Senate.
The common cattail which grows
spontaneously along the marshes,
has become of commercial value, it
is said. The fluffy, cotton-like ma
terial obtained from it is said to be
an excellent substitute for hair, wool
aiul other substances used for mat
tresses aud in upholstering, at a
lessened cost. The market price is
two cents a pound, with a demand
far exceeding the supply.
......
Everybody is interested in the result
of this election. Do not stay at home
next Tuesday, get fiut and vote, anil
see that your neighbors vote.
This signature is ou cwry box of the genuln
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