THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED IS66. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, Established 1837. Consolidated 1869. fltblish ed kvlky thursday morning, At ltloomsliurj;, the County Seat of Columbia Countv, Pennsylvania. GEO. K. EI.WKLL, Editor I). J. TASKEK, I-ocai. Editor. (JEO. C. KOAN, I orkmas. Tkrms : Imiile the county $t.oo year in advance; $1.50 if not paid in a.tvance. Outside the county, $1.25 a yenr, strictly in tdvance. AH communications should le addressed THE COLUMMAN. Moomsburg, Ta. VJIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901. The government has opened the bids for raising the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. There is a great disparity in the offers. Swartz Foundry, of New Orleans, will do the work for $S67.ooo,while Cham berlain & Co., of Chicago, made a proposal to remove the wreck for nothing:, and to give the govern ment three per cent, of the sale of the material in the form of souvenirs. The plans for raising the wreck are quite as astounding os tha difference in the bids. One contractor suggest a balloon, oth ers would employ coffer dams.while one contractor believes the work can be done easier with air bags. AGAINST THE LIBEL BILL. At a meeting of the executive committee of the State Democratic Editorial Association in Harrisburg on Tuesday evening, resolutions were adopted emphatically disap proving of the change in the libel law of the State, for which bills are now pending in the Legislature. The object of these bills is to muzzle the press and stop the criticism of machine men and methods, which has been going on for some time, and which was not pleasant reading for the parties concerned. ODE ELECTIONS- If we would determine the char acter of a stream we must go to the fountain. So it is useless and foolish for men to complain of wrongs and oppressions in municipal, state, or national government, if they do not take an interest in elections, or vote their righteous sentiments. What we would have, we may go a long way toward having, if we do our duty at the polls. Next Tuesday one week is election day in our midst. Let us inquire what the needs of our town are, in its public schools, in its police force, in its streets, and all other departments presided over by our duly elected or appointed officers. The school directors are, to a very large ex tent, responsible for the time, suc cess, progress and up-to-date con dition ot our schools, and we need directors that are intelligent and wise enough to know their duty, and have courage to do it, that our schools shall be free from all un wholesome, restraining, corrupting, or damaging influences, and shall constantly grow ineffectiveness and power. Our police force must ne ready and honorable enough to dis charge their whole duty, according to their solemn oath, without, fear or favor to any one a strict, im partial oversight of all affairs and conduct, and the vigorous suppres sion of all evil, and violations of law. That is what the good citi zens want what all need and it is going to be demanded until it is obtained. Our streets need to be gradually paved, and we want to have that thought dominant in the minds of our city fathers until the good work begins. Our people are proud' of our town. They have a right to be. It is very rare that you see any place where residents take such good care of their houses and surroundings. We are glad to see it. Now let the good work go . on. X. DEMO JKA.0Y Of EENDRI0K3- That is the Kind the Masses of tho Party Want To-day. A nobler Democrat than Thomas A. lienaricKS- 01 unaiana, never lived, says the Atlanta Constitution. In a recent speech Indiana's pres ent Democratic leader, Hon. John W. Kern, said of him : "The Democracy of Hendricks was the Democracy of the Kansas City Conventiou. If living, his voice would have rung out in the last campaign in behalf of those principles always dear to his heart Jiut wniie tne iJemocratic party is still the conservative party, as it was in the days of Hendricks, it is as ready now as then to? strive to find common ground upon which all Democrats who believe in con stitutional, government may stand in coming conflicts. It is to day holding no parley with deserters ; its ears are closed aqrainst words of advice gratuitous ly offered by alleged Democrats who vote the Republican ticket or by those in tne great struggle ot ic,oo who withheld both vote and voice from the cause of the people and could see in that mighty contest only a painful and d stressing situ ation. There is no occasion for crimina tion and recrimination as between Democrats, but there should always b; generous and patriotic rivalry as to who will render the most effect ive service in the work of building up the party organization and strengthening the party lines for the coming conflict. The Democracy of Hendricks, of Thurman, of Buckalew and the other great men who fought straight from the shoulder and won elec tions without an "un-Democrntic compact with Mugwumps I That is the kind the Democratic masses want, and they will never barter it for the convenience of time servers. The Democracy led by Hendricks was a growing force ; the body left by the "un-Democratic compact" with Mugwumpery was puny and dying. Life has now returned, and the glare stands ready for the cotv flict. Milton Record. Cuba Libre- The only way for the adminis tration to get around the solemn pledge of the United States to leave Cuba free, is to incite some disor der, as an excuse for prolonging the military occupation of the island. This is the way it was managed in the Philippines. It is quite true that we had made no formal pledges to the Filipinos, for the reason that very few people in the United States knew anything about them and they were too far away for us to interfere in their be half, though their attitude toward Spain was similar to that of the Cubans. But any government with old-fashioned ideas, when the Span ish power at Manila had been de stroyed, would have put itself into friendly and helpful relations with the inhabitants, for the purpose of assisting them to establish a govern ment of their own. Instead, the administration refused to acknowl edge that the inhabitants had any rights and immediately got into a quarrel with them that has led to a contiuued war and the claim of ab solute sovereignty publican agitators' wish to bring abont in Cuba now. 1 his govern ment has expressly disclaimed any intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said island, except for the pacification thereof." It caunot be pretended that the island is not pacified. Per fect order prevails and a convention of lawfully elected delegates is en gaged in the establishment of a per manent government. Congress has already recorded the "determina tion, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people. We must, therefore, prepare to evacu ate the island, unless we can pick a quarrel with the Cubans. anous pretexts for a quarrel are suggested. The most prominent one is that the Cuoans are ' un grateful." That is, they have taken this country at its word and have gone ahead to establish a gov ernment of their own, as a free and independent uation. They have not provided in their constitution for a military protectorate by the United States or a suzerainty over their international relations. After their long struggle for Cuba Libre, they have not. offered to become a mere dependency of the United States. For this reason it is urged at Washington that their constitu tion ought not to be acknowledged and that the military occupation should be continued in spite of them. The Cubans, as we know, are a proud and high-spirited people. If thev find that the government of the United States is playing them false, it will not be hard to provoke them into an attitude of antagonism that will enable the President to say that the island is not yet paci fied and the troops cannot be with drawn. We do not believe the President is party to this conspir acy, but it is for him to defeat it, for its consummation would be a consuming disgrace. The Ameri can people submitted to great loss and suffering to make Cuba free ; they will not submit now to have it deprived of its freedom. -Times. Boyd Wintersteen, who was found guilty of murder in the second degree, by a Montour County jury, for the killing of Martin L. Fisher, was taken to the Eastern Penitentiarylast Thursday. He will have elevenTyears and nine months in which to repent. The two free rural mail delivery routes for which petitions have al ready been framed, will both have their starting points at Berwick.and will be twenty miles in length. Martsville, Foundryville, Evans ville, Cabin Run, Briarcreek and Willow Springs are all along the route. WASHINGTON. From our Kcgulnr Correspondent. Washington, Feb. 4, iqor. The shrewdness of the Ilanna McKinley bluff in the Senate by antagonizing appropriation bills with the Ship Subsidy bill cannot be denied. Having determined that there shall be an extra session of Congress anyway, they could af ford to make this bluff. If they succeed in getting the subsidy steal through by it, they will dodge the charge of arranging for the extra session just to get it through ; if the subsidy bill fails to get through, it may also prevent some of the regular appropriation bills from getting through, thus furnishing other reasons for the extra session than President McKinley's sudden desire to have Congress provide a form of civil government for the Philippines and his anxiety lest the Cubans should have to wait a few months for Congressional action 011 the constitution they are now mak ing. Unless all signs are wrong, there is some partisan deviltry be hind this extra session plan. It is easily conceivable that if the Re publicans intend to do some parti san legislating in the Fifty-seventh Congress, for the purpose of per petuating themselves in power, they would prefer doing it this Spring to postponing it to the regu lar session, which will not close until a few months before the next Congressional campaign. The large Republican majority in both branches of the next Congress will be a great temptation to a certain class of their leaders to indulge in partisan legislation. There are indications that the Republicans . are going to do in the next Congress what they were afraid to do in connec tion with the re-apportionment bill passed by the present Congress poke their fingers into-the internal affairs of those Southern states that have by constitutional provision curtailed negro suffrage. Enough was said when the credentials of Senator-elect Simmons, of North Carolina, were presented to the Senate to show that an attempt is to be made in the next Congress to Eft the nntter before Congress by objecting to the seating of Senators lrom the states that have restricted suffrage North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. Whether the attempt will succeed will depend upon the support it gets from the more conservative Republicans, many of whom have said in private conversations that they were opposed to any agitation of this sort in Congress, and would have favored the suffrage restric tions had they lived in the states that have adopted them. Demo cratic Senators will to a man op pose any and every move to ques tion the right of Senators from the four above named states to take their seats in the next Congress. . The House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 10 to 5, adopted a res olution declaring that Representa tive Richardson, of Alabama, is only entitled to draw salary from Aueust 6, iqoo. the date of his election to fili the vacancy made by the resignation of Gen. Joe Wheeler, If sanctioned by the House, as it probably will be, this decision will serve as a precedent. It has been contended by some that Mr. Rich ardson's salary should date back to the day Gen. Wheeler resigued and by others that it should date from March 4, 1899, the beginning of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Senator Turner, of Washington, in a speech against the Ship Subsidy bill, characterized it as vicious in its principle and absurd in its ex travagance ; one-quarter govern ment paternalism and three-quarters a lawless, piratical raid upon the public treasury, its principal - pur pose being to enrich a few private tndividuals, by giving $270,000,000 of public money to one favored in dustry. Mr. Turner called partic ular attention to the fact that in stead of operating for twenty years, as generally supposed, at a cost of $180,000,000, the bill, if it became a law, would operate for thiity years and cost $270,000,000 Althoiigh the Ship Subsidy bill is not before the House, Represent ative Thayer, of Massachusetts, took advantage of the wide latti- tude allowed in the discussion of appropriation bills to make a strong speech against it, bristling with common sense arguments showiti that the measure would not result in building up our merchant marine and concluding with these words' "If the American Merchant Marine is to be revived and rehabilitated so as to take a prominent and com manding position among the na tions of the world, it will be done in some other way than by the tem porary intoxicant provided by the provisions of this bill, and we have STAR Clearing Out Sale of WINTER CLOTHING ! To Make Room for Spring Goods. Big Reduc tions in OVERCOATS, at Townsend's no moral 'light, even if we were constrained by no other considera tion, to tax 75,000,000 people that ve may bestow a bounty upon seven cor.: panics or corporations." It is now admitted by Treasury officials that the greater portion of the taxes imposed nominally to meet the expenses of the war with Spiin, but really to make up the deficit that would.have existed long before now on account of the pro- -.ibitive nature of tuauv sectiot.s of the Dingley tariff act. will be per manent, becnuse of the increasing .wblic expenditures and the de- creasing income lrom customs du ties. Some prominent Republicans are openly advocating the lowering of tariff duties to increase the rev enue, but the rock-ribbed high pn tectionists. of whom President Me- Kiuley is one of the chief high priests, will not consent to that as long as they have the power to pre vent it. So the people can make up their minds to paytthe war taxes not cut by the bill before the Sen ate for at least four years more. BENTON'3 LOSS, Christian L. Moore Passo Away Monday Evening. Death walks with impartial feet; every home is subject to the visitation of the grim reaper. Oft times it comes without any premonition. We can not tell, we do not know the number of our days. Another occurrence which is deeply lamented and which has cast a gloom over the entire neighborhood in which he resided, and has caused all who knew him to bow their heads in sorrow, is the death of Christian L. Moore, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Benton. The end came shortly after seven o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Moore came into the world eighty- four years ago, his birth having occurred in Sugarloaf township No vember 24, 1816. Until he attained manhood he assisted his father on the farm. Some years later he embarked in the mercantile business in Benton, and carried it on successfully until advanced years compelled retirement. Mr. Moore was twice married. His first wife was Miss Charlotte Fritz and his second Miss Elizabeth York s. The former died thirty-six years ago and the latter has been dead for nearly seventeen years. The surviving mem bers of the family are two sons and one daughter: VV. H. Moore, of this town; Emanuel Moore, of Town Hill; and Miss Margaret Moore, who has been taking care of her father at home. The funeral will be held this morn ing at halt past ten lrom tne isenton Methodist church, and interment will be made at St. Gabriel's. The "Lackawanna Railroad" will open a new office on the south west corner of Broadway and 28th street on May 1st. The Company expects to make it one of the hand somest offices in the city of New York. It will be under the general direction of Mr. T. W. Lee, gen eral passenger agent of the com pany, and will bring the Lacka wanna into prominence in a portion of the city not heretofore reached. If there is anything in the old adage about the coon and his shadow we may look for six weeks of the genuine article. Saturday was the time that the little animal was supposed to make his appearance. It was a beautiful, clear day, and if his shadow frightens him it is safe to believe that he got a good scare. Leases aid notices sale at this office. to quit, for tf. CLOTHING WE NOW HAVE 3)1 Star Clothing House, BLOOMSBURG, PENN'A. i 1 fcl Ai i i A The Annual Tn Imvinrr rlrv orods. people always consult what they believe to be their tru S5& est economy. In this year's sale of the above empha S3fc sized items, we cater, to' your economy. These special 2fi lines are now at theit best, and this is the one chance of twelve months to replenish the home with these needfuls at lower prces than you are in the habit of 3b; paving; yes, much lower prices. Kindly investigate. 35 3b If "found a advertised, then you'll be tempted to buy. 3 & If you do buy, solid satisfaction is bound to follow. ?fi TA2LE DAMASKS. Bleached or unbleached. Every wanted grade, ev ery wanted width, and at prices you will not find lor a long time. Look-ahead folks will appreciate this chance. Good bleached Darnask, 52 ins. wide, woith 28c. Sale price, 22c. All linen bleached Da- 2B mask, 54 ins., worth 56c. 2g Sale price, 45c. 2c $8 ins. wide, all linen, 5g bleached and heavy, worth 62c. Sale price, 49c. iJ 72 ins. bleached, all lin-' ig en, worth 65c. Sale price.so. 66 ins. wide, heavy jgg bleached Damask, worth 85c. Sale price, 68c. jgg 72 ins., dainty patterns, napkins to match, worth j3 Si 00. Sale price,75 and 79c. j2 72 ins. wide bleached lin- ens, worth $1 25. Sale price, 3 98c. Napkins to match, jje $1 .50 bleached Damask, 3g 72 ins. wide, at $1 25. UNEL3ACHED LINEITS. 25c Damask we sell at 20c 40c " " 32c 50c " ' " " 39c 56c " " " 45c 60c heavy all linen " 50c 65c 55c $1 00 " " . " 75c We have added to this S Pattern Table Cloths, with Napkins to match, and you ZSft will find the price very much less than you have been Sg in the habit of paving for them. 93 OUR GROCERY DEPT. We put on sale in our Grocery Dept., good Carolina Head Rice at 5c per lb. Extra large, nice, fresh Prunes, at 5c. a lb. 3 lb, cans of J extra fine Pie Peaches, 3 cans for 25c. FIRE! Big Fire GBOCERIE Commencing Saturday February 9th, and continuing until entire stock is disposed of. Tooley & Co. 43 E. flain St: A Surprise In btore- The most unique idea in journalism ever conceived will be introduced in the great "Philadelphia Sunday Press" for February 10. The plan is so in teresting and the result so remarkable that this edition will doubtless be the HOUSE SMLES AAi,l A Linen Sale. 4 as in anvthintr else, prudent 3 J OS ETCH3N CRASHES. Plain cotton and linen toweling, handsome gloss toweling, all bought for this event. We sell them as follows : Cotton toweling at All linen " loc " " " I2ic " " ' 4jc 6c 8c IIC I2jc Huckelback towTg 10c I5c I2$c gloss toweling, lie SHEETS, PILLOW SLIPS. These are ready to use, and at these prices they $2 cost you very little more q than materials. An econ omy of labor as well as rfi price. y sheets. j2 81 x 90, good bleached, 52c 81 x 90, best " 64c 3 90 x 90, " " 75c (3 81 x 90, hemstitched, 90c wjjl 90 x 90, " 98c 1'II.LOW slips. ' 42 x 36, at 10c 25 45 x 36, at I2jc 2j 45 x 36, hemstitched.at 14c R 45 x 36, hemstitched, g best quality, at 25c ?K THE TOWEL SALE. g We have n't room to give prices, but you will find the best values we ever oITered. Come, and let us prove it to you. Linen Sale a lot of 2i-yard CD Diincci 1 I I U iJ L-4 L- FIRE! Sale of most notable ot the new century. Ex actly what the plan is has not yet been announced, but that it will be a nov elty is certain and there will be a great demand for it. So in order tha you may be sure to get it you should order to day, next Sunday's "Press" of your newsdealer.
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