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THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTAHLTSHED i860.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
estab1.1siikd 1837. consolidated 1s69
Fiwmsiied Every Thursday Morning,
At Bloomsburg, the County Seat of
Columbia Couutv, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI.WELL, Editor
I). J. TASKKR, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Korumas.
Terms : Inside the county .fi.oo a year
in advance; $1.50 if riot aid in advance.
Outside the county, ft. 25 a year, strictly in
advance.
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901.
The Prohibitionsts of Montour
county have nominated Thomas W.
Mills for prothonotary and Andrew
J. Steinman for treasurer
,
The first yacht race between the
Columbia and Shamrock will be
sailed today. The English boat
looks formidable this time.
The tribute paid to the memory
of President McKinley on the day
of his burial was such as the world
has never seen before. Memorial
services were he.d throughout the
land, and at the hour when the
casket was placed within the tomb
at Canton, all traffic ceased. Rail
road trains and trolley cars stopped
for, five minutes, vehicles also
stopped and the dense throngs on
the city streets stood still and men
took off their hats. It was a fitting
' tribute to a soldier, a statesman,
and christian gentleman, who in all
the walks of life to which he had
been called, had proven faithful to
the trust. The'death of President
McKinley has cemented the people
of this nation into one band ol law
loving patriotic American citizens,
as no event has ever done before.
...
It was with great difficulty that
the leaders of the Democratic party
could restrain the late state con
vention, and keep it from bouncing
the Ryan-Donnelly gang out of the
party and out of the convention.
The Columbian took the position
from the first that they were trait
ors and ought to be turned out.
But for the sake of peace they were
tolerated, and a committee of six
Democrats was appointed by the
convention to assist Governor Pat
tison in Philadelphia to reorganize
the party. Their efforts were a to
tal failure. Under orders from
Ryan and Donnelly, the city con
vention last week utterly ignored
Pattison and Guffey and Creasy,
and refused to nominate a fusion
ticket. In so doing they obeyed
the orders of the Durbarn-Ash-bridge
machine, and proved them
selves the traitors that they have
long been accused of being. Gov
ernor Pattison at once resigned as
chairman ofthe city committee, nud
his action is endorsed by Col Guf
fey. They will, now endeavor to
organize a new Democracy in Phil
adelphia, and by fusion with the
Union party will endeavor to over
throw the corrupt Republican ma
chine and its Democratic annex.
The Ryan-Donnelly gang should
never again be permitted to enter a
Democratic convention.
HARKISBURGr LETTER.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 24th.
The resignation of ex-Governor
Pattison as Chairman of the City
Democratic committee of Philadel
phia, was the political surprise of
the week. When that distinguish
ed citizen accepted the chairmanship
of that committee there was a good
deal of astonishment expressed by
Democrats throughout the State.
For years the Democratic organiza
tion in Philadelphia has been atro
cious and every observing Democrat
throughout the State has known for
some time that it was simply a trad
ing post for political commerce with
the Quay machine. But until the
rules were changed at the last Demo
cratic state'conventiorut was imposs
ible to remedy the evil. Democracy is
the antithesis of revolution. To
overturn an organization without
- resident
Vice Pres't
Cashier
Asst. Cashier
E. B. Tustin,
Loeis Gross,
the countenance of law would be re
volutionary and therefore the Demo
cratic leaders of the State were
obliged to sit through a number of
years, helplessly, while the party
was being Detrayed, because there
was no warrant of law for declaring
the Philadelphia organization in
valid. During the recent session of the
legislature the leaders of the Demo
cratic organization ot Philadelphia
participated in every corrupt job of
the mauyof which General Gobin
the other day complained. Chair
man Creasy as a member of the leg
islature fighting these corrupt meas
ures necessarily became aware of the
facts and after his election to the
Chairmanship naturally protested
against association with the boodlers.
He brought the matter to the atten
tion ot National Committeeman
Guffey, ex-Govertior Pattison and
others and measures to rescue the
organization irom the traitors were
at once begun. After a thorough
canvass of the subject it was discov
ered that the only course open was
to induce Chairman Donnelly to re
sign in order that a successor might
be elected who had integrity and
the confidence of tjie people of all
parties. Ex-Governor Pattison was
by unanimous agreement chosen for
the place. He was averse to enter
ing into active politics in that way
but yielded to Ihi importunities of
leading Democrats including Guffey
and Creasy with the promise of Don
nelly and Ryan that they would co
operate with him in his plans to
rehabilitate to party.
Except for this manifestation of
contrition on the part of the distrust
ed leaders they would have been un
mercifully condemned and incon
tinently expelled from the organiza
tion by the recent Democratic State
convention. But - they promised
freely and apparently acquiesced
cheerfully in the arrangement which
had been made and they escaped
condemnation. There were those
who left the convention unreconcil
ed for the reason that they still dis
trusted Donnelly and Ryan but
when Pattison, Guffey and Creasy
vouched for the honesty of their
purposes all opposition was defeated
and the condemnatory resolutions
were withheld. But when the pledg
es made to Pattison, Guffey and
Creasy were broken the other day,
there was no alternative but to adopt
the course which was taken. In
other words when Donnelly and
Ryan refused to preserve faith with
the reputable elements in the politics
of Philadelphia by agreeing to fus
ion against the Quay-Ashbridge
machine, there was nothing left for
a man of honor and honesty like
Governor Pattison to do but resign
and lie diu that promptly.
f he cursory observers of politics
might jump to the conclusion that
political reform will suffer through
the course adopted by Governor
Pattison. That is to say such per
sons might assume that ex-Governor
had surrendered to the traitors the
citadel of reform. But there is
nothing further from the truth.
Thanks to the wisdom and fore
thought of the Democratic leaders
of the State, provisiiis were made
by the last Democratic State con
vention for just such contingencies
as have arisen. In other words the
convention appointed a committee
of eminent and able Democrats and
invested them with authority to ex
ercise a supervisory power over the
Philadelphia organization and sup
plemented that action by amending
the rules so that a corrupt organiza
tion may be removed and an honest
organization substituted without be
ing revolutionary. Under these
changed conditions the resignation
of Governor Pattison will be follow
ed at once by the assertion of its
authority by the committee under
the changed rules and the immedi
ate rescue of the party from the
boodlers and corruptionists.
Iu view of these facts the present
situation may be summed up in this
way. There is no Democratic
organization in Philadelphia at all
and the field is open for the creation
of one. Now as no organization
would be better than a corrupt one,
the party would be better off even if
the powe to create an honest or
ganization was absent. mit tne
new rules of the party not only
authorizes the creation of a new or
ganization but point out the way
which is now open to ex-Governor
Pattison and the thousands of others
who are in sympathy with and sup
port of him injthe present movement
Thus we hare not only got rid of a
loathsome disease, not only had a
dangerous cancer cut away, but we
have the wound healed and are
ready to fesume work with healthy
body and confident mind. Within
a few days Governor Pattison will
have a Democratic committee, in ex
istence, and the party will be mov
ing forward to assured victory. It is
small wonder, in view of these facts
that the reform press ol the State
rejoices over the change iu the affairs
of the Philadelphia Democracy.'
Only those who are in position to
observe at close range can appreci
ate the vast amount of work which
Chairman Creasy and his capable
staff were obliged to perlorm in
order to. perfect the arrangements
for this meeting. In fact this labor
has revealed not only the capability
but the unselfish devotion to the
great cause of Democracy of Secre
tary Shirk and Private Secretary
Sweeney, who are the Chairman's
constant supporters and assistants.
The committee is doing a vast
amount of intelligent and effective
work and the Democrats throughout
the State may justly feel encouraged
in the confidence, amply justified,
that not an opportunity to do good
for the party is being neglected. If
the local organizations do their part
as well as the State committee is do
ing its duty, there will be no failure
this year on account of neglect or
infidelity to the cause of Democracy.
G. D. II.
IMPRESSIVE SERMON
Rev. Or. Hemingway at the Presbyterian
Church, on Sunday. Scut. 1 5th.
By
The civilized world today sympa
thizes with the great American Re
public as m unuttera'jle sorrow, it
mourns the loss of its chief magistrate;
' the clean, brave and sagacious states
man, William McKinley, whose life
has been cut off by a cowardly, des
picable and inhuman anarchy just as
that noble life had ripened into a
mellow and fruitful manhood. And
this is America, the home of free, in
dependent and intelligent mens the
home of men who trace their ancestry
from 0'iver Cromwell to John Brown
and Abraham Lincoln; the home of
men who one generation after another
have fallen heirs to the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution of
the United States for a century and a
quarter; the land where education is
tree and religion is honored; where ths
right of manhood suffrage is universal
and the opportunity to remedy all
wrongs is the rightful heritage of all
manful and intelligent constituents.
Yet here, in the shadow of that tree
where liberty has come to perfect blos
soming, there is found lurking and
plotting an unhallowed brood, unfit
for earth, fullripe for hell.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty." With the increase of know
ledge and personal freedom there
comes increased responsibility to fear
God and honor law on the one hand,
and the enlarged opportunity to dis
honor the Most High and make at
tempts to destroy governments on the
other. It is but one step from the
sublime to thejmorally monstrous in
human affairs. Under the flag of our
country the black man, born in slavery,
now free, may clasp thehand of our
Chief Executive, while one born to
the heritage -of freedom's atmosphere;
free schools and the right ot suffrage,
may learn enough anarchy to lead
him to murder a man whose
greatness and goodness the world ack
nowledges and reveres. Believe me,
it is not the intelligent negro that we
need to disfranchise or banish; it is the
mannvith the red flag arid the dead
conscience whether he be a native
merican or foreign born citizen.
Perhaps at a moderate estimate
there are in free America some 20,000
anarchists. They are for the most
part foreign bom or of foreign descent.
Tiiey are divided into two, schools, the
individualistic anarchists who accept
the teachings ot Marx, and the com
munistic group, who are followers of
Herr Most. In some particular theories
both agree. 1 hey are athe;st
they are opposejl to human govern
ments; they deny the rights of prop
erty; they do not believe in couits of
law, nor elections, nor the civil oath,
nor the marriage vow The only bond
which they consider binding, in all the
transactions ot lite is what tliey are
pleased toall the contract. "Terror
ize, burn and slay;" these are their
watch words. This is . the unholy
Krrwr1 flifit Viaf--Kafc flirt n i ?i 1 rti mn-fc!
whose sting is like the flying serpents;
and the crime of it all is, 'that under
the name of free speech we have allow-
ed it to nest in the very heart
and the vital parts of the Na
tion's life. Triumph for a moment,
in your ghoulish glee, ye minions of
Jin Ancient Foe
To health and iinppines3 U Scrofula
as ugly as ever eince time Immemorial.
It causes bnnclies In the DPck, dis
figures the ckin, inllames tho mucous
membrane, wastta the muscles, weak
ens the bones, reduces the power of
resistance to dineaso and tho capacity
for recovery, and develops into con
sumption. "A bunch nprenrd on tho left olilo of
my neck. It caused ttrat pnln, was lnticert,
r.nd bccnnie ritnn!ii! Ooro. I went into a
peneral Ut1Iiip. I van peminded to try
Hood's Sarsnjinrilla, nud when I hnd taken
six bottles my not.k was lira led, mid I have
never had ony trouble of the kind since."
Mrs. K. T. Srydf.ii. Troy, Ohio.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
,and Pills
will rid you of it, radically and per
manently, as they have rid thousands.
perdition, leap and laugh in your mad
ecstacy, as the fices of a great people
blanch with temporary fear at a deed
so shocking as to make them for a
moment dumb. Make your threats
and lay your plans for wilder orgies of
riot, and bacchanals of blood I But
know ye that the giant of law is awak
ing from his sinful s'eep and criminal
indifference; and with his strong right
arm, panoplied with the power of
God, will speedily smite you with the
stroke of retribution and bitter death.
The battle is the Lord's. God help
us to gird the loins of our manhood
wiih the girdle of righteousness!
It seems almost incredible that with
in the lifetime of a middle-aged man,
so many administrators of human gov
ernments have been assassinated. The
Czar of Russia, three Presidents of
the United States, the Prince of Servia,
the Duke ot Parma, the Prince of
Montenegro, the President of the
French Republic, two Sultans of
Tfirkey, King Humbert of Italy, and
Empress Elizabeth of Austria: while
repeated attempts hav been made on
the lives ot Wm I, of Germany, the
late Queen of England, the King and
Queen of Spain; and men in high of
ficial capacity, in many countries, ss
Bismark, Lord Lytton, Lord Frederick
CaVinJish, and M: Crispi.
How shall we speak of these men
who call themselves anarchists ?
Men, did I say? Heaven save the
mark! In both intellect and heart,
they carry nothing but the base count
erfeit marks of that divine manhood,
which God coined out of His own
life, and made current in both earth
and Heaven.
But once more the execrable deeds
of these haters of mankind have shock
ed the world. The people of a great
nation stand today with bowed heads
and broken hearts, as with eyes that
pierce all distance thev look upon the
silent features of their fallen lead
er. Great heart! God's son! brother
to all races who love liberty, and do
the truth! for the moment we are or
phaned, and for all coming days im
poverished, by the untimely stilling of
the pulses that have always throbbed
with hope and courage for the better
ment of men, and the ushering in of
Liberty's more perfect day.
His was a manhood, -which as a son,
and husband, brother and friend had
come to an almost perfect blossoming;
and in which as diplomat and states
man, it had reached an almost golden
zenith. Smitten with astonishment,
and bowed with a sorrow that finds no
due expression, we turn for comfort to
his last brave words: "God's will, not
ours, be done," and offer as a prayer
both for our country and ourselves,
the words he chanted with his dying
breath, "Nearer My God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee."
"My captain does not answer, his
hps are pale and still;
My Father does not feel my arm, he
has no pulse nor will.
The ship is anchored safe and sound,
its voyage closed and done.
From fearful trip the victor ship,comes
in with object won:
Exult O Shores, and ring O bells,
but I with mournful tread
Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen,
cold and dead.'
BLOOMSBURG f AIR-
Account Bloomsburg Fair, October
8th to nth, inclusive, the Philadef
phia & Reading Railway will sell spec
lal excursion tickets to Bloomsburg
and return at rate of single fare for
the round trip, with a minimum of 2
cents, from Williamsport, Tamaqua
and intermediate ticket stations, on
direct line via Catawissa Branch, also
irom Mahanoy City, Ashland and
principal intermediate stations.
Tickets will be sold and good going
uctooer 8th to 1 ith, inclusive, and
will be good to return until Saturday,
uctooer 12th, inclusive.
SPECIAL TRAINS THURSDAY AND FRI
DAY, OCTOBER IOTH AND I ITH.
RATES OK FARE AND SCHEDI'I.E OFTH AINS.
houiiu Trip Truln
STATIONS. Fare. L'vuA.M
Nnwonrry: l.ti7 V:o7
Wllllumsport.... , j.ti , , 7:4)
jmmiuuravuiu i.su 7:7
'ail-8 M
iuuury j.x.,
moiiitfoinery 1.10 tmd
AI1(H;wooU w , 7.50
Wlilie Doer 'hi 8:01
New Columbia TPfl mxi
Hilton if, f.'ai
Went Milton 73 s is
l-oit strove m N:;i5
Mooreuburg (cm
lilooin Street '"i H ril)
Dauvllln -oj
UlooiiiHbiuV (Arrive)
Humming: fcpeulul truln loavo HUomtibu'iy
6:1U p. m. for Milton and Wlllluiutpoi l, Htm.plnS
at lliituriundlule ticket millions una at bloom
Direct.
TOWNSEND'S
AUTUHN STYLES
Fashionable
OopfrUU 1001, h?
CBOUSJt A BiUMDfiOn,
We have the newest shades, the newest styles in Suits
Overcoats, for men, bovs and children. Call and examine
New Fall Stock at
TOWNSEND'S.
and
the
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Special Lace Curtains.
PUTTING IT STRONG.
And why not, when the merchandise and prices
will back up the statements made concerning them.
We have every incentive to ''put it strong." There
is nothing wrong in emphasizing excellence where the
emphasis is within the bounds of truth, when facts
are given without misrepresentation. Our ".Ads"
state facts, just facts, something well worth the remem
bering. We will begin Saturday morning, September 2S,
and sell you Curtains for ono week, at less price than
we have ever olfered them. Look at the prices :
50c Lace Curtains,
75c " "
85c " "
90c " "
$1.25 " "
1.20 ' "
1,25 " "
1.40 "
1.50 "
1.75 "
2.00 " "
2.75 " "
2.25 '.' "
3-oo "
2.75 " "
3.00 " "
3.00 "
400 " "
6.00 " "
6.50 "
la order to make this big ttoek of lace curtains
move quick and get you to our new store, we will "ive
you aten ier cent, discount oil of Ihese low prices?
New Coats this week, new Dress Good, new Fur
niture, new Shoes, new Dishes, new Tailor-Made
Suits.
F. P.
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llnturnltnf : Special train win leave Blooms
l)lir D:5U p. in. for Ttiuuiiuu, slopping at lntm
ineUlato ticket slatlonH, and eoiiuecilnir at K
M. Junotlou with regular train tor poluis went.
IN
Fall Clothes
You will be forced to
admit that our double breast
ed sack suits are just a little
smarter, just a little newer,
and just a little better as to
crooks and turns of good
tailoring than even before;
this is the handsomest one
you ever saw, and this label
in every one.
CROUSK ft BRANDEGEE
Manufacturing Tailort
Wm, AVw i'tri
Ne
Not too long, not too
6hort but with that something
about them that makes our
clothing so satisfying to the
hard-to-please chap. .
Same is said of our
hats, our furnishings, they
too look just like the sort
that costs more.
white, at
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cream, "
white, "
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35c
60c
75c
79c
95c
98c
$1.00
1. 25
1-39
1.50
1- 75
1.98
2.00
2- 15
2.25
2 50
2- 75
3- 50
5.00
5. 50
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white,
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KA1LUUAD NOTES-
I'l'.N'XSYl.VAMA KAlI.r.OAP.
1M nix-En k.vi ks tothk Nation u. En-
CAMI'MKKT, I'.MUN VktKKAN l.KOION, AT
WKlTvsiitiKii, On Atxount of the Na
t.onn.l l.ucaoii iinm, I'niou Veican l.c'ion.
"I -flty.,, .lti o.M.er Q to 11, (he
1 triimylvaou KailroaJ Conn any will sell ex
cuibion nckeis nt iht: rale of one fare for l lie
round trip fioni all ponus 011 iu line t (;0(.
tysl u.ij. 'licUls will l e fold anil g-mj m,.
0t;tobCT 6- 7. S, 9 and .0, relurnina, ,o
Ooioter 16, inclusive. 2G jt.
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Mercer's Drug & Book Store.
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URSEL