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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1S66.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
EsTAlll IS1IFI1 1S37. CONSOI.IDAI El) 1 S69
ribi.isiiEi Evkky Thursday Moknim:,
At HlnDiiisliurg, the County Seat of
Cnlumhin County, I'cnnsylvania.
(il l). E. EI.WELl, Editor.
I). J. T AS KICK, Local Kijitor.
CEO. C. ROAN, Forlman.
Tkkms : Insiile the county ffi.oo a year
in a .lvance ; ! 1. 50 if not paid in a:lvnncc
Outsi.lu the county, fl.25 a year, strictly in
'dvan.e.
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THE COLUMBIAN,
Hloomslniry, I'a.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1901
IN FAVOR OF FUSION-
Andrew J. Palm Withdraws From the Demo
cratic State Ticket.
There is now nothing in the way
of fusion in this State. The path
was made clear 011 Monday when
Andrew J. Palm, withdrew from the
nomination. State Chairman Creasy
has his formal withdrawal, while
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Griest has his sworn statement. Mr.
Palm commends his probable suc
cessor to the people of Pennsylvania
in most complimentary language,
declaring there is no issue in the
campaign but patriotism and princi
ple and denies a story circulated by
the State machine managers that he
is being forced off the ticket. His
letter follows:
'Mkadville, Pa., October 7.
"Democratic State Central Coiutnit
, tee, Per lion. W. T. Creasy,
Chairman, Harrisburg, Pa.
"Gentlemen: At the recent
Democratic State convention I stated
publicly as well as privately that I
would not stand in the way of unit
ing the reform forces of the State
on a fusion ticket, if such union
should seem advisable. At the
notification meeting six weeks later
I again expressed a willingness to
withdraw if the Democratic State
central committee should deem it
wise in order to effect a fusion of
the anti-machine forces.
"From the general tone of the
Democratic press, as well as from
the opinions of the members of the
committee who have been consulted,
I am convinced that the Democratic
sentiment of the State is strongly in
favor of uniting our strength with
that of the Independent Republi
cans in what promises to be a suc
cessful contest against that political
organization which is so lost to all
sense of honor and shame as to in
dorse the last Legislature in a State
platform .
"While it is true that the State
convention pissed a resolution indi
cating opposition to fusion, it is
equally true that a great change 111
sentiment has taken place since the
is;thof August, and there is 110
doubt that if a convention were to
be held today it would be heartily
in favor of uniting with those who
are fighting the same battle for bet
ter government.
"In view of all that goes to make
up the present political situation, I
deem it my duty as a citizen, as well
as a candidate, to do what I can to
make the way clear for a lusion
ticket, and, therefore, I have this
day forwarded notice of my with
drawal as a nomir.ee for State Treas
urer to be filed in the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
"In the hope of creating a feeling
of antagonism some of the Republi
can papers have been saying that I
am to be thrown off the ticket or
forced to withdraw. The truth is
that neither Democrat or Indepeud
cnt Republican has demanded or
even requested my withdrawal. On
the contrary all who have mention
ed the matter have said that if I
preferred to remain 011 the ticket
that would end further talk of fusion
as far as they were concerned; and
wbile I would willingly continue as
a candidate, if that were thought
bjst tor the cause in which all good
citizens are so deeply interested, I
withdraw just as willingly since a
majority of these citizens believe
I'RKSIDKNf
Vice Prks't
Casiiiicr
Asst. Casiii.cu
K. B. TrsTix,
Louis Gross,
thnt success is more likely to result
from a union of the anti-uiachine
forces.
" liven good Demociat should
carefully acquiesce in the judgment
of the majority and especially when
he is not asked to indorse any
principle or advocate any measure
to which reasonable objection can
be made. 1 here is something be
lore us this year more important
than quibbling over party names
personal interest or partisan ad
vantage. There is, in fact, 110 politi
cal question before us in this con
test. The men elected this fall will
have nothing more to do with the
tariff question, the financial prob
lem, the ship subsidy scheme, the
Nicaragua canal or any other politi
cal subject than the man in the
moon.
" There is a higher and more im
portant issue than all these wrang
les over matters of motiev. The
principles of the decalogue itself are
forced upon us as the gage of battle
and we are called upon to decide
whether bribery, perjury and gen
eral political corruption shall be re
buked or whether they shall be
willfully indorsed at the ballot box.
" It will not be considered out ot
place to say a word as to the Hon.
IClisha A. Coray, who will be pre
sented by the Independent Repu
blicans to take the place made fa
cant by my withdrawal. He is a
gentleman whose integrity and
capability cannot be justly assailed
and one whom no voter need hesi
tate to support if he desires to aid a
candidate who is fully competent
and thoroughly honest. Xo man
who supports him will ever have
cause to regret it through any act
of Mr. Coray.
" To ascertain how faithfully he
lias stood by the honest people of
the State it is but necessary to exa
mine the proceedings of the Legis
lature since iSgfj. His voice and
vote have ever been for the right
and against the wrong, and his
hands are unstained by the briber's
touch.
" I wish to say in closing that I
shall always bear in grateful re
membrance the kind treatment ac
corded me since the nomination by
the newspapers of the State, regard
less of their party bias, as well as
oy the notification committee, the
members of the State Central com-'
miltee and the leaders of the party
generally. Hoping that right and
justice may prevail in the coming
contest and victory perch upon your
banners, I am, sincerely yours,
Andrew J. Palm.
The Clearfield County Fair Asso
ciation managers have been arrest
ed for allowing games of chance to
be operated on the grounds. The
charges have been made by Rev. J.
M. Waddell, pastor of the Clear
field Presbyterian church. The
sentiment, generally, is in favor of
the fair authorities. The majority
of people contend that the reverend
gentleman should have caused the
arrest of the booth owners, who had
signed an agreement with the fair
managers that no gambling would
be permitted. The Association had
no knowledge of the presence of
gamblers on the ground, and of
course are greatly chagrined about
tlieir arrest.
Daniel Reigel, residing near
Mountain Grove, owns a pig that
has two tails, two bodies to half its
length, four eyes, two in their pro
per places, one 111 the center of the
head and one under the ear. Other
things about his pigship make it
the greatest freak in the animal
line ever known in this section at
least. The farmers are much inter
ested in it.
Chicago proposes to cope with the
crowded street car problem by mak
ing a law that all passengers com
pelled to stand up shall be assessed
only a four-cent fare. The regular
rate of five cents can be collected
only from passengers provided with
seats.
ilAKttlSEUHG LETTER.
IIarrisburo, Pa., Oct. 7.
There may be 110 organized op
position tothe constitutional amend
ments to be voted on at the coming
election, but one of them is of so
important a character that no voter
who favors honest elections can
afford to be i.idifferent to its success.
The first of these provides for per
sonal registration in the larger cities,
and the second for the use of auto
matic voting machines. The joint
resolutions providing for the sub
mission of these amendments have
been passed through two sessions of
the Legislature agreeably to the
provisions of the fundamental law
and if approved by the people at the
coming election will become elect
ive. The resolutions providing for
these amendments were vetoed by
the Governor after the close of the
session of 1899. The reason assign
ed for the Executive hostility to one
was that it would not fulfil expecta
tions but would involve expense to
the communities affected. The
Governor's objections to the other
was that the machines would cost
something like a million and-a-half
ol dollars. The supreme Court sub
sequently held that the Governor
had no right to veto joint resolu
tions proposing constitutional
amendments. Since that there has
been 110 outward sign of opposition
trom the executive mansion or the
Republican machine headquarters,
though his Excellency declared in
his recent Pittsburg speech that he
is indifferent 011 the subject
The amendment providing for
personal registration is of the ut
most importance, however, and
every citizen should support it most
earnestly. It is a well establishod
lact that the loose methods of regis
tering voters in the larger cities is
the most prolific source of ballot
frauds. For example under the ex
isting system one man may have a
hundred or more names, real or fic
titious, put on the registry list.
Half a dozen persons can exercise
this privilege in a single election
district. On election day every one
of these names are voted on by re
peaters, personalors and ballot bpx
stutters, and in the aggregate ac
cording to conservative estimates
80,000 fraudulent votes are cast in
that way in Philadelphia every year.
It is believed that 20,000 illegal
votes are cast in the same way in
Pittsburg and Allegheny and every
city of considerable population con
tributes more or less to this struct
ure of fraud.
It might reasonably be asked why
personal registration has not been
adopted long ago. It u a practi
cally sure remedy for the evil, be
cause it brings the person claiming
to be a voter into the notice cf the
election officers and party workers a
week or ten days before the election.
If there is any reason to doubt his
identity or question his integrity
there is time to make an investiga
tion. Moreover the same man must
go through the ordeal twice. That
is to t ay when he appears to register
he must submit to the questions and
again when he comes to cast his
vote he is subject to examination
But such precautionary measures
are not necessary in the country dis
tricts where every voter personally
knows every other one. It is ex
pensive and causes inconvenience.
But the constitution requires that
the laws for registry must be uni
form, and therefore it is impossible
under the constitution, unless it is
amended, topassa personal registry
law for the large cities unless it is
made to extend to all other localities
in the State.
Honest elections are cheap at any
price and personal registration in
the big cities will guarantee honest
elections. But the representatives
of the counties in which there was
no necessity for personal registration
have ahvavs held, and justly, too,
that it would be unfair to saddle
their constituents with the expense
to reform an abuse that only existed
in other localities. For that reason
the pending constitutional amend
meut was proposed and it ought to
be adopted. As stated in the outset
there may be no opposition but it is
unsafe to rely on that for it may be
reasonably expected that the adop
tion of the reform will make a vast
difference in election results. Wit
the fraudulent vote of anywhere
from 100,000 to 125,000 eliminated
from the returns it is doubtful it the
machine would be able to carry the
State at any election or 011 any issue,
and the managers of that cutnbina
tion arc not in the habit of volun
tarily relinquishing any advantage,
however unlawful it may be.
The Republican campaign was
opened in Pittsburg the other even
ing by Governor Stone in a speech
which may fitly be characterized as
a politico-literary curiosity. It will
be remembered that Lieutenant
Governor Gobin declared in an in
terview given out in the same city
a couple of weeks ago that the Leg
islature which adjourned in mid
summer was the most corrupt body
ol its kind that has ever been asseui-
Jill Stuffed Up
Tlmr'a t.hr. rnnrlition ci many gufforcrs
from catV.rrh, especially in tho morning.
Groat difliciiliy is experience;! in clear
ing the head and t.iront.
No wonder catarrh caiiM headache,
imunira tho taste, o.uell and henrin;,
pollutes the br.'.ith, dernn,?3 ths stom
ach ana aui'cw ir.e nip.-iue.
To euro catarrh, treatment must bo
comait'itionnl nltern'.ive nnd tonic.
'I was ntlilrMeil vulh rntarrh. I took
m-illi-ines of different klmtH, clvlns emh
t.tr trial, hill D r:lflllali V LTVW WOl'SC ll.ltll
I could hnrdly Iienr, i-Me or smell. I then
conemtleil to try .unou 8 .-r.rnr.p.irum, uwu
after taking five bottle I was ettred and
have not had tiny return of the disease
tinec." Enir.SB f'onurs, fchnnon, Kan,
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cnrei catarrh it soothed nnd ("trenRth
cna the tmicotm membrane and builds
ur the whole system.
bled in this or any other State.
Gobin as presiding officer of one of
the branches had rare opportunities
to follow the proceedings and ob
serve the methods which prevailed.
As he is a stalwart Republican it
cannot be charged that he was in
fluenced to his criticism by political
prejudice or personal spleen. On
the contrary it is only fair to assume
that he told the truth as he saw it
and regretfully as he himself de
clared.
In view of these facts it must have
been surprising to those within the
sound of Governor Stone's voice to
hear him, speaking for his parly,
declare that he accepted the Legis
lature and its work as fitly repre
senting the morality of his party.
He protested that the State govern
ment is not corrupt and that the
Legislature as represented in the
last session is a" most virtuous and
meritorious body. May be he was
constrained to that course by the
memory of the fact that the candi
date of his party for the important
office of .State Treasurer was not
only a part of the Legislature but a
conspicuously bid part. Whatever
of evil was perpetrated during the
session Frank G. Harris was large
ly responsible for. He not only
"went along," to us.: the vernacular
of the lobby, but he led in the most
atrocious piece of legislation that
was considered and sacrificed everv
public interest at the mandate of
the machine. It was courageous
for the Governor to endorse the re
cord of the Legislature and in view
of the facts, logical. In the nomina
tion of Harris it w.is endorsed any
way and it is probably wise to try
to carry out the bluff.
Hello ! Speaking of candidates
aud bluff the Republican candidate
for Justice of the Supreme court is a
dandy. Appointed by Stone not be
cause he was fit but because he was
a partner, he has during his brief
service brought reproach on the
tribunal for the first time in its loug
and honorable history. While a
question in which the Governor was
directly interested was before the
court Justice Potter "electioneered"
the court in favor of a decision de
sired by his master and comtnuni
cated the secrets of the court by
telephone.. A justice of the .Supreme
court ol the United States 111 com
nienting on the incident declared
that Potter ought to have been im
peached and one of the most dis
tinguished common pleas judges of
this State expressed the belief that
a crime had been committed against
every Judge on the bench. Gover
nor Stone referred to several bills
passed by the Legislature as merit
onous out it is sale to say that in
his opinion the most important of
all was the one which makes it
misdemeanor to expose the secrets
of a telephone message. Hello there,
voter is that you? Are you going
to vote for Governor Stone s hello
candidate ? G. D. II.
. .
Pice Summit.
Ciias. Brink is doing well, running
as good a hotel as can be found in
the country. His accommodations
are excellent.
Denison Brink, an old soldier of
the Civil War, has been making a
protracted and pleasant visit at Pine
Summit, and has returned recently,
to his home, Bloomsburg.
Jas. Houghton has started his
distillery again with fair prospects of
success. Often makes trips into the
coal regions and has a good market
for nis whiskies.
Josephus Lemon is doing well in
the mercantile line. Is also gauc;er at
the distillery and postmaster. Mrs,
Lemon has a large millinery depart
ment in connection with the store,
and doing well.
The fanners, round about, are
ble&sed with good crops, but the
recent rains retard the gleaning of the
buckwheat, which is good.
E. J. Bowman is a resident of Pine
Summit.
Josephus Lemon talks of leaving
Pine Summit. He will be missed as
a prominent citizen.
The frosts are telling on the foliage
of the trees.
X. X.
,
Miss Mary Shaffer of Briarcreek,
enjoys the distinction of having paid
the first fare over the trolley road
from Berwick to Bloomsburg.
TOWNSEND'S
AUTUIVIN! STYLES
Fashionable
if
CoprrltU imi .t.T
We have the newest shades, the newest styles in Suits
and Overcoats, for men, boys
the New Fall Stock at
FAIR WEEK,
F. P. PURSELS STORE.
FRIENDS :
We say friends, but we want everybody to
come to our store this week, and if you have
not been our friends, we will do all we can to
make you friends of ours. If you don't want
to buy we will be glad to have you come and
see the improvements we have made in our
store building, and not our building alone, but
to see how far ahead this new season's equip
ment is of seasons in the past. If you are tired,
we have a room on second floor.with easy chairs,
where we will be glad to have you go and rest.
Outer Garments, Dress Goods,
Shoes, Furniture.
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Outer Garments.
The demand has set in. The store is stocked
to meet the demand; stocked with as bright a
line of suits, coats and -capes, to fit anyone, as
you'll find in any store in this section, and they
are reasonably priced, too. Come to our store
and we will be glad to show them to you.
Dress Goods.
To tell you all about this handsome new
Dress Goods equipment would require space.
To tell you a little and have you guess the rest
is not enough. Why not come in when you come
to the Fair and see for yourself ?
Furniture.
Honest merit in our furniture don't forget
that, please, and we will sell it at less than any
dealer can. Come in when you come to the
. Fair and we will prove it to you.
Shoes.
We thought we were getting the best line
in the country when & bought them, and the
way we have been selling them, we are sure of
it now. If you need a pair, we have them at
any price.
F. P.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, with
its usual alertness for the comfort
of its patrons, has had a, force of
men oiling with crude petroleum
the road crossings 011 its line be
tween Wilices-Bane and Sunbury.
JAMES REILLY & SON,
UtkWklih
s STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS, &
EXCHANGE BLOCK, SECOND FLOOR
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.
$L CROUSE A BRANDEGEK
Mtnuacturing Tailorl
mil AVt York
&&Sn
Not too long, not too
short 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.
and children. Call and examine
TOWNSEND'S.
FAIR WEEK, g
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PURSEL.1
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niorlKMK nr.. hereby noililed to appear at. the
Ueeeinber term ol nam Court, and anuwer said
pctRKm.
1n ,n DANIEL KCltl.