THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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K. W M. LOW, -J.
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C.KO. K I.I.W Ki.L, Editor.
1). I. TASK UK, Local Khitor.
GEO. C. KOAN, Kok'.mas.
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THE COI.UMUIAN.
llloomslnirg. Pa.
TMl'KSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1901
STATE TIUKET.
JUSTICE OK SUPREME COURT,
HON. HARMAN YERKES.
STATE TREASURER,
ELISHA A. CORAY, Jr.
COUNTY TICKET.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
JAMES T. FOX.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
BOYD f RESCOTT.
THE COMING ELlOTIOJJ.
The state election will be held
011 November 5th, only two weeks
from next Tuesday. A. J. Palm,
the nominee of the Democratic con
vention, has withdrawn his name,
and the Democratic state executive
committee has substituted Elisha
A. Coray, of Lackawanna county,
the nominee of the Independent
Republicans, and we have a fusion
ticket. This was a very proper
thing to do, in fact the only thins
to be done, for without fusion the
Democrats could have no hope of
success. Now the chances are more
than even for the election of Hon.
Harman Yerkes, an incorruptible
Judge, to the Supreme Bench,
where such material is sadly need
ed ; and of Mr. Coray, a Republi
can who dares to defy the machine
and to be his own master, as State
Treasurer.
The electiou of these men would
mean the overthrow of the Quay
dynasty ; it would open the way
next year for a fusion ticket that
will elect an anti-machine Governor,
and that 'would mean honest gov
ernment in Pennsylvania.
There is only one thing that can
prevent the fusion ticket from win
ning this year, and that is the ap
athy of those who are opposed to
machine rule. We have Deen com
plaining bitterly of the misrule in
our state, of the machine methods,
of legislative corruption, and all
that, and now We have the oppor
tunity to help overthrow it all.
What are we going to do about it ?
Are we going 10 stay at home on
election day because it is too much
trouble to go to the polls, or because
.here is no brass band to arouse our
enthusiasm, or because no one offers
to pay us for our time ? Are we go
ing to throw away this golden op
portunity, and let the misrule go
on unchecked ? Now is the time to
show our patriotism, and to rush to
the rescue of a state reeking with
corruption. The fight is not mere
ly for the success of the Democratic
party. It is a fight betweeu the
united forces of all parties who
want to rescue the state from the
hands of men who have so lung
controlled its public affairs that
they think they own it, and can do
as they plea se with it for their own
personal advancement. No bolder
defiance of law and justice was
ever seen than that shown by the
recent Legislature. Ripper bills
and franchise steals were passed
without time to breathe, and the
Governor signed the bills in inde
cent haste, and all this is endorsed
by the Republican platform. Must
we stand this forever, or will we
stop it and put the seal of condem
nation on it while we may ?
This is an off year, but no more
important measure ever confronted
the voters of Pennsylvania. Let
every man do his duty.
- Presides t
Vich Pkes't
Cashier
Asst. Cashikr
E. B. Tistin,
Louis Gross,
TORN ON TEE Liam
For many years the honest vot
ers of Pennsylvania have been de
manding that the light shall be
turned on the transactions ot the
State Treasuiy. It has been charged
times without number .hat a com
bination of public men have unjust
ly profited through the handling of
the public funds. It has been
clearly shown that a system pre
vailed whereby great influence was
exerted in favor of certain political
leaders, rendering their power al
most absolute, Every effort has
been made, but without success, to
ascertain how much the State
Treasury is "worth" to the ring
which has so long controlled it. It
has been noted that in every con
test over candidates for this import
ant office, those specially concerned
have been extremely watchful and
vigorous, evidently determined not
to lose the election under any cir
cumstances, liven when a Demo
crat was elected, twenty-five years
ago, he was made the victim of a
foul conspiracy by these public en
emies. At no time since have any
chances been taken and none will
be taken now. The Quay mana
gers are not making much noise ;n
this campaign, but they are hard at
work in every county, and in every
election district, on November 5th,
their friends will be active from
morning 'till night.
What does this mean? The an
swer is self-evident. There is some
thing to be concealed and a great
power to be retained. Under no
circumstances can the ring afford
to let a man like E. A. Coray get
into the Treasury. lie could not
be deceived, headed off nor cor
rupted. Therefore, orders are out
for his defeat, cost what it may.
What will the voters do about it ?
Surely every Democratic citizen
will woi k and vote for the reform
candidate and there ought to be
enough virtue and independence in
the Republican party to accomplish
the overthrow of the Treasury com
bine this time. The issue is so
plain that none need be deceived.
There is no partisan interest at
stake. It is simply a question of
honest administration of the public
finances, with the turning on of the
light, showing all that may be re
corded concerning past transactions.
Let there be a union of forces at the
polls which will rescue the Treas
ury of Pennsylvania from the iron
grip of the long entrenched Quay
rinsr.
Constitutional Amendments,
At the November election of 1001
there will be submitted to the voters
of Pennsylvania a proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The portion of the Constitution
that it is proposed to strike out.
reads at present as follows:
Akt. via. Sec. 4. "All elections
by the citizens shall be by ballot.
Every ballot voted shall be number
ed in the order in which it shall be
received, and the number recorded
by the election officers on the list of
voters opposite the name of the
elector who presents the ballot. Any
elector may write his name upon the
ticket, or cause the same to be
written thereon, and attested by a
citizen of the district. The Election
Officers shall be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose how any elector shall
have voted, unless required to do
so as witness in a judicial proceed
ing." The new section which will t3ke
its place reads as follows:
Section 4. "All elections by the
citizens shall be by ballot or by
such other method as may be pre
scribed by law, provided that secrecy
in voting be preserved."
This proposed amendment is in
tended primarily to open the way
for revision ol the election laws of
Pennsylvania by its Legislature, and
one of the features of this revision is
a law that will permit the use of
voting machines. The Constitution
of Pennsylvania at present prevents
the Legislature from passing such a
law, by requiring that each ballot
shall bear the number of its voter,
and, if desired, his name as well.
As the ballots cast on a voting
machine can under 110 circumstances
bear the voter's number, name, or
any other distinguishing mark, its
use is at present unconstitutional.
This amendment, if adopted, does
not commit the State to the use of
voting machines, but it does place
it in the power of the Legislature to
pass a law authorizing their use,
permitting any community to adopt
them.
Of all the Northern States. Penn
sylvania protects Its voters the least
in the secrecy and fieedotn of the
ballot. The Legislature desires to
remedy this state of affairs. This
is shown bv the fact that it has
twice passed this amendment. But
the Legislature can go no further.
The voters must now do their
part of the work by voting for this
amendment.
The Constitution ot Pennsylvania
further provides as follows:
Article xviii Section i.
"But no amendment shall be sub
mitted ofteuer than once in five
years."
Under this section if the proposed
amendment fails in this election, the
introduction of voting machines and
other election reforms will be delay
ed five years or longer.
Reforms in elections, pirticularly
such as will make possible th. use
of voting machines, are being made
generally throughout the country.
THE UNION THAT WILL WIN.
In the gubernatorial campaign of
189S about 120,000 Republicans
and Democrats, about equally divi
ded, there is reison to suppose,
voted for Swallow. This was inex
cusable waste of reform forces. If
these misguided citizens had united
with a few thousand stay-at-homes
and all had supported Jenks, as
honest a man as ever lived, how
differently would recent history
have recorded itself! There would
have been no disgraceful Stone ad
ministration, 110 re-election of Quay,
for a reform Legislature would
have been elected also, and no dis
reputable doings of any kind at
Harrisburg. This year the inde
pendent voter will not be tempted
to chase any political Jack-o'-lan
tern, but he has a fair chance to
strike an effective blow in the cause
of decent politics and good govern
ment. Wh.it use will he make of
this opportunity ? The Quay mana
gers are up and doing 111 all parts
of the State. They intend to drag
to the poles a great number of un
willing Republicans, and they also
propose to work their wiles on all
Democrats whom they can in any
way influence.
The scheme was openly given
away by Governor Stone himself,
in a speech in Philadelphia, the
other night, when he boldly de
clared that Democrats should take
their choice of Republican candi
dates. It is hoped in this way to
break" the fusion lines against Quay
ism and all that it stands for. This
was the excuse under which cor
rupt Democrats in the tast Legisla
ture sustained the ring. No honest
member of the minority party in
Pennsylvania can afford to listen to
such sophistry, the transparent ref
uge of traitors and corruptionists
A vote for the Republican candi
date for State Treasurer means a
vote to. vindicate Quayism in its
most odious form ; a vote to con
tinue management of the public
finances for the support of a corrupt
combination of bosses and their de
bauched creatures. The Democrat
who is thus led astray is worse
than the most degraded tool of the
machine. He helps to block the
pathway of reform and to keep the
party powerless in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Coray represents in this case
all that Democrats have been con
tending for. He stands upon an
absolutely non-partisan platform,
and, if elected, will administer the
duties of his office with unselfish
fidelity. He will be faithful to the
trust reposed and will not be at the
service of a ring of conscienceless
speculators in public funds. Every
Democrat worthy of the name will
work and vote for Yerkes and Cor
ay, and with a hundred thousand
or more independent Republicans
doing the same thing, the people
will win a great victory. Push the
battle all along the line.
The official ballot for the Novem
ber election will be larger than usual
in off years tor reason of the move
ment against the Quay organization.
The uniform size throughout the
State will be ten columns except in
Lackawanna, Union and Snyder
counties, each of which are entitled
to an additional column.
There are thirteen cases of ty
phoid fever at the Danville Insane
Asylum. The sickness is attributed
to the pollution of the water supply
caused by the oflalls of the slaughter
house and other refuse being drain
ed into it.-
Jicking Joints
In the flnccm, toes, urni;i, nivl other
part a of too body, nro join-3 that, nro
inllamod rind (swollen 1 y liii'iiir.iUism
that ncid condition of the blood which
affect the liiiucU-s ul.jn.
SufiVrew (l.vad to i.iovc, rppecinliy
after uittintj or lyiii;; I.uir, mul their
condition is co:iii;n;:ily v.or:a in wet
weather.
"Il, hfif! hron n loir: time r.inoo we linve
tocn without llooil's Siirsiiiuirllla. My
rulior t'llukn lic coiiiil not do without It.
Ho h.is l -I'll tiouhkil with thrumutlsm
hinri; ho was a hoy. ami Hood's Stirsnpa
ril!n is tho only tiicdlrlno lie con tnke that
will ptmhle him to tnko It's place In the
liiM." Mias Ada Doty, Sidney, town.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
' and Pills
Remove the clause of rheumatism no
outward application can. Take them.
T8E BATTLE FOR REFORM-
The Dawn of a New Era The fleorganizptl
Democracy of Philadelphia Effectively at
Work. A He'avy Vote Promised.
Philadelphia, October 15 The
center of the fight in Pennsylvania
this year is Philadelphia, with the
odds this time in favor of the friends
of honest politics. It has been a
long time since there was a 'reason
ably fair election in this ri ig-cursed
city. For many years it has been
the insolent boast of the followers of
Senator Quay that they were safe
from serious harm in Pittsburg and
other cities and towns, large and
small, throughout the State; that in
more than half the counties their
organization was invincible: that
they could prevent a union of t.'.eir
opponents at vital points and that
in Philadelphia their power was ab
solute. Under such discouraging
circumstances it seemed almost use
less for Democrats even to go to the
polls. In a great many election dis
tricts they were without official rep
resentation, and in many others
corrupt men systematically betray
ed the party to which they pretend
to belong. In more than two hun
dred divisions in this city the min
ority party has not had a single
electiou officer. It is no wonder
Democrats ceased to vote. The re
velations brought out through Gov
ernor Pattison's personal tour have
never been parallelled, even in New
York. The tremendous power ex
ercised by the Republican machine
has been greatly increased by Hie
subserviency and corruption of the
present local administration. In
the contests of the past three years
reformers have been able to inaice
no substantial headway. The ex
posure of these evil doings, it might
have been supposed, would have
fully aroused the public. Yet the
average citizen is so much engross
ed in his own affairs that he has
been slow to give heed to his bound
en civic duty.
There is an end to all such things,
however, aii'f this year there has
been an awakening ot the public
conscience, and a practical union
against the combined enemies of
the people that is full of encourage
ment. -Every clay adds to the
strength of the reform movement.
It is to reorganized and reinvigoratr
ed Democracy that the people must
look, and this fact is now recogniz
ed by all classes in the community.
A broken down political party can
not be rebuilt in a day. An im
mense amount of work must be
done of which ordinary persons can
know nothing. A rallying place
and centre of active and efficient
work was imperative and faithlul
Democratic workers, eager for an
other chance to meet the enemy, on
fair grounds, have quickly shown
their appreciation ot the wise action
of tbe re-orgauization committee, in
providing the most complete and
commodious headquarters tlie party
has ever had. The rooms are large,
well ligtited aud heated, comfort
ably furnished and in every way
suited for the purpose desired. The
State Committee has here a working
branch, and day and night the
building is visited by great mini
hers of enthusiastic workers. The
break-up of the old discredited or
ganization is rapidly taking place.
Ward after ward is coming into line
and soon the Pattison Committee
will have a perfected organization
that will render great service, even
in the pending campaign, while it
will be 111 shape to lurther the in
terests of true Democracy next year
and in all future contests.
In the nightly gatherings at the
new headquarters, 1222 Walnut
Street, may be seen the merchant
and lawyer touching elbows with
the mill worker and clerk. Gen
uine Democratic ideas possess the
minds of all. and there is earnest
union for the work at hand. There
will be a great Democratic vote for
the reform candidates, local and
State, though, for obvious reasons,
it will be impossible to ascertain
just how many Democrats mark the
Union party column. It is a non
partisan contest and party lines are
forgotten for the time being. But,
under the inspiration of this move
ment, which after all is only in
line with what honest Democrats
have always valiantly upheld, 1I13
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Don't want to tax your time too much,
but do want to impress you with the fact
that this store will save you money on Chil
dren's Underwear, if you buy this week.
We will begin Tuesday morning, October
lath, and sell until Monday night, October
22nd, Children's Rib Fleeced Underwear at
the juices below. This is not a lot of cheap
truck, but good, reliable make of Underwear.
Size 1G, Vests, at
" 18, Vests and Pants at
" 20, ' " " " 10c "
02 " " 12c "
" 24, " Pants and Drawer.0, 15c "
20, " " " " 18c "
' 28, ' " " " 20c "
" 00, " ' " ' " 22c "
02, ' ' " " 25c
" 04, " " ' " 28c "
Blankets and Bedspreads.
Value here for you to secuie at once,
or they will be gone. One item of each, and
each item rings true.
Big size Cotton Blanket, at 49c.
Full size Bedspread, at 75c.
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XJOOUOUOOUCXH
party will be revived here and in
other parts of the State. The de
velopments of each day fully meet
the most sanguine expectations of
close observers of every phase of
the contest. Democrats from the
country districts and all parts of the
State are cordially welcomed at
headquarters. Beginning this week
a series of meetings are being held
throughout the city. These will he
addressed exclusively by well
known Democrats, and there is
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this is the handsomest one
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Same is said of our
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every indication that they will he
largely attended. The campaign
will be short but vigorous. The
leaders of the machine forces are
showing grave apprehensions and
straining every nerve to meet the
overwhelming public assault of the
honest voters of Philadelphia.
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A cart for sale, or exchange tor
hay or straw. Also one, or the
pair oi sorrels for sale.
10-3-tf. Dk. II. Bierman,