THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. First National Bank, Bloomsburg, Pa K. W M. LOW, -J. M. STAYER, li. B. TUSTIN, E. F. CARPENTER, CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, - -'$190,000. o 3afo IDspcsit Boxes Por Eor-t tit X3-j-K3-XiA.j?i Air:2 im:---':r.:-:--r va-Jts. o DIRECTORS : Myron I. Low, Oko. vS. Roiir.tNs, J. M. Staykk. o Dr. E. V. M. Low, Dr. J. II. Vastixk, JWT Accounts of hanks, corporations, firms and individuals, solic ited upon the most liberal terms, consistent with good banking. THE COLUMBIAN. i:sTAi;usiir.l i8i'.. THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, EST.MII.ISiiEI) 1 CoNSOI.IDAI Ml lS6r I'ri'.I.ISHEl) KVKKV ThI RSI'AY Mikmm:, At )'!toinsl'iirg the County Scat uf Cut vi m I ii.i Countv, I'ennsvlv.uiia. C.KO. K I.I.W Ki.L, Editor. 1). I. TASK UK, Local Khitor. GEO. C. KOAN, Kok'.mas. Tekvs : In-tide the county s? 1.00 a year in advance; $1.50 if not aij in atvniici. Outsiilc the county, 1.45 a year, strictly in advance. All communications shouhl he addressed 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 A. J. Palm, the nominee of the Democratic con vention, has withdrawn his name, and the Democratic state executive committee has substituted Elisha A. Coray, of Lackawanna county, the nominee of the Independent Republicans, and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 TOWNSEND'S AUTUMN STYLES Fashionable Copj-i-ui t itoi ,bf CROU4K A fiUAMOIUUL We have the newest shades, the newest styles in Suits and Overcoats, for men, boys the New Fall Stock at SPECIAL PRICES 0 N- I CHILDREN'S Underwear 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. Ea ffB 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 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. JW. CROUSE A BRANDEGEE JjfTW . Manufacturing Tailarl vh$ 1 Vtica, Ntvt York V6s5 Kt 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. fc each 7c " SLJ RlSEii Warn 1 )( x if x ir 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. - - 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,