1 . K BBITI1U BCIEDCa I s
I TTi iv T i Til P
Mob Hangs Negroes In Public
Square.
SHERIFF AJD JAILER OVERPOWERED
Vlrllma 11ml llrrn I.eKnlly Tried anil
SenlriKTil Pen III I "or Crluitnnl
Aaanull TIi llnrnnril IVoil
Mini lil ! Willi.
HEMI'STKAli. Tex., Oct. L'U.-AftiT
belnt; tried with leu'iil form mid pro
cedure for criminal ussaiilt and mur
wc nntl given tlx death iH'iinlty In
ch case .lim Wesley nuil Kcddlck
3arton, inroes. lute yestcrdiiy after
won wi'iv taken from the authorities
tnd lynched In tho public squuro by mi
nfurlati d mob.
Tho dlxtrict Jiuluo asked the jrovorn
r for troops to nccompfuiy the neirroes
iere from tho Jail nt Houston, where
Jicy wore snfe. At tho roiim-st of n
arge nuiiiluT of citizens of Hempstead,
who siciicd a written prcyuisc to nld
.he authorities In preventing any inoh
:w. It l said dudce Thompson conn
.trniimded his rcttucHt, tunl the troops
lid not accompany the negroes.
Barton was tried first, lie pleaded
rtrllty of criminal nssault on Sunday,
Jet. 12. The juries In each case, on
.rhlch were several negroes, promptly
returned verdict assessing the death
Mnalty.
Wesley pleaded guilty to the murder
:harge, hut while the second trial was
oing on a mob broke Into the court
oom nnd attempted to take him. hav- 1
ng learned that the sheriff finally had
isked for troop- The tnoh was Uis
lersed, nnd the trial iroceodod. the '
rtate put tint; through its testimony
lurrledly In corroboration of the plea j
f guilty. The otlieers of the court sat
ibout the room awaiting the coming of
e troops, when there was u sudden
aovement on the part of several men
n the room. Tho sheriff was overpow
ared, and Wesley was taken by the i
nob and hurried away.
Another part of the mob attacked the
jail, nud liarton was surrendered to
Jiem without a struggle. The two prls- j
era were hustled to the public square I
ind there executed by hanging.
Dr MX Spoke In Ilia Mwht.hlrt.
BEKUN. Oct. 21. General Po Wet
rpoke In his nightshirt nt 2 a. m. Sun
Jay at the Hanover square railroad
ftatlon to a thousnnd persons, who nl
taoet stormed the. train. The general
leaned out of a window us he nd
lrcssed the ussemblage, rectuiutlng
Jte warmth of the Cwrs' reception In
3rlln and the liberality of tho tier
nans. The generals collected a total
t $87,510 here. They undertook to
;tre autogrnphic receipts to every Con
tibutor of $ 1.23 and had to spend sev
ral hours dally slgulng receipts. He
rTet seid that if the thing kept up his
.Ight arm would be In a sling us the
suit of writer's paralysis. Envelopes
t&tatning money were tlirown Into
Je Boers' carriages when they were ;
t driving.
Kerr Harbor oa l.akr I'rle.
PITTSBI'UG. Oct. 21. A new lake
kmrbor ou Lake Erie is t be oihmuh! In
Jennsylvnnia. The property was pur
chased by A. W. nnd K. H. Mellon of
Plttshurg for nlwut ?300.iXH). It In
vades a lake frontage of some 2..Vio
icres nt the mouth of Elk creek, near
Jtrard. By this deal, which Is one of
he largest nround the lakes In recent
rears, the Mellons gain possession of
he only available harbor between Erie
ind Cleveland besides the charter of a
ew road known ns the Luke Terminal
ailroad. '
James Voonuer a Sulelde.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 20.-Jnmes
toungor, formerly a niomler of the
KJtorious James band of outlaws,
hich iufested the western country n
luarter of n century ago, has commlt
ed suicide by shooting, lie left n let
er to the press. In which he gives ns n
eason for his act despondency over
ontlnr.ed 111 health and separation
nun his friends. Younger since his
arole from the state penitentiary In
ruly of Inst year hud led an exemplary
If e.
Frrrr Hnitn In State lloapltal.
OCItEXSlU RG. X. Y., OcL 21. An
pldemie of typhoid fever prevails
ntong patients and attendants nt the
5t Lawrtiico 8tate hospltnL there bo
ng over thirty cases. There are no
ase of typhoid lu the city. It Is be-a-ved
the epidemic was startd from
he kospitul Ice. the supply of which
ras cut from the river back of the
toepital grounds. Several deaths have
iccurred.
Prraldent James lnatallt-d.
CHICAGO. Oct. 22. The three days'
elebrtt-ion In honor of the Installation
f Lr.
r. Edmund Jams James us presi-
' . , . , .. i
ut Northwestern university cul-
lent
ainated with the formal ceremony that
iad kirn tno heaa or mat nisr.iuiam.
'be occasion drew to the university
be greatest assemblage of educators
hat It aver has entertained.
Ta Prtaon at F-lahly-two.
NEW ViUtK. Oct. 21.-A gray haired
naa al(hty-two yours old was sen
ocud to Sing Sing prison for sixteen
.-ears by Judge Cowing in general ses
liou. The old man. Antonio 7.:i'iolI.
Utd pluad l guilty to luanslaugbter ill
ho rirat .l..-r.... If., hml lns.il in.ti. t.t
.'or Hiardcr in the first degree, the pen
alty for which U death.
Secoaa )1nllnenx Trial llegnn.
NEW TOUK, Oct. 21.-lb land I',.
MoJlnuUi V. 'gun the real ordeal of b's
sectmd trial or y soi-lng Sfrs. K.iie
Adams jrs riliiy ufienua when As-
... i..,,,!. ,.,..,.. ,i-...
u....i ...w..., .
itaxtcd his nlns address to the Jury.
The Jury had bwu eouibhU'd at thd
OOrialUC icakion.
As Rnoonntpr With Mud Mullah Br-
unit llanlr(il
' LOXPOX. Oct. LM.-The foreign of
fice lias Issued nn undated dispatch
i from Colonel CoIIh commanding one
of tho columns of llrltish forces op-
crating against the Mad Mullah in
Somaliland. Tho dispatch was for
warded" through the l'.rltlsh vice eon-
1 Bill nt Itcrhcrti, Somaliland. The I'.rit
lsh forces engaged were composed en-
; tlrcly of native troops nnd levies, Colo-
nel Cobbo says:
"My force reached Krego this morn
ing. AVhen about one day's march
north of Mining, It was nttacked In
the thick bush. Two ndvnuces were
made, nnd the enemy was beaten back
In tho morning. Their losses were
licnvy. and we captured UK) r!tles.
Our for.'e then proceeded to collect an
imals for transportation purposes and
to Join the detachment nt the stock-
' ndo camp, lu the afternoon a recon-
r.oissance was made, nnd, nfter sharp
lighting, the enemy were ngain driven
off.
1 "I deeply retire t to report tho fol
, lowing casualties: Colonel riiillipps
nnd Captain Annus and fifty men
killed nnd 'about loo men wounded.
The latter Include Captain Howard
, nnd Lieutenant Kverett. but both are
i doing well. There were severe losses
, among the transport and riding cam
els. The force will reach the stockade
camp tomorrow nnd will ndvnnco to
attack tho enemy."
j The vice consul nlso telegraphs tho
! substance of a later dispatch from
Colonel Swnyne, who says that as a re
sult of the lighting nt Krego Oct. .
, which was very severe, the Somali
levies are considerably shaken. The
mulhih, who Is said to be In communi
cation with Kail and Inger, In the di
lectlon of the W'cbbo river. Is bringing
up re-enfor'.t'inents from all sides,
j Colonel Swayne Is much hampered
owing to the necessity of transporting
the wounded and water. He Is retiring
on Robotic. He asks that (Ml further
reliable troops le dispatched from l'.er
. bera forthwith.
The serious reverse In Somnlilnnd
places tho small T.ritislv force there of
about 3.000 men of doubtful reliability
lu an exceedingly perilous situation.
ISLAND SHAKEN AGAIN.
Terrific
Krtiitlun of I.n
Sonfrlore
KeportiMl.
KIXi;STOYX. St. Vincent. Oct. 17.
A terrific eruition of the Soufriere vol-
cno commenced Wednesday night
This eruption caused darkness nt
! Bridgetown, island of l'.arbados, nt 10
i o'clock in the morning. There was ai
..n i......!..
mil vi tiuiAiin; utifi 1111 ie.
! The saud ejected during this erup
' tlon has a stronger sulphurous odor
than nny previously thrown out. One
! square foot of sand of the depth It fell
here weighs exactly one pound.
A (irent Cattle Show.
KAXSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct. 20.-Tho
American Roynl Cattle show opened nt
the stockyards today with the finest
display of blooded live stock ever seen
In Kansas City. The breeds shown are
Hereford. Shorthorn. Galloway nnd
Aberdeen Angus, nnd the number of
entries in each division is greater than
nt any previous show here. Two score
breeders of national reputation have
entered cattle, nnd some of the best
nerus or noer oreeus in mo worm win
be represented. More than a hundred
Individual breeders are contributors.
The Apple Crop.
r.OSTOX, Oct. '22. The apple crop
throughout the country this year, nc
eording to tho estimate of the Now
England Homestead, will be -13.ii00.ooo
barrels against 2".000,(.00 barrels in
1901.
CnrdlfT (ilntit SlnKrr Dend.
BIXGHAMTOX. X. Y.. Oct. 22.
George Hull, the maker of the famous
Cardill ginnt. one of the grentest
hoaxes ou record. Is dead at his home
here.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
CloaloK Stock Quotatioaa.
Money on call steady at 6 per er-nt.
i rrlme mercantile puper. 6 per cent. Ster
ling exchange steady, with actual business
In bankers' bills at KMlii-I.MJ.a for de
mand apd at H.S.1i;-& for 60 day bills.
Posted rates. UM and H.S7. Commercial
bills, 4.822ia4.S27a. Bar silver, frc. Mex
ican dollars. 4'tc. Government bonds
steady. State bonds inactive. Railroad
bonds irregular. Closing prices:
Atchison W N. V. Central.. .155
C..C..C 6U L..li'H Ontario u Weat, W
Clies. & Ohio... 514 People's Gas. ...103
Del. & Hudson.. 17T Heading- 6T
Krie Ta Hock Island I-jO
Gen. Electric. ...Pm ft. Paul 14
ljckawanna....!'Hi Bugar Refinery. 123
Lead I9, Texas Pactrtc... 444
Louts & Nash...rs'-j I'nlon Pacific. ..1051
Manhattan Con. 1ST.4 Wabash pref.... 4
Miuwuri Pacific 110 Weetera I'nlon. 9l4
Sew York Markcta.
FLOl'R State and western unsettled by
the wheat deeline. but held Rt old prices;
Minnesota pa ten la, JS.N)u4; winter
atnUghts. 3 f n3 l.t5; winter e
t)3: winter patents, J3.a..na..
vvHKAT-pened ensier on
extras,
lower ca
Mes. rallied on covering, but ngain weak-
rt we
id pr
Ulhmg; leceiuU-r,
$ S-lCjTSc. ; May, 7$
tlv
r vi.-fiteadv: state. W isi'-c. c. L f..
New York; No. 1 western, 5':sc.. t. o. b..
CoKN Weak and lower. Influenced by
cables, lartser receipts and liquidation;
liecember. 55VI W-o. : January, 1V.' "'?'-.
OATS rull and easier with corn; track,
white, stale. 3uVj;fie. ; track, white, west-
...-.V. tmr-.riia. i,miv
HI Ti t. K Pienny ;
state dairy. 15 24c. ;
' liiicwi.' o'ni.'i- new stato. full cream.
' sniall.'colered, fancy, old, U'e. ; new, Ui
S'Jc.; amall. while, old. l:-,o. : new. l:
CWc: lurge. eolorHl. old. I.e.; new.
1' V liirse. white, old. 1--.: new, lle.
"KiklS Firm; slate and IV miaylvauln,
uvirnje best. y-'C.; weslern, candled,
ft ilAR-r.aw firm: fn.'r refining. SJ
3 1 -)''. ; cenirifucal. W tet. 2 -H.i; J',.;. :
rtiin-d firm; crutiud. ills. ; paivderrj,
4
! & f.A riri; Nw r:- ?.r.
1 .. . uni'VI'IVL X- I eaii at
; .- , , , ., . ,
! lUCF.-Steady; domestic, iuc.
Ja-
4.-s- ,c.
TALl.OW-rirm; city, Vac-: country.
'6XiiUY-Firm: shipping. KjTOc.; ood tc
choice, luclal.
THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUPO. PA
BUNO
FOLD. i7 A' 1.i
mmm
Ulindfold a
ivotimu and she
loses all nonfi
dence in herself.
Her ftcp is slow,
hesitating and
unccrtaiu. Her
hands are raised
to wnrd the im
aelnnry blow
wliich threaten
her. W hen a
a i e k wotiun
seeks the means of health she is often
like a woman blindfold. She has no
confidence. She cannot tell what her
effort will lead to. She turns now to
this side and then to the other in uncer
tainty and doubt.
The sick woman who uses Dr. Tierce'a
l-'avorite Prescription may do so with
absolute confidence. H invites open
eyed investigation. There need be no
hesitation in following; the hundreds of
thousands of women who have found a
perfect cure for womanly Hit in the use
of this medicine.
"Favorite Prescription" cures irregu
larity and dries weakening drains. It
heals inflammation and ulceration and
cures female weakness.
" With hurt full of irmtituilr to yon lor rml-
tiiR out over th Unit vour
ndrrfiit qirrtlrtnr I 1
mo tiitr lew
foring women
wriiM Mr Ci
rmi int-it irw nnc-s. noping tk.it onie poor Mif-
it
n
w
will . - I r LM.-.
writra Mr. Cota L. Rxt, of OrcakvrinR rur
tiace. Washington Co.. Mm-vtand.
I had .of
nnd had to
Ind bend-
fered arvrrW from famale wr.iknras and had to
br in bed a
grrnt
if nr.
nch, buckai
nd i
rwiin in
in in Irn aide when lying
down. I coaikiencrd tMkiiic Lr. Pitrca'a Fnvor
llr Prth-rintiun. and had not takrn two belt I
when 1 was able to tie around again and do my
work with but little pain. Can now eat any
thing and it never hurta me any more.' Ttlav
taken arven bottleaof Pr. 1'ierce'a Favorite Pre
acription. and one of hit 'Compoiind Kiilraet of
Sm.irt-Weed and aerrral nnla ol hia Flrnaanl
rellrta.' Peeling letter everv day. My hus
band aava I look better every dnv."
Hr. i'ierce's Plcasaut Pellets cure bil
iousness and sick headache.
STRAY PARAGKAFaS-
I'm happy loud
Canolled the to:n cat,
And my joy I can hardly control.
With pleasure I sigh,
I've been hit in the eye
With a nugget of anthracite coal.
A local barber this week is
advertising thusly: "Step in and
get shaved while you wait."
The front part of a local res
taurant was blown out on Tues
day a bum fell off the step.
Nell "When Charlie proposed
she says she quite lost her head."
Belle
"es, and when she found
it it was on Charlie's shoulder."
It don't appear to be generally
known at what time Adam was
bom. It was a little before live.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to
have umbrellas made square, it
don't appear to be safe to leave
them a rouud.
A Waste of Material
It has frequently been said that if
all the material that is wasted by the
' human family was utilized, there
I never would be such a thing as hard
tiraes on ,ue earth and that is un-
; ,,.,, ,, r, rhino cm
to waste in the country ard the sad
dest waste that is setyi is the brain
power that goes unimproved upon the
streets and in the public puces.
Young men and boys with pimples
on their laces and cigarettes in their
teeth, with no other ambition than to
loiter away the precious evening hours
are nightly on the highways, losing
gojden opportunities and being guilty
of the most reckless and criminal
waste that is possible. While this
brigade is fitting itself for the gossip
and lor the lite of the low wage earn-
er, there is another class of boys that
take all of this time to learn some
thing usetul. The world wants the
young men who can do things, and to
reach that stage of ability it is neces
sary to get some usetul knowledge
packed into their cranial recesses,
which these widewalk loiterers fai
utterly to do. Who can stop this
waste? Ex.
Will Open 3-10 Acres of Coal Laud.
TiKtee C. R. Savidge, M. H. Kulp,
A. C. Hicks. II. W. Sandge, and C
W. A. Rochow, well known capitalists,
through their attorney, H. W. Savidge,
have made application to the Governor
ol the state fori etters patent to issue to
the Mount Equity Coal and Coke
Company, a corporation formed lor th
purpose of buving, mining, manufact
I urine and selling coal and coke.
The company on the tentn oi mi
month secured the valuable bnedbur
tract of coal land compiising 3.4
acres situated in Huntington and Bed
ford counties. On the tract are three
workable veins. Mining Engineer
Harry day was sent to make an ex
animation of the trect and reported
that there are 12,000,000 tons of sol;
coal on the property, casing the vau
on the top vein alone he estimated th
land to be worth $84,000.
On Monday six men frcm Shamoki
were sent to the place and will ope
it for the first time. Coal will likely be
shipped within the next t.vo months.
In the s; ring ccke ovens will b
built and the niauuUcture ot co
i begun.
Leases, 3c each, 30c a dozen.
Notices to quit, 10c a dozen. For
LTj
sale at this uffic. ti.
' "pRNNYPACkER'AVA MA8K
An Independent Republican' 8ethtng
Reply to Quay's Appeal For
Campaign Doodle.
' Undo-In niankpnhurjr. the well-
known Independent Hepuhllcnn, has
declined to contribute to the Quay
campaign fund. He has couched his
tjnfusal in a characteristically vigor
ous letter, In which he says:
Whenever the machine Is In daner It
is seized with a lit of viltue nnd at
tempts to clonk its hideous skeleton
with a parh of nllurln colors, so con
structed, however, that the machine
aurvives to continue Its shameless ca
j reer of plunder and vice. It nominated
' Judge I'eniAj iiacker, not on account of
his irreproachable personal chnrneter,
but because you hoped that his nomi
nation might savo the machine ouce
more from richly merited defeat.
Judge I'cnnypnckpr at the head of
the machine ticket Is as absurd a
pioposition na would be an orthodox
minister at the head of a congrega
tion of avowed lnlidels or a band of
thieves, with "Thou ehnlt not steal" for
their motto.
Judue l'ennypacker's article on the
Ills of Pennsylvania, supplemented by
the fulsome eulogy of his political god
father, the invidious comparison with
Clay and Webster, make him an impos
sible candidate for men who think
more of country than of party; men
who place duty above friendship, men
who honor nnd npprec k'e Clay nnd
I Webster for their unsold ft devotion to
exnlted patriotism.
UUI), lill'll llllfllllllMI FUJI I UK-I VI O, Lllf 1 1
Cnrfr.. PnUlcon.
' " 1 - . - - .
Ex-Governor rnttlson. who has twice
acceptably filled the ofTloe of governor,
has again been nominated on a plat
form that calls In clarion tones for the
redemption of the poor. bos3-ridden.
plundered and discraeed common
wealth; a platform to which every pa
triotic citizen, be he stalwart or Inde
pendent Republican or Democrat, can
subscribe, ror honesty, Integrity of
purpose, pdbllc zeal, he seeks his peer;
even his most pronounced political op
i ponents. strongly Republican papers
and partisans, united in unstmtoa
praise when ha relinqnlshed the im
portant offices of controller and gov
ernor, while his associates on the state
ticket are Infinitely superior to the
candidates selected by your organiza
tion. A Great Opportunity For Philadelphia.
Earnest words were those spoken to
his fellow citizens of Philadelphia by
ex-Oovernor Pattlson on Monday
night, saya the Ilarrisburg Patriot.
They have the ring of sincerity,
framed In conscious strength of the
rectitude of the cause represented by
the Democratic candidates In the pend
ing campaign. They should, as they
doubtless will, send the thrill of Indig
nant and patriotic tiride through the
honest population of the great city on
the banks of the Delaware and cause
such a revolt against machine methods
that for years have kept Philadelphia
In the rlllorv or universal contempt.
viewed from the standpoint of electoral
lntecnty. as to render impotent the
machinations of the political outlaws
who have defifd the wtll of the people
as expressed at the ballot box.
Governor j'nttison tens 1113 towns
men that he has been face to fac with
the voters of the commonwealth In
nearlv two-thirds of the counties of
the state. Throughout the interior he
has found the sentiment alert, active,
acgressive In the purpose to rescue
Pennsylvania from the grip or tne cor-
ruptionists who have throttled the
manhood and the unboucht citizenship
of a great commonwealth, bhall the
will of the voters of the other 6G coun
ties of the stale be rendered nugatory
bv the pollution of the ballot box in
the single county of Philadelphia? ask
itr. Pattisoh; and by the very force
of his plea he seems to answer the
query witn a oeterminea no tnar mas
fair to be echoed at the polls three
wpeks hence.
That speech of Kobert K. raftlson
to his neighbors ot fnuaaeinnia snouia
he worth tens of thousands of votes
to the candidates of the Democratic
and Independent organizations. It is
the plea of decency In politics against
deeradatlon: of purity aeainst pollu
tion in legislative and administrative
affairs: It has the note of authority and
command in its entreatv for a higher
and nobler orde". It should have an
answer from the banks of the city of
Penn that will rehabilitate that com
munity In the eyes of the state at
large and echoe the volume of patriotic
protest that promises to come rolling
across the Alleghenies and down the
valleys of the eastern section of the
6tate.
QUAY ON BAYONET RULE
How the Republican Boss Would Set
tle Labor Troubles.
While F.oss Quny has been so
loudly pretending a desire to settle
the great coal strike peaceably and
posing as the "friend" of the miners.
It la well to recall what he said In a
speech at Phoenlxvllle, Chester coun
ty, on the night of October 27, 1900.
Here It Is:
"Good government Is to erect a
citizen soldiery which can be thrown
to any point In the commonwealth to
duo Lai U uuiioRcu " v - uvuio
tlee. and which can furnish FIFTEEN
THOUSAND BAYONETS for the
United States service on call."
The Quay shouters were too previ
ous, declaring their boss had settled
the coal strike. Nothing w3 done
cntil this arch political trickster quit ;
meddling. The operators and miners '
knew he had but one purpose, and that '
was to use the situation to make polit- ,
ical capital. In this he failed utterly.
Had It not been for the betrayal of the
miners' cause at Harrisburg there j
would have been no strike.
Certain mlschevious and selfish po
litical elements worked hard to use
John Mitchell as a political club, but
they mistook their man. The miner's
chleftan carries a level head on his
shoulders. He stlcl.s to his text and
his great work, and has made a record
as a frieud of humanity of which any
man might be proud.
Independent Republicans care roth
ing for the deci3icu of t-o Diuphla
Oouiuy totni eoueeruiLg tii luwu
party ticket They propose to vote
Itraight for Paulson and Gu'.hrid, a
Mind red thousand strong.
Vhb ills "of" pennyquaycker-
ANIA.
The Quay candidate for governor
continues on the down grade.. Tho
bumlliaWwai spectnelo which this mis
guided creature of tho machine, lias
made of himself has never been
equalled. It soc.iis to have been his
deliberate purpose to prove hln abject
siihscrvlenco to the basest political In-
fluences. The revelntlon of his lufnt- !
latlon with Quayism. r.s r.hown throuch
his extraordinary services In editing
and endorsing the platform stupMltlca
of his boss, followed by ft fresh !n.stall
ment of undeserved praise of such an
unworthy leader, has been supplement
ed by a scries of public deliverances
which are a disgrace to the state. In
telligent and sincere men cannot un
derstand how the author of these ef
forts could hne held a place upon the
bench for n dozen years. It looks llke
a case of political paresis. Either ex
Judge rennypacker has parted com
pany with his conscience, or his ability
to see clearly and think honestly nnd
speak truthfully and sensibly has de
parted. Friend and foe alike have
looked on with amazement. Nothing
but the impetus and weight of parti
sanship will Induce men who have no
self-lntercBt nt stake to vote for such
a man for the governorship of our
great state.
These alleged speeches have been a
slngulnr mixture of foolishness, egot
ism, weakness. Impudence and down
right falsehood. If the man who has
thus stripped himself of almost every
vestige of public respect, bad contin
ued the routine work of following the
traditions and precedents of the court,
keeping his blundering tongue silent
upon public questions, he might have
retained a moderate reputation as a
public servant; hut every time he
opens his mouth this exponent and
defender of Quaytsm excites the eon
tempt of his own followers and the in
creasing wonder of the people. A cli
max was reached In the single speech
the Quay candidate has been permit
ted to make In Philadelphia,
Therein he said that the nomina
tion he holds was conferred by "the
dominant party" without "effort, ex
penditure or even expectation" on his
part. The shameful fact Is the Re
publican party did not nominate
Pennypacker. Except for the Imperi
ous command of an arrogant boss, he
would not have had a 6ingle vote In
the convention; and this brazen state
ment was made, too, In the presence
of a man from whom forty delegates
were corruptly taken, in order that
the scheme to fool the people mlslt
be carried out "It may well be doubt
ed," cried the speaker, In an ecstacy
of absurd vanity; "whether ever be
fore in the whole history of American
politics such an event occurred."
There Is no doubt about It. The
more's the shame. In no other state
would such a mockery of popular rule
be permitted.
It was further observed, with char
acteristic obtuseness, or brazen demi
goggy, that herein was "an example to
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other states and a promise of better
things." Instead, It is a warning to
every other commonwealth against
permitting the will of the people to be
ignored and trampled upon. Drawing
himself up by his bootstraps, Mr.
Pennypacker solemnly declares It to
be the duty of the man. "so called no
matter nt irViof anerifleo ftf narnnnql
comfort, happiness, etc.. to take up the
burden." The simple fact is the hap-
plest hour this ambitious slave of the
vuuj 1 lug cTtrr ftutw waa iuui in w nica
U1D uuuio wm yui. ao a tauuwoie lor
the highest office in Pennsylvania. To
babble about "personal sacrifice" in
such a connection, is to insult the pub-
"
11c intelligence.
For years past the man who made '
this silly statement has been dreaming '
of the governorship, and in order to
secure this coveted honor he has de
meaned himself as no other citizen ever
did. All the way through he has shown
that Pennypackerlsm is, and always
I will be, the counterpart and fulfil
j ment of Quayism. He has lauded as
"Pennsylvania's most distinguished
statesman." the one man who has done
more than any other to degrade the
politics and the government of this
state. He has defended gross public
abuses, tried to shield public criminals
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; abused honest men, perverted history
and in every way made himself offen- '
; sive to the self-respecting citizenship
tt Pennsylvania. He has shown, every
; time he ha taken the platform, that
tii election would be an unspeakable
- ' futile calamity.
v ' v n.imu managers
fcave had no bar'l to draw upon, but
the strensth of a Just cause outelKaa
itolea millions.
TMI TRWTH AiOUT THK COAL
TRUST.
An article In the last number of th
Lehlghton (ra.) Prepg entitled "Coal
trust organized under Paulson," Bent
out by tho Hopubllean state committee.,
contains Rome Matomor.tn which on
titlo Its author to the first pri.e for
both mendacity nnd stupidity. No one
! rould have written the article without
malicious purpose of mlsrepresentlns
the facts, for it contains statements
that must have benn the Invention of
the writer. No pno could have writ
ten the article who was possessed of
ordinary Intelligence and foresight, for
the most cursory examination of the
history of tho case, and Its 0fflcl.1l
records, will disclose tho falsehood and
Impale the falsifier.
After reciting the well-known fact
that In 1S1I2 tho Reading, Lehigh Val
ley and Jersey Central, coal carrying
rondn, undertook to form a combina
tion, it goes on to allege that Governor
Paulson received a complaint asalnst
this combination, and "refused to in
terfere;" It characterizes this neglect
on his part as "a black and damnable
record."
Let us now see and provo how
quickly this lie can be nailed. Twenty
four hours after tho first notice of this
combination was brought to the at
tention of Governor rattison he re
ferred It to Hon. W. U. Ilensel, then
attorney general of tho state. That
official Immediately summoned the
companies complained of before him;
he gave them a fair and Impartial hear
ing, and, at the conclusion of It, held
that the spirit, If not the letter, of the
constitution, had been violated; he
Immediately went Into the courtB of
Dauphin county and filed a bill In
equity against all the companies com
plained of; he required them to an
swer, and the various steps of this liti
gation are thus pointed out on page 1
of his official report to the general as
sembly of the state at the session of
1S93:
After such hearing and argument on
behalf of the railroad corporations, to
the point that no occasion for Inter
ference by the state existed, I deter
mined that tho Interests of the com
monwealth and the rights of the pub
lic demanded that the questions In
volved in the attempted combination
and consolidation of the coal trans
porting and coal producing Interests
and of parallel and competing rail
roads, should be Judiciously determin
ed; and accordlncly, on March 15, 1&!2.
In the Dauphin County Court of Com
mon Pleas, I filed a bill in equity
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company, the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company,
the Port Reading Railroad Company,
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company,
of New Jersey, the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, and the Lehigh
and Wilkesharre Coal Company, averr
ing the facts, as I had gathered them,
of the combination of tho railroads,
asking for a discovery of the leases,
contracts and agreements, and for a de
cree that they be declared nv.lt and
void, and that the property of the
leased lines and companies be surren
dered to their former owners and the
companies operating them.
In due time the companies defendant
filed answers nnd deunrrers to tho
bills. The court appointed J. C. Mac
Alarney and Charles H. Hergner, ex
aminers, e.nd from time to time they
have held mfiny meetings in Harris
burg and in Philadelphia, takinn testi
mony in the cases. The facts have
been secured by pprsor.al Inquiry nnd
examinations, and the commonwealth
succeeded in obtaining admissions
from the defendants from time to time
of the accuracy of the statements.
1 maps and other evidence, which have
, bpPn prPpflmi to susti.n the averments
of its bill. Th" testimony in the case
on behalf of the commonwealth Is
about concluded, nnd but for Rn nn
avoidable interruption in its progress
the matter could have been submitted
for argument In the Dauphin County
Court of Common Pleas before the
. close of the year.
In November, 1S93, all the companies
defendant annulled these leases and
agreements, and filed an aswer In the
court8 ,n they ct forth that
the leascg complaIned cf had boen for.
fete(1 annulled, vacated and terml-
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possession.
. contTol and operation of their respec-
0ve propertIeSi upon thIg snowlnt
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. and after they had paid all tha costs
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phin county allowed the bills to bs
dismissed.
Everything that was complained of
; was promptly made the subject of Ju
dicial proceeding; everything that was
demanded by the situation was pushed
promptly to a judicial conclusion; and
not a single complaint of this, or any
other kind, against any combination,
trust or corporation was ever made to
Governor Paulson that was not prompt
ly taken cognizance of and pushed to
a termination In the courts.
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