THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG, PA. First Nationa Blcomsbur K. W. M. L.)v. President. .T. M. Staver. Viee President. E. 15. Tustin, Viee President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier, i The First National Dank solicits a share of your law less upon the lasis of 'und and -ProjiTe.'Mve Banking. LilTal and Ae eurate Treatment. l'.n THE COLUMBIAN. ESTAV.LISMMH iSf. THE C0LUM3IA OEf.'.CCFlJ. 1 IIURSDAY, 'C I ' "J '- ,:J . FOR GOVKKXOR, ROBERT E. PATTISOX. of Philadelphia. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, GEORGE V. Gl'THRIH. of A'legheny. FOR SECRETARY QV INTERNAL AFFAIRS. JAMES XOLAX, of Berks. FOR CONGRESS, ( Long Term.) CHARLES H. DICKERMAN. (Short Term. ) ALEXANDER BILLMEYER. FOR STATE SENATOR, HENRY COCHRAN, J DEMOCRATIC COUUTY FOR REPRESENTATIVES, HON. FRED. IKELER, HON. WILLIAM T. CREASY, FOR MINE INSPECTOR, MARTIN KELLEY. ?0R DISTRICT ATTORNEY, C. A. SMALL, FOR PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK OF THE COURTS, C. M. TERWILLIGER, FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER, J. C. RUTTER, JR., FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE, WILLIAM KRICKBAUM, FOR COUNTY TREASURER, A. B. CROOP, FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, GEO. W. STERNER, WILLIAM BOGERT, t?OR COUNTY AUDITOR, CHARLES F. DERR, GEO. II . SHARPLESS, To the Democratic Voters of Columbia County. The work of the preliminary can vass is over. The committee men of the several districts have render ed most valuable aid in organizing the county. Public meetings have j been held in nearly every township, j and the large attendance has shown that the people are aroused, and j that great interest is felt in the com- j lug eieeuon. 1 lie inauiis 01 me party are especially due to the speak- ers who have given their time and services, going through the county and ably discussing the issues that confront the people of this common wealth. It is now in your hands, and the-result of the election next Tuesday depends entirely upon you. With a full vote Columbia county will give Patiison and the whole ticket a good mairitv, and we will maintain our reputation as one ot the banner Democratic counties of the state. Let there be no apathy now.. The issues that are presented are tco important to be neglected . Let every Democrat feel that the result depends on him. Let neither work, business nor weather keep a single man from the polls. A full vote and fair count will see Robert E. Patiison Governor of Pennsylvania for the third time, and will restore our State to honest government. It is up to you. Do your duty. Bank, Pa. iterant (f Con, Septater 15, '02 . -''4.'i; i ' CO () It, h u. ti c k& U.S. Tr 1-9 21T 53 T01.1l CJ,( 2.,).lS 1.1 A V.I I.ITI llf. C.-i i'.. m r: I. 50, OOO.ro I J 5 , OOO Oo I 'l. 0-7. 2 J Co. CO .o 42S.51.I.94 .j:..; 629 I.S 1 1 1. fi ll To-al The Situation. An Ihbidsssd View cf the Ccmr.iifsioii3rsr.in Q lU33ticn. The Columbian hai no ax to grind in the election of county offi cers next week. It has no peisonil grievances, and no interest what ever i:i the personal controversies o:' politicians who have kept the Democratic party of this county in a turmoil lor some years past. Its only desire is to see the supremacy of Democratic principles, and in order to accomplish this it believes that certain things must.be done, and unless thev are done it will not be many years before the long-time famous rep .t.ition of Old Columbia for her unwavering adherence to the doctrines of Jefferson, will be scattered to the winds, and we will find her in the doubtful column, giving sometimes a KepuDiicau ma- jo; l'y. The rank and file of the Demo cracy are kg1 ting t;rea ol the schem ing and wire-pulling and political treacherv that has been going on lor some vears past, ana tney are growing to feel that when leaders violate rules of the party when it suits their purposes best, or bolt the ticket or any part of it when thev please, that it is no sin for the private ranks to do the same thing If we want to hoid our place in the column 01 uemocraiic counties, we must get back to first principles. We must stand by the party rules; we must stick to the ticket as law fully made; and we must respect the decisions of the courts as they are made in election case,s. This brings r.s to a case in point. Judge Dunham has decided that W. H. Fisher should have been de ciarea one 01 tne nominees lor county commissioner by the Demo cratic county convention. His de cision is based upon the fact that the ballots tor the primary election were not printed in accordance w ith the party rules requiring voters to vote for one person on each side of the river, and that if they had been so printed Mr. Fisher must have been chosen, because he was the only candidate from the south side The evidence before the court showed beyond a doubt that the official ballots were printed as they were for the express purpose of de feating Fisher. It is fair to pre snme that if the ballots had been properly printed that the voters who voted for two persons on the north side would not have so voted if they had been properly informed that by so doing they would lose their vote tor commissioner. And yet that is exactly what would have happened. If the ballot had been printed in accordance with the rule every vote lor two commissioners on the north side would have been illegal and would have been thrown out; or if counted that way by the election boards the latter would have subjected themselves to arrest and punishment for a violation ot j . , the Pary election laws. No one questions this, for there is no room for argument. No.one has attempted to claim that the ballots were properlv printed. The on'y claim seems to be that because Fisher was defrauded out ol the nomination to which he was en- I titled, and did not receive a majori ty vote on ballots so printed that ha.f of them were illegally counted ; that now he is "attempting to force himself on the ticket when the people have decided that they didn't want him." There has been 110 such test fairly and honestly, and therelore 110 such conclusion can be drawn. The situation is just this. The rules ot the Democratic rarty f this County provide that when two commissioners are to be nominated, the voters ihall vote for one on each side of the river. Not may vote, but shall vote. I lus is not w. n. ALLEN, optional, but mandatory, in ac Cotititjf Chairman, cordance with this iuL- William II. Fisher was entitled to the nomiin- tioii from the south side. Alter a i full hearing in opetT court, it has ! 1 een fo decided, and his namo 1ns 1 been ordered to be p:inted on the ballot in the regular Democratic j Column, j To abide by the rules cf the party ' is Democratic; to abide by the law ' ns proclaimed by the courts is Democratic. To refuse to do tliee , t hi:; js is neither Democratic nor j good-citizenship. To over-ride the uvs an. I tr.c ngnts ot in? p-in.i 'id then ask the people what they are going to c!o aiiout it, is one 01 thi great reasons in this campaign whv wc are trying to drive ( ) iay- m frotn the State. Democrats, what are you going to do about it? Are yon going to over-ride the rules of your party,!., and ignore the decisions of the courts? If so, vou are encouraging state of anarchy in the Demo cratic - partv in Columbia county. Vou are helping to establish a pre cedent lor overturning me party r.les at anv and every election. l'ou are helping to stifle the party crv ot ' stick-to-tlie ticket 011 ! are encouraging and inviting a go- you-please habit in voters that will be ruinous to the Democracy as a time honored organization. We are not pleading William II. Fi .her's cause. We are pleading the cause of Democracy, and we are impelled to do it. because tin less our rules are observed and our organization kept up on sound Democratic principles, we can see only disaster and defeat in more than one county office in the future. It is our duty to sound this warn ing note, and we have done it. The responsibility rests with the voters. Porjcr or Whit? There are a good many ways of running a political canvass, but some of the methods resorted to in the present campaign cannot inspire very much respect among the bet ter class of people. Four persons have been found, wdio for a money consideration have been willing to make a statement under oath that intended to convey to the public a lalse impression. J. W. Vankirk, O. Stevenson, John O. Koch and Charles Montague have made afri- Hnvits that thfv wre nairl eichtv- niiio pfiite fr.r a rlrjv'c ivnil- t.v lh I - - ----- -.. . - 1 - - - - 1 Milton Car Works. Two hundred ana one ot tne most reputable em ployees that ever worked at the Milton car works voluntarily state i over their signatures that eighty nine cents was never paid lor a day's work by that company, and that is supplemented by the affi davit of Robert M. Longmore, one of Milton's most respected and re liable citizens and business men, who states that he was pay master at the car works for a period of thirty years and that eighty-nine cents was never paid for a day s work. To a man who hasn't any con scientious scruples himself there is really nothing in the way to pre vent him from purchasing affidavits when they can be had at bargain counter prices. Here is an affidavit that will explain itself: Northumberland County, s. s. Before me the subscriber, a jus tice of the peace in and for said county, personally came John C. Karchner, of the Borough of Miiton in saiu county, wno being amy sworn according to law doth depose and say that he had on October 20, 1902, a conversation with J. O. Koch and that in the course ot this conversation the said J. O. Koch did state that he had received five dollars ($5) for signing an affidavit stating that Murray, Dougal & Company Limited had paid eighty nine cents a day; which affidavit is now being circulated by Fred A. Godcharles. John C. Karchner. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 25th day of October, A. D. 1902. D. E. Aunkst, J. P. ,oughs " 1 had a bad cougn for six weeks and could find no relief until I tried Ayer's Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle cured me." L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. , Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don't wcit, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral just as soon asyourcough begins. A few doses will cure you then. Three ilmt 25c, SOc, SI. - All 4rugliti. roiiitiiH ynur doctor. If lie iurt tuke it, tltru iiu ii. liu g.iy.. If It tutlH yu not to t:tke It. then tiuli't tuke it. Hn kuuw. l.().ivi It Willi l.lni. u nr willing. .i. '. AY i.ii (. 'J., l.twia. Musi. Pains If?, the Back Aro ryn:T;t:t:3 rf ft rtv'ant c :'.,' i'ln 1 " liv r. nt.! r.ro a vnr..i ha.r.vl..r t) ;:;;''. is a li- r !'.L" !r.i u The" ive v. :....) torpid rr ? cstrer.ioly j.-npov'.aiit ;. 1 by V : of u tiiiK. r.rrt !-,. n I . n 1 1. I:i I'c in' 7.t''.! f-'.t '':.. '1 tai;- 1 I in'; 10.'--.'j r-:,r.:.. 1 tv I rnn t r.wl n'.U) lo v-r" t'ntir-''? Sit .T '. 1 --t ft C (-0 : y I lo H' i rarv.j.t:!: car )I. S. C'VK.ii.ni, '." V .1. N. Prv.p.T, , il.e K'.ii . Ala. " ? -';" T fl ( .J o. I t w i ' ,1 1 f. r Core kidn?r nr-..! llvor trouble?, rrl'eve the bick, ni build up the v, hole system. The dominant issue in the an preaching congressional election throughout the country is the regu lation of the trusts. The wage earner, the tradesman, the farmer, the small dealer and cp.rator see j;) the treat combinations of capitol the passing of individual enterprise. These great combinations or trusts as they are called s-taud together j lor their own protection ana j.er 1 pctuation. thus forming a gigantic octopus, that crushes out competi tion, arbitrarily regulates the prices not only of its own output, but de termines the cost of materials it purchases and places its merciless heel npon all grades and classes of labor. Mr. P A. Go lcharles, nail manufacturer of Milton, and the Republican caudidate for Congress in this district, is a member of the nail trust. This association con trols the output of the cut nail factories of this country, and the tvider.ee is in the possession of the writer, under their own signature, that it extorts an additional profit of forty-one cents a keg more from the home consumer than it does from nails exported into foreign countries for the use of foreigners. Mr. Godcharles realizes his po sition and is dodging the issue. He is resorting to every possible plan that his fertile and unscrupulous imagination can suggest to keep tiie attention of the voters from the only real issue in the campaign that effects their interests. If Mr. . . GOClCiiarlCS could be elected, of which fortunately there is not even a remote possibility, he could be depended upon to support every measure before Congress that would strengthen the grip of these monop olies upon the people, and oppose every bill that was intended for their protection and relief. A vote for Godcharles means a vote to continue the extortion of the meat trust, the coal trust, and the other trusts that have increased the living expenses of the wage-earner over forty per cent, upon a nineteen per cent, increase in wages. The workingman votes with his eyes open, it he by his ballot elects to put the corporation yoke around his neck, he ought not to grumble or complain when it becomes op pressive. It is there by his own act. One of the very thin pleas that are being made in the effort to get votes away from Mr. Dickerman, the Democratic congressional candi date, is that he is a Democrat, and if elected, being a representative of the minority paity, he would have no influence at the capitol aud would not be able to acomplishany thine for his constituents. What bosh! If it were true, what a com mentarv upon our Republican government! Elias Deenier is a Republican congressman from the Lvcoming-Clinton district and the Williamsport Sun points out that while he was getting three rural delivery routes in his district, our congressman, Rufus K. Polk, Dem ocrat. was plasttring the counties of his district over with rural routes. It is true that Republican statesmanship in Pennsylvania has reached a pretty low ebb, but it is not quite so bad yet. that a man o merit and character cannot get a heating because his politics is out of gee with those in power. Stick a pin right here. Hon. Charles II. Dickerman, the next congress man from this district will always be accorded a hearing. Milton Record. . . The Quay agents who are travel ing atound this county trying to instruct the Democrats how to vote will find that they are dealing with a class of voters w ho need no in struction. Columbia County is honored in being so well conspicuously represented politics as she is by Hon. Creasy, chairman of the highly ana so in state V. T, Demo cratic State Committee. The value of his public services is deservedly recognized by his retention year after year as state chairman, and his popularity at home is shown by lus being returned to tne legisia ture five times in succession, wid be ckctLd by a big vet'.-. lie ownsena s CORN CONTEST! We will s;ive away a $10.00 of CLOT! IKS to the Six Largest in it- ra i:-c ; offer w ill 1 $ .Jmkvs vvi iiiain 1 .Uvi: i . i e Our line of winter goods is now in. Call and see them before you buy. Prices always right at TownsencTs Reasonable, Reliable, Right. Tke.-e three words are used in connection with our Mer chandise. It we use them with a proper pense of their meaning in that connection, then there's no' room for doubt as to this beinjr a prood store for vou to trade fith. REASONABLE This concerns our prices. RELIABLE This concerns oar qualities. RIGHT This concerns our styles. Prove what we print by a personal investigation. If the proof stands, the chances are we've won you for a business friend. Height of the Dress Goods Season. Dress goods selling was early made active by the com pleteness of the equipment, the excellence of styles and the moderateness of price. We've been adding to that activity ever fcince by such special offerings as these s.Un r-lntl. in 4 rvdnr nt S3 o oOiii. Habit cloths all the fall colors at G9 cent3 Look at this big Assortment of Black Dress Goods. Ready-to-wear Readiness. Stylish, suits, nobby jackets, handsome skirt, fresh from the hands ot artists, and priced with great consideration for the sellers and consumer. These are the prices. Ladies' coats from $5.00 to Mioses' coats from $2.25 to $37.50. Ladies' Tailored suits $12 00. Misses' tailored suita from $7. 98 to $25 00. from $7.98 to $15.00. 1?IG ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' CAPES. All Kinds of Furniture. We have lots of Furniture here you'll buy if you'll only take the time aud trouble to select it. Selecting should not be a trouble but a plea-sura from such a stock as this. Bed room suits from 18.00 Fancy rockers from $1 2.5 to to $85.00. Sideboards from $18.00. Chiffoniers from $0 00 $11.50 to $35 00 Enamel beds to $28.00.' Couches from $0.75 with mats $4.75 to $18.00. A glance at this lot of Furniture will convince you that we can save you money if you buy at this store. SHOES! The fatigue of doing anything is greatly lessened by comfort able shoes. Buy the American Gill shoe at $2 50 or the Patii cian shoe at 3 50 and you will have comfort aid service. F P Vote the straight Democratic ticket by marking in the circle, and there will be no danger of losing your vote by a mistake in marking your ballot. . Vote for C. A. Small for District Attorney. He has been a life long Democrat, bom and raised in this county, and by hard work and per severance he has worked himself ! trom the farm to a prominent place in his chosen career. SUIT Fanner Raising the Ears of Corn Colmiiliia County. This en until DitimiiIht the 1st yv1i:mi contest. oOiii. Covert cloth, extra value at 79c. oOin. Venetian cloth $1.00 at So cents- worth to $2o.00. SHOES! Purse TAILOR-MADE SUITS- N. S. Tingley has accepted the agency for Reinach, Ullman & Co. ol Chicago, merchant tailors, and is ready to supply rnade-to measure clothing at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. He has a large line of samples to select from. lli place of business is the third floor of the Columbian building. 41. TryTun Colombian a year.
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