THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ. PA.
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He Supported Every Vicious Meas
ure of Legislation Introduced.
4UBSERVICNT TOOL OF MACHINE I
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Republican Candidate For Auditor
General Supported All Kindt of
Grabs, Pinch Bills, Corporation
Measures And Rippers Find Favor.
A summary of the vicious legislation
' f the past tn years would be an ar
. irate record of Senator William r.
ayder's, legislative career. No ln
1 ulty was too rank for him, no In- I
t.inay too atrocious. He has been the
.ost subservient tool of the machine
;-t all times and tirter all circum
stances. The lntere; ts of the people
have never challrnf:d his attention,
while every measure of spoliation for
the benefit of corporations and politi
cal clfques has had his active support
To give the list of Infamous bills
supported in the legislature by Sena
tor Snyder from the beginning of his
service In that bedy would occupy too
much space. Such a summary would
fill a volume. But we may take the
record of the sessions of 19ul and 1903
and find room for the moat conspicu
ously bad bills he supported. In the
session of 1901 the storm centre of
corruption was the bill known as the
Pittsburg "ripper." The purpose of
that bill was to legislate out of office
public servants chosen by the people
for no other reason than that they re
fused to yield willing obedience to the
mandates of the bops. Senator Snyder
was one of its most active supporters.
He appeared to take delight in the in
famy of his action. i
Some Other Vicious Bills.
But thrre wrro dozens of other bills
reeking with corruption which had his
earnest support during that session.
Among them were the Philadelphia
"ripper," subsequently declared uncon
atltulonal by the supreme court; the
measure creating another court in
Philadelphia against the protest of the
bench, bar and a vast majority of the
people, the franchise grabs, which be
stowed upon a lot of political adven
turers property of the people of the ag
gregate value of millions of dollars,
and the Stelnman canal grab bill. For
the Philadelphia part of the franchise
grab Mr. John Wanamaker offered the
cash consideration of $2,500,000, while
the Pittsburg end, which went to
Quay's son and the Bigelows, was
equally valuable.
The Erie land grab was one of the
'.ost unique swindles ever perpetrated
7 a corrupt legislative clique. Pres-
i'e isle Is a large body of land which '.
orms one side of the beautiful harbor
f Lake Erie at the city of Erie. A
-;roup of land-grabbers have been striv
ing for years to get possession of that
lovely spot. In the- session of 1901 '
they swooped down on the legislature
ladea with boodle. The measure was
pressed with impudent vigor and per- i
Jiistency. It was defeated in the House
of Representatives, reconsidered and 1
passed by fraud. The next day the
Traud was exposed and the measure !
put back upon the calendar, where it
remained for some weeks and was fin- I
ally defeated. But it passed the senate
and among its most earnest support
ers was Senator Y.'llliam P. Snyder.
I The Multiplication of Offices.
One of the petty swindles of that
machine governed and boss ridden leg- j
Islature was the measure Increasing
the clerk hire allowances of the su- I
preme court judges. Under a previous i
law for which Snyder had voted each
supreme court judge was allowed a
clerk at a salary of 11000 a year. At
that it was a most desirable position
and you couldn't have driven any occu-
pant out with a battery of Gatllng
guns. But the machine wanted to in- j
crease the reward for party services to '
those gentlemen and a bill increasing '
their salaries to $2500 a year was in
troduced. Some of the Judges protest
ed against the extravagance, but the
machine legislature disregarded the
protest and railroaded the bill through.
One of the active leaders in the trans
action was Senator William P. Sny-
der.
Senator Snyder has always been, not
so much for the old flag and an ap
propriation, as for new offices and an
appropriation. Durlns the session of
1901 there were several bills of that
kind considered. Among them were
bills creating new courts and addi
tional judges. We have referred to the
new court in Philadelphia and his vote
on that measure. A bill was also in
troduced for a new court In Allegheny
county and Snyder supported it with
all the earnestness and zeal tnat a hun
gry man puts into consuming a palat
able meal. The people of Pittsburg
protested vehemently, but that made
no difference to Snyder. Finally a
vast delegation of business men repre
jsentlng the board of trade and other
civic organizations went to Harrisburg
and frightened the machine leaders un
til they abandoned the enterprise. But
the last to give up was Snyder.
Montgomery County Court Bill.
The talk of the town during that ses
sion was the bill creating an orphans'
court in Montgomery county. That
county was represented in the senate
of that session by Senator John A.
Wentz, who protested most emphatic
ally against the profligacy involved in
the measure. He said the people were
opposed to it almost unanimously and
declared that if action was postponed
on the measure for a few day he wpuld
prove his statement. Suyder, who was
in the chair, and his machine asso
ciates on the floor refused to postpone
ud the bill was expedited. Neverthe
less during the following recess from
miuj io luuuuu iiifeui oeuttiUr vventa
started a protest signed by thousands
of citizjns of tho county, but that made
no Impression on Snyder's mind. He
voted for the bill and it was passed.
There was another curious method
for robbing the people of valuable
property developed during that session
of odious memory. It will be remem
bered that a group of political crooks
and machine dependents had discover
ed a scheme by which It was possible
to acquire without giving valuable con
rlleratloa millions of tons of coal un
der the rivers of the commonwealth.
The process w3 the same as that by
which unclaimed lond3 are taken by
patent. This gigantic system of spol
iation had been begun In Fayette and
other western counties and warrants
for the property had been issued. Rep
resentative Corey, of Luzerne county,
thereupon introduced a bill to revoke
the warrants and make further issues
of the kind Impossible. He showed by
carefully prepared statistics fully au
thenticated and beyond dispute, that
tho loss to the state if his bill was not
passed would amount to the enor
mous sum of $30,000,0000. But that
fact didn't restrain Snyder from vot
ing against it. In fact it appeared to
have only whetted his desire in the
matter to a keen edge and he promptly
and loudly voted no.
Voted For Every Bad Bill.
There were a number of other bills
upon which Senator Snyder voted neg
atively and it has been said, not with
out good reason, that he voted for
every bad bill and against every good
measure during his ten years service in
the. senate. Among those which he
voted against were the so-called Guffey
ballot reform bill. In his speeches dur
ing the previous camplgn for election
of senators and representatives in the
legislature Senator Quay had pledged
himself to the support of any fair bal
lot bill which Democratic National
Committee isn Guffey would recom
mend. Soon after the legislative ses
sion bsgan a number of leading Demo
crats got gether and framed a bill
which Colonel Guffey recommended.
It was Introduced in both houses of the
legislature and Senator Quay was in
vited to fulfill his pledge. He went to
Harrisburg and with other leaders of
his party went into conference with an
equal number of leading Democrats,
including Colonel Guffey. After going
over tne measure carefully Quay admit
ted its fairness and the justice of the
demand to make his pledge good, but
said he couldn't control his men.
Among those he couldn't control was
Snyder, for he was among the most
vociferous against the bill. But Quay
had no trouble in controlling him sub
sequently for the franchise grabs and
other vicious legislation.
Another bill which Senator Snyder
refused to vote for during that session
was one "requiring state officials to
itemize statements of expenses in an
nual reports." There is do greater
source of fraud in the public service
than the expense accounts of state of
ficials. That is where the money
comes from to pay salaries on padded
pay rolls and make up deficits on any
old account. Expenses, so much, is a
comprehensive and confusing expres
sion. But if itemized statements were
required there would be no oppor
tunity to pad pay rolls or supply de
ficiency through other irregularities.
For this reason the bill in question
was introduced and promptly defeat
ed, among its most active antagonists
being Senator William P. Snyder.
Mr. Creasy's amendment to the road
bill of that session, providing for the
taxation of corporations to pay the ex
penses of road building, maintenance
and improvement, was also opposed
by Senator Snyder with equal energy i
and earnestness. He preferred to put !
that burden on the farmers.
The Session of 1903.
The legislature of 1903 waa less pro
lific in vicious legislation, but it was
not free by any means. As a matter of
fact most of the crooked bills were
killed or rather dropped on the last
day of the session, for the reason, it
was generally surmised, that Governor
Pennypacker would veto them if they
were passed. Among these were an
act to repeal the act to authorize the
governor to incorporate the Susque
hanna canal, which was approved In
1S35. It is believed that there were all
kind3 of money in that measure for
the "gang." Another was an act to
amend the act authorizing county
commissioners to rebuild county
bridges destroyed by flood or fire. This
was likewise a juicy job and was said
to be good for a million at least. An
act providing for the incorporation of
companies for the filtration and and
purification of water and supply the
aamo to the public. This was known
as "the water snake" and was a special
pet of the machine.
Another bill upon which the machine
put much hope for loot was an act to
authorize betting on horse races at
county fairs. The lobby behind this
measure was particularly bold and in
sistent. The scheme was to invade the
several county agricultural fairs with
a group of gamblers and rob the farm
ers mercilessly. Then there was the
supplement to the corporation act to
authorize the construction of dams in
rivers and streams of the common
wealth for the purpose of storing water
and power and generating electricity
therewith.- This was a measure for
the millionaire bosses and promised
vast returns. Any amount of money
was given for votes for It, for the rea
son that it was expected to yield mil
lions. Another rich man's job was the
bill to authorize the purchase tof prop
erty and franchises of corporations at
judicial sale. The idea of that was to
organize litigation agalnBt corporations
which the gang aspired to control and
force sales at sacrifices. It was a most
dangerous scheme.
But these vicious measures were nt
Mrlcken from the calendar at the in
r.uuLe ol ceuuuii ouuCi. ou Uie
contrary, te supported every one of
them at every stage and was ready
to give them his vote on final passage.
But the night before the final adjourn
ment it was determined for some un
explained reason to drop them, and
it was common talk in the lobbies that
Pennypacker had made the kick that
worked the result. Every vicious bill
which did pass during the session was
supported by Senator Snyder. These
Included the press muzzier, abandon-
n.ent of portions of railroads. Increas
ing salaries of cWks In
-icultural
department, the $6,500,000 road law,
the judicial salary bill, amendment to
the act for the incorporation and gov
ernment of elevated and underground
railroads, authorizing railroads to ac
quire, hold and convey stock of other
railroads in violation of the constitu
tional provision aralnst the merger of
parallel and competing railroads. The
bills for additional clerks and depu
ties in the factory inspector's office
was supported most actively by Sena
tor Snyder, as well as that increasing
the salary of the chaplains of the
legislature to $3 a day and mileage,
which will mike It possible to tax
the treasury for mllenge from the most
remote part of the state every day of
the session.
Senator Snyder, who Is responsible
in part, and a very large part at that,
is the Republican candidate for audi
tor general, the officer of the state
who passes upon all those accounts
and ratifies the robbery of the public
by legal processes. No wise man puts
a convicted thief in charge of his
finances, and it would be equally fool
ish to put a man who has proved him
self an unfaithful servant fn the legis
lature Into an office which gives him
Infinitely greater opportunity to loot
the treasury.
WORKINCMEN WANTED
Using Social m to Aid the Republican
Machine.
Democrats should be wary of the ef
forts now being made by tho Republi
can machine to entlco them into the
Socialist party.
The Socialist propagandists have
been at work in counties that should
be Democratic, and In counties where
the party vote is too uncomfortably
close for the Republican machine
leaders. Republican counties are
never invaded by these propagandists,
or. If at all Invaded, then only in the
strong Democratic districts.
The history of the Greenback party
in Pennsylvania should act as a warn
ing to Democrats. Tom Armstrong,
Charlie Brumm, Henry Cary Bafrd,
John Kelly, Tom Mason, Terry Pow
derly and the whole phalanx of Green
back party leaders went over to the
Republican party when their attempt
at disuniting the Democracy was- end
ed and they left nothing of that party
but a mere tradition.
The Henry George movement In
New York, ended as did the Greenback
movement in Pennsylvania, by a final
assault upon the Democratic ticket.
If the Socialist leaders were earn
estly striving for the acceptance of
their doctrines they would not begin
their work by setting up candidates for
political offices. Socialism Is a mat
ter of ethics that needs study and rev
sonlng, not the hurly burly of political
campaigns. If the theories of Social
ism are ever adopted, those who ac
cept such theories will be men who
solve (social problems In the quietude
of their homes and not by listening
to the fervid harangue of some person
wno ,B 111091 interested in securing &
political office than In anything else
cn earth.
There are Socialists who honestly
think that the government should own
and control all tolls of trade, trans
portation and commerce and give the
i benefit of this ownership to the people
i as a whole. If there be any virtue la
I such a theory of government it will
t come into practical use by argument
and debates made dispassionately, but
never by thrusting It forward politi
cally In the period of Its Infant growth.
Socialism In France, Germany, Italy
and Spain, has accomplished nothing
of good, notwithstanding great suc
cess at times. In the election- of So
cialists to representation in political
offices.
In none of those countries have the
people been granted any less costly
means of communication and trans
portation; the standing armies have
not been decreased, but, on the con
trary, they have been increased; the
navy, too, has been increased and the
power to earn wages has been so low
ered that Socialists cannot point to a
peasant laborer who is any better off
now than he was before Socialism
stepped into the political arena.
AH that Socialism has accomplish
ed in those countries is a political on
slaught against religion, the Socialist
leaders being nothing but Atheists
pure and simple and the same may
truthfully be said of many of the So
cialists of this country.
In any event let Democrats keep
away from Socialists and their issues
until the time at least when Republi
cans will have themselves joined the
Socialist fold and voted that ticket
The Democratic party has an ex
cellent candidate for auditor general
In Mr. Dewalt. The Republicans have
a very bad candidate in Mr. Snyder.
The former was the champion of the
working people in the state senate,
whilst the latter was the willing tool
of the monopolist. The Republican
party managers know that the miners
at least know the bad record of Mr.
Snyder They fear they will vote
against him. They seek to neutralize
the defection from Snyder by urging
their dupes to vote a Socialist ticket
Can vou see the nolntT
THE "SLEEPING &lCK.ti.S3."
Experiment In t maniln Trml to Trove
That II l Coinmnnlraird bf
Ibe 'i ! I if.
The British authorities in I'ginda
are making great error is to diover
the source of the terrible "sleeping
sickness" which periodically deciuiaUs
the natives of that territory and other
Varts of Africa, and, If possible, to find
a means of preventing Its spread, says
the New Yok Times. In May last year
the Royal society dispatched a commis
sion to Entebbe, I'panda, for the pur
pose of investigating the disease, and
early this yew a second commission
was sent from England for the same
purpose.
The conclusions of the Joint commis
sion are now available through the
publication of a progress report This
shows that the disease Is caused by a
minute parasite in the blood, which
could not be conveyed from man to
man. Consequently suspicion fell upon
the tsetse fly, a specif of which, sim
ilar to the one prevalent in Zululand,
was found abundant in Uganda, and
experiments are now In progress to set
tle whether the Uganda tsetse carries
in its blood the Identical parasite
which is peculiar to the disease, and
whether It ran pass It to an animal.
Ono rather tentative experiment
seems to show this, and ft Is expected
that the trath or falsity of the theory
will soon be determined.
CAN'T GE1 INTO THE SCHOOLS.
Few .Trvra Allowed rrtrlleirra of
llllthrr FMnratlon I. Initiation a
Serloua Itnrrien on BLace.
A dhpatch from Moscow points out
that one of the regulations which Is
pressing heaviest on the betwr class of
Jews in Russia, says.the New York
Sun. Is that which limits the number of
Jews who may be admitted to the rights
of higher education. It Is common to
find Jews endeavoring to pass examina
tions for the universities and other
schools which have rights equivalent to
those of the universities merefy in or
der to secure the privilege of residing in
any part of the empire, which Is accorded
to those who have passed.
The difficulty of getting lnto the high
er schools is enormous for anyone of
Jewish birth. Only a certain percentage
Is accepted into the secondary educa
tional establishments, from which alone
entrance to the higher schools is gained.
In the latter the percentage again bars
the way. Only three, and in some cases
five, per cent of the total number of
students may be Jews.
An example is given of one establish
ment which at the beginning of the
present academic year had 330 vacancies.
Seven hundred applications were made
by young men who were qualified to en
ter. Of these 275 were Jews, but the
maximum number of Jews It was possi
ble to admit was 15.
THE ARMY'S NAVY.
La a A Branch of Onr MltMnwy Bn-vfee
Controls Nearly 8BO Craft
Variolic Klnrfa..
Most persons forget that the United
States army maintains a considerable
navy. In fact, the various departments
of the army own and run nearly 350
craft of all kinds and sizes, besides the
50 vessels belonging to the Mississippi
river commission, which are mainly run
under the direction of the army, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. That portion of the
army's navy that the public hears most
abont is the transports. There are near
ly a score of these, running in size from
the little Seward, which has a gross
tonnage of 697, to the Dlx, of more than
6,800 tons. There are half a dozen trans
ports varying In tonnage from 3,000 to
more than 5,000, and half a dozen more
running from 1,200 to 2.500 tons. Most
of these vessels are named for the he
roes of the army generals such as Sher
man, Sheridan, Hancock and Sedgwick.
They never carry officers of the navy,
except as passengers, and are fn theory
commanded' by an army officer. The
titular commander, however; has the
assistance of civilian officers, who make
themselves responsible for the naviga
tion of the ship.
An Abanrd Thcwrr.
There is absolutely no ground for the
popular and gratuitous surmise that ra
dium emits energy without loss or
waste of any kind, and that It is compe
tent to go on forever. The Idea, at
one time Irresponsibly mooted, that it
contradicted the principle of the conser
vation of energy, and was troubling
physicians with the idea that they must
overhaul their theories a thing which
they ought always to be delighted to do
on good evidence this idea was a grat
uitous absurdity and never had the
slightest foundation. It is reasonable
to suppose, however, that radium and
the other like substances are drawing
upon their own stores and Internal atom
ic energy, and thereby gradually disinte
grating and falling into other and ulti
mately more stable forms of matter,
says Sir Oliver Lodge.
Dlaappolatlas; to Look At.
Radium is not an impressive sub
stance to the layman. There is a small
quantrty of it on exhibition at the New
York Museum of Natural History, and
It looks like a small pinch of light
gray snuff in a glass vial. It is of mar
velous power, of course, but as It lies
In the carefully guarded case it does
not look as If It had even a sneeze in
It It is the most disappointing thing
that ever had Itself announced to draw
a crowd. Pittsburg Gazette.
Animal Ltufuist,
Animals have & language made up of
signs or lnrtloulate sounds expressing
impressions, sensations, pasnlona, but
never Ideas. So this language excludes
conversation, and Is limited to Inter
jections or signs or movements express
ing Joy, grief, anger, fear, all the pas
sions of the senses, but never mora.
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The Markets.
BLOOMSBURQ MARKETS.
CORRECTED WIEKLV.
Hu4ter, per pound
ggs, per dozen
KKralL PRICE.
......... ....$ 96
26
Lard, per pound 15
Ham, per poand ij to l6
Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to &-
Wheat, per bashel loo
Uats, do
Rye, do
4P
60
&
00
6
80
06
IS
Klour per bbl ..4.40 to 4
nay, per 100 ; jg
potatoes, per busbolw
Turnips, do
Tallow, per pound
Shoulder, do
Bacon. do
16
Vinegar, per qt 05
Dried apples, per pouiiJt. cs
Cow hides, do 3$
Steer do do 05
Calf skin " 80
Cf.PJpeU"
bnelled corn, per biuUlel 7J
Corn aeal, cwt s $
Bran, cwt . , 3
Chop, cwt 1 S
Middlings, cwt ".!.!!"! I 40)
Chickens, spring, per pound'.'.'.'.'.'.'.Hr.'. 11
,do do old 10.
Turkeys do
Geese, do u
Decks, do 14
COAL.
Number 6, delivered 5 50
do 4 aad 5 delivered 4 35
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do 4 and 5, at yard.
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