THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ. PA.
STRONGEST BANK
f 100,000
Capital 41
First National Bank,
STATEMENT.
At the Close of Business November loth, 1904.
RESOURCES.
t3H,ijif)4
Hond, 5n.t110.oo
:r Month, 156, 135.00
net a7.c06.co
'(in Ranks and U. S. Trens. 24,159.71
1 and Reserve, 129.2SX.31
$698, 705.96
E. V. M. LOW. President,
THE COLUMBIAN.
KSTABL1SHEI) 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Establish kp 1837. Consoudai ed 1869
lU8t.tsnKt) Evkkv Thursday Morning,
.t Ulooms'.iurg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. ELWEI.L, Editor.
D. J. TASKEK, Local Edi tor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Forcman.
Tekmmi Inside the county $1.00 a year
I advance; ft.5oif not paid in advance.
Outside the county, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance..
All convnunications should he addressed
TilE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Ta.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1905.
Political Announcements.
tUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY.
Primary Election, Saturday
June io. Convention Tuesday,
Junk 13th.
for register and recorder,
A. N. YOST
of Bloomsburg.
for county commissioner,
ISAAC REICHART
nf Srntt Tnwnsriin.
11 PROTHONOTARY AND CLERK
OF THE COURTS,
C. M. TERWILUGER
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
J. C. RUTTER JR.,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
ELISHA RINGROSE
of Center Township.
Subject to the rules ot the Republi
can Party.
Primary Election Saturday, April
15th. Convention, Monday, April
17th.
To Regulate Sale ot Liquor in dubs.
Senator Herbst, of Berks county,
introduced in the Senate last week
a bill which, if it becomes a law,
will affect every club, society, asso
ciation in the State that dispenses
intoxicating liquors to its members
or others. The bill makes it unlaw
ful for any such associations to pos
sess or dispense liquors to members
or others in exchange for money,
checks or any othei device or to be
paid for out of a fund or the treas
ury of the organization.
All incorporated clubs, societies or
associations having a membership
of not less than fifty who collectively
contribute dnes of not less than
$150 a year must take out a regular
retail liquor license, the license to
be granted upon application to the
County Treasurer. No license shall
be granted to any club incorporated
after June 1, 1905 unless the char
ter specifically states that liquor is
to be dispensed.
No claims, accounts or other debts
shall be collectible by law for furn
ishing liquors to clubs not author
ized to sell the same. Violators of
the proposed act shall be deemed
guilty of being a public nuisance
and liable to a maximum fine of
500 or imprisonment of ninety days
or both.
Mr. Herbst also introduced a bill
making it unlawful for courts, act
ing upon any application for retail
liquor license, toconsider and hear
evidence. upon any remonstrance up
on the ground that the applicant has
willfully or habitually neglected or
refused to pay bi'ls contracted by
him in his business within two
years preceding the application tor
license.
An anti-treating bill was intro
duced in the House by Mr. Hitch
cock, of Tioga. The bill prohibits
.he"gratuitous furnishing of various
ipiriiuoui, malt or brewed liquors
jr cider at any licensed hotel, restau
rant or other place kept for the sale
of such liquors.'.'
IN THE COUNTY
LIABILITIES
Cnpitnl r . .
Surplus and Fronts (net) .
Circulation
Deposits .
f 100,000.00
Ii45.392.98
49,300.00
404,012 98
I69S, 705.96
E. F. CARPENTER, Cashier.
THE MERIT SYSTEM.
A bill to "Regulate and Improve
the Civil Service of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania and of the
Cities and Counties thereof" has
been introduced into the State Sen
ate by Senator John M. Goehring.
of Allegheny, and in tbe House by
Representative Francies, of the same
county The enactment of this bill
will secure the adoption of the "mer
it" or "competitive" system of mak
ing appointments to the public ser
vice of this State and its sub-divisions
The bill was prepared by the
State Civil Service Reform Associa
tion, a non-partisan organization.
What does the Merit System of
Appointments mean? It comprises
three essential features in which it
differs from the present Spoils Sys
tem. First The Merit System pro
vides a plan under which appoint
ments to public offices (except those
filled by the election of the people)
are based upon the fitness, ascer
tained in open competitive examina
tions or tets, of the applicant to
perform the duties of the position.
Tinder the Spoils System the recom
mendation of the "Ward Boss" as
to a man's ability to "get out the
vote" is often the sole test of his
ability to serve the public. Second
The Merit System provides that
the higher places in the public ser
vice are to be filled by promotions
fouuded upon proved efficiency and
ability. Under the Spoils System
promotions are based upon "pull",
secured by political services for some
faction of a party or some petty boss.
Third Under the Spoils System
removals are made upon the secret
decree o f some party magnate,
caused often by personal jealousy
or animosity. Under the Merit Sys
tem an employee of the Government
is secure in his office, without re
gard to his political affiliations, just
as he proves efficient and capable.
Removals are allowed only for just
cause, which does not include poli
tical or religions reasons.
Which ssem is more democratic
and more efficient? Which system
would auy man adopt in conducting
his own business? No one would
have the slightest hesitation in an
swering "The Merit System."
Under the Spoils System the tax
payers furnish the funds to provide
salaries for non-competent office
holders who are beincr "taken rare
of" by the "organization" because
of past political work. For their own
protection these taxpayers shrmlH
demand an honest and efficient ad
ministration of Public office. Thi
can only be secured bv the Dassa cr
of an effective Civil Service Reform
Law.
Nowhere has the doctrine "Tn
the victors belong the spoils," been
carried to the extent to which it
has in this State and its cities. No
where has there been such flagrant
use ot puDiic otnee as a reward for
political services. Nowhere hautho
efficiency of the public service sunk
to sucn a point as in the cities of
Pennsylvania.
Every citizen, irrespective of
party, should urge his Senator and
Kepresentatives to advocate and
vote for the "Act to Regulate and
Improve the Civil Service." The'
passage or tnis diu will be a strik
ing victory for the cause of honest
non-partisan administration of pub
lic unices.
Appendicitis has been
pet disease now for several years.
mere was certain exclusiveness
about it. Only onr "hest mnni
had it and only the high-priced and
uaugmy surgeons were called in
when the alarminc svmntnmc a
veloped. Now a doctor has risen
up in England and not on1 tabe
away what pleasure one may have
had in the affliction but haa oi
spoken in a way to humble onr
pride, He tells us tli.it flnnni,v;i!o
is largely dne to the plebeian fact
that we fail to masticate our food to
the proper extent.
. A Philadelphia parson says, "I
prefer hell to politics." Its all
about tbe same thing in some cities
WASHINGTON.
From our Reuular Correspondent.
Washington. Feb. 20, 1905
The most important event of the
present session of Congress in the
opinion of many prominent Demo
crats the most important incident
in the present administration, was
the amendment by the Senate of
the seven arbitration treaties which
were ratified last Saturday. The
significance of the amendment lies
in the fact that it was an assertion
by the Senate of Its constitutional
right to pass upon all agreements
entered into by the United States
with a foreign nation. The Presi
dent and his Secretary of State'havc
taken the ground that the
Senate could approve a general
arbitration treaty conferring power
on the Executive to conclude spe
cial agreements or treaties, defining
the terms on which the arbitration
of a specific case could be conducted.
The Senate holds, on the contrary,
that the constitution explicitly pro
vides that all treaties (or agree
ments) with a foreign power shall
be made "with the advice and con
sent of the Senate" and that it is
not within the power of the upper
house to delegate to the Executive
powers not conferred by the consti
tution. This is the principle which
was enunciated by a vote of 50 to 9
when the Senate amended the
treaties now resting in the State
Department.
The President, possessed though
he is of many admirable qualities,
is inclined to be precipitate and
somewhat headstrong and is little
inclined to brook interference with
his plans or opinions by the Senate
or by anyone else. The result is
that he has denounced the Senate
and lectured individual Senators
until, under other circumstances,
there would have been a decided
break. That there is not one now
is due to the attitude ot the Senate
leaders toward Theodore Roosevelt.
Most of the leaders are men who
have closely approached the pro
verbial three-score-and-ten. Mr.
Roosevelt is only forty seven and to
many of the white haired veterans
of the upper house seems little more
than a boy. He has just won a
remarkable victory for tbe Republi
can Party, he is fearlessly and mili
tantly honest and he obviously in
tends to perform his duty to the
letter. Under these circumstances
gray-haired Senators look wise and
say, "Theodore is a little head
strong, but ha is a square man, a
well meaning boy, and it would be
foolish for us to cherish any resent
ment against ' him." That is tbe
situation just now and if the Presi
dent does not lecture the Senate
too severely the present friction will
pass away. If he is injudicious it
may assume proportions which will
mar his entire second administra
tion. Leading Democrats regard the
checking of the President's inclina
tion to conduct foreign affairs with
a high hand as a most salutary
occurrence. They declare that had
there not come just such a check in
the beginning of his administration
he would in all probability, have
gone so far eventually as to involve
himself in some serious trouble
which might even have occasioned
talk of impeachment. It is singu
larly unfortunate for Mr. Roosevelt
that he has lest Attorney General
Knox and Secretary Root from his
Cabinet. Both were strong men of
calm judgment and fearless de
meanor. Both were respected by
tbe President and both exerted a
powerful influence over him. Close
observers of public events in Wash
ington can clearly distinguish the
instances when their restraining in
fluence and wise counsel would
have saved the President from mis
takes of one character and another.
The San Domingan incident af
fords an example of the danger in
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which the President is when he acts
on the advice of incompetents.
Secretary Hay was ill at the time
the San Domingan protocol was
concluded and Secretary Loomis
was "acting Secretary of State."
Mr. Lor. mis asserted that there was
no intention of submitting the pro
tocol to the Senate for ratification
and that the United States would
take possession of all San Domingan
ports without consulting Congress.
The President did not confirm or
deny this statement for the reason,
perhaps, that he did not discuss the
subject at all, and as soon as Secre
tary Hay had recovered sufficiently
to resume his duties he announced
that it had always been the inten
tion of the Administration to nego
tiate a treaty and submit it to the
Senate. Numerous changes were
cabled to San Domingo which
were incorporated in a treaty which
has now reached Washington and
been submitted to the Senate, it
is too early to make predictions re
garding the Senate s action 011 this
treaty, as it has not been read to
that body, having been referred
immediately to the committee on
Foreign Relations. In a general
way, however, it may be said tint
Republicans seem to approve the
principle they understand to be in
volved in the treaty and that Demo
crats, are inclined to regard it as of
doubtful propriety.
Speaker Cannon has, he believes,
caught the Senate in an error and
has determined to take advantage
of the accident to humiliate the up
per chamber, if possible. The Sen
ate amended the Agricultural ap
propriation bill by adding a clause
declaring that the drawback pro
vision of the Dingley Act shall not
be construed to apply to flour made
of imported wheat. This, the
House declares to be revenue legis
lation which, under the constitu
tion, must originate in the lower
chamber. Of course it would have
been easy to reject the amendment
in conference but that would not
have humiliated the Seuate, there
fore the House will adopt a resolu
tion informing the Senate that it
refuses to consider the Agricultura1.
bill until the upper chamber has
withdrawn the tariff ameudment.
It is probable that the Minneapolis
millers, whose privileges were cur
tailed for the benefit of the farmers
by the amendment, had something
to do with tbe Speaker's vindic
ativeness, although he always has
enough and to spare where the
Senate is concerned. Under ordi
nary circumstances the action of
the House would be regarded as of
little importance and as pusillani
mous rather than otherwise, but
with "wars and rumors of wars" be
tween the Senate and the Execu
tive, with relations strained be
tween the Senate and the House
and with every member of Congress
carrying a chip on hii shoulder, it
merely serves to accentuate the
sensitiveness and strain the rela
tions of everyone concerned in the
national government.
ID A POLITIUib WAY-
Senate and House Favor R. Scott Ammerman
For Superior Court Judge.
The Democrats, says the Hazle
ton Sentinel, will not hold their con
vention until late in tbe summer,
time and place to be fixed by the
state committee at tbe annual meet
ing on April 19. Special interest is
attached because the nominee for
Superior court judge is certain of
election. No voter may vote for
more than three Superior court
judges when four are to be elected,
and this being tbe number this year
assures the election of one Demo
crat. Judge Peter P. Smith of
Scranton, present Deomocratic mem
ber of the court, would like to suc
ceed bimselt. The younger element
favors a younger and more vigorous
man, and unless Colonel Guffey of
Pittsburg issues orders for the re
nomination of the old judge he may
be put aside. Representative R.
Scott Ammerman of Danville, the
Democratic floor leader in the House
is still tbe choice of Seuate and House
colleagues, and should he fail to re
ceive the nomination, he will be a
candidate in the Columbia-Montour
district to succeed Judge Little of
Bloomsburg, whose commission ex
pires in January, 1909.
Babbits Are Starving-
The bark cn many trees is being
chewed off, which would indicate
that rabbits are suffering from the
rigid winter weather. The deep
snow has covered everything in the
woodsjwith the exception of the
trees and tall bushes and they can
not get their ordinary food. People
residing on the outskirts of towns
or near woodland say that tbe buu
nies can be seen daily searching
for food.
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SB'S!
A Good Hat
is as necessary as a good suit.
Of course you could get along with
any old hat but it's poor economy.
The tremendous addition that
a good hat makes to the average
man's appearance is really sur
prising. ANOTHER THING!
Hats that look well on some men
are very much out of place
on other heads. ,
We have blocks to suit every
head exactly.
SPRING
Final Clean up of
Winter Underwear.
; Misses' and Boys' Fleeced Ribbed (gray) Skirts,
: Pants and Drawers Size 18 were 12c. now 10c.
: Size 20 were 15c. now 121c. Size 22 were 18c.
now iuc. size were zvc. now 10c. sizes Zu
and 28 were 25c. now 20c. Sizes 28 and 30 were
28 and 30c. now 25c. Size 31 were 35c. now 30c.
Women's Underwear.
Silver gray 01 white, fine wool, vests and draw
ers, were 1.50 now 1.35. Two-thirds wool were
1.00 now 89c. Wool sizes were 1.15 now 1.0-4.
Men's Underwear.
Natural Wool pants and drawers were 1.00 and
1.50, now 89c. and 1.35. Medium weight pants
and drawers were 1.00 now 89c. 50c. shirts and
drawers now 42 cents.
Combination Suits.
Were 2.00 now 1.00. Were 1.50 now 1.35.
Were 1.75 now 1.58. Were 50c. 75c. and 1.00
now 44c. 68c. and 89c.
Cotton Fleeced Underwear.
. Women's Cotton Fleeced Underwear that have
been 25c and 50c. now are 20c. and 42c. Out
sizes that were 30c and 55c. are now 25c. and 50c.
Little Tots Not Forgotten
In this sale. Were 35c. to 1.00 now 31c. and
89 cents. Were 10c. to 85c. now 36c. to 76c.
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