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THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTAM.ISMI'.n i8of.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
KsrMii.isMKn 1837. OiNsoi.mMKn 1SO9
l'inil.lSHKl) EVKKV Tlll'RSDAY MoRSlSO,
At HloomslHirg. the County Scat of
Cnlumhia County, Pennsylvania.
C.KO. E. KIAVKLL, Editor.
.'.KO. C. ROAN.Eokumas.
Tkkm.m In-ule the county $1.00 a year
1 u.ivance; l.5oif not pail in a.Uance.
Ontsi.le the county, 1. 45 a year, strictly in
All communications should he addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, UloomshurR, l'a
THURSDAY. NOVKMHEU 23. 1905.
A STRONG COMBINATION-
Mr. Berry announces that he has
engaged Homer L. Castle as his
special counsel in the campaign of
investigation and preparation that
he has undertaken preliminary to
his assuniDtiou of the state treasure
ship. This will meet with the ap
proval of the people. Mr. Castle
seems to know a great deal more
about the inner workings of the
state treasury tban anyone else out
side of the gang that controls it;
nd it was due largely to his expos
s on the stump that 'the people
. the state were aroused from the
vg si umber into which they had
ssed, and voted the corruption
. ; out of power. Mr. Castle failed
to win his fight for a seat on the
' bench, as the Prohibition candidate;
but he shared the honors of the
election of Berry. He should be oi
incalculable assistance to the treas
urer-elect. The two will make n
combination that can be depended
upon to delve deeply into the se
crets of the gang.
Their efforts, it is understood,
will be bent toward securing evi
dence that will convict the faithless
officials who have so long fattened
at the expense of the people. The
gang cannot be expected to leave
behind any trace of criminality that
can be destroyed, and there has al
ready been a great scurrying fee
cover; but Mr. Castle is quoted as
saying that the efforts to cover up
shady securities and get certain
banks out of deep water in due
time will not be successful in all
cases. He predicts sensational de
velopments within the next few
weeks from the manipulation of
state funds in some banks in west
ern countries.
The complete verification that
has followed Mr. Castle's predict
ions in the campaign just ended
gives weight to his statements.
The people will expect to see them
realized; and it is to be hoped that
they will be; the rascals should be
punished; but if they escape the
prison cells they deserve, great good
will, nevertheless, have been ac
complished in the restitution and
reform wrung from the terror
stricken gang. Lancaster lutein,
gencer.
Wanted, a Leader or Something Else
Our friends the enemy are likely
to have an interesting scrimmage
on their hands in the near Jfuture
upon the question of the leadershi
of their scattered and demoralized
forces. All sorts of conjectures are
current respecting the matter and
some ot tne gossip is characterizec
more by acerbity than amiability
Former Governor Stone, for exam
pie, remarked concerning the extra'
session that it "looks to me as if
inspired by the leaders of the late
State organization, who entertain
the vain belief that by it they can
regain the confidence of the Repub
lican people of this state." Chair
man Leslie, of the Allegheny county
committee, has uttered a cry for
Senator Knox to assume the leader
ship while others are calling for
Don Cameron, Representative 01m
stead and so on through a long list.
The credulity of these politicians
as, revealed in these expressions of
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus and Undivided Profits
$150,000.
I IIUIK IKcKT, Joseph Klltlt
(ifo. S. ltoliliiiiM, S. f. Creasy.
.
Louis (i ross, H. V. lower.
hope and fear is most surprising.
1 hey appear to imagine, if they are
sincere in what they say, that all
that is necessary to res-tore tin
party to harmony and power is foi
Of.e of the f rmer leaders to blow a
blast 011 a bugle and march forward
at the head of a triumphal column.
By common consent Penrose and
his man Andrews are eliminated
from t'ne equation and it is assumed
that they will accept the expatria
tion in the most cheerful manner.
lVnnyp.'icker and Durham and nil
the legatees of Quay's political
estate are expected to be squally
submissive to the orders of the new
ajid as yet unnamed boss. But
these cheerful and convenient ex
pectations are likely to be disap
pointed. And it is not certain that
the new boss will be able to com
mand a following at that.
W hetlier Governor Store is cor
rect in his estimate that the call for
an extra session was inspired .by
Penrose and Durham or not, it
is certain that Governor Penny
packer doesn't intend to relinquish
his claims to consideration in the
reorganization of the forces. In
fact there are reasons to believe
that the purpose of the Governor
was not to rehabilitate the Pen
rose machiue but to organize a
machine of his own with himself as
the central figure and attorney Gen
eral Carson and Secretary of the
Commonwealth McAfee as the sat-
elites. Governor Stone is yearning
tor a return to power and wants to
use Justice Klkin as a "jimmy" to
pry ODen the door, and while it
would be characteristic of his fam
ily for Don Cameron to return to
the arena nobody need e.tpect that
the public is crying for him.
There is an important element,
moreover, which all of these calcu
lators appear to have overlooked.
That is that political success isn't
always dependent upon the leader.
There must be a following as well
as a leadership to win victory and
at the present time the Republican
pat ty is about the most demoralized
force that "ever came down the
pike." No leader that has been
named could command the fidelity
of a tenth of the rank and file and
most of them would simply organ
ize an internecine war that would
guarantee defeat. Stone is ready
to plunge a butchemife into Pennv
packer and Pennypacker would
promptly caress Cameron with a
battle ax, while each of the others
is anxious to use a club in all dir
ections. In fact it's something else
than a leader the Republican party
wants. Bellefonte Watchman.
Bridge Contract Let
The Commissioners last Friday
let the contract for a bridge 0"er
Roaringcreek in Franklin town
ship near Parr's mill. It will be a
low truss bridge 68 feet long.
Charles Reimard got the contract
for $1125, the masonry at $485
per cubic yard, and 75 cents per
cubic yard for evcavating.
Ayer's
Losing your hair? Coming
out by the combful? And
doing nothing? No sense in
thatl Why don't you use
Ayer's Hair Vigor and
Hair Vigor
promptly stop the falling?
Your hair will begin to grow,
too, and all dandruff will dis
appear. Could you reason
ably expect anything better?
" ATr' Hair Vlor . Kret meeMi with
m. My hair wm fiilllhK nut very limlly, lint
tha lUIr Vigor tnmidl It and now my luiir In
all right." VV. U. J.UUKDON, Unii.ujr, t'l.
fl OOmbnttlB. j. 0. AVKiifo..
All ilniKlt. I.mw..I Vim
Thin Hairj
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KNOX A8 LEADER I
The Philadelphia Record says: j
As a result of the great politic.il re-1
volution in Pennsylvania there is a !
manifest tend. -ncy of the Repnbli-,
cans to put themselves under the j
leadership or .Senator Knox, whose
qualifications lor the position may
no', be doubted. In the eagcrnc-s
of the dejected Machine Republi
cans to escape front the fallen edi
fice of corrupt power they will be
glad enough to substitute him for
Senator Penrose, notwithstanding
his refusal to lend them hU counte
nance in their recent Philadelphia
struggle for existence. At the same
ti.ne they are inspired by the hope
that he may lead the revolted Re
publicans back into their camp and
restore them to full enjoyment of
the spoils of the Commonwealth.
On the ether hand, there are
many well -meaning Anti-Machine
Republicans who in their admira
tion of the character and the abili
ties of Senator Knox look to him
as the promised leader of the unit
ed party. If he gave the Machine
candidate for state treasurer a re
luctant and half faced suppoit he at
least would not taint his garments
by touch with the banditti in Phil 1
delphia. Thus he stood half-way
behveen the Machine and its enem
ies. Not to speak with too much
familiarity of the attitude of our
distinguished senator, one leg was
in the camp of the state Machine
while the other dangled from the
fence.
Such was the position of Senator
Knox on the night when the light
ening flashed the triumph of the
Lincoln Republicans of Pennsylvan
ia without any encouragement or
sympathy from him. An essential
condition of his future leadership,
therefore is that he shall frankly
and fully support the Lincolu Re
publicans in their purpose to noun
nate and elect an Anti-Michine Re
publican lor next governor and an
Anti-Machine legislature in order
to secure the fiuits of victory in
both city and state. This suprem
acy the Lincoln Republicans have
earned by their success as well as
by their courage and public spirit.
and they recognize that any com
promise with the enemy would be
fatal to their cause.
It is with the Lincoln Republi
cans that Senator Knox must reck-
'in first, last and all the time, as
the unqualified condition of lib po
litical leadership. They are the
masters of the situation, and thev
are neither to be enticed or driven
from the ground they have gained.
The Future .f the Lincoln Part
Out perspicacious as well as hope
ful friend Thomas V. Cooper read
ily perceives that the Organization
conducted by Senator Penrose is so
thoroughly broken and destroyed
that there is no possibility of re
uniting its disjecta membra. But
there is some confusion of ideas in
his predictions as to the near futtr e.
He says that while the Lincoln
Party may keep up its organization,
"the people who voted its ticket
will have no reason for opposing
the regular Republican ticket at the
next election."
In the downfall of the Machine
the Lincoln Party has become the
regular Republican organization in
the state. If true to itself it will
make the next Republican nomina
tions lor Governor and other state
offices as wed as for members of
Congress and the State Legislature.
Of course, if tLe Lincoln Party
should give up its mastery of the
situation'and retire from tae field
-1. i- a
ine alternative wouia be a new
Republican organization controlled
by the worst elements of the late
Machine. In such case the predic
lions of Mr. Cooper as to the "reg
ularity" of the next r.tate nomina
tions may be readily verified. But
the vigor and aggressive attitude of
the Lincoln Party warrants the
opinion that of this result there is
little danger. It would be only a
reactionary exchange of a bad old
Machine for a bad new Machine
Philadelphia Record,
One Dollar 'or Every Six Words He Wrote
Think of gettine a dollar bill
every time you wrote six words
And yet this is exactly what Conon
Doyle, known the world over bv
his "Sherlock Holmes" and
"White Company" stories, has iust
been paid for his latest and (what
ne nimseir says tsj nis masterwork
This new $25,000 story, a compan
ion to his White Company," is
ca'led "Sir N'gel," and the readers
of "The Philadelphia Sunday
Press" may expect the greatest
treat ot their lives on Sunday, Dec
ember .v in which issue this thrill
intr tipw rninanci hpo-ine pvrliiiiiit.
ly. Don't fail to get "the Sunday
Press that Sunday and every Sun
clay so long as this great story con
tiuues.
own t'o n t a .
lhe Kind You Have Always Boiiflit
IF REAFPOiiTOUEU
Wo Will Loss Ono Member.
In the case of the reapportion
ment of the State, it is expected
that there will be some bitter fight.
Members whose county would lose
one or more representatives, or
whose dittict will be deprived of a
Senator, will oppose reapportion
ment. Allegheny will make heavy gains
at the expense of other counties.
The representative apportionment
bill of tlie last session increased the
number of representatives to 207,
three moic than the present Dum
ber. If tl is bill should he introduced
and pas, the following counties
will gain one member each: Blair
Clearfield, Fayette, Jefferson,
Northumberland, and Westmore
land, Lackawanna and Luzerne
would gain two members each.
The counties which would lose a
member each ar : Adams, Bedford,
Bradford, Bucks, Center, Chester,
Clarion, Columbia, Crawford,
Hiiiitincdon. Indiana. Lancaster.
Lycoming, Mercer, Montgomery, j
Schuylkill, Susquehanna and
t 1
w ayne.
In the Senate reapportionment
.anoastcr ami Schuvlkill which
have two Senators, would be re
duced to one Senator each. Dela
ware, Chester, Bucks, Lehigh,
Northampton, Lebanon and Krie
have each a Senator, but under the
reapportionment they are not en
titled to classification as separate
districts.
Money Mailed Does Not Constitute Payment
The Superior Court at Philadel
phia on Monday decided that the
placing in a postoffice of a letter
containing an assessment of a fra
ternal society does not constitute a
payment of the assessment, and
hat the money failing to reach the
society within the time set for the
payment of such assessment, the
member can be expelled and in case
f death cannot recover death ben
efits.
The case decided was that of
Diana Beatmn vs. the Shield of
Honor, and the Philadelphia court,
Inch rendered the verdict against
the society, is reversed.
An assessment was called by the
Shield of Honor to be paid on or
before March 30. The husband of
Mrs. Beaman placed his assessment
11 a letter and deposited it in the
postoffice on that day. The assess
ment failing to reach the Shield of
lonor meeting that night Beaman
was suspended. lie died soon
fterwards. The Superior Court
said:
The law of the order states that
payment must be made on or before
March 30, and we are of the opinion
that depositing it in the postoffice
on that day was not a payment to
the societv.
New Appendicitis Remedy
Fersons; who have dread of the
surgeon's knife, will rejoice to learn
that a new cure has been discover
ed by means of which that most er
ratic appendage of the human or
ganism may be made to be good
without being removed by an oper
ation. The new remedy is a silver
solution which its discoverer, a
German physician, claims will cure
ppendicitis in a short time. Those,
who have not yet had this disease,
will live in hope that when they
are attacked the German remedy
may have become well known to
their family physicians.
So long as no positive cure for
appendicitis was known the sur
geon's knife was the only resort
for the sufferer from the disease.
There were those who contended
that many unnecessary operations
were periormed, but the victim
himself preferred the knife to al
most certain death. If this silver
solution, known as "collangol"
shall work the wonders claimed for
it and if it shall be introduced in
this country which is most proba
ble appeudicitis will be robbed ot
much of the terror which now pre
vails among those who anticipate
an attack of the disease.
Food Btuffs Improved .
The state' Dairy and Food depart
ment reports that the quality of all
mercantile goods, canned, preserved
and fluid, has greatly improved
above the average, of a few years
ago when the department first be
gan its crusade.
Before that cough turns into a serious throat or limp- trouble, stop it with
J&ym?s Cxpectrakf OjfifS
It has proved its real value during 75 years. ta-Oldy
Ask your druggist for it.
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Thanksgiving; Time
rieans Overcoat Time.
Tlic colder weather is here or going to be any
da If you have'nt selected your Fall or Winter
Overcoat vet it's hid. time you should else You'll
be caught so.ne nipping night.
We want von to look at these Overcoats oi' ours.
Paddocks, Chesterfields and Long
Belt Coats. A full line of Rain
Coats from $10 to $30.
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Knox Hats.
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THESE MUCH
DESIRED COATS
Which Ave give a sort of" Bird's Eye" view of
below, are not twenty-four hours old. They
have just been taken from their boxes. They
are the highest creations of the tailor's art, '
and we want to be very plain with you about
them. They are all here today when we open
for business you must act quickly if you
would get the one you want.
AT I 2.50 A double breasted box coat of
black kersey, 50 inches long, velvet collar, coat
piped with satin.
AT 1 5.00 A double breasted box coat of
extra fine black kersey, 50 inches long, coat is
heavily stitched.
AT 1 5.000 inch box coat, made of Mon
tagnac, velvet collar, coat strapped with stitched
Kersey.
AT I 0.00 Coats of black or castor Kersey,
45 inches long Semi-iitting Empire, inlaid velvet
collar, new Semi-iitting back, trimmed with stitch-
ed silk braid.
Coats of English Hixture.
$9, $10, $12, $15, $20. $25.
Both single or double breasted, some the new
Empire, some the much desired box.
F. P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG,
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Adler's Gloves.
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