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OFFICERS:
M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President.
B. Tustin, Vice President. K. F. Carpenter, Cashier.
DI HECTORS:
JE.
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I "W. M. Low,
1:. B. Tustin,
J. M Staver,
F. O. Yorks,
Fred I kelor,
M. I. Low,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At Blojmsburg, the County Seat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms: Inside the county if 1.00 a year
la advance; $1,501! not paid in advance.
cui side the county, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
A Uance.
All communications should be addressed
THE COLUMBIAN, BloomsburR, Ta.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 107
The Democratic Chance.
Mayor McClel'.ati, of New York,
expressed the sentiments of a great
part ot the American people when
he said in his Princeton speech:
We seldom stop to consider that
the policy of masterly inactivity
may sometime serve the State far
better than one of misdirected
action. Nothing would be better
for the puLlic health than a reaction
from the present condition of over
wrought governmental activity,
and a period of quiet and of calm
iu which questions that really need
sVution could be solved."
The President has informed Con
"' ss that in thejudgineut ofhim-
'f, as well as of the Interstate
mmerce Commission, the trans
1
udation business cannot be carried
0.1
without violation of laws. That
fact alone ought to shake the coun
try's belief that the Congress which
enacts the greatest number of laws
is the most useful one. Mayor Mc
Clellan is right in saying that both
parties are suffering from this itch
for legislation; it is very coutagiou.
The country needs a Democratic
party that will be true to its c:n
servative history and traditions,
and the party needs a leader who
will call it back to its old standards,
those under which it has rarely
been defeated. The Democratic
party is suffering from the fact that
it has been in the opposition until
nearly all elements of opposition,
not only to the Republican party,
but to American traditions and to
all sound governmental policies,
have joined it, and these discordant
elements have become great enough
to affect the course of the party.
No party infected with Populism or
Socialism will be trusted by the
American people.
The growing oppositiou to ex
Ireme Protectionism, the revulsion
from extreme centralization, the
dislike of rapidly increasing expen
4itures on the army and navy
create conditions extraordinarily
.tavoraoie to the prospects of the
Democratic party in the election
next year, but only the historic
Democratic party can win. No
Populist or Socialist aggregation
unaer me democratic name can
.cairy the election. Phila. Record.
Cochran's Bill Passed.
When the bill pensioning the
Pennsylvania soldiers and sailors of
tbe Civil war from $5 to $10 a
month according to the lengthy of
service, v. as taken up for third
reading, Mr. Roberts, of Mont
gomery, mcved that it be sent to
the appropriations committee. Hon.
J. Henry Cochran, of Williamsport,
the author of the bill, in opposing
tbe motion, said the Senate should
vote on the measure, and not send
it to the committee to be killed. He
explained that the bill was similar
to a law now in force in Maine and
should be passed because it was a
meritorious one. Tbe Roberts mo
tion failed by a vote of 29 to 13.
Tbe bill then passed finally by a
vote of 4s to 1, Mr. Roberts voting
in the negative.
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OASToniA.
JuratlM A 1(18 K'1" Hav9 lwafl BotlgM
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8150,000.
Frank Ikeler,
Geo. 8. Bobbins,
Louis Gross,
Joseph Itatti,
8. C. Creasy,
H. V. Hower.
JUDGE KRICKBAUM'S FIGHT.
The Milton Record of last week
says:
Associate Judge William Krick
baum is going to have a lively
scramble to retain hi seat on the
bench He is a candidate for re
election and all the autis are lined
up against him. There are three
other candidates for the honor, all
of whom Pie old time politicians
with plenty of friends and foes.
The contest will be watched with
interest.
Reform Talk that is Rubbish.
We have the assurance of Speak
er McClain, of the House of Repre
sentatives at Harrisburg, that the
campaign pledges mude in the Re
publican platform, and by the Re
publican candidate for governor on
ti;e stump, last fall, are to be ful
filled. This is encouraging so far
as it goes. The pledges embraced
all sorts of reforms and were de
clared with such emphasis that
keeping them must work the best
possible results to the people. Two
cent a mile passenger rates, trolley
freights, more liberal appropria
tions to schools, greater generosity
in road building, the enforcement
of the constitution, better election
laws and economy in administra
tion were all promised in the plat
form or by the candidate.
Thus far nothing has been done
toward the maintenance of faith
with the people and in the face of
the record Speaker McClain's talk
is of little consequence. There wa s
a two-cent a mile rate bill passed
in the House previous to the spring
election recess but it was so palpa
bly a fraud that railroad magnates
derisively laughed ic through its
final reading. Speaker McClain
could have corrected its faults. A
word iroru him would have given
it adequacy. But he didn't speak
the word. On the contrary he con
tributed his influence to the farce
of passing it and joined in the ridi
cule of its inefficiency. It "was a
good enough Morgan" until after
the February election and he was
satisfied.
In so far as the Republican plat
form and candidate promised in
creased appropriations, we have no
doubt the pledges will be kept.
The school appropriation will be
increased from two to four millions,
the road iund will be enlarged and
the appropriation to the health de
partment will be augmented for
there are opportunities for graft in
the expenditure of money and there
is politics in the manipulation of
these departments. But there will
be no adequate legislation to en
force the constitution, no effective
legislation regulating railroad rates
or trolley ireights and no election
reforms. Nobody knows these
things better than Speaker McClain
either, and his talk on the subject
is rubbish. BelUfonte Watchman.
As A Your
Own Doctor
If he tells you to take Aycr's
Cherry Pectoral for your
severe cough or bronchial
trouble, then take It. If he has
anything better, then take that.
We have great confidence In
this medicine. So will you,
when you once know It.
Tha beat kind of a- testimonial
"Sold lor oyer sixty years."
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OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Probably the. most , important
public question that agitate the
public mind, is the "Public School"
question. Probably no other ques
tion so deeply concerns every ind
vidual as the quesiion of education.
It is in reality a personal matter
that should interest, even the mcst
thoughtless and mic mcerned.
What is a community, where no in
telligence is shed over it, to height
en society, through the influence
of the public schools and literary
attainments. Outside of : he God
given endowments oi superior in
stincts and crude knowledge it
could not be compared otherwise
than acolony of brute existence.
When we consider what educa
tion has done, and is doing for
every community, we need not be j
surprised that the most plulanthro- J
pic people, at great sacrifice, are j
engaged and interesttd in its pro
gress and development. j
And the more should all the peo
pie be interested, for the reason j
that the system of education is (
gradually, as it progresses, costing .
them more tax and money, and j
they should thoroughly study the
question, to see wiiether they get
worth of their money for the intel-1
lectual improvement of their child
ren, and if not, have to remedy the
system to an efficiency that they
will get the worth of their money.
The degree of intelligence of every
community, must necessarily de
pend, not only upon our public
schools, but the efficiency upon
which our public schools are con
ducted.
All reasonable parents pride
themselves when their children
make rapid progress in their stud
ies, and deportment of school con
duct, under the leadership and in
struction of competent teachers,
and under no reasonable circum
stances will the parents keep their
children out of school, when in
care of faithful and persevering
teachers. In such schools the
children's time is regarded as far
more valuable than money. With
such teachers tardiness and truancy
are things unknown among their
pupils.
Such teachers are public bene
factors and highly commended by
appreciative communities where
such acceptable services are render
ed. As education is above all
things most desirable and valuable,
the services of such teachers are,
also above all consideration the
most valuable that can be rendered
to any community and they should
be properly compensated therefor.
But since so many young people
aspire to be pedagogues, an am
bition so highly laudable, and hon
orable, and for which, so many ac
quire the necessary intellectual
qualifications at a sacrifice of much
time and money, but book learning
alone, evidently, does not properly
qualify, nor fit teachers for the
school room, since so many prove
miserable failures.
Since the teachers' salary is grad
ually rising and the people are so
highly taxed to keep the schools
open the required length of time,
and as It so often happens, in near
ly all school districts, that some
teacher, who are employed render
such poor services that are more
detrimental than beneficial, where
by not only the taxpayers are rob
bed, but their children are robbed
of their time and ODoortunitv.
which are far more valuable than
gold or silver. Hence the question
so oiten asked, at everv term of
school, and a burning question it 1
is, whether such teachers should'
be allowed to continue their schools
to the end of the term for which
they were employed. We often
hear tbe expression, "Better pay
the teacher for the whole term,
send him home, and save the fuel."
Time wasted . with children at
school is not only lost, but irre
deemable. Opportunities have fled
which if properly utilized, would
have developed into a mine of
wealth, in the store of knowledge.
In ordinary business transactions
all contracts are null and void
whenever no equivalents are rend
ered for value received.
A poor school is the product of a
poor teacher, and both are a poor
excuse in our day, when the cost
of education comes so high. Such
schools are very, very dear, at no
cost at all.
We never hear complaints against
a high salaried teacher who renders
acceptable service and under whom
the children make rapid progress.
But whenever a teacher fails to
render satisfaction, the wail of com
plaint is heard lar and near.
Not only do patrons of schools
and their children know when they
are imposed upon by an incompe
tent teacher, whose inability bears
testimony in external, as well as in
ternal accomplishment of bis or her
jurisdiction over school government
in and out of tbe school. But the
casual observer, and passerby, who
happen to travel past tbe schools of
the county, see many signs of evi-
TEACHER'S PENSION BILL DEAD.
With hardly a dissenting voice,
tl:e house of representatives last
week killed the teachers' pension
bill, on second reading, and the
membershad a lot of fun doing it.
Scarcely had tne bill been read
when Representative Dtinmore,
Republican, of Tioga, offered an
amendment that not only teachers,
but all persons attaining the age of
70 years, who had for twenty-five
years been tjood and faithful citizens
of the State, be made eligible for
the pension of $150 per year which
the bill provides. Tbe house ac
cepted the amendment amid laugh
ter and cheers.
Representative Marvin, Republi
can, or Pike, contributed his share
to the entertainment by following
with an amendment that, instead
of teaching thirty years, as the bill
provided, teachers should serve
seventy-five years before being eli
gible lor pensions. With a whoop
of merriment this amendment was
als adopted.
A third amendment was propos
ed by Representative Pratt, Repub
lican, o! Allegheny, providing that
female teachers should be retired
at the age of 60. As th house
was not playing any favorites this
was also tacked on the bill, and at
once drew forth a point of order
from ' Representative Blakslee,
Democrat, of Carbon.
Blakslee presented what he term
ed a point of order, saying that the
bill was impossible of fulfilment as
amended, for it provided for retir
ing women at the age ot 60, and
that no woman would admit that
she was 60.
Speaker McClain smiled broadly
and admitted that the point was
well taken, but neverthe'.ess, decid
ed to submit it to the house.
In a mighty shout the members
sustained Blakslee, and the bill
fell.
There was little time from the
measure's inception when it was
not virtually certain it would fail.
No: only is there a general senti
ment against civic pension lists
among a large proportion of tbe
members, solely on the merits of
the question, but the constitution
is quoted as being against any pen
s'ous except for military service.
The last lecture in tbe Normal
Course was given Monday night
by Dr. Edward B. McDowell, on
the Panama Canal. The pict
ures including some motion pictur
es, made it & very interesting en
tertainment. On With the Dance.
Evidently it is the opinion of our
Solons at Harrisburg that now we
have constructed a $13,000,000
Capitol on the basis ot a $4,500,000
appropriation for a complete struc
ture, we shall go further on the
same line of procedure. We must
put fringes on our frills. The Park
is not big enough. One million
dollars must be expended to make
the inclosure conform to the dignity
of the magnificent thing 'Inclosed.
This is not the end. It has been
suggested that the Executive Man
sion is totally out of keeping with
the gilded and bespangled luxury
of the Executive office in the Capi
tol. Here is a saddening incon
gruity. Of course, the people of
Pennsylvania will never endure to
see their Governor, so splendidly
housed in his working place during
the day, obliged to eat his meals
and lodge in the squalid Front
street quarters cf his 'ate predeces
sors. No, not Perish the thought I
There is still a good round pile
of money in tbe Treasury. Berry
may kick. Tbe schools may go
lame. There will be a little less
money for good roads and hospitals.
But who cares? Wasn't tbe gang
vindicated? Shall we not live up
to our thirteen-million-dollar stand
ard? Whoop! As Corporal Tan
ner once observed, when the Demo
crats went out and the Grand Old
Party came in: "Now, God help
the surplus! " Phila. Record.
dence on the school grounds, where
by they can judge the character of
the school. It is often noticed that
school bouses are hit with mud
balls, leaving stains the size of the
ball, and tbe lot strewed promiscu
ously over with debris of various
sorts, all of which are an index of
what going is on within the school
room. A school without order
within and without is no better
than no school at all.
J. C Wenner.
licfore that cough turns into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it witli
Jcmyirie Expectorcsurnlt (ps,c
It has proved its real value during 75 years. R-Olcij?
Ask your druggist for it
TOWNS
SPRING LINES
ARE COMING IN EVERY DAY
As we do not get pos
session of our new store
until April ist we are
compelled to open up our
lines in our old stand.
THE NEW DRESS
Are Now
Excel them ? Imposssible! Equal them ? Try! We
are proud of our selections eager for you to see them
confident of your approval.
For with the greatest care we have picked and chosen
and purchased, and know that there are not to be found
more worthy and beautiful representatives of the newest
and best in Spring Dress Goods.
Novelty and exclusiveness are the features of the gath
ering, and some of the rarest combinations of weaves, col
or and effects ever manufactured are included. Certainly
the display is the superior of any in this section, and you
need go no farther in your search for modish fabrics of the
moment. Make your selections early, when the fabric, the
weaves, and the color combinations are sure to delight you.
Panamas in gray mix
turesmany of them, all
different, and yet gray, 36
in. wide, 50c yard.
Panamas 42 inches wide
in all the spring colors,
79 cents the yard.
Panamas 46 inches wide
in Stripes, Checks and
Plaids in Grays plain col
ors in two shades of Blue,
Myrtle Green, and Garnet,
$1.00 the yard.
Panamas 50 inches wide
in all colors and black a
special value for $1 the yd.
Panamas 56 inches wide
Stripes, Checks, Plaids
and over-plaids in Gray,
Plain Blue and Plain Black
$1.50 the yard.
Chiffon Panama 40 in.
wide in Black, Cream and
all of the new spring colors
$1.00 a yard.
Wool Crepes 42 inches
wide in all the evening
shades, 75c and $1 a yard.
F , ' P:
BLOOMSBURG,
END
SEND'S
GOODS OF SPRING
on Display.
Eoliennes 42 inches
wide in Blue, Cream, Gray
and Black, $1 the yard.
Prunella 44 in. wide in
all Colors and Black, $1.00
the yard.
Storm Serges and Chet
iots in Blue and Black
steam shrunk and ready to
make, 36 to 54 in. wide
prices from 50c up to 41.50
the yard.
Fancy Suitings 36 inch
es wide Checks and Plaids
in the newest Spring Col
orings a window full of
them, 50c the yard.
Collingdales 42 inches
wide in all of the prevail
ing colors, $1.15 a yard.
The Black at $1 per yard.
Nuns Veiling 43 inches
wide, in all the newest
Spring shades, Cream and
Black, 1 yard.
Wool Taffetas 40 in.
wide in all the new Spring
Colors, Black and Cream $1
PURSEL.
- PENN'A.