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HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
Harrisburjr, Ta., April 8, 1907.
There are indications of a quarrel
among the capital grafters and if
that expectation is fulfilled, the rest
wil' be easy. "When rogues fall
out h?.nest me-i come by their own,"
Is proverbial, and the moment that
Architect Huston undertook to shift
the blame upon Governor Penny-
packer, close observers began look
ing for the finish. There is some
plausibility in Huston's observa
tion. Pennypacker did have a lot
to say in the Board of Public Build
ings and Grounds and the alacrity
and enthusiasm with which he
served the machine on every oc
casion has prepared the public mind
to accept such a solution of the
problem. But Superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds
Shumaker is out with a statement
that Huston ;s the real culprit. It
was the architect, Mr. Shumaker
declares, who "nnde a monkey of
the old man."
Pennypacker is a curious mix
tare of weakness and intriguing
force. v ith the ambition of Caesar
lianas the vanity if not the mental
infirmities of the imbecile. As
Governor he imagined that he was
above the law. When the consti
tution interfered with any of his
purposes he simply brushed the
constitution away. An act cf as
sembly was of no consequence to
him if it ran counter to his desires.
Yet he maintained always an ap
pearance of the greatest respect for
law and morals. He actually made
intelligent people believe that he
was the most lawabiding executive
the State had ever hod and that the
least infraction of the principles of
common honesty would shock him
immensely. As a matter of fact,
nowever, in practice he was little
betttr than a pervert. If he knew
the difference between right and
wrong he paid no attention to it.
PICKING OUT THK SCAPE GOAT.
What influences Shumaker to
shield Pennypacker at the expense
of Huston is, of course, a matter of
conjecture. That there will be a
scape-goat is already apparent,
however, and no doubt most of the
machine mauagers would rather
sacrifice the Architect than the
veteran lawyer. But Shoemaker
.s not himself immune ai d in his
zeal to save Pennypacker he takes
his chances of being i iculpated
himself. No doubt it is true, as
he alleges that the Board of Public
Buildings and Grounds relieved him
of muc'a responsibility by confer
ring his powers on Huston. But
the duties of the office he occupied
are fixed by act of assembly and a
resolution of the .Board of Public
Buildings and Grounds will not re
voke an act of the Legislature, and
:n resenting for his sign of unfriend
liness Huston may turn the attack
iipon Shumaker and make things
exceedingly hot.
In fact there have been whispers
nculpating Shumaker and by a
tittle coddling the suspicions might
converted into facts. Shumaker
idmits the receipt of a very hand
ome Christmas present from Con
tactor Sanderson and it has been
ntimated that a good deal of the
.arniture in his palatial Johnstown
residence looks like that which is
a was in the capitol. With such
t foundation to build on a talented
urc'. itect like Huston could soon
;rect a vast structure of suspicion
ind scandal and it is not quite cer-1
ain that he will not do so. Besid
s Pennypacker has notified the
irobers that he is willing to tell all
e knows about the looting and no
ody knows what that implies. He
ertainly knows a lot and as self
reservation is the first law of ua
ure, he may make some sacrifices
t friendships to guarantee his own
afety.
tTONB AND HARRIS TALKING WAR.
Former Governor Stone and
irmtr State Treasurer Harris are
dso "talking war talk" at each
tber. During the early stages of
the capitol construction work both
chose gentlemen were members of
the Board of Public Buildings and
Grounds and during their adminis
tration of the affairs of the Board
tbe contract for the metal filing
cases was given to Congressman
Caswell's company at grossly exor
oitant figures. Governor Stone de
darts with much emphasis and
some profanity, according to re
ports from Pittsburg, that be was
not present in the session ot the
Board when the contract was award
ed and intimates that if he had been
there would have been no award.
To this statement Treasurer Harris
rejoins that Stone was present and
participated in the award and de
clares be can prove the fact with
oat much trouble. It is estimated
that Cassell got more than a mil
lion dollars for thes.s cases more
than than they were worth and
this little difference of opinion be
tween Stone and Harris may help
to develop tne tacts,
Meantime tbe probing goes on
With increasingly startling results
PecyDis&ir
In combination, proportion and
wiercrore peculiar to Itself m merit, sales and cures.
t It is made from the best blood-purifying, alterative and
tonic ingredients by such original and peculiar methods as to
retain the full medicinal value of each and all.
The severest forms of scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, rheu
matism, dyspepsia, and debility are cured every day by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
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ouiu uy aruggisis. 100 aoses
Sircatlde For those who profsr
H I 3U IUU3 niwllclne in tablst
form, Hoods Sarnaparilln It now put up In choro.
toted 'tobleta callwl Saratnls, as woll as In the
tunal liquid form. Sarsatnbs have ldnntlrallr the
Guaranteed under the Food and
For the first time Huston and San-
deison were brought together dur
ing the session of last Wednesday.
A Mr. Hamilton of Washington
testified that after he had been dick
eriug with Huston for some time
they came to an agreement in the
main but Huston adJed that "he
had better go to see Sanderson"
who told him that he "didn't want
him to bid to any one else." Ano
ther interesting witness of the week
was a mau named DeKosenko,
president of the Stirling Bronze
company of Philadelphia. Some
time ago he had published a state
ment in one of the Philadelphia
newspapers which was damaging to
the conspirators and the feature of
his testimony was an attempt to
contradict himself without being
caught. In this he failed, of course,
for the newspaper representative
who obtained the interview follow
ed him in the witness stand gave
the substance of his conversation
and proved that in the preliminary
work "Sanderson, Huston and De
Kosenko were altogether in the
matter. Together these witnesses
have proved collusion and conspi
racy beyond the shadow of a doubt.
MACHINE NOT CONVERTED.
That the machine is neither con
trite nor improved in morals has
beei revealed in the legislation of
last week. The bill of Senator Mc
Ilhenny of Philadelphia, the pur
pose of which was to make the
voters' assistance clause of the pre
sent ballot law a helpful expedient
rather than an agency for bribing
voters, was defeated at the instance
of Senator McNichol. Nobody
would object to assistance to a man
who is physically incapable of mark
ing his ballot and the Mcllhenny
bill required that that condition be
sworn to in order to obtain assist
ance, rrom the beginnine. how
ever, the plan has been employed
by the bribers of voters and the
machine made a desperate resist
ance to any change.
The proposition to allow the peo
ple to vote on tbe question of a
choice for United States Senator is
being fought with great energy by
the same element. It is universally
agreed that the passage of such a
measure would eliminate Penrose
from the Senatorial equation at the
next election for that office and his
friends are very anxious. The ex
periment has been tried in several
Western States and with consider
able satisfaction. But it is not popu
lar with the Penrose machine
though I can't undeistand why
they oppose it. With the facilities
for bribing voters unimpaired and
the corporations including the Stan
dard Oil company for the present
Senator he could certainly eet a
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icai vuic 111 uia mvui 11 iiaii me
electors had to be paid for such a
result.
The Nesbit bill providing for the
election, next November, of dele
gates to a constitutional convention
!-y a practically unanimous vote. It
would be difficult to conceive a more
dangerous measure. In the present
frame of the corporate mind it is a
safe guess that the majority of dele
gates chosen to a constitutional con
vention would be ready to do about
anything that the corporations want
and a constitution framed now
Two Large Stones
Passed From Bladder.
John Johnston, of SIS E. Sd 8U,
Plalnflelil, N. J., who for over 14
yearn hue been UI collector of
that city, writeat "About three
years auo I begun to sutler with
dreadful pains in my kldneyt. I
was also at times very bilious, but
my most serious trounle was with
my water. Hometimca 1 could
hardly past It, and wiien I (lid It
wae attended with most eicni
ciuiinu pains. Nothing helped
tne nnil I liegsn to despair. I de
cided to try
DR. KENNEDY'S
fjfAVORITE
If- REMEDY
for I heard to much about In good remit. It helped
me to that I kept it up, und now I have not taken
any for a year aud am in food health. I never have
any pains, my appetite is good, and my old bilious
ness has left me. During the time I wa. tak
ing Favorite Keuiedy 1 pnaaud two quits)
true) stones, mid J have uevr been trou
bled witli luy bladder luce."
Write to Dr. David Kennedy'! Rom, Rondnnt, N.
T. for free sample bottle of Dr. David Kenuedy1
Favorite ttemedy.the great Kidney, Liver and blood
iodic lue. Urge botUsi1.00, at ell druggist.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
to Dtself
process, Hood's Sarsaparilla
?i. Uegin to take it today.
tame curative properties as the liquid form, hxvldes
accuracy of dose, convenience, wiinomjr. - there
being no lost bf evaporation, breakage, or leukuge.
Sold by druggist or tent promptly by mall.
C. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mas.
Drugs Act, June 30, 1900. No. 32
would not only strengthen the
seventeenth article of the present
instrument but would probiblv ell
minate it. If the Legislature wants
constitutional reforms there is a
better way to proceed than by call
ing a constitutional convention
The enactment of legislation to en
force the seventeenth at tide of the
present constitution will afford am
pie restraints for railroads and trusts
and Blakeslee s amendment to the
Duusmore railway commission bill
to prevent the watering of stocks is
all that is needed in addition.
SPECIAL, CALENDAR PROPOSED.
The trolley freight bill has pass
ed finally, the two cent a mile pas
senger rate bill has been signed and
some of the other reforms last year
are likely to get through the anxie
ty to fix a day for final adjourn
ment is ominous. In fact Gover
nor Stuart who appears to cheiish
the old fashioned notion that party
pledges are binding insists on the
passage of such measures as were
promised in the Republican plat
form and suggested a special calen
dar for such bills to Speaker Mc-
Llam the other day. It adjourn
ment without day on the i 6th of
May is decided upon something of
that kind will be necessary and the
present indications are that the
resolution to that effect will be
adopted. G. D. II.
JEMISON.S SPEECH AT REUNION.
Continued from First Page.
his range before the second shot
came, it was a bricht mormnjr
and I had spent sometime shining
up my gun and brass buttons hop
ing to take the prize at guard
mount. Sure enough Lieut. Karns
or Robbins who inspected those de
tailed for guard that day ordered
me to step to the front and report
to the captain's quarters for dutv
as orderly, to carry to brigade bead
quarters. Reporting to Captain
Meusch for duty I was soou under
way with the report under my
shining belt. I was somewhat elat
ed over the thought that I won the
prize and got the best of some ol
you that morning. I thus escaped
guard or police duty which you
got. As I strolled leisurely along
enjoying the morning walk, zip
came a miunie ball from the a oie-
said rebel sharp-shooter up a tree.
It struck acorn stubble a few inch
es from my leg. I knew where it
came from without stopping to re
connoiter, to locate the Johnnie.
1 must not give that sharpshooter
a second guage on me, I thought,
so I jumped about and zigzagged
like a signal flag to prevent his
making calculations as to where
I'd be next, and then I "dug out"
as they say. I think my antics so
set him to laughing that he couldn't
shoot if he would and wouldn't
shoot if he could. He didn't at
tempt the second sJwt That was
likely his fun and my trouble and
salvation that morning.
Even when in winter quaiters in
rear of Fort Steadman our games
and slumbers were too frequently
disturbed by the enemy and gray
backs to be fully enjoyed. Gray
backs, remember, being no respec
ters of persons were ever present
with Johnnie alike. Because ot the
scarcity of wash women old grand
daddy and grandmother grayback,
(who knew nothing about race sui
cide in their prolific families) scoot
ed up and down your pant lees and
played hide and seek under the
seams from head to foot. This is
no fairy tale I am telling you. Its
a positive fact susceDtible of pi oof
right here I have living witnesses
present who know all about our
lousy fun and trouble. I could write
an affidavit on that and have it
sworn to by every member of Co.
E. if they weren't ashamed of the
truth in time of peace. They're
asnamea ot it.
When we reached home alive
and got into citizens dress and
burned our array clothes after they
innoculated a whole printing office,
we seemed to feel lonely for a week
or more. We actually scratched
lrom lorce of habit when there was
nothing biting us. We knew tf
nothing within the whole ranee ol
the soldier's experience that created
more fup and trouble than the
ubiquitous army louse. Wasn't be
a beauty, with bis gray back, barb
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wire legs and fine pointed ticklers.
It makes one scratch to-day to think
of the lice we haven't seen or felt
for over 40 years. Talk of the
multiplicity of potato bugs, why
they are as nothing compared with
the youngsters of a married army
louse. We might dwell 011 this
source of fun and trouble for a
week without exhausting the sub
ject or deviating from the truth;
but where ignorance ol such scratch
ing is bliss, it is folly for us to be
wise enough to even mention it.
For some reason most of our ex
ploits were in the darkness of night.
This was so when the rebels charg
ed upon us and broke our picket
line at Bermuda; also when they
temporarily captured Fort Stead
man from us and turned our own
guns on us while we were dreaming
of home and loved ones; also that
terrible winter night march over
the so-called Jerusalem corduroy
road through the bogs and sleet
and raiu and the hail in order to
reach and upset or turn bottom side
up the Wcldoti railroad. Oh, what
drinking of rebel apple-jack on that
route, and what destruction of their
property because of the barbarity
of rebel bush-whackers who were
too cowardly to oroperly enlist, but
who barbarously mutilated the
bodies of our sick who couldn't
keep up on this trying march we
ever had. Our charge on Peters
burg was also under cover of dark
ness or about the break of day.
But of all tbe trouble I can still re
call, where fun was entirely want
ing the Jerusalem plank expedition
was the very worst. I got no ap
ple jack nor poultry that night but 1
was completely tired out and burned
out, besides.
It you remember the night was
cold, wet and dark as pitch. With
malice afore thought the rebels had
removed a plank or log here and
there to break our legs if possible
and to make the Jerusalem road a
hard one for yankees to travel.
They didn't want us yankees to
take the Jerusalem road. They
had rather break our legs and then
cut our throats than have us take
this celestial pathway. While
groping along wituout light
through the darkness down we
would go occasionally into mud
and water to the knee, and thus we
stumbled along as best we could
that awful cold night. We simply
had to feel our way through dense
woods and bogs anticipating a vol
ley any moment. It gives you
more trouble than fun when you
don't know where "you are at"
among rebels in the darkness of
night. The railroad being finally
turned bottom side up by those
ahead of us, was also a hard road
for rebels to haul rations and troops
over.
When ordered to return to quar
ters again you remember we came
back hap-hazzard destroying and
plundering as we came about every
thing that could shelter a barbar
ous bush-whacker. While some of
you came back full of rebel apple
jack, pigs, poultry, &c, others
were too tired to enjoy the plunder
and stolen forage. I was so near
played out that when near our lin
es, thinking but little of the danger
of also getting my throat, cut, j.
concluded, come weal or come woe,
I will take a rest by lying down
near a fire some struggling New
York Zouaves had started. It was
a roaring fire and I so fully enjoy
ed it that I soon fell asleep, having
lam down in the mud as best I
could with overcoat, blanket and
rubber blanket around me. When
thawed out and sound asleep tbe
wind changed and then my fun
stopped and my trouble began
again. I was soon too warm for
real comfort. In fact I was on fire.
My blues were scorched to a rebel
butternut color from my heels to
the seat of my pants before I knew
what was the matter. With the
aid of comrades in a similar fix I
was helped to throw off my ward
robe. To roll me in the plenteous
mud and water was deemed quick
er than to arouse all the sleepers or
call out a fire department. So they
rolled me until I said the conflagra
tion was under control and the fire
out. I was a sorty picture when I
reached camp next morning without
a coat tail and tbe seat of my pants
a mere excuse. My rubber blank
et was all in blisters and no good.
In fact my whole wardrobe was so
ruined that I was obliged to file a
requisition for a coat with a tail to
it, and pants with a seat in. Or all
my fun and trouble in camp and on
the march this unhappy event so
burned itself iu my memory that like
the brand "U. S." on a government
mule it will stick in my mind for
life. The rest of my woeful tales
you are at liberty to dispute but that
is a red hot indellible fact, which I
can prove by comrades who rescued
me lrom the conflagration.
After taking Petersburg and
getting the rebels on the run we
had considerably more fun than
trouble until we reached the eud at
Appomattox.
Bugle call: "I can't get em up"
&c.
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