8 THE COLUMBIAN. Bl.OUMSBURG, I'A. " THURSDAY, AritlL ST., 1!H7 HARRISBURG LETTER. Special Correspondence. HarrisburR, Pa., April 22, 1907. Some wise guy who lived before those of us who read this were born, grayed "Lord save me from my friends." A more modern philosopher, with probably n keen er understanding of conditions, amended the proposition by invok ing the protection of heaven against his "fool friends." If Senator Penrose would work both proposi tions to the limit, he could hardly get square within the measure of a hie time. What his "fool friends" have been doing to him lately is more than plenty. If they haven't put him out of the political game for all time, the signs are mislead-ng- The instrument with which Sen ator Penrose's "fool friends" have worked this result is their opposi tion to the McCord bill which pro vided for an expression of party sentiment on the United States Senatorship. Whatever the author of that measure had in mind, the result of it would have been the endorsement of Penrose, if his friends had supported the bill. They had the machinery which operates the primary elections and easily could .have made it their policy. If that had been done their opponents would have been without a leg to stand on. The average man as well as the machine politi cian would have supported Penrose in appreciation of his magnanimity, whether he had previously been friend or enemy. But things are different now. Penrose's "fool friends" have al ligned him as against the popular will and the ranks of his opponents have been augmented by all those who favored a "square deal." They say that he was afraid of the popular will. They allege that he would deny the people the right of expressing their opinion upon questions upon which they were vitally interested. Those who know Tenrose thoroughly will be slow to thus interpret recent events. But as a matter of fact the Senator is somewhat austere, only a few know ..him intimately and the minds of all others are open to any ad verse notion that comes along. It may safely be said, therefore, that the defeat of the McCord bill by the friends of Penrose has dug a grave for Penrose's ambitions. A MEANINGLESS MEASURE. The McCord bill was the silliest of demagogic expression. It meant nothing and was incapable of ichieving anything. It proposed ihe regulation of the Senatorial -lection by the popular vote. The 'constitution of the United States ixes another way for regulating :hat election and that instrument s the fundamental law of the land. Hie franiers of that constitution xdieved in the principle of State sovereignty. They provided for a Congress in two branches, one to epresent the people and the other the States. They arranged that :hat branch which represented the oeople should be chosen by the peo ple and the branch which repre .ented the States should be elected y the Legislatures of the States. There was nothing incongruous tbout that .arrangement. It was Jhe logical solution of the govern mental problem which was most 'Otricate and involved. It was 'efferson's antidote for Hamilton's imperialistic poison. The strangest, not to say the nost startling, feature of modern nlitieal development is in the fact :hat Republican statesmen are coin Killed to defend cardinal Democrat-i-; doctrine against assailants of Aher party faiths. For example jvithin a few months Foraker, of Ohio, to all intents and purposes ;he most uncompromising oppon ent of Democracy has been obliged to defend the principles of Demo cracy against the attacks of Popu lists and Democrats led by Roose velt, the official head of the Re publican party. The same anoma lous combination 0 circumstances had made Harriman. Hill and oth er representatives of monopoly and and plutocracy the champions of cardinal principles of popular gov ernment. It is not so surprising, therefort, that Penrose, who is governed by no principle but ex pediency, should appear in the arena as the champion of a Demo cratic idea. But while the McCord bill was of absolutely no value or utility, it was completely innocuous and de void of harm. It couldn't affect the question of electing Senator in Congress in any way and for that reason the Democrats in the legislature might have voted for it unanimously. In fact all those who voted on the question support p d the measure not because they Yoyo Blood Needs purifying and your whole system renovating in the spring, as pimples, boils, eruptions, loss of appetite and that tired feeling annually prove. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most effective medicine ever devised for the complete purification of the blood and the complete renovation of the whole system. It will make you feel better, look better, eat and sleep better and give you the best possible preparation for the hot days of summer, as over 40,000 people have testified in the last two years. Today buy and begin to take Hood's S Usual form, liquid, or in tablet form, called Sar.sata.bs, 100 Doses $1. , ?'! vTKFn mvlrr Pie Foml f"l !-,. Art. .Tune 30, HlOfl. No. 324. believed it expressed anv vital prin ciple but for the reason that it erected a rock upon which the ma chine Republican ship might split ana sink, niose absent without reason were recreant. It is only just to say that Senator J. K. P Hall was not anion? this number lie was absent but unavoidablv so. He was ill at his home, but if he had been able would have been with his associates on the floor of the Senate. INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE PLENTY The capitol eraft probers de veloped some interesting facts last week, l lie nrst session of the com mission was held on Wednesday ana the collusion between Archi tect Huston and Contractor Sander son was again clearly shown. One of Huston's draughtsmen testified that some months before the con tract was let he was emtdoved do signing furniture and fixtures for aanuerson, who appeared to have Known in advance that he was to get the contract. Another witness testified that Payne & Company, had "padded" bills for glass and the session of that day was wound up by the reading of a letter from former Governor William A. Stone repeating his previous denial of complicity in the contract with Congressman Cassell's company for me steel hung cases and expressing the opinion that the contract was invalid, because the Board of Pub lic Buildings and Grounds lias no right to make contracts for future delivery. He intimates orettv strongly that the minutes of the isoard meetine were doctored hv Secretary Stott who was at the time a clerk in the State Treasurer's office as well as Secretary of the Board of Public Buildings and Grounds. This fact brines to mind an in cident of the time of the transfer of the Treasury Department from Mathues to Berrv. The Greatest pressure was brought to bear on Mr. .berry to retain Mr. Stott in office and when that earnestly ex pressed desire was disappointed Governor Pennypacker insisted on 111s retention in the orhce of Secre tary of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. He was probably familiar with the frauds which had been perpetrated with the consent of the then Governor, if not by him, and they couldn't afford to Jet any one else into the secrets. It would be hardlv possible to vet better evidence of the culpability of the late Mr. Quay's "cousin Sam." He tried to cover up the evidence by keeping in office those who had guuty knowledge oi the crimes lust as he tried to deceive the public atter the disclosure by his penny-a-mile excursions. He knew that the people would be dazzled by the magnificence of the bogus French plate glass and veneered pine imita tion of mahocanv. He imagined that the success of the Republican ticket last tall would prevent an in vestigation and thus guarantee him immunity from punishment. FORMER STATE TREASURER HARRIS TESTIFIES. The principal witness on Thurs day was former State Treasurer i'rank G. Harris, though the testi- DR. KENNEDY'S "FAVORITE r Bemedy Is backed by over SO years of remarkable .ucceat In the euro of Kidney, Llvor and Wood trouble!, and the dlnoaaei peculiar to wo men. 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Tou may have a anmnle bottla and booklet Containing valuable ail vice mailed abso lutely free by (imply writliiK Dr. David Kuunedy't Horn, Kondout, N. T. Mention tbis paper, lru WetUl.W,tlldfOglsU. THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUk ilia mony of some other witnesses was interesting. Harry Calvert, of Pittsburg, one of the Secretaries of the commission testified that he had purchased from a firm in that city a set of andirons precisely like those put into the capitol as speci ally designed. They were not speci ally designed, the dealer said, but had been 111 the tegular stock list for ten or a dozen years.' The price he paid to the Pittsburg firm was $23 a set though the State paid $73. 60 a set and allowed eIIuston four per cent, on the entire amount for specially designing them. The testimony of Frank Harris was really pathetic. He simply pleaded the baby act. Huston com pletely deceived the Board, he de clared and did whatever he pleased with the State funds. They were all hypnotized by the brilliant and dashing young architect, he added substantially, and that gentleman was to blame for everything that went wrong. Huston's story would be interesting, in view of this "con fession," but Huston will not be permitted to testify. As Justice Moody of the United States Su preme court stated it during the trial of one of the Beef trust con spirators, putting criminals on the witness stand during preliminary proceedings is equivalent to giving them an "immunity bath." Pro bably Governor Pennypacker will not be summoned to testify for the same reason. He is anxious for a summons, according to gossip, and would probably tell a curious tale of woe. But he is so directly in line for criminal prosecution that it would be a pity to open up a way for his escape. Harris made a poor witness. He contradicted himself and confused everybody. But he made it clear that the conspirators had set out to loot the treasury to the last dollar and would have achieved the pur pose if the election of William II . Berry to the office of State Trea surer had not interfeted with their plans. He admitted that the law had been violated and the people defrauded- He acknowledged hav ing signed orders for "trimmings" which would have cost $16,000,000. One contract, that for a granite wall around the capitol park at an expense of $3,000,000, was revok ed because the people of Harris- burg kicked, he said. But he was fooled, he added. "I am innocent," le despairingly declared, at the close of his testimony, "and I did not know until now that the State was so defrauded." LOADED IRON FOR SOLID BRONZE. Probably what Harris said is true but nobody ever imagined that he was such a stupid. Pennypack er encourages that sort of impres sion about himself but Harris took pride in his reputation as a keen business man. He was humiliated. he said, not because the treasury was looted and the people plunder ed, but for the reason that the methods "were unbusinesslike." His testimony was no more incrimi nating than that of other witnesses, however. William K. Sauter. of Philadelphia, president of the Wil liamson Brothers Company, brass and iron founders, swore that his firm had furnished loaded iron frames for the bronze chandeliers and that instead of being s'olid bronze as required by the specifica tions and represented to the State. they are "loaded" iron with a thin sheet of bronze as a coating. The value of these fraudulent chanda liers was four ceiit,s and the charge to the State about four dollars and a half a pound. G. D. II. . . Duo to Overwork, More accidents Involving loss of lifu have taUen place on the railroada In the pant year or two than lu any previous period ot equal duration. In this particular the United States has won a bad pre-eminence anions tho great countries of the world. There are several times more fatali ties In this country on the railways every year than there are in Eng land, Germany or France, in propor tion to the number of persons travel ing. Overwork on the part of em ployes has been the cause of many of these casualties. Physical torpor due to excusKlve hours of labor of railway workers is accountable for the failure, in many cases, to make in-o of tho mechanical devices to pre vent accidents. TO WOHK WKLL DON'T WOIlltY. It AiIOh Yearn to I lie Knee and Accoiu-litit-a nothing. The thing that klllH effective work is worry. Don't worry. The way to kill worry is the way to kill weed. No two objects can occupy the same spucc at the same time. If von in dulge yourself in worry you fan the worry into a rury. As it proof that you can experience momenta in which worry is not ab' sent J nut mark this present moment Yoy are thinking what you are read ing, worry Is absent, for no two iliiuuu etui ocedpy the same space ul liiu Fame lime. When wo worry everything Is dls toiled. Nothing appears natural I l.e world looks dark to us. Our fil'-iuls do not Beem near us. There Is no hard luck in the world except tlckuess. All other so-called hard luck is temporury. If you lose jour money, do not worry, niuKe tome more. If you lono a friend, do not worry, show him he was mla luUeu. If you loae an opportunity. no not worry, bo ready for the next oue. l.lfe Is short. Tho end of life U dctth. Whafs the use of worrying? Worry is like drink; the more you give in to it, the more it fastens ou J ou. Cultivate a cheerful disposition. Ml with people who are cheerful: lenrn to look at the brUht side ot things. Do not allow tbe garden of your mind to grow up -with worry wc-eas. iKcupauon kills worry. If your mind is occupied with uplifting work or oruiumaking you can t worry. COM KItXI.VO WOMKX. Quen Maud of Norway is called itr.. , . nurry in ner own family. Tho two best-known women play wrights are Madeloine Lusette tty ley and Martha Morton. Cashmere Shawls are not nonrlv m costly as they were years ago; but nine are many worn by women of rank and fashion which have cost $2,500 or even $5,000. Miss. Mao Kenneday was tho first woman to go before a board of legal inu pec tors .and sucessfully pass the ?Atuiinauon ror steamboat pilot ou the Mississippi river. There are almost no white women in the Kongo state none at all, in fact with tho exception of the women In the missions. Tne lielgian officials do not take their white wives, if they have them, into the country. A Real Ghost Story. An experience wherein phantoms presentea tnemselves to view in prodigious numbers simultaneously is related Dy a young lady whose name, at her request, is withheld, the narrative being endorsed by her sister, who was with her at the time. She writes: One autumn night my sister and myself, with our maid, were return ing from evening service in the vil lage church. There was a thick fog; the moon was full, but it made a sort of steam in the fog, instead of shining brightly. Suddenly I saw a man at my sister's side, who had come there without makine a sound. I pulled her sleeve, whis pering, 'Let the man pass. As I spoke the man disappeared. In another moment we were all be wildered at the sight around us. It was as if we were in a crowded street, innumerable figures sur rounding us. Men, women, and children were moving brisklv about, some singly, others in groups, but all without a sound. Some seemed to rise out of the grass on either side of us, others to pass through us and to come out ou the other side. The women were dressed in byeone fashion. with high bonnets and shawls, and large llounces on their dresses. There was one very tall man who took great strides, though perfect ly noiseless; he wore a kind of cape. vve approacnea our own gate, where we should turn in, and then we had a long driveway to walk up betore we could reach the house. I think that by the time we had reached the gate all the fieures had disappeared except this one tall man. He had quite a different look from any of the others more horrible altogether. As we enter ed our gate, to our intense relief, lie passed by along the road and vanished. Of course we .were all very much frightened. The maid and my sister were crying aloud." In a case like this, where the same spectral phenomena are wit nessed by several persons, the value of the testimony, obviously, is multiplied a hundredfold. For, while one individual may be the victim of a hallucination, such an illusion can hardly be shared by many. What, then, is to be said in answer to such evidence, furn ished by deponeuts of unimpeach able character and reputation for truthfulness? To suppose that they are combining in the manu facture of a lie is scarcely reason able, Joseph M. Rogers in May Lippincott t. O BawitW .BTOrilA. pm Kind You Have Always Bout,t hJL xxxxxxxxc ncAT cir SURPLUS STOCK SALE Our 2nd surplus stock sale will eclipse all previous ones, both as to price reduction and the enormous stocks of fine merchandise. NOW GOING ON. DOCTORS SAY WHISKEY Is t ha bent stimulant we have. They mean, of course, pure whlnkey. It is Invaluable in many cases. There seems to be !ioadejuatesiiltltute for it Home people drink too much. Home eat too much; some smoke too much. For those who need it there is nothing better than A. P. WARD & CO S. BLACK DIAMOND WHISKEY Properly ni?ed, rich, smooth fiavor;ab solutely pure. Price moderate. 13 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 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