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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO. PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
Ul.OOMSBURU, PA.
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1!HI7
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
HarrisburR, Pa., April 29, 1907.
The Machine in control of legis
lation has thrown off the reform
mask. Two measures promised in
the party platforms last year were
enacted into laws and Ueprescnti
live Creasy is enjoying the satis
faction that, to that extent, work
for which he has been contending
for many years has been partially
Rccomplishcd. That is to say the
two cent a mile passenger rate bill
and the trolley freight bill have
been signed by the Governor. They
are not the real thing, it must be
admitted, but they are better than
no legislation on the subjects. The
two cent fare bill is of doubtful
constitutionality, it is said by all
capable lawyers who have examined
it and the trolley freight bill has a
String to it that may entirely de
stroy its usefulness. But frail and
faulty as the measures are they are
about all that will be achieved in
the nature of reform legislation
this year.
It is not likely that the policy of
strangling reform legislation dur
ing the remainder of the session
will be proclaimed from the house
tops. There will be no public an
nouncement of the impending ob
seqines. But the burial permits
have been issued and the fact that
the funerals will be clandestine
makes no difference in the results.
The Senate committees will do the
work with a celeritvthat is not even
"contempered with cunctation.
It is an open secret that the Rail
road commission bill is to be killed
in the Railroad committee of the
Senate. The story is that the rail
road magnates have engaged to pro
mote Senator Penrose's ambition
for re-election in consideration of
that service of the machine. There
are those who say that it is not an
agreeable work for the magnates.
Penrose is an expensive luxury and
Elkin would have been preferred.
But Penrose had them on the hip
and forced the issue.
CONFUSION I1RKKDS BAD WORK.
The sins of the Legislature in the
immediate future will not be alto
gether sins of omission, ekher. In
addition to killing reform legisla
tion there are signs of a purpose to
enact some vicious measures. Un
der existing conditions this will be
an easy matter. By strenuous
efforts an enormous number of bills
have been put on the calendar of
.he House and are now at one stage
r another in process of completion.
The result is confusion during every
session. Each member has a num
ber of bills either in committee or
n the calen Jar and he is so anxious
:o get them through that he will
' .-ngage tD do anything which will
telp along the result. The other
jvening I met a Senator on the
treet who was heading toward the
.apitol at a rate of speed that
hreatened heart disease even to
asual observers. "Why the great
laste," some one remarked. "Don't
top me," said the Senator, almost
breathlessly. "I have a dozen bills
n the House committees and I want
0 hurry them out." That is practi
cally the case with every Senator
ind Representative.
Confusion is the handmaid of
ice in legislation. Hardly a word
ittered by the Speaker or anybody
..lse is heard by anybody in the
hamber and even the most vigil
mt members hardly know what
'lills are being considered. Visitors
00k on in amazement and when
.hey ask members for information
-espectiug the work in progress the
nly response they get is the am
ission of ignorance. Under such
iircumstances it is an easy matter
.0 get bad bills through. In fact it
is not known that they are through,
as a rule, until the calendar of the
next day is presented. It is too late
then to enter protest so they go to
the Governor with all their faults.
His action too frequently depends
upon the interest to be subserved
by the legislation. Thus far Gov
ernor Stuart has used the veto with
great courage and wisdom and I
have no reason to apprehend a
change in his policies. But it looks
now as if he will have a strenuous
time from this time on and a Gov
ernor is quite as likely to get con
fused as any one else.
HULINGS RRBL'KED MCNICHOL.
The long session and continuous
labor are getting on the nerves of
Senators and Representatives, more
over. This was shown in the Sen
ate the other day when General
Hulings rasped Senator McNichol,
of Philadelphia, so sharply as tj
make him think that he was going
through a filtration plant. The
previous discussion had been more
or les irritating. Senator Grim,
of Bucks county, had asked for the
discharge of the Committee on
Elections from the further con-
Spring
Impure or effete matters accumulated
in the blood during the winter cause in the
spring: such disfiguring and painful troubles
as boils, pimples, and other eruptions, also
weakness, loss of appetite, that tired feeling.
The best medicine to take is Hood's
Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly cleanses the
blood, and effects permanent cures by giving
healthy functional activity to the stomach,
liver, kidneys, bowels and skin.
In
r)iiMlfttHt litbii't form. Thy Imvo
ttonllv
the name cnrnttve tmtiH'rtip nn Dm liquid
form.
He. cnnvi.nionee. wownusr.
$1, of iriiKifltM or promptly of in lir mnll.
C 1. HondC'o., IjoHtill, Mnsn.
tin ltma hr ftvnnnrntlon. tirpnknirn. or tankntfo.
iwhIiIpk nrrnriwy or mm
(ii'MiANTEEn under tho Food nnrt
sidcralion of his bill to eliminate
the party square from the ballot
Everybody knows that that is tli
principal source of electoral corrup
tion and the Republican machine
managers have determined to pre
serve it. Grim made their position
so uncomfortable, however, that
they were in anything but an ami
able mood. Then Senator Kline
of Pittsburg, made a similar mo'
tion with respect to another bill
and when Hulings came along with
a proposition to discharge all com
mittees from the consideration of
all measures after a reasonable time
had elapsed, the explosion followed.
There is no evil in legislation as
prolific in bad results as that of
smothering bills in committee. The
constitution provides for the refer
ence of all bills to committee but
the framers of that instrument
never intended that the committee
rooms should become grave yards
for all legislation inimical to the
interests of the machine. But the
evil has developed into that vast
proportion. As Senator Grim show
ed three members of a committee,
taking advantage of the absence of
their colleagues, actually negatived
a bill and so reported at a sub
sequent session of the body. That
was literally a crime against popu
lar government and when Senator
McNichol attempted to turn Hu
ang's protest into ridicule the Sena
tor for the Forty-eighth district
promptly and properly rebuked
him. It took the Senate off its
feet for the moment but composure
was soon restored and I have rea
son to think the incident will have
a salutary effect. The exultation
in the House on the passage of the
bill increasing the salaries of legis
lators was a less hopeful sign.
A COUPLE OF FUNNY INCIDENTS.
When the House, a couple of
weeks ago, adopted a resolution
without a dissenting vote, endors
ing some of Roosevelt's policies,
ostensibly, but his aspirations for a
third term in reality, the incident
was fitly characterized as hysteri
cal. It fooled some of the mem
bers, however, and the other night
one of the most emotional of the
lot offered a resolution declaring
the Legislature in favor of the third
term unequivocally, but he run up
against the surprise of his life.
Meantime Penrose must have taken
a few of his most servile followers
into the woodshed for a conference
for the vote on the resolution was
nearly as unanimous against, the
second time, as it was in favor the
first time. Roosevelt got little com
fort from the second vote, though
it is safe to say that there were
more affirmative votes in the House
on that occasion than there will be
for his nomination in the Pennsyl
vania delegation in the next Repu
blican National convention.
Another funny result was on a
motion during the same session of
the House to remove the heads of
Quay and other political crooks
from the bronze doors of the capi
tal. The motion was made bv a
Republican member who has be
come disgusted with the revelations
of capitol graft. Strangely enough
the only objection to the considera
tion of the resolution came from a
Democrat, Mr. Young, of Clinton
county, who protested against wast
IWust Use The Knife
Said the Surgeon, but Dr. David Kennedy's ra
vorile Remedy was taken and the Knile Avoided.
Tlio Union ud Advertiser of ItoehoHtcr,
N. Y., reently puMiHUed the following iu
tTostiu(uMouiit of how William W. Adams
o 127 bouth Aveniio, that city, was Raved
from a puiuful operation by the uso of Dr.
David Kenuedy'g Favorite ltcmody.
Mr. Adam said: "Three years ajjo I was
taken with kiduoy disease very WUyi at
times I was completely prostrated ; in fact,
was so bad that the day was set for the doc
tors to perform tin operation upon me. llut
I decided I would not submit. I had been
put ill hot water baths, ami, iu fact, nearly
every means was tried to help me. Upon
the day set for the operation I commenced
the use of
DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S
FAVORITE REMEDY
and from that moment bo";au to Rain, nnd
it was not long before I was entirely cured
and have had no return of the trouble since.
My weight has increased and I never was so
well as I am now. I have recommended
Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Itemedy to many
people, for it saved my life."
Writ to Dr. David Kennedy' Hon., Hondout.N.
Y., for free ample bottle of Dr. Dvld Kcnni'dv'i
, Fnvorlto Heinedy, the ureal Kidney, l.lver and Wood
lutxilclua, Lugt bvUltts fl.UO, All druifgiau,
HuinfiiQirs
Sir. Ij. niPkrnrd. tloxKVlllP, IS. II., imy:
f.vcry Kprinir n romi'li-tnly proxtrati
run down, from ilvHt)insin fiml tlint tlrpd fr
inir. Hut I Iihvu found llond's Snrnnpnrilla
hi'lpa nin from flip Mrnt tlimn, rompletuly
restores iroou ni-aitn mm Hirciiifin.
Prnga Act, Juno HO, 1900. No. 324.
ing the tune of the House with
such trifles. But only a few outside
of the Democrats voted on the ques
tion and though the vote was al
most unanimously in the afTirma
tive the Shaker declared the reso
lution was lost because less than 1
majority of a quorum had. voted
That was technically a correct ru
ling but if the Speaker had beei
for instead of against the resolu
tion the point would not have been
raised and at least one of the dis
graceful incidents of the new capi
tol would have been removed.
SMALL RUT SI'LKNDID MINORITY.
There is encouragment in the im
proved tone of the minority. Re
creancy is trowned upon so per
ceptibly that those delinquent have
a hard time of it afterward. Take
the Senators absent when the vote
on the McCord bill was taken, for
example. Everybody knew that
Senator Hall was seriously ill and
there was no criticism of his ab
sence except in the columns of a
particularly mendacious scandal-
mongering newspaper. I he caucus
at which the Democrats agreed to
vote as a unit for the bill was held
in his room and the motion was
made by himself. He was in com
plete sympathy with the purpose of
the action and everv just man in
and out of Harrisburg, familiar
with the subject, understood the
fact. But Senators Miller, of
Northampton, and Rowland, of
Pike, have suffered in the estima
tion of their colleagues immensely.
have no doubt that their explana
tions are accurate and that they
would have been glad to vote for
the bill. No doubt their colleagues
are of the same opinion. But their
reputations suffered a good deal of
wear and tear before the explana
tions were made and it is a safe
guess that they will be more care
ful in the future.
Speaking of tone in such situa
tions it is worthy of remark that
Senator Hall's presence in the
chamber appears to give courage
and confidence to his colleagues.
The little band of Democrats in
that body is composed of splendid
fellows. Grim, Herbst and DeWalt
of the old guard and Dimelinz.
Blewitt and Klinedinst of the new
Senators are both capable and
courageous. Senator Dmieling is a
particularly virile and efficient
legislator. Long ago somebody re
marked in commenting upon the
great force of the late Governor
Bigler and the marvelous efficiency
of the late Senator Wallace that
there appears to be something in
the air of that mountain region that
makes men great. Dimeling is new
in the service and as modest as a
maiden but he achieves results.
Such men don't need and wouldn't
endure a boss but a competent and
courageous leader vastly helps to
maintain the esprit du corps and
Senator Hall is just the man for
that post. He wants none of the
honors or compliments for himself
but gives moral support, encourage
ment and opportunity to others to
acquire distinction.
THE GRAFT INVESTIGATION.
The graft investigation has gone
from bad to worse and it is only a
question of which of the conspira
tors will go to the penitentiary and
for how long a term. Kvery pre
tense of Pennypacker has been ex
posed and refuted and even his
friends are beginning to speculate
upon the result of his trial in the
criminal courts. That he is culpa
ble hardly admits of doubt but
whether criminally liable or not is
a question. But it is certain that
the State was robbed of upwards of
five millions of dollars for the bene
fit of his friends and in consequence
ot ins delinquency, and justice re
quires a criminal prosecution to
vindicate the law.
During the sitting of last week
11 . p . .
an sons 01 surprising uungs were
brought into view. It was shown
conclusively, and subsequently ad
mitted, that Payne & Co. had pad
ded bills of sub contractors and col
lected vast sums from the State in
that way; that a contract for up
ward of $300,000 was let without
advertising as the law requires and
tnat 110 requisitions were made by
the heads of the departments for
any ui me uiciui luumuic iiuu ining
IVI VV111VU V.UU1CSI1IUU VuS-
sell's company charged more than
$2,000,000. In the light of these
facts all the money spent by the
Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings was unlawfully taken
from the treasury and ought to be
recovered from the delinquent,
not actually criminal, members
the Board guilty of the crimes.
G. D. II.
Prosperity Outlook Continues to Be
Good.
That the country is not suffering
from a depression 111 business
evident from the dispatches in the
big newspapers, from centers of
production and distribution. It
stated that all the business is being
done that can be performed with
the existing plants and resources
and that a little relapse would be
distinctly helpful. The steel and
iron industry, the coal, car and
other industries which are the first
to feel a check in business activity
are all taxed to supply the demands
which have accumulated 111 the last
two years and have more than
enough orders to occupy them well
into igoS. Ivven if the railroads
do cut down their expenditures for
improvements, the loss in that di
rection will be met by delayed de
mands for material and other pur
chasers. As an official of the Car
negie Steel Company put it, "The
railroads have crowded out the buy
ing of nearly all other lines, and
many of these have not expanded
as rapidly as they wished." The
railroads, in fact, may not be able
to scale down to any material ex
tent their plans for betterments.
They are not able now to handle
the traffic offered to them, and if
general business continues to ex
pand and the crops of 1907 equal
those of 1905 and 1906 the trans
portation lines will be forced in
their own interest to equip them
selves for the greater carrying
trade thrust on them. Agricultu
ral prosperity is the real basis of
our present national prosperity,
and so long as the fanners can
raise record crops and get remuner
ative prices for them other indus
tries will flourish and the tailroads
will have all the traffic they can
handle.
uiri h iM'rttia Collars.
The bertha collar Is becoming to
very childish nguro and In roiuh
form or other Is an addition to very
nearly every frock. Here are font
oorts that provide both for the
plainer dresses and the more f-inclftil
ones and that are shaped and trim
med in a variety of ways. As Illus
trated No. 1 Is made of white lawn
trimmed with Valenciennes lace and
Insertion. No. 2 1b made of white
batiste with lace put on in an alto
gether different and far more elab
orate manner and No. 3 Is ot the
same material with lace insertion,
edging and banding but No. 4 Is em
broidered by hand. All the models
are suspectible of variations, how
ever, and embroidery can be substi
tuted for lace and. Indeed, any band
ing that Is adapted to the material
while No. 4 can be embroidered o.
braided In any design that may bo
selected.
What Lemons Are For,
Kvery toilet table Bhould be sup
plied with lemons. They are so valu
able one cannot do without them.
A bad headache can be cured by
a teaspoonful of juice la a cupful of
block coffee.
A slice of lemon rubbed on the
temples and back of the neck may be
used for headache.
A little rubbed on the skin at night
will soften and whiten Its texture.
A paste made of magnesia nnd
lemon Is excellent to whiten the
hands.
A good manicure acid Is made
from a teaspoonful of lemon juice In
a cupful of worm wuter. It will euro
dU-eolored finger nulls.
Lfinon Juice In water will loosen
the tarter that forms on the teeth.
It makes the breath sweet.
I-cmon Is excellent for cleaning tan
Rlioeti, also taking the black stains
away by rubbing with soft cloth.
HintH For The I-auiidiy.
Grass stains rubbed with molasses
will como out In the washing without
further care.
If you wish to blench a cotton
dress white, that has become faded,
boll In cream of tarter water.
To remove ten, coffee or chocolate
Htalns from tablo linen, sprinkle with
borax and eoak in cold water. Then
Btretch the linen over a bowl nnd
pour boiling water directly upon
stained places.
OABTOniA.
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FOR MEN
are worn by more men tbaa
,'any'other shoe made.
Come in and let us fit you
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PRICE,
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BLOOM SB URG, PA.
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes : ;
Ciias. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Prvor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
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