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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMS liURG, PA.
THURSDAY, MAY !, l!t()7
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
HarrisburR, l'a., May 6, 1907.
There are more tluni forty of the 11 f-
ty-neveii counties in this State which
will fleet memliers of the Democratic
County committee at the Uniform l'ri
murks. Tliere was no legal require
nient for this beeause the rules of the
party were paramount in the matter,
But the fact that those counties have
determined on that course puts it up to
the Democratic voters to make (Use
lections. The hope of the party lies in
the organization. The County Com
mitteemen select the Chairmen of tli
runty committees anil they are in
turn the memliers of the State Com
mittee which is the Supreme court of
the party. I f active, earnest and faith
ful Jcmocrats are chosen for memher-
nhip of the County Committees they
are reasonalilvcertaln to choose lit liifii
for memhei'ship of the State Commit
tee, and that accomplished tliere isn't
Duuch doiilit of the rest.
The Democratic parly of 1'ennsylva
uia is in better shape now than It has
been for years The eNiswure of graft
and other iniquities of the Republican
party have practically put that party
out of the running for the olllce of Statt
Treasurer next fall. One of the leading
Republican Senators said to me the
nther day that the Republican candi
date for State Treasurer in this State
will have 110 better chance for election
next fall than t lie .Republican candi
date in (ieorgia or Texas. Hut even at
that the jiarty can't afford to make sac
tttlccH. Di other words an intelligent,
fcithful and elllcicnt organization is as
cnMcntial to success this year as any
other year and though things are going
ur way we can't afTord to have either
a lethargic or a recreant organization.
Of late years the Democrats have
been altogether too careless about such
things. Tliere have been, within a de
cade, Chairmen of County Committees
who didn't take enough interest in the
party affairs to answer the letters of in
quiry of the State Chairman. However
able and earnest the State Chairman
maybe, under such circumstances he
fa unable to achieve results. Jt is a
prerequisite to success that the organi
zation be active as well as honest. Our
misfortune in recent years is that these
essentials have not been fulli lied. The
ortiumitteemen may have b en honest
aiough hut they have lacked energy
and interest. At least they have failed
to prove their faith by works and the
hopes of more than one State Chair
man have been disappointed because
of the delinquency of his stall', for the
(bounty Committeemen hold that rela
tionship to him.
BAD lU.l'MiKH OK TDK JIACHINK.
The political incident in the Legis
lature last week was the defeat of the
resolution of Representative Flynn, of
Klk Jcounty, conveying an expression
of popular appreciation of State Treas
urer Berry's exposure of the capitol
fraft and pledging him moral support
in his resistance of predatory raids upon
Jhe treasury. It wasn't expected that
die machine representatives in the
Legislature would enjoy bestowing
tompliments on Mr. Berry who of all
nen they hate most intensely. But
iobody dreamed that they would
'come out in the open" lu sheltering
corruption. It was believed that they
would assume a virtue," us Hamlet
-uggested to his mother, and when
vith practical unanimity the whole lot
umbled headlong into the trap, even
hose who hoped for such a result were
amazed. A veteran politician who was
resent, one who enjoyed the confl
Jeuce of Quay to the full measure, re
uarked, on hearing of the incident
hat it used to be comparatively safe to
lepend on the Democrats to make a
atal blunder at the opportune time,
ut during all the era of Democratic
-tupidity that party never sounded the
epth of sottishuess as the ltepulili
arm of the Legislature are doing this
.(ear.
But for the exposure of graft made
y Mr. Berry the people never would
have known that the resources of the
State had been shamefully squandered
by a band of political pirates on plun
der bent. But for that, the machine
would still be in undisputed control of
the aflairs of the State and the graft
ing operations now in progress. But
for his courage and fidelity to duty Ar
ehilect Huston would lave secured
another tlOU,0()0 payment and Contrac
tor Sanderson more than that amount
in addition to the millions he hud al
ready stolen. Of course the honest peo
ple of the commonwealth appreciate
that splendid service rendered by Mr,
Berry and would have been glad U
have their representatives in the Leg
islalure convey to him an expression of
the fact. But the disappointed and
now imperiled machine mai.aircrs
couldn't altord to thus caress the hand
that smote them and every member of
the body of that party faith except
eight, Messrs Martin, McJuukin, Mc
Keun, Mickey. Oster, Samuel B. Scott,
Townseud and Yeager, voted agaiia-t
the resolution. It is worthy of notice
Pure
Is certain if you take Hood's Saisaparilla.
This great medicine cures those eruptions,
pimples iuhI boils that appear at all seasons;
cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or cmMim;
adapts itself equally well to, and also cures, dys
pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu
matism ami catarrh ; cures nervous troubles,
debility ami that tired feeling.
SarsatBbn For thnin wlinr,rofi'rn,1lrlnf In tnh-
l"t form, Huml's SnraHimrillit Is now put up In cliocn
Intfil tnlili'ln citllrd SnrHttfiilw, bs writ an In tin- uamil
lliiiiit form, SnrxBtnhs linvn Mcntirally tho sumo
ciirntlve jiropertlc s m the ll'inl'l form, linsldos turn
racy of done, ciiivitili,ni,i, crorinmy, no lim liy evap
oration, breakage or leakage Oniirirists or promptly
by mail. C. I. Hood Co.. l.uwill, Masx.
GfAHAXTKKn under the Food and
that Hitchcock, of Tioga, the sham re
former, is not in this roll of honor. He
obeyed the machine mandate as
promptly as any of the servile slaves
who make 110 false professions of hon
esty.
Jlt sY WKKK IN TIIK I.KOISt.ATCKK.
Last week was a period of achieve
meiit in the matter of legislation. The
House held three sessions a day as us
ual and most of them were drawn out
to something more than the usual
length. The body is doing good work,
moreover, which Is gratifying, if not
surprising. That is to say it has passed
some very excellent legislation which
will, of course, be buried in the Sena
torial sarcophagus later on. It tails in
important emergencies, some times,
however, as in the defeat of the resolu
tion to put the Oster bill providing for
the sale of unused or misused railroad
franchises on the calendar. That bill
was aimed at the South l'enn railroad
which was chartered back in the early
eighties for the purpose of creating
competitive railroad facilities between
the Ka.stcru and 'Western borders of the
State. After several millions hail been
expended on the enterprises the pro)
erty was absorbed by the Pennsylvania
railroad and abandoned. Of course that
action deprives the people of the South
ern tier of counties of needed railroad
facilities and those of all sections of
competitive service.
The argument against the Oster bill
was that the present owrers, having
exjieniled vast sums of money to ac
quire the property, the seizure and sale
of it would be something in the nature
of a confiscation. That is literally ab
surd. In the beginning the purchase
was made in violation of the funda
mental law of the State and conse-
luently invalid. Therefore the pur
chasers have no claim to consideration.
The only just claim in connection with
the transaction is that the people who
were outraged by the juggling of the
franchises. The only purpose of a rail
road charter is to provide the people
with needed facilities to operate their
business and enjoy the pursuit of hap
piness. Some of the corporation pi
rates imagine that charters are for the
purpose of giving them, for nothing,
valuable property, which they imme
diately christen "vested rights " That
is utterly and criminally absurd and in
the case lu question a full measure of
ustice would not only confiscate the
property but would put those concern
ed in the original crime in the peniten
tiary. Tliere is a hopeful sign in the fact
that Creasy's "trust busting" bill got
through the House finally and is likely
to get through the committee of the
Senate, even if it gets no further. This
achievement of the Democrats of the
House is the fruit of vigilance, energy,
assiduity and courage. Early in the
session there were signs of differences
in purpose among the Democrats which
were ominous. But lately that admir
able little group of earnest men have
been pulling together splendidly and
efficiently. It would take too much
space to name all of them and where
all are efficient it Is invidious to make
distinctions. But I may be permitted
to refer especially to Mint-hart, Ripen,
Blakeslee, Dei-sham, Mclntyre, Price,
Noll, Troxell and Knright, who have
supported tho honest leadership of Mr.
Creasy with courage and consistency,
It makes one proud of his party to wit
ness sueli fidelity In an era of recreancy.
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KIDNEY
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1 Ink permanent relief In all
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or write to Dr. David Kennedy'! Bun., Itondout,
N. V., for fret aauipla bottle and medical booklet.
tfc :.
Blood
Mrs. C K. Tyler, llnrllnirtnn, Vt,
Bay 1 " The. rare of a Inrtjo farm, bo
much to .In and nn hide health to do it
with, eame.l altnott a roniplet lnak
ilmvni Wtnd iHinrand ttitn: no ntreneth,
little tdftep. Hood n Snrairllla khva
aitjwtife, nnntrni sleep, perfect health,
klrnniith to do all nijr work.
Drugs Act, June .'10, MOfi. No. 32L
WHKK1C TIIK LOOT WAS fSKI).
From the first announcement of
graft in the construction of the
capital there have been suspicions
that part of the loot went toward
making up deficits in the State
Treasury. Inimediatelv upon the
announcement of the e'ection of
Mr. Berry to the ollice, the ma
chine managers got busy at the
task of getting affairs in order.
Thev worked day and night dur
ing the six months which interven
ed before the transfer of the office
an J at that time exultingly cleclar
ed that everything was in good or
der. Wonders had been achieved,
beyond question an J on the face of
things, there was no cause of com
plaint. Some of them actually
"poked fun" at Mr. Berry because
the campaign predictions hadn't
oeen unfilled. Mr. lierrv was a
good deal surptised himself, it may
be added, to find conditions so sat
isfactory. He knew that the En
terprise bank defalcation had been
repaired though he didn't know
where the money came from. It
was suggested that possibly the
graft mill had been grinding grist
for that purpose, but bs-ing a just
man Mr. Berry said that would be
impossible without the connivance
of certain bankers.
It has since developed, however,
that a very considerable portion of
the graft was used in that way and
that not only the Enterprise bank
deficit but shortages of other banks
were made up through the collu
sion of certain bankers. Of course
this puts the bankers concerned in
the crimes on the same level with
other embezzlers and forgers and
will probably result in their "doing
time" in the penitentiary. But they
are entitled to precisely the same
treatment which would be tneted
out to less prosperous criminals
and I hope the courts will not be
too much inclined to leniencv. Lin
coln StetTens ascribes most of the
corruption in public life to the will
ingness of what are termed the
Captains of Industry" to encour
age misfeasances and share in the
spoils. He never wrote a truer
thing and to my mind punishment
ought to be graduated according to
the wealth of the criminal. A mil
lionaire forger or robber should get
ten times as long a sentence as one
in poverty. In nine cases out of
ten he is influenced to the crimes
by baser motives. Avarice is
among the basest of all evil pas
sions. The sessions of the Investigating
Commission will be held in private,
nereatter, and tor sufficient reason.
The public hearings revealed too
frequently the plans of the distin
guished lawyers conducting the in
vestigation. Kor example the val
ue of the testimony of S. M. Wil
liams who is said to have got $10,
000 of hush money from Congress
man Lassell who mulcted the State
out of a million and a half on the
contract for steel filing cases was
greatly impaired because somebody
prevailed on Williams to forget cer
tain salient facts. The commission
will get all the information on the
subjert it requires, however, and
the attempt to miscarry justice in
that instance will fail. In fact
enough evidence has already been
obtained to send several of the con
spirators to the penitentiary and
torce others to make restitution and
both of these ends will be fulfilled.
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sizes, number 6, 6, 64, 9, 10
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COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Continued from 1st pane.
Mummy on the ground of absence
of material witness. Case contin
ued. In the estate of John Kelchncr,
late of Center township, report of
auditor was confirmed nisi.
In the estate of Mahetable Al
bertson, deceased, the auditor's re
port making distribution was con
firmed nisi.
In the estate of Win. Eetterman,
deceased, the report of W. H.
Rhawn, Esq., auditor, was con
firmed nisi.
Report of viewers in favor of a
county bridge over Musser's ri'n in
Cleveland township near Elias
Mow-cry's, con firmed nisi.
Report of viewers in favor of a
county bridge ovei Scotch run in
Heaver township, near Mifflin X
Roads, confirmed ni si.
Report of reviewers against a
public road in Cleveland township,
near John Urofee's confirmed nisi.
Petition of Harold C. Ervin, mi
nor child of Isaac Ervin, deceased,
for the appointment of n guardian.
Court appointed Peter B. Ervin
guardian.
C. Yv . Swepnenheiser, Center
township; W. P. Zchner, Main; J.
V. Mcllenry, Stillwater: M. E.
Hloom, Conyngham; H. H. Hillig,
Locust; L. M.Sleppy, liloomsburg;
James Quick, Montour; P. P. Da
vis, Mt. Pleasant; Penj. Penny
packer, Mifflin, who had been elec
ted tax collectors at the recent
election, presenteu tneir Donns
with securities, which were approv
... .. .
ed by the Court.
In the estate of George Smith,
deceased, the report of sale was
confirmed nisi.
Com. vs. Golcn Alterius, alias
Frank Reade, et al. Saturday,
May 11, at 10 o'clock, is fixed as
the time for the reading of the
sheriff s return of sale of the real
estate of the above defendant.
Upon petition presented by John
G. Harnian, Esq., Court appointed
I). V. Robbins constable of Pine
township in place of T. H. Gordner
who moved out of the township.
Com. vs. 1-rank German and
Pierce Burke, charge breaking and
entering three cottages, S. C. Crea
sy, prosecutor. The bail, John
German and H. C. Burke surren
dered the defendants into the cus
tody of the sheriff.
The grand jury returned the fol-
owing true bills:
Com. vs. George Edgar and John
Nevil, larceny; a true bill. Win.
H. Snyder, prosecutor.
Com. vs. George Edgar and John
Nevil, larceny and receiving; a true
bill. A. M. Wintersteen prosecu
tor. Com. vs. Geo. Golsone, larceny
and receiving, etc.; a true bill. D.
T. Rusk, prosecutor.
Loin. vs. Elizabeth Earhart,
keeping a bawdy house; a true bill.
Miles Betz, prosecutor.
The application of Michael Mc
Donald for a bail piece in the case
of Com. vs. James Hayden was ar
gued by Edward Flynn, Esq., for
the bail piece, and by John G. Har
nian, Esq., who opposed its being
issued. This was a case in which
the defendant was convicted of an
assault and battery at the Decem
ber sessions and sentenced to pay
the costs, etc., a fine of $50, Mc
Donald becoming his surety for the
payment of the same. He desired
to surrender the defendant to the
custody of the Court so as to escape
the responsibility of his bond and
hence applied for the bail piece.
After hearing argument of counsel
the Court refused the petition.
W. H. Roberts filed his bond as
tax collector for Catawissa town
ship.
Joe Koris was sworn as interpre
ter to examine witnesses before the
Grand Jury.
Upon petition presented by Rob
ert Howell, Esq., a citation was
ordered in the estate of Huston
Robinson, deceased, directing C.
L. Tohe, administrator of wm.
Robinson, deceased, who was the
administrator of Huston Robinson,
to file an account in said estate and
also a rule was allowed to show
cause why the sale of real estate
made by Win. Robinson should not
be set aside. Returnable the first
Monday in June.
In re road in Main and Roaring
Creek townships, order to viewers
continued to report at next term.
In the estate of lid ward Thorne.
deceased, on motion of counsel the
report of auditor continued until
next term.
Henry C. Thomas, tax collector
for the Borough of Catawissa, pre
seuted his bond which was approv
ed by the Court.
Com. vs. Clyde Shuman; not a
true bill.
Com. vs. Win. Danes, false pre
te ue; not a true bill.
Com. vs. James ' Bi ate, assault
and battery, with intent to kill; a
true bill.
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