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O F F I C K It S :
1 . V. M. Low, President. J. M. Stawr, Vice President.
K. II. Tustin, Vice President. K F. Carpenter, Cashier,
DIUKCTOIIS:
-. W. M.Low, F. O. Yorks, FrHiik Ikeler, Joseph Itattl,
t. H. Tustin, V red Ikeler, Oen, H. liobbins, H. C. Creasy,
J.M Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, H. V. Hower.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTAHUSIIKP 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1869
TUBLIS'IRI) EvKtiY Tlll'RSDAV MoRNINC,
At lSlo.imslmrg, the County Seat of
Columbia County , Pennsylvania.
Tkkms: tnsule the county $1.00 a year
la alvancej 1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outside thecounty, $1.25 a year, strictly in
Advance.
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Till'. COLVMMAN, KloomsW Pa.
THURSDAY, JITXE 13, 1!(I7
Bryan Predicts Campaign Issues.
Trusts. Tailroads and Tariff Will bo Points.
Trusts, the railroads and the tar
iff will be the issues in the next
Presidential campaign, in the opin
ion of William J. Bryan, as express
ed in an interview in New York re
centlv. lie regards the outlook for
the Democratic party for next year
as very good.
Mr. Bryan was in New York as
a guest of the Democratic Progress
ive League, which was only recent
ly organized. In the course of the
interview, he was asked to give his
idea of a progressive Democrat,
aM he replied:
n every country there are two
remes in politics the radical
the conservative. It is the aim
the progressive Democrat to
r a middle course between the
. j and take up all great measures
and solve them. There are two el
ements in the Republican party,
one which I might call the extrem
ists, and the other "the stand pat
ters." I have been a tariff reformer for
years, but there are other questions
before the people relatively more
important at present, such as the
trusts and the railroads. I believe
that the Democratic party in its
national platform will take cogniz
ance of ail three of these questions,
but in my opinion the tariff will
not bs the paramount issue.
The financial issue is not the
same now as it was in 1896. It is
not due to the Republican party,
however, but to natural causes,
such as the world's increase of gold
supply, which has accomplished in
a measure what I tried to accom
plish in the campaign of 1896. As
a matter of fact, we are all repudia
tors now. The dollar of to day is
not the dollar of 1896. The dollar
of to day is at least 30 per cent,
less in purchasing power than it
was in 1896. The cost of living
has greatly increased, so that the
face value of a dollar to-day does
not at all compare with the pur
chasing ability of eleven years ago.
Mr. Bryan reiterated his belief in
the principles of the initiative and
referendum and municipal owner
ship. In an address before the Board of
Trade and Transportation, where
he was entertained at luncheon.
Mr. Bryan spoke on the relations
between the farmers and those en
gaged in trade and transportation.
He said the farmer realized the
need of trade, but that the farmers
and the men engaged in trade and
transportation must understand
each other better. He called specu
lating in wheat gambling, and said
the farmers disliked it.
Turning to the question of rail
roads Mr. Bryan said he was glad
of an opportunity to commend the
action of President Roosevelt in the
direction of railroad regulation.
"I am sure," he said, "the peo
ple of this land will never deal as
unjustly with the railroads as the
railroads have dealt with the peo
pie, nor will they show toward the
railroads any such hostility as
would deny the railroads a fair re
turn. What the former contends
is that the railroads are overvalued
and that they are forced to pay
taxes on that over-valuation. I ask
that you unite with the farmer to
give him just rates and to free him
from extortionate rates."
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
IIARRISBURO LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 10, 1907.
As the delegates to the Republican
State convention were assembling in
Lyceum Theatre, in this town, on
Thursday last. "Hen" Bnch stood ut
the stage door and informed every
body t hut lie had at last "got even
Willi that prodigious humbug, Boose
volt." The other statesmen associated
with the event were less candid but
(juite as earnest in the matter. The en
dorsement of Senator Knox for Presi
dent was not because they love Knox
but for the reason that they hate Roose
velt. There wasn't a until conspicuous
in the convention who doesn't despise
the President. There isn't u man in
the entire outlit who isn't ready with
a till by epithet every time his name is
incut ioned.
Senator Penrose brought Senator
Knox forward as a Presidential candi-
late lor a two-fold purpose. Roose
velt is a nanie to conjure with. A vast
proportion of the people of this coun
try believe in violence. One of the
most distinguished sociologists of the
period lias declared that in the highest
development of civilization men are
only slightly removed from savagery.
The animal passion predominates the
best of us and in the average com
munity there ate dozens of men ready-
to attend a dog light to one who is
anxious to participate in the dedica
tion of a church. Most of us try to
fool ourselves and others on this point
but the fact is overwhelming and irre
futable. It is the savage in Roosevelt which
coin mauds popular admiration. People
admire him because he "does things."
It makes no dill'erence to thoughtless
men that most of the things he does are
subversive of the fundamental princi
ples of the government. . They are wil
ling to take chances on the future if
the 'fur Hies" in the present. Thev
want action and diversion at any cost
and when Roosevelt calls Hurrimau a
liar even though the evidence is over
whelming that Harrinian ha told the
truth, the public applauds the Presi
dent. It is unusual for a President to
call people liars indiscriminately and
the public applauds the novelty. It
Is the animal propensity iii the huniuu
miud.
PENROSE'S REAL PURPOSE.
Besides Peurose Is anxious to divert
public attention from himself and there
is no better way to achieve that re
sult than by putting his colleague un
der the limelight. Pretending to ap
plaud Roosevelt and assuming to man
age a Presidential campaign for Knox
Js the surest wuy of escaping the cen
snre of the Republican people of the
State. Penrose doesn't care for nralse
for himself. He wants to be re-elected
next year and understands that the
quietest way is the best to accomplish
that purpose. The late Mr. Tweed of
New York, wanted to be left alone.
That Is precisely the cane with Pen
rose. If he can avoid notice he may
escape condemnation and in that his
hope lies.
It niuv be said that a sinner Is most
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At any rate, you seem to be
getting rid of it on auction-sale
principles: "going, going,
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no mistake about this. It acts
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SARSAPARILLA.
PILLS.
CHbKRY PECTORAL.
dangerous when he pretends to lie 11
saint. A burglar can do little harm
If his presence in the premises Is
known. Reasoning on the same line
it may be said that a roliticul boss
is most menauclng when he pretends to
be In accord with the people. This is
why Penrose is likelv to be mischiev
ous now. He hates Roosevelt Sis the
devil hates holy water," but he is pre
tending a great friendship for the Presi
dent. He en vies and despises Senator
Knox but assumes lobe his most ar
dent champion. He is trying to de
celve the public bv these false pro
tenses in order to promote his own hel
lish ambitions. "Hen" Rucli spoke
Penrose's sentiments as well as his
own.
Moreover the candidacy of Knox is
Inspired by enmity against the Presi
dent, rather than by friendship. The
President has announced his preference
forTaftas his successor audit would
be impossible to imagine a man more
diametrically opposite to him than
Knox. Less than a year and a half
ago Roosevelt publicly denounced
Kuox as one of "the railroad lawyers
in the Senate," who were striving to
defeat his policies and circumvent his
purposes. No man selects an uncut
who is openly opjswed to the principles
wlilcli lie cherishes. Even a lawyer
can't get the best results for a client in
whose cause lie disbelieves. As a mat
ter of fact Knox is the candidate of
tliose who are against Roosevelt.
'ALSK PRETENSE IN Til K NOMINATION.
Praising Roosevelt, therefore, and
eulogizing Knox in the same platform
was absurd. Hut it was hardly more
farcical then the subterfuge through
which the candidate for State Treasur
er was chosen. It was falsely pretend
ed that the Penrose machine was on-
posed to the nomination of Mr. Sheatz.
The truth is that the nomination was
promised to Mr. Slieatz live mouths
ago by the malingers of the Penrose
machine and with the knowledge and
assent of Penrose. It was his reward
for "bcillir in Hid" as chairman of tlu
House committee oil aimronriiil ions.
, , 1
The l'oiise committee on appropria
tions is the instrument for 'log-rolling"
legislation. The machine ouldn't be
gin to work its purposes without the
co-operation of the chairman of that
committee.
For example a piece of vicious leiris-
lation is needed by the maceine but
t hat sort of legislation is ubliorrent to
the average self-respecting country
member. Every one of those men have
hospital or some other charity to
take care of and they are taken in turn
to the chairman of the committee on
appropriations who assures them that
their cherished appropriation will be
be made certain if they "go along" on
the legislative serpent. Of course thev
can't resist that kind of reasoning. It
touches too closely on their political
Interests. If they want to comeback
they must take care of the local hos
pital at any cost in cash or conscience
and they oblige the machine. It must
be said of Mr. Slieatz that he played
fairly. Ho gave them all the appro
priations they wanted.
But how about his own reputation
after the accounts pre balanced? In
order to help the machine Mr. Sheatz
engineered through the Legislature ap
propriation bills aKirreiratimr ten or
twelve million dollars more than the
revenues amount to. Of course the
Governor can cut the amounts down
and thus cheat the members who, as
one of thein put it, "sr.ld themselves
body and sonl to the machine" for leg
islation liey desired. Mr. Sheatz can
protest that he kept his pledge and it
isn't ills fault that the revenues are de
ficient. But his oart of the agreement.
was iniquitous, immoral and subver
sive ot every principle of justice and
Honor. It was a consnlraev to burden
the statute books with bad legislation
for the benefit of a corrupt machine.
SHEATZ WANTING IN QUALIFICATIONS.
it revealed an absence of business in
telligence, also, which is an essential
qualification for the office of State
Treasurer. The first dutv of the chair
man of the House committee on appro
priations is to disoover. annroximatelv
at leust, the amouut of the revenues
and make the nnnrnnrliiKntiu
wunin tne limit. No fur from doinir
that Mr. Slieatz want nLniif tl
work much after the fashion that
- "vv HUUUb VUV
blacksmith would proceed to repair
wuicii. mere- were several revmi
bills introduced, but Slieatz imid no
attention to their progress. He went
Headlong into the matter of uppropria
tions and didn't appear to care n -'link
er's dam" whether the bill could be
paid or not.
Until within a fewyearssuch a thing
as cutting an appropriation hill wr
rarely heard of and until the adminis
tration ot Uoveruor Stone no Executive
ever thought of cutting an item In an
appropriation bill. In those times.how
ever, the chairmanship of the commit
tee was bestowed on men who were
capable of performing the duties of the
omce. mere was no haphazard work
with them. Why when the late Sam
uel J. Randall was chairman of the
House committee on appropriations in
congress the disparity between the
re-
OASTOXIXA.
Bern the KM ton Have Always Bought
celpls nnd expenditure of the govern
ment was less than it couple of millions
though the aggregates amounted to
hundreds of millions ol dollars.
In the only public service lie has
ever performed, therefore, Mr, Slieatz
,'was weighed In the balauceand found
wanting." Under such circumstances
why should the people entrust him
with the management of the fiscal af
fairs of the State? The decent reputa
tion he established as a Representative
in the Legislature before he "made
terms" with the machine may entitle
him to popular respect. Hut nobody
would think of making 11 man Presi
dent of a vast railroad system because
ho had made a fairly good record on a
single trip as a brakemuu. It would
be especially unwise in the event that
he had subsequently failed to make
good us ticket agent ut one of the hil
portaiil stations.
.MOST HKINIFICANT FEATURE.
The significant thing, however, is
that the nomination of Mr. Sheatz
was a false pretense. In other words
it was pretended that Senator Penrose
wus for Captain Cummins and against
Sheatz. Asa matter of fact Captain
Cummins lias never been a candidate.
When it was discovered that Mr.
Sheatz's incompetency as chairman of
the 1 louse commit tee on appropriations
Mould compel the veto of the Soldiers'
Pension Pill, it wiw suggested to Pen
rose that the nomination of Cummins
who is a veteran and a Grand Army
man might placate the soldiers who
will be disappointed in their expecta
tion of a pension. The matter was
brought to the attention of Cummins
and he promptly declined to be the
stalking lioise.
Under the circumstance Penrose de
termined to nominate Sheatz but un
der conditions which would make it
appear that it was in response to the
demand of the country delegates. Sen
ator Flinn, of Pittsburg, who opposes
Penrose without knowing why was
scut for and Mattered beyond measure
because there seemed to lie deference
to his opinion The machine delegates
lor this county who would set tire to
tiie capitol building if Penrose asked
them to became enthusiastic for Slieatz
and still Per rose's friends were "inti
mating" that he was for Cummins for
the etl'ect. This farce was kept up un
til Cummins arrived in the city when
he int a stop to it promptly. Then
Penrose, pretending lie was forced, ac
cepted Sheatz.
This false pretense may or may not
be "good politics." It is certain that
no Republican can be elected State
Treasurer this year unless the public
believes him to be in sympathy with
policies of Mr. Berry. It is equally
certain that Penrose doesn't want that
sort of u man in office. The treasury
balance must be available us an asset
for Penrose during the campaign of
1308 and a Republican of the Rerry
type would not permit that. It may
be assumed, therefore, that Sheatz and
Penrose have come to an agreement
for the future a9 they were in agree
ment during the session of the Legis
lature. In other words Sheatz will use
the olllco for the benefit of the machine
if he gets it.
NOBODY RELIEVES IN THE ELECTION
OF SHEATZ,
Few, if an v, of the delegates who at
tended the convention or those who
were "merely lookers on" believe that
Sheatz will be elected. As Mr. Berry
expressed it a few days ago, the people
want a man in that ofiice who will not
be beguiled by the "suave gentlemen in
the other departments." Pennypacker
came to this town with a reputation
for probity which would have been a
splendid heritage for his children.
Hampton L. Carson came to the office
of Attorney General with an enviable
reputation for integrity and profession
al ability and honor. But both of
them yielded to the allurements which
the machine managers have in abun
dance and are held now in absolute
contempt by everybody.
The temper of the convention prov
ed that it was without hope. People
stood about the hotels for hours before
the meeting offering stage tickets, box
seats and a cliromoof Knox to anybody
who would attend the convention.
Yet there were less than a hundred
people in the gallery, capable of seating
a thousand, and there were dozens of
vacant seats on the stage. Then the
proceedings were essentially of the ma
chine order. Speaker Walton's ap
pearance on the stage wus like the com
ing of the preacher at a funeral, and
every thing " was dreary and dismul.
As soon as the funeral ceremonies were
over, moreover, the delegates hastened
out of town and an hour afterward no
body would have known a convention
had been held.
G. J). H.
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