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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMS BURG, PA.
T1IUKSDAY, JUNK '27, VM)1
HARRISBURO LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
HarrisburR, Pa., June 24, 1907,
Benator Mcek's "iH-tnocratic Watch
mii." of lit'lli'fontc. opens up a vast
and fertile fit-Id for iiu-titnl Kpeetilatinn
In an editorial which miht be niro
t)ritttclv entitled "Tlic Kewmition of
Mie Machine." It refers to the return
to political activity of that element in
life of "corrupt and contented"
ffhlladelphlu which for years had Imhu
Footing the puhlle in every concelvahle
way. It recallN the NWimpcr of the
banditti when, two years ago, an at
kempt to steal the municipal join works
stirred popular indignation "from ecu
ter to circumference." J lurry I'iu ky,
II. J. Trainer, I. W. Durham, J. 1.
McNichol, J. H. Klemmcr, James L.
Miles, Dave Lane and other notorious
Wwdlers and pirates resinned from the
City Committee under the pretense of
withdrawing from party management
In the interest ofpolilicul morality.
The alert anil reminiscent "Watch
man" recalls the just exultation of the
City Tarty folk and other reformers
over the triumph of civic righteousness
and their refusal to be fooled at that
time by the palpable false pretense of
the machine managers. I hey contin
ued their campaign for olllcial integri
ty and political regeneration and
through the election of William II.
Berry and their local candidates,
achieved ''a most famous victory."
But that accomplished they lost inter
act and energy, which was precisely
what the self-expatriated crooks ex
pected, and incidentally forfeited every
advantage wliich hud been gained. At
the election of last fall the Uepubliean
cicket had a substantial majority and
by the vote for mayor in February the
machine restoration was made com
plete. Ashbridge was no more the
pmtof the gang than iteylmrn.
lirSIMS AT TIIK Ol. I STAN I .
It is small wonder in view of these
.'acts that the machine managers have
emerged from their temporary seclu
sion and "resumed business at the old
itand." Uausley is again in his place
is a member of the City Committee,
nd Trainer and I)urhamand McNicli
il and Klemmer and Martin and Lane
did Seeds and the Yares i id Berkel
oach and Coslcllo are ausv . ring to the
oil call precisely as they did before the
little Hare up. It is 11. longer necessa
ry to .operate through agents. The
worst of them can now come out in the
pen and ho'.d corrupt commerce with
,he Captains of Industry and the Mer
:hant Princes who trade principles
tnd sacrifice honor for business favors
aid tax exemptions.
This is indeed an interesting but hu
ailiating subject for contemplation.
The man of wealth and social stand
ng, the leaders in the professional,
ommercial and industrial life of the
Metropolis of the commonweal! h, are
..u league with the boodlers, the ballot
iox stutters, the promoters of vice ami
iroteetors of crime, to loot the city in
rder that the spoils of the predatory
perations may be divided among
hem. Can men of such sordid com
uercialisin have come from honest
.vomeli or are they all alike ''corrupt
.nd contented?" This is a (juestion
vhich naturally arises in the thought
111 mind, the answer to wliich is left to
.onjecture. No stream is purer or foul
er than its source.
The selection of "Dave" Lane as the.
illicial bead of this restored machine
;S both logical ami appropriate. His
iiniireeution on civic righteousness is
:ullilled. Ollico holders will again be
lotilied that they must stuff the ballot
m.xes in order to hold their jobs, and
he white slave traffic, the brothels
mil the speakeasies will 11 nd shelter
vithin the shadow of the city hull. It
i a burring shame that such things
;an be, but they are. The busbies and
irofessional men of the city are resjion
ible, moreover. Unless the conscience
f the country districts is aroused to
full measure of resentment this infa
mous criminal conspiracy will work its
purpose.
AIM OF THK IXKiUITOUS COM III XK.
The present aim of this iniquitous
combination is the election of John O.
.Sheutz to the ottlce of State Treasurer.
Having served the machine as Chair
man of the House Committee on Ap
propriations it is confidently believed
that lie will use the State Treasury to
promote the re-election of l$oie Penrose
tut Senator In Congress. They have
neither resect nor affection for Sheaf,.
.V man who accept a bribe is always
.lesplsed by the person who paid the
money and one who betrays faith is in
variably held under suspicion. While
Sheatz professed to be independent the
machine managers paid iiouttentiou to
him. Hut when conditions arose that
made his reform reputation a valuable
machine unset, they opened up negoti
ations witli him mid he promptly sold
hi honor for the Chairmanship of the
Committee on Appropriations, That
he prostituted the powers of that olllce
1 kuown to every intelligent citizen.
With his assent if not ut his instance
!)2,0OO,OOO were appropriated during
Catarrh
Is a constitutional disease orlk'lnntins In
Impure blood nnd requiring constitutional
treatment nctltiR through and purifying tlio
Mood for Its radical nml permanent cure.
The preatcst constitutional remedy Is
Hood's Sarsaparilla
In usual liquid form or In chocolated
tablets known ns SarsatabS. 100 doses $1.
Nival and other local forms of catarrh
are relieved by Catarrlets, which allny In
t Humiliation nml deodorize discbarge. 50c,
the recent session of the Legislature
while the revenues for the period cov
ered by the appropriations are known
to be less than "i0,000,000. In other
words Mr. Sheatz promised to pay out
ol the State Treasury sufllclelit money
to bribe the Republican State conven
tion to nominate him for State Treas
urer when he knew that it would be
impossible to meet the obligations.
Whatever any Republican Representa
tive or Senator in the Legislature ask
ed for. Sheatz allowed. This made him
appear "a good fellow" and the Sena
tors and Representatives In the Legis
lature who had received his favors
formed a lobby which even Penrose
couldn't resist, so he entered Into the
deal. It was a corrupt bargain among
venal men for a criminal purpose.
KKSI'ONSIIIII.ITY Foil I'KXSION VKTO.
If Sheatz had been fit for the olllce
which he purchased at the price of
honor and manhood, he would not
put upon the Coventor tho burden of
paring the appropriations to the meas
ure of the revenues. According to the
public prints the veterans of the Civil
War and their friends are censuring
Governor Stuart for vetoing the pen
sion bill. It is unjust to put the blame
upon him. He probably would have
been glad to have contributed to that
act of justice to the heroes of the great
est war of modern times. But as Chair.
man of the Committee on Appropria
tions Representative Sheatz had so
burdened the resources of the State
that the (iovernor had no alternative.
It is Sheatz, therefore, rather than
the Governor who is responsible for
that veto. The ( iovernor felt that lie
was under moral obligations to carry
out the pledges of the platform upon
which he ran in so far as that was pos
sible. Very few of the pledges were
brought ui to him and among those J
which were was lilieral appropriations
to the public charities No mention
was made of the pension bill in the
platform and the (iovernor felt that he
could veto it without stultification.
Rut the charity appropriations might
have been made amply liberal and still
allow the approval of the pension bill
if the Chairman of the Appropriations
Committee- had been courageous and
capable.
The (iovernor might have saved the
soldiers' pension bill, however, not
withstanding the palpable incompe
tency of Chairman Sheutz and his mis
use of the power of his olllce. The ap
propriations to Philadelphia institu
tions are absolutely prolligate. It is not
generally known but it is a fact, nev-
ertheless, that almost every dollar of i
the expense of maintaining the chari
ties, the indigent and, the helpless of
Philadelphia is drawn from the State
Treasury, In every other county the
almshouses and other institutions for
the maintenance of the indigent are
supported by local taxation. But in
Philadelphia all such institutions, sec
tarian or otherwise, get State appropri
tions.
WHAT STl'AKT JIKIHT HAVE IOXE.
Governor Stuart might have cut
down the appropriations for these Phil
adelphia institutions sufllciently to ad
mit of the approval of the Pension bill.
Take the University of Pennsylvania,
for example. There is no reason under
the sun why it should receive 'a State
appropriation. It Is a private institu
tion essentially and conducted exclu
sively for gain. The people of the State
feel pride, no doubt, in its prosperity
as well as In its reputation for excel
lence. Rut the Philadelphia Library
and the Girard College in that city and
the Carnegie Library and Institute in
Pittsburg are quite as worthy of praise,
SKIN ERUPTIONS.
Mauy persona are much annoyed
by prickly beat, hives, bulls and
other gkin emjitloiiH, often at
tended by pninful Itching soil
burning, and eomctlmes becom
ing obitlnttic and unsightly sores.
Corpulent ueopie are emitxlally
subject to then maddeuimr In.
f -) flections all caused by impure
Ljtf.'l blood, scrofula, Cuncer and all
V other skin dinettes aUa from an
U&i-JtMlt. Impure stato of the blood.
DR. KENNEDY'S
fifAVQRITE
IT REMEDY
If taken when them itymptomt firm appear, will pre
vent HerioiiH conaetpieuuea. It mrikeH ut the cutis
of the trotihle, by pently opening the ItowelH, toning
the stomach, stimulating the kidneys anil liver to do
Ihi'ir iiiHrtant work, and ending In netting up a
healthy action of the system. It may he accepted aa
a cure for nil derangements nprlnging from impure
blood. Fever and Ague, Malaria, hlieumatic (Join,
and all urinary derangements rapidly Improve under
the name treatment. If you have Inrtigeation, dls
ordered liver, no appetite, constipation, feverliib
akin, take Dr. Kenucdy'i Kavorhe Itemedy without
delay. Ksep It In the house w hen you are home,
and with you on Journeys. Large bottles $1.00. All
druggists.
Write Dr. Tts-ld Kennedy' Sons, Rnndout, N.T.,
for free sample bottle and uietlicai booklet, leutioa
this paper when you writ.
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yet nobody thinks of asking for appro
priations for them.
Of course Governor Stuart followed
precedent In approving the appropria
tions in question but he would much
better obey the constitution than be a
slave to precedent. The constitution
forbids appropriations to sectarian In
stitutlons altogether and requires a
two-thirds vote in each branch of the
legislature for appropriations toother
charitable objects while, as a matter of
fact, not a single measure of that char
acter received such a majority of Sena
tors or Representatives, 'present and
voting." Possibly the Governor may
not be obliged to veto a measure on
that account but It is ample reason for
veto if he were inclined to Invoke It.
Nevertheless 1 am disposed to ab
solve tho (Jovernor from blauie for vc
toing the Pension bill. It is really the
only appropriation other than those
for the actually State Institutions that
has the sanction of the fundametal
luw. Section IS of article 8 of the con.
btitution declares that "no approprla
tlon, except for pensions or gratuities
for military services, shall be made for
charitable, educational or benevolent
purposes, to any person or community,
nor to any denominational or sectarian
institution, corporation or association."
If that provision of the constitution
had been obeyed there would have been
plenty of money for the soldiers' pen
sions.
WORK OF THK PKOIIF.KH.
It Is hardly worth while to discuss
the work of the capitol probers at this
time. The public hearings are iluish-
ed but sufficient time to analyse the
Voluminous testimony has not Inter
vened and the best estimate that could
be made now would be guess work. It
Is practically certain, however, that
criminal prosecutions will be institut
ed though it Is not certain that they
will be expedited. Upon this point
what might be termed experts differ.
Some imagine that an elf. rt will lie
made to convict a "scape-goat" before
the election so as to justify the claim
that the Republican party proposes to
effect real reforms, while others are of
the opinion that tho proceedings will
be delayed until after the election so
that In the event of the election of
Sheatz "an end may be put to the talk
of civic righteousness," to quote the
language of Dave Lane.
G. If. 1).
Tb Twins.
The Harmon twins looked so ranch
alike us balden that their parents
could scarcely tell them apart. As they
grew older it became evident that to
(irnndmotlir-r Harmon at least the
twins were n unit.
"Von were asking me how much the
wins weigh," said Grandmother Har
mon to a neighbor. "When I went out
that afternoon I put one of them on
the scales at the grocery and found
th".v weigh just twenty-six pounds."
"Do they always weigh exactly the
same?" Inquired tho neighbor, and
Grandmother Harmon looked quite Im
patient. "The twins?" she said. "Of course;
why not?"
The neighbor hnd no reason to give,
but she rebelled n few days later when
in answer to her Inquiry Grandmother
Harmon said:
" 'Where are tho twins?' Oh, they
got a cinder hi one of their eyes, and
their mother has taken them down to
the oculist's to have It removed, they
were fussing so over it." Youth's
Companion.
Where Diners Had to Be on Time.
Closely parallel to the fag end of
the JCuston road and visible from It at
various turnings is a street which be
longs to few me's London. It Is a
dingy, granite paved, populous street
of no attraction. Yet this street has
known better times and eager guests.
In tho house ho knew as 43, now oblit
erated by a big new 'warehouse, I.r.
William Kitchener entertained his fel
low wits and gourmets. He had am
ple means to ride his three hobbles,
optics, cookery and music. His din
ners were often elaborate experiments
In cookery, and tho guests had to rec
ognize this fact. Five minutes past 5
was the minute, and if a guest came
lato tho Janitor had Irrevocable orders
not to admit him, for It was held by
the mythical "committee of taste,"
of whom Kitchener was "secretary,"
that the perfection of some of the
dishes was often so evanescent that
"the delay of one minute after their
arrival at tho meridian of concoction
will render them no longer worthy of
men of taste," -T. I'.'s London Weeklv.
When Cloveland Said "By Gosh!"
"A long legged friend of mine, who
niny be called I1IU Jennings as well as
anything else," says Emerson Hough
In Appb'tou's Magnzlnc, "always In
sisted that lie was responsible for tho
opening of the Cherokee country. 'I
went down to Washington,' said he,
'to see Cleveland about It. I went up
to the dosr of Cleveland's house right
at tho front door and I knocked, aud I
heard Cleveland holler out to me,
"Coino in!" I went In, aud there was
Cleveland slttln' In the parlor, with all
his cabinet there too. I says to Clove
land, "Cleveland, them Injuns has got
to go and them cow men too." I put it
to him right plain. Cleveland he lis
tened, and by and by ho got up and
come and put his band ou my shoulder,
and says he, "mil, by gosh, she
pops!
OABTORXA.
Bean the f Hava Always Bought
A.O.M MKNT TO KDWIN OOPPOCI
Tribute Paid to a Martyr of .To!n
llrown's Cause.
Shortly aftor the body of Edwli
Coppock, who was hanged a mar
tyr to tho cause of John Drown 1
plan was started to raise funds fo
tho erection of a suitable monumen
to mark tho grave of Salem's mar
tyred son, for Edwin Coppock haf
been roared within a few miles o'
the city. The project at first mc
with the approval of the citizens o'
the town, then la the throes of aholl
tlon, and plans were formulated foi
raising a fund of some 800 wkt
which should be purchased b sultit
hie stone.
Time, however, served to deader
the memory of the son who had diet!
Kduln Coppock' Monument in Hope
Cemetery at Halem.
for tho cause which he deemed a
righteous one, and the prospects of
the fund dwindled until one day
there was no fund. Then Howell
Hise, a warm abolitionist and ad
mirer of Coppock and Drown, rose
to the emergency and with his own
hand quarried tho black sandstono
which forms the present monument,
dressed the heavy foundation of the
marker, hauled the stones to the
cemetery and unaided raised the
monument which stands to-day
above tlie grave, chiseling upon the
rough surface of the stone tho name
"Edwin Coppock," trusting that the
name alone would tell the story of
the grave beneath.
The Olil-Tline Penknife.
One of the most remarkahlo In
stances of the name of an article
surviving Its use Is the penknife.
We talk of it every day, but the pur
pose for which the penknife was
originally designed exists no longer.
The pen of western civilization
was fabricated, ns old people remem
ber, of quills, and quill pens are
still affected by old-fashioned per
sons, who declare that no efficient
substitute has yet been found for
them.
The penknife of our great-grandfather's
day was, indeed, a triumph
of the cutler's art In tho keenness of
its edge. According to the rhymed
list of the requirements of a com
plete writer, the scribe needed "a
penknife, razor metal," always at
hand, and people who remember
how soon a quill pen became un
suitable In the hands of vigorous
writers will appreciate the necessity.
To he a good pen mender was one
of the first essentials In the village
pedagogue. His penknife was an In
dispensable to him as his cane.
Strangely enough, there woro mend
ers of pens who seemed born to fulfil
the function, and men who could
never learn the art let them try as
they might. Dut the penknife, prop
erly so-called, Is no more, and with
its disappearance has vanished the
expert who wielded it.
Familiar Weather Signs,
A red sun has water in his eye.
When the walls are unusually
damp rain is expected.
Horses sweating in the stable is a
fdgn of rain.
Flies stljng and are more trouble
some when rain is coming.
When rheumatic people complain
of more than ordinary pain it will
probably rain.
If your corns hurt It is likely to
rain shortly.
When matting on the floor is
shrinking dry weather may be ex
pected; when matting expands ex
pect wet weather.
A farmer's wife says that when
her cheese salt is soft it will ralu;
when getting dry fair weather may
ho expected.
A raising fog moans dry weather;
if It settles look for rain.
The larger the halo about the
moon the nearer the rain clouds and
the sooner the rain may bo expected.
When cattle go to pasture and llo
down early in the day It indicates
rain
When horses and cattlo stretch
out their necks and sniff the air It
will rain.
When birds cease to sing rain and
thunder may be expected.
lllrds and fowls oiling their feath
ers indicate ruin.
Champion Fioters.
Tho Jains of India, a heterdox
sect of Hindus, are considered to be
the champion fasters of the world.
They fast as part of their religion,
and amongst them fasts of 30, 4 0
and 50 days at a time are considered
nothing out of the way, but only a
an ordinary part of their worship.
Champion Potato Enters.
Germans, and not the Irish, con
sume the greater quantities of pota
toes, the average annual consumu'
tlon being 600 pounds per capita.
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Fixtures which breed disease right
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MANY WOMEN
II AVE TENDER FEET.
We have .1 shoe that will
give them ease and comfort.
It is our
E. Z. Cushion Turn
Made by John Kelly.
Price $3.50.
Other Comfort Shoes
$2, $2.50 and $3
W. H. MOORE,
Comer Main and Iron Sts.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes :
Ciias. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Koiiler &
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Mili.er.I1.Lehr & Co.,
AND BOWLBY.
This Store as the agency or
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VICTOR TALKING
MA CHINES.
WASH MACHINES
Helby, 1900, Queen, Key
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Music Rooms Aro. 105 West Main
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