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:. H. Tustln, Fredlkeler, Geo. S. Rohbins, H. C. Creasy,
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THE COLUMBIA IDEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1869
Published Every Thursday Morning,
At Blojmslmrg. the County Scat of
Columhia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI. WELL, Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
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THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Ta.
THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1907
DEFEAT MR. SHEATZ.
Just two years ago the city of
Philadelphia was stirred to its cen
ter by what was characterized as an
attempt to steal the gas works. The
gas plant of that city is a munici
pal asset. Ten years ago it was
leased to the United Gas Improve
ment company for ten years, upon
condition that time notice would be
given if the city desin d to abrogate
the contract. Two years ago the
machine bargained with the cap
tains of industry to extend the lease
ar 1 the community revolted. One
he results was the election of
Kerry and a victory for civic
.teousness in municipal affairs.
: machine was routed "horse,
and dragoons."
i'iie other day councils of Phila
delphia did precisely what the peo
ple said, two years ago, they
shouldn't do. That is to say, the
municipal legislature of the city re
fused to enact the necessary legis
lation to serve for a revocation of
the contract which gives the United
Gas Improvement company control
of the gas plant indefinitely and so
far as we are able to discover the
people have made little if any pro
test. What was a great crime two
years ago is a matter of indifference
today, or has been condoned. This
is the lamentable condition of affairs
which menaces the perpetuity of
the government. It implies that
the spirit which two years ago was
paramount in the popular mind has
already been silenced and that there
is now no objection to spoliation.
This reaction on the part of the
people of Philadelphia is the logical
result of the election of John E.
Reybnrn to the office of Mayor.
Mr. Reyburn is a scrupulously hou
eSt man. But in office he is agent
of the machine and does whatever
he is told. The latest order is that
the gas works shall continue under
the control of the machine. Not
withstanding its proved incapacity
and dishonesty the monopoly is to
continue in control of the gas trust
and the people are to continue pay
ing excessive rates for gs. Mayor
Reyburn could have prevented this
outrage but he was too busy with
his personal quarrels to give such a
trifle attention and councils have
practically renewed the lease of the
gas works indefiitely.
Mr. John O. Sheatz has no more
valid reason tor claiming popular
favor than his predecessor in the
appropriations committee who was
defeated by Mr. Berry. His repu
tation for integrity and probity is
no greater than that of the average
man. Mayor Reyburn stood as
high in popular esteem as Mr.
Sheatz ever aspired to. Yet the
election of Mayor Reyburn has
worked the forfeiture of every ad
vantage gained for civic righteous
ness through the uprising of the
public conscience two years ago and
the election of Sheatz to the office
of State Treasurer this year will
have the same effect throughout the
State. Therefore it is the obvious
duty of the people to defeat Sheatz.
Bellefonte Watchman.
OASTOItlA.
Bears tht ' y 'to Kind You Have Always Bought
-inniuwnoi
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
INVESTIGATION CLOSED.
Report Will State There Was Collusion and
Fraud Borwecn Huston and Sanderson,
The public sessions of the Capi
tol investigation committee were
brought to a close Friday afternoon
with the testimony of former Gov
ernor Stone, who was president of
the Capitol building commission
and also chairman of the board of
public grounds and buildings dur
iucr his tenure of office.
The sessions of the investigators
began on March 1 1 and continued
since without interruption, except
during the closing days of the re
cent legislature. The commission
expects to complete its report to
Governor Stuart within the next
thirty days, after which Attorney
General Todd will institute civil
and criminal suits in the Dauphin
county court against those respon
sible for the alleged frauds and
overcharges in the furnishings of
the capitol.
The report of the commission
will state that there was collusion
and fraud between Joseph M. Hus
ton, architect and John II. Sander
son, contractor for $5,000,000 of
the furnishings; and that the con
tracts for the furnishings were im
properly awarded, and not to the
lowest bidders; that the go:ds were
not purchased at the prevailing
market prices, as the law directs
that they shall be; that inferior fur
nishings were supplied, not in ac
cordance with the plans and speci
fications and that there is evidence
of shortage, and that the members
of the building commission and the
board of grounds and buildings
were derelict in their duties in not
inspecting the evident fraud and
collusion that existed.
Much of the testimony taken by
the commission will be used in the
legal proceedings. Huston and
Sanderson evaded subpoenas to ap
pear before the commission and tell
their stories. Congressman H. Burd
Cassel, president of the Pennsylva
nia Construction company, which
supplied the metallic furniture at a
cot,tto the State of $2,000,000, also
declined to appear before the com
mission. James M. Shumaker, su
perintendent of public grounds and
buildings, and executive officer was
too ill to appear.
The world-famous Susmiehanna
boom at Williamsoort is soon to
become a thing of the past. It is
stated that the lumber companies
now putting logs into the West
Branch will close out their stock in 2
more annual drives, after which the
boom company will erect a sawmill
themselves and manufacture the
lumber contained in the boomsticks,
rafting platforms and crib timbers.
A stone crusher will be emnloved
to make marketable the stones with
which the cribs are filled, and the
boom will be entirely abandoned.
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WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C. June 27, 1907.
Reports from the President's
summer home, Sagamore Hill, in
dicate that the Presidei.t is enjoy
ine his vacation. But the thenrv
that it was to be a workless season
has already disappeared as it was
well known in thi first place that
it would do. Secretary Taft has
just been up there to talk over his
western trip with his chief. He
said after returninz to Ovster Bav
that it was a purely personal visit
ana mat pontics were not discussed.
But everyone knows that visitors
are not supposed to divulge the
exact nature of their conversations
with the President. So it is possi
oie tnat tne subject ot Ulno was
mentioned in the conversation.
The other members of the Cabi
net are always ronmug up to
Oyster Bay on one pretext or
another. Secretary Metcalf will be
the next visitor, having a number
of naval matters to present inclu
ding the final disposition of the
contract lor submarine boats for
which Congress appropriated $300,
000 at the last session. The tests
of these submarines at Newport
have recently been concluded and
while one type of boat seemed to
nave an tne best ot the competi
tion. there were noints ot evrel
lence about both of them and it is
possible that the contract may be
split ana a nart ot it co to each
nrm.
After Secretary Metcalf cets
through with the President Secre
tary Root has arranged 10 haw a
o
conference with him One of the
most important points he will dis.
cuss will be the consummation of a
commercial "arrangement" with
France. It will be noted that this
is nothing so formal as a treaty or
even a convention. It is hist an
arrangement. The President has
become tired of sending treaties to
the Senate and having them pigeon
holed and the result is that the
most of our commercial relations
with other cowers are beino- nmdp
by documents that do not have to
go to congress tor approval. This
is executive usurpation of tho Wis-
lative function of course. But it
has worked so far and the country
has been the better off for it. The
Senate deliberates and deliberates
until the crack of doom or adjourn
ment which is the same thing.
trance has been verv anxious to
conclude some commercial arrange
with this country that will be as
satisfactory as that recently enter-
ea into oy tne united States with
Lrermany. Ambassador Jusserand,
the French representative in Wash
ington, has eone over the snhiert
carefully with Secretary Root and
the plan that has been decided .-n
between them is believed to be as
good a one as can be secured under
present tariff conditions.
Army and navv officers do not
often confess anv interpst- in th
performances of a mere "show
man, but there is a deal of talk in
both Departments over the nerfnrm.
ances of Lincoln Beachy, the young
aeronaut who this week sailed in
an airship over Fort Wadswnrth
outside of New York City and
dropped some paper "bom'os"
amone the bier eruns. enough, hnrl
they been cans of dynamite to have
Diown the whole fort out into the
Narrows. It was merely a show
ascent from one of the summer
amusement parks near by. Beachy
did not even take the management
into his confidence as to what he
intended to do. But he carried
alcne with him several hicr rnrwr
balls weighted just enough to fall
straight. His course took him over
tort Wadsworth and he tossed the
"bombs" into the fort trnm a enfe
elevation of nearly 3,000 feet. It
just snowed what an air ship could
do to a fort or a fleet mirier kpmmVo
conditions and has set the whole of
the War Department talking dirigi
ble balloons in a way that" they
have not been talked since Santos
Dumont made his first successful
flight. The War Donartmenr
balloon corps and now has accumu
lated 10 ordinary spherical balloons
that are merely intended to Up
used for observation. Rut the fioirt
of usefulness of the steerable bal
loon is such that it is receiving con-
siuciauic aiienuou.
While there is always a possibi
lity of ordinary fleets and forts
being rendered useless by the ap
pearance of the practicable airship,
the Navy Department is going
ahead with the construction of ves
sels that will put this country well
abreast of any other naval power.
The latest is the launching of the
scout ship Chester which is the
first ot the naval scout class con
structed in this country. She is
the first of three ships of the same
class that were appropriated for by
the last congress. She cost a little
over $1,500,000. She will have a
speed of 24 knots and this is great
er than any other ship in the navy
except the torpedo boats and the
destroyers. At the same time she
will have a main battery of four 5
inch rifles and a minor battery to
match. Her speed will not be quite
so great as the scout ships of some
of the other powers, but she will
be able to keep up her contract
speed for a longer time and under
worse weather conditions than any
other ship afloat. She is not the
first scout ship of the navy though
she is the first that has been built
in this country. The Department
bought the New Orleans from
Brazil just after she had been com
pleted in Europe alxut the out
break of the Spanish-American
war. She could only do 21 knots
Under the best conditions and her
guns were not of the standard navy
calibre, necessitating special ammu
nition for her. But she was a trim,
eflective ship and was of so much
use as a scout and a dispatch boat
that she has been improved on and
added to the navy as a regular type.
An interesting question has come
up before the pure food board of
the Department of Agriculture. It
is what constitutes "Scotch
Whiskey?" There is an immense
amount of so called Scotch whiskey
imported to the United States. By
far the most of it never saw Scot
land and some that is made there
would not be allowed to be sold in
England by the board of revenue.
Some of the importers have raised
the question with the Department
of Agriculture and a decision on
the subject is awaited with great
interest. Meantime the average
citizen will continue to drink
"Scotch" high balls without ques
tioning their nativity.
Take it With You on Your Trip.
July Lippincotfs contains the latest
automobile novel by C. N. and A.
M. Williamson. Its title is "He
Who Stole and Rode Away," and
it appears complete in one number
of the magazine. This means that
the plot is packed full of meat
not padded out to make so many
pages of print. Like "Brown" in
the Williamsons' early success
"The Lightning Conductor," this
new hero is a gentleman-chauffeur,
and the girl is a "winner." The
characters are real flesh and blood
people, and the reader is thorough
ly in sympathy with plucky "Larry
O'Hagan" in all his exploits, which
sometimes threaten to land him in
jail but eventually bring him to a
state nearer Paradise. The short
stories this month are "Diunv
O'Neill," by Seumas MacManus, a
lively tale of the days of the Irish
Rebelliou ; "Enter, a Lady, by Will
Levington Comfort, the well-told
story of a defaulter ; "A Personally
Conducted Adventure," by Capt.
Lloyd Buchanan, the love-story of
a Son of Yale; "Mr. Carter Feels
His Oats," by Sarah Chichester
Page, a Southern tale of love and
exquisite humor; "At the Door
ot the Cage," by Adele Marie
Shaw, emotional story of absorbing
interest ; "From the Land of
Ought," a clever sketch by Jane
Belheld; "Angel Paradise," by
George Edwin Hunt, full of human
interest ; and "Isaiah's Daddy,"
by Ella Middleton Tybout, an
amusing, easy-dialect darky story.
A particularly timely paper by Col.
Willard French is entitled "Why is
Perpetual Peace Impossible?" This
presents the question plainly and
answers it with equal candor and
force.
Mrs. Van Vorst, whom President
Roosevelt delights to honor, con
tributes an extremely engaging
talk about French working-girls,
their lives and their rates of wages.
Its title is "Grisettes and Midi
nettes." Elbert Hubbard's "Thoughts on
Liberty" are concentrated essence ;
big ideas boiled down to small
space.
V erse suited to the out door sea
son is from the following well
known singers : Elsa Barker, Hil-
tou R. Greer, Gertrude Hunting
ton McGiffert, Nancy Byrd Turner,
Grace Duffield Goodwin, Grace
Shoup, and G. F. Pennypacker.
Both the "Ways of the Hour"
and "Walnuts and Wrine" depart
ments amply fulfill their purpose
to furnish entertainment in their
respective branches.
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in floral designs, Lingerie
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At $5.98 Suits of fine
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think of a vest.
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over our line of
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skirt of Shrunken Muslin,
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effect.
At $1.25 Linen finished 1
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