a THE COLUMBIAN; BLOOAISBURO, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMS BURG, PA. THURSDAY, AUOUHT 8, 1907 HARRISBURG LETTER. Special Correspondence. HarrisburR, Pa., Aug. 5, 1907. It would be hard work to white wash the capitol graft scandal even if there were an inclination in that direction, which is conjectural. The evidence is too positive and direct to admit of misconstruction. The collusion between Architect Hus ton and the favored contractors has been clearly established and the fact that Payne & Company, made ut fraudulent bills on the station ery of sub contractors can't be ex plained. No reasoning person can be made believe that an ordinary push-cart is a royal Roman chariot and the claim that those frauds were clerical errors or accidents would be quite as absurd. That a whitewashing report was contemplated by some members of the commission hardly admits of doubt. Immediately after the mu nicipal elections in Philadelphia there occurred a perceptible change in the trend of the inquisition. There set in an abatement in zeal and a modification of energy . The fruitless and absurd attempt to con ciliate the chief inquisitor, Mr. Scarlet, by inferential promises of promotion, and the too considerate manner in which some of the wit nesses were treated plainly indicat ed the change. But futility of such a course is now apparent to even the most cursory observers. Huston, Sanderson, Cassell, Ma thues, Payne & Company, and Su perintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds Shumaker are clearly inculpatjd both in fraud and con spiracy and Governor rennypacker was criminally negligent, to say the least. According to his own statement he learned of the frauds in December follow iug the election of Mr. Berry. The Auditor Gen eral called his attention to the over charges ami cAn..-sivc payments. Did be slop than as any honest man and Jr.ithfu! public official would ? I should say not, though in his statement to the commission he declared that he. had ordered the discontinuance of any work not in process. WHAT TUB KKCORDS KEVKAI,. What do the records show ? In December, 1905, rennypacker was informed of the frauds. But be tween that time and May, 1906, the Board of Public Grounds and Build ings, with his assent, approved pad ded bills to an aggregate of over $3,000,000, some of which covered articles not delivered lor nearly a year afterward. Probably he didn't get any part of the loot. Maybe he didn't want any of the tainted money. But he got promises of a seat on the Supreme bench of the State, the thing which above all others his sordid soul coveted. Cash in hand is not the only form of rec ompense in this practical world. Why should there be any thought, in view of these facts, of allowing Pennypacker to escape "unwhipt of justice," in connection with these grave crimes ? But for his compla cency the frauds would have been impossible. But for his acquies cence the conspiracy would have fallen in the beginning. Yet there is talk of allowing him to escape even indictment. "Members of the commission are anxious to excul pate Governor Pennypacker," one of the newspaper correspondents writes. "Of those involved," de clares another of the ubiquitous historians, ' 'the only who will ei cape suit, it is understood, is ex Governor Pennypacker." If the principles of justice exact anything at the hands of the prob ers it is plainly that Samuel VV. Pennypacker be put to the same tests as the others. The greatest danger to the public lite of the Feed Your Nerves Upon rich, pure, nourishing blood by taking Hood'i Barsapnrllla, and 70a will be free from those ipellt of de spair, those sleepless nights and anzloni days, those gloomy, deathlike feelings, those sudden starts at mere nothings, those dyspeptte symptoms and blinding headaches. Hood's Barsaparllla has dona this for many others It will cure yon. Hood's Sarsaparilla In nsual liquid form or In chocolated tablets known as Sarsataba. 100 doses 11. country comes from officials who mask their iniquities under the cloak of virtue. Fennypacker pre tended the most scrupulous probity but he was constantly promoting corruption by aiding and abetting the venality of his subordinates. They wanted money and he had a thirst for honors. All contributed the same result, the looting of the public. But he supplemented all their vices with that of hypocrisy. THB INCULPATING TESTIMONY. The report of the Expert Ac countants, part of which has been withheld from the public, estab lished the conspiracy between Hus ton, Sanderson, Payne & Co. and Shumaker. That of Charles D. Montague, an employe of the Art Metal Construction company, of Rochester, N. Y., has revealed the extortion ot Congressman Cassell, ot Lancaster county, who furnished the metallic filinc cases and tnpral furniture. Cassell got from the State $2,072,000 for goods which at the trade price with the custo mary discount ought to have been furnished for $412,500. In other words his graft amounted to r . 659-500. These facts have been out since the Commission its sessions last week. It has also developed that Architect Huston drew $80,000 for "specially design ing these cases and furniture. though Mr. Montague declares that they were not specially designed by Huston or anybody else; that they are of a stock desicn alrenHv anti quated and "not of the most an- proved patterns." Therefore the aggregate of the steal on metal fur niture and Cling cases reached a to tal of $1,770, SOOO. The hnr ie expressed that $1,000,000 of this sum will be recovered by civil pro cesses and possibly that expectation may be fulfilled. Pennypacker with great exulta tion declared in his slatement be fore the Commission that by pre vailing on Huston to accept four per cent, of his fee, Instead of five, the usual fee, $80,000 had been saved to the State. As a matter of fact nothing was saved for in this single grab Kuston got the $80,000 and as a matter of fact he drew $80,000 more for "specially design ing" the chandeliers, which he didn't design. He was an expen sive luxury as well as a corrupting agent and he and Pennypacker ought to be held alike responsible and punished similarly. Any other course will defeat justice. AUSPICIOUS CAMPAIGN IMPENDING The Democratic campaign for the election of John G. Harman to the office of State Treasurer and in cidentally to complete the reforms and improvements in public life which Mr. Berry has begun will open most auspiciously in a short time. The plans have not been out lined as yet, but the fact that the new and capable Chairman will be assisted in his arbuous work by Hon. P. Gray Meek, who has again consented to act as Secretary of the State Committee is reassuring. No man in the State knows the work as thoroughly as Mr. Meek, aud no one could bring to it a greater meas ure of zeal, intelligence and experience. The selection of Senator Dimel- ing to the Chairmanship of the Lommittee has had a most hearten ing influence on the party, more over. He is widely known as a sagacious, industrious and earnest political manager and will enter upon the work with characteristic energy. He is the third State Chairman Clearfield county has fur nished the Democratic party. The late William A. Wallace acquired National distinction as a political manager and ex-Congressman Tas. Kerr, was little if any less success-1 tut as a State Chairman. He con ducted the campaign of 1900 which resulted in the second election of Robert E. Pattison as Governor. These facts work encouraging results in political contention. A confident party is inevitably a suc cessful party. "The race is not al ways to the swift nor the battle to the strong." Many a candidate i has been defeated because neither j himself nor his friends have had' the absolute faith in his election j that is necessary to get the voters to the polls. I apprehend no such I delinquency this year. The candi date, Hon. John G. Harman, the Chairman, Hon. George M. Dimel ing, and the conditions are alike favorable. The candidate and Chair nun will fulfill the best expecta lions and the voters will do the rest, THB ISSUES IN OUR PA VOX. Besides no party has ever gone into political conflict with issues so clearly defined and absolutely in its favor. There can be no misunder standing the questions involved. The Democrats stand for honest ad ministration. Minority representa Hon on the governing boards in the State will guarantee not only in tegrity in the future but the expos ure and punishment of the iniqui tics of the past. The election of Harman continues minority repre sentation on those boards and the success of the Republican candidate defeats it. There is no evasion of thess truths. They are self-evident. With the fittest candidate that could be chosen and the most capa ble and efficient Chairman which the abundant material of the party affords, there is nothingto be de sired to inspire hope and confidence. The campaign will open with both present in abundance aud substan tial and enduring victory for good government is assured. It won't be a political victory exactly. But it will be a triumph of the people over corruption aud will make the future government of Penusylvania a beneficence instead of a fountain of fraud. G. D. H. The following letters are held at the Bloomsburg post office: Miss Alice Kostenbauder. Cards: Miss Anna Cox, Mr. Kenneth Grange, Miss Elizabeth K. Fister, Miss Veia Haley, Miss Mabel Smith. 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