8 THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSliURO, PA. T1IUU:M) A'. , AUGtVT 1.1, li07 HARRlSsliiiG LETTER, Special Correspondence. Harris! ai,;, l'a., A.t-. u, n;7 It may be confidently predicted that the investigation of the capitol graft scandal will result in the trial and possibly the puwi.ihtnt.il of two or three of the looters. Architect Huston and former Superintendent of rubiit: Grounds aud Buildings, James M. Nhrr.uikir. ill he sacri ficed to the popular demawd for reparation. Contractor Sanderson may be add .1 to lh! !h' if he can be caught. But lie is cut of t lie ju risdiction of the court:-, rnd will probably stay out. Huston may take a header for some secure asy lum, also, .M-.l tlint would lenve only Shumakcr. cf those who the ma chine is willing to throw overboard. He can't gt ka.iv 1kx.i': he is sick. That there are to be any prose cutions, however, is attributable to the minority .repvtsentatij!' on the probing commission. It is clear now that the majority of that body intended to make a white washing report. Senator lMslier had a dou ble interest in that sort of a pre sentment, lie wanted to save the Republican p.iuy from th- injury that is inevitable from a complete exposure, on one hand, and lie de sired to save the followers of his friend Justice Klkin from just pun ishment on the other. Senator Sis son has recently been highly favor ed by the Machine and naturally wanted to prove his grrtitn ?e, and the other Republican members of the Commission were willing to "go along." DEMOCRATS KEMANDI-i' JUST RE PORT. But the Democratic members of the Cor.irvisMon wouldn't stand for thnl kir-1 of a travesty on justice. Senator Dew.it and Representative Aniiuer nan piuiiiplly and emphati cally dech.iv.l thai the Commission should do its duty or cNe they would present a minority report. They know that Pennypacker is as gui'ty as the others and that there is ample evidence to conv'tt Payne & Company of forgery as well as fraud. Therefore they iwNttd on inculpating those men with the oth ers. Of course they can't go fur ther than the report. After that it will be up to the Governor and the Attorney General, who will proba bly allow the "hih niuck-a -mucks" to escape, even if the ethers are sacrificed. If the people hadn't elected a Democrat to the oflice of State Treasurer, two years ago, nothing would have been known of the cap itol graft. If there had been no Democrats on the Legislative Com mission charged with the iuvestiga tion of the scandal, no one would have been punished for the crimes. In this statement I am net aspers ing the character of James Scarlet, the distinguished Danville lawyer who has conducted the investiga tion. I have the utmost confidence in his integrity and the highest re spect for his ability. But the song of the machine Siren, promising fa vors of the most substantial form, is sweet melody to his ears and well things are different now. VALUE OF MINORITY REPRESEN TATION. When the late Senator Buckalew was urgiug the adoption of the principle of minority representation as a feature of the Constitution of ihe State, he didn't pretend to think that one Commissioner of the minority party would control the board or that the minority Auditor would have things bis own way. lit simply said that minority repre sentation iu these umCuI departments would serve as a check against the excesses as wtll as the cupidity of the majority. In that idea he was singularly prophetic. The minori ty official is a sort of watch-dog on his associates. He may be influ ence! by no higher impulse than to prevent the other party from get ting undue advantage, but at that he is conserving the interests of the public. Suppose Berry had been defeated for State Treasurer two years ago and his machine antagonist, J. Let Plummer, elected. Plummer is no better and no worse than Samuel AV. Pennypacker. William P. Sny der or William E. Matin;.-.. They bad perpetrated the fraud upon the public of certiiying lo tli; comple tion of the State capitol within the appropriation and he would have continued tlr; falsehood. The nine or ten million dollars already stolen would have been irretrievably lost and other millions to an indefinite aggregate uld have been added to the waste. If there had been uo Democrats on the Investigating Couiiuiisiou there would have been 100 Doses $1 Tmo only of Hood's Sarsnpnrilla, the one grcut blood puridrr nnd general tonic. This rfinnrkiilU medicine lina I'lfectoil many ratlictil nnd permanent euros that nru tho u muter of the world. It eradicates all humors from pimples to scrofula. E00 Doses $1 In usiml liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1 no punishment for these colossal crimes or restitution. GOOD CHARACTER INADEQUATE No man will tjuestion the person al integrity of S iialor risher. Sen ator Sission enjoys the confidence of the community in which he lives and Representatives Fair ami Shields are held by their neighbors as models of good citizenship. Yet for the purposes of political expe diency, according to evidence which conies from the seat of the Com mission, they were willing, aud even anxious, to make such a re port of their prolonged and arduous research, as would have made the investigation a farce. In other words without even the suspicion of moral turpitude these excellent gentlemen would have become ac cessory, after the fact, to one of the I greatest crimes of the age in order to promote the interests of the par ty at the expense of the public. Their purpose has been defeated, it may be said, though at this writ ing the text of their report has not been made public. But we have assurances that they have yielded to the importunities of the minority and consented to recommend the prosecution of the malefactors. That they haven't come to this conclusion cheerfully may easily be believed. Kind hearted men are reluctant to give their friends over fcVS J UhlW 'Ui ULiS. vuvtl guilt and a proper report involves such abnegation on their part. But they had no alternative. The mi nority members of the Commission refused to compromise and under the circumstances a white washing report would have done their party more harm than good. It would have destroyed all preteuse of im proved party morals. POINTING A VSUFUL MORAL. I am difcussing this question now not for the purposes of argu mentation or filling space, but with the idea of pointing a useful moral. The good effect of minority repre sentation on the fiscal boards of the State has been shown by Mr. Ber ry's exposure of the graft in the construction of the capitol. The impossibility of preventing graft when the fiscal boards are compos ed entirely of men of the same par ty is proved by the delinquencies of Samuel w. Pennypacker, William P. Snyder and the weakness of the Republican members of the Inves tigating Commission. That is to say that the records of these events demonstrate that there must be a member of the minority party pres ent to secure honest public service. Nobody, so far as I know is in clined to question the personal in tegrity of the Machine Republican candidate for State Treasurer, though his legislative record is very vulnerable. But he is neither more honest nor more courageous than Governor Pennypacker who prosti tuted himself to the full measure of his opportunities. Quay knew Pen nypacker and Penrose knows the man he has chosen to fool the peo ple. A year ago the machine man agers lacked confidence. If it had been possible then the restoration of the gang in Philadelphia would not have been undertaken. But the Mayor of that city feels safe now in condemning fidelity tc the people and openly rewarding ser vice to the machine. HARMAN THE EQUAL OF BERRY. The good effect of minority rep resentation having been thus clear ly shown, why should the people of Pennsylvania vote to discontinue it and restore the old methods and iniquities ? The election of the ma chine Republican candidate for State Treasurer this year will make the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and that oi Revenue Commissioners unanimously Re publican. The election of the Dem ocratic candidate, John G. Har man, will preserve the present stat us and put in Mr. Berry's place a man who is his equal iu every re spect. Mr. Harman has ability of the highest order and courage of the inflexible type. Why not vote for him, therefore, and complete the retorms which Berry began ? G. D. H. JERSEYS Combination and Golden Lad FOR SAUJ 2 Cows, 3 Heifers and 12 Bulls. S. E. NIVIN, Landenburg, Pa s-3-iy REPORT OF CAPITOL INVESTI GATING COMMITTEE. With binding recommendations of criminal and civil prosecutions of all persons involved in the $1$, 000,000 capitol scandal, the report upon the exhaustive inquiry into graft case ha9 been finally nnd unanimously approved by the Penn sylvania capitol investigation com mission, and is ready to be sent to Governor Kdwiu S. Stuart. This action virtually completes the com mission's work. Now begins the legal work preliminary to the pros ecutions, which will be conducted by Attorney General M. Hampton Todd, with James Scarlet as chief special counsel for the common wealth, against the grafters. OUTLINE OF RECOMMENDATIONS. Briefly, the report to Governor Stuart as finally and unanimously approved, contains these recom mendations: First Criminal and civil prose cutions against all persons implicat ed iu the $13,000,000 capitol scan dal as indicated in the report and as warranted by the evidence nnd legal conclusions. Second The actual naming of the prospective defendants aud the exact definition of the crimes for which indictments will be brought at the discretion of the attorney general, acting upon the commis sion s findings. tor a report of its character, the document drafted and approved by the capitol investigators is drastic, even sensational, being virtually a legislative indictment involving suggestive criminal prosecution of eight, at least, of the men who had part in the capitol "trimming" aud civil proceedings to recover between $3,000,000 and 55,000,000 collected illegally as profits. eefendants in prospect. As found in the testimony taken by the investigation commission, these are the men who were con spicuous in ' the scandal, most of whom will figure in the contemplat ed prosecutions: Joseph M. Huston, the half mil lion dollar architect, who acted for the capitol building commission in the construction of the building for . says, of violations of the milk laws the Pennypacker board of grounds is in marked contrast to the inspec aud buildings in the "trimming" j tion of four years ago when huu work. Huston not only certified dreds of prosecutions for use of pre to the correctness of John II. San derson's enormous accounts, but, as testified, actually co-operated with Sanderson in planning for the contract. John K. Sanderson, chief "trim mer," who collected $5,500,000 from the state for "trimmings" sold at fabulous profits. Sanderson's collections, it is alleged, were $3r 000,000 too high. Congressman II. Burd Cassel, I whose Pennsylvania Construction . rnmnnnv distxed of metallic fur- tiitiir. nnd rAllerted ta.ooo.ooo for JK-F 1 filing cases and lockers, the actual : cost ot which, as appraised by an expert, should not have exceeded $500,000. James M. Shumaker, superin tendent of public grounds and buildings during the secret "trim mings" of the capitol, who approv ed the receipts for Sanderson and Congressman Cassel's concern. Dr. William P. Snyder, who as auditor general, approved the bills submitted by Sanderson and Cassel's company. MATHUES' PART. William L. Mathues, who as State Treasurer, paid the money demanded by the "trimmers" with out question, and who, with Sny der aud Governor Samuel W. Pen nypacker, composed the board of giounds and buildings which let the Sanderson contract. E. B. Hardenbergh, who, as au ditor general preceding Snyder, ap proved the alleged Cassel contract for filing cases aud lockers. Frank G. Harris, who as State Treasurer and member of the board of grounds and buildings, approved of the Cassel company s contract. George F. Payne & Co., builders Must Use The Knife Said the Surgeon, bat Dr. David Kennedy's Fa vorite Remedy u as taken and the Knife Avoided. The Union uud Advertiser of Rochester, N. Y.( recently published the following in teresting account of how William W. Adams of 127 South Avenue, that city, wns saved from a painful operation by the uao of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Mr. Atlamti said : "Three years ago I was taken with kidney disease very badly: at times I was completely prostrated ; in fact, was so bad thut the day was set for the doc tors to perform an operation upon me. But I decided I would not submit. I hud been put iu hot wutcr baths, aud, in fact, noarly every means was tried to help me. Upon the day set for the operation I commenced the use of DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY and from that moment began to gain, and it was not long before I was entirely cured and have had uo return of the trouble since. My weight has increased and I never was so well us I am now. I have recommended Dr. Kennedy's Favorite ltemedy to many people, lor it savea my me." Write to Dr. David Kennedy'! Sons, Bondont. K. Y.. for A free middI buttle of Dr. David Runm?dy'i Favorite Itemed jr, the prut Kidney. Liver aud Wood uatucuie. utrga uotuoe ii.uu. Auaruggiais, of the capitol and "trimmers" of the capitol attic at a cost of $303, 000 to the State. Charlei F. Kinsman and Wallis D. Boileau, partners in Sanderson's Pennsylvania Bronze company, which manufactured chandeliers upon which Sanderson collected $1,600,000. There are olhcr9 implicated in the capitol scandal who have not been so prominently mentioned, but who, it is said, will figure in the prosecutions. no apology. Ex-Governor Pennypacker's name appears frequently in the report of the investigation commission, and there is no apology for his official acts in aid of the Capitol grafters. With Governor Stuart and At torney General Todd, the commis sion and its counsel will consider the course to be pursued in the scandal, in a conference to be held in Harrisburg on Friday. Not un til then, however, will the exact character of the report be made public. From the beginning of the commission's consideration of its duties as to the legal phase involv ed 111 the investigation there has been a question whether the prob ers actually ought to specity tne persons against whom the com monwealth should proceed. It has been ascertained that counsel for the commission. Mr. Scarlet and James Stranahau, as well as some of the members thought it would be proper to do so, but it is said that the attorney general held that he, as the State's prosecutor, should be permitted after careful review of the evidenca and the law, to exercise that authority. STATE'S MILK SUPPLY IS PURE. Commissioner Foust Ploased With Ta I of 6000 Samples Collected Recently, About 6000 samples of milk and cream have been taken by the dairy and food department during the past thirty days at various points throughout the State. The result is most gratifying to Commissioner Foust, who says it is the most re markable showing ever made in Pennsylvania. The absence, he servatives and the watering of milk occurred. In the city of Philadel phia 910 samples were secured aud a comparatively few people were found who used adulterations. ' Envelopes , . . . . 75.ooo Envelopes carried in ai Y,7 The line includes drug envelopes r?" vv""! 8,"3 . . V. ia "uu "B. f IiluKc rom Per 1000 Printed, Up to $5.00. Largest stock in the coun- ty to selret from. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing account has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas ot Columbia county and will be presented to the said court on the first Monday of September. A. D. 1907. and confirmed nisi and unless exceptions are filed within four days will be confirmed absolute : First and final account of J. R. Mont gomery, Committee of the estate of Mary A. Pursel, a lunatic. C. M. TERWILLIGER, Prothonotary. Prothonotary'g Office, Bloomsburg, Pa. 8-8-4t. WIDOW'S APPRAISEMENTS. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing Widows Appraisements will be pre sented to the Orphans' Court of Colum bia County on Monday September :d, 1907 by the Clerk of said Court and con firmed nisi and unless exceptions are Sled to same within four days they will be confirmed finally. Estate of A. T. Derr late of the Town ship of Greenwood deceased. Personalty if 300.00. Estate of David Kaup, late of the Township of Catawissa deceased. Realty $300. 00. Instate of Tames M. Shultz. late of the Township of Sugarloaf deceased. Per sonalty $6;. 25. Realty $234.75. bstate of Peter Huttenstine, late of the Township of Centre deceased. Realty $225.00. Estate of Jacob fc. welliver, late of the Borough of Berwick deceased. Per sonalty $300.00. Estate of A. D. Good, late of the Borough of Benton deceased. Person alty $8a 09. Estate of Patrick McHale late" of the Township of Conyngham deceased. ltealty $300.00. C. M. Tkrwilmgfk, Clerk's Office. Clerk O. C. Bloomsburg, Pa., Aug. 14th, 1907. FOR AGENTS AN OPPORTUNITY ! "THE OLD WORLD AND ITS WAYS" BV William Jennings Bryan BifiSTNOW READY FOR SOLICITORS. 576 Imperial Octavo Pages. Over aoo Superb Engravings from photo graphs taken by Mr. Bryan. Recounts his trip around the world and his visits to all nations. The great est book of travel ever Written. The people are waiting for it. The agent's harvest. Outfit FHEE. 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