THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURd. PA. STRONGEST BANK Capital 9100,000 Undivided Profits S30.000 First National Bank, QFU&UQHSlJUItG, 1A. 5 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits OFFICERS: 2. V. M. Low, President. J. M. Staver, Vice President. E. B. Tuftin, Vice President. M. I. Low, Vice Prefilent. Frank Ikeler, Cashier, DIRECTORS: 2 M. Low, F. G. YorkH, Frank Ikeler, 8. C. Creasy, . H. Tutin, Fred Ikeler, Geo. 8. Uoliblno, H.V. llower. J. M Staver, M. I. Low, Louis Gross, M. K Stnckhoime. THE COLUMBIAN. ESTABLISHED tSfift. THE COIUMSIA DEMOCRAT, -ISTAHI.IiHKP IS37. CONSOI.IDAIFD 1869 . UBI.1SIIKD EVKKV TlURiUAV M'lRMNG, At Ulujmslmrg. tlie County Sent of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. CEO. E. EI.W ELL, F.nnoB. GEO. C. ROAN, Koklman. TiKM:i (nsidc the county il.co a year loatvanoe; 1 . 5 J 1 f not pawl in aivance. Outside tlie county, 51.25 a year, strictly in advance. 11 communications should leiddresscd THE COLUMBIAN, L'looinsi.iirn, Ta. THUKSDAV, APRIL 16, 1!HW. McHenry's Re-Election a Public Duty We most cordially congratulate the voters of this Congressional dis trict upon the unanimous renomi nation of John G. McHeury as the Democratic candidate for Congress. We are not influenced to this ex pression, either by partisanship or partiality. Mr. McHenry is a most worthy and capable man and per sonally deserves the compliment which has been bestowed upon him. But the reason that his unan ' 'lous lenomination is particularly . atifying is tint it reveals a just preciatiou of capable and faithful nrvice in the past. The failure to ave thus honored him would have 1 .ken away incentive to fidelity in public life. John G. McHenry has proved himself a peculiarly faithful and capable Representative of the peo ple. From the day of his election he has been assiduously working in the interests of the people of tbis district. No labor has been too severe for him to undertake for his constituents, no service too arduous. Neither party lines nor class dis tinctions have been drawn in his work. Night and day he has wrought with an energy and intel ligence that have commanded suc cess and he has been as unselfish as tireless. When he entered public life it was with the view of serving the public and he has never deviat ed from that line. That his re-election is absolutely certain is a subject for public felici tation because his defeat would be an aspersion upon the civic virtue of the people. In such things there is an obligation on both sides. The public servant owes the people hon est service and that given, the peo ple owe him just reward. JohnG. McHenry has not on!y fulfilled his obligation to the full measure but he has done more. He has put into the work an energy and intel ligence which is rare and effective. It remains for the people, now, to do their part. His uuanimous nom ination presents the opportunity and they will do the rest. Cabinet members Threatened. Secret service men are guarding the members of President Roose velt's cabinet from threatened at tacks from anarchists. Postmaster General Meyer, who recently sup pressed La Questione Sociale, the organ of the reds, at Patterson, N. J., has received a large number of threatening letters and his home is being shadowed by detectives every minute of the day and night. When he went to Boston last week plain clothes men of Chief Wilkie's office, accompanied him. Nearly every member of the cabi net has received "warnings" from anonymous letter writers, and whenever these officials stir out of their beaten tracks, they are under the watchful eyes of the govern ment detectives. Since the guard was set over the postmaster gener al's home a number of suspicious looking characters have been gath ered in and upon failure of the of ficers to fasten any charge upon them, have been sent out of town. IN THE COUNTY Surplus $150,000. A Message on Anarchy. In one of the shortest messages which he has yet transmitted to congress President Roosevelt last week called the attention of that body to the necessity for further lecislation on the subject of anarchy. With the message he transmitted a report reviewing the legal phase of the question by Attorney General Bonn parte. The message of the president is as follows : "To the Senate and House of Representatives : "I herewith submit a letter from the department of justice which ex plains itself. Under this opinion, I hold that existing statutes give the president the pdwer to prohibit the postmaster general from being used as an instrument in the com misMon of crime ; that is, to pro hibit the use of the mails for the advocacy of murder, arson and treason ; and shall act upon such construction. Unquestionably, however, there should be further legislation by congress in this mat ter. When compared with the sup pression of anarchy, every other question sinks into insignificance. "The anarchist is the enemy of humanity, the enemy of all man kind, and his is a deeper degree of criminality than any other. No immigrant is allowed to come to our shores if he is an anarchist, and no paper published here or abroad should be permitted circulation in this country if it propagates an archistic opinions. "Theodore Roosevelt. "The White House. April 9, 1908. iii Revising the Tariff. If the Republicans win the com ing election, the tariff will be re visedraised by its friends, of course and revised upward and downward, as the needs and the avarice of the protected interests will dictate. There'll be a deal of fun when it is done. Dalzell will be there to see that there is a fair revision of duties on steel and iron products and glass. Allison will be there to see that there is a fair revision of the duties on hides, horns and hog products. Aldrich will be there to see that there is a fair revision of the duties on cotton fabrics and a new clause to cover possible importations of oil from the Orient as well as from Russia. De pew will be there to see that there is a fair revision of duties on Agricultural machinery, pa per and wood pulp. Every great special interest will be represented there, but those who want lower duties will not be there. They will not be invited to the entertainment. No man who is not willing to pro tect the trusts will have the entree to the festival. There'll be great sport, but everything will be rep resentable and uplifting. Every schedule will be uplifted, if the trusts think it desirable. -Ex. For Thin, Poor Blood You can trust a medicine tested 60 years! Sixty yesrs of experience, think of thatl Experience with Ayer's Str- saparllla; the original Sarsa- parilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general debility. lint im this arand eld madtaln. unttAt da 1U bMt work If tli liter I lutollv and lb. bow.l. eoDttlpaUd. For th. bit poatlhl. f IQIH, 70a annum huts au... ui riiu wall ituui ui Barupuuia. L4 t. O. Aywr 00., lowfU, Aim nunlarr t 9 BAIi VIOOI. yers AauecuH. CNER&V PECTORAL, W fcT a. mnti 1 Wt pnbllete th. fomul. of all our ai.dl.lnM. An Appeal to the Voters. William Chrisman's appeal to the Democratic voters gives rise to sev eral suggestions. I am not going to criticise William Chrisman, far from it. I am rather in sympathy with his claims set forth in his ap peal, and so far as this communica tion is concerned, the die will have been cast, the result announced, and the candidate nominated for Representative, before it can be printed. But the lesson still re mains, and the inferences drawn from his appeal cannot be mistak en. Mr. Crisnian infers as a weak ening of Columbia County's demo cracy, and as a means of republi can ascendency, by the long con tinuation of one man in office, un der customary usages of turn or rotation, or equal division of honors conferred upon our parly leaders by the democracy of Columbia County. I cannot but take a dif ferent view from Mr. Chfismau's way of reasoning. I remember old Jake Iiyerly, whom the party lead ers tried to unhorse for ever so many years, and yet the democratic majority increased steadily until Columbia county was known all over the state as the banner demo cratic county. But what is democracy? Why are we democrats? Democracy stands for something. I take it that a democrat is a democrat from principle. Not ioroffi :e. No true democrat will forsake his party be cause he has been politically disap pointed, either by not receiving a nomination or being defeated at the general election after a nomina tion. The constituency of any electorate may not have the same good opinion of us, as we ourselves may have. They may have claims above the mere favor of bestowing an office on some aspirant or favor ite, whom they may not exactly trust to represent their interests, or work in their interest. Because a candidate' is defeated is net evi dence that he is unworthy or un trustworthy. The time has at last come when the electorate will con sult their own interest, rather than tha interest of those seeking office. Then again, democracy is right in principle. It contends for equal rights for all and special privileges for none. But in case an official renders services so highly satisfac tory to the people that they de mand his continuation in office without interruption, I can see no thing unfair about it, if he consents to serve them. Every person has a right to com pete in the race for nomination, and if the many termed man is suc cessful, is only an additional proof that he has rendered full and com plete satisfaction to his constituen cy, who continue to favor him for his honesty and integrity. I am of the opinion that no man in Col umbia county or elsewhere, will voluntarily yield to turns, if his constituency continue to demand his services. It is a mark of great honor for any man to be so highly distinguished that his fellow citi zens have implicit confidence in him as incorruptible and unpur chaseable. The people are not looking after the man so much, as they are looking where to get the most satisfactory services. Anoth er case in point is a veteran demo crat in Bloomsburg who has render ed, not only the democratic party but the people of Columbia county, better and more valuable services than any other man who ever pre tended to be a public servant, and yet he has suffered defeat at the hands of his party, when in point of ability he stood head and should ers above his competitors. Such men never think of forsak ink the principles of justice and right if they never succeed to ob tain a place of preferment, holding the principles and traditions of the fathers, of far greater value than perishable party honor, or political preferment. O. N. D. Claims State for Bryan. Bailey Disputei Gufley'i Announcement. Warren Worth Bailey, of Johns town, secretary of the Bryan State League, replying to the assertion of Leader James Guffey, of the uemocratjc oartv. mat trie Henn. sylvania delegation to the Denver Convention would go uninstructed, says: "Although my reports are very meagre, I believe I can say that the Bryan forces have scored a vic tory in Pennsylvania. Colonel Guffey 's position is untenable. A majority ot tne candidates tor state delegates were pledged to Mr. Bry an Deiore tne primaries, ana, unless some of these men are recreant to their trust, it appears that the del- A. i A T . cgauou 10 uenver wui De instruct ed to vote as a unit for the nomi nation of Mr. Bryan." IVOXV.X.A.. Bern the mtiimYMniwuwmttcM Hobson Wants More Battleships. Predicting a gigantic and bloody war between the United States and the yellow races of Asia, led by the militant Japanese, with racial su premacy as the stake, Captain Rich mond P. Hobson stirred the House last Saturday with a most eloquent plea for the constructiou of four battleships, as recommended by the President. The hero of the Merrimac proved himself an orator as well as naval fighter and won liberal applause from the members and galleries, which were crowded with visitors, many of them gayly-dressed worreu. He painted a graphic picture of the American nation fighting off an invading foe, declaring that con flict between the yellow and white races was inevitable. With much drama' ic force and fervor, he add el : "The time is coming when this nation not only to do its duty in the world, but to preserve its very existence, must turn the coun try into a.i armed camp and control the two oceans which bound it on the East and West." , At the conclusion of the address Captain Hobson was sharply rebuk ed by Representative Burton, of Ohio, for his "war-like and inflam matory" utterances. Burton was thoroughly aroused and rose to the osatorical level of a Clay or a Sum ner. He told of where arbitration and peaceful means had succeeded alter war had wrought bell 011 earth and had failed, using as his chief illustration the Treaty of Ports mouth. JAPS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OP WAR. He predicted that every Japanese veteran of the recent war with Rus sia and every widow and child of a soldier slain in that war would spend the remainder of their days as active evangelists of peace, in stead of economizing in order that they may help their Government to build a big enough navy with which to conquer nnd annex America. Members on both sides of the chamber declared they were the greatest speeches that had been heard this session and there was general regret that Burton had only 20 minutes' time whereas Hcbson spoke a full hour. It was impos sible to tell anything about the rela tive strength of the two factions, as each man was applauded uproar iously and at the conclusion of their speeches the business of the House had to be suspended for several minutes while members swarmed around to grasp their hands. The Fleet on It's Last Stretch. The Atlantic fleet of 16 battleships began last Saturday the last leg of its cruise from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate. Weighing anchor at 4 o'clock that afteinoon, three quarters of an hour later the ships were threading their way out of Magdalena Bay under command of Rear Admiral Thomas, while the six black-hulhd destroyers of the torpedo flotilla gave a parting sa lute to the big white vessels. An easy journey of 620 miles brought the fleet to Corouado Beach Tuesday afternoon. Admiral Thom as allowed 69 hours for the run up the coast, requiring an average of ouly nine knots an hour. When the ships reached San Diego they had logged 13,569 knots since their departure from Hampton Roads on December 16. The Con necticut has 1240 knots additional to her credit on account of the trip to San Diego, Cal. last week to bring Admiral Evans ashore and her subsequent return to Magdalena bay. The McHenry Bill After careful consideration of the various bills before it aimed at ac cidents in the coal mines, the House committee on mines and mining, of which Representative Huff is chair man, has decided to report a bill for the establishment of a bureau of mines under the Interior Depart ment The proposed bureau of mines will be charged with the duty ot investigating mine accidents in the various states and devising means for preventing such acci dents by the recommendations of safety devises for the use of miners and by all other means that may be found feasible. The bill to be reported is the one offered by Con gressman John G. McHenry, one of the most brilliant representatives this district has ever elected to Congress. Before that cough turns into a serious throat or lung trouble, stop it vitft Jcsiyinie's Expectorant (C&e It has proved its real value during 75 years, VBOlly Ask your druggist for it EXCEPTIONALLY Attractive Styles IN WOMEN'S READY TO WEAR SUITS. The Invitation to This Early Exposition of Tailor Made Suits Suggests no Obligation to Buy. A great many women are buying as well as looking. They know the styles are correct. We have more than fifty different models, expressing in seventy five different blendings of fabric, cut and trim ming, the very latest ideas translated from Paris modes by the best designers in this country. With the great variety of styles and the great variety of fabrics, it's going to be a Spring cf becomingly suited women, that's sure. Prices are very accommodating $10.00, $12.00, $14.00, $15.00, $17.50, $18.00, $19.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $30.00, $32.00 and $35.00. Think what a variety that means. SPRING STYLES FOR GIRLS. This is a New Department in This Store. Already there's an array of Suits in the very smartest spring models the most stylish spring fabrics. The new semi-fitting Coat Suits, pretty and girlish; the dashing new Cutaways, with dip; the chic new Vested Suit then the new Fabrics, what a variety, It's easy to imagine how charming these Spring Suits will look flitting along the streets or tripping away to school. Sizes 11 to 18 years. Prices range from $10.00 to $23.00. Separate SkirtsNew Styles. Take a look at that rackful of the new Spring Walking Skirts. It is a delightful study of beautiful materials; lovely colorings, graceful styles. Panama, Serge and Voile are here; old friends, but with new faces. The stripes, the shadow stripes the soft color effects are so pleasing. New ideas in trimming are worth seeing too. Be sure to see them. We price them $3.98 to $15.00. F. P. 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