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OFFICERS!
E. W. M. Low, President.
James M.Htaver, Vice President.
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
trunk I Roler, Cashier
Dili EC TO US:
E. W. M. Low, F. O. Yorks,
H.V.Hower Jnmes M. Staver,
M. E f?tnc'kbou8e.
K C. Creasy. Fredlkeler,
Myron I. Low, Louis Gross,
Frank Ikeler,
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THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Sstmimsiikd 1S37. CoNSDi.inAi r.v 1869
.'ubi.ishf.d Every Thursday Mousing,
At BloJinsburg, tlie County Scat of
Columbio County , Pennylvnnia.
GEO. E. F.t.WKI.L. Editor.
GiiU. C. ROAN, KoKtMAN.
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Outsidethecounty, f 1.25 a year, strictly in
advance.
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THE COLUMBIAN. MoomslnirK, I'a.
THURSDAY, AUGUST -0, 1 9(W.
Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN V. KERN,
of Indiana.
Democratic State Ticket.
TUDGE OK THE SUPERIOR COURT,
WEBSTER GRIMM,
of Bucks County.
democratic County Ticket.
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
JOHN G. McHENY,
of Benton.
FOR MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE,
WM. T. CREASY,
of Catawissa,
FOR PROTHONOTARV,
FREEZE QUICK,
of Bloomsburg;
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK W. MILLER,
ot Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN MOUREY,
of Roaring Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
JCHARLES L. POIIE,
of Catawissa.
JERRY A. HESS,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
CLYDE L. HIRLEMAN,
of Benton Borough,
(Second Term.)
HARRY CREASY,
of Blooms Durg.
(Second Term.)
A Matter that Should
gotten.
Not be For-
Young men who voted on age
last fall MUST be Registered or
they can not vote UDder any cir
cumstances. Others who have paid
a State or County tax within two
years may be able to swear in their
votes, if they are not upon the Reg
istry, but the voter who cast his
first ballot in 1907, has no possible
chances to do this. He is not upon
any duplicate, has no tax assessed
against him, and consequently cau
not qualify to having a paid a tax,
as is necessary where voters are left
off the Registry. By failing to
register he practically and effectu
ally disfranchises himself. There
is no way by which he can vote,
and Democrats should remember
and see that every young Democrat
who voted on age in 1907, is upon
the polling list of 1908. And this
must be seen to before the evening
of September 2nd. Don't Forget
this.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
un several occasions in the past
1 111s paper lias advocated the abol
ishing of the office of Associa'.e
Judge, on the ground that it was
no longer essential to the ad minis-
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iiauun ui justice, anu tnerelore a
useless and expensive ornament. In
the early days ot the state the ju
dicial districts were large, and each
one embraced several counties The
President Judge traveled from one
to the other, and it was impossible
for him to be well acquainted in all
of them, and so it was deemed nec
essary to have local associates in
each county.
The constitution of 187.1 orovid-
ed that all counties having a popu
lation of 40,000 should be entitled
to become a separate district, with
a President Judge only, the associ
ates to be abolished. This gives a
district like Lycoming only one
Judge, while the district' composed
of Sullivan and Wyoming with a
populatiou very much less, has
five. The same may be said of our
own district of Columbia and Mon
tour. The Middleburg Post is now agi
tating the question of abolishing
asso:iate judges, and has compiled
a table showing the amount paid by
the state as salaries to associates,
as follows:
Ad.an" 939-40
Bedford 1001.60
Cameron 751 23
Clinton 21SO.00
Columbia 999.40
Elk 800.00
Forest 813.90
Fulton 646.20
Juniata 467.4s
Huntingdon 2215.90
Mifflin 707.90
Monroe 1411.80
Montour. 11 12.40
perry 748.40
Pike 84V00
Snyder 1511.10
Total S21.688.60
Sullivan 1351.00
Union 1109.40
Warren 1180.30
Wyoming 2628.25
Ttal $29,957.55
Nearly $30,000 1 When we con
sider what the state has received in
return for this expenditure, it is
worth while to discuss whether it
cannot be spent to better advant
age. The necessity for the officer,
if there ever was any, has passed.
The office is a useless one and
ought to be abolished.
BE PREPARED.
There is no one at least no one
worthy of citizenship who will not
desire to vote at the coming elec
tion. The privilege of doine so. of
having a voice in selecting those
who are to administer the affairs of
the government, is one of the high
est and most important that can fall
to the lot of any mortal being. It
is not only a privilege but it is a
duty, and a duty that we should all
discharge. To vote, however, re
quires some preparation. First you
must be registered, and this cannot
be done after the second day of
September. So you had better see
about it now when you think of it.
If you put it off, the matter may
slip your memory, and the time go
by for this preparation. The time
to do a thing is when it should be
done, and the time to be registered
is now. Don't put this off.
A dispatch from Harrisbure savs
that the fund of $50,000 appropri
ated by the legislature of 1907 for
the payment of bounties on scalps
of noxious animals was exhausted
when 10 per cent, was paid on bills
aggregating $22,000 sent in bv for
ty-three counties. The purpose of
the act was to provide money for
the extermination of these animals,
bat such remarkable activity was
manifested by hunters that over
three-fourths of the appropriation
was requisitioned last year.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,
At the November election the
voters of Pennsylvania will have an
opportunity to vote for or against
several proposed amendments to the
state constitution that are of the ut
most importance and demand th
earnest consideration of every citi
zen. These amendments were ap
proved at the last session of the
legislature, and are submitted to
the electorate prior to final consid
eration by the next general assetn
bly.
One of these amendments, and
possibly the most important, in that
it will affect a great economy and
make elections less frequent, pur
poses to aboli -h the spring election
entirely. II it is approved and be
conies a part of the fundamental
law, in the even numbeied years in
November the state and county of
ficers shall be chosen, and in the
odd years tie municipal elections
shall be he'd in November also. Of
course, the preMdential elections
will occur in the even numbered
years. Otlices the terms of which
are three years are made fonr years
while those that are now five years
are increased to mx years. Election
officers who are chosen for one vear
under the present plan, wutild then
serve for two years.
As to the state officers, the audi
tor general, who is now elected for
three years, would serve fonr years,
and the state treasurer's term would
be increased fiom five to six years,
and all county offices, conn
nlmen and school directors would
serve four years. The change would
wipe out the February election, re
duce the primaries from two to one
each year and provide for only one
personal registration.
1 he second of the three proposed
amendments provides that munici
palitits may contract indebtednesss
to the amount of 10 per cent, of
their total assessed valuation. The
present constitutional limitation is
per cent.
The third of the proposed amend-
mendments consolidates the courts
n Philadelphia and Allegheny
counties, so that there shall be but
one court each.
There is little objection to any of
the amendments except possibly
the one authorizing an increase of
city debts. There are some scru
ples against relaxing this restraint.
The other two amendments are,
however, fairly certain of popular
approval. Altoona Times.
No Amendment Vote This
tf
Year.
The Altoona Times, giving infor
mation to voters, says:
"At the November election the vot
ers of Pennsylvania will have nil op
portunity to votw for or against several
proposed amendments to the State
Constitution."
This is a mistake into which a
considerable number of our contem
poraries have fallen, and to which
we have previously directed a ten
tion. The constitutional amendments
will not be voted upon this year.
There is no probability that they
will come before the people before
November of next year. They
were proposed by the last Legisla
ture and must be approved by the
next Legislature before they can be
submitted to popular vote. The
next Legislature will also determine
when the vote shall be taken; it
may be at a special election for the
purpose, but it is more likely to be
at the regular election in Novem
ber, siuce there will be only a few
officials to elect next year, and the
amendments could have as full con
sideration as at a special election.
The interest which the voters
have in the proposed amendments
this year is merely an indirect one,
and is to be expressed only in their
votes for members of the Legisla
ture. As the members elected this
year will pass upon these amend
ments at the coming session it is
assumed that the people are inter
ested in knowing both what the
amendments are and how the
several legislative candidates are
disposed toward them. That is the
reason they are now advertised, and
not because a vote is to be taken on
them this year.
At this time the proposed chang
es do not excite very general inter
est. Discussion of them is whole
some, however, and will serve to
get the people acquainted with
them. If they pass the next Leg
islature tbey will be advertised
again a year hence, and then the
people will be face to face with
them as a live and direct question.
Phila, Press,
September 2nd.
Do you ask why we point to that
date ? If you are not Registered on
or before thai time, your vote may
be lost. It is the last day that you
can Register.
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SEPARATE JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
It is claimed by same that when
Columbia county contains forty
thousand inhabitants it will become
a separate judicial district, and un
der the constitution the associate
judges will be eliminated. This is
partly correct, but several things
must happen before the provisions
ot the constitution will apply.
Article IV, Section .s of that in
strument is as follows:
''Whenever a county shall con
tain fottv thousand inhabitants it
shall constitute a separate judicial
district, and sha'.l elect one judge
harned in the law; and the General
Assembly shall provide for addi
tional judges, as the business of the
said districts may require. Counties
containing a populatiou less than is
sutlicient to constitute sepirate dis
tricts shall be formed into conveni
cut single districts, or, if necessary,
may be attached to contiguous dis
tricts as the General Assembly may
provide. The office of associate
judge, not learned in the law, is
abolished in counties forming scpa
rate districts; but the several as.-o-
ciate judges in office when this Con-
titution shall 1 e adopted shall serve
lor tliir uuexp.red terms.
V henever a county shall con
tain forty thousand inhabitants
shall constitute a separate judicial
district." But how is it to be de
termined that a county contains
that number ? Can it be ascertained
in any other way than by the offic
ial census of the United States?
That will not be taken until 19 10.
But that alone will not make the
change. A reapportionment must
first be made by the legislature, as
Montour county must be provided
for, and that body will meet in
1911. Then, if we have the forty
thousand, and a new apportion
ment is made, and the legislature
sees fit to make this county a sepa
rate districtthere will be no more
associates elected. But a little thing
ike a constitutional provision is no
guarantee that it will be obeyed by
a Pennsylvania legislature. If they
go uot see ht to make the appor
tionuient, what are you goiug to do
about it? The constitution savs
that "the General Assembly shall.
at the next succ;ediug session after
each decennial census, and not
ofteuer designate the several judic
ial districts." This is mandatory.
but nothing has been done under it
tor over thirty years.
The legislature can pass a law at
ts next session in 1909, abolishing
associates, but this would not apply
to those now on the bench until the
expiration of the terms for which
they were elected.
State to Push Capitol Cases.
Scarlet Anxious to Close Hit Connection
With Cases.
Deputy Attornev General Tesse
E. B. Cunningham, will return to
Harrisbure after a European tour
about the first of September and
soon after Attorney Geueral Todd
will come back from the Maine
woods and James Scarlet will meet
them to determine what shall be
done in regard to the Capitol graft
cases this tall, From all indications
wo criminal cases will be tried and
the balance of the cases will depend
upon their outcome
The September criminal court in
Dauphin county will have a very
large list, ana as the capitol trial
will necessarily be protracted, it is
probable that Judge Kunkel will be
asked to set a special term late in
October for the trial of the cases.
This will come after the argumeut
on the motion for a new trial for
Sanderson, which will be heard by
the judge in October s first week.
Mr. Scarlet will speak for the State,
P. Fred Rothermel. Tr.. for Sander
son and one lawyer for each of the
other defendants.
The civil actions to recover the
sums alleged to have been filched
from the State 011 the contracts will
be instituted this fall by Attorney
General Todd in collaboration with
David T. Watson, of Pittsburtr.
The State officials have always con
tended that they have a good chance
of winnine these actions. The last
case tried was said by many lawyers
10 nave oeen a good one tor a civil
court case.
James Scarlet is anxious to close
up his connection with the cases,
owing to his engagements with the
attorney general's department in
the federal government's cases in
which he is special counsel, and
hopes to have all criminal trials pnd
with this year.
AUGUST
FURNITURE LINEN SALE
An Important Event for Thrifty Housekeepers.
This year's sales will surpass tlio.se of any prcvimi
season surpass them in value-giving strength ant' i thn
variety of the offerings. Business conditions have enabled
us to purchase goods at the lowest prices quoted in years
and we pass the splendid bargains along to our custom!.
in the same way AT AMAZING REDUCTIONS KKm?
ACTUAL CURRENT VALUES. M
Here are a few items, selected at random from the
scores of good bargains to be had. Such economies on
Table, Household and Art Linens of absolutely depend ,e
qualities and on artistic Furniture of thorough reliability
are positively without precedent in Bloomsburg retailing
Read on and profit. 6"
Furniture at Very Unusual Prices
Buying furniture soon "runs into money," and oppor
nities such as this must interest every housekeeper who
:eds furniture, for during this sale we r.re offerincr M,,,n
tional values. Come and inspect these exceptional values!
The Linen Sale.
We consider it a distinct triumph to be able to quote
such low prices on qualities so exceptionally fine. Only
the most adroit and farsighted buying enables us to do so
tu
nee
Bleached Table Linen.
56 in. bleached table linsn
28c value for 22c
56 in. bleached table linen
Sgc value for 49c
72 in. bleached table linen
5e value for 72c
72 in. bleached table linen
$1.00 value for 85c
72 in. bleached double dam
ask $1.39 value for $1.19
72 in. bleached double dam
ask $1.50 value for $1.25
72 in. bleached double dam
ask $2 00 value for $1.65
72 in. bleached double dam
ask $2.75 value for $2 25
NAPKINS REDUCED.
Napkins to match most
of the bleached table linen,
and they are reduced. Space
forbids telling you of all
the prices, but you get an
idea from the following:
$1.15 napkins now Syc
1.50 napkins now $1.25
1. 95 napkins now 1.59
2.75 napkins now
3.50 napkins now
4.00 napkins now
5.00 napkins now
6.00 napkins now
6.50 napkins now
2.25
2.98
325
425
5.00
5.50
F. P. PURSEL.
BLOOMSBURG,
PENN'A.
We Have Ten Styles of
Envelopes and Paper to Match
FOR
Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets
Announcements, &c.
Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down to
Billet-doux sie with Card to Fit.
Twenty-Four Styles of Type
FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing House,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
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