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O F F I
K. V. M. Low, President.
James M.Staver, Vice President.
DUIKCTOUS:
E.W.M.Low, F. O. Yorks, S. C. Creasy. Fred Ikeler,
H.V.Hower Iiunes M. Staver, Myron I. Low, Louis Gross,
M. K Stuck'.iouse. . Frank Ikeler,
THE COLUMBIAN.
- ESTABLISHED 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
ISTAHLISIIKP I837. CuNSOl.iDA I FI) 1869
ublished Every Tiivrsdav M rhino,
At Blojmsliurg, the County Seat of
C jlumbio County , Pen tiny 1 van la.
GEO. E. El. WELL, Editor.
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rmmsi fnsiH 1 the county 1 1.00 n year
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THE COLVMHIAN, Uloomsl.urR, I'a.
'IHUIISDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908.
Democratic National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN W. KERN,
of Indiana.
Democratic State Ticket.
IUDGE OF 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 Bloonisburg.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
FRANK W. MILLER,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CHRISTIAN A. SMALL,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
JOHN MOUREY,
of Roaring Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
CHARLES L. POHE,
of Catawissa.
JERRY A. HESS,
of Bloomsburg.
FOR COUNTY AUDITORS,
CLYDE L. HIRLEMAN,
of Benton Borough,
(Second Term.)
HARRY CREASY,
of Blooms ourg.
(Second Term.)
AN EXCELLENT CHANGE.
Democrats throughout the coun
try will learn with keen satisfaction
that the original plans of campaign,
so far as they relate to Mr. Bryan
himself, have been changed. It
was his intention to make only a
few speeches and spend most of his
time at home where those who had
sufficient leisure and money to af
ford the trip could visit him and
hear brief addresses on the issues
of the campaign. Of course if this
plan had been carried out his short
speeches wouJd have been widely
published and universally read.
But he couldn't have reached as
many people by that method as by
the usual campaign tour.
It is gratifying, therefore, to
learn Mr. Bryan's plans have been
altered, with his own consent, and
that he will tour the country as he
did in bis previous campaigns, but
with vastly greater effect, because
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
8150,000.
C K It H :
Myron I. Low. Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier.
time has improved him largely and
the asperities which sharpened op
position to him before have been
tor.ed down or entirely removed It
is safe to say that in his campaign
tour this year Mr. Bryan will be
greeted by an unanimous and en
thusiastic Democracy where ever
he goes and that was not the case
in either of his other campaigns.
Besides he can present the issues
with greater force and effect from
the stump.
Mr. Bryan's campaign itinerary
has not been announced as yet, but
it is certain that he will speak in
all the doubtful States, among
which are both New York and
New Jersey. He will make a few
speeches in Indiana and at least
one in Kentucky and it is a safe
conjecture that wherever he speaks
the response will be all that he can
possibly hope for. The plain peo
ple of the country believe in Mr.
Bryan and will follow him this year
as they never have before The
change in the plan of campaign,
therefore, will serve to encourage
those who don't hear him and
strengthen those who do. It was
a splendid resolution. Watchman,
Democracy vs. Plutocracy.
Since practically all of the corre
lated evils of Republicanism and
Rooseveltism bear heavily upon in
dustry, dig deep into the pockets of
labor and oppress enterprise that
enjoys no favoring laws, what better
issue could Democats raise this year
than the cost of living ?
Cat:se and effect in governmental
affairs never were more closely as
sociated than they are in the con
ditions now everywhere visible in
America. At Washington we have
Congresses that spend a billion a
year; a jingo craze for war and im
perialism; privilege and protection
for selected classes; the sale of leg
islation to interests that contribute
privately to campaign funds, and
an almost complete failure to give
effect to laws prohibiting monopoly,
discrimination and forestalling.
Waste and favoritism at Wash
ington are attended by burdensome
taxation, high prices, depression in
industry, and idleness and hardship
among the millions who have no
share in the discriminating pluto
cratic prosperity of which we hear
so much. Profligacy and privileee
for the few go hand in hand now as
always with poverty and suffering
for the many.
Followed to their ultimate effects
the notorious wrongs of Roosevelt
ism, although varying widely in
character, will be found resting at
last on the backs of enterprise and
labor, sapping their energies and
filching their earnings. Practically
every wise remedy proposed, such
as economy, peace, tariff reform,
graduated income and inheritance
taxes, publicity of campaign ex
penditures and the destruction of
privilege, monopoly and imperial
ism would lead unerringly to one
end cheaper living and true pros
penty.
That would be a campaign issue
worth while. It would appeal to
every honest man. It would be
comprehended by every intelligence.
it would make for Democracy and
justice. It would be clear, logical
and convincing. It would give life
and point to a campaign that sorely
needs invigorating thought and
purpose. Finally, it would sweep
away false issues and false remedies
that serve only to bewilder and vex
the people.
Living is high, taxes are high
and hardship prevails because gov
ernment is in partnership with plu
tocracy and privilege and because
Republicanism, thoroughly com
mltied to these things, will not or
cannot apply the remedies impera
tively needed. New York World.
O
.0VORXA.
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Kind Yon Haw Alwtn fcdt
FINDS BRYAN WAVE RISING.
Sura 10 Sweep Weil and New York, Say
Congraiimtn Solzer.
Congressman William Sulzer, o
New York, who recently returned
from an extended campaign tnr
through the intermountatn and Pa
cific coast States, in an interview
gave his views on the situation as
he found it in those States and on
the general situation throughout
the country. Mr. Sulzer said:
"Bryan is very strong in the
States west of the Mississippi River
and the tremendous vote he will
poll there will be 'a great surprise
to the country. I traveled all over
the Pacific coast and intermountain
States and I must sny that I was
greatly surprised to find how much
stronger Bryan is this year than he
has ever been before. I did not meet
a Democrat who as not going to
vote for him. and I met a great
many Republicans who are openly
supporting the Democratic nomi
nees. From what I saw and heard
I have no doubt that Mr. Bryan
will carry a majority of the Slates
west of the Mississippi River. lie
is sure. to carry Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada and California.
"The battle ground, however, is
going to be in New York and the
corn lands of the Middle West.
Every inch of the ground in those
localities is coins: to be contested
The nomination of John W. Kern
for Vice President is very popular
in Indiana. The nomination of
former Vice President Acllai E Ste
venson for Governor of Illinois puts
mat state 111 the doubtful column.
The same can be said of Minnesota
Johnson, beyond any question, is
the most popular man today 111
Minnesota, and there seems to be
no doubt that he will carry the
Mate again.
I feel confident Bryan will car
ry New York. Make no mistake
about it. The Democrats in New
York will nil do their duty and
take advantage of this splendid op
portunity to place the Empire State
again 111 the Democratic column. '
Making Money.
"Mr. Bryan is more of a money
maker than is Mr. Taft," says Al
fred Henry Lewis in one of the
August issues of Farm and Fireside.
"Not that this should count for or
against either. To make money
means nothing but money making.
It is no sign of an infallible intelli
gence to grow rich. A red squirrel
will jump about during October's
thirty-one days, and lay up enough
acorns to support fifty red squirrels
fifty years That red squirrel doesu't
know why he does this. A gray
squirrel lays up nothing; and. for
the best of it, strolls languidly here
and there, and only occasionally
tucks an acorn or n hickorynut un
der a leaf filing it away, as it were,
for future reference. One goes into
the snows rich, the other poor, by
virtue of an instinct; just as some
men make money, and others make
none, by virtue of an instinct. It's
no evidence of brains one way or
the other. I've seen gentlemen in
Congress, and very fair statesmen,
at that, when they were not think
ing of a re election, who couldn't
have made two dollars a day at any
trade or calling in the world. On
the opulent other hand, there be
folk who make money as readily as
some people make trouble, and
who only escape being howling idi
ots by never howling. Also, there
is such a thing as being overricb.
Some wise, good soul ought to go
into our colleges and endow a Chair
of Trade; not to teach boys how to
make money, but how much money
to make. One can make too much
coney, just as one can drink too
much rum; and so we have money
drunkards, just as we have rum
drukards."
New Treasure House of Coal.
Forty-five billion tons of coal, in
cluded in the greatest coal fields in
Western North America, will be
available as soon as railroad exten
sions now in progress tapping the
Crow's Nest Pass region are com
pleted, going far toward averting
the predicted fuel famine.
The vast storehouse, says the
Technical World Magazine, is locat
ed in a rectangle 150 by 200 miles
in extent, comprising 30,000 square
miles, or 19,300,000 acres.
To put this tract in direct com
munication with the outside world
two opposing engineering parties
are strenuously at work. D. C.
Corbin, president of the Spokane
International Railroad, has secured
a charter from the provisional gov
ernment of British Columbia for a
railroad connecting with the Can
adian Pacific, east of Michel, B. C,
and extending in a southerly direc
tion 14 miles. Construction gangs
are now in the field rushing work.
This line will open coal lands in 17
sections, a total of to, 800 acres, for
which the company holds crown
grants from the provisional govern
ment of British Colombia.
AN APPEAL.
There are no secrets in this Cam
paign. Strictly practicing what he
preaches, Mr. Bryan will not win
victory with tainted money paying
the election expenses.
Not a dollar is to be accepted
which requires any promise, either
express or implied, other than for
HONEST, IMPARTIAL GOV
ERNMENT. Mr. liryan will enter the White
House absolutely free from entang
ling alliances, free to serve all class
es of honest citizens alike, or he
will not enter at all.
Hence the course is plati. The
campaign of Bryan and Kern must
be c nducted by the people.
The people must pay the necessa
ry campaign expenses if they want
public servants who will serve their
interests.
Special interests and favored class
es, having secured "SWOLLEN
FORTUNES" by purchasing fa
vors in the past with MILLIONS
CONTRIBUTED TO CONTROL
ELECTIONS, stand ready to gi
MILLION'S MOKE FOR CON
TINUED FAVORS. But that
class never gives a dollar unless it
buys a pledge.
Mr. Brvansays, from March 4th,
1909. "LET THE PEOPLE
RULE."
This can come only if the people
pay their own bills, aud control
tluir own elections.
"BEWARE OF THE TRUSTS
'BEARING GIFTS.' "
That policy of the favored few
buying a mortgage on the Govern
ment meant that the Candidate for
President knew a few people only
111 an entire State
Bryan says, "We will take the
cause of PEOPLE'S RULE home
to the people and will know people
111 every county.
ou can serve the grand cause of
popular government.
our paper reaches the fireside
of the patriot who loves his country
for his country's GOOD; as distin
guished from the greedy possessor
of swollen fortunes who loves his
country only for his country's
GOODS.
Asking every one who favors
Government by the teople to pay
you, at ouce, as many dollars as he
can spare to aid the Campaign for
BRYAN, KERN AND PEOPLE'S
RULE. You forward these gifts
of honest hearts and home every
two weeks to the Treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee.
with the name of each contributor
and amoun's given The Treasurer
will forward you 1 certificate for
each one, asking you to deliver
these certificates.
Once more, you should be a part
of the Great Organization bearing
the Lamp of Light to every nook
and corner of Free America.
Our Country is for the People;
its Government must be by the
People.
Sincerely,
Norman E. Mack.
Chairman Democratic National Com.
M. C. Wetmoke,
Chairman Finance Committee.
C. N. Haskell,
Treasurer.
Fortunate Mexico.
The Republic to the south-west
of us does not seem to be bothered
much with looking uo new candi
dates, or with voting on ballots
that contain the columns tor a
a dozen or two political parties. In
General Porfirio Diaz Mexico seems
to have a president who is the idol
01 the whole land. He has already
served as President for thirty years.
The next presidential election does
not occur until 1910, but there is
now a boom started to have him
again become the candidate. He
has said that he would not serve
again, but a proclamation has been
made in the state of San Luis Po-
tosi signed by citizens calling upon
the States of the Republic to agree
upon a date, send their deleeates
to this capital and in special audi
ence present to the President the
claims of the Mexican people upon
his services for another term of six
years.
Did such a thing ever happen in
the United States ?
"The Younger Set." bv Robert
W. Chambers, will be published in
serial form in The Philadelphia Sun.
das Record, beginning Sunday, Sep-
temoer otn.
An advance order to vour news
dealer would be advisable.
For 75 years the favorite
AUGUST
FURNITURE
An Important Event
This year's sales will surpass those of any previous
season surpass them in value-giving strength and in thc
variety of the offerings. Husiness conditions have enabled
us to purchase goods at the lowest prices quoted in years
and we pass the splendid bargains along to our customers
in the same way AT AMAZING REDUCTIONS FROM
ACTUAL CURRENT VALUES.
Here arc 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 dependable
qualities and on artistic Furniture of thorough reliability
are positively without precedent in Uloomsburg retailing.
Read on and profit.
Furniture at Very Unusual Prices
Huying furniture soon "runs into money," and oppor
tunities such as this must interest every housekeeper who
needs furniture, for during this sale we p.re offering excep
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. (July
the most adroit and i'arsightcd buying enables us to do so.
Bleached Table Linen.
56 in. bleached table linsn
28c value for 22c
56 in. bleached table linen
50c value for 49c
72 in. bleached table linen
85c 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 damj
ask $2.75 value for $2 25
F. P.
BLOOMSBURG,
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 size with Card to Fit.
Twenty-Four Styles of Type
FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing House,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
EXlOSCtfOiTffilinilr mxz?
faxnilyThedicine for throat and luw. JmAj&
S LINEN SALE
for Thrifty Housekeepers.
NAPKINS REDUCED.
Napkins to match most
of the bleached table linen,
and they are reduced. Spice
forbids telling you of all
the prices, but you get an
idea from the followins:
$1.15 napkins now 89c
1.50 napkins now $1.2;
1.95 napkins now 1.59
2.75 napkins now 2.25
3. So napkins now 2.98
4.00 napkins now 3.25
5.00 napkins now 4.25
6.00 napkins now 5.00
6.50 napkins now 5.50
PURSEL.
- PENN'A.