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... W. M. I,ov, President.
James M.Staver, Yiee President.
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E. W.M.Lou-. - F. U. Yorks,
H.V.Hower liinii's M. Staver,
M. E StiU'k'.iouse.
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JOHN G. Mi-HEXRY.
May A-:& the .'et Gubernatorial
Rare.
PliilaJcipIiia Record Says lis Cannot With
Oriw Hli"r!t From Favorable Con
S'doration. Til-- rhiinik-lrlr'a Record says
editorially: "Miiulf.-.l of the way
Representative Johu G. Mellenry
swept the Sixteenth Congress dis
trict at the late election in despite
' ' the Republican tidal wave, his
.ids are pushing his name to the
: t as the right man for governor
the state. Mr. McHenry dis-
urages this movement." The
..ojtnsburg Mail, speaking for him
says: ' Mr. McHenry is not un
mindful of the honor which the
mere mention of his name in that
connection implies. He doesu't
underestimate the compliment that
is bestowed upon him. But he
feels that his present obligations to
the public require him to give his
undivided attention to his Congres
sional duties, and that encouraging
a movement which might divert
some of his energies into another
channel would be something in the
nature of recreancy. He has found
Legislative work agreeable and ad
apted himself to it, and feels that
he owes his constituents his best
efforts." Discussion of the next
Democratic candidacy may be pre
mature. But Mr. McHenry can
not withdraw himself from favor
abb consideration. Anyway, the
office should seek the man and not
the man the office. Mr. McHenry
has built himself a reputation as a
wide awake citizen, as a deserving
and conscientious representative,
and as a pushing and popular can
didate before the people that will
keep him in front view."
Will Get Better Clothes.
The tariff committee has an
nounced a further continuance of
its hearings. There is no telling
just what kind of a tariff bill will
be presented, mnch less what kind
of a bill will be passed after it has
beeu debated and amended, but
there is strong hope among tariff
reformers that there will be large
additions to the free list in the way
of raw material, such as wool,
hides, lumber and coal. It is well
known that we cannot have the
best woolen fabrics made in this
country because the finest fleeces
of Australia and South America go
to the looms of England and Ger
many and France, while Americau
manufactures, on account of high
tariff, are obliged to eke out their
scanty supply of wool with cotton
and shoddy. Johnstown Democrat.
The citizens of Montgomery, Ly
coming county, want a new bridge
across the West Branch of the Sus
quehanna and they are making
themselves heard in advocating its
erection by the county. A jury of
viewers have recommended the
erection of the bridge at a cost of
$120,000 and a score of the princi
pal citizens of the town have been
at Williamsport this week trying
to convince the Grand Jury that
the bridge ougbtjto be built.
IN THE COUNTY
Surplus
$150,000.
Myron I. Low, VW PrenidrMit.
Frank Ikoler, Cashier
S. 0. Creasy. Fre.Hkeler,
Myron I. Low, Lou Ih Gross,
Frank Ikeler,
A Minority's Power.
Everybody probably has heard of
the stubborn juryman, who stood
out against his eleven colleagues
until one by one, they came to his
understanding of the case and ren
dered a unanimous verdict, accord
ing to his judgment. If the truth
were known, that occurrence is
ino:e apt to 1 e the rule than the
I exception. Audit maybe accept
1 cd a a token of the p.iwer of a
1 v.'.lr.c: i'.y, Ne.tth.it it is stulbo;n-v.e.-s
alone that wins ti c bittle.
Otiite frein'.cntiy, perhaps oltener,
the minority is right and the ma
jority i.-- !!'.t.
It is r.tt supposed for one lit
tle instant that the miiwiity in the
IJu-eof Representatives can be
comparee to the stubborn juror,
in r thai, under existing- circum
stances, it coal.', obtain the results
aitributed to him. Nevertheless,
the Democratic minority in the
House would do well to keep the
o-.mpaiison in mind against that
time when it shall not be a minor
ity. Much can be accomplished
through unity of action on their
part, by fidelity to the principles
they repiescnt; in short, by com
porting themselves as though they
were not outnumbered by the
enemy. Congiessman Clark, on his
election to the leadership, made
clear to his colleagues what might
be expected of them during the
forthcoming session. Iu effect, it
spelled "unity," all in capital let
ters. Let the minority not forget that
it represents a great political party.
May it and its leaders be found al
ways working in conjunction and
with perfect harmony for the best
interests of the whole people.
Pittsburg Post.
Ban on Hides.
Due To Prevalence Of Cattle Plague.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board Monday morning issued a
rule that no hides may be shipped
out of counties which are under
quarantine for the foot-and-mouth
disease, unless the hides have been
disinfected under supervision of an
agent of the board. Application for
an agent to oversee such disinfec
tion or for permits to move cattle,
on .highways in infected counties
must be made either at Harrisburg
or at the branch offices in Lancas
ter, Danville and Norristown. At
the headquarters of the board yes
terday morning it was stated that
Clinton, Montour, Union, North
umberland and Snyder counties
were pretty well cleaued up and
that satisfactory progress was be
ing made in all counties but Mont
gomery and Lancaster, where new
eases had developed. As these
cases were easily traced and pre
cautions taken no apprehension is
felt. The new cases were discover
ed in herds near Columbia and
Lancaster and the cattle will be
killed at once and premises disin
fected. Something to Think About
Federal expenditures 1878. $1:15,0(10,000.
Fedral expenditure, l',K)8, ia8,000,000.
These figures are given by Secre
tary of the Treasury Cortelyou, ex
cluding for purposes of comparison
interest on the public debt, but in
cluding pensions and many public
works. They are intended to show
the increase in ordinary expendi
tures. In the thirty years from 1878 to
1908 the population of the country
increased about 85 per cent, and
the national wealth, based on Gov
ernmental statistics, 185 percent.,
whiLst the cost of government not
counting extraordinary expenses
advanced nearly 400 per cent.
How long can the nation keep
tip this gait without incurring dis
tress and inviting disaster ? Even
as "a billion-dollar country" have
we not passed the limit of prudence
in current outlay ? Record,
WASHINGTON
From our Keulm Cm respondent.
Washington, I). C, Dec. 14, 1908
.While Washington is crowded
with important conventions in
eluding an organization called
'Congress'' aid while both the
Pie.-i.ieiit and the Prcsident elet t
are in the city making speeches
and while the air is surcharged
with the discussion of policies ot
gieat import to the future of the
nation, th.; greatest difficulty is
not to find .something to wntc n
bout, but to know wh.il to select.
Both the President and Mr. Taft
were at the meeting of the Conser
vation Congress r.t the Relaseo
Theatre, where only those who
held tickets of invitations were ad
mitted. Mr. Taft presided and was
introduced as the President elect.
He denied that he was President
elect or had any official position.
Beirg a strict constructionist and a
lawyer, he knows that the formal
ity of a vote by the Republican
electors is necessaiy lielore he can
be called the President-elect. IVcsi-
Uillt IVOO-eVl ll i!wrl:limiii.r r..i,.
llCCy, s.,ij I h.lt he would ivntun.
to say who would be President-elect
and mu red to l.im-clf as the set
ting Stl'l.
The President's messa-v to Con
gress i- looked upon in the light of
. I . 1 . . . ...
a vaieujciory, tliough it would ben
rash mm who would siv that this
is the last appearance of President
Roosevelt in the way of a message.
It is quite probable that he will
send Congress two or three more
valedictories before the fourth of
March. Members of Congress, it is
said, are much stirred up over this
valedictory in which the' President
was not eulogistic, or as they think,
even respectful to the legislative
branch. The message is the most
rein irkable of the liiauv that the.
President has sent to Congress and
the paragraph which I v.ill cu
1 lire to quote, is sure to be wrv
windy discuss. d and will prohahlv
be the basis of important legisla
tion dining the months or veirs
that the President is ii-. the Ami
pud-, s and the executive office is in
the hands of the man chosen to
carry out, as far as a President
may, the Rooseveltiau program.
"The danger to American demo
cracy lies not in the least in the
concentration of administrative
power in responsible and account
able hands. It lies in having the
power insufficiently concentrated,
so that 110 one can be held respon
sible to the people for its use. Con
centrated power is palpable, visible,
responsible, easily reached, qukkly
held to account. Power scattered
through many administrators,
many legislators, nmny men who
work behind and through legisla
tors and administrators, is impal
pable, is unseen, is irresponsible,
cannot be reached, cannot be held
to account. Democracy is in peril
wherever the administration of pol
itical power is scattered among a
variety of men who work in secret
whose very names are unknown to
the common people. It is not in
peril from any man who derives
authority from the people, who ex
ercises it in sight of the people,
and who is from time to time com
pelled to give an account of its ex
ercise to the people."
There has been much serious
talk over the alleged irreconcilable
difference between . Speaker Can
non, the sardonic ruler of the
House of Representatives, and
Judge Taft, the President to be,
on the subject of the tariff which,
although it w ill not come up for
mally until the special session is
called, is nevertheless a subject of
very serious consideration. Aud
well it may be, for the revenues of
the .naiion are falling off at the
rate of eleven millions of dollars a
month and at the end of the fiscal
year is expected to show a deficien
cy of at least a hundred million of
dollars. Internal Reveuue, which
has been largely derived from taxes
on spiritous liquors, has notably
and even astonishinelv deorpnspd
in the las year, owing it is said to J
me Temperance wave which is
sweeping the country. 'Tis true
'tis glorious; and glorious 'tis ,tis
true! And the country might well
afford to lose a hundred millions of
dollars a month, in such a cause.
A small tax on bank checks,
matches, high-heeled shoe and
merry widow hats, will easily re
coup the Government for any tax
Aycr's Hair Vigor
Ingredients : Sulphur. Glvcerin. Quinin. Sodium Chlnrld.
Cuplkum. ie. Aliuiiul. Muter. Pcrlum.
Anything injurious here? Ask your doctor.
Anything of merit here? Ask your doctor.
Will it stop falling hair? Ask your doctor.
Will it destroy dandruff? Ask your doctor.
Docs not Color the Hair
J. 1'. Aim t'lmrui, Lrll. Mm,
it may lose through a smaller con
suinntion of vvhiskev. Hut to re
turn to the taiilT difference between
Speaker Cann n and Mr. Taft.
une reaso 1 lorine tailing oil r,t the
revenues is the unsettled condition
of the t a tin. Importers are hesiia
titiji to brills- eoods into this mini
try until the tariff on iinivirtations
iss.ttlel and the Government is
lo-mg a g eat deal from decreased
customs. There is a report this
inorning That .-speaker Cannon ami
Mr. Talt have had nn intci-view
thit lasted neatly Uo hcurs, a: the
residence ot Miss Maeel IJoardman,
wtiere tlie laft's are guests during
their stay in WasaiiiL-toti. Th.-r.ir.
iff was the subject discussed and it
is saia mat a mutually satisfactory
understaiidinir w.is est d.lislu. 1 ,..
tween tin 111. Miss Uoardman, it
win oe remembered, is the lady
who accompanied the Tafts two
years ago on their trip to the Phil
ippines and to China, at the
tune that the President's daughter
(no.v Mrs. Longworth) made the
tour ot 1 lie hoi Id.
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Corrupt I'liu ticc Act Under Tire.
The constitutionality of the Cor
rupt Pucliecs Act of 10v) has been
brought squarely before th.- Mijer
icr Court in the arguments of ex
Attorney Genera! W. IT. Hensel,
counsel f.)rjtid, e Harry (). P-ech-tel
of Schuylkill County, and of
Cyrus G. D.rr, win repi evented
citiens of that county who are en
deavoring to have Judge llechtel's
election set aside en the ground
that funds p.-ovided by him were
u-ed to cot nipt the voteis. The
argument was an appeal Iroiu the
Sciinylkill County Court, which
held that th..- election of Judge
Hcchtel was e-nli'elv regular and
dismissed the n -titioners. ulacim'
the costs on them.
In endeavoring to have the ap
peal quashed, ex-Attorney Ge ier'al
ileiisd argued that the Corrupt
Practices Ac pssse-.l by the Leds-
l ituie on March s, 1006, was with
out constitutional warrant, as in
the call for the sptci i session of
the Legislature, issued by Gover
nor Pc-nnypacker, there was no
provision for the regulation of elec
tioa expenses as set forth in this
act. Although, in addition to Mr.
Hensel, Judge Iietchel was re pre
sentcd by a strong array of counsel
fnnn Sciinylkill county, including
his fath.r, exjuge Oliver P.
B.chlel, County Solicitor A W.
Schalk, ex-Congressman James B.
Reilly, of Pottsville, and James J.
Bell and Martin M. Burke, of Shen
andoah, the appellee rested his en
tire case on the constitutionality of
the act.
CON-TEN'TIO.V OK THE CITIZENS.
Cyrus G. Derr. of Reading, who
made the chief argument for the
appellants, took broader grounds.
He said it would be preposterous to
set aside the act of 1906 on the
technicalily raised by Judge Bech
lei's counsel, and that to do so
would be virtually to say that it
was constitutional for a candidate
seeking the high office of Judge to
purchase his election by the cor
ruption and bribery of voters. He
held that the evidence established
the fact that large sums of money
had been advanced to liquor deal
ers in Schuylkill county by Judge
Bechtel before the election, regard
ing which no proper account had
been filed according to the terms
of the act, and the question wheth
er a candidate could turn over
money for election purposes to per
sous not required under the act to
file an account, and thereby escape
responsibility for this agent's man
ner of disbursing the money.
Should the Superior Court decide
tc uphold the constitutionality of
the act of March 5, 1906, it has
the power to order a re-hearing of
the Bechtel case on its merits.
LAW ATTACKED IN OTHER APPKAI..
Similar questions involving the
Corrupt Practices act of 1906 were
raised before the Superior Court in
the appeal from the Monroe
County Court in the matter of the
nomination expense account of Eu
gene Kinney, State Representative
elect. His account was referred
to the auditor, who found it cortect
and was sustained by the Court be
low. In appealing to the superior
Court, the Petitioners asked for a
ruling on the question: Are expen
ditures by candidates during acam
paigu for treating voters to cigars,
beer and whisky illegal? The
Court held both the Bechtel and
Kinney cases under advisement.
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