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PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRATS
GREtT f,5R. MUKSOfl
Reception Waj Civcn Him In Quaker
City Ha Is Pleased Witi
tha Cutlock.
A reception v,os given by mnny
prominent Uer.io'. rot? to t'lrlr ninilnee
for Jnstlco of the Biipicnip court, Cyrus
LaRue Muiiroii, In thp headquarters of
the iK'inocratle illy committee, Phila
delphia. Monday afternoon. Mr. Mun
eon went thpre from Atlantic City, and
after spending half of the day with the
Philadelphia Democrats, returned to
the coal region, where he mot many
gatheringH last week. He made no for
mal speech, as he had decided that
propriety demanded from him an
avoidance of partisanship, but as he
explained, he wanted to show his fel
low Democrats his appreciation of the
honor which they had bestowed upon
him la the nomination for the highest
Judicial tribunal In the state.
In addition to all the members of
the city committee, with the ward
chairmen, under the direction of City
Chairman John O'Donnell. the gath-r-Ins
included scores of Democrats who
dropped Into the rooms between 2 an
4 o'clock. Most of thera remained or y
long enough to thaks hands with Mr.
Munson and wish him success. The
nominee, In a few informal remarks,
said that he had received so much en
couragement in the Interior of tha
state from independents a well as
his own solid party, that be now be
lieved "It is up to Philadelphia" to de
cide the election in the whole state.
Mr. Munson added that he found old
animosities burled by Democrats In the
many counties that be had visited, and
ho believed there wa a new era clot
ahead. "I believe," Mr. Munson said,
"that the Democratic party of Penn
sylvania is in better condition today
than it has been in since 1895 or 1896."
This, he thought, would be shown, "if
not fully In the coming election, at
least la the not distant future."
What Was the Governor's Reasons?
Governor Pennypacker must have
had some grave reason for refusing to
appoint Robert Von Moschzisker to
the vacancy on the bench of Philadel
phia upon the death of the late Judge
McCarthy. Governor Pennypacker Is
a strong partisan. lie believes with
Tart In the -solidarity" of the party
and would probab'y make any reason'
able sacrifice, or would then when he
was In public life and still aspiiin.
But he absolutely refused to oblige
his friends, Israel W. Durham, James
P. McNichol and Dave I.ane, by ap
pointing tli fir man (.. the bench.
Governor Pennypadser has often
written entertaininrly. His stylo is
unique and fasc.'na.ir.g and his erudi
tion makes vhrtlovcr he writes inirr
ecting. It Is safe to say, however
that he has nevvr written onythlns
that so absorbed public imercst l:i
Pennsylvania r.s f.:c statement he
nilgiit write on the subject of why he
was so determined in his opposition
to placing Robert Von Moschzisker on
the bench in Philadelphia. Of course
he was not influenced by any trivial
reason. If the gentleman had rsplred
to an office of less dignity and im
portance, an unimportant reason would
serve. But with respect to the bench
it is different.
In the absence of at statement on the
subject from Governor Pennypnckci
any conjecture may be advanred
moreover, which Is an additional rea
Bon that he should speak. He was e
member of the district attorney's stafi
when James P. McN'ichol alleges tha'
Office was prostituted to the basesl
uses that can be Imagined. He was
assistant district attorney when Mc
Nlchol says that office was bribed tc
-content to fixing a Jury to acquit a
ballot box stuffer. Can It be that Pen
nypacker refused to appoint him
Judge on that account.
Importance of Registration.
It Is not generally known to the vot
crs of the cities that the present res
Istratlon will be used by the elec
tlon officers to conduct the primariei
to be held In June, 1910, when a gov
CTnor, congressmen, representatives In
the legislature and an important coun
ty ticket is to be nominated. If, there
fore, your name is not on the registry
list this fall, you cannot participate
rn the selection of those Important of
ftclala In June. Voters In cities of th
third class have one more chance tc
set themselves right for next year's
primaries. Don't "overlook the bet."
Injustice to Mr. Aldrlch.
The Albany Argus insults Mr. Al
drich by calling it "the tariff law that
nobody likes." Mr. Aldrlch, who made
it, feels that he Is somebody, and that
those for whom he made It constitute
everybody who Is anybody. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Facts to Keep In Mind.
Those New Bedford operatives who
are demanding an increase in wages
should remember that the tariff is de
signed to raise the price of almost
everything except labor. Providence
Tribune.
The Records of Congress Contradict.
Senator Gore Insists that the west la
the real Beat of governmental power.
The trouble is to make Rhode Island
ee it that way. Kansas City Star.
A tax receipt obtained last fell
will serve to qualify you to register
and vote this fall. If you haven't paid
taxeg this fall look up your laat year?
receipt
FIT TO BE A JUSTICE
Mr. Munson, Democratic Nominee For
Justice of Supreme Court,
Above Party.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Munson, Democratic candidate
for justice of the supreme court, has
given one striking piece of evidence
of his fitness tor the highest court in
tne Rtate uy refusing to figure In a po
litical meeting.
In view of the fact that he was to
be in Altoona yesterday, County Chair
man Dunn nronosed to have a srrpat
i political rally at which Mr. Munson
should be the chief speaker. It was a
goou lcipa with the exception that
Mr. Munson was a candidate for su
preme court justice, and should eschew
partisan politics as much as possible.
This slipped the mind of Mr. Dunn,
but Mr. Munson did not forget It. When
the suggestion was made to him he re
plied that he could not entertain such
an idea. The office for which he was
a candidate should ho kept aloof from
politics, and he could not take part in
a political meeting without doing dis
credit to the Judicial office. He would
rather be defeated than win through
such means. An informal reception
was substituted for the Democratic
rally.
It would be an admirable thing if
Judicial nominations could be made
here, as they are In some states, by
non partisan conventions. But the Re
publicans meet by themselves and
nominate their own men, and fre
quently select pretty stiff orjanlratlon
men for the nominations. Every one
can recall some of the deplorable re
sults of carrying party politics into
the courts and giving Judicial nomina
tions to men who have been subser
vient to their party organisation. But
as the Republicans make their own
nominations, there is nothing for the
Democrats to do but to nominate Jus
tices In the usual party assembly. In
Mr. Munson the Democrats have of
fered the people a chance to elect a
man who rises above partisanship, who
appreciate the dignity and responsi
bility of the office to which he has
been nominated, and who will not take
those means of promoting his election
which he might properly take if he
werea candidate for an administrative
office. The ermine would become him,
and his election would be an advantage
to the state.
METHODS OF THE MACHINE
Philadelphia Policeman's Pay Envelope
Looted For Campaign Funds.
From Philadelphia North American.
Despoiled of $13. which he says was
taken from his pav envelope last week
to swell the $300,000 fund the Mc
N'ichol organization is raising to elect
Rotan, Policeman E. J. O'Keefe. of the
hirst district, appealed yesterday to
Mayor Reyburn.
It is common knowledge that the or
ganization, In its anxiety to beat Gib
boney. has held up every city employe
for "contributions." whose- totnl will
probably exceed $300,000. Such things,
on a lesser senle, perhaps, have oc
curred before, but the method of rais
ing the fund by digcins into a police
man's pay envelope before he has even
seen it is peculiar to 'his campaign.
According to O'Keefe's story, told in
a letter sent to the mayor, he lias al
ways paid political assessments levied
against him without a murmur, a m
ply because he knew bis job depended
upon it. This year though he knew he
would have to pay, ho didn't have a
chance to count out the cash himself
n;id he bns reinsert to -sign the receipt
for a full month's pay. Orders from
the "front" were that each policeman
should be nsKessed $lo, but. $15 was
taken from O'Kcefe.
Democrats Can Win.
The Democrats of Pennsylvania can
win at the polls next month if they
are just to themselves and the admir
able ticket their convention has nomi
nated. Ninety per cent, of the vote
cast for Mr. Pryan last year will give
every candidate on the Democratic
ticket a substantial majority this year.
There is no reason why 100 per cent,
of the vote cannot be cast. The vot
ers are still In the state and most of
them are qualified to vote.
Four years ago the Lincoln Party
and other independent voters gave
William II. Berry considerably more
than 100,000 votes in this state. Last
year none of these voters supported
Mr. Bryan. There Is every reason to
believe, however, that most of them
will vote for the nominee of the Dem
ocratic party this year, not because
they are Demccrats, but for the rea
son that they are fit and the nomi
nees of the Republican party are not.
There is a deep-seated antipathy
among the best men of all parties to
restoring the machine to power In
Pennsylvania.
If the Democrats are alert, honest
and faithful to the obligations of good
citizenship they will cast enough votes
themselves to elect the Democratic
ticket and the help they get from In
dependent voters will simply be "po
litical velvet." Will they forfeit this
opportunity to pluck victory by neg
lect or for a worse reason? It Is to
be hoped not. It is to be hoped that
there is enough patriotism and Integ
rity in the Democratic masses to per
form their duty.
A Word to Democratic Voters.
Voters in cities of the third class
have one more chance to register and
those who have not already done so
ought to avail themselves of it for
various reasons.
All good citizens vote. It is a civic
duty.
You can't vote at the primaries next
June unless you are registered this
fall.
If you register next Saturday you
needn't bother .'.lout it again until
next year.
If you register In person no one can
personate you either on registration
or election day.
Men think better of you if you have
sufficient civic pride to cast your vote.
A big, honest vote helps you town.
People think well of a community
that takes interest enough In public
affairs to cast a full vote.
A man who can't vote Is a nonenlty.
A man who falls to register, where
registration Is required, can't Tote.
CO-OPERATIVE
FARMING.
The great auccess of the farming
communities of Denmark lies print!
pally In the co-operation of the farm
Inc interests. Co-operative cream-
erics bring about a saving of money
to the dairymen and Is the means of
causing general Improvement In meth
ods of feeding and care of stock, and
Improvement In manufacturing meth
ods, If our farmers and other peoplo
of the country would begin to organ
ize and co-opcrato for their own busi
ness, educational, social and spiritual
good, they will be following the ex
ample of the peoplo of the cities who
have found it necessary to act togeth
er to solve the great and Intricate
problems that have confronted them,
and some of which still confront them.
The nation, which Is fundamentally
an agricultural national, whose
strength Is peculiarly founded In the
soil, cannot afford to let Its rural life
fall behind. For this reason the move
ment Inaugurated by cx-Presldent
Roosevelt, should have the most sym
pathetic support of the whole nation,
of the whole population, whether rural
or urban.
APPLES AND
SULPHUR.
A recent writer In New York stated
if a man will drink a pint or more of
pure apple elder a day there will be
no mora Brlght's disease. A younger
medico said that all that was neces
sary was one sour-sweet apple a day.
Such apples, however, have practical
ly disappeared from the markets. A
good apple Is said to be full of sul
phur, and sulphur Is said by some to
be good for man, the pure food laws
to the coAraur notwithstanding. The
wrlur says, further, that chemists
have been striving for ten centuries
to reduce sulphur to a potable drink
that can be bottled and sold, and
have not yet succeeded. We might
Inquire, why not take it in Louisiana
molasses, that, when of pure Louisi
ana production, has been one of the
most highly prized products of the
sugar Industry known?
A SOURCE OF
MARVEL.
When we read the prohecles con
cerning our srpply of coal, iron, tim
ber and the soil beneath our feet, and
are told that we are on the highroad
to bankruptcy In all our natural sup
plies, we wonder how the human race
hr.3 contrived to maintain Itself no
long. During the last fifty years wo
have been spending at a prodigal rate;
but the nations managed to exist be
fore modern invention began its da
Etructlve work, and in some way they
will get on to better things even f j
the coal and iron give out. China j
snipped the land of tres many ten- j
tunes ago, and has suffered for it, but j
t'r.e empire is the oldest in the world
fiiil one of the most stable. i
NO MORE FREE
LAND.
The day of "free land" In the gold
en Went, a cry once so attractive to
the Immigrant or to the settler from
the older States, has practically pass
ed. Much of the land yet unappro
priated mny be freo enough, but It
will require wealth to make it pro
ductive. The United States, as far as re
gards the opportunities it offers thi
landless, Is at the close of Us first
great era. The eras to come may b-3
better in some respects, but they will
be t'lffercnt. There are no more bound
less areas of fertile, well-watered soil
awaiting the settler. The day of freo
land is over.
EVOLUTION ONLY OF
THE BRAIN.
Present savage races are not degen
erates; only fixtures, stationary. High
er religion can only veneer and var
nish such with a thin falsehood of
culture. For thousands of yenru
man's evolution has concerned only
his brain, and civilized man of to-day
is but the beginning of new develop
ments in which the brain must still
win more and more triumphs over the
body. The final product will be a be
ing of whosa structure we can form no
adequate conception.
GRAVE PRONOUNCEMENT
ON GRAVY.
The one real, all-sufllcient, univer
sal, ever-on-the-Job gravy in thl3
world, however, is plain, oldfushloned,
time-honored and anciently approved
ham gravy! Just as it is, without one
plea It knocks the spots off any tur
key gravy with "yolks of eggs, gib
lets," mushrooms, trufiles, or what
not ever concocted anywhere, or con
ceived in the minds of mortals! You
can't beat it!
CIVILIZATION FOR
SAVAGES.
Among savages now existing can
any races be found with any prospect
of developing luto civilized people?
Hardly. The lino lias long since been
drawn between tlio races that are
cowardly, sluggish, retrogressive and
those that are energetic, brave and
progressive.
THE COST OF BEING
BEAUTIFUL.
The latest scientific experiments
prove that to remain eternally young
and beautiful you must not only eat
and drink in the sparest manner, but
undergo actual periods of starvation.
The knowledge that one miy live
on a diet of gluten for U a month is
interesting, but the fact is hardly
likely to put the restaurants out ot
business.
"Kvery one of us know people who
think they know It all, but the man
who is too wise to learn or too good
to Improve has ceased to be of much
use in the world.
Good Things in the November Lip
pincott's. Appropriately enough, both love
and politics figure in the plot of
Mary Inilay Taylor's ntw-wwl,
"The Magnate of Paradise" poli
tics being appropriate to the sea
son, and love to oil seasons. The
story is published complete in the
November LippincotCs which by the
way, is an extraordinarily fine
number. The scenes of "The Mag
nate" ar laid in the nation's car
itol and in a live town in Missouri.
While the name given to the latter
is fictitious, the place is quite likely j
to be recognized by those who live
or have lived there. Like other
municipalities not confined to Mis
souri, tne town is ruled by a pom
oal "gang." They ore opposed by
a ytung lawyer, who, as District
Attorney, undertakes toc!ean ethe
Augean stables and replace the
rule of might by the rule of right.
Unfortunately, Holland the Dis
trict Attorney is in love with the
ward of the Magnate of Paradise,
who is the head and the moving
spirit of the "machine." All sorts
ot underhand schemes are resorted
to in order to down the reformer,
and things look dubious for a while.
Eventually, however, the citizens
awaken to the fact that Holland is
fighting their battles for them, ftnd
give him enthusiastic, if tardy, sup
port. The Magnate and his hench
man are overthrown, and the very
likable hero wins the very lovable
heroine. There are some intensely
dramatic scenes, and the interest
is not permitted to lag for a mo
ment.
Some remarkable short stories
will be found in this issue. One
of them is "Mary and Martha at J
Lunch," by Marion Hill, author of
"The Pettison Twins." This has
rare originality and subtle humor,
with a dash of pathos by way of
seasoning. "Love and a Morning
Ride," by Elizabeth Maury
Coombs, is a striking tale of the
Southland. Other good stories are
"A Dead Letter Come to Life," by
Anne Warner; ' Lost a Tur
key," by Elliott Flower; "The
Sight of the Soul," bv Helen Tal
bot Porter; and "Much Ado About
Nothing," by Thomas L. Masson.
Arthur Stanley Riggs, who lias
recently been made a Fellow of the
Royal Geographic;;! Society,
contributes a delightful paper
called "Snapshots Around Na
ples " The authors who ate reprc-1
stntcd in the department "Ways j
of the Hour" arc-Rupett Sargent :
Holland, whose tiovtl, "The Man j
in the Tower," is having a big
sale; Edwin L. Sabin, Joseph M j
Rogers, and Ellis O Jones.
Then there is that never failing!
mine of amusement "Walnuts and j
Wine," with its plethara ol jokes,
jingles, and anecdotes.
Bear Story from Williamsport.
The Williamsport Gazette Bul
letin sprang the following bear story
upon the public the other day:
"A ten-year-old boy living at
Sweet Valley, Luzerne county,
went hunting with his father the
other clay. They had nothing but
birdshot in their guns when a big
bear appeared but they let go at
him and enraged the bear so much
that he made for them. The fath
er's gun was empty and he was in
danger, wheu the boy let the sec
ond barrel go and the bear dropped.
Reloading, the boy approached the
supposed dead animal, but it got
up and came at him again. At a
distance of only a few feet the bear
received another charge and drop
ped dead. This shows that it is a
pretty good idea to lake a ten-year-old
Pennsylvania boy along when
you go hunting."
This is a good one; the plot is
simple; the actiou is rapid; there
are thrilling situations, a climax,
and a happy conclusion which
teaches a moral. The author de
serves to be classed with Kipling
and T. R.
. . .
The Lewistown Gazette, the
Republican organ of Mifflin county,
has a poor opinion of the act of the
Legislature which at it? last sessous
changed the compensation of court
criers and tipstaves from per diem
fees to salaries. As applied to its
own county it says that the six
court functionaries consisting of
court crier and tipstaves will now
receive $2722.50 for 30 days service
in the year as against $397.50 un
der the old system. Of course pub
lic officers should not be allowed to
starve, but that does seem rather
big pay for the amount of service
rendered.
The authorities in this country
will tool aloug with Emma Gold
man until there i9 another assassi
nation. The weakest point in our
government is its vacillating, cow
ardly policy toward auarchy and
anarchists. The sooner they are
suppressed the easier the job will
be done. The longer it is delayed
the more difficult. Foreign agita
tors of the Goldman type should be
promptly deported.
Tlio Kind You Havo Always Bought, and which lias been,
iu uso for over SO yenrs, ban borno tlio slgimturo of
-0 - and lias been mado under Ms per-
jCJ&tyfltA sonal supervision Blnco its Infancy.
fiafy t&stcAXQZ, Allow no ono to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd Just-os-jjood" nro but
Experiments that trlflo with and endanger the health of
Infants nnd Children Experience against Experiment
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contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotl6
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and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sloop
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend,
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Fish Wants Must ba Filed Early.
Fish Commissioner Meebau has
annouueed that he is ready to re
ceive applications for brook imnt
and other fish for delivery from the
state hatcheries during the season
of 1910. All applications for trout
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also be sent in at the same time.
State Demands Sunday Fines.
State Treasurer Sheatz has writ
ten the various county treasurers
throughout the State calling atten
tion to fact tnat so few return to
the State fines for Sabbath break,
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Richest Cargo of Cotton.
Carrying 21,895 bales of cotton,
equivalent to 22,725 500-poutHl
bales, and valued at $1,534,103, the
Inland Line steamer Indian sailed
from Savannah Sunday for Brem
en. This is probably the most val
uable cargo of cotton that ever
cleared from an American port.
Besides, the Indian carries 700 bar
rels of rosin valued at $5828.
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enemy, Nawil Catarrh, by lining Klj''H
I'reuiu Halm. Tneu will all the nwttll
iiiKanrt Boreiirtw be driven out of the
tender, iiillmned membranes. The flu
of sneezing will ceuso and t he din
charge, a offensive to othois as to
yourself, will he stopped when the
causes that produce it aro removed.
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