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E. W.M. Low. President.
James M .Staver, Vict- President,
Dl ItECTO HH:
Intnes M. Staver,
Fred Ikeler,
S. C. Creasy .
Clinton Hrrrinsr,
.K.W.M.Lnw,
K.G. York,
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M. EjStaekliouse.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBKR 11. 1!00
MUNSON FOR GOVERNOR.
Wilf amsporter's Great Vote Brings
Him Out Strongly for Further
Honors.
That prominent Democrats will
meet soon to consider the future of
the party in the nation and state,
and that Attorney C. La Rue Mun
son, of Williamsport, is spoken of
as a prospective candidate for gov
ernor in this state are the state
mjnts made in an article published
in the Philadelphia Ledger, It fol
lows: "Conferences of Democrats, in
spired by the revival of the party
in tlie great Munson vote, will be
held shortly to consider the future
of th Democratic party in this
state and nation. The idea of hold
ing such a meeting of met) who be
lieve in the principles of Jackson
was suggested by a similar discus
sion held by Democrats in New
York some time ago.
"C. La Rue Munson, as the
standard bearer in the recent elec
tion who united all fictions and
brought back to the fold voters who
had joined the Republican party,
will take a leading part in the con
ferences. Ex-Mayor Vance McCor
ruick, of Harrisburg, who aided
Muusou's canvass in an active and
financial way, and Jere S. Black, cf
York county, are among those who
will form the nucleus of a move
ment which has as its'first purpose
the election of a Democratic Inde
pendent Governor next year.
TO INFUSE YOUNGER BLOOD.
"There are about 350,000 natur
al Democrats in the state, and more
than 150,000 voted for Munson iu
an off year.
"The conference, according to
those who outlined the scheme be
fore election, will first consider re
organization of the party. No radi
cal steps will be taken to condemn
leaders who have traded with the
Republican machine, and all fac
tions will be invited to assist iu the
reorganization plans. Colonel James
M. Guffey, Democratic National
Committeeman, is in accord with
the plans, and his advice to the
committee, which saw him in Pitts
burg more than a month ago, was
to proceed without making the old
time leaders conspicuous. There
fore younger blood iu the State
Democracy will be brought to the
front, and the old leaders, like Ilar
rity, Cadwalader, Guffey, Donnelly
and Judge-elect Garman, of Wilkes
Barre, will be sought for practical
advice.
"Vance McCormick and Jere S.
Black have been suggested for chair
men of the conference, and party
men of all factious will receive in
vitations to the meeting, which will
probably be held late this month in
Harrisburg.
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(' K K S :
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron T. Low,
H. V. Hover,
Frank Ikeler.
TO ELIMINATE BRYANISM.
"Norman E. Mack, of New York
may be invited to the conference
for the purpose of outlining the
national policy as promulgated by
the Saratoga conference of New
York Democrats. While Bryanism
will be eliminated as a result of the
reorganization all efforts will be
made to make it plain that the na
tional movement is not directed
against Bryan, so that no offense is
offered to the Bryan followers.
Preparations for the Gubernatorial
contest here next year and for pre
senting a strong and united party
in the next presidential year will be
made at the conference.
"Such conferences, it is said, will
be held in other states during the
next six months.
"With tne re-establishment of
the Democratic party in the state,
candidates for Governor are being
discussed. Congressman A. Mitchell
Palmer, Senator Dewalt and C. La
Rue Munson are mentioned as fit
ting leaders in the Gubernatorial
battle. Friends of Mr. Munson say
that he made himself a powerful
factor through his great vote and
rejuvenation of the party organiza
tion." ,
New Postal Rules Now in Force.
Registered letters mu.it now bear
12 cents postage, the increase of
the registry fee from 8 cents to 10
cents bringing the total postage up
to twelve cents. With the iucrease
the government officials announce
that the maximum indemnity to be
paid the owner of a lost or rifled
letter has been raised from $25 to
$50.
Other changes in the postal sys
tem that are proposed include the
establishment of a package registra
tion system with a five cent fee,
and of a special class for registered
matter of high value, with an in
crease in the indemnity of $100
and an increase in the fee to 20
cents, the limits fixed by law.
It is pointed out that the pack
age regulation will meet a public
demand for a cheap and safe means
of transmitting Christmas packages
and others of like character, and
that graduating the fee in accord
ance with the risk involved and the
amount of care necessary to insure
safe transmission is in accord with
sound business principles.
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We Have the Greatest Battleship.
The battleship North Dakota,
which made its trial trips last week,
proved itself to be the fastest ship
of its class in the world, surpassing
the speed of its sister ship, the
Delaware, and of the British battle
ship Bellerophon, which has hith
erto held the record. Its turbine
engines developed a maximum
horse power of 35,150. The re
markable speed ot 22.25 knots was
attained. The North Dakota was
built at the yards of the Fore River
Shipbuilding Company, at Quincy
Point, Massachusetts, and cost over
$7,000,000.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Supreme Justices Rule That Personal
Habits of Members of a Brewing
Company Are No Bar to
Granting of a License if
They Have Respect
ed Law.
A decision of stale-wide import
ance. Affecting the present manner
of handing down liquor licenses in
Pennsylvania, and breaking away
from all precedents, was made by
the Supreme Court at Pittsburg
Inst Friday in the case of the Indf
ana Brewing company, of Indiana,
Pa. Tile quarter .sessions court of
Indiana county had refused the
brewing concern a license and the
Superior Court affirmed the decis
ion. When the case came before
the Supreme Court, however, both
courts were reversed by a majority
of one vote. Unusually strong opin
ions were writ en by the justices.
lie opinion of the maioritv.
written by Justice Elkin, cf Indi
ana, declares that the license was
refused on the sole ground that the
brewing concern was an unfit cor
poration. It is announced that the
personal habits of the members of
the corporation should not be taken
into account, but that the corporate
acts of a corporation must be ex
amined to learn whether they have
violated the laws of the state.
The opinion of the majority is
concurred in by Chief Justice Mit
chell and Justices Fell and Brown.
The dissenting opinion, written bv
Justice A. Leslie Mestrezat, is sun-
1 .
portea by justices Potter and Stew
art. A terse sentence in the dis
senting opinion is as follows:
"It practically annuls the act of
assembly and denies the right to
grant licenses by the court ol quar
ter sessions, the only tribunal in
vested by the laws of the common
wealth with that power."
Ihe decision is tar-reaching, and
has an important bearing upon the
power cf license courts under the
Brooks law.
The court did not meet until late
in the afternoon. A number of de
cisious, most of them Allegheny
county cases, were hau led down,
after which the court rose to nitet
in Philadelphia the first Monday of
January.
NO REFLECTION? ANiTnONE IN
TENDED. The Republican attributes to this
paper an article 'concerning Judge
Evans "cioing some detective work
on his own hook" in Danville. The
same article appeared in a number
of our exchanges before we pub
lished it- There was 110 reflection
011 the Judge intended, and nothing
in the article to indicate any such
intention.
Judge Evans stated iu cpen court
that he knew there were violations
of the liquor law in Danville, and
that he himself had seen them. His
statement publicly to that effect
was most commendable, and will,
no doubt, have a beneficial effect up
on the constables of Montour who
have been reporting that there were
no violations of the liquor laws.
What they have failed to see,
though it is their duty to look,
Judge Evans saw without trjing.
Some of the Columbia county
constables had better sit up and
take notice.
Sell Less Wheat Abroad.
The calendar year 1909 will show
a smaller exportation of wheat than
any year in the last decade, and an
increased home consumption, both
in amount and per capita average,
says a report of the Bureau of Sta
tistics on wheat production, expor
tation and consumption of the
United States.
The continued decline in exports
of brcadstuffs lends interest to the
statement. The exportation of
wheat for the nine mouths ending
with September amounted to only
27,768,901 bushels, against 68, 1 78,
935 bushels in the same month of
1908; flour exports were 6,288.283
barrels against 9,428.347. This
reduction in exports of wheat seems
to be due to increased consumption
at home rather than to any decline
in production. The average annual
production for the last five years
has exceeded any earlier five-year
period.
Forest Fires near Pottsville.
Forests covered with dried leaves
northeast of Pottsville were the
scenes of great fires on Sunday,
the smoke and flames compelling a
number of families to flee for their
lives.
The State having withdrawn its
appropriation for fire wardens,
there was a lack of organized op
position to the progress of the
flames, and thousands of dollars
worth of damage is reported to
young timber.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
RACE WASTE VS. RACE SUICIDE.
Vital Statistician Says This Nation
Sacrifices 200.000 Babies
Annually.
American race waste more seri
ous than race suicide is pointed
out in Census Mortality Bulletin
No. 104, in which it is estimated
that annually in the United Slates
200,000 babies tinder five years of
age die from preventable causes.
This great loss of life among the
little ones at the period when they
are most loving and most lovable
could be prevented, is the opinion
of l)r Cress y L. Wilbur, chief .si 1
tistician for vital statistics of the
census buicnu, who prepared the
bulletin on the basis of presentable
knowledge of sanitary measures.
For the accomplishment of effective
preventative work iu this direction,
Dr. Wilbur holds that the prompt
registration of all bitths and the
more careful and precise statement
of causes of death by physicians are
essential.
SACR1FICK OK INNOCENTS.
More than one-eighth of a million
babies, under one year of age and
fully ioo.ooo children under five
years of age, died among about
one-half of the total population of
the United States in the year men
tioned. It is considered probable
that fully 200,000 more died in
those cities and States not included
in the census bureau registration
area. In this connection Dr. Wil
bur quotes Professor living Fish
er's conclusion that of all the dis
eases of infancy, hiving the medi
um age one year, 47 per cent, may
be prevented; and that of the dis
eases of childhood having medium
age two to tight years, 67 per cent,
may be prevented.
"It does not seem unreasonable,"
Dr. Wilbur states, "when we con
sider the fact that there is appar
ently 110 reason why infants, if
properly born, and this means sim
ply the prevention of ante-natal
disease and the improvement of the
health and conditions of life of
their parents, should die at all in
early infancy or childhood, except
from the comparatively s:na 1 pro
portion of accidents that arc strict
ly unavoidable."
AFFECTS THE NATION.
The bulletin continues with a
statement that the general death
rate of a country is largely depend
ent p.pon its infant mortality, be-cau-e
the death rates of infants and I
young children are high and they
ah'ect a relatively numerous ele
ment of the population. Exact
study of the incidence of disease
upnn infancy and childhood is mcst
important, and it is imperatively
necessary, and that there should be
more effective registration of births
throughout the United States for
this purpose. The extremely im
portant rate known as "infant mor
tality" is the ratio of deaths of in
fants under one year of ae, not to
population but to the number of
children born alive during the year.
This most important ratio should
be readily available for the compar
ative study of deaths of infants in
all of our States and cities, but,
the bulletin states, in the great ma
jority of them, unfortunately the
registration of births is worthless,
and ratios calculated upon the re
turns would be deceptivi and un
reliable. PHONE ON P. & R.
Catawissa Division Being Equipped
With Instruments as Auxiliaries
to Telegraph.
The Reading Railway company
is introducing the telephone service
at all passing sidings on the Cata
wissa division between East Maha
noy Junction and West Milton.
The number of miles of trao'c tr
be covered is 67 and there will be
is telephone stations, located at
East Mahanov function. Loftv.
Girard, Brandonville, Krebs, Ring-
town, Ferndale, Beaver Yalley,
McAuley, Mainville, Catawissa,
Rupert, Grovauia, Danville, Maus
dale, Mooresburg, Dougal and West
Milton. It is not thi mirnnsp n
do away with the telegraph in the
running 01 trains but to use the tel
ephones as an accessory. It will
enable the trainman who is not a
telegraph operator and who may be
miles away from a telegraph office
to get into instant communication
with the train dispatchers and, in
many instances, save valuable time.
It will enable train crews to
know just where the train they are
lying out for i.i and often times
will enable it to get a right of way
which it could not get for hours if
it had to get word by a telegraph
office first.
This system is now in operation
throughout the yards and on the
basin branch where telephone boxes
have been installed and the train
crews, by using them, save much
nine in getting a ngnt ot way and
tnakiug the necessary movements.
F.P.PUR
fe Destroyed by Fire
on Wednesday Morn
ing, November ioth.
As soon as possible the
Building will be repair
ed, and the Store will
open with an entire
new stock of goods.
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