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An Unbiased Opinion.
Kandolph Keim, one of the most
intelligent correspondents writing
from 1 lie National Capital, in a
letter to the Harrisburg Telegraph
of Thursday, has litis to say of two
members of Congress, who failed
of re-election l.ast month:
The failure of C. \V. Stone to
secure a vole which would continue
his services in Congress through
another term is a subject of uni
versal regret. The Pennsylvania
delegation has not in its entire
personnel a more genial, generous,
considerate, industrious, obliging
and able representative than the
ex-Lieut. Governor and sitting
member of the Warren district. A
majority of the people of that dis
trict may be set down by their own
rating as a parcel of dunce caps
for not being able to make a better
discrimination between the two
principals in the race.
The people of the Warren con
stituency who did not vote for C.
W. Stone should plant themselves
before a mirror and see for them
selves as others will see them for
two years, from Maine to Cali
fornia, with a pair of long ears.
The Northampton district is an
other in which the people who did
not vote for William S. Kirkpat
rick, of Easton, will cut a sorry
figure, congressionally speaking, in
the Fifty-sixth. If Pennsylvania
districts wish to maintain them
selves at eold storage point and get
no share in Congressional favors
and little of administration patron- J
age, the way to do it is to defeat
such men as Stone and Kirkpat
rick.
The Persecution of Quay.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The law holds a man innocent |
until he is proven guilty. Some
obscure persons who have not had .
the courage or the manliness to !
make themselves known haveinsti- j
tuted a prosecution againt Matthew
Stanley < Juay, Senator of the I 'nited I
States. What their object is can
easily be conjectured. That they
have no high motives is apparent,
because they have sneaked behind
the skirts of the District Attorney,
fearful, probably, that if they
emerged into the open the public j
would unmask them as mere seekers- ;
for revenge. That their object is \
to satisfy personal spite and is
political in its nature cannot be
doubted.
There is a difference between
prosecution and persecution. A
just appeal to law is prosecution; :
Ihe vindication of a defendant |
through partisan and bargain
counter newspapers is persecution. j
Inuiindful of the fact that Senator j
Quay has not been convicted of j
any crime, he is maligned and at
tacked and his name is dragged i
through the criminal mire in the
most outrageous manner. The
high oflice which he holds should
protect hint from the insults of j
scandal-mongers and narrow-mind- I
ed partisans. The cowardly prose
cutors who so carefully shield
themselves from the public, it is to !
be hoped, are satisfied with the
work they have accomplished.
They have assailed the. senior Sen
ator of the great State of Pennsyl
vania and have tried to bring re
proach upon their own Common
wealth.
What iias Quay done to deserve
this persecution? He lias had a
long and honorable career in the
United States Senate, where hi> in
fluence is great and where he is j
respected for his statesmanship and !
scholarly attainments, lie served;
the Itepublican party of the Nation
as its Chairman and elected, by}
' unceasing work and masterly gen
• eralship, a Kepuhlican President at I
j a critical time. The National
Committee eulogized hint as no j
j man occupying so responsible a j
j position has ever been eulogized,
| and the I'liion League of Phila
; dclphia, in every way the greatest
' and most influential club in the
Inited States, tendered liim a
public reception, which his modesty j
led him to decline. lie it was who |
worked tirelessly in committee and j
stood day after day upon the floor j
of the Senate Chamber and fought i
the Wilson bill until he had ,
pounded it into a shape whereby
the vast iron and steel interests;
j of Pennsylvania were protected. I
He saved millions of dollars of tlii.- \
i and other states by his almost |
, superhuman efforts.
And who is the man who has!
done all this? The very one whose j
name is dragged before the courts'
and coupled with the names of j
criminals by unknown persons who :
in the darkness of obscurity, rub!
j their hands in ghoulish glee in their j
dastardly attempts to bring shame
! upon hint and this fair state of
Pennsylvania.
W hat is Quay's crime? He has I
! speculated, making use of the j
cashier of a bank, a personal friend, j
j as his medium of communication j
with the brokers. For ihis his
| name is besmirched by unknown
| character-assassins. The People's
: Hank failed, but Senator Quay
; was in no wise responsible for that
for not one penny does he owe the
| bank. It is true that the State
deposited with the bank, but where
is the law that prevented Senator
Quay from having a private ac
count in the some bank ? Every !
cent has been returned to the State j
and not one single, solitary de
positor has lost one single, solitary
dollar by the bank's failure. The
bank has paid up to the last cent.
Where is the great crime that
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|| OUR HOLIDAY SALE. L™ ._|
jMt OUR great store room presents an appearance never witnessed in any country town and we do not hesitate to compare our ||
ir* line of Holiday Goods and Novelties with those displayed in many city stores. We have everything you want in the Holiday £|
|| line. We have articles that will make suitable presents for young ladies and gentlemen. You will find handsome articles for
M your father mother, husband, wife or lover. We have the goods and our large floor space, 50x150 feet is Utterly packed from
iloor to ceiling with all that's abeautiful, cheap and durable.
n DINNER SETS Never a house- ALLUMINUM In kitchen uten- helpfToys and Games from every purchaser of sl.oo's * CHRISTHAS I*
|| and China for keeper who had and Plated sits we are selling our counters. worth of goods at our store \ NOVELTIE" 511
51 Christmas too much China. Ware great quantities of WE J° thafa'ri 1 mam!' CELLULOID 5 and 10 cents } I-N Wagons', **
|| Gifts. Always appro- of the most celebrated make factured and the way we keep Novelties. to as many dol- C Toy Forts, £|«
£3 pnate for holiday giving. of goods. We are not favor- lilling up the stock as they are LARH . Dressing Cases, Glove { BROOMS, **
Beauty and usefullness here able to the cheap makes of sold you would think we run BOXES Music Rolls ' Fancy ( Jewel Case's, *%
N combined. Not even a news- this class of goods with which a doll factory. Baskets, Manicure Sets, Pho- F M
5S paper could give a complete the country is flooded. uu llmu t?™,.,* > Railroad Trains,
. pAWnY Yon will find Jit tojrrapll Albums, 1 aiICV iiOX c Tov Wufphpu **
18 issr- or u '" dei, ° rt - K. tsserstta SZ- s,amp - ?
LAMPS Speaking of Lam pa ™. ~e gj. «„d C.„d y „o t fcr ||
Jl2 we are reminded that $5 to $8 trouble to have thildrpn inter 1 , LVtrc < Toy Dogs,
Si ;11 „ , . T irouoie 10 nave tmiaren inter- always carry an up to date Novelt es. largest and hand > Ships,
no will secure a lamp that in ested in playthings if the *. *• 11 Horses and carts
every way looks the equal of proper kinds are provided. * . somest line, embracing bun- \ Tin Horses
&$ one that cost §25 only a few Even 5 and 10 cents will buy and as heretofore wo will give dreds of handsome Novelties. I Toy s^rfnkPrs
£2 years ago. some very instructive and half pound of good candy to The prices are right, too. c sieds, I,nn els *
Sif S All kind of Sanies,
NT Books, for Young and
PICTURES. We have the cream of the pictures that are selling this year. Don't wait too long before yon > Mouth organs, iM
Hi see them. 112 Dominoes, M
H Medallions, Etchings and Photographs in varied styles of Frames. Beauties, all of them. 1 itiocks.' 1 """ ' **
|| Great big handsome presents for little money. Pictures for the Parlor, Dining Room, Library and I **
Bed Room. ' { K3.S&*, il
£3 112 Carts, !P1
n BARGAINS. China Cups and Saucers that cannot be duplicated at the price. Come and see how nicely > Blackboards,
U they are decroated. More than one style, too. Decorated Plates 5c and ii]> to as many dollars each. Christ- \ NOCKING Horses,
|| mas Tree Ornaments, etc. Poems, Bibles and all the standard works. \ MI'EHAIRS,
, , < Whips. PK
t The general prosperity all over the country indicates an unusually large Holiday business. We aie now \ r ° y f,uns ' HI
reacty for it. It's not so much what we say, but what we do,
V that gives this store a place in the front rank of up to date ■> 8^
II 112. 1 \ merchandising. , * J N.
> It's follly to advertise great and wonderful things and * / SIVl' N 61
|| t ■' \ then not have the goods or store to back it up. \
%* Wz fe) -V < We extend to you greetings. A merry Christmas month ( jlff'l i |!|!-.'-| *3'
rK \ to all. With full confidence in you, we have provided a stock r [rlJ|
112 2 j '/f\s~^' 5 which we would never have dared to buy only that we believe J*>.j I ' **
• iwe merit your confidence in us. We feel confident that we >
H \ can care for vou better than ever before. > II
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1898.
would justify even scandal mongers
and assassins of character in de
manding prosecution ?
The Keystone l>ank, a wrecked
institution, also had great deposits
of city and state funds, and yet
that fact did not prevent John
Wanamaker, a member of the
Cabinet of the President of the
I 'nited States, from running a pli
cate account. So large was his
account that the Comptroller of
the Currency wrote various letters
insisting upon the reduction of the
exorbitant loans made to him. Mr.
Wanamaker actually speculated in
Reading Railroad stock in a joint
arrangement with the President of
the bank, Mr. Lucas, and yet 110
one lias ever intimated that he was
committing a crime. On the con
trary Mr. Wanamaker is held up
to the public gaze as the embodi
ment of all that is good and pure
and honorable. Put when Senator
Quay deposits money and specu
lates, not jointly with the cashier
of another bank, but through liini
as a medium, the Senator is held
up to the community as the em
bodiment of all that if vicious and
criminal, and he is dragged before
the courts on the charge of con
spiracy and we knew not what.
This prosecution of Quay by
persons unknown, followed by his
persecution by bargain-counter
newspapers, may appeal to the
sense of justice of some people, but
upon the ordinary individual the
effect must be entirely different.
It is most certainly to be hoped
that the prosecutors will be re
vealed and that the whole miser
able story of their attempt to
destroy a Senator of the I'nited
States, with all the reasons for it.
will be told as the trial proceeds.
Ladies' Misses' and Children's coats
and capes, at the M. C. Talis store.
Cheap in price but good in value. 3t
Bticklen's Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money refunded. Price 25
cents a box. For sale by L. Taggart.
V3l-n4O-ly
OCR NEW COLONIES.
Their Resources and Value--A Brief
Summary of the Population, Pro
ducts and Character of the People--
Mard Crowd to tiovern.
In speaking of our new posses
sions acquired in the past year by
annexation and conquest, the New
York World says that Hawaii be
came ours during and because of
the War. Porto Rico is ours
absolutely. Cuba is ours under a
protectorate. fluani in the La
drones is ours. The Philippines
and Ihe Sulu group—more than
fourteen hundred islands in all—
are ours. One of the Carolines is
ours and the entire group may be
bought.
The islands we take number
more than 2.ooo—they have never
been counted and still less have
they been accurately surveyed.
Put the best statistics available
yield the following results as to
areas in square miles:
Cuba r>,ooo
Porto Rico 3,550
Hawaiian group 0,610
The Philippines 114,000
The Sulus ... 1,000
The Carolines 1,000
Guam in Ladrones 500
Total 171,090
Cuba is about the size of New
York. Ohio or Alabama.
Porto Rico is a little smaller
than Connecticut.
The Hawaiian Islands are some
what smaller than New Jersey, the
largest island. Hawaii, being about
twice the size of Delaware.
The Philippines cover a large
space about as great as New York
and the New England States to
gether. Luzon, on which Manila
is situated, is not much smaller
than New York.
All the new dependencies to
gether are about equal in area to
the New England States, New
York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey.
In annexing lands we annex
population also. These are as
follows:
Cuba. —1,o00,000; <>."> per cent,
white.
Porto Rico —1,000,000; 00 per
cent, white
Hawaii—9o,ooo, 25 per cent,
white.
Sulus, Carolines and Ladrones—
mainly barbarous.
Philippines—B,ooo,ooo ; mostly
orientals.
Roughly, we annex about ten
I million people, of whom !)0 per
cent. belong to more or less inferior
races.
The resources of our annexed
territory, like their area anil popu
lation, have never been calculated
with accuracy.
Cuba produces sugar, coffee,
tobacco, cocoa, cotton, indigo, rice,
I and fruits. She has forests rich in
j rare woods, and mountains abound
ing in iron, coal, copper, marble
j and precious stones. The forests
j and mines are scarcely at all work
ed.
Only lo per cent, of the arable
I landsarc now under full cultivation.
I Seven per cent, is wholly unre
| claimed, and four per cent, of the
j island's area, is unexplored forests.
The imports of the island were
i roughly estimated for 1X94 at goO,-
I 00f>,00<). and the exports at ?!)">,-
' 000,000.
I'orto Kico's products are sub-
I stantiallv the same as those of
! Cuba. In 1X1)0 the island im
ported g|x,ooo.ooo worth of goods
! and exported $10,000,000.
Hawaiian exports consist almost
i wholly of sugar. Its exports
| amount to X1(>,000,000 a year; its
! imports to §7,000,000.
| The Philippines produce sugar,
j hemp, tobacco and copra. Im-
I ports about 81 1,000,000 a year: ex
: ports about £20,000,000.
The Sulus produce teak and
sandalwood. No statistics of com
merce exist.
The Carolines are inhabited by
I Malay fishermen and produce
| nothing of value. The Ladrones
; are in like condition.
; There is no question about it.
I the I'nited States is bigger, are
greater, for these acquisitions far
! and near.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be pro
• vided with every means possible for its
1 relief. It is with pleasure we publish
! the following: "This is to certify that
1 I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and was
I treated by some of the best physicians
| in our city and all to no avail. Dr.
| Bell, recommended Electric Bitters,
\ and after taking two bottles, I was
' entirely cured. I now take great pleas
j ure in recommending them to any
j person suffering from this terrible
i malady lam gratefully yours, M. A.
I Hogarty, Lexington, Ky." Sold by L.
j Taggart, druggist.
1 The earth receives only one two
1 billioneth of the heat of the sun.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
j Diarrhoea Rsmedy can always be de
j pended upon and is pleasant and safe
■to take. Sold by L. Taggart. Dec
ELECTION NOTICE.
THF FIRST NATIONAL HANK, /
Emporium, Pa , December 7th, IH9B. <
r PHE annual meeting of the Stockholders for
I the election of a Board of Directors and the
transaction of such other business as may be laid
before them, will be held at the Hank on Tuesday,
January loth. 1899, between the hours of one
and three in the afternoon. Polls close at three.
M. P. WHITING. Cashier.
AhMI\INTHAT!)It\S NOTICE.
Instate of ELLIOTT L. CHAPMAN, Deceased.
I ETTERS of Administration on the estate of
I J Elliott L. Chapman, late of Lumber town
ship. Cameron county, Pennsylvania, deceased
have been granted to John Chapman, residing in
said townthip. to whom all persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims or demands, will make
known the same without delav.
JOHN CHAPMAN.
Administrator.
H. W. (i II Eli N,
C. W. SHAFFER,
Attorneys.
November 10.1898. 38-6t.
A OIL I STR ATO II'S NOT ICK.
Estate of T. H. lIELANGER, deceased.
Letters of Administration on the estate of T.
11. Belanger, late ofEmporium, Cameron county.
Pennsylvania, deceased, have been granted to
•James P. McNai ney, residing in said Borough,
to whom all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment, and those having
claims or demands, will make known the same
without delay.
J. P. MCNARNEY.
Administrator.
JOHNSON .VCNARNRY, Attorneys.
November 25th, 1898.—40-<>t.
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W 7 CURES IfCDiGESTiON.
IM. A. ROCKWELL.
Spleases
1
H Fastidious persons who enjoy
js toothsome delicacies are eon
| noiseurs in the Sweetmeats
9 Line, but even the most criti-
S" cal of these place the stamp of
approval on
BIRCHARD'S
CELEBRATED
CANDIES
For which M. A. ROCKWELL,
I "The Druggist," is agent.
I Splendid Christmas Pres
ents t here—and good and
pretty, too.
Best Perfumes
AND
SACfvET POWDERS,
] s From the Leading Manufacturers
I of the World.
H Look at Our (ioods Before Pur
chasing Elsewhere.
I M. A. ROCKWELL.
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j [U THE LEADING in
lie Ms IK.
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! HOLIDAY Mill's
; | IX THE VLOAIi
1 •£ DEI'. llt TMEX J.
In Ladies elegant Winter nj
| fj| Coats from §5.00 up. Bar- lr|
i(] gains which will line] ready ft
! In and quick buyers in Ernpori- fy
Sum's great cloak store. Jack- lt
ets and Coats for Misses and ft
|Ln Children. Ladies' Capes, nj
I RJ Jackets, Collarettes and Boas. Ln
n] Ladies' Wrappers, Wool ft
Ln Waists, Single Skirts and a]
Night Dresses. Oj
n] THE CAJiPET AND ft
| CVJtTAIX STORE. jjj
|jl This is also the Carpet and [u
Curtain store —nothing bet- s]
p for a Christmas present for [n
H] your wife or friend than apJ
tine Carpet an a beautiful [(I
[u Lace Curtains. in
] Oil Cloths and Window [u
[n Shades in abundance. jfl
j jjj in:ESS GOODS. •Cj
|| Dlt ESS GOODS.
i This is the House for bar- (}j
J] gains in Dress Goods You m
' [i{ can find here just what you
jii want, and the price you want [n
"1 and please don't forget this ru
'ft is the House for Under- u|
!nj wear, Hosiery, Blankets, [n
j "1 Comforts, Notions, Handker- ru
ft chiefs, Umbrellas, Corsets. JA
| in Showing more new goods all ft
the time than any other store, nj
ft Christmas is not three weeks JH
off. Hardly believe it; do ft
you ? Calenders are not ju
[q wrong, surely. Monday will [H
m be the day observed. A m
workl of getting ready to be fu
ft done and next to no time |fl
nj for the doing Jollv. happy, |n
"1 hurry thought. Half the nj
ft pleasure is in getting ready,
ru and this store is so helpful ■ m
u] so much hero that is sugges- nJ
ft tive amid the tiring, hurry s]
ru days. Standard designs— [n
[j] December patterns and fash- fu
[/! ion sheets now open. Fash- si
a.' ion sheets, free to all. in
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