4 oS BURLINGAME. ! Sizerville, Pa., Feb. 20, 1899. —.■ ML MUHMIWWI.WGT-AUJMP-TW I The Democratic Platform. The platform adopted by the Democrats at Ilarrisbnrg is' the | n »t childish deliverance ever sent forth by any political party known to history, says the Philadelphia 1 piirer. It might on a pinch do for a sophmoric essay, but it bears all the earmarks of the workman ship of a ten-year-old boy. It carrier of course, the endorsement of tlie Great Guffey, but if the Great < > uii'ev cannot command a better set of carpenters aml shout ers we fear that his days are num bered. The platform is fearfully and v imderfully made—out of nothing. 1 lie document which was handed to ex-State Chirman < Jarnian for h - ornamental committee to put rough does not touch upon a real is-ue. It makes a few infantile remarks, and ends business with •■jVese remarks. It is constructed of fifteen planks, and not one of them is worth the time required to read it. Let us see what these planks are: The first obliterates every prin ple and theory for which the Democratic party has fought. It proclaims its pride in Bryan, "the UK. teliless leader." and then drops Lini like a hot potato. It has nothing to say on National issues, but thinks that "honest govern ment" is the proper line upon which to wage a. tight. But what does the platform mean by ''honest government ?" Well, it declares that there is a delic.it of $3,500,000, which is due to the "wholly unnecessary in crease of public officials and petty clerkships and the increase of salaries." This declaration con fififntcn (lie -ccyml jrlank. and il»« only answer to it is that it is bare f. :ed falsehood. \ lie requires no argument to refute. The third ]'ink place- the 'cause of the poor ami afflicted" above the crea tion of new offices, which is sensi ble enough, but it so happens that new offices have not been created and the plank is misleading and false. It was but natural that < rovernor Stone should be denounced, but how ridiculously weak is the de nunciation ! The criticism rests on three points—the appointment : Senator Quay, the reduction of The public school funds and the veto of a resolution suggesting a constitutional amendment. All this is contained in the fourth plank, which declares that the Governor has violated the consti tution. Well, so far as Quay is concerned the Senate of the United Suites, not an irresponsible con v ntion of Guffeyites, will settle that question. As to the reduction of the school funds, the Governor timply tried to save the State from adding very largely to its debt, and he was forced to it by the atti tude of the Democrats and their assistants. the Flinn-.Martin insur gents, who placed the interests of {•'linn and Martin above those of the State. It will be noticed that i " denunciation is extremely mild, proof sufficient that the Democrats are not sure of their ground. This ilank. then. i< miserable drivel. The fifth plank is absolutely meaningless, and the sixth, which promises a dean and business-like administration of the State Treas ury, is just as meaningless, for the present conduct of the Treasury is clean and business-like. The sev enth commits the party to the purging of the lists of employes, clerks and officials, which has al ready been attempted to the limit, while the eighth favors the revision of the ta\ laws. Why, it may be asked, did not the Democrats, with the aid of the insurgents, purge the tax laws at the recent session ? Simply because they held up legis lation and plunged the Legislature into chaos. The Legislature was r ore interested in destroying ma jority rule than in benefitting the Slate. The next plank opposes e further grant of municipal and other franchises in perpetuity. We *.u< glad to see the Democrats etching uj. with the band wagon > fch's question. It is a municipal matter entirely, and Brother Guf fey s carpenters ; pparently have l '-en going over-the files of The tenth calls for ballot reform in a ! child like and innocent way —just * too late to get it —and the eleventh wants to prosecute the victims of 1 the John Fow investigating com- 1 mittee, a little matter which the ; Republicans themselves will attend to, to the possible confusion of some of the John Fow Democrats. Then we have a very guarded op position to the combinations of j capital "calculated to produce monopoly"—how original!—and the platform winds up with an appeal to save the State and stand by Guffey. Well, well, we had thought that, out of the assembled wise men OIK; new thought might be expressed.but the result is woefully disappointing, j The warm weather seems t<> have struck in, and the Guffeyites have ! inaugurated the silly season with a degree of foolishness entirely un- i looked for. The men of I'ennsyl- | vauia who have not been afflicted by the epidemic of senselessness i will find ample amusement in the \ nonsensical contrivauc" which the ! Democratic convention has tried to dignify by giving it th > name of platform. Any tiling mre babyish and so utterly devoid 112 earnest ness could not possibly b' imagined. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 10th. 1899. Secretary Long takes a deep ! interest in the arrangements that I are being made in Washington and elsewhere, for the reception of | Admiral Dewey when lie returns. I lie told members of tlie Committee j which has been appointed by the ' Commissioners of the District of j Columbia, to arrange for the Wash- ' ington reception, to write a letter 1 to Admiral Dewey asking his > wishes, and the Navy Department j would forward it to one of the j European ports at which he will I stop, before starting to cross the I Atlantic. Superintendent Merriam, of the j Census Bureau is being over whelmed with applications for I clerical appointments, although it will be many months before any j considerable number of clerks will j be put to work in the Bureau. It will be just as well for everybody j to understand at the beginning | that it will be a waste of time to I putin applications that are not I endorsed by either a Senator or a I Representative, because no ap | pointments will be made from out ' side of the District of Columbia | wiiliouL Midi endorsement. l lie | appointments are to be apportioned l ' as far as possible among the states, | ; and when the quota of ;i state has , I been determined upon, the Sena i tors and Representatives from that i State will be allowed to name them | with the understanding that no persons named will be appointed if i they fail to pass the examination prescribed by the Bureau. The opinion is growing, now j that it has become certain that • J Aguinaldo's alleged peace negotia-J ; tions were nothing more than a ! ruse t<; gain some time to prepare I ; for further fighting, that the stay ling qualities of the Filipinos have ! been underestimated, and that | there is bound to be much more j fighting before they are perman j ently conquered. We whip them | constantly but they continue to ! fight. Adjutant General Corbin I says he is confident, however, that I when Gen. Otis gets the reinforce ments it has been arranged to send him, which will give him a total of 35,000 men, he will have all the ' men he will need. The difference between ('leveland j times and McKinley times is strongly accentuated by the fact ! that Uncle Sam's supply of gold is | so large that he can hardly handle j j it, and be has been compelled to i ' stop exchanging notes for gold. j S. Treasurer Roberts said on this subject: "We have, to-day, j about *•_':!<>.Ono.ooo in gold and our | vaults are almost overflowing. | ■ The Chicago sub-Treasury cannot i receive any more gold, as its vaults I j are full." Treasurer Roberts has | | issued an interesting statement j showing the amount of paper 1 j money in circulation. The total is i i $1,222,545,417. divided in donom- ' | inations as follows: Ones, 855,- j 452.47'J; twos, fives. I j $2*7,240,622; tens, $322,311,717:! | twenties, $22 ( J,321,22<>; fifties, SSO,- j j 934,000;onchundreds, $58,442,400; i five hundreds, $15,897,500: fine thousands, $54,797,000; five thous- j amis. $4,830,000; and in ten thous- i sand notes, $10,420,000. In ad-1 dition there are some thirty odd j thousand dollars in fractional ; paper currency still in circulation, j | although none lias been issued for j ! years. The first reciprosity treaty, | under the Dinglev law, luts been ' i signed by representatives of this j j government and of Great Britain, j ! It is for the British colony of Bar- \ j badocs. Treaties under this 1 law have to be ratified by the Senate and approved by the House before tlicy go into effect. Nego tiation- are also pending for a I CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1899. similar treaty with the British 1G Colony of Jamaica, and another j ( with France, and that with British j J (iuiana is practically completed, ; < all important points having been ;< agreed upon. A commission from i j Bermuda is now 011 its way to j i Washington, to negotiate a treaty. | J Mr. John R. McLean, who lives ' in Washington, lmt claims a resi-, < dence in Ohio, for political pur-1 j poses, is preparing to spend some ] 1 of the millions he has accumulated 1 through his corporation invest-1J ments, to buy the second place 011 i 1 the Democratic ticket with Bryan. | ] A portion of the money is to lie ! j spent in establishing a McLean 1 silver daily newspaper in Wash ington. According to present un- j derstanding, this paper will be for ; 1 Rryan, McLean and free silver, \ Inn it is predicted in Washington 1 that should the movement to pre- 1 vent Bryan's nomination get strong ! 1 enough to promise success, it will! 1 join it and push McLean for the! head the ticket. Impecuneous Democrats will doubtless do all they can to increase Mc Lean's ambition in this direction, as he is known not only to have the money ; but to be willing to spend it for ; anything he wants, a spirit which j they found entirely lacking in Mr. Bryan's millionaire running mate of '9O. It is generally regarded in Wash ington that the Canadian Premier gave away the case of his govern-1 ment when he refused to grant j charters to any Canadian railroads, : proposing to run into the territory j j claimed by the 1. S. to be within the Alaskan boundary line, because j | to do so would help build up Am-j I eriean towns, should the settlement j of the dispute allow the claims of, ! the r. s. A Thousand Tongues, j Could not express the rapture of Mrs. | Annie E. Springer, 1125 Howard St., ( ' Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Con | sumption had completely cured her of j .1 hacking cough that for many years | had made life a burden. All other J remedies and doctors could give her j j no help, but she says of this Royal j j Cure—"it soon removed the pain in i 1 my chest and i can now sleep soundly, I something J can scarcely remember j : doing before. I feel like sounding its I j praises throughout tho Universe." 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Newest things in clothing, ggL ®sg| * i I n fact I have the finest line of Clothing and G-ents Furnish / ings ever shown in Emporium and prices were never lower. jg|*j 3§| \ All are this season's make. iBB H X \N\ N \\\S.\\N\\\NN\\\NS\\\\N\\NN\NV\\\\S\\N\\N\\\- m . A A . m |§ Special Bargains in Straw Hats and Summer Shirts M §§ y I XSNNN NN\S\\X\\\N\S\\N\\\N\N\;\SNN\\\VN\\VN\\\S\N\ H JASPER HARRIS. I Metzgev P>lock, opposite Post Office, EMPORIUM, PA. i R. SEGER & SON. Ip Next to Bank, Emporium, Pa. S •) (• •> (• I NOW OPENING! :j (• •> 9 •; c* •> (. •) I Full Line ol i (• •) piti mil I i fiislis. c (• (• (• (• •< • 0 (• (© (• s Neckwear! <• (• <• The Finest assortment of (• C ( (Z neckwear ever seen in this c • (• county. c« c c e c (• c (• 1 New (• (• Shapes <• II in Hats! i <• c (9 I c ' c i <• c ; | R. SEGER & SON. c c I C (••£!• S £ ft- SSSS' • ■•) • t 1899 Races. 1899 Ml i lite Etie Trolling eircill. ST. MARYS, PA., JULY 4, 5, 6, AND 7. PORSFS, $4,800.00. Voit ought to attend. We aim to promote legitimate speed I and sport. The best people go. EVERYTHING CONDUCTED CLEAN AND HONORABLY. PRO(;i(A.lI «>!• CLASSICS AMI PI'RSES: tuksday, jt:ly 4. No. 1. 2:40 Class racing, - - - Purse. 8400.00 No. 2. 2:27 Class Trotting, ... Purse, 8400.00 I No. 3. 2:10 Class Pacing, ... - Purse, 8400.00 WEDNEBDA V, JULY 5. ! No. 4. 2:24 Class Trotting, ... - Purse, 8400.00 No. •>. 2:11) Class Pacing. ----- Purse. 8400.00 ' No. 0. 2:17 Class Trotting, - Purse, 8400.00 THURSDAY, JULY <>. No. 7. 2:24 Class Pacing, ... Purse. 8400.00 No. S. 2:20 Class Trotting. ----- Purse, 8400.00 ! No. 9. Free for all Pace, ... Purse, 8400.00 FRIDAY. JULY 7. No. 10. 2:29 Class Pacing, ... Purse, $400.00 No. 11. 2:12 Class Pacing, - - - - Purse, $400.00 I No. 1-'. 2:35 Class Trotting, ... Purse, 8400.00 ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 19. C. K. 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