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FRIDAY.
DKHIH R tTH- STA1E Til KET.
For li.ivt-rnor.
WILLIAM M. SIXHERLY.
of I'Liiuiii-lpliia.
For Li-iit-nanl (luvfrnur,
JOHN S. KILLINi;,
o( Erie.
For A ndi t.ir f Jt-neral,
I ) A VIII F. MAIIEK,
of Lati.-asL-r.
For S.-cr.-tarv of Int.-rnal Atfiir.
UALTKU V. (IKKK.NLAM),
of Clarion.
For Cuiiirn-ss at Larite.
JOSKI'll C. Hl't llKl:. of I'ni.ni.
II ANN I ISA L K. SLOAN, of Indiana.
The IK-riiooratic carnJi.liU- for tioveruor
WILLIAM M. SINCERITY.
John J. Incai.ijs is lingering in
New York, seeing the sights, ami
iix i dentally looking for a jol.
The ex senator lias Lieen hohnobhng
with the owners of a daily New York
new newsa r with a view of lieeom
ing its editorial manager; hut nothing
definite has yet been determined lion
We re-assert the old Democratic doc
trine of ejual rights and religious lili
erty; we are oj.jiosed tj all organizations
which strike at freedom of conscience;
and we declare that no party can justly
le deemed national, constitutional or in
accordance with American triuciIes
wh'c'i is animated by a spit t of jtoliti
cal proscription or religious intolerance
HUH-rtttic J 'hit form.
The Democratic state convection of
Maine, on Tuesday, nominated t'harles
F. Johnson for governor. The resolu
tions re-ailirm the Chicago platform and
heartily endorse and approve the wise
ami firm course of President Cleveland
and of those who, in the cabinet or in
congress, have so assiduously and un
tiringly lalxired to place the country and
its industries on a firm basis.
Ox last Saturday morning Adjutant
(eneral Taruey of the Colorado State
Cuard was called to the telephone at
Colorado Springs. Just as he was ap
proaching the phone he was seized by
m a.-Led men who huirieJ him to a
carriage ami drove rapidly away to the
ojn prairie where a band of men was
in waiting and who stripped him naked
and gave him a coat of tar and feathers.
Vm. M. Sinoekix, says a Philadel
phia telegram, on Monday decided to
accept the emocratic nomination for
governor, provided it is offered him.
but he said he would not run if he
thought he could win. He will run, he
says just to consolidate and harmonize
the party if possible. It is l-clieved that
this determination was largely brought
aU'iit by i nil Heme from President Cieve
lam!.
The eviction of strikers in the coke
region are the only featuresof the strike.
Forty families have t-en thrown out of
the company houses at I-mont and ."0
t Oliver. AH the coke companies
where the men have refused to go to
work are now preparing to evict all of
them and to fill the houses with im
jiorted families. There are no empty
houses in the region, and where the
evicted families will take refuge is a
jut st ion.
As a r,ult of the riotous iwiiion
inaiiif.-st.nl bv th :- , ,,
...uiers of the 1 unx-
sutawne jjjjj.jj.f anj tne inai,iity Gf
tne sheriff of Jefferson county to pre
serve the teaee the governor was called
upon for trooi and on Friday of last
week the Fifth and Sixteenth regi
im-nts and the Sheridan Troop were or
dered to the scene and are now on duty
in that county. Since the arrival of
the soldiers order has leen restored, and
now that the strike has leen settled the
troops will tion le dit-handed.
Is a twenty mile race between horses
and bicycle, decided on the tjuarter mile
track of KliaU th N. J. base ball ground
on Tuesday evening, the bicyclist was
declared the winner, A. S. Meixall, of
Lewisburg, Pa.., was the wheelman, and
his time for the twenty miles was 1 h.
SO min. 4t". 1N5 pec. John Flynn, of
KliaU th. was the man on horseback,
and he used mustangs. He changed
horses frequently, but at the end of the
eighteenth mile they were fo badly dis
tressed that an agent of the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals re
fused to permit them to go on to a fin
ish. M. Carsot, the President of France,
was assassinated on Sunday evening
while driving through the streets of Ly
ons. The assassin is a young Italian,
Cesaxe Giovanni Santo, 22 years of age,
who refuses to tell his motive. He
sprang upon the step of the President's
carriage and stabbed him in the side.
The Prefect of police, who was seated lie
side Caruol, struck, the vidian a full
blow iu the face and knocked him from
the step. The populace would have
toru him to pieces had it not been for
the iuleriiobition of the police. As it
was he was severely handled. The
President died shortly after midnight.
He had gone to Lyons to attend the
Exhibition of Arts and Sciences. He
lived four hours after the fatal thrust
Lad Lct-u made. Great excitement pre
Vails.
Tne Democracy of Pennsylvania re
new their expression of faith in Demo
cratic principles and their unfaltering
confidence that these principles are effi
cient for god government, municipal,
state and federal:
1. The derangement of business, the
disturbances between labor and capital,
the reduction of wages, the unequal dis
tribution of profits in economic oj-era-tions
and the gro.-s disparity in social
conditions which have resulted from
the operation of ,Kcpuilicou laws will
continue so long as tho.-e laws are tin
reealil. The McKinley tariff bill is in
full force and operation. The enact
ment of that tariff in ly.o impaired in
ternational exchange orcoiiunoditiesaud
reduced revenue arising from duties,
which, with vastly increased expenses
through improvident appropriations an
ticipating future reveiiu-, led to a de
ficit in the income necessary to supjiort
the government. A Democartic ad
ministration left $HH,0O0,tMH surplus
in the federal treasury. A Republican
successor, in four years, converted this
into a deficit of ".0,tH0,lHH. de
clare that this condition has followed Re
publican administration, and that busi
ness depression has resulted from
vicious legislation, for which the Repub
lican party is solely resjMinsible. To
correct and relieve these a Iemocratic
president and Democratic congress are
pledged; and their effort! in that direc
tion are entitled to the support of patri
otic citizens regardless of party. li nm
crath' l'Uitj'oi in .
A i rotectiosist clings to the belief
that all that protection is intended for is
and all that protection does is to guard
the employes in the protected industries
igainst the competition of cheaper lalor.
'I'o the minds of those who are honest it
seems to Ik? a surrender of the whole
contention to falter in this belief. They
can see no o her excuse for protection,
there is no other which dare !e given
them by the high priests of this faith.
And yet this excuse has long since iteen
exploded as false.
An illustration in jioint is the busi
ness of sugar refining, which lis highly
protec ted and which is U-ing tenderly
cared for in the senate tariff bill. It
is calculated that at the rate just fixed
the sugar trust will lie able to cle ir a
profit in the next two years of Sl,0Oi,
000. This amount is a tax unutcessa
rily paid by the American iieople, osten
sibly to "protect" the men employed in
the sugar refining business. The nniii
ler of ersons so employed is 7,o'2'.K
If these men earn on an overage T,ooo
apiece per year their total wages would
come to only J7,r2V,fKH, or in two
$14,105, 0W, or less than one fifth of
the protection given the trust.
It would seem that such an example
as this would convince an honest pro
tectionist. It ought to set him inquir
ing at least.
The Democratic State Convention met
at Hamsburg on Wednesday and nom
inated William M. Singerly, of Philadel
phia for governor: John S. Riling, of
Erie, for Lieutenant governor; David F.
Magee, of Lancaster for Auditor gener
al: Walter W. Greenland, of Clarion: for
Secretary of Internal Affairs; and Han
nibal K. Sloan, of Indiana and Joseph
Bucher, of I'nion county, for congress
men at large.
The nominations were all made by ac
clamation. The ticket is a good one and
deserves the vote of everv Democrat
n the commonwealth. Although
handicapicd from the start by the im
becile oIicy of the present leaders of the
state Democracy who have managed the
party for their own six-cial interests and
their own sjecial ends, until from a
proud aggressive Democracy it has lie-
come an aggregation of clans, the steads
fa-t and tried Democracy of William M.
Singerly and his labors for the party,
have liecu such as to commend him to
the good will of ev ry Democrat. It
should lie the aim, the duty and tl.
pleasure of everv,;; ,lin,
Sui.il 'vote in November as will show
that his labors in the cause of a united
party, although not likely to lie reward
ed by an elec tion, have still been appre
ciated. The steel workers of Pittsburg and
Braddoek are after explanations. They
want to know why the lain. r cost of a ton
of steel rails is only $o with the tariff at
$13.14. This is the tariff intended to
provide a comjtensatory wages balance
8nd that has provided nothing but re
ductions. The puddlers now getting $1
a ton are also inquiring why the lalior
cot-t of a ton of bar iron should le as
low as $4,"7 with the tariff at $",'.',s.
There will be no answer to these ques
tions, as the subsidized iron and steel
interest feel erfeetly secure in the
double profits they receive, assured that
when the time comes the mill men and
puddlers can be scared bv the same old
story. Between the dead equality rack
et and the tariff dividends there is no
time left to explain the beauties of the
bounty system and why the tariff is for
the interests that own the product aud
not for the laborer who makes it.
The coal and coke strikes in Pennsyl
vania the past five months, says the
Harrisburg Patriot, have U-en followed
by the appointment of 470 coal and
iron policemen for the same
period by the governor. More than
eighty per ceut of these were recruited
in Philadelphia for duty in the Central
Pennsylvania coal district. Of the num
ber 14:? were appointed on application of
Berwind, White fc Co., the large coal
operators in the Clearfield region; 101
for the Rochester and Pittsburg coal and
iron company; seventy-one for the
Cambria iron company, of Johnstown,
and sixty for the Fall Brook coal com
pany. The state receives one dollar for
every one of these otficers commissioned.
Ex-Secketary of the Interior CoIum
bus Delano, of Ohio, who was first elect
ed to congress in 1844, the year in
which Governor McKinley was born, is
Still able to ride a horse for exercise ou
hid iariu.
ashington Letter.
Wa?hisgtox. D. C., June 23, 1S04.
"What can't le cured must le en
dured," is a homely adage that is about
all the consolation that the average
Democrat can get out of the delay in the
senate in passing the tariff bill. Senator
Harris as the Democratic leader, has
clone all tnat one man could do. and he
has lieen ably supwirted by some of the
Democratic senators, but, unfortunately,
not by all, and the margin is too small
to force anything without a united sup
port. Some of the 1 emocratic senators
seem to have atl idea that when they
pledged their votes to the bill they had
performed their whole duty; as a conse
quence, here's another week gone and
the tinai vote not ill sight, although it
is ditiicult to see what excuse the Repub
licans witl have tor prolonging the agony
longer than next week. A Democratic
senator remarked in my hearing to day:
"I don't believe the Republicans will
ever consent to have a vote taken on
this bill until we cum'H-1 them to do so."
Whether this is true or not, I understand
that it is the intention of nearly all the
Republicans to make long spcet h s on
some portion of the bill next week. If
that is allowed it is a very easy mathe
matical calculation to show the imiossi
bility of passing the bill next week.
Presideut Cleveland S little salt water
trit) did him a world of good. He re
turned looking a new man: but the
trouble with him is that he works just
as hard in the debilitating weather of
summer as he docs in cold weather, and
the natural consequence is that he soon
gets run down. He knows this just as
well as anylxly d es, but he is so con
stituted that he cannot stop work unless
he goo away from where the work is.
Speaker Crisp lias lieen confined to
his room the greater portion of this week
with stomach trouble. His physician
made him stay in the house more as a
precaution than lieeause his condition
made it necessary. Representative
Bailey, of Texas, made a great success
as speaker pro tern.
Commissioner I-oehren, of the pension
bureau, will turn over to Cncle Sam on
the r.O, inst., the snug little sum of $''.",
OOO.lHHt, which by economical manage
ment of that bureau he has saved out of
the amount his Republican predecessor
estimated would be necessary to pay
pensions from July 1, Is'.'o, to June o0,
lS'.'L Republicans who believe in
wasteful and extravagant exiieiuliture of
public money will be sure to denounce
Judge Loch re u for not having paid out
every dollar appropriated, but Sensible
jn-ople who believe that public business
should be conducted on the same princi
ple's whic h govern successful private es
tablishments will le apt to say: "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant."
The senate committee has about con
cluded its investigation of the sugar
trust. It will hear no more witnesses,
except the two or three senators who
have not, owing to their absence, vet
lieen examined. It has already lieen
made plain that the report will not lie
unanimous, the Republicans U-ing de
termined to try to make political capital
out of the matter.
In order that no inconvenience may
U caused by the failure of the
regular appropriation bills to lieeonie
laws by the first of July the house ap
propriation committee has reported a
joint resolution extending the appropri
ations for this year thirty days from
July 1. This indicates that memliers of
that committee are of the opinion that
the appropriation bill can all lie passed
by the first of August. Democrats Iiojk;
to have things in such shape that Con
gress can adjourn about that date.
It might I.' supiMiaed that with the
senate meeting daily at 10 o'clock and
not adjourning before '. or h-ilf past,
that Senator Faulkner, chairman of the
uemoeraue congressional campaign
committee, would Ik- unable to find any
time to devote to the work of the com
mittee. But he doe-s find lots of time.
He spends something like an hour at
committee headquarters every morning
U fore the senate meets, returns in the
evening as s ii as he gets through his
dinner and remains until 11 o'clock or
later. Those who are familiar with the
work he has already done pronounce him
to I; one of the most thorough organ
izers wiio ever directed the work of a
campaign committee. S nalors Faulk
ner is too experienced a Kilitical mana
ger to discuss his plans in a newspajier.
nut it can Im- sanl without any violati
of confidence that he is cNiiifidj.i't1
Democrats will cciiitrolthc.-,;,
in
the
next ( ongress.
The housc-KT as.,nl ,u its ofjicial
endorcemetff,,,, R, pr.-sentative Hatch's
anu-opucjh in. M
Radical Changes to be Made.
Washington, June 2i. The commis
sioner of jiensions has issued an order
amending order No. 2'', issued on May
11 last, to the extent that in all certified
cases, except those in which actual
fraud has lieen or is shown, no investi
gation is deemed necessary, nor need
these cases be disturlied at all. All suc h
cases now in the field, or in process of
preparation for the field for no other
purpose than general inquiry as above
indicated, will be at once returned to the
admitted files.
In jiending claims where it is shown
that the declaration is invalid a new de
claration must be filed, and the jH-nsion,
if allowed, will commence from the date
of filing the formal declaration.
The effect of the order, w hich is solely
in the interest of U-tter huistiess meth
ods, will lie to call in al.out 4,(MH cases
in the Baltimore division, aud 12.1KKJ iu
the rest of the country.
Pender gast May Hang Vet.
Chicago, June 25. The assassination
of President Carnot, of France, has ad
ded tresli interest to the case of Carter
Harrison's murderer. Pendergast, whose
insanity trial to-day got fairly under
way. It was freely predicted' in the
court room that this latestslaying would
have its effect on the I'endergast jury,
the members of whic h are not denied
newspajiers, and that material would lie
found in the jierson of I'endergast for
an example to would lie assassins.
Mrs. I'endergast, mother of the assas
sin, was in court for the first time since
the day the murde r trial closed. She
was dressed in black and sal directly tie
hind the attorneys who are trying to
save her sou. The assassin sat iu his
accustomed place, and apjieared less
nervous than heretofore. He feigned
inattention.
Another Peusicm itill.
Washington-, June 2."). The bill
agreed upon by the house committee on
pensions to increase jiensions of surviv
ors of the Indian and Mexican wars
from $s to $12 a month has lieen re
ported to the house by Representative
Stallmgs, of Alabama. Most of the
lienc ticiaric-s he represents have reached
old age. and are dependent iqion their
own exertions and government aid for
support. Their roll will decrease yearly,
and there will lie no addition to it. At
tention is called to the fac t that no new
titles lo original tensions are created.
S.MAI.M-OX has broken out in theCum
U rland county almshouse, aud one in
mate has died.
XEWM AND OTHER SOTIS.
A big hop yield is promised iu Ore
gon. Streator,
striking.
(111.) miners are
still
Grasshoppers flock in great nnmlterg
near Albuquerque.
Ex Speaker Egan, of the New Jer
sey legislature, is dead.
Twenty five divorces were granted
in Allegheny county iu oue day.
Wheat harvesting in many j.ortions
of Nebraska and South Dakota has Ite
gun. The 17 year locusts have settled
down in New Jersey. They always..did
have ieculiar tastes.
Miss May Holmes, aged U years,
of Atwood, ind , has lieen Slung to
death by a 17-year locust.
Henry Null and Alltert Wagoner
quarreled over a base ball game at Nine
veh, Westmoreland county. Friday, and
Wagoner struck Null on the head with
a bat. Null has remained uuconseious
and may die.
An appeal to court taken by a for
mer lioard of commissioners of Arms
trong county ou $2,450.75 surcharged
against them by the county auditors has
resulted iu a verdict against the com
missioners. The sum together w ith the
costs will aggregate $4,000 which the
ex-coniniissioners will have to pay.
The postilice at Mitllinburg, Union
county, Dr. James Kleckner, ostmaster,
has lieen broken into aud robbed. The
safe was shattered and so badly damaged
it will not lie fit for further nse. Over
$200 in money was secured. The loss
in postage stamps was slight, as they
were nearly all locked np in a local
bank. There is no clew to the robliers
Thinking he whs calling for help
just to fool them several youths, in
cluding his brother, stood by aud saw
Faank Stout drown in a quarry hole
Friday night at Cold Point, near Norris
town, Pa. The young men were bath
ing and Frank, who could not swim
plunged into the water, using a lioard as
a ll ater. He soon called for help, but
the others did not go to his assistance.
A golden eagle was killed at Homer
City, Indiana county, on Sunday, while
attempting to carry off a hen with a
brood of chic-kens. The hen was tied
with a strong cord which the eagle
couldn't break. Failing iu this attempt,
it jierched itself on a tree nearby to
select another victim, when a man
named Ix-kard shot it. It measured
six feet two inches, from tip to tip of
wings.
Francis Horton, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa., while on his way home found it
nee-essary to cross the railroad in the
vicinity of the Newtown bridge. A strip
of slowly moving cars delayed him and
in order to gain time he unfortunately
boarded the train ant! leajied down on
the 'ither side, but, losing his balance,
he fell back under the train, which
passed over his neck, severing his head
from his body.
tJcxMl ews From lloutzilale.
Holtzpai.e, Pa., June 50. The mi
ners at the West Moshannon mines did
not start Monday morning nor Tuesday
morning for several reasons. On Mon
day morning the mines were not yet in
condition to resume oierations, and the
men desired to await the outcome of the
A Itoona conference. The same was true
of Tuesday morning. To morrow (Wed
nesday) morning the Mt. Vernon mines
will start at fifty cents jier ton (gross),
and all the rest of the ojierators, with
the exception of the Berwind White
Coal Mining company, will resume one-r
ations, this week, at the compromise
price of 45 cents jier ton (gross). Sever
al of the smaller oierators are hoping
that the Berwind White company will
not start, as this will give them a chance
to sell their coal at good prices. Everv
boely seems more cheerful and business
already shows signs of improving. The
commissary will still continue to fur
nish provisions to families needing
them.
3Iiers Killed.
LosiH.Ju.ne. .2AFrobably eighty
Tters have lieen killed by a terrible ex
plosion in the Albion coal mine, near
1'ont y-Pridd, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Two hundred men were in the pits at
the time, and the work of rescue is so
slow that only estimates can be made of
the fatiliiies.
CrowcU rushed to the shaft when the
Hirtentous sound was heard. As
soon as possible a rescue party de
scended, but fouud their way barred by
broken timtiers and wrecked machinery.
The galleries were also badly damaged.
Two more rescue parties went down.
At 11:S0 o'clock last night eighteen
miners had lieen brought up alive.
Many dead bodies have been recovered,
and it is believed that at least eighty
men have lost their lives bv the disaster.
Will be a fcrfat Slrlke.
Chicago, June 23 The first quad
rennial convention of the American rail
way union adjourned this afternoon un
til June 12. 189S. All arrangements for
the boycott of the Pullman company
were discussed, and the adjournment
was taken amid enthusiastic cheering
for President Debs and the other officers,
President Del assured them that the
organization would win this tight, as it
had won all it had undertaken. He lie
lieved it might result in the greatest
railroad strike in the history of the
country, aud this was only another rea
son why they should stand firm and take
advantage of every odiiortuuitv to help
their struggling brothers at Pullman.
Killed by a Mail Train.
Miu.vim.e, X. J., June 25 The Cape
May mail train this afternoon struck two
children of Charles Buck, a farmer, be
tween this city and Yineland while going
at full Sieed. The little tots were twins
named Anna and Charley, aud were
playing on the track when the engine
struck them. Anna was thrown several
feet and died a few minutes after lieing
picked up. Her brother 6lipied under
the cowcatc her and was ground to pieces.
Portions of his little limbs were scattered
along the track and his head wascut off.
When the train was slopied his trunk
was taken from beneath the wheels and
presented a horrible sight.
Twenlj-lour Persons Broward.
New York, June 24. The tug James
D. Nichol having ou lioard the Herring
Fishing Club, of this city, seventy-four
persons in all. foundered two miles off
the highlands at 12:50 o'cloc k this after
noon. As near as can lie learned fifty
jiersons we re saved by the steamer Al
gonquin and a tug. which hapjiened to
tie m the vicinity at the time. The re
mainder of the party, numlrin
twenty four yersons, were drowned
The tug was probably overcrowded, as
I-efore she went down she apjieared to
the signal officer at the highlands to be
topheavy and was rolling heavily.
Highest of all in Leavening Tower. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
Absolutely pure
Coiiitiiunlralion.
Wilmore. ia., .Inn.- s, i-vj.
En. Fkkkxian: In last week's issue of
your (laper J. t . attai ki l my e-i.unutioii
of tin-iiH Irme nf a rrmiiiaO-ii land tax. a
iiMial inisiinili-r-taiitlii'g mv iaiiuiiaiie. an. I
emee more p'.ai-iiu: me initier I lie obligation
if corri-e-tims t lie false ii!ipri-sions nnd, r
wliicli lie aipari-utly lalmrs. and under
which his iinan-u -red asi-t ti.iiis imirlit
leaver some of your readers ho may not
have iee-ti or may not haver careful I y" read
inv article em that subject. lie quotes tin
lilalf.irin of principles eif the- Single Tax
Le amieeif Pennsylvania. 1 am uini.-r uliii
itatimis to I im for this, as he will pres
ently perceive.
He says that the Kiudiiati-d tax is th
sinifle tax idea in a erode and i m (h i l.-t-i
form, an i t hat if I had studied the sinitie
tax 1 would have seen that ail the muni in
the ial ter is contained hi the former and
all the e i' is left out. I ha e ailead V said
that I liaxe studied it snlli eielltly In lie
convinced that it is not what many well
meaiiint! persons my friend ,1. K. aiiiouu
the number believrd it to tie-. My princi
ples are, he says, iieariv the same as tho-e
if Henry lieorjje. and -.onud as if they
were copied from the writinus of that tren'
tleman. 1 do not coyij troiii any m-i-.hi.
When I ijmitc 1 uive due i-redii. I held
thesf ideas be-fore I knew thai 1 1 -III y
(le.nire hail an existence.
In the fourth paragraph l.e a-ks if each
one is to lie the jinlue of hnvv much land he
shall have. 1 answer ""No." 'J he iiai.
tily would depend largely ou the charac
ter of t he land, the- sie of his family and
the avocation of the individual. The- ti-li-ermau
would not need so much land as tin
farmer. This matter can In- decided by
legislative enactment, allow iiii; to each in
dividual a certain number of acres ol u'ood
land.
1 said each individual isendowe-d by the
fact of his existence w il h the ritiht lo the
freer use eif so much of the earth as is
necessary for him. If all persons ie-spee-t-ed
the rights uf cithers, no government
would lie needed, hence no taxation, and
each individual would have the ue of his
lil lion absolutely free.
InthcMxth purauraph he says: "Tin
first propositi mi, that all land shall pay a
tax on a fair valuation for the Mipp.ni of
governmeul. is '.he i-seuce if fairness and
eiiiity. but upon what principles can thi
ol hers ( ineaniiiir the increased rate of tax
ation tif land iu excess of what a man by
virtue of t he principle e-nuueiated should
hold, and the creation nf a fund lo as
sist persons to secure' home Mi-ad) be de
fended?" As he evidently U-lievesin it.
1 cite the lirst principle laid down by the
Sinifle Tax League of Pennsylvania, as
follows: "Ve asst rt as eiur fundamental
principle that all men are equally eniitled
to the use of the earth."
The irreatest blunder my friend make
is in this same paragraph w hen he claims
that my idea put into practice would lie
the enlire conti-cat ion of all lartre e-state.
improvements and all. This he terms "an
utter absurdity." ll would be. were Mich
the intent, an "uPer" injustice. The per
son wliu now holds a large e.tate would,
under the workiiiL's of the graduated tax.
be secure in his home-Mead, forever ina
lienable and inviolate: and I ha, is a guarantee-
thai even the m.iuopei! ists of laud do
not now enjoy. How many once mill
ionaires have become iM-ggars iindei our
present syMem? The advocates of the
graduated laud tax do not want to pull
those now rich down to b-ggary we wi-li
to secure for all a com p-teiu-y. We would
not put a lux ou industry or imutovemeiit.
We would value the htuucMi-ad at its nat
ural w oi l h. not at the value to w hit h it
has I e.ii raided by the toil or outlay of the
holder. Suppose, as 1 said. 1i acres of
land to lie worth J:s.ii and erne person
he-Id Von acres of such land worth f-'i.uoo. he
would not Im- taxed at the- increased rate
for all of this laud only for amount in
e-xcess of Km acres.
The graduated land tax would not con
fiscate ail lands of the laud lord: only thai
in excess of the natural right of the- holder.
aud lliiswoiild work no in just ice. Ilwould
lie but simple justice. There is no such
thing as the right of acquisition in land,
w hich he-longs t( ( ;M alone.
I think l his explanation nf t he graduated
tax is sulficient !y clear ami ansvM-rs .1. l-'.'s
objections. Let lis now rev iew the sjugle
tax fioui the platform of I hi- Single Tax
league .f Pennsylvania ait. I see if my ob
jections to it are not we-ll founded.
After asserting tin- fundamental princi
ple w hich I quoted alx.ve iu aiiMVcr to a
question put ,y .1. F.. and which
I heartily endorse, we- pass to the
reasoning the-reou. the- conclusions drawn
therefrom an. I the measures pioposed. It
proceeds: "Therefor.-, no eilie should Ik
p -rniitle.l to bold land without paying the
community the value .if the privilege thus
ace-orded: and from the fund -o raised all
exjieiisi-s of government should In- paid."
If all men are equally eniitled lo ihe ue
of the earth, why pay "tl.e community -J-:
value of the privilege tli:is ac -oied? The
holding of a s'lfliei". ,,, H,fis a l ighl
a. liod-giVeii and inalienable right -and
iiol a privilege. We pay gove-riiment fnr
protecting us in the exercise of our rights,
not for our rights which tlod gave us
gratiiiluously.
We would therefore tholish all local,
slate and national taxation e-xt-.-pt a lax
Upon the- valuer of lain) exclusi ve of i III -provemeiits.
This tax should lie inliecl
ed by the loe-al government and a certain
proportion lie paid to the stale government
National revenues should le raisi-d in
direct tax upon the several states."
Then the state tax now paid hy corpota
tiolis w ill have, to tier paid by the holders of
land, and also the cost of the national gov
ernment now defrayed hy e-ommerce and
exe ise duties.
Further ou we are told : "It would gi ve
ils with all the world that absolute- lre-e
trade which how exists lie-lwe-cn the- stales
of the L'nion."
That is one very good reason why the
American people will myer accept your
single tax. It is not absolute free trade or
any thing approaching it they w ant. What
they do want is protection for Amcrk-ai.
manufactures and equal protection un
American lalxir. l'roteretiun, with iis
lienclils shared liertween ther lalxirer and
the manufacturer eim-e assured, the Amer
ican people w ill never cry for free trade.
W hy, there is scarcely a corporal's guard
of free-t rad.-rs in congress. The election
of Cleveland was mil a demand for five
trader, and the Democrats would lie guilty
of political infamy did they follow tin- ad
vice of Tom L. Johnson to repeal all tariff
laws, dismiss all custom house ollicers. and
serll the custom houses and revenue cutlers.
That is w hat neither the Democratic party
nor any either party w ill ever do.
"It would relieve the farmer, the wenk
inan and the manufacturer of those taxes
by which they are unjustly burdened, and
take for public uses thostr values due to
the prese-nee of population."
II would be a great relief lo the farmer
to impose on him the additional taxes lor
the support of slate and national govern
ments. Then he weiu.'d have lo pay an ad
ditional school tax or dispense with the
great educational advantages now bestow ed
by the .stale appropriation to emr
schowls. Then her will have to pay to
build a navy. te protect our seaports, etc..
while the man of c apital c an build ships te
carry on commerce which will Ih- protect
ed without iiis paying a cent of remunera
tion therefor. I orporations w ill only, as 1
said b.-fore. pay taxes for the laud on
which their improvements stand. They
inay import fore ign laborers to compete
with Americans, and the American farmer
will ber c-ompellcd to pay taxe-s to keep
them in siibje-clion, to lake c are of them
when they come to want, on equal terms
with the corporations that receive all the
profit from their labor. A striking illus
tration of the injustice done by ihi- im
portation, of foreign labor occurred in Al
l.Hua several years ago. An Italian who
had worked feir a corporation inug enough
to accumulate l.ZK w as ou his way hi.me
from the express ollice w here he had e-ou-signed
it to friends in Italy, was killed on
the railroad aud I'lair county was com
pelled to pay his fum-ral expense s. Either
the employers of foreign contract lalmr or
the laborers themselves should pay a tax
to defray such exi.ciis.-s. which, if land
alone is lo lie taxed, ihey will not, of course,
lie required to do.
"ll would make it iinpossil.k- for si.i-cii-lators
to hold hind idle and would open
unlimited eippeirtuniiie's for the empl.iv
inei.t of lalior and capital, which is essen
tial to the solution of the industrial prob
lem. It would make it if not impossible at
least hard for the small farmer to pay the
lncr. as.-d taxation. Farmers have it hard
enough as it is without any additional
taxes; and if the; aim is to prevent land
monopoly would not the giadual.-d land
tax, which makes provision for the ac
quisition of homesteads and provides f,r
the lowest iMjssibl,. rale of laxalion or the
homestead, tie far preferable to the s ugle
tax. w hich Is to increases!!, h taxation am
has no provision for laud for the laud less?
"Thus the single tax would raise w ages
lu ail occupations, do away with invoiuu-
Powder
I tary poverty, and make overproduction
Iiinpo-.il.ie until all material wai.ts are
satisfied."
If its e-lT.-e-ts would lee absolute fre-e
' trade, as it- projectors e-laii;i would tie the
the ease, il Would loWeT wages, tiive-ll
protect ion to American iiniiiMrh-s and the
equitable di-.tributi.iti of its profits among
t hose emit l.-d to it. and America will have
attained a degr.-e eif material prosperity
unheard of in the- history of the world. It
is only ti--aiise- niotio;Milisiic manufactur
ers unjustly appropriate.- all the protits
th.-v cm to their .111 lis.- that wages.
although higher here than in EuroH-. are
not what our mauufact mors can afford lo
pay. that American woikiiigtnen complain.
As the best protect ion against this rapaci
ty of com l.i ued cepltal. which eie-uies to
tin- lalmtvrs the right to unite, we should
assist ihe latter to se-cure homesteads.
Assist tin -in he.-ause. if they had tln-ir
rights of w hich miscalled law has allowed
I lie-in lobe el.-pri v.-d. they Would now be
holding aud would not U-comie-lle-d by ne
cessities w hich '.hey w emld thc-li have at
least to a ureal e-xtelil the means to sup
ply to accept tue"ullimallliu" of soulless
corporal ions. 1 f the condition of the toil
ers be- ii. ii speedily unproved by wise and
just concessions-if they aiv not allowed
l he full measure of t heir natural and ina
lienable rights, the immediate future will
wilne-ss a war of classes, eompaivd to
w hich I he French revolution of ITS-.e will
lie-ar no couip irison, either in the intensity
or ther magnitude' of the struggle. To pre
vent such a catastrophe-, philanthropists
are endeavoring to effect a compromise
with little ho e of averting a conflict, for
human cupidity is so great that Ihe aris
tocracy of wealth will not surrender its
plunder until it is compelled lo do so hy
force, which will evcir.uallv be? the case.
That will lie a terrible ..r.lei.1.
Urn tbcio i- ln.e fur Hie tulurr;
I he PC.ritt will .as awtey:
lve-0 pud will ulnae rriulicent
u the- world' I in mortal ;
The ilirenttirallea uiiliu.nv '
Oil 'Im earth nil Adliu trod.
Will Mew. the name id lree-.luu
( Hie-lr iiiiouk.o lathe-r (.m1.
Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your
i-ourtesy, 1 will mil seek lo further tax
our patience. If there is anything fur
ther about which the advocate-s of the
single tax wish to dispute, I will in.'.-t any
of tin-in iu debate at such lime aud place
as we may hereafter agree upon. .1. vi.
MINOT'S
o o DENTIFRICE.
Beautifies the Teeth.
Preserves the Gums.
Sweetens the Breath.
Benefits the Throat.
SAFE AND AGREEABLE.
Everybody uses It.
Everybody praises It.
The Teeth. Nothing rvrr discovered whitens the
trull so .iilckiy sulrly as Minot's liKXT-
iihick It is Iree from acids, grit and all dan
perous substances, and can be used with splen
elid results, even where the teeth seciu pcrlcct
In appearance.
It whitens and polishes
The enamel beautifully.
j a ne urns. .-sou ana sininev Rums interfere with
I tile t. 1 1 h bv nret'eniifi.t tli .......... . . . . J
teeth, rendrr the teeth unsightly and cause de
Cay by shrinking Irom the enamel Minot's
1 'KNTlFkim is a certain cure lor unhealthy
guius.
It hardens and preserves
The gums perfectly.
The Breath. Mint's 1fktifkice sweetens th
bieath. produces the .let-lite odor which is
so sucestive of neatness and cleanliness, an4
leaves a sweet pure taste in the mouth. Its
action on the throat is peculiarly benehctal.
It sweetens the breath
And strengthens the throat.
.Safe and Arrerable. Its components are per-I-.
tly j ure and harmless, and are the best
know n toimslor the mouth and gums. VV hltens
t'.e t-eth without injur to the enamel, and IS
the best llentilru e that can be used It is ab
solutely puie in .ii.ihlv. prompt in effect, pleas
ing to use and surprisingly lw price J.
It Is absolutely safe
Under all circumstances.
Irlce as Cents t bottle. Se.H by draeetsts
t-rn.-r.iliy, or sent tJ any address on receipt
C.1 25 Cents.
Son Paom.irom,
WINKEl Vj AN N os BROWN DRUG CO.
BALTIMORE. Mo.. U. S. A.
rondei writttn it 5ort noiee in tha
OLD RELIABLE 1 VETNA"
.! oilier first t'laoa font ! lea.
T. W. "DICK,
f UFWT FOR THE
OL,l HARTFORD
M
IV VI IK J
1UHJII 111UIY UVJ
(IIIMMKM'KH Hl'SIMESS
1794.
Fornrinrir..lniT "l.l8-i
F. X. FEES'
Shaving Parlor,
Mam Sired, Near Post Office
-The un.lrrslifr.eil .leslren to In form the pub
lie that he lias opened a Khavlnir par or no
Mmn street, near the Mwt onlee where trberlnv
n all Ilk liranrhew will tie carried on In the
ruturr. Kvrrvltiini; neat aov! clean.
Your patronage ooliolte.l.
V. X. FErS.
IXKri'TOK'S tit TI"R.
J KM ate ol A Dillon? Shlher deceased .
I "tri testamentary on lbeentate.il Anthony
hii.er, deeene.l. I tie ol Munetrr township
t'umbria county. Pennsylvania. harlOK been
Krante.l to me, a.l peonR indebted to altl es
tale -ire liertby m.titW 1.1 make payment t o uie
without delay, and those havlntc claims attain. t
aid estate will present them properly authenti
cated lor settlement.
,, . A I.t lYSIl'S SH I KKK.
Lilly. Pa., May as. Hut.
V1MIITKATKIX NOTIt'K.
Ksiate o. William tlillan. .leornr.l
Letters teMu.entar on the. estate ol William
.tllan .iloeease.l, late ol lacltson township ttain
brla county . Henofylvanl. havlnir lieen aranled
to me.Hi: persons in.te'.te.l to estate are hereby
nntiti.iil to make payment to me without delay
Mini lliose havinic claims attainst said estate will
present them properly authenticated r.ir settu-,ncnt-
M AKY till. I. AN.
Jackson Twp.. June 15. li.X Administratrix.
---- -
Disstn.rrniN ok paktnkkship.
Notice, is hereby iclven that the partnership
hereto!. .re (Xtsiiuic between Kdwaril trillion and
VV in am liuit .n. trading as K li.nton & Son In
the hardware business in KtiensbutK, is hereby
diHsolved by mutual consent. Any person bavlna
claims kitainst said tlr.u will prevent ibetu lo
VVilhaiu lijltun lot payment, while those Indebt
ed to the Hrm will make p-iviuent to him without
delay- H'W AKI lit FTtlN
... . WII.I.IAMHUFION.
Kt ensburn. Pa.. June '25. imm.
IXKt'UTIIK'S NKTII'K
lat Fj-tate .. Peter MrCIarren, deceased
letters ol Administration on the estate ut Peter
Mctriarren, deceased, late ol the township ol
royle in fambria county. Pa. havin lieen
K'antetl to me. all peraons are hereby nuiided to
maka payment to me without delay, and thoe
hav.nn claims atrainst the Raid estate will pre
sent ibem properly ant h-nt irate.l lor settlement.
HKNKY M 'I 'I. A K K KM .
F.xecnt.ir ol Peter M.flarren, deceased.
Saiiimennll, Pa., June . lsvit.
IXFUrUToK's Nt tTlt'r;.
J Notice Is hereby ulvcn that letters testa
mentary on the estate ol Kacharl t . Skelly. late
ol tMtr..ll township, fambria county, deceased
h.ivlnit teen it ranted to me. all persons indelne-l
Z '""'!? ,tate flease make payment, and
those havinic claims or demand aicainn the Same
will make them known without delay
Jl'MNII. UN1ZY.
r xecntor of Kachaei . Skelly. deceased
Spaoifler. t a.. June 27t , ts-j.
TVJ! M'FI.
11 We. t-e un.lprslitnc.1. hereby all persons
n..t to hunt, fish or trespass tn any way cn our
premises, an we will prtuecute to the lull extent
ol the law. n Not-1.
JOHN I: Fill K,
A I. FX US WILL..
J. A. 1 1 1. ASS,
A.J. M'MI'IUMlN.
... HIUIH MNttUS.
Clearfield township, alrcn 9. ibv.
CASH
Pjpsjaaa- o -"Jsay
TEAK initfw BATTY jLEVKiJ
THAT MOVES
Has enablo.l us to jiur.-h.-iso at our own j.rit e a full lin.' f
sonaMe Dry (iootl- in Drt'ss Gools, Sattines, Drs
Lawns, ChaHies, an.l all tht now things in
Wash Goods,
KuibroiuVries, Lace Curtains,
tain Poles, Oil Cloth an.l Carpets. All the New SlyK- iu
Shoes, Still Hats lor men ami hoys,
oorriisrcf si-iiirra
ami Umlerwear. Full storks to choose from in all I, 5, ir;Q .
ami at Low ('ash Prices. Full stock of (Iroceries, l'l.,ur ;,. i
at all times. We hamlle Plain Meat all ihnuh the MiuIur )
low prices. When in town call ami see us, where yen xv i j
treated liht ami where your Dollar will o further tlrm t-lstHv..j
"i
Thos. BRADLEY'S CASH STORE
CALLITZIN, PA.
gold-
Vrevm. lialm i n-l a lir;iiit, nr.vrT
quickly aimurbrd. ll to m.iu
UUC ELY BROTHERS. 56
FARMERS!
When you want GOOD FLOUR take your jrruin to
the OLD SHENKLE IM.LL in Kbensbunr. The
FULL
ROLLER
for the manufacture of Flour has leen put in the OM
Shenkle Grist .Mill in Flcnslur ami turns out nothiug
but
FIRST CLASS WORK.
Brin in your grain ami give us a trial. Each man's
rrnin in groun.l .separately ami you get the Flour of your
own wheat. If farmers wish to exchange ?rain for Flour
they can tlo so. The Mill is running every n'nv with tte" r
BEST OF POWER.
D.-LUDWIG
PROPRIETOR.
LOTHISSC
We are now reaily to show you the Largest anl Fine-:
Stock of Men's, Youth's, Hoys' ami Chil.lren's ( lotl.ii ii
Cambria county, with the Lowest Prices for goo-1 CunnU in
the State. Our Stock of Spring ami Summer Cloihini'
complete. We have all the new Spring shapes in Hats
. luiti.icie nueoi uenis furnishings ol all kin.Is. It j
pay you to come to .see us this spring :ls we have j.ri.-t-s
suit the times.
Call am! examine our stock. We will sell v.'.i hhH
Gootlsaml SAVE YOU MONEY.
Very Respectfully,
C. A. SHARBAUGH.
CarrolltowE-
Dt Will Pay You
To iro to Ql IIMM'C n;t
Packages.
J A
REDUCTION
I OUTWARD
TICKETS TO QUEEHSTOVH, $14.
J. 13. MULLEN, JLizetf-
Office in Mnllpn Xr fin.iil,'u
Junta 01
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RlanKets, Feathers, &c. Prices Re.lu. nl on ;Beiir;
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