Republican News Item. THURSDAY, AUG. 4, 189S. J Ignorance is the mother of > T scepticism. Ignorance does \ 1 not abound to any great extent J # in Sullivan County, V 2 So that there # £ is But Little I t Scepticism £ J about the Value of J| fc be lßewß | ITtem t t As a Profitable $ sßbverttsing \ fl&ebtum. j Read it, Your neighbor does. J Don't borrow. County Seat Indices. AND GLANCF-S AT THE TIMES. —Miles Ims run out of Hags. -Porto Rico tumbles like a ripe peach. —Atty. F. H. Ingham is on the sick list. —Griffith Phillips of Sonestown, was in town Monday. —Mrs. M. P. Gavitt is convalesc ing after the past week illness. —These daily irrigations makes the corn crop look promising. —Mrs. Jno. P. Kennedy is visit ing Dushore friends this week. —Mrs. W. J. Higley is recover ing from a short spell of sickness. —Miss Jennie Thomas of Tamaqua is the guest of Mrs. Cora Stormont. —M. J . Phillips of Muncy Valley was a business man in town Saturday. —Prof. M. P. Gavitt visited with his parents in Laporte twp. on Sun day. —J. Harry Spencer of William sport is visiting friends in town this week. —John S. Hunter of Nordmont, was transacting business in town on Saturday. —John Krause of Lycoming Co., was among the visitors in town on Monday. —Hon. John S. Line was on official business at the temple of justice Saturday. —Mrs. E. P. Ingham has gone to Eagles Mere to spend the remainder of the summer season. —Several of the Normal School students were out of town Saturday, visiting at their homes. —Whoever has had any experience with a hornet's nest appreciates the problem of the Philippines. —Mrs. M. A. Cheney and Mrs. C. F. Cheney of Eagles Mere were call ing on friends in town Tuesday. —Philip Peterman of Nordmont was transacting business with his lawyer, A. J. Bradley, on Monday. —An orchestra from Dushore will furnish music for the dance to be givenin Kennedys Hall Thursday evening. —A social hop was given in the Mokoma Pavilion Tuesday evening which was enjoyed by a large num ber of young people. —C. M. Yeager was suddenly call ed to Lock Haven Monday by the serious illness of his mother. E. ('. Zinn, of Harrisburg, is taking his place during his absence. —The Bernice base ball club was pleasantly entertained by the La porte team on the latter's diamond last Saturday. Score, Bto 1"> in favor of Bernice. —H. A. Karns, District President of the P. O. S. of A., is placing the officers in their stations in the sev eral Camps of the county. —Prof. Chas. Lewis, accompanied by his cousin Mrs. John Shaw, were the guests of Hon. and Mrs. Russel Karns on Saturday and Sunday. —Mr. John P. Kennedy has made final arrangements for opening a steam laundry business in Hughes ville. With best wishes from his many friends he left Tuesday morn ing for his new home. —Able Gritman, D. D. S., of Buf falo, accompanied by his father,D.S. Gritman, of Nordmont, was shaking hands with old friends and school chums in town Monday. THE PARTY OF TIMER. How the Republican Organization Has Stood by the Boys in Blue From the Beginning. INTERESTING TALK WITH COLONEL A. K. M'OLURE, The Sage of Political Journalism Re calls How the Act Was Passed Giv ing the Soldier lu the Field the Right to Vote, and Tells How Oi«» of Pres ident J.lncoln's Parole* Was Stretch ed From Twenty-four Hours to Twenty Years. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, Aug. 2. "That resolution adopted so enthusi astically by the Republican state com mittee brings to my mind the early sixties as though the years since then had been weeks." It was in the course of a chat with Colonel A. K. McClure. most brilliant of free lance editors, that he said this, and we happened to be discussing the resolution by which the Republican party, now, as in the sixties, and in all the intervening years, has been dis tinctly the party of the soldier, whether in maintaining him in his full right of suffrage or in standing guard over the legislation out of which have come pensions, soldiers' homes and soldiers orphan schools. "That resolution reaffirming as sound Republican doctrine the declaration that 'the right of suffrage keeps step with the American soldier wherever he follows the flag of his country/" contin ued the colonel, "affirms a fact in law, so far as Pennsylvania is concerned, and one which the Republican party, after a determined struggle, put into the very constitution of the common wealth. The sub-committee to be ap pointed by State Chairman Elkin 'to take such steps as may be necessary to see that this right Is insured to every Pennsylvania soldier who is now in the service of his country, wherever he may be, without regard to zone or hem isphere,' will have no heavier duties than merely to remind the governor, if any reminder had been necessary, as 1 don't suppose it was In the present case, of his prerogatives under the act of 1864, passed in pursuance of the amendment to the constitution adopted in the same year. That is still the law of the state, and while 1 do not fancy that the result of the election in Penn sylvania tills fall will be so close that we will have to wait in uncertainty until the official returns from the Ma nila bay precinct are received and counted, there is no question in my mind as to the right of the Pennsylva nia soldiers to vote, whether they are in the Philippines, in Cuba or in Porto Rico. For this purpose the American flag makes everything in sight of it American territory on election day. "What a rousing majority there is likely to be in Cavite township for Aleck Hawkins for state senator from the Washington-Beaver district, by the way, for he is the Republican candi date, and has his Tenth regiment there , with him. And there is Willis Hulings, who is somewhere in Porto Rico with the Sixteenth, and may be Heaven knows where on election day. If they don't make peace too fast at Washing ton the returns from Barcelona or Cadiz, or even the Madrid districts, may have an interesting bearing on the next representation at Harrisburg from one of our oil country districts. "The question of the right of the sol dier in the field to vote was raised in the congressional election of 1862," con tinued Colonel McClure, "in a case where some soldier votes were the balance of power in one of the Phila delphia districts. On a contest the question got to the supreme court of the state, and the soldier votes were thrown out in pursuance of an opinion written by Woodward. The Republi can party immediately accepted the issue. The necessary resolution for submitting a constitutional amendment to a vote of the people was pressed through two successive legislatures, as required: it went to a vote of the peo ple In the early summer of '64. was carried, and the legislature convened in special session to pass the act re quired to carry it into effect. "I had some influence in Republican councils at the time." he added, mod estly (he was chairman of tile Repub lican state committee in 1860, had a latchkey to the White House so long as President Lincoln occupied It.and was the power behind the throne In both the Curtin administrations). "I did the best I could, and so did Gov ernor Curtin, to make the bill fair and Just. It was war times then, as now. The Republicans, of course, had the people overwhelmingly with them in Pennsylvania, and while they had not the relative numerical strength they have now, the war swept all other ques tions out of the pnblic mind. It is as Shakespeare put it in what might be the saying of a Bhrewd and observing politician of today—'uncommon things make common things forgotten.' The Republicans could have passed any eort of an election law they pleased, if they had seen fit to take unfair ad vantage of their strength. "After the law was passed I suggest ed to Curtin tha.t he appoint some rep resentative Democrats among the elec tion commissioners provided for, and among others he appointed Jerry Mc- Klbben, of this city. McKibben hesi tated about accepting, and said to me: " 'lf Stanton catches me In Washing ton he'll put me Into the capital prison, sure,' but on my assurance that he would be properly supported and pro tected, he went. There was an old feud between the secretary of war and the McKibbens, and Stanton was not only a zealous official, but one of the best haters of a time when animosi ties were especially hot. Well, I got a telegram a few days later, saying: "'I am in capital prison. Come and get me out'—and signed McKibben. "I telegraphed the president, saying I must see him that night, and went uver. I found that one of the printers, In setting up the blank tally sheets furnished to the commtaaioiMra, h«4 Inadvertently dropped off the name ot one of the Republican candidate* for elector. McKlbben knew nothing of It, and It could have had no effect on the result, but Stanton, with that mlcro ecopfc eye of his, detected It, and had promptly stuck Jerry in Jail on the charge of putting forth fraudulent elec tion papers. All that President Lin coln could do that night was to order his release temporarily on parole. I was to see Stanton next morning and get a full discharge. I saw him, but after considering the matter three days the secretary wrote me saying he had con cluded that In the public Interest he ought not to do so. "And," concluded the sage of political journalism, with one of those rich but quiet laughs of his which seem to come from the heart, "by George, he never did do It, and Jerry McKlbben died 20 years after, still at liberty under Lin coln's temporary parole, which was In tended to last only over night." GEORGE H. WELSHONS. AN EDITORIAL OUTING. The Editor Attends the Plessant An nual Excursion of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Press Association to Ge neva, N. Y. Notes of What He Saw and Enjoyed. At the outset it is refreshing to note the deliberate preparation which a thor ough newspaper man makes at the out start of his journey to permit nothing whatsoever to interfere with It is pleawure. lie simply puts his business aside and forgets everything else except two facts, that getting out his sheet is the most im portant thing in local happenings, and that he is out lor a good time, neverthe less. This is his objective point and he "gets there, - ' as the sporting editors say, "with both feet." The fact was amply illustrated last Friday by the newspaper men of Bradford, Wyoming and Sullivan counties on their trip to and from Geneva. N. Y., where the Northeastern Pennsylvania Press Assoc ciation held their annual outing. It was a happv gathering of big toads in a small pool, a big talk, a big eat, and a big time generally. No people know better how to have a good time than quill pushers. They prepare lor it elaborately and they carry it out on the wholesale plan. lTu like some other organizations the N. P. Press Association does not object to the presence of ladies on their junket. Each member starts out with the intention of enjoying himself to the fullest extent, but he does not calculate that anything will happen which could in any sense be offensive to a lady, and therefore nothing of the kind occurs. The fun is unlimited but it is of that character which the wives and daughters ol the members may par ticipate in if they desire, which they all did with but two exceptions. Our reasons being the most critical, while Editor Mc- Kee of the Towanda Daily Review, who, consistent with a due regard to the laws of economy is not the person to bide his light under a bushel, took advantage of this great occasion where the whole function is expressly designed to creat a maximum amount of sensation with a minimum regard for the alw ighty dollar, lelt his wife at home and prepared him self for any emergence and headed the delegation. Mr. McKee is one ol the solid men of the metropolis of Bradford. He is not only a shrewed newspaper man of long and high standing but prominent in other local business affairs. It was he who had the burden of the management of the excursion on his broad shoulders, and he carried out his undertaking with out a flaw. and in such a systematic and business like way and so thoroughly without ostentation that he was not only enabled to enjoy the trip himself but kept from the others any suggestion ol the worry and trouble which they would otherwise have undergone. At Sayre a number of his flock boarded a wrong train but he discovered the mistake in time to save several "forms of body type" from being "pied" along the track a few miles above. We arri\ed in Sayre 5:15 a. m.and in company with Brother McKee enjoyed a pleasant hour's walk through this towu of beautiful homes. lu the meantime parlies of the association with their better halves assembled at the station, where we spent another hour in greeting old friends and forming new acquaintances among men who are wielding the editorial pen and conducting newspapers, end the attractive ladies that walk by their side. Ob those gloriour, never-let-go-hand shakes when every Editor who has been pummeliug the other fellows across the way for a whole year, says how glad he is to see him, and shake hands with him, and eat with him, and, well, literally hug him. Talk about lawyers badgering each other in court, and then swapping yarns over a friendly lunch together—why law yers are mere novices at this sort of thing— it takes full-fledged, lighting, lire-eating Editors to give points on "harmony" and "re-construction,'' and olive branch bou quets, after a rough-and toumble for the county printing, and the Sheriff's notices, etc.; ever ready tor a scrap over the loaves and fishes dealt out by polititions, and never object to a bit of set-to iu politics at any time, when "their man" is looking for a change of base. But all this must now be forgotten for we are OFF FOR A LOVE FEAST. At 7 o'clock the party boarded a fast express train on the Lehigh Valley at Sayre and started for Odessa. Here the j party was met and conveyed to Montour Canon by the Hathaway stage line. A tier a delightful lide through (arming aountry we arrive at the mouth of the famous Havana Uleti, later known as Montour Caiion. As we leli the train at Odessa a polite gentleman approaches and otters each of the party a duplicut key to the Canon, assuring them that so long as the Editors remained in his excel lent care thev shall own the beautiful glen. This affiable gentleman was Mr. C. VV. Hathaway who is ably managing the affairs of this grand canyon. And now we are here, with three hours I before us with one of the world's greatest scenes as our tarrying place with Mana ger Hathaway prepared to add special courtesies to the marvelous pleasure of such a visit, and there is little for us to do but to place our ship in the care of this good pilot and sail joyously over the peaceful sea oif mirth and recreation while the soul revels in nature's subliinest gran dure, making one grow exhilerant by the journey. Neither pen nor tongue can de scribe this scenery, nor can it be compre hended in one, nor two, nor a dozen views; for every time one looks he sees new beauties to charm the vision and enchant the mind. They are indescribable and incomprehensible to those who have not visited the place, so without further de scription we will journey on. After leaving the Canon with reluctant steps, the party is taken onto Watkins by stage, a distance of three miles. The drive is enjoyed immensely, being by the way of the old town of Havana. It was learned that the town was well tortitied but the citizens realizing the pen mightier than the sword, surrendered with open arms. The brave boys under the leader ship of Mr. Hathaway, who is known throughout the country as the prince of excursion entertainers, captured and sunk several schooners. A short distance fur ther and the pretty homes ot Walking dawn upon our vision, and soon we see business houses and dwellings gaily dec orated with flags and bunting, a band of music preceeding us as we pass through town and porches and balconies are seat ed with occupants who waves a welcome to Pennsylvania Kditors. Presently we come to the Glen City Hotel. Here we landed and iuvaded the hotel, receiving a courteous welcome from the landlord, C. J. Lohdell. The place is elegant in all its appointments. While the ladies were above-stairs the men reconnoitered one ol the back rooms which is provided with a large mirror and cut glassware, and they seemed well satisfied with what they found there. No further time was lost in plac ing our shins under Lobdell's table,where we enjoyed viands of endless variety most tastily prepared. With this gumptious meal over the gentlemen were escorted to the Democratic office, the leading news paper of Watkins. It is a model of con venience, equipped with splendid machin ery and all the accessories to a first-class printing establishment, bearing indisput able evidence of business thrift and pros perity. It is now nearing 2 o'clock the hour for the departure of the steamer for Ge neva. We accordingly embarked upon the commodious boat ami soon steamed away at a lively speed. This sail was a truly delightful one, and gave us a chance to view a most prosperous farming section as the boat made stops at various points touching on either shore. We can not describe the beauties ot this magnificent body ot water over forty miles long and four miles wide in many places. Alter a two hour's sail by looking on the hill side upon our right, we discern the im posing and architecturally attractive WILLARD AS3YLUM with is spacious, well kept grounds that border aloug the lake, presenting a most pleasing background. So inviting are the premises that they almost tempt one to wish themself an inmate, to enjoy the peace and comfort it seems to suggest. An interesting and profitable business meeting of the A<"""Mation is called to order by President !»«/ 111 the cozy cabin of the boat, where matters were discussed for some time. Evening is now upon us and the glorious sail has revived the appetite we lost at Watkins. The boat arrives ou due time in Ueueva at 7 o'clock. We at once direct our steps toward THE KENDEZVOUS. By pre-arraugemeti The Nester Hotel had been secured as the place to terminate the journey and take refreshments. A short walk from the wharf and here we ar«*,in one of the grandest hotels outside the City of New York. After the evening meal short walks about the city were en joyed until S:3O when the party joined the throngs that were taking The Nester elevator carrying them to the root garden on top where artists with string instru ments discourses music of the rarest and sweetest kind for the delictation of those who group around the many small tables enjoying liquid refreshments. This pleas ant place was enjoyed until 9:30 when an electric car was boarded bringing us up at the Lehigh Valley station and soon a night express train is whizzing us home ward. Say re and Towanda were reached in the early morning hours, where the party began bidding each other a farewell, hoping to meet again on these memorable 1 editorial outings. —No sootier do tlu« gold buy in surgents surrender to Guffey than the OordoniteH become riotous. Williramsport & North Branch Railroad TIME TABLE. IN EFFECT TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1898. northward. s< i i'tii ward. ! I'. M. I'. M. r. M.jP. M. A. M. A M. STATION'S-. A. M. A. M. P. M P. M. P. M. P. M. 10 24 5 'IV I 2tJ '2 1"> 10 2;! 805 Halls 7 t V) y42 00 403 4 4f» 10 10 110 28 f5 30; 11 23 l'.» 18. FlO 2K f8 (*♦ Poiilisdale f7 4". fy 40 11 55 j:i 58 14 41 flO U'» 10 35 •"» 40j 13" 2 2!i 10 40 820 Hugliesvillu 735 032 144 348 4*> 955 SIS 110 3f. 10 l.s 828 Picture Rofk s *j"> 135 340 4 -, 4 m .ih 15 51 111 fi! 3V» flO ■»•-' is :;i Lyons Mill fy 22 fl 31 f3 35 l' 422 19 45 f5 54, I I 40 12 12 110 55 |'B 33 ChftDlolini y JO fl 28 f3 32 f4 20 f9 43 602 4>3 24*11 04 8 (ilen Mawr yl3 122 25 414 y3O I'O 11 r» 01 *2 50 fl 1 II 18 40 Straw bridge fy 05 fi 1:5 f:t ig t'4 07 m v«i , 16 15 * » 0t» *3 00 111 10 t'B <0 Hcccll (flt'li fy tj] 11 oy +;{ 11 14 ©3 fO 'V» 'J" !! -'I *•'« Muney Valley 8f«iw:!07" 01 u22 '> ■> ««,' •• > • :i " »If Siiiieslown h:a tUO 3(W 355 »15 •>•>l II 4y Nonlmont 8 37 2 44 5 48 12 o.s La 'IN trie 21 2 25 5 50 12 II LujKUte Tannery.... s iy 5 22 07 112 .In Riligdale.....' 112« o V t> 05 *0 10 *l2 II Biivh Creek *7 58| *1 ;,r» 0 20 1..' i » Satterlield 7 s,j| 1 /.y ; KM. I*. M. h A. M. P. M. 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