Republican News Item.
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor.
THURSDAY AUG. L'.>, 1898.
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Laporte I'a.,
Philadelphia. Aug. 23. Candidate
George A. Jenks' speech at Bedford,
accepting the Democratic nomination
for governor, has decidedly fallen in
distinctly flat.
As a keynote of an aggressive cam
paign, it is a note that lias already gone
to protest. Of course everybody
knows that Republican defeat iii Penn
sylvania cannot be accomplished by
Democratic votes. None but Republi
cans can defeat Republican candidates
in this state, and a Democratic candi
date, at the beginning of a hopeful can
didacy, must somehow appeal to a cer
tain element of the dominant party.
This Pattison was cunning enough to
do in IS&2 and in 18' JO, and this Mr.
Jenks, with all his skill and experience
in pleading before a jury, has con
spicuously failed to do in IS9S.
The dissatisfied element among Re
publicans here, so far as it exists,
which represents the disappointed am
bitions of men to whom the very name
of any successful Republican leader is
as a red rag to a bull, hailed the speech
with Instant resentment, because it
was simply a reiteration in general
terms of old charges which had been
threshed over and forgotten, and said
nothing specific, and nothing personal
ly offensive, against Senator Uuay.
While they were sore and disappointed,
straight backed Republicans were
pleased that even so skillful an advo
cate could make no better case against
them. A prominent public man from
the northwestern part of the -state put
the feeling very pointedly in the fol
lowing words:
"I have read Mr. Jenks' speech of ac
ceptance with much interest naturally.
Even if it had no relation to the cam
paign, I should have been interested,
because his reputation as an adroit and
skillful lawyer, cunning before a jury
in making tKe best possible plea in the
face of adverse evidence, is celebrated
wherever he is known. His Bedford
speech is worthy of his reputation.
It skillfully avoids specific statements.
The word 'Democratic' does not ap
pear in It at all, and the word 'Repub
lican' only once, and to one who reads
it without thinking the impression
might be conveyed that both these par
ties hud in some miraculous manner
been swept beyond the borders of the
state.
"The fatal weakness of his speech is
nut in the pleader, but in the case, lie
probably put it as shrewdly as any
body could. But when even the most
cunning master of language is forced
to appear as the hopeless spokesman
of a party which has no record in pub
lic affairs to point to, and a record in
national affairs which it is compelled
to point away from, he is at a great
disadvantage.
"The gist of Mr. Jenks' speech is the
special plea that it is quite consistent
for anybody to vote for him and his as
sociate Democratic candidates upon the
state ticket and at the same time to
vote for Republicans for congress. If
this were so it would include, of course,
in the list of candidates eligible for
Democratic votes the two Republican
candidates for congressmen at large
and the Republican state senators and
members of the legislature, who will
elect a United States senator.
"It would be absurd to vote one way
for members of the one branch of con
gress and vote the opposite way for
members of the other, especially when
the United States senate is as cl se as
it is now.
"This theory, that the record and
purposes of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties can be conveniently
hung up behind the door, the mean
ing of the vote this year forgotten, and
the campaign narrowed down to a
promiscuous guerrilla conflict, will not,
1 think, commend Itself to the Demo
cratic party any more than to the Re
publicans. It would mean disaster to
any organization. One cannot follow
one flag on one wing of the battle and
carry a hostile banner on the other,
any more than he can serve in the
American army and the Spanish navy
at the same time. The line must be
kept consistent and intact. The man
who attempts to ride two horses go
ing In opposite directions will go no
where but to fall, and he who tries
to belong to two churches of different
creeds will probably lose his stand
ing in both. It is before all things the
party creeds which are at issue In this
campaign. Aside from their personal
friends, the greater part of the people
of Pennsylvania do not much care
which of them, Mr. Jenks or Colonel
Stone, Is elected governor, so far as
either of them is individually concern
ed. Hut the people of Pennsylvania are
deeply interested and determined, if
we can judge the present by the past,
to see to it that the principles and pur
poses of the Republican party shall not
be repudiated and set aside to give
place to those which Mr. Jenks' can
didacy undeniably represents before the
state and the country, however cun
ningly he may seek to disguise the
fact. Like a good lawyer, he has made
the best of a bad case, but the jury in
this trial has time to think before the
verdict, and I have no notion that it
will be misled."
There are few men in Pennsylvania
better known than Jerome B. Niles, ot
Tioga, e*-{iuditor general of the state.
He Is recognized as one of the strong
est men in the northern tier, and his
long and distinguished connection with
public affairs makes his utterances al
ways timely and valuable. While not
| referring directly to the speech of the
| Democratic candidate, what he said
! yesterday was evidently inspired by It.
| Mr. Niles said:
"Our Democratic friends cannot shirk
the national issues in which our pres.
;nt and future welfare are so vitally
concerned. The voters of this most in
ielllgent state will not. by them, be de
ceived. In 189 C they went before the
[ country contending for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and plead
ing for a tariff for revenue only. They
are. In this state, seemingly anxious to
abandon their position taken in the last
campaign. They do not like to have
anything said about free silver or about
free trade. The marvelous and mys
terious connection which they had dis
covered between wheat and silver dis
appeared Immediately after the elec
tion of Mr. McKinley. In thousands of
speeches they cried out that we would
ruin the American farmer by insisting
upon a currency founded upon a gold
basis. They insisted that when silver
went down in the scale of values that,
wheat went with it. That upon the fi
nancial question they were a sort of
Siamese twins. And yet, In this, as in
all things else, they have been mis
taken. As soon as it was ascertained
that our currency was to be continued
on a solid basis, wheat began togo up
and silver kept ongoing down. The
mysterious connection was broken.
There have been times since IS9fi when
it would have taken enough silver bul
lion to make three silver dollars to
buy one bushel of wheat.
"The Republican party lias been in
this state on the right side of all the
great public questions of the last four
decades. Where are the public meas
ures that our Democratic friends have
originated? They canot be found. In
this state, at least, the Democratic
party has even been like the hind
wheels of a wagon, crawling along In
the rear, keeping just so far behind;
always using as a camping ground the
place occupied by the Republicans in
the years that are gone, always keep
ing just far enough from the front to
be of no service in the settlement of
public questions.
"We judge men, and we should judge
political parties, by what they have
done and not by what they promise
to do. You form your opinion as to the
future conduct of your neighbor by an
examination of his past life. Political
parties are composed of individuals,
and what is true of the Individual per
son is true of all political parties, be
they either great or small. There is
no allegation against either of the can
didates personally that bead the re
spective state tickets. They are both
worthy citizens. Each represents the
traditions and the principles of his par
ty. And the success of the individual
candidate will be the triumph of the
party whose representative for the
present he is.
"Colonel William A. Stone repr-sents
the Republican party, with its glorious
and illuminated history of the past
third of a century. He represents a par
ty that stands pledged to a financial
policy that will for all time give us a
currency which shall be as unchange
able as the hills and which shall be
good as gold in any land upon which
the sun in heaven shines in makinfi his
daily round. Colonel Stone represents a
party that stands pledged to the main
tenance of our present protective sys
tem, which affords fair and ample re
lief to America industry; which raises
a sufficient revenue to meet all the de
mands of the people; which is at all
times able to protect the gold reserve
in the national treasury and which ('OPS
not compel the government to sell Its
bonds by the hundred millions to pay
our running expenses in times of pro
found peace and general prosperity.
"Mr. Jenks and his ticket, so far as
this state is concerned, do not represent
anything. His party has not originated
a single measure for the benefit of the
people. It has contented itself in oppos
ing Republican measures, and generally
without success. Prom a national
standpoint Mr. Jenks represents ft tar
iff for revenue only and the free -nd
unlimited coinage of 43-cent dollars.
No Democratic orator, during the pend
ing canvass, will deliver a speech ad
vocating either. They dare not here
and now urge the principles of the Chi
cago platform. If they would meet
these issues fairly and squarely on the
stump and advocate the same doc
trines that they put forth at Chicago
in lS'.tC, the majority for Colonel Stone
would be 300,000.
"In political parties all cannot, at all
times, have that to which they feel they
are entitled. There always has been;
there always will be heart burnings
and bitter personal disappointments.
Republicans should stand by our most
excellent state ticket from the top to
the bottom. There has been, there will
be no allegation against the personal
fitness of a single one from the head to
the foot of the list. They are all good
men and 'trup.. We know of their ante
cedents. It is vastly important that we
should have a delegation in congress
as nearly our way as possible. A dele
gation that will at all times stand by
the financial and revenue measures to
which our party has been so long com
mitted.
"We all understand, if such a thing
were possible, what the election of thr
Democratic ticket in November would
stand for. It would be said from the
busy Atlantic coast to the golden
shores of the Pacific; from our north
ern lakes to the land of the orange and
the magnolia, that the strongest pro
tective state in the republic had re
pudiated its own idea, and that in mat
ters of finance its people preferred the
theories of William J. Ilrvan to the
facts, logic and sound principles of
William McKinley, who today is the
most respected, the most honored and
beloved citizen of the republic."
GEORGE H. WELSHONS.
\ \>w IClccfi-ic I'M 11 ill.
RyclinowsUi, the electrician of
berg, claims in have discovered an
electric fluid, which he calls "elec
troid." The discovery has caused a
great sensation on the Continent, lie
obtains it by electrolysis, but it is not
identical with electricity.
Its effects are said to be startling,
producing light and causing Geissler
tubes to emit fluorescent rays. It works
photochemicadly, rotates objects in
mid-air, produces whirlpools in water
end kills bacteria.
By it metal andtglass can be charged
with electricity, and the magnetic
needle changes direction under its in
fluence.
Political Card.
1 hereby announce myself as an inde
pendent candidate for representative tor
Sullivan county, l'a.. to make my botany
bill, my jury relorm I>*ll and inv free
speech bill laws for the welfare of the peo
ple of the State. Fellow citizens, write
my name on your tickets in the right
column or place and you will thereby
elect me when you vote. I solicit your
votes ami ask for your sullrages.
I»ii .lons Couu, Herbalist.
Dushore, l'a.. July IS. IStIS.
CONIIKNSKI) K KI'OItT nf tin l condition of the
I'IUST NATIONAL HANK nf Onshore, l'a.,
Al elnseof business, July 11, ls'.lts.
ItKSOI'IM'Ks:
Loans am! Miscounts ? I'Js.sOl till
I". s. Honds tn Secure Circulation 1 mi
l'rcuiium 011 railed States Bond?. 1,00000
Stock Securities I.VIOO 00
Furniture I.'JOOOO
hue from Hanks Approved reserve Am :fc;,:!Si; 07
Redemption Fund I , s. Treasurer.. . "ii'rj.'to
S|ieele and Tender Notes 1
S Jo.'i,KX<l 10
LIABIMTIKS.
capital if "iO.OOOCO
Surplus 10,000 00
t'nniviiled l'nitlts JOT no
Hue National Hanks l.iiifi'.H)
Circulation lti.isto 00
liivideus I'npuid '-"07 00
Di'ixisits 1:12,814 K5
J '_'U r i,SH9 til
state of Pennsylvania, County of Sullivan .»s:
I. M. I>. Swarts, Cashier nf the aljovc named
bank, do solemnly swear that the almve state
ment i>- true to the liest nf III} knowledge and lie
lief.
M. 11. SWAKTS, Cashier.
Suliserilied and sworn lo liefnre lnelliii. 'J'lth
duv nf .Inly l.S'.is.
JOHN 11. CKONIN, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
ALl'llONSt'S WAI.SII, 1
.INO. 11, KKKSKR. Directors
V. 11. I'OMKKOV. J
Administrator's Notice.
K.*tate of M<(/•// McCdi /i/, !ate of Falk
land township, deceased.
Letters of Administralion having oeen
granted to the undersigned, Administra
tor in the estate of Mary McCarty late of
KI k lam I township deceased, notice is
hereby given that all persons indebted lo
said estate arc requested lo make immed
iate payment, and all persons having
claims against it must present them duly
authenticated for settlement.
DOWNS. Alt\. JOSEPH PAKDOK I , ~
TIIOS. Mei AKTV 1
Special
Notice!
$2700.00 worth of
Clothing,
Shoes, Pants, Ladies' Skirts,
Capes, Corsets, and Shirt
waists and everything in
Men's Furnishing Goods.
Will close out the entire stock al near
ly r>oejon the|dollar. This will he the
greatest sale Laporte ever heard of. Kvery
body should take advantage ol tiie bar
gains I will otter. We will surely give
you prices that you will surely be astonish
ed. It will pay you lo buy not only for
present but for future use. I will be glad
to give the Lowest Price to every body.
It will be a special favor that every body
should come and examine my stock even
if you don't expect lo buy.
Highest price paid lor (iinseng.
JOE COOPER,
LaPorte, Pa.
Below I. O. O. F. Hall.
Riluettto Your Kuweit With (?ÜBraretb.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
10c, 35c. XI C. C. C. fail, druggists ref uuU tuouey.
Form lor Hale
'l'llo undersigned —■ "ii account ol (ail
ing health will .sell his valuacle (arm
situated on Mnnrv Creek alioul nine
miles north o( llnghesville, I'a. part of
the purchase money can remain in prop
erty.
•TACOK HI'CKS, Strnwbridge, Lycoming Co.
Notice of Dissolution.
'1 he |»artuer*hip heretofore existing between
M. K.Heeder anil K. l-\ Ives, doing business under
tile linn name of Heeiler .V Ives, has been dissolv
eil this 11th ilay of July, hy mutual consent. Al|
ilehts of sail 1 tirni lo IK 1 presented to M. K. Keeder
for payment, ami till parties owing sairl lirnt to
make payment to same.
M. E. I!KKIiKi:.
K. 1' . I V KS.
lUVKNKI.I, IMYEUSITY, .Unix
IIOWAHII 11 A icitis. President. College,
leading lo degrees in Ail, Philosophy and
Science. Academy, a preparatory school
for youngjinen and hoys. Institute, a re
fined hoarding school lor young ladies.
School ol Music, with graduating courses.
For catalogue, address the Register,
\V. C. GRKT/.IMIEK. Lewishurg, Pa.
l-'OH SAliil.
1 oiler the following properties: TO
acres, hemlock timber, near liingdale;
3".'! acres, virgin timber, Elk Hun, North
Mountain, close lo railroad: M2t> acres,
coal lands, at Heruice, adjoining present
workings; S lots (one entire section) at
Eagles Mere, each lot "•"« leet Iront on
Pennsylvania Ave., with "liradford"
privileges and title; 1 lot "•"> It. Iront on
LaPorte Ave.; several choice lots in La-
Porte lioro.; also several warrants ol
stripped lands in LaPorte, Collev and
I'ox townships suitable lor tanning or
grazing purposes.
ll.'l'. HOWNS, Atty-at-Law.
LaPorte, Pa.
l'.vervniMly Kays So.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most wou
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act. gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel eolds,
cure headaohe, fever, liabltual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of V. V. C. to-day; 10, 35, 50 cents. Hold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
sores.
"Running sores appeared on my
leg and spread over the entire
lower portion of the limb. 1 got
no help from medicine till I tried
yours. 1 was cured by one bottle of
c Ayer's
darsapariiia."
ISAAC At'KKR, Cowans, Va.
A Horrible Railroad Accident
is a daily chronicle in our papers; also
the death of some dear friend, who had
died with OonHimi|>tion, whereas, if he or
she had taken Otto's Cure liir Throat and
Lung diseases in lime, lil'e would have
been rendered happier and perhaps saved.
Heed the warning! Il'voit have a cough
or any allection of the Throat and Lungs
Call on T. .1. Keeler,Laporte; \V. L.
Ilotlnian, llillsgrove; I'. S -Lancaster,
Forksville; ('. H .lennings, Agt. Kstella;
.Ino. \V. Muck, Sonestown, and get a
trialjpackage free. Large size 50c and 25c.
G. A. Rogers
KORKSVILLE, I'A.
(Successor to B.W. Fawcetl.)
Watches, Jewelery,
Silverware, Etc.
Bicycle repairing. Bicycle sundries.
Fishing tackle, at lowest possible
Price.
Ginghams, calicoes ami dress goods,
cash prices at J. \V. Buck's.
Ho-To-Bac' for Ki.-. y Cent*.
Guaranteed tobacco bablt euro, makes weak
men strong, bluoil pure. fide. sl. All druggists.
Excellent wheat Hour from #l.lO
to SI.-J. r » at A. T. Annstoiitf, Sones
town, I'a.
Fish and ham, prices right, at .). \V.
Buck's, Sonestown.
'l'.i I tire »<iii*ll|mllon I-'urevtir.
Take i'asearelK Cunuv Cuthartie. 10c or2nC.
If I' l' C. fall to cure, drucKistw refund money.
lin not say you can not attord to put
up fruit tor winter use- .1. \V. Buck sells
glass jars, tumblers, jelly cups and lin
cans so cheap.
PLACE'S
New Grocery
LAPORTE, PA.
Our Friendly
Latch String Always
Hangs Out.
Shoes
an endless variety of
high grade foot-wear is
now on sale and for the
next
60 Days
there will positively be
No War Tax
put upon my prices.
E. L. PLACE'S
NEW GROCERY.
Spring
and Summer
KVH'J' corner of (lie store is
bright, with the newest things
for Women's wear and Men's
wear and Children's wear.
We are glad to have you come in
and see the new life of the old
store and look at its excellent
line of goods.
Spring Weight
Underware
for Men, Women and
Children.
In conjunction With
the inviting varities, all
prices will be found more
than ordinarily small.
Grocery Department
A new and fresh sup
ply of Groceries have
have just arrived.
Vernon Hull,
Hillsgrove, Pa.
W.L.Hoffman's
HILLSGROVE
Three Big Stores-- MUNCY VALLEY,
PROCTOR, PA.
An Explosion of Values.
PRICES BLOWN TO ATOMS.
I wo or thiee reasons for this —liberal supply, bet -
ter qualities, less in price than found elsewhere.
Ladies' Dress Wares.
I hey are the kind women want, and our prices will
cause lively sell rig.
CORSETS Selling at Corset Prices.
No other line in these stores has such decided
growth as that of Corsets. Augmented sales each
month demonstrates the superiority of brands.
General Merchandise.
There is to be found a general line of seasonable
goods constantly on hand.
Remember the Place.
JENNINGS BROS.
i——....—
We keep in stock at our mills a
complete line of dressed lumber
in hemlock and'hardwood.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Gang Sawed and frimmed Lumber.
Pa7~
SPECIALTIES
Hemlock Novelty or German Siding,
Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick,
Hemlock Flooring any width desired,
Hemlock Lath both 3 and 4 feet long,
Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or Maple,
The same woods in 3-8 ceiling.
CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED.
Buy Good Goods!
And you will be surpris
how cheap they are in the end.
We have just unpacked such a stock of coats and capes lo which we are pleaseJ
to call vour special attention. We do not pretend lo handle the cheapest
coats in the mark«t, but we do say we have the BEST and neatest tilting
garments made. <>ur coats and capes are made lo order, and in the latest
styles with prices to suit everybody.
IN DRESS GOODS WE WERE NEVER BETTER
PREPARED TO PLEASE YOU THAN AT THE
PRESEN T, AS WE HAVE THE LARGEST AS
SORTMENT IN THAT LINE EVER DISPLAY
ED IN THE COUNTY.
Ladies and Misses, Boys and Men, you need not go halt frozen this winter for we
have plenty of underwear for you all, both in cotton or wool, red orgravand
the pr ces are very low, so low that when you see the goods you will ha as ton
••died that we are able to give you such bargains.
One word in regard to foot wear:
Uur shoe department was never more complete and if you will flavor us.with
your attention for a few minutes when in town we will convince you that we
have the most carefully selected line ot line and heavy boots and shoes ever
brought before the public. On crockery we have just received some very
pretty designs in liecorated Dinner Sels to which we invite your attention.
The buying o( country produce has always been a special feature of OH
Business, and we slill continue in paying the highest each prices lor Buttur
•igg" and Wool.
E. G. Sylvara dushore, ipa.
Wright & Haight,
SUCCESSORS TO
M. R. BLACK, Forksville, Pa.
112 k f nJertqftinq.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors, Sash, Moulding, Flooring, Ceiling etc.
DRESSED LUMBER
Full and complete seasoned stock always on hand.
A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of
Coffins and Casket to select from in Sullivan County.
The finest hearse in the county, with equipments to match.
Embalming a specialty., Funerals directed with
safety and dispatch.
PRICES REASONABLE.