ON BOTH sines 112 iiiiroA State Chairman Elkin Dissects the Wanamaker Speech. 11l FINDER fli PHI WRECKER Tlie Chairman Says the Republican Party "Will surviveWltli Vigor Un impaired," Having Kndured t ho Se cession of Nneh Men an Horace (Jeeo- Icy ami. Governor ( urtla, and Lived Through IClglit Years of » leveland and Klght Years of Palt Isou. Philadelphia, Sept. 2.—The political event of the week is the scorching re ply of State Chairman John P. Elkin to ihe tirade delivered by Mr. Wanamaker at the select gathering of his "business men in politics" last week. The chair man has just returned from Chicka inauga, where he has been looking after the welfare of his brother, Lieutenant \\\ P. Elkin, and other fever stricken Pennsylvania soldiers. In discussing the Wanamaker deliverance he said: As chairman of the Republican or ganization I have done everything in my power to bring together, in a har monious campaign this fall, the con tending forces in Pennsylvania politics. In the making up of our executive and campaign committees we have been careful to give representation to all former factions in the party. In pursu ance of this policy we have solicited the co-operation and counsel of all the leading and active party workers of the state, regardless of their past political affiliations. The organization has re frained. up to this time, from entering into any discussion of the questions that have divided our party in the tale. When the organization was reck lessly and sometimes viciously attacked we have made no reply for the reason that we had hoped all differences would lie fought out within party lines, and hence we were willing to abide the de cision of the Republican voters at the polls on the issues involved. Since, how ever. the Republicans in the conven tion assembled have decided their plat form of principles, and have nominated a ticket in accordance with the estab lished rules and customs of the party, and since the •primaries held in the various counties throughout the state have in most instances nominated their county ticket, and we still find an or ganization declaring its purpose to lie tin' overthrow of Republican suprem acy. we feel it is time for the party, through its organization, to make re ply. OUTSIDE OP THE RANKS. "No one will deny to Mr. Wana maker, or any one else claiming to be a Republican, the right to make any proper effort within the party lines to advance the cause he represents, but when, at a public meeting, called through the direction of himself and friends, he places himself on record in the following language: 'Thus far we have carried a banner of protest against the state Republican party and its leadership and manipulation.' and then follows this up by the further statement, "This is the plain duty today of the voters and taxpayers of Pennsyl vania. independent of old party lines or no parties, to exterminate the ma chine,' which 'machine' can only mean the Republican organization, there can, under these circumstances be no im propriety in an organization thus as-' sailed making answer in terms whose meaning will not.and cannot be mis understood. We can only interpret the utterances of Mr. Wanamaker to mean that he has placed himself entirely out side the Republican ranks, and is now determined to make such effort as he can to disrupt and destroy the party with which lie has been affiliated until after the recent Republican slate con vention. Since that time, according to his own statements, he has been en gaged in an attempt to bring out a new ticket. Certainly the following language used by him at the Bourse meeting, can mean nothing short of this: " In view of the grave consequences impending, hurried conferences have been held lately with Dr. Swallow and others in accord with him. taking a broad and disinterested view of the present situation, stating the possibil ity of unification of all the forces op posed to the O'-ay machine, whether of the Harrisbui , Altoona or other forms, and niakinr>Ma thoroughly representa tive ticket, eliminating all present and past candidates, or using them as might seem most practicable to form a winning ticket.' FAULT FINDER AND PART'S WRECKER. "I'hls attitude of Mr. Wanamaker Is not so strange in view of the fact that upon the occasion of the visit of Presi dent McKlniey and his cabinet officers to Philadelphia, at the time of the un veiling of the Washington monument, he, through the public prints, criticised /the present administration in its con duct of the affairs of the country, which criticism called forth replies , from several of the cabinet officers at the time and a mild rebuke from the president himself. The attitude of Mr. Wanamakerj during the past several months clearly indicates that he no longer pays allegiance to any party, but lias concluded to place himself in the category of a political fault finder and a party wrecker. "It is one of the undeniable privileges of individuals to choose the party with which they ally themselves, and to whose purposes they lend their support. If Mr. Wanamaker has determined upon an endeavor to disrupt and de feat the uartv which bestowed upon him one of the highest offices in its gift (although by a decisive majority fairly ascertained after a free and open can vass of the sentiment of the state it re fused him another office which he sought), that is his indisputable priv ilege. Nevertheless, 1 think he will be disappointed in thu result of liis se cession. IT WILL SURVIVE. "The sands shift and change about the bases of the pyramids, but those mighty structures themselves, founded upon the rock and standing four square to every v. ind that blows, abide stead- fast and everlasting. The Republican party will survive, full of useful life I and undiminished vigor, for many a ! year alter Mr. Wanamaker and I and all of us are numbered among the men who. are l'orgott n. Willi its heroic his ' tury and Its i romislng future it stands for great pi'.iiciple!! ary.l polities much more important ihan iii ambitions and C i-appolntmi ::ts o, an> individuals in i'. Jtuuevei . ''limn;. This is the lesson 0 history. No 0110 did more dis tinguished service In the liuilding of it than Horace Greeky, vet when, that weai man ivas deluded into casting his lot with its enemies, the Republican party lived on and Horace Greeley died of a broken heart. No Pennsylvania!! was more highly and deservedly hon ored in his party than our great war governor. Andrew ut when he raised his voice in opposition to it, his public career closed, and the party continued to add vic tory to victory and strength to strength. The Republican party survived eight years of Cleveland and eight years of Pattison. 1 have no doubt ;t will survive even Mr. Wana maker's secession with unbroken heart and vigor unimpaired. A WORD ADOPT TAXES. "One of the complaints made by Mr. Wanamaker is that the taxpayers of the state are overburdened by reason of the expenses of the state adminis tration and the cost of supporting our penal, eleemosynary and charitable in stitutions. The charge is in keeping with others made by him—it is lack ing in every essential element of truth. The fact is that the great mass of tax payers of the state do not contribute a farthing in the shape of state taxation. The state revenues are raised mainly by tile taxation of corporations, collat eral and direct inheritances, license fees, fees of office and bonuses on charters. Real estate has not paid state taxes since IMiti. in passing judgment on this question it might not be amiss to recall the fact that Mr. Wanamaker pays less tax in proportion to the amount of money invested and the vol ume of business transacted than any other citizen within the confines of this broad commonwealth. Our taxpayers may not know, but it is currently re ported and generally believed, that he transacts a business each year itf from $12,000.0110 to $15,000,000, that he lias in vested in goods, wares and merchan dise in which he truffles from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. «>n the great volume of business transacted by him and oh the large investment he has in merchan ; disc in which he trafficks from $3,000,000 state government the mere pittance of .SI,OOO annually. On these goods, wares and merchandise he pays no municipal, local or state tax. except the SI,OOO above mentioned. It is true he pays lotijil taxes upon his real estate, but that is entirely outside of the invest ment in his business proper. If Mr, ! Wanamaker had the $5,000,000 which he is now supposed to have invested iti his stores invested in farms and other real estate he would pay annually from $75,000 to $125,000 in local taxes more than he does at present. THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT IT. "Under the financial system which I has I cen inaugural' ■■•! by the state to the count}. Foi ins l nee take the following counties: Pays to Tr- asury. Receives. Bedford 67 $70,945 82 Butler 20. S. !:. : is managers undoubt edly impressed him. more In their own than in his Interest, with that theory, and he, no doubt, speaks from his per sonal knowledge and experience. ROASTINf! THE PIGS. "I am surprised that any person with the intelligence of Air. Wanamaker should be guilty of repeating, by inuen do at least, that the burning of the state caplto! was the result of a con spiracy of state officials, and for the purpose of destroying public records which might incrimlnati them. If Mr. | Wanamaker and those who report ' these silly charges would take the time to Investigate tlioy would learn that the capltol buitling burned down con tained nn records of value. The rec ords ol' the auditor general's and the itate treftsut -r's departments were kept In a separate building, having another building; between it and the building where these records are kept. There was not a single record of the treasury or auditor general's department in the building burned down. This senseless fabrication reminds me of the interest ing story lold by Charles Lamb of the Chinaman who discovered roast pig: 'The hut of a Chinaman having burned down, and some young pigs that were there among its tenants having been roasted, the Chinaman proceeded to devour them with intense satisfaction. He was su well pleased with the viands that he turned incendiary and burned down several establishments belonging to his neighbors, in order to roast th > pigs therein confined. He continued Ills hazardous course until it got through his Mongolian head one day that l lie |.igs might be roasted without the burning of the dwellings.' It will occur to any one who reflects a moment that if there were any papers in Har ris-burg for which destruction was nec essary for any purpose, it is not likely that they would be carefully preserved and tiled away in the public buildings, and if they had been so preserved and filed it would not be necessary to burn the building in order to burn the papers. The pigs could be roasted and the papers could be destroyed without the risk and hazard of burn ing down valuable buildings. ABOUT BROKEN HANKS. "The attempt of Mr. Wanamaker to connect the Republican party with the failure of the People's bank, the Guar antors' and the State Insurance com pany is, to say the least, far fetched. The Republican party is no more re sponsible for the failure of these insti tutions than it was for the failure of the Keystone bank, of unsavory mem ory. and I presume Mr. Wanamaker will not undertake to say that the Re publican party wrecked that bank. The fact is that the state has not lost a single penny by reason of the fail ure of any of these institutions. "Mr. Wanamaker also attacks the re cent Republican state convention. With the facts attending that convention the Republican party is already familiar. In many counties the candidates for gubernatorial honors submitted their candidacy to a vote of the people. The delegates were elected under party rules. At the convention Mr. Wana maker, finding that he did not have a sufficient number of delegates to nom inate himself, withdrew from the con test and transferred his delegates in a body to another candidate, who num bered among his delegates many of the most prominent organization mtjn in the state. The union of these forces was not successful, and the convention nominated another candidate. All the contests brought before that conven tion were decided in favor of Mr. Wan amaker and those with whom he com bined bis forces. In not a single in stance was a decision made in favor of the prevailing candidate. On the Iloor of the convention the fullest lat itude was given to Mr. Wanamaker and his friends, and no decision was made against their interests. The con vention was conducted in a spirit of generous fairness, and no reasonable person can find fault with anything that was done in its proceedings. THAT CHESTER COUNTY TALE. "While it is not within tlie purview of this interview to discuss the charges made by Mr. Wanamaker in reference to the deposit of state funds with the Chester County Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit company, yet I feel that it is proper for me to recall the facts in reference to the legislation upon the subject. Prior to 1597 the state treas urer, under the law. was personally re sponsible for all state moneys which came into his hands. He was required to give a bond for the safe keeping of tl*se funds. Under this system the treasurer and Ills bondsmen, being re sponsible for all state moneys, c laimed and exercised the right to select the de positories in which state, funds were located. Mr. Darlington, as it appear ed from his testimony, was a bondsman of the state treasurer and had a de posit in his institution. Being thus fa vored. he seems to have felt himself called upon to make contributions in support of the party that extended these favors. There are necessary ex penses to be borne, and it is only fair that those who are favored by the party should help bear its burdens, and It would seem from his testimony that Mr. Darlington thought it was proper that he should contribute, and that he should have in return therefor a continuance of bis deposit. Whatever may be thought of the transaction it was certainly not one of which Mr. Wanamaker can complain, for it re sembles closely his action in the cam paign of 'Sfi, when, it being understood that, having collected, or being about to collect, some four or five thousand dollars from manufacturers and others participating in the benefits of tariff legislation, he exacted a promise from the national committee that he should be appointed postmaster general. "Whatever may be thought, however, about the political morality of Mr. Dar lington and Mr. Wanamaker in the transactions above mentioned. It is a thing ol' the past so far as the treas ury Is concerned. The legislature of 1597 passed u law which provides for in terest on deposits of state moneys in banking institutions of the state. The law imposes upon the state treasurer and the members of the revenue com mission the duty of selecting the bank ing institutions of the state in which the moneys shall lie deposited, and pro vides for the taking of sufficient se curities therefor. This law was drawn by the chairman of the Republican or ganization. and received its earnest and active support, it passed the sen ate and house with practically a unani mous vote, and I trust will correct the abuses of the former system. IT IS ANTI-REPUBLICAN. "It might as well be understood now that this Is a contest to defeat Republi can supremacy in Pennsylvania. The organization is prepared to defend the party from all these and ma licious attacks. It is our purpose to labor for the success of the whole Re publican ticket, county as well as state. It is our desire to uphold the adminis tration of President McKinley, and we -eel the necessity of returning the greatest possible number of Republican congressmen from this state. It is also important that a Republican United States snnator should be returned from Pennsylvania. With a new govern mental policy growing out of the Issues of the war we should see to it that Pennsylvania is represented by straight out Republicans in both houses of con gress. "In conclusion. I desire to say that I shall not enter into uny competition ith Mr. Wanamaker in defaming the state of which I am prou 1 to be a citi zen. and besmirching the good name of its people in the eyes of the country. I prefer rather to exalt and glorify It within fill proper bounds of language, tied has blessed its hills and valleys \>!tli matchless resources, above and under the ground, far beyond Golconda and the Klondike, and tile genius and industry of its people have developed It into an imperial domain. I prefer to look at it with eyes unjaundiced by any disappointed ambition, and to think of It as it is, the home of education and integrity, morality and religion, rather than to proclaim It as a breeding ground of iniquity, whose people choose habitual criminals as their representa tives to enact their laws and adminis ter their public affairs." GEORGE H. WELSIIONS. It has grown to be a common habit of corporations to seize highways, bridges and any other old things they covet, by swooping down upon the things coveted with a large force of em ployees about 0:01 on a Sunday morn ing and working until about 11:59 Sun day p. m. The day is fixed upon be cause on Sunday no court is In session and an injunction cannot be conven-' ientl.v procured. This will by and by be cured, doubtless. Probably Con gress or the states will make laws requiring judges to act judicially on Sunday in emergencies, issuing their orders and processes as of any other day. Her managers continue to success fully advertise by striking and original conceits the Cuban refugee, Miss Cis neros who was liberated from im prisonment by Americans (with the connivance and consent of Spanish of ficials, perhaps). The dispatches now state that a rich Chicago woman "de sires to adopt Miss Cisneros and make her her heir," to the extent of $500,000. To add to the probability of the story the correspondent states that Miss Cis neros is inclined to submit to the im position of half a million dollars worth 100 cents each; but that she withholds her consent until her papa's consent is secured. (till;- it IVw lli>r«* Lrnii Yearn. "In time leap year will go out of ex istence entirely," explained an alma nac computer, "but as U will not oc cur for over 800 years, we haven't much personal interest in the event. In the ordinary course of events 1900 would be leap year, but it will get left in the calculation. In other words, while i; does occur. It does not occur, simply becarse it is not in the agree ment that it shall occur. The story is ;i long one, but it can be briefly told so that the average person can under stand it without much difficulty. loot. in;:, ill V, all cooking is done with char coal and ovens . are practically un known in private houses very few am Hies ij;:ke bread. The .small, hard .•rusted oaves of French bread are de livered all over the city In.great bas kets four feet across thai art :.*tled on tlin Iliads of cnrgailoi es. Wltt'ii tin* Sul (mi («> i»ra.v. When the Sukan of Turkey attends the Friday midday prayer ut the mos que. in Constantinople, the garrison of 30,000 men are stationed along the i onto so that he shall be safely guard ed from the moment he leaves his palace until he is on his carpet in the sacred edifice. He often rides in a closed carriage, surrounded by a body guard. He makes these weekly jour neys in fear of his life, and he insists upon every precaution being taken. Thousands of people gather to see the Ruler of the Faithful, but the best way to see him is to get the ear of the Chamberlain or Grand Vizier, who, by judicious bribery, may be prevailed up on to admit you to the strangers' box of the mosque, where priests and poli ticians, soldiers, sailors and civilians jostle one another In their desire to obtain a glimpse of Abd-ul-llamld at praye- A baggageman on the Santa Fe, who runs into Kansas City from out iu the western part of Kansas, has lost lots of sleep. It Is doubtful if he can ever catch up with it. He leaves Hutch inson at night and reaches Kansas City in the morning. Nearly every night he brings In his car two or three coops of live domestic ducks. During the night, when he has no baggage to deliver at small stations, it has been his habit and privilege to lie down an an improvised couch and doze. With the advent of the ducks the doz ing stopped. The almost constant quacking of the ducks, who could not understand their strange environment, would not permit of sleep. For many nights, as he lay awake, he planned relief. He thought of strangling the duck 3 or chloroforming them. But neither expedient seemed good. One night a bright idea came to him. After he had put it into exe cution the ducks were silent. The next night he had two coops of unusually vociferous ducks. As goon as it came time for sleep bo wrenched a slat from one of the coops, reached in, and pulled out a duck. From his pocket he took a small rub ber band, which he slipped over the duck's bill just back of the nostrils. The duck tried to quack, but the rub ber band, while it stretched a little, would not permit Uie duck to open Its bill far enoutth to use its tongue. Only a murmur came from it. One by one the ducks were muzzled, and the bag gageman rested comfortably. The commission men were surprised next morning when they received a lot of ducks with rubber bands around their bills, and when the bands were removed the shouts of protest from the ducks were deafening. Ice 4,6,8and Cream quart is quickly sizes on iiiadewitha TBSSMw -hand. Lightning |HLjp Freezer. SCREEN DOORS, Window Screens, Poultry Netting Hammocks, Porch Chairs $1.50 and up, Coal Oil stoves of Nickless make, Gasoline Stoves. HARVESTING TOOLS in abundance. Brick for chimneys, always on hand. Nails, steel cut, per keg. Western Washer, best made; Building paper, per roll, £OO sq. feet- Poultry Netting, 1 ft. to 6 ft. wide, 1-2 ct. sq. foot. Jeremiah Kelly, HUGHESVILLE. Onr Declaration of War Has been in effect for a number of years and our Bombardment of High Prices Has created havoc of late in the sale of MOWING MACHINES, DRILLS, HARROWS, PLOWS, LUMBER WAGONS, BUGGIES, and ROAD WAGONS all at the lowest cash price. PHOSPHATE, ThiJty tons of different grades will be sold at a low figure. W. E. MILLER, Sullivan County, Pa. (Ue are Bound TO CLOSE OUT — Every Dollars Worth of SUMMER GOODS in This Store, ami to do so effectually and surely we will use no hall'way measures. Reductions that are enough to make it an object for your purchas ing. Here is a chance to get tha very best that is made in clothing at near ly half price. We mention a few prices: Any light colored suit in store for men, that were 12.50 and 18.00 now go for 18.50 All the summer suits which were sold at 7.00 and 8.00 now go for i $4.50 Youth's light colored suits which were sold it S.OO and 8.50 now go st $5.00 Children's suits which were sold at ;i.50, 4.00 and 5.00, now $2.50. Men's cashmere pants at C 5 cents are less than half price. All wool pants at 1.00. Knee pants, Hi cents. All wool knee pants at 25 cents Men's working shirts at 17c, 25c and asc, are the cheapest prices ever offered. Straw hats at your own prices. Ladies' sapee, skirts, wrapfiers, shirt waists, corsets and gloves at prices you will surely buy, even to store them away for future use. Sweeping prices in ladies', gents', misses', and children*' shoes. Mens' tine shoes at 05c t they are fully worth 1.50 Come and see the bargains we are offering now. We must have the room for our large stock for fall and winter, and the prices will be do object. Come and see lor yourself, will be glad to quote you prices. 1.-.t lYr*-* The Reliable Dealer in Clothing J aeon P6r Boots and Shoes. HUGHESVILLE, PA.