Republican News Item.
Published Every Thursday.
Volume h.
3We have been
< (gleaning House
\ For some time, but we are through at last. WeV
112 are all fixed up in apple pie order for the /
? fall Crafcc <
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with the largest and best stock of goods wcr
have ever had. X
i Somethingfor Everybody, before purchasing. 112
JWe think we can please the most critical buyer in Sullivan
\ Respectfully Yours, 112
\ RETTENBURY, <J
\ DUSHORE, PA. THE JEWELER. /
Coks.. . ro .»*
Rardware i,? "' NERAL
■ WV%H^HARDWARE
PAINTS, OILS, VARNSHES and GLASS.
SPECIAL inducements given on
QTOVES and RANGES
and all kinds of HEATING STOVES
for Wood or Coal, suitable for parlors, halls, churches, school houses,
camps, etc. Attention to a line of Cheap air-tight wood heaters from
83.00 to 810.00. Also a line of coal heaters from 82.50 up to 835.00.
My Special Bargain Sale is open on a line of heaters slightly
damaged by water. . Good as new, but they must be sold CHEAP
If in need of a cheap heater, call early.
My "Dockash" Ranges are without a question the finest in the
market, made up of the best material and designed to be a handsome
Range. Furnaces always the best <.n the market. In fact we are
ready to heat the universe either in hot water, steam or air. Try us,
we guarantee satisfaction.
STOV REPAIRS AND REPAIRING.
PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING AND SUPPLIES.
MILL SUPPLIES.
Coles Hardware.
DUSHORE, PA.
We are Doing a
Humming Business in anfc
anfc IRaitge
STOVE PIPE COAL HODS
LISTEN:
Our stove were all bought before January is, hence
we are now selling at what they would cost ns to
replace. RED CROSS line is the very best to buy.
Stove repairs for any make of stove furnished if
you send us maker's name and number of stove.
You Will Not Forget Our
Carpet Line
j: Shade Line
Chair Line
Dish Line
Bed Line
When cleaning house; any of them will be need
ed to replace old ones.
Churns in five differen makes.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."
LAPORTE, ML THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,189!).
Ironclad Proof vs Herald Falsehoods.
Guerrilla Warfare Waged Upon Republican Candidates by j
Hawk Journalists Proves to be Unpopular With the
People of Sullivan County.
Stale of Pennsi/lrania, (.'ounty <>j
Sullivan, a*.
j Before me the subscriber, person
' ally appeared before me Christian
Broschart, of Cherry Township Sull
ivan County, Pennsylvania, who
deposes and says, that he resides on
Cherry Flats in the tonwnship coun
ty, and state aforesaid and is the in
dividual referred to by the Editors
of the Sullivan County Herald, in a
certain artieal contained theirin in
the issue of Sept. -7, 1899, in which
saiil article, Mr. Taylor, of Bernice,
Pa. who is a candidate for the office
of County Commissioner of Sullivan
County, is attacked.
Deponent further deposes and says
that on September 15, 1899, lie saw
Mr. Taylor and desired to know if
he (Mr. Taylor) could give affiant
employment. That Mr. Taylor then
and their hired affiant to labor lor
him or for the company which Mr.
Taylor represented, and under the
agreement entered into with said
Mr. Taylor, affiant commenced to
labor for him on Tuesday, Sept. 19,
1899, and worked for said Mr. Taylor
on Sept. 19, 12(1, 21, 22, and that oil
Saturday Sept. 2.1 affiant went to
Sciota Hollow after his son, who had
been away from home working tor it
certain Mr. Smith Tuttlc. \\ hen
going toward Scoita llollow, 1 met
Mr. Taylor and Daniel Jloffa, at a
point about three miles distant from
Col ley Post Office. Either Mr. Holla
or Mr. Taylor spoke to me and asked
me if I had a vote. 1 told them
jokingly that 1 thought I had a vote,
that 1 was old enough to have one.
I think it was Mr. Holl'a who asked
me to support Mr. Taylor for the
office of County Commissioner (if
Sullivan County. 1 told him that 1
would support Mr. Taylor for said
office, 1 then.informed them that I
was going after my boy who was
away from home, and who was
working for Mr. Tuttlc in Sciota
Hollow. Mr. Taylor wished me
good luck and said he hoped affiant
would get his boy. We parted, Mr.
I loffa and Mr. Taylor going toward
Col ley and I went toward Sciota
Hollow. I then went to the house
of Mr. Smite Tuttlc in Scoita Hollow
where my boy hail been working.
I arrived at the house of Mr. Tuttel
at about 2 p. in.and stayed with
him Saturday night Sept. 2:1, 1*99,
and remained with Mr. Tuttle un
till about 7 a. ni. (Sunday morning)
Sept. 24, 1899. On Sunday morning
while standing on the porch of Mr
Tuttle's house 1 saw Mr. J.({.Scout
in coming toward Mr. Tuttle's In use
! from the direction of the barn. He
came to the house of Mr. Tuttle.
Mr. Seouten then asked me "What
are you doing here; and also asked
me "art- you working here? 1 replied
No sir. He then asked me where 1
was working. 1 said in Bernice. I
told him that 1 had commenced
working there last Tuesday Sept. 19.
1899. 1 told Mr. Seouten that 1 had
come after my boy. Mr. Seouten
then asked if Mr. Taylor talked pol
itics. 1 replied, No sir. I told Mr.
Seouten that 1 had met 31 r. Taylor
on the road yesterday.l told Mr.
Seouten that I had been informed
that Mr. Taylor was running for the
office of County Commissioner of
Sullivan County, and that I had
been asked by Mr. Holla, 1 think,
to support Mr. Taylor for said office.
I told Mr. Seouten that 1 had agreed
to support Mr. Taylor. Mr: Seouten
then said "any one can get work
there now owing to the fact that Mr.
Taylor is running for County Com
missioner." 1 told Mr.Seouten that
at the time 1 was employed by Mr.
Taylor, I did not know that Mr.
Taylor was running for the office of
County Commissioner. Mr. Seouten
then said "Isn't it a small triek for
Otto Berh ha* always l>ecn a friend of
the laboring man ami some people will be
surprised at the vote lie will roll up 011
| election day. Cast your vote tor him.
The keys of the county treas
' ury will be safe in his hands.
Mr. Taylor to hire people now be
cause he ( Mr. Taylor ) is running
for office, and would give work t<>
any one who might have a vote".
Affiant further deposes and say
that lie has worked at the Bernice
Coal Breaker on and off' for the per
iod of ten years last past. That he
generally commenced working for
said Mr. Taylor at the breaker,
every fall and working there until)
the following spring, and that the
fact that Mr. Taylor is running for
office has not influenced Mr. Taylor
to give or furnish me or others with
employment, during the past year
or at any other time. That Mr.
Taylor has given affiant work of the
same general nature for ten years
last past( off' and on ). He futhcr
deposes and says, that it is not true
that he, affiant, expressed his opin
ion to the Sullivan County Herald,
as set forth in the issue of said paper
of Sept. 27, 1899, "that if he voted
for Taylor, he thought lie could hold
his position untill spring", as stated
in the Herald of said dat.e
He further deposes and says that
said article in the Sttllimu County
Jhrald of Sept. 57, 1899, is entirely
false and without any foundation
or truth in it, and that the same, in
the opinion of affiant was printed
for the purpose of wilfully and ma
liciously injuring the character of
Mr. Taylor.
That Mr. Taylor as outside Super
intendent for the State Line and
Sullivan B. It. Co. has never to the
knowledge of affiant asked any one
applying for work what his political
or religious views were, but would
when in need of employes, give em
ployment to any and all regard I es
of political views or religious creed
of applicant.
Deponent further says that lie has j
been acquainted with Mr. Taylor for
upward of fifteen years, and *ays '
that 31 r. Taylor's character is above j
reproach, that he is well qualified 1
for the office to which he seeks to be
elected, and that for honesty, integ
rity and sobriety, and in fact all
those qualities that goes toward
making a useful, inteligent and law
abiding citizen Mr. Taylor possesses
in the highest degree.
CHRISTIAN BKOSCIIAUT.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 2sth day of September 1899.
WM. J. LAWKKM K, Protli.
Shift of /'ennsy/rania, County of*.
Suitiran, "x.
Before me the subscriber personaly I
appeared Daniel Ilotia, of Bernice,
I'a. who being duly sworn according
to law doth depose and say, that on
Saturday Sept. 2:!, 1899, he was in
company with Jasper S. Taylor, of
Bernice, Sullivan County Pa., who
is seeking the election of the office of
County Commissioner of Sullivan
County, and that when about three
miles distant from Colley they met
Christian Broschart, of Cherry Flats,
who was going to Sciota Hollow.
That after engaging Mr. Braseliart
in conversation for a brief period,
deponent informed Mr. Broschart
that Mr. Taylor was running for the
office of County Commissioner of
Sullivan County, and ask Mr. Bros
chart to support Mr. Taylor to said
office by voting for him. That Mr.
Broschart agreed so to do, and that
Mr. Taylor did not in presence of
deponent ask Mr. Broschart for his
support, neither did lie make any
promise of any nature to Mr. Bros
chart. Neither did Mr. Taylor make
any request of Mr. Broschart to sup- ;
port Mr. Taylor for said office either i
directly or Indirectly.
DAM!*!. llol'lA.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this day of October, 1899.
JOHN S.LINE, Associate Judge.
Adam Baumunk and J.S. Taylor are lioth
men who have the confidence and esteem
of their fellow citizens and are in every
way <|un)ilied for the duties ol otliee.
They will be safe at the
throttle of our Co. Com. office.
Guilt is Evident. The Herald's Attempt to Deprive Candi
dates of the Benefits of Public Confidence by False
Statements, Proves a Farce.
State of Pennfylrania, County of
Sail iron, s.*:
Before me the subscriber, a justice
of the peace in and for said county
personally appeared Saddler S. Rog
ers, who being duly sworn according
to law doth depose and say :
That on or about October I, 1899,
A. L. I'lotts of the township of Elk
land, came to my house and then
and there repeated the substance of
an article that had recently appeared
in the Su/liran County Ilerald to the
effect that Adam Baumunk had in
formed Mr. A. T. Mulnix that he
(Baumunk) had received thirty dol
lars to withdraw as a candidate for
the nomination of County Commis
sioner in 189(1. In commenting up
on the article as stated by said A. L.
I'lotts, but without any reference
whatever to Adam Baumunk, or any
other person in particular, I stated,
in a general way, that "Any person
that would take money for election
purposes might take it for other pur
poses," meaning thereby, that a man
who would sell his vote for money,
or any consideration, could not be
trusted in it position of tru>t or re
sponsibility.
In the Su/liran County Herald un
der date of September 2<lth, 1899,the
following editorial referring to the
above conversation appears : "In
conversation with a gentleman at
his residence a short time ago Mr.
S. S. Rogers, one of our county com
missioners, gave it as his opinion
that Adam Baumunk was not
tit for county commissioner, that he
could be bought, and continuing he
said lie tßaumunk) would take
money for election purposes, and a
man who would take money in that
±
Worse than the vulture that preys
not upon its kink, is the savage
hawk that ruthlessly mangles its own
fellow creatures. We know of no
greater menace to public morality
than the journalistic hawk that
swoops down upon honorable citizens
endeavoring to destroy character,
not from necessity, nor from a hope
of pood coming from it,save personal
political ends and to satisfy a tierce,
inhuman mania for scandalous sen
sation.
Justice again demands us to throw
a little sunlight of truth on the in
famous conduct of the ller<il<l which
makes great pretentions to superior
uprightness while it is really tilled
with nothing more than festering
rottenness, which makes the heart
i and minds of all intelligent citizen
revolt at deed maliciously and hope
lessly vain.
We again otter more attidavits,
i made by honest men under solemn
oath, in reply to tin 1 false and un
privileged publications endeavoring
to ex pose honorable citizens to con
tempt, hatred, ridicule and obloquy.
The most emphatic denounciation
by the public for this indiscriminate
and unwarranted rending of human
character can best lie shown by thu
ballot next week, where votes should
speak in thundering tone by an
overwhelming majority for Adam
Baumunk, J. S. Taylor and Otto
Behr, which would then prove be
yond a doubt that such mud slinging
campaigns are both unprolitable and
unpopular.
The Iferaltl opened the campaign
this fall by viciously and maliciously
villifying the Republican candidates
as a whole and the county ticket in
particular. "With all tin malignity
of its disposition it ha.- endeavored
| to creat the impression that our ean
| didates are unpopular and unworthy
; the support of the voters of the
county. Now, why all this wicked
I attack on the Republican candidates ?
Is it impossible for the Herald to
j place its candidates on the elevated
! level with the Republican candidates
j ami seeks to drag hi- opponents
I down to the level of its own and its
self. We trust that the Democratic
| candidates are not men degraded to
that extent. Rut < >tto Behr, Adam
1.25 Per. Year.
Number 2!)
way would take it in another."
Again in the issue of the Sit/Hvuti
< 'ouiity Ileratd of < K'tobcr 4, I ROM,the
following editorial appears : "We
said in an issue of the 20th ult. that
S. S. Rogers gave it as hi- opinion
that Adam iiaumunk was not tit for
county commissioner, that he could
he bought; that he would take mon
ey for election purposes, and a man
who would take money in that way
would take it in another. Thisstate
ment was made by Mr. Rogers to
one of his neighbors a short time be
fore the Republican Convention."
1 most positively and emphatically
deny that I ever made these state
ments as published in the Sullintn
(itmitif J1 erahl concerning Adam
liaumunk and the said editorials,
above ijuotcd, are absolutely and
unqualifiedly false and were publish
ed, as I verily believe, for the sole
purpose of attempting to injure the
character of Adam Baumunk.
I further state that I have known
Adam llaumuuk for over thirty
years and we have resided in the
same township for the last sixteen
years. That I regard him as an
honest, upright citizen; that his
character is above reproach; that a
a township officer he has proven
himself honest and capable, and that
in my opinion he is well qualified
morally and intellectually for the
office of County Commissioner, and
I believe will, if elected, perform
the duties of the office with inteli
gence, honesty and fidelity.
S. S. ROGERS.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this Kith day of October, lsott.
ROUT. STOK.MONT, J. I*.
.In a' former implication of this atli<hi\il then
was a error in one date.—-K«l.]
Baumunk and.l. S. Taylor will nor
be injured by tin- vituperation and
slander of the Demoeratie organ.
The voters of Sullivan county are
not so ignorant to he ell'cetivelly ap
pealed to in the manner the Herald
has adopted, and will pass judgment
that will he final, and the Republican
ticket will not sutler as a result of
the verdict rendered at the polls.
I.ct the Herald have a care in map
ping out its form of campaign in the
future, as it has now sown to the
wind and can only expect to reap
the whirldwind that i< alreads visi
ble on the horizon.
Not a word can lie truthfully said
against the honesty, integrity and
ability of either J. S. Taylor or
Adam Baumunk. The here publish
ed affidavits proves it, and shows
the disreputable practice resorted to
by the hawk journalist.
.Mr. Taylor has had men working
under bill! steadily for the past twen
ty-six years, Daniel Kchoonover of
Bernice, is one of them, and for the
past twenty-four years .Mr. Taylor
has been at Hernice, he has had 011
an average of 120 to I-to men under
his directions, and all say and have
ever said that he is an honorable,
upright man. The lleraltl claimed
to have one man who said different
ly, but ms affidavit here appears,
decidedly to the contrary.
Coutemptable charges were made
against Adnmßaumuuk through the
Herald that S. S. Rogers had in his
opinion pronounced 3lr. Baumunk
unfit for office. Now read what 31 r.
Rogers says under oath concerning
Adam Baumunk's fltnes* for office.
These false and cowardly attacks
have aroused many manly Demo
crat- throughout the county to a
sense of indignation and duty, and
they will prove at the polls that they
most emphatically disapprove of
such villainous war fare at elections.
The fact is that intelligent Demo
crats are ashamed of tin- Herald for
it> weak, vacillating policy in its
first campaign.
The voters in general want honest,
competent, reliable men to till their
offices of trust. OTTO BKIIH.
ADAM BAI'MI'NK, J.S.TAYLOR
' are the proper ones to vote for.