Republican News Item CHAS.'LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 1900. "FIRST OF ALL"THE~NEWS. > ' The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A'.PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER Published Every Friday. Morning. By The Suilivaa Publishing Co. At the County Beat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTB, PA. SUBSCRIPTION —SI.2S per annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should be ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte Pa., Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as secoud-class mail matter. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia. July 31.—Ballot reform may be one of the important state Is sues in the coming campaign. There is reason to believe, however, that this may bo eliminated from the partisan contest, if the leaders of the different elements continue to express senti ments in accord with those uttered within the last few days. Col. Quay, In a recent public declaration, went on record in favor of the most sweeping reforms in the matter of a secret ballot and an absolutely fair return of the votes cast, and he also advocated per sonal registration of voters. He gave it as his opinion tnat these reforms could only be hnd within a reasonable time by the calling of a non-partisan convention, which would amend the present constitution so as to permit the requisite legislation to be passed before the adjournment of the next legisla ture. It would be necessary for the legislature which convenes in January next to pass an act providing for the immediate calling of a constitutional convention. Such a convention being held without delay would permit of the introduction of such bills in the gen eral assembly as would be required to carry out the purposes of the framers of the constitution. GOVERNOR BLACK'S ATTITUDE. It was, therefore, noteworthy that last week former Lieutenant Governor Chauncey P. Black, one of the most respected and distinguished members of the Democratic party in this state, came out boldly In favor of the folding of a convention to revise the constitu tion in order to reform the voting sys tem of the commonwealth. In a carefully prepared statement for publication he gave the objections to following the antiquated method of leaving this problem of ballot reform to be solved by the state legislature un der the existing constitution. He re ferred to the fact that John Wana maker, In at least two of his public speeches, advocated this convention idea as the only plan by which ballot reform could be obtained, and he re ferred at some length to the failures of the past, declaring that the ballot law now In force in this state Is a fraud, and then recounted the abuses that have grown up under the present system. Governor Black then pointed to dec larations from John Wanamaker In November, 1899, and again In March, 1900, on the subject of ballot reform and quoted him as having said on the last occasion mentioned: "I, therefore, address myself to the people of Pennsylvania, to all qualified electors without distinction of party, whose lives, liberties and property lie today at the mercy of irresponsible po litical machines and their powerful secret and corrupt allies, and ask them to unite in the nomination and election of candidates for the legislature pledged to vote for a fair, non-partisan net calling a constitutional convention for immediate ballot reform, the sub stance and essential provisions of which shall be embodied in the funda mental law beyond the reach of corpor ate or machine power." QUOTES COLONEL QUAY. Continuing, Governor Black said: "And now comes Mr. Quay, the ac teptod chief of the regular Republican party, not only with a candid admission of the scandalous state of affairs and the universal demand for a change, but with a carefully devised and specific program for a constitutional conven tion as the only means of certain and immediate relief. He declares that the legislature, under the present consti tution, has no power to pass a personal registration law for the cities or to pro vide a secret ballot, while any voter may take another Into the booth to at test his ticket; that the pending amendments are not madatory; that even if, after a long and expensive process, they are adopted and lncorpor- ' ated in the constitution, they do not, of themselves, effect a reform, but leave the whole matter dependent upon the will of future legislatures which, as all our experience shows, are little likely to abate abuses that inure to the profit of powerful corporate or private Inter ests. "Thus we have the Intellectual and responsible chiefs of the two divisions of the Republican party," remarked Governor Black, after quoting Col. Quay at length, "in unison upon this most important of all public questions in our slate. Mr. Quay, after due con sideration, magnanimously and une quivocally accepts Mr. Wanamaker's proposition for an immediate and radi cal reform by the only means available. He not only accepts it, but he pledges himself and, as far as he can, his party to a fair, non-partisan constitutional convention bill like that of 1872. Here we have the perfect model, the Buckalew bill, under which as sembled a convention embody ing the very highest wisdom and purest public morality of the common wealth, and in which not a partisan word was uttered from beginning to end. CITY MACHINES REBUKED. "What right has any one to doubt Mr. Quay's sincerity? He Is the un questioned head of the ruling party in this state. He cannot afford to palter with the people, and, in this case it would be an act of rank and'gratuitous folly. The Democrats of the nation have tested the value of Mr. Quay's word on more than one critical occa sion when it cost him dearly to keep It, and they have never found reason to regret their trust. Whatever else he Is or alms to be, he is not a faith break er. He must intend only what he says, since he voluntarily ties himself down to an exact and open scheme for an honest 'non-partisan constitutional convention for immediate ballot re form,' whereby he doubtless hopes his party may be relieved from the shame and scandal of the present situation. Shall we doubt the sincerity of a great and responsible leader of the domi nant party who has every personal and party reason for effecting the reform at the earliest possible moment and who accepts and indorses the only possi ble method of effecting it as suggested by his only formidable rival and Join ourselves in tender trust with petty bosses of city machines who have a plain Interest in defeating the reform and who, to that end, talk about ac complishing it by acts of the legisla ture, or by futile single amendments. Mr. Quay's sincerity will probably be shown in a manner which will put to shame those who have so Indecently Impugned it. Should the authorities of his party, its state committee and its candidates for the legislature pledge themselves, as he and other responsible leaders have already done, there will be no question left. The regular Re publican party has the power to pro duce the reform for which Mr. Wana maker and Mr. Quay stand and, inas much as the 450,000 Democrats in the state are deeply interested in it, I see no reason why we should not make it unanimous, and have at once this fair, non-partisan constitutional convention which all sensible people agree Is the only way out." At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Democratic Society of Pennsylvania, held at Harrisburg last week, resolutions were unanimously adopted indorsing the proposition for the holding of a non-partison conven tion. DEATH BLOW TO FUSION. The Democratic advocates of fusion on legislative tickets in Pennsylvania were evidently greatly disappointed at the action of the sound money Democrats at their national conference held at Indianapolis last week. These representative men of the Democratic party resent Bryan's domination of their party organization. They are, of course, unalterably opposed to the 16 to 1 declaration on the silver issue and are determined to stamp out the radical element in the national Democ racy at the coming election. They wisely concluded not to fritter away their strength on a third ticket, but resolved to make no nominations for president and vice president. This leaves every sound money Democrat free to support the whole Republican ticket, as most of them will do. There is to be no half way measures re sorted to this time. Every man must take one position or the other. He must be either for Bryan and Steven son and free silver at 16 to 1 or for McKinley and Roosevelt and sound money. Thousands of Democrats In the Key stone state have determined that the only way to wipe out Bryanlsm from their party Is to vote the entire Re publican ticket this fall. They will not be content to vote simply for the Republican presidential electors. They know that the Democratic machine of Pennsylvania is under the absolute control of James M. Guffey, who is Bryan's personal representative in this state. To vote simply for the Repub lican presidential electors and support the balance of the Democratic ticket, the gold Democrats say, would be simply playing into the hand of the Bryan Democracy. They know that McKinley will carry Pennsylvania and that Guffey is merely seeking to elect free silver candidates for congress and members of the legislature who will help him in his aspirations togo to the United States senate through fusion with the insurgent Republicans. Guffey's deal, they assert, is that the insurgents will elect him to the United States senate on condition that he will aid the insurgent Republicans In their efforts to disrupt the present Repub lican organization and help them name a millionaire Phlladelphian as suc cessor to Boles Penrose in the Uni ted States senate. They declare that the Insurgents know they will not have enough strength in the coming legislature to elect one of their num ber to succeed Col. Quay. The insurgents must therefore unite with the Democrats to defeat the nom inee of the Republican caucus on the United States senatorshlp next Jan uary. The decision of sound money Demo crats In Pennsylvania to vote the full Republican ticket practically ends the fusion movement on the United States senatorshlp. THE GOVERNOR'S COMPLEMENT. This is Governor Stone's public tri bute to Farmer Cope: "The showing made by Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope since he took his office is the best evidence in the world that the Illegal sale of oleomargarine is to be stopped. The co-operation of the district attorney's office In Philadelphia, which Commissioner Cope tells me he has secured, will enable the dairy and food department's agents in that city to begin work with a degree of certainty as to speedy trials of the cases they bring that certainly ought to spur them on, and I look for the crusade there to have the effect of driving all of the bogus butter men out of the busi ness. The crusade in other parts of the state is to be conducted on the same vigorous lines by the state dairy and food commissioner as In Philadelphia, and if the il legal dealers in oleomargarine fail to profit by the events of the past four or five weeks and quit before the law reaches them it will be their own fault. And the law will reach them speedily, too. Bogus butter has no place as an article of food in Pennsylvania, and the bogus butter men are being made, and will continue to be rapidly made to realize it." Now, as to what Farmer Cope has dene, according to the records of the dockets of the committing magistrates before whom the men arrested for al leged violations of the laws have been brought by Farmer Cope and his agent*. There are a great many styles to select from. All white enameled and brass trimmed, from the lowest to the highest- Good ones cheap and cheap ones good. Come in and see the cut prices on these for August only. We also have a laiger and more complete stock of house furnishing goods than ever before. Carpets, Mattings and Mewing Machines. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, Undertaking 2>USbote, fta- Telephone call, Hotel Obert. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TIME TABLE. In effect Monday June 18, 1900. Read down Read up P. M. AMP.M.P MPM P M A. M AMj STATIONS. AMA MA. M..P M PMPM AM P M 10 25 835 10 25 525 420 2 12, 1020 748 Halls 710 945 11 45 400 4 451015 82010 15 10 30 1840 { lO 30 1530 f4 2S 1215 f102317 51 Pemisdale ... 17 35 ('.>4o 11 40 357f4 41 1010 815 10 10 1040 851 1040 540 432 224 10 31 800 . Hugliesville... 7259 31 11 30 3 48'4 32 959805 '9 59 1904 1551 14 44 I 8 09 ...Lyons Mills... 1920 111 18 4 20 19 46 9 4 6 907 554 . 4 40 2C6 , 10 42 8 11 ....Chamouni... 018 111 15 3 3.V 4 17 943 9 43 913 6024 53 2 471! 10 47 816! ...Glen Mawr... 912 11 09 3 30,4 11 937 937 19 22 f«11 f5Ol 112 10 53 8 22 ..Strawbridge.... 1903 fll Oil 4 02 19 28 9 28 19 26 IB 15 I 110 57 Beech Glen 18 59 flO 57 ,35819 24 924 929 i 6191 510 2 54I 1 11«0 830 ..MuneyValley. 856 10 54 318 365 921 921 935 625 516 800 1107 835 ... Souestowil...: 850 10 47 3V*349 915 915 >• 15. f5 48 111 37 Mokoinu 110 07 3 12 ® £ 550 11 39 Laporte 10 CM 309 •§ * = = 1607 ,111 53 Ringdale 9 49 2 54 a S n V 16 16 112 00 ..Bcrniee Road.. Ig4o 245 5 5, I I I ! I Connection with Phila.& Readingjat Halls For Philadelphia, New York and inter mediate stations —LeaveWilliamsport 7:30 a.m., 10:00 a. in., Arrive Halls 7:48 a.m. 10:19 a. in. KorShamokin and intermed iate stations—leaves Williamsport 4:00 |>. ni.; arrive Ha'ls 4.20 p. m. From Phila., New York and intermed iate stations—leave Phila. 10.21 a. in.and 11.36 p.m; leave New York,via Phila.7 30 a.m. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta maqua, 910 a.m. Arrive Halls, 6.34 a.m. and 5,21 p. m. From iShamokin and intermediate sta tions—leaves .Shamokin 810 a.m. Ar rive Halls 9 49 a.m. Connecting with L. V. R B. at Satterfleld. For Towanda and intermediate stations, leave Wilkesbarre 3.05 p. in.; arrive at Satterfleld 6.25 p. m. For Towanda and intermediate stations, leave Bernice 6.40 a.m.; arrive .Satterfleld 7:04 a. m. For Wilkesbarre and intermediate sta Executor* Notice. Kstate ol Philip Karge deed of Laporte township. Notice is hereby given that letters testa mentary upon the estate ol said Philip Karge decedent have been granted to the undersigned. All persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delav to HENRY KARGK, Laporte. Straw hats for stile at J.W. Buck's store, Sonestown. • ASK YOUR DEALER * # 'OR TMK J fCreighton | | Shoe udi».{ | ... WARRANTED. ... Jg iTM $2.00 § ;I3L $2.60 s ; «a.oo| I I * PAIR. $ m Perfect Fitting, Best Wearing and jj? jjj Most 'RflUble Shoe sold, # fi For aaventeen yeara onr product hu been a X Standard Shoe lor Women, and ii to-day con im ceded to be one of the most reliable ana thor- S M honest lines of Ladies' Footwear on W 5 the American market. Sold through our au- • 3 thonaed Agents. All styles, sixes and widtoa. jfc ff Sold exclusively by # | Mrs. D. H. LORAH, 3 S SONESTOWN, PA. j# I ,v lOE | 3 W. J. Crelihtoi»uo. $ I (fpfiSSai m None genuine XX- VSV tlMb £ * lets they bear this * J TRADE-MARK w-JVT S # stamped on Sole. X Try The News Item Job Office Once. Kine Printing NEAT'WORK HfTT n MODERN FACILITIES. VV 6 I Tin I To Please. tions —leave Towanda 810 a.m. and 225 a.m.; arrive Sat'field, 9.02 a. m. 2.25 p. m. STAGK LINES •Stage leaves Hugliesvil.l oost office for Lairdsville, Mengwe and Pliilipsdaledaily Wilson, Beaver Lake and ,Fribley on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 Stage leaves Glen Mawr tor Hillsgrove and Forksville at 11 02 a. m. Stage leaves Muncy Valley for Unity ville, North Mountain and Lungerville daild at 11 19 a. m. Passenger* taking trains at tlag stations can secure train excursion tickets from the conductors. Heading, Lehigh Valley and New York Central mileage will be accepted only tor through passengers trav eling from Halls to Satterfleld or Satter fleld to Halls. The general offices of the company are located at Hugheeville, Pa. B. HARVEY WELCH. President. lliiKhsvlllc, Pa. S D. TOWJCSEND, Uen. Mgr., llUKhesville.l'a. ?? ? ? All answered at VERNON HULL'S STORE, HILLSGROVE. New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Pa. G. ATRogers FORKSVILLE, PA. Watches, Jewelery, _ Silverware, Etc. Gum boots and lumbermans flan nelat J. W. Bucks. rrrmnw I ssi^issss 1 11* 1 IIIlIK" ill yUm jm THE PATENT RECORD, Butwcrtptlooi to The Pitent Record tlJOptruuium! That Barn of Yours WOULD look* better with a coat of paint on it, to say nothing of the protection that this paint would be to the building ma terial. A building of any kind well painted will last two or three times as long as one left to the mercy of the elements. Our Mineral Paint is a stand ard coating for outside painting. Do not accept a substitute. Every package bears our name and ad dress. Geo.W.PitkinCo. CHICAGO, ILL., U.S. A. James McFarlane, Agt. Made in Black and Five Shade.*. Color Card on application. A RE YOU GOING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE || OR LAY NEW FLOORS IN THE OLD ONE ? If so, it will pay you to get some of our Ibarb TlXHoofc jfloortng Kiln dried, matched sides and ends, Hollow backed and bored, MAPLE and BEECH. It will out wear two ordinary floors and is much smoother, nicer and easier to put down than soft wood flooring. All sizes kept in stock by Jennings Bros., Lopez, Pa. Also all sizes in hemlock lumber, siding, ceiling, lath etc. | In a Pretty ' ; Pickle .luf' ■ is the woman who must entertain V / - unexpected company—unless she . . is well supplied with canned and ' -i'X-• bottled groceries. If her pantry > Uktw 11 shelves are nicely lined with our Xf'iwjfti " famous brands of pickles, soups, fj vegtables, canned meats and fish and — crackers she is completely ready for any emergency. What s nil we send you to-day ON DRY GOODS WE ARE iN THE LEAD WHY ? Becailse tho,Largest i»d Best line in the county • Because we.liave only new an J attractive patterns to show Because you will find no old gcods on our shelves. We have j ustjopenedja new line of Gingham:?, Shirtings, muslins etc., or the spring Itrade,"which we would be pleased to have you inspect. for women and men. We hav ■HfejilL a stock of women's shoes that is nr.- equaled hereabouts. The shapes are dainty, the leather fine, the workman ship exquisite, and the fit perfect. Cast Paid for Country} Produce. E G. Sylvara DUSHQRE, M Star store NENS BOYS and YOUTHS SPECIAL BARGAINS Men's tan and black fines shoes 5J to 10, $1.25 to 4.ott. Boys' tan and black fine shoes 2i to 51, SI.OO to 2.00. Youths' fine tan or black shoes 12 to 2, 90c to 1.25. Little gents tan and black 00c to 1.25, Si to 11 also G to 8, 75c to 90c. LADIES' MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SPECIAL BARGAINS Ladies' fine lace shoes #I.OO to 3.50. Ladies' fine button shoes 85c to 3.00. tan and black 50c to 2.00. Child soft soles 15c to 50c Child shoes 3to 8, 35c to 75c. Childs tan and black Si to 11, 75c to 1.15. Misses tan and black 12 to 2, 85c to 1.50. If you are in want of good foot wear, cheap, goo J. S. HARRINGTON. OPERA HOTJSIi BLOCK:. DUSHORE, PA. *clcs use Remember Everybody Says so. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the ape, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively ou kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents, Soldanc! guaranteed to cure by all druggists. This strip is manufactured under n U.S. patent and is the neatest, strongest and most durable window shade holder on the market, and we guarantee it to be as represented or money re iunded. The price, Express paid, to all points in Pa., Md., Del., N.J. and N. Y.,One Dollar per doz. other states $1.25. Your order solicited. 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