Republican News* Hem CHAS.ILOREN WING, Editor. " THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1900. "FIRST OF ALL—THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair IT IS APATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER Published Every Friday.Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. IiAPOBTB, 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, La porte Pa., Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. DM IIDIKIIIIIL IMPERIALISM] This is declared by Mr. Bryan and other Democratic leaders to be the "paramount issue." In other words, it Is the best and most important reason they can offer why the most prosper ous administration this country has ever known should be turned out, and why they who have no record but as politicians should be placed In control of the stupendous interests of this country. The term "Imperialism," as used by Mr. Bryan in application to the present administration, has reference to the uses to which the military power of the government has been put dur ing President McKlnley's administra tion. What are those uses? In 1898 war was declared against Spain by unanimous vote of the con gress of the United States; and remem ber by "congress" 1b meant both Demo cratic and Republican representatives in the house and in the senate. The Republican administration did not. of course, and could not declare war; but under the constitution, which vests the power to declare war in congress only, the duty of making war, when so de clared, is imposed on the president and his cabinet, and he must obey the mandate of congress. All the world knows the success with which the Re publican administration carried through the war which drove Spain from the American continent. Mr. Bryan came forward then as a patriot and asked for and was appoint ed colonel of a regiment, ready to take his full share of the responsibility In this first step toward what he now mis names "Imperialism." We say first step. Let us look at the second and chief step and his part therein, for It is the basis on which his cry of "Im perialism" must rest, If It has any basis at all. When the Spanish war was brought to its brilliant conclusion it was the same almost unanimous congress, Dem ocrats and Republicans, who instructed for the terms of peace with Spain and which ratified all the peace condi tions, including the taking over of the Philippine islands; and again, under the consitution, the president of the United States had no recourse but to carry out the terms of this peace treaty. Congress has never recalled that instruction to the president, and he has no alternative but to proceed with his duty, until congress declares for some other line of action. Where did Mr. Bryan stand at the time this treaty of peace was being considered by congress? He made a special trip to Washington and did all In his power to have the treaty ratified. If it was right then it must be right now; and it is right now, and no man knows this better than Mr. Bryan. Let Mr. Bryan answer why he Is so greatly moved by the alleged wrongs of the colored race In the Philippines, 7,000 miles away, yet dare not ralße his voice in defense of millions of colored American citizens here at home in the southern states, who are refused their rights of citizenship? Thus it appears that It is tha« congress of the United States. Democrats and Republicans, and notably Mr. Bryan as far as It was in his power, who are responsible for this thing he now calls "Imperialism," and not President McKlnley, and not his cabinet, except as they did their duty under the constitution, which they had sworn to perform, in brief, the "paramount Issue" Is spurious and is no reason at all. It means false politics, even as an other Democratic "issue," "free silver," means false money; and Mr. Bryan knows that both are spurious. FREE SILVER~J Let It be remembered that the cor rect term is "free coinage of silver." There can be no such thing an "free Bilver." Mr. Bryan forced the "free silver" 16 to 1 plank of 1896 on the Kansas City convention. In all his campaigning speeches he remains silent on this question, except occasionally, where he is forced to Bpeak out. One of his most recent ut terances on the subject was in Septem ber last. He then said on this ques tion: "I stand today where I stood In 1896." We all know where that is— for 40 cent dollars One brief illustration of one of the many possible wrongs of free coinage: The deposits In this country last year in the savings banks alone amounted to over two and a quarter billions. This v&it sum went Into these banks on the basis of 100 cents on tne dollar. The value of tho amount of silver In a silver dollar is about 40 cents. If Mr. Bryan's free colnaiie at 16 to 1 goes Into effect every 100 cent dollar will be reduced In value to about 40 cents, and every holder of merchandlae of all kinds purchased by him on the 100 cents boats would be compelled to more thou double his selling price to protect himself, while the wage earner, who has no merchandise, but only his labor to s«U aad his savings la the hank, ta»«o escape but to accept Hi 40 cent dollar for his nay. This Is 4ut ob* ol the lalqulKUtP working* c> freek/coluge. • ft** < on 9 or robbery Wfclcfc MPVfTUrtrO9O*M (0 l«K»lUt TRUSTS The important point to remember Is that all existing trusts are the creation of state governments, not in any caae of the federal government. Democra cy's time honored claim is, and always has been, state sovereignty—the right of each state to enact such laws as It wills, as within Its own borders, with out any Interference from the federal government, and it is an open ques tion whether the federal government can forbid any state the right to glvtf legal existence to corporate bodies known as trusts. There was one com bination which the federal government was able to reach, because It came .un» der the head of "Interstate Commerce," namely, that of the railway companies. That combination 4ias been destroyed under federal legislation, given effect to by the decisions of the United States supreme court, that same high court of justice in the land which Mr. Bryan declares must be discontinued. Trusts as now met with have come Into existence during the last six or eight years, and in every case by state creation. Did the Democratic govern ment of Mr. Cleveland do anything to control them? The most active agita tion against trusts has been during the last two years. During these two years the Republican government has been occupied with many great national and ! international questions. Nevertheless, during the last session of congress the Republicans endeavored to pass a con stitutional amendment to make possi ble federal legislation for the regula tion of trusts, and that effort was de feated by the Democrats. This, is a truth beyond contradiction, and con victs the Democracy of the grossest In consistency, if not of a worse offense. As the matter stands today both par ties have promised legislation on this subject The pledge of the Republican party Is backed by the attempt made in the last congress, as already stated. The pledge of the Democracy is brand ed by their action in defeating the ef fort so made. ■ This "issue," then, as against the Republican administration, is another makeshift, outcry conceived in untruth and signifying only the dire necessities of a party without con science and hungry for the spoils of office. These three are the chief "issues" on which Democracy is demanding the control of the government. Indeed, they are the only reasons (?) they pre sent why an administration which has brought the largest measure of pros perity to the country ever known in its history should be turned out In fa vor of men without any record in gov ernment, "reasons" which are false pretenses on their face. Every thinking man knows that Mr. Bryan's talk about a desire on the part of President McKinley to become a "dictator" and "emperor" is the stupid est nonsense. Politicians said this of the martyred president, Abraham lj<n coln, when, after the war, he had 400,000 men at his command, for there always have been and always will be politicians who will vlllify the most righteous. Today, with a population of 78,000,- 000, there Is in existence a United States army of about 80,000 men, chief ly volunteers on a limited term of ser vice—men of a stock not made for mil itary despotisms. Such talk is an in sult to the intelligence of the Ameri can people anil dishonors the men who utter It. ANOTHER LIE NAILED. Some yellow journals charge that the present law was prepared by the de partment of agriculture and was pur posely left defective In order to pro tect oleomargarine dealers against pun ishment. This is wholly and abso lutely false. The license law of May 5, 1899, was prepared by the Dairymen's union and the State Grange of Pennsylvania at their meeting held In Wllllamsport In December, 1898. It was brought to Harrlsburg by the secretary of the Dairymen's union at the opening of the legislative session in January, 1899, and was submitted to the legislature by the Dairymen's union and the legis lative committee of the State Grange, and Its passage was urged by these bodies until It became a law. The de partment of agriculture hud nothing to do with Its preparation or subse quent passage by the legislature. What evervlrtuesor defects may attach to the new law are due to the organizations that prepared it and urged its passage. The charge, therefore, made by the yel low journels that the law was prepared by the department of agriculture and passed by Its influence for tho pur pose of protecting dealers is without foundation and utterly false.- Immediately after the passage of the present law agents of the department were then Instructed to collect samples and to submit them to the chemists for analysis. TEST OF THE COLOR CLAUSE. On the first of August, 1899, a sam ple of colored oleomargarine was taken from J. K. Van Dyke, of Philadelphia, who represented the Oakdale Manu facturing company, of Providence, R. 1. The defendant was fined 1100 and costs. An appeal was taken from this decision to the court of common pleas, but was not substantiated by Judge Arnold. An appeal was then taken by the defendant to the superior court of Pennsylvania and the decision of the lower court was affirmed by the su perior court In an opinion tiled AprH 30. 1900. This was a case to test the con stitutionality of the color clause In its relation to the Interstate commerce law. The day after the decision was ren dered a letter was Issued by the secre tary of agriculture, directed to the dairy and food commissioner, and a | copy of the aauie sent to every agent of the department, lu which the de cision of the court was noted utter ei phlnlng the provisions of the act and sailing for the Immediate gathering of additional evidence. THE GREAT CRUSADE From that day there has been no let up by the department on the oleomar garine traffic In this state. Thousands of samples have been taken and an- i atysed. and every dealer whose goods | «sr« shown to be adulterated was prosecuted criminally, there being ul- j most 700 prosecutions, every oue oa , crlulual charge Ibe allegation, , therefore, that the department ha* hesn Inactive Is utterly false, as show* Rockers Rockers! Hffr g Mahogany, |S|. Maple and JRHRt They are comfortable, pretty, daiijty and strong and all sizes and shapes. Come in and see what a complete line of Rocking Chairs look like. DON'T BE AFRAID to come as we are sure to have the one you want at tlie price you ought to pay tor it too. We also carry a lull line of all kinds ot house Furn ishings at prices that are right. HOLCOMBE & LAUER, Undertaking," ©USbOre, ptu Telephone call, Hotel Obert. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TIME TABLE. In effect Monday Sept. 17, 1900. Head down Head up P. M. A MjP. M.'P M PM P M A.M.AM! STATIONS. AMAMA, M.PMPMPMAMiP M 525 420 10 20 748 Halls 740 946 12 00 400 145 |fs3o f4 2S flO 23 f7 51 Pennsdale ... 17 35 940 11 54 357 14 41 540 432 10 31 800 . Hughesville... 725 9SI 11 40 348 432 ;5 48 440 10 37 806 Picture Rooks 928 11 32 424 f4 44 809 ...Lyons Mills... f9 20 fll 27 1 4 20 4 4(i 10 42 811 ...Chamouni... o Will 22 4 17 453 10 47 816 ...tilen Mawr... 912 11 07 4 11 15 01 f1063 822 ..Strawbridge.... (9OH 111 03 102 11057 L.Beei'hGlen 18 59 111 05 3 58 510 1100 830 ..MuncyValley. 866 11 00 355 516 11 07 835 ... Sonestown ... 8 .50 10 52 349 5 31 1112 Nordmont 10 *4 3 32 ! .. s :? 15 48 111 37 Mokoma 110 09 3 12 ? £ -o -2 550 11 39 La|K>rte 10 04 309 5 •? 5 1 1616 112 00 ..Bcrnice Road.. 1»25 245 £ -f I I || I i I 1 Connection with Phila.A Beadingtat Halls tions—leave Towanda 810 a.m. and 225 For Philadelphia, New York and inter- R "'-i nrrive Sal'field, 902 a. m. 2.25 p. m. mediate stations —LeaveWilliamsport 7=30 STAGE LINES a.m., 10:00 a. m., Arrive llalls 7:48 a.in. Stage leaves Hughesvill oost office for 10:19 a. m. For Shainokin and intermed- I.airdsville, Mengwe and Philipsdale daily iate stations—leaves Williamsport 4:00 p. Wilson, Beaver Lake and jFribley on m.; arrive llalls 4.20 p. m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 From Pliila., New York and intermed- Stage leaves Glen Mawr tor Hillsgrove iate stations—leave Thila. 10.21 a. in.and and Forksville at 11 02 a. in. 11.36 p.m; leave New York,via Phila.7 30 Stage leaves Muncy Vallev for Unity a.m. 9.00 p.m.; leave New York via Ta- ville, North Mountain and Lungerville mai|iia, 910 a.m. Arrive llalls, 6.34 a.m. daild at 11 19 a. m. and 521 p.m. Passeugern taking trains at tlag stations From Sliainokin and intermediate sta- can secure train excursion tickets from tions—leaves Shamokin 810 a. m. Ar- the conductors. rive Halls 9 49 a.m. Philadelphia it Heading, Lehigh Valley Connecting with L. V. BB.at Batterileld. and New N ork Central mileage will lie For Towanda and intermediate stations, accepted only tor through passengers trav leave Wilkeebarre 3.05 p. 111.; arrive at eling from llalls to Sattertirld or Salter- Satterfleld 6.25 p. in. Held to Halls. For Towanda and intermediate stations. The general offices of the company are leave Bernice 6.40 a.m.; arrive Satterfleld located at Hugheeville, I'a. 7:04 a. lil. H IIAKVI.V WKU H. For Wilkesharre and intermediate sta- , „ Pnsldt-iii. lluulisvilli;. Pa. s I). TOWNsKMi. (ifii. Mgr., lliiKliesvilU'.l a. Dy tne racis. The facts sot forth in the report of the dairy and food commissioner of 1899 show that the activity of the of ficers and agents of the department was not due to the sensational publi cations of yellow journals or their ad herents. In the year 1899, under the disadvantages of the change from the old prohibitory law to the new license law, 1,169 samples were taken by agents of the department; 341 of these were found to bo pure, 685 adulterated and 143 were tested by the agents and found to be pure, and so were not sent to the chemists. Two hundred and fifty-six prosecu tions were brought against parties for illegally selling oleomargarine. 97 for selling impure food, 43 for adulterated vinegar, 9 for not complying with the cheese law, 12 for illegally selling renovated butter and 10 for selling im pure milk. One hundred oleomargarine cases were brought to a successful termina tion, penalties were imposed in many cases, and some were discharged upon payment of costs, and others were dis missed. and In some cases the bills were ignored by grand juries; 76 cases were dismissed for the above reasons, and 86 cases were pending Jan. 1, 1900. WORK SINCE JAN. 1. From Jan. 1. 1900, to Oct. 10, 1900, the department has brought over 93S suits and prosecutions, and taken over 3,000 samples. The charge, therefore, that the department is doing nothing to suppress the sale of oleomargarine in this state Is thus shown to be utterly and maliciously false. The fact of the great number of sam ples shown to have been taken and suits brought Is evidence conclusive of the competence of the agents of the department, and yet in the face of these facts yellow journals continue to assail the work of the dairy and food division and belittle that which has been accomplished, and continue to cast reflections upon the competency of the agents. Activity at the minus, factories and furnaces is best shown by the follow ing exhibit of pig iron production of the United States— thus: Year. Tona. ltl»9 13,620,703 18M 6,657,381 Republican Increase #,#63,315 While the output of pig Iron doubled, those manufacturing Interests which uaed pig Iron or Its products in any shape must have doubled their bust a ess within the Ave year*. Kor three canaecutlve times Mr. Cleveland was the nominee of the l»« m tx.-rattc party for the president) yet the Hryaultes declare thai h* wiu uoi ? V r> ? • • • • All answered at VERNON HULL'S STORE, MILLSGROVE. New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove, Pa. G. A. Rogers KORKSVILLE. I'A, Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. Administrator's Notice. Letters oi'Administration hating granted to (lit* undersigne I upoa Bit* es tate of William Wilson Sr., late ot km id •oil Township Sullivan County, P).hlnil. All persons ill■ 11-I *ti*il lii said estate are re quired lo make immediate payment and all |ier«oni< having claims against naiil estate art* required to present maiii^iliilv authenticated tor urttleinent to llohmO, Wii»h\, Administrate. Honeotown, Pa., Sept. IT, 1900. a iN-iiKH-rar Mr ttrynn is me num. tine of the l*opulists ami free sliver 14.. publicans, yet, according to his frieni*, he uiuat be accepted us u slmon nui* Democrat This In the name sort W !e«u Mr Uryau Utilise* lu his t.pi«e« !.«* 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. Mode in Black and Five Color Card on application. E3 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 Ibarfc HXHoofc jfloortng Kiln dried, matched sides and ends, Hollow backed and bored, MAPLE and BEECH. It will out wear two ordinary tloors 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. | H In a Pretty ' I Pickle - bottled groceries. If her pantry Hffl ff.'i shelves are nicely lined with our famous brands of pickles, soups, I ™ 6 % ' 'v;, vegtables, cannedjneats and fish and —"■ v '"-- ' 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 ? Because wo carry the uul Best line in the county ' Because we",have only new anil attractive patterns to show Because you will find'llo oldgcods on our shelves, We have justjopenedja new lino of Ginghams, Shirtings, muslins etc., or the spring]trade,*whiclx we]would be p]«asedJto have you inspect. for women and men. We hav jjjT' a stock of women's shoes that is nr.- equaled hereabouts. The shapes are dainty, the leather fine, the wtrkraan- Cash Paid for Country! Produce. E G. Sylvara PUSHORE, Red Star shoe Store NENSJBOYS and YOUTHS SPECIAL BARGAINS Men's tan and black fines shoes 5A to 10, #1.25 to 4. on. Boys' tan and black tine shoes 2} to SJ, #I.OO to B.nn. 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