Republican News Item CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 1901. "FIRST OF~ALL —THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fait IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER Published Every Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTB. PA. SUBSCRIPTION—SI.2S~ per annum. It 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 second-class mail matter. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, Feb. 26. —The voters of this city having once more administer ed a crushing rebuke to the Insurgents and others who have been maligning the leaders of the Republican organiza tion and the Ashbridge administration, it would seem that these party wreck ers would change their tactics. At the election last Tuesday the choice of the Republicans for receiver of taxes, Capt. Davidson, polled 128,695 votes, and received a plurality of »5,193 votes. These figures are nearly •10,000 in excess of what had been ex pected by the Republican leaders, In view of the persistent attacks made by the insurgents and the yellow journals of this city. The people have evident ly reached the conclusion that they can find little truth in these subsidized or gans, when they touch upon politics or matters affecting the local administra tion. THE PEOPLE WERE AROUSED. The taxpayers resented the ma licious assaults upon the city, which were begun as part of the recent cam paign, when a few followers of "Wana makerism succeeded in getting Bishop Potter to believe some terrible tales about wickedness In this city and got him over here to speak at a mass meet ins, where the initial attack was made upon Philadelphia and her Republican officials. Then followed protests from business men, manufacturers, property owners and others with large interests In this city against the malicious, unwarrant ed and sinister attacks upon the fair name of the Quaker City. The Repub lican organization met the insurgents on their own issue and boldly appealed to the people to stand by their city and the Republican party. The people rallied around the Repub lican standard bearers, and the plu rality of 98,193 for the head of the Republican ticket was the result. Yellow journalism and the other newspaper allies of the insurgent ma chine in this state cannot command popular support. JOURNALISM DISGRACED. A timely deliverance on this dis graceful feature of insurgent journal ism lias just come from the pen of Col. Theodore Hart, the stalwart Republi can editor of the stalwart Pittston Ga zette. Col. Hart writes: "Those who declare and lament the low estate of Pennsylvania journalism base their condemnation unconsciously upon a mongrel type of comparatively recent development—the spiteful, vin dictive and Pharisaical publication which, during 80 per cent of its exist ence, tries to establish that every thing in its party is all wrong; that the political leaders are knaves and scoundrels; that outside of a few mug wumps or insurgents of high sounding professions virtue has departed from the affairs of state, and that the pub lic man who does not subscribe to this bilious platform is a fair target for misrepresentation and abuse. "11 is true that when a local cam paign forces this specimen of buzzard journalism to protect its official pick ings. it momentarily checks its out- How of bile and proceeds to sound the signals for party regularity. But it Is al.so true that for this exhibition of in ron-islency, insincerity and greed the best people in every party despise it all the more. "We have an illustration of this kind of journalism in Luzerne county. It isn't necessary to mention Its name. Everybody will recognize It from our description of its kind. It preaches loudly of purity and reform. It is vo ciferous in disparagement and scorn. Its Irrepressible consciousness of Its su perior holiness exudes through every column. It has constituted itself the guardian of the poitical morals of county, state and nation. It Is Sir Ora cle with a license to regulate the uni verse. POLITICAL HYPOCRISY AND PAR TY TREACHERY. "And yet its hands are tarred with every form of political insincerity, hy pocrisy and party treashery; its col umns in campaign times have been at the disposal apjtbody who paid the price, ana Its stand and deliver tac tics are a theme of gossip and jest from llnzleton to Duryea. Every party worker in the county despises its Peck snifllan characteristics, although some may conceal their disgust by reason of its threats to use the sandbag should nny open opponent aspire for political pla< e. "This Is the kind of journalism which has fallen into disrepute and which draws from public men the accusation that all journalism is degenerate. Such a generality is too sweeping. It will not sustain investigation. "In many cities and towns through out the commonwealth are journals which view their moral obligations to • lie community, to their party and to th" government with becoming respect. They are not destructionists, but con structionists; they are critics when abuses have to be remedied, hut not common scolds. They believe that hon est men and good Intentions are not '1 o monopoly of any party, set or fac tion; but they believe in confining fac tional strife within party lines and are net in favor of spiteful destruction when fairly outvoted by the majority. This stalwart type of journalism Is offered as a wholesome offset to the preen vomit of hypocrisy which styles Itself Independent journalism; and it appeals to and deserves the support of italwarU everywhere." Harrlshurg, Feb. 26.—The first step" taken by the leaders of the Republican organization to carry Into effect their pledges for ballot reform was taken last week when Senator Benjamin K. Focht, of Union county, chairman of the committee on elections, presented a bill in the senate which provides for material changes in the present system of balloting. This bill meets a number of objec tions that have been raised to the present system and, although It will probably be changed in several par ticulars before it becomes a law. It represents the general plans of the party leaders on this subject. The bill will do away with the pres ent unwieldy ballot, and while the de mands of the ultra-ballot reform agi tators for the "pure Australian" sys tem are not fully granted, the ballot Is made of such a character as shall meet the demands of the Republicans who comprise a large percentage of the vot ing population of this commonwealth. CONVENIENCE OF PARTY MEN. One of the demands from these pro fessional reformers has been that there shall be no device or arrangement by which members of any political party can by simply making one mark vote for all the candidates of that party. This proposition has been given care ful consideration by the Republican leaders, and they have reached the con clusion that Republicans, Democrats, Prohibitionists or members of any other well established party should not be put to the inconvenience or an noyance of putting a mark ifter the name of each candiate for whom they wish to vote when they desire to cast a ballot for every candidate of their respective party. There will be the usual howl from these radical "reformers," none of whom are in sympathy with the regu lar Republican organization, against the plan provided under Senator Focht's bill. But a great majority of Republicans, Democrats and Prohibi tionists unquestionably demand some provision that will facilitate their vot ing for their party candidates without having to pick out their favorites from a long list of names and possibly, through error, vote for candidates whom they do not favor. Senator Focht's bill, which is to be substituted for the present Baker bal lot law, also comprehends vital and necessary changes in the present pri mary election law. The bill practically embodies all the features of the Australian system, the candidates of all parties being grouped under headings designating the office for which they are running. The circles at the top are reserved to ac commodate the 80 or 90 per cent of Republicans and Democrats who wish to vote a straight party ticket, while the distinctive Australian feature of grouping candidates affords those de siring to vote a split ticket every ap portunity of doing so. The names of candidates are allowed on the ballot but once. Those by party certificates will have printed after the name the party designations, while all nomina tions by nomination papers will be de signated as independent nominations. BLANKET BALLO'IS ABOLISHED. This greatly reduces the size of the ballot, and the blanket sheet will be something of the past. Senator Focht says he has examined carefully all the ballot laws of all the states, as well as the sample ballots used, and It is his opinion that in this bill he has pre sented the best system of voting in the country, as well as the most convenient and best constructed ballot, mechan ically, now used in the United States. Senator Focht says nothing can be done with the registration law until there shall be an amendment to the constitution, as the qualification of electors to register is now defined by that instrument. This bill also pro vides for and simplifies the nomina tion of all candidates. The bill retains many provisions of the present law, for instance: First —Mark in the circle is a vote for every candidate of that party whose name Is nnder the circle. Second — The percentage necessary to i place Independent candidates upon the ticket is the same, one-half of 1 per cent for candidates for state officers, and 2 per cent for all other officers, the only change being that for state officers the names must be secured in at least ten counties, instead of any one county, as at present. Third —The ballots are numbered; unused and mutilated ballots are re turned, as under the present law, to the court. Fourth —The penalties remain the same as under the present law. NO NAME TO APPEAR TWICE. The Focht bill differs from the pres ent law in that no name of a candidate Bhall appear twice upon the same bal lot for the same office. The candidate's name will appear on the ballot under the heading of the party which first nominated him, unless he elects other wise. No name can appear on the ticket as a candidate for office representing any element or party or faction unless that element, faction or party maintains a party organization and is so recognized by the public, and then the candidate must have been nominated in accord ance with the party rules. All candi dates on the ticket will be grouped, each name followed by the party des ignation, but a straight party ticket may be voted by a cross in the circle, which will appear at the top of the ticket, one for each party represented thereon. Some changes are made In the time for filing certificates of nomination and nomination papers, such papers having to be filed earlier than la now pro vided by the Baker ballot law. FAKE PARTIES BARRED. Such terms as '.'Jeffersonlan Demo crats," "Lincoln Republicans," "Na tional Democrats," "McKlnley Repub licans," "Citiiens*" etc., will not be possible under the new law, unless the parties claiming such titles maintain an organization with fixed rules, poli cies, etc. All such nominations will appear on the tickets as "Independ ents." There are a number of provisions de signed to prevent fraud, ballot box stuffing and other irregularities. "While I have not had time to read the bill Introduced by Senator Focht." said Attorney General Elkin, "I under stand its provisions in a general way. It is the best bill yet offered, and con tains the nrlnciples necessary to brlna Bargains! Bargains! Bargains! ht House furnisfiings OF ALL KINDS AT HOLOOMBE <te LiA-TTZEJIfco'S Up to March ist, 1900, We must have room for our large Spring Stock; so come now and help us get some of this out of the way, and you will be well paid for your trip. If you can't come, write, we keep everything. We are headquarters for sewing machines, HOLCOMBE & LAUER, USSSSS? ©usbore, fea. Telephone call, Hotel Obert. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TIIMIIE TABBE. In effect Monday Nov. 26, 1900. Read down Read up P. M. A M'P. M. PUFMPM A. M.AM STATIONS. [AMAMA. M.P M'PM PMAM P M I i I Is s so! 4181 i 12 55 745 Halls I 736 955 12 00 400 445 1525 1421 112 100 f?SO Pennsdale... (7 30 950 11 55 357 (4 41 530 432 1 10, 800 , Hughesvllle...: 720 941 11 45JJ45 432 5 48, 440 ! 118 810 Picture Rocks. 1....... 938 3374 22 (4 44| 112 1 22 8 17 ...Lyons Mills... (930 3 33 4 15 446 | 124 821 ....chamouni ...| 928 '3 314 111 153 i 131 830 ...Glen Mawr...i 922 ; 3 25' 403 f5 01 112 1 39 839 ..Strawbrtdge... (913 (315 3 55 ,( 145(8 45 ...BeechGlcn ' (9 09 ' 350 510 I 148 850 ..Muncy Valley. 906 307 345 516 j 155 9 00\„ Sonestown ...I 9 00' 300 337 531 j: 922' Nordmont... 844! ,3 14! t- >■ (548 I (947 Mokoma I (827 249 & £ 5 :5i 550 ;> 950 Laporte 8 24. 244 3 v§ 3 S (616 10251..BerniceRoad.. (8 04 , 205 £ £ J 6 20. II 1030i....8aUerf1e1d.... 800 I 200 j P. M. PMj j j|P. M. j jA. M.| PMj | STAGE LINES the conductors. Stage leaves Hughesvill oost office for Lairdeville, Mengwe and Philipsdale daily Wilson, Beaver Lake and ;Fribley on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 Stage leaves Glen Mawr lor Hillsgrove and Forksville at 11 02 a. in. Stage leaves Muncy Valley for Unity ville, North Mountain and Lungerville daild at 11 19 a. m. Passengers taking trains at flag stations can secure train excursion tickets from Administrator'! Notice. Estate of Kobert F. Rogers, deceased, of liillsgrove Township, Sullivan County, Pa. Letters of administration on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make pay ment. and those having claims to present the same without delay, to E. F. IVES, Administrator. January 12, 1901. Muncy, Fa. A. J. BRADLEY, Attorney. Sheriffs Sale. By virtue of a writ of Testatum Fi Fa, issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County, and bearing test at Laporte the 14th day of February, 1901. to me directed and delivered there will be exposed to public sale at the Court House in Laporte Borough, Pa., on FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1901, at 11 o'clock a. m. All that certain lot, piece or parcel ot land lying and being situated in the town ship of Davidson, County of Sullivan, State of Pennsylvania,bounded and de scribed as follows, vie: Bounded ou the north by land of Wil liam Arms, east by land owned by Wm. D. or Esther Spearman, south by land of Henry Swank and west bv land of Cath erine Stroup and L. S. Wolverton, con taining 248 acres and 46 perches, more or less, deducting therefrom about 70 acres pwned by Catherine Stroup, being the same premises conveyed to said Stephen Phillips by Anna E. Phillips by her deed dated May 11,1896, and recorded in Sulli van County in beeid book Vol. 23 at page 240. Having erected thereon frame house, frame barn and other outbuildings. About 30 acres cleared, balance in timber. Seized taken in execution and to be sold as the property of L. H. Phillips and Stephen Phillips at the suit of West Branch Building and Loan Association of Williamspoitt Pa. J. C. and R. HILL, Attys. H. W. OSLER, Sheriff. Assignee Notice. Notice is hereby given that J. W.Buck has assigned all his property, real and personal, to me for the benefit of his cred itors. All persons knowing themselves indebted(to him will please pay the same to me, and all persons having any claims against the said J. W. Buck will present the same to me duiy authenticated for settlement. L. H. BUCK, Assignee. about needed reforms. Some amend ments may be made, but that is a mat ter In the hands ot the legislature. The Republican organization and the state administration are committed to ballot reform, and this, as well as all other party pledges, will be faithfully kept." As the members have not as yet had a chance to review Senator Focht's bill it is impossible to secure an ex pression upon its merits, but those stalwarts who have read a synopsis of it are much pleased with its general outline. Bdneate Tour Bowels With Casearete. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 28c. If G.O.C. fail, druggists refund money. To Car* Constipation Forever. Take Caseareta Candy Cathartic. 100 or He. 1 UCC. C. fall to euro, druggiala refund awaey. Philadelphia & Reading, Lehigh Valley and New York Central mileage will be accepted only tor through passengers trav eling from llalls to Satterfield or Satter field to Halls. The general offices of the company are located at Ilugheeville, Pa. B. HARVEY WELCH. President. Hughsville. Pa. 8 D. TOWNSEND, Gen. Mgr., Hughesville.Pa. ?? ? ? •J > * All answered at VERNON HULL'S STORE, HILLSBROVE. New Stock of DRY Goods. Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove* Pa. G. A. Rogers" FORKSVILLE, PA. Watches, Jewelery, Silverware, Etc. COUNTY STATEMENT. Continued from Page 8. Statement showing the Actual Indebtedness of Sullivan County, January 5, 1901. Bonds outstanding 38000 oo Liabilities in excess of resources 17420 2o 5M20 2o We the undersigned Auditors of Sullivan Coun ty do hereby certify, that in pursuance of the various duties imposed upon us, by the several Acts of General Assembly and the supplements thereto, we did meet at the office of the County Commissioners'in the Court House, In the Boro. of Laporte, on Monday, the 7th day of January, A. D. 1901. and did commence to audit, adjust and settle the several accounts of the County Treas., County Commissioners and all such as are required of us by law, for the year 1900; and did continue so to audit, adjust and settle the said various and several accounts, subject to our ad journments, until this date when wc complete this our annual report, and we further certify that we did audit and adjust the said several ac counts correctly to the best of our knowledge, ability, information and belief as the same ap pear* audited and adjusted, settled and fully set forth and itemised in this foregoing report. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals thia 30th day of January, 1901. CH. CAREMAN, ) JAMES SWEENEY, VCounty Auditor*. A. P. STARR, j HARRISBUR&.PA. Cum* ALL OQIMK WO DBU* ADDICTIONS NLWLT FUPNISMTO NCW MAWAMKIITI Barn of Yor s 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 dress. Geo.W.PitkinCo. CHICAGO, ILL., U.S. A. James McFarlane, Agt. Made in Black and Five Bhades.HH Color Card on application. A RE YOU GOING TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE Ibarfc HXHoofc jfloortng Kiln dried, matched sides and ends, Hollow backed and bored, MAPLE and BEECH. It will out wear two ordinary floors 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. \jto § j In a Pretty is the woman who must entertain unexpected company—unless she HIV'V well supplied with canned and bottled groceries, if her pantry shelves are nicely lined with our famous brands of pickles, soups, I ~ ( # 1 WBf i"* vegtables, canned meats ami fish and » li.ti,— —j-i crackers she is completely ready for any emergency. g&S&What s nil we send you to-day? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE]|IN THE LEAD WHY ? Because we'earry the Largest tnd Best line in the county Because wejhave only new and attractive patterns to show Because you will find no oldgcods on our shelves, We have justjopeuedjtnew line of Gingham.l Shirtings, muslins etc., or the which we would be pleased to have you inspect. for women and men. We hav j||l|i|^ a stock of women's shoes that is 'm equaled hereabouts. The are dainty, the leather fine, the workman ship exquisite, the fit perfect. Cash Paid for Coantry Produce. E G. Sylvara DUSHORE. sboes,3^slws! 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