REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM. V CHAftLES L WING, Editor. Published Every:, Thursday Afternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. IiAPORTE. PA. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, an second-class mail matter. We are informed that some read ers of the Item were of opinion that the article upon the county debt formed a part of the campaign liter ature. This is a great mistake. The county debt is not a political ques tion, nor do we intend to agitate the subject for any political purpose whatever. The News Item does in tend to take keen interest in the fi nancial affairs of the county. The past is past but the future is before us. We have no unkind words for former commissioners and certainly none for those now elected. Messrs. Vonkin, Biggar, and Gahan are men of intelligence and honesty and each has a substantial interest in the county. We mean to aid them if they take hold determindely to di minish the present debt. If they do not, we are equally determined to criticise their actions. A large part of the increase of the debt has been occasioned by buying iron bridges at extravagent prices. We expect the new board of com missioners will go slow on - iron bridges. There are other economies which can be made and we look for careful watchfulness all along the line. Every year the hemlock for est-. now being assessed at sl2 per acre are being stripped, and the val uation going down while the debt increases. We expect that the new Board will insist that the Union Tanning Co. and other owners of timbered lands will help pay this debt, ann not leave it (when the hemlock is all gone) as a heavy bur den on our farmers and business men. There is a grave doubt whether all our county debt is legal. We ex pet t the new Board to carefully test that question by competent legal ad vice, and we warn them now that they best go slow on conferring judgements or signing interest bear ing orders for borrowed money. And further we wish to say to the new Board not to be afraid to spend enough time to do the county work properly. Some ignorant people think it is the best Board of Com missioners which puts in the fewest days. But that is not our idea. If the new commissioners will give as close attention to the business of the county as they would to their own business, every day so spent is valua ble to the tax payers. Take every day necessary, do the work your selves, understand every contract, know the fact about every bill, and at the end of the year charge the county for every day spent in its service. The money will be well earned and no intelligent tax pay er will kick. This is enough to out line a few of the notions at hand and we can assure our readers that the Item is going to keep the closest watch on county affairs and speak out its mind regardless of any person or any party. 11 KILLED WATCHING RETURNS People Blown to Pieces In New York Ey Premature Explosion. New York, Nov. s.—By a series of explosions of pyrotechnic bombs and oUier fireworks night among the vast multitude gathered in Madison Sfpiare to witness the ascension of an air ship and the display of the elec tion returns 11 persons were killed out right, many being blown almost to pieces and at least 50 injured, many of them fatally. It is estimated that at least 30,000 persons thronged the square at the time of the explosions, which were suc ceeded by a frightful panic in which hundreds were thrown down and tram pled under foot. Five hundred policemen and all tho ambulances in the city were instantly summoned and the dying and those most seriously injured were removed to the hospitals. In addition to thesa ntany of the wounded were taken away by friends. Nine men in charge of tho fireworks display were placed undei arrest immediately after the explosion. ELECTION JETURNS Result of Balloting in the Differ ent States. PENNYPACKER IS ELECTED ODELL WINS IN NEW YORK Pennsylvania's Vote Fc - the First Time In Its History Exceeds 1,003,- 000, and Its Legislature Will Be More Strongly Republican Than Ever. Democrats' Phenomenal Vote In New York—The Result In New Jer sey and Other States. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —Yesterday, for the first time in the history of the stale, more than 1,000,000 votes were cast in an election. Samuel W. Penny ' S. W. PENNYPACKER. packer. R„ was elected governor by an estimated plurality of 175,000, and the Republican ticket was generally suc cessful in the various counties. The Democrats elected two and possibly three of the 32 congressmen. The leg islature will be more strongly Republi can than ever before with the exception of the 1897 session, and it is certain that Boies Penrose will succeed him self in the United States senate. Philadelphia's complete vote for gov ernor is as follows: Penny packer, R., 168,716; I'attison, D., 73,690; Republi can plurality, 95,026. THE VOTE IN ALLEGHENY Carried By Pennypacker B> 30,000. Speaker Marshall Defeated. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. —The fusion ticket in Allegheny county elected its full county ticket by 30,000. The fusionists voted under the head of the Citizens' ticket. It is composed of Democrats and Republicans who have for some time been fighting the present adminis tration. Pennypacker, R., for governor, has 30,000 majority. Congressman John Dalzell, on both tickets, was re-elected in the 30th district; George Shiras, 29th district; James W. Brown, 32d district; H. Porter, 31st district; fusion candi dates and all Republicans are elected. The entire Republican legislative tick et, with the exception of one Demo crat, is elected. Speaker Marshall, of the house of representatives, the regular Republi can nominee in the 2d district, is beaten. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE A Partial List of Members Elected to the House. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —Two hundred and four representatives were elected in Pennsylvania. Following are some of the successful candidates: Philadelphia—First district, Charles N. Selby, Joseph Mclver, Reps.; sec ond. John Phillips, Rep.; third, Harry T. Kingston, Rep.; fourth, Samuel W. SSalus, Rep.; fifth, Thomas E. Shee han, Rep.; sixth, William H. Funston, Rep.; seventh, William S. M. Field, Rep.; eighth, Daniel J. Shern, Rep.; ninth. Harry Whittig, Rep.; 10th, Wil liam Gallagher, John A. McCarthy, Reps.; 11th. Samuel Ripp, Rep.; 12th, Theodore B. Stulb, Rep.; 13th, Leslie Yates, Rep.; 14th, Robert B. Scott, Rep.; loth, Alex. Colville, Hermann Q. Hutt, Reps.; Kith, Richard Curry, John E. Puhl, Reps.; 17th, William Laughlin, Rep.; 18th, James Clarency, William W. Turner, Seth Buckley, Reps.; 19th, John H. Riebel, Joseph Coll, Reps,; 20th, H. Reeves I.ukens, Rep.; 21st, Zlba T. Moore, Rep.; 22d, Byron E. Wrigley, Rep.; 23d, Henry F. Walton, Rep.; 24th, John O. Sheatz, Arthur B. Eaton, Reps.; 25th, George W. Steinbach, John R. Huhn, Reps.; 26th, George W. Dunn, Rep.; 27th, Walter Willard, John Hamilton. Reps.; 28th, Andrew A. Cairns, Thomas G. Morris. Reps. Bradford county, Giles M. Coons, Franklin F. Lomax, Joseph E. Hamil ton, Repß. Butler county. Adam Douthett, Thos. Hays, Reps. Cambria county, Thomas Davis, Edward E. Hohmann, Reps. Centre county, John H. Wetzel, J W. Kepler, Dems. Somerset, 8. 8. Swackhamer.D. Sussex, * Lewis 8. lllff, D. Un'on, William F. Hall, R.; John A. Howland, R.; Edward 8. Coyne, R. Warren, John Wlldrlck, D. The Senate. The state senate will stand as fol lows: Atlantic, Edward S. Lee, R.; ' i : orgen, Edmund W. Wakelee, R.; Bur lington, Macon Haines, R.; Camden, William J. Bradley, R.; Cape May, Rob ert R. Hand, R.; Cumberland, B. H. Mincli, R.; Essex, J. H. Bacheller, R.; Gloucester, W. K. Robeson, R.; Hud son, Robert S. Hudspath, D.; Hunter don, William P. Gebhardt, D.: Mercer, Elija C. Hutchinson, R.; Middlesex, Theodore Strong, R.; Monmouth, H. S. Klnmouth, 13.; Morris, Jacob W. Welsch, R.; Ocean, George L. Shinn, R.; Passaic, Wood McKee, R,; Somer set, Samuel S. Chi Ids, D.; Sussex, Louis J. Martin, D.; Union, Joseph Cross, R.; Warren, Isaac Barber, D. DEADLOCK IN DELAWARE Doubtful if New Legislature Can Elect U. S. Senators. Wilmington, Del., Nov. 5. —The com plexion of the next Delaware general assembly is in doubt. It is apparent that a deadlock on the two United States senatorial vacancies will be the result, as was the case two years ago. The Regular Republican state commit tee claims that the body will be com posed of 19 Union Republicans, 8 Regu lar Republicans, 22 Democrats and 3 doubtful. The majority in joint ballot and the members necessary to elect United States senators is 27. Mr. Saulsbury places the Kent county membership, including two Democratic hold-over senators, -at seven Demo crats, seven Union Republicans and a tie in the 9th district. His advices from Sussex county are that three Dem ocratic represesntatives and one Demo cratic senator were elected yesterday. The Democrats have a holding-over senator in Sussex. The Democrats gain five members in New Castle county. Joseph L. Cahall, the Union Republican chaiman of Sus sex county, claimed at midnight that the Addicks Republicans have elected seven representatives and two senators in that county. OHIO Columbus, 0., Nov. 5. —The Republi cans carried Ohio by next to their highest plurality on record. Nothing above 70,000 had been predicted, but the returns Indicate that it will greatly exceed that figure. At the same time the Republicans made no gain In Ohio congressmen, but are likely to lose one. The present Ohio delegation in congress consists of 17 Republicans and four Democrats, and the returns show 16 Republicans and four Demo crats elected, with the 12th district In doubt. During the campaign it was said that any reduction of the plural ity In Ohio would be considered a vic tory for Mayor Johnson over SeSnator Hanna in the senatorial contest of next year. NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 5. —Returns In Nebraska show the vote to be exceed ingly close on governor, with the re mainder of the Republican state ticket probably elected. The first 60 pre cincts received gave Mickey, R., for governor, 6.541; Thompson, Fusion, 5,857. These precincts one year ago cast 6,532 Republican votes and 5,302 Fusion votes. This shows that the Republicans have cast practically the same vote as a year ago, and the Fu sionists have made small but steady gains. Mickey is running behind his ticket. One hundred and ten precincts indicate a net Fusion gain of between three and four to the precinct. If only the gain shall be maintained through out the state Mickey will still be elect ed by nearly 4.000 plurality. CONNECTICUT New Haven. Conn., Nov. s.—Connec ticut yesterday elected the full Repub lican ticket for state officers and all the five Republican candidates for con gress. Returns received indicated that the plurality for Chamberlain, the Re publican candidate for governor, would be at least 15,000, an increase of 1,000 over the plurality of two years ago. The Republican candidate for congress man-at-iarge. George L. Lilley, is elect ed by approximately the same plurality, while the four congressional districts are also Republican by safe figures. The state legislature wjll be Republi can, thus ensuring the return of O. H. Piatt to the United States senate. MASSACHUSETTS Boston, Mass., Nov. 5. —The Republi cans, after a vigorous campaign, car ried Massachusetts yesterday riy a sub stantial plurality, electing the entire state ticket, winning in a majority of the congressional districts, in seven out of the eight councillor districts and re taining a firm control of both branches of the legislature. The state officers elected were as follows: Governor, John L. Bates, Boston; lieutenant gov ernor, Curtis Guild, Jr., Boston; secre tary of state, William M. Olin, Boston; treasurer, Edward S. Bradford, Spring field; auditor, Henry F. Turner, Mai den; attorney general, Herbert Parker, Lancaster. KANSAS Topeka, Kas., Nov. s.—Kansas has gone Republican by at least 40.000 ma jority. The entire state ticket and all the congressmen are elected by the Republicans. The Republicans will have a hundred members of the legis lature. The Democrats did not expect to elect their state ticket, but were surprised that W. N. Craddock, their candidate for governor, did not run better than he did. W. J. Bailey, the Republican candidate for governor, runs ahead of his ticket. Chester county, Franklin March. Fred. H. Cope, William Wayne, James G. Fox, Reps. Clarion county, John A. F. Hoy, Let lie P. Arnsr, Dem. Columbia county, William P. Creasy, Fred P. Ikler, Dem. Dauphin county—First district, Geo. Kunkel, Rep.; second, William H. Ul rlch, B. Frank Ober, Michael E. Strout, Reps. Delaware county, Frederick Taylor Pusey, Ward R. Bliss, Thomas V. Cooper, Reps. Elk county, John M. Flynn, Dem. Franklin county, David Maclay, Jo seph P. Rahauser, Reps. Fulton county, S. Wesley Kirk, Dem. Greene county, James K. McNeeley, Dem. Huuntingdon county, Thomas W. Montgomery, John C. Taylor, Reps. Indiana county, A. F. Coopc-r, S. J. Smith, Reps. Jefferson county, Curtis R. Ves blnder, Rep. Lancaster county—First district, F. B. MeClain, Rep.; second, William H. Brosius, John G. Homsher, Reps.; third, H. K. Blotigh, David W. Gray bill, Aaron W. Snader, Reps. Lawrence county, R. T. Pomeroy, Malcolm MeConnell, Rep. Lehigh county, Joseph W. Mayne, Jonas F. Moyer, Jeremiah Roth, Dems. Lycoming county, Henry G. Troxell, Lewis M. Castner, Henry S. Hower, Dems. Monroe county, J. N. Place, Dem. Northampton county, Patrick F. En right, J. S. Hunt, William F. Beck, Dems. Pike county, John V. Houck, Dem. Potter county, Alonzo R. Moore, Rep. Snyder county, Francis C. Bowerson, Rep. Somerset county, Lewis C. Lambert, John C. Weller, Reps. Susquehanna county, Alvln C. Bar rett, Henry J. Rose, Reps. Tioga county, Andrew B. Hitchcock, William E. Cahmpaign, Reps. Washington county, D. M. Anderson, John M. Berrry, Davis M. Campsey, Reps. Westmoreland county, George H. Stevens, Charles I). Whitten, Joseph B. Heister, William F. Morrison, Reps. York county, Levi M. Myers, William J. McClellan, Conrad B. Sterner, Eli Z. Strlne, Dems. The Senate. Senators were elected In 25 of the i 50 districts. Among those elected are: Second district, Henry Gransback, Rep.; Fourth, John T. Harrison, Rep.; Sixth, John M. Scott, Rep.; Eighth, Horatio B. Hackett, Rep.; Fourteenth, John A. Stober, Rep.; Sixteenth, Ar thur G. DeWalt, Dem.; Eighteenth, Thomas D. Dnnner, Dem.; Twenty-sec ond, James T. Mulhern, Dem.; Twenty fourth. J. Henry Cochran, Dem.; Thir ty-sixth, William C. Miller, Rep.; Thirty-eighth, James K. P. Hall, Dem.; Forty-sixth, Samuel T. White, Rep. Pennsylvania Judges Elected. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. —Judges were elected in 11 counties of Pennsylvania yesterday as follows: Common Pleas —Allegheny county, Edwin H. Stowe, Rep.; Butler county, James L. Galbreath, Rep.; Carbon county, Allen Craig, Dem.; Philadel phia county, Norris C. Barratt, Rep.; Michael Arnold, Dem. Orphans' Court —Allegheny county, Josiah Cohen. Rep. Berks County—H. Willis Bland, Dem. Lackawanna Caunty—Alton A. Vos burg, Rep. Associate Judges—Columbia county, William Krickbaum, Dem. Elk County—Thomas B. Cillouly, Dem. Huntington County—W. H. Benson, Rep. Munroe County—John M. Bossard, Dem. NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY List of the Members Elected to the Legislatu'e. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 5. —The follow Ins Is a list of the members of the New Jersey house of assembly for 1903 elected yesterday. Those re elected are indicated by an (♦): Atlantic county, Thomas C. Elvin. R. Bergen. M. S. Ayres. R.; George A. Cook, R. Burlington. ♦John G. Horner, R.; Benjamin D. Shedaker, R. Camden, Harry S. Scovell, R.; Theo dore B. Gibbs, R.; John S. Roberts, R. Cape May, 'Lewis M. Cresse, R. Cumberland, ♦Louis Miller, R.; B. F. Buck, R. Essex, ♦W. N. Garrabrandt. R.; F. R. Lohlbach, R.; ♦John Howe, R.; ♦Robert W. Brown, R.; ♦Wm. G. Shar wold, R.; *Ralph G. Schmidt, R ; •Edward E. Grientei; R.; ♦Wm. A. Lord, R.; ♦Edward Williams, R.; ♦Robert N. Boyd, R.; Everett Col by, R. Hudson, ♦James A. Hamill, D.; ♦John G. Treasey, D.; Joseph C. Duff I).; Wm. D. Kelly, D.; •C. G. A. Sehu mann. D.; James G. Fielder, D.; Rufus Besson. D.; Michael Cannon, D.; ♦Pe ter Stillwell. D.; ♦Frederick Weis mann, D.; Edgar H. Loverage, D.; Thomas P. Glennon, D. Gloucester, John Boyd Avis, R. Hunterdon, James W. Willever, D. Mercer, ♦Harry D. Leavitt, R.; ♦Bert L. Gulick, R.; Thomas Colclough. R. Middlesex, M. J. Whitford, R.; W. II C. Jackson, II.; J. E. Montgomery, R. Monmouth, William F. Jefferson, D.; A. M. Posten, D.; Charles F. McDon ald. D. Morris, William T. Brown, It.; Thom as J. Hillery, R. Ocean. William M. Butler, R. Passaic, Rc-pablicans claim three and Democrats two. Salem, E. C. Hughes, D. poiiTalte OnAdvertismo I By Charles Austin Bates. No. 46. ' Most all advertising nowadays tells the truth. Most all business men have learned the lesson that even slight misrepresentation in their advertisements causes a loss of confidence, which more than . offsets any transient gain that may ma^e by exaggeration. H|X WW" In the past there has been more SUITS or less overstatement in advertis- I ing. It has made great many «EMD P eo P' e doubt everything that they IV/ *Ol/ Homp see in an advertiseme it which is in Uf J 1&A any way out of the ordinary. This feeling is not right. Prob ably ninety-nine out of every hun- CSv—lxS-3E— rec * of reputable HT HE business men ar* absolutely true. WL Sometimes overstatements of values and reductions in prices *lt has made a great many People doubt every- Seem tOO extraordinary to be truth" thins *»see in an advertisement." f U I, but tllOSe On tile inside of any business know that there are times when it actually pays to lose money on a certain article or a certain line of goods. The reliability of an advertisement should be measured by the reputation of the advertiser. r If he does not lie in his ordinary business and a j X'/fvaaa social relations it is fair to suppose that he does vfxl not lie in his advertising. It is a matter of prin ciple, and a matter of business also. ■ Every statement that is made in an adver- M tisement ought to be carefully weighed, and even Oy / the appearance of untruth excluded. A truthful statement by an honest man in a \ k good paper will bring returns every time. The best paper in which to advertise is the ... ~ - , r .. "If he does not lie in his one which possesses the confidence ot the com- ordinary bi, .mess ,mj social relations." munity in the highest degree. The high character of the paper- will throw a mantle of credence over all the advertising in its columns. Copyright, Charles Austin Bates, New i'ork. ODELL RE-ELECTED IN NEW YORK Republican Governor Win* By From •,000 to 9,000. New York, Nov. s.—ln splt« of a phe nomenally large vote In New York and Kings county for Bird 8. Coler, Dem., the return* indicate the re-election of Benjamin B. Odell, Rep., to the gover norship of Ngw York state by from 6,000 to 9,000. Coler's plurality in the Greater New York exceeded 115,000, a surplus of 3,000 above the claim made by Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam- BENJAMIN B. ODELL. many Hall, but even that large vote was not sufficient to overcome the Re publican majorities from up the state. Odell's vote in the country districts was lighter than two years ago, but Color's was also lower than Stanch fleld's in the same year. In New York city Coler's plurality was approximate ly 117,500, made up as follows: New York county, 83,000; Kings, 26.500: Queens, 3,500, and Richmond, 2.800. Oyster Bay. where President Roose velt's country home is situated, and where he voted yesterday, was carried by Coler, his plurality being 131. Two years ago Odell's plurality was 512. The Republican state ticket elected In full is as follows: Governor, Ben jamin B. Odell; lieutenant governor, Frank W. Higgins; secretary of state, John F. O'Brien; comptroller, Nathan L. Miller: treasurer. John G. Wickser; attorney general, Henry B. Coman; state engineer, Edward A. Bond; judge of Court of Appeals, William E. Wer ner. Figures from the congressional districts in New York city and Long Island counties show a loss of four members of the national house to the Republicans, the heavy Coler vote hav ing carried, according to the returns, the first 19 districts in the state for the Democratic candidates. All returns in dicated that Judge Gray, Democratic candidate for judge of the Court of Appeals, ran somewhat ahead of his ticket. The Democrats made gains in the state legislature, but the gains wore not sufflci'n. to endanger the Republi can hold" on the seat in the United State sar.rUr- now held by Thomas C. Piatt. Mr. C< : r, the Democratic candidate for go - , r'l isor, was asked what he thought of the result of the election. me as saying uiat I don't give it up. 1 cannot imag ine how, with the magnificent vote I received in Greater New York, there would be such a peculiar vote in the upper part of the state. I am con vinced that there has been a little of that peculiar 'heathen Chinee' business going on." That is all Mr Coler would Bay. MARYLAND Baltimore, Nov. 5. —The election in Maryland, which was only for con gressmen, passed off quietly with the exception of a few minor disturbances in the eastern district of this city. Of the six congressmen, the Republi cans elect four and the Democrats two. The vote in the 3d district was very close, Wachter having a majority ol about 100. The judges in one precinct of the 3d district had a dispute be cause of the imperfect marking of bal lots, and the ballot box was sealed and placed in the care of the election su pervisors. The disputed precinct is nor mally Republican, and will not affect the result. IOWA Des Moines, la., Nov. 5. —On the basis of the present returns the Republicans have elected their state ticket by about 75,000 plurality. Judge Birdsall, nominated by the Re publicans to succeed Speaker David B. Henderson, ran substantially with his ticket, and will be elected by 4,000 to 5,000 votes over former Governor Boies. Chairman Spence, of the Republican committee, said: "We have carried the state by at least 65,000. The figures indicate a larger plurality, but we are not claiming more at present. We have elected 11 Republican congressmen." GEORGIA Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 5. —Georgia yes terday elected a solid delegation of 11 congressmen. So little interest was taken in the election that the figures in the 11 districts were not collated last night. Except in the 11th district the Democrats had no opposition, and in that district it was inconsequential, the election was for congressmen only, TENNESSEE Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 5. —The entire Democratic state ticket, headed by James B. Frazier for governor, has been elected by a majority estimated »t 50,000. Not Merely Blind Assent. To believe la not a blind assent of the mind to an unintelligible truth, but a most rational and manly intellectual function.—Rev. Father Michael, Cath olic, Pittsburg. Foley's Honey and Tar cures colds, prevents pneumonia. Deafness Cannot be Cnred & local applications, as they cannot roach tha ensed portion of the ear. There is only on* way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu tisnal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in* flamed condition of the mucous lining of tha Eustachian Tube. When this tube getsjinflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness ia the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing 1 will be destroyed forever; nine out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition oi tlie mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafnees (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. Send for Oirculars, tree. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. W Knlfl h* Droeeists. 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the beat.
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