Republican News Item. VOL. XI. NO 21. vvv y (* To Buy Your jewelry \ Q Nothing in Town to Compare WitliN { the Quality that We are Giving / s ' You for the Low Price Asked. S C Qualitv and moderate prices m:ikes a force that \ 3 irresistibly draws into our store the best patronage r { of this section. Many years here in business, always ) S with a full line of goods above suspicion; chosen C (with a care and judgment commensurate with its . \ desirability and adaptability to refine taste, makes \ 112 our store a safe place to invest. C S Repair work done on short notice and guaran-Q \teed, by skilled workmen. Your orders appreciated. A S RETTENBURY, ) <> DUSHORH, PA. The Jeweler HARDWARE No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OK/ WOOD HEATERS; ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishing Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition. Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can soil you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing. Roofing and Spouting. The Shopbell Dry Good Co., : 313 Pine Street, WILLI AM SPORT, PA. Tlx Nev Pall Suits Are arriving everv day, the line will soon lie complete. Season after season we are selling more suits. We liave every ronton to believe that our ellorts have been repaid ami that your confidence in us to secure tlie btst styles will b« sustained when you see what a fine showing we will have ready in a tew day*. New Walking Skirts We have scoured the whole market until we found the most stylish, most strviceahle walking skirts that would he shown anywhere. They are hoth plain color* and the new plai Is and the new Knglish mixtd ellocts. THE NEW WOOL DRESS GOODS FOR FALL Are on the counters. Kv.iryhody who wishes quiet. rich, tasteful things in dress labrics will Had them here. Not a desirable clotli or color missing. There are two fashionable cloths thi ~ season. Broadcloths and Panamas. W'e havt an excellent assortment ol both. Plaids Are Stylish Plaids are once more in favor and are made in some lovely color combinations They are the quiet and comhre tone plaids, not loud as the few years back. Corsets of the Best Before the new j.v.vn a new. corst-t of course. Let us help you to select the riu!ll one. We cannot alh> Ito have anything but the best at the various prices. Critically -elected models make ir the fall assortments. I'.very corset shows the new lines demanded by late -;\l s Whether you buy one lor 5o cents or the very finest we can suit nil. Subscribe for the News Item LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1906. And now we have another vit.tl campaign issue, thanks to the Dem ocratic managers, who are appealing for money to enable them to elect a Democratic House of Representa tives, in order to institute an invest igation into the management of the Executive Departments. One would presume from the appeal that such investigation would disclose all the various forms of corruption that could l>e enumerated, for Chairman (iriggs, of the Democratic Congres sional Committee, says : "A Democrat can and will invest igate every department of the Gov ernment. With all these honey combed with 'graft,' the edges of which only have been touched by re cent exposures and prosecutions, there will be a revelation of rotten ness that will astound the country and create the demand for a Demo cratic Administration to clean the < Jovernment workshop." Such an issue is most important, though not a novel one. It was raised in IKB4, and after Grover Cleveland was elected with a Demo cratic House and each Department had a Democratic head, the most thorough investigation was made but with bare results. Not a penny had gone astray, not an official was found to be corrupt,not a single mal feasance was disilosed. In 1898 the Democrats came into full control and power of the gov ernment, and again every nook and corner was searched, and again it was found that under Republican management not a cent had been stolen, and not an otticial or clerk had been corrupt. Rut Republicans have not been satisfied with Democratic investiga tions. There might at any time be found the same human nature, the same weakness in a small percent age of government officials and em ployes as i« found elsewhere. So when certain irregularities wero sus pected in the I'ost Office Depart ment, a few years ago, it was a Re publican President who called in .. Democrat to join a Republican in the investigation, and when a male factor was found, it was a Republi can Attorney General who prosecu ted, and a Republican Administra tion that weeded out the fraud wherever discovered. Then, in the Interior Department,when the frauds in the local land offices were sus pected, investigations were institut ed and regardless of the social stand ing, or political position or influence of the person or persons believed guilty of having committed fraud, it was a Republican Cabinet officer and ;i Republican Department of Justice that instituted trials and secured conviction and punishment. liut this is not all. It sometimes hap pens that departmental officers and heads of bureaus ignore or miscon true the law respecting public ex penditure, with no wrong motive, or they may be guilty of practices that tend or possibly result in ex tra va gan t ex pond itu re. The record of the ">i>th Congress SIMJWS that it is not necessary for the American people to jeopardize their present prosperity by electing a Democratic House, for the purpose of inquiring into the expenditure of public funds and checking abuses of this kind. Cnder the present sys tem of framing appropriation bills, ; it is impossible for fraud, or inten tional or unintentional error to exist in the expenditure of public funds, without being exposed. A Democratic minority, or a Re publican minority, has the same ' power of investigation into all mat ' tors pertaining to public expenditure | that a majority party has. During the last Session of Congress the rep ! resentatives of both parties 011 the House Appropriations Committee exercised this power to the fullest extent by closely scrutinizing all es timates for public expenditure, anil inquiring into the expenditure of ap ! propriations previously made. Nev !or were the estimates more closely I scrutinized, ami the expenditure of 1 previous appropriations more closely j inquired into by the Republicans and Democrats on the Committees jon Appropriations. And in no in stance did that Committee fail to re port legislation for the purpose of correcting every administrative prac tice or abuse,with the view of check- I I ing unreasonable expenditure and j protecting the Treasury against every p j extravagance. Never were there | more extended hearings before the Committee on Aypropriations These hearings were open and full, and a complete stenographic report was I made and printed. The Democratic | minority participated as well as the Republican majority. These hear ings at the last sessions covered four ; thousand printed pages, largely ex ceeding the work of any previous Committee. In the light of these facts, then, we may fairly question if Mr. Griggs makes his assertion honestly, in the belief that the rottenness he de scribes really exists. We never had a more honest President, a more honest Cabinet, or a more honest < 'ongross. We never had a more ef ficient Administration, and there never was a time in our history when the Republicans would wel come more heartily a sincere and thorough investigation into the af fairs of the Government. And in the light of the investigations, made during the last session of Congress, and tlie result of the Democratic in vestigation referred to, would it be wise for the people to take Mr. Griggs seriously ? All the goose bone and tree mark prophets seem to be agreed that the unusual heat of this summer will be followed by a regular old-fashioned hard winter. in this the prophets are supported by the records of the United States Weather Bureau which shows that the general average of temperature, year after year,runs about the same, mild or severe seasons of heat being followed by similar conditions of cold. The only apparent possibility of this theory not applying to the com ing winter is that the hot summer may be in compensation for the 1 mildness of last winter, and that therefore next winter will be free to make its own record, regardless of that which preceded it leaving to the succeeding summer the task of making up the deficit either of the heat or cold as the case may be. There are numerous signs how ever of a cohl winter ahead. From our neighboring southern states, for instance, conies word that there are bushels of berries 011 the holly bush es. This is said to be nature's way of providing food for the birds and a big crop of holly berries means a long and severe winter. This pre diction is supported by the state ment from the west that the corn husks are much thicker this year than they have been for a long time, while news comes from the forest regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia that there will bean enor mous yield of acorns, beach 11 (its, chestnuts and other fruits of the for est upon which birds and beasts de pend for food during the winter. The proposed pageant and cere monies at the dedication of the new State (topitol at Harrisburg on the 4th of October, will be among the most elaborate that have ever been held in the State. Immense review ing stands are now being erected, from which the thousands of guests who have been invited will witness the parade. President Roosevelt and a great number (if statesmen rank ing high in national life will be pres ent. The city will have many (.ostlj decorations. Pillars will mark the course of the parade,houses and pup lie buildings will be eoveied with Hags and bunting. The fireworks planned will lie the most magnitt cent procurable. The two days set aside for the ceremonies, (>ctober the Ith and sth, will be among the mast memorable in the history of Penn sylvania. The military display will be a great feature. Two companies of each regiment in the State will contribute the martial feature. The companies of each brigade will be temporarily formed into a regiment, i I With three brigades in the State; l Guard this will make three regi-j ments to represent the militia in re- j , view Col. Clement has been placed in command of the regiment form ed for the third brigade. MUttCY VALLEY. Married—At Mtmcy Valley Par sonage lust Wednesday afternoon by ! Rev. S. B. Bidlack, Mr. Bradv Househect and Miss Jennie Palnia tier of Eagles Mere. On last Sunday morning occurred the sad and sudden death of Wiliter Larue, the four-year-old boy of El mer Crawley, near Hemlock Grove. Cause, cholera infantum. The funer al was held on Tuesday morning at Franklin church and interment at the same place. Mr. and Mrs. Craw ley are in deep grief. They have I the sympathy of a large commnnity in this their first bereavement. Last Monday at Strawbriuge oc curred at the home of George Edkin the pretty wedding of their daugh ter, Miss Laura, to Clayten Bennett, of Eagles Mere. Mrs. 8. B. Bidlack played the wtdding march, and at hour of 4 p. m. came marching into the parlor the family pastor Mr. Bid lack, followed by the contracting partfe9 and the immediate friends. After the ceremony,escorted by Mrs. Howard Edkin all were led to the dining-room were a delightful re past was served. At the home of Mr. Alvin Miller of this place, the Stewards 011 next •Saturday evening will serve ice cream and oysters. It is hoped that all will come and patronize the worthy cause. Think of 5,000 keys. That is the number the State Department of Public Grounds and Buildings will have to provide for the accommoda tion of the Legislature and the offi cials and attaches of the various de partments of the State Capitol. There are over 500 rooms in the building and about 600 doors. There are three regular keys to each door. That makes 1,800 to start oft' with. Then in a number of instances each attache of a department has a key to a general door. That is an elastic md guessable numbe; r probably in creasing the grand total to over 2,- 000. When the Legislature meets the 257 members of the two Houses will each receive keys to a desk, a locker and a post office box. Multi ply 257 by three. Then add keys for various attach es. By that time you will have pretty close to 1,000 more. Now on top of that there is a set of master keys and then duplicate for each and every one. The number is growing and, by the time you stop and think it will be close to 5,000, several hun dred weight of keys. To keep all straight Superintendent Shumaker. who runs the Capitol, has a key room which is a sight. It is about nine by five, and some six feet high. <)n three sides are rows of hooks. There are almost 700 for room keys 011 which can be hung as high as three keys for every room. Then there is a legislative side and a stock side, each full of hooks. That there will be an unsurpassed abundance of game of various spe cies, ready for gunners, when the "game law" barriers are dropped, October Ist, is the belief of Coleman K. Sober, of Lewisburg, a member of the Pennsylvania State Game Commission. Never before in his recollection, and Mr. Sober has been a close student of natural history foi over a score of years, can he recall such an apparent supply of grouse, snipe, quail, wild turkey and deer. "From every indication," saidGaim Commissioner Sober recently, "I can safely predict that gunners this year will be appalled by the amount of game. I have takeu close observa tion of the promiscuous breeding of birds in Northumberland and Cum berland counties, and the results are surprising. The torest and wood land virtually abound with them. The winter was not especially hard on game. In regions where the birds suffer most the farmers pro vided for them by scattering, daily, bags of feed in the woods. This act of the farmers saved hundreds from starvation. There was plenty of ' food this spring antl summer, and the birds simply did nothing but eat and grow fat, so as to be in good | trim for the gunner in October. , 1 When the game season closes it will j show that the season of 190(5 was the ' best for many years." 75C PER YEAP DERNICE ITEMS. C. E. Jackson was an K'niira \is itor Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moyer were Ilughesville visitors during the fair last week. Thomas O'Brien was a Pitston vis itor last week. Miss Amy Fair who has been vis iting her sister, Mrs. A. Dougherty of Mildred, returned to her home at Lehigh tun, Pa. James Hoy lea of Sayre, is spend ing a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boyles, on Sugar Hill. Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston of Wyoming, spent a few days last week with their sons, William and Lee Johnston. J. <). Osier of Klkland, spent a few days last week with his son, 11. W. Osier. Allan Andye and Robert Watson of Mildred, are visiting the former's parents at Laquin. Mrs. Michael Donavan of Mildred, is visiting her husband, who is working at that place. Mrs. John Cook of Mildred, re ceived a message on Wednesday stating that her son-in-law, David Peacock, was dead. He lived in tijis place for a number of years and had the good will of the people. He left this place in 1901 and went to Boune, lowa, to make his future home. Mrs. Cook left on the morn ing train Thursday to attend the funeral. The cause of his death is unknown. He was a member of Ivatonka Tribe No. MO. Mary Watson of Mildred, return ed to Seranton Inst wjeek. May Hclman of Seranton, has re turned to till her position in the store. Joseph Mcllugh and Frank Low cry were Wilkes-Burre visitors last week. J. 11. Thayer of Dushore, was a Mildred visitor last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. White of Canada, is visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W r hite, Dr. J. L. Rrennan was a Wilkes- Harre visitor on Monday. Joseph A. He!man was a Dushore visitor on Monday. Another bloody and dartardly murder at West Herwick early last Thursday morning to add to the al ready long list of crimes committed in that section among the foieign element. This time a new comer to the town,JDoinlnick Caluso, said to have been marked by the Black Hand, was shot down outside his own door, and his body almost rid dled by the hail of shot which smashed windows and embedded themselves in the doors and sides of all houses in the neighborhood. The nomination of A. W. Duy, Ksq., of Bloomaburg, for State Sena tor, is being well received by the people ot the district,and predictions ire freely made that he will prove an" of the strongest candidates ever nominated for this important ollice. That he will receive the united He publican support as well as a large number of Democrats, is generally admitted by those who are familiar with the conditions that exist throughout the Twenty-fourth Sena torial district. One fact that contributes to Mr. Duy's strength is the unanimous and harmonious conclusion of the dead lock that has existed for so long a time. The result of the conference did not leave any sore spots. Harry S. Meyer, the Lycoming candidate, who made a gallant contest for the nomination, accepts the result phil osophically, and was one of the first to pledge his support to the success ful opponent. This is an eviden e of the popular feeling, anil it is a feeling that will produce results on election day. Mr. Duy is well thought of in his home county as well as throughout the district, and that he will be ac corded hearty support is admitted on all sides.—Gazette and Bulletin.
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