. ITIRWS ITEM. I'HAWitES L WINS, Editor. Published Every Thursday Afternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Beat of Sullivan County. TjAPORTE, PA. \V MASON, Vrcslden. THUS. J. INCFIAM, Sec'y J: Treas. , Entered at the Post Office at -Laporte, as second-class mail matter. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Governor EDAVIN S, STUART, of Philadelphia. For Lieutenant Governor, HOBEirr S. MURPIIY, of Cambria. For Auditor General, ROBERT K. YOUNG, of Tioga. Secretary of Internal Affairs, HENRY lIOUCK. of Lebanon. REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. State Senator, A. W. J>U Y, of Bloomsburg. Congressman. E, W. SAMUELS, Nhamoldn Member of Assembly, JOHN SCIIAAD, of Mildred. Associate Judge, 1:1 > tt r IN W A RBU RTt >.N, of Overton. For Coroner, J. B. DA VIES, of Forksville. Jury Commissioner, <, !-.< >U< i K W.LAW KKN.SON,Straw bridge KNOX SOUNDS SLOGAN TO RALLY 10 MELT Call to Pennsylvanians Eipre»»e» Lamest Wish of the President. A SOLEMN DUTY TO STATE AND COUNTRY S-bail the Head of the Nation Look In Va>n to Republicans of the Old Key stone Commonwealth? The recent utterances of Senator Philander C. Knox upon the political situation In Pennsylvania have every w here been accepted as voicing the litiments of President Roosevelt, in whose cabinet Senator Knox served as Attorney General.'and with whom tbe junior Senator from this atate Is on tiir- most Intimate terms of personal friendship. Senator Knox has been a frequent visitor at the White House recently and i<* familiar with the president's lceon interest in the campaign here ami bis desire for the election of the full Republican ticket In the Keystone St ate. Senator Knox, in his speeches, points out that the Democratic party iii this state injected national Issue* into the canvass by Its platform de clarations for Bryan. "However the easo may be In other states," says Senator Knox, "the line oi' cleavage in Pennsylvania is the President, his policies, and his suc cess and intelligent and honest pur pose in -working them out. Pennsyl vania ig Invited now to reverse Its momentous verdict of apporval ft the President's administration two years ago when challenged in a national cam paign for the same reasons now ad vanced." 110 further remarks: "There are no differences between the three platforms as to reform measures. An honest re former could stand upon the reform planks of either party. The Democratic platform expressly states "all import ant reforms the Republican platform now advocates have been consistently declared for and supported by the Democracy, of the State for many years. "Making the same concession as to ihe fitness of Mr. Emery and his asso ciates that they make in respect to Mr. Stuart and his co-candidates, it Is obvious that the issue is not the men. tt is equally obvious that as be tween the Republican party and the Democratic party the Issue Is raised by the Republican planlc in dorsing President Roosevelt's 'splen did administration.' and by the Demo cratic plank denouncing the Presi dent's administration as a 'feeble and pretended' imitation of Bryan. That this is the issues as between the two trr?at parties is too plain for further consideration." !n referring to the "partnership" I'Otween the Llncolnltas and the Dam ocracy. Senator Knox sayß: Why Belittle President? "Tf the Democracy wee in good faith in desiring to co-operate with tna Llncolnite Republicans to reform l>e!iticß in Pennsylvania why should they, as a part of their program, be little our President and name his suc i ossor? Their convention was not ilealing with a national ticket or na tional issues except as they went out of their way to do so. I do not ac cuse Lincoln Republicans, except so far as they are seeking to defeat Re publican Congressmen, of desirlnc to misrepresent and thwart the policies and activities of the national adminis tration, but I am firmly convinced that their partners in their arrangement have deliberately led them into a most unfortunate situation. "Remember, we are having this con tent with Democrats, and their banners arid their mottoes Inscribed thereon will be in evidence upon the field of victory if this is to be a Republican At another point be declares: Must Not Repudiate Roosevelt. "Let any one who doubts the abso> lute accuracy of what 1 say ask him self this Question: What would the Democratic party claim In the next national campaign if Pennsylvania would change a half million votes in this campaigniwhere the Democracy challenge the efficiency for the publlo good and high motive of the Presi dent? "No hamlet in the land is so remota as to escape their triumphant heralds, who would proclaim the stupendous fact that the Keystone state had re pudiated Roosevelt, and the cry that as Pennsylvania goes so goea the Un ion, would be the slogan of our politi cal foes." Marked An Epech. After lauding the splendid work of the recent extra session of the Re publican legislature of Pennsylvania. Senator Knox adds: "It is because of all this that when Theodora Roosevelt contemplated the work of this last session he was con strained to say that It 'marked an epoch/ to which he added that he did 'not recall any other state legislature which In a similar length of time haa to its credit auch a body of admlrablo legislation.' "Even if I had not alwaya been a Republican T would feel incllaad to trust, at this time, the party that put In force this system of law sa thor oughly protecting my political rights; but having always been a Republican. I cannot conjure up a single doubt as to my duty." Then ag»'n he says: "It has been demonstrated that the great rank and file of Pennsylvania Republicans desire all that Is bast in government. They stand for cleaa prin ciples and practices and have provid ed the means by which they ara to be certainly secured. "We have cleaned house. Why should we now move out? Honor to Be a Republican. "If a man Is ashamed of being a Re publican in Pennsylvania today," said Senator Knox, at the conclusion of his Pittsburg speech, "there never was a time in its history when he could have made that claim with honor. "I cannot understand the attitude of people who are standing aloof or oppos ing the election of Mr. Stuart, while freely conceding that his pledges and promises are all that is desirable and that he honestly Intends, if elected, to administer the government of the state solely In the Interest of ths people. "I cannot understand why a man should put up the cry of 'bossism' against an honest candidate who sol emnly says he never recognized a boss, and in the moat specific manner de clares he never will. "I cannot understand thoaa who pub licly proclaim that the political rt®hta. of the people have been fully seeurad by legislation, and then prophesy dis aster to the state through the exercise of those rights by the people. "And more mysterious than all to me Is the attitude of those Republi cans who claim to have been Instru mental In bringing about these reforms by appealing to the Republicans of the state, and through them to the legisla ture of the state, who now. after their vokes have been heard and their ad vice followed, mutiny against the ship whose course they claim to have di rected and consort with those whose most charitable wish is that she mav go to everlasting destruction upon the rocks." OTRIMMS Veteran Editor Unmasks the Power Behind tha Emery Boom. BRYANIBM WOULD BE AIDED Tells of the High Character of Repub lican Nominee For Governor, Edwin 8. Stuart- Colonel A. K. McClure, while declar ing that "a man who Is about to face the frosts of eighty winters should b« free from the labors and vexations of political strife," has been stumping foi his old-time friend, the perennial Thomas Valentine Cooper, "the sage oi Delaware county," who seeks re-elec tion to the legislature. Colonel McClure, in the course of an address at Media, after dwelling upon the virtues of"the red-headed anil hopeful Cooper," spoke of the several candidates for Governor. Among other things he said: "Senator Emery haa been nominated for Governor by a Democratic St&te convention after a violent factional i contest, and an overwhelming majority of those who vote for him will do so because they vote the Democratic ticket. "They have read the Democratic plat | form on which Senator Emery neces | sarily stands today, In which the peo ple of Pennsylvania are congratulated in advance on the assured election of William J. Bryan as our next Presi dent. "This declaration has made scores oi thousands of sincere reform Republi cans and Democrats to pause and In quire what elements will triumph Ir Pennsylvania by the election of Em ery, and what effect such a verdict would have upon the future of state and nation? "With Emery a* Governor and a leg islature controlled by the elements which are supporting him, would re i form be remedial or destructive? We , And today a requickenlng of the Bryan | Illusion that once made even the credit ' of this great nation tremble in the John D. Reeser's Big Store, Bank Block, Dushcre, Penn'a CASH DEPARTMENT STORE. ISJrM 7- JW rrrn^\\r\r\A\ The Largest Stock in the County is now ready for your in- JLIICV 1 lllli V(LrLI)Ull(llovl. spection. COATS, EUITS, MILLINERY, BLANKhS l\ OUT NG DRESS GOODS, AND UNDERWEAR. Our Coat and Suit Department, is overtlowin g with the choicest Metropolitan styles in Plaids, Blacks and Blues. They must be seen to be appreciated. WOOLEN BLANKLTS nearly all colors and prices. See our Window Display—Outings and Flanneletts, nearly'ioo pieces to select from. UNDERWEAR in their department. You will find everything in woolen and cotton wear lor men, women anc i children. BED COMFORTABLES from sl.oo to $3.50 they are beauties. John D. Reeser's Big Store, Bank block -■ £. \r r- I r E <* / 1 . . I" . Cultivate-the Habit of buying reputable good from a reputabe concern We are agents for W. L. DOUGLASS SHOES fro- A GOOD ASSORTMENT £ \ \®\ of CMILDRENS' and \%\ LADIES' Heavy Shoe jfj 112 at correct Clothing Made .to Order All have the right appearance and guaranteed, otsd in both material and workmanship andjprice mte. We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand, it.in not cheap, but good. Is correctly made. Ask your dealer for it or write us for prices. NORDMONT SUPPLY Co. General Merchants, mill 3 UPA.. maris of the world. With the popu lism of that day rapidly degenerating Into Socialism, and Socialism reachina down even into the mire of anarchy could reform from such elements bs remedial, or would it be destructive?" After expressing grave doubts that the election of either Emery or the so called Emery nominees for the legis lature wouid be to the interests of the people, Coienel McClure said: "Mayor Stuart, if elected Governor, will carry with him a legislature equal ly sincere in the purpose to correct ev pry public wrong that now oppresses the people, and It would be done by remedial legislation without disturbing in any tSegree the tranquility of out nrsat Industrial and business interests "There would not be a trace of dis turbing violence in giving our great commonwealth every reform that her honest people demand. "It would be done by the party that has made Pennsylvania the grandest and most advanced of all the states of the Union; that has paid, in principal and interest eighty-seven millions of state debt that survived Democratic power in the state; that has construct ed every state asylum, home, hospital and reformatory now to be found in every section of the state to temper the sorrows of the unfortunate; that has spent many millions to feed, clothe and educate the orphans of our sol diers who fell in defense of the Union; t'.at has given us the most beneficent school system of any state or coun try of the world, and that has built the finest capitol on the continent, with many millions of surplus In the treas ury. "With the exception of the expendi ture of a few thousand dollars on the State Asylum at Harrisburg, every state asylum, home, hospital and refor matory Is the harvest of Republican rule. "Surely, the party that has reared this matchless monument of state ad vancement can be best trusted to cor rect abuses of political authority. "I believe that Pennsylvania should have the grandest capitol on the con tinent It is the one building that be longs to all her people, where rich and poor, high or low, can enter with the knowledge of equal proprietorship, and it should record In the highest advance ment of American art on every hall and in every part of the great struct ure the grandeur of our advancement. It will be the pride of every man. wo man and child of the commonwealth, and the grandest patrimony of our children and our children's children; but if the slimy band of the grafter has fastened upon it.the whole people of the state will demand that there be swift and just punishment, and the restitution of every dollar that has been stolen from the treasury. Sent Bardsley to Jail. "I know Mayor Stuart w/»H. I have seen him tried as Mayor of Philadel phia when a leader of leaders of his party had violated his trust; and, al though profoundly personally sympa thizing with one who had been his friend and aided in his political ad vancement, all personal sentiment and political interest were subordinated to his imperious duty, and the fallen em bezzler went to the felon's cell. "When Edwin S. Stuart says to you, as he has said to the people in every* section of the state, that he will fear lessly and exhaustively investigate the capitol frauds and ,V;nish the guilty, high or low, friend or foe. you can be absolutely assured that he will per form that duty with scrupulous fidel ity. "Our state Is now out of debt. Most of the needed asylums, homes, hospitals and reformatories have been erected; our duty to the orphans of the soldiers has been chiefly performed, and the state now appropriates nearly six mil lions to education, while returning to the counties a large proportions of the state tax upon personal property; but the farmß and the homes, which are less productive than the corporate and combined business interests which reach into every community, are heav ily taxed, and the time has come when, during the next state administration, the farms and homes of Delaware coun ty and of the whole state should be entirely relieved from taxation for the support of schools, and gradually re lieved from taxation for the support of our chief highways. "The policy of increasing our appro priations to schoolß has been long ac cepted by the party In power, and the last legislature Inaugurated the policy of Improving our needs under the di rection and at the cost of the state. To accomplish these reforms, It Is safest to entrust honest Republicans to con tinue the completion of the great fab ric of progress they have so largely reared, and for these reasons I shall vote for Mayor Stuart for Governor, and for his associates on the Republi can state ticket." Weil-Known Methodist Clergyman At •ailed When He Started to Expose Emery and Black and Other Demo crats. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, who has come to be known as the "Fighting Parson," has hit back at the Philadelphia Com bine of newspapers which has been assailing him for his fearless and scath ing criticisms of Lewis fimsry, Jr., nominee for Governor on the Demo cratic ticket; Jere Blaok, his Bry anile running mate for Lieutenant Gover nor, and others in the fusion deal. Dr. Swallow has been a consistent and ardent champion of Homer L.. Cas tle. the Prohibition nominee for Gov ernor, and has been one of his most valiant supporters. 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This combine originally started with what are know as the Wanamaker newspapers, composed of Wanamaker' North American, the Philadelphia Rec ord, which is dominated by the Wana maker interests, and the Evening Tele graph, which is owned by Wanama ker's son-in-law. To these have been added the Press, of which former Post master General Charles Emory Smith is editor, and the Ledger, which is run by George W. Ochs, a Southern Demo crat, and which is part of a string of Democratic newspapers, of which the Democratic New York Times is the leading factor. Wanamaker Papers; Emery Millions. It was when a combination was made between the Wanamaker newspapers and the Emery millions to elect a state ticket in Pennsylvania this year that all the newspapers In the Philadelphia combine joined in a campaign to de feat the Republican party in Pennsyl vania. No man or no interest that has an tagonized this Journalistic outfit has been safe from attack from the editor ial battles of this tyrannical political hand. Homer 1,. Castle, because he refused to submit to an indorsement of Emery for Governor by the Prohibition con vention.and finally entered upon a campaign for Governor himself, has been attacked and grossly misrepre sented in these newspapers. Dr. Swal low, In praising Castle and in unmask ing Emery, Black et al., incurred the hostility and venemous hatred of this same newspaper combine. Following a sensational disclosure by him of the record of Jere Black, a ram pant Hryan Democrat, tlie Philadelphia Press, which by many lias been looked upon as a Republican paper, with for mer Postmnster General Smith as its editor, assailed Dr. Swallow, and made him a victim of a scandalous onslaught of a most personal character. Dr. Swallow is not a candidate for any office, and his friends declare that there was no good reason why he should be singled out by Editor Smith for the vicious' and personal attack made upon hint. If .lore Black were a Republican. Editor Smith might be ac cused of partisan zeal. Dr. Swallow has made national repu tation as a fighter, and he was quick to resent this onslaught from the news paper combine. He went to Philadelphia without de lay and swore out a warrant for the ar rest of Charlas Emory Smith, charging criminal libel, and directed his attor ney ex-Judce Maxwell Stevenson, to aiso enter two civil suits for »ioo,noo damages each, one against Charles Em ory Smith individually, and the other against the Press Publishing Company. Since the publication of the article^. it Is stated tHat hundreds of clergymen from all parts of Pennsylvania have de nounced the author of the attacks upon Dr. Swallow. Great sympathy has bsen expressed for him on all sides, and it is pointed out Hint he is but one of many victims of the political newspaper combine in Philadelphia which is daily misrepre senting those who refuse to how to its dictatorial policy. The Swallow Affidavit. The affidavit on which the criminal charge is based sets forth that l)r. Swallow "is a minister of the gospel in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in good and regular standing, and that one Charles Emory Smith, being then vnd there vice president and editor-in chief of a certain newspaper published in the city and county of Philadelphia, known as the Press, wickedly, malic iously and unlawfully contriving and intending to injure, villify and preju dice the deponent, Silas C. Swallow, and to bring him Into public scandal, infamy and disgrace, and to deprive him of his good name, fame, credit and reputation, and to otherwise injure and aggrieve him, 011 the 18th day of Oc tober, 190fi, at the county of Philadel phia, aforesaid, wickedly, maliciously and unlawfully did publish or cause to be published in the said newspaper, published in the city and county of Philadelphia, aforesaid, tc wit, *"h« Press, tha following false, scnndalous, malicious and defamatory article of and concerning the deponent." Attacks On Swallow. Then is set forth in full the long at tack on Dr. Swallow, in which it was) juado to appear that he had been un frocked. One of the oilier articles i-) headed. "Dr Silas C. Swallow as He Really Is, Exposed by Light of Pub licity." The affidavit sets forth that, besides "intending to charge this deponent with Ihe offense of lying and hypocrisy, with being 'defrocked' and being an eccle siastical ticket-of-lcave man, and .barging him with various other of. fenses, set forth in the said publica tion. and the said deponent, Silas C. Swallow, doth further depose and say that on the same day, to wit, Octobej IS, 19flfi, the said Charles Emory Smith did write and publish and cause to h« written and published in and for th« Press, as aforesaid, of and concerning this deponent. Silas C. Swallow, tha following false, scandalous, malicious and defamatory words, to wit." Then is given a copy of the editorial. These offenses the Prohibiliontst claims constitute a willful and malicious libel. The affidavits in the civil suits ar« based on the same charge, but are much more lengthy in their various aver ments. Dr. Swallow's suits following so closely upon the arrest of Senator Em ery on a charge of criminal libel, de moralized the fusion forces for a time.
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