vEPUSLICAN NEWS ITEM. CaABLES L WING, Editor. Published Every Thursday Afternoon fly The Sullivan Publishing Co At tho County Scat of Sullivan County, LAPOHTE, PA. W c. MASON, Prcsiden. THUS. J. INGHAM, Sec'y & Treas. tillered at the Pout Office at Laporte, as second-class mail matter. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. .Judge of the Superior Court \\\ l>. POUTER, of Allegheney. Electors at Large. MoIIRIS L. CLOI'H I ER, Philadelphia l'i. !•'. JONES, Pittsburg. For Congress 17th District, K. W. SAMUELS REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. County 'Treasurer. W. \. G UMBLE. Member oi Assembly, L. P>. ZAXER. County Commissioners, F. W. PEALE and W. 11. ROGERS, County Auditors, (1. E. WILCOX. HARRY DOTS FORI). BRYAN US PROPHET FAILS TO QUALIFY Disasters He Foretold Never Come to Pass. OPPOSITE IS ALWAYS TRUE. Gold Standard Does Not Slay, Nor Dsas It Write Future In Blocd. As a prophet William Jennings Bry nii has never been a success. The ca lamities which he has foretold would have brought unlimited disaster to the country if they had ever been realized. Put they never came to pass. The har rowing pictures which he painted were merely figments of his imagination, based on absolutely no foundation whatever. it Is well to have Americans remem ber that prophecies uttered by the ora tor of the Platte must be discounted fully 100 per ceut, for all signs indi cate that he feels the fates once more and is about to begin prophesying uguln. A male Cassandra, Mr. Bryan might by this time have learned that the forecast of evil will never be be li. ved by those who have found that in the past his vaticinations have been but empty air "Driving Country to Ruin." For instance, when Mr. Bryan was a member of the house of representa tives in 1.502 he was absolutely certain liiat protection was driving tho coun try headlong to rack and ruin, and in Ills speech delivered March 10 of that year he drew the following agouizing pictures: "Protection has been our cannibal tree, and as one after another of our farmers has been driven by the force of circumstances upon that tree and has been crushed within Its folds his companions have stood around and shouted,' Great is protection!' * * * Thus in every state, so far as these statis tic? have been collected, the proportion of home ownlug farmers is decreasing and that of tenant farmers increasing. This means but one thing. It means a land of landlords and tenants, and, backed by the history of every nation that has gone down, 1 say to you that no people can continue a free people under a free government when the great majority of its citizens are ten ants of a small minority. Your sys t n (protective tariff! has driven the la Fin owner from his laud and sub stituted the farm tenant." How far this picture portrays the America of today or the America of any year since he made that speech any American can answer. Even iu Mr. Bryan's own state lie can find an answer right at his doors, for the farm lands of Nebraska have doubled iu i value. "'Murderous Gold Standard." But during the four years succeeding that speech Mr. Bryan's agitatlou gre*v lio k.;s nor did the demon which lu had raised in his own imagination hide v.ith diminished head, for lu 1806 he again saw destitution threatening the country. Ho had a remedy for it. a panacea, a fetish which he held up for worship—free silver. Here are some of tliis things Mr. Bryan said woull happen if the gold standard were con tinued: "1 reply that if protection has slaiu its thousands the gold standard has) slain Its tens „r thousands." From j Speech at T'eaioerauc National Con vention Jui.v, 181; 0. "iJo noi 1"! tin. lU'jmbllcnus beguile yuii about :!ie futur.-. 'lite future h written In I.loud CM: !. ,1 o: t of you in gold."—Pi.;::, at K: ie. Pa., All" gust, 180 U. "Ah, f'.'ien . e ; :,e v .;L. • r.;a son \\ hy i-eopje have r Inro the cities and lei't the I anus. Ii i.-i beea-l t your legislation has Pec:i ejiushr: tin foreclosure of mortgage* upon t!v farms. * * * Mark my words: If ihe gold standard goes on aud people < ifinue j to complain the gold stati h.rd advo cates instead of trying to improve t!a- j condition of the people will be rerom | mending that you close your schools su 1 that the people will not realize how j much they are suffering." From I Speech at Monmouth, 111., October,! 1890. Hut whom has the gold standard ! slain? What future did it write iu ! blood? What district schools did !t close? Again the condition of the country mak.es a calm reply confuting [the. lwimjwipjied orator. | i ampaigning again" in liKiu Mr. Hr.v --' au decided tliut imperialism was an other danger to the country. If tt were continued the Fourth of July would bo forgotten by all Americans and the "spirit of f 7G" would become u thing of the past. Speaking at I.lncolu Mr. Bryan said: Sea* Death of Patriotism. "The light this year will be to carry out the sentiment of that song we have so often repented, 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee.' If we lose, our children and out children's children will not succeed to the spirit of that song, and celebrations of the Fourth of July will puss away, for the spirit of the empire will be upon us." Is there any spot in these United States where the spirit of .1770 is dead and forgotten aud the Fourth of July a meaningless date on the calendar? One of the most ridiculous of these prophecies was contained in a speech Mr. Bryan made in support of Judge Parker during the campaign of 1904. when he attacked President Roosevelt bitterly. This prophecy had It that military despotism was sure to follow the decrease in the size of the standing army. In this speech Mr. Bryan also emphasised the fact that he was then and always would be a firm believer lu the principle of free silver. He sum med up his position on this ijuestiou in the following sentence: "I believe today In the principles set forth at Chicago and Kansas City r\ 1 ; A GOOD ASSORTMENT i K 7 til VA of CHILDREN'S' and ' P \«\x LADIES' Heavy Shoe Jf Fine Goods at correct | Clothing Made to Order t All have the right appearance and guaranteed otsd ; in both material and workmanship and price mte. • | We also manufacture Feed, the Flag Brand. It is not cheap, but. i j good. Js correctly made. Ask your dealer for it. or write us for prices, j NORDMONT SUPPLY Co. General Merchants, nsroßiDnynoisra?. IP.A.. i I ——— U > 99 m The Best place to buy goods Is olten asked by the pru pent housewife. | Money saving advantages I ;ire always being searched for Lose no time in making a j thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise : Now on !?????? ? ? ? J STEP IN AND ASK ! ABOUT THEM. IAJ4 answered at : Vernon Hull's; Large Store. Miierova* Notice of Application of Char-; ter. Notice is hereby given that an appli- > cation will be made to the Court of Com- i 111011 Pleas ol Sullivan County, on the 2.'fil day of September. A. !>.. 1908, at 101 o'clock a. in., under the provisions ol an Act of Assembly, approved April 6, IS 1 .);!, and its supplements, (or a < 'barter for an intended corporation to lie called "Loyal Alpha ', the character and object ol which are the formation of a secret Ira ternal beneficial society, order or associa tion; to provide relief bv insurance, upon the mutual or assessment plan of mem-{ hers or beneficiaries in case of sickness, disability or death, in compliance with | its constitution, laws and regulations, ami for these purposes io have, posses- and enjoy, all the rights, benefits and privi- ' leges conferred l>v the said Aci of lMl.'j! and the supplements thereto. The principal place where the business of said corporation is to be transacted, within the Commonwealth oi Pennsyl vania. is the Borough oi Laporte, County of Sullivan and State ol Pennsylvania. The application tor said Charter is now on file at the office of the Prothouotarv, ; e(c. of Sullivan County. Jt >ITN G. SCoT'TKN, Dushore. Pa., j Solicitor lor Plaintiff, ' HEGISTEH'B NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the follow 1 itig accounts have been filed in my office: j First and final account of Charles.V. 1 Diefienbach, Executor ol the last will and testament of I.oretta C. Diefienbach, ! late ol Dushore Borough, deceased. First and final account of Albert F. Ileess. K.xecutor of the last will and tes- i ttmorit o. Ellen Met'artv, late of Elkland | Township, deceased. Second and partial account of Margaret Connor. Administratrix of the the estate j of John Connor,late of Dushore Borough, ! deceased. Also the following Widow's Apprais ineuts: In the estate of William Rine, late of I Shrewsbury Twp„ deed. Inventory and i appraismeut of personal property set 1 apart to widow. And the same will be presented to the j Orphan's t'ourt of Sullivan County on Monday, Sept. 21, 190,5, at 3 o'clock ! p. in., for confirmation, ALBERT F. H HESS, liegister. ' Register's office,Laporte, Pa.. 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