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MIDDLEBTJRGH, SNYDER CO., PA. THURSDAY, AUG. 5. 189T
jitor and Proprietor.
VOL 34. NO. 30.
LEI
IT OS THE 8EBVAHT IIP THE PEOPLE
T TOE SLAVE IF CORRUPT P0LITI0
ANS. BEAD IT
4
Sof LOCAL INTEREST
Vmiddoem it favor
OQlll OWm n m imut it vuvov iwfiun ,iw
Midi would nollrr us by pwlal or by
ADOUceaittU offloo.
W is the Dame of a new Post
io Union county.
Viel Millbouse is Tisitine hia son
Vughter at Readme, Pa.
L Fetterolf of Troxelville was a
leburgh visitor Sunday.
v Walter Jr., of Paxtonville on
Hay was in Middleburgh.
Burns Family re-union will be
t Clemen's Park, Aug. 12 tb.
V Minerva Stetler is spending
V it Shannon's at Adamsburg.
Gilbert of New Berlin was a
Vt caller at this office on Satur-
C
and Ira C. Sohoch of Selins
m Sunday were Middleburgh
V, Meiser is still buying calves
ipment. Highest cash prices
d for them. tf.
J. 0. Herman and wife on
were the guests of Hon. C.
man and family.
wood waktid. Fifty cords of
ird wood is wanted by F. F.
ddleburgh, Pa.
,8 to So., Clark's spool
4e. All kinds o! bargains at
aurer's, New Berlin.
J. F. Stetler and son, Leroy
Vughter Lillian, on Sunday
is guests of relatives at Krati
Catherine Englebert of Ly-
making her annual visit to
rmer school friends, the
Wittenmyer.
Lt is 20 cents higher then at
pe last year, 9 cents higher
this time in 1895. and 23 cents
then it was three years ago.
Irago the Republicau party
id the country an honest
Jnd a protective tariff. The
I i i a I, ,
ims oeen Kepi promptly ana
B. McWilliams and son
ie gone to MoVey town. The
I : 1 1 v ,1 i i
(uu wiu do compeu eu to
a Medical examination and
in operation.
Lytle received a big appro
'or expenses in the '95 session
Legislature, another fellow
Vise and was made Senator.
Vder county follow suit.
p-ThoBe who owe us for
or 10 August 1st, 1897, or
be collected according to
Meiser & Moyeb
roa salb Near Zion's church
pom Middleburg in Franklin
containing 100 acres, has
p. good house. Fruit and
abundance on the premises.
hilly and lays on the sun
Huire of Israel Shemorry,
prgh, Pa. 7-22-4t.
ooth, easy shave, genteel
or other tonsorial work, is
warned at Soles' Barber
Wittenmyer's Building, op-
at omce. Go to Soles and
pake no mistake, Shaving
f cream, hair oil and egg
lor sale. A. E. Soles.
l University J. Howard
president i College, with
pes or study leading to de-
ademy, a oreoaratorv
dit?H' Institute, a refined
khool; Music School for
i and Art Studio. For
address the Registrar, W.
ger, Lewisburg, Pa.
M. Mahon had the
KDductinga Georgia de
the White House on
last week. They brought
a master watar malon
feet and 5 inches in cir-
It A a decorated with
n flag.lPresieent McKin-
ue gt and replied in a
ner.
MLMira,
ADDITIONAL
LIGHT
WANTED
Additional Researches
Reveal Our Repre
sentative's True Position.
The Governor's veto axe fell on
Herman's Expense bill of $304 last
Thursday. The Governor slaughter
ed the bills right and left. Friday's
Phila. Press says :--
Two bills of Sergeaot-aU Arms Wyalt, of tbe
House, In tbe Saunders-Roberts and Sblffer-Leb
contested election coses for mileage at JO cents
a mile, amounting to toot), are vetoed because
tbey are excessive and unwarranted.
Toe members of tbe House Elections Commit
tee were also given tbo icy band" when (be
Governor came to consider tbe bill of expenses
In the Saunders-Roberts contest, election case.
He vetoed tbe following Items, all for extra car
fare, carriage, etc. :
P. M. Lytle. MM ; Cbarles W. Herman. 1304 ;
J. 8. Wilson, MM ; Clarence T. Baldwin, S2M;
George Steir, Jr..t90; O. H. Kerr. ItM; Heth
Orme. IMS ; D. M. Pry. $41; J. O. French. 1114.
Tbe Governor's remarks are :
"Having made Inquiry of all the member of
the committee as to the character of tbe cbargta
I received replies from all, or nearly all of them,
and learned tbat almost tbe entire amount ap
proprlared In each Instance was tor mileage
charged by them as members oi tbe committee.
One member, under date of July f (. 1891 In re
ply to my Inquiry says, among other things :
I desire to say that the item li based on a
claim of mileage at twenty cents per mile for
eight trips from Harrisburg to Philadelphia."
"Another member of the committee writes on
the same date i "I beg to say tbat tbe amount
includes Items for extra mileage, livery hire,
hoarding, extra postage, telegrams, etc.' An
other member, in reply to my Inquiry,
says: a,I never presented any bill to tbe com.
mlttae, suppsse they mad the Item la my fa
vor on the basis of mileage, which some com
mittees have been In tbe custom of receiving
from the State.'
"For these reasons, and tor additional rea
sons, tbe Items are disapproved, but In with
holding my approval 1 deem It only fair to say
that tbe appropriation made to the different
members of this committee was made upon
what I believe to have been the honest assump
tion that tbey wre legally entitled to mileage."
The appropriation to Sergent-at-Arms Wyatt,
of tbe House to pay tbe expenses Incurred by
tlie Senate and Uouso at the Inauguration of
President McKlnley Is vetoed for tbe reasons
tbat led to the veto of the appropriation to pay
the expenses to the Washington and Grant
monument d-xHcatloos. hlthertofore published.
From this it appears tbat Her
man's bill was made up of mileage
at 20 cents a mile. Such a bill is il
legal. Read what Article II, Sec
tion 8 of the constitution says. It
is as follows : "The members of the
General Assembly shall receive such
salary and mileage for regular and
special sessions sb shall be fixed by
law and no other compensation
whatever whether for service upon
committee or otherwise. No mem
ber of either House shall during the
term for which he may have been
elected receive any increase in sal
ary or mileage under aDy law passed
during such term."
When tbe bills for ''car fare, car
riage hire, telegrams, etc." was un
der discussion on June 26th we find
on page 3162 Legislative Record
that Mr. Hesbit declared that tbe
bills were fictitious. Mr. J. C. Will-
son who had a bill for personal ex
pense withdrew his bill for the rea
son that the law did not allow him
to charge for that. Charles J. Ped
ler withdrew bis bill of $43.20 and
Joseph Alexander withdrew bis bill
of $43.20. In the face of these with
drawals and the constitution he iB
worn to uphold, Herman voted for
an appropriation for "car fare, car
riage hire, etc." for $1046.40 "car
fare, oarriage hire, telegrams, etc."
for the use ot the members of the
Elections' committee in the Shiffer
Leh contest. It was a case of "you
vote for my bill and I'll vote for
yours."
Uls BUI railed the rirst Time.
On June 25 (page 3110) Legisla
tive Record the expense bill of Rep
resentative Herman and fellow
members failed to pass. Herman's
vote is recorded in favor of the cp
propriation. This defeat evidently
disconcerted our member as he is
recorded ,
"Absent ! Net Yetlaa;"
on the bill (1.) for 2 additional clerks
to make roll of Penna. Volunteers.
(2) The appriation for the Pennsyl
vania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at
Erie. (3) Dedication of Soldiers'
monuments at Chatanooga, Ten a.
(4) State Hospital for Injured Prisons
at Ashland. (5) Pennsylvania Nau
tical Bchoolship. (6) Penn Asylum
for Indegebt widows and Single
Women. (7) Board of Game Com
missioners. That he should be present when
his own bill was in the balance ami
go out when the Soldiers' and Sail
ors' Home at Erie was to be cared
for is not altogether consistent. The
next day when ' Herman's bill for
$304 came up aguiu our representa
tive was present and on page 3165
is his vote FOR thn appropriation.
This time the bill was carried with
only 106 votes. The bill had 06 votes
the day before.
Attorney Fm,
Herman voted for Attorneys' fees
$1000, to be divided botween two at
torney for services in the Saunders
Roberts coutest. He also voted for
$500 for attorney's fees in the Shif
fer-Feh contest. Mr. Bare said that
the brightest lawyers in the house
would do all the work needed for
$25 to $50 each. Besides he said
that the committee had no right to
employ counsel ; it is the duty of the
contestants to do this. Both con
testants get a salary the 'same as
any other member. This is why it
pays to oontest.
Mare Explanation.
In addition to the four things we
asked last week to have explained
for the benefit of the tax-papers of
Snyder county, the people now
want to know (5) how Representa
tive Herman can present and vote
for a bill of $304 for mileage when
it is a violation of the constitution
as quoted above.
(6) Why he voted for the bills
($1046.40) in the Shiffer-Leh contest
when the members themselves
admit they had no expense. (7) His
"Absent and not voting" record on
so many appropriation bills for
charity, yet could be present and
vote for his own. (8) His reason for
voting for such euortnous attorney
fees in cases where the state is not
liable.
Those Expense Sills.
Governor Hastings says that one
member of the Elections reports
that his "bill is made up of 8 trips
between Harrisburg and Phila. at 20
cents a mile." Well the distance one
way is 105 miles or a round
trip would be equivalent to 210
miles. Eight trips would make IC80
miles and at 20 cents a mile equals
$33. Setbe Orme of Schuylkill has
a bill for $316 ; we presume he is tbe
man. Riding on a pass, this would
give him a clear profit of $336 for 8
trips to Phila. Seven trips would
make $294. Four members have
bills of $294. Herman's bill was
$304 just $10 more. In the ab
sence of an itemized statement from
him we presume his bill is made up
7 trip from Harrisburg to Phila.,
$294 and $10 for carriage hire, etc.
If the bill had been paid it would
make a profit of about 300.
Ambrose Aurand of the lAdams
burg Ilearld was in town on Sunday.
Misses Fetzar, Jennie Miller, Alary
and Anne Alleinan were Middleburgh
visitors on Sunday.
Fancy White Dress goods at 5 to
18 cents, reduced from 8 to 25c. at
Maurer's, New Berlin.
As yet we have no persons who
have the gold fever so severely as to
be ready to start for the Yuoon.
Frank E. Sheary of Mffilinburg is
running the barber shop for A. E.
Soles at campmeeting this year.
.Serenus Bowersox and wife of
Benfer township on Sunday were the
guests of I. H. Bowersox and family.
Miss Jennie TJlrich of Selinsgrore
has for several davs been the suest
of Miss Naomi Sohoch of this place.
H. I. Romig and Mr. Warner of
Adamsburgh were visitors to the
Lutheran T. P. S. O. E. Sunday
evening.
Mrs. W. A. Lutz of ShiDoenaburo1
nee Carrie Baohman, and her two
step children are visiting parents
and friends.
EERIJAN'S REPLY.
He Fails to Itemize His
Bills of Expense and Trios
to Justify His Course by
Showing tbe Motive that
be Thinks Prompted the
Exposition of His Bad
ltecord.
Middleburoh, Pa., Aug. 2, '97.
To the Editor of the Post :
It must be very gratifying tc the
people of Snyder county to learn
that a new Champion of their rights
aud liberties has suddenly risen up
among them.
Ever since the time of the Roman
and Grecian forum lights of more or
less magnitude have burled their
malice and venom again gt those who
may have honestly differed from
them in matters of community, state
or national, and it is not surprising
to find among us a censor who with
one mighty sweep of the pen hopes
to forever oast a stain upon what
ever was commendable in the public
life of a fellow citizen.
You, Mr. Editor, are the censor.
You invite me to a defense and I ac
cept the ojballenge.
Your magnanimous offer to give
me your columns through which I
hope to reach the people who have
honored me with their suffrages and
whose confidence, I believe, I have
always bad, I muBt cheerfully ac
cept. No roan realizes more fully than
I do the force of the common saying
tbat publio office is a publio trust.
Every man in whom is vested repre
sentative power ta responsible to
those who confer suoh power and I
have never avoided criticisms of any
publio acts of my life. I invite such
criticism now but I waul it without
malioe or appearance of vengeance.
You devoted considerable space, to
what you call my record, in tbe last
issue of your paper, and I can't help
but feel that you have horored me
much beyond my deserts. In the
three columns that you devote tome
directly and by inference you labor
most heroically to tell the people
that I betrayed their sacred trusts.
You are very charitable in your de
clarations that my great sins were
all committed during the session of
the legislature just closed. You ad
mit that the first term I most zeal
ously guarded the interests of the
people of the county but that the
old satanic spirit had at least seized
me and that my course during the
last term deserved nothing but the
severest condemnation.
You charge me with four great
crimes which you think I should ex
plain to the people, because you say
that the taxpayers have a right to
know what reasons a man has for
betraying them. You are very much
exorcised over the fact that I was a
member of the Elections Committee
and that in the bill providing for the
expenses of the members of tbe com
mittee in conducting the Roberts
Saunders contest au item of $304
was appropriated to me. The amount
in itself does not staggor vou so
much as the items that are to make
up the amount. You don't appear
to know what is meant bv extra car
fare, boarding, liveryhire, postage,
telegrams, et cetera. The first terms
are easy enough and your Latin will
help you out in the et cetera.
You say that the Governor came
very near home and demanded an
itemized statement from me. If
vou will accept the reply I sent to
Mr. Beitler, the governor's private
secretary, who asked for information
I think I will have made sufficient
explanation. My letter to Mr. Beit
ler was as follows :
Middleboroh, Pa., July 20, '97.
Hon. Lewis Beitler,
Dear Sir:
In reply to yours of rtcont date in
relation to the item specifically ap
propriated to me in House Bill,
No. . I beg to say that the amount
includes itemB for extra carfare,
boarding, livery hire, streetcar fare,
postage and telegrams (used as sec
retary of tbe committee). The bill
is based on precedent established at
session of '95 and all previous legis
latures. If the items are not au
thorized by law I am willing to be
held up as an example so that the
present as well as the future protec
tion of the state may be secured.
Very truly,
Chas. W. Herman.
I am glad that the governor is fair
enough to say "It has been the prac
tice for many years to allow mileage
etc. to members of committees of
tbe General Assembly, and, in with
holding my approval from these
items, I deem it proper to stale
that no reflection upon the charact
er of the members can be fairly im
plied because of these appropria
tions.'.' . I have no right to question
tht Governors motives, but I can't
quite understand that he did not
know two years ago that such ex
pennes were unauthorized by luw
In the P. L. of 1895 pages 608 and 609
you will find a bill that appropriates
$10,982 to pay the expenses of mem
bers of the elections committee of
the session of '93. Gov. Pattison
vetoed the bill in '93 aud Gov. Has
tings approved the bill in '95.
Among the items I find $561 ap
propriated to P. M. Lytle for extra
carfare, sleeping berths, telegrams,
etc. Huntingdon connty returned
Mr. Lytle to the last legislature, not
withstanding. J. J. Covle of Scbuyl
kill Co. had a bill of $300. Coyle is
now the Senator from that district.
E. W. Tool was credited with a bill
Of $2fil for t lm noma itoma fc7l!ll ...w.
allowed for the secretary of thecoui-
The committee of the last House
which you charge with extravagance
uuu uo superaie dius ior services of
a socretary, doorkeepers, etc.
I here publicly assert that there
has been no contest for many years
that didn't cost the state from $5000
to $8000 more than the cases that
were bufora t li onmmiHui nf tl,n
last House your charge of extrava
gance to tue contrary notwithstand
ing. I leave this part of your cen
sorious articla rthI r.alra nn tlm
ond charge which you call the Mc-
vuu iunerai iu.
Funerals are grave matters and I
had hoiMtd Vnil millil tin,! liva ol.
joots in which you could ventilate
your spieen. i can see of course
that funerals lead to executor's no
tices, sale bills and other fees that
come to printers in the settlement of
dead men's estates and in so far as
those things are concerned I can see
why you want an explanation.
The nartinnlnr fnnaral in ul,li
you are most interested is the Cook
funeral although the bills for the ex
penses incurred in the burial of ex
representative Phillips of Schuylkill
county anu uaBBin oi i'nila. would
have aarved thn mi nma nt atiAwino
how the people's money would be
iwut, uui, a realize mat you
eoulfi'nfc ajwnmnliali vnn, nni-nnni
except to call tor auother itemized
statement of expenditures. You
certainly must be jesting when you
attempt to make the people of the
COIintV llMllATA fhnf T Dnt r am s
get $100 of the $671.80 appropriated
to pay ior me expenses oi said fun
eral. It seems to me that any one
whrt can mail in nut mlmit tlmt vmt
are either jesting or willfully at
tempting to ueceive tue people wuen
you say that the expense bill of each
mninhur wan mnm th.n 4IIW1 Whan
you furnish information to the pub
lie, common uocency should admon
ish you to be at least reasonably fair.
I suppose I will be liable to your
ceusure if I say to you and the peo
ple of the county that I do not know
anything about the Cook Funeral
Bill except that the Chairman, Mr.
Long of York county, pretteuted the
bill to Mr. Marshall, chairman of the
General Appropriation Committee,
for insertion iu the General App.
Bill
The bill includes an item, I think,
for flowerH, coffiin, bourding, sar-geant-at-arm's
fees and carriage-hire.
To the lant item you will not likely
object when I say that thut was tho
only way we could go from Mercers
burg to Fulton oounty. As to the
amount of each particular item, I
know absolutely nothing. Mr. Long
I think can furnish you the informa
tion and if you really feel that the
people demand the itemized bill it is
your business as a watch dog of
their treaxury to obtain the infor
mation. The Governor, I bolieve,
has approved the bill and if the ex
penses are not strictly authorized by
law your recourse is to write up the
governor. In '95 au item of $1405
was allowed in the Gen. App. Bill to
Eay the funeral expenses of Mr.
lemon, who died during the Benson.
I was'nt a member of the committee
but it might be interesting to have
the itemized statement from the
members who composed the coni
mitte. Hon. W. F. Stewart, the
father of the House, was chairman
of the committee, who will no doubt
be willing to answer anv Questions
you may have to ask him.
(3rd.) Now surely you can't be in
earnest when you want to make the
people of Snyder county believe that
I voted their birthright away when I
voted for what you are so kind as to
call the "infamous Becker Bill".
The Becker Bill, well, pray, what
has that to do with the interests of
the people of this coonty T Do you
really believe that the people care T
Why 7011 did'nt even tell them what
the oiU provided for and I can't see
how you can make it appear infa
mous unless you show us just where
you Bee the infamy. I must be very
much mistaken if the people in the
county care anything about whether
the Mayor of Phila, has "absolute
power in making appointments or
whether his power is re-tricted by
councils. You know something of
course about the functions of the
TJ. s. senate as well as the senate of
Penna iu reference to appointment
made by the President of the U. S
or the Governor of the State.
Under the fundamental law, as
you should know if you don't, nom
inations made by the Pres. and Gov.
must be confirmed by the Senate.
Can you see any great crime iu ap
plying the same principle to the
Mayor s appointments in the great
of,VuLi,la T, ,The rml majority
1 x , ..,ltt- 'ell'Kutiou was iu favor
of the bill and i saw no particular
crime iu voting for it. lou kuew
something about the bill before it
had passed and if you are so much
interested why did'nt you give im
the benefit of your political judg
iniit and ask me to vote agaiust the
bill T
I have but little time left to touch
upon your fourth charge. You want
to know whv T vnf,l nn,,;n. i.
Uray s motion to go into the com-
nmiee 01 me wuole for tho purpose
of amending the Gon. App. Bill f
Mr. Coray is au excellant gentle
man and for whom I have a good
deal of respect but when he presum
ed to know more about the amounts
required to pay for the expenses of
the legislative aud senate branch of
the government I preferred to sup
port the amounts as furnished by
the Chief Clerk of the House and of
the Senate.
When Mr. Coray wanied to ap
propriate no more for the expenses
of the legislature than was appro
priated in '95 he forgot that the last
session was a month longer than the
'95 session and that in tbe item was
an amount of $5000 or more to cover
a deficiency. Mr. Coray may have
been correct when he said that tho
pay rolls were padded, but he had
uo means of knowing that $35,000
should be stricken off from the item.
The governor's explanation proves
ui.v position to have been nearer cor
rect than Mr. Corays.
If you are after itemized state
ments Mr. Coray may be able to give
you some information because I no
tice that in the session of '91 of
which he was a member, $291 was
allowed to him as a member of the
appropriation committee. We are
all quite human.
In vnur imlcrmanf T Ut. ff:i,l
1 - , r, -" " " w a tvi iviwu
the confidence of my best friends
because you measured me and ac
cording to your standard I am found
warning.
You have cnllml ma hnfnrn (Via ha
- . - - ---" " ' . V , uu,
of publio opinion to answer four dis
tistinct charges which you prefer
against me and for which you think
1 ueserye 10 oe condemned. I rest
II1V CRHH with ill A hnnoiit in,lmn
- UVUVDW UVftKUlvU-J
of a common sense, fairminded, and
intelligent constituency.
Refora I flnnllv lnnvo vnn Iiaiuav
er, I want to charge you with four
nine tnings tnat havo much to do
wuu your unmanly attack upon me.
1st. The motive that prompts you
to parade what you call my record is
due to the fact that Hon. Mahon
didn't appoint your father-in-law
postmaHter of Middleburg for which
you hold me in u great measure re
sponsible. 2nd. Your candidate threa' ul
to turn your paper on me if I re.
ed to endorse him aud now as .
UeallH to flVPIl t 111 lien nn vnil ira in
duced to assail me.
3rd. You are not infalliblo if
measured by anythiug near like the
moral or spiritual law. You should
say to the publio that you endeavor
ed to laud your father-in-law in the
post office by fair and unfair means,
because as a last resort did you not
purchase my eudorsewen for mm 1
4th. You might also state that
during the last United States Sena
torial fight you accepted $100 as a
price for rucning your pa w in the
interest of John Wonamar.
I dismiss you with the r ting ad-
vifa thnt. n atiuni cl.M, it., ..11
means be free from the & ,t sins
which ascribes to the object of his
criticism, all of which is most re
spectfully submitted.
Chas. W. Herman.
ANOTHER FATALITY.
Wilson JCnouse Fatally Injured
ihiturday Morning.
Wilson Knouse, of Northumber
land, a brakeman in DY yard, was
fatally injured while at work about
6 o'clock Saturday morning, death
resulting at about 10 minutes before
3 o'clock that afternoon. He was in
the act of getting on a moving car
when he fell, the wheels crushing
his left leg between the ankle and
knee and badly bruising and tearing
the right. He was taken to the Mary
M.!Packer hospital but he never ral
lied sufficiently to have an operation
performed. Mr. Knouse waa about
25 years of age, a fine apeoimen of
perfect manhood, and leayei a widow
and two small children.
ir