STATE ISSUES ARE BOLDLY NET State Treasurer Beacom Talks About His Office Bight Among the People, m EVERY DOLLAB AOOOUHTED FOR Democrat! Demoralized Over tkt Frank Action of Republican in Discae lag the State Imm. (Special Correspondence.) Harrlsburg. Oct. 24 The Democratic leaders and tbalr sympathizers hay been, am Hied and chagrined at the bold and defiant manner la which the Republican candidate and other orators la this campaign have met every at tack made upon the administration of the state treasury. The Democracy hare been banking upon the thought that with national issues properly to the front of the canvass, owing to the fact that Bryan and hii followers hare been assailing President McKlnley, that Republicans would confine their speeches solely to topics bearing upon the war. But there has not been a single utterance from a Democrat worthy of replying to that has not met a prompt and vigorous response from the Republican camp. A novel feature of the canvass Is the appearance on the stump of State Treasurer James S. Beacom, who meets the people face to face to discuss the condition of thn finances of the commonwealth with the taxpayers. In the platform adopted at the Re publican stiite convention It was de clared: We favor an economical admin istration of state affairs and de mand the prompt settlement and collection of all claims and taxes due by Individuals, companies and corporations. We also favor the prompt payment of school wnr rants drawn upon the treasurer, go that each district shall be paid as soon as the appropriation Is needed and demand be made for the payment thereof. We believe in reducing the ex penses of the judicial, executive and legislative branches of the state government to the minimum, so that the public expenditure shall not exceed the annual revenues. It Is a source of gratification to re call that our state has never lost a dollar by reason of the negli gence, default or dishonesty of any of Its accounting officers, and we especially commend the business like and efficient administration of the retiring state treasurer, James 8. Beacom. Upon these two planks of the plat form the Republicans of Pennsylva nia are making an aggressive canvass. Colonel Barnett. the nominee for state treasurer, stands pledged to carry out the policy therein outlined. BEACOM ON THE ISSUES. State Treasurer Beacom, In com menting upon the Important Issue of thn canvass, had this to say: "During this campaign statements have appeared In the Democratic and orehead newspapers that th Repub licans darn not go to the country this year on state issues; that we are afrld to discuss the management of the treasury department, and are endeav oring to throw dust in the eyee of the people by keeping up a hurrah oa na tional questions. So far as I am per anally concerned I think the very atraagest Issue of the Republican party In this campaign Is the management of the treasury department for the last SS years under successive state treas urers." Mr. Beacom then entered Into a minute explanation of how the money f the people Is managed by the treas ury department; how it Is collected, how it is eared for, and how It Is paid oat. He showed that every cent of money paid into the state treasury la traced to the hands of the treasurer, not only by the receipt of the treasurer, countersigned by the auditor general, hut also by the detailed annual report f the state treasurer, and by the books ef the auditor general It would be Impossible, he held, for a state treas urer to receive the smallest sum of money without the public knowing that be had so received It. Continuing, he said: "There Is some difference of opinion as to the best method of caring for public funds. A distinguished Pennaylvanian argued in a speech made In Philadelphia during the last campaign that the money should be kept in the vaults of the treasury department and paid out over Its own counters. I do not pose as a great financier, but I believe I express to you the conviction of the best finan ciers of the world when I say that this would be a most primitive and vicious system. "Just now, when business la nourish ing and new enterprises are springing up all around us, furnishing an un paralleled demand for money and la bor, the business world Is confronted with the fact that several hundred millions of dollars are absolutely with drawn from the channels of business and stored up In the vaults of the Uni ted States sub-treasury, whence It can only come for the purpose of paying claims against the government Now, suppose every state treasurer and ev ery county treasurer for if good for one it Is good for all should lock up the balances in their own valuta, what would bo the result? Such an argu ment, reduced to Its last analysis, means that every man ought to carry his money in his own pocket, and that the whole basking system is an evil that ought to be abolished, which la to reduce the argument to sack obvlons absurdity that nothing more need bo aid about It to an Intelligent audl- " According to mr hmnble view It M the right thing to keep all the money of the country In the channels of busi ness, which k the name thing- as saying that It ought to bo kept la the banks. In addition, it is an uadOBtaMe fact that she ssosey of the senate ofthin state "hs boos o went awJagssftni that the Ussarero save Mfwei shaft lately no loaf whatever, and U will be time enouaa to tail about a change Is the system when ft la fousd that the present system cannot be continued with safety to the people." TREASURER BEACOM'S POLICY. After entering into the financial con dltlona of the state and explaining the system of paying out the appropria tions to the public schools, ho con tined: "The policy of the treasury department since I have had charge of it has been to pay the appropriations where needed and when needed. As the public funds are upon Interest for the taxpayers at large while they re main In the state depositories. It has seemed to me to be good business to leave them there until they are need ed for the purposes for which they are appropriated. Of course, as soon as a school district actually needs Its ap propriation tt should be paid, and I j say that every school district In the state that has ever made known to 1 Ither the school department or the treasury department that U was In need of its appropriation has been promptly accommodated with either the whole amount due or aa much thereof as was necessary for Ita pur pose. This was the record made last year, and that Is the record this year ' up to the present time. ALL THE BOOKS AHE OPEN. "Now, having explained how your money Is collected, cared for and paid out, 1 will indulge in a few general re marks about the treasury department and Its critics. I notice that 'Farmer' Creasy is traveling about the state , telling the people how anxious he is i to get into the treasury department ' and take the lid off. He is making the i boldest assertions about official rot j lennesa and corruption and holding ! forth the iiloa that the people can be i only relieved from their thraldom by his election as state treasurer. This is ! the merest political twaddle. The rec ords of the treasury department ar public records. Every citizen of this commonwealth lias a right to com there and examine every book and paper In the department, and no man since I have been treasurer has been refused access to anything that is in the office. "If 'Farmer' Creasy Is as honest as he pretends to be why does he not come to the treasury department and 'lift the lid,' as he calls It, and tin 1 out what is wrong and tell the people m plain English what it is that is rot ton and corrupt? 'Farmer' Creasy's j statements about the treasury depart ment and its management show either lamentable Ignorance or a willful dis position to misstate facts, and in either case he is not the best man to be se lected for the office. EFFORT TO DECEIVE DISHONEST. "The whole effort to deceive the people into the belief that there Is something concealed about the treas ury department Is simply bold dis honesty. I have stood upon the plat form time after time since I have taken charge of the treasury depart ment and hAve asked the people before whom I was talking to come to the treasury department themselves if they were so disposed, or to appoint experts to examine everything in It and about It, and satisfy themselves as to whether there was anything there that would not bear public inspection. This whole talk about the treasury depart ment Is for political purpose solely and absolutely and Is a wrong to the peo ple of the commonwealth. "Creasy and his band of orators are going over the state telling the peo ple that If Creasy Is elected stats treasure! he will pay out $5,500,000 every year of the public schools, not withstanding the governor's veto. It la hard to believe absurdity could reach such a climax. How does he expect (o go over to the school department, take the superintendent by the neck and compel him to sign warrants? And If he gets the warrants signed there will be go to the auditor geaeral's de partment, and at the point of the bay onet compel the auditor general to countersign the warrants? "Orators on the stump are endeavor ing to create a belief that the public Sunds are loaned out from the state treasury. This Is not only not true, but It Is not possible that any such thing could be done without the public knowing It. A monthly statement la published by the state treasurer, giv ing out the amount of the balance In the department and namlag the banks In which the money Is deposited, and It would be almply Impossible for the money to be any place else without Immediate detection. NOT A DOLLAR LOST. "It should be a matter of pride for you to consider that for more than SO of 35 years the officials of your party have managed the treasury de partment without the loss of a single dollar to XLe taxpayers of the state, and that your party through ita repre sentatives has passed laws so hedging the state officials about ss to make It almost Impossible for the taxpayers to suffer Injury. "The worst that has been said of the treasury Is that jome banks which had the slate moneys on deposit some times lend their money to politicians. I would remind you that when the state treasurer places public funds in a bank they become the funds of the bank and are no longer public funds, no more than your private funds placed in a baak remain yours after they have been deposited. When you make a de posit in a baak you have no power to say what use it shall make of the money. The banker gets the money to lend and not to look at. He Is re quired to pay Interest on it and he must use it, and the state treasurer has no right to say to him what use ho shall make of it. "In this Republican year, when the glories of Republican legislation are sounding In the ham of induatry and business prosperity, there ess be so reason why a Republican ahould not vote the Republican ticket unless the candidates are clearly unfitted for the duties of the offices which they seek. I have known the candidate for state treasurer. Colonel James E. Bsrsett. for 20 years, and I have sever heard ha honesty and Integrity questioned by friefid or foe. If he Is honest and esssble, which seems to bo generally admitted, than yos ess depend upon it that ho asd aobody else wttl rus the POLITICIANS NEVER INTERFERED "I wast to say right hers asd sow that If yes have any faalt to find with the present management of the public funds you need not abuse the Republi can party or the politicians on that ac count. In fairness to all parties I am compelled to say that I have never been interfered with in any way. For i woaiever naa oeen or is oeing aone I am solely and entirely responsible and ought to bear personally whatever lust criticisms can be made. "I believe I can say that after May 1. 1900. Colonel Barnett will run the treasury department, and he alone, and not only our candidate for state treas urer, but every man on the Republi can ttaket will be elected by majorities only measured by the percentage of voters that will find time from these busy, prosperous. Republican days to go to the polls." ALL LINING UP. Republican Journalistic Corps Ar rayed Against Democracy. DISCUSSING THE ISSUES. Intelligent Consideration of Grave Questions That Concern the Welfare of the Peo ple of Thii Commonwealth. "On Tuesday, Nov. 7, Pennsylvania will go to the polls." says tin Phils-' Republican delphia Inquirer. "The party presents a ticket that It is I proud of. The Democrats say that the I Issue la purely local. Very well, he It so. Can the Republican ticket bo matched? "There is Hay Brown for judge of the supreme court. He i. known tn every county, is there a word to be said against him? "There is James E. Harnett, the gal lant commander of the fighting Tenth regiment, the candidate for state treas urer. Has any one dared to tiring a i charge ugalnst him? Yes. He is a Re publican and a soldier. That is his crime. And so they place against him I William T. Creusy, who is neither a Republican nor a soldier, and they say of Creasy what? Why. he is honest. He may lie. He undoubtedly Is. Hut no one yet has dared even Ui breathe a suspicion of the honesty of Colonel Barnett. And there Is John , Mitchell for su perior court Judge. We fancy that there is not even an "insurgent" who would care to ussail Judge Mitchell. His life hns been nn open book. He was raised on a farm, taught school, studied law, was three years district attorney of Tioga county, went to war for a year, was five years in the legis lature, served four years in the nation al house of representatives, was for six years L'nited States senator, and for the past ten years bus been president Judge of the court of common pleas of Tioga county. He was re-elected last November. Where la the man who is going to say that Judge Mitchell Is not worthy of a seut on the bench of the superior court. "If there Is a Republican who can not vote that ticket he ought to be ashamed of his association with the Republican party. "Pennsylvania will be expected to full Into line with the states that believe In prosperity, patriotism and peace, and support McKlnley. There can be no question of the loyalty of Pennsyl vania. This great state will elect Brown and Mitchell and It will prefer Barnett, the man who fought Spain and Agulnaldo, to Creasy, who fights for Agulnaldo by opposing those who gav battle to him." "ONLY A LOCAL IHSl'E." Vote For i riy end Give Auulnaldo A Lift. " 'Only a local issue,' cries Mr. Creasy, Democratic candidate for stats treasurer in Pennsylvania," says the Philadelphia Inquirer. " 'We should pray to God that the Democratic party may win.1 proclaims Agulnaldo to his Insurgents. " 'Only a local Issue,' lnded! "Is every state in the Union where an election Is to be held Agulnaldo la arrayed against the McKlnley ad ministration. We must show our gratitude to the Democrats,' declares Agulnaldo, that they may win.' "Mr. Creasy has found a powerful ally la Agulnaldo, and the party uf Agulnaldo and CreasyIs expected to go to the polls and support the alli ance and Republicans are expected by Gulfey and Creasy to aid in the work. "By all means vote for Creasy and Agulnaldo. It Is 'only a local issue.' " How To Gain Flesh Persons have been known to gain a pound m day by taking an ounce of SCOTT'S EMUL SION. It is strange, but it often happens. dmshnuf th nunc nrnrlnr . r. . tne pOUM It SecnU tO Start tne digestive machinery ttointf prop -K. ek, 4k. ,(;. VskL eny, so that tne patient is aoie tO digest and absorb hb Ordinary food, which he could not do be - fore, and that is the way the gain is made. A certain amount of flesh b necessary for health i If you have not got H you can get it by taking Tot wfl M It M m mM to st In winter, and if you are thriving; spon R don't stop because the wtathex b warm. fat, sag Sim, ell SSjfSW SCOTT S SO Witt. Qibtt, Ww YoA Take Laxative Baotro Qcirata Taeurre. AD dfigilete reread tne awoey if It Isiu to cure. B. W.Oaevef signature oa every box. c lfrS-e. BARNETFS TOUR. . Itinerary of the Soldier Candidate For the Closing Days. CANVASS A GREAT SUCCESS. Immense Crowds of Entnuiiaitic Citizen Greet the Republican Ifomlae for Stst Treasurer at Every Point. The receptions accorded Colonel Bar nett, the Republican candidate for state treasurer, and his colleagues, who are traveling through the state, con tinue to be of the most enthusiastic character The crowds that gather to meet the gallant officer of the Fighting Tenth regiment and his comrades who are with him on the stump are alway large and demonstrative, says a special dispatch from Philadelphia. Colonel Barnett hns picked up wonderfully In health since he left the doctor's hands a short time ago. and he has made a favorable Impression in his speechraak- ing. Ho has not hosltated to meet the Issues, whether slate or national, and his pledge to administer the duties of the office of state treasurer with fidel ity and In strict accordance with law. to Insist upon the prompt payment of interest on all public monies In the I banks, and to pay out upon demand all monies lor wniun pruiorij uivwh Warrant shall be presented, hns called forth many expressions of approval. Colonel Harnett, for the final ten days of the canvass, has an Interesting Itinerary, which will take him Into ihe western and central sections of the slate. 11 was the' central figure at a splendid reception given Monday even ing, the T'A inst., at the clubhouse of the William It. Leeds association. Phil adelphia. From I here he toes to In diana. Indiana county, where he is booked to speak tomorrow night. Thc-.i he visits Apollo. Armstrong county, on the 25th inst ; New Castle. Lawrence county, on the 26th; OH City. Venango i county, on the -7th; Brie, Krle coun- ty, on the 28th; Warren. Warren coun I ty. on the 30th; Bradford, McKean county, on the 31st; Wllliamsport, Ly coming county, on Nov. 1; Lewlsburg, I Union county, on Nov. 2; Chambers burg, franklin county, ou Nov. 3. and ! on Saturday, Nov. 4, he returns to Philadelphia, whore, with the other candidates on the Republican stato ticket, he will be given n reception by the Young Republicans of Philadel phia. The final Harnett meeting of the campaign will be hold at Harrls burg on the day before the election. Monday. Nov. fi. where a groat turn out of Republicans is anticipated, During the remaining days of the canvass the two parties of Republican spellbinders who have boon touring the State will bo consolidated, nnd tine fam ous Tenth Regimen I Glee club will ac company Colonel Harnett to all the meetings, as will Captains Crngo and Watson, Surgeon Major Neff, Lieuten ant Aiken, Adjutnnt Scott and other officers and privates of the Tenth regi ment. Colonel Charles M. Clement, of Sunbury, commander of the Twelfth regiment, N. O. P.. has recently joined the corps of Republican orators. He makes an entcrtninlng and captivating address. In oae of his recent speeches he said. "When I came to look for the Issue that vjis being raised in behalf of the Creusy 11. ket I found the same old av olil rh:M-. pni f1 n h of every real Issue t nn t lias ertxod his rjr fr ronM 111 'c.uvs us jttld'jut j thuut ii were attc'tlna; any ami v. "e;i n ns a thief and a rubi er. Prlkl tl'ily there are no Issues in iu'.i cjmpalgu that are not pre em: loutly and Intensely national. But If thoro is to l any state lssuo, any revl"w of the past history of the com monwealth, the Hepublican party has Both. ,g to fear. "Twenty years ago a Democrat of such personal integrity that he was known as "square timber" was elected state treasurer. Two years later, when he came to turn over his office to his Republican successor, the transfer had to be nostuoned for several weeks be- the laUer woula not accept ob- j ligations, but demanded cash. The re- ault of this one administration was th (allure of the incumbent and the sac rifice of many reputations. On the other hand, in all the years that the Republican party has administered that, office never has been one dollar j unaccounted for. "At that time the total revenues of I the state would scarcely have paid the I school appropriation of today. Its growth and expansion Is the history of the Republican party. It has more than quintupled the school appropria tion and has taken taxes off many ob jects to place them exclusively upon the corporation." Whet Protection llu Done. "A protective tariff, despite the claims of Democratic statesmen during a recent session of congress." says the Greensburg Press, "has not reduced our markets, nnd we are selling to the outside world a million dollars' worth of manufactures every day In the year. Secretary of State Hay, who Is es- i neclally able to speak with accuracy, says In the connection: "We have gone nr toward solving the problem which had so long vexed the economists of 1 'he world of raising wages and at the Mme tlme iow,ring the cost of produc- ! Uon something which no other people ! & SSST paid la the world. We sell our goods to such an advantage that we are be ginning to furnish them to every quar ter of the globe. We are building loco motives for railways In Europe, Asia asd Africa; our bridges can be built la America, ferried across the Atlan tic, transported up the Nile, and Sung across a river is the Soudan in less time than any European nation with a start of 4,00 miles ess do th work. We al iron war la Birmingham; carpets is Kidderminster; we pip the sewers of Scottish cities; our bicycles dlstaace all competitors on the con tinent, and Ohio sends watch cases to QsMfs4 A SMALL MAY BE MOST VIOLENT CASES HAVE snows no disposition to nal under or din -IDPCiQCil AT tlDCT IC rv trastmeat No oa eaa toll how en. these milJinCtl hi rinOI NO wUI develop into Cancer of th worst type. So many people die from Cesser simply be- MPRP PIMPI CUM thwT io not kuow juat what thu di'" ; RlLlla. rinuLLwi they naturally turn themselves over to the doctors, ana are forced to submit to a oruel and dangerous operation the only treatment which the doutors know for Cancer. 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In this branch of my business I am prepared to give the public the best serbice that cau be secured bv money, time nnd personal attention. My ecpaippnge in tuis brunch of business is one of the finest in the state. HEARSES, CARRIAGES ond UNDERTAKING PARLORS are up to date. one word ubom h report that mv attention liux im' called to lately In r-C'ird to mvpncei I GUARANTEE to fumleD the same goodi al LESS MONRV tiuiii v bosse la tne county, i UUARANTBK to give you essief PAYMENT than aUotaers. First-Claw Livery Connected with Undertaking Department. W. H. FELIX, Telephone Connection. Liberal Adjustments- REMEMBER H. HRRVEY SCHDCH, 6ENERAL INSURANCE ArSENGY. Only the Oldest, Strongest Cash Companies, bsss . nsj a 1 a 3 fsTl Jl ire, Jjife, Acciaeni ana xomauu. No Assessments TheA)trui Founded A. D., Home 44 44 loo ,&3,e:fiS.D4 American 44 44 44 1810 44 2,409,584.53 The Standard Accident Insurance Co. The New York Life Insurance Co. The Fidelity Mutual I4ie Association. Yocr Patronage Solicited. SPOT CANCER. The greatest care should be given to any little sore, pimple or scratch which Mr. Wm Walpole. of Walshtown, & D., says: "A little blotch attout the site of a pea came under my left eye. gradually growing larger, from which shooting pains at intervals ran in all directions. I became greatlv alarmed and consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it Cancer, and advised thut it be cut oat, but this I oould not con sent to. 1 read in my local paper of a cure effected by 8 S. S., and decided to try it. It acted like a charm, the Cancer becoming at flrst irritated, and then disclutrging very freely. This gradually grew less and then discon tinued altogether, leaving a small scab which soon drop ped otT. anil now onlv a healthy little scar remnins where what threatened to destroy my life OBOe held ftill sway." Positively tho only euro for Cancer is Swift's Specific Read This!! 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