m Publiibcd twtrj Thareday Maraiaf 110 W WA01NSBLLIK A. It. I" DITOR AJR) OmU I .OO per jmr In 8CB8CRIPTION KATHfl. rfpald In adranca. tl.fl ptni II not paid advance. Single coplaa. Fla Caala. AaWertlalav Ratra. 1 cfnto par Una, aoaparall maaaara- nanl. for Brut InaerlicK. and 10 rmnirn par Una (or aach aubaa qacnt Intrrtlon. rvOFKICK. Naartaa Canal? Court Uoaae. between the Kir" National Hank and Iba Cnant? Jail. KKITHI.ICAN TICK EI". Justice of tlie supreme Court, WILLIAM P. POTTER, of Allegheny. State Treasurer, FRANK G. HARRIS, of Clearfield. The suggestion of Senator Mason, therefore, that "the man who attempted to kill President McKinley is guilty of treason" does not point to a remedy. It is treason in fact, but it is not so as a nation have faced. A spirit of vengeance seizes us and in a fit ot seeming justice we would kill by alow inches the slayer of the father of American prosperity. Then a hope looms np under the law of the United States, and cannot i before us like the dawn of morn. That hope is President Judge, HON. H. M. McCLURE. County Surveyor, GEO. A. B0TDOBF. Vol. XXXVni, 8EPT. 1!, 1901. Nl'MBEK 37 PROTECTION FOR THE PRESIDENT. THE feeling that it is impossible under ex isting laws adequately to punish the anar chist who attempted to take the life of President McKinley lias led to a widespread desire for measures letter to protect the Chief of State from the attacks of those who strike at the govern ment through his person. Public sentiment would doubtless approve a law prescribing an ex tremely severe penalty for any attack upon the President, but it is not easy to devise legislation to that end, because the constitution of the United States was drafted with the set purpose of protecting the people from their rulers, with out any thought of the necessity of protecting the rulers from some of the jeople. The founders of the government were extreme ly particular about the bill of rights safeguard ing individual citizens and about protecting the representatives of the people from arrest during their sessions. They had before them examples of arbitrary power, and knew how Charles I had trampled on Parliamentary opposition and in vaded the House of Commons. They did not dream, however, that in a republic the free choice of the voters could le in any danger of violence, and so they left him to the same protection of the law given to any other citizen. They did not foresee that his danger would be greater, and that before this time three Presidents would be shot down, not because of any personal enmity, but because they happened to stand at the head of the government. It may be doubted if, in case they had foreseen the danger, they would be made so. The question, then, arises whether a special penalty can be prescribed" for attacks on the President without running counter to this constitutional definition. Mr. McKinley the individual is no different from other citizens and no law could be passed saying that an attack on William McKinley was a different crime from an attack on John Smith. It is only as Mr. McKinley is President that his life becomes of special importance, and an attack on it deserv ing of special punishment Popular sentiment is instinctively correct in considering a blow aimed at the President a blow aimed at the State. It is treasonable in its nature, but would the courts look upen legislation constituting assault upou the President into a distinct crime other wise than as an attempt, under another name, to punish treason beyond the warrant of the con stitution ? No doubt, with the importation of European millions, that simple society in which free men are naturally good and only rulers are to be feared, such as the fathers dreamed of in their Utopian isolation, is no longer possible. We have learned that the Executive is not the men ace to liberty they feared, and that he is a tar get for attacks by enemies of society not then in existence. To hedge his oflice about with legal safeguards may require an amendment to the constitution, and that is a slow and difficult pro cess. It has leen suggested that as commander-in-chief of the army the President might be pro tected under the articles of war, which punish with death any soldier who strikes a superior officer. But the articles of war do not apply to civilians, and the prejudice of the American people against "military despotism" is so great that even to accomplish a desirable object they would never consent to making the relation of the President to any civilian, even a criminal, that of a military chief to his subordinate. The law now seeks to protect officers in the discharge of their duties, and prescribes special punishment for interfering with or resisting them. Possibly an analogy to them may be found for the Presi dent, so that a law could punish severely any body interfering with him or trying by violence to prevent him from performing his duties, without, ou the one hand, depriving individuals, whether in the White House or in a hut, of equality before the law, or, on the other hand, trying to reintroduce into the American code a class of treasons expelled from it by the consti tution. Possibly no action at all is ueccessary. The penalty of an unsuccessful attack on the Presi dent's life is indeed ridiculously light, and an soon dispelled and we stand at the grave of the third martyr of American greatness and grandeur. The tears of a nation's sorrow are trickling down over millions of loyal cheeks and moisten ing the hearts of the American people with their bitterness. The yoke of grief is galling and the crime seems all the more severe when we see that oily a worthless life can be taken by the law to avenge the crime by which these United States have lost their president a statesman of the highest type, a scholar, and a diplomat with the keenest eye, a man for whom every true loyal American had the most devoted love and esteem. We bow to-day at the tomb of a great and grand man. He has been to the American prosperity what Washington was to American liberty and what Lincoln was to the Union of the American States. He has leen even more than that. The Post has no desire to rob ash ington of any of the lustre he so richly deserves, but the country at that time was only a handful of people in comparison to the multitude of commercial interests that confronted McKinley in this age. Crtnpellol to face the growing power of wealth, the disagreement of labor, and those larger and unwielding problems arisiag from the troubles with Spurn, President Mc Kinley exhibited himself the complete master of the situation. The tasks devolving upon Presi dent McKinley incident to the new and compli cated foreign relations required brains and happily McKinley was able to cope with them. We baw our heads in silence, but, for what ? In memory of the stalwart giant and peerless promoter of American prosperity. The nation has lost more than a president. It hr s lost a man. We meau a man in the very highest sense and Our grief is more bitter and more gall ing because of the short comings of the law to mete out complete justice to such an anarchistic fiend. It is for us and for all good citizens to sub mit calmly and quietly to the statutes and bear our grief like men and like soldiers. 'McKin ley is dead1 and Roosevelt is our president. . PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. "I shall take the oath of office in obedience to your request, sir, and In doing ao It snail be mv aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley, which has I A Sensational have 1 , 11 uillinir In ininril :nr:iin.st it. So fearful .. e j. D 1 . ... 1 outraged people demand fieavv punishment of were tnev of surrounding the .President with . b 1 r . r anything of the divinity that doth hedge a king. Under the English common law an attack on the head of the State was treason, but the American democracy, feeling that no just ruler could be in danger, and also feeling that any such law ol treason might be used by an un scrupulous President to punish opponents, as it had been in England, where ministers in favor had Bent ministers out of favor to the block, changed the common law rule and declared : "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and conif'or." such miscreants as Czolgosz. It is to be remeni bered, however, that these wretches always strike expecting to kill and to face the death penalty themselves. If that does not deter them it is doubtful if a heavier penalty for assault would do so. It would, perhaps, vindicate the dignity ot the government, but it is doubtful if it would really be an additional safeguard to the Presi dent's life. THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD, r I "VII ft scenes and transitions of life that a fortnight can bring forth are legion. What changes ! What hopes! what sorrows we given peace, prosiierity and honor to our be- will remain the same.' loved country. For the present the cabinet These words from the new president certainly should allay all fear of those who had the idea that Roosevelt would run things with a high hand. It was natural to suppose that he would want his own cabinet, but he wants no distur bance in the official family at this time. Those who know Roosevelt lyst, know that he would follow in the footsteps of McKinley's publ ic policy. Why should he not? McKinley won the esteem of the American pet-pie by that poli cy and any change would be at the risk of his own reputation. The country need not fear President Roose velt's course. He is a young man, but he has had ample experience in life and especially in public affairs to weigh well every public act and especially if that policy would be at variance with the policy pursued by McKinley. The Pcst has no fears of the Roosevelt administration. HOME AXI) FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO CIETY. The 22nd annual convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission ary Society of the Evangelical Luther an synod of central Pennsylvania will be held in the Lutheran church, Mid- dlebutgh, Pa., Sept. 3, 24 and 25, 1001. MONDAY, 7.H0 P. If, Opening Session. Anthem .... Choir Devotional Service. President's Address. Hymn 2iK), Hook of Worship. Address Dev. A. Stewart Hart man, See. B. H. m ., Baltimore, Md Collection. Doxology. Benediction. TUESDAY, A. M. Devotional Service led t)y Mrs. Jacob Ley, Andersonburg, Pa. i)..HU A. M. Business Session. Reception of Delegates. Reporta of Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, Literature Committee! Organising Com mittee, Box Work Committee. Report of Delegate t Biennial Con vention. Report ofSynodlcal Organiser. Ejection of Officers. Noon-tide Prayer. TKKSMAV, 2 l It. PmiM Service, led by Itev. It. W. Mottern, Salon, Pa. Discussion. Is the Wirk of our Woman's Mission ary Society a fulfillment of prophesy? Mrs. Rev. W. H. Schoch, New llerlin, Pa. Has the Christian church been made stronger and more progressive by I me innuenoe aim power ot our work ? Mrs. George Parker, Mexico, Pa. Are we as a Society coming up to the full standard of our opportunities in the Mission field? Miss Mary E. Oarber, Anderson burg, Pa. What are some of the most grievous hindrances in our work ? Mrs. Dr. Frank, Millheim, Pa. Will God remove all barriers in the way of our work, if we simply trust Him and press on in the path wherein He has led us. Voluntary Personal Responses. Hymn. Prayer. 7.80 P. m. Anthem .... Choir Devotional Service. Address Itev. J. H. Harpster, D. D., Ottntnr, India. Collection. Doxology. Benediction, WKONKSDAY, l A. M. Devotional Service, led by Mrs. M. B. Smith, Iteedsville, Pa. . B.80 A. m. Roll Call. Heading of Minutes. Unfinished Businsfj. New Business. Our Cradle Itoll and Its benefits. Mrs. Itev. W. M. Rearick, West Milton, Pa. Hymn. Prayer. 2 P. at. Hymn of Praise. Prayer. "Bring ye all the tithes into the store house". Mrs. Rev. R. W. Mottern, Salona, Pa. Conference of Auxiliary Delegates. 'Feed my lambs. " 3 p. M. Children's Hour. Songs. Recitations. Address - Mrs. Rev. J. H. Harms, Newport, Pa. Hymn. Prayer. 7.30 P. m. Anthem - Choir Devotional Service. Address The responsibility of woman toward the spread the Gospel. Rev. I. O. Moser, Port Royal, Pa. Collection. Parting Words. Doxology. Benediction. $i5 to $18 a Week aalary fnr an Intelligent man or wonmn In encli town. Permanent ponltlon. 30 eents per hour for -pare time. Manufacturer, Boi 78, 1'lilln- dajpniti "What would you do if you had a million dollars?" said one plain every day man, "Oh," replied the other "I suppose I'd put in most my time comparing myself with some one who iiad a billion and feeling discontent ed." Washington Star. The plague of '90 La Grippe. The destroyer ol LaGriope Mile' Nerrtne. GOOD ADVICE. Tbe most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dys pepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-ti.e per cent, of the neonle in the United States are af Hided with these two diseases and their effects i such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache. Habitual Costive ness. Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water-brash, Gnawing and Burning Pains at the Pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and Disagreeable Taste in theMouth, Coming up of Food after Eating, Low Spirited, etc. Go to your druggist and get a bottle of August Flower for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. Try it. Get Green's Prize Almanac. REDUCED RATES TO SCRANTON VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD' Account State League of Republican Clubs. For the meeting of the State League of Republican Clubs, to be held in Scran ton, September 17 and 18, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Scran ton from all stations on its line in the State of Pennsylvania and from stations on the Belvidere Division, Trenton to Belvi dere, inclusive, at the rate of one fan' for the round trip (minimum rate, 25 cents). Tickets to be sold and good going September 10. 17, and 18, and to return until September 20, inclusive. SALE! Freodman's Bargain Everything in proportion we are compelled to re duce, because we made our purchase too heavy for this season. B.v purchasing ten dollars worth of goods, we will pay half fare. Owing to the Spring season on T hand we offer you WONDEK" FUL BARGAINS in the beauti- j ful line of Negligee Shirts, beauti- ful Shirt Waists up-to-date. The X very latest styles in Gents' Fur i nishing Goods at a great reduction in prices as follows: men's suits. $16.00 Suits cut down to SI 3.00 14.00 Suits cut down to 1 1.00 12.00 Suits cut down to 9.90 10.00 Suits cut down to 7.89 8.00 Suits cut down to 5.00 WOLF FREEDMAN, SIS E. Market H (Loeb'eOld Stand) Mt'NHl'RY, PA. 1 1' M l 1 1 1 l-l-M-H -I t 1 I M-I-H' 1 1 ! I I t IIIIIM H-1 t I-H I ! 1 1 1 I 1 I SHERIFFS if SACRIFICE SALE of Clothing and gents' furnishing goods began Thursday, July 11th, and will continue until the whole stock is disnosed of. W liavo bought H. Katz's large stock of Olothing at the Sheriffs Sale at 25c on the dollar and we will sell at your own price, as the stock must be sold regardless of first cost. Don't delay, come at once and get the first bargains. Here are a few : 9 5.00 Suits at $2.50 $ 7.50 Suits at $4.00 10.00 Suits at 5.50 12.00 Suits at 7.00 $15.00 Suits at $8.50 We cannot mention many prices as the space is small. Don't forget to come to the Sheriffs Great Sacrifice Sale to get your BARGAINS. The Assignees of JJ KATZ. ; ; Next to Court House, Middleburgh, Penna. H'M-Mli'lM-H-l-l-l-H-l-liM tH 'M-M-M 'Mil 1 M Mill II 1 1 HH4 o o o o o o 6REAT oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)oa)o ooaoooa)oa)oa)oa)uajoa)oa)c : 0 0 0 s 0 0 0 J 3 I o 0 CLEARING OUT SALE T 4 drill lllf 111 WT MlTl HA m4-a1 P CJ Tj A ( . J. piUpVOU tJ OC11 WUl III J VII I 11 U BIAVIk Ul OJ'JAHV.' ABLE MERCHANDISE at my store at Kantz- 9 the place formerly occupied by Mrs. I. B. Bomig. I Lancaster Ginghams 5c. Latest Style Shoes as low as 75c. Calicoes all marked down low. Freed Bros. Shoes all sizes. Bargains Offered Now. j My stock is reduced to cost and below cost. J QcjpjA Lancaster Ginghams 5Jc. O RaVTn t qi oi l nr... 'I These shoes are coin? ranidlv. No wonder. The ,1 w a w g price is so low people can't help but pick up theso 2 bargains. o These arc Closing-out Bargains that come so sel 2 dom, you can not afford to miss them. It will pay g you to travel 10 to 20 miles to take advantage o" suc h J m iikuicb. . Iffi" We will save you pocket-lrook from consumption and send yen away wiser, hapicr and richer than ever before. Strike while the iron is hot and we will make your eyes dazzle with tl1' 5 multitude of bargains. I GEO. B. RINE, Kantz. Pa. o oaooooooooooa)ooioooooaoootooooS3