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We carry in stock at all times a complete line of everything usually found in a large general store. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT! For Fine Dry Goods, Groceries, No- tions, Country Produce, Miners’ Sup- plies, ete., our place is HEADQUARTERS. Call and be convinced. C. E. STATLER & BRO. HAY'S HOTEL, Salisbury, Penn's. This elegant NEW THREE- STORY HOTEL is one of the best equipped hostelries in Som- erset county. Modern Tquipments, of M1 kinds, such as Steam Heat, Warm .and Cold Baths, Tele- phone, Fine Bar, etc. Cengrally located with fine sur-' roundings. Tables supplieed with the..best the markets afford. lates reasonable. CT. HAY, Proprietor. : Hixtablishedd P.S. HAY, Dry Goods Notions, 1m, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ETC. SAT ISBU n’ny; B. ee “Boo {& SHOEMAKER. use the best of material and my prices are the lowest consistent with good workmanship. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY, 1 respectfully solicit a cpntinnance “of your valued patronage. Bernhard Krausse, Salisbury, Pa. PAL - CM MAY, wT H Fee Toading Barber. Unir-dressing, Hair Dye x he arts: . Shaving, Shampooing and s done in" the finest helo of ies and other Barbers’ Sup- lo. at all times. Ay’s HOTELS s : HMalisbiire, - “public -and the Veteran Legion WANAMARER T0 WIN The Great, Republican Conference at the Bourse and Who Were There. BOSSES AGAINST THE PEOPLE. " A Battie Royal This Year—The State Aroused—Over Your Hundred Men From All Parts of the State Mect In Philadelphia—Quay and Androws Ar= ralgned For Thelr Crimes Axalnst the Party—A Platform That Should Rouse Every Republican to Action. (From Our Own Cecrrespondent.) Harrisburg, Feb. 8.—The conference of Republicans from all parts of the state at the Bourse, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday last, which invited Hon. John Wanamaker to lead the fight against the bosses, is destined to be- come historic in Pennsylvania pclitics. It is but the statement of a plain truth to say that outside of a state conven- tion. no such meeting was ever held within the borders of the common- wealth. All classes of men, all ele- ments of independent political thought within the Republican party, all ranks and grades of men in ‘business life were present. There were no million- aires present, but scores of ‘farmers, and the conference was attended only by.a handful of Philadelphians. There was a degree of honest difference of opinion expressed, but it only served to more emphatically emphasize the free and untrammeled character of the gathering. Jut perhaps the most striking feat- ure of the memorable conference was the predominence of the soldier ele- ment. The Grand Army of the Re- was really the most conspicuous factor of the day. The presiding officer, Gen- eral Koontz, is a veteran of the civil war, while the mest prominent speak- ers ‘were men who had come through the hail of bullets and listened to the shriek of shrapnel in the campaigns on the Potomac and in the valley of the Cumberland. i A. DISTINGUISHED CROWD. A cold blooded and impartial study of the personnel of the gatheiing is the highest testimonial of its character. The machine papers and the bosses’ organs over the state have endeavored to make it appear that the meeting was controlled by politicians who had advocated the election of Hon. John Wanamaker to the United States sen- ate—that the bulk of those attending was composed ‘of the disgruntled and disappointed. "These pap fed journals state the truth when they say that the conférence was composed of the dis- contented element in the Republican party. It was compesed wholly of this element—of men who have become dis- gusted and discontented with the arro- gant, sclfish and corrupt mismanage- ment of the Republican party. It was not made up of sorehead ‘politicians and worn out political hacks. Syvery man present was a distin- guished representative of the commu- nity in which he lives; men who have given their time, money and voice to the party, and who out of self respect are now compelled to refuse to go hand in hand with political wreckers of ‘the M. S. Quay and ‘“‘Asparagus’ Andrews type. The war record of the men who represented the finest ‘ele- ments of the veteran army of Penn- sylvania is an interesting one. There is Gencral W. H. Koontz, chairman of the conference, a veteran of tho late war, a leader of the Somer- set ‘county bar, one of the finest cam- paign speakers in the state, a war- horse of the Republican party and a gentleman who through the long period of a political career has never asked and never .reccived a favor at the hands of the hosses. THE SOLDIER ELEMBNT TIIERE. Another conspicuous figure was the past’ state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, General Johkn P. Taylor, of Mifllin county. General ‘Charles L. Leiper, of Philadelphia, was another war time figure that loomed up in the conference, and no man who ‘ras ever read the record of the famous Iron Brigade can forget.that he was its commander. General Robert B. Beath, ex-surveyor general of Pennsylvania, and one of the most prominent Crand Army, men in the United States, added his. pres- ence and his vote to the ‘zathering. The maimtd and crippled of the Grand Army of heroes were rcpresentediin two men who limped into the confer- ence hall in the persons of Major George W. Merrick, of Tioga county, and Major EE. A. Hancock, of Phila- delphia, eaeh one of whom left a leg on a southern battlefield. Major Mer- rick was one of tle vice presidents of the meeting, and delivercd one ef the most scathing sp2cchezs on bossism ever heard in Philade'phia. 1Iiis arraign- ment of Quay and Andrews literally ‘amounted to a flaying. In the long list of distinguished men present at that conference who lave occupied positions of trust in state and nation’ can be found the names of Colonel J. H. Redsecker of Lebanon, Colomel William Shortlidge of Centre county, ex-Congressman J. T. Maft- fett of Clarion county, ex-State Sen- ator Colonel E. A. Irwin of Clearfield county, Hugh B. Eastburn, delegate to the last national convention from the Seventh congressional district; Hon. H. C. Barr, mayor of Altoona: ex-Con- -gressman James S. Biery of Lehigh county, County Chairman Arthur IL. Shay of Schuylki:l county, Andrew H, Harshey, sheriff of Lancaster county; Hon. C!C. Kauffman, senator from Lan- cagter county; Homer Green of Wayne county, the eminent futhor; Hon. Sam- | uel A. Losch, senator from Schuylkill 4 county, and the following members of the famous ‘“Seventy-six” in the last legislature, viz: Hons. Daniel F. Moore, Plummer E. Jefferies and Thomas J. Phillips, of Chester ccunty, W. H. Tip- ton of Adams county, James W. Carson of Franklin county, and William F. Stewart, John F.Keator, Samuel Croth- ers and Tlobert Smith of Philadelphia. THE EDITORS WERE OUT. ° The Republican préss of the state was represented by scme of its most able and influential members. Among those present were Editors Alfred Pas- chal, of th2 Doylestown Intelligencer; August Donath, of the West Chester Republican; Frank-W, Stewart, of the 1 wating AR Tanna: TTY “unlawful purposes, { important duties | of the commonwealth, Yasnm, of + ! the Columbia Spy: Hon. Thomas B. Cochran, of the Lancaster Examiner; T. B. i‘ainter, of the Muhsy Luminary; Wilmer H. Johnson, the North Wales Record; J. H. A Pottsville Republican; J. A. Lambert, Somerset Standard; Hon. Hiram Young, York Dispatch. An estimate of the total number of participants in the conference, . based ‘on the names registered at the Phila- delphig Bourse, with an actual count of those in the room during the meet- ing, shows that tiiere were 409 gentle- men present who had securcd tickets of admission to the gathering. Every county in the state but seven was rep- resented, and only one county out of the total of 67 in the commonwealth failed to be heard from by representa- tive or by letter, and this was owing to delay in sending the invitation to anti-Quay leaders in that county. The platform adopted by the confer- ence upon which to go before the peo- ple of Pennsylvania is a document that is certain to command widespread at- tention. It is a platform upon which the candidate of the anti-Quay Re- publicans can stand firmly and wage a relentless war on bossism. It is im- possible. in the limits of this letter to give the platform adopted in detail. A few extracts will, however, indicate the general tenor. In its arraignment of Mr. Quay’s legislature last year, act- ing under orders from the bosses them- selves, the platform says: WHAT THE PLATFORM SAYS. “They sought to take from the pub- IIc treasury thousands of dollars for . pretended expenses, for services upon pretended investigating committees, of which the Lexow committee is a no- torious example, and for junketing trips .of the members, and failed only by reason of the interposition of the executive. “At a time of the most serious busi- ness depression, and the resultant fall- ing off of the public revenues, they ap- propriated during the last two sessigns more than a million dollars for pur- poses either unlawful or useless, which appropriations, fortunately, met execu- tive disapproval. “I'or the purpose of creating new offices, and to extend the power of pa- tronage, they passed what is known as ‘the mercantile tax bill,” imposing bur- dens upon and crippling almost every businegs interest in the commonwealth, already overtaxed, and but for the ex- ecutive veto this bill would have be- come a law. TRIIXD TO CUT TIIE SCHOOL FUND “To afford greater opportunity to make appropriations for useless dnd a serious attempt was made to cut down the appropria- tions for our public schools to the ex- tent of $1,000,000, which failed of pass- age only because of the storm of public sentiment raised against it from every part of the state. “Numerous bills were introduced for the mere purpose of extorting large sums of money from the corporate and other interests of the state as the price of preventing their passage. “To satisfy public demand, an inves- tigation of the state treasury was or- dered, but the. committee appointed was so constituted that, instead of in- vestigating, their plain effort was to conceal, and no questions were permit- ted to be propounded by any member except such as had been prepared in advance and where it was known that the answers would do no harm. * “The foregoing reference to the werk of the last legislature is abun- dantly sufiicient to indicate the charac- ter of the members and the influence by which they were controlled. The ~e- decming feature of the legislature was the firm and- uncompromising stand taken by that body. of legislators known as the ‘Seventy-six,” who did all that could possibly be done to protect the taxpayers of the state fron; the flood of proposed corrupt legislation, and who, therefore, deserve the recog- nition and gratituds of zll' the peco- ple of the commonwealth. “So insolent and shameless have those in power become that they haye dared, in some instances, to recor mend for appointment to federal office members of the late legislature as a vindication of their wrongdoing, in dis- regard and deflance of the moral senti- ment of the people of the state, A CRAVE MAN I'OR GOVERNOR. “In view of the foregoing statement of facts, we consider it of the utmost importance that the next governor of the state shall be a man of the high- est character and integrity; represent- ative of the best type of Republican- ism, and one upon wiiom the people of the commonwealth can depend to pro- tect them should occasion arise against vicious legislation, and especially against the evident purpose of the ma- .chine to pass at the next session of the legislature the expense bills of the in- vestigating and junketing committees | already referred to, which were justly disapproved by the presen “Al! the members of the lover house of the genegal awrembiy ad one-half ofthe members of the senate are to be elected this year. One cf the most ‘imposcd upon that body will be the election of a United States senator, and, for the good name our last experi- ence of this character with the general assembly of 1887 should Jot be re- peated; especially is this true since it is commonly understocd that the pres- ent senior senater from Pennsylvania desfres to be his ewn sugcessor, for we believe that he, more than any other man, is responsible for the present cor-" rupt condition of politics in our state.” MR WANAMAKER NAMI The general results of the oativeos ‘are already known. They have been scattered cver the state by the tele- graph and Associated Press: A rezolu- tion was offered calling upon Hon. John Wanamaker. (eX- postmaster general of the United States, to permit the use of his name as a candidate for governor on the anti-Quay, anti;boss ticket. It is generally conceded that Mr. Wana- maker will-make the most formidable opponent to the bosses’ candidate that can be named. He is the man most feared by the bosses. His sterling char- acter, with wide public experience, and his national fame as a statesman and a business man will tend to make a contest in Philadelphia - from which Boss Quay and Asparagus Andrews, with all their eohorts, may well shrink. Tha state is aroused. The people are walitigg for the elash of arms. It is no lesger possible, for the yelping or- gans of Quay and Andrews to try and deceive the ple. This is a fight of the people against the bossest! t executive. | A Good A.ticle by a Salisbury Preacher. The following article by Rev. F. E, Hetrick, M. 8,,*pastor of the United Evangelical church, took first prize in one of Grit's contests. We commend it to the readers of Tim: STAR as worthy of personal and thoughtful consideration. “Development depends on culture, This is true physically, ethically and in- tellectually. The plan of the finite mind is a masterpiece of the infinite, yet it is but the outline or scheme given to'man for the completion of one of the most marvelous works of ingenuity of the Creater’s designs. The diverse faculties of the intellect are very pliable in intellectual infancy and bear numerous phenomena and characteristics. Iience, the necessity of discreteness in the selection of the proper ‘diet’ for their growth or devel- opment. As such, the newspaper stands as an invincible rival, and is well adapted, because its contents are as diverse as the faculties. Thus it carries constant- ly a variety of knowledge, lucidly and concisely expressed, teaching, among other lessons, the important one of concise language. The fundamental principles of educa- tion, generally the choicest language the richest rhetorical figures, history in its most interesting types, plots by the most acute imaginations, and fables bearing beneficial morals, often adorn its pages. Thus it treats alike the il- literate as well as the most profound student. What the masses want is the best literature for the least money. ‘In seeking such I would recommend a good newspaper. Into the fountain of its coutents, the most critical or scholary may bathe and return refreshed and better equipped for his duties. It is a school open to the primary scholar and college graduate alike. And the idea often courted by some that it is an enemy to the illiterate is a gross mistake. It comes to him as a friend teacher, although more fre- quently ‘a stranger to him because of his own indifference. The prejudice that some people har- bor against the newspaper is inexcus- able and uncalled for, since the result of its mission has already been one of indescribable benefit. Neither can we find a substitute for it. How about books? They are doing a marvelous work; yet as the physical man craves for fresh and nutriticus food, so the intellectual man desires something fresh and novel, something that will entertain, and at the same time educate the mind into knowledge of the most recent discovery, and evi- dently of the most use. - To the fathers of our homes, I appeal to secure for yourself and children, if you have not already, the friend of the home—the newspaper. A Baker Bulletin. President 8. J. Hart of the Baker Heirs’ association of Upper Sandusky, O., has issued the following notice: “My attention has been called to an ar- ticle expressly intended to discourage | Baker heirs. This article has been ex- tensively reproduced in the local papers | of the county. Such articles do not stand to run alone; there is a power behind it. This move on the part of the enemy is no surprise to us. Their safest and cheapest way to fight us is to discourage investigation. Thousands of people are now ‘living on our lands in and around Philadelphia. They had their spies at our Tiflin meeting. Their spies have visited me here at Upper Sandusky. Don’t let them discourage and deceive you. 1f we hive an estate in Philadelphin we will soon find out and at little expense. Let us move for- ward promptly without the loss of a single person from our ranks, as agreed upon at Tiffin, and we will soon know whether or not we are building upon a rock.” Engagement Ring Recovered. “No one else will ever wear this ring! Ilere it goes!” said Charles Bloodgood to Miss Eliza Turnbull, standing up in a boat one August night in 1896, and tossing their engagement ring into the Susquehanna river, near Unadilla. They had come from the Berkshire hills to visit mutual friends, and had quar- +reled while returning home from a pic- nic. After returning home to the Berk- shire hills they were reconciled and married. Recently fishermen “bobbing” through the ice for pickerel near Wind- sor, some 40 miles south of Unadilla, made a large catch. A cousin of Blood- good, one of the fishermen, in opening one of the fish, found a gold ring in it. He burnished it up, and inside the cir- cle were discovered the initials of Blood- good and Miss Turnbull. ring to his cousin.—Secranton Tribune. J efferson County. G Giant. Col. Cooper, the McCalmont township giant, who travels with a circus in—the summer time and stays at the home of his mother in the winter, seldom goes out, but when he does causes~eonsider- able consternation among the children, and also among grown folks who have never seen him. He is 8 feet 4 inches in height, and large in proportion, and resembles one of the victims of “Jack the Giant Killer” so much that the lit- tle folks are sore afraid. He is, how- ever, a man of genial temper.—Punzsu- drag pie, news clothing thought in the best and most | LATENT OF TH He sent the A Live, Progressive, Newsy Newspaper, containing a large and varied assortment of from far and near. bly edited and in all respects a Good, Clean Family News- Read It! Subscribe For It] Advertise In It If you want to see a thoroughly up-to- date newspaper permanently established in Salisbury, give it a liberal patronage. ISITE G GEES eat, O0K OVER THE in fact news pertaining to almost everything.