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A 12x45 top extension table 6 foot long with five
carved legs, i N03 5 (CY,
A 24x24 Imitation Mahogany Stand,
1.00.
0.00
Johnson & MN cCulloh,
SALISBURY,
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A 16x16 inch Stand,
PENNA.
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Arbuckle’s and Enterprise Coffee, per pound only 10 ceents,
13 Ibs. Granulated Sugar $1.00
Lancaster Ginghams........5 cents per yard.
Good Cashmeres from Lo... .... 12 1-2 cents up.
Very best Cotton
Good Calico
Best Calico
Good 7-cent
4 bs. Best
10 Ths,
7 1ha. Lima Henne Seni sn TE ty
15 ibs. White Hominy
7 Cakes Coke Soap
6 Cakes Waterlily
5 1bs. Good Raisins
uit Tec weived., >
A fine line of Ladies’ Shirt Waists, prices from 50 cents to $100. Also an
Men's Dress Shirts. direct from the manufacturers, from 39 cents up, Al the latest nov-
~lties in Neckwear and Gents’ Furnishing Goods. Men’s Suits from $4 up. Children’s
Suits irom 75 cents up. Pants from 25 cents up. Men's Working Pants, Coats,
Overalls; ete at prices away down.
“ae. (GREAT BARGAINS IN SHOES! ce
SHOES and buy dircet the
rurers—Rice & Hutchins, Walker and Douglas—thereby saving fully 2
We warrant these shoes in every part. We are
REMEMBER, THE ABOVE
feents per yard.
scents per yard.
reduced cents
Soup...
Muslin to H
fine line of
Boys’ Knee
celebrated manuface-
DH per cent.
agents for the famous
CASH PRICES.
We carry an immense line of from
of jobh-
also
ARE
bars’ prices,
Carlisle and Evitt Ladies? Shoes,
Barchus& 1avencood,
Pe
Salisbury, nina.
Cet 1t At Jefferys
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When in need of anything in the line of Pure
Fresh Groceries, Fancy Confectionery, Marvin's
Brea Notions,
I. AT ome—
THE LEADING GROCERY.
AAI ING Wa py ‘
Space is too limited to enumerate all my bargains here,
Call and be convineed that 1 sell the best of goods at the:
lowest living prices.
My business has grown wonderfully in the past few years,
for which heartily thank the good people of Salisbury
and vicinity and shal! try harder than ever to merit your
future patronage. Respectfully,
J. PT. JEFFERY,
Oppo=ite Po=stofTlice. - - -
I'resh I, Books, Stationery, ete.
Grrant Street.
(rain Hlour and Feed!
A. Lichliter is doing businees at the old stand. With greatly increas-
ed stock and facilities for handling goods, we are preparel to meet the
wants of our customers in
ALL KINDS OF STAPLE GROCERIES,
Feed, Flour, Corn, Oats, Tite.
are JOBBERRS |
OF CARBON OIL and can save merchants money on this line, as we buy car-
In short anything to feed man or beast. Furthermore, we
load lots. We are also
Headquarters For Maple Sweets.
We pay cash for good Butter and niee, clean Fresh Eggs. Come and see
what advantages we offer.
S. A. LICHLITER, Salisbury, Pa.
¥ bare!
THE REIGN OF TERROR
In Wey ems 01 Boss,
{ARE WE SLAVES OR OR
| $30. 000.00 For The Family, With
{ the Fleecc of the Organization
and Pap from the Bench Thrown
In.—A Bunch of Facets.
get of and
[ Regulations governing Republican Pri-
{ mary Somer:et County”
was and thi» first. Primary
d in obedience to the
FREEMEN?
In June, 1878, a “Rules
Elections in
adopted,
election was
hel
, Same in 1830,
HOW. THE SCULL RING GOT INTO POWER.
i Rere 1.—The principal oflicers of the
| Republican party of Somerset county
shalt be a Chairman and a Chairman
{ Pro tem. of the County Committee.
[who shall be elected by the committee,
whose term of ofiice shall last for one
year, commencing immediately after
the final adjournment of the eonven-
tion and continue until his successor is
elected, and whose residence and oflice
I shall be at the County-seat.
of the
imposed
By design and management
[Herald machine this rule was
upon the Republicans of Somerset
county. There are 6,000 Republican
i voters in the county ; 250 of this num-
reside in Somerset borough. By
| this rule the machine has shut the door
{ of political freedom against 5750 mem-
| bers of the party. Why should not a
| Republican residing in Meyersdale,
isbury, Conemaugh, Addison,
other precinct in the county be eligible
for County Chairman? Simply because
the ring competition when
eligibility is limited to a few instead of
with
under disability, the machine has
her
or
has less
the many;
ty
but 4 per cent. to hold in subjection.
In order to elineh its unholy and un-
righteous grasp more tightly and to
wield its lash more effectively
sure tue success of the machine, and to
keep the party organization in “the
family” or “in the ‘hands of a trusted
and subservient employe,” the follow-
ling language was woven in Rule 13:—
{ “The duty of the Chairman shall be to
| appoint members of the Republican
| party to {ill vacancies, remove commit-
teemen, &e.” 2
Iv is readily seen by Rule 1 and the
quotation from Rule 13, and it is the
| practice of the machine, that the com- |
mittee going out of office at the end of
“its term elects the Chairman for the
new committee. This gives the
| chine a full yearto fill vacancies caused
by the removal of committeemen from
the district, by death, and to get the
committeemen into line with “the goods
and chattels in
| nered two-for-five smile of Secretary
“Tim,” who voted for Quay at St. Louis
when Somerset county was a-unit for
McKinley). This is suflicient to show
nma-
paper and its servants at Somerset, in
{control of the party organization.
BUT THERE IS MORE YET.
| After the Scull machine had fasten-
| ed itself upon the party, it was discov-
ered in order to “make the business
i pay,” the rules needed amendment, as
rule 13 only permitted the Chairman to
| make
nomination to defray expenses
| nouncing candidates for oflice, pay ex-
| penses of conventions of return judges,
# % #% and assess nominated candidates
| for all necessary legitimate expenses.”
The machine found there was “nothing
in it” and it promulgated and fastened
upon the party the following “Tariff
{for Revenue only.”
i Rene 20—*Each candidate for nomi-
I nation shall furnish to the Chairman of
the County Committee, not less than
twenty days before the Primary elec-
{ tion, his name, the oflice for which he
| is a candidate, the township or borough
in which he resides, with his post-ottice
| address. and pay a fee of :
lp resident Judge
Cong
| State
assessments “on
for an-
$100
HU
40
40
4)
40
40
40
30
30
30
10
10
10
10
10 00
as a fund to
an-
00
00
Prothonotary
| Recorder
{ Assembly
Treasurer
County Commissioner
District Attorney
Associate Judge
00
00
00
00
00
00
Poor louse Director
| Jury Commissioner
Joroner
jounty Surveyor
i "Po be used axe lasively
i defray the SPUTseS of announcing e
didates, in the
{ of the county, &e.”
i Ruvne 21.—The Chairman of the (
{ ty Committee shall have the
| assess all candidates nominated, * #
land in case of refusal of any nominee
| to pay the same, he shall be dropped,
and the person having the next highest
vote in the convention shall be substi-
tuted on the ticket.”
k
|
(‘oun-
By virtue of these two rules the po- |
litical
wire-pullers for “revenve only”
I
| received into their coffers from
| office, could not and would
| “Advertising
Sal- |
any |
96 per cent. of the par-!
to in-
stock (the three-cor- |
how the rules were fixed up bp the ma- |
[chine to keep the editor of the Scull- |
ing the next highest vote in the con-
i ticket.”
candidates for |
ler
00!
00
00 !
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004 the power of the machine.
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was
right to
[the
~
THURSDAY, APRIL
1884 to
I
1897 the sum of at least $20,000.00, but |
the looters of the Republican party
treasury complained * the business
doesn’t pay.” When Rule 20 was adopt-
ed, it provided that the announcements | :
tC Ce Shaffer... ....:
in the |
of candidates should be made
| CITAIRMAN
Republican papers of the county. Then |
the elassical (?) gentleman of the self- |
styled Somerset county family paper,
now better known as the Scull-paper,
and Louis Ague Smith, the zigzag-mid-
dle-of-the-road-machine editor of the
Meyersdale Comercial, now commonly
spoken of as the Scull organette, were |
on reasonably good terms, and the
language of the rule was not objection- |
able to the non-assessment paying edi- |
{ Much more was wrung from the nomi-
but peace soon
’
tor of the =cull-paper,
yielded up the ghost; “ Lucifer’
gered out of line; he was kicked out of
stag-
23 1898.
money the ringsters received since the
adoption of Rule 20:
YEAR. SEC
1884 TIT. (.
ISS 1. CL
1386
IS87
1888
1839
1390
1801
1892
1893
1894
1305
15396
IN97
RETARY. RECD.
Colborn. . $1250
Colborn... 60
R. Scull... 5%
R. Scull. . S00
R. Scull... 140
R. Scull... 21
RaSeull...=21%0
RB. Scull... 240
R. Scull. 2%)
R. Scull... ‘1050
R. Scull... 330
R. Seull... 60
R. Scull... 1220
R..Scull: 800
Je Ré:Sceott,. 5.00
J. R. Scott...
W. H.Sanner.... .. Geo,
(vo.
(. Shaffer
Co Shafter...
.W. Bicsecker...
i
WW,
WW,
SEALE
EW,
WV
>.
(Feo.
Geo,
Ceo.
Bicsecker... Givo.
Biesecker
Biesecker
Biesecker, ..
Bieseeker, ..
Biesecker.
Berkley. ....
ce Geo,
(100.
reo.
Goo
(v¢0,
(reo,
of $8,770.00
the
Rule
This makes a grand total
that went into the hands
chine under the provisions
of ma-
of 0.
nated candidates by the grab Rule 21.
| No person ever heard how much money
heaven by Gabriel for disobedience to |
the great Ego.
to Republican journalism. Two
candidates, as the
burned the bridges
was snatched from
“revenue leeches”
Es : ‘ a [ behind them, and here is the evidence
I'he Somerset County Zimes, now the |
Somerset Standard, made its advent in- |
jour- |
nals in the field with the Primary-fed |
Scull-paper, who were entitled to print
candidates
not be tol-
the announcement of
erated.
The “Scotty,” was in-
structed that announcements could not
(‘hairman,
for |
{ ley) #Yes,
of it.
At the hearing of the election contest
last year Chairman Berkley testified |
thus:
Q—"“You said you were Cairman of
the County Committee?” A. —( By Berk-
*sir.®
Q—"When were you elected?” A.—
| InMarchy1896.”
be printed in any paper other than the |
Bulletin” circulated
by |
the manager of the Phil Sheridan Oil |
Co. Instructions were obeyed
“Scotty” was rewarded
ferces of Somerset county for State
Senator.
Something more was now
and |
with the con- |
necessary, |
for the editor of the Times had brought |
suit against the ring organization for
th
ments of the eandidates for office,
had obtained judgment against A. F.
Domer and Geo. R. Scull, Esq..
sum of $140.00 and the costs of suit.
The rules must now be amended,
which was accordingly done. Rule 20
read Juter “Money to be used to
defray the expenses of announcing can-
didates in the Republican newspapers
of the county.” This rule, in order to
give the machine full control
party printing , was changed in 1887 to
read: “Money to be used to defray the
expenses of announcing
such Republican newspapers of the
county as shall be designated by the
Chairman.
alia:
One more point is scored by the ring
from a business standpoint.
ing must be done at the Scull print
shop; but more grease is needed to
make “business profitable,” and Rule
21 is now made the club in the hands
of the Chairman to force money from | |
: payment of printing of announces |
and |
for the !
of the!
candidates in
The print- |
{ managers of the
candidates who have been nominated. |
Observe the language of Rule 21.
Chaitman of the County Committee
pox .2% #2 shall have the'right
all candidates
and in case of refusal
to assess
* * 3% ”»
of any
shall be dropped, and the person hav-
shall substituted on the
vention be
sioner were assessed $30.00 each; Pro-
thonotary $150.00; Sheriff, Recorder,
Treasurer and Assemblymen $100.00
each; Associate Judge and District At-
terney $40.00 each; Senator $200.00;
Congress from $500 to $1,000. Of course
remitted to a
seen further
This
these assessments were
few favorites, as will be
on. (Qurselves were cared for).
rule, enforced with Rule 20,
faces of “Timmie” and “Freddy” bloom
and blossom like roses.
The clubs were used with great sue-
cess in fleecing, yea, skinning candi-
dates until in 1891. In 1891 the Legis-
lature killed Rule 21, and the powerful
arm of Chairman Biesecker fell palsied
On June 19, 1891, the Bak-
Law
Every certificate of nomina-
by his side.
Reform
provides:
ficer and secretary or secretaries of the
convention or primary meeting or-eau-
who shall add thereto
residence, and shall be
them. The
cus or board,
their places
sworn or aftlirmed to by
barrier was burndd away.
chain entwined about the
broken,
ple could no longer be
of
party was
threatened by
The princi-
pal source of revenue was gone. The
aliment to feed the fires of ring fealty
forever Jost. Candidates duly
nominated were decried as traitors to
Republican newspapers | the party when they no longer yielded
| up the graese.
fand whine of
Then came the ery and
the machine: “There is
no money and a Primary election can-
held.” How much money had
ringsters received rules
and 21 went into effect, and who receiv-
ed it?
not be
since
FIGURES DON'T LIE.
The following figures show how much
“The:
nominated |
nominee to pay the same, he |
| the ring organization $8,770.00;
By the use of this club nomi-
f nated candidates for County Commis-
| announcements ;
made the |
” was approved which |
| tion shall be signed by the presiding of- |
00 |
| knows how
The tyrants’ |
| ment shows that
nominations made by the peo- |
! this statement, and we will produce the |
20 |
Q.—"You assumed the duties of Chair-
man at that time?” A —*1 did.”
Q.—"Did you get the books and pa- |
A—
pers in your hands at that time?”
“Yes, sir.”
Q—"“Who was your predecessor?”
A—"Fred. W. Biesecker.”
Q—"“When did you get
A=“ didi’t get any books.”
Q.—" None at all?’ A—"No, sir
Q—"You were subpwenwd to bring
them here?” A. —“Yes, sir; anything
”»
that belonged to the Republican party.”
Q—"*You_ have none? A=——"No, sir”
Q.—*No records of any kind?”
“1 have the Bank book.”
Q—"You have no books of your prede-
cessor?” A —¢)\
Q—"When did you get
“On the 5th of June, 1897.”
Q—"How much was
“$367.40.”
thing but a cheek”?
that?” A.—
that?’
Chairman Shaffer kept beoks and ex- |
hibited a sworn statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the party
funds for the period during which he
was chairman. Taking the statement
of Chairman Shaffer as published in
the Somerset Standard of 21st I'eb.,
1890, as a basis of calculation, the ring
has squeezed from candidates for coun-
ty and district offices under Rule 21,
$12,000.00 more, not to say anything of
the $600.00 received in 1894 from the
Jacek Robinson cam-
and the contributions made by
Asparagus” Bill Andrews and other
managers of the state end the ma-
chine. In fourteen years the organiza-
tion has received $20,000.00 of money
contributed by members of the party.
paign;
THE PRIMARY FUND:
Since Rule 20 has been in foree,
members of the party have been eandi-
dates for nomination and have paid to
and of
this sum $2,960 has gone to the Scull-
paper
; as much more
been charged for printing tickets and
«lection blanks by the machine junk
shops. By this means there is placed
into the hauds of the “Family” and “it
trusted amployes” $5,920 of the entire
sum grabbed for. During this period
eleven elections were held :
:alled off, but fourteen times the an-
nouncements printed. Though
there was only one candidate for each
office, and before printing the
nouncements, the machine had deter-
mined not to hold an election {so Chair-
man Berkley testified) yet the an-
nouncements were printed. “Money
must be spent on us any way,” was the
motto, and the Seull print shop got its
paw into the party treasury, all the
same.
were”
an-
FUND RAISED BY RULE 21,
Nobody but “WE-UR-YOU & (0O.”
much the “Union Street
Political Boodlers” made out
fund, but it is a known
saved some oiit of it.
Chairman Shaffer’s published state-
Hon. Edward Scull
never paid him his announcement fee
as required by Rule 20 (which is $50);
neither did he pay any assessments un-
der Rule 21, as other candidates were
required to do.’ Tue Nran
possession the aflidavit made by Ex-
Chairman Shaffer as to the truth of
original document to all who call to
see it.
REAPED.
WHAT THE FAMILY
Outside of making and saving inside
l of the organization, the Senll family re-
ceived emoluments from
office as fol-
lows:
Hon. Ed. Scull,8 yrs. in Congress...
Geo. Il Scull, Esq, 3 yrs. Dist, Atty.
250,600.00
3,000.00
tis only
| Banner.”
| ngainst
the books?” |
rand go with-them to the front.
A=
the
| can born,
i almost all the countries of Europe.
the
206 |
i tairs.—Lenark
and its organette for printing of |
has |
three were |
I Consul-General
Ltlights.
of this ;
fact that they |
has in its |
NUMBER 14.
I. W. Biesecker, 6 yrs. Dist.
“Timmie,” 12 yrs. Ree. Co.
“Freddy,” 7
AND PAP FROM
Atty 6,000.00
TILE
er ait rid Audlts.
Audits... ....
is a little
BENCII.
“Timmie’”
“Freddy”
$1,796.73
1,430.71
“itemizing” that
will be interesting reading for the
ring and its henchmen. The above
facts are given to the Republicans of
Somerset county that they may
Know why the ring organs are constant -
ly maligning men of brains and
tation,
Here
SO
repu
It is because they will not bend
the knee to the dictates of the ringsters
and give their assent and influence to
the “ways and means” e the Scull
terie, that the coffers of“the machine
‘may be filled to a ? Look-
out! We will have more in our next
issue,
CO-
——
IN the spring the fancy of the Penn-
sylvania Democratsalways lightly turns
to thoughts of carrying the fall
but when the fall comes what
fall is there !—Pittshirg Tins:
et e—r
elec-
tions; a
IN time of war there is room for only
There
country’s.
only one leader—the President.
one flag—the “Star Spangled
Ience partisanship in Con-
gress should cease. —Monongahela I. -
publican.
rt tee
one party—the people. is only
one cause—the There ix
There
Mi. WaNayaker, in making his fight
Quayism, not forget the
other fight which the Nation is likely
to soon have its hands. He offers
to raise a regiment of Pennsylvanians,
There
is no discount on such patriotism.—
Pliladelphia Record.
ete eee
does
on
A FEW weeks ago a census was taken
of the United States navy, which show-
ed that of the 7 946 enlisted seamen on
roster, 3.668 of them were Ameri-
while the balance hail from
At
present the preference is given by the
enlisting officers to Americans.
A—
Tne man to whose vote Rutherford
B. Hayes owed his election to the Presi-
dency died at Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
Tuesday. Ie was Gen. Hugh J. Camp-
bell, and in 1876 was a member of the
Louisiana Returning Board, casting his
ballot for the Republicans. Ile raised
the first regiment in Iowa in the War
of the Rebellion and renown
that conflict. Ile is said to have been
at his death the best-known citizen of
South Dakota. —Jolustown Tribune.
won in
Hopes of life insurance policies in
old line companies lose all they
have paid and forfeit their policies in
the bargain, if they show enough loy-
alty to enlist in to defend their
It is barely possible that not one
war
flag.
man in a thousand who earries old line
insurance knew he took it,
as very few men read every word in an
Here is patriotism
you. What protection do these
companies deserve? And yet they die-
tate all legislation regarding their af-
[ll (
this when
insurance policy.
tor
razelte.
Some of the friends of William J.
| Bryan are in great trepidation over the
popularity of Fitzhugh Lee and fear he
may supercede Bryan as a Democratic
presidential possibility in 1900. Lee
buttons are being freely worn adout
Washington and there is plenty of talk
among Democrats to the effect that the
would make
candidate. Bryan himself pretends to
have no fear and believes that Lee's
support of the Palmer and Buckner
ticket and his opposition to the Chicago
platform have left upon his
political record which will effectaally
hold him down any presidential
Mr. Bryan may be deceivine
however. Lee would have a
solid South back of him on acecount of
his rebellion-slavery record, to start
with, and the shibboleth of “18 to 1’
a god vd
a stigma
in
himself,
‘may not have the magic in 1900 tha
it had i 1898.—Johnstown Tribune.
Varrouvs persons and firms employing
large numbers of men have been mak-
| ing provisions which will give their em-
ployees little for staying at home to
i hold their jobs, when hostilities begin
between this country and Spain. Be-
ginning with Uncle Sam, he has order-
ed that postal employes be granted
Jeave of absence and their places re-
tained for them ; posimasters, also, will
be allowed to go, where acceptable per-
sons can be found to take eharge of the
offices. The American Express (‘om-
pany will allow half pay during ab-
sence, and give all employes who en-
list their old places or other ones as
good when they return. The city of
New York will do the same. And then
there is John Wanamaker, who offers
to continue all his employes who en-
list on full pay, and give $1,000 to the
families of all such as may be killed
in the service —J« hustown Tribune