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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
.. Judge Robert Von Moschzisker,
of Philadelphia.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
A. E. SISSON,
of Erie.
STATE TREASURER,
Jeremiah A. Stober,
of Lancaster.
JURV C OMMISSIONER,
tt. 11. Bullock.
Next time you hear a Democratic
politician grumbling about the way
the farmer is being imposed upon
by the low price at which the trusts
keep the produce of the farm, es
pecially food stuffs, get a stuffed
club and chase the nuisance into a
hole.
It is said that Kissing Dug Hob
Bon is trying pretty hard to get back
to Congress, and of course while this
is oh the Yellow Peril will not go
very hard with the United States.
But if the kissing gentleman is re
elected we shall expect several Jap
anese wars before breakfast all dur
ing next year and year after.
APPRECIATED BY POLITICAL
OPPONENTS.
While Judge v.on Moschzisker Is
a partisan candidate for Justice of
the Supreme Court in that he is the
nominee of the Republican party, it
must be a source of profound grati
fication on the part of the Judge
and his friends to note that his fit
ness for the exalted office and his
capability as a member of the legal
profession is recognized and appre
ciated by representatives of oppos
ing political interests.
In this connection The Citizen
takes pleasure in quoting the fol
lowing from that staunch exponent
of the Democratic party, the Phila
delphia Record:
"On motion of Samuel Dickson,
Esq., the Hoard of Governors of the
Lawyers' Club in Philadelphia
adopted a deservedly approbative
resolution extolling the fitness of
the Republicangymilnce for Asso
" ciate Justice of the Supreme Court,
Robert von Moschzisker. This ac
tion should be as gratifying to the
voters of Pennsylvania as to the
subject of encomium at the hands
of his legal brethren. It is most
essential that a high standard of
character and capacity should be
maintained in the election of the
Justices of the Supreme Court. The
naming of von Moschzisker makes
nitnnllit nnrt ntiltiAml thn dftlAnilnil
'greater fitness and ability. The
proponent of the commendatory
Moschzisker resolution."
WAR OR EDUCATION.
A Persian journal has pointed
out that Europe is skimping her
schools to provide for her armies.
The money that should go into
school books is being spent on drill
books, and instead of building
kindergartens, Europe is erecting
fortresses. France spends five
times as much on her army as up
on her schools; Germany three
times as much; Austria and Rus
sia, four and a half times, Belgium
twice, anu Italy nine times as
much. Only one European country,
Switzerland, spends more for edu
cation than for military prepara
tion. The prevailing system is vicious,
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Bald that the schools and not
the armies of Nippon were respon
sible' for the victories. A dollar
spent in schools makes a nation
moye formidable than two dollars
speiit in cannon, for the weapon of
tdjHay is worthless to-morrow,
wlllle the education of to-day pre-
res the citizen and, it needs be,
soldier of the future.
(Teaching the young idea how to
iot is better natrlotism than buy-
gunpowder.
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TEE.
A few members of the Democratic
A..n.p nnmmmao ympt (it Tno fntirr
house on Monaay aiiernoon ana on
motion the old officers were re-elect-
etl UUUU1U1UUB4J. ihcauiuuuuo wwc
passed to the effect of making the
Hon, Joel G. Hill the candidate for
the nomination of State Senator, and
.Leopold Feurth as their nominee for
Representative.
The rank and file of the Democra'
tic party of Wayne county are to
b'e congratulated that the bosses of
their party are willing to take away
any worry or care that they might
have in selecting candidates.
White Lawn, and Madras Princess
and One-Piece Dresses, at
45w6 MENNER & CO.'S.
OPEN LETTER TO BRYAN.
Wm. Jennings Bryan,
The paramount Issue that was,
Dear Old Counterfeit Bill:
I am In receipt of a Commoner
this morning, Vol. 9, No. 21, and I
notice BUI, on the first page, that
you want to know what Is a Demo
crat, and we will Bay frankly with
out malice aforethought, that we
will be "horns-woggled" if we know,
and we question very much wheth
er anybody else does or not. And
as you say the Democrats in the
Hoinse and Senate have voted against
free lumber, have repudiated their
party platform, have voted to raise
the price of the chief necessaries of
life, have voted to tax the many for
the few, have gone back on every
pledge and proven themselves trait
ors to the common people, we be
lieve with you at this time, that we
would like to know what a Demo-
crat is. But from what we've seen
and heard Bill, a Democrat Is a
joke, a "bull con four flusher," a
I cheap two for five statesman, elected
I to office through the political spawn
I that you have spread over the land.
But never mind, Bill, as long as the
! Commoner declares a dividend every
week and It pays you to be the lend
,'ing political faker of the land, it
won't make much difference what
goes to make up a Democrat now.
The Grand Old Party has followed
your lead Bill, as Watterson said,
from the slaughter house to an open
sewer, nut so long as tne people
relish your political mush they are
entitled to just what they are get
ting.
But say, Bill, I notice with ex
treme regret that your friend, poli
tical imposition, Gov. Haskell of
Oklahoma, has drawn a few more
indictments from his state's grand
jury. He must be having a royal
good time, and' he is accused of
everything except being honest.
But stick to him, Bill, he is your
friend, and he may have everything
all fixed so that if he is convicted
he might give himself a pardon.
But really, BUI, did you expect
anybody to stand on the platform
that you and Haskell made at Den
ver, when there wasn't a sound
plank in it, and they yelled for
forty-eight hours on its adoption?
But say, Bill, I'll look around and
if I can find one I will take him up
to the "horspistal" and have him
dissected and see what he's made of.
Opie Dllldock, the mayor, here, he
thinks he's a Democrat, but his
thinker is out of whack and our
Democratic party here is a mole on
the back of the neck of the body
politic. And we are all balled up
here politically; some of our Demo
crats are in favor of free lunch and
get all you can while it is going.
But I think things are going to be
better soon. The Michigan legisla
ture has just passed an act that a
man has to find out the Intentions
i ot a Skunk butore be kills it. If
this law will apply to the human
skunk or the political skunk there
may be some merit in the act, as
we believe that it would be better
for the communities if some of them
were exterminated before they breed
more of the same kind.
Well, Bill, I can't think of any
more at present. Neuman just came
in and we'll drop everything to en
tertain him. You know Neuman, he
was formerly editor of the Sentinel,
but the Sentinel died an unnatural
death when it got Into the hands of
Mason and he wanted a show down.
But if you really want to do some
thing, Bill, for the Democratic party
quit it, and perhaps new lite could
be put into the few good ones that
are left and in 1S12 we could run
man like Gov. Johnson of Minnesota,
a man the people have confidence in.
With kind regards to Brother
Charley and the dog, I am,
Ever your loving friend,
BUCKIE.
In Port Huron News.
REBUKED BY THE DEMOCRATIC
DICTATOR.
Now comes the turn of John A.
Johnson, Governor of Minnesota,
once a promising candidate for a
presidential nomination. He is a
political outcast, all on account of a
veto. He killed a bill defining and
classifying the mineral lands of his
state and providing for the taxation
thereof, to the disappointment and
chagrin of Mr. Bryan, who finds him
guilty of party treason and subjects
him to the extreme penalty of Dem
ocratic law, cutting him off in the
flower of his political youth. No
clearer case of criminality has ever
been established.
By the platform upon which the
Governor ran for re-election, taxa
tion was demanded. As' already
stated, the bill provided for it.
When, therefore, a veto was Inter
posed, the platform, Instead of being
respected, was repudiated, flouted,
ignored and treated with contempt.
Of course, no treason could be high
er; no guilt more unpardonable.
Fortunately, retribution was swift.
More than a page of the Commoner is
is devoted to the case. It declares
the time to be ripe for emphasizing
the doctrine that platforms must not
'be disregarded.
In the veto, the Governor made an
effort to justify himself. He describ
ed the proposed tax as a more or less
uncertain and ill-digested experiment
'not fully understood even by its
friends. He charged that it would
violate the fundamental principle of
.taxation equality and that it fail
ed to meet the constitutional require
ments for uniformity. And, lest this
should not convince, he added that
the moral, industrial and practical
effect of the bill would be to strike
a savage blow at the prosperity of
the great mineral bearlpg counties of
the state.
Changing Ideas about the
"Day We Celebrate"
THOSE WHO WOULD REFORM THE MANNER OF CELEBRATION SAY.
THE DAY SHOULD BE KEPT NOT SO MUCH IN REMEM
BRANCE OF THE FEATS OF AMERICAN ARMS AS
FOR THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY.
The Legislatures of seven States
and the City Councils of scores of
cities have passed laws prohibiting
the use of fireworks on the Fourth
of July. This adverse legislation,
which begin as early as 1901, has so
swept over the country that the
Fourth of 3Vf celebration this year
will be a redlcal departure from the
old-time methods of honoring this
auspicious day. The terrible loss of
life that has accompanied every
Fourth of July celebrntion in recent
years is the cause of this legislation.
The present generation does not
remember that during the latter part
o tne eighteenth century, and even
during the greater part of the nine
teenth, there were no such fireworks
and explosives as are used to-day In
cc-lebrating the anniversary of In
dependence. Our forefathers in knee
breeches and powdered hair cele
biatt;d the day chiefly by patriotic
speeches and dinners. Every club,
every society and organization met
around the festive board and honor
ed the day in song and story.
The nature of the speeches and
dinners varied with the locality, but
in one respect all were the same.
They agreed absolutely in the num
ber of toasts. It was the custom to
have thirte entoasts representing,
of course, the thirteen original States.
Witli the admission of new States
this custom died out, probably be
cause the banqueters were unable to
drink so much.
Parades in the larger towns were
features of the celebration during
the early pears of the Republic, but
the principal part of the celebration
was the banquet and Its oratory. In
recent years, however, there has been
a great falling off in the exuberant
qualities of patriotic oratory and the
day has been celebrated with mere
noise.
The prophecy of John Adams has
como true: "The day is celebrated
vith pomp and parade, with shows,
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires
and illuminations from one end of
the country to the other." Oratory,
prayer and praise are forgotten and
the old time decorous celebration of
the day has seemingly passed away
forever.
It should not be taken from this
that there was no noise connected
with the early celebrations. Quite
the contrary. Salutes of guns were
fired, bells were rung, and In the
evening tar barrels were burned, but
there was not the continuous suc
cession of noises which mark the
celebration to-day. Nor was there
any list of dead and injured on the
day following.
Nearly every resident of a city
who can do so goes out of town to
avoid the noise of the Fourth. Just
the reverse was true of the early
celebrations. The first big celebra
tion was held in Boston in 1779. All
the vessels in the harbor fired salutes
in the morning, and the day was
given up to oratory, prayer and
praise. Societies and organizations
NEXT CENSUS.
The way has now been paved by
Congress whereby the Director of
the Census may count noses in the
United States next year. The meas
ure providing the machinery to take
the thirteenth census was agreed to
in the House and Senate, Monday.
The bill appropriating $10,000,000 to
defray a part of the cost of the work
had already passed both branches of
Congress. Both bills now go to the
President for approval.
The bill agreed to makes provision
for mechanical equipment and the
appointment of additional employees.
It reduces the salary of the Director
of the Census fr,om $7,500 to $7,000
and fixes director at $5,000. As the
bill originally passed the House the
additional clerks to be appointed in
cident to taking of the census were
to be paid $600 a year. This was
Increased to $720 by the Senate, but
as the bill becomes a law the $600
limit for clerks stands. The amend
ment making an appropriation for
the construction of a census building
was lost in conference.
Preparations will be made at once
for the taking of the census. Super
visors will be appointed and trained
In their work, and beginning January
1, next the enumerators will be nam
ed. It Is estimated that it will be
necessary to ehiploy about 370 super
visors, who will be assigned as a rule
to districts conforming to the Con
gressional districts. Approximately
70,000 enumerators will be employed
In the work. Enumeration will be
begun April 15, 1910. In all cities
of 5,000 population and over it must
be completed in fifteen days, but in
country districts enumerators will be
allowed thirty days In which to com
plete their labors. It is estimated
that the thirteenth census will cost
approximately $14,000,000.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
held banquets at noon and in
evening, and the celebration
the
was
concluded with the burning of tar
barrels and more salutes from the
ships in the harbor.
Early in the nineteenth century
fireworks began to have a place in
the celebration. These were harm
less and simple compared with the
nerve-shattering explosives which
are put on the market to-day. Not
only were they less dangerous and
noisy, but their use was restricted to
a comparatively small number of
people. Those who were unable to
get fireworks out their muskets and
shot them off. Others fired improvis
ed cannons. Even blacksmiths got
out their anvils and by placing pow
der in little holes were abie to touch
it off so that it made a satisfactory
amount of noise.
With the increase of the noise
came the decrease in the patriotic
orations and prayers. Before the
fiftieth celebration of the day had
been observed noise had almost en
tlrely supplanted oratory.
The question to-day Is, How should
the Fourth of July be celebrated?
The manner in which It is celebrated,
many declare, Is not in entire keep
ing with the spirit of the day nor
with the comfort and pleasure of the
majority of citizens.
Those who would reform the man
ner of celebration say the day should
be kept not so much in remembrance
ot the feats of American arms as
for the spirit of liberty and progress.
It should be a true festival without
forgetting the claims of the young.
There should be civic banquets, gath
crings at which the progress made
in all lines during the past year could
be reviewed. There should be ora
tory and speches In every commun
ity, with an effort to make the cele
bration more like the early obser
vances.
There shoild be processions, but
they should be less military in char
acter than formerly. And, quite as
important, there should be no mon
ster concerts and entertainments
where nobody has a good time, but
divers assemblages where every one
can enjoy himself. The day should
be ushered in with martial music
tind sufficient military display to be
in keeping with the spirit of the oc
casion, but orations, feasts and ban
quets, exercises for children and
public gatherings should be the real
features of the celebration. In the
evening there should be fireworks
the less noisy and the more specta
cular the better.
When the day Is celebrated in
this way there will be no occasion for
people of refined taste and sensitive
nerves to leave the city to escape the
noise and crowds, say the reformers
In fact, the celebration just proposed
will attract rather than dispense
them. And if Maxim's new noiseless
gun is adopted there is no reason
why the problem of a safe and sane
Fourth cannot be solved for all
time.
APPROPRIATIONS FOlt ROADS.
Wayne Gets $1-1,215.85.
Apportionment of the state high
,'way appropriation among the coun
ties of Pennsylvania tor the coming
year was completed recently at the
state highway department. West
moreland county will receive the
largest amount, $33,4S5. York be
ing next, with $32,003. Cameron
county gets the smallest appropria
tion, $1,534. This money is appor
tioned among the counties on the
basis of the number of miles of pub
lic roads in each. It is to be expend
ed under the act of 1903, which pro
vides that the state shall pay three
fourths of the cost of constructing
(state roads, and the county and town
ship each one-eight.
The recent legislature appropriated
$1,000,000 a year for the next two
years for state road building, which is
$500,000 a year less than was grant
ed two years ago. Of this amount,
10 per cent Is reserved for mainten
ance of state roads already built, and
the remaining $900,000 a year is to
be distributed among the counties as
they petition for state roads.
In addition to the distribution com
pleted recently, tho counties that
used all the state appropriation last
year will receive their proportionate
share of the available state money
that was not used by tho other coun
ties. This latter distribution has not
yet been made.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
TRAINS
OF
Delaware & Hudson It. R.
Trains leave at 6:55 a. m., and
12:25 and 4:30 p. m.
Sundays at 11:05 a. m. and 7:15
p. m.
Trains arrive at 9:55 a. m.,
and 7:31 p. ra.
Sundays at 10:15 a. m. and
p. m,
3:15
6:50
Erlo R. R.
Trains leave at 8:27 a. m. and
2:50 p. m.
Sundays at 2:50 p. m.
Trains arrive at 2:13 and 8:02
p. m.
Sundays at 7:02 p. m.
CORNERSTONE LAYING AT FAR-
VIEW HOSPITAL.
The cornerstone of the State hospi
tal for Criminal Insane will be laid
at noon Saturday, July 24. The time
for this important ceremonial was de
cided upon at the last meeting of the
hospital commission. Preparations
are now being made at the grounds,
as it is expected there will be a large
crowd present, including many state
officials.
Invitations will be extended the
chief executives, officials and council
men of Scranton, Carbondale and
Honesdale, the Judges of the adjac
ent counties and prominent men
throughout the state. Governor
Stuart has signified his intention of
being present, and it Is expected the
secretary of the commonwealth, the
attorney general, secretary of Inter
nal affairs and heads of all the other
departments at Harrisburg, will also
be present. . Among the other dis
tinguished men who have signified
their intention to be present are
Judge Moschzisker of Philadelphia,
and Judge Holland, of the western
district of the United States court in
this state.
It is intended to run a special train
from Scranton to Farview on that
day. The governor will arrive in
Scranton the evening previous, and
be conveyed to the grounds on the
special train Saturday. Hon. Henry
F. Walton, president of the hospital
commission, will preside at the exer
cises and will deliver a brief address.
The cornerstone, which will arrive
next week, will contain a copper box
8x14 Inches and 12 inches deep in
which will be deposted recent copies
of the newspapers of this vicinity,
United States coins of the most re
cent date procurable and such other
matters of record as may suggest it
self to the commission before that
day.
PENSION ROLL DECREASING.
During the last fiscal year neerly
fifty-five thousand names have been
dropped from the pension rolls of the
government and about thirty-seven
thousand new pensions have been
granted. The explanation of the ad
dition of so large a number of new
names is that the ovlunteer army was
young. Since we have the new legis
latlon giving practically a service
pension a great many who were boys
In 'Gl are arriving at the age where
they come under the provisions of
the new law and so they are being
given pensions, though they have
never been able to get them before
because of the lack of sufficient evi
dence of disability contracted in the
service or for other reasons.
Congress, too, has been liberal with
the widows of the veterans. There
will be more to do for them as time
goes on. We know of a case In this
county where a widow of a veteran
is unable to get a pension to-day be
cause she married her late husband
just fifteen days too late to come
within the provisions of the law; yet
she took care of the veteran through
all his declining years anu was a
faithful helpmate to him and is de
serving and needy if ever a woman
was of the pittance the government
gives to a soldier's widow. She must
(HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
President.
ANDREW THOMPSON
Vice President.
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durinc the next session of Congress
There are sua two women receiving
non rI nrm as dauehters of those who
fought in the Revolution and 500
women are receiving allowances as.
widows of men who took part in the
war of 1812.
It is estimated that during the
next ten years the ranks of the vet
erans of the civil war will be reduced
nearly 60 per cent, and that by 1919
not over 350,000 will be still living.
FREEDOM.
Here In the forest now,
As on that old July
When first our fathers took the now,
The bluebird, stained with earth and
sky,
Shouts from a blowing bough
In green aerla'l freedom, wild and.
high,
And now, as then, the bobolink
Out on the uncertain brink
Of the swaying maple swings
Loosing his song out link by golden
link,
While over the wood his proclama
tion rings,
'A daring boast fiat would unkingdom
kings! I
Even so the wild birds sang on
bough and wall
That day the bell of Inuependence
hall
Thundering upon the world the word
of man,
The word God uttered when the
world began
That day when liberty began to bo
And mighty hopes were out on land
and sea,
But Freedom calls her conscripts
now, as then;
It is an endless battle to be free.
As the old dangers lessen from the
skies
New dangers rise.
Down the long (jenurles eternally,
Again, again, w'jll rise Thermopy
lae; Again, again, a new Leonldas
Must hold for God the Imperiled
pass.
As teh long ages run.
New Lexington will rise on Lexing
ton And many a valorous Warren fall
Upon the Imperiled wall.
Man is the conscript of an endless
quest,
A long divine adventure without
rest,
A holy war, a battle yet unwon
When he shall climb beyond
the
burnt out sun.
Each hard earn.1 freedom withers
to a bond! '" t
Freedom forever ?e btyond beyonul
" Edwin Markham In Independent.
JOB WORK AT THE CITIZEN.
XTOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
IN ESTATE OF
VIRGIL OONKLIN.
late cif Preston. Pa.
All persons Indebted to said estate are noti
fied to make Immediate payment to the un
dersigned ; and those having claims against
the said estate are notllled to present them
duly attested for settlement.
JOHN RANDALL. Administrator,
Lake Como, Pa., June 30, I'M). 5:2(3
EDWIN F. TORREY
Cashier.
ALBERT C. LINDSAY
Asst. Cashier.
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