Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, November 07, 1898, Image 4

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FREELAND, I"A., NOVEMBER 7,1898
THE M IST.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOL- '
LARS COLLECTED BY THE RE
PUBLICAN MACHINE FROM THE I
PEOPLE, AND THE STATE DEBT I
YET REMAINS UNPAID—MANY
INTERESTING FACTS AND FIG
URES IN THIS CONNECTION j
FROM ONE OF THE BEST POSTED
MEN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Before there was a Republican party |
In the country the Democratic party in I
Pennsylvania had succeeded in incorpo- |
rating into the state constitution such i
adequate provision for a sinking fund j
and the gradual payment of the state j
debt that its ultimate cancellation was
assured. The credit for payment, there
fore, so far as any party is entitled to
it, is a Democratic monopoly. The fol- j
lowing additional facts from the pen of
Hon. B. F. Myers, in the Harrlsburg j
Star-Independent of late date, in answer i
to ignorant Republican vaporing, will
be found interesting:
The claim made that when the Demo
crats went out of power in this state in
1861 the state debt was $40,000,000, and
since then this debt has been almost
entirely liquidated, has done duty in
party organs and on the stump for at
least two decades. It was first made in
the Hoyt-Dill campaign in 1878, and it
has been repeated ever since in every
canvass in which questions affecting |
the administration of the state govern- j
nient were raised. Let us accord all the i
credit for the reduction of the state j
debt that is due the party which has
had almost uninterrupted control of the
legislature during the 37 years ending
with 1897, and which always had suffi
cient power in one of the two houses to
negative any reforms emanating from
the executive office when that was In
possession of the opposing party. But !
let us ascertain from statistics on the j
subject of the state debt what .credit I
really belongs to that party. What are
the facts involved in this matter? Turn I
to pages 1003 and 1004 of Smull's Legis- j
lative Handbook for 1897 and find there :
a statement of the "Public Loans of the j
Commonwealth" from 1821 until 1861. As
nearly as can be ascertained the sum
total of those loans was, in 1861, in j
round numbers, $31,000,000. This sum j
included the loan of May 15, 1861, for
arming the state, which was made by a
Republican administration. The state
debt, on its face, left by the Democrats I
when they went out of power was.
therefore. $3'..000.000, not $40,000,000. But j
against this stood the proceeds of the I
sale of the public works, effected by the j
Democrats, which, as nearly as can bo j
ascertained, amounted to about SII,OOO,- j
000. Thus it appears that the real
amount of debt left by the Democrats |
when they were turned out was $20,000,-
000, not $40,000,000. Thus Is the tale cut |
in twain. Now, look again on page 1004 j
of Smull and you will find that the state
debt Is $6,815,305. Deduct $6,815,305 from
$20,000,000 and it appears that $13,184,695 j
of the principal of the state debt left by
the Democrats in 1861 were paid during j
a period of 37 years by the Republican ;
party. A careful calculation of the In
terest on the debt paid during that pe
riod shows that it amounted to about I
$27,000,000. Add the principal and inter
est paid during that time and the total
payments are shown to amount to S4O,- j
184,695. Add, also, the repayment of the j
war loan of 1861 C$3,000,000) and the pay- !
ments on the debt created by both the ;
political parties sum up to $43,184,695.
Now turn to page 995 of Smull for 1897
and there find a statement of the re - j
ceipts and expenditures at the state
treasury from 1861 to 1897, both years '
inclusive. Foot up the receipts and you
will find that they aggregated $326,- !
323,000 for the 37 years. Taking the ex- !
pendltures of the state government for j
1880. for all purposes, as a fair average ;
of what the payments at the state '
treasury should have been per annum
Fince the constitution of 1874 has been
In force, and multiplying that average
by 37, we find that if the state govern- ;
ment had been as economically admin
istered during all the years from 1861
to 1897 as It was In 1880, the payments
at the treasury should have been for
the 37 years $252,344,403. Deduct this
sum from $326,323,000 (the amount of !
the receipts at the state treasury for
the 37 years) and there is shown a sur
plus of receipts over necessary and
proper expenditures of $73,978,597, but of
this surplus only $43,184,694 were ap
plied to the payment of the principal
and Interest of the state debt. The
$30,793,903 which should have remained
in the treasury would have wiped out
the $6,815,305 of the state debt still un
paid, and left $23,978,598 to be given to
the common schools over and above the
appropriation made to them on the
basis of 1880. How much credit, then,
is clue to such administration of the
state government as, notwithstanding
the Immense revenues received at the
tieasury, has failed to pay off the state
debt by nearly $7,000,000?
C 3 A. 53 T O It. X A. .
Bears the /f The Kind You Hare Always Bought
MR. JENISjmiC LIFE
LEADING POINTS IN A REMARK
ABLE CAREER —HIS PROMI
NENCE AND INFLUENCE IN CON
GRESS—A COURAGEOUS ADVO
CATE OF RETRENCHMENT.
ECONOMY AND HONEST AND
EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION.
THE TRUE FRIEND OF THE SOL
DIER—A BRILLIANT EXECUTIVE
RECORD—THE CONVINCING TRI
BUTE OF A REPUBLICAN EDI
TOR.
The following are the principal poln's
contained In a remarkable address, de
livered at Carlisle, Pa., recently, by
Edwin K. Hart, a leading Independent
Republican editor of Philadelphia, after
a careful personal Investigation into
the official record of the Democratic
reform candidate for governor. Mr.
Hart said:
"The record of the private, profession
al, public and official life of George A.
Jenks shows him to be in every re
spect the man for the present crisis in
Pennsylvania as the true and reliable j
leader in the cause of udininfktrative j
reform. After building up a most en
viable practice at the bar, being rec- |
ognlzed as the ablest lawyer in west
ern Pennsylvania, before he had reach
ed middle life, Mr. Jenks entered the
national house of representatives, in
1874, and although he served but a sin
gle term, in consequence of the prepon
derance of opposition party sentiment
In that section of the state, he made a
national reputation, which will ever
be a credit to himself and all the people
of Pennsylvania, irrespective of polit
ical relationships. Instantly recogniz
ing the character and capabilities of
the man, all the leaders, on both sides,
at once gave him a most Influential
place in their mtdst. As chairman of
one of the most important committees,
that having charge of pensions, he ex
ercised a potent influence in behalf of
invalid soldiers and their helpless de
pendents. He secured legislation in
their behalf when others could not, and
made a brilliant address, defending the
rights* of pensioners, resenting the spe
cious idea that their claims were to ba
regarded from a standpoint of charity.
He successfully maintained that pen
sions were a right and not a gratuity;
that a pensioner's certificate must not
be regarded as a badge of mendicancy.
"In the Impeachment trial of General
Belknap, secretary of war, Mr. Jenks,
on behalf of the house, made two
speeches, which were considered mas
terpieces of law, logic and patriotism,
and which commended him to the ud
mlratlon of political friends and foes.
His denudation of the crimes commit
ted by this recreant member of Grant's
cabinet showed his Intense and right
eous hatred of every form of political
iniquity and is applicable to every sort
of evildoers in the political and official
arena today. At no time in his life hr I
Mr. Jenks ever shown the slightest
measure of sympathy with those who
have betrayed their trust, and his elec
tion to the highest office within the gift
of the people of this great state would
be at once a sweeping condemnation
of the foes of clean politics and honest
government, a magnificent vindication
of the principles of popular sovereignty
and a bedrock of guarantee of honest,
faithful and efficient administration of
the executive department at Hai risburg
during the next four years.
"When the electoral commission was
struggling to keep the country from the
throes of a second civil war Mr. Jenks
was specially appointed to appear be
fore that high tribunal, and his argu
ments in the cases of Louisiana and
Oregon furnished supplemental proof as
to his intellectual resources, showing
him to be easily the equal of the ablest
men in the nation. These addresses
were utterly devoid of narrow parti
sanship, but were earnest, honest* dis
passionate appeals for the triumph of
truth and Justice, and no one can read
them at this hour without realizing
how intense is the condemnation of
every form of political iniquity which
possess the heart and mind of Mr.
Jenks. He is the sworn foe of the polit
ical crook, wherever he may be found;
the courageous upholder of honesty and
fidelity in the performance of public
trust.
"During his congressional service
this conscientious public servant sought
to promote in every way possible the in
terests of the people, believing, as he
constantly declared, that economy, dil
igence and purity should characterize
the administration of public affairs.
He Introduced and pressed a bill for
the reduction of the salaries of federal
officials, congressmen Included, and
earnestly opposed every effort to in
crease the salaries of members of the
house and senate. His policy was con
sistent and courageous throughout, and
had the measures he advocated, some
of the most important of which, like
that looking to the transfer of the pen
sion bureau from the interior to the
war department, he originated, been
adopted, many millions of dollars would
have been saved to the government.
And as It was then, so it undoubtedly
will be. if he is honored with the special
trust and confidence of his fellow cit
izens as their chief magistrate.
"Mr. Jenks has likewise been tried
and found capable and trustworthy In
executive office. He was appointed an
assistant secretary of the interior in
July. 1885, by President Cleveland, at
the special request of Secretary Lamar,
who had served with him In the house,
and gave such striking manifestations
of his superior legal attainments that
a few months later he was transferred
to the department of Justice, as solici
tor general, next to the highest office
in that department, wherein he jerved
four full years, remaining some nine
months under President Harrison, at
the hitter's special request. In this po
sition the capable lawyer and the hon
est public official were fitly united, and
Mr. Jenks made a record without a
flaw, and one which commended him
.anew to the confidence and esteem of
all right minded people. He was not a
favorite with those having unjust
claims against the government, or with
those who sought to prostitute its func
tions to the promotion of personal in
rerests. He was faithful to every oh- 1
ligation, and retired from office fol- >
lowed by the sincerest well wishes of
his political opponents, to whom he had
*et the highest example of personal ;
und official honor.
"In the present crisis it is our duty,
as citizens, regardless of oartisan
views, to unite In support of a candl- i
date for governor who thus embodies j
every essential requirement, and no
! good citizen can be excused from see
ing clearly and acting intelligently and
j courageously. The election of Mr.
Jenks to the governorship would be one
of the most notable triumphs in the
cause of true patriotism in the annals
of the country. Stand up for him. and
see that your neighbor understands
what manner of man he is, and also
comes to his support with his voice and
his influence and his ballot. Let there
be a mighty unification of the right
eous sentiment of good citizenship. The
opportunity to elect such a man as Mr.
Jenks as the guardian and defender of
the people's rights at the state capital
is too rare to be overlooked or neglect
ed. The duty is imperative. Let par
tisan lines be obliterated, anklet the
enemies of honest government be over
whelmed. Rally for Jenks and reform,
and save our noble state from another
era of misgovernment and public rob
bery and disgrace.
IS LABOR BENEFITED?
Extravagant Increases in the Bureau of In
dustrial Statistics—Factory Inspector's
Department and Mine Inspector's De
partment.
Under the guise of protecting em
ployes in mines ai\d factories, Repub
lican legislatures have added to the
heavy tax burden of the people, with
out in any way ameliorating the hard
ships of those whom they professed
to assist. Notwithstanding the crea
tion of special bureaus to compile in
dustrial statistics, to investigate the
j working of coal mines, to eradicate
sweat shops, to prevent the employ-
I nient of children under the statutory
| age, and to guard the lives and the
I health of mine and factory operatives
J by the erection of certain safety appli
ances, there have been no satisfactory
! and valuable statistics gathered, no cor
i responding improvement in the workings
j of coal mines, no decrease in the num
bers of children employed in mines and
I factories, and no earnest effort made
| to secure inside safety appliances or
the erection of fire escapes of known
practical good. A few sweat shops
have been obliged to change location,
but the number has increased, rather
J than diminished, and In no particular
j instance where factory Inspectors have
I made themselves prominent have con
| dltlons for workingmen and working
I women changed materially for the bet
| ter.
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
There was a time when the bureau of
industrial statistics compiled matter
of interest and importance—under Hon.
Miles Humphries, Republican, and Hon.
Joel B. McCamant, Democrat, the bu
reau was conducted on lines which
gave the employer and the employed a
really intelligible account of the rep
resentative Industries of the common
wealth. After Governor Beaver's elec
tion the vagaries of the Republican
statistician, Mr. Bolles, were substi
tuted for methodical tables of employes,
wages, products, etc.
A MODERN ECONOMIST.
His successor assumed charge of the
I bureau of industrial statistics under
Hastings. Since his appointment to
I the position he has been employing
himself and his bureau assistants in
political log rolling for the Republican
! machine, giving his odd moments to
| the duties for the supposed perform
j ance of which he draws a salary,
j But, if not a statistician, he is gifted
with an amount of local pride sufficient
' to cause him to have compiled and
, published at state expense 51 pages of
| matter, highly and expensively illus
trated, of a tin plate concern located in
! his little city of New Castle, Lawrence
| county. As an advertisement of the
tin plate concern it is a creditable pro
duction, and one for which the state
should have charged the tin plate com
i pany a few thousands of dollars. The
i balance of the report of the bureau
j under his supervision contains 194 pages
! of what printers call "phat," a term
I which, in this instance, would mean
j that the statistician's 194 pages of sta
' tisticn could have been condensed into
| less than one-half that number with
; profit to the state and no loss to the
: seeker after information.
| On page 242 of his report for the year
1895, discussing the number of strikes,
he says: "In presenting the table of
; strikes for the year 1895, it has been
deemed proper to make the number of
j strikes to equal the number of estab
lishments involved. For instance.
I where a strike occurred effecting five
; establishments. * * * * the strike, al-
J though but ONE in FACT is COUNTED
as five. • • * • And when one establish
! ment had three strikes during the year.
; although but ONE ESTABLISHMENT
IN FACT, vet It is counted as THREE
I ESTABLISHMENTS. BY THIS I'KO
j CESS IT WILL BE SEEN THAT THE
I NUMBER OF STRIKES EQUALS
i THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISH
MENTS."
i The capitals are not the statistician's
i but the genius which conceived this
! simple arrangement of forcing the num
| her of strikes to agree with the num
ber of establishments and vice versa is
; the sole and undisputed possession of
thi9 remarkable economist from Law-
I rence county.
According to his economic vagaries,
should a cyclone sink one ship at sea
and four ships in a harbor adjacent, it
would count as five cyclones, and
should one ship be struck at three dif
ferent times by three different cyclones
it would not be one ship, but three
ships.
He draws a salary of $2,500 per an
num.
FROM $7,000 TO $17,500.
Under Democratic rule from 1883 to
1886 inclusive, the total annual expense
of the bureau of industrial statistics
was $7,000. This amount paid all sala
ries and contingent expenses. Under
the present rule the cost to run the
bureau one year exceeds $17,500, the
contingent expenses ulone exceeding
the total sum paid for salaries and
contingencies under the rule of the
Democratic party.
FACTORY INSPECTION.
The office of factory inspector, cre
ated in 1890, cost the state for that
year for salaries and contingent ex
penses $5,176. The first suggestion for
the passage of a law. creating factory
inspectors came trom a Democrat at
tache of the bureau of statistics in
ISS4. There was no intimation in that
suggestion that a costly political ma
chine, conducting business under the
nom de plume of "The Factory In
spector's Department," was needed.
On the contrary, he advised the ap
pointment of three factory inspectors,
to be employed as an additional work
ing force for the bureau of industrial
statistics, and Jhat their investigations
were to be incorporated in the bureau
reports. The cost to carry out this
project successfully would never ne
cessarily exceed $5,000 per annum,
whereas, under the system Inaugurated
by the Republican machine the present
cost of the factory inspectors' depart
ment exceeds the enormous sum of
$40,000 per annum.
HOW IT INCREASES.
To show the steady increase in the
cost to maintain this department, noth
ing more is necessary than to scan the
reports of expenditures as compiled
in the office of the auditor general for
the following years: 1890, $5,176; 1892,
$12,375; 1894, $27,920; 1896, $36,300; 1898,
$40,000.
Of the sum of SBO,OOO appropriated in
1897 to maintain this department, $60.-
000 are paid in salaries and $20,000 are
used as a political campaign fund under
the guise of "contingent traveling ex
penses." Besides the factory inspector,
his clerk and stenographer, there are
twenty deputies paid to perform the
work that four good men could perform
easily and have time to spare.
PADDED REPORTS.
When $40,000 are annually paid to
maintain a department it becomes ne
cessary to make a showing of some
kind for the apparent necessity for the
outlay. For this reason resort is had
to a system known as "padding the
reports."
As a sample of padding, the report of
the factory inspector for 1897 is worth
an examination. It contains 698 print
ed pages, every page of which in ex
cess of 13, the report proper as required
by law, is padding. There are 22 pages
of the laws of Pennsylvania, 8 pages
of the laws of other states, 123 pages
containing the proceedings of the In
ternational Association of Factory In
spectors and 533 pages of reports of in
spectors.
That the inspectors should make a
detailed report of their labors to their
ihief does not admit of question, but
.vhen the reports have been made his
duty is to simply summarize such re
ports for the public benefit, filing away
the cumbrous originals as department
documents which may possibly be of
use as reference papers. Each inspect
or reports the number and location of
the factories visited, goods manufac
tured, date of inspection, etc. The re
ports are printers' "phat," as pub
lished. Much of the matter is nonsense
in the first instance, and not one line
of it is fit for publication in the crude,
undigested form in which it appears
in print at a cost of many thousands
of dollars.
INSPECTORS OF COAL MINES.
In 1883 the coal mines of Pennsylva
nia were as well inspected as now.
True, there were many complaints from
coal miners of neglect of duty on the
part of the mine inspectors, but the
complaints have since then grown more
exaggerated, ending, for the time be
ing, in the creation of a mine bureau
in 1897, said bureau officials to have
special supervision over the mine in
spectors.
All the mine inspectors are expected
to contribute to the support of the Re
publican machine, not in money only,
but in the performance of proselyting
campaign work. The following is an
exhibit complied from the records of
the auditor general of the moneys giv
en by the state to maintain and sup
port mine inspectors:
1883. $33,189; 1885, $34,637; 1890, $48,-
948; 1893, $61,556; 1897, $66,000.
The reports for the years 1897 and
1898 do not include moneys for contin
gent and other expenses, which, if in
cluded, would increase the amounts to
about $72,000 for each year.
A glance at the exhibit will show the
enormous increase from year to year
in the sums of money taken from the
public treasury and paid to support a
corps of officials over whom the state
legislature, by act of 1897. felt con
strained to appoint a supervisor. Ev
erybody favors rigid mine inspection.
No honest man favors the reckless ex
penditure or the making of the depart
ment an adjunct of whatever may hap
pen to be the reigning political machine.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
Half a Million a Year Wasted on Padded
State Reports.
The cost to the state in 1883 of print
ers' supplies, printing and publishing
of all books, documents and papers ex
cept the Legislative Record, the cost
of which is contained in a special item,
was $281,808, the appropriation cover
ing the years 1883 and 1884.
The cost of same during the entire firs:
term of Governor Pattison was $605,863,
and this with an extra session on his
hands.
Beaver succeeded Pattison in 1887,
and under his four years' rule the cost
was swelled to $910,216.
Pattison succeeded Beaver in 1891,
and despite the opposition of a Re
publican legislature and the printers'
lobby, he knocked off $63,000 from the
printers' bills as paid under the ad
ministration of his predecessor.
Hastings succeeded Pattison in 1895,
and the bills for public printing for his
full term, as per estimate of the state
treasurer, will amount to $1,130,984, and
a scandalous case in court involving
the payment of another sum of $63,000.
These are the facts, and when taken
in connection with the steals all along
the line of the departments they cer
tainly afford sufficient food for thought
for serious and upright citizens.
To swell the printers' bills the de
partment reports have been padded,
useless and expensive pictures costing
in several instances S7OO per page have
been inserted, and the number of copies
of the reports allowed by law to be
printed has been increased by substi
tuting two volumes of a report for one.
Comment on such high handed meth
ods is useless unless it comes in the
form of a protest at the battle of the
ballots.
The voters pay the bills, and if they
like the robberies, well and good. How
ever they resent them, they will find
in George A. Jenks a man who will
respect their wishes and uphold their
demands for reform.
Read Nc.it Thnnduy's Tribute,
for Complete KUctin Returns, I
INKSUVINIR.
THE TREND OF PUBLIC SENTI
MENT ON THE GUBERNATORIAL
ISSUE MADE MANIFEST BY THE
CHANGED AND STILL CHANGING
ATTITUDE OF THE HERETOFORE
ANTAGONISTIC OR NON-COMMIT
TAL NEWSPAPERS—IF ALL THE
DEMOCRATS COME OUT AND
STAND FAITHFUL JENKS AND
HIS COLLEAGUES ARE SURE
WINNERS.
Two weeks ago Hon. George A. Jenks
had but one friend among all the news
papers in Philadelphia, but one that
had faith in even the remotest possi
bility of his election. But since then
the people have heard and seen Mr.
Jenks, and the Philadelphia newspa
pers have evidently heard from the
people.
The Philadelphia Press, claiming to
be the leading Republican Journal in
the state, said on Sunday:
"No one question Mr. Jenks* capac
ity, high character a\id unusual attain
ments as a lawyer. In many respects
he would make an ideal governor;
nothing could be better than to have
the crude work of the legislature sub
jected to his keen scrutiny and sharp
criticism, and winnowed by the vetoes
of one of the greatest lawyers in Penn
sylvania. Pennsylvania has rarely had
a governor so well qualified for its
duties as President Cleveland's solic
itor general. Yet, how can Republi
cans vote for a man who is a free sil
ver Democrat? True, there is no mint
in Harrisburg, and Mr. Jenks' views on
silver boar no relation to the duties ho
would be called on to perform as gov
ernor. His Democracy, too, is rather
of the old fashioned type of the Jere
Black, George Sharswood, Charles R.
Buckalew variety. Nevertheless, Re
publicans will pause long and debate
much before they bring themselves to
vote for a free silver Democrat, how
ever great his attainments, unimpeach
able his character and profound his
learning."
At the same time The Press, in an
swer to the inquiry of a Republican,
who is against Stone, whether he
should vote for Swallow or Jenks, said,
first conceding Dr. Swallow's honesty
and good intentions:
"There are* many, however, who,
while wishing him well, are not satis
fled that he has the sobriety of Judg
ment and sound horse sense necessa
ry to make a safe and successful chief
executive of such a difficult and com
plex institution as the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania."
If this is not asking that Jenks be
voted for, as far and as plainly as a
Republican would dare ask such a
thing, then there is no meaning In "the
king's English."
On Monday McClure's Times, which
has been all along insisting that Jenks
had no chance of ejection whatever,
and that Swallow was the man to
support, in the course of a lengthy ar
ticle on the situation, said:
"Colonel Stone is weaker today be
fore the people of Pennsylvania than
he has been at any time since his nom
ination for governor, and Mr. Jenks,
the Democratic candidate, Is certainly
stronger today than he has been since
his nomination at Altoona. Dr. Swal
low's loose aggregation of enthusiastic
but undisciplined free thinkers in pol
itics, has suffered during the last fort
night by the attacks of the regular ar
mies of the old parties, but he has
made a most gallant fight, and to
whatever extent he has lost in the va
rying political tides Is due wholly to
ostentatious incompetency in the lead
ership of his organization and not in
any degree due to himself.
"The vote of Colonel Stone is not
likely to exceed 400,000, and it is pos
sible that it may be from 30.000 to 50,000
less. If he shall receive 400,000 votes
his election would be assured, but if
he shall be reduced to 350,000, as is quite
possible, his defeat would seem inevit
able: and in the present political tides,
which are not likely now to be changed
on the brief homestretch. Mr. Jenks
would be the winner. There is one
possible chance for Dr. Swallow, and
that is a groundswell from the silent
voters of the state. His forces are
without effective organization, and his
cause would be better today If he had
been without any organization at all,
but it is remotely possible that his en
tire freedom from machine complica
tions may give him the disaffected vote
of the state that certainly embraces
close to one-half of the whole people,
but all the surface indications now
point to a contest on the homestretch
between Stone and Jenks. with the
success of Jenks quite possible."
The Ledger and others equally un
friendly. a very short time ago, have,
In a similar way, changed their minds
and nre giving now, some of them
grudgingly. It is true, but all so that
the wayfaring man can understand,
their belief that Mr. Jenks is the com
ing man.
Now, collate with this the coming
to Mr. Jenks' support of the Pittsburg
Leader, the leading Republican even
ing paper of that city. The Dispatch,
of Pittsburg, the best known independ
ent Republican paper of the state, was
already with him. On Oct. 29 the
Leader said:
"The parade of city and county em
ployes last Might in honor of the Re
publican state ticket was necessarily
great in numbers, for the payrolls are
extensive, but It was curiously fu
nereal in character. As the long lines
I'f officeholders trooped down Fifth ave
nue the lack of enthusiasm not only
among the onlooklng crowd, but among
the marchers themselves, was painful
ly apparent. No cheers, no campaign
battle cries, no hearty greetings and
sympathetic plaudits. Had the cortege
been en route to a cemetery to at
tend the performance of the last sad
rlts over the remains of Quay Republi
canism in Pennsylvania its aspect could
not have been more woebegone nor its
reception at the hands of the beholders
more frigidly doleful. If such mani
festations ore as good a criterion as
they are commonly deemed to be there
is no escaping the conclusion that the
heart and soul of Pittsburg are very
far from being in the Quay Republican
campaign. A few 'frosts' like that of
last night ought to suffice to niD
boom beyond repair."
How to Prolong Life
No man or woman can hope to live long if the Kidneys, Bladder, or Urinary
Organs are diseased. Disorders of that kind should never be neglected. Don't
delay in finding out your condition. You can tell as well as a physician. Put
some urine in a glass or bottle, and let it stand a (lay and night. A sediment at
the bottom is a sure sign that you have Kidney •>%.
disease. Other certain signs are pains in the small f
of the back—a desire to make water often, especially
at night—a scalding sensation in passing it—and if |T
urine stains linen there is no doubt that the disease
There is a cure for Kidney and Bladder
Diseases. It is Br. David Kennedy's favorite Ijm
Remedy. It has been for thirty years, and /JL
is today, the greatest and best medicine Mmj
"Three years ago ///^
I was taken with Kidney 1 rP^Sf*rßP
disease very badly; at times f j j
ed; in fact, was so bad that / ~Zr) —(0——' ~ S^T
a day was set for the doc- If] °
tors to perform an operation f I 'pyY I'
upon me. Upon that day I com- / J pf"j
menced the use of Dr. David Kennedy's I '
favorite Remedy, and it was not long before I was entirely cured, and I have had
no return of the trouble since. My weight has increased, and I never was so
well as lam now. Dr. David Kennedy's favorite Remedy saved my life."
favorite Remedy acts directly upon the Kidneys, Liver and Blood. In cases
of Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Ulcers, Old Sores, Blood Poisoning,
Bright's Disease and Female Troubles it has made cures after all other treat
ments failed. It is sold for si.oo a bottle at drug stores. A teaspoonful is a dose.
RAHIA PrPA f Seil( * Y° UR postoffice address to the DR. DAVID
DUlllw 1 ICC I KENNEDY CORPORATION, Rondout, N. Y., and
mention this paper, and a sample bottle of favorite Remedy will be sent free. Every
suilerer can depend upon the genuineness of this offer, and should send at once.
CPA pc EDD CAF TJ L O/-V- RSRS
ornbD run DiILC,
Advertisers in the Tribune get full value for their money.
T. CAMPBELL,
dealer in
ftry Gooda v
@poeepleo
Boots and
illiGSi
Also
PURE WINES & LIQUORS
FOR FAMILY
AND MEDICINAL PURPOSES.
Centre and Main streets, Freeland.
DePIERRO - BROS.
-CAFE.-
Corner of Centre and Front Htreete,
Freeland, Pa.
Finest Whiskies in Stock.
Gibson, Dougherty, Kanfcr Club,
Koscnbluth's Velvet, of which we h vo
EXCLUSIVE SALE IN TOWN.
Mumm's Extra Dry Chainpagnc.
Hennery Itrandy, Blackl>orry,
Gins, Wines, Clarets, Cordialo, Etc
Imported and Domestic Cigars.
OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE.
Ilam and Schweitzer Cheese Sandwiches,
Sardines, Etc.
MEALS AT - ALL - HOURS.
Ballentine and Jlazleton beer on tap.
Rat,ha. Hot or Gold, 25 Cents.
P. F. McNULTY,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND EMBALMER.
Embalming of female corpses performed
exclusively by Mrs. P. F. McNulty.
Prepared to Attend Calls
Day or Night.
South Centre street, Freeland.
Condy 0. Boyle,
dealer In
Liquor, Wine, Beer,
Porter, Etc.
T IO ft net t brands of Domestic and Imported
\\ niskey i n sale in one of the handsomest sa
loons In town. Frosb Rochester ami Shenan
doah Deer and Youngling's Porter on tap.
98 Centre street.
JPIRZ^TinSTG
of every description executed at short
notice by the Tribune Com puny.
_Dr.David Kennedys
Favorite Remedy
CURES AIL KIDNEY. STOMACH +*
- — —AND LIVER TROUBLES.
VOQ IE FOE
FRANK L SNYDER 1
for
REPRESENTATIVE.
S
Fourth Luzerne Legislative District.
Dry Goods, Groceries
and Provisions.
0'
A celebrated brand of XX Hour
always In stock.
Roll Butter and Eggs a Specialty.
AMANDUS OSWALD,
N. IF. Cor. Centre and Front Sts., Freela nd.
VIENNfITBfIKERY
J. B. LAUBACH, Prop.
Centre Rtreet, Freeland.
CIIOTCE DREAD OF ALL KINDS
CAKES, AND PASTRY, DAILY.
FANCY AND NOVELTY CAKES
RAKED TO ORDER.
Confectionery # Ice Cream ,
supplied to balls, parties or picnics, with
all necessary adjuncts, at shortest
notice and fairest prices. A
Delivery and supply wagons to all parts oj
town and surroundings every day.
< ( vest*,and Trade-Marks obtained, and alt I'at '
i j ent business conducted for MoDtRATt Fees J
I '• OPPOSITE u. 8. PATENT Orrice*
( and we can secure patent in leas time than those ?
11 remote from Washington. J
;' Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-?
, tloo. We advise, if patentable or not, free of?
. charge. Our fee not due till patent it secured, i
! I A PAMPHLET, "HOW to Obtain Patents,' 1 with #
, cost of same In the U. S. and foreign countries?
< sent free. Address, J
C.A.SNOW&COJ
p,TtNT Orno*. WASHINGTON, D. C^J
FRANCIS BRENNAN,
RESTAURANT
181 Centre street, Freeland.
FINEST LIQUOR, 11EER. PORTER
COr A lis AND SOFT DRINKS.