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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
A Suggestion.

EDITOR OF THE COLUMBIAN 1T
will be possible to extend the principle
upon which delegates are elected to the
voting for all candidates proposed for
nomination. The present rules do not
provide for this, but allow the old plan
of instructions to continue.
Provide that the people, beside elect
ing delegates "a now, vote directly for
candidates in the several districts, and
that candidates shall have delegate or
district votes reported for them in Con-
ventlon In proportion to the popular
vote they have reccl we'd. On this plan
the district votes so allotted will be
equal In number to the number of dele
gates-or the same number-and candi-
dates can get them by popular voting
in the same way and to the same extent
that they can now get delegates. The
difficulty now is that you cannot very
well have lore than one issue in elect
ing delegates, whereas there may be
half dozen to decide at the election
and they ought all to be decided on the
same principle. Our rule for electing
delegates is admirable for deciding a
contest between candidates for one office,
but candidates for other offices are still
left to great extent under the old sys-
tenn.
Now say that in Centre township,
(which has three delegates), A. has 60
votes and B. 40 for some Office, at the
delegate election. Then, when Centre
is called in Convention, her vote would
be reported and counted two for A. and
one for B. This vote by districts would
be something like the vote by States in
National Conventions, would be entire
ly convenient and workable and the
people could thus divide their district
vote upon all the Offices as they can
now divide their delegates upon one.
II a candidate had majority Of all the
district votes, reported as above, he
would be nominated without further
proceedings, but if II nomination should
not thus be effected the Convention
would go on and nominate, delegates
however regarding the votes given in
their districts until candidates there
voted for shall be dropped under the
rule
This plan would be widely different
from the Crawford county plan of pop
ular voting for candidates, and would
not produce its bad results. 1t would
give free play to popular choice without
melting to fraud and would give COM
plete operation to the just principle Of
the free vote in nominations, while it
would retain a wcll.constituted Con-
vention for all the necessary work to be
performed by it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

THE Morton-Grant Ku-Klux Com
mittee was gotten up in order to afford
q preteXt for controlling the elections in
the Southern States by military power.
1t had no other purpose. That Com
mittee falling to find what they sought
have still discovered something, and
that is, if the wholesale system of spo'
liation carried on at the South by car
pet.bag governments is not soon ended,
its evil effects must eventually so Grip
pie the prosperity of the country in
other sections as to arouse storm o.
opposition destined to prove fatal tc
them. No doubt the substantial proof
arrived at in this respect, will have due
influence with large number of Radi.
cal representatives, already dissatisfied
with the policy being pursued by the
administration, and thus help to wider
that split in the Radical ranks through
which the Democracy will charge II
victory. Senator Trumbull and Others
are not willing to sap the very founda
tions ofa republican form of govern
ment in this country in order to re, elec
General GRANT, and hence the repor
of the Ku-Klux Committee will be Sc
verely handled when II reaches the Fed
eral Legislature. .-Age.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

ACCORDING to the figures printed in
the Congressional Globe, it takes $132,- :
800 per annum to run the White House
under the administration of General
Grant. The items embrace all classes
of officers from Majors and Brevet-Brig-
adier.G Generals, to laborers on the side
walks and furnace keepers, and the
items are made sufficiently large to
cover the bills for marketing, carriages,
stable expenses, a barber and a variety
sors were considerate enough to pay out
of their salary Of $4,000 per annum.
Our Radical Court is pretty expensive,
but is mere trifie compared with the
larger leaks through which the public
money is constantly escaping. If tn c
people think Radical administration
is a luxury they must not object to pay
ing for it. LuXuries are always costly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

Mr.. RICHARD STILES, Assistant AS
SCISSOR, appears before the public with
an attempted defence of the Revenue
officers against the impeachment of
their conduct by ROHR MCHENRY, in
his statement published two weeks ago.
His defence is weak and slangy and
does not touch the main, substantial
matter Of accusation against him and
Others who were concerned in the per-
secution of Mr.. MCHENRY. That accu.
sation, brought out with great distinct
ness and force by Mr.. McHENRY,
Though in simple, plain language was,
that after the Revenue officers had col
lected from him much more than all
that was due to the government, they
countenanced, instigated and assisted
in proceedings Tor his prosecution and
the seizure of his property, for irregu
larities which were occasioned by the
fault of the government itself in moi
appointing him storekeeper after he
had demanded and was entitled to one
under the law. That is the severe and
strong accusation made by McHENRY
set out in full detail in his narrative
and il is wholly untouched by STILES
in his attempted defence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04


DEMOCRATS who wish to SEQ their par
ty success ful should all assist their home
paper, strengthen the hands of its edit
or, contribute to its columns every item
of local interest, endeavor to extend its
circulation as far as in their power, as.
sst in disseminating Democratic truths
in every part of the political vineyard,
and labor to build up a paper that will
be a credit to them at home and abroad,
This done and they will have accom-.
plished more for their party and Its
principles than anything else in the
line of political duty that could be al
lotted them to perform in the most
hotly contested campaign. Every
paper they are the means of send.
ing to another is messenger o
truth. 1t Is like casting bread upon
the waters and will return to reward
them and benefit tho party. Let the
good work go on
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
The Internal Revenue systcm.Y

The laws of this country since the
Radicals obtained control of Congress
are fcarfully and wonderfully made.
The system of taxation is assuredly
greater marvel than any one of the an
cient seven wonders of the world, that
| Is, Is standing wonder that the people
so patiently submit to IL. 1t takes an
army of assessors and collectors and
storckcepers TO lcvy and collect the tax,
and then an army of detectives to dog
and watch the collectors. To under.
stand the system requires more time
and labor than to master the Schleswig-
Holstein question. IT requires half
dozen lawyers constantly to manufilc-
ture decisions on il for the Secretary of
the Treasury, and this legal force has to
be renewed about every six months, be-
cause half a years study of the act, in
| trying to balance its inconsistencies and
| straighten out its crooked places, either
kills the student or makes him men
tai cripple for life. The " Bureau of
Justice " is filled with superannuates of
this sort, and 1t is manifest that sever
al late additions to the Supreme Court
have puzzled their heads over Treas.
ury decisions.
One of the latest decisions is relative
| to canal boats. 1t is so clear and ex-
plicit as to the exact time when and
| place whore a boat Is obligated to the
Govern ment for tax, that we can do no
less than state it. 1t was given on ap.
plication of the Delaware and Hudson
| Canal Company:
| Canal boats, rs long as they remain
exclusively within the terminus If the
canal, are not subject to the navigation
laws, and If found trading between dis.
trict and district or between different
places in the same district, they must
be navigating natural navigable waters
| to be subject to enrolment and license.
If they leave canal and enter naviga-
BILE waters of the United States for the
purpose of trade and commerce, that
moment they become liable to the pay
ment of alien tonnage tax If without
proper marine papers,"
| To fully comprehend the scope aud
effect of this and similar decisions, the
reader should imagine himself back in
| Democratic times, when internal COM
lmerce, trade, manufactures and the me-
chanic arts were not hedged round with
such prohibitions and attended with
unnecessary expense and unjust taxa
ton. The enormous taxes to be paid
and the difficulty of fcomprehending the
requirements of the revenue law, added
to the pimp and spy system prevailing,
have deferred thousands of persons from
entering into certain lines of manufac.
turing business, hence others, favored
by Government officials, enjoy we'll
paying monopilies. To put an end to
this sort of exclusiveness, and, after
tightening the tax burdens, to place
them where they belong, the party
which imported the revenue "system VI
from Europe must be driven from pow
er. 1t Is costing many millions of dol
lars at present to pay salaries to reve'
nue. officers, every dollar of which is an
people want relief for themselves and
the laboring, tax-paying classes of the
country they must vote for change In
both the State and Federal Govern
ments.- -I0NsUiWe Standard
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
New Advertisements.
WINDOWS ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following appraisements of real and per-
sonal property SET apart to widows of decedents,
have been fled in the Office of the Register of
Columbia county under the Rules of Court, and
will be presented for absolute confirmation, to
the Orphans Court to be held in Bloomsbury, in
and for said county, on Wednesday, the 9th day of
Septem ber 1871 at 2o'clock T.. M of said day, un-
less exceptions To such combinations are prevl-
ously filed, of which all persons Interested in
said estates will take notice:
l. Widow of Tobias Smith, late of Briarcreek
township, deceased.
3 Widow of Daniel Leiby, late of Locust town.
ship, deceased
g. Widow of Moses Coiiman, late of the town of
Bloomsbury, deceased.
A. Widow of Levi iikeniall, late of Minlin
township, deceased.
g. Widow of George F. Smith, late of Green.
wood township deceased.
o, Widow Of Thomas c. Kester, late OF Fishing
creek, deceased.
7. Widow of samuel Dyer, late of Roaring
creek township deceased.
3. Widow of Jacob Kostenbader late of Frank
lin township, deceased.
8. Widow OF w. A. j, Britain, late OF lriar-
creek township, deceased.
10. Widow of Abel DaDy, late of the Borough
of Berwick, deceased.
II. Widow of Isaac seigfred, late of Blooms
burg, deceased.
IL. Widow of David IIouck, late of Locust
township, deceased.
w. II. JACOBY, Register,
Registers Office.
bloomsbury, Aug, 1, 1871.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
Second Washington.

Statesmen and Generals, about as
plenty us blackberrics, have arisen from
time to time who had the vanity to as
pirc 10 be second WAsurNGToN's, yet
no one has succeeded or come very near
IL. The fact Is rs soon as any man be
comes, or attempts to become, an ina
tor at all, Of anybody, he ceases to be
like WASHINGTON, or to bear any sem
blance to him, for the character OF the
great American revolutionist, general
and statesman, was tho opposite of an
imitator in any thing. Grand, grave,
noble, he was yet peculiar in all things,
without eccentricity or affectation, as
compared with any model of his or any
other age, and he will no doubt ever re-
main his own model, without success
ful imitator.
The latest burlesque in the way OF
WAsuINGToNIAN imitation Is Monsieur
THEIRS, of France. Frenchmcn are
well described as monkeys with the
power of speech and susceptibility to
genius. THEIRS has spent q long life
of demagoguery, always fleeing from
declining dynasties and worshipine
rising suns, and ever betraying all
who were weak enough to put faith In
him, and yet at the decrepitudc of 75 he
has the vanity to aspire to be an imita
tor of the sturdy and vigorous manhood
of WASHINGTON! When the greatest
of Frenchmen can be guilty of such alb
surdity, what may not be expected from
the congregated mass of gabbipg mon
keys?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
Thaddues Stevens and Education,

If any laurels rest on the brow of
THADDUEs STEVENS, "or any other
man." it would be a reprehensible act
to tear them away or abstract a single
leaf. The pretence, however, that he
ever distinguished himself in the cause
of education or common schools, is a
hollow one. In 1884, Gov. WOLF, (of
solid Pennsylvania German stock,
which has given to the State so many
Of Its best Governors) mainly by his
personal influence and weight of char
acter, induced the Legislature to pass a
common school law. In 1885 an attempt
was made to pass bill to repeal the
law, which would have been successful
except for Gov. VOLTS stern announce
ment that he would veto it If passed.
On that occasion THADDUEs STEVENS
then an obscure antimasonic member
OF the Legislature from Adams county,
made speech against the repeal. Upon
this speech his whole reputation as a
friend of education and common schools
Is based-not by Mr.. STEVENS himself
out by political clackers. This short
speech Is often referred to in grandilo.
quent terms but seldom published. II
Is n common place affair, equalled by a
large per centage of school boy declama.
'iohs, ana Is in no sense a pretentious
or exhaustive argument in favor either
OF education or of common schools.
In fact, no man was ever more over
pulled than Mr.. STEVENS. He never
: served In any body in which he was moi
: overtopped by others, unless the Radi
5 cal rump Congress be an exception. Ii
l the Constitutional Convention of 1888
: he ranked as an inferior member, VIII,
Q was seldom observed in debate by tn
', able men of that body. He was not
o statesman, but bold and reckless pol
0 tician. lie never was leader in bod
Q where the majority comprised alb
y men. His anti-masonic vagaries wei
: OF the weakest character, his admin
r tratiOn of the Office of Canal Commi
@ sioner of the State will not be defende
t by any honest man, and the canal loci
|. scattered through the gorges Of the A
Y leghenies are a perpetual monument
!. his folly. His capacity to lead fanat
8 cal body was good; as he was Dol
!, reckless, imperious and dictatorial. /
8 was in no respect mau to be set up
b an example to the youth of the land.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

THE Congressional Ku Klux commit
tee has at length got through with the
job of taking testimony at the South.
The costly farce, which was got up to
fabricate partisan material for the Pres
idential campaign, will utterly fail in
its purpose. The people understand
the situation of the South, and do not
mean to be diverted from the true is.
sues of the coming election by any
clamor of sham outrages," which is
intended to conceal the corruption
which notoriously exists in every De.
partment, beginning with the White
House, where jobbery is as common as
in Congress.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

GEN. SToNENiAN has been removed
from the command of the Department
of Arizona by orders of Gen. GRANT.
Why? Who influenced the President t
in this case? Answer: A gang of suit.
tiers and contractors, who were oppos.
ed to SToNEMAN, because he would not
permit them to swindle the govern
ment. Instead of paying these men
thirty-five dollars per ton for hay,
he purchased it directly from the In.
dians at from nine to eleven dollars,
which may account for the fact that at
the Camp Grant massacre, of one hun
dred and twenty-five Indians killed
mostly squaws and children-ninety
dead bodies were found, each with a
bundle of hay at its side. The remov-
al of Gen. SToNEMAN is a disgrace to
the administration, and fit illustra.
tion of its Indian policy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

THE PREss.-We see by the last Ly-
coming Standard that Col. A. HOPKINS
has disposed of that establishment to
Messrs. GUERNSEY & FUREY. The re-
tirlng editor, we believe, goes to Ne
braska, and wherever he goes may for
tune and fame attend him. lie was an
editor who can be lily spared In times
of emergency and corruption like these,
but we hope he may soon resume the
tripod and the quill. His successors,
however, will not fail to keep up the
efficiency of the Standard. Mr.. GUERN-
sEY is an experienced politician and a
Democrat of the straitest sect. Col.
FURY is one of the most vigorous young
politicians in the State, fOrcible writer
and eloquent speaker, and like his part
ner, an inhexible Democrat, firm in
his convictions and devoted to the true
principles of Jeffersonian Democracy,
which he has the courage and manhood
to maintain under whatever circum-
stances may arise. We are glad to
welco me such men to the editorial chair
in such times of timidity and trial, and
we hope they will receive as they de.
serve the generous and efficient support
of the Democracy of Lycoming.
THE Butler Herald has been much
enlarged and otherwise improved aid
its name changed to Ziegler's Demo.
cratic Herald. We have several times
heretofore pointed to the prevailing
evidence, exhibited by the enlargement
and other Improvement of its papers, OF
the onward and upward progress of the
Democratic party itself. Col. ZIEGLER
is we'll known to the Democracy of the
State; aud whatever distinction his
paper has heretofore acquired, we know
he has the ability to render it a still
more powerful champion of the cause il
he will apply himself as his large di.
mensions now give room. The wheel
of fortune has not lately dealt kindly
with the Democracy but whenever II
has taken favorable turn it was sure to
turn "Uncle Jake" to the surface. May
it ever be generous to him and espec.
tally send him alb undance of cash sub.
scribers,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
jority of all the votes cast will instruct

jority of all the votes cast will instruct
the delegates chosen.
These election papers,or similar ones,
must be returned to the Convention, as
required by the rules.
by tho 9Th rule of nominations IL Is
provided that the election officers "shall
keep n list of voters and tally of votes
counted, TO be sent by them to the Con-
vention with their certificate of the re-
suit of the election !" and by the 10Th
rule 1t is further provided, that "all in.
structions shall be reported by the elec'
tion o fficers."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
To Judges and Clerks Of the Delegate Elcc.
tiOns.

tiOns.
We have printed and furnished for
distribution to all the districts of the
county election blanks which If filled
up in a proper manner will avoid all
mistakes and secure correct returns. An
election blank for each district is sup
piled, on one side headed LIST OF
VOTERS" under which the names of
all voters at the election can be written
down as in ordinary practice. The OPP
posite side of the sheet is headed, TAI
LY-PAPER, on which all the tickets
will be scored or Tailed when counted
off at the end of the election. The tally
paper, however, contains two forms, one
of W hich only will be used or filed up
when but one set of delegates shall be
run in district, and both when two
sets shall run. Whenever two delegate
tickets shall be run 1t will be necessary
to tally them separately, with the In
structions on each separate also, and fol
this the blank forms fully provide. The
election officers will find in the first
form blank space for the names OF del
egates on tho tickets voted by one party
or division of the voters, and under
meath, blank spaces for the instructions
on the same ticket. The second form
below, has blank spaces for the names
of a second set Of delegates, (if sucf
shall be run,) and for the instructions
given to them. BY the rules, delegates
can be instructed only by the voters who
vote for them, and consequently as del
egates on one of the tickets run canno
be instructed by voters who vote diff
erent ticket, the tally of the two kind
of ticket must be kept separate. When
however, but one ticket for delegates Il
run, of course but one of the forms fol
tallying will be used, and simple ma
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

DEcLINATIoN.-JoHN LEGGoTT, Esq,
of Greenwood township, requests us to
Withdraw his name from the list Of cam
dldates for County Treasurer. He ex-
presses his grateful thanks 10 those who
have proffered their support, but his
business engagements have been such
rs to prevent him from giving tho sub
ject due attention. In addition, two of
his neghbors are candidates for other
offices and he desires to leave the field
clear to them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

OHIO Office holders in Washington
nave been taxed so heavily for State
purposes, that they have rebelled, and
there Is lively fight going on at the
present time between them and the
Radical State Committee. The clerks
say that they are like a barrel tapped at
both ends, and must run dry unless a
plug is applied to at least one of the ap-
ertures. They cannot supply money
for party purposes both in Washington
and Ohio. AS they vote in both places,
we do not see why they should not pa y
In both places.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

"IT is gratifying to OBSERVE" says
the Cincinnati Enquirer, "that the par
ties who seven or eight years ago We're
for the suppression of all Democratic
papers and the arrest Of Democratic
speakers, ,on account of their sentiments,
are now sufficiently imbued with the
doctrine of free speech to condemn the
attack upon the Orange procession In
New YORK. This is progress in the
right direction"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

THE Cincinnati Inquirer mentions the
fact that, not long ago, fifteen gentle
men were gathered at an entertainment,
ex.GovernOrs, eX-Judges, ex-Members
of Congress, and others who had held
positions of trust and honor, and that
the only men present, capable of hold.
ing any office, State or National, were
the negroes who waited on the table.
Another beautiful result Of Radical
rulpt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04
THE Radical State ticket was name

THE Radical State ticket was named
by as corrupt ring of political free
hooters as ever cursed State. Should
Stanton be elected Auditor General, he
will be the creature of Cameron, Mack
ey and other adventures who have SO
long used the State finances in theil
own interest. The present State Treas
urer (Mackey,) belongs to this ring Of
money changers, and, with Stanton as
Auditor General, they would be enabled
ury, and cover up their tracks.
Democrats, to work! Our candidates
are worthy of our best efforts, and they
must be elected. Their defeat would
be State calamity.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

FELIX II. BRUNoT, a Quaker, has
been appointed Indian agent, in place
of Col. PARKER. AS the latter resign
ed because the former and his Quaker
associates on the Indian commission
would not let him steal, it may be
hoped the appointment is remarkably
good one for the GRANT administration
to make.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

If everything is lovely in the Radi'
cal camp, why is it that Horace Gree
ly denounces the carpet. baggers, thai
Senator Trumbull declaims against cen.
tralization of the government, that Car
Schurz demands II return to constitu
tional government, and that Sumner
quarrels with the administration
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-08-04

A WESTERN preacher explained the
passage through the Red Sea by saying
that the Israelites crossed on the ice.
An auditor interrupted, ,remarking there
is no ice under the equator. "Sir," said
the excited preacher, "this happened
thousands of years before the age of
geographers, and before there was any
equator. / think, brethren and sisters,
i have answered the gentleman COM
pletely."