Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-02-27

"-a sort Of sublunary organ-whlch
either because Of gross ignorance or
from willful and malicious motives.
lndulged in a puerile attempt to
minimize the work of Senator Pen
rose, as United States Senator.
The said luminous (?) Star" as-
sumes it is fit subject Of ridtcule
because Senator Penrose looks after
the claims Of the war veteran, and
does all he can to see that justice is
done them by their getting a PEN
sion sufficient to keep them from
pauperism in the later days of their
lives. The Nation owes the Old
soldier a debt it can never repay;
and Senator Penrose is patriot
enough to appreciate their service TO
their country and deserves COM
mendation rather than censure for
looking after their interests.
The '.Star" says: "Last week we
took occasion to refer to his(Senator
Penrose's) record of the preceding
Tuesday when he introduced in one
batch sevnety seven bills, nearly all
OF which provide for pensionsi" And
from that act of the Senator it seeks
to belittle his services as a representa-
tive. We think the .'Old Soldiers"
of Pennsylvania will differ in their
from the astute editor Of
the ''Star" who, were he Senator,
would no doubt have dumped the
Old Soldiers claims into the waste
basket. But Senator Penrose not
only looks after the interests Of the
soldiers and that of the farmer and
hunblest citizens of Pennsylvania,
but also after the larger interests of
the State and the Nation.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has heard of the success of the use of
antitoxin to prevent the spread OF
diptheria in a thickly settled mining
camp known as Tyler, in Clearfield
county. A child of Ave, named
Gladys Evans was taken i'll with the
disease and recovered after use Of
anti toxin furnished by the Depart
ment of Health. Many children
live in the town and as the disease
had been epidemic several times in
the vicinity, DR.. DixQRs furnished
free anti toxin to ifa,aqe Sixtv
whose parents were too pb0k IS Sf.
chassthe serum, heportss d
the skti toxin division 4
lastsyear there were q ersops
immeAed~by the use OF, toxin
Furnished ffee by ,h4<s And all
but thirty four escaped (lisease. 1
C. Larue Munson of winfamsport,
one ofthe most prominenk bankers
and business men in tl,is lrt of the
State is.a leader of the movement Of
coal operators, business ID En, manu-
facturers and bankers Of, Northern
and Central Pennsylvania counties
to get the Aldrich emergency cur
rency bill passed He believes with
others that it will result h speedy
revival of business and return of
the prosperity which eAeted before
the recent financial pam by restor-
ing business confidence.
Hesays of it: "To pre- lent another
panic such as we had q It fall, the
passage of some financial measure is
absolutely necessary, shd l believe
that the Aldrich bill is certainly by
fra the best of any measures that
could be brought before congress.
1t is certainly better thin any of the
bills that are rivaling,
There are few min points aand
one of major interests Ia which the
Aldrieh bill could be decidedly i'm
proved upon. For ktance, the 6
per cent. tax is exces Ne. 1t should
not La over per cen at the most.
Think the bankssGould stand 4
per cent. but six is to heavy. The
idea of the bill is toxintroduee into
our currency SYSTEM such degree
of elasticity that rel f could be af-
fortled banks when ley are as hard
pressed as recently. 20 hamper them
with such an eX9rbitaut tax is
hindering the gcod that the abiIl
would effect. 1t sh66id be measure
for relief and not 8 permanent affair,
aud the per cent.Nax would assure
its use only in times Of need just
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