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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-17
GOVERNOR LOSING HIS TEMPER.

GOVERNOR. LOSING HIS TEMPER.
Poor old Governor Harris! He
seems to be losing his temper along
with the consistency he threw to the
winds when he began his campaign
at Youngstown by declaring that
speaking from personal and Official
contact" state officials with whom
he is associated are honest and by
endorsing all the candidates on his
ticket, without exception"
Respect for old age forbids severe
criticism that would be due a young
er man who would make some OF the
statements Governor Harris is max
Ing in his campaign speeches. And
yet, the governor cannot expect his
advanced years to shield him entirely
when he indulges in drivel "blllings-
gate and crude Misrepresentation"
ana OF playing the demagogue
This word demagogue is very pop.
ular with Republican officials who
cannot defend their record against
Just criticism and with Republican
editors and campaign speakers who
cannot consistently defend officials or
candidates who cannot defend them.
selves.
No voter In Ohio can find one word
OF billlngsgate or misrepresentation
in any speech Judge Harmon ever
made, whether IL was about Governor
John M. Pattison, Governor Harris,
or any other man living or dead;
and for Governor Harris to indulge
In such language can be attributed
only to % loss of temper ana self
control during the ordeal OF pol
itical campaign 1t is charitable to
attribute such show of temper to
the governors advanced age.
The governor so far forgot him.
self In his speech at Westerville as|
to say 'Mr. Harmon seems willing
to promise almost anything in order
TO be elected governor. He is Will
ing to promise that he will remove
state officials, for whom he Is not in
any way responsible, on mere rumor,
or irresponsible charges without an
investigation, or after Investigations
made by his own partisans had failed
OF substantiate the charges made. ,"
Instead of this being a reflection
on Judge Harmon it Is confession
by Governor Harris of his own fail. |
nre to perform official duty and and
arraignment OF his own adminlstra-
ton severer than anything Judge
Harmon has had to say about the
governors official conduct.
Judge Harmon has not said he |
would remove officials elected by the
people. because he knows as well as
Governor Harris does that he has no
such power. But Judge Harmon, an
governor, would not fail to investi-
gate the State Treasury and State I
auditors office as required by law.
Ind TO submit such facts as might
De revealed to the legislature OF Ohio
or proper action. Governor Harris
ias not only failed to do this butt
le entered into secret c6ffereneesl
With Auditor GulIbert Attorney Genlil
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-17
A Fresh Supply of Apple
butter At


Campbell & Crock
Conner, II. Z.
Deringer, II. J.
Dwyer, p.
Davis, j. II.
Fahey Star Co.
Goetting, r. l..
Grossglaus G Gray
Hanover, j.
Imperial Coffee 6 Grocery Co.
Kllnefelter, II. u.
Krause, H.. G.
Leffler, j. II.
Lindsay, o. N.
Lewis, r.. T. & 90.
Marion Grocery Co.
Martin, d.
Mckinley, %. l..
Miller, j.
Moon, j. b.
Bealey, Chas. NJ.
Rudasill. Mrs. M. A.
Stanley, E. j.
shearer, j. II.
Smith, George
Turner, O. q Co.
Wingo. p.
zachman q Myers.
" you like apple butter, you win
like our old fashioned kind, the
Wharton Brand" II your grocer
hasn't II, drop us a card. or phone
1867, and we viii see that you set
h.
~ MARION PREsmRvINu 90.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
Weak 7 hrOat-Weak Lungs

Cold after cOld cough after cough! Troubled with this
takinecold habit? Better break it up. We have great
confidence in Ayers Cherry Pectora for this work MOI
medicine like it for weak hrOas and weak lungs Ask
His approval is valuable Follow his advice at all times
No alcohol in this cough medicine &c Ayer Co. LOwe Mass
laxative house Take when What
Pills opinion Let him decide
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
Says Posterity Should Help Pay.

Judge Staples, in the Strouds-
burg court, created much interest
when he stated that he thought it
wise that the County Commission
ers pay off less of the county debt
this year and reduce the taxes in
stead. 'Is it right" asked Judge
Staples, that the people of this
decade should pay for the improve
ments which will be enjoyed by
posterity? The county buildings,
excellent bridges and other proper
ty will be enjoyed by the coming
generation, and it is not right that
the present generation should be
compelled to pay off entirely the
county Indebtedness"
Judge Staples might have includ-
ed road Improvements. There is
no reason why municipalities should
not mortgage the future to give the
present generation better roads.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

lightened statesman; he is small
politician.
There is still time for the Senate
to amend the House bill BY inser.
ting a clause insisting on coripeu-
tive examination for the Census
Oflice appointments Without such
examinations, thousands of incom.
petent persons will be appointed.
Moreover, many more persons than
are needed will get Offices and the
cost of the Census will be greatly
increased by politicians insisting OH
having their friends taken care Of.
The public good demands that the
thousands of nerso"s to be employ
ed in taking and Publishing the
next Census should he appointed
for efficiency and independently Of
political pull. The Senate has an
opportunity to further establish it
self in the confidence of the country
by insisting OH amending the bill
30 that the Cen ,us Office. like the
other Offices of the government,
shall be filled with clerks chosen
for their efficiency and not because
they need places but because the
government needs a clerical force
chosen n the principle Of the sur
vival of the litlest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
COAL VALUES
How the Anthracite Companies Dodge
Taxation.
Property in Lackawanna County Worth Two
Hundred Million Assessed al 100000.

The Scranton Times, in an cdi-
torial on coal values said: "a few
months ago, whel the county com
miesioners were inquiring into the
values of coal lands i'll Lackawanra
county with a view 10 compelling
the corporations to pay, at least APP
proXima,ely their share of the cost
Of local government, :he great cor
porations were appraising their
properties at an exceedingly Low
rate. The county commissioners
made an assessment of $500 a foot
acre, at which the big coal owners
held up their hands in holy horror
and by pleading poverty of value
had the assessments reduced by the
court to 500 per foot acre. Recent
ly MIR. Clarence d. Simpson went
upon the stand in the Coal Trust
investigation and testified that the
coal sold by the firm of Simpson &
Watkins to the Temple Iron Com
pany is worth from SI5o, 900 900 to
$500, 600, 600. The Temple Iron
Company is possessed of other prop
critics than those sold to it by Simp-
son & Watkins and all of it is rep
resented by 81, 500, 900 of stock is
sued and little more than 81 900,
600 of bonds. We have no figures
at hand but we doubt that the as
scssed valuation OH all this property
exceeds 5000, 900. Clarence ID.
Simpson is competent witness as
to coal values. He has been in the
business all his life. He knows
whereof he speaks. All of which
goes TO prove that the coal corpora
tions are not yet paying anything
like their fair proportion of local
taxes. Our county and city au-
thorities should get busy again"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
AS Seen from FairvieW.

1t must be admitted that the
language employed by Mr.. Roose-
welt was uncalled for and unbecom-
ing to Presidents message. But,
Mr.. Roosevelt is not-and we say it
in the best of spirit-famous for his
good manners. His chief boast is
that he is the apostle of the square
DEAL and yet OH many notable oc-
casions he has been guilty of cruel
injustice in dealing with his
fellows. He has needlessly and
wantonly insulted many individ-
uals, and although the public have
borne this shortcoming patiently
it is plain they are now growing
weary. Bryan'S Commonsr.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
THURSDAY. DECEMBER "a, 1908.
q He Should Not Be Sacrificed.

The Philadelphia Record, discus
sing the proposition of making
Hon. John G.. McHenry the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor at the
next election, and commenting up
on Mr.. McHeury S indisposition to
be a gubernatorial candidate, says
that he cannot withdraw himself
from favorable consideration. ANY
way, the office should seek the :::an
and not the man the office"
This is all very we'll, but Mr..
McHenry not unnindful of the
Nor which the menton of his
- III that connection implies,
ewes that his present obligations
the public require him to give
undivided attention to his con-
.sSional duties, and that encour-
aging movement that might di-
vert some of his energies into an
other channel would have a re-
creant appearance. He has found
legislative work agreeable and has
adapted himself to it and feels that
he owes his constituents his best
efforts. Besides, it would be treat
ing Mr.. McHenry unfairly to take
him from successful congression.
al career and expose him to almost
certain defeat in the contest for
Governor, for the election of even
the strongest Democratic guberna
torial candidate in Pennsylvania
would be miracle, and miracles
are not happening in present day
politics.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
Where Some of the Deficit is Created

The postoflice officials, who have
charge of the financial end of that
department, are working overtime
just now TO discover some way by
which the rapidly aHd constantly
accunulatjng deficit in the postal
service can be checked. Possibly if
they would turn their eagle eye, to
the abuses of the general frankj1g
privileges enjoyed by Senators and
Members of Congress they might
find a few leaks, that if stopped,
would prevent a portion OF the
losses complained of.
When the government attempts
to carry free the thousands of tons
of documents and departmental re
ports, all the crazy speeches deliv-
cred by Senator'S or Congre smen,
and in addition permit Republican
committees to stuff franked enve.
lopes with all kinds OF political rot
and nonsense as it did during the
recent campaign, and then pay the
railroads eXorbitant prices for
transporting this trash, it is not to
b wondered at that the deficiency
incred ses and that the shortage is
becoming fiightful.
1t is upon the weight basis that
railroads are paid for carrying the
mails. a single department report
with its heavy wrapper, will weigh
as much as thousand letters pay
ing two cents each. The report
costs just as much per pound to
carry as does the letter 1t pays
nothing. 1t is OF little use, and less
interest to the public generally.
The few Libraries that treasure
them enough to give them shelf
room, and the fewer individuals
who can interest themselves in the
dry and generally unreliable details
that most of them contain, could
easily afford to pay the thirty-hve
or forty cent charges that express
companies would demand for de-
llvering them.
1t is all right that Senator'S and
Congressman should have the right
to frank their letters and all the
correspondence they are obliged to
maintain with their Constituents,
but when it COMES to having free
use Of the mails to send out any old
thing they can lay hands on, or to
distribute broadcast and without
limit the pointless, useless, and Of
ten untruthful speeches they im-
pose upon the public, there ought
to be halt called.
The sooner this is done the SOON
er the deficit now troubling the
Department will disappear.
IVahhMaN.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
WASHINGTON


Washington, D. c., Dec. FL, 1908
The political situ.tio during the
past week has been replete with in
'eresting events and episodes. The
Panama Canal deal has been the
subject of untounded charges
against the Government and those
nearly related TO toe President, and
of indignant and vindictivc coun-
terchaiges coming direct from the
President in the shape ola message
TO Congress and containing threats
of libel suits against the chief of
fender, the editor Of the New York
World.
Congress is wrthing under the
stinglng lash of the President
charging it with an effort to choke
off or scotch detective activity with
regard to its members. Some mem
bers of Congress (like some of the
rest of u.s. would not care to have
too strong a searchlight turned on
all their outgoiugs and incomings
The President Knows who some of
them arc and he is perhaps waiting
with some impotence for the Ma
tional legislature 20 rise i'll its holy
wrath aud repudiate the insinra
ton. Congress, or at least some
Cong essmen, will not play with
fire tor fear Of an explosion. The
President is mercilcss i'll his expos
ures a d his denunciation and what
they have done in the closet, he is
capalle of proclaiming from the
housetopS OF their constituencies i'll
way that all men and their wives
will hear and believe him 1t is
little short Of shameless how some
members and Senator'S make the
United States treasury pay their
elcction expenses and even br,6e
their constituents. The common
remark: They all do 1t" renders
it not one whit more respectable or
less dishonest.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
Spring Election.
will Be Held Tuesday, February l6,

Preparations are now under way
in the Office of the commissioners
for the annual February election at
which the borough and township
offices, expiring in March next,
will be filed. The February elec-
ton will be held on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 9th, and will be a very i'm
portant election to the voters.
Borough officials, consisting of tax
collectors, chief burgess, auditors
and couucilmen and school direc-
tors will be determined at the elec.
ton, and election officers 70" the
ensuing year, The last day for FL
ing regular party nomination
papers, which nominations are de-
termined at political primaries or
caucuses of the Republican and
Democratic electors, will be Friday,
January 29th. The last day for fl.
ing independent nominations will
be Monday, February Ist. The lat
ter can be filed by any candidate
who does not desire TO come before
the voters of any party, or where
no primaries are held, by securing
the voters of any party, or where
no primaries are held, by securing
as petitioners two percent. of the
total number of electors in the dis
trict, and by having the petition
or nomination paper sworn to by
five of the petitioners.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
Teddy's Temper.
Angry at Girls Who Passed Him on Horseback

Under the caption "Girls Anger
ed President" the Baltimore Sun
printed this Washington dispatch: 4:
You know that you should not
go ahead of our party" said Presi-
dent Roosevelt as he rode past my
self and three OF the seminary girls
in Rock Creek Park, near the For
est Glen entrance, on Thanksgiv-
ing day. The President rode by
tercely, not stopping, and, as he
passed, the boot of one of the girls
was knocked from ter stirrup, and
the Presidents riding crop fell vi
ciously upon the flank of the horse
she was riding. Had she not been
an excellent horsewoman serious
injury to her might have followed.
The President seemed to be in a
great rage and his party rode with
out looking back. l do not know
whether the blow was struck inten-
tionally. We were unaccompanied
by male escorts"
The foregoing statement was
made by Miss Z. l Sisson, instruc-
tor in an exclusive seminary for
young ladies located in Maryland,
near the District line. She was re-
counting an experience which she,
as ehaperon, and the three young
women students, two of whom are
daughters of wealthy Texas and
Chicago men, underwent on
Thanksgiving Day in Rock Creek
Park.
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THE COLUM BIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
THg COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,

ESTABLISHED 1857. CONSOLIDATED 1869
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
\ Bloomsbury, the County Seat or.
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GEO. c. ROAM, FOREMAN.
rrrMs;--lns,dc the county Sr.oo year
IA q vance; SI.5oif not paid in advance.
O.t,tcJhccounty, Sh25a year, strictly in
aiva"ce.
Al communications should beaddressed
THE COLUMBIAN, Bloomsburg, Pa.
,r,yt-,.,,,..,. r,,-grNrpt,1 OF ,ooy
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.

Chas. p. Elwell announces that
he Will be pleased to receive all
former pupils on violin and piano
iorte, as well as new ones. Latest
and best methods.
Terms strictly cash by the lesson
or month. Address Hotel Hidlay,
bloomsbury, or call up on beii
phonel any afternoon between
and 2. tt
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

The old-fashioned cab horse will
soon be thing Of the past in the
city of Scranton. One automobile
company has line of taxicabs al
ready in operation in the anthracite
city, and two other companies are
about replacing their horse cabs
with electric cabs of the latest de-
sign,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

An old attorney of the Union
County Bar recently got off the log
ic that a jury is a body of twelve
men that decide which lawyer is the
smarter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

There are Navy yards on the
New England coast and on other
coast that are supported by the
United States for no other reason
than that a Senator or member OF
Congress has use for them to sus-
tain his political fortunes by keep
ing him III Congress. These navy
yards are too small for modern
warship construction, therefore
useless ships are appropriated for
and hundreds of men are employed
and millions of dollars are paid in
wages (wasted) to the friends and
political henchmen of certain Sena.
tors and Members.
49,
The lower House of Congress
has Just passed a bill for the next
Census with provision that the
clerks are to be selected independ-
ent of the Civil Service competitive
examinations Every member o:
Congress knows that this is not in
the interest of economy or efficien-
cy. Wright and Porter, two capa-
BILE superintenl lents of the Census,
are on record as regretting that the
service under them was not includ-
ed in the classified civil service ex
animation lis.. Wright, especially,
believed the cost Of the last Census
had been increased TO the extent Of
two millions Of dollars by the neg
lect of the application of the Civil
Service to the selection of clerks.
The motives of Congressman in re-
lieving the Census appointments
from the necessity of competitive
examination, are open to everyone.
They are seeking appointments for
their political supporters or their
relatives--their sons, their wives,
cousins, aunts and law.
who are constantly after them for
some place at the public crib. They
cannot fight publicly against the
Civil Service Law. With the coun
try at large it is too popular. 1t
has redeemed a service that was
scarcely less rotten than that of
Russia or China. But they are des-
perately hungry for patronage. In
putting the large body of Fourth
class Postmasters under Civil Ser
vice protection, these congressman
have been robbed of much influence
and they are trying to recoup
themselves through the Census
Office and at the expense of the
country at large.
Some few members of Congress
are independent of patronage. All
of them should be. To we'll in
formed, enlightened statesmen, pat
ronage is a curse. 1t curses him
that gives and him that receives.
The person who gets the Office is
an migrate and the twenty who fai'
to get it become enemies. But the
average congressman is not an en-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa, post Office.
Mrs. Susie Hunter, Mr.. John
Naming, Miss Grace Shultz.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-24

Mr., and Mrs. William Leverett
OF Philadelphia are the guests of
Bloomsbury relatives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-29
A GOOD FATTENING FEED.

At the Pennsylvania experiment station
a rather interesting test was recently con-
Quoted in regard to the value OF corn sill
8 for fattening steers, says the Farmer.
Two lots OF six steers each were provided
and these were given The same grain ra-
ton which consisted of broken ear corn
and cotton seed meal. These two lots were
also fed equal quantities of mixed hay In
the beginning. Gradually his hay ration
for ons feed q day was supplanted by corn
slower, which is corn fodder without the
ears, In one lot and corn eilage in the
other. 1t will OF course be noted that
while the corn tower contained no ears
the silage was composed of stalks and
ears together. In both cases 1t was In
tended that the steers consume as much
slower or siIage as possible. At the be-
ginning Of the test, the slower fed steers
averaged % pounds heavier, while at the
end the silage steers outweighed the 9TH
ers by four pounds each. 1t was found
In as~ceTtainfng the cost of the different
rations that the silage fed steers had cost
about $1.5o per head each more h the
other lot, but this was more than over
balanced by their better condition and
finish.
While experiments on six steers as far
away as Pennsylvania may seem to have
but little bearing on the steer f%attening
question in this territory. this article was
quoted to bring out II possible the value
OF silage for a fattening ration where it
was plentiful. On many farms In the
northwest where cattle feeding is carried
o N extensively, every stalk OF corn upon
the place Is cut and fed in some manner
When the field corn is Of a large enough
variety to mature big ears, the fodder is
30 coarse by the time 1t is harvested hat
a large amount of 1t Is lost in the feeding
operations. Could this same fodder have
been cut up and put into a silo at the
proper time, the gain. both in the amount
OF digestible food and nutriment, would
nave been considerable. With these facts
in mind 1t seems apparent that wherever
steer feeding is followed to any consider
able extent in the northwest the silo will
become An important factor In these oper-
atoms.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-29
GOVERNMENT
IS Ten YEARS OLD
Since Famous Gold Camp Was
Organized It Has Produced
500, 900, 900.

Special Seattle Correspondence: Ten
years ago or September 5. the first
territorial government of the Yukon
territory was formally installed In
Office at Dawson, the capital OF
the Yukon. Governor William Ogil-
vic, the first commissioner, with
IL assistants, arrived on that day
from White Horse by the steamer
Ora and Immediately established tenn
porary headquarters In q big log cabin
building that had been erected for the
purpose.
Since that time the famous Klondike
and adjoining creeks have produced q
total of over $780, 00, 900 in gold, all OF
which has gone into the worlds Golfers
and is being used in the conduct of the
worlds business. It is to properly cele-
brate this fact and bring about further
development of he gold OF
the Yukon and Alaska that the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition is being held
at Seattle next summer. Gold has dom
much for the world and this is the
first time that an exposition has been
held to give it honor.
The Yukon territory is still a great
gold producer. Within the last few
years, while the methods OF gold extrac-
ton have been undergoing a change,
the production has dropped off, but
with the installation Of dredges, by
TENS the gold production will receive q
big impetus that will soon put the
Yukon back in the front rank.
Governor Ogilvie Is still in the Yukon
now engaged in dredging. He is one
of the enthusiastic workers for the ex-
position and will be present, as will
many others Of the first government.