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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
A Remark Well Made.

The Milton Standard remarks.
Bryan said in a speech the other
day referring to Col. Guffey, that
I'VE can get along without him. "
Who does Mr.. Bryan mean by
'weF' If he is speaking for him
self he has right to that opinion.
If he is persuming 20 speak for the
Democratic party it was wholly un-
warranted, The Democrats party
needs more men like Col. Guffey.
1t doesn't need any more like Mr..
Bryan, whose personal ambition
has almost wrecked it,"
Without disrespect 10 Colonel
Bryan, whose ability as All orator
must be conceded, The Democrat
entirely agrees with the Standard s
remark. AS political leader the
Colonel made great tactical mis-
take, besides displaying ingratitude
to an unselfsh party benefactor,
when he turned down Col. Guffev
at the Denver convention. 1t bor-
dered closely OH political insanity.
1t is aggravating to true Demo.
Gratis to see Col. Bryan already
pushing forward to reassume the
leadership OF the party after its
third disastrous defeat with him
III command 1t would be we'll if
the more influential leaders of ;he
party should take him aside and
impress him with the nomentous
fact that the great Democratic
party must not continue to be made
a sacrifice to the personal ambition
OF any individual. .-Sun6u,y Demo-
crai
And we wish to remark that we
agree with both the Standard and
the Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
A Democratic Tariff Bill.

The Democratic minority in the
next Congress, whose votes are
within less than two-score of the
Republican strength in the House,
have no intention of occupying a
neutral or indifferent position in
the coming controversy on the tar
iff To do so would be an abdica-
tion of their rights and duties. So
far from it, Representative Under
wood, Of Alabama, all old and ex-
perienced member, who is on the
Committee of Ways and Means,
declares that the Democrats propose
not merely to take an active part
- the discuss on, but to submit
ei own tariff bill. Instead of
ing a factious opposition to
'nuine reform of the tariff they
Il thus afford an opportunity to
<epublcan friends of a fair revi-
Siou in case the majority bill should
fall short of the pledges of the late
campaign.
1t is not likely, though most de-
sirable, that tie revision of the tar
ift i'll the coming extra session of
the Congress will be so thorough
as to put an end to agitation for
some years to come. The reaction
ary element of the Republican party
In Congress and the country is too
strong to permit indulgence in such
hope. For this reason the pro-
posed bill of the Democrats will
serve to clearly define the purpose
of the party in Congress to revise
the tariff in the interest of the
masses of the American people and
not of the Trusts. The Democrats
have also their experts in and out
of Congress capable of presenting
all the materials that are necessary
for a reasonable revision of the
Dingley act. No more evidence is
required than is within easy reach
in the official returns of import and
export trade. There is no more
potential argument for tariff reform
than in the distribution and sale of
800, 600, 900 in value of American
manufactures (S2oo, 900, 900 of
steel products alone in the open
markets of the world in conditions
of absolute free trade and in CON-
petition with all comers. .-Rec0yd.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
Want Saloons to Close EARLY.

A determined effort is to be made
to have the saloons of Luzerne
county close evenings at II o'clock
and remain so until s O'Clock in
the morning.
An enormous petition is being
prepared to present to the court,
asking for an order fixing a stated
time for closing and opening the
places where intoxicants are sold
The early closing movement is
being taken up by the Anti-Saloon
League of Luzerne county. Sever
al cities have adopted the reform.
Mayor Dimmick, of Scranton, is
responsible for the order in Lacka-
wanna county.
There is no law on the subject.
but the court can make an order
requiring saloons to close at fixed
hour and if dealers refuse to COM
ply the court, under its power OF
granting licenses, can easily revoke
their privileges.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
Treat All Alike.

The World believes in one law
for Gompers and Rockefeller; in
one law for Mitchell and Ryan; in
one law for Morrison and Harri-
man; in one law for labor unions
and Wall street. If it is "practi-
eal'' to obtain writs of injunction
restraining labor leaders from vio-
lating the Sherman law, it is equal
~ practical 20 obtain writs of
Injunction forbidding Trust man
ayers from violating it. If it is
practical to sentence labor lead
ers to Jail for violating such Court
orders, it is equally practical" to
sentence Trust managers to Jail for
violating them. 1t is no more diff
ficult to find the Zone responsible
man" in one case than in the other.
When the trades-unionists charge
that nobody but labor leaders have
ever been sentenced to imprison-
ment under the Sherman law they
frame damning indictment against
Mr.. Roosevelt and his administra
tion. How can these men be ex-
pected to respect law which the
President of the United States him
self does not respect, and which he
has persistently refused to enforce
against any individual "malefactor
of great wealth"i --Mev York
W0rM.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
A Winning Fight Against the Toll
Gates.

"The Philadelphia Press" has
beee waging a winning fight to
abolish the toll gates and turnpik
es. The people al over tie State
are taking live interest in the
crusade of The Philadelphia
Press" against the toll gates. The
people fully realize that toll gates
are relics of past days and should
be done away with; also the State
law makers are taking an active
interest and showing strong senti-
ment in favor of their abolishment.
All new developments regarding
the toll gates will be printed in
"The Philadelphia Press, as we'll
as all other interesting late news.
Send your order to your newsdeal.
er and keep in touch with all new
developments.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
The Limit of DiscOurtesy.

The other day President Roose.
welt and some members of his ten.
mis- cabinet were horseback riding
i'll one of the public parks adjacent
to Washington. a party of ladies',
members of Washington families,
were enjoying themselves by indul-
gence in the same exhilerating eX-
ercise, at the same time and in the
same neighborhood. The young
women, either because they didr' t
know the President, or for the
reason that they didn't know it
was harmful, rode past the presi-
dental party. Thereupon Presi-
dent Roosevelt, inhamed with pas
sion, rode up to the ladies and sew
erely rebuked them, for thus pre-
suining to ride past the President
of the United States. "How dare
you," lie said rudely, "throw mud
from your horses heels into the
face of the President"
This is about the limit of impu-
dent assurance. The German EN-
peror or the Car of Russia would
not 60 so far because they are at
least gifted with the manners of
gentlemen and while the rules gov
erning social amenities between
men and women in those countries
are less exacting than here, rule of
politeness is universal among we'll
bred men. But the insanely vain
creature, who, by the accident of
national calamity, has become Pre-
sident of the United States. appears
to be amenable to none of the laws
of courtesy or decency, and because
he imagined that his imperial rights
were encroached upon, he behaved
like drunken blackguard and in
suited the ladies. 1t was an out
rage beyond parallel in the history
of the country.
Mr.. Roosevelt's absurd idea of
the Difference due him would be
amusing if it were not humiliating
to every self-respecting American
citizen. The fact that the Chief
Magistrate of the greatest Republic
of all time should so flagrantly vio-
late the ethics of courtesy is amaz-
ing. The safety of American wo-
manhood from insult or outrage
has justly been subject of pride
to American manhood from the be-
ginning of our government. Am
erican women have felt that they
might safely travel, unattended and
secure against danger, in any part
of the country. But it appears
that they are not il, the enjoy
ment of that priceless privilege
in the neighborhood of the seat of
our government while the present
brain-storm rough rider occupies
the White House. - Watchman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07

was hrst discovered, infection was
iouhd IN ninety-one herds. The
animals infected included 1893 cat
tie, IIIS swine, fiity-three sheep
ana tour goats. In addition, TWEEN
ly-hve sheep were killed in Clinton,
twelve in Snyder and sixteen in
Union. One goat was killed in
DeiawaIe, two in Montgomery and
one in Philadelphia. In Northum-
oerland county r5s cattle and 24a
swine were killed, which is the
high water mark in the state.a
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07

tion bills are bound to swell and in
deed it will be false economy TO
postpone River and harbor inn
provements, the canalization re-
commended by the President, and
by the convention on water trans
portation recently held in Wash
ington. These and other national
enterprises will cost millions, per-
haps billions. They come high but
we must have them. They are
economical necessities and it is easy
to figure that they will return the
country splendid interest OH the
investment, The Government will
simply have to resort to other
sources of taxation to raise funds
for these improvements. A tax on
bank checks and on deeds convey
ing real estate, OH coffee and tea
will easily fill the national exche
quer and if to this should be added
as was the tax during the Spanish
war of dollar a barrel OH beer the
nation will have enough to improve
the waterways and the roads, to
increase the army and navy and to
carry on without deficit the multi
farous affairs Of government.
~
There is evident anxiety at the
White House with reference to the
reports conditions OH the Isthmus.
1t has been rumored for some time
that tie Gatun dam is a failure
and although these rumors have
been repeatedly denied they per
sist and the fact that the President
has asked the President elect to 60
to the Isthmus, putting at his dis
posal two war ships and appointing
six distinguished civil engineers to
accompany him is ground for fore
boding with many i'll reference to
the final SUCCESS OF this stupendous
undertaking.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
For Every Living Thing on the Farm

Free; 500 page book ON the
treatment and care of Every Liv-
ing Thing OH the Farm" Horses.
Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry, by Humphreys Veteri-
nary Specifics, also Stable Chart
for ready reference; to hang up.
Free by mail on application, ad-
dress Humphreys Homeo. Med.
Co., Corner William & Ann SITS. >,
New York. IT..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
The Cattle Plague.
N'nety'hine Herds We're Affected and oaeo
Animals We're Killed.

Data issued by the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board show that
during the recent epidemic of ami
thous fever the state lost o,6s & a,;
mails, which became infected % and
M mad to be killed. Beginning with With
November 9th, when the ontbreaii m..ti
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-07
Trespass N Offices.

Card signs mo Trespassing" for
sale at this Office. They are print
ed in accordance with the late act
of 1908. Price S cents each. If
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

Washington, Dec. Having re
ceived- the presidents message, con
gress found itself "out of work. and
both houses adjourned until Friday.
Won't Interfere With Macveagh.
While the impression prevails
among the members of congress that
there should be thorough investiga
ton of the customs service as a re.
suit of the sugar frauds discovered
there seems to be no disposition to
take the matter out of the hands OF
the treasury department and the de
partment of justice.
Senate Wants to Know.
The senate called upon President
Taft to furnish information concern
ing the action taken under the treaty
on March 1, 1905, for the suppression
of the white slave" trade.
Winona Speech In Record.
Taft's speech, delivered at Winona,
wherein he sustained the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff, will be printed as a SEN
ate document ON order by the senate
to that effect.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15

farm ia respect to which there has
been either no increase in the tariff or
in many instances very consider
able reduction.
AS to the Alsop claim against
Chile the president says: Happily,
as the result of the recent diplomat
ic negotiations, the governments of
the United States and Chile, actuated
by the sincere desire to free from any
strain those cordial and friendly rela-
tons upon which both set such store,
have agreed by protocol to submit
the controversy to definitive settle
ment by his Britannia majesty, Ed
ward VII"
Political Contributions.
The president recommends to con
gress that a law be passed requiring
that candidates in elections of members
of the house of representatives, and
committees in charge of their candi-
dacy and campaign, file in proper
Office of the United States govern
ment statement of the contributions
received and of the expenditures in
Cured in the campaign for such cleo
tons, and that similar legislation be
enacted in respect to all other cleo
tons which are constitutionally withiI
the control OF congress"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15
roo MANY CLOTHES.

Some society women exhaust so
much of their time and energy In
catering to their vanity that they
have comparatively little left for the
things really worth while. Mrs.
Grundy has more abject slaves Ia
America than in any other country
on the globe. Multitudes of her
devotees neglect their children. their
homes, and their mental improve
ment and resort to all sorts of ex-
pedients and extravagances to cater
to their vanity.
It is not so much the purpose OF
this paper to condemn the rich for
their wicked extravaganza, as to point
out the demoralizing influence OF
their vicious example upon those who
cannot afford either luxurious dress
or living. Not only much of the dis
content and unhappiness, but also
large part of the immortality and
crime in this country. is due to the
influence of the ostentatious Haunting
of wealth in the faces OF those who
are less favored. 1t Is a powerful
force in our civilization
The mere possession of money does
not give one the right to debauch his
fellows, or to set an example which
will make them DISCONTINUED, un-
happy and tempt them to strain to
keep up an appearance OF wealth, at
the possible sacrifice of their integ-
rifv aud virft1o --OricOn Sweet MardpU
in Success.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15

New York, Dec. THE storm cen
ter in the sugar trial yesterday TO-
cused upon Richard Parr, who was
foremost in exposing the short
weight frauds on the Williamsburg
docks of the American Sugar Rein
ing company. Parr told how he
caught Kehoe, the tally clerk, manip-
ulating the crooked scales; how. Oil.
yer Splitter, one of the six company
employees now charged with conspir-
acy, offered to let him name his own
price for hushing the thing up; how
Brzezinski, Spitzer's partner, took
him by the elbow and asked anxious
ly: "Dick, this fellow says you are
all right. Does that go?'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15
HOUSEBOAT vOYAGERS
CAUGHT IN ICE EL0ES

ST. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. 10.-L Murphy
and Harve Turner, Sioux City youths,
were floating down the Missouri rlv-
er in a houseboat yesterday, when
they encountered crush of ice foes
which wrecked their habitation They
fought their way ashore and arrived
last evening nearly exhausted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15
FINE CARE FOR
: AMERICANS ABROAD
SOME TWO THOUSAND STU
DENTS IN PARIS
ALONE.
HOSPITAL WHICH WILL INSURE
GOOD HOME FOR THEM IN
CASE OF ILLNESS.

Paris, France. Dec 10.-The new
American hospital is situated at 90
Boulevard du Chateau, one of the
most picturesque streets in Neuilly,
still an aristocratic suburb of Paris,
although many of its beautiful private
houses. surrounded by gardens and
parks, have been utilized for private
schools and sanitariums.
The history of the Hartford British
hospital, built and endowed by Sir
Richard Wallace shortly after the
Franco Prussian war, is an illustration
OF the need there is here of a purely
free hospital maintained for foreign
residents or visitors. According to
the charter of the British hospital
only nonpaying patients can be taken,
aud those must be English subjects
or the minor children of such who are
not able to pay for adequate treat
ment. The English colony in Paris
contains large number of house
hold servants, clerks, nursery govern
esses, jockeys and so on, the class
supposed to need such an institution.
This hospital is richly endowed, and
has well served its purpose, but, in
truth, it has never been overcrowded;
there is always space for any deserv-
ing case and during the summer the
place is half full This does not in
the least mean that at any time or
the year there is not suffering from
illness and poverty resulting from
| illness in the British colony here,
only that large amount of it exists
| in a class that will not ask for help
from a charitable association, which
| the English hospital is known to be,
| The purpose of the board of dtrec-
tors of the American hospital is quite
| different from that which animated
the generous soul of Sir Richard
Wallace, and more in keeping with
the conditions that surround Ameri-
cans living in Paris today. There are
few American domestic servants or
men or women of the working class
here and in case of Illness these
would probably be provided for BY
their employers. But in Paris are
some 1000 American students, the
/ greater part living on limited incomes
and in need of quick help in case of
ILLNESS. Aside from the purely stu
4 dent class there is a certain number
of young men and women starting in
professions. and there are American
men and women stenographers and
young teachers and clerks, attracted
here by the growing need of Ameri-
can industries. All these, away from
family and friends, are in most cruel
need in case of Illness.
1t is believed among its supporters
that the American hospital will have
its greatest chance for usefulness as
a paying institution, and it is really
constructed on these lines. There
are two wards, each containing SIX
beds, and seven of these are endowed,
but it is not expected that any case
will be refused on the score of the
applicants inability to pay certain
sum week. The private rooms are
/ arranged in excellent taste, many of
them with bathroom connecting and
view On the garden and park
There are also more modest rooms,
but equally comfortable and apart
from the general ward, for which
moderate prices will be asked.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15

Nothing goes with me- Parr tes-
titled he said.
Told with heat and great, clreum-
stances, the narrative made a. Visible
effect. Counsel for the defense at
tackled PARIS credibility.
"You started to investigate. without
orders from any superior ofieef?' he
was asked.
"If you call Roosevelt and his sec
rotary, (now collector Loeb) superior
officers, was working under orders, :
replied Parr, but if you mean the
secretary of the treasury, then |
was working without orders"
Further inquiry along this line was
dropped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-15

lantic seaboard and the eastern coast
of South America, as we'll as lines
from the west coast of the United
States to South America, China Ja-
pan, and the Philippines. '.The pro-
fits on foreign mails" he says, "are
perhaps sufficient measure of the
expenditures which might first be
tentatively applied as subsidy"
Same Old Territories.
In recommending separate state
hood for New Mexico and Arizona,
President Taft urges deliberation in
the selection of members of the con-
stitutional convention of each terri
tory, and earnestly advises that after
the adoption of a constitution, it be
submitted to the people for approval
at an election
Alaska.
with respect to Alaska, recon-
mend legislation which shall provide
for the appointment by the president
of governor and also of an execu-
tive council, the members of which
shall have legislative powers suf-
ficient to enable it to give to the terri
tory local laws adapted to its pres
ent growth. strongly deprecate legis-
lation looking to the election of ter
ritorial legislature in that asst dis
trict.'
The president mentions the neces-
sity for legislation looking to the fur
Their conservation of natural re-
sources, and announces that a special
message on this subject, including
that of waterways, reclamation, irriga-
ton and reforesting, will be sent to
congress.
White Slavery.
White slavery is discussed, the view
being that there is urgent necessity
for additional legislation, and greater
executive activity to suppress it. Il
believe it to be constitutional" the
president says, ITO forbid, under PEN
atty, the transportation of persons for
purposes of prostitution across the
national and state lines; and by ap-
propriating fund of $4,000 to be
used by the secretary OF commerce
and labor for the employment of spe-
cial inspectors, 1t will be possible to
bring those responsible for this trade
TO indictment and conviction under
federal law
Health.
There seems to be no reason why
all the bureaus and Offices in the gen.
eral government which have to do
with the public health or subjects akin
thereto should not be united In
bureau to be called the bureau of pub
lie health. This would necessitate
the transfer of the marine hospital
service to such bureau, says the
president.
The year 1913 will mark the fiftieth
anniversary of the issuance of the
emancipation proclamation granting
freedom to the negroes. It seems
fitting, he says, that this event should
be properly celebrated.
Cost Of Living.
1t is vii to note, says the president,
that the increase in the cost of living
is not confined to THE country, but
prevails the world over, and that |
those who would charge increases In
prices to the existing protective tar
liz must meet the fact that the rise in
prices has taken place almost wholly
IN those products of the factory and