The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-04
HARRISBURG LETTER.
January 20. 1910.

January ~, 1917.
The trial of architect Joseph M.
Huston came to a sudden termina-
tion. after it had occupied the at
tention of the public for a couple of
days. One of the jurymen had scar
let fever in his family and though
the place was quarantined, he came
and went as he pleased, much to the
disgust of his fellows. and of the
court as we'll, for Judge Kunkel has
some interesting boys in his family.
AS the juryman's child was passing
through the 'peeling stage" and the
father felt unable to do effective
jury duty on account of the patient
at home, together with the possible
danger of contagion, all hands agreed
that the wise thing to do was to let
the case so over. So juror was
drawn and the case continued to
March 81. If the trial OF Mr., Hus-
ton follows the devious ways of the
other trials, it will be several years
before a conclusion is reached. He
was defended by Geo. s. Graham and
A. L. S. Shields, two prominent law
yers of Philadelphia, with Chas, II.
Bergner and Lyman d. Gilbert, both
of Harrisburg. The case promised
to be interesting and lengthy, with
the defence taking every possible
advantage and working hard to
win.
Some idea of the wealth of the
people of the great state of Pennsyl-
vania is CLEANED from the report of
the Commissioner of Banking for the
year 1903. The resources of the
various financial institutions under
State supervision and control, for
the first time in the history of the
State, pass the billion dollar mark,
showing a gain of over $63, 3,633, 900
over the corresponding period for
1908. These figures, immense as
they are, do not include the resources
of the National Banks, which amount
to many millions more, reaching an
aggregate beyond the reach of the
ordinary mind to comprehend.
For the month about ending, the
State Treasurer's report will prob
ably show the balance in the gener-
al fund considerably below four mill
lion dollars, the collections for jan
uary reaching about one million dol
lars, while the expenses were much
larger. Collections are over one mil
lion less than for the corresponding
period last year. But this balance
in the general fund represents a real
balance on hand, and enough beside
in the sinking fund to more than
pay the debt
These evidences of prosperity.
thrift, competent management and
good business judgment, found in
the abundant wealth of the people
and the freedom from debt on the
part of the state, form a constant
and effective argument against the
wild statements put out by those de-
tractors of our state and it's leading
citizens There are certain news
papers that cannot find anything
good to say about the grand old
Keystone state, but take great de-
light in calling attention to alleged
evils and abuses, existing largely in
imagination, and endeavoring to
hold up to ridicule a Commonwealth
whose people are proud to claim
Pennsylvania as their home. For
tunately there are few who believe
these wild assertions tending to be-
little a sovereign state.
From present appearances, the
dissensions in the Cabinet and in
Congress are likely to cause trouble
for the Republican party this fall,
unless the President can heal the
breach. To lose the next Congress
would embarrass both the party and
the President, but the Middle West
and the West are up in arms and
/ threaten trouble. What has popu-
larly come to be known as Cannon
ism" will probably be made an is
sue in many Congressional districts
unless the Speaker should announce
that he will not be a candidate to
succeed himself. Perhaps if Uncle
Joe were let alone, he would get out
of the fight, but he is something of
a fighter, and may not care to retire
under fire.
w. E. Perham spent several days
here this week in attendance at the
meetings of the State Agricultural
Association. The sessions were well
attended>and interesting.
n. h. HAUSE.