THE DAILY EVENING TELEGKA HITRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, SAT UK DAY, OPTO PKU 8, 1870. SPECIAL NOTIOES. 'For A hll-lnuat r; te'at yaHrn tt thr i'h a-ii tlth j.rr ii 1 1- v i) k.i. p a i a, octjer, e n;o. To JAMES LYND, Esq. Noticing the violent mid pprls'en, and 11 we be Uevefa!se and librllouf, at acs made upon you, both In the press and by pamphlet, and -understanding that yon refrain from re:lyiug to tliera beciuse of professional and official etiquette, we take the lib erty, at your friend and as fellow-Rpubllcais, of requesting ttiat you wilt, at ns eirly a day an practi cable, furnish ns with an answer to the allegations alluded to, and with the proof necessary to ma tain it. AYe snbir.lt to you 'h it tvt only your personal re putation Is involved, 1 ut the vindication of your many warm fiiend, nay, even the very character of the Republh an party, whose nominee for oae of 'he most honorable of local unices you are, demand that you ehonld no longer remain Ulent. Dignitied reserve In a candidate for the Judgeship, and a atudied avotdanoo of nil effort to promote hla own ejection, are worth v of every commendation; but when partisan opposition and personal enmity bear ttielr falsehood and malice to every door in the community anonymous and dastardly though t hev be the interests of our lellow-citizens In geu- oral render it incumbent upon you to furnish them witlf Lie means of apprehending the error, and of ; avohlii g unintentional injustice to themselves as well as to you. Very respectfully, yours, Moitoit McMlehael, J. UUling-ham Fell, v ui. A iLgnam, cimrhs M. Prevosf, f'aliOwy C. Mollis, 'r. itnsEcM l'awaon, .lolui P. vcrn e, .lames II erne, hnrj s (ithbons, lleiuy C. Lea, Win. E Littleton, .lames A. Freeman, I! P. Gilliogbatn, Willmtu W. Keer, '. H. Cummlnga, .lames U. 1,'oney, Amns i;ripg, II. W. Urav. .)( lni Price Wctheiill, i J. nomas s. kui3, K. A. Comly, Nathan U.lif?, I. Tohn McArthur, Jr., K. C. Kntgli, .Mines L. Clszliorn, Isaac. HnzlcliuTst, .1. G. Kvsenarteii, Chillies E. .Q33.uli, H. E. Rood, Charles M. Wagner, II. K. CutnmUigs, 'John W. Everinan, Joseph R. Rlioads, ' Ferdinand 4. Dreer, j Henry (.'. Terry, 'R. J. Dobbins. To Messrs. Morton McMiehael, J. Gilllngltim Fell, William A. Ingham, Thomas S. Gllis, and others. ttLtlemen: Your Mud and considerate' letter of yesterday louud me under circumstances of painful and ex traordinary embarrassment. The nominee of a paity that tas always aimed to maintain a high standard of qualifications Tor Its official representa tives; the nominee for an oillce of great honor and trust; prond of a personal anil oitlclal reputation that nuill now has never been questioned, I found myself through the press and by circulars suddenly aud malignantly assailed by an antmmoit enemy, without time enough in all probability to ascertain his Identity certainly without time enough, prior to the election, to establish hla falsehood and baseness by any legal adjudication and restrained, too, by the nature of the honorable oillce In question, from any direct measures of reply or defense. In this emergency bound, as It were, hand and foot; poignantly conscious of the numerous and weighty considerations, so well staled by you, de manding an immediate and complete refutation of the libels above refened to, and knowing too how easy and thorough that refutation could be made, I was nevertheless embarrassed by the conviction that the facts upon which It Is based should not depend upon any mere assertion; yet could not, from the nature of the case, obtain an Investigation of the facts by the public. Your welcome and timely request has removed all ditllculty; it has supplied the Interposition I so much desired that of a third party who should fairly investigate the fads, and should authorita tively state to the public the result of that investi gation. In the first place, I would call your attention par ticularly to the fact that the attack against me has been made under the pretense of publishing ex tracts from judicial records, a falsehood which the slightest examination of these records will expose; that it is made anonymously, a precaution that would be entirely unnecessary If these libellous falsifiers of the record had published it as it really exists. I now proceed to submit to you a brief state ment of the charges against me, and of the auswers to them, as much In detail us the limited time will permit; 1. That as treasurer of a building association I was In default $1100, as admitted by a certain sche dule In bankruptcy. The answer to this Is, that upon a Unal settlement of my treasurer's uccount, It was found that nothing was due to the association; and the judgment npon the bond is satisfied of record. The debt was marked on my schedule as one of "about fl'too, supposed to be due;" and was Included out of precaution pending the settlement of my ac counts, Which had not then been settled. 2. That I. had been a defaulter from time to time in my accounts as treasurer of the same association , and had, June lo, isw, given a bond In the sum of I250O to cover these defaults. The fact was, and the records on their face showed it, that this money was borrowed, as any stockholder did and does borrow of a building awclatlon, at least eighteen mouths Wefore I was elected trea surer. The anonymous author of the attacks knew this fac'; It was patent upon the face of the bonds. The accompanying note from one of the directors of the association will substactiate these state ments: "Xo. 1103 CnEPKlT Sthkkt, ) "Philaoi.ki'uia, October 7, W,o. f "J a ME? Lym, Esq. : . "I presided at a meeting of the Directors of the Philadelphia Mercantile Loan and Building Asso ciation, held December IT, 1S03, in which you were elected treasurer pre teuqtore. You were not trea surer of the association at or before Jane 10, Si, nor at any time prior to December 15, 1383. "I have examined yonr accounts as Treasurer of said association, and find that there was In reality nothing due by you, even at the time of tiling your jctitioiuf bankruptcy. "Very respectrully "H. W. ORAY." a. That while I was City Solicitor, and receiving a salary from the city, I returned in my schedule among my debts: "To the City of rbiladelphia, for taxes on real estate for the years 1-65 aud IStiG, f too. By the ope ration of the Bankrupt act he was thus discharged from the payment or his (my) debt to the city, at the very t ime he was taking pay aa its Solicitor. Is this a specimen of his official Udelity?" This debt was so returned by me, because the law com ellednieto state all my debts; but the falsity and baseness of ihe charge of ind ell j to my trust as City Solicitor will be appreciated, when is 1 con sidered that this very debt was Included among those which were "to be paid in full that it was charged against and a Hen on my estate ; and that the record hows it was so paid before I was dis charged.' The annexed certificate from Richard Peltz. Esq-, the Keceiver of Taxes, is conclusive to this point: . - . "Dll'ARTMENT OK RECEIT1R OK TAXBS. "Pfl ILAOKLPUl A, October 1, 16T0. ' I hereby eel tify that the taxes assessed against James Lyud for the years 18Co and 1S03 were col lected for the city through sheriff sale of bis pro perties trade ia l.sa$; aud the money was paid into this department January S, 1309. "JOSHUA NUTT ALL, "Registrar. "I certify the above statement to be correct, "RICHARD PELTZ, "Receiver of Taxes." On the face or the very record from which this auoujiuoua libeller lias preteuded to iiud the mate rial for tbU allack, is found my complete vindica tion. AfftrsucU an exposition of the uttur falsity and of the malignity, for the author knew of tau fain hood of the attack upon me, It would seem ti.atiiO farther answer to any of his allegations is needt d. 4. That "as the President of the Consumers' Mutual Conl Compauy I issued circulars containing false repreHt utatioua an to the con litlon aud capacity of the co!:';".; I -J t'a-' ii'.i d the i virpain 's iiock; aai lliit tUe UiJiiey Uit I SPECIAL. NOTICES. k st In It was not Iti r t i-t i.v 'vit iy those of my creditois Irom whom I itorrowed (t. The answer t.tiiuHe a ; ,.,.. i as easy and as comp'ete as to Hi? preceding. Tie circular nkrrid to we founded on aud coutnii.rd H e uii,,- rtviii. of Hie very best mining eng'nti'? bete m il ' V 'tiM MP reports oa h'.cn I rel'trf, a did every line else, nad which were le prliitid vfil.atlni, and ..t in thti bauds of eve J stockholder. Tue anoMinous libeller, W-en he pretends t pul. llsh my ' bwomi stHt. ni'-nis, ' d ies not g vc the fact thntwlun I subscribed to trie stock and became an oltlctr of the company t was Hie owner of s uni; con siderable property ; t!'. any borrowed money I my bave owned whs sccrel by co'Uterals, or mort gages, or Ileus on my rfiil estate, and that almost tie niily debts which ere not secured were those Incumd (by accommodation notes) to piy oil' t lie mor'gsge debts of the sad Consumer.-' Mutual Coal Company, which r.ovs we:e taken by the mortgagor on account of and ere dited on the mottgae. Au exami nation of the schedule efern d t. will show to auy candid man that but f,r these debts 8') contracted, no application to the Kaultupt Court would have been neceesary. But it is said I made some tl0 out or Hie company not uccoiiutcd for. It I d d.wtiy was not my discharge opposed ln.teaior ieiii unanimously acquiesced In ? To state such a ques tion Is to answer It. Like all the other cna-ges con tained In the libellous and most unfounded attack on me above referred to, these aifectlng my con duct as President of the Consumers' Mutual C'3al Company are nuswerea by an ixumlaation of the whole record, and of the docut ents, which are aad always were open to the investigation of the stock holders of the company, and of all others intereste 1 therein. 1 have thus substantially answered every speclfl cat'on in the charge against me, and the proora are ready for your examination. While I have refrained frtm rassdon, 1 cannot help remarking that, uo can didate for office In this city has ever been thus a.' salltd, and that no exigency of partisan politics, no virulence of personal hatred, caa Justily the use of means so false and base to U feat a political oppo nent or personal enemy. In conclusion lot me sny, that so far as I am per sonaliy concerned In this statement I have but one thought, and that Is to preorve the good opinion of my fellow-citizens. The office of Judge oi the l)if trict. Court, however much I might be proud or and prize it nlidcr Other circumstances, is, lit view or the attack marie upon me, of becondary cousequeiice. My personal vindication Is more important to me than Huy ( lllcial honurs or emolument. Yours, xetpectfuly, JAMES LY.N'P. rnii.AOKi.i niA, Oct. 7, USTH. it fQ- lO THE VOTEiSS OF I'HLI.ADEL PHIA. The undereij'ucd, as Citizens of Pniln (ifclphia, im-prescol with thegrowinfr Importance of placing trustworthy and Intelligent persons la Public Ofliccs, respectfully recommend to their fellow-citizeus the elcetioa of " MK. WM. II. LEEDS TO THE SHERIFFALTY. The proper administration of the oilioe of Sheriff peculiarly exacts such ciiiaUfieations, and Mr. Leeds is known to the undersigned as a KCiitlcinun who possesses tbeiu, and who is therefore worthy to receive the support aud confidence of the people. ' McKEAN, BOKIE & CO., BENJAMIN BULLOCKS SONS. WILLIAM SELLERS iV: CO., RANI.OLPH it JENKS, MORRIS, TASK EH iS: CO ALEXANDER WI1ILLD1X SONS, M. BAIRD & CO., BUNTING, Dl RBORROW tV CO., EDWIN 11. F1TLER iV CO., JUSTICE, BATEMAN & CO., LEWIS WHARTON ,V CO., COATES BROTHKRS, . ALEXANDER i. CATTELL CO. :'i' u: i."j i'Aitvvi'r i a. i i WEIHEKlLL A; BROTHER, JAMES 11. ORNE. SON . CO., BROWNING & BROTHERS, 11. C. ORAM V CO., HENRY DISSTON SON, HOFFMAN KENNEDf , H. & G. A. WRIGHT, WM. STRUTHERS & SONS. NOBLITT, BROWN, NOJJLITT it CO., WILLIAM A. SIMPSON & SON, ICDLIO IT : Ul JNiN, B1UDESBURG MANUFACTURING CO MJSKEY, MERRILL & THACK AHA, : R. TAGGART & CO., ANSPACH & STANTON, JOHN & JAMES DOBSON, THOMAS BIRCH it SON, BROWN eV WOELFPEK, FIELD iV: IIARDIE, LAMBERT, THOMAS iV CO., (iROYEiV BROTHER, TAUSSIG, LIVINGSTON A; CO., CHARLES GIBBONS, MORTON McMICllAEL, ALEXANDER HENRY. CHARLES M. PREVOS1', JOHN P. YERREE, N. B. BROWNE, FREDERICK M. ADAMS, NATHAN HILLES, ;OHN PRICE WETHEIULL, BARTON 11. JENKS, JAMES L. CL'GHORN, SPENCER ROBERTS, JOHN RICE. HENRY BUMM. CHARLES GILPIN, WILLIAM H. KERN, HECTOR TYNDALE. HENRY B. BEN NEKS, DAVID WALLACE, HENRY H. BINGHAM. EDWARD BROWNINt;. F. T.. WALTON, HENRY D. MOORE, A. H. FRANCfSt I S, COFFIN COLKET. HENRY CARTUlilGHT, JoIlN II. MURPHY, SAMUl'.L C. COOK, JOHN H. CHAMBERS, HENRY C. HOWELL. 10 T t llEADQVARTEKS UNION R EPL" ULICAN - CiTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, No, 1105 C1IESMT Street. October 6, lS7fl, Whereas, a systematic attempt has been made In the Twenty sixth ward to distract the Republican party with the evident design of throwing the ward into the hands gf the Democracy, and Whereas, certain persons, aided by the misrepre sentations of Democratic newspapers, hav endea vored to deceive the Rcpuol'cao voters or said ward as to who are the nominees of the party ; therefore, Resolved, That this Committee republish Its de cision in the case of said ward, so that those citizens who desire to support the Republican ticket may not be misled by the traitorous movements of persons In the pay of our enemies. The following Is the Repub lican ward ticket ia the Twenty-sixth ward ; Select Council JAMES B. ALEX NI)KK. Common Council-Captain WM. THORNTON, ROBERT BKIGttS, JOHN 8. UI H.V. School Directors-FHANCIS OWYNN, Sk , JOHS KESSLER, . ' JACOB MOORS. Coistaoles ALEX ANDER MlNEIL, ' JOHN LAIRD. Any other ticket pretending to be Republican is ODly iBteuded to deceive. By order of the Union Republican city Executive Committee. JOHN L. HILL, Presl lenL John Mcc I'U.dUiU, i Secretaries. AUioiHAi.LC. JJomi,) 9 1) it 8PEOIAL NOTIOES. pgr SICONIJ CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. TO THE REPUBLICANS OS" THE SECOND COMPRESSION AL DISTRICT. The great Importance of the approaching Con gresMonal election to the Interests ol our city, and being the tegular Republican nominee for Conjress in the Second district, the time has arrived when I houid lay before the people a short but omplet t statement of my reasons for asking their support. 1 claim to be the regular K. 'publican no ntace f jr three reasons: I. That 1 wm nominated by the convention held Wednesday, .Tune 15, 1970, in accordance with the rules governing the Republican party. II. That a majority of the whole number of dele gates voted for me, having received 4. votes out Of 6i. III. That I was renominated by the convention held Tuesday, September 13, 1370, in accordance with the decision of the xecutlve Comniiriee of the Etate Central Committee, receiving 44 vob;s out of 6S. As soon as Mr. O'N'cill was defeated In the nomination, the Influence of all the United States Government departments within the city (Revenue, Post Office, Custom llonsi, Mint, At seiiBl, Navy-Yard, etc., etc.), was brought to boar upqn the various ward executive committees t lL duce them to send meh representatives only to the City Exerntlve Committee as would favor Mr. O'Neill In this they succeeded, and to-day a ma jority of the Republican City Executive Committee hold otllce under the United States and city govern ments. Mr O'Neill then appealed to the City Etecntive Committee, prolesth.g against my recognition as the regular nominee by that body. His plan was to have the whole matter referred to a sub-committee con sisting of the members of thi CI7 C)ra nlttee who represented ihe wards comprisl. g the SojouJ Coa grcslonal district. To lecure a majority of said sub committee, the seats of Messrs. f'eak aud Everly, of the Fiiet and Twenty-sixth wards, were contested. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Hulio, Porter, Mtl'uikuch, Hong, aud Albright, was appointed, to whom these contested seats wer referred, or this commitie?, Messrs. I'orttr nnd McCulIough, repre senting the Eighth and Tenth wards, were dele gates for Mr. O'Neill at the conven tion of Jnne 15. Now what was the consequence t Messrs. Peak and Everly were thrown ut and Lutz and McBride (both O'Neill men) admitted, although it wai positively and distinctly shown that in the First ward Mr. Peak received a majority of the votes cast and that a friend of Mr. 0Nelll's seized the credentials of the Ward Executive Committee, aud whilst destroying them drew a pistol and threatened to shoot the first man who dared interfere. In Mc Bride's case the testimony showed that the Twenty-Bixth. Ward Executive Committee corslstcd of fifty-one mera ters, and that out of these 51 McBride received IT and Everly 81 votes. ARer the organization of the City Committee, the matter was referred to this sub-committee, in ac cordance with the plan above mentioned. This committee consisted of Messrs. Lutz, Porter, Hill, McCulIcugh, and McBride, three of whom are Assistant Assessors of Internal Revenue, MclMde, Porter, and McCulIough, the latter two also dele gates of Mr. O'Neill's. Hill is Collector of Delin quent Taxes and from Mr. O'Neill's ward, the Ninth, and Lutz Aldermau of the First ward. When Mr. O'Neill and myself appeared before this committee, I protarted against its jurisdiction for the following reasons: I. That a Congressman was a State oillce, and that the highest political authority in the State, to wit, the State Central Committee, was the only power that could decide contests for the nomina tion for that office. II. That the City Committee was a local com mittee, whose jurisdiction extended only 1 3 city and county officers. III. That the State of Pennsylvania was divided Into twenty-four Congressional districts, and that, with the exception of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, and Twenty-second, the dis tricts were composed of a combination of counties, 6 consisting of a combination of 8 counties, 3 or 3, 8 of 4, 5 of r, and 1 of 8. IV. That In the Fifth Congressional District, con sisting of the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Tweufy-fifth wards of the city or Philadelphia and Bucks county, no provision in the rules was made for the election of delegates In the city wards so long as they should be connected with Bucks county iu the formation of a Congressional district. See Feciiou II, rule 5. V. Thatlf a dispute skoulda lse In any of tlrse districts no one County Committee could decide, but the whole matter in dispute would have to be re ferred to the State Central Committee. VI. That ir the State Central Committee had jurisdiction In one case, they had it in all. I also, in the presence of Mr. O'Neill and the com mittee, stated that I would do anything to settle the dispute harmoniously and quietly, as there were already buffioicnt dissatisfaction aud strife in the ranks of our party, and offered the following propo sitions, to wit: I. To appear with Mr. O'Neill before the State Cen tral C ommutee, submit the facts, and abide" by its deeisioc. II. To refer Ihe matter to a committee of six, Mr. O'M-ill to stlect three and myself three,, none of whom bhould hold oflico under either City, utate, or General Government. That the committee should be sworn in our presence, then submit the evidence, and abide by the decision of a majority. If the committee should be evenly divided, allow them to sslsot a seventh, whose decision should be final, and from which there should be no appeaL' III. To go berore the people, hold a new delegate election, have the Inside otrlccrs sworn iu our pre sence, and then go into convention. IV. To reconvene the convention, and If possible mutua'ly agree upon a chalinun of the temporary organization and a Committee on Credentials. If not, to allow the City Executive Committee to detail one of their number to effect a temporary organization, and also to appoint the Committee on Credentials. That whoever should receive a ma jority of the votes should be the recognized nominee. 1 pledged myse f that If under any of the above prepositions Mr. O'Neill thould be the favored one, 1 would support him with my whole strength and induce my friends to do likewise. Mr. O Neill rejected all of the above propositions, and would listen to nothing except the sub-committee of the City Executive Committee, consisting, as I have before shown, of three Assistant Assessors or Revenue, two of whom were his delegates, and the remaining two directly la his Interests. 1 then requested the coinmlttee to postpone the consideration of the case until the question of Juris diction conld be laid before the State Central Com mittee, which would convene at Altoona in a few days ; promising tlwt if the State Committee should overrule my plea of jurisdiction, to submit to the decision of the City Committee. Mr. O'Neill and I then lelt the room, and the committee, without no tifying me as to whether or not they would admit or overrule my plea of want of jurisdiction, and without txainiitiny a ititittiH, with th4 fxstjitio cf M'. King, t114 of the O' Still faction, epo tnl iv fucv of 3f-. O'Xtill. This was on Saturday, August IX On Tuesday, August 14, the State Central Com mittee met at Altoona. I appeared before them, and notified them of the trouble in the Second district, and asked to be heard. After a lengthy debate the committee refused to hear me on account of the absence cf Mr, O'Neill. It was, however, decided that they (the Stale Central Com mittee) bad absolute Jurisdiction over disputes arising In all the Congressional districts, and re ferred the dispute in the 6econd to their Executive Committee, consisting of Mesrrs. Leeds, chairman, T. Herniary, Miller, and Elliott, or Philadelphia; Mackay, of Allegheny ; Scramou, of Luzerne, and Garretson of gehuylWill.- This committee was an nounced by the secretary, who read from h.s minutes, and acquiesced in by the chairman, Mr. John covode. Hibs- M-eiit'y the I'vecni'v Committee P.Ut !:i Philadelphia cii tut) '.".Un of August and S ?ptenp;cr SPECIAL NOTIOES. ? and 6. Mr. O'Neill received notice to appear before sal committee, but failed to do so. I ap peared at each meeting with my papers, creden tial, and witnesses, some sixty In number. No quo Tom coitid be obtained until the meeting held ScpW mlt-r 6. The committee, without hearing any evioence, althomh the resolution agreed npon by the State Committee directed "that both parties be afforded an opportunity to be heard before said com mittee, adopted a set or resolutions ordering the reconvealng of the convention, aud selected one of their nnmber, Charles A. Miller, to act as tempo rary chairman and also a committee on contested seats. After the adoption bv the Etecutive Committee of the resolu'lon reconvening the convention, I pro posed to Mr. O'Neill to acqniesoe In the decision and meet In the convention with Ms delegates, pledg ing myself that li he should receive the nomination I would heartily end rse and support him. This he positive' y refused to do. In compliance with the declsdon of the State Exe cutive ComnjlU-ee, tho convention reassembled on Tuesday, Sept?nib r 13, when 1 received the nomi nation a second time, having received 44 oat of S3 votes. In the meantime, rearing that the State Executive C'( mmlttee was not wholly In Mr. O NelU'sinte ests, Influence had been brought to bear npon Mr. Covode to repudiate the Executive Committee and appoint ene which was wholly at the service of Mr. O'Neill. Through the trickery, duplicity, and treachery of honest (?) John Covode thli was done, and a com mitttc, corfistitig of Mahlon II. Dickinson (Chier Commhshmtr f Highways), Chairman, John E. Addlcks (Health oniceO, William R Leeds (Collec tor or Internal Revenue, Second dtHtrio, and nominee for Sheriff), Pcnnypacker, of Chester, Horatio Gates Jones, Oarrettson of Schuylkill, and Ewlngs of Allegheny. This committee, acting as it did without authority, and In direct disobedience of the resolution agreed upon at Altoona, and without even u itirjlng me, or attempting to give me an opportunity of being heard before them, adopted a resolution declaring tlut they had n jurisdiction In the matter. These are the facts of the case, and If I had been permitted to have the evidence heard by either com mittee could havo shown conclusively : I. That Mr O'Neill Is not tha nomiuee, that he never received the nomination, hi) delegates havluj bolted f vm the Cimvtntimu II. That a majority of the ililegitcs were ag.iinU him, 40 out of C8. III. That there lias never been a contest for a Congressional nomination In any district In the State where there have been such outrageous and stupendous frauds committed upon the peop'e as there have in this. IV. That on the ptrt of Mr. O NlI11 some of the3e frauds are as follows: 1. Failure to comply with the rules relative to registering voters. 9. Striking legal voters from the registry, because In opposition to Mr. O'Ntill. 3. That seven of his delegates were Inside oillcers at the delegate election, judges of theli own elec tion. 4. Bribery or election officers by money and Gov ernment appointments. 6. Stoning of ballot boxes. , 6. Destruction of ballot boxes whore the vote was against Mr. O'Neill, by a mob organized for that purpose. 7. Voting of men under the names of voters kno tra to be deceased 8. Voting known Democrats. 9. Voting on names of toe removals from di visions. 10. Voting men from the Seond, Third, and Fourth wards and residents of other cities. 11. Control and manipulation of the City Execu tive Committee by Mr. O'Neill, by showing among other things that Mr. O'Neill, npon several occasions, asserted "that he was all right-lie had fixed the City Executive Committee, and that Creely would only have live votes in said committee." The question to be determined Is, Are party rale to be binding or not? Is It worth while for a man to exert himself to procure a nomination for office, and after having done so honorably, to have his nomination act aside by the City Executive Com mittee because a majority of Mid committee favor some other man ? Mr. O'Neill Is not the nomiuee of the people of the Second district. He Is the nominee or the City Executive Committee a committee which should bo for the good of the whole Republican party, but which, as at present constituted, Is a partisan com mittee In the interests of, and controlled by, United States Government officials. The real secret of the opposition to my nomina tion is simply this: In the convention Mr. O'Neill did not have a delegate who did not hold oillue under the (Kneral Uovernmcnt. and which be had been instrumental iu procuring. These men having failed to secure bis nomination, it Is now "rule or ruin." So long as they are holding position and draining the l ulled Slates Treasury they are strict party men, but the moment they have to give place to others they become disorganize. The llth of October will decide whether or not Mr. O'Neill, who, notwithstanding the printing of his name upon the ticket by the City Executive Com mittee, is running as an Independent candidate, can be elected In opposition to the choice of- the people, I further desire to sate that, willing to make any sacrifice of my personal interests for the benefit of my party, I have repeatedly offered to withdraw, provided Mr. O'Neill would do the same, and tabe up a new man. This be has steadily refused. As to my position and views upon the leading questions of the day, I am strongly In favor of pro tection to American industry no man can properlv represent any portion cf tue State of Pennsylvania r who is not; inflexibly opposed to the importation of coolie labor in any form, deeming It degrading to the mtelligent.educated workingmen of the country, and la opposition to the principles of our republi can Institutions, aud pledge myself that if elected will do all in my power to secure such legislation as wid effectually prevent coolie impor tation. I am opposed to the grant lug of tuo public lands for merely speculative purposes. The future welfare or onr country demands their reservation for the benefit of actual settlers. And, finally, am as sound npon, and as true to, all Republican prin ciples, as any man in the Republican party. I remain, very respectfully, J 01 1 N V. CUES LY. TO THE WORKINGMEN OF PHILADEL PHIA. As President of the Trades Union Anti-Coolie League, and as the President or the meeting held by that body at National Hall on Wednesday evening, it becomes my duty to warn you of a falsehood by which it is attempted to deceive you. The advertising columns of the -'Morning Post" of October 8 contain resolutions denoun cing Hon. William I). Kelley, and pledging the League to support General William B. Thomas for Congress. The advertisement states that they were unanimously adopted, and a paragraph In the editorial column refers to them as having been passed. Now, I hereby certify that none or these resolutions were even proposed to or considered by the meeting, and that the advertisement is a false hood and forgery. .WILLIAM MOWBRAY, President of the Trades Union Anti-Coolie League and President of the National Hail meeting. 10 7 H jky TO WHICH PARTY DOSS HE BELONG? General Willlaru B. Thomas-Dear Sir:-Yes-aay I received a note ffm you enclosing two tickets one Republican, the other Democratic and a num ber of stickers, with your name as a candidate for Congress in the Fourth d a'.rict. Enclosed in the note was an appeal to me for my vote. Now, at I am a party man, aad always wish to vote under, 'andlngly, If you will answer rue one question, I can then determine whether W vote for you er not. And, I doubt aot, there are many other voters in the district who would like to have the question an swered, and who will be governed la casting their I vote by your auswer. The question Is Are yo i a ! He publican or a Democrat? An answer wi.I oblige. , iit in-Bt 1 11'. 'ivitr ir. '-2 ' 10 Jtt FIF TEENTH WARD. SPECIAL. NOTICES. TO THE VOTERS OF PHILADELPHIA. -1 have before me a pamphlet (extensively '.rcn lated), and which many of you Imve doubtlen seen, entitled "James Lynd, Eq., us a Candidate ror Judge o' the Llitrlct court, addrc3ed "Tjtha Citizens of Philadelphia." This document Is stgued "liidepende-it Voers." And yet they are not so independent, ai to give us their names. In order that we may Jude for our selves whether they are real I independent voters or emissaries in the Interest of the Democratic can didates, candor is a characteristic or the Amerlcau born citizen, and also of the wt-il-bred citizen, though of foreign birth. Such would scarcely ven ture to appeal to hfs fellows to read h's charges against a candidate for an honorable office without at the snnie time dlnlosirig bis own mine as a voucher for what he says. Such has not becu done in this institnce. What sironger areumont of the Insincerity of thepe anonymous authors can we h.'ive t'iau the fact that they dare not show their hands? Are we not entitled to their names, In order that we may know their status for truth and honor, and whether they arc rela'cd by blood, business, or birthplace with the distingulhhed gentleman who is Mr. Lynd's competi tor? Their names wonld give us the key to the mo tives which Inspire them, and thus enable us to give proper ' redlt to their statements, or du'y discount them possibly reject them Oecause inspired by personal enmity, or as coming from the paid airenta of the Democratic party, which seeks in this strong Republican distr ct to get the control or our local judiciary. A careful reading of this pamphlet will convluce ary one that its statements are unrairl.v male, and the extracts detached aud garbled and put together InJustsiuiiaviayasmostCHoctually to injure Mr. Lytd and his competitor. And every Intelligent person well knows that even a document exhibiting truth and honor may be so garbled as to make It ap pear untruthful and inconsistent. For example, we find in the Testament that Judas betrayed his mas ter for thirty pieces of silver; and again, that he re pented and hung hlmslf; and again, those other words, "(io thou and do likewise." Now, put these detached statements from the inspired volume to- gctner, and we have, ".indns betrayed hU master for tidily pieces of silver, and repeuted and huug himself; go thou and do llkewbe." Unjust as would be such a rendering it is as fair as arc the sat bled statements set forth in this anony mous pamphlet. This document arraigns Mr. Lynd upon three charges. 1. He has been discharged a a bankrupt. r. Heboirowed money of a Buildirg Association, from the p yaent of which he got relieved by hjlug di.'cl aiged as a bankrupt. ?. He was President of the "Consumer' Mutu.il Coal Company" at the time It became lnsolveut. Well, what ir all these are true? Have not hun dreds or good and honest men. who have borrowed money In the course or their business, aud became arterwnrds Involved, taken the benefit of the Bank rupt law in order to get relict? Is this one of the unpsrfonable sins which man may commit? If It is wrong for an unfortunate debtor to avail himself of the llaiikrupt law, why did the members of our National Legislature pass it, and the Executive give It his approval ? Are they not as eenn-able for pass'ng such a law as the unfortunate debtors who avail themeeU es of I ts provisions ? Again, what ir Mr. Lynd had the misfortune to be the President of said Coal Company at the time it becary liaolvcnt? Did not the s'ockholders elect him" And are they or he censurable in the pnmiEia? You are not told how he labored to make the Ci mj any a success ; nor that he pnt every dollar he had in It, and even borrowed money on his private account to keep it up, and lost In it all he was worth, and thus forced to avail himself of the benefit of the bankrupt laws for relief. This is studiously kept from yen, while it is unfairly Insinuated that Mr. Lynd corruptly borrowed the money, etc., and then got discharged as a bankrupt. Impartial reader, this could not have been, or Mr. Lynd could not have got a discharge as a bankrupt, as he did, without one objection from the numerous stockholders of said Company, or creditors whom theso nameless self constituted guardians or public mcra's have volunteered to protect. And to aver otherwise Is to reflect en the Honorable Judge who granted hlj dis charge. I was a 'cser or f even hundred an 1 fifty dollars by the fdlluie of said Company, and I would idash to accuse Mr. y.id wiih being theteaiHe, knowing, as I do, that It 'ailed by reason of causes which he could net control. The case the t fatrly stated against Mr, Lynd Is this, and this only: He became embarrassed In his lusinecs, and like hundreds of others, In order to get re:'er, applied for and obtained by judicial decree, an honorable discharge as a bank mpt. Mr. Lyed was the universally respected President of the Select Council for four years, aud for a term City Solicitor, during all which time he discharged his du'ies with tlgual fidelity and ability. Is it not apparent, ther, that this hue and cry against him is entirely groundless, having no stronger, foundation than his misfortune In business, aud an obvious de sire on the part of his anonymous tradncers to elect the Demacratic cat didate? I was a fellow-student In the same office with Mr. Lynd, and have known him Intimately and favorably continuously since, and I cheerfully add my testimony to that of his numerous friends, that he is -n hor.omb e and honest man, and ia every sense of the woid a gen leman, a good lawyer, and, if elected, will In my opinion, make an excellent Judge. Now, candid reader, I have not said one word In disparagement of the distinguished gentleman on the Democratic ticket as Mr. Lynd's competitor. I have merely analyzed, and I think fairly criticized, this insidious attack made upon Mr. Lynd. This I have done from a sense of dutj', and, In conclusion, 1 trust you will maturely consider for yourselves what your duty In the premises is, aud not become involuntary assistants in the schemes of designing men, who dare not assume the responsibility or their acts by living their names to those whom they address and covertly seek to liirtuence. October 6, lb70. lltl AMOS HRKl.iS. jy- THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The attention ff our citizens Is directed to the able legal article published as an advertisement In this morning's "Press." It is an exhaustive artie'e upon the question of site, showing conclusively why no other than the Peian Sqnares ought or can bd legally used for Public Buildings, and further, why no buildings can ever legally be erevted npon Wash-' lngton Square. The votlEg citizens of Philadelphia are requestel to take a walk to-morrow (Sunday) the day all have the most leisure around both Washington-ami the Penn Sqnares, and after relieving their mlu Is about a monstrous building in ihe middle 01 the streets, determine for themselves, after an ocular examination aud careful consideration, where the best interests of the city require the new r.i'tlio Buildings to be built, Independent of the 1 :gal ob jections to any other Square than I'enn Squares. It "PRO BONO I'l lfl. OJ." .. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR OF THE CTTV OF PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBKK 7, IstO, At a meeting of the "Comm'siloners for the Er.w- .1 . . T, I-T.tlji.fr tlia f.ill.tii'inir rji l.ttl.in I IJUUUJIUC1U("IV.'U.1.' IMVIVIIW1UU, IV47lli(lfU ; was adopted: i Reiolved, That the officers of tills Commission tie I directed to publish, through the puUlic pre, the fact that no action has been taken by the Rim 1 touchiEg the location of the Public Bnildlngs at the Intersection of Broad and Market streets, and tdac the Commission Is empowered by a't of Ajsoni jiy either to locate separate buildings upou the f.nir squirts, or one building at the iatci.i-i.nou, m a majority of the Board may deterinius. .k:is r: 1 . !:, vr.u: rr. Atttet-Chakles R. IlObKKfs, Secretary. it SPECIAL. NOTICE'S. p-tf- TO AMOS BUGK.S, ESL Slit: -I CA' L lryseir a Republican, but still an Independent Voter, csotcia'.ly when Judicial offices are to le filled. Therefore, havlug read the pttnphlet agaimtt MR I.VM, and attaching weight to tt since fs charges were founded upon the records of thnCeurU I was glad when I heard that in the Ledger ot to-day you reviewed that pamphlet. I expected Its charges would have been fairly met and answered. I expected this because of your ability, ami because you are ld'titifl hI with' no patty. I cannot forget the sacrifices you have made to your independence; how ready you have been to tlefy party discipline; todeno iuce those highest Its party position and office; to repudiate meaiures be lieved by pnrty leaders to be essential to national safety, and to aot with the opposition wh-n you be lieved your party men and measures to be wrong. From yonr ability independence, and honesty, I exroctfcd an answer that would be satisfactory to me. I concede thai what umi stat as the point's of the ramphlct are demolished, but after reading it 1 wonid have statd the points: 1. Not that he lus been discharged ai a bankrupt, but that the causes of his bankruptcy were dis creditable. S. Not that he owed a Building Aoeiation, but that he was a debtor to it on his officii bond as I a Treasurer, and that he was indebted to it for sums or money borrowed whilst Treasurer, but when he roulif tiof tell, and lor which he gave a worthless security upon land in Montgomery eounty. In other words, Ciat through and by him, the custo dian or lis money, the association lost a large sum of money. 3. Not that he was president or a coal conpany when It became insolvent, but that he wa l a pro jector, that he nnd others bought a coal lease, orga nized the company, sold the lease to the company at an advance 01 over tDoo.ooo, and issued a pros pectus full or glowing promises, aud that the com pany failed because the promises of the prorpectus were untrue. By agnln reading the pa uphlet I think yon will ami that It quotes from Mr. Lynd a examination, that he borrowed all the ramey he pat into the company. lam informed that certain acts that would prevent a bankrupt's discharge are barred by time, and that some debts are not affected by a discharge at au, but still survive, snl that therefore no Inference Is to be drawn in his favor because the Court has granted a discharge. 1 may be wrong In thinking the above to be the charges of the pamphlet ; ir I am.'many err likewise ; at all events, such charges arc made. Your position as the counsel of Mr. Lynd will enable you to show these charges unfounded if they are so. Will you be kind enough to meet the real points or the case against Mr. Lynd? Your advocacy and defense of him are generous because you were his competitor for his nomination ; an I because of that and the other reason mentioned iu this note, an explanation from you will have a great effect upon earnest Repub. llcans. V urs. trulv, It A REPUBLICAN. CHANGES IN PHILADELPHIA. Perhaps no city in the United Stites has under gone such great changes as the metropolis founded by Fenn. street after street has been aided to tie old limits, ami rows of stately and splendid build, legs occupy the places of waste and barren com mons. bull, there Is a great wait, which eery PhlladclpUtan more or less feels, aud that Is, tl at we have no spacious public squares where the peo ple at large can throw off care for a time anden.oy a brief season of leisure, and it was a pity tiat William Penn, when he designed the city, had tot left a large area In the uirdst as a breathing spree that could then easily have bien done al a small cost. As the question now stands, we must do the best that we can, and not meddle with those that we have. This Is particularly the case with Washington and Independence Squares, and there are many rea sons why these pieces of ground should not be touched, but be left an open and public green for ever. To any one who will for a moment glance at the past, It will be exceedingly plain that such were the intentions or the rulers of the city who first planned and executed the present buildings. The first act was passed In 1729, when an appropriation of 2000, Pennsylvania currency, was made, to build a State House, to Andrew Hamilton, Thonids Law rence, and John McCuIly, to superintend the new building, and carry out the act of Assembly. No thing was done till 17110, when the lot on Chesnut street was purchased, aud In 1744 the 'suildiug was finished. But the position of affairs wis excjedingly differ ent from what tt now is. Trie city was small. Parts that are now thickly settle 1 were then vacant lots. Trinity Church, at the corner of Sixth aad Spruce, was in 17S3 considered out or town, and as a matter of course there were, excepting a few Bhautles, no dwellings west or that edifice, and as a matter of course the State House was then the centre of the city, and so remained for more than half a century. In 1S32 Tenth aud Chesnut was reputed the exact centre. But from that time the path of fashion took a westwardly direction, and trade followed In its wake, vacant lots, which before had been considered as or little account, were now thrown mto the mar ket, and realized large sums for their owners. The mansions which previously had been the abodes Of the wealthy and aristocratic were now converted Into stores, and other great alterations made. The population of the city rapidly increased, railroads and freight stations appeared In the wettern part of the city, aud the erection of buildings or all kinds circulated a prodigious amount of capital. The Court House, in the mean time, had not or. responded to the wants of the community. The ac commodations here are still all wofully insufficient. Lawyers complained that the Row offices were too small for the incessant litigation of the county, and that valuable papers which were noted as filed on the docket were missing, aud thereby parties fre quently met with heavy losses. The community complained, the members of tin bar grumbled nothing was done; but in the mean time the city has been paying rents for outside pre mises, and thus the inconvenience has been sus tained of the different branches of the city govern ment occupying premises at a considerable distance from each other. The question now comes up, How is this to be re medied ? The answer is prompt, and te every rea sonable mind can admit or little delay or equivoca tionbuild on the lots In West Penn Square, do nated to the city by William Penn for any purpose of public utility. It has been urged that these lots are too far west lor any practical purpose, but a single glance at Chesnut street will convince all w no are not strongly prejudiced of tha futility of this objection. Many of the business houses which formerly occupied Front street and the lower part of Market street are now to be found high up in Chesnut street, aud the distance to the Court House (supposing it to be situated on Penn Square) is no fartherthan the old Court House from their former location. All or nearly all the dwellings from Seventh and Chesnut to Broad have been converted Into stores, and the prospect ia that trade will encroach still farther west, and that C Irani avenue, part of w hich la now handsomely built, will be the main artery and centre of the city. This supposition is by no means unlikely, as the rapidly Increasing population of (Jermantown, Mount Airy, and Chesuu Hill, and the dwellings la process of erection iu those sections of the city, In dicate that some central position must be selected, and all economists agree that U Is a wretched p!au to build and then, at the expiration of a few years, be ci moelled to move. The same outcry ithough not to such a degree) was raised when the High School was removed front Juniper and Market to Its present local lni, and yet 110 one now coinplalcs that the Institution has at ail tiudtfud. U 3 O II N S-P A It II A W K MERCANTILE COLLF.C 1'IoN AND LAW Af'I'N V iir Priius Wrtlii 1. (lie Western an 1 Sotir h- III. S-wUt, N.. r.ll.l;..i UwbM 'j .l.u- '' - -X for ibiviu Suits. 8 s i -i
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