4 r ME BEAVER RADICAL. SMITH CDBTIS, Editor. JBEAVER, PA.. Friday morning, April 11 til* 1873. STRIKES. The workingmen of the east, it is said, are preparing to make a strike either to retain the eight hour sys tfem or for an increase of wages. *The loss to the country, by means of this practice is r simply enormous, the derangements of business disas astrous, and the bad feeling engen dered between the laborer and em ployer not only unpleasant, but de-, siructive ofsthat mutual interest and 1 reciprocal friendship that ought tO i exist, where the profits of industry \ are equally and justly distributed. It is impossible to disguise the fact that certain classes of men enjoy , great advantages over other classes in the rewards of their labor. Great fortunes are made in a few years, not by producing value, but by ac cumulating value that others have produced. Workingmen perceive that they are, in some way not derstcod, cheated out of the full en joyment of what they earn, in order that forty or fifty per cent, of their hard earnings may go to enrich oth ers who have more brains, better ad vantages, higher enjoyments, plenty of leisure and never are compelled tq struggle with all their strength ten or twelve boars a day to obtain the simple necessaries of life. This unequality of conditions and unjust difference of what men receive for their labor are creating a feeling of unrest and dissatisfaction among the laboring classes, and they' are agitating the question “Why is this? or how can we improve our con dition In organization there ; is power, and the workingmen in “our large manufacturing dictricts, real izing this fact, have combined to gether in unions and leagues to reg ulate the price of labor and to com pel employers to equally share, all things considered, with them the profits of their combined industry. The system of strikes is intended to accomplish this purpose. The means may not be very well chosen, and workingmen may not receive much immediate benefit therefrom, but they seem to attract public attention tto the subject of wages and the condition of the laboring class, and uq many instances obtain tka poravy relict demanded. The principle of striking for high er wages belongs to the plain of commercial morality. The working men have been taught by the stock gamblers, speculators and merchants, and ought not alone to be blamed for acting from no higher motive than do'those classes in their busi ness transactions. When the coal dealer at Cincinnati, by purchasing large quantities of coal, can con trol the market, he demands and receives his own price, which may be higher than- the intrinsic value of the coal, but taking advantage of & certain condition of things that he brought about, he compels per- j sons to pay him more for his coal j than it is worth. So when a man- J ufaoturer has received a heavy con- | tract, the workingmen, upon whose j labor he is dependent, take advan- j tage pf his necessities and demand j whatever they please for their la- : hor. The principle seems to be j that of eacltone for himself, and the | devil takes the hindmost. The manufacturers have their unions and combine against the con sumer. Only a few days since a number : of leading calico manu facturers of the East who, it is as serted, produce ninety per cent, or more,of all the calico printed in the United States, having combined to sell, their calicoes at a certain fixed price of eleven and one-half cents per yard, united in signing a letter to the well known firm M S. B. Chittenden <fc,Co., New York, which declaired that their , productions should not. be sold by any one at wholesale for less than the fixed price above given;— S. -B. Chitten den Co., had a large supply of prints on hand and concluded to at their own price, which was one-half cent lower than that of the monopoly and because of this the combination declares that no more prints will be sold to the said firm daring the year 1878. 1 Here is the same effort to create, by uniair advantage, a false value on a necessary article of dress, and made not by workingmen, but by manufacturers themselves, and yet those very men complain when their hands put into practice the same pernicious principle. Commercial morality, the law of supply and demand, are working, like poison in the veins of society, and liberty will not be safe until a radical reforn has taken place in the relations of labor and capital, and the advantages of all classes are made more equal. THE NEW PARTY. jSpmocr^i^4 ea^i of In diana have t»ebgdieed the necessities of thti situaHon, and have concluded to abandon tbeir old organization and organize a new liberal party on the living issues of the day.” Such a party it claims is the only party which can successfully con tend with the evils of the day, and overcome them. It will embrace all the honest men of the old parties organized together against monopo lies, abuses of power, corruptions, frauds in office, and in favor of im mediate reform in the administra tion of the Government, . We suppose when the time comes to organize, and the leaders are casting about for a platform on which to go before the people,, the Ifk/d of material that will bemused will depend altogether upon the “necessities of the situation.” The new party is expected to wage war against railroads, to se cure the certain punishment of criminals, to remove the burdens of protective tariffs, to cure the cor ruption of officials in political life, to prevent their frauds and defalca tions, and to abolish the criminal use of money to influence legisla tion. Last Fall this new party .without a name was organized on what was supposed a living issue “of South ern conciliation.” but that issue to day is so dead that it is cot even mentioned among the probable planks of the new organization. We do not think much of the platform suggested, as the basis of a new party, for in most respects it agrees with former Republican platforms, and is sure to be better understood and sooner nut _ vu .uu£u me success ot the latter party than any new one. A new party must be established on some radical measures to ever suc ceed in overthrowing the Republi can party. The mefh correction of a few evils that float like straws on the surface of political life does not furnish enough incentive or inspi ration to thought to draw together and bind as one such numbers as are necessary to form a great party. The new party that is to succeed the Republican, is not yet born, and it doth not yet appear what it is like, or who will be its leaders, but it is quite safe to say that that par ty will not be the late Liberal nor the galvanized Democratic. Governor Habtbanft, though elected by a large popular majority iu a hotly contested election, has greatly increased his popularity since his election, by his ability to say “no” when necessary. He has made free use of the veto power and won thereby the applause of both friend and foe. Our exchanges are full of his praise, and we doubt if ever there was a Governor of the State more beloved. L How carefully he has guarded the people’s inter ests, and with what firmness he has refused to sign bills, granting privi leges and powers inimical to the public good. He possesses Integrity, displays matchless courage, enjoys an intimate knowledge of public business and has a keen perception of what the people demand. During the exciting campaign of Ihst Fall he was grossly slandered by ttie p r ess, but the pelting abase fell from .him like rustling rain from off ice roof. Now, the same Liberal organs chant his praise and acknowledge that his course thus far has been wise, pa triotic and conducive to the best interests oi the State. Let the Gov ernor, like General Gfant,. have no policy but that of the people, let him follow the course he has taken, and always rely pn a enre and steadfast support of the best citizens of the Common wealth. TOE 'TtA-DICAL-.ii FRIDAY, APRIL 11,1813. The fisb bill which we printed lasl; week, is an important'bill a ®d one that should give general satis faction throughout the State. It has already passed to the, third reading* and probably by the time this is in print, will have passed finally. A similar bill was vetoed last year by Governor Geary, but the demand now for the measure is so universal that we do not think the Governor will withhold his approval. A few years since fish were plenty, and in the season any one with hook and line could catch enough for table mse, but now they are a rarity, and the enticing sport of catching them is one of the lost arts. With a little care and protection rivers might not only be re-stocked with palatable fisb, but made places for their propagation. The fish of the streams belong to the people who haVe, a right to say how and when they, shall be caught, and to provide such protection to the propagation offish as will secure the safety of the spawn and preserve the lives of the young. The present Fish bill, although not all that some might wish, will confer great benefit upon the people so far as it goes,and we hope to hear that the bill has finally passed both Houses, been approved and become law. The Governor has appointed J. Montgomery Foster, Esq., of Har risburg, Commissioner of the Insur ance Department lately es|ablished by act of the Legislature, Imd the Senate has confirmed the appoint ment/ Mr. Foster, by his experi ence as clerk in the Auditor Gener al's office, has, acquired an intimate knowledge of insurance business, and is thoroughly qualified to fill the position. The following local bills have passed both Houses : An act divorcing Phebe Jane Her bert. An act in relation to the electon of council in New Brighton borough. An act-incorporating the Mon tours Valley Railroad. the gubernatorial vetoes. Wednesday of last week was a pretty good day for vetoes. Ten messages came from the Governor, returning bills with out his approval; and there are, doubt less, many more to follow. For wbat the flfi® o **^**^*" dor visors are ng to counteract bad legist tion, they are entitled to : lhe highest praise. For Governor Hartranft is not only slaughtering scores of bad bills, with bis trenchant pen, but he ia doing equally good service In causing the recall by the Legislature of a still larger number of ob jectionable bills. When the complete list of “killed, wounded and missing” comes to be made up, it will be seen that the first campaign of our new command er in-cbief has been a very brilliant and successful one. Many bills yet await bis final sentence. We trust that among them are, and will remain, the last two railway bills sent to him. The jobbing bill of the Conlinen tal Company, and the sweeping grab of the Union Railway Company, which takes in “iuoh otter street*,*' as it may, by one means or other, get ont of Councils, are fit subjects for the Governor’s veto. They are both utterly wrong in principle, and should be sent back. The Governor, act ing under the conviction of his own judgment, has already given the latter company extra privileges enough for one winter, and a little check upon the exces sive enterprise of this ambitious company will have a very salutary effect. Some of our cotemporarlee, in com menting upon Governor Hartranfi’s al most uniformly correct disposal of the mass of bills laid before him, attribute bis success chiefly to the assistance he re ceives in the advice of his excellent At torney-General, Mr. Dlmmick. That the Governor enj »ys an immeasurable advan tage over his predecessor in this respect obviaug enough; but we incline to think that the Governor’s chief reliance, in his daily dealings with the Legislation that is poured in upon him, is, first, upon his habitual personal consideration of the the bills, and next, upon the untiring vig ilance of his experienced Secretary of State, Mr. Quay. Knotty points of law are, no doubt, always referred to and solved by the able and learned Attorney- General; bat the chief credit for a suc cessful steering through the shoals and quicksands of. rocks of, daily legislation rests with the Governor himself and bis Secretary of State. Putman guijneruU , ferat. — PhUa. Evening Bulletin. Ahokg the Democratic aspirants for Sena&mal honors in Tennessee are Gen eral W. B- Bute, of Nashville; General William Quarles, of Clarksville; Governor Isham G, Harris, of Memphis; Governor John C. Brown, and Andy Johnson. Tbe Republican candidates are Horace May nard, Alfred A. Freeman, Alvin Hawkins, and William Rule, of the Knoxville Corn ier, Mr. Brown’s term expires in 1875. SENATOR BETA!*. , Zeigler's Democratic Herald thus en dorses our Senator: Let what will be said by that class of editors who consider it the highest credit to endorse any infamous scheme of Wash ington city jobbery, and who think the very essence of. American manhood is comprehended in the basest servility to power, of Mr. Rutan’s resolutions of in struction to our members of Congress to vote against any measure which proposes to purchase the telegraph lines by the general government, we consider them as highly proper. We have had full enough of those attempts by the powers that be. to convert this government into one of centralization, and when we see a gentle man like Mr. Rutao. wbose political proclivities are decidedly republican, raise bis voice against a scheme; which of all others is the most anti republican, we begin to have hopes of a brighter day in the future. Who would likei to see pri vate dispatches sent over the vfires super vised by a set of government .pimps? What right has the government to pry into the private affairs of the people? Men seem to forget that the people con stitute the sovereignty of the Republic, not a set of officials at Washington city. We venture the prediction that if the tel egraph wires were under the control of the government it would be next to ira possible for truth ever to reach the'peo ple. Every official act would be per verted in the interest of those who make plundering the government a business— there would be no longer any exposition of frauds and corruption would run riot. We have no doubt the people wilt sus tain Mr. Rutan in the bold position he has taken on this question, and, although be is opposed Id Us in politics, we freely give him credit. POLIUCALi —There are five Republican candidates for nomination for treasurer in Indiana county. —The Democratic primary election in Fayette county is fixed for the 17th of May. —Jacob Stevens of Biair county is a candidate before the Republican conven* lion for sheriff; —J. R. Hinton, the Washington corre spondent, has been appointed a consular agent. —.Blair county Republican candidates for nomination: John S. Calvert for Commissioner; Henry Elway for sheriff. —Berthemy, who formerly represented the French government at Washington, has been appointed French envoy to Ja pan. —The Democratic ticket in St. Louis was elected by an average majority of four thousand. Of fifteen aldermen only six are Republicans. —Ex-Senator Alex. Cattell, |U. 8. Civil Service Advisory Board, as report ed, his absence in that country being only temporary. —ln the Omaha, Neb., city elections, Tuesday, the Citizens ticket elected the Mayor, City Treasurer, Police Judge and Marsha). The Republicans elected the City Clerk, Street Commissioner and City Engineer. —The ,ml miners will no doubt be pleased to learn that the Governor has signed the screen Bill, and it-is now a law. Mr, Boden, delegate of the coal miners, has worked most assiduously to secure the passage of this bill. —The election in Rhode Island Wednes day of last week, resulted in the success of the Republican ticket, except Lieuten ant Governor, for which office there is no choice. The Legislature is Republican, as isual. —The Indiana State Temperance Con tention met at Indianapolis, the 2d iast. tmong its proceedings were; A State jentral Committee of five, with Col. John f. Ray, of Indianapolis, as chairman, and (committee from each Congressional dis pel was appointed, for the purpose of (ganization throughout the State in the jterest of the temperance movement, revisions were also made for raising inds to test the constitutionality of ie liquor law in the Supreme Court. —Republican candidates lor sheriff in jutler county, subject to the decision of le primary meeting: David Cupps of “tier township, Geo. W. Crow of JFar bod township, E. L. Varnum of Centre -fwnship, Wm. Caldwell of Butler town ifp. Geo. W. Fair of Butler township ir Commissioner, Simon P, Painter of 4y township. r-Referring to the coming election in mnecticut the Tribune says : “There is yy little excitement or even animated ebssion upon politics in the State, and ajearances how indicate a Republican The reflections upon the relations Parties and the confusion of party lines e a somewhat wider application than tConteciicut alone, and the local and aonal aspect of the canvass are not interest." |Township Clerks are required within sy days after the annual spring elec tfc, to make out and publish a full and statement of the financial con- dn of each townships, under penalty 6ty dollars. In several counties of tßtate, where this law wag disregarded, stj have been brought by tax payers and thenalty in every case collected. By oiviog the law, township clerks may sskhemselves and friends tbe trouble aixpeose of litigation. —ln the Supreme Court at Philadelphia on Saturday, in the case of Miss Burn ham, pleading for the right to vote on the ground that the word “freemen” in the constitution meant men and women, the Court decided against her. —The Venango Citizen says that a peti tion has been presented to the Court ask ing that the election of Samuel B; Myers as Mayor of Franklin, on account of al leged fraudulent votes cast at thle late election, be set aside. The petition de clares that over one hundred votes were cast by persons who were not qualified to vote for Mayor, and'other irregularities are alleged to have been committed. The Court decided to bear the case on the 16th Inst. — Weetview, Brighton, N. T. March 18.— My- Dear Sib:—As the circumstances under which several important appoint ments have recently been -made seem to me to show an abandonment both of the spirit and the letter of Civil Service reg ulations, I respectfully resign my position as a member of the Advisory Board of the Civil Service. In so doing I beg to assure you of my warmest wishes and of the con tinuance of my most earnest efforts for the success of your administration. Very respectfully and truly yours, [Signed] Geo. Wm. Curtis To His Excellency, the President. FROM HARRISBURG. The Appropriation and Apportion ment BUI* Passed—The House Yields to the Senate on the Salary Grab— The Wolf, of Galon County, Goes for the Beaver Ring-Oar Congressional District—General Grant’s Visit—Gov ernor Hartranffs Popularity. Correspondence of the Radical. Harrisburg Pa , April S, 1873. The Appropriation and Apportionment bills passed finally last nigbt, and the House took np and passed the Senate res olution for adjournment on Thursday, The Conference Committee on the Ap propriation bill struck out all increase of salaries, not only to members of the Leg islature and the ofl3cers, but to heads of departments and Judges, treating all alike. The appropriations to local chari ties were also stricken ont, and the hill is one of the best passed for years. The Senate adopted the report by a handsome j majority the day it was reported, but the House refused by a majority of two, to adopt it o» Friday, and recommitted it to the Committee. Various excuses were given by those who the bill as reported, but the real objection arose fmm the fact that the Committee struck out the increase of members’ salary,pass ed by the House. It was amusing to see tbe feeling manifested by certain mem bers, who would never dare go ou the record in favor of this grab, yet who sought opportunities to denounce the Sen ate for preventing it. Men who never earn ed one thousand dollars in their lives honestly, and never will, were furious be- , — *' ««» nrpvpntftrt from tat ing an additional five hundred out of the Treasury, although they sought and ob tained the positions knowing the salary was only one thousand. The Senate, and especially the Conference Committee, of which your Senator was a member, was abused terribly by these would be Treas ury grabbers. It is gratifying to know that the people will not share in the views of tbe would-be plunderers. Find ing tbe Senate bad finally adopted the re port ol tbe Committee, tbe House look up the report again last night and adoptr ed it by a vote of 53 to 40, and the bill now goes to the Governor for approval. As soon as the Appropriation bill was disposed of the Conference Committee on tbe Apportionment bill made report to both Houses, and after considerable discussion the report was adopted by de cided majorities in both branches. In the House a few members, who were dissatis fied with their districts, and also with the disposition of the salary question, took the opportunity to denounce the Senate again, and especially tbe Senator from Beaver, chairman of the Committee, who according to these gentlemen was the bead devil in the Senate in Jorcing through these, outrages. Wolf, of Union county, was especially boisterous, and denounced the Beavei* Ring, now in power, as he de clared, to the best of his ability. It is gratityiog to know that his assaults were harmless, as the House, after he closed, quietly passed the bill by a nearly two thirds vote, showing that tbe Beaver ring was strong in the Legislature at any rate. Wolf bad no reason to complain, although Union county is placed in a Democratic district. The bill, as it passed the House originally, and for which he voted, put that county just where the Senate left it, and no one could understand how he could complain of the action of the Senate. This little fellow is a curiosity, however, and must not t>e estimated by the same stand ard by which we judge other men. When the infamous Minnequa job was before the House he made a speech against tbe bill, denouncing it as corrupt in tbe morning, and in the afternoon, made one in favor of it, giving as a reason that he had received a letter from some preacher, asking him to vote for it. Tbe influence that was brought to bear upon him was of a very d ifferent kind, however, and was so apparent as to provoke tbe con tempt even ol those with whom he was acting. One member declared that it was tbe most remarkable conversion since that of the Apostle Paul. The Appor tionment bill passed does not differ ma terially frouLthe bill as it passed the Sen ate. Your district is composed of the conntles of Beaver, Lawrence and Waah ington, as your corespondent long sitl predicted it would be. General w h ? made a desperate effort to save \\ moreland and sink Washington w ? h ' Greene and Payette, but was unsuccessj It is to be hoped this is the last of a n D . lionments for years to come, for the i islature has had this question to q over for three successive years, 6 General Grant visited Harrisburg terday, and remained until this morni the gueai of CuL J. D. Cameron T ? g Legislature unanimously passed a r eso ! tion requesting him to visit ih e tt ‘ Houses, which he accepted, and last nil! was introduced to both Houses, spendin some time in conversation with Sp™, S and Members. rs Gov. Hartranft continues to send in to messages by the dozen, and th U 8 £ both Houses have sustained him \* X remarkable to see with what unaninr,' 3 those who denounced him during t/ campaign last fall, now endorse and 1* plaud bis action. He is to-day the popular man in the State, and so. It is gratifying to know he has d* deterrained to pursue the course be ha marked out, and that he has the courage requisite for the undertaking. FROM PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Openings- Spring p akll lons-ltflM itarnham Before ib e s„ Prem© Coart-Cod In the t'on«ic u . “on-Mr Hawkins—Pleasure Attrar (loos. Correspondence of tbe Radical. Philadelphia, April?, 1871. We still find our thick wraps comforta ble, although the swelling buds of the horse chestnut trees and the fiat of milliners make us sensible of the approach of spring. This year March could not dven by courtesy be called a m ? nth *Ji|ieveD April is behind hand la balmy feezes. Our openings in Phila delphia are great events. About three weeks anterior to Easter Sunday all the ladies whose own or whose husbands names happens to be in the Directory,are Inundated with showers of invitations to visit some lady's opening, day and hour being fixed. We have not yet reached lb New York custom of snug little lunches, assisted by dainty wines, where it is said, (but of course it is a slander) that the choice vintages open the hearts and pock ets of the ladies. The only placa where a lunch table is spread gratuitously for the feminine sex in this city is by the en terprising firm of Fletcher* Mitcbel.who in the fall set out the choicest canned fruits and vegetables for their customer to taste. To return to our milliners, how ever, bonnets of every sort, shape and style are to be seen, prices being some what reduced. A very neat hat can be purchased from flS'lc $2O. A new style which answers for either hal or bonnei is the favorite. Worn down on the bee is is a hal, set back ofl the head it becomes a bonnet. A hat is considered suitable lor everything except going to church, where Jnone but a very unevsngelical woman would be seen without a bonnet. Easter Sunday is tbe proper time to appear in new spring attire. The reason for this is obvious, as thq majority of people rfbogo to church are not entirely to the fact that It is a fine place to see the fashions, and the services being unusually protracted, better opportunity is afforded for inspection. Indeed Easter is a great festival here, even TJnitarlan churches be ing draped with flowers for the occasion, Even masculine human nature crops out in yellow kids and gingham neckties to do honor to tbe season. We have had quite an interesting case here this week, before the Supreme Ooarl in Banc, on an appeal from a decision of Judge Sharswood, at Nm Print, the ap pellant, MisS Bara Lam, seeking damages from certain election officers who refused to receive her vote. Miss Barnbam argu ed her case herself, being sustained by the presence and countenance of a number oi Indies, wbo doubtless felt that she pleaded tbelr cause as well as her own. Though she made a most exhaustive argument the Court sustained ihe decision of Judge Sharswood. Miss Barnbam will take her case to the Supreme Court of the railed Slates. j The wreck of the Atlantic has j filled out local journals with warning to ' the proprietors of nur new line of steaffi ers, safely being commended rather than speed. It was indeed a sad com men ten the representative character of man that four hundred and fifty of them could not save one woman. Probably, ; these Liverpool sailors and their gallvd | captain considered themselves so thor | ough’y representing woman that there was no necessity for ter to live at all, so allowed all to be drowned like rats in a trap, beneath fastened down hatches. The Rev. Mr. Barns has recently pre sided at a meeting opposed to the #ffoTt to put God Into the Constitution. “The r resolutions offered and accepted should have been sufficient to satisfy any reason able person of the dangerous character of that movement. It is a most remaikable fact, that in a country where intelligence is as generally diffused as our own, to* 3 appealing to a popular prejudice are so frequently passed without due reflection, as to their ultimate effect Were it, not that many of our laws are actually d letters, we would realize this fact more fully. In view of this our Sunday papers are beginning to growl over the act pass ed some lime since by Congress, punish ing the transmission of obscene matter through the United States mails. A right enough in Us self, but not sufficient ly explicit as it stands at present. Now. too, we begin to read about the Govern -
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