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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 -