3 THE BEAVER RADICAL SMITH COBTIB, E.oitom.* BEAVER, PAwl Friday Morning, Ait gnat 22nd, 18T3.. REPUBLICAN TICKET. STATE. ' JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT; ISAAC G. GORDON, Jefferson County* STATE TREASURER, B. WJ MACKEY, Allegheny County. . DISTRICT AMD COtTHTY. Assembly. 8. J.,CRoSB,‘Be*Ter county. JONATHAN ALLISON, Washington county. A. L. CAMPBELL, Butler county, DAVID MeKBB, Butler county. Protbonotary. O. A. SMALL, Bridgewater. Treasurer. JAMBS H.JBANN, New Brighton. Commissioner. Q. W. SBSOADE3, Moontp. nmlM cwa 1 Poor House Director. ' SAMUEL MjMANAMY, Economy tp. Auditor. J. P. South Beaver tp. Jurj Commlsaloner. JOHN WILSON, Chippewa tp. Trustees of Academy. R. S. IMBRIE, Beaver. P. L. GRIM. New Galilee. “The R\dica.l of last week coaid find room to announce the death of a cow at Georgetown, and acknowledge the receipt of some grass “sent by Alex Steen,” but its editor could not devote a little space in his paper to telling us why he was se creily printing tickets last spring for the whisky men and publiclydenouncing them and their business, all at the same time. Conduct of this kind is “unbecoming an officer and a genilemm.” If Mr. Curtis denies the bharge we make, let him do so in bis paper. We are ready to prove all we aver.” — £rgm. “The charge a bove made is that we , were secretly printing tickets last spring for the whisky men, and publicly de nouncing them and their business, all at the same;;'time, The editor of the Argus says he is ready to prove this charge if denied. We didn’t consider the matter worth Noticing at first and only now enter a denial for the purpose of givitfg the Argus something to dn So please go ahead with your oroof. 1 We tremble al ready for fear of the consequences.”—Rad ical.. “ilr. Curtis was a member of the cele brated anti-license committee of last spring, and in that capacity helped to manage the campaign against the whisky interest in the county. Not only that, but he wrote leader after leader against the sale of whisky in our midst, and in a general way thrust himself forward as a local champion of the temperance cause. We were among those who had so faith in bis pretensions, and consequently paid little or no attention to what he said or did on the prohibitory question. At that particular time too, we were privately notified that while he was demanding half of the ticket printing from the tem perance people, he bad made an arrange ment with the whisky men to get the whole of their ticket printing from them. That this is so will be seen from the fol lowing letter. Read it and then see if we testified falsely against Mr, Curtis when we said that be was "secretly print ing tickets for the whisky men, and pub licly denouncing them and their business, all at the same time: Bridgewater. Pa., Aug. 15, 1873, Editor Argus— Dear Sir :—Your note inquiring what I know about the printing of the tickets for the ‘'whisky men,’’ at election last spring is at hand. I do not wish to4>ecome involved in the dispute between the Argus <*nd Radical about this matter, but will say that Mr. Charles Your, who had charge of the. printing for the Liquor Men’s organizatfbq, sent me to the Beaver Radical office the election last spring, and told me to order 6,000 tickets for the use of the organiza tion at the spring election, and to have them charged to him (Chas. Your.) I did as I was requested to do. and in a few days I went back, got the tickets at tjbe Radical office, and afterwards Mr Curtis banded me a bill, of which the following is a true copy, and asked me to see that he -got his pay: Beaver, Pa , March 29,1873 Mr. Charles Tour , , To Beaver Radical, Dr. March 17,1873, to 6,000 tickets $6 00 This bill was paid and is now in the bands of the auditing committee, ot which Mr. Beuchler of the Pavilion Ho tel, Rochester, I believe, was chairman. At all events it is now in his possession. Yours truly, There, Mr. Curtis, is our proof, and don’t it show that you were tampering with the great temperance cause—in col lusion with its eneinies—and putting yourself in a position to enable yon to daim the fiiendsbip and’ support of the whisky men had they succeeded in carry ing the county at the spring election. Not only that, but don’t it show that your word cannot be relied upon '.—Ar gus. We should think that any person with a thimble fulTof brains would Itnow better than to write the above Argus editorial, and undertake to palm it off on sensible people for sense. The charge above is that “we se- cretly printed tickets for the whis key men and publicly,\at the same / time, denounced them and their business.”. The proof given is a xoi»y of a bill against Charles Your for 6,000 tickets for which is charg ed $6.00, and the assertion by one N. Lindsey that the bill is paid. The bill is correct and we ac knowledge to receiving the money, bat the proof adduced does" not touch the animus of the charge, viz: that we,printed them secretly. We did no such thing. There was no need of secrecy, and |t was sim ply a legitimate business transac tion. We might with more force charge that the Beaver Temperance Committee acted in bad faith in or dering The Radical and Argus each to print an equal number of tick ets for and' against license, and also in scattering both kinds in abundance over the county. Was this committee m also in league with the whisky men ? and why did the editor of the Ar gus print for money a number of thousands of tickets for license for this Committee? Does the acute and conscientious editor of the Argus claim that it is wrong to print 6,000 tickets for license for the whiskey men, and right to print the same or less number of the same kind for the Temperance Commit tee, all of which are to be used tor exactly the same purpose ? The charge against us, lies with much more force against the Com mittee, of which the editof of the Argus was a member. But there was no wrong done by either the Committee or ourselves. We would like it to be understood that we keep a first class job printing office here, and shall be thankful to our friends for their patronage, agreeing not to enquire, when they bring in a job, whether they Attend church or stay at home, drink beer or water,., vote the Republican or Democratic ticket. We hold that such matters are outside of our business, and per tains to other relations and duties. We shall try to do our work with dispatch, and in a style to please, without, at the same time, institut ing an inquisition into the morals or habits of our customers. The editor of the Argus ought to be ashamed of this* latest attempt to libel the editor of this paper, and injure him in the estimation of good people. The mountain has labored and brought forth a ridiculous mouse. 1 THE VOBK OF THE CONVENTION. The unanimity by which the State Republican nominations is everywhere received is something and indicates for the ticket an easy victory in October: Not a discordant growl is beard from any direction to break the complete harmony of acquiescence with which Republicans in every county, borough and city of the State have received the result of last week's* convention. This con*) dition of things is certainly hopeful. The platform of principles and policy, which, together with the proceedings of the convention, may be found in another column, is fully up to and abreast the average pro gress of the masses. ,The principles are old time-honored and war-tried, and the same as those upon which the party was first organized. They 'can never pass out of use, and lie at the basis of political improve ment. Party issues may change yearly, but the great questions that divide the country are, and ever will be, such as shall require the application of the fundamental principles ot liberty, fraternity and equality. What party more fitly rep resents tLese principles than the Republican ? What party, save it, has a record in strict conformity to them ? There is the same organic connection between the Republican platforms and its record that there is between faith and works, and hence Republicans take a just and commendable in referring to the remarkable series of great events that have been accomplisned by their party, for this record proves the sincerity, honesty and purity of the party, and from which it is easy to derive hope of future tri umphs. The platform enunciated at Harrisburgh is a noble one. It re-adopts the National and State platforms of 1872, and endorses the National and State administrations which have faithfully adhered to them and carried out those polices made necessary by the application ot their principles to existing facte, it recognizes the important fact that the main purpose for which the Constitutional Convention was N. Lindsey. »- - " ■ TBR ttAIWP. created, was to correct the i abuse of special legislation,] and; wisely calls upon the convention to secure this result by submitting It to a separate and decisive ] decision of the peo plel' The Constitutional Conven tion has undertaken to do too much, has exceeded the power it derived from the people, and on account of this it was hfghly proper that the Republican party should instruct it as to will, and en deavor to aeoure such constitutional restriction : as ia felt to be necessa ry to correct existing abases, j The redaction of the State debt from $41,00(j,000 tolled,ooo,ooo is referred to with pride,|jaa well jas the repeal of State taxes oh real estate, the establishment of schools for the support of soldiers’ orphans, and the maintenance of prosperous pub lic schools,.for these,with the general prosperity of the State, are substan tial evidences that the State needs no change ot policy or administra tion, and that thO party which has been so faithful and wise in the management of her affairs for the past twelve years is qualified and able to hold the reins of power for some time yet. Rigid economy, redaction of tax ation and the extinguishment of the public debt, State and National, is sound policy to which the party is pledged. The declaration that the public lands belong to the’ peo ple and should be used for homes for actual settlers is timely. It is time to shut down on the railroads and other corporations-, and keep the public domain for the equal use of the whole people. The. recogni tion that some law is necessary to protect persons engaged in mining will be gratifying to the working men, for it shows that the party is not unmindful of their interests. The platform condemns the increase of salaries and calls for a repeal of the act, denounces corruption, rec ommends a tariff so arranged as to afford both protection and revenue, demands the enforcement of the laws to protect life, liberty and free speech, sympathises with both the farmers and workingmen in their efforts to secure for agriculture and labor their due influence, interests and rights. Such a platform is born only of a live party, and indi cates a healthy condition. It; is frank, clear and progressive, , it breathes the spirit of a new era and animates every Republican heart. Then the party that pro mulgates it has a record consistent with its requirements, and thus gives assurance of fidelity in the future. Rochester, August 12,1878. Editor Beaver Radical: Sir .—ln last week’s Radical yon pub lished a short notice of the Beaver Coun ty Temperance Union Meeting, held in the M. E. Church, Rochester, July 12th, which, as a wicked misrepresen tation of a body of men and their doings, could hardly be excelled. You charge them with doing what they certainly did not do, and affect to scorn them for leav ing undone the very things they did! In deed, nearly every statement you made is literally untrue. As one who was pres ent, and who can fully establish what I here assert by simply appealing to the minutes of said meeting. I ask you to pub lish this, not as a favor, but in simple justice to myself and others, whom you have so unjustly traduced, i Yours Respectfully, P. Bramwell. Our account of the doings of the Temperance Union, at Rochester, seems to have given great offense tb' some of the members of that organ T ization. It was not very compli mentary we know, but we supposed it to be truthful, and if our temper ance friends will take pains to in form us exactly wherein we erred, we shall be most happy to correct the same. If we had no better tem per than to fly in a rage at every misrepresentation by the press, we would retire from public gaze and be satisfied with the admiration of our wife and children. We have carefully compared our account with the official report of said meeting, and cannot' disisdver wherein we have Misrepresented the Union in the least. A committee: was recommended, but we can not find that such a committee was re ally appointed, as we suggested ought to have been done. We would like to be further enlightened also in regard to that political edu cation necessary in the county on this question of temperance. The anti-license law' has just become operative and only needs enforce ment, which is a simple matter if men are willing to prosecute the guilty parties. There is no need of any farther legislation until three, years are up, and we can find out by experience how this Local Op tion works. A few determined men dan do more than all the meetings and conventions that can be held now,and we again advise dor friends to keep ah eye single to the work in band, and let politics alone/ | otns srm ncxßT. We take pleasure in putting at the head of onr columns the names of Isaac G. Gordon, of Jefferson, for Supreme Judge, and Robert W. Mackey, of Allegheny, lor State Treasurer. % Judge (Jordon is well known as ah able lawyer and jurist, and is said to be especially qualified for a seat upon the Supreme bench by his connection with many jof the disputed land titles in the Western part of the State, and bis familiarity with the numerous disputes arising from the oil business, where mil lions of dollars are involved. Judge Gordon is a man of unblemished record and charac ter, and when elected will not only be enabled to relieve the other judges on the bench of much labor, but will worthily fill the high posi tion to which he is called by the will of the people. Mr. Mackey, the present incum bent, received perhaps, the strongest and heartiest endorsement of his administration of the State finances that’was ever before given by any party to a similar public servant, being an almost unanimous nomi nation on first ballot, eighteen com plimentary votes being cast for Hon. Samuel Henry. Mr. Mackey’s nom ination was really won last Fall in the sweeping triumph of Governor Hartranft’s election. His qualifica tions for the position have been thoroughly established by the ac ceptable and successful manner in which he has succeeded in reducing annually the State debt $2,000,000, and at the same time repealing all laws imposing taxes 6n real estate. Results of this character please the tax payers, and Mr. Mackey Will be endorsed next October at ballot box as heartily as he pvas in the State Convention at Harrisburg. The Republican party in the State is organized by a skillful leader; it is harmonious, strong and confidant; but it has no foe worthy of its steel. The Democracy is decaying; its locks are white, its limbs enfeebled, and the super human effort it is now making to seem young reminds one of the miserable dotage of an old man. Hon. William M. Meredith, President of the present Constitu tional Convention!died on Sunday the 11th inst., aged seventy-seven, years. Mr. Meredith wajs an emi nent and distinguished l man,' and had reached the top-most round of a laudable ambition. His name will long be remembered as one of Penn sylvania's most honored sons, and his fame survive to coming genera tions. He was admitted to the bar in 1817, and attained the foremost rank in his professio|i. From 1 824 to 1828 he served in* the State Leg islature, and was President of the Select Council of Philadelphia from 1834 to 1839. In 1849 President Taylor made him Secretary of the Treasury. He was President of the first Convention to .amend the State Constitution, and at the time of his death held the same honorable po sition in the second Constitutional Convention. In 1861 he was ap pointed Attorney .General by Gov ernor Curtin, and served the State in that capacity till the close of the Governor's second term in 1867. His death is an event of more than ordinary importance, and not only his beloved Commonwealth but the whole nation will- mourn the loss of a citizen of such solid integrity, great ability and splendid accom plishments as a gentleman, scholar, and statesman. —Vice President Wilson is in such pre carious condition of health as to lead to doubts whether he will even live till next winter. A severe surgical operation has become necessary, and it is feared that he will not have strength enough to endure it. —There is not a great amount of hand* shaking anywhere among] the Liberals and'Democrats. , . p * POLITICAL. --All the papers, with one exception inf Western Kentucky, oppose the formation of a pew State out of portions of Tennes see, Kentucky and Mississippi. —The following if! the Clarion county Republican- ticket: Sheriff, F. A. Det richjTreasurer, H. L. McClnre; Auditor, Wim Irwin; Jury Commissioner, William Kelly. I —At a meeting of the Democratic Rep resentatlve conferees, in Williamsport, James M. Qamble, of Lycoming, and C. 8 McCormick, ofClinton, were elected Representative delegates to the State Convention. —The recently elected General Asaem blyof Kentucky will be chmposed as fol lows: Senate—B3 Democrats and 6 Re publicans ; House of Representatives—Bl Democrats, 19 Republicans; Republicans gain 2in the Senate, and Democrats one in the House. —The Republicans of Cameron Pennsylvania, have made the following nominations: County Commissioner— James Cochran; Protbonotary—V. A. Brooks; Auditor—David Chapman ; Jury Commissioner—Joseph Housier; Survey or—r Edward Vosburg. h A call, signed by a Urge number of pro ninent citizens in all parts of Kansas, has been issued for a State Convention of S<>l