The Columbian. J. E. BIttonbondor., ) " BLO0M3BUKQ, PA. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1889. William Walter Phelps, of Now Jorsoy, has heun appirntod Muiis'or to Gornnny, nnil Col. A. Louden Snow don of Philadolphi.i, will go a? Minister Resident and Couaul General to Sorvin, G 'oeeo and Roumanh. 'I'ho President is taking good care of his friends. DEMOCRATIC STATU CONVENTION- No formil announce innut of Uio day on which tho aiproaohing IX'inocrriti'c State Convention will bo nclel hai bion made, but the in-nibers of tho cxooutivo committee have authorized Chairman lustier to make tho call for tho first "Wbdnoaday in September. Tho con vention will bo held in the Grand Optra House in this city and wili nominate a candidate for tho oflioo of state treas urer. The material from which tho conven tion will select tho candidate is abund ant and excellent. Among those men tioned as possible) candidates before tho convention are It jprosontativo Wherry of O'linbjrland county, He- resentativi Cl.iy of U:k, John S. l.ivis of Philadelphia E. A. liiglor of Clearfield, J. F. IVmplo o! Greene, J. B. Larkin and D. O. liarr of Pittsburg, E. F. Korr, of Hodford, and Homer J Humes, of Crawford. Mr. Wherry's attack upon the management of the sinking fund makes him a promino.it figure. Ex Senator Humes' authorship of the law by which moneys in tho sinking fund aro required to bo invest od in tho stato and United States bonds, also makes him a formidable candidate. The other gentlemen aro equally well known nud each havo strong points of nvilability. John S. D.wis U very popular in Philadclphia,John Ii. Larkin has made an admirable postmaster for Pittsburg, D- O. Rarr is an excellent finannoier, E. F. Kcer is a prominent lawyer and successful business man J. F. Templo is known tho stato over as a former auditor general, and Cap tain Clay is one ot tho most prominent members of tho present legislature. Tho convention can bardly mako a mistake if it confine its choice to the gentlemen named. Rit local favorit ism should not be permitted to inlli once tho selection of a candidate. Nor should tho convention raise any issue, either in its platform or iu the roeird of its candidates, except that which tho election of a stato treasurer natur ally and properly involves. Tho demo cratio platform and an undoubted saint nominated as the domocratio candidate thero would bo danger of a popular reaction against both. It may be well though for tho convention to declaro itself on tho liquor question, as that is an issuo already raised and pressing ior solution ana ono which has some boaring on tho subject of the raising of revenue, a matter which tho stato tieasurer is obliged to consider in his official capacity. But thero is certainly no occasion tor lng"ins anything into tho.,oanvas that does not pertain direct ly or indirectly to tho character of the oflico to bo filled. Patriot. DEATH OF GEN. CAMERON. HK NRVHIl RAI.LII'.l) I'll )M HIE TAHALY1IO STH01CE. Gen. Simon Cameron died Wed nesday evoning, Juno 20, sho.tly after ,, TTT I . ootiucK. ins last momeuis were peaceful, and up to a short timo beiore the end he appeared to bo conscious of m Burruuimiugs. inuring uio uay lie had shown a desire for food, which was given to hiin in small qiantities. He experienced no trouble Bwnllowing. But tho wonderful constitution, which through ninety years ha 1 withstood all kinds of assaults, had been undermined boyonel tho hope of assistance. Tho General's vitality was a great surpriso to tho doctors, who, all day before, were encouraged to hope that hp might snrvivo until tho return of his son, Senator Cameron, who sailed that day from Liverpoolr Tho dcsllo to Bee'liT? son appoarcd to be uppermost in the aged statesmans mind. For several days previous to tho attack, ho regretted his absunco and longed to havo him with him. Around tho bedside, when tho last summons camo, M-oro his daughters, Mrs. MnoVsagh and Mrs. llnldetnan, ex-Attoriioy-General MaoVeagh, Simon B. Cameron, grandson, and wife, Jas. Cameron, son of the senator, Mrs. Da vid Watts, a granddaughter,, and his old body.scrvant. John, who for- years watched over tho aged General with tho greatest solicitude. General Cam eron was buried at Harrisburg, where his wife is interred. No man ever wielded so command ing an inlluenco and power in Pennsyl vania politics ns Simon Cameron. jfl was tho last of a lino of political lead ers' in ttio two great parties who wok obovod by largo misses of men as im ijusiuy us uuiuierB ouey uicir oiuce and officers their general. Before Simon Cameron laid dow the sceptor of his power in Pennsylva nia he, not tho Pennsylvania Railroad nominated its Uovernors, Congress nion, Senators and Representatives in im t, wnen no at last grew weary 01 public life, ho handed his boh into Ins seat in tho Senate, as if it woro pieco of family property. Politioal rivals and opponents protiHtcd and do nouueed. Tho Loehiel chief faced tho storm unmoved, while evory hill Bide and valley rang with tho thfiant shouts of Clan Cameron. No tariff baron, howevor rich or powerful, over presumed to dictate to him what ho should say or what ho should do. One and nil, they came to receive ord era, not to give them. Presidents and cabinets courted his support. No man's a.lvicu was more sought nud more followed. Ho wan a leader of leaders in party councils and party management, ms Knowledge ot men was profound and no one knew belter than ho how to regain what had been lost or preserve what had been won. lie never abandoned n friond, II rarely forgave au enemy. Honors and offices were the legitimate rowards of party scrvioo and belonged to those who had won them. This was his theory, at, indeod, it was the theory of all his oontcmporarioi. lie began his political life as a Jackson Democrat, ana his mrthoas were ns autocratic .is thosoof'Old Hickory" himsolf, Ho was proud of his suutuh eliwciit, and uo Highland chieftain over stood by Ids clan more loyally than ho did by his political adherents, This system of politioal feudalism has almost on Urely passed away? indeed it may now b said to be buried in tint torn of tho last of tho great politioal ba rons. in ( Atiri'ii. Simon Oiinr-rein, uu grandfather ot General (hmoron and first of tho fam ily to scllln in Pennsylvania, came to Amerio.t about tho - year 17-10 and found a homo in Donegal township Lauuaster county. Ho was a Sooth man and a Presbyterian nnd ho found oooupntion iu tilling tho land, which then balougcd to tbo llttlo Presbyter ian Church still standing at that place. His life was hard, nut probab ly not so hard in hU now home as it had licon in old Seollaud, and little is known ot ids family. Ills cldust son was Ch.ii K-i', th father of Simon, nnd he had ii' l.-.nt ono other son, who siihsequHiily became n well-to-do farmer, for of htm young elm on bor rowed the mo. icy to make his start iu business, diaries Cameron bocamo a tailor and lived in Maytown, a few miles distant and near tfiu Susquehan na liver, and there, on March S, 179!), Simon Cameron, his youngest son, was born. In 1807, when Simon was a lad of eight, Charhs Cameron removed his family to bunbury, tho journey being made by boat, slowly an i with great d.tlioulty, and there, after a couple of years' struggle with increasing adver sity, tho family s' parated and tho chil drcn began to shift for tlioimolvis. Simon went to live witli Dr. drahl, a physician of Sunbury, who seems to havo treated tho boy with great kind ntss and who desired him to enter tho medical profession. In 1815 he sought a situation ns piintor's apprentice m tho cilice, of tho Gazette, a weekly Domocratio news iapur then published at Northumber land by Andrew Kennedy, and when released from his agreement by the Sale of tho establishment two years af ter, wet.t to Ilariislmrg and took a im ilar place in tho oflico of tho 1'cnnsyl vama Republican, owned and edited by Jamutt PeaLock. In 1821 ho went down to Doylcs. town, and by a keen plan, formed a combination of tho Doylestoicn Dem ocrat ami Bucks County Messenger, and tho firm known- as Ca eron & Milllin continued the paper in too name of Democrat, tho youugmari who was scarcely out of his apprentices! ip bo coining ostensibly the senior proprietor of what was then, and has always since l .. ; . T- ueun, unuui uio most liupuriam. uemo crane papers or the btate. But this venture was soon at an end Tho Bucks county Democracy was bar monized aud Simon longed for a wider tieiu. Wiiiuu tho year ho soul out at a net profit ot about a hundred dollars and with that as his sole capital went to Washington and took a caso in the olhco ot tho Aational Intelligencer llo worked assiduously during tho win ter of 1821-2 and probably acquired some valuable idaas as to the profits of publ o printing contract-, for in tho spring ho returned to Harrisburg, bor ro ed $400 of his uncle, bought an in terest in the Republican from his form cr employer, James Peacock, changed tno namo to ttio Jiitctligencer and probably under tho inspiration of Inn ham, vigorously supported Calhoun for tno Presidency. Jt was hero that Cam eron first attained the realization of his ideal system for tho conduct of practi cai pontics, xnrouaii his personal in lluenco and tho power of his paper ho secured tho appointment, of Sta'e Prin ter, an olhco which, though less re- markablo then for oxtravagauco and peculation man at the present time, was still Bufhciently remunerative to enable tho careful piin'erin three year to acciuuulalo enough teady money to justify him in undertaking important construction contracts m tho Pennsyl vania uauai, men just chartered AS A CONTRACTOR. Tho printing business was soon aban doned for the moro lucrative) canal con tract0, and for many years tho groat nyBtem oi internal improveinenlwliicli cost tho Siato over $10,000,000. had no moro enrm st and ronsistent advocate than Simon Cameion, and thuo was uo moro frequent or successful bidder for desirable contra Is than ho. Up and down tho Susquehanna, up tho Juniata ana on tno western division ho had Ins men at work. Tho feasibility of steam railways had just been practically proved aud the country was on tho threshold of tho era of railway development. General Cam- eron saw, with thi sagacity of a clear. practical mind, that railroads m 1831 were as indispensable to tho develop mont of tho resources of tho Stato as canals had been a decade before, and he recognized that tho pecuuiary ad vantages to bo gained in the construc tion auu suDscqucnt operation of tho roads were far greater than could ever accruo irora tno canals Simon Cameron at once bocan an energetic advooaoy ot railroad comma nication between Philadelphia and the imuuio auu western part ot the State. Ho organized and was largely interesl- in iuo oouHiruotion or tno railroad between Ilarrisburir and Lancaster, of tho Lebanon Valley Road, and of tlio road between Harrisburg and .Simbiry, afterward consolidated as the Northern Central, with tho roid from Harrisburg iu nauimore, tno control ot wincn Hen. Cameron by shiewd operations wrested irom uaiumoro capitalists aud held as a Pennsylvania enterprise. riiAcriCAi. l'oi.trics. IIo took an activo part in the Presi (Icntial contest of 1820, and all subso qu -lit contests until ho handed over his power to his son. Ho was one of tbo chief promoters of tho Baltuuoro Con OMiion of May,1832 the first Nation- ul Convention ever held bv nnv noliti cal patty which put in formal nomi nal ion party candidates lor ttio cilices of both Preside nt and Vieo l'rcsidi nt. nud practically abrogated tho tradition- ni lunctions ot our cumbrous oleotoral niRohine. From that day until after tho third term struggle of 1880 thero ui ver was a National Convention of the party with which, for tho tnno bo- nig, he identified himself, whether Dem ooiat, tariff Democrat, Native Ameri- cau, Whig, or Republican, that Simon uninoron was not prccont with a Penn sylvania delegation moro or Uss under his personal inlluenco nnd Iooknm for any commuaiicn or trnelo which should redound to his porsonal advanta"o or that ot his son and political heir. in 18J ho was nppointcd Indian Commission! r. and in his treaty b- tttouii tho Winnebago Indians and the Uniied .Stales, ho inndo upwanls of $1UU,UIMJ. During the Presidential oamnaii'ii of l&ll tho tariff had been tlio leadintr issue, nud feeling iu Pennsylvania was particular! V violent. Tho Demne.nitu swept tho St .lu, but In tho largo Dem oorauo inajoiity in tho Lfgislaluro thero wero many strong uroteciionisls who reoiL'nized Simon Cameron as a loader in that branch of tho party, anil ho formed the bold plan of winnirtr tho Senatorial prize by a coalition buwcou tho Whig, Tariff Democrats and Na tive American j. Georgo W- Wood ward, of Luzerno county, afterwards Chief Justice of tho Supremo Court of ..PfTpDilJ Pennsylvania, was tho regular nomineo of tho Domocratio ciuous nnd was a man singularly fitted by oliarnotor and nblllty to adorn a seat in tho United States Senate. Cameron's combination was, however, strong enough to nooom plish hii own election, in spite of the rcfuxal of four Whigs and two Notlvo Americans to vote for him. Tho con tent was a bitter one, nnd tho hostili ties it engendered wero novor ontlroly allayed whllo tho principals lived. Simon Cameron ontored tho Senato as a Democrat who had deliberately botrayed his own party aud dofeated one of its best men, nnd Prosldent Polk at first ignored him entirely in tho distribution of Federal patronngo in Pennsylvania! but C.imcioii soon es tablished himself on a footing of such strong intimacy aud friendship with tho leading Sonalors that ho was enabled to dofeat tho confirma tion of nominations obnoxious to him self. President Polk recognized the merits of George W. Woodward nnd scut in his name to the Senato for ouo o' the JuHloes of the United States Supicmo Court, but Cameron's combi nation was so strong, nnd his appeals to his associates to recognize "tho cour tesy of tho Senato" so porBistont, that ho was enabled to defeat Woodward's confirmation in a Democratic Senate. Appointments for Postmaster and Col lector in Philadelphia, were also defeat ed by the same means, until nt last Piesulent Polk was forced to recode from his position and to reooguizo and consult Senator Cameron in tho distri bution of Federal patronage in Penn sylvania. In tho campaign of 1850 Simon Cam eron acted with tho Free Soilcrs and headed tho Fremont electoral ticket in Pennsylvania. Tho Democrats carried the Lgis!atiiro by a majority of threo aud a Sonator was to bo elected to suc ceed Richard Brodhead. John W. Forney was the Democratic nomineo, and thero seemed to bo no doubt of his election. Tho Free Soilers, however, wero bitterly opposed to Fornoy per sonally, accusing him of having fraud ulently carried tho city of Philadelphia against Fremont, and when Cameron olaimcd that ho could, if nominated, beat Fornoy, his suggestion was eager ly listened to. On tho first ballot tho Whigs and Fieo Soil men cast their votes for Cam eion, as agroed, and thre Democrat', Lebo, of Schuylkill ; Maneer, of York, and Wngonseller, of Schuylkill, also voted for him, and he was elected. In 1800 Simon Cameron reoeived the indorsement ol tho Pennsylvania Ro publican Convention for tho President ial nomination and went to the Nation al Convention at Chicago with a dole gation chosen in his interest. As tho balloting progressed a portion of the delegation wero anxious to transfer Uio vote of Pennsylvania to Abraham Lin coln, but Cameron and his friends de manded n promiso to make him:Secro tary of the Treasury as the prico of their snppirt. They wero fina'ly ii.- uuceu uy swell ana tne otuer Lincoln managers to accept the assurauou of Cabinet position, without specifying wliat department it should be, provide that the majority of the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress thonlt givo uonorai uamcron tiieir indorsement. v nen ii uccamo Known, alter l.inoolu election, that his friends had pledged him to Caiueion the most vigorous uro- tests wero made by many of tho leading iicpuuucans ot tno state. The of bwett and Ins other friends had. iiowever, btcn so diuinct that Lincoln was finally compelled to yield and named General Cameron as his Secre tary of War. Cameion went to St. Petersburg Minister, but returned in the winter 1803, when a Uniied Stales Senator was to be chosen to succeed David Wilmot. The Legislature was Demo cratio by one majority and Wilmot would havo been unanimously renomi nated nad not Uameron assured tho Ke publicans that he could .f nominated. overcame tho Democratic majority and ueieat jnaric3 it. liuckaiew, the Demo cratio nnminee. Party spirit ran high and Uio Republican wero finally in dueed to give Cameron the nomination IIo entered into negotiations with Thomas Jeffoisou Boyer, a Democratic lsepreseutativo fiom (Jleurneld county. and; scorduig to Boyer's subsequent lo-uiunny ueiore tne uouse, offered sucjes-uvcly five, ten, fifteen and final ly twenty thousand dollars for tho vole which was necessary to his election Boyi r aereed to vote for Cameron, but when tho ioint convention SRaemlilpii' the galleries and lobbies of the Hom wero filled with Democratic imrtianna iuny resoivoa to prevent or signally punish any such treason as had been shown in 1815 by Lebo, Maneer aud Wagouseller. On tho i oil-call Boyer voted for Buokalew and Cameron was defeated. It is but fair to say that Buyer always maintained that it was never his intention t j vote forCamtruii TT. 1 .1 . iih saiu no kiiuw mat uaraeron was lookiiig for a purchasable Democrat and that ho entered into and nrolou the negotiations for the purpose of pre veuuiig uameron irom uudiug a man who would actually take the monev aui carry oui ino nciaiious scheme. ....I .L - . 1 his view of Hoyrr s conduct was no eepted by his Cleat Held constituents tor ths-y subsequently indorsed his nctinn by electim; bun to llin Stale H' in-. i the result of Bover's tesliiunuv befoiu tho Hiiis", a resolution was passed renin stinirlhe, Governor to uaiisd cinnirial proceedings to be instituted by the Attorney General against Sim in Cameron, William Urobst, Henry n'l. .. 1 r l t . . Jiieiuria nnii jonn J. railersoti. of whom the last threu had boon tro-bj. tweens in the negotiations. Tho case, nowever, was not nroscculod. in 1800 tho Louislatiire of Ponnsyl vania beeoino republic in, and General Camoron was chosen as United State ounlor, which position l.o hehl until 18(0 when it was transferred to his son. IN ItKTIItEJIKNT. With his reticreni'.'nl in 1877, his long political eiaroor was ended Ho traveled a groit deal during these later years, ami in 1877, acoonipanied tho late loimrd W, Jerome and a few oiner irienus, ho made his first trip to fiuropp, lu March last ho celebrated his ninetieth birth day at his home in Hariisburg, on which occasion the Legislature of Pennsylvania adopted a congr;tnlatorv resolution and tho members paid their reepeots to him in a body. General Cimcr m had thioo sons. J. Brnal Cameron, who din vountri Simon and J. Donald, tho present Senator. who is now iu Eurono. and threo daughters, Rachel, who married James Burnsido and died many years nuo! Margaret, tho widow of Riohard S. Hal. dfiiun, and Virginia, tho wife of Wnyno MaoVeaijIi. Mrs. Cameron. who was a ilaughtsi of Peter Brua, of Berk, county, died some years ago. w SUBSCRIBE FOR THK COLUMBIAN DEMOCRAT. WASHINGTON LETTER. From ourltcgnUr Correspondent.) Washington, July 1, 1889, Hard son's conscience or the force of the oritlolsm lie has recently received for Suuday junketing, I don't know which, perhaps a llttlo of both, caused mm to spend yesterday in tho Whit House, notwithstanding tho fact that up to b nday morning ho had intondcd to spend tho day at Capo May. Ho oould not, bowover,wltbBtand the temp tatiou of tnkiiin a fun rido to Haiti. more and return Saturday afternoon to meet his wife and grand-children. This week tho family go to Deer Pork one! Uo goos to Woodstock, Connecticut, to assist in celebrating the Fourth of July, i.ots moro ireo rnlliondlng. At lost an antl-Mahono Virginia Ro publican has got something. John S. Wise has succeeded in getting his son appointed a oauel to West Point. Now that tho now fiscal year has bo gun Republicans here nru looking for the speody discharge of every Demo crat in tho Government sorvice. who not preteuled bv tho civil Bervioe law. and as many of tho latter as displaced union veterans can uo louuu lo alio oecd under tho rctcut order of Harri son. Another negro has succeeded in got ting a prize. This time it is Fred Douglass, who has been appointed .Minister to unyu. Tno appointment is creating much dissatisfaction among tho rest of the darkies, with whom Douglass has been very unpopular ever since no married a white woman, Han lson has compelled Secretary witidom to oppoint W. JH. Meredith of Chicago, superintendent of tho Bu reau of Encravintr and Printing, al though Windom had a man of hit own for llie place. Tho fight was long and bitter, and at last Harrison informed Windom that Meredith must be ap pointed even it tie nad to nave a now Secretary of tho Treasury. This brought "ruuy aown on ms marrow nones very tpilckly, as StarroutoDorsey's wild oat achemo whioh ho had been trying lo boost for sever d years, offered no in duccmonts, when compared with tho salary and perquisites, particularly tho latter, ot tne secretary ot tne Treasury, sour urspes Uon Cameron don waut to bo re-elected to the Senate, was his father, Simon Cameron, now dead, who put him there and kept him there. Don would hardly be elected a county road supervisor if ability only was consiaerea. unto, "granny liiair, who lias suddenly como to the conolu sion that he will save tho Now Ilsinp shiro legislature tho trouble of defeat ing him by declining toagain ha a can didate for the Senate, Tbo Senate will not find it difficult to survivo the loss of these two men. This is a "protection" administration! see how it protects Amerioan labor and capital 1 in giying out a contract for 550,000 enameled bricks to be used in the construction of the new National Library building in this city the con. tract was given to an English firm be cause by remitting the duty they can oo ueuverca ncre a utile cheaper tha they oan be bought in America. 8 could almost everything else, and tht question naturally arises, why should tbe Government do what it refuses to let the people do 7 In tho langnago of slang it may be remarked Hint, them am "nn rtina" r.., the present civil service commission and that it intends to 'run the machiuo or 'bust the boiler. The indictments against Dorsev. Brady et a1, in the famous Star route cases which havo been cumbering tho court records for seven or eight year have all been nolle prossed. Blaino has told bis man William Walter Phelps, lust appointed ministc to Germany that he might lake his own time about going to Berlin. But inii t his own time he ii taking ; it is tha peoples. He was Qualified as mm ister the day he was appointed and his eaiary oi $i7,ouu a year began. A.iuuuw uiiiisu ueiuiucr eviueniiy has no idea of makius anv such blunder Tha nnn. II. ll.l. ' .. . 1 , is iora sanicvuie, ins immediate sue -r . . .... -. . oessor, did. Ho lias bought a farm near this cily, and not satisfied with haying becomo a tar-pever in th United Stales he proposes to co with mo presmont ana bis nartv to tht Fourth of July celebration at Wood stock. If Sir Julian keeps on he will certainly be very solid with the "bojs. Ihe New York politician! jumped on Harrison again. Friday a... I kj.. J . . T Y . nuu uuiurutty, juorion. iiiscocir. uennw auu a 101, more oi tne "Dig guns were i , . - ' , - i hero in the interest of the various can- didatea or the New York Federal ap poiutments. It was stated Saturday I hat a slate bad been agreed upon, at any rate most of tho New Yorkors went home, but the anoointmonts i , t uaveu i. ueen maae yet. ino Haytian government recently captured an Americau Bteamer and for a time refused to release her. but were only too glad to do so and pav a cash indemnity of $5,000 when Commander Kellogg of the U. S. 8. Ossipe, gayo them the choice of doing bo or having Port-nu-Priuce bombarded. The money was paid aud tho vessel released. What eeriso there was in keeping news of this character from the public I cannot bee. BDPEE11E OOUET DEUISIUN OONCKUNINIl WHOLESALE I.ICKNsES. Tho supremo court, sittincr in Phila. ueipuia, on Friday granted tho per , , , , - . . ' emptory mandamus asked for bv thn Prospect brewing company, requiriug ' i-uuiv ui ijuuiier hch'iihis 10 grant a brewers' liceuso to the cornoration for me present, year, uiuct Ju-lioe I 'ar son deliveied tho opinion iu tho cane. the courso of whioh bo handled the license court without cloves for the use of ineaninIoss aeljectives in its return me writ, ana Held that tho L-rent ensure ion allowed llie eiuarler sessions i , ... " u ticalinent of retail applicants was not conferred by thoeailier aci relat. ug to tho granting of licenses to brew. ers. I ho court reversed tho iuik'inent of the license court of Allegheny county n tho oases of fifteen bottlers and fur or live wbo'oealo dealers, who took out writs ol certiorari. A procedendo was awarded iu these cases, which is ronlv. nlent to au oidur d reeling the insuauce of licoiKos. THE CHIKK JUSTICE'S VIRWB. Chief Justice Paxsou dtlivercd two elaborate opinions covering the points raised in the severnl cases. In tho easo of Mnry E. Pollute, a whole sale dealer in P.ttsburg, ho dtlivercd an opinion holding that iu tho granting of wholesale llceusey the court of epiattur sessions had not tho large discretion conferred upon it by the retail act, but quaittied, limited discretion, and is confined to tho iuiiuiry whether the pplicaut is a citizen ef the United States, of temperate habits and good moral character, and that where no ro. monstranco or objection appears on tho record tbe lioenso should bo granted. "It scarcely needs argument i" ho says, ii tho Prospeot brewery decision, "to snow me propriety oi mis ruling. uio recoro. aid not tmow tne resaoa , BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.1 for tha refusal of tho liconso it would bo impossible to rovlow the notion of the lower court, howevor arbitrary or Illegal It might havo bcon nnd ns to suoh matters a quarter sessions judgo would sit as absolute n despot ns tlio emperor of China." After rogroltiiig tho fn'luro of tho act to prccotlbo a set form of prnotlco in suoii oases, no continues t "A caro ful examination of tho act lends us to tho conclusion that, In tho nbsenco of any remonstrance or objec'ion on tho record, it is tho duty of tho court to grant a wholesale license j and the ob jection must be limited to the three disqualifications alroady alluded to. Such n rcmonstrnnco or objection should uo in writing and pinceet on file, so that it form, with the petition, the pleadings in the case. Thero Is then an Issue of fact brforu the court to be decided, as in other eines, upon tho evidince. There whs neither remon strancu nor objection upon tlio record against the granting ot this lio-msc. there Has uo i-Mieleforo thu eouit. There was no disputed question of faol for it to decide1, and tho not eloes not confer upon tlio coutt of quaiter ses sions tho power of a roying commission to inquire as to mailers not propeily btfoio it, and in no way connected with the petitioner's right lo a brewer's license. As there was no issiiu before tho court, it follows thai necessarily thero could havo been no valid findings of fact. Wo might well, therefore. discard the entire return e-f tho learned judges of the court of qnnrlor sessions to the writ of alternative mandamus. mi.-. .. . iiiui.wo may not seem wanting in- re spect to them I will pioceod to ils con sideration." After stating tho legal rulo that such returns are required to be most exact in their language, aud most full atnl preciso on their statements of fact, for tho reason tha they are not permitted to bo gainsaid, tbo chief justico contin ues : '-Keeping in view tho fact that tho objections to tho petitioners' appli cation must be confined to the eiues- tions (1) citizenship, (2) temperate hab its, and (3) good m iral oharacter, I will briefly consider this return. As preliminary tho judges say : 'Boforo deciding said application, said court deemed it to be its duty to del jrmiuo whether the applicant was n citizen of tho United States, of temperato habits aud good moral character, and a fit person to receive a license. The first three matters were proper subjects of inquiry, but tho fourth was a matter with wbioh the court had nothing to do. They havo nothing to do with it becanto this act of tho 21th of May confers no such power upon them, ft is incorporating into tho wholesalers act a provision of the retailers' act. The key to the wholo difficulty may perhaps be found in this assumption of a discretion which is not found in tho law, and is applicable only to the caso of retailers. The fitness of a man te have a wholesale license depends upon his haying the threo qualifications be fore mentioned, not upon the opinion of Ihe court on other matters outside of them." "It appears that at the hearing in tho court below, the main question was as to the manufacture and salo of a mild form of beer nailed "Ambrosia.'' The petitioner set out testimony as to it at some length. Tlio court returns that his statement is incomplete, inaccurale and misleading, but as it fails to show in what respect tho teturn is clearly in sufficient. Tho return then further states: 'Tho court did find from the evidence that during the year of its license then about to expire, the com pany, through its chief executive offi cers, charged witli thu conduct of its business, bad caused to be browed an intoxicating malt liquor, for tho pur pose of selling the samo to unliceiist.il dealers u tho city of Philadelphia, to bo by the latter ugam sold in this city, in violation of the laws of this com monwealth; that said intoxicating mall liquor, thus biewed, had been solel by thu company to numerous unlicensed dealers in theexpectation that the same would bo sold by them iu (his city in viola ion of law: thai through its taiei officers, said i onipany by false repre sentations as to thu charaoier of said liquor, bad indued divers unlicensed dealers to purchase tho same from it; and that saiel liquor thus puiohased had been Bold in the city of Philadelphia by said unlicensed dealers. It is to bo observed that this return is entirely outside of tbo caso. It had no bearing upon either of the three qualifications required .of a wholesalo dealer, and beat rotcra to a rambling inquiry not properly before court. The liceuso which the company held, authorized them to manufacture and sell boer to , any person who was willing to buy, ( licensed or unlicensed, and it must not be forgotten that tho particular beer rofcrred to was ambrosia, which ap pears to contain only a little over ono per cent, of alcohol. Tho return is, moreover, vague and uncertain; we aio not told what false repi estimations were made by the company in regard to tho characler of tho boer, and mere adjectives are entirely out of place in a return to a writ of alternative) man damus. Nor does this portion of the return allege a violation of anv law of Ibis commonwealth. I have dwelt up on it at greater lenctn man was necna. sary, becauso it had evidently much to do with tbe action of tlio court below." Ibe return then proceeds: 'The court did find TAT that tho said com pany had conducted its business then expiring in violation of law; B that saiu company was not a tit person to receive the liccuse applied ten; and Cj that so far as it was possible for a cor poration to possess any moral charac ter, it did not possess a good moral character. As to the first of these three subjects, what law has the com uany violated I Tho return docs not liiforin us. Instead of fact, wo are given a mere conclusion of law. The averment is bo vacuo that it has no forco whatever. Io regard to the sec ond branch, I havo already said that tbo fitness of the company to rcceivo a license was not in tho discretion of tho court below unless from ono of three causes of disqualification before m n- Bone Fertilizers, for the work done, jj yeu arrgpmg 10 ignore quality and results, do not buy our Fertilizers FOR SALE BV ' DAVID LONG, MILL GROVE. NATHAN MILLER, MAINVILLE. FfMMG OPEHIMG: 1, MAUEl'S, Tim Reliable dlothier. Why nro wo doing the largest Clothing anil Hat trade in Blooinslnirg ? Good reason for it yoti may he euro. We keep tho best and most fashionable goods, and prices are ALWAYS THE LOWEST. Our storo is spacious, cheerful and well lighted and a model in all its appointments and equipment. Our stock is NEW, BRIGHT and and comprehensive, and always we will maintain the position of "FAIR DEAMWG" RESPECTFULLY YOURS, -: I. MAIER. 1 The Largest Clothing and Hat Store in Columbia and Montour Counties. tioncd. A return generally that tho applicant is not a fit poison to rccive a .brewer's license, without specifying for ; . t. , . 'I . -, wnui cause, is uau ior uncertainty, anu is, moreover, evasive. The return does say, however, that 'so far as it is possi ble for a corporation to possess a mor al character, it did not possess a good moral character.' It is diffijult to treat this proposition seriously, yet it is tho only mailer iu this return which gives oven color of legality to tho refusal of this license. That a corporation an invisible-, intangible thinu art artificial being croaled by law, can havo a char ne'er of nuv kind is a novel proposition. That tho learned Judges below so re garded it is evident by tho qualification in their return. But tho corporation has cfficeis aud a board of directors. If tho court below had found, upon evi dence, and so returned, that said offi cers and directors wero n.l men of good moral character, I apprehend that tho return would have been sufficient. At tho samo time 1 doubt wht thor any ouo of the learned judges below would havo been willing to put his namo to a return that they were men of bad mor al character. Tho return that tho cor poration hai not a good moral charac ter is insensible. 'There is nothing else m the return which requ'nen comment. Our con elusion is that it sets forth no valid reason why Ihe petitioner should not bo licensed Tho former writ was al ternative. Tho writ of peremptory mandamus is now pwarded. It will probably be found unnecessary to issuo it." -The CtilrC ni-Haon IUI tilt, gienl uo- cess or Hood's Rarsaparllla Is found In tbe article Itself. It Is merit that wins, and tha fact that Hood's Samiiarllla actually ac complishes wli.it Is claimed for It, Is what has given to this mediclno a popularity and sale greater than that of any other tarsapa- Mprit Wines rllla or bl00d IVICI Ik VV II lb fler before the public. Hood's Sarsaparllla cures Scrofula, Salt Ilheum nnd nil Humors, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That Tired Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength ens tho Nerves, builds up the Whole System. IKood'n Marwnpnrllln Is sold by all drug gists. Slj sir for 5. Prepared by C I. Hood It Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, lias. ,;v,!tn 1 iy CcnK 1 do not mean merlr to stop them tor a lime, end ihm have then fro. turn ngam 1 KKs A UAUICAJj CUW5. 1 havo uiado tlio duoase ot FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS, ri!L'2"!?n """"y 1 WAnaANT ray remedy to hViMi1. f,"0;"8'' .Ilu8 others lave .ill euro yon. Ail.lr.. H.Q. ROOT, M.C., tS3PtMiST-HlwrOH FARMS PMSb?1 1 rilmntn . location In ihosouui .liilv.tjl-,, ' .umuiqou, v a Will the FERTILIZER you intend purchasing so act upon the soil that it will produce BIG CROPS, and at the same time maintain and build up the fertility. To put price perton ahead of quality and producing power is poor economy. Farmincr nrofits nrp ton email ... .i mit of any but judicious purchases. Alter quality, and in proportion to it, comes nrice. Ynu sinii r,.i always as low in price as the lowest. -OF- -AT- g For Your SPRING SUITS go to LOWENBERG'S, The Oldest EsibMisimeiat im COLUMBIA COUWTY, Bloomsburg, Pa. 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