The Huntingdon Journal.
J. A. NASH,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A
FRIDAY, - - - OCTOBER 11, 1878.
Circulation LARGER than any other
Paper in the Juniata Valley.
Republican State Ticket.
GOVERNOR:
Gen. HENRY M. HOYT,
OP LUZERNE.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT:
Hon, JAMES P. STERRETT,
OF ALLEGHENY.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR :
Hon. CHARLES W• STONE,
OF VENANCIO
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS:
Capt. AARON K. DUNKEL,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
CONGRESS:
HORATIO G. FISHER, of Huntingdon
ASSEMBLY :
SAMUEL M'VITTY, of Clay,
WM. S. SMITH, of Jackson.
PROTHONOTARY :
W. M'K. WILLIAMSON, of Huntingdon
REGISTER AND RECORDER:
I. D. KUNTZLEMAN, of Huntingdon.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY :
GEORGE B. ORLADY, of Huntingdon
'rEtEASURER :
S. H. ISENBERG, of Penn
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS :
W. H. BENSON, of Tod,
S. P. SMITH, of Union.
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR
A. B. MILLER, of Porter.
AUDITORS :
J. H. DAVIS, of Morris,
A. W. BROWN, of Cassville.
HOYT ON FINANCE.
Professing to be an honest man, the candi
date of an honest organization, I favor honest
money.
The voluml oL the currency should be reg
i lated by legitimate Oemand, and not by the
requirements of bankrupts and wild specula
tors.
The currency should be redeemable as early
as the exigencies of the Government will per
mit, in the currency recognized by all civili
zed nations.
The contracts of the Government should be
held as sacred as the contracts o" individuals,
and the bonds, the evidence of its indebted.
ness, should be paid according to the under
standing between the Government and the
lender.—Speech at Butler, Sept. 2, 1878.
The election, November sth.
Voters must pay a State and county tax by
Saturday, October stb.
Foreigners must be naturalized by October
sth.
DILL hasn't taken his financial views
out of his carpet bag yet.
Me. SPEER'S made use of his organ No,
2 last week to publish his letter to Mr,
Tyhurst in relation to the Wall's case.
"MY ORGANS" will be full of editorial
this week, as we are "reliably informed"
that Mr. Speer has been in town for sev•
eral days.
FOUST, the man who Speer had brother
in-law North foist upon the Greenbackers
as their candidate for Assembly, claims to
be "as good a Democratic as ever he was!'
Of course he is, and Republican Green
backers should govern themselves accord
ingly.
IRVIN D. KUNTZELMAN, the Republi
can nominee for Register and Recorder, is
the son of a gallant soldier who gave his
life for his country. He is the sole sup
port of a widowed mother, and is a moral,
christian young man. Vote for the sol
dier's orphan.
FIFTEEN years ago the interest paid by
the United States was a fraction over four
dollars for each individual. Now the in
terest paid per capita is less than two dol
lars. This is not indicative of a ruinous
financial policy, nor does it point to a vital
necessity for a billion or two of greenbacks.
IF Dill's brother, who is so industriously
informing the public as to Hoyt's religious
opinions, would give us a little informa
tion about the Democratic candidate's views
on financial questions, he would be almost
as useful as be was when he confined his
attention exclusively to the preaching of
the gospel.
ORGAN No. 2 wants us to say positively
whether the law firm of Woods & William_
son has teen dissolved or not. Well, as
we are anxious to be on the side of truth
in anything that we assert, we are not pre
pared to say whether this firm has been
dissolved or not, and what is more, we
don't care.
LABORING MEN, remember alai, Sp'er's
Mud-Slinger is doing all it can to prevent
the Middle Penitentiary from being located
at Huntingdon. To be sure, nothing com
ing from that sheet, with its 200 readers,
will amount to anything, but the disposi
tion is shown to injure the business in
terests of our town. Can you, will you
support such a party ?
ON the first page will be found the able
speech of Hon. Frank Jordan, in reply to
the speech delivered by Chairman Speer,
at McConnellsburg, for which we ask a
careful reading. By mistake this speech
also appears in the supplement which we
issue this week, but in addition to this it
cmtains much matter of interest, all of
which we ask our readers to study carefully.
IT is of the utmost importance to the
tax-payers of this county that the Republi
can candidates for County Commissioner
are elected. It is asserted by Greenbackers
that they are anxious to elect their candi
dates for Commissioner in order that the
Nationalist may be kept alive by public
patronage. Taxpayers, are you ready to
vote for men who will use the public funds
in this way ?
TEE apostate, Prof. W. Howard Day,
who is traveling the State in the interests
of the Democratic party, received a cool
reception from the colored people of this
place during his visit on Monday last. The
cause he has now espoused bad no more
bitter opponent up to this fall than this
tame Prof. Day, but a dive into the barrels
of Democratic money has had its effect in
shaping the course of Mr. Day in this
campaign.
TO LABORING MEN.
If the Republican party had to meet in
the coming election, the Democratic party
and its policy alone, there would be uo
doubt of its triumph. The only disturbing
element is the new party, called the Na
tional Greenback Labor party. This is
made up almost entirely of laboring men.
Its voting strength, its fighting ranks are
drawn from those who are without capital
and depend upon manual labor for exist
ence. Its leaders, who arc the spirit of
the movement, are the ambitious and un
scrupulous demagogues who would lead
their followers into the jaws of ruin and
abject poverty in order to hold, for a brief
period, the reins of power. The same
spirit which animated Louis Napoleon, or of
any of the free lances in South America
or in Mexico, is the motive of these Na
tional party leaders. They do not resort
to the force of arms because they know
such a resort could not be used in this
country, but, they use the weapons of
sophistry, chicanery and falsehood to play
upon the credulity of the laboring classes,
knowing that success means but an ephem
eral enjoyment of the pleasures of office
for the candidates, and the ultimate misery
of the deluded voters. To these candidates
we have nothing to say; to their followers
we have.
Editor.
Now, what is the purpose of your cru
sade, and to what Mecca are you travelling ?
Your very first principle is hatred to capi
tal and the capitalist. Why do you hate
the capitalist ? Only because he has made
what you have not, money. Do you stop
to think your wealthy fellow citizens were
most of them poor boys like your boys ?
And those who have inherited wealth only
go back one or two generations to find
poverty ? A. T. Stewart came to this
country with but a few hundred dollars
which he made himself. The great Astor
was not worth a dollar when a boy. Thomas
A. Scott was a brakeman of the great road
which he now controls. John Wanamaker,
the most extensive merchant in Philadel
phia, employing thousands of hands, twenty
years ago was a struggling clerk. U. S.
Grant was just before the war a bankrupt
tanner. We might mention scores of men
whose names would be familiar to every
laboring man, and point to the fact that
they came from his own ranks ; men who
have risen to wealth, position and property
through sheer energy, indomitable resolu
tion, and the cultivation of their minds.
What these men have done every laboring
man has the opportunity of doing. There
are no laws of caste, or of any other kind,
to prevent the laboring man from attaining
high position. But the road to it can
never be reached by dishonest means nor
without stubborn application.
But, all men cannot get rich. The
laborer is as needful as the capitalist.—
The one depends upon the other. Both
have their faults because both belong to a
common humanity. But the nature of our
government compels the capitalist to re
spect the bone and sinew power. In the
lawless ages money could buy soldiers to
assert its commands. With the advance
of civilization those who could bring to the
courts of power large estates, controlled
positions of influence, became the nobility,
shaped the laws of the land for their own
benefit, and oppressed the poor. But,
there is no such tyranny existing here, and
the feeling of antagonism against the em
ployer which has grown up in the minds
of the workingmen is unwise. There is a
tyranny of labor as well as of capital
Labor must remember that there are risks
that capital runs, and expenses -it incurs
which labor overlooks. The company that
employs hundreds of hands has thousands
of dollars invested in buildings, machinery
and stock in process of manufacture. The
fluctuation of prices of a single week may
throw the profits of an entire year in
doubt. The changing demands of public
taste will make unsaleable styles of goods
which have cost the capitalist large sums
of money, and for the working of which
the laborer has received his pay. Then
the vicissitudes of commercial life, bad
debts, fire* , must be borne by capital.—
All of these things should be remembered
by the laborer. Again, the laborer com
plains that his employer lives in a palace.
Let him remember that the palace has
been built with brains and unremitting
work, aid many a night when he is soundly
sleeping in his humble abode, his employer
is walking his study in agony studying how
to avoid commercial disaster, and keep
employed his hundreds of workingmen.
Now, it is upon the credulity of the
laborers that the leaders of this party are
playing. They assert that the way to
wealth is by issuing greenbacks. Let us
suppose the Greenback party wins. How
are the laboring classes going to get hold
of these greenbacks ? They cannot step up
to the Treasury and demand them, Some
thing must be given in return. The gov
ernment cannot send them around with
the compliments of the Treasurer. There
are no large armies to be paid now, no
enormous lots of clothing, arms and pro •
visions to be bought so as to get them in
to circulation. Does the laborer think
that the greenback party can pay off the
bonds in these worthless notes ? Does he
think any capitalist will honor them in
business Y Were it possible to elect a Con
gress of greenback men who would pass
such a law, not a bond would be presented,
a terrible panic would ensue in business,
the next election would sweep such a Con
gress into disgrace and oblivion, all such
laws would be repealed, and the losses of
the intervening two years could never be
regained.
No. There is nothing for the laboring
man to gain by endorsing this party. He
has everything to lose, for he is playing
directly into the hands of the greatest
enemy he has, the Democratic party, which
now means the South. What gives the
Democratic party its majority in the House
of Representatives ? the South, and nearly
every man is an ex-confederate soldier.—
What will give the Senate its majority at
its next meeting ? The South. Thus the
great legislative branch of the government
is handed over to the power which has im•
poverished labor, has trodden labor under
foot from the beginning, and which to day
holds millions of laboring men completely,
autocratically in subjection. There are
thousands of workingmen who remember
Andersonville and Libby prison. Thous
ands of workingmen died during the war
to defeat this very power. Thousands are
living, maimed in the struggle against it.
Are the workingmen satisfied to be made the
tools of demagogues, who,for the hare hope
of success, are willing to risk thw victory
of the Democratic party, and the conse
quent victory of the South at the ballot
box, the gaining by the ballot of every
thing it fought for with the bullet—su
premacy and control of the government?
The Greenback Labor party has no other
destiny than the ruin of the country. Will
the laboring men aid in its fulfillment
ONE OF THE CLOSE DISTRICTS.—The
Republicans of the county of Huntingdon,
in former years more generally divided
than those of any other county in the
State, have, with noble purpose, buried
factious differences, presented Senator
Fisher their strongest man, to make the
Congressional race against Stenger, of
Franklin, a fire-eating Democrat, who
tries to excel even Southern leaders in
their criticism of the government. Sena
tor Fisher, though in his first term at
Harrisburg, has acquired a State reputa
tion for practical ability and strong common
sense. He is thoroughly reliable and
honest, and can bring more genuine, sub
stantial wisdom to bear on any legislative
question than many of the men of more
showy parts, and this is the secret of his
strength. He will make a first class Con
gressman, free from humbug and decep•
Live promises, and will work for his con
stituents, from the greatest to the least in
fluential, with remarkable care and indus
try. Best of all men he can redeem the
Huntingdon-Franklin district, for he car
ries with him a prestige of success, which
is half of the battle. IVe shall count a
gain from that -luarter until we hear oth
erwise.—Delaware County American.
THE Republican meeting at Orbi sonic
last week is said to have been a grand suc
cess. In the afternoon the speakers were
Hon. Chas. W. Stone, candidate for Lieu.
tenant Governor, and Senator Everhart.
In the evening the meeting was addressed
by the Hon. M. Chance of Ohio, Gen.
Jno. Williamson and P. M. Lytle, Esq.,
of Huntingdon. Mr. Chance held the
vast crowd who had assembled, in almost
breathless silence, for two hours and forty
minutes, discussing the financial issues of
of the day and proving the impracticabili
ty of the proposed changes to be effected
by the revolutionary element of Green
backism. He appealed to the Jackson
and Buchanan Democrats to stand by the
right, and help the Republican party
again, as they did in the late war, to crush
out a festering element in our body politic,
which is threatening the very life of our
free institutions. Greenbackism, with
such representative blow-horns as the Rev,
Doyle, is simply demagogism.
HoN. 11. G. FISIIER.—We have had
the pleasure of becoming personally ac
quainted with the Hon. Horatio G. Fisher,
candidate for Congress in the ISth Dis
trict, and we are glad to be able to state
that we found him to be a perfect gentle
man, and a man well qualified to represent
us in Congress. The speech which he de
livered at Middleburg, and which we
hope to hear repeated here, certainly won
golden opinions for him. We can now
go into the fight with the feeling, it mat
ters not whom may be nominated by the
Democracy, that we have a candidate
much more able and available, and that
under all and every circumstance victory
will not fail to perch upon our banners.
Let the cry be "forward" for Fisher and
the Ticket. Victory will be ours.—Sny -
der County Tribune.
ORGAN No. 2 says that Foust "never
goes back on his promises." In some ca
ses this is so, for when he promised those
poor laboring men that they should not
use his weigh-scales unless they permitted
him to take a dollar or two off them, he
kept his promise true, and they were com
pelled to go to the railroad scales at Mill
Creek. lle is a pretty man to set up as
the friend of the poor. A man mean
enough to do an act of this kind, before
he would contribute one cent to charity,
would clutch a quarter so tight that he
would strangle the goddess of liberty and
force the eagle to befoul his fingers.
Since his [Orlady's] nomination, three Re
publican members of the Bar have informed
us of their determinat'on to vote against him,
and two of them expressed the earnest hope
that Jackson will defeat him again.—Monitor.
Thus speaks J. Chalmers Jackson, esq..
Listrict Attorney of Huntingdon county,
in last week's Monitor. That's another of
the stale lies uttered from week to week
through the columns of that sheet. No
Republican member of the Bar said any
such thing, and not one Republican law
yer in town will vote for Mr. Jackson, his
assertion to the contrary notwithstanding.
They want a competent man to fill the
office, and hence the unanimous support
they give to Major Orlady.
THE little-man-who-writes-his•own-edi
torials claims that because A. P. M'Elwain
has but one arm he "deserves the sympa
thy of his fellow men irrespective of party."
The Monitor crew didn't have much sym
pathy for Republican candidates with but
one arm or one leg. But we suppose it
makes a difference in what manner the loss
was sustained. If Mr. M'Elwain had lost
his arm in fighting Southern Democratic
rebels, as our candidates did, instead of
having it injured in a saw mill, he wouldn't
be the candidate of Speer and North to
day. Mr. M'Elwain, like any other
maimed individual, "deserves sympathy,' ,
but—"only that and nothing more."
ONE issue has arisen in this campaign
which affects no party but the Democratic
and which Republicans may well leave to
that party to settle among themselves.—
This issue is being discussed in a very
lively manner by some of the Catholic
newspapers and the organs of Mr. Dill.—
The Catholic Standard, of Philadelphia,
asserted last week that Mr. Dill was a
Know Nothing, and demands his defeat,
and closes in these words: "What we
have said is based, not on conjeeture, but
on actnal knowledge." We have no in_
tention of interfering in the fight, but
Democrats have reason to expect Mr. Dill
to rise and explain.
THE OCTOBER GALES!
Cock-a-Doodle-Do !
OHIO REDEEMED !
lOWA STANDS FIRM !
IJOXEST .7110XEY Irrx,si!
THE RAG-BABY STRANGLED !
Democrats and Greellbaciers to the Rear !
REPUBLICAN GAINS ALONG THE WHOLE LINE I
The elections on Tuesday resulted in
glorious victories for the Republicans in
Ohio and lowa. Last year Ohio went Dem
ocraio by 20,000; this year the Republi
cans redeem the State and give the whole
ticket 10,000 majority. Hoop la !
The Republicans claim ten Congressmen
elected sure, with chances for one or two
more. The present delegation in Congress
is twelve; but as the Democratic Legisla•
ture last winter gerrymandered the State
so as to assure to the Republicans only six
Congressmen out of twenty, the election
of ten is a gain of four, instead of a loss
of two. In lowa the Republicans have
swept everything by increased majorities.
In Indiana the Democrats have elected
the State ticket and gained perhaps a
Congressman, while the Legislature, which
elects a U. S. Senator to succeed Voorhees,
remains iu the control of the Republicans.
The returns from West Virginia are mea
gre as yet, but they indicate Republican
gains in Congressmen and members of
the Legislature.
Now FOR. PENNSYLVANIA.
"D!D YOU SEE SAM?"
The Catholic Standard, the official or
gan of the Catholics in Pennsylvania,
takes strong grounds against the election
of A. 11. Dill on account of his Know-
Nothing affiliations in the palmy days of
that party. It also complains of the con
temptible manner in which Catholics have
been treated by the Democratic party in
the past, and says that Catholics, who con
stitute at least one-third of the Democratic
party, are good enough to vote the ticket,
but when it comes to asking for position,
they are thrust aside. This is a family
quarrel in which Republicans have no in
terest, but when the Standard is engaged
in this business it should turn its atten
tion to J. Simpson Africa, esq., another of
the Democratic candidates on the State
ticket, for his connection with the Know-
Nothing party. The friends of Dill claim
the benefit of the "baby" act in his case,
but with Mr. Africa the case is different,
he having arrived at man's estate long
before be was initiated a member of the
party that was in favor of "putting none
but Americans on guard." That he was
a member of that party we dare any of his
friends to deny.
THE Nationalist of this week says that
we got 81,000 for campaign services this
fall. If this were so, but we are very sor
ry to say that it is not, it would prove
that the services of the JOURNAL are
more valuable to the cause than when the
editor of the Nationalist figured as its edi
tor in the campaign of 1876, when it re
quired two or three weeks of negotiations
before the Chairman of the County Com•
mittee would agree to give him half of the
above sum for putting up the county tick
et, which, as the editor of a Republican
organ, he should have done without one
cent of -blood money."
Oust neighbor of the Globe has been ar
rested and held in the sum of $5OO for his
appearance at the next court to answer the
charge of having libelled R. Milton Speer
in an article published in that paper of
September 28th, under the caption of" Who
Robbed Jimmy Walls ? We don't have
any idea that Mr. Speer proposes to let
this case come btrfore the courts, but we
are rather inclined to believe that it is
done to call off the dogs of war. If the
case comes to trial, which we sincerely
hope it will do, perhaps we will find out
"who did rob Jimmy Walls."
STENGER NOMINATED.—Hon. Wm. S.
Stenger, the chronic office hunter, was
nominated for Congress on the 378th bal
lot, at Newport, on Friday last, one of the
conferees from Snyder having been per
suaded to cut loose from Magee, independ
ent of his instructions, and cast his vote
for Stenger. It is needless to say that the
nomination is an empty honor, for Fisher's
election is a foregone conclusion. The
Republicans of this district have quit run
ning after strange gods, and without their
support no Democrat can be elected. Re
publicans, unfold the Fisher banner and
march to victory.
THERE was a large and enthusiastic Re
publican meeting held at Robertsdale on
Friday night last, at which Rev. Doyle
was invited to debate the issues of the
campaign with J. W. Baer, esq But not
withstanding his verbal and written asser
tions that he was desirous of meeting the
Republicans on the stump for this purpose,
he backed down on this occasion and flatly
refused to argue the question of finance or
any other issue involved in this campaign.
His request, therefore, for a joint discus
sion was made for buncombe.
THE NEW PENITENTIARY.
The "Mud-Slinger" Tries to Array
the Laboring Class Against It.
The Nationalist, published in this place
iu the interests of the Democratic party,
fur two or three weeks past, has been try
ing to throw cold water on the efforts of
those who have been laboring to secure
the location of the Middle Penitentiary at
this place, but finding that its opposition
to this popular measure was raising a
breeze about its ears, and its heretofore
ardent supporters were withdrawing their
patronage on this account, it last week, in
no less than three paragraphs, asserts that
it is in favor of the building being located
here. Let us see how it favored it. In
the issue of that paper of the 19th of Sep•
tember, in an article on the penitentiary,
we find the following query propounded
to the laboring men:
"[low would you like to be brought in com
petion with this feature [convict labor] of our
penal system ?"
Strange language, that, to come from a
man who pretends to be in favor of loca
ting the institution in our midst.
Then, again, in ics issue of the 26th of
September, it throws more cold water by
publishing this :
"After it is built, which will be done by
workmen from a distance, it will put our peo
ple in competition with convict labor."
After reading the above there are oth
ers besides "knaves" and ~ f ools," as he
says, who will conclude that the writer is
opposed to the penitentiary project, or else
that he has a queer way of exhibiting his
friendship for it. The opposition of the
Nationalist grows out of the fact that Sen
ator Fisher is the father of the penitentia
ry bill, and that he has worked untiringly
to secure its location at Huntingdon. The
interest he has taken in this measure has
made him very popular with all classes of
people, and, in order to injure his growing
popularity this hired scribbler and adven
turer will cunningly appeal to the working
classes and attempt to array them against
a man who has always been their friend,
by holding out the idea that the locaticn
of the penitentiary in our midst will put
them on a par with convict labor. This
is the argument of a "knave," or a "fool,"
or both. The laboring men of Hunting
don are not so easily gulled, and they will
endorse Mr. Fisher's labors in their be
half by giving him one of the largest votes
ever cast fur a citizen of Iluutingdon.
Hoop 'er up, boys.
A DIRTY TRICK ON HAND.
Keep a Top Eye Open for the Trickster.
Chairman Speer has issued a private
circular to one or more of the "faithful"
in each election district in the State, re.
questing them to send him the following
information :
1. The name and address of every
minister in the county.
2. The name and address of five active,
representative christian men in each elec
tion district, with the denomination to
which each belong.
3. The names and address of all anti-
Cameron representatives in the county.
There is evidently a low, dirty trick on
hand, to be played immediately preceding
the election, when it will be too late per
haps to connect it through the channel of
the press. We trust that the readers of
the JOURNAL will not permit themselves
to be imposed upon by any eleventh hour
cards that may come from the headquar
ters of this unscrupulous demagogue.
Mr. Speer has asserted that "this is to be
the battle of his life," and there is noth
ing too low or contemptible for him to do,
if he thinks it will aid him in his efforts
to lead his party to victory. We again
urge upon our readers to be on the look
out for any campaign slanders that may be
issued for the purpose of leading Republi
cans to the support of the Democracy.
TO SHOW the reader how the "decent
and polished" scribbler of Speer's news
paper No. 2 "meets the facts and allega
tions made by us," we copy the following
beautiful and chaste language from last
week's issue of that sheet :
"Doting old political blatherskite."
"Every political tramp and huckster,
political prostitute, if you please."
"Filthy, lying, sophistical, subsidized,
truckling sheets."
"Political huckster and prostitute."
"Greedy-gut ! Greedy-gut !"
"Republican dead beat."
A paper that publishes such vile stuff
as is embraced iu the above quotations, is
a pretty pill to censure any one. From
its free use of billingsgate its proper sphere
would be the fish market, where it would
have a larger field to exhibit its profi
ciency in the vocabulary of the slums.
THE Monitor credits the Valley Spirit
with saying that the Republican County
Committee of Franklin had passed a reso
lution requesting Senator Fisher to resign.
This is another of the base lies concocted
by the Democrats in their attempts to in
jure Mr. Fisher. There is no truth in the
assertion, Franklin county Republicans
having been the first to ask Mr. Fisher
not to resign his seat. If these falsifiers
will only wait until they hear from Frank
lin in November they will be satisfied that
our party "over there" is in favor of Mr.
Fisher holding his seat in the Senate until
he is called to take his place in the House
of Representatives at Washington.
LET US follow the example of our breth.
ren in Ohio and rout the enemy.
Methodism an.d Republicanism.
I am a Republican in principle, and I wish
to see this party succeed in our State this Fall.
I desire this, among many other reasons,
because I honestly believe that it saved the
Union in the dark hour of the Rebellion, and
because the welfare of our Country, for years
to come, can alone be committed with safety
into its bands.
Is there any danger of its defeat ? Suppose
that I believe there is, w hat would patriotism
call upon me do do ? Ought I not to sound the
alarm as far as my voice will reach ? No one
certainly will deny me this right, and 1 look
upon it as a duty. Personally, I have nothing
to gain or lose by the success of either Party.
Voluntarily, therefore, unbought by any price,
or unswayed by any selfish motive, I write
this paper.
I glory in my Church, in regard to the
Rebellion. Certainly there is no brighter
page in our Country's history than that furn
ished by Methodism. No Church did more to
sustain the cause of the Union than she,
pouring out her treasure abundantly, and
sending hosts of her sons to bear the brunt of
the battle, and to shed their blood to defend
our flag.
And I know that in my own immediate
region, throughout the great State of Penn
sylvania, and all over the Land, there are
hosts of Methodists, especially in the Ministry,
who believe, without doubting, in the sound
principles of the Republican Party, and there
is no price large enough ,to buy them from
their allegiance.
Is there any attempt to swerve Methodists,
and especially Methodist preachers, from their
(levotiou to a great cause? It is said that
there is, and that the attempts will be con
tinued more earnestly up to the very eve of
the election.
Upon the belief that this report is true, I
write and urge my brethren not to be false to
their principles, and allow no unsound reason
to influence them to vote for any man whose
association, if not his record, proves that he
holds views utterly antagonistic to those of
the great Republican Party.
The reason has been urged, it is reported,
and will be urged, it is supposed, again and
again, especially upon Methodist preachers,—
"Vote for the Hon. A. H. Dill for Governor,
because he is the son of a Methodist preacher."
So is another man the son of a Methodist
preacher, and yet that same man was a Rebel
in the South during the War. Suppose he
was here now, and running for office, and that
this reason was urged why Methodists of every
class should vote for him, because he is the
son of a Methodist preacher. Is there a
Methodist layman or preacher who would not
scorn such a plea, who would not regard any
man urging it as insulting him, and who
would not say to him,—"No, sir, I can never
cast my vote for a Rebel." Is Hon. A. H. Dill
a rebel ? Ido not say so. If he had been in
the South during the war would he have acted
as his brother did ? i cannot tell. I can tell
at the North the Democratic Candidate for
Governor did act with a party who sympathi-
zed with the South, opposed the war, and
denied that the soldiers had the right to vote.
How can any Methodist preacher, who is a
Republican, though be has profound respect
and the kindliest feeling for his honored
father, vote for his Democratic son ?
But Senator Dill is a member of the M. E.
Church, therefore vote for him. Simply be-.
cause a man is a Methodist is that a sufficient
reason why some great public interest should
be entrusted to him ? Is it not possible for a
Methodist to be right in heart but wrong in
head? to have principles so false and perni
cious that following them no interest would be
safe, and with them fully in the ascendant the
Ship of State would be forced on some Scylla
or steamed into some Charybdis. Vote for A.
H. Dill because he is a Methodist! That reason
is slyly hinted at in one of our Methodist
papers which says : "The State of Pennsylva
nia has never bad a Methodist Governor."
And I suppose if the writer of this sentence
had presented his reasons plainly he would
have said "Pennsylvania ought to have once a
Methodist Governor—here is now a chance—
vote for Mr. Dill." Why vote for him because
he is a Methodist ? The foolish notion may
possibly enter the minds of come that a Metho
dist Governor would bring great honor to the
Church and in some way build up her interests.
The Church when true to herself, seeks not her
honor from men but from God, and her inter
ests depend not on any political party but the
presence of Christ in the midst of her. But
even could a Methodist Governor of our State
brine honor and aid to our Church, is the
Methodism of Mr. Dill of that type to assure
us of such results ? If it be, it certainly has
improved greatly of late years, for there were
times when he paid no attention to the Church
of which he was a member in name ; not even
attending her worship nor treating her pastor
with the common civilities of life. Now,
however, he is a great Methodist and Metho
dist people and especially Methodist preachers
are called upon to ignore their sacred political
principles and vote for him. Pshaw I "Some
thing is rotten in the State of Denmark.''
And it looks very much like the Methodism of
the Democratic Candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania is all put on for the sake of
winning in the Gubernatorial Race. How can
Republican Methodists vote for Mr. Dill?
Simply for the reason that be is a Methodist,
and a Methodist of such a doubtful kind,
hoping if he be elected that he will bring
honor and help to the Church? Can any loyal
Methodist preacher vote for him ? Can that
one do it who plead so eloquently his Country's
cause at the opening of the Rebellion, asking
with an emotion the most intense, the question
—a question that thrilled the audience in the
Church of God and stirred patriotic hearts to
their profoundest depths—" Who will go ?"
and was answered by the universal shout of
the men : "In the name of the Lord God we
will go." Can that preacher do it, who, when
his Country called, obeyed the call, rushed to
the front, bared his breast to the bullets of
the enemy, and now carries a wound received
in the glorious battle for the right ? Can any
patriotic Methodist vote for him when he
believes that our Republic without the great
Republican Party, would have gone down,
broken, shattered and ruined, and without
that party controlling the vessel it cannot be
said confidently :
"Thou, too,
sail on, 0 Ship of State!
Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great!
Humanity, with all its fears,
With all its hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate."
It may be said that this is a personal attack
on Mr. Dill. Not at all. I have nothing
against him personally, and really wish him
well in his legitimate calling. I cannot be
regarded as an enemy of his family. lam
friendly to his brother, who is a useful Metho
dist preacher. I revere and love his father,
whose life has been a useful one in the
gospel ministry, and therefore a grand one,
and who now, on this account, wears his
gray hairs as a crown of honor. But because
I wish the candidate for Governor well, am a
friend of his brother, and have a profound
reverence and a sincere love for his father, is
that any reason why I should cast my vote for
Hon. A. H. Dill? Should I place my good
wishes, my friendship, my love for another,
above my love for my Country Who will
dare to urge such a reason why I should lay
aside my conscientious political principles
and vote for a man who is diametrically
opposite to me in politics ? Who will dare
approach me with such a plea? With my
views, I could not vote for my own brother if
he stood in the place of Mr. Dill.
It may be said that in my opposition to
Senator Dill, am dragging up a dead and
buried issue—the spirit that gave birth to the
costly and bloody War of the Rebellion. Is
that spirit dead and buried ? No. Visit the
South and see everywhere proofs of this fact.
An intelligent Northern lady, on a recent visit
to the South, said : "No one surrendered but
General Lee." And that is true. Look at
the Democratic Party in Congress when the
power was again in its hands. We heard
again of the fatal doctrine of State Rights.
The impudent Southern claims upon the
Treasury of the United States for indemnity
for losses in the rebellious War of the South,
and other political views—the very bane of our
prosperity, if not of our existence as a Nation.
We have the most fraternal feeling for our
brethren of the South. We are ready to do
all we can fur their welfare, to pour out our
treasure, for instance, to aid those who are
suffering from that terrible scourge, the Yel
low Fever ; but we do think that the time has
not yet arrived when men who, if they bad
received their just deserts, would have died as
Traitors, ought to be trusted with power.
Nor should we be willing to trust with power
the men of the North who gave "aid and
comfort" to those who fired on the Flag of the
Union, and did all they could to destroy the
beat Government on the face of the earth. It
is impudent in Southern Traitors and in their
Northern sympathisers to ask so soon for the
trust of political power. Let them wait for
long years till the Country is fully satisfied
that their repentance for the loss of vast
treasure and seas of blood in their dreadful
attempt to destroy the Union, is sincere, and
then ask humbly to be restored to places of
honor and trust in the Government of the
Country. And the Country may then hear
and heed their request, but it ought not to do
it now.
In this note of warning am I only putting
up a man of straw? No, I am not. This beast
has already been made : "There are thousands
of Methodists, formerly Republicans, who will
vote for Hon. A. H. Dill, and their votes will
elect him." Several prominent Methodist
preachers of Republican proclivities have
publicly declared their purpose to vote for
him. Others, it is believed, intend quietly to
do the same. Recently a presiding elder was
approached on the subject of his vote, and he
was told if by a certain time he indicated his
purpose to support Mr. Dill, such an indica
tion would be greatly to his advantage."
When the time came he wrote this reply :
"For years I have supported the Republican
Party ; more recently I have voted the Prohi
bition Ticket ; I cannot now support a party
which has favored Rum, Slavery and Rebel
lion." That preacher is a brave, true man.
His brethren can safely commit their appoint
ments into his hands, and trust him in any
place of responsibility, for he never will betray
their interests. And it is said that a number
of Methodist preachers, in view of securing
their votes for the Democratic Candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, are now riding on
the railroads on free passes. Surely this must
be false. No Methodist preacher certainly can
be bought like a sheep in the shambles. His
desire for the good opinion of his brethren
would prevent this. So bought, his brethren
could never trust him again in any place of
responsibility. But Methodist preachers are
controlled by higher motives than the good
opinion of their brethren, and this report must
be a slander ; it must be only an instance of
the fact that strange things are sometimes
said about the best and purest of men.
A METHODIST PREACHER.
Extra Liability to Malarial Infection.
Persons whose blood is thin, digestiuu weak
and liver sluggish, are extra-liable to the
attacks of malarial disease. The most trilling
exposure, may, under such conditions, infect
a system which, if healthy, would resist the
miasmatic taint. The only way to secure
immunity from malaria in localities where it
is prevalent, is to tone and regulate the system
by improving weakened digestion, enriching
the blood, and giving a wholesome impetus to
biliary secretion. These results are accomp
lished by nothing so effectively as llostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which long experience has
proved to be the most reliable safeguard
against fever and ague and kindred disorders,
as well as the best remedy for them. The
Bitters are, moreover, an excellent invigorant
of the organs of urination, and an active
depurent, eliminating from the blood those
acrid impurities which originate rheumatic
ailments. Loct4-Im.
Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia. Dyspepsia.
Dyspepsia is the most perplexing of all human
ailments. Its symptoms are almost infinite
in their variety, and the forlorn and despond •
ent victims of the disease often fancy them
selves the prey, in turn of every known malady
This is due, in part to the close sympathy
which exists between the stomach and the
brain, and in part also to the fact that any
disturbance of the digestive function necessari•
ly disorders the liver, the bowels and the
nervous system, and affects to some extent,
the quality of the blood.
E. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron a sure
cure. This is not a new preparation, to be
tried and found wanting ; it has been pre
scribed daily for many years in the practice of
eminent physicians with unparalleled success;
it is not expected or intended to cure all the
diseases to which the human family is subject,
but is warranted to cure Dyspepsia in its
most obstinate form. Kunkel's Bitter Wine
of Iron never fails to cure. Symptoms of
Dyspepsia are loss of appetite, wind and
rising of the food, dryness of the mouth,
heartburn, distension of the stomach and
bowels, constipation, headache, dizziness,
sleeplessness, and low spirits. Try the great
remedy and be convinced of its merits. Get
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by sending 3 cent stamp. Try one bottle of
Kunkel's Iron and be convinced of its merits.
Sold by druggists and storekeepers everywhere.
'WORMS. WORMS. WORMS.
Removed alive. Tape Worm removed alive
in from two to three hours, with vegetable
medicine, Head and all passing from the
system alive. No fee till bead passes. The
Doctor never fails to remove Tape, Seat, Pin
and Stomach Worms. Ask your druggist for
a bottle of Kunkel's Worm Syrup. Price $1
per bottle. It never fails ; or send to Doctor
Kunkel, 259 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa., for circular with full instructions, by
enclosing 3 cent stamp for return of same.
Kunkel's Worm Syrup is used for children or
adults with perfect safety, as it is vegetable.
Buy it, and try it. [oct.4-Im.
CURED OF DRINKINO.—"A young
friend of mine was cured of an insatiable
thirst for Liquor, that bad so prostrated his
system that he was unable to do any business.
He was entirely cured by the use of Hop
Bitters. It allayed all that burning thirst ;
took away the appetite for liquor; made his
nerves steady, and he has remained a sober
and steady man for more than two years, and
has no desire to return to his cups, and I know
of a number of others that have been cured of
drinking by it."—From a leading R.R Official,
Chicago, 111. [oct4-2t.
New To-Day.
DISTRICT COURT of THE UNITED
STATES, FOR THE WESTERN DIS
TRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.—/n Bankruptcy.
This is to give notice, that on the 7th day of Oct.,
A. D., 1878, a warrant in Bankruptcy was issued
against the estate of John M. Maguire, of Hunt
ingdon, in the county of Huntingdon, and State of
Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon his own petition; that the payment of any
debts and the delivery of any property belonging
to such Bankrupt to him or for his use, and
the transfer of any property by him are for
bidden by law; that a meeting of the Creditors
of said Bankrupt to prove their debts, and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at
a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden in Hollidays
burg, Pa., before John Brotherline, esq., Register
on the 22d day of November, A. D., 1878, at 11 o'-
clock, a. m. JOHN HALL,
U. S. Marshal. as Messenger.
Pittsburgh, Oct , 8, 1878. [ocll-2t
DISTRICT COURT of THE UNITED
STATES, FOR THE WESTERN DIS
TRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.—In Bankruptcy.
This is to give notice that on the 7th day of Oct.,
A. D., 1878, a warrant in Bankruptcy was issued
against the estate of Harry S. Wharton, of Hunt
ingdon, in the county of Huntingdon, and State of
Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt
upon his own petition; that the payment of any
debts and the delivery of any property belonging
to such Bankrupt to him or for his use, and the
transfer of any property by him are forbidden by
law ; that a meeting of the Creditors of said Bank
rupt to prove their debts, and choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be hoiden in Hollidaysburg, Pa.,
before John Brotherline, esq., Register, on the 22d
day of November, A. D., 1878, at 11 o'clock, a. m.
Pittsburgh, Oct., 8, '7B. - JOHN HALL,
ocll-2t] U. S. Marshal, as Messenger
VALUABLE
FARM & FLOURING. 111,
- AT -
PRIVATE SALE
Estate of SAMUEL MO SSER, dec'd.
The undersigned, Executors of the estate of
Samuel Messer, deceased, will sell at private sale,
the VALUABLE LIMESTONE FARM of said di
ceased, situated in West township, Huntingdon
county, Pa., about five miles from Petersburg sta
tion on P. R. R., and near the public road lead
ing from Petersburg to McAlevey's Fort, contain
•ing 271 acres and 54 perches, of which about 200
sores are cleared and in a high state of cultivation,
having thereon erected a large well fin
ished dwelling, and frame bank barn
94x48 with Vegetable Cellar attached,
II wagon shed, cider press, blacksmith
shop and all other necessary outbuild
ings. There is a well of good water and cistern near
the door, also a fountain pump in barn yard, a
good apple orchard with other fruit, all situated
within one-half mile of church, school, store, post
office and grist mill.
ALSO—A FLOURING MILL, situated on Lost
Creek, Fermagh township, Juniata county, Pa.
and about l& miles from Miffiintown. This mill
is on a never-failing stream and newly built, all in
good repair, having therein 2 flouring burrs and 1
chopper and all other machinery necessary to con
stitute a first-class mill. It has a good run of cus
tom, and is also convenient for merchant work.
There is also a good frame dwelling house
a good well of water, hog pen, stable ' I . /
and other outbuildings, with five acres di
of ground more or less. These proper- g I
ties will be sold on reasonable terms,
and any person wishing to purchase would do well
to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
For further particulars address the undersigned,
Executors of said deceased, as follows :
JOSEPH MOSSER,
Nliftlintown, Juniata co., Pa.
or JOHN H. NEFF,
Neff's Mills, Huntingdon co., Pa.
Octll-61
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF ___
Valuable Real Estate.
ESTATE OF DAVID C. WILSON.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Common
Pleas of Huntingdon county, the undersigned As
signee of David C. Wilson, will expose at Public
Salo, on
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1878,
at one o'clock, p. m.,
All that certain Farm in West township, adjoin
ing lands of Adam Lightner on the north, Wm
Livingston on the east, James Davis on the south,
David Sheasley on the west, containing 250 acres,
more or less, 150 acres of which are
,r" cleared, and the balance well tim
-111 :'• bered. The improvements are a
11 " • STONE DWELLING HOUSE,
_ LOG FRAME BARN, and other
outbuildings, ORCHARD and Cider Press. The
Farm is located four miles from Petersburg, and
is within one mile of church and School house.
TERMS OF SALE.—One-third of the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation of sale, and the
residue in two equal annual payments, thereafter,
with interest, to be secured by the judgment notes
of the purchaser.
HENRY DAVIS, JR.
Assignee of David C. Wilson.
October 11, 1378- ts.
CHILDREN TO INDENTURE.
A number of children are in the Alms House
who will be Indentured to suitable parties upon
application to the Directors. There are boys and
girls from two to eleven years of age. Call upon
or address, The Directors of the Poor of Hunting
don county, at Shirleysburg. [oct4, '7B-tf
New To—Day.
Benj. Jacob,
DEALER IN
General Merchandise,
IS CONSTANTLY RECEIVING
NEW GOODS,
and is now prepared to offer
SPECIAL BARGAINS !
Men's Working Suits, $5.00
Good Coat, 2.50
Winter Pants, $l.OO to 4.00
Best Casimere Suits, $lO.OO
Men's Boots, 2.00
Men's Best Double Soled Boots, 2.75
Boys' Boots, 1.25
Ladies' Sewed Shoes, best, 1.25
BLANKETS, BLANKETS,
DRESS GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
Don't forget the place,
COR. FIFTH & PENN STREETS,
HUNTINGDON.
0ct.11,'78.
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00 every plug. Sold by all dealers. Send for
tree. to C. A. Jscxson A Co., Mfrs., Petersbur g , g
G. F. WAItDLE, Philadelphia, Pa., General Agent.
THE FATHER MATHEW REMEDY:
A certain and speedy cure for intemperance. Destroys
appetite for alcoholic liquors, and builds up nervous sys
tem. AFTER A DEBAUCH OR ANY INTEMPERATE
INDULGENCE, A SINGLE TEASPOONFUL WILL RE
MOVE ALL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEPRESSION.
It also cures every kind °filmes, DYSPEPSIA, and TORPID
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Pamphlet on "Alcohol, its Effects, Intemperance as a
Disease," sent free. Father Mathew Temperance and
Manufcturing Co., 36 Bond Street, New York.
PIANOS and ORGANS • i t i T u tl7,-.?",
Reduction to cloee out present Mock of 200 New and
Second-hand Instruments of first-class makers, fully
warranted, and at prices that DEFY COMPETITION, for
cash or installments. AGENTS WANTED for WATERS'
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Catalogues Mailed. RORACE WATERS a SONS, Manu
facturers and Dealers, 40 East 14th-Street, New York
Agents for SHONINGERS' Celebrated ORGANS.
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New York.
TO ADVERTISERS—Send for our Select List of Loch
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1 WE HAVE IT AT LAST.
A perfect working Shirt Bosom Stretcher and
Ironing Board. Best selling article in market.
Sella at sight, both in city and country. It is
superior in every respect and more saleable
than any other board. The Latest improve-
ments over all. Patented November 20, 1877.
Large percentage paid. Territory sellers and
canvassers wanted. Agents do not fail to send
for circular and terms to A. W. Smith, McKees
port, Allegheny Co., .Pa. Say in what paper
you saw this advertisement [oct.ll-I.m.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
TED STATES, FOR THE WESTERN
DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.—In Bank
ruptcy.—This is to give notice, that on the Ist day
of October, A. D., 1878, a warrant in Bankruptcy
was issued against the estate of Benjamin F. Doug
las, of Mt. Union, in the county of Huntingdon,
and State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudg
ed a Bankrupt upon his own petition ; that the
payment of any debts and the delivery of any prop
erty belonging to such Bankrupt to him or for his
use, and the transfer of any property by him are
forbidden by law; that a meeting of the Creditors
of said Bankrupt to prove their debts, and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at
a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden in Hollidays
burg, Pa., before John Brotherline, esq., Register,
on the 15th day of November, A. D., 1878,at 11 o'-
clock, a. M. JOHN HALL,
U. S. Marshal, as Messenger.
Pittsburgh, Oot. 2,1878. [ocll-2t
New Advertisements.
FOR SALE.—Stock of first-class old
established Clothing Store. Store room for
rent. Owner retiring from business.
Sept 27-3m] II: RCMAN.
SECOND ARRIVAL
FALL IND WINTER GOODS,
T. J. LEWIS,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Job Lots, Bank
rupt Goods, Auction Goods, Good Goods. The
only House in this County that buys and sells for
ready cash. Headquarters for all persons that buy
for ready money. Black Silks, Cashmeres, Alpacas,
Mohairs, Men and Boys' Wear, Canton Flannels,
Muslin!, White and Red Flannels, Blankets from
THE GREAT THIEF, who stole 80,000 00 dollars
worth, and failed. Great drives in Corsets, Mil
linery Goods, Hats, Feathers, Flowers and Ribbons.
With our hard cash to buy with, we will sell you
Two Dollars' Worth of Goods for ONE DOLLAR.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes.
T. J. LEWIS,
Oct.4-3m. 620 Penn St.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of GEORGE A. STEEL, deceased.)
All persons interested are hereby notified that
the undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Or
phans' Court to hear and pass upon the excep
tions to the Administration account of Milton S.
Lytle, Administrator of Geogre A. Steel, late of
Huntingdon, deceased, and to make distribution
of the balance in his hands, will attend to said
duties, at his office, in Huntingdon, on Tuesday,
the 25th day of October, 1878, at 10 o'clock, a. m.,
when and where claims must be presented or be
debarred from coming in on the fund.
WM. P. ORBISON.
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