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LANCASTfili i)AlLY itfTEUJGENCJEfe, FRIDAY, MAKCH 19 18ftO.
Lancaster intelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING, MABCH 10, 1880.
The State Committee's AcUeh.
The Democratic state central commit
tee decided that the state convention
shall meet in Harrisburg en April 28,
and, as we said yesterday, there is no
great significance in the place or the
time. The capital city was chosen,
doubtless, because it is the capital, it is
centrally located, mere accessible by rail
way te all the parts of the state than any
ether town, and has sufficient hotel facil
ities for the assembling of the conven
tion. The time is perhaps earlier than
there is any real necessity for, seeing
that the national convention will net be
held until June 22, and it will be short
notice te some of the counties te call con
ventions te elect delegates. Here in
Lancaster county, for instance, the con
vention cannot be held later than April
21, and as that will be court week
likely as early as the 12th or 14th, which
will only enable the county committee te
give about two weeks notice and necessi
tate either a very early convention te
settle a county ticket or another con cen con
venteonwhich will net be likely,
however, since there are no county officers
te be nominated whom the Democrats
have any chance of electing. We trust
that in every county where the custom
has been for conventions te elect dele
gates they will be convened even en short
notice.
The direction of the committee te its
chairman te place the names of the so se
called " McGowan delegation " from
Philadelphia en the roll of the delegates
is of course a merebrutumfulmcn. Every
state convention is a law unto itself. Mr.
Speer se decided at Harrisburg in 1879,
and when Chairman McClelland hesi
tated ever the question at Pittsburgh in
1S7S, the convention very promptly de
cided it for him.
The chairman of the state central com
mittee has no knowledge whatever of the
delegates te the state convention. He is
net one of them cz-otTzcje, nor has he any
relation te the state convention, nor any
duty in it. except te call it te order and
te direct his secretaries te call the roll of
the districts. The members who an
swer that roll call, and whose right te
represent the district te which they an
swer is undisputed, are the prima jack
members of the convention. They con
stitute the temporary organization, and
it is for them te say what shall be done
with the contests. This is the common
law of Democratic conventions, and it is
common sense.
If the state committee especially a
meeting largely made up of substitutes
could have directed by a simple vote of
its members that Mr. Miller should have
put en the roll the se-called Yaux dele
gation from Philadelphia, and they par
ticipated in the organization, and part of
them had been put en the committee en
contests te determine their own contests,
it would have been easy te demonstrate
te their opponents the injustice liable te
be done. Of course, the change of names
does net alter the situation.
The convention which nominated Mr.
Dill, by the influence of some of his
warmest friends, decided this point most
emphatically, and for all time we trust,
viz : that the temporary organization
consists of these delegates whose seats
are unchallenged, and that no man shall
sit in judgment upon his own disputed
right te a seat.
It was a field day in politics all around.
Pennsylvania's Democrats selected a
time and place for the holding of the
state convention, and,as was anticipated,
the organs teem with statements, widely
divergent in point of fact, te the effect
that the complexion of the Keystone del
egatien te Cincinnati is virtually
determined. Rhede Island Republi
cans nominated state officers,
and the voluntary withdrawal of
Gov. Van Zandt from the first place
en the ticket, which he has filled for a
number of years successively, seems te
bear out the suspicion that he has an eye
en the senatorial chair new warmed by
the courtly Burnside ; the choice of
Blaine delegates te Chicago constitutes
almost as black an eye te the Grant
boom as our dapper little McGowan is
credited by his own declaration with
having administered te "old man Til-
den " at Pittsburgh yesterday. Then we
hear of a strong Hancock boom from
Louisiana, the Greenbackers and
Weman's Rights people went through
some motions in various parts of the
Union, and it is just possible that the
18th of March was big with the destiny
of the campaign of 1880.
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We publish the appeal of William H.
Kemble, for pardon. It is characteristic
of his impudence. People who knew him
will net believe him when he says he
sinned ignorantly, and that he had no in
terest in the bill which he admits that
he used corrupt means te have passed.
It is an outrage that such a notorious
man should se presume upon a condition
of public demoralization as te ask for a
pardon. But the act of the beard of
pardons in making a special meeting te
hear his case before he is sentenced, is
an insult te the just judge who will have
the sentencing of him, and an affront te
the people of the whole state, who must
view suspiciously this first favorable step
toward his pardon.
It is time the people were moving te
demonstrate their opposition.
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The Examiner manifests great dis.
tress lest the Intelligencer may
never find itself in such a servile posi
tion as the'lecal Cameren organ, which
is driven from pillar te pest by its un
happy devices te serve its master and yet
net outrage the local sentiment of its
party. Life is really getting miserable
te our once amiable contemporary, since
it contrasts the harmony and decency of
'.the Democracy in this county with the
strife of the return tinkers and ballot ballet
box stuffers, fabricators of bogus tax re
ceipts and fraudulent naturalization
papers, prison ringsters and peer house
jobbers, who lead its party by the nose.
Gen. Jehn M. Palmer has at least
one qualification of a Democratic candi
date for president. He is willing te sup
port the nominee of the Cincinnati con
vention even if it be himself.
MINOR TOPICS.
Mb. Kale's committee has reported te
the Maine Legislature en the late counting
out process, and makes the Fusionists ap
pear a terrible set of fellows.
The reports in the Maine legislature
bribery cases have been prepared. The
committee are unanimous in reporting that
the case of Bartholemew Wentworth
against Charles E. Ricker is net sustained
by evidence, and a majority report te the
same effect in the respective cases ea Swan
and Harriman against Wallace R. White.
In the latter case the minority present a
report that they cannot concur in conclu
sion of majority.
A canvass of the Indiana Legislature
shows the Democratic sentiment of that
body te be in favor of Mr. Hendricks as
the candidate for president, with Seymour
as second choice. The Republicans are for
Blaine. Ex-Governer McEnery tele
graphed te Congressman Ellis, of Louis
iana, that the state Democratic cenven
or Louisiana will instruct the delegation
te the national convention te vote for
Hancock. Frem another source comes
the information that two-thirds of the con
vention will support Hancock.
It is new conjectured by astronomers
that the comets are a kind of celestial
tramps who wander through space at their
own sweet will, calling with mere or less
regularity while en their rounds te see the
sun and his attendant planetary system.
One of these cesmical vagrants is expected
te call en us this year in a perfect blaze of
glory. In HOC it rivalled the sun in bright
ness, and it appears at every successive
visit with added brilliancy. In 1843 the
Milleritcs made sure that this comet was
the appointed agent that was te bring
about the final conflagration of the world.
Senater Tiiurmax says that all the Ohie
nominations for Supervisors of the Census
will be rejected without a doubt, as the
Democrats have determined that they will
confirm no mere Republican nominations,
and therefore will continue te reject until
appointments are made for the Democratic
districts in accordance with the wishes of
the majority in the Senate. This will in
all probability lead te a deadlock between
the executive and the senate, and unless a
compromise shall be reached, the States of
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohie and ethers in
which nominations have been rejected for
political reasons will have no census.
Majer General Railton, of the de
tachment of the Salvation army that has
just commenced te wage war against sin en
these shores, threatens that he will leave
New Yerk forthwith if the mayor does net
give him a license te carry en his opera
tions without police let or hindrance in the
streets of New Yerk. Such a proceeding
would have the leek of abandoning a
stronghold of sin te the sinneis without
even a serious effort te conquer it, and
would induce a great many people te think
that Majer General Railton is lacking in
some of the essential qualifications of a
successful army leader.
Mr. Gladstone is " pushing things" in
his Mid-Lethian canvass for Parliament
with a spirit and energy that would be no
discredit te an American stump campaign
in the Western country. Thirteen engage
ments te speak in one week is active work
in Great Britian, and only paralleled in the
interior districts of our country, and seldom
surpassed even there. The English wood weed
chopper is vying with the Americau "rail
splitter" in his famous canvass against
Stephen A. Douglas for the United States
senatership for Illinois. The American
rail-splitter lest the senatership but gained
the presidency, What is the English wood weed
chopper's fortune te be ?
The game of whist furnishes an occasion
for the display of men's characters. The
utterly selfish man calls the play en his op
ponent, and himself takes back the card
he was about te threw, and obtains a repu
tation for piggishness ; while the careless
man, who never talks, gets a reputation
for being a slattern if he plays queen at
second and has only a tray te back it. The
man who talks a great deal after the hand
is ended is supposed te be apologizing for
the ignorance of these whom he honors by
playing with them. The man who makes
a big demonstration in throwing down his
card is likely te be weak in character even
though he may play a geed game of whist.
Seme geed whist players, like many geed
musicians, knew very little beside the one
thing they are smart at. Herald.
PERSONAL.
Miss Parnell, it is reported, is te be
married in June te Mr. Paget, brother-in-law
of the lady who was Miss Stevens.
The Senate yesterday confirmed J. K.
Upton te be assistant secretary of the
treasury, in place of Hawley, resigned.
M. DeLesseps was received by the beard
of trade and Chamber of Commerce in San San
Francisce, yesterday, and addressed them
in support of his Panama canal scheme.
Ottawa was gaily decorated and decided
ly happy under the boom of cannon yes
terday in honor of the thirty-third birthday
of the Princess Louise.
Hannibal Hamlin is scveuty-one years
old. He still wears his old claw-hammer
dress coat, and en the coldest days of win
ter he walks down Pennsylvania avenue
without an overcoat.
The Senate committee en commerce de
cided yesterday te report against the con
firmation of A. C. Wells as surveyor of
customs at New Orleaus. A. C. Wells is
a son of J. Madisen Wells and was nomin
ated te succeed his father.
General Grant and party weie te leave
Vera Cruz yesterday in the stermer City
of Mexico, which, after touching at Tux
pan and Tampico, would arrive at Galves
ton about ihc 21st or 22d instant. Exten
sive prepcratiens have been made by the
people of Galveston te receive General
Grant.
Lord Maurice Fitzgerald, son of the
Dukeef Leinster, is about te be married
te Lady Adelaide Ferbes, a Catholic,
and his Protestant father and mother
won't go te the wedding, as the priests
have refused te allow any Protestant
prayers te be introduced in the service.
Judge David Davis's eyes are blue,
his bushy brews are iron-gray. His fringe
of whiskers are also iron-gray, and se are
the straight locks that crown his well
shaped head. His age is sixty-five years,
and he is said te weigh about 370 pounds,
and te walk around the Senate chamber
" like an ever-grown school boy. "
When the Due D'Acdiffbbt Pasquieb
first became ambitious te have a seat in
the French academy he sent in an applica
tion in which the word "Academie" was
spelled with two " c's. " " It is known te
you, " read Camille Doucet one of the
secretaries from the duke's missive,
" that I am very fend of letters. " " Yes, ' '
broke in Alexandre Dumas, jUs, the ether
secretary, "se much se, that he uses two
where one would be enough. "
Mrs. CnBiSTiANcr, wife of the minister
te Peru, concerning whom the latest
Washington scandal is current, says she
was compelled te leave her husband en
account of ill treatment, and that the latter
went se far as te strike her and threaten
her life. She has'filed an application for
divorce, and avows her purpose te make
public the bargain Senater Christiancy
made with the late Senater Chandler,
whereby the former resigned his seat in the
Senate se that the latter might succeed him.
Cyrus W. Field has resigned his pesi
tien as president of the New Yerk elevated
railroad company and as president of the
Wabash, St. Leuis and Pacific railroad
company. Neither resignation has been ac
cepted, but it is believed that Mr. Field
will persist in his determination te retire
from both companies. Mr. Field says
his action has no serious significance
in either case. no is net dis
satisfied with the policy of either company,
nor had he any disagreement with his beard
of directors. He has net parted with his
interests in the securities of the cempa.
uics,and his retircmens is en account of his
determination te travel around the world
for pleasure as seen as he can possibly
get away.
In the Times' "White Heuse Gallery" to
day is hung the portrait of Gen. W. S. Han.
cock, who is thus sketched : " Hancock,
in personal appearance, is tall, well formed
and very handsome. His height cannot
be less than six feet, two inches, and he
weighs fully two hundred and forty
pounds. He would make the finest look
ing president who ever sat in the White
Heuse, except, possibly, Geerge Washing
ton. His form towers above ether men,
and he attracts attention by his mere leeks
wherever he gees. His eyes are blue and
have a benignant and mild expression when
in repose, but inspiring when in danger.
His manner is dignified and knightly and
he is courtesy itself. He is always mag
n2tic and draws men te him by his kindli
ness and gentle interest in their affairs."
Jehn Cessna drifted into Lancaster en
Wednesday evening. Being en literary
and religious matters intent, the politi
cians neither sought nor found him, but
the Intelligencer, being a literary and
religious, as well as a political newspaper,
readily encountered him. He was mere
interested in determining who should suc
ceed Prof. Smythe in the chair of mathe
matics at F. & M. college, than who should
sit next in Hayes's chair, but of one thing
Jehn is certain he always is that the col
lege will find a geed professor, and the
Republicans will get a winning candidate,
even if it won't be Grant. Of another
thing he is even mere certain, that is that
he is chairman of the Republican state
central committee. He says the position
has been formally tendered him by Le Le
eon, Green and the chairman of the Re
publican state convention, who were au
thorized te pick the man ; he has accepted,
and that settles it.
STATE ITEMS.
At the meeting of the Western iron as
sociation in Pittsburgh yesterday, a four
cent card rate was determined upon.
Henry Arges, a miner, was killed by a
fall of slate at St. Nicholas colliery near
Mahaney City.
An oil train was wrecked en the Lehigh
Valley railroad, at Penn Haven junction.
The escaping oil ignited and five large
tanks were consumed.
Michael McNally, a brakeman en one of
the Delawaic and Lackawanna ere trains,
was crushed te death by the cars at Scran Scran
ten en Wednesday.
Michael Shebaski, an employee of the
Lykens Valley mines, was instantly killed
and terrible mangled by a fall of coal en
Tuesday.
James H. Lavcry, station agent at Dal
las City, in the oil regions, while endeavor
ing te unload a large iron wheel, fell, and
had his skull crushed between the wheel
and an oil barrel.
The account of the executers of the
Rebert W.Mackey estate has been referred
te Mr. Themas J. Barger for audit by the
orphans' court. The accountants charge
themselves with assets amounting te $131,
9G0.G1. Jehn Horten, sixty-six years of age, re
siding at Ne. 2 Flanigan court, Thirteenth
and Pearl street, Philadelphia, while en
gaged in coupling cars at Haines's coal
yard, was caught between the bumpers of
two cars and instantly killed.
In 1879 the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany handled en the lines east of Pitts
burgh and Erie 1,070,451 pieces of bag
gage, net one of which was lest, and the
entire payments for old claims and
damaged baggage araounted only te
$413.31.
At the inter-state convention of the bi
tuminous coal miners, in Pittsburgh, yes
terday, a resolution was adopted recom
mending the miners of the various districts
te form secret organizations, and also
recommending the Knights of Laber te
establish organizations where none exist at
present. A resolution for the holding of a
convention in each state in January, 1881,
te declare a general and simultaneous
strike against the present weighing sys
tem, was discussed until adjournment.
All the train men en the coal trains of
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania rail
road, from Cumberland te Piedmont, were
en a strike yesterday. The first division
men, about one hundred in number, joined
the strikers in the morning, demanding an
advance of 20 per cent. The stoppage of
travel en the read causes a suspension of
coal mining in that region, and compels
nearly three thousand miners and laborers
te be idle, at a time when there is a brisk
demand for coal. Passenger trains run as
usual en the read.
A colored miner of Tayler Williams's
shaft at Rapids City, was the first victim
of the Mellie Maguire threats against the
negre miners imported te take the place
of strikers. He was shot through the
heart by some one concealed in the coal
shed within a few feet of him. James
Berry and S. Baker were arrested and en
examination remanded te jail te await the
result of the coroner's inquest. William
Miller, an old miner, who declared his in
tention of going te work, was warned by
circular that if he did he would be a dead
man within three days. Mere trouble is
feared.
A Lynchburg fire destroyed the tobacco
factories of Weed & Ce., Floed & Smith,
and Hancock & Merman, causing a total
less of from 960,000 te $70,000, en which
the insurance was about half.
KEWBLE'S APPEAL.
The Beard of Pardons Take the rirst Step.
Since the adjournment of the Beard of
Pardons its members have agreed te held
an extra session en the 27th of Ttfaiyh, at
10 o'clock a. m. two days before the time
fixed by Judge Pearson for sentencing the
bribery case prisoners.
At 4.30 o'clock p. m. yesterday applica
tions for the convicted parties were filed
before the recorder of the beard of pardons.
Following is the form of one of the appli
cations, the ether being filled in with dif
ferent names of the parties applying :
What Kemble has te Say.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs Win
H. Kemble. Dauphin county quarter ses
sions, March term, 1880. Charge cor
rupt solicitation.
The petition of William H. Kemble, the
above named defendant, respectfully rep
resents : That he requests your honorable
beard te recommend that he be pardoned
by His Excellency Governer Heyt of the
above named offense for the following
reasons :
1. The act of assembly of 1841, making
the city of Philadelphia liable for all
damages done by riot, and which was ex
tended te the county et Allegheny in 184'J,
was deemed by mauy fair minded men as
an unjust discrimination against these
localities. And when the riots of 1877
occurred causing damages te property te
the amount of two or three millions of
dollars, the payment of which was im
posed by the above act upon Allegheny
county, a widespread feeling arose in the
popular mind that equity required thatehe
should be relieved, te some extent at
least, from this heavy burden, and the
people of the whole state be made te
share it. This sentiment grew in strength
as the people became mere familiar with
the merits of the question. Acting under
this feeling, and warmly sharing it, a rep
resentative from Allegheny county intro
duced in the Heuse, a bill numbered 103,
the object of which was te relieve that
country from the payment of the damages
caused by the riots. Great excitement
attended its progress through the
Heuse. The feeling of its advocates and
opponents was bitter and intense. Ar
guments and appeals, and all known
parliamentary strategy were used for and
against its passage. In the efforts of some
of these who favored the measure and ear
nestly worked for its success, means of
doubtful propriety may have been resorted
te te influence the minds of legislators. In
the zeal and earnestness of the petitioner
te accomplish what he believed was a
laudable purpose, he may have gene be
yond the boundaries of discretion, and, as
he subsequently learned, infringed the
previsions of an act only recently placed
upon the statute books, and which had
net received a judicial interpretation.
2. Your petitioner had no persenal in
terest in the measure, but desired its pas
sage in common with many of the best citi
zens of the state. The excitement referred
te culminated in a committee of investiga
tion, before which he appeared and frank
ly stated his participation jn the matter.
On consultation with his counsel he ascer
tained for the first time that his statements
and facts, as given in his examination be
fore the committee, rendered him guilty
of a technical violation of the act of
1874, and subjected him te the charge
of corrupt solicitation. With no dis
position te withheld the truth, he could
only reaffirm his testimony before the
committee, and therefore, he pleaded
guilty te such charge, but protested at the
time of filing said plea, that he had no
premised or offered te either or any of the
persons named in the bill of indictment,
any money or thing of value te influence
him in his vote or official action in relation
te said bill, and that said plea should net
be construed as an admission en his part
that he had corruptly offered or premised
any money or thing of value te said person
or persons mentioned in said indictments.
3. The ends of public justice de net de
mand the infliction of fine and imprison
ment in addition te what the defendant
has already endured personally in his
family and business.
4. The object aimed at by all criminal
laws, it is believed, has been attained by
these legal proceedings in establishing the
certainty of conviction for a violation of
the previsions of the act of 1874, and thus
deterring all from a practice condemned by
it in terms, while at the same time the
judicial construction put upon the act
must preva a warning te ethers from sub
jecting themselves te its penalties.
(Signed,) W. II. Kemble.
AGAINST KEMBLES PARDON.
A Petition that Everybody Can Sign.
The following petition has been pre
pared and copies of it sent ever the state
for signatures. It can be seen and signed
at the Intelligencer, office where it will
remain open for signatures until March 25,
1880. Step up gentlemen and file your
pretest.
Te the Honorable Beard of Pardons :
Whereas, A number of persons, te
wit : Jesse R. Crawford, Wm. H. Kem
ble, Emil J. Petroff, Wm. F. Rumberger
and Charles B. Salter, have been arraigned
before the Criminal Court of Dauphin
County, for the commission of high crimes
against the Constitution and laws of the
Commonwealth, four of whom plead
guilty, and one, after a fair and impartial
trial was convicted,
And Whereas, The aforesaid persons
have advertised and given notice of their
intention te apply te your Honorable
Beard for a recommendation te His Ex
cellency, the Governer, fer a pardon of
the crimes of which they stand convicted,
And Whereas, The vindication of the
Constitution, the laws, and integrity of the
Commonwealth demand the punishment
of the aforesaid convicts,
Therefore, We the undersigned citi citi
zensef the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, de hereby most solemnly pretest and
remonstrate te your Honorable Beard
against recommending te His Excellency
a pardon of the crimes and the remis
sion of fines against the aforesaid persons,
and demand that the full sentence of the
law as pronounced by the Court shall be
executed.
Keep Coel.
Indiana Democrat.
Te the Wallace and the Randall-Ban-Democrats,
everywhere, we say keep
cool, we de net belong te either fac fac
teonwant no "Killkeuny fight" only
want a straightforward, honest, square,
fighting Democrat nominated for presi
dent, and then we will all work together.
If net, no matter if Andrew Jacksen or
the Apostle Paul were nominated, we can
not win. We are opposed te "reading
men out of the party " until we get mere
in then we can afford it. Wallace is net
the Democratic party, no mere than Sam.
Randall and Jas. P. Barr. Let all threw
away their personal attachment for men,
and concentrate their efforts in restoring
Democratic principles in the conduct of
the government. The main object is te
win te uncover the rottenness of the past
twenty years te restore te all the " sons
of America " the freedom of thought and
opinion in sheit te let the people rule.
We are "no man's man," and net bound
te swear according te the dictates of any
one.
The supplies offered for shipment te the
suffering peer of Ireland having proved
greater than the capacity of the U. S. ship
Constellation, new leading at the Brook
lyn navy yard, the secretary of the navy
intimates that he will cause the tanks of
the vessel te be removed te increase her
storage room. Should this vessel, with
the additional space, prove inadequate te
carry the supplies offered, and another
cargo be made up, a second ship will be I
seat te Ireland.
THE STATE DEMOCRACY.
ITS CONVENTION FIXED FOR APRIL 28.
A Resolution Causing Commotion la the
State Committee Ordering Chairman Mil
ler te Put the Names of the HoGewro Dal
gates en the Rell.
The Democratic state cemmittee met at
Pittsburgh yesterday. Every ene of the
fifty members was present or represented
by a proxy. The question of the date of
the convention was first considered. The
dates named were the 7th, 12th, 14th, 21st
and 28th of April, the 5th, 12th, 19th and
2Gth of May, and the 2d of June. After
several ballets the contest narrowed down
te April 28 and Mar 19, and the former
date was adopted Jjy a vote of 28 te 22.
Upen the question of location there was
net much trouble. Twenty-six members of
the ceramitee voted for Harrisburg, which
was selected. Reading get 14 votes, Pitts-
eurg 0 and w uliamspert 4.
After the time and place had been set
tled a motion was made te adjourn
by Sel Fester, of Schuylkill, and seconded
by Mr. Steinman, of Lancaster. Chairman
Miller halted them and put the question.
It was defeated and it was then apparent
that the commute had further business
than the mere settling of the time and
place.
Sir. Bogart, of Luzerne, offered the fol
lowing resolution :
' Iieselced,That the chairman of the state
central committee be and is hereby direc
ted te enter upon the roll of the ensuing
state convention the names of the delega
tion from the city of Philadelphia sworn
and certified te by Geerge R. Berrill, pres
ident of the Democratic state delegate
convention held in the city of Philadel
phia December, 1879, as having been chosen
in accordance with the rules of the Demo
cratic party of that city."
The chair recognized the resolution and
the light began. The yeas and nays were
demand en the resolution te adjourn and
it was lest, and the state cemmittee was
thus brought face te face with the Phila
delphia question of which delegation te
admit. Mr. Steinman, of Lancaster,
opened the opposition te the resolution.
B. F. Meyers, of the Harrisburg Patriot,
replied. Mr. Bogart get in some geed
work for his resolution. Sel Fester, of
Schuylkill, replied. Geerge McGowan
calmly defended the resolution and the
catcalls began. Chairman Miller showed
signs of annoyance. He said that the pas
saged this resolution was a reflection en the
chairman of the committee. It was a di
rect assertion that he did net mean te act
fairly. Mr. Steinman moved te adjourn.
Geerge McGowan raised a point of order
that a motion was pending, but the chair
decided McGowan was wrong. A vete was
called, and the decision of the chair was
overruled by a vote of 30 te 20. New and
then some one would say, "We don't un
derstand the question." " Yeu will un
derstand it when you hear me vote," re
plied McGowan. Steinman said he intend
ed te stay there all night rather than let
them pass the resolution. Most of the dele
gates had been in continuous session from
10 in the merning,aud were showing sigosef
fatigue. Jehn Barr tried te explain what
the resolution was intended te cover. It
was te prevent the convention from being
left without a quorum. Frank Cowen said
he doubted the propriety of trying te se
tie the question here ; that even accord iug
te Mr. Barr's statement it would leave the
contest open. Mr. Steinman moved te
lay the question en the table, which was
defeated. A motion te indefinitely post
pones met a similar fate. Finally, the
previous question was demanded. It was
net until the hands of the clock weie
pointing te half-past seven that the final
question en the adoption of the resolution
was put. When the roll was called the re
sult was twenty-nine te fourteen in favor
of the motion. These voting in favor of
the resolution were : Geerge McGowan,
Jehn M. Campbell, Humenleck, Gaskill,
Lennen, Lee, of Philadelphia; Moere, of
Bucks ; Hclfcnstein, of Montgomery ; Grier,
of Lancaster ; Myers, of Dauphin : Chris
ty and Bogart, of Luzerne ; Churchill, of
Tiega ; Smith, of Wayne ; Walls, of Union
Heltzcl, of Adams; Colihan, of Schuylkill ;
Jackman, of Lehigh ; Miller of Huntingdeu
Martin, of Adams ; Cochran, of Ferest ; J.
C. Ban-, of Allegheny ; Whitman, of Eric ;
Nash, of Crawford ; Sansom. of Indiana ;
Uhl, of Somerset ; McCenkey, of Columbia;
Brisben, of Clearfield ; and Fergusen, of
Bradford.
The following committee en hall and ar
rangements was appointed : B. F. Meyers,
E. McCenkey, E. P. Kcarns, Gcerge W.
Conkle, Geerge Bailey.
Politics in Other States.
The New Yerk Democratic state com
mittee will meet in New Yerk city en the
26th inst.
The Greenback state convention of Con
necticut met yesterday in Hartferd, and
chose delegates te the national Greenback
convention.
The Senate of Iowa yesterday, by a vote
of 27 te 17, passed the Heuse joint resolu
tion te amend the constitution se as te
allow women te vote for school directors.
The Democratic state convention of
Illinois te nominate state officers and
cheese delegates te the Cincinnati conven
tion, will meet in Springfield en the 10th
of June.
The Republican convention of Rhede
Island met yesterday at Providence. It
was announced that Governer Vanzandt
declined te be a candidate for re-election.
Alfred H. Littlefield, of Lincoln, was
thereupon nominated for governor, and
Henry H. Fay, of Newport, for lieutenant
governor. The present incumbents of the
offices of secretary of state, attorney gen
eral and treasurer were reneminated. Del
egates were selected te the Chicago conven
tion who are understood te be unanimously
in favor of Blaine.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the Democratic state committee in New
Yerk en the 2Cth inst.
In Memphis Jee Costelle, a burglar, was
shot by William Shuttlewerth and will
probably die.
The freshets in the Appomattox and
Roanoke rivers, in Virginia, are slowly
subsiding.
The Senate, in executive session, con
firmed the nomination of J. K. Upton te
be assistant secretary of the treasury.
Ground was broken and work begun en
the Danville and New River railroad, at
Danville, Va., yesterday.
Articles of incorporation of the " New
Yerk and Texas Land Company," limited,
with a capital of $1,500, 000, were filed at
Albany yesterday.
The corner stone of the New Jewish syn
agogue, of the congregation Beth Ababa,
in Richmond, Va., was laid yesterday with
Masonic ceremonies.
The interest en the public debt falling
due en the 1st of April next, will be pre
paid en and after Monday next. It is the
quarterly interest en the four per cent,
lean, and amounts te about $7,000,000.
Lily Devcreux Blake, Helen M. Slocum
and Elizabeth L. Saxen argued before the
New Yerk assembly, yesterday, in support
of a bill granting the. right of suffrage te
women at presidential elections.
Sapavanare, the chief left by Ouray in
charge of the Utes, writes te Ouray, who is
new in Washington, that the Utes are
quiet and disposed te maintain geed order,
but some of the whites are trespassing
upon Indian lands and rights by grazing
stock upon the reservation.
L. G. Gannon, the San Francisce agita
tor, and a leader in the recent demonstra
tions in that city, was given a jury trial
yesterday en the charge of using incendiary
language. After a few minutes' delibera
tion thejury found him guilty, and he will
be sentenced te-day.
A fire at Mendota, III., en Wednesday
night, destroyed a button factory, a soda
waterfactery and two dwellings, causirg
the less of $20,000. The tobacco factories
of Weed & Ce., Floed & Smith, and Han
cock & Moorman, in Lynchburg, Va.,
were burned en Wednesday night. Less,
about $80,000.
The case of Majer Bigelow, ex-postmaster
at Annapolis, who is charged with
having hypothecated $4,800 worth of pos
tage stamps, came up before the United
States commissioner in Baltimore yester
day. Bigelow waived a hearing, and gave
bail in $5,000 te await the action of the
grand jury.
In St. Leuis, Cenrad Hieman, while
laboring under a an attack of delirium
trcmens, assaulted his wife with a knife,
driving the blade through the lungs of an
infant in her arms. He then struck
another blew, burying the knife in his
wife's heart, killing her almost instantly.
He then attempted te kill a young nephew,
but the boy escaped. A brother of Hieman
attempted te seize the maniac mnrderer,
and received a severe stab in the back, dis
abling him. Hieman has been arrested.
The last batch of Southern excursionists
te Cincinnati, te participate in the celebra
tion of the opening of the Cincinnati South
ern railroad, arrived in that city early yes
terday morning. The visitors were shown
around town yesterday by a committee of
citizens. Many of them were welcomed
at the Chamber of Commerce building,
which was elaborately decorated" for the
occasion. Among the speakers were Gov
ernors Marks, of Teunessee.and Colquitt of
Georgia. In the afternoon there was a
parade of the police and a display of the
lire department.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW HOLLAND.
News and GesMip from the Earl Frem an
Occasional Correspondent.
What has become of your former corres
pondent from New Helland ? His long
silence prompts us te take up the pencil in
order te keep the public posted as te the
doings of this town and vicinity.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ames Wit
mer, living about one mile east of Blue
Ball, an cstimable woman, in the prime of
life, while engaged in some household du
ties, fell te the fleer and instantly expired.
We have net learned when the interment
will take place.
Preparations arc new in progress te cele
brate the one bundled and fiftieth anniver
sary of the Lutheran congregation of this
town. The affair will come off in May
next.
Last night(Thursday)a grand hop came
off at the Styer house. About fifty invi
tation had been sent out, and a pleasant
time was enjoyed by all who participated.
This evening (Friday) there will be
another one at the Red Lien hotel, kept by
E. D. Kutzs, proprietertrf the " limited
mail" between this place and Lancaster.
In the afternoon he will have a pubffc sale
and it will be supplemented in the evening
by a grand dance which can be participated
in without the regulation invitation cards.
There'll be fun alive there and don't you
forget it.
One "Yeriek, "in last Saturday's Ex
aminer, sarcastically gees for that prince
of epicureans, W. W. D., whose ciumbs
repeatedly fall upon the table of that
paper. We can heartily say amen te
'Yorick's" article, and we desiic te ask
through your columns, who, in the name
of common sense, is 'Squire Then, whose
diary is semi-occasionally extracted from
his pocket and the contents copied, we
suppose, verbatim in the Neie Era. We
should like te knew who he is. Your so
lution of the "gem" puzzle appeared in
the Clarien a few weeks age, se you can
net claim the prize.
The tobacco csrablishmcntsef R.H.Bru
baker, of your city, are still booming and
will no doubt continue te boom for some
time te come. Speaking of tobacco reminds
us of the unusual activity and bustle
among our farmers preparatory te raising
the weed the coming season. There have
been at least a half dozen tobacco
sheds erected in this section
within the past two months by as
many farmers. Every feet of available
ground will be utilized by raising tobacco.
If the craze continues, however, in course
of another year or se the arrangeincnts
for getting te the foreign markets will be
different. Already we hear whisperings of
farmers " peeling their issues." The new
arrangement will be that five or six farmers
will go together and put up a packing es
tablishment and use the several months of
leisure time in winter in sorting and pack
ing it and then dispose of it. The new
schedule issued by the P. R. R. for our
railroad gives us a half hour mere in
Philadelphia ; and we can go te New Yerk
and back the same day. We new get te
the city at 8:35.
Frem Elizabethtown te Lebanon.
It is new reported that the Pennsylvania
railroad company will build a new line
from Elizabethtown te Lebanon. Engineers
are already at work te survey the read,
which is te mn along the Conewago creek
te Colebrook and from that place te Leba
non. The route along the creek is a beau
tiful one, the scenery is grand and the
very best, as a natural read bed runs along
the stream, requiring little or no grading.
It is possible that after this read is com
pleted it may be extended further north,
se as te connect with the Seuth Mountain
read, which will place us in directive
communication with air lines running
through the entire length of the country.
This idea may be a little premature.
Lebanon Ncut.
Gen. Sutter's Claim.
A special meeting of the Heuse commit
tee en claims was held en Wednesday te
receive the report of the sub committee
upon the claim of General Jehn A. Sutter
the first discoverer of geld in Caiifernia.
The report favors an appropriation of
$50,000 te satisfy General Sutter's claim,
and was unanimously adopted by the com
mittee, and ordered te be reported te the
Heuse upon the call of the committee.
Gen. Sutter has been striving for fifteen
years past te get some compensation for
his losses from the government, and new at
last he seems in a fairway te succeed. His
career and his claim are well known te our
readers, the famous old general residing in
Lititz.
The M. E. Conference.
The committees en church extension,
tract cause, and Sunday schools, having
reported the motion of Rev. T. B.' Neely
advocating the selection of presiding elders
by a vote of the conference and net by
appointment, was taken up and there was
a long and earnest discussion, but no con
elusion was reached.
DOCTORS VS. UACKS.
The Medleal Society Against lr. Creene anil
Other.
When we went te press yesterday after
noon, Dr. Henry Carpenter was en the wit
ness stand at Alderman Spurrier's office,
undergoing a cress-examination, conducted
by W. S. Amweg, esq., counsel for Mrs.
Harriet Sweeney, one of the alleged
quacks. The witness positively refused te
name any one of these who had called upon
him for treatment after having undergone
treatment from Mrs. Sweeney ; but reit
erated that there were dozens of them, and
that they were highly respectable people.
The witness was then subjected te a cross cress
examination conducted by B. F. Davis,
counsel for Jehn Campbell, the worm
doctor. Witness said he was net person
ally acquainted with Dr. Campbell ; he held
no intercourse with people of his class ;
he had seen him en market dressed
up like a mountebank, and vending his
nostrums ; don't knew whether he has a
diploma or net, but don't believe he has
one ; he leeks like a quack ; have exam
ined seme of his preparations and found
them te contain poisonous ingredients. Te
the question, " De net the precriptiens of
regular physicians sometimes fail te pie
duce the result expected and de net pa
tients sometimes die after being prescribed
for ?" the witness answered allirmatively.
Witness was next cress-examined by Dr.
Greene, who conducted his own case. He
said he did net knew Dr. Greene ; had
never been in his office, though he had
seen it as he had passed it ; the window
was filled with curiosities, put there for
the purpose of attracting attention ; he
had also seen Dr. Greene's advertisements
of wonderful cures ; the respectable por
tion of the medieal profession regarded
these who advertised as Greene does, as
being charlatans and quacks. In answer
te a question by Dr. Greene, Dr. Carpen
ter said that some regular physicians ad
vertised and that a member of the Lancas
ter county medical society had been ex
pelled for se doing.
Dr. M. L. Heir was sworn and testified
that he had seen the advertisements and
signs of the accused, and that they pro
fessed te cure diseases ; did net knew
whether any of them had diplomas; was
net personally acquainted with them : had
never been in Dr. Greene's office ; had seen
persons who said they were treated by
him ; one was Jehn Chilles, who came te
witness suffering terribly with a pain in
the head, and said it was caused by Dr.
Greene's treatment of him for deafnes., ;
another case was that of Mrs. Hauck, of
Water street, who died of convulsions
shortly after leaving Dr. Greene's office ;
witness did net knew in what condition
Mis. Hauck was when she went te Dr.
Greene's office.
Dr. Wm. Compten was sworn ami testi
fied that he had seen Campbell's and
Greene's advertisements and Mrs. Swee
ney's sign, by which means all of them an
nounce that they arc physicians. Never
heard of such a college as Pittslield col cel col
lege ; never heard of Dr. Alenzo Clark a-
a professor of a college ; if there was such
a man he was probably connected with
some three-cent college; had hcaid of Dr.
Gillman Kimball, who was probably a man
of the same sort.
Dr. Reland was the next witness ; he
merely testified that he seen the signs and
advertisements of the accused, but knew
nothing about them personally.
During the examination of the above
named witnesses Dr. Greene produced his
diploma purpei ting te have been granted by
the Pittsficld medical college,Mass.,in 1S-1S,
and asked the witnes whether it was net
a genuine diploma. Dr. Carpenter said
it looked like a genuine diploma, but there
were many bogus diplomas in circulation
granted by bogus institutions like that of
Buchanan's in Philadelphia. Dr. Comp Comp
eon answered that he had never heat d of
such a medical college and he believed he
would have heard of it if it had every ex
isted. Dr. Greene retorted that Dr. Compteu's
ignorance was a satisfactory excuse for his
answer. He then asked Dr. Carpenter
what kind of a professional reputation Dr.
Gillman Kimball had, and Dr. Carpenter
answered that he steed high in the medi
cal profession. Dr. Greene then akcd
Dr. Carpenter te state that if Dr. Kim
ball's signature te his (Dr. Greene's) di
ploma was genuine whether he would re
gard it as an honest and genuine diploma.
Dr. Carpenter answered that if Dr. Kim
ball had signed Dr. Greene's diploma in
1848, he would net de se te-day, but would
blush te see it hanging in-Dr. Greene's
office. Dr. Greene insisted en an answer
te his question, whether the diploma was
genuine if it should appear that Drs. Kim
ball and Clark had signed it. District At
torney Eshleman objected te the question
and Dr. Carpenter declined te answer it.
Dr. Wm. Blackwood was next called and
testified that he knew the accused through
their popular advertisements; had met
patients of Dr. Greene, and had seen
Campbell selling his worm medicine. In
answer te a question from Dr. Greene. Dr.
Blackwood explained the manner of ad
mitting members te the Lancaster county
medical society. In brief, applicants must
be of geed moral character, must have
had a geed preliminary education and a
thorough medical education, and have
been graduated by some reputable medical
college. The applicant must be proposed
at a stated meeting by two members, the
preposition must be referred te the beard
of censers, and if they report favorably
he may be elected at the succeeding meet
ing, if three-fourths of the members pres
ent concur. Dr. Greene had never been
proposed for membership and witness
thought he never would be. The frater
nity regarded Dr. Greene's mode of adver
tisement as proof of quackery and charla
tanism. The statement that he had treated
1,500 cases in Reading and had net lest -i
patient was preposterous and impossible.
Dr. Greene called the witness' atten
tion te the report of the Reading beard of
health. In Reading every physician is
compelled by law te report te the beard of
health every birth or death attended by
them respectively, and the beard reported
that net one of his (Dr. Greene's) patients
had died.
Dr. Blackwood said that that was suffi
cient evidence that Dr. Greene had net
treated 1,500 patients.
Dr. Greene said he had no doubt Dr.
Blackwood would deem it marvelleus that
4,500 patients could be treated and none of
them killed, but it was nevertheless a fact :
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