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, LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE!. WEDNESDAY, J ONE 9, 1880.
- J. I .
ILancaster Intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 0, 1880.
The Republican Candidates.
After nearly a week's contention the
Chicago convention has nominated
James A. Garfield as the Republican
candidate for president truly a most
striking illustration of the mountain
laboring and bringing forth a ridiculous
mouse. Fer Mr. Garfield is net the
manner of man whom the country
would have pride in as its presi
ident ; net that he is net a man of mark
ed ability, but because he has net the
moral greatness and strength of charac
ter befitting the chief magistrate of this
creat country. He is a weak man iu
many respects although intellectually
brilliant. He is noted for lack of stam
ina, for vacillation and inconsistency.
His record in Congress, where he has been
anchored since the war, will be freely
ventilated during the campaigh,
and will show that he is net
the manner of man te whom
the people will eagerly seek te deliver the
government. His nomination has fallen
flat upon the-country. It was received
in this city without a sign of enthusiasm
and without even a cheer from tlie
crowds about the bulletin beards. Ne
better indication thau this of popular
feeling could be had. The Republicans
were doubtless disappointed that neither
of the two leading candidates was
chosen ; but if they had been given the
name of a man they knew
and liked, though he was net
their candidate, they would have
accepted him with a cheer. They had
no heart te cheer Garfield De Golyer
Garfield the man of evil repute who is
known all ever the country te have taken
a fee of five thousand dollars te influence
an appropriation for a patent pavement
in Washington, when he was chairman
of the committee of Congress through
whom it would have te conic. Ever since
then he has been known by the name
of hisclicntand his pavement; and De
Golyer Garfieid, with that one stone
about his neck, has sufficient weight
upon him te make his presi
dential case hopeless; but it is net the
only one.
Mr. Garfield was nominated by the
friends of Mr. Blaine as their second
choice. And whevere the men who sus
tained Mr. Blaine ? He was put in nomi nemi nomi
natien by Jey, the railroad monopolist of
the Northwest, and had the support of
Gould and the Pacific railroad kings.
Garfield is well calculated te serve these
men's purposes, being quite as unscrupu
lous as Blaine, and a weaker and cheaper
tool. He is a hypocrite of the first
water. A proclivity for religious exhor
tation accompanies in him an itching
palm. He borrows the livery of heaven
te serve the devil in. He reveres the
truth se little that he will even swear te
a lie.as he did in the notable Credit Mobi Mebi
lier days when he swore before a com
mittee of the Heuse of Representatives
that he " never owned, received, or
agreed te recive any stock of the Credit
Mebilier, or of the Union Pacific rail
road, nor any dividends or profits arising
from them.''' But a few days afterward
Oakes Ames showed the committee, by
evidence that was partly in Garfield's
handwriting, that he had held Credit
Mebilier stock and had received divi
dends thereon. Ames further testified
that Garfield had sought te induce him
ti swear that these dividends were paid te
him as a lean. Garfield escaped the ex
pulsion that was visited by the Heuse en
the two old men, Brooks and Ames,
through the exertions of his friends and
the reluctance of the members te blast
his life in his youth; but could it then
have been credited that this rotten tim
ber was being preserved for Republican
presidential use ?
"What fatality led the convention te
nominate this man of fearful record when
it had a strong and unobjectionable
candidate like Washburne te nominate,
who can tell ? The gods make mad
these whom they would destroy ; thi s
alone can explain it. The oily and in
sinuating manner of Garfield in the con
vention te which he wasa delegate gain
ed the favor of its members and nomi
nated him te his party's sure undoing.
The Chicago ticket is very appropri
ately finished by the nomination of Ches
ter O. Arthur for vice president. The
tail ought net te be stronger than the
head, and the difficult task of appropri
ately tapering off the Garfield ticket has
been successfully accomplished. Mr
Arthur is known as the pet of Mr. Conk Cenk
ling, by him placed in the seat of customs
in New Yerk, and by Mr. Sherman dis
placed after inquiry by a congressional
committee into the management of the
custom house had furnished geed reason
for the removal. Senater Conkling
sought te reverse the decision of the
treasury department in the Senate, but
he was unable te persuade a majority of
his fellow senators that any wrong had
been done in ejecting Arthur, and his
successor was confirmed. Mr. Conkling
has been mere fortunate with the Repub
lican convention, persuading it that Mr.
Arthur, if net fit for collector of cus
toms in New Yerk, is the man of all
men te make president of the United
States Senate and the second officer of the
government.
The proceedings and conclusion of
councils last evening show that there is
tee great frequency in the letting of the
contract te light the city. The rival gas
companies no doubt would prefer and
the public would profit from a longer
term of contract. As it is new, councils
are annnally called te cheese between
the higher bidder and the annoyance of
tearing up the streets for the connections
te be made by the lower bidder. The
margin is generally very small and it
is difficult te determine which bid, en
the whole, is the better. Let there be a
longer term for the contract.
m m
The worm-eaten plank en civil service
reform in the Republican platform
might as well have been left out, in view
of Arthur's nomination. He is a civil
service deformity.
Let us hear no mere "protection" talk
from the Examiner, which has run up a
free trader for president.
Te be an "Ohie man" politically
means mere than that state having the
de facto president, the secretary of the
treasury, minister te France, the head of
the army and the chief justice of the su
preme court that a new candidate for
such high political honors from Ohie
must be received with suspicion that the
Buckeyes are overdoing the thing. The
Ohie Republicans have been notable for
their twistings and turnings, their slip
periness and evasive disposition, their
duplicity and unreliability. Sherman
and Hayes and Garfield are as treacher
ous as quicksand ; and of them all there
is none who has been mere uncertain
than Garfield. Quitting the dangers of
the field te take a seat in Congress, he
merged the soldier in the politician ; soft
and hard money by turns; a Campbell
ite preacher and a Credit Mebilier benefi
ciary ; a " Christian statesman" en the
"Western Reserve, and a De Golyer lobby
agent at Washington; a volunteer te
defend the assailed constitutional rights
of a Democrat before the supreme court,
and a member of the eight infamous
electoral commissioners who prostituted
justice te serve partisan exigencies; a
stalwart and conservative in quick suc suc
cesseonhe is entirely tee many-sided te
be called up higher.
Thk Republican party gees into the
campaign heavily weighted with the in
famy of the odious electoral commission.
Hear, who presided ever the conven
tion, was one of the eight, and Garfield,
the candidate was another.
G.viikield was a soldier, but like
many ethers concluded very early in his
military experience that the pest of duty
was the political station, and quit the
field before the war was half ever te take
a softer seat in Congress.
Le ! the peer African. Bruce had
eight votes for vice presideht.
Oartleld.
Hen. Willlaiii J). Kclley, Heuse or Kepresen
tatives, June 1872:
" Committed an act which, se far as I
and a number of gentlemen areuud mc are
concerned, will be regarded in the cate
gory of acts for which I have mere than a
score of times sentenced men te solitary
confinement and penal labor."
MINOR TOPICS.
AViiKitr.'s Eshlcman ?
Xew for Cincinnati.
Tin: (Gar)-iield wen.
"Who will care for Cameren new:'
Thk money spent for fireworks was
wen en the failure of Grant's nomination.
EsTi:m:n for the United States senato
rial race James McMancs.
Tin: iron men shake their heads dis
trustfully. Tennksskk fellows Pennsylvania and
sends a delegation of
Cincinnati.
' no man's men " te
Brown, Kauffman and Seltzer will be
welcomed back with bloody hands te hos
pitable graves.
Yksteud.vy's work makes Pennsylvania
and Illinois doubtful states. It widens the
battle ground.
The Czar of Russia shows hew deep is
the imperial grief by proposing te wed
without delay his mistress who is already
the mother of three of his children.
Tm: interest manifested in this city ever
the reports from Chicago was altogether
unpiecedented, and te the efficient mana
ger of the Western Union telegraph office
here, Mr. D. II. Potts, the public are
under obligations for prompt and full
service.
"Whitelaw Rem confesses by telegraph
te his paper from Chicago : " The over
shadowing inlluencu of the great state of
New Yerk, with its :5 electoral votes,
the fact that if these votes are cast for
the Republican candidate next November
they will ensure his election, and the fear
that unless Mr. Conkling left Chicago car
rying with him some evidence of his power
in the convention he would go back te
New Yerk and let the state be carried by
the Democrats all these considerations,
and ethers probably had their influence
upon the convention, and caused delegates
te vote in the face of excitement as they
would net have voted upon sober second
thought," for vice president.
Ax "old gcntlcman"tells a contemporary
that the ' rainbow" seen around the sun
jesterday which combined all the irides
cent colors of the rainbow, was produced
solely by the malari, or the myriad of in
sects in the atmosphere that rise from the
earth and bask in the rays of the sun, show
ing that the atmosphere, being filled with
such insects, must be the cause of disease.
In 1832, a similar magnificent circle was
seen all ever the United states, areuud the
sun, just previous te the breaking out of
the cholera of that period. It was a dis
ease which then prevailed all ever the
country, producing terror and distress in
all the large towns and cities and filling
the rural regions with alarm that drove
many people into fright which nearly
killed them before they had the disease.
TUE WAR PATH.
The Ajmclies In
HuKtile
Station.
Trim nt Heeks
An official report from Gen. Hatch, at
Fert Craig, states that en the morning of
the 5th iust. .Majer Merrow struck a baud
of hostile Apaches near Cook's Canen and
fought and drove them out. A portion of
Majer .Merrow s command, consisting el
Indian scouts and company L, JN inth cav
alry, are new in pursuit. Twe Indians
were killed and three wounded. One of
the former is supposed te be Mennalite,
the favorite son of Victeria. A large
amount of stock was recaptured. Anether
portion of Meri ew's command is in pursuit
of another baud in the Black Range, where
the trail leads into Mexico. A battalion
of the Ninth cavalry has been scouting
the country en the east side of the Rie
Grande. The commanding officer, Lieu
tenant Cassock, reports the hostiles have
left the cast side of the Rie Grande. One
band of the hostiles, about 100 strong,
probably the main body have gene te
Mexico, and were followed te the line by
the troops. The Mexican authorities have
been notified. Matters in the Navajee
country leek bad, but an outbreak may net
occur, as the JNavajees are rich in sheep,
cattle and horses. The troops, however,
are hurrying forward.
CHICAGO'S OUTPUT.
DE GOLYER GARFIELD AND CUSTOM
HOUSE ARTHUR.
A Free Trade Candidate en a Tariff Mat
form. Cml Service Reform Sanbbed Dy the Nomi
nation or a Hank Cenkllng-lte.
In the Chicago convention yesterday
when the 34th ballet showed the increase
of the Garfield rote and the convention's
tendency te break in his direction, he
arose and said : " I challenge the correct
ness of the announcement that contains
votes for me. Ne roan has the right,
without the consent of the person voted
for, te have his name announced and voted
for iu this convention. Such consent I
have net given."
The chairman interrupted and said the
gentleman was net stating a question of
order, and he directed the clerk te proceed
with the next ballet.
The first signs of the rout of the Blaine
column were visible in the thirty-fifth bal bal
eot, when Garfield received 50 votes, near
ly all of them from Blaine. On the thirty
sixth ballet the grand crash came, and
when the vote was counted Garfield was
found te have received 39ft votes.
Caleb Tayler, of Bucks county, Pa.,
was the lone fisherman who kept vetiug
for Garfield almost from the beginning. He
started in for Garfield en the second ballet
and stuck te him alone en the third, fourth
and fifth ballets, when, en the sixth and
seventh, another delegate joined him. On
the eiirhth and ninth the vote dropped te 1
ajrain. the ether man eeinfr te Grant. In
the tenth and eleventh, however, the vote
was again 2. On the twelfth it was only 1,
and for the six subsequent ballets Tayler
deserted. He returned te Garfield, hew
ever, en the nineteenth ballet ( the first
after the recess) and remained steady until
joined by another delegate en the twenty
third ballet. These two continued steadily
until the adjournment and for the first two
ballets Yesterdav merninr. Then, for
three ballets (the thirtv-first. thirty-second
and thirty-third) Garfield received but the
one vote. On the thirty-teurtn uauet
slight breaks were made from Sherman
and Washburne and the " dark horse "
scored 15 votes.
Sherman Bulldozers.
After the result of the thirtieth ballet
was announced, a great Sherman crowd
leathered about the Flerida delegation, and
Hicks, chairman, exclaimed, "I claim the
protection of the chair, in order that this
delegation shall net be bulldozed and har
rowed by emissaries who propose te com
pel them te violate their oath and honor."
There was gicat scampering at once.
I'll 1 Sheridau's. Charge.
Unon the announcement of the ballet
Phil Sheridan, having received one vote
from "Wyoming, came te the front and
said :
"lam very much obliged te the dele
gate from Wyoming for mentioning my
name in the convention, but there is no
way in which I could accejt its nomina
tion, if it were possible, unless I was
permitted te turn it ever te my Lest
friend."
At this there was great applause en the
Grant side. Hear did net like this Grant
howl, and said that the convention had
permitted, without question, the illus
trious soldier te speak during the proceed
ings, but it was a privilege that would be
accorded te no ether person whatever.
The Evening Session.
When the convention met in the even
ing Mr. Gary (Md.) moved that the con
vention proceed te receive nominations for
vice president. Adopted.
The chair announced that the cenven
tien was ready te receive the nomination of
candidates.
Flerida presented the name of Settle, of
Ierida, for vice president.
Ueuck, of Tennessee, presented the
name of Maynard, of Tennessee, for vice
president.
Woodferd, of New Yerk, presented the
name of Chester A. Arthur, of New Yerk,
for vice president.
Ohie, New Jersey, Illinois, Mississippi
and Maryland seconded the nomination of
Arthur for vice president.
Pixley, of California, presented the name
of Washburne, of Illinois, for vice presi
dent. Texas presented the name of Edmund J.
Davis, of Texas.
Connecticut presented the name of Jew
ell for vice president.
The nomination of Washburne was re
ceived with tremendous cheers.
Virginia announced that it would unani
mously support Arthur. Hisses
Mr. Doisey (Ark.) moved and it was
adopted that the gallery be cleared if there
was any further disorder there.
The roll was called en the ballet, which
resulted :
Washburne 193
J ts n (rfllaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa XX
Olsvl'lt? X
Maynard 3
Arthur 4C8
Davis 2
Woodferd 1
Bruce, of Mississippi 8
Alcorn, of Mississippi 4
Mr. Fryc in the chair said that Arthur,
having received a majority of all the votes
cast, was the candidate for vice president,
and inquired, shall the nomination be
made unanimous ?
Mr. Haywood of Colifernia moved that it
be made unanimous. Adopted.
A vote of thanks was moved te the pres
ident of the convention for his able and
impartial discharge of his duties. Adopted.
Mr. Berkham of Ohie moved a vote of
thanks te the secretaries of the conven
tion and te the citizens of Chicago.
Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Cenger, the usual com
mittee of one from each state was author
ized te apprize the candidates of their
nomination, said committee te be appointed
by the chair.
The chair said he would select the com
mittee. At 7:30 the chair thanked the convention
for its patience and forbearance in sustain
ing him in the discharge of his duties and
then the convention adjourned sine die.
JAMES A. UAKFIEL.D.
Sketch ef the Republican Nominee.
James Abraham Garfield was born No
vember 19, 1831, in the township of Or
ange, Cuyahoga county, Ohie, about fif
teen miles from Cleveland. His father,
Abraham Garfield, came from New Yerk,
but, like his mother, was of New England.
James was the youngest of four children.
The father died in 1833, leaving the fami
ly dependent upon a small farm and the
e vertieDS of the mother. There was noth
ing about the elder Garfield te distinguish
him from the ether plodding farmers of
the rather sterile township of Orange. Ae
one .could discern any qualities in him,
which, transmitted te the next generation,
might help te make a statesman, unless it
was industry ; but his wife, who is still
living at an advanced agr , was always
fend of reading when she could get leisure
from her hard household duties, and was
a thoroughly capable woman, of strong
will, stern principles and mere than
average force of character. Of the chil
dren no one besides James has made the
slightest mark in the world. The elder
brother is a farmer in Michigan, and the
two sisters are farmers' wives.
James A. was industrious, worked as a
farmer, carpenter and boatman. He earn
ed for himself an academic education ; en
tered Williams college, Massachusetts, at
the age of 23, and two years later in 1856,
he graduated carrying off one of the honors.
In early life he connected himself with the
Disciples or as it it commonly called the
Campbellite church, a religious denomina
tion quite numerous in that neighborhood,'
and though net ordained, was recognized
as a minister of that faith, preaching te'
several congregations in the neighborhood
of his home. In the struggle te get aa ed
ucation, it is generally believed that the
members of the denomination who could
afford te de se volunteered assistance te
him, with a view thereby te better qualify
him te discharge his ministerial duties and
advocate the doctrines of the denomina
tion. During the period of Garfield's absence
at college a small academic establishment
was built up at Hiram, Ohie, cailed Hiram
Institute, under the auspices and manage
ment of the Disciples church. Upen re
ceiving his diploma he returned te Ohie
and at once assumed the professorship of
Latin and Greek in this struggling institu
tion. Twe years later he was made presi
dent of the establishment, and in both
capacities he labored assiduously and in
telligently te advance the interests and
promote the growth of the institute.
As sympathy with his surroundings
brought him within the pale of the Dis
ciples church, he also joined the popular
clamor of the Western Reserve against
slavery. His first prominent identity with
politics was in 1859, when he was chosen
te the Ohie state Senate from the district
comprising Portage and Summit counties.
At the breaking out of tle rebellion he en
tered the army as colonel of the Forty-second
regiment Ohie volunteers, and w-as
speedily promoted te the rank of brigadier
general. In the fall of 1862 he was nom
inated by the Republicans of the Nine
teenth congressional district and his elec
tion followed without much opposition.
He cute led Congress in December, 1863,
and has served during each succeeding
Congress as the representative of the same
district. In 1874 the exposures of the
Credit Mebilier examination created such
a revolution of sentiment against Mr. Gar
field that he secured the renominatieu only
after a close contest, and at the election his
vote fell several thousand behind the
strength of his party, In 1876 and 1878,
though he had succeeded iu part in throw
ing the mantle of obscurity ever this and
ether charges which have from time te
time been made against his integrity, he
has each time fallen considerably below his
party strength. His connection with the
DeGelyer pavement swindle, in which he
get a fee of $5,000 ie influence the report
of a congressional cemmittee in behalf of
his client will be ventilated extensively
during the pending campaign. Last win
ter his contests were settled in the dis
trict by his election te the United States
Senate te succeed Mr. Thurman. He
will take his scat in that body en the 4th
of March, 1881, unless in a moment of
foolish confidence he should resign, in the
hope of going te the ether end of Pennsyl
vania avenue.
In Demestic Life.
During his professorship Garfield mar
ried Miss Lucictia Rudelph, daughter of
a farmer in the neighborhood, whose ac
quaintance he had made while at the
academy, where she was also a pupil. She
was a quiet, thoughtful girl, of sweet and
refined disposition, fend of study and read
ing, possessing a warm heart and a mind
with the capacity of steady growth. The
marriage was a love affair en both sides
and has been a thoroughly happy one.
Much of General Garfield's subsequent
success in life may be attributed te the
sympathy and intellectual companionship
of his wife and the stimulus of a loving
home circle. The young couple bought a
neat little cottage fronting en the college
campus and began their wedded life peer
and in debt but with brave hearts.
They have five childcrn living, and have
lest two, who died in infancy. The two
elder boys, Harry and James, are new at
school in New Hampshire. Melly is a
handsome rosy-cheeked girl of about 12.
The two younger boys are named Irwin
and Abrain. The general's mother is still
living and has long been a member of his
family. She is an intelligent, energetic
old lady, with a clear head and a strong
will, who keeps well posted in the news of
the day and is very proud of her son's
career, though mere liberal of criticism
than praise.
Gen.Garficld's district lies in the extreme
northeastern corner of Ohie, and new em
braces the counties of Ashtabula, Trum
bull,Gcauge, Lake and Mahoning. His old
home county of Portage was detached
from it a year age. With the exception
of the coal and iron regions in the extreme
southern part, the district is purely a rural
one, and is inhabited by a population of
New England ancestry.
In person General Garfield is six feet
high, bread-shouldered and strongly built.
He has a large head, light brown hair and
beard, large, light blue eyes, a promi
nent nose and full cheeks. He dresses
plainly, is fend of bread-brimmed slouch
hats and stout beets, eats hartily, is tem
perate, and devoted te his wife and children
and very fend of his country home. Among
men he is genial, and an entertaining talker.
CUESTEKA. AltTllUIt.
The Candidate for the Vice Presidency.
General Chester A. Arthur is the son of
a Presbyterian clergyman and was born in
Albany county, New Yerk, about fifty
years age. He graduated at Union college
and entered upon manhood as a lawyer in
New Yerk city. He gained almost imme
diate prominence and a reputation among
Abolitionists through the famous Lemen
case in lae'J, upeu which the question
whether a slave remained in bondage when
en free soil was finally disposed of.
Lemen, a Virginia slave-holder, brought
eight slaves te New Yerk and a colored New
Yerker brought the question of their liber
ty into the courts. E. D. Culver, with
whom young Arthur was associated, ap
peared for the slaves and Henry L. Clinten
and ethers against them. The supreme
court declared them free. The decision
provoked national excitement. The gov
ernor of Georgia declared it just cause for
war. The Virginia Legislature resolved te
appeal the case. The general term upheld
the first decision. Chester A. Arthur and
W. M. Evarts argued for the slaves before
the court of appeals and wen a final vic
tery. General Arthur became an ac
tive politician. He was a delegate
te the first Republican conven
tion in the state of New Yerk. When
the war broke out he became engineer-in-chief
en Governer Morgan's staff and seen
after was quartermaster general of the
state of New Yerk. He was conspicuous
in the convention et lebl in preventing
the nomination et Dickinsen and securing
the nomination of Andrew Jehnsen. He
was appointed collector of the pert of New
Yerk by President Grant in 1871 te suc
ceed Themas Murphy, and was removed by
Hayes seen after the latter's accession te
office for the abuses in his administration of
the office. He'has always been' a prominent
worker in the custom house or Conkling
wing of the Republican party in New, Yerk
and is new chairman of the Republican
state committee.
THE TROUBLE BEGUN.
Bad Faith, Bad Recerd, Mad Candidate.
Only a day or two age the Cincinnati
CemmereiaVi editor, en duty in Chicago,
telegraphed home that " Garfield and his
friends may be sincere in their support of
Sherman, but when they get home they
will have some trouble te explain their
conduct te Ohie Republicans." With this
remark was coupled the charge that Fos Fes
ter and Garfield were playing into each
ether's hands and that Fester was quietly
putting the Garfield boom in order. If it
wins, Fester expects te step into Garfield's
senatorial shoes ; if it loses, then Garfield
will help Fester te the second place en the
ticket." All this is very sad, but it is
net the worst. The. mere serious
work which Garfield will have en
hand is jthe patting at rest of stories
that he "was improperly mixed np with
the Credit.Mebilier scandal; that his re
latiens were suspiciously close with
the District of Columbia ring and
that he represents the paper pulp
raonepolp in the present Heuse of
Representatives. As te the latter, very
specific charges have been made against
him by Western Republican newspaper.3 ,
and the Cincinnati Commercial has many
times referred te him familiarly and disre
spectfully as the PuIpCengressman. Then,
again, he is a member of the Cobden club,
which Mr. Russell Errett thought a suf
ficient reason for denouncing him as a
free trader and opposing his election as
speaker of the Heuse of Representatives.
Cameren Will net Lead.
McCiurc s Midnight Dispatch.
The new Republican national committee
met last night for organization. Cameren
peremptorily declined the chairmanship,
although personally appealed te by General
Garfield te accept the unanimous election
that would have been tendered him. After
considerable discussion the committee de
cided net te fill the place at this time, but
te meet in New Yerk after the Demo
cratic convention and supply the vacancy.
While Cameren is positively averse
te accepting the responsibility of manag
ing the campaign since the defeat of
Grant, it is generally believed that he will
be induced te reconsider his decision, if
after the Democrats have made their
ticket he regards Republican success as
reasonably certain. If the contest as
sumes a doubtful aspect because of strong
Democratic nominations he will persist in
his dcllinatien. Cameren is convinced that
he did tee much for tee little in crowding
tiayes into the presidency after he had
been defeated, and while he would be will
ing te rejieat the experiment for Grant, he
does net incline te de it for an average
Ohie statesman.
The feeling te-night is one of very
grave doubt as te the wisdom of Garfield's
nomination and serious apprehensions m
regard te his availability. It is quite cer
tain that if the same convention had te
make the nomination ever again te-morrow
with the light its members new have
en the subject they would net entertain
the question of making him the candidate.
The most of the Grant men, and especial
ly these from Pennsylvania, sincerely re
gret the defeat of Blaine, and if they new
had the selection of a candidate
they would take care that if Grant
could net win Blaine should net
fall with him. Neither the Grant nor
Blaine leaders had any part in making
Garfield the dark horse, aud they agree in
regarding his nomination as one that is
net at all certain te carry Ohie in October.
They say that Garfield will be assailed as
bitterly as Blaine would have been and
quite as plausibly, and that Garfield will
net have half the intellectual or popu
lar power of Blaine te disarm and defy
his fees. There are none of the outbursts
of enthusiasm new which were witnessed
here 1860, when Lincoln was nominated,
and in 1868, when Grant was selected, and
the calculating leaders seem content te
wait patiently for Cincinnati before they
decide whether they will be active or in
different in the campaign.
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PERSONAL.
C. A. Willaud, late member of Con
gress from the First Vermont district,
died suddenly yesterday morning at his
home, ne was 53 years of age.
Among the first te congratulate Gar
field was Wm. D. Kem.ey, who told him
some years age that better men than he
had been sentenced te the penitentiary
when Kclley was en the bench.
Dr. Lewis II. Kiuk (formerly of Pleas
ant Greve, Lancaster county), has pur
chased the fine dwelling of Mrs. Rebecca
P. Thompson at 40th and Baring streets,
West Philadelphia. Dr. Kirk has located
there and is meeting with success in his
practice.
General Sheridan's real reason for net
being able te accept the nomination was,
of course, known te be that the constitu
tion of the United States places au obstacle
in the way of the election of a native-born
Irishman te the presidency.
It is the settled conviction of the enteur
age of the Emperor AIjEKANDEU, and is
generally believed at the court, that the
widowed Czar will seen marry morgaua mergaua
tically the Princess Dolgerouky, by whom
lie has three children, and who is living
with him at Tsarkee Selee.
Joe Heward telegraphed te the Herald
en Monday : " Wise men say that Gak
field is tee smart te take the nomination
if he could get it, as he couldn't keep the
track three weeks under the Credit Mobil Mebil
ier fire alone. Smart or no smart, his
friends have deliberately manufactured
applause and receptions for him, and he
sits and smiles when one for Garfield is
announced, and fairly expands into a grin
when he gets an extra vote. "
The widow of the late A. T. Stewart
climbs a flight of stairs rather than sleep
in the room wherein her husband died.
She resides alone in her marble palace, at
tended only by servants, and every night
gees up te the third story where her own
room new is. On the second fleer there is
only one bed room that in which the
merchant prince died the rest of the
apartments consisting of a library and
living-rooms. Mrs. Stewart has discarded
mourning habiliments altogether, although
she is 80 years of age, and gees te dinner
parties attired in garnet velvet and wear
ing diamonds.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
ThcDcmecratic convention of Cook ceun
ty, vuwu, lemmaM.-u uuiegaies te tnej
instructing them te vote for Seymour.
In the seventy two hour go-as-you-please
walking match, in Terente, Eph.
Clew, of Prince Edward Island, beat
Faber's celebrated record in Buffalo,
covering 78 miles and one lap in 12 hours.
Clew appeared quite fresh when he left
he track.
The celebrated case of the Reynolds ne ne
geoes, which was remanded from the
United States district court, Judge Rives,
te the circuit court of Patrick county, Va.,
came up for trial there last week, and en
motion of their counsel, the venue was
changed te the circuit court of Danville,
Judge Green. A special venue has been
ordered for their trial an the 21st inst.
During the past month there have been
five duels near Camden. S. C. Nene of
the combatants, however, were killed.
Seme prominent citizens have been en
gaged in them. Captain W. D. Pass, one
of the leading lawyers of Camden, and
Colonel Cash, one of the largest planters
in the county, are new en their way te the
dueling field. Efferts are making te
nave them arrested and prevent the hostile
meeting.
In the Democratic convention of Tennes
see the following delegates at large were
selected. Maj. Themas O'Cenner, ex ex
Governer James D. Perter, Jehn W.
Childress and H. W. Carrell. The general
sentiment of the twenty-four delegates
elected is for the most available candidate
Most of them express personal preference
for Bayerd, Thurman, Seymour, or Field,
but will vote for the best man presented.
There are net mere than one or two Tilden
men in the delegation.
The Democratic state convention held at
Saginaw, Michigan, nominated an anti-
Tildenset of delegates, headed by Den
M." Dickinsen, of Detroit ; O. M. Barnes,
of Lansing; Cel. I. E. Messmore, of
Grand Rapids, and' Dr. Fester Pratt, of
Kalamazoo, at large. The resolutions de
clare in favor of the two-thirds rule, and
say no man who was a member of the
eight te seven commission can ever be
elected president of the United States by
the suffrage of a free people.
8TAT15 ITEMS.
In Philadelphia even the bicycles get
frightened at the clatter of the milkmen.
Father Jehn Walsh, the popular Cath
olic priest of Alteena, is dead.
A fire occurred at Oxford Monday night
about 11 o'clock, which burned a stable be
longing te Dr. J. K. McKissick, and a
two-story frame dwelling belonging te Mrs.
Maggie Hill, of Wilmington, Del., which
was occupied by Rebert Connelly and
family.
Yerk County Democrats.
In the Democratic county convention of
Yerk yesterday Congressman Beltzhoet'er
was reneminated by acclamation and al
lowed te cheese his own conferees. Dr.
Jehn Wiest and William Campbell were
reneminated for the Legislature by accla
mation, and after considerable balloting
M. J. Blackford and J. C. Devinney were
also nominated The fight ever the
sheriff's office lasted for mere than two
hours, and resulted in tiie nomination of
Samuel Altland, of Carrell township. Fer
register a considerable struggle was also
made, the balloting resulted iu the nomi
nation of Oliver Stuck en the sixth ballet
at nearly 11 o'clock.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THK REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
An Attempt te Ratify Them In Lancaster.
The nomination of Garfield aud Arthur
was received with many marks of disap
probation and disappointment by the Lan
caster Republicans, and with the liveliest
satisfaction by the Democrats. As in
duty bound, however, the Republican
office-holders and expectants, smothered
their chagrin as well as they could, and
took means te get up some sort of demon
stration te ratify the nominations. Meney
was collected, the band was engaged, fire
works were purchased, a shabby looking
banner bearing the inscription, "Garfield,
Arthur and Victory," was printed and
mounted en a pole, and about 9 o'clock
the band began te play and fireworks
were exploded in front of the Examiner
office. The demonstrations attracted a
large crowd of boys and some
men. The I03's carrying roman candles
and ether colored lights led the column,
followed by the baud and a few politicians.
The line of march was up North Queen
te Chestnut, out Chestnut te Lime, Lime
te East King, East King te Duke,
Duke te Vine, Vine te Prince, Prince te
West King, West King te Centre Squaie.
As the line moved up North Queen street,
the display of pyrotechnics was pretty
geed, but se prelligate were the boys in
the expenditure of their powder that long
before they reached the end of the march,
the display had degenerated te a mere fiz
zle. Arrived at Centre square a halt was
made, and Ed. Martin, mounting the curb
stone el" the seldieis' monument, looked de
fiantly at the defeated Camereniaus, and
like a modern MacGregor boldly pro
claimed : " I stand upon my native curb
stone." What else he said was net of
much importance either te himself, his
hearers or the public. The attempt te "en
thuse" was a failure, and the "crowd,"
which at no time was half as large as that
assembled in Centre squaie en .Vienday
evening, while the balloting was going en,
sjen melted away and the affair ended.
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As It Was Manifested at Chicago.
There has been some talk here about
the story published in the Harrisburg
Telegraph and the Press te the effect that
an attempt had been made te bribe Andy
Kauffman aud W. K. Seltzer by the offer
of money and the withdrawal of the con
test by Kline and Martin, if the former
would vote for Blaine. The foundation of
this story, as we learn it en geed author
ity, is about this : Christian S. Kauffman,
substitute curbstone Blaine delegate, and
Andrew J. Kauffman, his brother, regular
Cameren Grant delegate, went te Chicago
tagethcr and slept in the same room. The
ether day Christ saw that Andy had a new
suit of clothes, and asked him where he
get it. Andy said iu Chicago, and ;that
it cost $28. Christ said jocularly that he
believed he'd give a hundred suits like that
if Andy would vote for Blaine.
A few days later C. S. Kauffniau and
E. K. Martin meanwhile pressing the case
of the cm bstenc delegates Andy went te
his brother aud told him that he must
" let up.;' that if he ( Andy) failed te get
his seat he would be ruined politically ;
that the committee en credentials was
packed against the Grant peepkyuul that if
Christ did net " let up " he (Andy) would
make 'affidavit that Christ had offered him
2,800 te vote for Blaine ; that Conkling
would proclaim it iii the convention, aud
ten million people would lead Senater
Kaufi'man's infamy.
The Blaine Kauffman, shocked and per
turbed, sought the advice of his friends
who told him te tell the Cameren Kauft-
- man te g0 t(, the pIace of
Beb Ingersoll's
unbelief.
The threat was repeated and again it
was defied by the Blaine people.
The proclamation of the alleged bribery
was net made ; but it is said the creden
tials committee changed their report be
cause, te make it consist all through
with the admission of Kline and Martin,
would have involved a net less of fourteen
for Blaine. And se, "admiring the gal
lant fight of the Lancaster county curb curb
stencrs," the Blaiue men reluctantly "sa
crificed" them te consistency and te gain
eleven votes.
Obituary.
Francis X. Sutcr, a well-known resident
of this city, died at his residence in Maner
street yesterday, aged about 66 years. He
was a native of Switzerland, but came te
America mere than a quarter of a century
atre,bringing with him his wife and family.
Fer many years he has been a resident of
the Eighth ward, this city, and where he
was known as a staunch Democrat, an
honest business man, a kind husband and
father, and a true friend.
Tlcnlc of Bootblacks.
Cel. Wm. L. Pciper, cashier of the Lan
caster county bank, and Samuel A. Greff,
county treasurer, have made arrange
ments te give a grand picnic and fishing
party at What Glen park. All the boot
blacks, without regard te " race, color, or
previous condition," are cordially invited
The picnic will lake place some day next
week.
LIGHTING THK vlTY.
Special Meeting or Council te Award the
Contract
A special -meeting of select and common
councils was called for last evening te award
the contract for lighting the city for the
ensuing year, which was deferred at the
regular meeting held ou Wednesday even
ing of last week. In common council the
following named, members were present:
Messrs. Albert, Beard, Bees, Brown.
Cormeny, Downey, Franklin, Hartley,
Jehnsen, Keeler. Lichty. McMulleu,
Smeyeh, Snyder. Springer, White, Yacklv,
Levcrgoed, president.
The clerk having read the call for the
meeting, Mr. Jehnsen, chairman of the
lamp committee, submitted the report of
that committee, which comprises a state
ment of -the bids of the Lancaster gas
company, the Lancaster gaslight and fuel
company, the Uuitcd States lighting com
pany, and the Pennsylvania Glebe gas
light company. The bid of the "old"
gas company is $1.05 per thousand cubic
feet for all gas used in the city buildings ;
$15.83 per pest for all street lamp, and
$16 each for iron pests for lamps similar in
weight aud style te these new in use. The
bid of the "new" (gasiight and fuel)
company is $1.10 per thousand cubic feet
for gas fercity builings, $18 per pest for
lighting street lamps, and $20 for lamp
pests and lanterns. The United States
lighting company propose te light the
gasoline lamps for $22.70 per lamp per
annum ; this bid, however, docs net in
clude the furnishing of pests. The Penn
sylvania Glebe gaslight company,
who at present have the contract,
and whose bid of $24 per lamp
included the furnishing of pests, which,
however, remained the property of the
company, was reduced te $23.50 per pest.
The committee's estimate made the dif
ference in favor of a warding the gas con
tract te the " old " gas company a little
ever $200 per annum, and the report re
commended the award of the contracts
respectively te the "old" gas company
and the Pennsylvania Glebe gaslight com
pany. A communication was also presented
from J. II. Baumgardner, secretary of the
Lancaster gaslight and fuel (new) com
pany, purporting te state the number of
gas lamps that the respective companies
can reach. His company (the new) has at
present attachment with 311 ; the old com
pany can connect with 241. Mr. Bauin
gaidncr's estimate left the balance in favor
of awarding the contract te his cempanv
$48.31). The communication also con
tained an offer te light all lamps that can
not be reached by the Lancaster gas (old)
company (in the event of the contract be
ing awarded te the Litter company) at tin
price paid te the contractor for light
ing the oil lamps, and also expresses a
wiilingucss en the part of the gaslight and
fuel (new) company te extend their mains
te a large number of points that are new
lighted with oil, provided councils will
agiets te enter into a contract with the com
pany en the same terms that they must
new pay for lighting the same lamps with
oil. viz., $2e.50.
- Mr. McMuIlen thought that the differ
ence in favor of the " old" company was
se small that council would net be war
ranted in taking the contract away from
the present contractors (the " new" com
pany), and suffer all the expense and di di di
comfeit of having the streets tern up te
have connections made by the " old"
company in the event of the contract being
given te them. He thought annual con
tracts fertius werk of lighting the city en
tirely tee frequent anyhow, and that un
less the city were offered some substantial
inducement it would be felly te change
from the present contractors and have the
public highways tern up and blockaded
for an indefinite period. He therefore
moved as a substitute for the committee's
recommendation that the contract for
lighting the city with gas be given te the
Lancaster gas light and fuel (new) com
pany, and the gasoline contract be given te
the Pennsylvania Glebe gaslight company.
In reply te a query of Mr. Springer as
te what was the use of advertising for
proposals if the contract was net awarded
te the lowest bidder, Messrs. McMuIlen,
Beard and Jehnsen repeated the explana
tion that while the proposal of the old gas
company was en its face the lower, t he
award of the contract te them would net
pay for the trouble and expense of tear
ing up the highways in order te make the
necessary attachments in the event of a
change.
A vote being taken en Mr. McMulIen's
motion, awarding the centrac te the
"new" gas company, all the membeis
voted aye except Mr. Downey, who voted
no. The gasoline contract was awared te
the Pennsylvania Glebe company without
debate.
Mr. Franklin offered a resolution that
the contract for. lighting with gas all
lamps new lighted with oil, te which the
Lancaster gaslight and fuel company will
extend its mains, be awarded te t-aid com
pany at the rate paid for lighting the
sinie lamps with oil (viz. $23.50) ; being
the conditions named in Mr. Baunigaid
ner's communication above reported.
The resolution was adopted.
Adjourned.
Select Council.
Only Messrs. Evans, Eberly and Frank
lin no quorum appeared in this body,
and consequently no action could be taken
en the matters above reported. Anether
special meeting will therefore be necessary
in order te complete the award of the con
tract. Monumental Association.
The Lancaster monumental association
met this morning at the office of K. W.
Shenk, esq. Letters- of acceptance from
M. Brosius, E. K. Martin and .las. II. Mar.
shal, members elected at the last meeting,
were read.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year :
President Edward Edgerly.
Vice Presidents D. P. Resenmillcr, M.
Brosius.
Secretary II. R. Breneman.
Treasurer R. W. Shenk.
Solicitor A. C. Reinoehl.
Finance Committee W. D. Stauffer,
Charles Dcnues aud Samuel Evans, of Co
lumbia. The amount of rash en hand, including
interest, was $1,055. Expenditures $:54.:2,
leaving a balance of $1,020.68. The re
painting of the fence was referred te the
finance committee. The committee were
instructed te appropriately drape the mon
ument en Decoration Day hereafter. Gee.
W. Schroyer has charge of the grounds for
the coming year.
Arm Broken.
Last evening Percy Keens, between five
and six years of age, son of Harry Keens,
residing at Ne. 529 West Lemen street,
fell from a fence en which he was standing
and broke one of his arms.
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