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LANCASTER DAILY IKTELLIGEKCER FRIDAY, MARCH U, 1881.
Hancasrct fnteilegencec
FRIDAY EVENIKG, MARCH H, 18ei.
Sacrificing a Parly.
The Republican leaders de net seem
te betaking very prudent care of their
party, the geed of party -men being ap
parently considered before that of the
party itself. It is indisputably of the
greatest consequence te the organization
that it should control Congress ; but its
power te de se, which it barely wen in
the election, seems te have already dis
appeared. The Democrats have organ
ized the Senate, although they were in
a minority, through he defection of Ma
hone and the accession of Arthur te the
chair and its deciding vote, until four
Republican senators were taken out of
the body, one by death and three by Gar
field. The party managers calculate
upon gaining control of the Senate when
the vacancies arc filled, but, however
fair thier hope of this, they certainly
would have shown but a decent consid
eration for the party interests by keep
ing the control when they had it, and net
submitting their party supremacy te the
contingencies of the future. Fer the
present they have failed te obtain the
power which was within their grasp ;
and we feel sure that if the party se
abused was the Democratic party it
would net be geed for the men who thus
preferred their selfish interests te the
party geed.
The same rash management is seen in
the lower house, where the Republicans
had secured in the elections a majority
of just one ever the opposition. They
hud 147 of the 203 votes. The member
from the Third New Hampshire district
they lest by death. Notwithstanding
the extreme danger te their ascendency
they have caused their number te be
still further lessened by tiie nomination
of Morten te Franca and the elevation
of Cenger and Frye te the Senate.
They expect all these vacancies te be
filled by their political adherents before
Congress assembles in December : but it
is a risk they were net justified in taking.
In place of Morten from New Yerk a
Democrat will probably be returned. In
the Third New Hampshire district the
Republican member was elected by less
than a thousand majority, and a Repub
lican successor te him is by no means
sure. Ner will Frye, of Maine, neces
sarily be succeeded by a Republican,
even though Governer Plaisted should
order an election te be held. Cenger
will be succeeded by ;i Republican. The
party is net sure of mere than 144 votes
for its organization of the Heuse in De
cember, and that assurance is subject te
the chance of vacancies by death or ill
ness or further appointments te fat
places; for as two men have already
been taken out for their betterment, these
who are lett are entitled te claim an
equal freedom from personal sacrifice fur
the party geed.
Then are two Democrats from Vir
ginia who were elected en the Mahone
"readjust-, r'" ticket, Paul and Fulker
son, who may possibly fellow Mahone
into the Republican camp, in which he
has found his profit in pitching his tent.
Rat we de net believe they will de se, as
they are men of :i different stamp, with
a higher fense of honor, which will net
let them sell their birthright for a mess
of pottage. Tiie handful of Greenback
members in the Heuse will held the bal
ance of power ; and as one of the great
questions for consideration in tiie next
Congress will be that of the national
bank circulation, en which the Demo
cratic and Republican parties have
already taken their positions, it
seems inevitable that the Greenback
members will gravitate te the Democrat
ic side. In that company they found
themselves in the fight en the e per cent
funding bill in the session which has
just expired, and there they may be
looked for in the next. Se that the Re
publican party had nothing at all te
spare te secure its ascendency
in the coming Congress, and that little
it has already rashly thrown away.
A fair possibility exists that the
next Heuse may be organized by the
Democratic party, as the Senate has
been, and that Mr. Garfield will enter
upon his administration with a Congress
in opposition. Surely te court this dan
ger was an act of deliberate felly en
the part of the Republican leaders,
which will be fitly punished by its penal
ties.
Ir anybody thought that the se-called
" kicker"' element of the Republican
party in this state lacked the power of
effective organization, the conviction of
Kemble and the overthrew of the sena
torial caucus undeceived them. The
"amateur' politicians wrought with
professional skill. They naturally feel
strengthened by their success in this
state and at Washington, and will plume
themselves for higher flight. Tiierewas
no hatchet buried at Mitchell's election
if se, it has been dug up. The Inde
pendents propose te demand large re
cognition from Garfield in the distribu
tion of Pennsylvania patronage. Their
present onset is for the capture of the
Pittsburgh offices, whereon they propose
te rest their lever for the defeat of Cam Cam
eeon in 1834. Senater Newmver. law
partner of Bayne, is being pressed for the
collectership out there. Mr. Bayne is
aiming at the senatorial nomination te
succeed Cameren, and with the prevail
ing quarrels in his e.wn household, the
young man will have quite sufficient en
hand te employ himself actively for the
next three years.
Gen. Beavek, whose pilgrimage te
Harrisburg te be elected United
States senator, wa a failure, has
been mere successful in Sl i:iier
trip, made te persuade the Legis
lature net te order an investigation
into the management of the fundsgiven
by the state te its agricultural college,
of whose beard of trustees Beaver is
president. There is a well-grounded
i- r .-fiuaiuii una uiese itincis are
wasted. Undoubtedly the college is a
vast humbug and its immense resources
are misapplied. That Gen. Beaver seeks
te prevent investigation only gives ad
ditional color te.this belief,
There is a well-substantiated rumor
in the political circles of the state that
Cameren and Quay have quarrelled.
Just which one of them is seeking affili
ation with the new triumphant kickers
is net definitely ascertained, but that a
coolness between them should arise is
the occasion of no surprise-te- these who
ftere conversant with the state of feel
ing en their side during the late
het senatorial contest. It was net
Cameren, but Quay and Magee, who
devised Oliver's candidacy and gave it
what strength it had. They found fault
with Cameren's lack of support te the
movement and claimed that he brought
really nothing te the Oliver combination.
On the ether hand, when Cessna claimed
that he could be nominated and Cameren
was willing, Quay violently interposed
his objection and effectually prevented
what might have been a Cameren vic
tory. When Cameren finally settled
en Beaver and the scheme se widely
miscarried, he blamed Quay for
a lack of the needful interest
and zeal in the success of the candidate.
Besides all this, misfortune and defeat
are net favorable conditions for the
maintenance of the integrity of political
combinations. The Cameren-Quay firm
is net solvent. Neither of its leading
member. sees much profit in the present
partnership. Which has the least te lese
by its disolutien is, we understand, a
matter of dispute between their respec
tive friends, but whether they hang to
gether or fall together it is very plain
that the days of their political supremacy
are numbered.
MINOR TOPICS.
The emincnt paragraphcr who started
the lepert that the word " lady " does net
O-'cur in the Bible has been refeircd te. II.
Jehn, i,, 5 ; Isaiah xlvii., 7.
Tin: general synod of the Hungarian
Reformed church, at Pesth, has resolved
te forbid instruction in the German lan
guage iu all the higher girls' schools and
teachers' training colleges.
Recent speeches of Prince Bisniarck,ac
cusing the municipal authorities of un
fairly assessing his house because of party
prejudices, are much discussed in Ger
many and cause considerable irritation.
There arc new iu England 1,405 news
papers ; Wales, GG ; Scotland, 181 ; Ire
land, 154 ; and the British Isles, 20
making a total of 1,980. The magazines,
including the quarterly reviews, number
1,097.
Ameuicax perk was discussed in the
Belgian Heuse of Delegates the ether day.
A sensible member explained that any
kind of perk would make geed feed when
properly cooked and the ether members
agreed that America might send en the
hogs. Ne case of trichinosis has been dis
covered in the kingdom.
The Weatherford, Texas, Tunes, Dem.,
has the highly original idea that "there
never was a mere opportune time than
new, and never a period when brains,
force, action and political acumen were se
necessary as at'thc present moment, and
pointed se directly and providentially te
Cel. Jehn W. Ferney, of the Philadelphia
Progress, as our great captain iu the battle
succeeding the centennial anniversary of
our most sacred constitutional privi
leges." Tun following has been set adrift as a
"catch problem." If there is mere than
one plausible answer te it we would like te
see it : " An agent en assumingthe liquor
agency of a town received $38 cash, and
liquor worth $e9.50. During the year he
paid for stock $2S2.85 and received for
sales $293.53. At the close of the year he
delivered te the town $81 worth of liquor.
He was te receive $C9 salary. Did the
agent ewe the town or the town the agent?
Did the town lese by the agcucj', and hew
much."
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PERSONA!..
Secretary Blaise has appointed his son
Walker Blaine, his private secretary.
Hen. Wayne MacVeaeh is te be ten
dered three dinners in Philadelphia, one
by the Union League, one by some lead
ing citizens, and one by members of the
bar.
The suit of Samuel Wilkinson a&niust
Henry Ward Beecher, for breach of
contract te write the "Life of Christ,"
has been noticed for trial in the supreme
court in New Yerk en the first Monday in
April.
Mr. Judd, editor of the American Agri
culturist, is warmly indorsed by eminent
scientific men for the position of commis
sioner of agriculture. Mr. LeDuc, the
present incumbent, knows of no reason
why he should vacate the office, and is new
engaged in the preparation of a mucilagi
nous substance by the use of which he
hopes te " stick out."
The senatorial problem in Minnesota is
still unsolved se far as the public has any
positive knowledge, but it is generally un
derstood in well-advised political circles
that Governer Pillsbury has fully resolved
te appoint General A. J. Edgertex, of
Dedge county, a native of New Yerk,
who has been identified with the political
history of Minnesota as a Democrat, Gran
ger and Republican for twenty years. The
appointment will be purely a personal one
if made, and there is little doubt about it.
uharles D. Uilmere, an attorney and
claim agent, whose practice consists main
ly of interior department cases, has brought
suit against Carl Schurz, ex-sccrctary of
the interior, for $200,000 damages upon
the ground that Schurz, without any just
cause, disbarred him from practice iu the
department of the interior iu April, and
thus broke up a legal business whose
profits Gilinerc estimates at- $40,000 per
annum. The disbarment of Gilmero was
the result of an investigation in which it
appeared that Gilmerc had been bribing
one .of the clerks.
.In a Bad State.
At the Westboro, Mass., reform school
insubordination among the inmates in
creases rather than diminishes and the
rules of the institution are set at defiance.
Fifteen of the inmates have escaped
within a week, most of them, however, be
ing recaptured. All are new kept in con
finement, no work being done in the shops.
The inmates manifest their defiance in
various ways. Au officer of the institu
tien
expresses the opinion that under a
continuation of the present management county that has net received its appropri apprepri
thcre will seen be a general outbreak. atj00 j8 Lincoln Independent district.
STATE ITEMS.
Pittsburgh is te have the Hcrdic coaches.
Elias Cooper, 12 years old, is being tried
in Pottsville for killing a young companion
with a stone. "
One hundred and sixty-tree thousand
dollars in geld and silver were paid out te
the railroad employees at Alteena en
Wednesday and yesterday.
Edward Tait has brought suit against
Allegheny county te recover $8,000 for
wine, which was stored iu the Pittsburgh
depot at the time of the riots and was de
stroyed by fire.
There are ten normal schools in this
state, one at Millersville, Edinboro, Mans
field, Kiitztewu, Bloomsburg, West Ches
ter, Shippcnsburg, California, Indiana and
Leck Haven.
The Alteena Sun publishing cempauy
has been sold out by the constable and
everything was purchased by the Messrs.
Barclay. The goods, with the exception
of the type, brought their full value.
Frem Pottstown a married man named
David Wise, a pnddler, is missing, and se
is the wife of Harvey Ilartenstine, anetner
puddler, and it is supposed they have
eloped together. Mr. Ilartenstine has
gene in search of the missing pair, with
bleed m his eye and a revolver in his
pocket.
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LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
The fust rail of the Washington &
Point Lookout railroad was laid yester
day. Nixon's brick block at Lake, N. II., was
burned yesterday. Less, $8,000 ; insur
ance. $4,000.
Themas Carey, aged 12 years, was fatal
ly injured, while attempting te steal a ride
en a switch engine, iu Jeisey City.
It is reported from Fortune Bay, New
foundland, that an American fishing
schooner, name unknown, has been lest
there with all en beard.
Geerge E. Geech, a prominent commis
sion merchant of Chicago, failed en ac
count of the advance in the price of pro pre
visions. William Kuhiman aud W. F. Hickman
were convicted iu Baltimore of selling
oleomargarine for butter. They are sub
ject te a fine of $100 each.
At Maxuy, Arizona, Dick Lloyd, a noto
rious cowboy, shot E. Mann, justice of the
peace, aud was himself shot dead by one
O'Neill.
Frederick Williamson's house, iu Ceu
tic Moriches, L. I., caught fire from a ker
osene lamp. In trying te extinguish the
flames Mrs. Williamson was burned be
yond recognition.
Iu the rifle match between Dr. Carver
and Mr. Scott, at the aquarium at West
minster, each contestant has broken 1,900
bails at the hocend day's sheeting, includ
ing these broken en Wednesday.
In Cyuthiana, Ky., Sallie Carr severed
the carotid artery of Irene Fowler by a
slash with a pocket-knife. Beth women
were colored and the tragedy was the up
shot of a day's quarrel, superinduced by
whisky.
Jehial Auraich, a brakeman en the Erie
railway, was shot by tramps, who had
beai'ded the train and refused te leave it.
They threw him from the train after shoot sheet
ing him, and he was found near Sterling
station, with a bullet wound iu his head.
He died.
At the meeting of the National Associa
tion of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, iu New Yerk, the following offi
cers were elected : President,. William B.
Shattuck, of the New Yerk, Pennsylvania
& Ohie railroad ; Vice President, E. P.
Wilsen, of the Cincinnati Southern rail
road ; and Secretary, A. J. Smith, of the
C, C. & I. raihead.
At Elderado. Nev., Hank Parish shot a
man named Clark during a game or cards
in Greenwood's saloon, aud then killed
Greenwood. The coroner, en attempting
te arrest Parish, was compelled by him at
the muzzle of a pistol te take from Green
wood's pocket aud return te Parish the
meuey which Greenwood had wen from
him. Parish defies arrest and remains at
large.
In Terre Hautc,Ind.,Mrs.Meliic Nuckle
berry, a widow, thirty years of age,
shot at Geerge Arbucklc en the street, but
missed, the idiot hitting a lady and in
flicting a slight wound. Mr. Arlmckle is
a prominent merchant and is sixty-five
years old. Mrs. Nueklebcrry was for
merly a clerk iu his store, and alleges that
he premised te marry her and has neg
lected te de se.
Kansas City has had a big lire, by which
was destroyed that part of a fine new block
of buildings occupied by Woodward, Fax
on & Ce., wholesale "druggists; Kelly,
Wills & Ce., wholesale hardware; ami
Ogleby & Ce., wholesale gieecrs. A series
of explosions, numbering net less than 75,
took place, caused by cans of gunpowder
in the establishment of Ogleby & Ce., and
by barrels efctr.il oil in the drug house of
Woodward, Faxon & Ce. These explo
sions were loud enough te be heard sev
eral miles away. The total less is $370,
000 ; insurance, $230,000.
In Rosita, Cel., a fire in 31illcr's giecery
store spreading thence destroyed the entire
business portion of the city, including the
posteffice and its contents, together with
several stocks of merchandise. The fire
was evidently of incendiary origin, an out.
house, the ice house aud the fleer of the
grocery having been saturated with coal
oil. The outhouse was first discovered te
be en fire, and immediately afterwards the
flames broke ent iu the interior of the
store and an explosion seen occurred,
scattering firebrands in every direction.
The water supply from the wells was seen
exhausted, aud the flames were allowed te
take their course. The less is estimated
at $180,000.
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Uluptly Buys.
In Mt. Savage, near Cumberland, Md.,
Alexander. Thrasher, aged about 20, had a
difficulty with Jeseph Pratt, about the
same age. "Blews were struck, but no
weapons used. Between 4 and 5 o'clock
the same parties, accompanied by several
ether young men, including Frank and
Geerge Pratt, younger brothers, after hav
ing been snow-balling, met en a bridge.
Thrasher stabbed Jeseph Pratt in the
heart, killing him instantly, and also cut
ting severely in the right side Frank
Pratt, but net dangerously. Beth parties
are respectably connected and have parents
living.
A Ileep Game.
New Yerk Correspondence el the Public Leil-'
ger.
Seme new Democratic movement of na
tional importance is en feet. On Saturday
evening Gen. Hancock is te have an enter
tainment at the Manhattan club, at which,
it is understood, many of the leading men
of the party are te be present, rumor says
for "consultation," but what the consulta
tion is about in wholly a matter of con
jecture. Mr. Tilden will be present and, I
am told, he is expected te make a speech
calculated te attract the attention of the
country.
Fer the New Postmaster Ueneral.
Xew Yerk Times Rep.
President Hayes left the White Heuse
with an uneasy consciousness that in the
star route contracts of the pest office de
partment might be found the sole blot en
the purity of his administration.
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Scheel Apportionment.
The SeJioel Journal for March contains
a list of school districts which have net
yet received the state appropriation for the
sciioei year 1830, through lailure te make
iue requircu annum report, or ler ether
reasons growing out of a neglect te comply
bauds. The only district in Lancaster
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
OBSOBNB LITERATURE.
YOCJJG ULESSXEK'S CitUIE.
Wee Was Arrested for Abasing the Slalls,
Yerk Evening Dispatch.
It is suspected that young Glessuer had
been engaged in distributing this kind of
matter for some time, as similar packages
had been received in different parts of
the ceuntrj , but he bad conducted his cor
respondence secretly and eluded detec
tion. The package upon which his iden
tity was partially established was scut by
UIcBsucr irem Yerk te a student at
Franklin and Marshall college at Lancas
ter. Beside several sheets of obscene
printed matter, there was a letter with
Glessncr's name signed, all enclosed in
ene onvelepo aud mailed as second class
matter. The euvclepe being opened the
postmaster saw the writing and sent the
package te Washington, where its eon
tents were discovered and the matter turned
ever te Mr. Comstock, who by a decoy
letter containing money was furnish
ed with such evidence as te make the ar
rest an easy matter. Glcssner made a
confession te the officer after his arrest,
but did net seem te understand that he
had committed a crime that the govern
ment regards as one of the most sciieus
evils against its subjects, and the punish punish
reent prescribed is most severe. The cir
culation of matter of this kind has been
going en for some time in the Lancaster
schools and efforts that hae been made
by school authorities te discover the
source from which it emanated have been
fruitless. About the time that veung Gless
ner sent the telltale letter, iu November last,
the obsceno matter had gaiued extensive
circulation in that city,and we are inform -ea
that several young children were found
with these publications en them, aud a
party of young girls were suspended from
school. Mr. Comstock, who has been in
this department for a number of years,
says that the amount of injury dena te the
young men and girls by poisoning their
minds with literature of such vicious ten
dencies can net be imagined, and the gov
ernment are determined te eradicate the
evil by unceasing vigilance ever the mails
and severe sentences for these convicted
this terrible crime.
Capt. Sprcchcr left for Philadelphia this
morning with young Glcssner.
THE UWL.
Hoeting?!!! the Ceal I!c;
;ienft.
Pottsville Chronicle, Editorial.
A scurrilous and obscene sheet called
The Oicl, which purports te be pub
lished in the city of Lancaster, has been
for the past few weeks openly sold en the
streets of Pettsvijle. In order te increase
its circulation iu this locality we are in
formed a Pottsville correspondent has
been secured, whose weekly contributions
te its columns are filled with mean aud
cowardly flings at residents of our bor
ough. It has especially been complained
of that insinuations are frequently made in
its columns about young girls by giving
their initials or indicating their personality
in some ether definite manner insinua
tions which may have the effect of blasting
their reputations for life. Such a libelous
publication is a matter whi :h as conserva
tors of public morals we feel called upon
te reprobate in the most decided terms.
It is scarcely pjssible te conceive of the
injury which may b3 dene by a single oue
et these shameful publications, especially
se far as the reputations of young girls are
concerned ; and we call upon the commu
nity te rise up aud suppress the evil. There
is but one way of 'dealing with such an
infamy as this, aud that is te give the cor
respondents and agents of the Oicl the
full extent of the law. The act of Assem
bly provides that " if any pcisen shall
write, print, publish, or exhibit any ma
licious or defamatory libel, such person
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and pun
ished by a fine net exceeding one thous
and dollars, or undergo au imprisonment
net exceeding twelve months, or both, at
the discretion of the court." A subsc-
f quent act provides that " if any person
shall pubhsh.er shall expose te sale, or
exhibit, or sell any filthy or obscene libel
and shall be convicted thereof, such per
son shall be sentenced te pay a line net
exceeding five hundred dollars, and un
derge an imprisonment net exceeding one
year. The parents and friends of the
boys who are engaged in the sale of this
disreputable sheet upon the streets had
better advise them iu time te abauden the
enterprise, or they may be called upon te
answer for the violation of the law. This
publication is au outrage upon common
decency which we de net believe the peo
ple of Pottsville will tolerate for an instant
when its infamous character becomes
thoroughly known. It is generally sold en
Saturday, and any boys found engaged in
tin) nefarious traffic should be handed
ever at ence te the officers of the law.
T11K UOIIKEUSTOWX KOff.
Hearing et the Cases ifefeie Alderman Burr.
The parties engaged in the disgraceful
fight at Ames Kauffman's tavern, in
Rohrerstown,en Monday were taken before
Alderman Barr for a hearing this morning.
Thes. Smith aud Aug. Kilceinc still pre
scntcd a very sorry appearauce the former
with his ear bitten oil' and his eyes bunged
up, and, the latter with his head aud face
badly cut aud swollen and his eyes black
and blue. Jehn Heed, the colored man,
who bit off Smith's car, appeared in hand
cuffs. He did net appear te be much hurt
or much worried about the predicament he
found himself iu. The testimony offered
in the case was substantially as has been
published in the Intelligencer. The
alderman dispened of the cases as fellows :
The cases charging Martin Hess, the
bar tender, with assault and battery en
Smith and Kilceinc were dismissed.
The negre Jehn Heed was held te
answer at court en four several charges
for mayhem in the sum of $300 ; for intent
te disfigure $300 ; for assault and battery
en Smith $200, and ler assault auu battery
en Kilceine $200
Thes. Smith was held for surety of the
peace, en complaint of Martin Hess, in the
sum of $200 ; ler assault and battery on en on
Heod300, and for drunken and disorderly
conduct was committed for three days,
in addition te the five he has already
served, m
Augustus Kilceinc, for surety of the
peace, en complaint of Martin Hess, was
held te answer in the sum of $300 ; and
for drunken and disorderly conduct was
committed for three days in addition te
the five already served. The complaint
charging him with assault and battery en
Heed was dismissed.
In default of bail all the parties were com
mitted though it was believed that Heed's
friends would seen furnish bail for him.
In the mayhem case .the alderman is net
empowered te take bail, but the judges of
the court can de se.
Sale of Beat Estate. t,
Henry Shubert, auctioneer and real es
tate agent, sold at public sale, March 10,
at the Leepard hotel, for James Potts,
guardian of the miner children of Jehn A.
Shultz, deceased, a two-story brick dwell
ing situated en the north side of East
Lemen street, between North Queen and
Duke street, te Henry Conies for $2,400. .
The UnUc'ited Lamps. .
The city lamps are doing belter ; last
night but nine of them were unlighted in
the city. One of them was in the Third
and two in each of the Second, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh wards.
OUR COUNTY HOSPITAL.
WHAT IT COSTS TO KEEf PATIENTS.
A Spicy Debate en the Subject In the State
Senate.
In tjbc state Senate the ether day, pend
ing the consideration of the bill te organ
ize the state hospital for the insane at
Warren, and a proposed amendment re
ducing the charges of keeping the inmates
sent there by counties from $2.50 te $2 per
week, Mr. Kauffman, from this county, ob
jected te the reduction', because if it was
made the counties like Lancaster, which kept
their own insane, would have te make up
the deficit for the state institutions caused
by the difference between the actual costs
of theki maintcuauee aud the amounts
contributed by the counties which did net
keep them but sent their insane te state
hospitals.
Mr. Kauffman said : I should be very
glad indeed te vote for this amendment if
I thought the insane could be kept at any
thing like two dollars a week, but I think
the experience of the members of this
body is entirely of a different character.
By law, all the ether institutions of the
state are allowed three dollars a week.
This is a reduction new of half a dollar
which is about sixteen per cent , but I am
well satisfied in my ewu mind, and I be
licve the experience every year has been
that the state of Pennsylvania pays large
amounts of money for the purpose of mak
ing up the deficit between the receipt of
turce dollars trem the county institution
aud the amount th:it the maintenance of
these persons actually costs. New,
if we reduce this still further te
the sum of two dollars a week
the result will be as the senator from
Allegheny Mr. Newmyer has said,
that counties who have taken care of their
ewu peer, will, net only have te support
their peer as Chey are new doing and as
my county does, but will be compelled te
pay their proportion in support of the peer
from theM counties who pay less thau the
sum necessary te maintain them. We sup
port our own peer, we support them at
less cost thau thiee dollars a week, I be
lieve at a liitle less thau two dollars a
week, and I sec no reason because we de
that we should help te support the peer of
ether counties of the commonwealth the
insane I mean, of course. Se far as send
ing the insane persons te these asylums of
the state is concerned, it is all very well as
long as there is any hope of effecting a
cure, but after persons are hopelessly in
sane aud there is no mere possibility of
curing them, all they require is te be prep
eiiy clothed aud fed, and properly cared
for. There is no particular benefit te be
derived from keeping a person at an insane
asylum when there is no possibility or
probability of effecting any cure or benefit
in any way. I take it, in the cases of per
sons of that kind, where they have insti
tutions such as we have in Lancaster
county, they are just as comfortable and
just as well cared for as they will be at
this hospital or any ether hospital. I sec
no reason why we should be taxed te pay
for the maintenance of persons that will
be sent te these hospitals from ether ceun
ties in the commonwealth. If they can
show by actual experiment, that two dol
lars a week is a sufficient amount. I should
be only tee glad te rcduce the charges te
that figure.
Mr. Hall. The senator from Lancaster
has proved te us that the cost of keeping
the insane paupers ought net te. exceed
two dollars a week, because he tells us
that their experience in Lancaster county
shows they can be kept for less than that
sum. I think it may be fairly inferred
from that fact that the reason why the
people of Lancaster county keep their in
sane peer iu their own almshouse is be
cause the public rate at the state asylums
is mere.
Mr. Kauffman. That is the reason, ex
actly. Mr. Hall. If the public rate in the in
sane asylums of the state were reduced te
two dollars there would be no object in
the people of Lancaster county keeping
their insane at home. They will then be
able te avail themselves of the superior
advantages which the state insane alylums
afford without any increased expense te
them, and in that case they will share
equally in the benefits of the state's
beuuty without being unduly taxed te
support the peer of ether counties.
Mr. Kauffman. We are proud te be able
te say that the peer are kept as well in the
hospital at Lancaster as they will be iu
Warren. We have a building, net se
grand as Warren, but equally as comfort
able. Mr. Uall. Then they are mere fortu
nate than any ethor section of the state.
In the section of the state for which this
hospital is intended te provide there is' no
such almshouse as the gentleman says they
can beast of in Lancaster. He has shown
us the insane peer can be kept for two dol
lars, and therefore two dollars is enough
te put iu this bill. There is one ether
item which ought te be considered in this
ca3e, namely, that the amount of expense
te the state depends largely en the uumber
of inmates in the hospital.
Mr. Mylin. Will the senator allow me
te ask him a question.
Mr. Hall. Ceitainly.
Mr Mylin. If the inmates of the state
hospitals can be kept for two dollars, why
is it that they are constantly applying
te the Legislature for appropriations te
cover up deficits?
Mr. Hall. This is just one of the things
I have net been able te find out. The re
port made te the state two years age by
Dixmont hospital shows that the earn
ings of the hospital were within three
thousand of all expenses, and yet they
came here and asked for au appropriation
of sixty thousand dollars. I he lact re
mains, however, as proved by the senator
from Lancaster Mr. Kauffman, that they
can be kept for two dollars. What I was
proceeding te say is this : The cost de
pends largely en the number of inmates
in any hospital. We have ia Warren a
building that cost the state abdut a mil
lion of dollars, with a capacity for seven
or eight hundred inmates. There are new
but thirty inmates, or something like that
number. Of course, if there was
net one inmate there would be
a large expense te the state,
and with thirty the expenses will be large.
There are certain expenses which must go
en whether the number of inmates is
thirty or seven hundred. It is evident that
the larger the number of inmates the
less the cost per capita te the state. New
then, it is necessary te fill the hospital
since we have built it. Unless we put the
rates se low that the insane peer can be-
kept there as cheaply as they can within
the several peer districts, the insane peer
will net be sent there. Hence the amend
ment which has been made te the bill,
giving te the peer authorities the right te
send their insane peer te the hospital, and
new the necessity for this amendment te
put the public rate se low that the peer
authorities will avail themselves of that
privilege instead of keeping them at home
where they will net be se well kept. It is
much better for riie insane te be sent te
the hospital ; experience has shown that a
very large percentage et all the insane in
this state belong te the incurable class, se
that these hospitals are net merely places
te cure neeDle. but rather homes in which
these unfortunate people may remain. If
the peer districts can maintain them there
as cheaply and better than they can at
home then they will be kept there. If you
keep the rates above what it will cost them
at home, then your hospitals will remain
empty. Se then this will be a measure of
economy te the state in the future, de
creasing the cost per capita by increasing
the number of inmates in these hospital?,
which we ought te fill new that we have
built them.
Mr. Helbeu. I simply rise for the fur
pese of stating that I am net in favor of
the amendment proposed by the senator
from Erie Mr. Sill. The maximum
price is fixed only in this bill. It says the
cost shall net exceed two dollars and a
half per week. New, thi3 institution need
net charge twe.jialliix&andaJuaUV.Ifit
costs an institution two dollars a week,
they ought te charge two dollars ; if it
coats two dollars and ahaif they, ought te
have that amount of money. I am, there
fore, net in favor of the amendment.
Mr.Kauffmaa. I fully bear testimony
te what the seaater from Elk? Mr. Hall
has said in reference te the hospital at
Warren. At the close of last session this
Senate appointed a committee of three
senators te visit the, public institutio&sef
the state of .Pennsylvania. Twe of these
senators paid hurried, flyiug visits te scv
al institutions. I happened te be ene of
that number, and I mast say that for'
completeness and excellency and every
thing that makes a public institution of
.that kind just what it should be, se far
as my knowledge of building and architec
ture aud the mechanic's arts and things of
that kind are concerned, that the hospital
at Warren is a complete institution. I
presume there is nothing better in this
country, and probably net in the world,
and the only regret we had at that
time, when I visited that place, and I
think ray colleague who was with me will
bear testimony te the same effect, was
that we thought the hospital for the sec
tion of the country in which it was located
was entirely tee large, and we did net see
where the custom, se te speak, was te
come from te fill the institution. But I
say. if the policy suggested by the senator
from Elk Mr. Hall is carried out, it is
likely they will be able te fill te a certain
extent, probably one half anyhow of that
buildiug. If I thought the amendment of
the senator from Erie Mr. Sill would
have the proper effect, that is a dis
position en the part of the people who are
running that establishment te reduce the
cost, then I should vote for it very cheer
fully ; but unfortunately I am afraid our
experience will be of a contrary character,
and that instead of bringing down the cost
of keeping these people te two dollars a
week, the result will be that the state of
Pennsylvania, as a state, will be compelled
te reach into the treasury, aud pay about
two dollars a piece additional for every in
mate that gees from a county hospital te
this institution, because, if I am net mis
taken, I think you will find the cost of
keeping these people is in the neighbor
hood of four dollars a week all ever the
state at Dixmont, at Norristown and
elsewhere. In regard te Lancaster
county, we are se fortunately placed
that we run our concern en busi
ness principles. The people who manage
that concern are -plain Lancaster county
farmers, who put down everything te the
last cent, and therefore we have net get
these high-fangled notions like some of
the pcople who run ether institutions in
the state of Pennsylvania. The people
have te pay their taxes, and therefore will
held these managers te a strict accounta
bility, and they manage te run the con
cern with such economy that they reduced
the cost te the figures I have stated. If it
had net been for this senatorial muddle
our committee expected te make a smalt
report upon this question, although we
have net yet been able te visit them all.
We were working for nothing and finding
ourselves, and therefore I suppose the
Senate has no right te call us particularly
te account. But, Mr. President, I cannot
for the life of me see why it is that in our
public institutions it costs four dellai s a
week for keeping every inmate ; why it
should cost such a very large amount of
money, and yet we could see no irregulari
ty. Everything seemed te be all right se
far as we could see in all the institutions
we visited ; but the county of Lancaster
keeps her peer and insane pcople for
less than two dollars a week iu a
building with conveniences equal te
any hospital in Pennsylvania ; net
quite as flue, but nearly as fine as
some of the better hospitals here ; as
geed as the one at Norristown but net
se large. We have about ene hundred and
fifty inmates and we keep them for less
than two dollars a week. We have phy
sicians who visit them, and all that kind of
thing, of course, net with the same skill
and net in the same manner as they would
be treated at Warren or elsewhere, but yet
we keep the cost down te less than two
dollars a week, and yet our state institu
tions cost us about four dollars and twenty
cents a week. I cannot see hew this can
be, unless it is because we have the treasury
of Pennsylvania te draw upon for the sup
port of these institutions and the institu
tions are net managed with the same do de do
gree of economy that our county institu
tions are. I should be very glad te make
a trial of this amendment if I thought any
geed would result from it. If I had any
assurance from the senator from Elk Mr.
Hall, that these would be managed with
mere economy in consequence of the
amendment, I would very cheerfully vote
for it.
Mr. Schnatterly. I desire, sir, te reply
briefly te the argument of the senator. I
am sorry te learn that they manage the
indigent insane, in Lancaster county 711
business principles. That is a little the
worst I have heard of Lancaster ceu-.ty,
that they keep insane asylums for the in
digent insane for the purpose of making
money out of it. I unfortunately repre
sent the same kind of a county, and I am
ashamed of it in that particular. We
keep our insane, tee, iu a ten cent hos
pital ; out of debt ; thirty thousand dol
lars in the treasury ; net a bend out, and
keep the indigent insane in a hovel, where
it costs within a fraction as much as it
docs at the best hospital in Pennsylvania.
It will net de for the senator new te say,
that insane asylums in this state, for
which the state has spent millions upon
millions of money, are net better prepared
in every appointment te keep insane peo
ple than county asylums. He might as
well tell me that he is prepared te give us
a capitol building in Lancaster county,
with all appointments, as well as this
building, for the same purpose.
Mr. Kauffman. Will the senator allow
me te say just one word before he pro pre
ceedsjust at this point ? I wish te say
te the senator from Fayette Mr. Schnat
terly, and te the senators here present,
that he evidently did net understand my
remarks when I referred te the hospital in
Lancaster when he compares it te a ten
cent hospital. I said te the senators here
present that that hospital had conveniences
and everything et that kind equal te any
of the hospitals in the state of Pennsylva
nia, and I will new say te the senators
here that gentlemen outside of Lancaster
county, who have had their insane in the
hospital at Harrisburg, have come down
te Lancaster and asked te have them put
in our hospital, with a view te effecting a
a permanent cure.
Mr. Schnatterly. The gentleman's re
ply does net affect his statement that they
are running . it upon business principles.
What docs he mean by that ? Why, make
money, save money. Save money off of
whom and from whom ? The indigent in
sane. Have we ceme te that the great
ceuntv of Lancaster that yields three mil
liens and a half of tobacco every year, te
save ten cents upon its indigent insane !
Has it come te that ? Yes, it is that in
my district and I presume it is that in
his ; and when we ceme te the third
and fourth lines of this section in this
bill I propose te strike out all after
t'-ie word "shall" in the third line,
and insert the following up te the word
"te:" "be authorized aud required" te
send them te bnildings erected for this
purpose, take them from the peer directors
or the county commissioners if they are
tee mean and tee stingy te previde proper
places and proper treatment for these peo
ple Authorize and require them and com
pel them te de it. Why, sir, the criminals
of the state cost us in our county two dol
lars and ten cents a week, or thirty cents
per day, and yet you propose te keep the
insane upon the sanie, and less for aught
I knew, en yeurJ bnsinesV principles."1
That is all I have te say until I come te
the section where I desire te antherize and
require these pcople that 'have charge of
them te send them te the proper place.
It lis an outrage and it is a shame.
Mr. Holben.- The cost of the keeping
of these seems te differ at different insti
tutions. Seme institutions. I find by the
report of the beard) of charities; keep them
at a mere reasonable figure, and ethers
charge a larger sum. I find that the state
hospital, at i'arrisburg, keeps the insane
at four dollars and forty-nine cents per
week ; the Western hospital, at Dixmeut
four dollars nod thirty-five cents per week;
difference of a few cents. The state hos
pital at D.uwllc. three dollars and eighty
two cents, and that of the"Friends' asylum
at Philadelphia, ten dollars and seventy
five cents, quite a difference between that
and threedollarsandeighty-twecents. The
Pennsylvania hospital, at Philadelphia,
costs eight dollars aud forty-seven cent,
and the Philadelphia hospital two dollars
and three cents. These figures have con
firmed my' opinion that two dollars and
fifty cents is net tee much, and, therefore,
I.de net think that this amendment ought
te pass. We might mnke it three dollars.
I think I would vote for an amendment
that would make the price net te exceed
three dollars per week, because then these
persons would have some discretion in the
matter, and if they ascertained the fact
that they could afford te keep them, at two
dollars and fifty cents then they could only
charge t hat much, and net three dollars.
Mr. Kautfiuau. I regret very much te
take up the time of the senator by pro
longing this discussion, but I really de net
feci quite comfortable, after the remarks
made by the senator from Fayette Mr.
Schnatterly, reflecting en thu comity of
Lancaster. II the senator has iu his coun
ty a mean set of cusses, accord iug te his
ewu statement, then it is his business te
go out there and lecture en the subject ;
but I say that the remarks made by the
' senator from Fayette Mr. Sehnatterly,
de net apply, in the least degree, te the
people of Lancaster county. I am proud
te be able te say that I represent a
constituency that is tee proud, aud tee
noble, and tee high toned te let
any pers-ui .Miffer within the county
of Lauc.ietr, and we have a jail
there equal te any penitentiary, and an
insane hospital that is equal, as I said be bo be
fere te many of the state institutions, and
by strict economy ami honest, careful and
competent management wc have brought
down the ce.t of keeping these people
equal te any hospital iu Pennsylvania, te
less than two dollars a week. I will net
sit here and hear the people of Lancaster
county, who are high-toned and net
gifllty of thc:-c charges, charged with
them.
Mr. Smith. Will the senator allow him
self te be interrogated ?
Mr. Kauumau. Certainly.
Mr. Smith. Is it true, as I have heard
it stated that at this institution at Lan
caster they tight chickens in the yard for ,
the amusement of the inmates?
The fmther discussion of the bill was
then postponed.
' l'U OX THE BRISTOL."
tOKt Nisl.t'ri
I'erferinancc ut
Heuse.
the Uperit
People who last night visited the epera
heu-e in the expectation of witnessing a
mirth-provoking performance and one that
would atl'erd play te their risibilities and
gratify their taste for fun, were probably
net disappointed ; but it is safe te venture
the assertion that that part of the audience
who went t':'i: te sec ;i refined as well as
amusing rutcrtainiucnt, ene that they
might in future recall with pleasure, left
the hall at the final ringing down of the
curtain iu a frame of mind that was the
reverse of satisfactory. During the past
year or two, owing te the popular favor that
has greeted the introduction upon the legit
imate stage of such compositions various
ly designated as "'musical comedies."
' novelettes," "oddities," "absurdities,"
" extravaganzas," and trash of this sort
generally, variety actors and actresses have
been affeided opportunity they did net be
fore enjoy of appearing before respect
able audiences, and in one guise or another
finding the chance te exhibit their various
specialty acts. Many of these are geed
and clean, many of them otherwise. Last
night's performance " Fun en tiie Bristel,"
was about half-and-half. The company
is composed of " variety stars " of degrees
of brilliancy, and the clleets of early train
ing are plainly visible in their acting;
in mauy places it was decidely bread,
vulgar" and utterly unlit for pre
sentation be fore a respectable audience.
Probably the players saw that they were
producing an impression, as they cer
tainly were -vi a portion of the audience,
and weie encouraged te still further
e'eistep thy hounds of modesty by the
laughter and npp-ausc that rewarded time
and agai'i performances that may be
mildly dcM-i'ilicd as indelicate. Seme of
the acts !! tin; ether hand, were as clean
and innocent as they were amusing, but
en thu wh.i!e the performance was dissat
isfying te anyone of refined tastes The
leading ciiuactcr, that of Mrs. O'Brien,
"from Tipperary, a gushing two-times
widow and candidate for a third term,"
was taken by Jehn F. Sheridan, an
actor of some reputation as a female im
personator, but who is no mere te be
compared te the late Harry Josephs, whose
place he aspires te fill, than mud is te
marble, or It singed cat te a Bengal tiger,
te use the language of n gentleman lately
elevated te a prominent ' position in the
service of his ceun ry. Sheridan's work
is gross coarse, vulgar throughout, where
that of the dead Josephs was delicate, re
fined, and net the less amusing because it
at all times showed an appreciation of the
proprieties. She. man s sphere is in the
variety garden ; and while there may
be said te have been some excuse for
bis excesses in the uproarious approval of
Ins audience, he carried them beyond the
pale of toleration by the decent portion of
it ; he may be a geed character :icter, but
his idea of fun is tee closely associated
with vulgarity te furnish any great amount
of edification of te an audience of ordinary
respectability. In striking contrast with
the pcrformauc-e of this individual was the
actiug of Billy Courtright, negre impcisj impcisj
nater, whose work was neat aud clever ; he
scored his most pronounced hit in the
rendition of a peculiar se-:g, his own
composition, called " Flewey-FIcwey." in
which au eccentric dance and remarkable
contortions of his body were very amusing.
As the steward of the beat, also, there was
a quiet humor i n his acting that was alto
gether refreshing. Misses Kate Castlcten
and Agues Halleck. two rather handsome
girls, performed the parts- of the widow's
daughters' with considerable snap and
grace ; they both sing well, Miss Halleck's
voice being a soprano of geed quality,
whilst Miss Castleten's contralto is fair,
and her singing of the "Lardy-da" song
brought dewu the house. One of the best
things e! the evening was the brief trio by
Misses Halleck and Castleten and Mr.
Mark Smith, who has a fine baritone. The
music, what there was of it. was excellent
ia quality but incjnsiderable in quantity,
and the performance might be considerably
improved by eliminating some of the
coarse humor with which it abounds and
substituting therefer some popular operatic
airs. As te the piece itself, as remarked
at the eutsit, it constitutes nothing but a
series of variety acts; introducing the per
former's several specialties,strung together
indiscriminately, without form and void.
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