LANCASTER DAILY 1JSTELLIGENCEK, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1881.
Lancaster intelligencer
TUaSDAT STONING, MAY 17, 1SBL
.Cenkllng'g Strike.
Failing te defeat the president's nom
inatien te office of a collector of the pert
of New Yerk, who is unfriendly te them,
the New Yerk senators resign their
seats, with the supposed object of sub
mitting the question at issue te the de
termination of the New Yerk Legisla
ture. The wisdom of their action is net
generally conceded. The New Yerk
Legislature is net the body te decide the
dispute between the president and the
New Yerk senators. It is one between
the administration and the party that
elected' it. Net even the body of the Re
publican party in the state of New Yerk
can i333ibly determine it. The party
in the state must submit te the
control of the party in the country, the
organization being national; The New
Yerk senators' idea seems te' be te place
the party in their state in opposition te
the administration. If they succeed
they secure a divisien of the national
Republican party; for obviously the
dictation of one state cannot be ex
pected te control the administration, and
restore the unity of the party by a con
cession tiiat is demanded by but a small
fragment of the party. If the New
Yerk senators had been sustained by a
majority of the Republican senators they
. might fairly have demanded the submis
sion of the president te what could have
b jen maintaintd. te be the party voice. But
they were net thus sustained; and it is
net easy te see hew they greatly bettered
their position by an appeal te their state.
If they arc sustained by the Legisla
ture it simply shows that the Republi
cans of that bedy join with the senators
in disagreeing witli the Republican na
tional administration. It may make
tlietn feel mere comfortable in their re
bellion ; but it accomplishes no geed te
the party, but only evil. It makes its
division mere apparent, and shows the
New Yerk Republican legislators te be
soreheads in company with their sena
ters. There is comfort in having sym
nathizers in misfertnne, but where is
the help te the party in arraying it in
one stale against its brethren in the
ethers ? And if the New Yerk senators
fail te get the endorsement they seek
from their state, they take nothing and
lese a great deal by their movement. In
the conflict they invite they will enceun
ter great odds, and can hardly succeed if
the Republicans of the Legislature are at
liberty te exercise an ordinary degree of
judgment. They are asked te advise and
approve a .schism in the party. The
issue is between the aduiinistratien,
which has been sustained by a majority
of tiie United States Senate, and a mi
nority of these senators. Supposing that
it is the minority of the Republicans of
New Yerk who are sustained bv the ad
ministration,-that minority is in rank
witli the majority of the patty in the
country ; and every sensible Republican
in the Legislature must see the felly of
cembatting the position of the national
party in a national issue. The state of
New Yerk does net select the eDicers of
the United States, and when its Repub
licans find that the president and
the Senate, who de appoint them, cheese
te appoint men whom the state Republi
cuis de net like, they will show their
wisdom by accepting the situation with
the best grace they can command.
There is nothing in the question te
justifiably disrupt a party. It is -simply
a question of speilsand about the power
of men. The New Yerk senators, in
giving the reasons for their resignation,
make no issue upon any principle ; un
less the right of the senators of a state
te have the appointments in it made te
their liking be considered one. It is at
least certain that it will take no bold
upon public sympathy. There is noth
ing in it which frees these New Yerk
senators from having the attitude, in
popular estimation, of men who are
creating division and trouble in their
party out a mere matter of distribution
of leaves and iishes. Senater Conkling
himself, at a time when it was net his
ex that wa being gored, was ready
enough te denounce such conduct by
disappointed placemen. On August 24,
1871, he said in a letter te Congressman
Grisweld:
' Shall Republicans in the face of the
enemy refuse te staud by their cause,
which in effect is te desert te the ether
Bide, merely because leaves have net come
te their baskets or fishes te tkeimets?
Men stand talking about federal patronage
and differences among leaders and person
al feelings between individuals and the
like. What de the people care about
tncin .' Ul what public consequence are
the personal aims, object and mishaps of
individuals :
Senater Conkling has steed by his
party when he knew and declared it te
be wrong in vital matters. He believed
the party wa wrong in forcing the ele
vation of Hayes when it knew him net
te have been elected ; but he did net then
have the courage of his convictions,
when he would have done himself great
credit and the country great geed and
saved his party infamy, by boldly stand
ing up for what he felt te be the right.
Then was the time te oppose his party en
principle, te its ultimate benefit and his
own glory. But there is no chance in
this issue either for glory te himself or
goea te his party or the country. It is
net even claimed that the nomination,
which is the cause of the issue forced
upon the Republican party, is an unfit
one. There is Absolutely nothing in the
row but a question or the supremacy of
leaders in the Republican party.
If Conkling aud Piatt de net seek re
election themselves te the Senate and
have resigned because they are net will
ing te be in personal conflict with a Re
publican administration during its four
years of .service, there is a show of rea
son in their action; but as they no
doubt propose putting their creatures, if
mt tl.e-nselves, in" the Senate, if they
. cm, they are net contemplating any
benefit te their party by healing its
sere. If they were really disposed te
make a sacrifice for its geed they, would
threw up the sponge altogether after
their defeat in the Senate, and tell the
New Yerk Legislature te elect Senators
who would be in harmony with the ad
ministration ; an 1 se leave Gar.leld ami
Blaine in undisputed control of the lie-
publican machine. We give them this
advice from a disinterested Democratic
standpoint, net expecting them te take
it any mere than we expect te see them
join the saints.
WNOB TOPICS..
A iuctetl maid in Carlisle,
On the back of her neck bed a bile.
And her lever forget.
And hugged the sere spot.
And her screams could be beard for a mile.
Seven hundred dollars per letter is
what Uncle Sam's mail costs en one of the
star routes in New Mexico. That is what
the contractors call "building up the
country."
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in
this country reports a membership of 50,
000 and a treasury fund of $500,000. This
is the order of which the famous Helly
Haguire society was a branch, but an un
worthy one, for the order, as a general
thing, is quiet and law-abiding.
Thebe is a river of ink in Algiers. It
is formed by the union of two tributaries,
one from a ferruginous tract of soil, the
ether from a peat country, bringing gallic
acid. New if there were only a few, paste
ponds and a scissors factory in that neigh
borhood what a grand place it would be
for a newspaper office, thinks the practical
young mau of the Philadelphia News.
They have a " truant school" iu Hamp
den county, Massachusetts, with an annex
of land and shops, and every scape-grace
of a boy under fourteen who plays
" hoekey " and persists in making him
self obnoxious ou the streets is sent there
for a year of schooling aud thorough
training at hard work. The authorities of
that county don't propose te raise any
tramps if they can help it.
Anether Ohie man is reported te be
"en the slate" for an office ; James Mon Mon Men
eoe, of that state, being named as Mr.
Marsh's successor in the miuistry te Reme.
Mr. Menree, however, has one thing in
his favor which offsets te some extent the
unfortunate circumstance of his place of
residence ; he is au ex-professor iu. Obcr
lin collcge and one of the " literary fel
lows" whom it has become the fashion te
send out in our diplomatic service, and
who seldom fail te de it credit.
It is, perhaps, a subject for mild regre,t
that the newspapers all ever the country
are in the habit of alluding te stage rob
bers who operate 'upeu the plains as
" read agents." This may be regarded as
an unnecessary attempt te soften things.
A writer in the Philadelphia Bulletin
thinks that when a mau is a thief it is
better te allude te him as a thief. The
language used with respect te rascals gen
erally needs te be made plainer and mere
severe instead of mere gentle. a
A committee of the Pennsylvania Equal
Rights league appointed at its sixth annual
meeting in Alteena last summer, te secure
a repeal of the act of the Legislature of
1854, creating separate schools in this
state for colored children, has issued a
circular te members of the Legislature
asking for its repeal, especially en the
ground of the inferior'acceramodations for
colored children in Philadelphia. Mean
time Judge Church, of Crawford county, a
Democratic judge, has pronounced this
law unconstitutional, and the Philadelphia
courts may de likewise.
The state department has been engaged
in directing au investigation of the charges
that were brought against American perk,
and the conclusions reached were that
American perk, as a rule, is a geed deal
mere wholesome than almost auy ether
kind of perk, first, because it is grain-fed
and net swill-fed, and, tccend, Itecause
the most careful inspection is inale of it in
order te maintain the quality at a hi"h
level. There is, of course, really no doubt
at all that the French objections te the
healtbfuIuesB of American poi k. like the
British pretests te American cattle, were
made in the interests of the farmers at
home, rather than iu the interests of con
sumers.
PERSONAL.
When Secretary Lincoln came into the
cabinet he found Mr. Ferbes, who was an
usher at the White Heuse during" his
father's administration, holding a messen
ger's place in the treasury department.
On the night that President Lincoln was
assassinated Mr. Ferbes, who was a favor
ite of the family, attended him te the
theatre. Secretary Lincoln has had him
appointed te a clerkship in the adjutant
general's office.
Signer Campanim, escorted by the post
master general, who is a personal friend
of his, paid his respect te the president
recently. Signer Campauiui speaks Eug-
usu uauiy aim me president talks very
well in French. The conversation was
carried en in French, which left the post
master general somewhat out in the cold,
but at every geed opportunity he would
stick in some remark in English which he
thought apropos.
LATKST NEWS BY MAIL.
H. Dedcre. of Nerthbridn Mass..
A.
was killed by a train at Worcester, Mass.
. . .. - r ; "i
The steamer Gardenia brought te Mon
treal yesterday 1,030 emigrants, mostly
German, en their way West.
All the boiler makers iu St Leuis struck
for twenty per cent.en their present wages
which are from $2.25 te $2.75 per day.
An infant child of Judge Merse, of Am
herst, N. S., has just died from the effect
et a powder intended for its sick mother.
Timethy Crowley died in Bosten from a
fracture of his skull by a fall while be
ing ejected from a barroom by Walter
etucn.
P. M. Osphal and Jacob Jar-obi were
thrown from a pleasure steamer into the
St. Croix river, near Stillwater, Minn.,
and drowned.
Six hundred tens of bananas came in by
a single vessel yesterday. This means at
least ten millions bananas, and every one
but fruit dealers and small boys will won
der what will be done with all of them.
Geerge G. Blair, member of the Assem
bly from White Pine county, Nev., became
engaged in a quarrel about family matters
with one Middleton, at Osceola. Blair
struck Middleton, when the latter retali
ated. Blair died from his wounds seen
after.
A severe thunder storm visited Missouri
yesterday, doing. considerable damage te
the crop?. On Lyen's creek, Dav's county,
Miss Bertie Drawance, aged fifteen years.
was killed by lightning. Four bridges en
tlic Missouri Pacific railroad, between
Camden and White City, were washed
away.
Jehn Schmidt, a German, aged 48 years,
bad been convicted in-the Richmond police
court of stealing bacon, and sentenced te
receive twenty lashes, which were duly
administered. He tried te have his case
aggravated into felony by asserting that
he bad broken into the place whence he
stele the meat, preferring the penitentiary
te stripes, but failing in this he resorted
te self-destruction by poison.
A six-year-old boy and a four-year-old
girl, children of Jeseph Miller, who re
sides two miles north of Canten, Ohie,
went into a smoke house and shut them
selves in. Flames were seen after seen in
the reef of the building. They set fire te
it, and their mother, the only person at
home, lay sick in bed and unable te re
spond te their cries. Twe neighbor women
heard them, and rushing te the scene en
deavored te get in, but could net open the
deer, se they chopped with an axe a bole
in the side and pulled out the two nearly
dead children. The flesh en their faces
and breasts peeled off and their lives are
despaired of.
STAK ROUTE STKALS.
Mlftfng Papers and Other Obntaclei Met by
me rettaumer eenerai uiaoicnan uiaeicnan
Fank Contract.
The New Yerk Times gives a detailed
statement of the frauds about "star"
routes in the Seuth, recently investigated
and reduced by Postmaster General
James, telegraphed from Washington by
its special correspondent. Incidentally it
says :
The postmaster general has discovered,
since taking charge of the department,
that many valuable papers, -which ought
te be en iile in the offices of the second
assistant postmaster general, are missing.
Among these which cannot be found
are reports made by special agents in
relation se some of the routes held by
the riugs and manipulated for their
benefit. Many of these reports severely
criticised the routes and the increased and
expedited service upon them, and threw
much light upon the rings' methods. In
most cases the agents retained copies of
these reports, aud some of these copies
have recently been secured by the depart
ment. Brady completely controlled his
division. .Ne one can tell hew many in
teresting documents he regarded as unnec
essary for the files. It is believed that
the rings are relying upon the expected
indignation of the people who have been
served, or partly served, by their routes.
They hope that this indignation will be
manifested wherever service may be
reduced or cut off, and manifested
se strongly that it will produce a senti
meut in their favor. There are indications
that some of the contractors are hard at
work endeavoring te prejudice the people
in their vicinity against the postmaster
general and his undertaking. The rings
may discover that the inhabitants of the
frontier, while they desire mail facilities,
are unwilling te be swindled or te aid
ether persons in robbing the people's com
nien treasury. The rings are also uu
ueubtedly expecting that the exposure
et their transactions will be an old
and almost forgotten story when the
next session of Congress begins. In
this they are mistaken, should the peo
ple become impressed with the belief that
their postal service might even new be self
supporting if it had been in geed hands
for the last few years, they will net forget
this, nor will they allow their representa
tives te forget it. lucre are intelligent
persons acquainted with the service who
believe that an energetic private corpora
tion could take the postal service en its
own shoulders aiul carry it en at a profit,
ana at tue same time give tue people as
geed mail facilities as they new have.
Aud yet the deficiency for the last fiscal
year was $3,225,000. If it should be as
sumed that the department ought be self-
sustaining, it must be added that years
of bad and worse than reckless manage
meut Have placed tnc service iu sucn a
condition that all the necessary reforms
could net be made, perhaps, during the
term of ene administration."
The official history of the two routes in
Texas upon which James Blackmail and
Jeseph Funk offered bids is given below.
Blackmail and Funk were recently arrest
ed in Philadelphia for having been straw
bidders :
Reute Ne.31,589 Fert Elliett te Wach
ita Falls, Texas.
Distance 230 miles.
Service Once a week.
Time Schedule 48 hours.
Bend, with Bid $4,G0O.
Bidders There was a very long list,
Kerens standing at the top with an offer
of $8,300. The last 12 were as fellows :
V. W. Parker S,2T0'J. E. lteeslils $2,440
J. . Irii;
I.9G1
J. U. Ulack.
.350
H. V. Purker...
H. Tisdulc
J. M. Hincs
Hugh White....
2.sre
M. C.Kerdcll
J. 1). Emersen....
lluriah Magoffin..
.Tame lilackman.
2,290
2.SS6
1,97J
. 2,.1M
ir.euu
,oae
The contract was awarded te Blackmail,
whose address is given in the books as
" care of Geerge H. Giddings, Washing
ton, D. C." Giddings was connected
with Cel. McKibben, and the latter was
the agent for the Gilmerc and Salisbury
combination. Blackmail failed te fulfill
the contract. Thereupon the department
went up the list of bidders. Nine of the
bidders whose names are given above de
clined te take the work at the prices
set against their names. This was an
old trick, made familiar te the public at
the time when the practice of straw
bidding was investigated by Congress.
J. B. Price had offered te de the work in
his bid for $2,9C1. Geerge H. Giddincs.
whose connections have already been ex
plained, stepped in and offered te take the
route for $1 less, or $2,000, and it was
given te him. Iu November, 1880t the
contract wes transferred te E. W. Parker,
ei tne rarkcr combination. Tiie manner
in which the bends of Blackmail were pro
cured has been described in the report of
the legal proceedings against him.
Reute Ne. 31,592 Fert Griflin te Fert
Elliett Texas.
Distance 540 miles.
Service Once a week.
Time Schedule 72 hours.
Bend with Bid $4,800.
There was a long list of bidders for this
route.. Funk was the last, at $1,080 and
the contract was awarded te him His
address was, that of Blackman, " care of
Geerge 11. Giddings, Washington, D. C. "
Funk failed, and the bidder above him re
fused te stand by his offer. Giddinis
then appeared and offered te take the route
for $2,400, or $10 below the next bid.
Fer some reason there has been no
increase of nay upon Blackman's route,
descrreed above, but after Giddings get
Funk's route his pay was increased. Twe
additional trips per week were ordered
May 10, 1880, about five months after his
contract term began, and $4, 920 was added
te his pay. This shows hew Funk's bid
was serviceable. In the latter part of the
same year this route, like Blackman's, was
turned ever te E. W. Parker at the full
price. This increase of trips was ordered
ostensibly upon the recommendation of a
senator and several army officers.
A Tell-Keeper Killed.
Jeseph Reimers, tell keeper at the draw
bridge in Vincennes, Ind., was shot dead
by James W. Swallow, aged eighteen.
Early in the evening Swallow, with five
friends, had attempted te cress the
bridge without paying tell, but were
prevented. At midnight tey returned,
and an paid tell but Swallow, who re
fused. Reimers struck him en th rm
with a cane, whereupon Swallow drew a
revolver and fired the fatal shot. Reimers'
wue ana daughter, rushed out of their
house in time te see the murderer and
his friends running away. Swallow es
caped, but. a reward for his arrest has been
eiierca.
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C0MLING AUD PLATT.
REASONS FOR 1HIB RESIGNATIONS.
Their Joint Letter te Governer Cernell.
Following is the letter of Senators Conk Cenk
ling and Piatt te the governor of -New
Yerk, in which they resign their'seats and
bid for re-election. Their step was the
sensation of Washington yesterday ; the
stalwarts approving, the administration
people ridiculing, and the Democrats
chuckling :
Washington, May 14, 1881.
Sir : Transmitting, as we de, our resig
nations respectively of the great trusts
with which New Yerk has honored us, it
is fit that we acquaint you, and tbjreugh
you the Legislature and people of the
state, the reasons which, in our judgment,
make such a step respectful and necessary.
Seme weeks age the president sent te the
Senate in a group the nominations of sev
eral persons for public etnees already
filled. One of the offices is the collector
ship of the pert of New Yerk, new held by
General Merritt ; another is the consul
generalship at Londen, new held by Gen.
Badeau ; another is charge d'affaires te
Denmark, held by Mr. Cramer
another is the mission te Switzer
land, held by Mr. Fish, a son of the
former distinguished secretary of state.
Mr. Fish had, in deference te an ancient
practice, placed bis position at the dis
pesal of the new administration, but, like
the ether persons named, he was ready te
remain at his pest if permitted te de se.
All of these officers, save only Mr. Cramer,
are citizens of INew lerk. It was pre
posed te displace them all, net for any al
leged fault or for any alleged need or ad
vantage of the public service, but in order
te give the great office of collector of the
pert of New Yerk te Mr. William II. Reb
ertsen as a "reward" for certain acts of
his, said te have "aided in making the
nomination of General Garfield possible.' '
The chain of rewards thus proposed was
broken by General Badeau's promptly de
clining te accept the new place te which
he was te be sent. The nominations sum
mened every member of the Senate te say
whether he advised sueu a transaction
The movement was mere than a surprise.
We had been told only a few
hours before that no removals
in the New Yerk offices were
seen te be made or even considered, and
had been requested te withheld papers and
suggestions bearing en the subject, which
had leen sent te us for presentation,
should occasion arise, until we had notice
from the president of his readiness te re
ceive them. Hearing that the vice presi
dent was equally surprised and had been
equally misled, we went te Mr. James, the
cabinet officer from our state, and learned
that, though he had spent some time with
the president en the morning of the day
the nominations were sent in, no disclosure
of an intention te sencl them had been
made te him, and that he first knew
of the matter by hearsay, following
the event. After earnest reflection
and consultation. we believed the
proceeding unwise and wreii", whether
considered wholly in relation te the pre
servatien and integrity of the public ser
vice aud the public example te be set, or
in relation also te the integrity of the Re
publican party. Ne public uttcraucc of
comment or censure was made by cither
of us iu the Seuate or elsewhere : en the
contrary we thought that the president
would reconsider the action, se sudden
and hasty, aud would at least adept less
hurtful and objectionable modes of requit
ing personal or individual service. In this
hope the following paper was prepared and
signed and presented by Mr. James te the
president, who was subsequently informed
that you had authorized your" name te be
added also :
Te the Pkesidejit: We lesr leave te rcmen
stmte against tiie change in the collectership
at New Yerk by the removal of Mr. Merritt
and tin; appointment et Mr. Robertsen. The
proposal was wholly a surprise. We heard it
only when the several nomination involved
in me plan were announced m the senate.
Wc had only two davs bclnre this been in
formed treni you that a change In the customs
office at New Yerk was net contemplated, and
quite ignorant of a purpose te take any action
new, we had no opportunity until after the
nominations te make the suggestions we new
present. We de net' believe that the interests
of the public service will be promoted by re
moving the present collector and putting Mr.
Robertsen in his -tend. Our oninien is unite
the reverse, and we believe no political ad van
tage can ue guinea ier euner tue nepuuncan
party or its principles. Relieving that no in
dividual bus claims or obligations which
should be liquidated in such a mode, wc earn
estly ami rcspeetluliy ask that the nomination
of Sir. Robeitsen be withdrawn.
Signed Chester A. Arthur,
T. C. l'LATT,
Themas L. .'am eh.
ReSCOIi CONKLINCl.
This paper was presented te the presi
dent by Mr. James en Monday, the 28th
day of March. Knewing the frequency
with which every one of the twenty presi
dents of the republic, and markedly the
present incumbent, had withdrawn nom
inations en less serious representations,
we did net apprehend that such a 'sugges
tion would be treated as an intrusion or
an invasion of any prerogative of the nom
inating power. We were disappointed.
Immediately the public press, especially
in articles and dispatches written by these
in close and constant association with the
president and with an influential member
of his cabinet, teemed with violent denun
ciations of the senators from New Yerk,for
"oppesiusr the administration" ami dic
tating te the president. Persons who
visited the executive mansion reported the
president as resentful aud impatient of
hesitation te "advise and consent" te
what he proposed. We had made wc
have made no assault upon anybody.
Wc have at all times refused te answer
questions by representatives of the press,
or te maitc complaints, or comments, or
even denial of the many truthless charges
published against us by the officious
champions 6T " the administration." In
deed, beyond confidential consultations
with brother senators and officials, we
have said netliinir until new ou the sub
ject, nor have wc, or cither of us, " pre
meter the dead lock in the Senate," in
order te prevent or influence action en
any nominatien.nor have wc ever se stated.
Immediately after the nominations were
published letters and telegrams in great
numbers came from every part of the
state from its leading citizens protesting
against the proposed changes, and con
demning them en many grounds. Several
thousands of the leading mercantile firms of
new lerk, constituting, we are informed,
a majority of every branch of trade,
sent us remenstrances. Sixty of the eighty
ene Republican members of the Assembly,
by letter or memorial, made objection.
Representatives iu Congress, state officials,
uusmess men, professional men, commer
cial, industrial and political organizations,
are among the remenstrants, and they
speak from every section of the state. Be
sides the nominations already referred te,
there were awaiting the action of the Sen
ate several citizens of New Yerk, named
for offices connected with the courts, dis
trict a'tterneys and marsballs. These wero
all reappointed ; most of them had been
had been originally commissioned by
Mr. Haves. Thnv wnm certified hv
the judges of the courts and manv
ether eminent persons who attested,
the faithfulness and merit of their scrvice.
and recommended" their continuance.
Tliey were net presented by us. We have
net attempted te " dictate," nor have wc
asked the nomination of one peisonteany
office iu the state. Iudeed, with the sole
exception of the written request set forth
above, we have never even expressed an
opinion te the president in any case unless
questioned in regard te it. Seme davs
ace tUO President .nhninflv withdrew, in
.i .i T J. rA i
and the same act, the names of Geu.
Woodferd and Mr. Tenney, and of the two
marshals. This .unprecedented proceed
ing, whether permissible ey law or net,
was gravely significant. The prcsidemVbad
nominated these officers after they had
been weighed in the' balance. Their
official records were before him, and 1
had been fully scrutinized and approved.
It must be presumed that he thought the
nominations fit te be made and that it was
his duty te make them. Thtrj is no alle
gation that he discovered unfitness in
them afterwards. It could hardly be that
he discovered unfitress in all of them
alike. What, then, was the meaning and
the purpose of this peremptory step ? It
was immediately stated, as if by au
thority, and seems te be admitted, that
the purpose was te coerce the Senate or
senators te vote as they would net vote if
left free from executive interference. The
design was te control the action of
senators touching matters committed by
the constitution te the Senate, and
te the Senate exclusively. It has been sug
gested in addition that by recalling these
nominations and holding them in his own
bands, the president might, in the event of
the failure of another nomination, use
thsm te compensate that failure. If it
can be supposed that all these public trusts
are te be, or would in any event be, made
personal perquisites, te be handled and
disposed of net only te punish indepen
dence of senatorial votes and action, but
te liquidate the personal obligations of
any individual, however high in station,
the conditions are utterly vicious and de
grading, and their acceptance would com
el the representatives of states te
fling down their oath and representa
tive duty at the footstool of executive
power. Following this sweeping
aud startling executive act come
ominous avowals that dissent or failure
te "advise and consent" would be held au
act of offence, exposing all senators from
whatever state, te executive displeasure.
Thus we find ourselves confronted by the
question whether we shall surrender the
plain right and the sworn duty of senators,
by consenting te what we believe te be
vicious aud hurtful, or be assigned the po
sition of disloyalty te the administration
which we helped te bring in, and the suc
cess of which we earnestly wish, for every
reason and motive which can enter into the
case. We knew no theory avowed by auy
party which requires such submission as is
new exacted. Although party service may
be fairly considered in making selections
of public officers, it can hardly be main
tained that the Senate is bound te remove,
without cause, incumbents merely te make
places for these whom any individual,
even the president or a. member of his
cabinet, wishes te repay for being recreant
te ethers or serviceable te him.
Only about two years age the Senate ad
vised that Gen. Merritt be appointed col
lector or New Yerk. It is understood that
among the senators who se advised was
Mr. Windem, new secretary of the treas
ury, and head of the department whose
subordinate General Merritt is. Anether
senator known te have given this advice
was Mr. Kirkwood, new secretary of the
interior, kis said that, like the post
master general from our own state, these
cabinet officers were net taken into con
sultation touching the removal of Gen.
Merritt, but their sworn and official action
as senators is net the less instructive.
That the secretary of the treasury and the
late administration up te its expira
tion, less than ten weeks age, approved
Gen. Merritt as an officer is well known,
and it is nowhere suggested that any citi
zcfi had petitioned for his removal or
that any official delinquency en his part is
the reason of it. In the place of an ex
perienced officer, in the midst of his term
fixed by law, it is proposed te put a man
who had no training for the position and
who cannot be said te have any special
fitness for its official duties. Iu the iu
augural of President Garfield,dclivered ou
the 4th of March, stand these word-; :
" The civil scrvice can never be placed en
a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by
law for the geed of the service itself,
for the protection of these who are in
trusted with the appointing power, agaii.st
the waste of time aud obstruction te the
public business caused by the iuordiuate
pressure for place and for the protection of
incumbents against intrigue and wrong.
1 shall, at the proper time, ask Congress
te fix the tenure of the miner offices of
the several executive departments and
prescribe the grounds upon which remov
als shall be made during the' terms for
which incumbents have been appointed."
Hew geed the distinction is which would
make major offices a prey te "intrigue"
and wrong, and "shield" miner offices
from like havoc. And whether the
collecterships of the country should belong
te the exposed or te the protected class
need net be decided here. Assuming Gen.
Merritt te be an officer of average fitness
and honesty, it might be reasonably ar
gued that all senators should with alacrity
advise bis displacement by a man of obvi
ous superiority. Possibly it might be said
that all should advise the selection iu Gen.
Merritt's place of a man, who, without
superior funcss, had rendered his country.
or even his party conspicuous and exalted
service. 1 he case in hand does net belong
te either of these two classes. The voca
tion cf Mr. Robertsen and his legislative
and professional experiences and sur
roundings de net denote superiority
in the qualities, knowledge, , business
habits and familiarity with the rev
enue laws and system of the United
states, which might make him mere com
petent than General Merritt te collect the
vast revenues and administer the vast
business pertaining te the pert of New
Yerk. Certainly he cannot in this respect
be held au exception te the rules of right
aud consistency en which the legislation
and laws have placed the public service.
Wc knew of no personal or political ser
vice rendered by Mr. Kobertsen se tran
scendent that the collectership of New
Yerk should be taken in the midst of the
term and given te him as recompense.
Mr. Robertsen is reported -by the New
Yerk Tribune te have declared that his
nomination was a "reward," a "reward"
for action as a delegate te the late conven
tion.' If Mr. Robertsen, in his actieu,
was influenced by a sense of duty ; if
he voted and acted, his honest convictions,
it is difficult te see what claim he has for
any reward, net te speak of such great re
ward. The action of which an estimate is
thus invited, is understood te be this : Mr.
Robertsen and Sixty-nine ether men ac
cepted from a state convention a certain
trust. They sought and accepted the posi
tion of agents or delegates te the National
convention. The state convention declared
a plainly stated indirment andpelicv. te le
observed and supported by these it cemmis
siened. Te this declaration all
selected
delegates gave implied consent, But
ssveral of them, in addition, made
most specific personal pledges and
engagements te exert themselves in
geed faith throughout te sccuie
the nomination of Gcucral Grant
They made this pledge as the means of ob
taining their own appointment as dele
gates, and they did, as we both personally
knew, obtain their scats in the national
convention upon the faith of their personal
statements of their earnestness and fidelity.
The obligations thus assumed we under
stand te involve integrity as much as the
obligations of ene who receives the proxy
of a stockholder in a corporation upeu the
pledge and premise te vote as his princi
pal would vote. Whether Mr. Robertsen
was or was net himself bound, net only by
honor and implication, but by expressly
giving his word, becomes quite immaterial
in view of the claim made for him. It is
insisted that lie "organized the belt," or,
as it has been, sometimes stated, " he was
the leader of the belt."
This is te say, that he invited,
i i .. j .i .t i i... i Vi
per-
snaacUjlliUHCKii uiueiit whwiu ur nuw nail
iv,.n their werci and had obtained their
scat by doing se. te violate their word and
betray net only Republicans assembled in
state convention, but Republicans of their
districts as well, who had trusted in their
honor. Whoever counsels and procures
another te de a dishonest or dishonorable
act, must share with that ether the guilt,
and should share the odium justly attach
ing te it. We are therefore, wholly un
able, upon whatever ground we put it, te
see justification for ourselves, should we
become parlies te using the public trusts
which belong te-the pedple, te requite
such . services in such modes. But
the appliances employed te effect results,
set up new standards of responsibility and
invade, as we believe, the truths and prin
ciples en which the separate and co
ordinate branches of the government
stand. A senator has his ewu respon
sibility. He is amenable te his state
and te the body of which he is a member.
He is bound by his oath te " advise and
consent" en his conscience and judgment
before Ged, whatever or whoever
else may restrain them. He is te be ex
empt from executive menace or disfavor
en the one hand and executive inducement
en the ethje'r. Leng standing en the
orders of the Heuse of Commens has been
a declaration that a member shall sutler
expulsion who even reports the wishes of
the executive head of the government te
iafluence the votes of members. The
British constitution is net mere jealous
than ours in this regard.
Te give advice, and honest, independent
advice,as te an appointment proposed is as
much the right and duty of a senator as
it is the right and duty of the president te
propose the name. Be his advice one way
or the ether, it is no mere an act of
disrespect or treason te the nemiuating
power than the verdict of a juror or the
decision of a judge. The idea that the
Senate is simply te find out what is
wanted aud then de it we cannot believe
safe or admissible, aud thus far no party
has dared or descended te set up such a
test of party fidelity or allegiance. In
this instance such prominence has v been
given te the subject and such distrust has
been expressed of the correctness of our
positions that wc think it right and duti
ful te submit the matter te the power te
which alone we are baund and ever ready
te bow. The Legislature is in session, it is
Republican in majority, and New Yerk
abounds in sons quite as able as we te bear
her message and commission in the Sen
ate of the United States. With a
profound sense of the obligations wc
ewe, with devotion te the Republi
can party and its creed of liberty aud
right, with leverent attachment te the
great state whose iutcrcsts aud honor arc
dear te us, we held it rercspectful
aud becoming te make room for these
who may correct all errors we have
made, interpret aright all duties we have
misconceived. We therefore, enclose our
resignations, but held l'at the privilcg : as
citizens and Republicans te stand for the
constitutional rights of all men and of all
representatives, whather of the state-;, tha
nation or the people.
We have the honor te be, very respect
fully, your obedient servants,
ROSCOK CeNKMNO.
Themas C. Platt.
Te his Excellency Governer Cernell.
STATE ITEMS.
All tlia hedcarriers in Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
whose wages are $1.50 per day have struck
for $2.
The printers in Pittsburgh demanded an
increase of five cents per thousand ems for
composition, which was granted.
An incendiary fire iu Marietta, Ohie,
damaged Bay's carriage factory and ether
property te the amount of $13,000.
Lieut. Sam Cheery, of the ."th cavalry,
lately killed by a desperado, was the be
trothed of Gen. Harry White's daughter.
Out in Armstrong county, Miss Buck
ley, removed by Ilarry White from the
Frcepert postellice, is the leading candi
date for recorder, though women arc net
oligible for county offices.
The Tewanda papers speak of a thinning
out of the swine heids in that vicinity. E.
D-. Rundell has lest twenty heus, T. R.
.Ionian quite a number, and J. M. Ayers,
of North Tewanda, about, forty, within a
short period of time.
Miss Maggie Shannen, a daughter of
Jacksen Shannen, of Jerseytown, Celum
bia county, committed suicide by drowning
in the little Fishing creek, in Hemlock
township. It is supposed that she was
driven te this desperate deed by " loving
net wisely but tee weli." She was about
twenty-four years of age, and had always
enjoyed an excellent reputation.
LOCAUiYrTLLIGENCE.
A KATTXE IS ANN VIM,:,
College StudeaM Against the Town Iteys.
A rattlinz fiirht took ulace late Satur
day night iu Annvillc between the Leba
non Valley collcge young men and the
"town boys." The Jubilee singers gave a
concert in the chapel of the college, and a
number of young men of the town steed
en the outside listening te the music.
They allege that a number of students
poured water en them from the upper
stories. This led te the disturbance. The
town boys resolved upon vengeance
ou the water throwers. A short
time afterward several of the ring
leaders of the "water brigade" appeared
en the streets, and no sooner did they put
in their appearance than the town boys
closed in en them aud left some marks of
their regard for them in the shape of
black and blue eyes, bruised faces and
skinned noses. The college students then
appeared en masse at the town hall, where
the ladies' fair was being held, and com
menced te vindicate their bruised com cem com
paniens by a vigorous assault. A general
melec followed, in which bascbail bats
and stones were freely used, and was p,u
cipatcd in, net only by town boys and col
lege students, but also by country bvs
and roughs from Lebanon and Harrisburg
The results of the tight could be seen next
morning, in the way of black eyes, swol
len faces and bruised uescs. Se vcral arrests
were made.
A Itpcclver Wanted.
Yesterday morning, in the United States
circuit court, before Judge Butler, appli
cation was made for the appointment of a
receiver for the middle division of the
Peach Bettem railroad. Jehn C. Bullitt,
esq., who represented various creditors,
stated that the read would be greatly ben
fited by such action, as it was new en
cumbered heavily and foreclosure of mort
gages threatened. He suggested the name
f Charles R. McCenkey as receiver. Gee.
i ueKcr uiHjJiiam, usij., ueunsei i or i;i edi
tors of the Eastern division of the read,
said he had no objection te the appoint
ment, provided the receiver's authority
.should be confined strictly te the middle
division. Judge Butler advised the coun
sel te confer together for the purpose of
reaching some amicable arrangement, and
told them te inform the court of the result
en Thursday next.
Ilnlldins Tobacco abed.
A large number of farmers in the west
ern and northern sections of Chester ceun
ty contemplate the erection of tobacco
sheds en their premises this year. In
Heney brook township, where nearly all of
the crop has been disposed of, there will
be a still larger acrcage planted with to
bacco this year than was last, their last
leaf having brought splendid prices in the
market. Among the farmers in that town
ship nrtw erecting new sheds te enable
them without inconvenience te raise larger
crops of the weed is J. C. Buchanan, who
is building a suestanuai sued wmi an
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modern improvements 28 by 48 feet in J proprietor of the St. Elme hotel of PhHa PhHa
dimensiens and supplied with cellars, etc. dclphia.
AOxGTH rOUTICIAXS.
The Werk That Was Cat Oat YMtardar.
Unquestionably there was a geed deal
of money paid out in this city yesterday
tethebumiMrs by the political bosses,
who had summoned their adherents for
final instructions. Nobody could stand
for an hour at either of the headquarters
and watch the men who went in inquiring
ly and came out looking satisfied, without
being confirmed iu his opinion that a
large portion of the districts were
"fixed," or supposed te be fixed,
by the payment te one or mere
little bosses in each of thera of a hand
some sum of money te carry en his opera
tions. The negrees hung around all day
and were especially importunate. Toward
nightfall they became impatienb and about
four o'clock a couple of curious Demo
crats, anxious te knew the ruling price of
the best workers, summoned two or three
of the mekes te a confidential conference.
The Democrats pretended te be inter
ested in Kready aud his ticket and opened
negotiations. They were informed that the
two ratTier scaly looking colored men
who steed before them were the secretary
and an influential member of the Garfield
aud Arthur colored club of Columbia,
composed of from 60 te J 00 voters in the
First aud Third wards. They thought
that te guarantee CO votes for Kready aud
the whole ticket they ought te get .$80 ;
for that amount they would undertake te
vete the whole club, te call a special meet
ing at onc.e and fix things. If
any reduction in this price was
made, they must be left at liberty
te strike one or mere names en the ticket
according te the reduction and make
up the deficiency elsewhere. Such is, the
frankness of the negre Republican politi
cian of Columbia $1.2e per head.
A Notable Incident.
Shortly after this experience the repre
sentative of the I.NTKr.r.ieESCKU encoun
tered a prominent citizen of the lower end.
a worthy and intelligent Christian gentle
man, who recognized the fact that for
years the best citizens of this
neighborhood had net turned out te the
primary, no had come te town this year
ou purpose te find out for himself and
them who were tha host men ruuuing for
office with chances of election, and was
going home te work and vete for them.
He showed us his ticket as finally fixed. By
a strange coincidence it bere every name
en the Awe i?vi-Martin-Sensenig ticket
except that of Jehn Evans. He was much
surprised te learn that that bad man Levi
Scnsenig was supporting the identical
ticket which his investigation had led him
te pronounce the worthiest, but en reflec
tion he softly murmured :
' While the lamps holds out te burn
The vilest sinner may return,"
and indulged in much congratulation that
Levi's reform had been thus accomplished.
T.'ie Striker's Levy.
Old politicians inform us that "the
crowd " was never mere rapacious in its
demands than yesterday. One politician,
who surely is net worth ever HO votes iu
his township, get a little drunk in
the evening and let it out that
he had $100 for tise in his
township ; another declared "by G "
that if necessary he was authorized te
spend $300jte make his solid. We hear
the same boastful stories from both sides,
of their spies going te the ether side, get
ting money and coming back te report
that it would bs used against the men
who paid it te them, and there
will no doubt be a geed deal
of this sort of thing dene. Many
of tliA bummers took free whisky
at the Leepard hindquarters yesterday
withfts much relish as they sucked beer
from the liberality of the Exchange Mul Mul Mul
hoebs. The presence at the Leck-up alley head
quarters of a prominent state official, in
Fiidy's interest, led the rumor that Quay
had put a bar'l ou tap there and toward
evening Fridy stock revi rcd and his friends
left town boasting that he would cress the
Conestoga with a bigger vote than any ether
candidate.
AH day 'Squire Grider was a thorn in
the flesh of both sides and his solid
strength and unswerving determination te
stay in the field, coupled with the recollec
tion of his big vote three years age, made
the Examiner and New Era factious alike
nervous. All sorts of reports were afloat
arising from his formidable .strength, and
early in the day it-was rumored first,
that the Examiner would drop Gris
singcr and run Grider, and later that
the Ntic Era party would run Grider in the
north. This latter report reached Geed's
friends, and there was some blue swear
ing as te what would happen in Peqnea,
Martic and Conestoga. if this treachery
should be consummated. Later in the day
this all quieted down and the contest
settled into a triangular fight, Grider
showing well tewaid the front. It is plain
enough new that if his friends had joined
in organizing a third independent
movement and cried " down en both
Scnsenig and 3IcMellen," they could have
made the bosses tremble. . A people's
ticket, with Miles, Compten, Hershey,
Grider and a few new meii could have
been put into the fight with uoed aggres
sive management.
The Spy Artinl.
The New Era breaks out iu jubilation
last night ever the success of a little game
played by its friends of which the
facts are about as fellows : Each side has
been anxious all the campaign lest the
ether was getting out some sort of a cari
cature, te be sprung at the last moment
aud pasted up ou the barn doers, with the
telling eltect of Jvi. Martin s famous Uull
Ring cut of three years age. Neither
party, however, was quite willing te un
dertake this mode of warfare unless
forced upon it as a matter of defense. Te
be prepared, however, and at the same
time te spy out the enemy's lines,
the New Era gang some time age secured
a detective Jattist attache of Chic, a
comic illustrated paper of Philadelphia te
come te this city, go te the ether side and
represent himself as anxious te get their
pictures for a caricature, in which Geist,
Scnsenig and ethers shenld be ridiculed.
Tem Davis, Sammy Gretf and ethers en
tered into the scheme with the het en
thusiasm of youth, and net only enter
tained the spy-artist but gave themselves
away badly. Commedore Hiestaud sat
down hard en the boys ; "public senti
ment wouldn't stand it," and se it was
abandoned and the New Era people are
laughing ever their discovery of the ether
side's secrets.
But leek out ! There has been a geed
deal of going back and forward te Phila
delphia, arid sonic lust card, pictorial or
otherwise, may yet be sprung by one side
or the ether, or both.
Yeung Shad.
Jehn P. (-'leveling, et .Marietta, andSeth
Weeks, of Ceny, superintendents of the
fish hatching and propegating houses at
the places mentioned above, have gene te
Havre de Grace for the purjlee of secur
ing 2,000,000 young shad, te-be placed in
the Susquehanna river at various points
between the head waters of that stream
and the Columbia dam. It is net believed
that many shad will be caught above the
dam, se long as that obstruction remains,
but it is thought well te give them a
chance, and if they can't get up, they eaa
at all events be caught below the dam, and
that will be better than net te catch them
at all.
Eplirata Springs Hetel.
Negotiations are again pending for the
sale of the Ephrata Mountain Spring. In
case a sale is effected the hotel will be
supci intended by Jeseph M. Fegcr, the