LANCASTER DAILY IN'J EJl-UiEN C'Kl! WKDESDA V, JANUA1IY tf. 1S83. ?jLmaistrr iiitclltgcnccr. WKDSiHDiY EVENING, JAN. 3.1363. Tlie Governer's Message (. tvcrner Hoyc speaks geed words in Ins List message. II is an exceedingly uvll written and. well conceived paper, sta'ing clearly the present situation of the state in all its interests, materia! and political, and making recemmenda liens whieh are uniformly judicious. The finances of the state are shown te l)c in a condition of plethora, and a dim inution of the drain of taxes into the treasury is wisely suggested. The revenues exceed the expenditures by about Iwo million dollars, and there is no outlet afforded for the surplus money in the re demptionef the state debt; which is held tenaciously by its owners, and can net be had except at a price far above its par value. It should net be redeemed at that cost. It was a mistake te refund the former leans at the long periods fixed. By the last two refunding opera tions the interest paid by the state was reduced some three hundred and fifty nine thousand dollars, but the slate is compelled te pay the reduced interest m moneys which she no longer has any use for. It would have been better te have paid a somewhat larger inleres for a shorter time. But new the bst p ilicy is te let the leans be until they mature, ami lessen the taxes drawn by th-' state : The taxpayers can make better interest out of the money than the state is able te de. The governor would recommend the abolition of the tax en personal prep erty but for the fact that he considers that this would involve the necessity of removing the tax from the national banks, because of the prevision of the act of Congress which forbids the impesi tien upon these banks of any greater lax than is imposed upon " ether money ed capital" in the state. We can hardly think that this prevision forbids the abolition of the tax of moneys at interest in the hands of individual citizens. It cannot have been designed te de se. And if such was its intent it is questionable whether it is in the power of Congress te lay such restraint upon the state. The fact undoubtedly is that the money at interest in the stale generally does net pay any tax. The sum collected as state tax en moneys at in terest is net a til he or what would be obtained if all moneys at interest were found by the assessor. The state tax is obtained from the national banks, from whom its collection is easy ; but net from citizens generally. Discriminatii n is exercised against the national banks new in this matter in point of fact, bu' it does net seem te hurt them, as they are all making money, their stocks are selling abeve par and new banks are encouraged te start into business. The tax should bs removed from moneys at interest, net because it is an unjust tax in itself, but because of the great injustice practiced in its cellec tien, and because it does net seem prac ticable te avoid that injustice. The tax obtained by the slate from this source is generally drawn from people of limited income, who are net able or willing te conceal from the assessor their posses sion of a lit Liu money that is bearing in terest. They are the widows and or phans who have no means of support, but their narrow income from a few bends. They cannot afford te pay a tax out of the small interest they obtain. That interest has shrunk in the last few years from the legal rate of six per cent, te live, four and even tluee per cent., while the .stale lax remains the same. Since the statu has tee much revenue no better place te remit it can be found than upon moneys at interest, both be cause of the lessened rates of interest and the undeniable fact that only a very small portion of the moneys at in. terestinthe ttatc are subjected te the tax, and they chieliy the moneys of these in moderate circumstances. The governer'3 recommendation thai certain sources of the stale's revenues, such as the moneys from tavern li censes, which can be spared by the state, should be permitted te stay in the treas uries of the counties is one which will meet general approval. The statements concerning the pub lic shoels and the reformatories, asy lums and penitentiaries of the state show them le be in a very satisfac tory condition. The new prison at Hunt iiigden, which is te be conducted as a reformatory, the law providing for the seutensing le it of lirst offenders between the ages of fifteen and twenty live, is hopefully spoken of by the governor, who seems te expect great geed te result from the novel experiment of reforming, while confining, these who have net yet become hardened offenders. Fer the lat class the governor declares that he be lieves, after careful consideration of the subject, that the separate and solitary confinement system of the Eastern peni leutiary is the best thai can be devised. There is still another class of prisoners, who are net hepelesslyhardene J offenders, or men against whose violent passions society can find no protection while they are at large, for whom the governor ap pears te think that the congregate sys? em of confinement in vogue at the Western penitentiary may be the most efficacious. He speaks warmly against the idea that prisons should be made s;!f sus taining, which he denounces a-i " vul gar, wicked and unworthy." Strong Streng language te use against a popular idea, but deserved. Governer lleyt concludes his message with a review of the politi cal situation after the battle, in whose results he sees the lessen that the people have asserted their supremacy and have demonstrated their power and dispe. i i tien te rule the ceuutry. as a democracy must de, if its institutions are te live. Most persons read as the governor does, and are mere hopeful le-day of the perpetuity of the republic than they have had cause te be since its origin. The self-asserting power of the people lm . never before been se well exhibited. We print the remarks of the new speaker of the Heuse when he took the chair. As au earnest of the Democratic purpose in the lower branch of the As sembly it is full of premise and inspires hope of an honest administration of the affairs of the legislative branch of the government. The heading '' Vacancies in the" Heuse of Representatives' we ara informed, does net refer te the members' heads. Undeii a two-cent rate of letter postage the government will continue te sell and carry postal cards for one cent, as Uere- tofere. When hie let down the bars by voting for Rcyburu.ether Independents like Aull, McCrackeu and Leugenecker made a go-as-you-please of it te sce who would be next te get ever into the Stalwart pasture. The pledges of Speaker Faunce sound well, but a great deal belter will be their accomplishment. And we btreugly biu; pect that is what the new presiding officer means shall come te pass. Tai.maee says spanking children should be dena coolly, quietly, vigorously, anil with the aim te let the lessen sink deep into their little hearts. Mr. Tahuage be trays an ignerance of anatomy which is deplorable. Honest people in New eik are con gratulating themselves ever the choice of Mr. Chapin for speaker by the Democratic majority of the Heuse. His record is Mich as te tenify thieves and lobbyists and cause reform te laugh all ever for joy. Seme of the " Independent " senators, might make a heap of money by traveling around the state and exhibiting them selves as boneless men. With their pre mises and performances contrasted they would cert duly l.iim a sight for curiosity seekers. ' Dii.n Abner as a feel dieth," quotes a contemporary, with the additional ebser valieu that there is a moral deep as death and bitter as sin in the less te France, and himself, of a great man slain by a bhet fired by his companion in vice. Thi--, then, is cud and outcome of a life given te indulgence and cursed by lust. Oir. own statesman Lanuis tecd as a candidate for the Republican caucus nom ination for speaker of the Heuse. He didn't get it, but seeing there was no earthly chance of his election even with the nomination, it docs leek as though the Stalwarts of the minority were want ing in the virtue of ehaiity in denying him the empty honor. Tn-: report that President Arthur killed the largest salmon ever taken with a lly en this continent is interesting for the reason that the fact of Mr. Arthur having killed the salmon may be accepted as proof positive that it was net in a smoked con dition. The report, as it is given te the public, however, gives no inkling as te who the Cleopatra was who put, or caused te b- put, the s-ahueu en Mr. Arthur's hook. An observant New Yerk contemporary, reaches tLe conclusion that with Gov. Pattiaeu it rests te demonstrate te the Re. publicans who are honestly sighing for emancipation from the Came! en yoke that the only efficient agent which they can employ is the Democratic party. It arrives at this view ea contemplation of thj spcctacle of six of the nine se called " Independent " Republican scnateis going ever te Cameren at the crucial moment and se saving for the time the domination which two months age they were denouncing as iniquitous. PERSONAL. Gladstone has lumbago. Mits. Kate Chase Si-hawk is .spending the winter in New Yerk. She has tempo rarily abandoned her foreign trip. Mits. SrEAivEit Keitek will held her first icgular reception of the season te day iuher parleis at the Ebbitt house, Wash ington. Mn. Pettek Palmkie, owner of the Palmer home. Chicago, is making pur chases of furnituie, pictures, etc., iu Paris for his new piivate residence in Chicago. I) it. ReiiERT U. Smkdj.ky, a prominent homeeopathic physician of West Chester, died yesterday morning. At the time of hi., death he was engaged en a history of the "underground railroad system" Mn. II. P, FiLEit, an old resident of Trey, N. Y., Las given $10,000 in cash te the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute. The gift has been added te the endowment fund. Edwaiiu J. Hale, formerly editor of thoFayette (N. C.) Observer, but since 1300 the head of a New Yerk publishing heuse, died at New Yerk last night, aged 80 years. Hen. Samuel Woens, of Phillippi, Barbour county, was yesterday appointed judge el the supreme court of appeals of West Yitginia, te liil the uuexpired teim of .Judge Hiiynieud, resigned. Miss Cha.mheklain, of Clevelaud, Ohie, who is new attracting se much atteutieu a i a professional beauty in Louden, spout the last two seasons in Washington, both times as the guest of Justice Swayne's daughter, Mrs. Parsons. General Giiant and Fitz Jehn Perter, have arrived in Washington, and a tele gram from that city received last night says " no secret is made of the fact" that General Giant ia there, ' iu part at least" te help Perter. Rev. Ciiaulks Peuteiu'ielh Krai'th, D. D., LL. IX, vice provost of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, died at his home, 100G Pine street, Philadelphi i, en Tues day. He was born in Martinsburg, Va., en March 1G, 1823. He was ene of the most eminent theologians in the Lutheran church. Mn. Pendleton is ene of the wealthiest of the United States senators. It would take at least $100,000 a year, it is said, te maintain his several places of residence his elegant winter home in Wasninglen, his mansion in Chicago, his cettage at Conway, N. II., aud his villa at Mount Desert, Maine. Dn. J. II. McLean, who divided with Cel. James O. Broadhead the honors of the icceut congressional contest in St Leuis, circulated a story the burden of which was that his rival had lest $3,500 in a game of poker. Mr. Broadhead, in a printed card en Friday denounced Mr. MeLcau as a "liar." Leeking into the story, the latter finds that he was hoaxed iu regard te it. Tlie Special Congressional Elections. Gen. Whcoler's (Dem.) majority in the Eighth Alabama district, te succeed Mr. Lewe, will be 2.000. Thcre will be no contest. Return-, fiem the special election yes h.dny t- nil the vacancy in the Forty seven. !i and Feitj -Mb Congresses caused by the d.-alh of Hen. J. T. Updo Upde gtafl, late representative from the Seven teenth Ohie district, indicate the electien of J. D. Tayler, Republican, by 1,500 te 2,000 majority. fcg-. Centinueil from first page. acknowledgment. The whole record of these various beards and administrative heads is without blemish, and their abso lute integrity is unquestioned aud unques tionable. I desire te thank them for the frankness aud courtesy with which they have accepted official visitations, and re plied te official inquiries. LIFE INSl'IlANCi:. The magnitude of this interest may be estimated by the fact that in the jears 1SS0 and 1S81 the regular hle companies of this and ether states authorized te de business iu Pennsylvania received premi ums from their business in this state amounting te $10,-183,830. Of this sum 3,023,101) was received by companies of this state, and $7,oe8,G9G by companies el ether states, upon which last-named sum a tax amounting te $221,763.88 was paid into the state treasury for the privilege of doing business in this commonwealth. Duiing the same years companies or gauized under the lawc of this state te in sures lives upon the assessment plan, re ceived, in premiums aud assessments, the sum of $3,500,931), upon which no tax was paid te the state ; antt paul ler ueatn claims the sum of $2,l)3l),::02. The balance of $2,541,1)87 was appropriated by these companies te agents, officers and cxpenses. Most of these companies engaged, without warraut of law, in business of a purely speculative character, and entire commu nities were demoralized by their nefarious operations. The evil attained such mag uitude that it was found necessary te in stitute legal pieceediiigs for their suppres sien, which has been happily accomplished through the instrumentality of the proper authorities. It is te be heped that this impressive lessen will net be lest or for gotten, and that it will iu the future deter the public from placing their tiust in methods of life insurance, or specieus: sub stitutes therefer, which are without solid foundation in morals and mathematics. The act et lbJ, establishing an insiir ance department, prescribes a standard of solvency without conformity te which no regular life company is permitted te de business in Pennsylvania. This standard is oue universally recognized wherever life insurance is treated as a science, and is absolutely exact, inasmuch as it compels each company te have assets equal te its present and future liabilities. Without such computation of future liabilities and the possession of present assets, life insur ance is based upon nothing actual or tan gible, but becomes a mere venture or ex periment. What is known as co-operative insurance, mere commonly as grave yard insurance, is net, iu fact, worthy of the name. In many instances it may operate as a benejlciul society, and when honestly conducted worthily answer present and pressing emergencies : but a.-, a system el insurance it is without subr.tatiee or stable foundation, and may degenerate into mere speculation, or fall te pieces at any mo ment. Without cohesive power ether thau the voluntary action of members, compa nies conducting business upon this plan may disselve without much warning, and entail losses aud disappointment upon hundicds confiding iu them for the future maintenance of themselves and their lam ilies. These co-operative insurance companies claim a warrant for corporate existence under section thirty-seven, act of May 1, 1S70, being a supplement te the act of 1873, "te establish an insurance d. part merit. ' Justice te the geed nanus et tlie state, and protection te the pevple, de maud that tbe recommendations of the iu surance commissioner in this behalf should ha acted upon. The linuuess aud intulli intulli geuce which have marked Mi. Fersler's administration of that lcspousible ellije aie worthy of all praise. THE NATIONAL (.LAW). As new constituted, the national guard is composed of u single division, three biigaues, fifteen regiments, three cempr- -ics of cavalry, three batteries of uitilb-ij, the battalion state fenciblcs, and two independent companies, aggregating ci'il thousand two hundred aud twenty :IL- is and cuiiskd mv! They are distubulcd thieugh the. state ii such nurabeis and in such localities as 'cemed likely best te f.-ubscrvc any duty te which they might he assigned. The guard is well equipped, aud armed in an approved manner. Tiie mobility aim efficiency of the whele com mand has been well attested, both in camp aud m route, en nnrs than ene occasion. The quartermaster aid commissary ds paitmcnts have been fully provided in their capacity te furnish prompt aud economical supplies. Thcre is a great degice of piide in the organization m the pait of officers ami men. They are citizens of the state, and it is no overstatement te say that thevare among the best of our citizens. Tiicj have had a common motive te n:-tch the. great excellence they have new attained. They have .spent months and j cars in de votieu te their respective corps, for which they never have and never will receive an. compensation, except the consciousness of a public duty well doneeu their pait. It is scarcely conceivable that in a state, great and prosperous as is Pennsylvania, with iiiteiests and property of such mag nitude, any lawful means of protection, under the forms of law, should be ever looked or refused ; with brave and chival rous instincts in her children, which can best take f-rin iu military duty, it is in conceivable, I think, that such a state should dispense- with her citizen soldiery. The fact that the national gur-rd has an actual existence will always prove te he among the best of reasons why it will net be called into actual use ; and il it is te be maintained at all, every motive of pride, economy and usefulness dictates the high est state of efficiency. Te-day it is preba bly as compact, as harmonious, and as highly disciplined a body of men a-, mere volunteer seldieiy is ever likely te submit itsf'lfte be meulded into. Ne legislation is required iu reference te this subject. Ne voice of pretest has conie up from the people indicating any dissatisfaction with the guard itself, or au earnest desire te dispense with it, in the absence of a well tested .substitute. Its continuance, under such conditions a-; will enable it te held its own present state of usefulness and efficiency, as well as the confidence of the public, secni.s desirable in a' I points of view. REMAINS OK WILLIAM VENN. iy joint icsolutien of the Senate and II Uia of Representatives, en the sixteenth day of May, 1881, the governor was re qnv.sicd te communicate with the trustees having iu charge the graveyaid of Jerdan's meeting house, in Buckinghamshire, Eng land, and with the iepresentatives-at-law of Wiiliam Peen, with a view te the disinterment and liansfcref the remains of William Penu te the city of Philadel phia, fe. public rciutci meat in that city. Before any official acLieu was taken under thi.i i evolution, and acting en pub lic rumor, the trustees of Jerdan burning ground notified me that they had practic ally concluded the mailer, by refusing te accede te the wishes of the Legislature. While the purpose embodied in the reselu tien was net approved by all who assumed te express au opinion touching it, the duty of the governor was defined by its terms. Te avoid delay and a tedious cor respondence, it was determined te send a personal representative of the executive te the parties in interest. Mr. Geerge L. Harrison, a public-spiiited and judicious citizen of Philadelphia, cansente.1, en solicitation, te convey the message of the pernie of Pennsylvania, embodied in the actie!i ! the gete.al Asic.nbiy. With thc:Ji.ti sanction and co-operation of the president of the United States, through the secretary of state, he visited England in puraen, at his own expense, aud sought, by well directed negotiations, te carry out the objects expressed in the joint rese lutien. His application was tiii.il! de nied. He has, without cost te the s ate, madn a printed report of his mission. Mr. Har rison well aud faithfully' sought, r. success ful issue of the undertaking. His prereu tatien of the motives which might fairly dictate the proposed lemeval of the re mains of William Peuu te the soil of Penn sylvania, upon which he illustiatcd the greatest and best work of his life, is worthy of iccerd, and really affords, a sat isfactory justification of the action of the Legislature. His own conduct, in the pe culiar nature of his negotiations, was in telligent, ceuiteeus aud zealous, r.ud he has emitted no appeal suggested by pa trietism, sentiment or logic. Theio must be geneial regret that the people of the state have failed in an affair which de served success. EOAUl) Ol' PARDONS. Herewith, will be submitted a lis;, ei the pardons recommended aud granted during thu last four years, together with the reasons in each ease. The whele num ber of pardons i.-sued iu that tiiue was oue hundred aud sixty-eight, arising en., of ene hundred and ferty-nine cases. The number of convicts in our jails and peui- teutarics is about live thousand which number represents the constant pepula tien in penal institutions, under cenvic tien. It is a testimony te what I conceive te be the fidelity of the beard of pardons, that the applications before them have steadily decreased, year by year, being one hundred and sixty-live in 187!. one hundred and thirty-seven in 1880, one hmidrcd and twenty live iu 1881. and ene hundred in 1882. A paideu is an act of mercy, and mere grace-, iu most eases, and is net te bu judged by the rules et e.acl justice. If it were au act of pure i ight in favor of the applicant, it would cease te be a pardon. There are many avenues bj, which the beard may he rightly appre.n li ed in seeking the i-xercisj of cleineucj justice, mis-trial, sulucieucy el puniMi meiit, sympathy, the sulleiiugs of au innocent family, and numerous ether considerations. As thu governor is net u member of the beaid, and does net hear the presentation el the cases, 1 nave, in the abseuce of reasons te suppose some imposition practiced, been m tiie habit of taking thu leommeudatiens of thu beard, having confidence in their regard for the public welfare, as well as in their sensi bilities iu their integrity, as well a; in their humanity. ADDITION L UECOMMEN NATIONS. It is unlikely, that iu our day and gen eration, any essentially new idea will le introduced into the government ei the commonwealth. Its great, principles have been settled iu the course of Angle Saxen history. They aie lrrep-ah.bly secured in our constitution our individual and social rights and duties are therein wisely de fined. Frem time te time inequalities and excesses will arise, but they will be readily subordinated te the common welfare These are. but questions of detail. Seme of them I suggest for your consideration The constitution requires that the Gen eral Assembly, at its first session, or as seen as may be, shall pass such laws as may be necessary te carry the same .into full force and effect. Ne legislation has, as yet, been had, giving effect te section 12. article XVI. in iefcrcnce te the con solidatien of telegraph companies owning competing telegraph lines; nor te section 7, article XV11, in reference te discrimi nation in charges or facilities for transpor tation between transportation companies and individuals. Seme amendments might judiciously he made te the general corporation act of 1871; mere specifically, denying exclu sive rights te corporations for furnishing light and heat te the public by means of natural gas or electricity. The former is a natural product, and the niirket for it should net be restricted te a single pur chaser. The use of the latter does net seem te have been contemplated in fram ing the act of ?1S71. The legislation appropriate te lutinieipal government, especially in cities of the first and second class, will early engage your attention. It cannot be disguised, that this subject is rendered difficult by the manifold com plexity which characterizes the communal life of a great city. The attempt te secure the life, property, health, and general well being of hundreds of thousands of indi viduals, by means of a single muucipal organization, tends, of itself, te provoke colliding forces, and its successful accom plishment requires the accommodation of interests of greatest moment. But you will net approach i!s solution without a substantial ground-work, already laid out for you. The report of the muu cipal ommissien, made in 1877, is among your rceeids, and contains a full and complete collation of facts, well digested, and supported by opinions and cxpuience derived from the widest scope of inquiry. The results of the investiga tion have" been embodied iu a bill reported by the commission. The attention of the Legislature has been frequently called te this topic, both by my immediate prede cessor and mysc'f, aud, at last, it seems imminent that sonic action must he taken touching this great problem. It will re quire patient and judicious proceedings, but its successful resolution will mark a distinctive advance in our social progress; it will quiet the fcais which anxious pub licists have, that a great city the nursery in the past of freeman cannot he reduced te con fermity te the law of political growth. Surely, such solution ought net te be be yond the range of practical representatives of a practical people. The evil and disgrace attending upon the presence of several thousand children, under six years of age, in the almshouses of the state call for speedy coircctien. The matter has been presented heretofore in messages and special reports. The sub ject of licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors will be urgently presented te you. The wide-spread introduction of adulter ated feed upon the market deserves sweep ing condemnation by legislative enactment. Other topics of this nature will come up for your action, but I am glad te think they arc few in number; and that with the passage of the legislative, judicial and congressional apportionment bills, you will find little need te extend the body of our statute laws. CONCLUSION. Having thus reviewed the various inter ests of the state sufficiently, at least te in dicate their importance, and te vindicate their management, I shall say no mere of the past. The entire conduct of my ad ministration awaits your scrutiny. But the political situation which exists te-day is se different from that of four years age, that I cannot forbear some words of comment. National questions then alone absorbed mpn's minds. The war was net yet ever ; at least, the ac quiescence iu its results, en the part of manj-, seemed grudging and reluctant. At the same time, business was everywhere in a state of stagnation, se pervading and sorrowful, as te be difficult of recall even in memory. Financial theories, premising relief, but thwarting hope and tending te certain confusion and ruin, were boldly projected upon the people I had occasion te say then: "Henceforth wc arc te produce and exchange actual things, and net gam ble in merely fictitious values." Wc had then as we can have new, no reliance except " the virtues of labor and econo my." "Within a year from my inaugura inaugura inaugura tioncheonologically, but in no relation of cause and effect -the lircs of industry were lighted among our mountains and along our rivers ; the whole slate began te resound with a stir of a busy people, and, in the midst of renewed activity, the schemes of financial necremances dissolved away. With the election of 1830 the issues of the war were permanently settled ac- quiescence in the new state of things be came complete. We were again one people, having one ling, as we have one speech, conscious at last of the unity of our national life and destiny. In the natural order of things, one would think the or ganized ideas, in loyalty te which the country was safely conducted through two such crises as we have encountered since 48GO, could leek for an almost uninter rupted dominance in the public mind. Bad the voters of Pennsylvania been called upon te pass judgment upon the old questions of principle, or even upon the opposing parties in the entirety, there is net the least reason te doubt that they would have rc-asscrtcd their old cenvic tiens with even greater emphasis than be fore. But parly leaders, like ether men, must ailapt thcmeclves te existing condi tions, or be annihilated by them. Prin ciples never perish, but administrations and Legislatures must never forget that ' a breath can make them, as a breath has made," Iu Pennsylvania the people have deter mined upon a change. What docs this de cision mean ? Te this qucstieu three an swers are proposed : one cynical ami des perate, another pessimistic and hopeless, and a third patriotic and re-assuming. The lirst expres.-es the- feeing and wishes of the professional politician. Te him the change is only a turn iu the fortunes of a game, whereby he has lest or wen the stakes for which l.e played the spoils of place aud power. Accustomed te watch his luck and " hedge"' as often us he can and dare, he ii peiplexcd by one of two problems only : hew te retrieve his losses, or hew te spend his winnings. I he preva lence of his view is net at all surprising. This class of siatcsmen despise the people whom they would cajole, and rely for their success even mere upon the apathy of the pure and the intelligent than upon the activity of the selfish and unscupuleus. The second view regards the recent over turn as a mere caprice of mobile voters, a public spaEia, a sentimental convulsion. It is te be based, wittingly or unwittingly, upon u latent distrust of the people; it im ports a low view of American manhood, and a secret, but ill-disguised, disbelief in our capacity for self-government. If it be, indeed, well-grounded, then there is little hope for the perpetuity of our institutions, and for that magnificent industrial and political development which is the staple of our noblest day-dreams. But the third view is mere hopeful and patriotic. According te it, this chauge marks the beginning of a new epoch in our political life. These who cherish it, argue lems, and have dctci mined te thrust aside every individual, and every contrivance, that stands between them and the manage ment of their own affairs. They will no longer be content with automatic activity in politics ; they demand a conscious share in this noblest pursuit of intelligent men. The people have come te claim their own, without the intervention of middlemen. If this view be correct, then the occupa tion of the professional politician is gene. He belongs te a deemed species ; he has outlived the only environment adapted te his nourishment, and must shortly pass away. That this is true, is indicated by our lineage, our traditions, and the charac ter of our recent progress. Wc are the descendants of men who defied kings and parliaments; we arc the children of men who destroyed the congressional caucus, and created the national convention. Our citizens arc meeting in their granges and tiade-unieus, in their industrial leagues and commercial guilds, and arc becoming keen ly alive te the everyday bearing of politics upon their own and children's welfare Even the primary meeting, once treated as utterly beyond the pale of law, the sport of the juggler and the rogue, has become the subject of legislative enactment and protection. Nay, mere, even the premises of party platforms conform le the quicken ed senses of the people, and the necessity of ether and better methods has received a certain grave and reverential recognition in party tlcliverances. But Rema was net built in a day, nor can the-political habits of a half ccntur' he transformed by a single degree, even though registered at the ballet-box. If, then fore, condemned political methods are le become permanently disreputable, the thoughtful citizens of this commonwealth must be ever en the alert, ready at any moment te re-assert their strength, and te claim the fruits el their own victory. Politicians arc willing enough in the day of the people's power. But the leaders of a new epoch must be something mere thau mere relleclorsef current thought and feeling. They must be sagacious and in trepid, mere ready te serve the people than themselves. Such leaders can live only in an atmosphere of intelligence and civic courage. The people then must be prompt and generous in the support of real merit ; but at the same time they must make every public servant understand that he is a servant and net a master, and that each and all, the highest and the lowest, whether paid by the year or paid by the day, must render faithful and unremitting service The people must tolerate no spurious economics, no counterfeit reforms, no mere partisan strategics, no judicial per versions, no legislative excesses, no admin istration in the interest of persons or classes, or even in the exclusive interest of parties. They must be quick te discern, swift te censure what is clearly wrong, and equally swift te praise what is clearly right. They must make the men in power feel that the eyes of thousands arc upon them, and that the day of judgment is al ways going en. But above all, they must never suffer the conviction te take root that the recent changes were only freaks of circumstances only spasms of an un stable public mind only the caprices of irritated and transient feeling. The Titans will never conquer the gods if the gods awake te the combat; the baser forces of society can never perma nently overmaster the purer, if the purer will only add te their convictions, courage if their will power once becomes as ac tive as their intelligence The enemies of geed government will net, be idle Never se very numerous, they multiply them selves indefinitely by their unceasing dili gence Their baleful influence can only he counteracted by a vigilance, an energy, an ingenuity, in some proportion te their own. Fer one, I have faith iu the conscience and in the growing intelligence of our commonwealth, and in its ability te cope with and ovrccemc the evils which have hitherto and may hereafter beset us. Te despair of the virtue of the citizen is te despair of self-government, and te despair of self-government is te believe that the frame of human society is without a soul. Wc arc beginning the third century of our existence as a state. The reminis cences of the hour are well adapted te stir within us reflections upon the possibilities of organized society, the secret of right government, and the duties of the free citi zen in the free state But thoughts with out resolutions have a sickly hue. Sonorous phrases count for nothing alongside of quiet deeds. Patient participation in pub lic affairs will de mere te redeem our poli tics from the spoiler than the sublimcst po litical philosophy, and the intensest senti ment, if never embodied in action. Te you, the first Legislature in the new century, I new submit my final recom mendations, I bespeak for them your painstaking and earnest consideration. In the growth of our constitution, the great power of the commonwealth has been ffirXSireTLMSa tuferSS when I met unwilling1 te live forever in the past arc Jiy .i aVToek Si beginning te study the nature and details- gj f of state and municipal government as V,,:1.,' ' ,i!,ve into the va-l Airs Git never before ; are awaking te the Imsiness V i ti and sclent. he character el Pb .ed preb- ' "' l much . ,,e jm. vested, and lightly vested, in the legisla tive body. Yeu arc the legislators of no mean em pire. In population almost the equal, in commerce, iu manufactures, and in wealth, it far surpasses the Englard of Elizabeth Pittsburgh, our second city, contains te day twice as man people as the Louden of Cecil and of Shakspeare. whilst Phila delphia has double the number of the Lon Len Lon eon of Milten aud of Cromwell. Hut it would ill become me te descant upon your duties, or the possibilities within your reach. Yet 1 cannot withheld the uttcr aucj of a hope that it may be your geed fortune te usher in that epoch, in our po litical development, which, I would fain believe, has, at last, begun te dawn. Henry 31. Hevr. Ivil.LIMi HIS Will; WITH A PuKm,. Mew .in DM Man Dctcmleil Hiine!t Against Ills Iult:7l:iUtl Wife ClaluOuj; 1'liui It Was Seir-Uel6iie. 3hs. Jeshua Olifferd, has been murdered by her husband, at Seuth Cranby, a little hamlet about fitteeu miles from Syracuse, N. Y., in a leometo part of Onendaira county. The reports that first reached the sheriff were te the effect; that Mrs. Gilferd had murdeud her hit -band, but this seems te be reversed. Ne one saw the bloody deed, and the .statement made by (iillerd is the only sieiy of the crime te hoebtaiucd. When taken into custody by Sheriff Bennet he refused making any state ment, saying that he wished te censuU ceuusel. It was late in the evening befeic he would tell anything of the ciinie i what led te it. no is a larmer el nrans and has always been active and robust. His first wife died about twelve years age and very shortly he married 31is. Mary Ibunct at Baldwinsville. She seems te have made his life miserable. She gained the ill will of his children aud friends and finally, when she found that it was im possible for her te gain possession of hit. property, she left him. After being ab sent sumo time she returned. Gillbid is new in his eightieth year, but she was only forty. His statement, which is corroborated iu many particulars, was made te the district attorney and the coroner, and is as fol fel lows : " Yesterday morning 3Irs. Gill'eid ordered the best turnout en the farm and left home, driving toward Iki'dwinsville. She would make no reply te my iiiquiiics as te where she was going or when she would return. Life hail beceme such a burdcu te me that 1 decided te end it. I drove te Little I'tica and bought the largest and best :-y mediately left the premises. After we had entered the heuse my wife charged me with having some conspiracy with ray son. She stepped into the pantry and came out with a keenly shai pencil knife in each hand. " She drove me into a corner and cut me en the left cheek, and befere 1 could re cover myself she cut nie en the left side of my neck. I managed te get held of the steve poker and hit her mi the head, killing her instantly." Mr. Giffeid suffeied !rem less of bleed, but managed te reach the street aud notified some of the neighbeis. When they entered the house Mrs-. Gilferd was found lying en the Meer, dead, with a huge knife clutched in each hand. The furniture and fleer were coveted with bleed and Mrs. Giffeid's brains was w ;:"ujg out en the fleer. As seim as he was ahl. after receiving medical treatnieet, f--'Trl gave himself up te the authorities. lie is new locked up at the jail. 3Iis. Gilferd is described as a woman of very violent temper and would hesitate at nothing. !ihe had stated te seme of her friends that .he weu'd kill Giflbrd seme time-. KAILS UK'S I'LI'.nUM. What tlie New Speaker Sal 1 en Tasini; t'ae Chair. Jehn E. Faunce accepted the duties of the speakership of the Heuse in the fol lowing terms : Gentlemen ei-tiu: Heuse ok Ri:n:i; sENTATivES : 1 siuccicly thank you fei J the honor of being salected te i reside iu your deliberations. I fully appreciate the. fact that it is a compliment ceufened t -at. brings with it grave responsibilities and many difficulties attending the discharge of itsduties Te a faithlulaud impartial dis charge of them: anil .n i espouse te the cei -fidcuce reposed in me, I shall devote my best energies and ability. I invoke your cerdi .-1 support and kind indulgence. Te the party represented by a majority el this Heuse the people have entrusted the po litical power of our commonwealth, au empire within itself. It is a high and im pertaut trust aud ene that should be sa ciedly guarded. The same difficulties and the same causes that produced this revolution of public sentiment arc still rife. It therefore behooves us as the rep resentatives of a free, independent aud earnest people, by wise legislation te carry into practical operation such measures of retrenchment and reform as are de manded te correct the evils complained or. Te this end laws must be enacted holding public officials te a s.i icl acceuuta bilitj'. I'lmer.e.ssary etliccis must be abolished aud in nccuulsuce with the spirit of our constitution, fees of oilice must be paid in our treasury, and our public officials paid by salaries such as wll ba fair compensation for the work dene aud the rospeusibi'ties assumed. The apportionment of our c unmoi: unmei: unmoi: wealth into congressional sf nat 1 rial, representative aud judicia districts must be made in tiie inter ests of the whele people, and net that of party or individuals. One of the most important subjects of legislation te which your attention will be directed will b. that of a readjustment of thu system ei n ve nue. The revenue commission app-uved under a joint resolution of the last Lcgi.s latine have given much thought te this subject and have drafted several acts embodying t: eir views, which will be submitted te you in their rcpeit for your consideration. In consid ering then-suggestions, let our puipe-e. be te lighten as much as possible the burdens of taxation, and at the me tune te se adjust them that they will fall alike upon all subjects and classes of taxation. Te this and kindred subjects I invite your earnest and prompt attention. 1 ask you te se employ your time in their considera tion as te wanant an early adjournment L;t us be faithful te thu trust imposed, se that w hen we return te render an account of our slcwaidahip te our mtstcis, the jm:e ple, we may deserve the well merited plau tilt, " W ell done, go-id and a!utul ser vant." I am new i.rcpaied te l.-.kc the oath of office. A lley Killed by Three Heugh. A little seu of Policeman Smock was shot at Evansvillc, Ind., late en Sunday night by ene of thrce roughs, who were with difficulty captured by the police. They are from Cincinnati and gave their names as Jehn UeKcman, uee. liircncn berger and Jehn Kraus. The boy died en Tuesday. The men took offense at a re mark made by seme of Smock's little companions anil the boy was immediate ly fii':Ci upon with a pistol. A Un;l 111 the fifrsct Dr. A. Ceckcrill and Tkemu. M-i-.-i-Compten, prominent men, had a dispute en a street of Alexandria, La., Tuesday. Each drew a pistol. Sev.-ral shots were discharged. Compteu was shot dead. Dr. Ceckcrill was badly wounded. I .......I..,,.. i,n r fi.iiM fii.fl T was ONE DAY'S NEWS i.LKAKEl) FKOM Till; AlOKMNU MAILS I lit; Doings et Criminals liuilget el Tragic Event ueuerl Miscullnny lSeiltxl Down te bliert 1'arasraph. Moses Ratlitb; and William Ladd were yesterday killed at 3Ientaua station, Kansas, bj the explosion of a saw-mill boiler. The stores occupied by Yauas & Shaster and Chailes Kitler, at Vicksburg. Miss., were burned yesterday. Less, $12,000. The Iuternatiena! hotel at Shubeuaca die, N. S., was yesterday, with the furniture-, destieved bv fire. Less about $10, 0UO. James Laue wasje.slerd.iy at New Yerk convicted of highway robbery and of as sault, aud was sentenced te state prison for teu ycass. Fire yesterday at Eaten, O., burned J. II. 3lussebnan Aj Ce.'b grain olevator, with the adjaceut dwelling property of the firm. Less, $20,000. Ou Sunday night, at Vevay, Ind , Leuis Perd shot and killed William Laudy, and escaped te Kentucky. The quarrel was about a woman. William White, 3Iorgautewn, Miss., en Monday; iu a fit of insanity, seized his :S-year-eId seu by the heels and dashed its biaius out against a fence. Or. II. S. Thompsen.of Salisbury-, Coun.. committed suicide yesterday at Cincinnati ( i ). ) hotel by swallowing morphine, domestic trouble is assigned as the cause. Jeshua Gifferd. aged 70 years, living t, ar Grauby. N. Y., ou ileuday night, diiiing a quarrel, struck his wife, aged 92, years, en the head, with a Hjkcr, killing her. Giffeid gave himself up. The boiler iu the sawmill of II. P. 3Ial lister, uear St. Leuis, Mich., exploded en Monday, killiug S. It. Goodwin and injur ing .1. Hichter severelj-, and r. JHyer slightly. Cause, low water. The engineer has been arrested. Fire yesterday, at Pine Bluff. Avk., de stroyed the tv.o-stery brick block occu pied by Rescubaum & Ties, furniture dealers, and Sel Rosenberg, dealer in plantation supplies, as well as the adjacent stores. Less, $123,000. A tire at 3Iauistce, Mich., en Monday night destroyed J. II. Russell's meat maiket, L. W. Miller's photograph gal K-ry, James Van Dusen's saloon, I). Iro Ire bait's dwelling and barn and the stores of Pany eV, Mee (haidware), Mrs. Newson and the Misses Haley (millinery), I'arrett fc Cagwin (novelty) and liidelmaiicl. Lane (eh.t hing). Less about $.10,000. I'titvy Vunllct ler a K.iMnmil, The suit of the Allegheny Valley rail road company against the estate of Wil liam Phillip i, Iato president of the read for the recovery of nearly half a million dollars, money alleged te have been mis applied, has resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $lUJ8:i7.eO. The ease has been iu the Allegheny court for a year, aud the verdict is the largest ever ebtaiued iu the county court. 'llie h.itraiiltlen el rniiis. Iu accordance with the judgment ren dered last Satutday iu Terente, an order was issued Tue-d.iy for the ext'aditien of Ellis I'. Phipps, of Philadelphia. The order was transmitted te the court of appeals, where the ca;e h -d been taken by the major' counsel. A Jim!jle imjr:.. Nav Year's day was Mrs.Tlies. Fairer's fiftieth bii-ili.daj-, and her fra-nds ai.d re latives resolved te give her a pleasant sur prise at her residence, 2M North Duke street. First a delegation of old folks, numbering about thirty, with Mr.;. Fairer's mother, 3Iis. Brownmiller, of Washington borough, at their head put in au appeal acce early in the evening, bring :ng with them inanj- valuable presents and lets of eatables. Half an hour later a delegation et young folks of about equal number, headed bj- Mrs. Fairer's sons and daughters, also appeared bearing with them many tokens of affectionate re gard. After the usual congratulation the tables were spread and all sat down te a bountiful iuuehcen. The festivities weieicpt up uutil a Iato hour. The double surprise was as complete as it could have been. .Meeting of Wittei Ceiiiiultien. The water committee- ei city councils met hst evening. The bids ler the use of the city water ler street .-prinkliug pur poses wera op ncd. F. L. llerr offered $12t ter thu u.e of water for each tno-herso sprinkler, a;ul $'M for each i.ne-hoise sprinkler. Jehn S. Stautler offered $15:5 for the use of water for each two-horse sprinkler and $7f ler each one-herso sprinkler. Tk.-emtiaet was awarded te Mr. Scantier. The cuinmiUee authorized the mayor te advertise for proposals for the repair of the Ne. :; Ibrkiubine pump, the bids le be opened Friday evening January 5, at 8 o'clock. Court. Ceiut met again yesleidaj' afternoon at 21 o'clock, whfii the argument of a case which was begun in the morning was con cluded. Kate Christ, of this city, was divorced from hoi husband, Francis Chiist, en the ground of desertion. Court Jan. l'J, then adjourned uutil Satuiday, which will be opinion day. Cmirc.'i entertainment. On 3Ieuday a line entertainment was giveu in t'm Reformed church at Willow Street. It consisted of music, recitations, fcj. AlinH Amanda Laudes, of this city, rccitrd a numb-ir of pieces. .Miss Lizzie G. Myie, the organist, was presented with t i.nid-etiu- '.'ill. The attendance was : y llitl: Tlie Knlnn uimI Hose Committee. The engine nud hese committee of cenn cila met last evening and resolved te ad-verti.-e for coal for the tire department. Jehn Kicckel, hesemau of Ne. 1 com pany, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. The vacancy has net yet been fil'-d. Dlcil In Texan. Jehn Duiiimet, son of Mrs-. Catherine Deiumct, of 2eU West Vine stree.t, died in Dallas, Texas, en the 28th of December. The yeiin.; man went te Texas seimr years age and was in his 27th year. The body was enih.iii:ed anil it ai rived hen- this morning. The luueral will take place from the residence of ids ra ithcr ou Fri day in r -uiif.'. "Unknown " 3lr. J''n A. Stevens appeared i;i hia play of " Cm. l own" heron a large audi ence in Fulton opera l.ouse last night. The piece U familiar here, and it is only necessary te say of last night's rendition thatit fully i quailed the previous pcr f.u mauces, whil- the frequi nt applause aVcstcd tin- k'.eii enjoyment of Pits audi-c-ce. In Town. Spencr II. Cone, agent of Kate Clazteu and also a brei her of the great actress, i.; iu town. Osrrar R ihn and J. Wilde, ahead of D-. pre.' mil:1 trels, are registered at the City het I. ., I'eltce Case. At tv.-:it:.in Samson committed Samuel Wb i-i-r l"t- live days for drunken" and dis dis erdcrly conduct. Mayer MacGeniglc had three cases be fore him this morning oue drunken and disorderly woman paid costs, and two vagrants were discharged.
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