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Democratic Platform.
FJB*T. That we the party of Penu*yl
▼ *iu a. In convention wmhli-1, renew our mi of
fidelity to the fumlaniental principle* proclaimed and
practised hy the ||ln*triou* men who >ttled our free
Institution* ami fotim'ed the Deumcrmtlc party to pro
tect ami preserve them.
ftscono. That thejnt power* of the Fe.bw.al uni<<n,
the right* of the Plate* and the |ilerti* of the people,
are vital jwrt* of >ne harmonious mtem ; and to *ave
each part in it* whole constitutional rigor 1* to "*•
the life of the nation.**
THIRD That the Democratic party maintain a* it
evr ha* maintained. that th military are and ought
to le,ln all thing*, •uhnntlnat* to the civil authoritie*
It detilea, a* it ha* ilenled. the right of the Federal
a*lniini*tration hi keep .n f -t *t th" general expense
a •landing army to Invade the Plate* for political pur*
|Nw*a without regard to a*>ntitutional re*trktinn, to
control and encourage fraudulent count* of the vote*
or to Inaugurate candidate* rejetd hy the majority.
FoCBTH. That the right to a free l||ot l the right
preaervalive of all tight*, the ..nly mean* of
vvdreaeing grievanr.n and ref.rming aluiAe*. The
presence at the poll* "fa regular military force and f
a ho*t of hireling official*, claiming the power t.
arreet and impriem ritixen without warrant or bear
ing, destroy* all freel.ui of ele. tion* and upturn* the
very foumUtioti of •elf-guvertent. We rail wpon all
P*>l cltixen* to aid t* in preaerving our iturtltathn*
from deatno tion hy t)i*ae ini|ertal meth l* -.f super
vMing the right of suffrage and coercing the popular
will, in keeping the way |)M ferU IMI M ltd
free, a* It nu to our fathera; In removing the army
to a afe distance when the people moid* ie to
their sovereign pleasure at the poll*, an I in aeruring
ot-dience to their will when ctpr*l hy their Vote*. {
FIFTH. That Rutherford B Hayes, having
placed in power again*t the well known and legally
'xpreww>d win of the people, t* the representative of a
conspiracy only, and hi* r'aim right to surman-l ■
the hullot !■)*>• with tr*p* and deputy marhaU to
intimidate and otwtrnrt the e|e,-trr. ani hi* tinprece.
l*nted n*e of the veto to maintain thi* ancoMtftn
tional and deapi>tir power, are an in*ult and a mena* e \
to the country.
That the Democratic party, a* of old. fat r<
a constitution%l currency of gold and *il*r, and of
Imsper convertible lr.h coin.
BSVBHTN. That we are >ppo*A<l to the *ytern f |
Nulwidiee |y the general g*>vernent under which dur
ing the period of Republican snUii ). polftna) cor- \
(■•ratlofi* profit#d at the people'* ei|tei*e, and t# any
appropriation of the public money* or the pohlir credit
to any tJect l.nt the public *ervlcw. The reform* end
wc.>romi<u enforced hy the D*'tnocvntlc party *4nee lt
a*lvent to power in the h*wer house .f Oongrea* have
saved t*> the people many million* of dollars, and w-
RnMnfU tlwl a like result Would hdlow its r-*tofstl >fi
to power in the State of PennN^tvania.
Kmnti. That th* pero-M-rallc i*srty being the nat
nral frh nd of the w-irkingman. and having Ihn.ujli
out It* hit#>ry *t#--l letwa-n him and opureu*h>n, re i
new* it* etpre**i--Q of •jmpsthy f*r UU>r a*d it*
promise of protectH-n to it* right*.
NI*TH. That we h- k with alarm and apprehension
Upon the pretension* of the grrwt transportation *>-
|an lew to te a'->ve the fundamental law of thi* r m
m "w*alth whh'h govern* all else within our lewder", i
and until they accept the r>>ntitati"n °f I**l in
faith they should remain object* f the ntmewt vigi- t
lan e and jeuloqey hy Mth legislature and pei.|de.
TtStff. That the r'cent alt- nipt* under the p#r- '
wual direction of rllng Repuhtkan leader* to de- ,
haKd the legislature hy wholesale bribery and eorrup- |
tlon ami take fnm the ommonwealth four million* of !
tlollar* for which it* liability had never been *. er
tained. I* a IVwall and alarming evidence of ih g
-freMivnnim of corporate |*wer In rrdlnion with
political ring*, and should re-dv the eignal • n
damnation Of the people at the poll*
ELBVtaTN. That the prevent maditiiNl of the Plate
treasury, a bankrupt general fund and even school*
and charities nnatde t# get the money long since aje
pn#prlated to their support, i* a •ufficient illntration
of the reckless finatn ial mi*manag"ni-nt of the Re
publican party.
THE resolution of Mr. Wolfe favor
ing the selection of honest men for of
fice does not ap{>ear in the platform
adopted by'thc Republican State Con
vention. Does it follow from this
strange omission that Republican plat
form makers do not consider honesty
a requisite qualification in public
officers? It has that look, and cer
tainly the rascalities practiced by
scores upon scores of Republican offi
cials in the last fifteen years do not
belie the supposition. The resolution
offered by Mr. Wolfe reads as fol
lows :
Rrv.lrrd, T)i*t in view of the develop
ments of corrupt practices in connection
with the riot bill In tho last House, we
emphatically realllrm that part of the plat
form adopted by the Republican State
Convention at l/anca*ter, in 1576, and
which was re-adopted at the Republican
State Convention at llarrisburg in 1870,
which demands "honest men in office, men
with brains enough to know dishonesty
when they see it, and courago enough to
light it wherever they find it."
THE Republican State Convention
met at Harrisburg, a week ago yester
day, to-ratify Boss Quay's nomination
of Samuel Butler, of Chester county,
for the office of State Treasurer. This
was done by acclamation. Quay bad
matters bis own way, and, save the
disgraceful and tyrannical attempt of
Chairman Louis W. Hall to gag the
irrepressible Chas. Wolfe, of Union
county, the proceedings of the Conven
tion were exceedingly tame. Wolfe
is not a good subject " to sit down
upon," as Hall discovered, much to
his discomfort and disgust.
Tho Republican Platform.
Tho following is the platform adopt
ed by tho llcpublicuu Statu Conven
tion which met nt Harrisburg la*t
week :
Resolved, first. That tho Republican
party, again forced to stand forward for
tho defence of human righto after a
struggle lasting through u generation,
finds itself confronted by tho sanio foes
of Federal unity, political freedom and
national honor which it lias so often
overthrown in civil contests and urmed
conflict.
Second. That wo appeal to the t)nion
loving people of Pennsylvania to arrest
by their votes tho mad career of the
Democratic party, which insists upon
placing the National Government under
tho dominion of men who but lately
(ought to destroy it, and who are now
plotting to give triumph to tho doctrine
they failed to establish in the field, tho
establishment of State sovereignty by
iho overthrow of national supremacy.
Third. We declare our implacable
hostility to the repeal of the national
laws which protect tho purity o( the
bullot box and secure fuir elections, tho
c-lwction of Congressmen and Presiden
tial electors being clearly subject to na
tional control. Any attempt to throw
oil' that control is simply an effort to
establish fraud at national elections.
Honest suffrage, oijual rights, the unity
of tho nation and the supremacy of
National Government in all matters
placed by the Constitution under its
control can bo maintained only by the
Republican party which is alone com
mitted to their defence.
Fourth, That the democratic party,
having committed itself to break up the
Government by refusing to appropriate
moneys already collected from the peo
ple to sustain the Government, unlesg
the Kxpeutive shall sanction a measure
intended to foster fraud, violence and
corruption in tho national elections,
and to impair the constitutional supre
macy of the nation, deserves ami invites
the signal condemnation of every law
abiding and honest citizen.
Fifth. That we are in favor of the
payment of the national debt in coin,
according to the understanding between
the Government and tho lender ; and of
a paper currency, redeemable in coin.
We congratulate the country upon re
turning national prosperity and upon
the accomplishment, under a Republi
can national administration, of tho
successful resumption of s|>erie pay
ments. Our currency is restored to it*
par value, the national rredit lias Iw-vn
maintained and strengthened, and the
burden of the national debt largely re
duced. To complete what has been so
well done, we demand that our present
financial system remain undisturbed.
Sixth. That to the policy and practice
of protection to home industries and
home production, inaugurated and sus
tained by the Republican party, we are
indebted to the growth and develop
ment of our domestic and foreign com
merce and for tho prosperous condition
and strength of the national finances, '
and that to the continuance of that
policy must we look in the future for
assured prosperity and peace through
out the country.
Seventh. That the firm stand of the
President in vindicating the preroga
tives of the co-ordinate departments of
the Government meet* the hearty ap
proval of the Republican parly of Pcnn- i
sylvan ia.
Kighth. We call on the veteran sol
diers of tho war for the Union to join
u in resenting the unjust expulsion of
their wounded comrades from office by
the democratic Congress and the trans
fer of their places to rebel soldiers,
whose chief recommendation seems to
be unrepentant treason and unending
hate of the nation.
Ninth. That we earnestly sympathize
with our Southern Republican brethren
who are now passing under the harrow
of political persecution. We bid them
be ot good cheer. Fraud and force can
not always triumph, even in a region
where fraud and force find a congenial
home. If a solid South now deprives
them of their just rights, a solid North
will not fail in due time to secure them
that perfect freedom which iiHhe birth
right and inheritance of every American
citizen.
Tenth. That the United States of
America is a nation, not a league. Its
Constitution and all laws made in pur
suance thereof are the supreme law of
the land, anything in the Constitution
or laws of a State to the contrary not
withstanding.
Kleventb. That the tribunal estab
lished by the Constitution to determine
whether the laws are made in pursuance
thereof is the Supreme Court of the
United State*. All laws once enacted,
unless repealed by the lawmaking j low
er or declared void by said Court, neith
er lawmaker, citizen nor State has a
right to nullify.
Twelfth. That wo pledge ourselvea
in favor of such legislation as will pro
vent unlawful and unconstitutional dis
crimination of freights hy the carrying
companies of the country.
Thirteenth. That thif success of the
State under the management of the Re
publican party, the steady reduction of
the State debt, and the enforced com
pliment of the present Democratic
j Treasurer—that not one dollar of the
| public funds had been lost or misplaced
■luring the seventeen years of Republi
can custody of the funds—nrove that
official integrity and financial skill have
been the benefits conferred by our par
ty on t.ie taxpayers of tho State, and
merit the approval of the people of
Pennsylvania.
Fourteenth. That we heartily en
dorse the administration of Governor
Hoyt, and the stalwart attitude of Sen
ator Cameron and the Republican mem
bers of tho House of Representatives in
resisting the revolutionary riders so
persistently pressed by the Democrats
in Congress.
United Stale* Consul Staehl at Osaka
and Hiogo, Japan, lias informed the
Surgeon General of the marine hospital
service that an epidemic resembling
cholera has made ita appearance in
Hiogo. None of the foreign population
have aa yet died of the disease. The
number of caaes of epidemic disease in
Hiogo district was 6.11, of which about
one-third bar) died. The epidemic also
prevail* at Osaka, but there are few or
no foreign ibipa at that plaoe.
Mr. lltiyoH and hiH VOIOOH.
WrllU'Tl fur I In* CKKTHI. DEMOCRAT.
Wo And in the debates of Uio (Jon
volition that framed tho Constitution of
tho United States, that a proposition
wns made to give our Federal govern
ment tho unlimited power which Mr.
Hayes now claims for it and it was in
dignantly rejocted. This proposition
| was inroducod as a motion to clothe
; tho government with veto upon the
j acts of State legislatures, hut it was re
-1 fused and repelled as a violation of
I their sovereignty. Yates'Secret, 108. It
is manifest therefore from this, as well
j ns from the views wo have heretofore
| shown, that the supremacy of the States
in all powers not delegated to the Fed
i oral government is still unimpared and
j their undelegated rights of sovereignty
| still unrestricted and unconflned. We
; aro aware that efforts have been made,
I and ore now being made, to throw ap
probrium upon every mention of Stole
| rights and to connect that principle
I with nulitication and secession ; but we
: hope and believe that the unfounded
and disgraceful attempts to slillo inves
-1 ligation of the subject will be resisted
■by an intelligent community. When
we arc forbidden to speak of State
rights we are ready for consolidation.
Those who raise the out cry of danger
to the Union at this day when any al
lusion is made to tho rights reserved in
the Constitution are the enemies of the
Union and the advocates of consolida
tion. bet it onco be settled that any
attempt to proclaim and to sustain the
rights of the States is to be frowned
down as insurrectionary and rebellious
by those who wield the jiowor and pa
tronage of the Federal government, and
every barrier reared by tho framers of
the constitution against the inroads of
despotism is subverted.
As his vetoes manifest, Mr. Hayes
docs not claim to be the President of
tho United States according to the
provisions of the Constitution, but of a
"National Government" consolidating
tho Kxecutive and Legislative depart
ments in himself, and denying to tho
people of the respective States their
right to elect their members of Con
gr*s without tho supervision and ap
probation of his supervisors, deputy
marshals nnd soldiers, who, ho says in
his veto of May 29, 18*'.', are "to Ite in
the immediate presence of the officers
holding the election, and witness all
the proceeding*, including the eounti ng
/ veUi anl matin,/ up a rrturn thereof."
and "personally scrutinise, eount anet can
itus each ballot." For irventy years the free
men of Pennsylvania exercised the right
of sutfrago under tho Constitution and
the oloclion laws enacted in conformity
therewith without intimidation or en
croachment from United States marsh
al* ami soldiers. Will the freemen of
our commonwealth permit an usurper
to repeat those unconstitutional and
nefarious attacks u|>on tho oleclivo
franchise? Will Governor Iloyt, who
has sworn to "support, obey and defend
the constitution and discharge the du
ties of his office with fidelity" and to
"take care that the laws be faithfully
executed," permit United States marsh
als anil soldiers to defiantly trample
upon the Constitution and election
laws of the commonwealth on election
day ? We hoje better things from him,
for the honor of our Stale. "To be
forewarned i* to be forearmed."
It is pitiful to see the tergiversation
Mr. Hayes is driven to in order to sus
tain his vetoes, and justify his usurpa
tion. Congress passed the appropria
tion hills for the support of all branch
es of the government—excutivo, legis
lative, judiciary and army—amounting
in the aggregate to over ninety millions
of dollars for tho present fiscal year,
hut refused to appropriate any money
to pay hordes of deputy marshals for
attending on election day to interfere
with State elections. This in the opin
ion of Mr. llayos was a grievous fault
and he was determined to defeat the
appropriations at all hazards and indi
rectly borrow the impressive language
of a foreign speaker and exclaim, "Peru!,
appropriations to support tho govern
ment—Perish payment for the army,
judiciary, Ac., unless you provide for
my janizaries, tho deputy marshals,
supervisors and soldiers for services to
bo rendered my party on election day,
in every city in tho Union whose in
habitants exceed twenty thousand.
With the consolidationists this is all
a game of combination and calculation.
It it only in places of dense population
that .their unconstitutional and arbi
trary statue* can be affective, and in
enforcing them the usurper looks with
supreme contempt upon tho constitu
tions and election laws of the respect
ive States. I n true black-leg style be is
playing the "threo card raonte" with
his vetoes, and smiles with self-satisfied
complacency at the gullibility of the
American voters. Delighted with the
arbitrary use of power that enabled
President Grant, through his marshals
and soldiers in 1876, to place in the
Presidential chair a successor who was
not elected by the people, Mr. liye* U
now preparing for tho Presidential
election of 1880, and ho hopes by
following tho Mtmo precedents with
modern political Improvements to meet
with success. Let us seo .jiart of the
i plans anil arrangements made by Presi
dent Grant to prevent the inaugura
tion of Mr. Tilden, tho legally elected
candidate in 1870. We have the follow
ing statement from Gen. Stewart V L.
i Woodford, who was appointed United
i States attorney at New York, just be
fore tho expiration of Grant's term.
| Gen. Woodford says: "That it was at
i tho special request of Gen. Grant he
: Accepted tho office—who told him that
I he (Grant) feared an attempt would be
made to seat Tilden by a great popular
, uprising, and ho wanted a man in the
! place who would not temple to crush a
| mob." lie further says, "he believed"
that a plan to inaugurate T Men existed
in New York, and continues, "my plans
were all laid systematically. Wo have
'/uiely taken some very effective preoau
| tions In-forehand. Had Tilden atternp
] ted to have carried out his coup tftluf
! and have himself inaugurated my orders
and intentions were to seise him at once
under a warrant charging him with high
treason, toconvey him secretly and ecurely
on board a government vessel lying in
Fast river, and ship him to Fort Adams
;or some other secure point." Gen.
j Woodford further states, "that the cus
j torn house and sub-treasury were pro
: pared for resistence, that troops were
• '/ui'lly brought from the West and South
and massed at Washington, Fort Mc-
Henry and in New York harltor, and
that Grant, Sherman and Sheridan and
j other military men were outspoken in
! their opinions that tho army ought to
be used for repressive measures."
Woodford says further, "I believe that
during the month that closed the ad
! ministration of Grant and the opening
of that of Hayes the country stood on
the brink of a civil war more terrible
( than that which we pas <-.| through and
i would have drenched tho whole North
in blood." At the same lime Kern.
' Grant's chief marshal at Philadelphia,
J with coadjutors in other cities, were
playing their part in this jmlitical drama
to secure a radical president, members
. of Congress, and rncml>ers of the legis
latures in those Stales where United
States senators were to be elected with
the final determination of placing an
u *urj>er in the Presidential chair-
Search sacred and profane History—
consult the conspiracy of'stalino -Guy
Fawkes—Cromwell—Burr —all, all sink
into insignificance before this infamous
plot to destroy the Union of States and
erect an Empire uj<on its ruins. This
:is no visionary prognostication. I>ook
at Kepubliran France under the First
Consul. Napoleon, with the aid of his
army had himself proclaimed "First
i Consul of the French Republic." He
proclaims, "We will have a Republic—
Liberty, Constitution and Espial Rights."
The cry went up, "vive, la Repoblique"
a voice from th crowd exclaims, "who
will answer for it? " Napoleon, turning
to hi* soldiers, said, "granadiers! Did I
ever deceive you when I promised you
victory ?" And his historian says that
on the first of May, 1804, the Tribunate
decreed "that the government of the
Republic should be entrusted to an
Emperor, and that the office should be
hereditary in tho family of Napoleon
Bonaparte." The (senate decreed and
i published the new constitution, and on
the 30th he was pronounced Emperor
of tho French. We have passed the
first century of our indejendence and
Union of State* and en teres! upon the
second and what do we find 1 An usur'
per, who never was elected by the peo
ple to the Executive chair, endangering
| our liberties under tho constitution, re
j pudiating the reserved right* of the
j State* holding the purse and sword in
his hands, bringing into conflict the
freedom of ejection* and determined to
appoint his succcssois through tho pow
er of his marshals and army as Bona
parte did with the Republic of France.
PATRICK lIKXRV.
♦
Parts About the (>nn.
As the time for the taking of the
next census approaches much interest
is attached to the matter, and as a gen
eral misunderstanding exists in regard
to the appointing of enumerators, the
following law in regard to the matter
will save much unnecessary correspond
ence and'trouble when projierly known.
The Secretary of the Interior on or be
fore the first day of March, 1880, shall
appoint one or more su|<rvisor* for
census for each State, but the whole
number in the States and Territories
shall not exceed 150. The supervisors
shall appoint the enumerators for the
various counties of the State. Any
county exceeding 4,000 population shall
be divided into districts so that no dis
trict shall contain more than 4.000 in
habitants. The enumerators shall begin
their duties on the first Monday in
June, 1880, and finish their work be
fore 4he first day of July, 1880, thus re
quiring the work to bo done in less
than thirty days. The compensation
will be two cents for each inhabitant,
two cents for each death reported, ten
cents for each farm, and ten cents for
each establishment of productive indus
try. Application for appointment as
enumerators must be addressed to the
Supervisors of the State where ap
pointed.
Our B.irr.
Hiitt'iri wan fh-t DofifJuatsrtl,
Ifullwr was lh< |M( •
Bui for lliet oiitr who 'Amu Utwoqi
Our I'ftlloU * f will r*t.
Oh, llullwr, Mil we j#||jr you—
Your'a wu en v|| iUr
When you were notnlnalod
To run our Hair.
Our Ifenlet'f Ilka* llir one of ohl
Who, In the Uon'e h n,
Ikfwl the lloue fli?rr- and t*oll
A*! not frighten*l Own.
Yotl dotlhtlew will fight 'wmcwtly,
Hut In the eti'l you'll fail ;
For mir DankTa mighty *hij ofHUU*
fa now u tutor full mm I
C<itie,hoard tli• gallant whip,
Wilis hi at•milling WS-H the thl .
With Ha IT at the h lm It'll not utoji,
Hot into haven rid*.
And when election morning
Cleat a the amoks- both near and far,
You'll And the t|i ts'imin Tnaiurs-r
la Hon. D. O. Barr.
Daniel O. Barr.
hum tlx- fUwkkt.J' W.-kl>
The unanimity with which Daniel G.
Barr wa nominated by the Convention
for State Treasurer points unerringly to
ln great popularity with the Democra
cy oi the Commonwealth. In Western
I'ennsylvuriia, where he is so well and
favorably known, it is unnecessary to
-ay one word in bin commendation.
This is Mr. Ban's lirst venture in poll
ties as a candidate, and he embarks on
the perilous tide under the most favor
able auspices, bearing with him two of
the highest requisites of success the
unanimous endorsement of his party and
an unimpeachable character. He i* in
the prime and full vigor of early man
hood—being only thirty eight years of
age. Trained from boyhood to Un
blinking business, be is familiar with our
system of finance in all it* ramifications,
and fully acquainted with the complex
duties and high resjxinsibilities ol tue
office to which h aspires. Business
men of all parties bear high testimony
to his fine financial ability and sterling
integrity of character.' Even tlie Coo,
meraal (iasette, that seldom has a fair
word to say of a jailiticai opponent, pays
a deserved tribute to the business ca
pacity and moral worth of Mr. Barr.
Ife is active and energetic, and will call
out the full and undivided Democratic
vote of the State, arid, no doubt, will
receive material support from the busi
ncss men in tbc ranks of the opposing
party.
To John Sherman.
Ext< l 7 I V t M AXSIoX,
W ASIIIM,TON, June 33. D 77.
SIR : I desire to call your attention to
the following paragraph in a letter ad
dressed by me to the -v-eretary of the
Treasury on the conduct to le observed
by officers of the General Government
in relation to the elections :
o.Y- - 'ttrer shall he re.pure'l or permit I'd
to tahe fuirl in the management of political
oryam salons, eauru.ee i, eusrsstuwi, or rite
turn eainjmiyns. The right to vote arid ex
preo their views on public questions, either
orally or through the pre.*, is not denied,
provided it does n-t interfere with the dis
charge of their oflb lal duties No Assr. 1 "
vest ron POLITICAL ri-arosßß ox orri-
CRRS OK SCBOEMXATKK suovi.n mk AL
LOWED."
This rule is applicable to every de
partment of the civil service. It should
be understood by every officer of the
General Government that heisexpect
ed to conform hi* conduct to its re
quirements.
Very respectfully, R. It. HAVES.
The Alleged (iter I*tie of State Honda
a Myth.
The supposed over issue of State
bond* is fully explained by the discov
ery by the investigating committee of a
coupon book kept in the State treasury
but supposed heretofore not to have ex
isted. By this book it ap[**ar* that $.5,-
(KM),(100 in Iwinds were issued of the
date 1853 and 15,000,(100 of the date
1853. The bonds were placed in the
hands of the Girard bank and $,400,
(¥lO returned as sold and the receipt
given to J. Bailey, State treasurer, for
the remaining $lOO,OOO. This receipt
remained in the treasury until 1k53
when Henry S. Magraw, then the State
Treasurer, demanded the return of the
bonds. The bank, or its President,
returned instead of the bonds of 1853
$28,000 in money, $51,000 in bonds of
1853 and $21,000 in Iwinds of 1852,
making a total of $lOO,OOO. The auditor
general's office at that time appears to
have not noted the fact thai the $21,000
in bonds were dated 1852 but credited
them to a loan of 1853, thus making
the loan of 1852 $5,000,000, and 1853
$426,000, instead of 1852 $4,070,000 and
1853 $149,000, Thus the apparent over
issue is simply more of the issue of 1853
and less of the issue of 1852, one
amount balancing the other.
PETKR SCTTOX, the Greenback nomi
nee for State Treasurer, was nominated
on the supposition that he was a farmer.
It turn* out that he is and always has
been a merchant, and never held a plow
or "cut a swathe" in his life. Hi* nom
ination was secured through Frank
Smith. A natural inquiry comes in,
who is Frank Smith? The question is
easily answered. He i* a son of ex-
Sheriff" Smith of Indiana county, and
brother of Samuel A. Smith of the In
diana Messenger, the Republican organ
of Indiana county. Frank Smith pub
lishes the National, a greenback paper.
It is issued from the Messenger office,
with the Messenger pres*. It is run to
hold the patronage and subscriptions of
the greenback wing of the Republican
party in Indiana county, and a merging
of the National into the Messenger , or of
the Messenger into the National, depends
upon which party goes down. The
Smiths run the two paper* on the prin
ciple of "head I win, tail you lose.'
The whole machinery of the National
party of Pennsylvania is in the hands
of the Republican pfcrty. The nomi
nation of Judge Sutton means this, and
the selection of Peter Herdic's man
Watson means that no sort of trickery
will be left untried to secure the vote*
of Democratic Oreenbacken, while the
Republicans will vote their old party.
Mr. Cor l>i unit 1 lie Hebrew*.
Iho pronunchtmcrito of Mr. Austin
<x>rbin, I'rcitidcnt of the Manhattan
J teach Company, against the Hebrew*,
appear* to have excited evn a gr<-ater
commotion in New Vork than Judge
Hilton a action* of two year* ago in ex
cluding the race from hi* Orand Union
Hotel at Saratoga. 1 nterview* reported
in various New Vork paper* *bow that
opinion* differ very widely a* to the
<*i*dom and policy of Mr. Corbin'* atti
tude.
-Judge Hilton i* reported a* aaying ho
had alway* understood Mr. Corbin to be
a fair minded, clear headed man, and
did not *e,e how he could do otherwixo
than he did. In hi* own can he wa*
abundantly satisfied with the jeolicy ho
had purxued, and but lor the aland he
J had taken he did not believe hi* hotel
would be worth having. The patronage
had been of a much better cla** than
before thA Seligman difficulty, and wo*
thi* year one third larger.
Mr. Joseph Seljgmaii, on being inter
viewed, laughed, and raid he had noth
ing new to add to what he had already
told the public in a aimilar kilualion of
affair*. Ill* family ha/1 not been and
were not going to Manhattan J'.ech.
Mr. '(.car •). SlrauM raid : "Mr. Cor
bin, by Mating that be never knew but
'one white Jew in tii* life, clearly
prove* either tliat hi* H**oeition* were,
by accident or inclination, very low, or
that hi* own mental development* have
' been *o Mooted , )T blinded by prejudice
(that th<- Jew* he ha* som<- in contact
j with v.i rc far to excellent lor hi* appro
j ciation.
Ihe Itahhi Hue loch raid he wouhl
o'it I'lviw hi- p<-uple t'l *lay away from
Men pat lau Bno* Ip oopmmmpn of
thi# attempted i-tclusivi news, and he in
tended to go hitnM-lf and take hi* farni
' ly. lty a lingular coincidence he had
; jurt received a M tnhallan Bi-rrh circu
lar inviting him to vi*it the place. Said
In-: "Mr. 'orhin may ray he will rink
| hi* fJ.OUO (KKi rather than have Jew* on
i Itil premiM*, I Ut I tell you. rir, that he
I may rink hi* million# and other* may
•ink their million* before they rink the
Jew#. Now i* the time for reconcilia
tion, for all classes i.f humanity to come
<do#i r together and haimuii&e arid sym
pathies with each other, rather than the
! tune for recrimination and intolerance.
rhoe who think otherwi*e are not the
true friend* of mankind and of human
progress."
Several of the tV, n y Inland hotel pro
prietor* tu'tamed Mr. (orbin in hi#
| cour-c. but one loc.il bunne** man ex-
I reso 1 the opinion that it w a# nothing
I hut an advertising dodge, and wished
lie could think of one a* good. Levy,
th cornet player, raid he bad just got
hi* week # salary f-lV)) from Mr. Cor
bin, although not able to play, and re
marked, "J hat doe* not look a* if he
wa# much Op|oaed to tin# Jew, doe* it }''
The reporter *ugge*ted that perhap# he
wa* the "one white Jew*' to whom Mr.
Corbin refered when he #*id he knew
; hut one. A* to that Mr. Corbin, in
i conversation with another reiorter,
when akc I what wa# tol.< . omeof Levy,
*aid, "Ob, he claim# that he i* no Jew ;
he married a Christian wife.*' The di
rector* of the Manhattan beach railroad
•eem to le- pretty much of the presi
dent s opinion tliat the custom of the
Hebrews i# not desirable. In a word,
the result of the whole affair will proba
bly be that the Hebrew* will let Mr.
'oibin'* road and hotel severely alone,
| and Mr. Corbin will have accomplished
what he declared to le his object.
King < etvwayo. of Zululand. ha* re
turned the Prince Imperial'* sword.
Philadelphia Market*.
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-Vote A<tfrrli*cinriit*.
i/curnl Notice.
\ N APPLICATION will be miwlo
* \ b#< ,f til# Hoaer J l t Ori., A.CliO.,nsl 1.,
Jd* <4 Uw Ts,,o rrih J wis Ist laxiSrt, st Ph.m
•##., Mm<t#. Uh- I#IS *■ ~f Act #'>! (n. UM>
ln<v.,poru,m at lh "Phill|ei,r( Tim tin* r#tk A#*<-
rt.ll„n," slww plx-s at silt U st eti:li|w
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<4 Tnitllß* Hi-cm, wbeteof all intomOe* sill t.sH
Uk*Bo<w. All AM MOV,
PaPtHw.
"^OTICR. —In the matter of tlto
i. a Kstst. at Q-nrp SwU. lato i 4 tw to*ahl*
,4 fsaa, Ontaaty at * la h* ttoehana'
Ooart ef (Veto# tv*aty The a r ,.tala.#ei at of a e,*.
U>, *4 the Real bM, at aaM Quae* harart# aaiW
the pr/wMom at hi# la#t 111 at>4 mtoiaial. A*4
•e*. Jaae JS, A. I. tT*. aaM nwal.nwii at nM aa*
o,n*nae4 SIM ami rwMkollna ieMM to he as#
a*nea>.ly to he act af Aaaomhl, la awAt ISM Ti 1 -
and perrrMeil. The a|,|#aimtaetil ae amte tll be
oonDrwal al*4'itlt If m, .aoe^tma# are A ted artor la
the first da* of Best tona llr tbs Ooart
*l-, WM. R. IU Ri liriKl,t>, Ctertl Or. Chart
is hereby given thst the
act-eat nf t. P. aa|tte at Or/ rra
Kwarta, a toaaUr.haa hem Kiel la IhsaPe# ef the fro
ttMwdory of the Ooart of Osusn Ptoa* afOafra
camtr, which aald aeooeal wilt I, aeaawtbd tar
• i.tidna.Utni at th* asil term of aald Oram.
'* i. c. UA&TKR, riwthototary.