crmitted to escajie punishment. SENATOR BLAINE don't think much of Congressman Fisher's political judgment. The statesman from Hun tingdon has been left in temporary charge of the National Republican party, with headquarters in Washing ton. His eagle eye has swept the po litical horizon from the sand lots of California to the bleak coast of New England. He hastily ran his eye aloDg the line which marks the course of the roaring Arostook, and remark ed that the Republicans would lose Maine. That sort of prophecy don't suit the leader of leaders at all, and he has intimated in a mild way that Mr. Fisher can't kill Presidential candi dates in that way. He says in sub stance that while Congressman Fisher may be a great man, that "there are more things twixt Heaven and earth, Horatio, than thou dream est of in thy philosophy" EDWARD MCPIIERRON, at present editor of the Philadelphia /Yes* and formerly clerk of the House of Rep resentative at Washington and chief of the Bureau of Statistics, has risen to explain one of the damaging charges concerning his official integri ty contained in the Glover report. The /Vess has sedulously maintained that the report did not amount to any thing; that Glover was half fool and half knave, and yet its editor in chief has found it necessary to wade through six columns of his paper in a labored effort to show that he was not guilty of the venality so specifically charged against biro. There is an impression getting abroad that ex-Congressman Glover made an exhaustive, and what is of more practical value, an hooest investigation, and every effort to be little the report and detract from its value by attacking it* author wilt prove futile. John Sherman, stand up; your name comes next upon the list. "XtJUAL AND KXACT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OF WIIATKVKK STATIC OR I'KRM;ANION, RKLIOIOL'H OK roLITICAL."-,fritor*i> Tho Republican Platform. The third resolution of the Re publican platform is as follows : Third. We declare our implacable hostility to the repeal of the national lawn which protect tho purity of tho ballot box and secure fair elections, tho election of Congressmen and Presiden tial electors being clearly subject to na tional control. Any attempt to throw oH'that control is simply an effort to es tablish fraud at national elections. Honest suffrage, e>pial rights, tho unity of the nation and the supremacy of Na tional Government in all matters placed by the Constitution under its control ran be maintained only by the Republi can party which is alone committed to their defence. This is the most important resolu tion of the scries; for, although somewhat obscure, in it may be found the real issue l>etwecn the two great parties; besides, the real feeling and purposes of the radical party are stated with more than usual candor and frankness. They declare their "implacable hostility" to the rejwal of the national election laws. That they are implacably hostile to the re peal of these laws, no one who watch ed the course of their leaders during | the extra session of Congress can for one moment doubt. The stalwarts | arc undoubtedly in favor of the Fed ! eral election laws which now exist and of others that will give to Feder al otlicers sujiervision and control of j elections by means of which they ! can prevent the people from turning ; the Radical party out of power. | This is the secret of their "implaca ble hostility" to the repeal of these laws. The whole of this resolution is clearly predicated upon the proposi tion contained in it, viz: "the elec ] tion of Congressmen and Prcsiden j tial electors being clearly subject to | national control." If this proposi tion cannot be sustained the whole doctrine of the resolution must ne cessarily fail. Is the election of Congressmen clearly subject to the control of the National government? lias the Federal government or any department or officer of it, under the constitution, the right to say who may or who may not vote at an elec tion for a Congressman ? The Dem ocrats say, no ; the Republicans say, yes. This is a simple, plain and di rect issue which can only lie deter mined by an ap|>cal to the constitu tion itself. The provision of the constitution upon the subject reads as follows: "Art. 1, Ren. 2. The House of Representatives shall be ooui|>osed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, anri the elector* in rich State *haU have the qualification* requisite, for elector* of the mo*t numerous branch of the State Jjcyi*lature." Hy this provision the right to say who may vote for Congressmen is clearly given to the several States, and not to the Federal government. The whole power of the Federal gov ernment cannot confer the right of voting for Congressman upon a sin gle individual if such individual has not the right under the constitution and laws of his State. Neither can the Federal government deprive any one of the right of voting for a Con gressman, if he possesses the qualifi cations of a vote in his State. The qualifications of electors for members of Congress may not be the same in any two States of the Union. Neith er Congress nor any other depart ment of the Federal government has any power to compel uniformity in this respect. As each individual* therefore de rives his right to the elective fran chise from the constitution and laws of bis own State and not from the Federal government he must neces sarily look to his own State and not to the Federal government for the protection of this right. We be lieve it to be a universal proposition under oar ftornplex system of govern ment that the rights of individuals derived from the State are to pro tected and enforced by State laws ; while the right* of individuals deriv BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1879. cd from the Federal government are to lie protected and enforced by Fed eral laws. It would lie no more al>- Btird for the States to claim the con trol of the rights of a person under a patent derived from the Federal government, than it is for the Feder al government to claim the control of rights of persons derived from the constitution and laws of a State. So much for the election of Congress men. Now for the election of Pres idential electors. The following is the constitutional provision: "Art. 2, Sec. 2. Each State shall appoint in mi<7i mantu r ax the Leyixla tare thereof may dircrt, a number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may he entitled in Congress ; hut no Senator or Repre sentative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall lie appointed an elec tor." Under this provision of the Con stitution the Legislature of each State has absolute control over the appointment of Presidential electors. It may provide for an election by the people, which is usual, or it may elect the electors hy the Legislature as was done in South Carolina for sev enty years, or it may direct any oth er mode of appointment it may see proper. The olllce of Presidential elector is a State office under State laws over which the Federal govern ment has no control whatever. All of this was decided hy the electoral commission only two years ago. The decision of this tribunal ought to he authority with the atalwarta,although it went so far in its elfort to cover up fraud that it forfeited the respect of every one else, for it not only de cided that the Federal government has no control over the election of Presidential electors, hut that neither Congress nor itself could inquire whether the person claiming the right to vote as a Presidential elector had actually ever been duly elected or appointed na such or not; that al though the certificate of Presidential elector was obtained by fraud or was an actual forgery, still no department of the Federal government could go liehind it, or inquire into its validity. How docs this decision of the elec toral commission upon this subject comport with the doctrine of this res olution of the Republican platform * Will our neightior of tlx; Jiejiubliran explain and reconcile these two dc. liverances of his party ? When Governor Curtin and the other gentlemen sent to New Orleans hy the Democratic National Com mittee, in Uic fall of 187fi, invited John Sherman and the other gentle men appointed by President Grant to co-operate with them in seeing that a fair and honest canvass was made of the votes cast for Presidential electors in Uic State of Ixjuisiana, Sherman and hia co-conspirators re fused to do so, and predicated their refusal upon the ground that this would lie an unwarranted interfer ence in the afTaira of a State; that the State authorities of Louisiana had exclusive jurisdiction over this subject. Surely at that time Sher man and the other stalwarts never dreamed that the election of Presi dential electors was "clearly subject to national control." After the adjournment of the elec toral commission, one of its radical members, Judge William Btrong, of infamous memory, wrote to a South ern friend defending the action of the commisaion and holding that an decision—any attempt on the part of the Federal government to inquire into the honesty or legali ty of the elections in Florida, Louis iana or South Carolina—would have been "an infringement upon the sa cred doctrine of State rights." To these extremes of opposite doctrines have the Radical party been driven within a little more than two years in tbeir efforts to justify and maintain illegal and fraudulent cleo toins by which the will of the majori ty of the American people is set at defiance. BOTH the political and social worlds arc convulsed over the startling story that comes from away down nt Nar ragansctt Pier, litre it is said the modern Adonis, the curled nod js-r -fumed Conkling, New York's Henior Senator, barely e*cu(>ed the deadly contents of an improved shooting np paratus by ignominious flight. The legend runs that ex-Senator and ex- Gov. Wm. Hprague of Rhode Island, returned to his home at Narragansett Pier, on last Friday, only to find the sweet-scented Conkling making the greatest effort of his life, byway of destroying the last lingering remnant of a home the venerable ex-Governor had left to him. It appears that Mrs. Sprague, who is a daughter of the late Chief Justice Chase, eared more for the fine physique, rourtly manners and handsome face of Senator Conk ling than she does for the obi age, honorable life and blameless reputa tion of her husband. The gossip from Washington is scarcely fit for public a tion, telling, as it d.s-s, the particulars of lis- questionable relations which exist between one of the most widely known of our public men, and the daughter of one of the most conspic uous publicists who ever lived in America. Senator Conkling lias nev er been a popular man with the masses, but while he failed to attach the people to him in his public career they have always respected him as a man of gnat ability, personally spot less, alike in |>ub!ic and iu private life. Now that the curtain has been lifted and this ugly skeleton exposed, the little regard the country had for the imperious Senator from New York will develope into contempt, retnem bcring, as {icople will, that he is allied to one of the ablest and l**t families in New York, with a home circle that embrace* attractions enough to bind any one in the golden meshes of domes tic tranquility and love, bo much for its social aspect. As to its political significance it will sulfite to say that there is one presidential candidate lew than there was last Thursday night. Not that the men who make Republi can nominations would seriously ob ject to Conkling's immorality, hut ex pediency will suggest the propriety of quietly dropping the gentleman out of sight. TIIE committee appointed by the legislature to prosecute and, if possi ble, bring to punishment certain per sons who endeavored to secure the passngc of the $4,000,000 riot bill by corrupt means, had a meeting nt liar ris burg, this week, to arrange the de tails of the prosecution. Mr. Wolfe, of Union county, is the chairman of this committee. He announces that the case will he vigorously pushed, and expects the trials to come off* in the courts of Dauphin county some time in September. It is sail! the committee have engaged Senator MaL Carpenter, of Wisconsin, Hon. Jere miah H. Black, and Frank B. Gowau, President of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad company, as attor neys for the prosecution. If this is correct it has a look of business, aud means that some of the gentlemen against whom the prosecution* are di rected may have more trouble to escape than they have hitherto antici pated. THE Republican begs the question entirely. How the Democrats of Cen tre county may have treated "certain Democratic aspirauts for Senatorial honors" has nothing whatever to do with Samuel Butler's war record ; and the DEMOCRAT never claimed votes for Mr. Barr on the ground of services in the army. When it does so it will lie prepared to show when and where he served. Come, now, since you say Hamucl Butler "shouldered his musket like a true patriot, and plaoeS his life in jeopardy, that the Government might live," please answer our in quiries. When did Samuel Butler shoulder his musket? How long did he carry it? ID what battles of the war did he put "his lift; in jeopardy, that the Government might live f Nt uiitor Walluce Interviewed. HIE EE AI, JAM I E A Of THE IAT IN NATIONAL roLiTica. A llrrald reporter interviewed Seiia tor Wallace recently in New York. In answer to a question hji to the real is sue*, he said : "Homo rule aud finance. Local gov ernment in our aim. and it is really the only living inxuo at present before the iioople. A government 'of the ptsople by the people' i* what we want and mual have. Klectors in their several dintricU and localities must be free to vote as thny like and must be relieved from the presence and force of Federal influence and dictation. Finance will take care of itself. The country is now prosperous. In another year it will be more ao. And by that time commerce will have so regulated the money ques tion that it will have completely disap peared. That is, all the apparent ditli cultie* in tlieway will have settled down into a natural channel. Our time re sembles in a great measure that of Jefferson wnd Hamilton. In 1800 and 1801 the public mind was filled wilh similar questions to those now demand ing sole tion at our hands. If we remain true . i'l steadfast to that principle of the fi>r itaelf we must win, but we < ynnot in any other way. A man must i be Et liberty to vote the way lie wishe# nd must be free to talk aloud to hi* friend on election day on what he considers his rights and privileges without being afraid that a marshal or oth.rr Federal officer will put his hand upqfn his shoulder and move him off. I-octk' government, or, as it isaometime* calF*"'b 'home rule,' is what the country will' 1 " and what we will give it. The pedT'b' ''Eve grown impatient at the in ( ~Jsant thrusting of the Federal arm jnfl° their local matters, and are deter '° destroy the advancing system 0 f w-entraliiation. They look with a jeal} ,u * on 'be increasing influence of iif !,IM, ''d capital, and are getting rn tivei"' 'be influence of huge mono(>o liea.*' , . , .. Ihen you think the application of the borne rule system will satisfactorily srraY?* *" difficulties t" ..jVlo. The j>eople will then feel and see tP'T * rp governing not bf in B governed hy es. "''l undersund OW|l needs ,n oTer y section and o Uftr pc r 0 j the co€ n,l 7 W'r 'be r „ m . Ed v rV l '"y ma, > bck, Li and ll:J 11l ; ,n ( nd Ac argument, put for* ar '* "by j, e Wl ]| see and tj whftt j eff-WOB said wh/ 1 * nOW ®%ubtantial issue." j,Viwer. "f'^| nnro ] a Xlr. isullN-i-.f r ' "" \ c*m" A lad*, j lt f from I'etroit. Mich., and her gre# D od was being an invalid. She los'Ave tc l 'Ttunity in slating that she cat* not/Minnesota to rectijerafe. She did*" 'hesitate to enter into a con Ti-rat4eraon you ever saw. I had no ]A*of my Itmba, in fact my tones spiwbul little tougher than car tilages. I had no intelligent control of a single muscle, nor the use of a sing.e faculty. "Great heavens f" exclaimed the as tonished auditor, "and you lived V "I did, miss, although I was absolute ly toothless, unable to articulate a single word, and dc|>endent upon others lor everything, being completely deprived of all power to help myself. 1 com racnced to gain immediately upon my arrival, and have scarcely exjwrieneed a sick day since, hence I can conscien tiously recommend the climate.'' "A wonderful rase?" said the lady, "but do you think >our lungs were af fected f" "They were probably sound, twit pos sessed of so little vitality that but for the most careful nursing they must have ceased their functions.*' "I hope you found kind friends, sir t" "Indeed I madam ; it is to them snd the pure air of Minnesota that I owe my life. My father's family were wilh me, but unfortunately my mother was prostrated with a aerere illness during the time of my greatest pros tration."* "How sad I Tray, what was your diet and treatment!" "My diet was the simplest possible, consisting only of milk, thsl being the only food my system would bear. As for treatment, 1 depended entirely up on the life-giving properties of Minne sota air, and took no medicine except an occasional light narcotic when very restless. My improvement dated from my arrival. My limbs soon became strong, and mv sight and voice came to me slowly, and a full set of teeth, regu lar and Arm, appeared." "Remarkable—miraculous! Surely, sir, you must have been greatly reduocd in flesh t" "Madam, I weighed but nine pounds. I was bom in Minnesota. Uood-day." The yellow fever etill seem* to be on the increase at Memphis. On Tuesday twenty-two new eases of the dreadful scourge were reported and six deaths. On Saturday last the disease wee official ly dec).red to b# epidemic by the au thorities of the city. TKBMN: jut Annum, in Aiivmir>. GENERAL NEWS. .Schuylkill county lias ton militia corn panic*. During the last vear there were 926 inmate, in the Berks county priaon. Governor Bishop, of Ohio, ha* been looking over the Bradford oil fiehla. Philadelphia contributed sixty-four prison era to the Berks county jail dur ing the last year. The hospital for the insane at Dan ville ha* aliout four hundred and fifty two inmates at present. In Reading a woman |>aaaing along the street* puffing away at a cigar at tracted a great ileal of attention. The fairy female war from tba township of Maxatawny. The striking employes and the pro prietor! of the Hudson Iron Company, at West Stock bridge, Mass., have com promised for *1.12j per day, and the men returned to their work un Tues day. > The Democrat* of the First district, San Francisco, Saturday evening, nomi nated for Congressmen Charles f\ Hum- • ner, short hand reporter of the Supreme Court, vice Judge Robert F'errall, who declined. Norfolk, Va., ha* a haunted house. The other night a large crowd of per sons gathered on a porch of the house to see what the ghost would do, when the porch gave w-av, precipitating tire crowd to the ground, injuring several of Ihe.n. - Two boilers on the towboat, jggfi ley, exi.lodrd while passing N"-w ''um ber land, a abort distance, from Wheel ing, \N. \ a., on Saturday morning. The pilot, the Captain * Kon an j Thorna* I'rinceare missing, an d it is supposed they are killed. , A Mary Morgan, collided with a j, ; xiuce freight steamer, I mile above Fort Dele ware. on Friday- night. A largo hole WUh sl *ve in the Pierrepont and sho •sf'Jfwjth 3/FIO basket* of jeschM ar d "'iter produce on board. The pa* sen ders and crew of the Pierrepont were taken on board the Mary Morgan. Nome time ago General Miles captur ed a number of half-breed Indians from Canada, who were suspected of selling liquor and ammunition to In dians on thia side of the line. He in quired of the War Department what •bould be done with the.s.and the Sec retary of War referred the matter to the Secretary of State. Mr. Everts hf* replied that in view of aH the circum stances of the case that the Indians le allowed to return to f'anada. This entitle will be pursued, and General Mile* will be instructed accordingly. The name of Edwin Forrest is now to be made even more famous than it was by the great actor, a Mr. Banner, edit or of the New York owns a horse by that name that on Friday afternoon last trotted a mile in the fast est time ever made. The first quarter was made in 0.32}. the half in 1.0&J, the three quarters in 1.38} and the milo in 2.11}. This performance v< made on the three-quarter mile track on Mr. Bonner's fanm near Tarrytown. It is the fastest time ever made and will likely remain so during this season, un less indeed Edwin Forrest shall eclipse himself. A Shocking Scene. rionv *T a nr*XE*n—■corrtw KNOCKED ovaa AND Tilt coarse THUS N OIT. Anntasi, Vs., August B. —Yesterday the funeral of an obi and highly es teemed colored woman, Jane Ciarl., look place at Union Hall Church, in this county. An immense crowd was in attendance. It had been arranged that the Bov. Bob Cook of Lynchburg, should conduct the funeral services, but when the vast concourse of rela tives and friend* of the deceased got in the church they found a strange preacher in the pulpit. The Society of Suiter* of Sarah, to which the deceased had belonged, insisted on having Kev. Mr. Cook, while the relative# demanded that the preacher in the pulpit should go on, and so ordered him. The parties threatened to pitch the preacher out of the window. Then a fleree fight took II ice in the church, in which both men snd women took part. In the struggle the coffin was knocked over and the corpse thrown out on the floor. This horrible sight did not slop hostilities, but the relatives fought until they drove every member of the ftoriety out of the church. It was then found that the preacher had fled, and the burial took place without a preacher. Several par. ties were seriously hurt. To John Sherman. EXBCCTIVS MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 22, 1877. Pin: I desire to call your attention lo the following paragraph hi a letter ad dressed by me to the Secretory of the Treasury on the conduct to bo oleerved by officer* of the Genera) Government in relation to the elections: ",Vo officer thai I b roywtrW or prrmittnd io iakt pari in 'As man%prmmt w poitiirat orpamimtiaaa, fssnu/i, amrrah-m*, or tiro turn cmmpaiffnt. The right to vote snd ex press their views en public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the dis charge of their official duties. No ananas- Mgirr roa POLITIC* i. composes on om ens* on srnonninaTns SUOVLO nn at uownn." This rale is applicable to every dr. Krtment of the civil service It should understood by every officer of the General Government thai, he is ex pec - ed to conform his conduct to its to* quirements. Vury respectfully, R. A UATU. NO.