NIIUUKRT \ VAN OKMKK. KUitors.
VOL. 5.
©he (t nitre Jlrmocrat.
Terms Sl.ftO per Auunm. in Advance
S. T SHUGERT A J R VAN ORMEH, Edllon.
MThursday Mornine. April 5, 1883.
Contro County Democratic Com
mittee for 1883.
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W. MILKS WALKSB,
HvrrfUry.
TUP. National Rureau of Agriculture
places Indiana as first in rank of the
wheat growing Slates. I'hio second and I
Illinois third. The average yield to the '
acre of Indiana is eighteen bushels.
Tin r.utlMo Courier is convinced that
"Mr. Folger made a sad mistake when
he resigned the Chief .Justiceship of
New York court of appeals." No one,
perhaps, is more deeply convinced of
that fact than .Judge Folger himself.
Tur. hope of the Republicans that the
tariff question will split the Itemocratie
party in 1884 is entirely forlorn. The
Republican Congress happily averted
that danger by splitting themselves all
to smithereens on that interesting ques
tion.
N. L. HURRS having formally declined
to qualify and accept a seat in the House
of Representatives to which he was
elected from Fayette county, relieved
that body of the disagreeable complica. j
tion likely to occur, if he insisted upon j
occupying it. An election to supply j
the vacancy is ordered for the 124 th of •
April.
ALL society statements in Washing
ton concur in representing President
Arthur as a courteous and elegant
dressed gentleman. So he should be.
He is the bead of the greatest and
most enlightened Republic upon the
earth. Resides does he not also show
good judgment byway of contrast in
keeping a bufToon decked in frills and
all the toggery of a court jester, who is
privileged to set at his council board to
amuse the statesmen.
KX-.SEVATOR KEl.uh.o in an interview
says that the proceedings against him
in connection with the star route trials,
does not meet the approbation of high
officials —tbat the grand jury acted in i
the absence of the Attorney General. ,
The counsel for the prosecution who are
supposed, by this time, to be somewhat s
familiar with the star-route business, '
' Mr. Merrick and Mr. Bliss, were quite 1
as competent to judge of the propriety |
of thing* as the ruffled exoentric.
President ARTHUR is represented by
Wahinglon rorre*]ondents as having
become quite unpopular with many of
the leading Stalwarts, such, for instance,
as Gen. Grant, Kx-Senator Conkiing
and Senator .fonea—the latter de
daring that he has made his last visit
to the White House during the incum
bency of its present occupant. The
President is an adroit |>olitician and
cannot have failed to see a very strong
* politicsl point was to be made in court
ing the ot.jsstiti >n of f<o#es.
TMS annual re union of the army of j
the Potomac is to be held in the city of i
Washington on the Pith anil 17th of
May. The veterans will be loyally en- |
tertained in the federal city. Among i
the number of eminent soldier* and j
statesmen who are announced to speak
on that occasion, we notice the name of
our own distinguished Congressman,
Kx-Governor Curtin, Secretary Freling
huysen, President Arthur, Generals
Grant, McGlellan, {lancock, Sherman
and others.
Givo the Door a Chnnoe.
Tho Legislature seems inclined as
" Lucie .lake " Zeigler puts it, to give
the deer of our forests or what little is j
left of him and them " a chance for
his white alley." The game laws, as
they at present are, permit the killing
of deer up to the 31st of December. A
hill to limit the season to November
.'Uth has passed second reading in the
House, it encouutered considerable
j opposition, principally from the bor
der counties, where, it is claimed, the
citizens of neighbor states come am us
j our lines and kill tin- deer, law or no
! law, or drive them over into their
own states and kill them there. An
| effort Mas made to amend the hill so
i as to extend the season to the ltith of
I December, and fearing that it would
| succeed, Mr. Sweeny, speaking for
■ the Luzerne farmers and sportsmen,
1 tried to effect a com promise between |
the two sides by offering an amend
ment making it the l'llh, instead of
the ltith. The friends of the measurr
as introduced, had, however, by this
time rallied, ami both amendments
were voted down, ami tho hill was
passed in its original shaje. Titers
does not went to be any room for doubt j
but that, unless the deer of I'cnnsyl- j
vania are to he permitted to be abso
lutely annihilated, the season for shoot
! ing them must he shortened. After
I the snows fall in December it is so
much easier to track them that shoot
! iug them ceases to l>e sportsmen's
1 work and becomes mere slaughter.
Besides, running them with dogs in
the month named, when the does ami
the young huddle together for shelter
in the laurel, ratines them to he scat
tered front each other, when, if they
are not overtaken and killed by the
dogs, or shot by the hunters, they get
lost and starve or freeze to death. It
the tern|er of the House at the time of
the passage of the hill above mention- ;
ed is to coutinue ami to lie accepted a
a fair index to that of the Senate, the j
; killing of deer at attv time in !><>eein
ber will bo made unlawful, ami no
| matter how its enemies may laltor to
i prevent such a change, there is scarce
! ly any likelihood whatever of them
being able to extend the season beyond
the 10th of that month, as suggested
,in the Sweeny amendment, — I'nion
t.'adfr.
Kviiu x< K of the advance of Indian
civilization accumulates. The < 'row i
Indian* have now arrived at the point
> i • i
: where they find it advantageous to
bale up locks with hay. At thn rate
they will soon IK- even with eulight
! ened New Kngland, where they man
ufactured wooden nutmegs for market.
WHEN KX Senator Dorsey was put
upon the stand as a witness in his own .
ca.se as a star-route plunderer, his
counsel, the celebrated Robert <. In- i
; gersoll, was careful to inform the
! court that the witness sympathized
with the said celebrated Robert in his
1 disbelief of the scriptures. This of
j course drew from Mr. Merrick, the op
poeing counsel, some pertinent remarks /
touching the responsibility of the wit- j
11ess on the hiittling quality of an oath
upon one who repudiated its sacred
character. This excited the infidel
Robert, and he prepared to mount his
high horse and deliver one af his char
acteristic lectures to the court, hut
Judge Wylic declined the infliction
ami allowed Dorsey to tell his story
to go for what it is worth. He passed
through his examination in cheif, de
nying every thing testified against hint
and was pase<-d over to the prosecn
| tion for cross-examination, in which
he damaged his credibility very seri
ously by refusing to produce certain 1
i books iu his posession, referred to by
the witness whose testimony he assail
ed. These books, it was alleged, would
either nlftrin the testimony of the wit
tiess on the part of tbe prosecution or
convict him of perjury. Dorsey'• re- i
fusal to produce them, makes a lad
showing.
"KOUAL ANI> KX ACT JUSTICE TO AI.L M EN, <lll WHATEVER ST AT KOB L'KKFR AHION, RKI.IOIOLS OR FOT.LTK A 1.. J..R.,1,
BKI.I.KFONTK, I'A.. THURSDAY, AI'RII. ... lKf.
Tilr. Philadelphia flfo, I speaking of
the t'ongresaion-d apportionment Hill
which has passed seron#l rca#ling in tin*
llnuic, itjfi; On ili,> bases of tliii (i.ir
field-HailcOi'k vote, it ri-<|lli|cs it,,340
voter* as the ratio for lln-thirteen D#*m.
ooratio members, an#l 017 voter* a#,
tho ratio tor tin* fifteen Republican
members concede#! in the bill. Tlii* i
certainly a* fair a distribution a- can tie
made. Hut some partisans HI the Leg
iidature complain of the unfairness of
the bill. Tliev :l-1 -1 dial I lie in ij liily
of (i.irfii'ld ',7,-Tii| ahnuld he •iitrihn
tcd in such away a* to five tlie Ueptih
lican* a ui*j>rity of five or ►is in tin*
delegation instead of two. -MI.-!I MII H;>-
portionnieiit cannot la- made • xi-opt f>y
forming the district* i:i Mich away a.
to require a go id many more I) Minerals
i to elect a member ot Congress than He'
, publicans. The existing Apportionment
was framed on llii partisan | .an, in
tl igrant violation of the Constitution
and tlie right* of representation. It
: gave the Democrat* eight mernhera out
of ihe twenty -seven in the list I'un
gress inateid of twelve or thirteen to
which they were entitled under a fair
apportionment. I,a*t year the thing
1 did not work so smoothly, a* the Demo
i rata came out of the contest with
I welvo member*, including the member
at large. Vet the u(lvantage* of the
gerrymander are so obvious that the re
j luctance of partisans in the Legislature
! to give it up for a just law is easily ac-
I counted for.
Tin colored man doe not appear to
he growing in demand as a Republican
1 officer. In all the municipal elections
in the north we have not heard of a
colored brother being placed in nomina
tion by the "grand old party" for whom
they shout at idection. lie ruay or
caaionally get a small sop. but he mu t
pay for it in I,rail blacking or acme other
menial employment. No independent,
honorable position is given him a* a
! recognition of his manhood o* |>olitical
services. It it strange that intelligent
tnen among them are grumbling d such
treatment.
Iris announced that Robeson, of New
j Jersey, is pressed for the vacant poai
tion in the cabinet ot President Arthur.
! The people of New Jersey, believing
that Mr. R. needed ret after his ardu'
| ous duties in Congress, furnishing brain
! work for Speaker Keifer. managing the
( rivsr and harbor hill and lobbying for
Hill Chandler's mammoutb naval hill,
entitled him to that rest, elected an
other man to relieve him Hut Mr
Robeson's patriotism will not permit of
inaction when the country needs his
' valuable service—when the President is
embarrassed by the loss of an adviser,
is willing to be that adv'ser, and manage
the postoffice* of the Republic and make
them a* profitable to himself and the
campaign fund* of 18*1 as possible.
ANXIXATION to the I'nited States is a
desire which many Canadians still have
at heart, hut as they have little, if any
encouragement from our people, it is
not likely to he a subject of agitation.
A Canadian writer makes this the sub
ject of an es**y in the S'orlh
Are#/or I r this month and gives five
reasons for tlie faith that is in him as
f illow* : I. A larger msrket tor Cana
dian products. |L\) Distrust of the
future—the progress of the country has
lieen s'ower than that ol the I'nited
States. .3 j Tlie increase of expendi
ture and dehf. Tlie former was f 13,(100,
0-10 in 18118, and 132,000,(>00 last year,
with no increase of population. The
debt in 180? was $75,000,000, arid $155,-
000,000 in 1881. Lack of increase of
population and a desire for a Republi
can government constitute the remain
ing reasons.
-we
Tne Republican* of Ohio, having had
so few appointments for some years
bsck, are becoming restless over the
neglect to recognise the claims of their
statesmen. A committee from that
Stale the other day waited U|KJD the
President to urge the propriety of giv
ing tliein the Postmaster Hcneralship
now vscant. Whether they favored
the appointment Calico poster or their
chaste speaking orator, Hutterworth, j
has not transpired. Hut Hutterworth
ought to have it hy ail mean*, if it is
desirable to cl< ar all the modest lady
clerks out of that Department.
♦
KX-UOVKKNOK HKNDKICKS, of In
diana, who went to the .South for the
benefit of hia health, has returned
home much improved and invigorated.
f | KollotfK Indicted.
' j William Pitt Kellogg, tin- Loud iuna
carpet ing Senator, ha* hud i long -md
successful career of fraud, seem-, now
to be on the road to justice. The hold,
unscrupulous robber has been iod < led
in the courts of the District, and will
have to uiiwer for a stual! mo ■ ty ol
his crimes against the people HI con
neclion Willi the Mut ioute plundi-i iny
j gang; bill, lof tlie present, will • -cape
his greater crimes perpetrated iviiii l.v
ith infamy in hi* ollicial (- inflection
with the people ,n I *'te of Loiii-iatiu
"i'.odowcd. remarks the ILtrr *'■ urg
' ... - ,
Patriot, in a brief history of tlie famous
| carpet bagger, "with considerable men
tal power, ola nervous t iiiperaineol,
( and free from the restraints of con
science, the conquered "-nulli seemed
jto otfer him a r ic.h field for plunder. I n
l si'io lie wa app sirs ted collector o! the
| port of New i 'rL-ins. Turee >#-ar* later,
without single sentiment in unison
with the people of Liuisian*. he i ,nie
to Washington to represent th'-tn in the
I nite I Status senate. Subsequently
he served a term a* governor, then
again succeeded in obtaining a -eat in
• the senate and is now a member of tins
house of representatives.
1 During the domination of the carpet
baggers and official profligacy incident
thereto he was among the boldest of
thut dtspicable horde. As governor he
! traded Ujion the securities of the state
and plundered the people with whose
protection he was charged by the oath
of office. As senator he an notorious
ly venal and bad a share of every cor
i rupt job that pointed toward tlie dcple- i
tiou of the treasuay. Subs- lies were ;
the special features of legislation that
: secured his efforts and he share I with
the thic*t ig and little, the „wng that
he gathered by Ins mercenary official
conduct. During all the year* of hi*
revel in power and plunder he'-scaped
the penalty of the law until now at last
bit crime* seem to have overtaken him.
jit is to be uOped that justice will cast
j her leaden heo! aud speed * punish
; inent thst is deserved "
It is a remarkable fact in the history
I of this man that he has been cont*ntlv j
jin office since the close.of the war, and
wa never elected fairly and honestly
to any one, or reflected the sentiments
of the people be was presumed to rep
resent. lie was maintained in the of
> fire of Governor by federal bayonets,
and obtained a seat in the t'nitcd
Stales senate by a shameless fraud, dis
creditable to the Republicans of that
body by whom is was ratified. Me is
now returned as a member of the next
i Congress, in which the party who have
i heretofore favored him in wrong, are in
a hopeless minority. If he has a valid
' ! claim, he ought to be, and will he seat
■ ed. If not, the partisan spirit of former
- ; success cannot be worked to save him.
~ ~ ♦
( (IT.. I>t NHMORK, of New Hamp
shire, who was elected to the State
Senate, recently died. He was elected
by a large majority over two conipati
tors, one a Democrat ami the other a
j <ireenhacker, ami from tlieso two the
legislature are to chooe a senator.
The Democrat had a thousand vote*
j out (ifa poll of three thousand, nml
, the Ureenbackcr four votes. The leg
islature is Republican and the result
in doubt.
A Secret lUllirt.
Ihe idea o( a free ballot is rendered
j nugatory in Pennsylvania by the Uct
that the ticket to he voted m*v b° mark
ed (hat the nsines ol the persons voted
: for can lie known to election officers
and others who are enabled to inspect
the caption or the *ir.r of the ticket or
I the quality or color of the paper on
which it is printed. In 1880, for in
stance, the republican state committee!
| prepared the electoral ticket of its par
ty with an olalmrately engraved head- J
J ing to lie placed in the hands ol the em
pioyrs of the monopolists who desired ■
the election of (Jar field, snd thousands
of voters were intimidated hy that atro
cious device. Political managers natur
ally resort to trickery like that and the
{consequence la that whenever they
choose to deprive the people of the
right to a secret ballot they easily find
meana to accomplish their purpose.
For tho purpose ol correcting this
• political evil Senator llall of Klk inlro
I dueed a bill early in the session of the j
present legislature which provide#
among other things that hereafter at '
all general and special elections, nil ju- I
—— num.ill AO^nrr.
TKRJIS: $1.50 per An
(licidiy, slate rind county tickets voted
shojl be of plain, white, un*i/ d paper
not to exceed a sixteenth r>l an inch
more or !•■* than two in, in length
w lie it folded, ptintcd throughout in
brevif r title type •, 1 li.e r. .tsnle I .be)*
to be print#<J from i> j<• - i - del, and
thst no ticket not c iil#u mii _• lie re
quireiueuts shall be re r count# #1
by th#- election <fli.■ > r-, nor *o*!l any
lick#e shir i I j #nt#-d, #mii,. -J
or marked on lit * u i-i#i.- ##r in #nv
way than #- ab-#v* provide ibe re# ei \•- i
or counted I-, the -1 I. n 111 cr-
This bill OUgbt t I tl" [ hsM-d by i|
mean . Jt shou I b#- li n/lhrncd I >
a pen - Ity t • i fiid upon lln • #
li-m officer* foi it *t:'#n -to • ti| on
any on • attempt i# • t<, , ;rcu!.,t ■ in#.'-'.■
not ( onfoi iiniig to liic cii irs# f-r of tin
ballot u prescribes. |*be passage of
•senator If 11* bill #ll s < uie th#
secn-c, of the i . it :. I tb .a fortify
the right rf til"- vi,t-l ' I -Xcrr e , free
{choice at >lcc n It j* ~ne of tfie
' nto*t important m# # i.i- pending be
' fore the l 'g-l*iiit. .!,■! the wonder *
; that it has a!tt #I- It# ,1111 e attention,
'fuly I hose who • -J1 i r in !, n lie ill po
litical alaver) the lej #-. lent voter* sin
I approach the ballot 'ox in tin- fe-ir of
losing their bread and butii-r, will oji
[iose legislation *■• proj # r and necessary
I —// i r,l> ur / /'.('-.
Lieut. Gov. Blnck's Bocoption
' A brilliant reci-pti n wa* given to
j Lieutenant < lovernor ( ti.iuiic#-y i 1 lack
\by the i OIIIIX M-n' Democratic As*o
j ciati'-n of Philadelphia, #.n >alurday
. evening last, at I>i# ii many ijistinguish
ed guest* from ditb-rent prt> of the
I Slate wi re present in hoicr ol lb s
enthiisi-sstic champion of Jeflersonian
Dcrno, racy. Mr. Liack deliver*#! an
1 addrc-. of woic-h the Philadelphia Pre
speak> as follow. " The di- curse ws
elcvateil in thought, polished ,n style,
grsceful in delivery and hr.id iri us
range of research and knowledge. It
was a vigorous dtscnasioo of the hi-tory
of our politics and the principle* of our
government and from tne standpoint of
a disciple of .lefTeraon, and while there
J would he difference of opinion both a?
to ita doctrines and deductions, there
will be no dissent from the verdict that
it was a very chaste and finished dis
course. '
Mr. P'lack speech is briefly outlined
thus hy the reporter for the /Vo i of
Monday :
"I acknowledge .'effcrsonian demo
c-raoy as my hobby." Jefferson the
sj-waker regarded as the most conspicu
ous champion ol tlie idea of power
derived from tlie people, and bis aim 1
w.x to bring all government a near the
: source of power as |n)h]c. • ipposed
to him was Hamilton who labored fur a
more centralised r**| resenlative govern
ment. Washington's administration,
excepting in it* external observances,
was in accordance with the democratic
theorr. It was un i*i Adams thai the
principles of Hamilton crystaliied a
government with patronage 'enough l<>
control expression of popular will and
based on the idea that the people were
unfit to rule themselves. that distinct
departure was first made from republi
can simplicity, f'nder it grew up the
personal rule snd boasim, the principle
that to the victor belong* the s|#oils,
which has popularly been attributed to
the administration of Jackson. Ihe
Democratic idea is represented in the
Republican party of the day, ever the ,
vigilant sentinel of liberty, perceiving
tho centralising tendencies, and in 1800
elected Jefferson and compelled return
io honest administration, cheap govern
ment and Republican simplicity. Con
tinuing in power through the adminis
tration of Madison, it became merged
in the Democratic party, and has ever
opposed centralisation in all iu forms
and consequences, "the result of tlie
, theories ot the West India#* adven
turer, who was not American hy birth
nor aught bul aristocratic in sentiment
or action."
TIIK llCRtsr I'ATSRN.SI,|s*.
PRternalism in government, Mr.
BUck continued, WRS the natural ene
my of -feffersonian Democracy. It
; reached its height when it sought to
(orce its representative into the White
House for a third term. Vulgar l#oses,
hy virtue of organisation, controlled
the nation in the higher and lower
; fields of administration. Kxpense*
were swelled lo increase the corruption
! fund A hanking system was inaugu
rated, which furnished uniform cur
rency and a plentiful contribution to
the treasury of the parly in power.
Loose interpretations of the constitu
tion gave rise to manifold expressions
of individuals and the tendency toward
monarchy. Its iusolence reached its
highest pitch when, In 18*7. it did what
the Federal party contemplated in lo#Kl
-inaugurate#! a president who had been
defeated by a quarter of a million ma
jority. Thin Federal Republican party
ia now confronted only by the Demo
cratic party. Strong and powerful a* it
i*. it may be overcome in one way, "and
thia is my hobby," the speaker oaid :
"Form clubs in every ward and town I
NO- "•
- >"■
ship of 'h<* country, ? J,.i the T"*'
ui whu-h the priricip, tivhat*
ra< v i-hftil 1... .litem ', r ,e\eaC wt
rimrir power of the n
t herire, atld i-vt-n the ' P*> w, * r
li' ilini will yild (oil ~*
caught tbn
I in. ItonJon Truth In, -namf- civil
spirit i.l' relorm. It ile nr)(J
■ rvi• " reform in Jlrimiu, 'OOO
Queen'* -alary limited to |sl
'tide ifj
~~'t It' N ■. iii',rle arc being i it-
I" "I the ilivini ftt c *j CM "
parly in Nov. York at.] I'unns *"
fiia Tin- • fli r < f tin I nion !> u ,Ue
■lll,' lin ; ■ -,i(i . an- ii,e <I, •' n ,
itrator.i to > I], > t tl,.- re ui. on of tl. '
1 i-e irclttiit radii alt and hail-breed di
vision* -,i ibe ''grud tld parly." la-i
tie ui "ki - and rnnk-- up." Tlitir
'"1 ' ' exllavajinnee atnl fraud
,• ,r ili-r< guar i ol t,. !a.\ uiid tie*
will of the p> ;,]• .1- • JTpri lat the
ballot in.* their th.-f't of the I'rt-idtn
lial oilier, with all lh- utw miunt < rime*
and iawii-- tea, hinge their -qtiati
'l' r '"if ' 'he | ji e d 'naii'.al! before
they r- ; a rate 1 in; . la tn>jj fc , n a fight
lor sjtoi!-, ha- sufficiently* iii-gu*!ci|
enough hone-: men < o itivure the re
tirement of a party who allows itself
to be dishonored by the lawle-- eliar
neter of the leaders who control it.
Int. demand of Lawyer ifigelow
lor one half of the charitable fund
raided fur "'Hetty and the Haby" a- a
fee for hi- .tl rt- to get S rgeant Ma
- n out of pri-oti, has received a very
general pr -t. The lawyer's reputa
tion will In- h .-- damage] if he drops
hi- claim upm the fund, and appeal*
to the country f r a jn-nnv contribu
tion to pay hi- fee.
I ill; civil service reform commis
sioner- are -aid to be industriously at
W'.rk formulating rule- and organis
ing the service on practical business
principles. Phi- is a reform, no doubt
needed, and much good can IK- done
by applying a reasonable amount of
common sen*.- in the selection of
agent- competent to perforin the gov
ernment- Tk.fitted f .r the particular
work to be performed, instead of mak
ing the I >( partments a harbor for Doi
-v ward politicians wbo never -juali
fied themselves for any other service.
Apportionment
Ihe home passed the oongiessioD.il
1 apportionment bill finally yesterday
I'uesday i. The Republicans affected
much disgust, arguing that 37,<100 vote*
Garfield'* majority t ought to elect two
'•ongressmen and talking piously and
learnedly atmul "ideal *quarea."
Well, the .17,000 majority for Garfield
is represented m the bill by two Repub
lican districts, the Democrats getting
thirteen and the Republicans fifteen.
Aa for "i leal square-" in apportion
ments, they have always been a barren
ideality with the Republicans. If the
latter had absolute control of the I.egis-
Isture the geometrical shape of the dis
tricts would be an exaggerated traper
: mm.
i The democrats of the house have
; passed a fair and nist bill and can con
fidently go to the people on its merits."
Ihirru'ur-j I'atrr t.
1 iik 1 hiladelphia Ilrt%n1 l rt%n is rough on
the late Republican Speaker of the
House, but not undeservedly, when it
say: "The stench of Heifer still fills
| the public .journals. His reign in Ibe
e sir oi the House bred a foulness thai
wII not down. Il began with a scan
d.ilous profanity, a trueulant bravado
and disgusting nepotism. Retween the
dishonorable prologue and the disgrace
ful finale it was filled in with pliant sub
mission to the combinations of the cor
rupt. It rancid flavor leaves a bitter
taste from which it is hard to escape."
Gor rnvm Pattisok is again Mi-taino-d.
His removal of I,an* from the Hecor
dor's effic* in Philadelphia, which that
official resisted on the plea that the
Governor did not possess the power to
remove him without the concurrence
of the senate. This plea the judges d
the Philadelphia court has exploded,
and Mr. Lane will have to go. unless he
can obtain a reversal of the judgment.
Tux officers ol the United States
Treasury in Washington are engaged
in counting the c*sh on hand prepara
tory to handing it over to a new custo
dian. It is said it will require several
week* to make the count.