NE am 1 r., U F. MARSH, ZDITOIC. Towanda, Pi.;_lday 25, 1882. IIErEaLICAN' RIFATZ oovsanoi : JAMES A. BEAVER, of ()lustre county. t*OR -LIEUTENANT oorstaxosa WU. T. DAME% of Bradford county. FOE SF.CRILTABY OF ESTIERItAIe ATFAIRA JOHN M. GREEN of Butler, YOR JCDOS, OF, THE• SVPXE)IE COURT : WM. H. RAWLE, of PhilodelOhis. FOR 00NORESFICAX-ATLARGE : THOS. M. MARSHALL, of Pittoburg. How will the war conclude? le the queqion. EGYPT is getting more quiet, and Arabi Bey will be obliged to submit to the Khedive. 3T is,said the Independents held a Convention on Wednesday. We shall publish an account of it next next week. WILL the: Independenti move into the Democratic camp and burn the bridges between them and their for mer associates' GREENBACKEBS to eight of us; dependents to left of us ;_ Democrats in front of us ; but the old Republi can party still lives ! • PENNSYLVANIA is not the only place where political complications exit. -Spain, Rtisaia and Ireland are having woise times th ►n even the Independent's predict for the key. stone State. - THE Pres.i has- a paragraph from Towanda saying :the Independents of Bradford county. send.. delegates to l• the - Philadelphia convention. Who -chose the delegatel - and who arc they? -• JACOB R. SHEPHERD refuses to fur nish the Committee on Foreign At fairs with , the papers and correCipon.l • owe showing what he did to induce the United S tates to assist him in enforcing his claim against the Peru vian Government.. v_ CHARLEY WoLKE deprecates war; Senator Mitchell deplores the neces sity for strife; Wharton Barker re gi ets that the conflict is inevitable ; and nearly all the Independent leaders come to bflttle hampered by old friendships'or'present regrets. THE Malley murder. trial proves that the Malley boys and Bbinche Douglass are directly or indirectly 4 responsible for ilennie "Cramer's death ; and from the evidence given, it seems probable that ir Mrs. Cramer had been more kinkl_lO the erring girl, she might no‘bave met the ter. rible fate she did.;- \V.tB the Independent Convention composed of delegates "chosen in the - manner. in *bielk.!:candidates for the General Assembly are nominated," and was the representation ".based upon the nepublican vote cast at the Presidential election next preceding the Conventicin ?" Are the Inde pendents willing to take the medicine they prescribed• for the Regulars? GEO. W. SMALLEY says that at first Gladstone decided to govern Ireland _himself; but when called upon to decide the - question a second time, he concluded to resign in favor of Parnell. Gladstone is evidently having a hard time with the turbo; lent opposers of the landlords, and his vascillating policy Is not very acceptable to either Irish or English. IndependentS regret very much that the Republican,Conven lion represented the whole party and conceded- - important places on the ticket" to men of outspoken indepenCl enee ; and -they. regret, too, that the ticket is Inscle up of-men so unexcep tionable.. In the course of time they may come to regret that they have so may Barkas.ind. Wolves clam - ()rolls for posier.• - Life - , is full of re grel s, and - the prospects are that the )1/dependents_ will have unusually good :opportunities for. discovering AIM fact. THOMAS M. MARtiliAil. declines the nomination Or Congressman -at large and the State%comniittee will be Obliged to nominate another man.- The withdrawal of .Marshall is fOoked npod as a loss to the ticket and the committee s ill have to make a good nomination to secure for the new min the earnest support that Marshall,would have received. That they will- make a wise nomination we have no doubt.- -The necessity is plain and we havO 'confidence in the wisdom and discretion of the com mittee. - • SENATOR MITC4ELL says, "If CAW* eron owns Pennsylvania he has a chance now to prove his title." The Senator is a lawyer, and should re metrberthat the Independents bring this action against the regular or ganization, and it is for them to prove their claim,to the suffrages.of the itepublican `pa:ty. They must depend upon the strength of their own title to popular favor. If it is, as it looks,. an ejectment brought by rbdependents for power and office, they are plaintiff in the case; and, like • other plaintiffs in ejectment, they must recover upon the strength of their title, not upon any weakness in the defence. They must showiltle from the Con;imonirealth, for they ptittack Clgimbpvietioke Ostliet44. Eli The Convention at 'Wellsbow,. from which _so much was expected . and , which was lookel to as of the first Importance ss the formal open ing of the Independent campaign, is over,. and Setator Miyirell and his Tioga county Mends leave given , un equivocal expression 'to their , senti ments. They have stated what they expect to do and how they bops ,to accomplish it; and, as Major Ater ricif says, their . "war paint is on" for an active fight. There is no use in undervaluing the 'litre-10h, in Tioga county; of this movement. A► man is blind Who canuot sea that the Republicans in Tioga will, a great many of them, side with their ,Senator. They 4feel that he bus been misused, and they will go with him in his attack on Cameron and President Arthur through the Republican party. They will not see the effect of the Move ment; and are carried away with the 'passionate sentimentality of men who, BM in an honest attempt to strike at abuses, refuse to consider the pos4i ble'defeat of their, gurpose by Demo cratic supremacy. They have in the movement 'men whose _ honesty of purpose is unquestioned, and_ who, feel they are•doing right in acting as they have; they have, too, men who are astute political engineers, accom; plished in all-the methods by which votes are Aseured, and skilled in wire pulling. The movement is strong, i signiflcant,and were it general would necessarily result in Republican de feat ; but, fortunately, the other counties will not compliment Senator Mitchell, or right his wrongs by in juring the Republican 'party and is sisting the Democrats. The Convention was noticeable for two things: one, earnestness ; the other, inconsistence. The speak ers were, unquestionibly sincere in most of their statements, and Sena tor Mitchell and Major Merrick were very vehement in the presentation of their case. Some in reality, and all by assumption were actuated by principle, and the earnest speeches were well calculated to- influence be lief in any one willing to take a leap in the dark and trust the future to a blind chance, hoping that good might come from an honest endeavor to obtain it.. There were, too, inconsis- tencies, which any:pnictical . observer could not help noticing, running thro' the whole Convention. In speeches and proceedings there were many things which could not be reconciled, and there was a plain deviation from the spirit of the IndependeUt resole• tions in the choice of delegates. The delegates elected were Hon. B. B. String and Major . Merrick ; both good men, and men 'of abi'ity, well fitted to represent the Independ ent sentiment of Tioga county. But how were they chosen ? By whom were they elected, and whom. and how many do they represent ? Sev eral days ago they were published in the papers as the delegates. Some corrupt ring nominated them, mak ing them not Christmas but May-d • ay presents of bominations, and toe In dependent mass-Convention merely ratified the nominations previously made. Every one knew beforehand who would be the , delegates as well as it was known that Beaver would be the candidate for Governor, and the unanimous election was formal merely, as all present knew. • They were chosen by home few men who were whit they would call a " ring," and•tbe ratifieatiofl • of the. " ring's" choice was by but a Jew of the two thousand men who signed she call for the Convention. They had, too, the political wire. pulling against which they protest, the cunning manipulation of adroit man agerethat they deplore. The list of vice-presidents was made unnecessa rily large to honor many whom they wished to securely fasten for the In dependent labors. One was a pro nounced Greenbacker, who seemed out of place among some of his asso ciates; but as the ;Convention gener ously furnished offices for Democrats and Republicans, a Greenbacker sandwiched ip very well. Wisdom was shown:!too, in calling on speak ere, and a. Republican-Democnstic- Greenbacker, who had acted with-all the parties in various official 'capaci ties, was called out and safely landed inside the Independeit ranks.' The political finesse of the ex-Republican chairman, Potter, was shown in the skillful management of all for the in terests of the new party ; and the probability of- a " ring," as soon as the party was large enough to wear one, became almost n certainty. They assumed to be entirely fair, and yet they used means to influence public_ sentiment which were unfair and unbecoming in -men asserting their -independence and devotion to principle.. No unprejn - diced man could listen to the frequent use of President Garfield's name; the re iteration that he belteved , this and that; that his assassin was a stal wart of the stalwarts ;_ that he would not have approved of !such nomina tions as had been made ; d the skillful, if thoughtless, banging of our martyred President's popularity to.help thelndependents and injure Republicans, without feeling that there was 'undue, improper means used to secure strength A thing which showed the impractical views entertained, or the careless dis Unctions drawn, was the oft-repeated statement, "We are doing all this in -aide the party." - They were wiring in Deuiecrats and Greenbackers ; they- were repudiating the nominees of the Republican Convention chosen according to the usage of tblarty by men selected -in accordanoe with It customs; and they were prombp thb maaavb. rtx.licsorn EN RINI =EI „ . - 4 , 7 , 1 VZ:VrE _ m..r . n ,:.-1644- iM - M., 4 ,44,,..,,.:c.„?.. 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' , ,;, -,, - ' -',:' _ ;.2 ~ , :- ' ; , ,,,_,,t . . 1,„ ..•,,,; , .•,. :,.'-- :r ,-.,: -- :_. , - -'l':7 - ' - • :•-;.. 7-- :''- 7 ' . ..., ';`, , •.:;:?-'-t... -. ,•;1" ~.7. ME unifiesty,.sometwillfur t hiuniler 'it should threat - away the opportunity they _offered, - And-:yet: - they - were withii the - Party! :Iva feel sure they hill - ' wish;= they il ,411111 : :- - 4t r tie . :iniPi'montliN and: , llkai,..:;thillY, wil . se . thr; . ;:fr, mode of -attifikiiit - . .. eb ;Am 13 , wron g ;- - b ut : it, to - niltdogef!k to Ray that they are in it sow. - ~ THE SITUATION. No one questions the right ot 4 the Independent Republicans "to have conventions, nominate tickets, 'op= pose their old party, and ally them, selves with their old enemies if they choose todo it, but is it prudentnd what will they gain by it? It is well to take a common sense, dispassionate view of ailairs and see exactly where we stand before mak ing any - decision as to what our action - shall be; then if k appears that the time • has come for the. su premacy of the Democrats4 — if the State and Nation ate better in their hands than where they now are; by ell means let us join them and give them whole votes, not halves. If we think :the Republican party should be defeated, let us use heroic means for its defeat and not veil our pur pose with - the gauze of inaependence. - Let us look at facts _and- men, and not deliver ourselves , tip to.the be witching'' grandiloquence of ~sentim entalists who with large talk of re form, with : condemnation of bossism, - and with attractite pictures of a po litical paradise, are catching impntc tics' men in a movement they do not themselves understand. The Repub lican party in this State deserves defeat or it does not ; the ticket is worthy of election or it-is not; it will advance the cause of htnianity and good government to break up . the Republican party or it will not, There are among the issues which practical men ought to and will con sider. - The Republican party has ever been- the party of progress, the party that in the hours when the nation was threatened , has guided it safely, and the party representing the best prineiples and the intelliger.ce of the people.. It has reduced,Stata taxa tion' and placed the Commonwealth df Pennsylvania in a position com manding nations - respect for its good, economical government'; and even Democrats cannot find :much $o cimplain ot in our State administra tion'.l The State ticket is comprised of men above reproach ; men whose hone'sty and capacity are unquestion ed; and who will bring to the govern ment:At Harrisburg rare_ adminis trative ability and unblemished char acters. It i this party and this ticket which the Independents are attacking, asserting that both de serve defeat. The independent party in Penn sylvania will either fall kopelesily flat, and die like the Prohibition party or some of the other ephemeral parties whichi have sprung up, or It Will defeat the Republicans. In the first instance ,he men' who are in the . movement willlbe heartily ashamed of their effort and will regret taking a step which !they would bi - . Very gin& to retrace. In the latter event there will be a Democratic State gov ernment; a Democratic apportion ment bill , for the Legislature will generally follow the fortune of, the . State ticket ; a Democratic gerry mander of the • State, throwing as many Congressional districts as pos, Bible to them ;-and probably a Demo- cratic President in 1884. These are the alteinativea presented to Reptib- Beans ior their consideration; for talk as they will nothing else can come of the so-called Independent movement. The ticket is fairly di vided between Cameron and anti- Cameron men, and is unobjection able. The result of a Democratic victory,- with a complete change in all offices where change is possible could not be . °the:: than an injury ; and the government ,. of a party so conspicu ously now progressive must of neces sity be one of which every wide awake, progressive American would be ashamed. - It• is not time for Re. publican defeat. The party - repre-_ seats the progress and the intelli gence of the age, and in its most un fortunate situations was never mis governed as the Demecratie party has been. The party, if it bad ten Don Camerons, a bad as the Inde pendents represent him, would yet be better and safer than the Demo cratic party run by free-traders ani obstruction ists. -Vith an admission of all the Independents urge, there is yet no sufficient reason for going across the boundary into the Demo 'critic camp. But-their assertions are often- unreliable as when they. say General Beaver-is not the people's choice, but Cameron's, while every man who knows anyilunglibout the sentiment of Pennsylvania Republi cans,knows that he was the almost unanimous choice in every county. Let Republicans remember the issues and 'not allow themselves to be led away by . reform talk with out any pradtical facts toaustain it. Don't lose sight- - of the fact that th: fight this year is the same old fight against. the Democnda, which has been so often made; and that an In dependent vote is a half Densocratto vote. Evidently the 1 " circumlocution office" has charge of the search for the asaassius in Ireland; for the bow uot-to•do-it 'style of finding them is sucftssfollk pursued: The Pies; says ;Charles Wolfe is on the stump now. . _t He was on the fence Until after publican Con vention, when he aceifientally .eved that it wss of .the barbe4 wire --.0:—.--,-- 77 -„,"_ 7 _. : -.--. 7 ,_... ~._:-...-„."-..e , ,,,; :, -: :, - 7 .-TRXiAII*OD _-_ , •UN inn= ...., wit ted - luidnipa 'l l 2oJitmemnis l ;;:wow l = poki , me- 8=23 111ffl The %Interest felt in the meeting held - at Wellsboro' wag_ wideapread and with good resun,forit wasto bear Wheal dieter:Moe by Belietor - Mit* ell of his purls:nes, whit was .umier 7 , stood by all to be the careful and de - liberate :'statement of what he bed before given more hastily - . to nett's paper, cormipondents and in letters: With `this Understanding neWipapei. reporters:., -from the Pftss,' - Tkbutie, etc,, were there to hear . , the formal gage threwn by the' Senator , to Cameron and, what he would to the Republican Partyin the Sat` te, as - at presenteonstlinted. • The court house, where-the meet, ing Was held, was well Aged, aiul toe: men were genetally entlsiMastie, cheering heartily the most baieraye marks made about - the Proildent,. Cameron And the ring, and showing strong feeling against every one in sympathy with the regular party ot- . ganization. There were - many who for years haie been Democrats or Grenbackers, and some of thein ,were dexterously corralled in tliei Inde pendent fold by making then; 'vice presidents or calling.on them ti . '2 make speeches on what iras very elainly the popular_side of politiats i fi .l l- the Senator's home. Many of the s peeches were embellished with allugions to the metaphorical river that disappointed politicians are supposed to ascend; and one spe.aker said the party was now coming up the river in great squads or else the river was really rtuming down stram. The remarks were, as we thought, in some instances ill-timed, and the convention was characteiized by in ciansistencies ; there was much which a practical man:could see was senti mental merely, and - not the •careful* thoughtful action which is necessary to make a revolution a symmetrical movement that practical, thinking men will' believe in but that it la a revolution in Tioga county, and one which will be strong enough there to fairly divide, if not defeat, the regu lar ticket, no one acquainted with the men ir ho are managing the In dependent forces can deny.. They are the old workers of the party, men who have organized the Republican campaigns, and in other years shaped . the action in the county of the:Re publican forces. J. B. Potter, who for years. has been pointed to by Democrats, and the disaffected,of his own party; as the head centre of the local i ing, and as one of the acute or ganizers whose creed was "victory any way;' Major Merridic, the most intensely partisan, and k one of the ablest speakers of the ~party ; B. B. Strang, whose fame is wider than. the State ; and many other men of ability are actively working, and will spare no effort to defeat the party. The meeting was called to order at 2.30 and after the usual preliminaries, the - election of delegates te, ) the con vention, and the reading ofa very long list of vice.presidents and sec retaries, which embraced a great many whom was thought wise to honor, the Senator came out with the speech of the_day. His remarks were listened to with marked interest 'and received• frequent and hearty ap plause.. During the two hours he was speaking no one showed any cis position to leave, and the speaker had no cause, to copplain -that his authoritative end formal dietaintion of war and petition of rightiO.was not attentively considered. In speak _ ing'the Senator walked to and fro on the platform, occasionally stepping to the rail in front of the bar and, striking it excitedly with his clench ed hand , wheil he made some unusu ally emphatic statement. Heilid : " I regret the necessity for taking this step, and know it is dangerous to the organization; but some things are worse than defeat,/ and among them- are the present autocratic con trol of the Republican party. In 18$0 an outrage was perpetrated on the Republican party by the use of the same autocratic power, against which we protest to-day. Then a few men sought by machine methods to force upon the people, and against their expressed choice, a candidate whom the few wanted and the people repudiated. The machine in this State sent delegatesiwho misrepre sented- the -people, and , while they knew the sentiment was fertlaine voted for Grant i t gainatthismachine and against. these methods we pro test, I tried to avert this,_ breach in the party, and by remonstrance with the President and Senator. Cameron to get for the Independents the recog nition they deserved; but my efforts were repulsed in every and there is now no alternative. I have reflected, 'deliberated, - examined my conscience, and believe it is my duty to act and speak as I have. I have given President Arthur notice of my position on thelnestions of appoint ment for- political purposes, and the rule_ of. the machine, and told him plainly if autocratic power was al lowed to strike down Independents and ostracise the'm there would be a revolution in my State.. The men who have been appointed, to office. are competent men, -against whom. fitness or ability t have no word to say. My objection: to them is, that they were appointed for political pur. poses and - not on account of their qualifications. The nomination of Kauffman was to defeat C. S. Kiernan, Of Lancaster, and secure a Cameron Senitor. Three Repub. Lams were with me when the news of his nomination came, and one, prominent wan, said he would stump thetState for the Independents. Tbe Democrats will be pleaded with 'this Movement; brit - I warn them to -not get. too _much satisfac tion out of it. Republican: troubles are usually helped by Democratic blunders, and the party May yet twin in the present campaign.; but whether it dem; or not my duty is plain:, " annintiloCOO:mitnetilld ENO ,{a,.‘:. ,, ., , ,,, ,, . , ....z.*:,.:1,-:,.1.',..- , •'. - e.i.:.;,, , Y..i. ,_.,...... z%iii MEE ME ~~~?ir. P{~` j../-.; . ._ j.~ ` _ BSEI ME EEO INI V nominattoin Mide - Month. before-Si Washingtnn. 7 . The •Stiptemoi•-• Court Judgemdtiwwes Christmas Preee, to RairiniAtd.the Ober notitinititi* with OtIOXIHX,P#II44Wer,"-:441101tOr bestime&lllll - 4plkie*** nomhationelt wne7.;.ents* 11110, no' MatOtisid7been Ltmed44.43 1 #10., Wre;o l o.oo4iorooo.4 o4 * ewer to " have that place ?",. : the reply -*ski: mac "Oh h--111 let the convention, name him:" Cameron Said that heft -tended toeominate-Beaier for l OoV; ernor ; but wouldy give us a "born IndePendent, " an 'aristocratic,' , , gloved Independent for Judge ; " . I said that this was what 'we -*ere fighting that it was of thli we,co phdtted;.- via' denied cont plumed his _right, pre• sent, us with , candidates. It /Bead this Movement will bring Democratic Success.. What if it doegi can things be worse than they et* No, a thousand times no".. Democratic see. cess _.is . not worse thaniltepublican bossism. If Mr. Cameron owns this State he will now bevel chance to prove his claim; and be should be glad of this opportunity to quiet his title. Men of today rise up and put dovin bossism and autocratic power'; vote against Cameron and do not perpetuate his title to you and to the State.. . • , - -After the Senator's speech a con ceivatiie letter from ECM B B. Strang was.-read, in which be said. the party management had been un satisfactory, and that an - effort to amend, was the duty of those who belayed the mission of the party was not ended. He was unable to attend; and was also obliged to send a sub : stitute to'the convention. " The committee, after being out a w minutes, came in with the, reso lutioris given below. They were read. by Major Merrick,- who endorsed them and the Independent movement in a few imOtuous remarks. The Major is a man of intense feeling, whose Prejudices are very, strong, and he was evidently laboring under great excitement when he was stand ing_ before the audience. As he -turn ed each page of the resolutions, he gave the paper a vindictive throw,as if be felt the evils he was denouncitig in the passionless paper. The manu script trembled as he read, and when he had finished and . threw down the paper, his short speech showed the feeling, he - felt which made him so nervous. After the Major had flniished short speeches were Made by a half dozen others, and the meeting adjourned, after which -congratulations were given Senator Mitchell, and the 'few persons left disperied. When the Senator stopped speak- ing at least half of the audience went out, and when- the last man finished his remarks there were very few aside from the long list of officers and the reporters. Notice was given that the train wo - uld wait till six o'clock, and the people were.request. ed to stay; but when the leading speech was over the listeners were ready to go. They came to :hear Senator Mitchell state his grievances and to listen to his plan for banging Bird improving politics. They want ed to hear him,'and when he finished they could not be kept for fuitker speech making. The men who were specially pleased with the perform ances were those who bad been in the Greenback fold or the Democratic camp or both; and one who was last year chairman of - the Democratic Convention; and just .pievions a Greenbacker remarked gleefully that he_ thought the year of jubilee was . really coming. Men who had been defeated by party organization when they bad bolted nominations came up- with enthusiastic amens when party rule was denounced, and - one of the most touching sights of the day -was the lover : like fondness with which ex-Chairman . Potterand a man whom he had once defeated emhiaced. The defeated man bad found no 'words strong enough :to carry his condemnation of Mr. Potter and the ring at -the election, but now recon ciliation was.complete; they *ere to gether, each a - bolter of the bolters. A . few of the laterepeeches were in the style of remarks at an experi ence meeting, one man „saying he "strangled his manhood" to ' vote against Charles Wolfe last fall, a statement ,which provoked the re mark that a man who would make such a confeision didn't have a very large job on hand when he did the strangling. Anottier speaker told a story, to'- illustrate iris position, the moral of which was, that as a little boy had taken castor oil, became it; was, better'n, h--ades,"- which his mother bad promised him if he re fused to take it; so he had voted the ticket because it. was, better% h—. This Was rather metaphorical, but the evident Inference was,that the'repu dieted place of torment represented the Democratic ticket,- which was worse than the Republican; but a half way . hales was preferable to this ' infamous 'organization so virtuously abandoned. In many of tire -speeches rhetorical figu'res abounded, lending metaphorical grace, if not on occa sions hyperbolical splendor to the rigorous indictment they , preferred against the party with which they had formerly acted. . They turned "States evidence," and plesded for mercy at the bar of public opinion. They acknowledged 'they had been accessory before and after the fact; bat' asked for'the lenience shown co conspinttors who confess. There were many comical things which even a regular, convinced-of the nnwisdom - of the action =and fearingits effect, could laugh ; and- it was rich . with promise for Democrats, for Green backers, for every one who wishes to achange In administrations and officers, and for all who are anxious for the downfall of the party of .the Present,` the, party . of-Progress. - ' • - . •• .• • •• , • - -:.The - :1..' followi n g , , ioi - ,the PlSfortz3. Elopte4i' - which,,WO . :. : reitiiii , A 1 - ,:iiith , „ . ..... .: 0 0#.-40 1 0 1 :::040-ifiti l ttl''s ) Tit104 1 *. '-' , .';:•.,:::.:',..., - ,....,:r ...•, ;.;:::"-....:-: , :...,-. 4:‘,..':-_.. - :: , :-. 7::. '.._;:,...'--- 7.. :• -~,{~„ ~ ..;-7..:',.z4!: - :;s.',vi-t , : -- ::7?:'.1-1.;'',if::q1.4 .. 2 . 4:.'..:'.1 . ~„ •••ry 7 : , • _ . ' IBM !from , % bu one - men - who' eagges. tbistli be made shorter: . v::-..- i 1 : WIIIII4* - . ?he' Repotalloutinkiliett bilektes:ths . *trona of squotollfee ,• elljnitblfook, old on* the hisaarot:44 1 :4 0 ,01=*) ,7 4 4110646,- b ar it: mu. *l 3l -49 0 0 1 0 024 44gl iatt, 14,0 sixorrPfllcaurtiekt. , ambilatas; .' , -•, . 't-t., - k _, ii i _ „' 4- r , • ',.. : '..- • VitillattiliiilAdthall4"l 1 .' aid iiiithenittel Olin; ydrichroudsaut and falsely misrepresented the-Will of the Republicans of this State, at, Clakregoirt 1880, has gained cone3kite oentrol of the irilsolentlob "r Oa Reint kli enn Partdr llt . . milieu' hi by ktiiichins methods - and unjust MI impatrimic.lll9lllllll. NA has lately nominated candidates for Slate officers agaiost the protest of the Inde pendent Republicans of this State, and in spite of all their honest efforts to secure a mit y a - ' 114 " ''by ,:both factiodit, ipititki all true`Republican* might Consaientions ly vote foe the whole Repubikan ticket:. .: Wirangss, Those who compose this Stalwart Oligerchy have obtained control of the Republican organisation end lir, ols ' ti= to their own oaserpumoim and uses w sh out regard -to' the wishes of the in of the party ; have packed eon ventilins and enforced the unit rule upon del*s,tes by which their constituencies \were .iihamefully misrepresented ;- have ostracized Republicans who dire bold in dependent opinions ; have perfected vicious party methods by which the voice of the people has been_stified, and have refuted; after repaated demands of Inde pendirut Republicans, to reform the same so that those who compose the party may themselves control its organization, make its platform, nominate its candidates and manage its affairs in their own way : Wneness, This same power claiming to represent the . Republican party has refused to repeal obnoxious laws which have brought,reproach upon the adminis tration of the affairs of our great cities, and has.endeavored by corrupt means to secure the passage of laws appropriating the people's mow to improper uses, and 'has demanded the pardon or those chem. ed with •endeavoring - to correct the law making power at its fountain head. Winntruis, We believe that the regular . Republican ticket nominated at Harris burg on the 10th of May stands forth plainly and beyond all question the rep resentatives and head of this autocratic and no-republican tower, of all the vicious instruments and means of its un just domination of the Republican party and its administration of public affairs in Ptinnsylvania, and as the embodiment of all the evils of the spoils system and its enormous progeny, "bossism" and "ma chine; ii, meth "in American politics: WHERE All efforts to. reform these abases with n the party erganization have come to sought and no reasonable hope of such reformation remains. We believe the time has come when all true Republi-, oasis should jeid together to carry the con: teat beyond the limits of this domineer to, tug and unjust machine organization the honest people who compose the party itself. Thei afore be it resolved, Arst—The nomination and eleolion of Garfield was the triumph for a time of Civil Service Reform, and for longer liberty of action by the masses of the Re publican party in the nomination of can didates and the management of party afiairs„.and the deaths of the lamented Garfield has brought r bout a complete overthrow of these reforms , and this triumph has been turned into utter defeat by an accidental successor to the highest office in the gift of the people. Bethnd—That the political doctrine, "to the victors belong the spoils," inaugurat ed fifty years 'ago, and adopted and practiced by succeeding Administrations, whether of one party- or another, is the parent of untold evils and abuses in the administration of public affairs, among which are "bossism," "machine methods and "autocracy" in the party contml and abuse of public trusts which we earnestly reprobate and unequivocally condemn, and we demand that they be supplement ed and forever brushed from our political system by an immediate and • thorough reform of the Civil Service. Third—That this can only be accom plished by radical legislation by Congress on the subject which shall provide for aamission to minor places under the Gov ernment solely on the ground of fitness, to be ascertained by com etitive examin ation, and which shall absolutely prohibit removals therefrom, except for good and sufficient cause. The fourth resolution endorsed the dec laration of principles submitted by Inde pendent Republicans to the conference in Philadelphia and adopted amid derisive laughter and sneers by Cameron's Con vention at - Harrisburg. The fifth resolu tion endorses the rules adopted by Phila delphia Conference and- rejected by Cam eron's Convention. " .The sixth ea's: "We hereby dedicate ourselves by all means outside the ma chine, but inside the party, to , sum:mot t . these principles until they triumph in the State and Nation." The seventh and eighth warmly endorse Senator Mitchell and, , Charles S. Wolfe. It is becoming apparent that the Union county Wolfe came down on folds other thaw the regular Repub lican in his recent descent. Bob Ingersoll said Dorsey would come back and he came; therefore, Robert Mir go to the heaven which is not, and the Christian religitn - is a fraud.- Persons who had complained that we had but one Wenator at! now convinced that there are two;! and a goat many / politicians think alto gether too, tr. Why didn't some man suggest 4to the Independents that they adjourn their Convention a few months' to get an expression from the people, instead of going blind as they ddi ? An Independent is nothing • unless inconsistent.' A Boston woman has invented a hair-pin which will not fsll out of the hair. This is a useful invention, and the inventor will probably.get rich ; but the inventor of hair which will not fall out of the head will derive much more from his countrymen, and bald-headed individuals will rise up with one accord and c4llhim blessed. .—The next Governot of Pennsylvania will sign his name James A. Beaver. Conention supported thevVish. es of the people. The people will support the candidatei of the Convention. —Unless it is time to destroy the Re publican, party, it is the duty of every Re publican to sUpport the work of May 10th. down, LthSopinion of the tick et is expressed by Anglo-Saxons in plain Anglo-Saxop---"too good to be defeated.' - =—The platform is all that can be desir ed- , Now let the party and its leaders live,up to it in the State and at Washing —Rom the Democratic papers acknowl edge the great strength. and, superior fit ness ir: the head and tail of the Republi can ticket. • • —William Henry Rawle` speaks for bintself ;ao does his nomination ; so doei the ticket. Let the people 'speak for thews:lves. - —Now that the Convention has been held, every Republican vote must be poll ed to pternote the highest interests of the ll,epublican pasty. —" I have made no pledges to living man,'! saya Gineral 'Beaver. Nobody who knows General" Beaver wall believe) that he would fasten himself to a fake. —The Lancaster New Era thtnits will be hard for Mr.. Wolte to • make his friends believe that he :nu not willing to opinpromise Ma objections to boss it:Oki - or * O O/ *Orli 4444,011111010kitt"; == CHAFF AND COULNT. Political GlOinings. M BEIM ME 4-11 1 bi Norristown Itenskt sola• _ "It , 1, the 'Ofileemeeklair lidependenti bads oigy Capin" to deal with,they'w,hl* joy brighter preapecttc - It - and eot t., Cameiftifritgive.. eoid.b do the In'apandi later4:4 . log, continue theitßtetObtr i - fird* ea of the Donna:l4s? latter:Would b niece mapectable and lomorable, and not half so lonely. • -The ,Plualelphia.,./kccrd-aducatai the motnituition of 'rtoti . . Mules R. Beck slew fait- governor by the Deuawswitio State Conventio n! It is not known wbat the friends of Mr. Pattison; the Philidel i phis aspirant for the honor, think of , this Step of the Record, but we venture, the assertkin:that they do not take it kindly. If Mr. Bucksdew accept!, he will , be a liv ing exception to the &akin that "a burn ad child dreads Ore:" ' • - —The Independents clumge bosses so often that it will not take long for the Po. &ion of boss to go round the whole Pai ,ty. Last year it. was - boss Wolfe, then boss Barker trled . tu get in, then boss Bayneappeared, and, now, boss Mitchell turns up as_ boss, 'boss-of all the Other bosses, • except Boss Merrick, who tells Mitchelkjust when to fire off. a teletrlun so meeethe clomanas of the Tim/a market. State Notes. —There are 550 - Lutheran ministers in Pennsylvania. —lncendiaries are at work , at Swath port; McKean county. —Catasauqua has small-pox almost as bad as Bethlehem hadit. —There will be's abort grassT crop in parts Of.tlie Lebanon valley. --4 , vein of valuable nfarble has been diecovered in Somerset county. —Pittsburg is devoting 'rich attention to perfecting her system - Or sewers. —Allentown firemen will have their ati. nnal parade Whit Monday, ,hlay-29th. —The corner stone of the-LackaWanna county court, house will bi laid to-day. —Work of laying the track for tho Al: street, railway was begun last Fri day. —All the woolen mills on The Schuyl kill will be ruu on &Wilma after 'the Ist of June. —The North Pennsylvania railroad has doubled its passenger traffic in 'thelast five years: • —Lock Haven is fast becoming one of the most beautiful-and prosperous of the inland cities: . —The people-of York have demanded that i Gieir milkmen shall serve. them..with Sunday • • —PetinsiT!tania calf skin is sold in France as equal-to anything in the same' line tanned in that country. —The employes of sir of the Williams port saw mills are on a strike for twenty per cent; advanceof wages. —The Wilkes-Barre papers complain that ladies are insulted on the streets at night by loafers in that city. —The Grand Army encampment of Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.will begin on July 22d and close on the 29th. —Tuere are thousands of tons of iron stacked up in the Lehigh and Schuylkill regions for which there is no present de mand. —The Pennsylvania Editorial Associa tion visit Washington, Mt. Vernon and other noted places on the stt , or oth of June next. ' - —Fishing in the upper waters of the Susquehanna river is reported unusually successful this month. Many hoop not!' are now out.. —According to the Indiana Progress a petrified fish nearly five feet in length was recentlyAng out of the Marion - coal -mine' in that county . . —Oil operators have leased 8,000 acres of land in the neighborhood of Staystown, Somerset county,- with a view to pros= peOting for oil. --The people of Western Pennsylvania stiltentertain the idea of a separate . State organization, and do not give up hope of securing it some day. —The Cambria. Iron Compaity own 50,- 000 acres of land in six counties of this State.. Of this total 23,014 acres are lo cated in Cambria couuty. " • —A r phad was recently. taken IV= tbe Susquehanna near LoWer Windom, York' county, that measured over two feet in , length aid weighed eight pounds. —The paldwin Lo4omotive Works at Philadelphia, have a contract to build a hnudred locomotives for the Rio Grande Mexico and Pacific milroad'company. —The Sunbury Didly says that the right of way to complete the pipe line from Iddton to tide water is now behig purchased by the Standard Oil Company. —Auditor General John A Lemon, has decided (April 25) that " butchers that have it place for their meats, separate and apart from their' slaughter houses, should be rated and made to pay license in proportion to 'their sales the same as merchants." . --Th*,.Barough Council of Bloomsburg reject the proposals of.its water company, and as the result the company have Com menwl the disabfinst of its, fire plugs. Rates of insurance reduced from twenty fiveto thirty per cent, on account of the fire protection, have been advanced to thdir former rate. —James R. Wright a delegate from . Pittston to the Grand •Lodge I. 0. 0. F., in session at Harisburg last - week, I ex pired in the streets of the latter city' on Tuesday evening, 16th inst., while xeturn ing from church. -Early in the evening Mr. ,Wright procured a glass of soda water at a drug store, and after remarking that be did not feel well, said to the clerk, as he left the store: "Well, good, bye; if I die before morning the Lord will take care of me.." Half an hour afterward the mamma found dead. The family of the deceased will recieve $3OOO benefit from the Royal Arcanum and $2OOO from the Knights of Honor, to both of which or ganizations he belonged. . - General News. —The distress in Andalughs continues. —Euiland and France have ordered fleets to;the Meditenantsan. --The::date of the /Italian-Rosa lace' at Winnepeg has been changed to July 3d. . —The understanding between the Brit ish Government and Mr. Parnell his been ruptured: 7 • —The naine 4nt the driver of thO ear in which the Irish rnurderers rode has been —ln the recant cyclone at McAllister, Indian Territory, 120 persons were killed or wounded.. ' • - —The Egyptian Ministry have submit ted to the Khedive ; the French and Eng lish squadrons are at Ruda' Bay. - —Several of the man connected with the Ring , Theatre when it Was burned have been found guilty'Of contribntori negligenee. --White Sonata le Apaches, well ailn.:, ed, have wale thtity-five' mites north to drive away forti whitee; irho have ' set. tied =albeit Pmemtkm i riciafs 70 ~,, jp,14.14#g0i., ~ ._ -, -., ...,,,,,,,,:. •- ; . , ES MIM MODEL MB MOWER! MEI WITH'CENTFrE-' CAlt 1417 SAO% POlnn 011 SUM SIDE OF Pl= OVER 100E1:MELO SOLD IN BRADFORD COUNTY LAST YEAR, WHICH' SHOWS MUT FARMERS AT HOME_THINK OF THEM. • , Will cut a six-foot swath u easy as a side cut macbine will cut four feet, and with less draft. It. also leave's the, -grass,ttt - sitch gondttlon that it will cure in owt half. the Hoe, and dispise with the use of the Hai Tedder.. It la aspechdli adapted to the - Batting of Green Fodder or EnsPa;e. A , ttorough trial It iespiested frOm all contemplating the purchase of a Mower , the coming season. Send for de scripiive circular, ormill on B. L. BEARDSLZE, Warrentism U. L. ReGo, Tuscarora Valley. air The „EUREKA MOWER Is now manufactured only at Towanda, Fa. Tho Company has been thoroughly...reorganized, comprising men of experience, ability and abundant . capital. Xo care or expense Is spared to select the very best material and skilled workmen. EVERY SIACIIINE FULLY WARRANTED. 'UNDERTAKING ! We world call SPECIAL ATTENTION to this Department. We have constantly hi stock 'a, full lice of COFFINS and CASKETS. . COFFINS, CASKETS, Further than this,.we guarantee oar WORK AS GOOD and PRICES AS LOW as-any place in the country. Give , us a trial and convince your selves. Don't forget the place. , Bridge Street -Furniture Store ! We are now prepared tttahow our IMMENSE STOCK OF SPRING FURNITURE, and feel confident that we can give you BARGAINS in 'every Chamber Suits, $2O to $l5O each. Parlor Suits, $50.t0 $lOO each. - Dining Chairs, 50c tb $2 each. ,LoungeS, 86 to $2O each. Mattresses, $3 to $2O each. Spring Beds ? s3' to $l2 each. AIso—FEATHER, WFIATN,OTS, 'GLASSES, MARBLE TABLES EXTENSION TABLES, ROUND - and PILLAR TABLES, BUREAUS WASHSTANDS, CRADLES, &c., &c. 27apr-tf. —Q,ix thousand Swedish and Norwegian 'emigrants are about to sail fro 4 England for the United States. —The graduates' - ball atl West Point will be on a more elaborate and brilliant scale than heretofore. . —A diipatch fmut,Duhlin to 'The Lon don Tithei says hopo of ever discovering "the murderers of Cavendish axid Burke is beg'nning tei evaporate. —The Mexican Congress has granted the exclusive privilege to the bell tele -phope company of New York city to sell and operate its instruments in Mexico. —An understanding has been arrived Mbetween the War Department and the exican government, by which the troops of either government in close pursuit ,of hostile Indians, will be. allowed to cross the border to a limited extent. , —The steamship Neckar, from Bremen, on Stinday landed 866 immigrants at-Cas tle Garden ;' the Germanie, from Liver pool, 889';- the France, from ,'London, 1,295 ; and the Spain, from Liverpooli , 1,261, making a tail for the day of 4,331. —The House Judiciary sub-committee recently reported to the whole committee in favor of declaring forfeited the lands granted to a number of southern rail roads. It is thought that the whole com mittee will adopt the report. Millions of scres'of valuable land aie involved._ -::-The citizens of Mecklenburg COunty,. North Carolina, anticipated the Declara tion of Independence by several nionths, having made a declaration of their own or - the 20th of May, 1775. The one hun dred and seventh anniversary of the event was celebrated at Chadoth last Saturday. '--The new version of the Testament 4is pondenmed by gladstone, nephew of Robert Bums is an in of an almshouse in Glasgow. —Senator Logan thinks Conkling is the greatest orator the world has ever known. —General 0., 0. _Howard will deliver the :Oectiration bay address .at NorwaY, Maine. . home. of Henry Clay ; in Lasing ton. 'Kentucky, including 824 acres of choice laud, has been sold for $O,OOO. —tiesident Arthur was accompanied on his yachting trip with Mr. Bennett by Mrs. Craig Wadsworth, the lady to whom he is reported engaged. ..- 7 .Stephen Jenuer, grand nephew of the discover of vaccination, and himself the subject of some of his early "exieriments, is living , at the• ago of eighty-Ave, in great povertY, at Heatbfield, England. AN effexave medicine for kidney dis eases, low fevers and-nervons prostration, and well worthy of a trial; is _ Brown's Iron titters.'• TOWANDA MARKETS. • REPORTED BY STEVENS & LONG, Generaldeslers hi - Groceries - end Predues,eorar 31sItt end Pine Streets. WEDNESDAY EVENING - 14A.y 24, Lss2. PAYING. • 'SICTAING ' nous per bbl . • 00 0 Flour per sack 67 9 00 11 60 0 22$ Corn Meal per 100... - • 0 200 Chop Feed ' . — 4ll 00 Wheat. perbusb.... 11 30 6 vi 0 0 Corn 90.10 95 0 Rye ._ .90 6 . 6 • Oats . 56 se , 58 Buckwheat 60 0 ' 0 Buckwheat Irkutr.... 413 0 Wolter seed *- 5 20 0 . 15 75 ties Time c105er..... , 6 004 -Timothy. western,'.. - ' L • 12 75 0 300 BeatM. 62l b3, • 0 300 0 Pork. men ' 40 bb1. 622 0025 00 BCard 0 . • - - , utier. tubs " 0 12 15 0 Roils 20 60 • : Elmese fresh 18.0 * • . , 111 _ 2 'Poti 0 toca. per bush.. '1 16 0120 . . 0 .1 liemnre2 - 22 . • 4. '' - Peaches, dried; .4: 6-. 15 • : coaszaiiiD.ll7 U. UIIII . I . DOU 4 ISO. Bkloa. • • 711•311 Ileitze Moir . .110 30 1 o 00 0 0000 1411 • 114 -13 I * grilklr '' - M lEEE UM Ell RAFT FRONT-CUT. E. G. VAN DYKE, Esst Canton 0. W. BEBLEY, AuetlnyHlo. . $5 00 to $2O 00 . 12.00 " 100 00 E. B PIEBCE, Bridge Street, To;vanda, Pa 'tew libucrtisements. FWOOD, EAST SmITurIELp ,Pa., . can furnish you with First Class Machinery for working Amber Cane. 1 yr. T IVE MEN WANTED TO CAN yam for sales of Nitr.ery Stock in their own and dear by counties: Previous enyerteoce an nece Addre,s. GLEN BRO PIl EltS. Imay,4l. Ncrserytuen. Rochester, N. Y. • NOTICE"!—The undersigned hay ing the account: of the late firm of C. L. Thomas & Co. and. plat( C. I'. Forrest. of Ulster, hereby requests thatall persons Indebted to said firma call and settle same without. delay. - I.; It. SCIIQO NSILKER. - Ulster, Pa., May 25. 1882.3-ka. - - • WANTED.—A competent girl to work In a farm house; desirable place Yearly emplo• meld, Or if some lady wishes a borne this will be found a rare opportunity. . Address, - IRA. ELeilh)E. May • • Green's Landing, Pa. SYlaßes T° iftl e A LL IoL 40E -10. FRE. • ' l = C REAT kAcHe s ANI3 pAlt4s,usso. , HEALTH PILLS PURIFY ME BLOOD :1: 4 111 01 AAiliOt And by cleansing. remitaUnm and strengthening the organs of digestion. secretion and absorption. cure APWil dy Fa x pratysis : Nervousness. Dizziness, ness. Bad Breath. Jaun dice, Liver and Kidney Complaint. Lack of Appetite. Low Spirits, Indig ion or Dyspepsia. Headache, Constipation, Fevers, Malaria and Contagion. Fever and Ague, Dianficea. Dropsy. Colds. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Gout. Female Weakness.. Urinary Dis orders. and -aN IrregulaKties of the Spleen, Strands, Biaddermd Bowels. Prepared only 14 Dr. &WAYNE & RON. Philadelphia. Pa, ASK 10E Fa DRUGGIST MR Prim SACIB.Ths Dam, &at ba la say Mars THE TOWANDA 5-CENT STORE, Main street, next door to Dye & Co., has a complete assortment of •• DRY AND FANCY GOODS White and Decorated China; Latest designs and patterns of CPULTALTEEILDT MAJOLICA WARE, BIRD CAGES, SATCHELS, Etc. For the canting Spring Trade, we ad bein as heretofore to our establlshod principle— that anatek sale with a small prolix Is ts.tter-than *sior one with a large prat—and then.fore nr prices in any line of goods will cumyare favoreoly with the weaker any other house. far,We,'e , ndearo . r to sell the bed article for the least po ssible money. LOBWIIS FREIWIT, 446,14tutlgifikiieisst,* < l 112113 BM INN I IskayB2-m2 ACT AS A - Crockery, Glassware, Lampi, 111