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WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 11
RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT REA, at the meet
ing of the stockholders of the
Pennsylvania Railroad yester
day, was direct and forceful in
his comment upon the existing an
tagonism In legislative and adminis
trative circles toward the railroads of
the country. He said:
if large numbers of railroadmen
and others depending on railroads
for every character of supplies and
w6rk are out of employment, and a
general loss of confidence exists,
and suspicion has been engender
ed, no attempt must be made to
place this responsibility upon the
vallroad management. They have
issued warnings and mado petitions
for fair dealing, but without effect.
The time has uome when all fair
minded men and investors as a
whole must individually and collec
tively impress on their State and
Federal Senators, representatives
and Government that they are a j
part of the nation entitled to at |
least fair consideration.
This statement is not made to
predict calamity, but it is made to
prevent calamity. and because
heretofore we have used our ef
forts to influence investors from
asserting their rights, but we will
no longer occupy that position
while every other interest in this
country petitions for Its own
special welfare, and are having the
benefits of legislative protection.
President Rea and all other repre
sentatives of the great business inter
ests of the United States now realize
how insincere were the protestations
of Woodrow Wilson regarding legiti
mate business when he was a candi
date for the Presidency. All over the
country there is an awakening among
those who are responsible for the
country's prosperity and while there is
110 disposition anywhere to talk
calamity, the indifference of the ad
ministration at Washington to the
business interests is no longer to bo
ignored by those who realize the situa
tion.
A. Nevln Detrich, chairman of the
Washington party State committee, be
trays in a public statement grave ap
prehension over the possible endorse
ment of Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh by
the Washingtonians as a candidate for
Governor. Chairman Detrich must be
feeling the Republican undertow.
LOCAL OPTION" PLEDGES
IT is manifestly tho purpose of the
local option forces of tho State to
insist that every candidate for the
Legislature without regard to party
or faction shall declare unequivocally
ihis position on this question. In every
election district there is a movement
■under way with a view to obtaining a
direct expression from the prospective
legislator as to his attitude on the lo
cal option proposition.
For years the sentiment favorable
to a submission to the people of this
question has been growing and how
ever individuals may differ as to the
details of such a law there is a wide
spread belief that it is a matter for
decision by the voters, especially 111 j
view of the strong sentiment nowa
days in favor of the referendum on
questions of public concern.
As this newspaper contended at a
previous session of the Legislature 011
this same question, it is the right of
the people to settle for themselves
all these problems and it will not do
for the Legislature to persistently re
fuse to submit to the voters questions
that affect the various communities
and the State. Individual opinion as
to the principle of local option has
nothing to do with the case. Whether
it be an impractical theory or a dis
criminatory regulation is aside from
the main question. What the people
manifestly demand is a chance to be
heard and candidates for the Legis
lature this year must reckon with the
local option sentiment. It is not a
party question and must be met purely
on moral and economic lines.
UNDERWOOD VS. WILSON
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST,
true to his traditions, has
stirred up what promises to
' be another splendid Demo
cratic row. On one side stands Presi
dent Wilson and opposite hii.i is a no
less redoubtable personage than Oscar
W. Underwood. President Wilson
wants the clause giving to American
chipping free use of the Panama Canal
repealed Mr. Underwood is emphati
cally of the opinion that the President
i* wrong and tlmt the future of the
WEDNESDAY EVENING
American merchant marine depends on
free use of the big ditch for vessels
Hying the United States flag.
The President never has been cross
ed within his own party. Underwood
la fond of a scrap. The outcome may
develop the lirst open differences at
Washington,
That Underwood is in earnest is
i evident from the fact that he has
j written a full page article tor the
! Hearst newspapers over Ills own name.
[ In It, if he does not openly say so, ho
at least intimates that the President is
in this matter siding with England
| abroad and a railroad lobby at home.
I Says Congressman Underwood, rec
' ognized as Democratic leader on the
floor of the House:
I can see no real distinction be
tween a ship loaded at Duluth with
wheat going through the Sault Ste.
Marie Canal without loekago
charges and landing Its cargo at
" Buffalo, or a barge loaded with coal
starting at Pittsburgh going
through the canal and locks on the
Ohio river and unloading its freight
at Now Orleans, and a ship start
ing with American merchandise
from the port of San Francisco
going through the Panama Canal
free of tolls and landing its cargo
at New Orleans or New York.
Further along in his statement Mr.
Underwood says:
But assuming that there may be
a doubt as to whether we are vio
lating a solemn treaty made with
a foreign nation or not, there is
certainly more doubt In our favor
than in favor of the foreigner, and
It does not appear to me that we
should tamely surrender a great
economic principle beneficial to all
the American people without at
least a fair contest for our rights. |
If there is doubt and serious doubt,
the matter can be submitted to ar
bitration. If the court finds a ver
dict against us we can accept the
results and live up to the findings
of the court, but for my part I see
no reason why we should surrender
the American citizen's rights as to
a question that, to say the least, is
unsettled until it has been decided
against us. I do not feel that there
is a nation in Europe that would
surrender us Important a question
as the development of Ita commerce
without at least insisting on a
court of arbitration. And, In my
judgment, It will be a great mis
take for our Government to sur
render at this time what may have
a lasting effect on the development
of the trade and commerce of our
nation in the future.
What will the President think of a
chief lieutenant in Congress who will
thus fly in the face of White House
policy? And will Underwood be ablej
to force his/views on Congress, des
pite the President, or will the Demo
cratic House jump as usual when the
President cracks the whip?
The City Council is doing well in
forcing through without delay all the
measures for public work this year. By
reason of the fact that many men are
out of work, these measures are re
garded as the promise of employment
within the next few weeks.
ERIE'S EYES OX THIS CITY
ERIE is one of the most progres
sive of the third-class cities of
the State and the "Times" is
evidently impressed with the
wide-awake attitude of Harrisburg re
specting parks and playgrounds. Our
esteemed contemporary on the shore
of Lake Erie reprints from Commis
sioner Taylor's interesting budget the
main provisions relating to parks and
playgrounds and follows with this
comment:
It appears from the above that
the park management of Harris
burg is vastly different from that
of Erie. In the Capital City, It
seems Council assumes the burden
of creating and maintaining the
playgrounds, which here falls up
on tne School Board. We do not
say the Harrisburg system is bet
ter, though the playgrounds can
very properly be regarded as a part
of the park system. The disad
vantage of it is that if the City
Council carries the load its ability
to spend money for other thtngs Is
lessened because It cannot legally
levy a tax of more than ten mills
for municipal purposes. The ex
tract above quoted shows that Har
risburg Is doing much more than
Erie in providing playgrounds for
the children. Erie ought to be
more alive to the Importance of this
matter. It surely ought to be able
to keep; pace with a city of less
population and smaller financial re
sources.
It is always gratifying to observe
the attitude of the other third-class
cities toward I-larrisburg. This atti
tude is almost universally one of ap- j
proval of the way this city is handling j
most of its municipal business. And
this very attitude will doubtless he a
source of inspiration to Commissioner
Taylor and hia associates in develop
ing the important features for the
year covered by the budget.
"City children are becoming more ana
more helpless as the result of idleness
Imposed upon them by city life," says
an article in the current number of the
School Review issued by the University
of Chicago. "The boys, at least, are ex
posed through their long evenings and
holidays to the vicious Influences of the
street." The employment of vocational
teachers is urged the year around.
Yet there are those who are insisting
upon legislation which would prevent
from engaging In any employment
until the ago of 16 years, forgetting
that reasonable employment under
proper conditions is the best training
for the future man.
THE BLUEBIRD
( tnP Hls Bluebird for Happiness!"
6 * I Likewise the Bluebird for
X Springtime and flowers and
hope of summer and a plenti
ful harvest. The bluebird, harbinger
of sunshine and flowers, is even now
stretching his wings for a northern
flight that will bring him and his mate
to us again.
Who shall say what influence
prompts the hardy little pioneer of
the feathered folks to wing his way
northward while snow flakes are still
falling and Jack Frost and the March
Hare are engaged in a desperate con
spiracy to frighten timid housekeepers
into laying in an extra supply of coal!
But we do know that when he does
appear, like a flash of blue across the
horizon, with his cheery note to wake
us at dawn, that the forces of winter
soon break and buds and blossoms
come forth to bid the daring little
songster welcome.
The bluebird is a really splendid lit
tle fellow and deserves all the admira
tion that is showered upon lilm. "First
come, first served," is his motto, and
woe be to the luckless feathered adven
turer that attempts to oust him and
his mate from the nest they have pre
empted. Me is a game tighter in such
instances, lie sits outside his home
nnrt "squares off" at his enemies. This
Is no mere bluff. Even the bluejay
and that tyrant, the kingbird, retreat
before his onslaughts. And as for the
pugnacious English sparrow, he is as
a terrier before a bulldog when he
j meets in combat an Irate bluebird,
j Thoreau, Burroughs and a host of
others have sung his praises. One en
thusiastic writer has said that he car
ries "the sky on his back and tho
dawn on his breast." But all the
naturalists and all the poets that have
ever bid him welcomo back to his
northern home after a winter in the
South have not felt a keener appre
ciation of his song than does the gar
dener, the fisherman, the school boy
that glad day he rouses at sunrise to
hear the first call of the bluebird sound
clear across the lawn where the tulips
are beginning to shoot and the sap Is
stirring in the goldenbells.
City Commissioner Bowman Is de
termined that economy shall be the
handmaiden of efficiency In his de
partment. At tho meeting of tho Coun
cil yesterday he Introduced an ordi
nance to abolish a couple of expensive
clerkships In the City Treasury on the
theory that the Treasurer, under the
present generous fee system, can afford
to compensate his clerks without an
appropriation from tho city.
PROMISE Ol' EMPLOYMENT
NO item in the last improvement
loan was more Important than
that authorizing the construction
of sewers to the amount of
sloo,ool'. It la highly important that
the sewerage facilities of a city shall
be adequate" and It Is unfortunate that
the growth of Hurrlsburg in certain
directions has been Interrupted by rea
son of the lack of necessary drains.
Commissioner Lynch put in an ordi
nance yesterday covering a large part
of the appropriation for more than
fifty sewers and when this work shall
have been completed Harrisburg will
be in better shape for its substantial
growth and development. This is the
character of public improvement which
is not spectacular and sometimes falls
of appreciation by the people, but it
means much for the city, and the ordi
nance in question will not only provide
the sewerage that is so greatly needed,
but will likewise give employment to a
large number of idle men during the
summer.
Now that practically all of the can
didates have declared in favor of a
woman suffrage amendment, there is
little doubt that the proposition will be
submitted to the people by the next
Legislature. As in the case of local
option, these questions must In the last
analysis be decided by tho people them
selves.
WIMONISM AND ITS lIFSLI/IS
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
The meaning: of Republicanism has
been prosperity. The battle cry of the
Progressives is social justice. There is
no incompatibility between the two:
rather should prosperity and social
Justice go together. The line of cleav
age is in the emphasis, and there is no
reason why a single party should not
unite the two purposes measure for
measure, and so give to the voters an
opportunity to pass effectively on thu
economic policies of the Democrats,
who, though in a minority, are now in
control through a Republican split.
The Public Ledger has repeatedly
pointed out that Democracy has be
come submerged in Wilsonism. The
policy of a tariff for revenue only has
been abandoned. A competitive tariff
has been substituted, which is part and
parcel of a theory to the effect that in
dustrial war at home is the secret of
industrial success at home and abroad,
that cut-throat competition within the
nation will enable the nation to fight
better in foreign markets. This is a
doctrine of individualism, as respe< s
trade, and a feature of it is refusal of
the administration to protect national
business interests abroad, on the
ground that such protection is "dol
lar diplomacy." Yet the Government
Itself, in the usurpation of complete
control, is promoting centralization as
it never before was promoted and Is
rushing pell meel into a general pro
gram of monopoly.
In private business Wilsonism denies
that in union there is strength; refuses
to put the prestige and strength of the
nation behind its business enterprises
in foreign fields; insists that our trade
warfare shall be carried on with obso
lete weapous, although our competi
tors, having borrowed the idea from
us, are concentrating their resources
and quadrupling their effectiveness
thereby.
It took nineteen centuries of Chris
tian civilization to teacli mankind that
materialism is the handmaiden of ideal
ism. that the true appreciation of na
ture consists in taking advantage of
her offerings, of transmuting her crude
riches into usable forms, that spiritual
progress is fostered and increased Im
material progress. There can be 110
such thin!? as a "new freedom" unless
it is based on the new materialism.
Wllsonism, therefore, is fallacious;
this will become more apparent month
by month, as It has become apparent
already in our foreign relations. It is
imperative that those who are worry
ing about how we shall use our suc
cess, be careful lest during the excite
ment this success itself disappear.
The opposition must be reunited.
There Is no other way in which to pre
vent the overturning of Americanism
as we have come to know It. Govern
ment cannot be wholly a moral under
taking any more than it can be en
tirely a business undertaking. Moral
ity and business must be attuned for
material progress pays a moral divi
dend. despite Wilson doctrine to the
contrary.
The road back to solid ground will
not be easy, but it will be sure It
means the welding together of those
who believe in energetic Americanism
firmly asserted.
POPULAR PRIMARIES
[Lancaster News]
When Senator Penrose says, "If the
primary election act is to be
anything more than the false pretense
of selfish agitators who change but
do not improve conditions, we must
see to it that no factl&n and no leader
shall be permitted to dictate a single
j one of the nominations to he made
> next May,' he states a self-evident
truth which the powers that be in the
Democratic and Washington parties
have deliberately ignored in their ef
forts to profit personally by political
conditions.
When the primary election is over
the Republican party will have a ticket
selected as the law says it should he
selected by the voters themselves. It
is possible that Senator Penrose will
not be on that ticket, hut nevertheless
he and his friends will be expected to
loyally support the men who are nom
inated and the Penrose adherents have
a right to look for the same kind of
treatment at the hands of the people
who are at present in opposition in
the event of Penrose's success at the
primaries.
I EDITORIAL COMMENT!
Hon- About the Wife f
[From the Baltimore Sun. I
"Never Quarreled In Sixty-five Years."
Model husband, that.
Two Sliublr .loll*
[From the New York World.J
1 If Governor Glynn can save Niagara
Kails and the Democratic party at one
and the same time, lie will be iloinp
I very well for a voting man.
faARBISBPRG tfijjflt TELEGRAPfI
evening cft&T
People who have been observing the
trend of the Iron business and the con
struction of million and two million
dollar furnaces and renewed develop
ment of mining properties in the euat
ern part of the country are commenc
ing to think that the day of Harrls
burg as a blast furnace center Is draw
ing to a close. There arc now seven
furnaces In Dauphin county which can
be classed as on the active list, three
of them being in South Harrlsburg.
Two in this city are the Paxton fur
naces and one the Lochlel stack. All
In Harrlsburg are idle now and not
many more campaigns are coming to
them because of expense of operation.
In years gone by Harrlsburg was qulto
a celebrated iron center, considering
Steelton as a part of this city. There
were the two Paxton furnaces, tho
Wister furnace, which was along the
canal below the present Philadelphia,
Harrlsburg and Pittsburgh bridge;
Porter furnace, at State and the canal,
and Dock furnace, below Steelton.
Lochlel and the Steelton furnaces caine
along later, but at ono time In the
eighties there wer© nine good fur
naces In the county. Before that Cam
eron and Conewago furnaces, at Mid
dletown, and Swatara furnace, at
Union Deposit, were making iron years
before, and prior to their day Victoria
furnace, on the Bayard lands back of
Dauphin, and Mada furnace, on the
Grubb properties at ManadaGap, were
noted. The latter two itfero abandoned
long ago; Porter, AVlster and Dock
furnaces disappeared over twenty-live
years ago; Swatara was dismantled re
cently, leaving but seven that have
operated in the last ten years. Only
one furnace remains of the half dozen
or so known In Perry forty years ago
and the Cumberland county furnaces
are now memories.
Once more the shadfly. The real
harbingers of Spring are again pro
claiming that the season of floods,
movings and gardening is at hand.
Yesterday the sunny side of Market
Square was well infested with the bugs
and some of them seemed to have
grown since their last appearance In
January. This is the second time the
shadflles have come around. The first
time was during the thaw in January,
when the balmy weather made the
buds come out and folks got out light
overcoats. For a couple of days the
flies were to be seen In sunny places,
apparently well satisfied with life and
prepared for an extended stay. Then
came the ground hog with his sure
enough predictions and we have been
too busy shivering and shoveling snow
to wonder what became of the shad
flies. Here they are again. Wonder
now long they are going to stay.
As a result of tho extensive snows
nnd the generally moist condition of
roofs, men who make a business ot
repairing tops of houses are being im
portuned by a good many people to
know when they can look over their
properties. There is nothing under
the shining skies that will point out
the hole in the roof or the spot where
there are not very good joints quicker
than snow water. Some roofing men
say that the requests for their aid are
coming in very rapidly, particularly
from owners of old houses.
The Barber Asphalt Company, which
has laid a large part of the pavement
In Harrlsburg, is taking advantage of
the movement for better sti/eets and
highways, which is as prevalent In the
boroughs as well as in the large cities.
In an unusual way. offering prizes of
SIOO for the best papers written by
graduates of engineering schools on
•he use of asphalts in construction. As
\n advertisement the offer, of course,
las some features, but it is significant
that this bigr company realizes that
men who make studies of such sub
lets while in college will make valu
able additions tp their forces when
they come out into the world. Years
ngo the railroads, engine and boiler
works and steel plants adopted the
same plan and they have secured some
mighty able men.
Frank Julian Warne. the statistician
who worked up the figures of own
ership of various railroads of the
united States, showing that over three
fourths of them were controlled by
the big systems, is well known here.
He is a University of Pennsylvania
graduate and figured in the splendid
nvestigation work undertaken by stu
-lents during his college days. Mr
Warne has written several books on
labor conditions in Pennsylvania,
notably on the anthracite field, and a
series by him has been printed in sev
eral magazines.
\
—L. L. Willard. Connellsville coke
man, says that the coke tonnage of
tho Connellsville region was 20,000,000
tons last year.
—General W. G. Price, of Philadel
phia, will take a Kuropean trip.
—Major John H. Duval, of the reg
ular army, detailed with the Pennsyl
vania Guard for years, has retired
from the connection.
—J. H. Hlllman, the Pittsburgh coke
man, is one of tho new directors of
the First-Second Bank of Pittsburgh.
—John P. Wood, of Philadelphia,
has been elocted president of the Tex
tile Alliance. .
—The Rev. C. A. Soars, prominent
Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia, is
111 in a Baltimore hospital.
frOUTlCAbSlpefclSftftfl
—The West Enders came to tho
front handsomely last night.
—The move to force Joe O'Brien on
the Democratic State ticket does not
seem to be traveling very fast.
. —Wonder if they will'not bring in
Bryan as a life-saver. Perhaps not.
It might revive memories of 1890.
—Looks as though Palmer was
throwing out an anchor in that Bech
tel endorsement.
—Judge Trexler will command
strong support among people in this
section.
—Congressman Brodbeck is flying
distress signals in the York-Adams
district.
—The wise man jvill see that ho is
enrolled properly. March 17 and IS
are the dates.
—Robert E. Cresswell must smile at
the industrious way in which they are
trying to get him back into the Demo
cratic reorganization line.
—Democratic voters were to-day
wondering if they would have to take
Lybarger as the perpetual candidate.
—Perhaps it would be a good thing
to nominate Lybarger for a couple of
offices at one time.
—The Democratic ring committee
meets to-morrow to frame the slate
under gulso of fixing up the rules.
—That McCormlck man who tried
to hurrah the Philadelphia Democratic
city committee will probably hear a
few things in a day or so.
—Those Democratic club endorse
ments for Ryan are not played up here
to-day.
—Owen B. Jenkins is to run for
Senator in Philadelphia.
—The slate being made, Gifford
Plnchot is going West to help out the
other Bull Moosers.
■MADaVIHTEm worn
SHIRTS
SIDES ft SIDES
JUDGE TREXLER
TO BE CANDIDATE
Allentown Jurist Announces That
He Will Stand For Reaomina
tion Next May
ON NONPARTISAN LINES
President Reported Incensed by
Antics of Democratic Con
gressmen Last Night
Judge Frank M. Trexler, of tho Su
perior Court bench, who was named
by Governor Tener to succeed the late
Judge James A. Beaver, last night an
nounced his candidacy for the nomi
nation for the full term and hla friends
will make an active campaign in his
behalf. Tho judge Is very well known
throughout the eastern part of the
State, especially, and will be strongly
supported without any regard to
party.
Tho appointment of Judge Trexler
by Governor Tenor evoked very com
plimentary statements from many sec
tions as the Judge's ability was wide
ly recognized and the movement In
his behalf inaugurated In his home
county of Lehigh last night will be
taken up In other counties. His nomi
nating petitions will be in circulation
within a day or so and will be filed
shortly.
Judge Trexler did not issue any for
mal statement, but simply said last
night, "I am a candidate for nomina
tion for the Superior Court at the May
primary. While I have always been a
Republican the election of judges has
been placed on a nonpartisan basis by
the act of the last legislature and my
campaign will be made along strictly
nonpartisan lines."
One of the most surprising stories to
be printed about the jugglery of ap
pointments by congressmen in years
is published to-day In
the Philadelphia Led
ger under a Washing- President
ton dateline about the Reported
manner in which Angered
schemes for division
of patronage have been
handled. The Ledger's dispatch came
from a staff correspondent and says:
"Democratic congressmen front East
ern Pennsylvania to-day balloted sec
retly on whom to recommend for the
Eastern Pennsylvania judgship, the
majority indorsement being l'or H. O.
Bechtel, president judge of the Com
mon Pleas Court of Schuylkill. The
unusual procedure was arranged by A.
Mitcliel Palmer to appeaso his asso
ciates. It is reported Presidont Wil
son is incensed over what is termed a
political lottery, and will not accept
such recommendation by the congress
man, Those who participated in the
lottery were Mr. Palmer, Representa
tives Lee, of Pottsvllle; J. Washing
ton Logue, of Philadelphia; Michael
Donohoe, of Philadelphia; Robert Dif
enderfer, of Montgomery county, and
J. H. Rothermel, of Reading. Mr.
Palmer had hoped to control the situa
tion and in the end obtain a solid dele
gation for William A. Carr, but he was
outwitted by Representative Lee, who
is aspiring for leadership. President
Wilson, it is believed now, will not
consider either Carr, Mr. Palmer's
preference; Webster Grim, supported
by Representative Donohoe, or Judge
Bechtel, indorsed by Representative
Lee, for to do so would place the
judgeship on the level of political bar
gaining."
Jesse Job-hunting Lybarger, defeat
ed for the House and defeated last
Fall for county controller, has been
slated for another
nomination for the
Lybarger House by the bosses of
l*ops From the Democratic ma-
Forgettery chine and to-day pop
pod out of the Forget
tery to which, in an
incautious moment, the mourning or
gan of the regangsters had consigned
him. Lybarger was cut by many Dem
ocrats last Fall because of his per
sistent office hunting and the fact that
he made an opera boufte play over
one of the chicks which he received j
for the fat job the machine secured
for him in u legislative department, as
consolation for defeat for the House,
helped it along. Lybarger s announce
ment failed to arouse enthusiasm even
in Market Square to-day. John A.
Marshall and L. Calder Shaimno are
already in the field for Democratic
nominations und the bosses are hunt
ing victims in tho county, it being re
ported that they are dubious about
the strength of H. B. Sassaman and J.
J. Newbaker who were on the first
slate.
Word was passed along tho Demo
cratic line to-day that Secretary of
Labor William B. Wilson has been
designated as the
speaker on behalf
of the ad minis- Bill Wilson
tratlon for the Jersey Planning to
slate in the Pennsyl- Speak Here
vania primaries and
that ho would come
Into the State to make speeches with
in a month. This action of the na
tional administration will have the
effect of still further irritating Demo
crats who will not stand for presiden
tial dictation of who shall rui) for
Democratic nominations In Pennsyl
vania. The action of the Philadelphia
city Democratic committee in endors
ing Ryan by a decisive majority aftor
an attempt had been made to swing it
for McCormlck is declared by reor
ganizes to have been a piece of
strategy to tie Ryan up to that or
ganization.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
says that a conference to endeavor to
find a running mate for J. Benjamin
Dlmmlck, of Scranton,
at the coming prlmar-
Dimmick ies, Is expected to be
Candidacy held in Philadelphia
Languishes to-day, as Mr. Dlm
mlck, who is an aspi
rant for United States
Senator in opposition to Senator Pen
rose on the Republican ticket, thinks
he should have a candidate for gover-
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nor In sympathy with his aspirations.
Speaker Alter, after the conference
here last week, declined to enter tho
race. It is now said that County
Commissioner O'Neill, of Allegheny,
may take tho field for the governor
ship on the Republican ticket. The
activity of Mr. Dlmmick's friends in
seeking to get an opponent for Dr.
Martin O. Brumbaugh, it is declared,
has lost him a number of supporters.
Michael J. Ryan yesterday announc
ed that ho will speak in Scranton on
Tuesday, March 17, where Congress
man Palmer will make an address at
the same gathering. On the follow
ing night ho will speak in Wllkes-
Barre, on Friday, March 20, In Johns
town, and on Saturday, March 21, in
Pittsburgh. Ryan was endorsed in
Philadelphia lust night by Democrats
of the Sixth, Fortieth, Thirty-sixth,
Thirtieth, Thirty-ninth and Thirty
seventh wards of Philadelphia at sepa
rat ward meetings.
"DOWN WITH KINO GROUNDHOG"
Br Wlmg Dinger
Old Groundhog you're a tyrant king.
With iron rod you've ruled
Since you have seen your shadow
And with tlie weather fooled.
Tou've sent us many snowstorms,
You've ordered winds to blow,
You turned the mountain coal pll*
Into a mole-hill low.
You've brought upon your shoulders
The wrath of women folks,
Who can't wear new spring clothing
While you keep up your jokes.
You've spoiled the plans of merchants
Laid for an early Spring,
And there's a lot of others
Who have felt your wintry sting.
Your foes, old boy, aro legion.
So rule now, while you may.
For Monday you will be dethroned,
And all will cry "Hooray!"
['HVbARRWBUR&PIf-ty
ye ♦ Aft-otcH) ay*
[From tho Telegraph, March 11, 1804]
Heavy Hog
A hog weighing 919 pounds was
killed in West Chester a few days ago.
In Harrlsburg, where pork is selling
at 15 cents a pound, said hog would be
worth $137.85.
Shoot Deserter
On Friday next (18th inst.) Isaac
Fishel will be shot at Carlisle bar
racks, he having recently been found
guilty of "desertion and giving intelli
gence to the enemy." The execution
will take place between 11 and 13
o'clock on the above day named.
new«-Disp&rcf>es
-OPM'hfr' CIVIL-WA-R
[From the Telegraph, March 11, 1884]
(.rant at Capital
Washington, March 11.—Lieutenant-
General Grant was summoned to
Washington last night'from the Army
of the Potomac and returned to this
city this morning on a special train,
accompanied by General Meade,
Skirmish Near Suffolk
Fortress Monroe. March 10.—A skir
mish took place yesterday two miles
this side of Suffolk between the enemy
and three companies of our ooloreil
cavalfy. Tho rebel loss was 25 and
our loss 10 killed by tho rebels.
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