THE REPUBLICAN.
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Ctl AS. L. TRACY, , PECIPIIIrmiI * •
JUDSON HVLCOMB, Senior.
CHAS. H. ALLZII; Assockste Sdifor.
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`•Reasonat& !axe :c, honest Expendituret, corn-
petent officers, - and "no stealing.' Harpers
Weekly .
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sir Entered hi the Past Offlce at Tow mita as
SECOND cuss RATTER.
tiIIIRSDAY, JANUARY 11, 18133,.
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Were Andrew Jackson alive be
would Undoubtedly remark: "To the
spoils belong : the victors."
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;' - .We - publish this week the full tex
of Goy. Hoyt's annual m&,sage. It is
a, well written,'strong document. • .
There are many reports of failures
in different sections of the country in
.ilmost every branch oLbusiness
showing indications of unrest and inse
curity.-
The DerriVeratic. Aerity in the;
ei.
4. House of Ikepresentativ have . decided
that the proposed saving- ot , - public
money : by cutting off usele:is:.:officials`
shall be made some other year.
The Nmocrats were most explick
in their promise§ during the last ,
cam
paign that all the surplus offices should,
be cut off, but there is evidently a
diversitV of opiniiin among them as to
what are surplus, as there are candida
tes at Harrisburg for every office at
tjie gift, the House.
The appointment of William Livsey.
Pittsburg;-as shOesiori to . the late,
Captain A. C.,Nutt, as Cashierpf the
State Treasurer was officially announ
ced., by Treasurer Baiiey.O t ikThUrsday.
Mr. Livsey has-been temporarily filling
the place— He was Cashier under
.Treasurer Butler: -•• • }•.•,.
What the New York Tim6s does
tf6know about Peimsylla9. politics
iaopoliticians, • coiistitu tPIA about all
MIAs necessary for a man„ to know
to avoid making himself .a lifughißg:
stock. The New York press ' knows
about as.nuch about any but New
York politics • as, the English press
knows about the geography of the Uni
ted- States! -
,Ex-County Commissioners Daniel
, C,Orson and William • Ebiter t of Lyeont
ing county, who pleaded guilty to the
charge of .embezzleme i nt, were .senten
ced on Saturday todach pay a 'fine of
$•250, and to be imprisoned in the
Eastern Penitentiary—Corson for
t wenty-one months and. Ebner for fifteen
months. Ebner's sentence is as, light
as the Court - could make it.
The I_Aincagter Intelligencer on Mon
day of last week thouiht 41r. Faunce
kiught not to be the choice of the -pain.
ocratic . House for - sPeaker because 'he
was supported by such disreputable
elements and because it is a well fciun•
dedbelief he is not too good a !riend
of the people. -This seemed to com
mend him to the majority of the mem
bers for he. 'walked off withNie prize
at the fiist
Mr. Hendricks has written a letter
in oppositiOn to civil .service reform.
Mr. Hendricks also claima to remember
several democratic administrations dur
• ing Which frauds were .almost entirely
unknown. Mr. Hendricks may : nbt be
much ota statesman, but he is certain
ly' : km - iessed of a wonderful memory.
Will 7 hc . be kind enough to name just one
adiniaistration of that, kind. It need
t not a .National administration. A
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State; :county or eyed. Borough one
will answer. Just ione Mr. Hendricks.
Only one.
7 1 E, spirit displayed py the United
Stites Senate dui-lug the present ses
-1
sion leads us U. beliee that' it is
quite, probable the bill to regulate the
Presidential succession, Which . ' is now
under discussion
, Senate,- . will
be matured att . ,i passed in time to
come up for .:cti;)n
,in the . House . of
Representatives atutbe passed by that
body. The'eFainplq set by the Senate
is likely to act beneficially upon the
lower House in ensuring 'final action
upon most, if, not ali, of the leading, !.
measures of the session.
• The Connecticut Legislature met on
Wedne..sday of last week, and made the
black. ballots -valid.. This was what we
had a right to expect of a Republican
Legislature. The npeople ,intended to
elect Waller Governor, 'and did elect
him in every,.sense other than 'a tech
nical one. Now:compare this prompt
action of a Republican Legislature with
that of. the .Maine .'Democrats a few
teats Ago, when the DeMocratic,'"Gov
ernor, Garcelon, and the other boises;
tindertooK to defeat the kill of the peo ,
ple of Maine with the law against them.
In the joint convention of the Massa
chusetts Legislature, Thursday of last
seek Gezieral.Butler was inaugurated
as Governor and Oliver Ames aslieu
tenant Governor. After being formally
Presented to, the Legislature, General
Ruler read his address. He quoted
the total debt of the State at P2,511,-
480. 1 . He advocated a change in the
assessment laws in regard tO,Ahe poll
tax; favored woman sufferage; recom
mended economy in public expenditures,
and was very outspoken in favor - of
civil seiviee - reform. Theillall of rep
resentatives was crowded, and great at
tention
waft paid to the Governor's ad
diess. . -
It seems, says the North Amer:
ican, that the great Garfield Fair at
Washington, of which so mucbwas'ex
ifrxt.4, was so far from being a finan- .
ti;ai sua that, the .gentleman 11 , y,
wie.4.11 it ihas kligitifitrwi are contider
gmy *44 art appealing
V) thy, Syr mAiiiiwriptvins
make god at least portion of the
loss which they have personally
.sus
tained. This is ' a poor reward for
their energy and public spirit, but the'
result readily admits of expli4uation.
Too much money was indiscriminately
spent in preparing for the festival, and
then the great mistake was made Df
holding it 'at a time :when Congiess
was not in session. This was 'a fatal
'error ofludginent, and 'one which told
,eseriously upon the receipts:,
The. Tunkhannock, Bepublin, t of
last week copies our favorable notice of
ilbn. F. a. Bunnell, of that place,
the — Repudlican candidate fo - r State
Treasurer, and adds: "We say amen
to the above suggestion,: which is one
that will be commended by everybody
in Wyoming county. No more -fit
ting candidate can be named for that
position than our fellow-townsman,
Hon. F. C. gunnel!, and should — he be
made the candidate of the patty, he
would receive*an overwhelming vote
froin the counties through- this section
of the State. let all the Republicans
in this county help the boom. along.
For State Trelisiter, Hon. F. C.. Bun
nell, of Wyoming county.
The Republican party will, if left
to itself, become united upon principl&
There is no intelligent Republican whn
can honestly desire to turn over the ad
ministration of the government to the
keeping of a party that has opposed
every measure that has through a suc
cession of years under Republican .rule,
broughtthe country up out of the
slough of desppnit in which the Demo
cratic partjy lett it, to a 'state of . high.
est-prosfry
rit
S In the / campaign juseelesed, whiek re
sulted disasteroiisly to - the Republican
party, it is worthy: of special note, that
theNprinciples and policy of that party,
mrhich have meted -its history from its
organiiition to the present time, were
not assailed, and they cannot be suc
cessfully assailed from any--quarter.
The causes which led to.defeat were
emotional and spasmodic, mid will pass
off and be forgotten when important
political issues, are presented for set
tlement. Our Independent friends, for
whom we entertain the greatest. re
,
spect, - will, we, are confident, ,manifest
their adherence to the principles of the
Republican party and support with
earnestness its' nominees. What, they
-
pled for is reform in party methods,
add this is bound to come. On the
17th of this present taiinifi; the Nation
al Republican Committee will settle'
for all time the question of - the unit
rule, substituting in its stead the right
cif district representation in
_our Na
tional Conventions, and making .it the
law for the government of the party
organization. This wi'l.put it outof the
people of a central dynasty in our State
politics to carry the, State in its pocket
into our national nominatingconventions
and use it there as - a mere machine.
The party,in its methods.of organization,
is coming back izol first principles and
aims to get as near as possible ,to the
people., This should end all, cavil and
complaint mi.' this-ground and ,bring all '
Republicans to the support of the
party. I ,it would beextremely unwise
to hazard the grand nchievements of the
Republican party by placing the ad
ministration in the hands of the demo
cratic party, a party that has no well
defined Principles or policy, except op
position to all the important measures
of the Republican party for the past
twenty years'. What may, be confi
den ' y looked for with democratic as
cei ency is a reversal , of Republican
-pol , i y with respect to all the great
measurei4Aat have• combined to.-devel
op and promote the material interests
oftlii: whole countiV. The old maxim:
"one cannot eat his4ake and still have
it," is true as illiistrating the political
sit ation. We cannot enioy,the fruits
of !rise Republican . administration,• if
we-strike down and put out of po . wer
the_only party that can safely be looked
to for a continuance of the same policy,
and substitute one whose record is
black4witli political hetesies, and whose
ascifidency to power would , .be a men
ace to;tnaterial_prosperity and national
adva •
ncement.
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Tiie House on Thursday last, stir-- ;
prised itself and the country its
pronlpt.: action in the passage of the
Senate I CiVil Service bill, without
a
• meddment after a half hour's debate.
This 'action may be credited to a dis
positioti•by, both parties in ,Congress to
get j the Subi - ect out of the way and be
rid' of the 'troublesome question upon
which, , had debate been opetied, an in
terminable discussion would have en
sued to the hindrance of important,
Meausies that must engage the atten;
tion of the present Congress' prior to
its Close on the 4th of March. Whether
the measure will prove effectual for the
cure of 'evils in the administration of
the Civil Servide much complained of,
must be left for future .. experience to
decide. The fact that- the growing
magnitude of the service has long de
manded its regulation by, specific, laws,
has long been recognized, and it is
hoped that the' measure which will noW
become a law by the ?resident's Sig
nature may. prOve to be
,a step in' the
right direction. In the House upon its .
passage, there were .115 votes in. the-21
affirmative, of which 103 were repub
licans, 50 democrats, and 2 greenback
ers. There were 47 votes in the nege
tiVe, of which 41 were democrats, 5
republicans' } and ong , greenbacker,
From which it will be . seen that 'a
sufficient number of reptiblicar ns voted
for the bill to have passed it without a
single democratic vote. The country
has been clammering for civil service
re
form, The republicans have met the
demand by a united support of the bill.
Will the country now be ' satisfied on
this question?
A good vein of oil has struck in Sarnia
krienahip, Mkh., *at 560 feet. The company
will torpiele the well.
CIVILSERVICE.PASSED
EDITORIAL . CORRFRONIMICLI
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*AsungcrAnt, p.p... mau l! ,
Congressman Serisigiii:shill to createa
Federal judicial District, *led! the .
Nord:tens District of Pennsv; lvtiniiiris Pend
ing in the hands of -the Judiciary , ' commit
tee of the Heusi. ,It prokir to embrace
in the new district thOotiiitiOV of Lacks
wane,. Wayne, - Sukilithanna, Wyoming,
Bradford, Tioga , Potts Cameron, - Clinton,
Lyceining, Centre, Unton, Snyder,-
Juniata, N, orthumberhsr, Montour, Want.
bia, Sullivan, Luse* , Carton,. Monree,
Pike, Dauphin and Perry: ' , •
Muchijutereit is mai • . -- "LeNtiie . d'h3i's - iliti . TeiQ
profession, and 14 , ...the l ,peciple generalryi
the counties proposed to be in the
new disirict in favor of the wow of the
- Its'fate in ComMittee, tur 'as - in
the igisse and Semite' will. depeial - entirely
Upon the evidence presented 'showing the
necessity for-its passagoN Petitions have
been received from the Bar Of Bradford
County, as well as from severalother.cmi
ties striniglyarging-itti passage.- What is
especiallydrequired as convincing evidence
of its necessity, is statement in detik
from the court records of the several, coun
ties, showing the number' of cities carried
up for a series of years to the - district court
of the United States, with the expenses to
litigants in being dragged away to remote
parts of the State for trial of ,their`! cases,
many times resulting in compromising of
suits to the great sacrifice of the rights of
Vii,._ "
ties, through fear, of incurring enormous
expenses. I know this lids ftquently ac
curred in Bradford County w ere litigation
has occurred with foreign insurance com:4
panicle. In the trial of ate criminal cases
wl4ere the United States is 'complainant,
and they are many, great; expense would
be savedlo the goverrunent bythe creation
of the new district. These'fa&ts as well as
' others bearing directly: upon the qUestion
should beipresent@}kut once before the Ju
diciary Cettimitt4 of the House in drder to
get :in eatic favomble retort upon the bill.
A LITTLE EPISODE
IMEI
occurred in the Home the other day in the ,
diSctission of the army appropriation'
in which, Sunset Cox - , of New York Ant_
usual, attemptedjto injeCt some of his stock'
of wit into the debate. He charged that
the ilepublicans 'get their lessons 'Of econ
omy from the - Minx' w i to Wit's hung for
wanting higher law and who killed your
President, when he babbled as I have heard
men babble here
_to-day of the future glory
in store for theme,'" And then he recited a
verse from ; Guitean's' scaffold g . , doggerel:
"I am going to tip Lordy. I any so glad,
&c. In this instance, the . 'member member from
NeW York mistook the temper of the House.
What hoeipected wotid Riche a laugh at
the expense of the Re üblican side of the
House, brought forth hisses from members
on the floor. aswell as from the galleries.'
The_ vivacious `Cox settled Into his seat after
a withering sally, from Reed, of Maine,
looking as tliouoi it would be a relief to him
to find a hole irwhich to hide himself from
the gaze of those whose sense of decency
and humanity helad outraged on the" , floor
of the House. Mr. Reed, in noticing the
impropriety of Mr. C,ox's, quotation, said:.
"I hope he may be enabled providentially
to seek-some other literature than that of
the dead scoundrel whose words thoreughly
fill the - mouth of the gentleman from Newt
York." The recoil • upon Mr. COx was
most crushing, and the more so, as the
Housebroke inio a hearty laugh at his 1 , ex::
pease in response to the home thrust'ofp.
Reed. Cox showed plainly that he felethe
rebuke, and he Will hardly attempt ;to
again insult the Republican side by indulg
ing his wit in the same vein.
The House passed the Senate civil service!
bill on Thursday last,.just in the form sisal
was passed by the Senate without the dot
ing of an i, or the crossing of a t.
- While it is called the Pendleton bill, as it
passed finally it hardly bears a semblance
of the bill as•originally iritroduced by that
Senator. The bill Was engineered the
Seriate by Senator Hawley of Connecticut,
and to him the more important features ; f
the bill as it now stands are to be credited.
Both branches of Congress are just now af
flicted with a spasmodic attack of .
In the passage of the civil service bill,
there seems to be a lurking suspicion ani4ng
the Democrats that the Republicans have
started in to reform the civilTservice just
at a time when they least desired it. They
started out in 1876 with the cry of "Tilden,
Hendricks- and Reform," and they, have
kept it up ever since. Reform with them
meant to reform out the Rdpublicans and
to reform in the Democrat ' s, but they had
:no desire for reform under Republican rule.
The 'worse the Republicans behaved the
better
,the Democrats were suited, because
they could hold up to view Republican sins
with the hope of obscuring their ' own.
Since the last election they are effervescing
--i-sloPping all over, with the idea that they
are going Ao elect their Piesident in 'B4, they
think they see the bow; of promise set. in
the political skies, and:they don't Want re
form to come now. They feel that in the
passage of the civil service bill they are
checkmated and a • great share of
their political stock in trade is taken away.
ts to be their next rallying cry, and we
shall hear the changes rung from 'demo
cratic bugles on economy from 'this time
nail the fall-of the deiUocratic'party in 'B4.
UnfortunatelY , for them their past record
is a:sad commentary on their profession's in
this regard. On such an issue they will be
worsted every time, They cannot stand be
fore thd - light of history on this qiiestion,
and will be at a disadvantage on tb tariff
and finance. ;In the meantime the Re
publicans will win valuable victories ii4,the
strengthening of public confidence and go
into the great battle of 'B4 with the bright . ,
est prospects of a grand victory. J. H.
PENNSYLVANIA PARAGRAPHS.
A ! Movement is on foot to efect an orga
nization of the - bituminous co4l• miners of
the United States. - The idea' s to get the
170,000 miners under oneltead for mutual
protection and the prevention of :strikes.
Each State will have its saperate 4ganiza
tion. • •
The nickle mine of Joseph .Whaiton,
located . - in Lancaster County, has been
closed, and will remain idle until such
change is made in the tariff regulations as
will allow domestic operators in the metal
to compete with foreign importers, a num
ber of Men have been thrown
,outr of em
ployment. _
The
,persons who Comprised . the S i nt
Board'q directors of the Pittsburg &Althorn
Railrbad CoraPany have entered' snit in the
County Court at Pittsburg against Con
gresinan elect James H. Hopkins, 'of that
district, to compel!him: to account for his
administration of the company's affairs
while acting as its president. They allege
that they, 'with other stockholders, were
defrauded of large sums of , money by lir.
Hopkins, and that he made false returns to
die Secretary o(lnternal Affairs.-
' The Pennsylvania Railroad carried 10,-
645,090 tons of cibal and coke during 1:':2.
By the will of the late James Longhlan,
the well-lliown.Pittsburg iron merchant,
the - Western Theological Seminary will re
ceive $10,000; the Pennsylvania Female
College, $15,000 ; and the Western Univer
sity, $5OOO.
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REFOR3I
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*re ii i retwo tat i lt. in tro State
it
forike Minn of en finalists—the
State Reform School at Morganza, Wash
ington County, and the . House of Refuge
at Philadelphia. The latter , is a private,
corporation to which the State gives nom:
chit aid and • 44001 , knIPO4IOII, but in
which it has no administrative control. It
is fulfilling the purpose of its ,erection
With substantial success':
The Reform School at i:Merganza lwas
riginally alocat institution, `bet its - pro 2
perty and ifs control are now in the hands'
the State.— The property-o=lsta ' i t)!
valuable Awn of. several hundred acres,
in atigb state - of cultivitfon 44' 'con
structed brick buildings, cont aining famig
ly rooms, -siormitories, and, -work-shops,
capable of accommodating about,fioo boys
and,girls. In addition to , labot on the
Earle, employment Is given on the'• prem
ises in many forms - of trades_ industry.
Schools are open ilailystor all the inmates.
The discipline was found' to be firm and
parental. It is a pleasure to assure you,
teat after making, in company with a
number of gentlemen qualified to judge,
au official- inspection of similar institu
tions in several of the States, which bad
received judicious approval froin persons
familiar with the appliances needed in
such schools. we found our own school at
Morgaziza easily and decidedly the supe
rior in discipline, comfort and efficiency
; to any we had seen. The directors.and
superintendent of this *lmitation deserve
commendation for restoring it to a condi
tion of the greatest usefulness.
STATE CHARITIES.
The. State has in, operation five hospi
tals for the care of the insane—at Norris
town, Harrisbnii, Danville, Warren and
Dixmont. The latter is not strictly a
State institution, but receives liberal aid
from the State. In them are sworn-nods
lions for nearly 4,000 patients. The build
toga have cost several millions of dollars,
and are constructed in view of thi3 largest
•
experience. In all of them, certain sums
are required of•the &ate for annual main
tenance. For the indigent insane, the
proper county or poor-district re-imburses
a certain portion of the expense. In gen
eral the State'receives in return some
thing more than•half the cost of iitipport.
Some of the hoppitalir are overcrowded„
others have a paucity of inmates dispro
portioned to' their capacity for treatment.
it is evident•that the State has made
Much broader provision for this dims than
will be actually'required in many years.
The Board of Public Charities have been,
year after, year; laying their reports,
nate and careful in their facts and reconic
mendations, before the Legislature, ,but
they have-received no adequate attention.
No criticism is intended of. the manage=
ment of these institutions. Still it is ado
milted that in so vast a scheme of chario
ty, there is want of system and unity in
administration which needs legislative ac
Akin., There ought to be uniform ° bargee,
made against townshipand county an- -
thorities by all the' besPitals, to prevent
what the board', justly call "a pernicions
spirit of rivalry'and underbidding, ending,
in lowering the s.andard
_of institutional
care. and tidally bringing it down to , the
level of the ordinary almshouse." Pro
visions should be made for transferiing
the patients from the overcrowded
and, -if needs be, the whole; sys
tem ot " districts" broken up. Above
all, the Legislature:should hit upon some
general principle upon which' appropria
tions are to be made to them for mainte
nance. Otherwise, the undue urgency of
some one institation,ror the combined in
genuity and persistence ,of all. together.
may lead either to an inequitable distri
butiott,of your bounty, on the one baud,
or an utterly extravagant one on the oth
er. Such a uniform rule it will not be
hard to discover.
As there is, at disposal of the, Board of
Public Charities, no, fund with which to
carry. their inquiries beyond the range of
S - ate institutions, I reqdested a commis..
_sion'of ffentlernen, experts in . Medicine,
law and technical treatment and manage
ment, who propose to :do so at their dwu
expense, "to examine, into the present
systems, and inquire into the legislation
and experience of other States and coun
tries,` and to make reportiof their investi
gations, conclusions and recommenda
tions, for the further protection of the in-,
sane:" Theseinvestigations extended to
"the care, mode of introduction into pub r
lic and privapi asylums, general scope of
treatment, mode of supervision, and re
lease." Their report in the form of "a
bill," I transmit to you. It has involved
a vast amount ,of research, labor and ex
pense, 'which the gentlemen of com
mission have voluntarily undergone. „It
is accompanied with a transcript of the
laws of every State and territory in the
Union, and with translations' of the
French and German laws. The English
laws have been fully studied, The iuforJ
Mation which has been thus gained, and
by great familiarity with institutions for
the insane in many of the States of Eu-,
rope, has been availed of, in order to' give
excellence to. the scheme of legislation on
this question. I commend it to you as
legislation suited to the civilization under
which we live. '
n. 1879 the Legislature directed the
erection of a State Hospital for injured
persons of the anthracite coal region, for
the counties of Schuylkill, Carhon, North.
timberland, Columbih and Dauphin. This
institution is now completed. The build
ings are well arranged, the site is an eli
gible one, and the purposes of the act
seem likely to be sucmssfully. reached.
The trustees took possession of the build
ing in April last. 'Deeming it important
that the hospital should be promptly
opened,' and: the buildings being unpro:
vided with ' the necessary, furniture and
appliances; they'have advanced the funds
requiral. In the situation of affairs,
then, this/ was a discreet and judicious
exercise of their functions, 'and• its pro
priety will be recognized. lb the, ineorn
plete condition of the hospital grounds,
further appropriations mus. be made: in
this behalf. • cf.
Besides these State institutions very
liberal appropriations have bee made' in
the interests of the def otivc c lasses in_ in
stitntions not under State control. These
are pure charities, arid have, in' the main,
been made on the basis of the number of
the wards which the State has placed is
them. In this work the State has only
undertaken to supplement the work of
private charity_ and benevolence. These
institutions are the " Pennsylvania Work
ing Home for Blind Men," the " Pennsyl
vania Institution for Inst.:action of
Blind," both in Philadeli.hia.;:"'Tiaining
School for Feeble-Minded Children," 'at
Media—one of the most interesting and
beneficent of all the charities in the State ;
"Pennsylvania Institution for Instruction
of Deaf and Dumb," at Pittsburg. At
the best,; the State undertakes to provide
for only a very insignificant proportion of
our fellow-citizens stricken with these
disabilities. It will scarcely occur to us
that any consideration should weaken the
humane impulses under which we have
hitherto lent aid to lives. Some
thousands of dollaii were also appropri:
ated to purely private hospitals, in which
were no State patients, in the different
cities of the State—Pittsburg,,
Wilkes-Barre, Scranton York and
Harrisburg.
rIIIII 4 IC . WARDS,
Among the most important agencies of the
State is the Board of Public Charities. It is
their duty at all times to look into and exam,
ine the condition of all charitable, reforma
tory, or correctional institutions within the
State, financially and otherwise, to inquire
and examine into their methods of instrrie
tion, the government and management of
their inmates, the Official conduct of trustees,
directors and other officers and employees of
the same, the condition or the buildings,
grounds and other property Connected' there
with, and into all other matters pertaining
to their usefulness and good management.
They are the eyes and ears of the people
who; themselvrri rarely venture into for
bidding t precincis or behind prison bolls.
These are very important functions. , They
are to be performed without pay. So ftr
as is possible with the means placed at their
disposal, they have been done with a fikt
measure of diligence, thoroughness and in
telligence. This is
to
br, their te
ports,.from time to tim‘, laid before yen.
At the last session ofQo an act was
passed levying a tax or„. h• cents for each
person not a citizen of the - United States,
who shall come from any foreign port to any
port within the United States. The ma t ey
thusicollectod constitutes a fund, to be used
under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in defraying the expenses of the
relief of nnigrantstirriving in dktreirs; And
providing for the Maintenance of any lima
• -i; i. : -
tie, PrinPr—
twat :r out parsjlolloA. W. to Ira*,
care.of iiestas*g .
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i O e • Tb*- 7 -14, 1 4,Prir. .. .....44t .4 for
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WM . '. •r- ' ..: :- '.' y '.-w
siHicifil*ktorthel . ..titiiiiii* - 40 - At - kw the
provisions - of the act. ..Viihisblo relief
.will
come to o d in t et ei s and almshouses ,by au
effes4iye , . thlliAtityi.... ,
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' • -
The - St ` a Agrkvlhre 14 %quietly'
doing a work which might deservedly attract
more public interest andtittention. .Itis a
h. which Much , octant information
t 9 *p tfirmpidtho higt !gfait;iii,
and the stock raiser can be iliss#ninisted.
thoro.l42.4,AlL9episim, in.."T.Altte,
the papers read before iWrneetare wor
thy of a permanent ricers), tout somameans
fur,WideriWA 41 1 011?,nte• distribution
Should lie "doised.. ., 1 - -
The agent appointed to execute the aet,of
nay I, 187% . "to prevent the spread of con
tageous . or infectious . pleuropneumonia
among. cattle in this State," has effectually
eradicated the disease in the State, - and at
a much less expense than a ,like work has
been done in - any of the neighboring States.
The Board of Commissioners of the Sec
ond Geological Survey make report of their
Work and their. estimates, for the future.
The unfinished survey is mainly confined to
the anthracite coal region. 'BeasOns:are . "-
signed for the delay and inereased: . costef
this portion ,of the work, and the...letter
press andmaps illustrating it. They Say.
"But such work - ciu4ot, be done within the
I time nor ;for the; money reinied in our for
mer eitimate: It will require at least three
more years and $50,000. Whether the Leg
islature will be willing to expend that
amount for the benefit of an interest the
most important in - the State—in fact, the
Most important of the kkd in. the known
world, arid 'which has contribu to the
State Treasury, directly and ind' y, mil
lions..lsl
of dollars in titration — is far this
board to say. If not, the, work will be
wound up as, well as pcssible, leaving about
two-thirds of the anthracite region imsur.:
veYedll When it is reflected that the com
mercial results of .t is survey have ' been to
bring into this State millions upon millions
of money for investment in anthracite and
bituminous coals, iron ore.and other miner
als, and in related railroads and transporta
tion enterprises, and that this effect came
from confidence - in the scientific accuracy of
the work.of this board, I trust .you will see
reasons WproVide for the completion of this
great, andintereiting undertaking,'
*Thus, gentlemen, you have, at a *.siugle
view, a history, in its entirety, of the educes=
tional; 04 charitable and economical
work carried on by the State. ,
~- To this . work was appropriated, 'by the
:Legislature in 1881, for minim' expenditure,
_emus as fellows:.
Educational.
Penal • .:'••
Charitable .
$2,512,617 25
•
With the ,exception of the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Departments, and
the interest 'en the public debt, these insti
tutions embiace all the principal °Nees up
on which the Money of the State is ex
pended.
' The futurA prosecution of this work, is so
exclusively in the control of your own judg
rdent 'and wisdom that it becomes me to. of
fer nil further sugg4stions. Large sums of
money are disbursed annually in these in
terests. It is done by. bOards of trustees and
inspectors appointed from the body of our
fellow-citizebs, and rigorously free from par-_
tistin politics.. They steadily give their time,
their skill,, and their experience to these pub
lic trusts, iind that without compensation.
Within my knowledge, there has not, in all
of thorn, been a dollar of public money mis
appropriated or, lost by misconduct or im
providence. It is an exhibition otrectitude
and fidelity to the . common weal which
should stir_us to ar-proud and cheerful ac
knowledgment. The whole record of these
various boards and administrative heads is
without blemish, and their absolute integrity
,is unquestioned and unquestionable. I de
sire to thank thorn for the' frankness and
courtesy with which they have accepted of
ficial visitations, and replied to official in-:
quiries.
LIFE INSMANCF,
The magnitude of this interest, may be
estimated by the fact that in the years 1880
and 1881 the regular life companies of • this
and other States authorized to (Id business
in Pennsylvania received premiums from
their business in this State amounting to
$10,483,836. Of this sum $3,025,100 was
received by i complusies of this State and .
87,358,096 by companies of other States, up- ;
on which last-named sum a tax amounting
to $221,768 88 was paid 'into the State Trea
sury for the-privilege of doing business in
,this Commonwealth.
During - the same yearn companies organ-.
',zed under the laws of this State to insure
lives upon the assessment,- plan received in
premiums and assessments the sum of
$5,500,989, upon which no tax was paid to
the State, and paid for death claims the sum
0t52,959,302. The balance of $2,541,687
i•
was appropriated by these companies, to
agents, Officers and expenses. Most of
;these companies engaged, without warrant
of law,
in business of a purely speculative
character, and entire communities were de
moralized by their nefarious operations.
The evil attained such magnitude that it was
found necessary to institute , legal proceed
ings for their suppression, which has been
happily accomplished- through the instrn,
Mentality of the proper authorities. It is to
be hoped that this impressive lesson Will not
be lost or forgotten and that it will in the
future deter the public from plicing their
trust in methods of life insuranc 4 e, or apcci
oqs substitutes therefor. which are without
solid foundation in morals or mathematics.
The act of 1873, establishing an insurance
department, prescribes a standardyof solven
cy without conformity to which no regular
life company is permitted to do business in
Pennsylvania.. This standard is one univer
sally recognized' wherever life insurance is
treated as a science, and is absolutely-exact,
inasmuch as it compels each company to have
assets equal to its presentand future liabili
ties. Without web computation of futuro
liabilities, and the possession of present as
sets, life insurance is WO upon nothing
actual or tangible, but becomes a mere ven
ture or experiment. What is known as eo
operative insurance, more comm my as
graveyard insurance, is not, in feet,vorthY
,
of the name. In many instances it' may
operate as . a beneficial society, and uhen
honestly conducted worthily answer preient
and pressing emergencies; but as a system
of insurance it is without substance or stable
foundation, and may degenerate into' mere
speeulation, of fall to pieces at any moment.
Without cohesive power other than the vol
untary action of members, companies con
ducting business upon this plan may dissolve
without much warning, and entail loss and
disappointment upon hundreds confiding in
them for future maintenance of the
selves and their fetriffies.
.1
These cot/imitative insurance oompames
claim a warrant for corporate existence un;'
der section thirty-seven, act of May I, 1870
being!) supp lement _ to the act of . 1873, . 1 1
I establish an insurance department.", Julie
to the' good neme . of the State and protectio
to the people demand that the recommends ti
tions of the Insurance Commissioner in thk
behalf should be acted ulion. , The firmness
and intelligence which have r
marked Mr,'
Forster's administration of th a t responsible
office are worthy ot all praise. ...
,
TILE NATIONAL GVARD
' As now constituted, the National Guard is
composed of a single division, three brigades,
fifteen regiments, three companies of caval
ryi,three-batteries!of artillery, the battalirlif
State Tencibles and .two independent Corn
panics, aggregating 8220. officers and , enlist-'
ed Men: • They are distributed through the ;
State in such numbers and in such localities
as seemed likely best to subserve any duty,
to which they might be assigned. The
Guard' is_well equrplied and armed in an ap
proied manner. The mobility and efficiency,
of the whole command has been well attest-:
ed, both in camp and in route, on more than'
one occasion. The Quartermaster elnd Com
missary Departments have been fully proved
in their capacity to furnish prompt andecof
nomical supplies.
There is a great degree of pride in the or 4,
ganization on the part of officers and men.,
They are citizens of the State, and it is no
overstatement to say that they are among:
the best of our citizens. They had a eonr-4
mon Motive to reach the excellence they
have now attained. ;They have spent months
and years in devotion to their respective
corps, for which they never have and never
will receive any compensation, except , the
consciousness of a public duty well done on
'their part , .
It is scarcely conceivable that _ in a State,
great and prosperous ,as is Pennsylvania,
with interests and property of .such magni:
tuck, and lawful means of protection,, under
the forms of law shonkl be overle6ked or re
fused; with bravo 'and chivalrous instincts
in her children, which can best take form in
military duty, it is incoaseeividale, I think,
that such a State should: dispense with her
t
Own soldiery : The s i that t u National
_•• : rd has an actua l " nee • always
*eve to, be among best of sons why,
1t ! ...)%410e ?Idled - actual,. ; and -if.
Wiblit' '
• ntain t all, ev ruotike of
• • • •• ••T - •g.„ - ;,, y and fu lness dietatas;".the
~• . ..... 'Tr -: of e ffi cier • Today it isiwo
, • ' Compact, .as . diarnionious, ar4 •,as
hi' , • disciplined a body of men • asAliere'
volunteer soldierly is ever likely to sahluit
itself to be moulded into. ' . 1
• °No le&la,fiqn is required in reference "to
thfir'subjeet,"'lTo voice of protest has come
up from the people indicating , apydissatishic
tion with the Guard itself, or any earnest
desirato dispe with it, in tho absence of
subetitute. Its continuance,
ander such conditions as will enable it to
hold its own present state of usefulness and
efficiency,.ae well as the confidence of the,
pubic, seenislesirable in all points of view..
-
Or WILIs.ILM PENti..
By joint resolution tit ''the Senate aftd
House of Representatives, on the 10th of
May 1881, the Governor was, requested to
conununicate with the trustees having in
charge the tirage yard of Jordan's meeting
house, in Buckinghamshire, gngland, and
with the representatives-at-law of William
Penn, with a view to the disintelinent and
transfer of the remains of William Penn'to
the city of Philadelphia for public teinter
inent in that city. '
Before any official action was taken under
this resolution, and acting on public rimier;
the trustees of-Jordan burying ground noti
fied me that they had -practically concluded
the matter by refusing to - accede to the
wishes of the Legislature. While the pur
pose embodied in the resolution was not ap
poroved-by all who -assumed - to express, an
opinion touching it, the duty of the Gover
nor was defined by its terms. To avoid , de
lay - and a tedious correspondence, it was de
termined to send a persdnal representative
of the Exective to the ' parties in interest.
Mr. George L. Harrison, a public-spirited
and judicious citizen of Philadelphia, con
sented, on solicitation, to convey the mes
sage of the - people of Pennsylvania; embo
died in the action of the- General Assembly.
With the added sanction and co-operation of
the President of the United States; through
the Secretary of State, he visited England
in person, at his own expense, and- sought,
by well-directed negotiations, to carry out
the,objectg expressed - in the joint resolution.
His application Was finally denied.
He has, without cost to the State, made a
printed report of his mission.-. Mr. Harrison
well and faithfully sought a successful issue
of the ultdertaking. His presentation of the
motives which might fairly•dietate the pre
' posed remoml of the remains of William
Penn to the soil of Pennsylvatfia, upon which
he illustrated the greatest and best work of
his life, is worthy of record, and really- af
fords a satisfactory justification. f the action
of the Tiegishiturd: His, - .osyn 'conduct„ in
the peculiar nature of hii • negotiations, was
intelligent, 'courteous laid - zealous, and he
has omitted no appeal suggested by patriot
ism, sentiment,. or logic. There must be
idneral regret that the people of the State
have failed in an- affair Which deserved_sne.
ceSs. .
....$1,463,764
.15
367,198: :Vi
681,1485
Herewith will be submitted a . list of the
pardons reoommended and granted during
the last four years,,tegetber with the rea
sons in each case. - The whole number of
pardons issued in that time was 168, arising
out of 147 cases. Tha - niimber of covicts in
our jails aud- penitentiaries -is about `OOO,
which - number represents the constant pop-plation 'i[n penal institutions under conyictio i.
Itis - aCtestinionfto what I conceive to e
the fidelity of the Board of Pardons that nthel
applications-before them have steadily dl . -:
creased, year, by year,
- being. one leindresll
and - sixty-five in 1879, one hundred and
thirty-seven in 1880, one hundred and tv;'en
ty-five iii 1881 and one hundred in 1882. A
pardon is an act of mercy, and mere grace,
in most cases, and is not to he judged by the
rules of exact juStice. ..:II it were' an, act of
pure right in favor _of .the apidicant, it would
cease to be a pardiiiil - . • There are many ave
nues by which the:Peewit may be, rightly ap
'preached in seeking the • exercise of 'cle
mency—justice, mistrial, sufficiency df pun
ishment, sympathy, the sufferings of an in
nocent family, and numerous other consid
erations. As the Government istiCt a mem,
ber of the Board; and - does not hear the pre-,'
sentation of the cases, I have, in - the absence
of reasons to suppose some imposition, prac 4 r
•
tired; been in the habit iof taking the recomt•
Imendations . of•the Board, having confidence
in their regard ' for the publicwelfare.. tils
i well as in their sensibilities—in their integ
i rity, as well as in their, humanity. •
It is unlikely, that in our day antigettern-
tion, any essentially new idea will be intro-'
dnced into the Government,of the bommou
wealth. - Its great principles have been set
tled in the course of Anglo Saxon history.
'They are irrepealably secured in curr Cousti
tution—our individual and social rights and
duties are therein wisely deftned. From time
to time inequalities and excesses will arise,
but they will be readily subordidated to the
common welfare. These are but questions
of detail. Some of ,thern ra ng est for your
consideration. .
The Constitption requires that the General
Asiembly, at its first 'session or as soon as
ittay be, shall pass such laws' as may be
necessary to tiarry the same into full force
and effect. Igo legislation has, as yet, been
had, giving effect to section twelve, article
XVI; in reference 'to the. consolidation of
telegraph'companies owning conmeting tele
graph lines; nor to section seven, 'article
XVII, in reference to discrimination 'in
charges or facilities for transportation be
tween transportation companies and indi
viduals.
Some amendment& might judiciously ho
made to the general coaporation act of 1874;
more specifically, denying exclusive righti
to Corporations for furnishing light and heat
to the, public by means of natural gas or elec
tricity. The former is a -4 - natural product
and-the market for it should not be restriet
ed to a single purchaser. The use of the lat
ter does not seem to have been contemplat
ed in framing the act of 1874,
The legislation appropriated to nundoipal
government, especially in cities! of the first
and second cltss, will early engage your at
tention.'-
It cannot be disguised that this imbject is
rendered difficult by the manifold ebniplexity
which characterizes the communal life'.of. a
great city. Tho, attempt to secure the life,
property, health, and general Well being-of
hundreds of thousands of individuals by
moans of a single municipal organization,
tends, of itself, to provoke colliding forces,
and its successful accomplishmenh requires
the accommodation of interests of greatest
moment.. But you will not approach t its
solution without a substantial groundwork ) ,
already laid out for you. The report of the
Municipal Commission, made in 1877, is
among your records, and contains fault and
complete collation of facts well digested,
and supported, by opinions- and experience
derived from the, widest scope .of inquiry.
The result: af-their investigation have been
ernhotlied' in a bill reported by tho Commis
sion.. The attention of the Legislature has
been frequently callildAto this topic) both by
my immediate predeaeasor and myself, and
atiast it seems imminent that seine Fiction
must be taken touching this great problem.
It will requim patient and judicious proceed
-Ipgs, but its successful resolution will mark
adistinctive, advance in our social progress;
it will:quiet the fears which anxious public
ists have, that a great city—the nursery in
the past of freemen—cannot be reduced to
conformity to the law of political groWth.
Surely such a solution ought not to be bey
ond the range of practical representatirs of
apractical people. •
The evil disgrace attending upon thb 'pre
.senee of several thousand children, under
six years of age, in' thealmshouse of the'
State call for speedy correct on. This mat
ter hria been presented befflre in messages
and especially reports.
,The•subject of licens
irig the sale of • intoxicating liquors will be
.ursently presented t 4 you. The wide -spread
'introduction, of adulterated (aid upon the
market deserves sweeping condemnation by
Legislative enactinent. Other topics of this
nature will 'come up for your action, but I
am glad to think they are few in numbei;
and that' with the passage of the Legislative,
Judicial and . Congressional Apportionment
bills, yoq will find little need to extend the
body of our dolga law.'
Having thus reviewed, the various -inter*-
este of the. State sufficiently, at least to indi
cate their importance and to vindicate their
management, I shall say no
.more of the
petit. The entire conductof my administra
tion awaits your Scrutiny. .
But the political situation whiCh exists to
day is so 'different from that of four years,
ago that I cannot forbear some words of
comment.. National questions then alone
absorbed men's minds. The war was not
yet over; atleast the acquie . sena) • n its results,
on the'part of many, seemed grudging and
reluctant. At the same time, business was
everywhere in a state of stagnation, so per
vading and sorrowful, as to be difficult of
recall even in =emery, Eituutcial theories, :
promising relief; but thwarting hope and'
tending to C4 3 •Min Cfigqsioil IMlttruin, were
BOARD OF PARDONS
ADDITIONAL nEcoguzspAno.
CONCLIMON.
. . .
boldly projected upon the People...? Iliad ee=
cation to* then; , glianeeforth We. are to
produce and exchange actual things, and
not. gamble in merely flaitinua values. '.' We
had then as we-canhaVe'.now, no, reliance
except "the virtues Of label; and economy."
Within .a . year - -from." (nry inauguration
(chronologically, but in n'ooelation to 7.truse
anti effect,) the fires of industry-were light
ed among our mountains-1- and fileng. our
ricers; the whole State 'liegan to resound
with the stir of 'a busy people,- and. in •this
midst of renewed activity,
the schemes • of
financial necromancers dissolved- away.:
. With the election of 1880 the issues of the
war were.. permanently 'settled—acquies- •
cencein the new : state of things b\ came
complete. We were again one people, riv
ing due Rag , as we have • end. speech,. -
ts
scions atlist:of the unity Of our national 11 e
and destiny. iin the.ruituralorder of . things;
One would think 'the. organized ' ideas, in
lOyalty to ,Which the Country exassafely con
ducted through two such Crises as .we have
encountered since -1800, could look for an
alniost•uninterrupted dominance in the pub-,
lie mind: Hail the voters of Pennsylvania
i been called upon to pass judgment Open the
:old questions of principle, or even upcin the
opposing paties in their entirety, there is'
not the least. teirson to doubt that they would
have reasserted :their eld convictions with
'even greater emPhasis than before. Put
party leaders, like other men, must adapt
themselves to existing conditions, or be an
nihilated by them. Principles never.perish,
but administratilins 'and legislatures must
aver forget that "a breath can make them,
as a breath ...s made."
•In Pennsy ... - a the people have deter-
Mined, upon . -change. What does this de
cision mean ~ To this question three an
swers are prided—ono cynical and des
perate, another pessimistic and hopeless and
a thii‘f,l, patriotic and reassuring.
' Thetfirst expresses the 'feeling and wishes
Of -the , professional politician. To' him the
changOt is only a turn'in .the fortunes of a
'gami,?.,ivizereby he has lost or won the stakes
for Which he played—the spoils of place and
power. Accustomed to watch-his luck and
. "hedge" as often as he can and dare, he is
perplexed bygone of two problems only; how
to retrieve - his losses, or how to spend his
winnings. '"The providence" of his view is,
not at all surprising. - This class of states
men despise the people whom they would
cajole, and rely for their success even more
upon the apathy of the pure and the intelli
gent, than,upon the activity of . the selfish.
and unscrupulons. .•
The second-view regards the recent over
turna.s sentimental convulsion, It is based,
wittingly or unwittingly, upim a latent dis
trust of the people: it imptirts'lr low view . of
American manhood', and a secret,_ but ill
disguised, disbelief ; in our capacity for self;
government. ' If it be, indeed, well-ground
ed, thenthere,is little - hope for the perpet
uity of Our institutions, and for ' that.meg
,
mficent indostral and political development
which is the staple of our noblest day
dreams.. ..i , . .
-But the, third view is more hopeful and
patriotic. 4, according-, to it, this - :elpinge
marks the beginning of a new epoch in our
political fife. Those who cherish it argue
that thoUSands of oar best citizens, relieved
of.the pressure of national anxieties, • and
nnwilling . to live.forever in the past, are
beginning to - study the nature and details of
State and muncipal government as never
before:. are awaking- to the business and
scientific - character . of. political problems,•
and have, determined to thrust aside every
individual; and every contrivance, that
stands:W.Ween.thein and the management
of their own affairs. They will no longer
be content with automatic activity in poli
ties; they demand ill conscious share in this
noblest pursuit of intelligent men. The peo
ple have Conic to claim their own, without
the intervention of quiddlemen:
If this view be correct, then 'the occupa
tioaOf the ; professional politician is . ,
Ke belongs to a doomed species; he Ras- 'i,ut-1
lived the only environment adapted: to his
nourishment,. and Must shortly passi away..
That this is true, is indicated by ourlineag,e,
Our traditions anitthe.character of our re 7,
cent progress;" We are the descendants of '
Men who defied] Kings and Parliaments; we,
are the childretrof men who destroyed the
Congressional Cadens, anal created the Na
tio* Convention: Our cit4ens are meet
ing in their granges* and' trh.des-unions,
their industrial leagues and commercial
guilds, and are
.becoming keenly alive to the
every-day bearings of politics • upon their,
own and their children s welfare. 'Even the
Primary meeting, once treated as 'utterly
beyond the pale of law, the sport of the jug
gler and the rogue, has become the subject
of legislative enactment and protection.
Nay, more, even the promises' of party plat
forms coniorrn to the quickened 1. senses of I
the People, and.the necessity of other and
better methods has received a certain
. grave .
and reverential recognition in party deliver
anees. .
• But Rome was not built in a day, nor can
the political habits of a half century be
transformed by 'a single decree, even though'
registered at the ballot bok. If, therefore„
condeninen political methods are to become
permanently disreputable, the' thoughtful
citizens of. this Commonwealth must be ever
on the alert,.. ready at any moment to re
assert their , strength, and , to claim the
fruits of their own victory. '
'Politicians are willing enough in the day
of the people's power. But the leaders of a
new epochlmust be something , more than
mere.-refleetorslof current thought and feel
ing. They mast - be sagacious and intrepid,
more ready to serve the people 'than them
selves. 'Such leaders can live only in an
atmosphere of intelligence and civic courage.
The people then must. be . prompt and gen
erous in the support of real merit; but, at
*9 same time 'they must make every pub
lic servant understand that he. is a servant
and nota master, and that—each and all,
the highest and the lowest, Whether paid - by
the year or paid by" the day, must render
faithful and unremitting service.
.•
. The 'people must tolerate no spurious,
economies, no counterfeit reforms, no mere
partisan no judicial • perversions - ,
no legislative excesses, no administration in
the interests of persons or ela-ssel;•••or even
in the exclusive interest 'of parties. They
must be-qUick, to discern , -I,sivift to: censure,
Clearly wrong, ' and ' — lequallY'
swift to praises What is cleary
They must make the Men in power feel that
the eyes of thousands are upon them,
s and
that the day of judgment is always going on.
But above all, they. must never suffer the
conviction to take rent that the. recent chan
ges were only freaks of circumstances-- ;
'only spasm's of an unstable publics mind.'
only the caprecies of irritated and transient
fdeling.
IThe Titans will never conquer the gods if
the gods awake to the combat; the.. baser
forces . of society can never. permanently
overmaster the purer if the purer Will only
add to their convictions, courage.--if their
will power once becomes as actives their
intelligence. The enemies of good IGoVern
ment will not be idle. tis:ever so, very n u :
rnerous they multiply themselves indefinitely
by their unceasing diligence. Their bailful
influence can only be contracted by, P- vigi
ldhce, an energy, an ingenuity, in sonic pro
portion to their own.
For one, I have faith in the conscience,
and in the growing intelligence of our Com
monwealth, and in its ability to cope with
and overcome the evils which have hitherto
and may hereafter beset us.' To ddspair of
the virtue of the citizen 'is to despair of
I self gOvernMent, and to despairof self goy-
ernment is to believe that the frame of hu
min society is•without a soul. We are be
ginning the third oenturf'of our .existence
as a State, The: reminiscences of the hour
are well adapted to stir within us reflec
tions upon the possibilities of organized soci
ety the secret of right government, and the
duties.of .the"free Citizen . in • the free State.
But thoughts without resolution haven sick
ly hue. Sonorous praises count for nothing
alongside of,quiet. deeds. Patient .partiei
,
pation, in public affairs will do more JO re
deem our politics from the Spoiler' than" the.
sirblimest political phibmiophy, and tho- i in
tensest Sentiment, if never embodied in ac
tion. • 4. - • ?,
yeu, the first Let ire -in the new
century, I now submit my final reeommen
dations. I bespeak for them your painstak
ing and earnest consideration. In the
growth of our Constitution the great power
of the Commonwealth has been vested, and
rightly, vested, in the legislative body.
Youlare the legislator§ to no mean empire.
In - population almost the equal in commerce,
in manufactures, and in wealth, it far sur
passes tho England of PR:Jabeth. Pittsburg,
our second city, contains to-day twice as
many people as the London of Cecil and of
Shakespeare, whilst Philaclelphia, bas. : !dou,
ble the number of the London of Milton and
of Cromwell. But it would ill become me
to descant upon your dutie.2, or the possi
bilities within your reach....„ • Yet I cannot
withhold the utterances of a hope, that, it
may be your good fortune to usher { in that
new epoch, in oar - political development,
which, I:would fain believe, has at last, be
gun to dawn. . HENRY Id. Hort'. •
f, H. H. 4et;pL Williamsport, Pa., Says :
fe'l :have used Brown's Iron Bitters with
most happy results for dyspepsia." '_• *
°Melds P,unliked,
WriaA;fora - Pdiri, Jan: 6.-;--Ex County
CoannissioneriCorson and : Ebner ap
peared in /court, here to day . and were
sentenced/lryJudge Guminin. -Corson's
setae en . being a fine•of S3M and year
and nine: Itionths'imprintnent ir. _ the
Eru;tern` Penitentiary.: and Ebner'
being the, fine, with - ,one.. 'year - and
three inOntlia r imprisoninelit in the F.4s
tern Penitentiary. :Judge -Cummin in .
pronOmiciv sentence raid: i'Ameounty
officers YouNnere members of the old
Board oCounty CommiSsioner s and
iti.e
the Mere rs:,of that' board began ,to
steal as Soon, is . they went into office,
every
one of them, and if •yoUr cases
had•. come on and regularly tried it
would have been `a
-great pleasure for,
me. •to send. every member -of that
board to the," Penitentiary.
,for a long
terra of
,years." I,- r :-.
Thewri' sooers received their sentence.
boldirand without any - visible signs of
emotion. The Court House-was crow
ded while the sentence was - being pro f
nounced. Immediately aftei the last
words fell from „the •Judge's lips the
Sheriff.t3olt - them both
.into custody
and removed them to the County Jail,
where they will remain until taker; to
the •PenitentiOy, which will .be some
day during : the week. • McKinney
Smith, the ringleader of the board, is
still a fugitive - from justice, - no clue to
.his whereabouts having . , as - yet tian
discovered. - - 11'
GENERAL. GLEANINGS,
I-
The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce
cures "female weakness" and kindred af
fections. By Aruggists.
Senator , Brown says that his gift •to the
Georgia State Univeiiity of $50,000, which
was refused by the:Georgia Legislature be
cause too many provisions accompanied it,
probably will be offered fO a college in South
Carolina, his native State.
A flood Baptist clergyman of Bergen, N.
Y., a strong temperance malt, suffered with
kidney trouble, neuralgia, and dizziness al
•
mOst . to blindness, over two years after he
told•thet Hop Bitters would cure him,
because he, was' afraid of and . I prejudiced
against "Bitters." Since his cure he says
none, need fear but trust in Hop Diffec4.
General John Payne, of Warsaw; Ky., is
probably the oldest pensioner on -the United
StateS pension. rolls. He is 'eighty-seven
years old, - and:lias been drawing a.persion
for the loss of arm in the serVice, ever
since I.B"2oVer sixty Years: • ~.-1
cip.iiEN WICK, Feb.4l;
.1684 i
- 11 up Bitter;4'o.—Sm.s"--I was .gi;:en up
by the doctors to die of scrofula 'consump
tion. Two!boftles of your Bitteis-cured
me. "
Mr. H: 61,1 resident of Troy;
New York. has given $lO,OOO in cash to the
Hen Seeke- Polytechnic Institute. ..The
gift has been_ added to the endowment
fund.
•
It is impossible tollisguise the fact - that
the Vegetable Compound, prepared under
the personal di'rection of JM►s. Lydia E.
Pinkham, with the . supierior science and art
of ►uolern pharmacy, is the most successful
medicine for female debility, and
,diseases
hitherto known. •
The Grand Jury in New York Thursday,
found four indictments against . George J.
Rice, treasurci, of the Utica Ithaca and
Geneva litilroad, far forgery anti- obtain
ing money on forged bonds.
•
David W. Armstrong, Wriglifsville; Pa.,
says: "I have .tried Brown'i Iron Bitters
for sick headache with . great snecess." „
Professor A. S. Packard, of 'Bowdoin Col
lege, celebrated his. eighty-fourth birthday
at Portland a.fewdays ago. He hag been
at Bowdoin for sevetitY years, first as stu ff
dent, then as the professor of Greek.: 1'
• •
Hr. C. W. Benson's Celery and Chamo
mile Pills. -Are pr,epared: expressly to cure
and will;cure Headache of all kinds, Neu
ralgia, gervouSness and Dyspepsia. Pro
,ved and endorsed by physicians.
•
The Legislature of Tennessee Thursday,
adopted a resolution 'Suspending payment
of the January interest. on the State debt.
"D,. Bensons Skin Cure eradicated -my .
pimples. They used to break out contin
ually." Stee. T. Harrison, Rochester,
N. ° • Jlllm.
Despise not small 'things. That' slight
cold you think so little of may prove the
forerunner of a complaint that may land
you in the grave. Avoid this by taking
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, the best of known
remedies for 'colds, coughs, catarrhs.
- bronchitis, inciPient -consumption, and
other throat and lung "diseases. For sale
by Dr. 'H. C. Porter 4.5; Son, Towanda, Pa.,
Major General E. W. Hinks, . now a col
onel on the retiredl,l , i 4 st, _wrote to: general
Sherman seine tin* ago!stating certain ar
m i t
y business was a loose ends in Arizona.
After irivestigati g the matter General
Sherman found. that General Hinks, had.
made a mistake. The other day thelatter
received from the Acting Adjutant General
the following dote; \"1 am directed by the
General of the Army* inform you that he
is constrained .tonelvisW you to Mind your
awn business, and not meddle in the affairs
cf the lawful .ipilitary authorities of
. i
Arizona."
At e.lfed Time. .l -
Commander J. D. Coghlan U. S.; N.,
writes to us from.the Navy Yarif at 'limelsland, Cal.—An enforced resident o i f two
years in :California made me the subject of
most painful attacks of rheumatism. ! Conr
saltation upon my case by eminent ,Naval
and other surgeons failed to afford me the
slightest, relief. Dr. Hoylo recommended
to me St. Jacobs Oil, the result Of
the use of which was my co . eiipfete and iron
derfol fitre.—Washingtou (D. C.) Army &t .
Nary4legister. • •.' -
Mr. Thomas el•Sherrtan,- a son Or Gen
eral Sherman, isiaßcluian Catholic; and in
tends becoming a Jesuit ankia priestir4ln
it lecture before the students of LoYekiii Col
logo,. he defended "Tlie Inquisition," and
declared that its . existence%vas necessary to
prevent the spread.of. heretiCal'oPini4s:
• 7 _ 7
"Throe; Physic- to the Dogs. Ill . None Of O."
We do not feel like blaming Vacbeth for
this expreSsion of disgust. Even nowadays
most of the cathartics are great ~ repulsive
Pills, enough to !"turn one's stothach." 5 Had
Macbeth ever token Dr. Pierce's !!Purgative
Pellets". he would not have uttered those
wq'ds of contempt. , By druggists.
:tommissimier of Pensions Dudley has had
anothSr siegeiof sickness with his' wounded
leg. His t
nd was received during< the
war, and he has been a sufferer: from time
to time ever since. '.7:11e is at present very
much eniaciated; atO some days will elapse
before he canicandly enter upon-his official
suties.
•
The proprietors of Ely's Cream Balm :o
not claimit to be a cure-all, but a sure re
medy for Catarrh, Colds is the head and
May Fever. tßrice 50 emits.
Apply into nostrils with littlO finger.
Catarrh. For fifteen years I have bemi
greatly anneied with this disgusting dis
ease, which caused severe pain in iny head,
continual dropping into my throat and un
pleasant breath: My sense of smell was
• •
apiieb impairvd: fi . thorough use b.,riAx
liKinths of Ely'.e Cream Balm I. hav e , 14 4. 1;.
ly overcome them troultlipt. 3 It,
St. Denht Broothvny awl 114 . ; St
N. Y.
- 31 y son tried Ely's o'retun Palm
in the head, after using it tAtiffo b.•
-inure distress, or trouble - in
recommended., it alxive all r;tll,,r
remedies. C. 'C,, HAGENtirvit,',.l)rils.4.i,,,
liktbanoytitY, Pa. - • •
Mr. Oliver Wendell loknes, di ., ux).l his .
seat..upon the Rench orthe StiprOn,! ( orir ,
-of .31e,weekosetts on .Wednr%sdny , •f laq
• f 1.
week. .
TUWANDA
MISCELLANEOUS_ MARKETS_
• • _ . _
' 1 CiolTec tad every Wed titsday I .
. \.
it STEVENTT: LONG: • .
iienotsl Dealers-In G1R0.1111104 A'sl/. pit ) ;,r.c E,
• Come! of Main and Pine titreks.
1 . TOCIZANDA. PA. •-- •
El
Flour per barrel
Flour per sack
Buckwheat Flour, V 100.. 2CO
Corn Real
Chop *wed
Wheat, buebel
Rye,
Corn. '' • ....
Buckwheat,;"
Oat', •
Beans,, . 0 ..
Potatoes. ..
Apples Dried, ' lb
Peaches . 'I 'ir,
Raspberries Dried V lb..
Blackberries " do
Pork,? barrel
Hams, V 1b - •
Lard. "
Butter, in Tubs a 'Pi rkin s• ' 25(orvi
Butter. Lu Itolo, o .
Eggs •
Clover Seed 'fit bushel
Timothy seed t# bushel'.
Beeswax, lb'
Syracuse Salta barrol
Michigan Salt "
Ashton Salt ••
Onions. -# bushel
ICENSES —Notice
_
Lthat the tollowhig ipplicatiqns tn. i;,‘rir.
for Hotels, Eating Houses, antE3lsrelfsnt.
et', hive beeenAtlled in this otricP
presented-for allowance at the Court (.f
Hesston! on.uonday Febuary s,lPic.s. at.: y .1,
P. „
, . I.IOTELN. -
...
'S BL. Brown. 5 Towanda Boro. Ist WA rtj ,
Samuel Walbridge / do. d. _ Ist t,,,,r,..r,!. •,,
Henry (; race. do do. , .at' , .( a: i. •
Geo, Stimson, , Athens do. Ist wae 1 .
Chas, G. Snalth..-41ouroe do.
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Chas. H. Mcflonegal, Troy do. ..:.--
Geo. 11. Dewitt, (...nton &v.
James FiFpx, •• - do. .. do. ..
Ira H. Smith, 414 a . do.
U.. F. Pitts. Sylvan La. -. . 1 . - do.
Chas. E. Bartlett. Wesoz Twp. ..
Joseph ,Causer. Spring.tl Id 'DT!). .
Ettknts bond. ••CiYoliee-..•' .. ..riii - it - o l .:/ Tv p. -
Si. 4. Forest. Water Two., -.
Jno. ATlltqltgll. ''SaYie",Athens 'r-.vp, . '
1., MIMICELANT: nr.ALLI. , --.. -
Jno. Sit tray:, Towan( a Itoro_.l War .I i ' •
Ilichaeg,QulgleY. Athena; do.: Ist ‘l;ar.l •
LynclOind Scanliw. ••Sayre'Vi.tbens rasp.
Jno Crinaniskey, Athens Holt). is: Ward .
• r.n.tv.so .lion •-.
.. . !
. .
Fred I.4l3mitb, Towanda. Etc rO. let Wari. '
J. F. Carman, do do: - :Id Ward. -
Win Bolan, do.- do. - Ist Ward. L
Jam Nestor Jr., do. do. 2d Ward. .
James H. Vannest,'lfeßoy Two.
C. D. Holcomb. , .do. di., . ' .
c.o. O . Donnell,. Canton Boro. -
.
Jan."ll. 1e.....0. GEO. W. 8i...% - ertmiN, rite,
DEPORT Or i - CONDITION ( - 11 ,
Li the FIRST, NA7/014/Li: ICVSK
-the close , of bsiness.llucemtter
IM=I
Loans anal Discotiot*...'
D. S. Bondi and other wurities I t
Due from Banks and Ti - esturer C. - 5... I
Legal Tender'and National Bak Nutt
Gold and Silver
Sundry rash ...........
Real estate furnitiare and fixtures
Capital • -
Surplus Onnd . ): Undivided profits
Dividends unpaid.
Circulation.... .
Deposits
fiTATX:thr PENN'A.. COUNTY Or BiALDFOB.D...4
. . ,
I, N. N. , BETTS,.
CsAhter of the'liirst Nati ,, ml
Bank of Towanda, 'do loleinrity. swear ttiat tar
above tement iff - irue to the best of my iiiiols,--
edge belief. ' N. N. BETTS, • .I,st,lPr. '..
Subs, A bed and e .... ,orn before me this, I , :b ?ay
of .lan4, DM.' W. H. DODGE; Notary - l'ltul.c
- Cojeact—Attest:, • ~,
. .-.,.
- r•
c..z, JOSEPH POWELL. .ie.' 2 '
- - • C. L. TRACI%, D:rt.,:t.,:s
• .. GEO. STEVE:N. - ) '
DEPORT OP THE CONDITIoN
OF THE CITYZENS NATIONAL DANK oF
TowANDA, in the State o• Pennsylvania-at tht
elose of btuginess Decemoer 30, 1582.
•
I . IIESOCIICYS.
•
Loans and Diaeotuits......
United States Bonds and I
other securities,
Due from Banks and 1 ....
Treasurer U.S.
lleal estate Furniture k
and-fixtures. •
Premiums paid
Cheeks and other each items
Legal,Tenderic National Bank Notes t
Gold and Silver Coin A: each items j
E=
capttil Stock ....
gurplua A: profits....
Circulation.........
Dividends
Deposits
.
• • J
STATE 6F PENN'&., COUNTY 91 B11:11 , FORD. i.-:
I, GEORGE 111,BUCE. Cushier of the abov,
named bank, do solortmly swear thst th•; , sh'. ,
statement is true to the best of my hriss - lei.:,
and-belief. - GEO. ti' RUCK. castler.!.
Subscribed and sworn in bnfure In • thP4 14_1
day of January. 1 , A.:. 0. L. 11.1.VEICIA ' 5... tr .- -;
Public. ~
It
ConstacT—Attesj.:
. •
- W 34: 611711TCK.
'STAI , ILLY W. LITTLE . Dirit , etor,
. J.-111ES al. 'CFaRLANE. ' ' -
EVERY ° ONE SHOULD - Tin - IT
I=
W. B. TODD'S fit iVERNMEST
Wilt!ig Inks.
s.ILE Da - ,
STATIONERS .& DRUGGISTS
LINCOLN READS A POEM.
lionestiClid Abe Entertain. his
Cabinet with a
Now. gentlemen: you all have toor•
poetry in your sosils; listen to Ads,"
ham Lincoln; then President, rose fr,.:11
chair, in his office in the White House.
in trembling tones.. which Indicated hi , 411
profound appreciation of 0. W
'.•Last Leaf.' of .which the following are tc::
verses: 4`.
"They say that In his pritne:., -
Ere.the pruning knife pf time
Cut hint down:. .
Not a better Alan was-fon:us
By. the critte in his round
Throngh;4he,town.
Now the - moitiY marbly. rest --
On the lips that be Lad preeml
- In-their .
And the taws he loved t..) hear
bravo been arced for many' a yei
On thetornb.:'
Mr. Michael Guilfoyle:of lliug4ast , o• N
is not u old as the YellOrable DuSt"ll
whom this ...oet wrote with sucti tendvr
yet he , is more than three score and t< n.
the past eight Of those years." be writ •e. ••1 1,1 , e
been a 'perfect cripple !loin rheum :•••
bang about as best I could with n*
took Ponaaa's GINO= Tosit% and am tm
and itirtig as a gymnast. There-is no t , t , :
tlifeale left about ate.
Mr. IL W. Mosher, wholesale drtli:V: , .
Binghamton, writes Messrs. :flee":
New York—Proprietors of the Toni:
to Mr, Guilfoyle's declaration.
Havingall the properties of .I:ST pre_parst;
ginger, Parker's Ginger Tunic is a
infinitely greater range and pow.r. It
diseases arising from an Impure eat,. • t
i4ood . or Imperfect digestion Disp.y•ti
all its consequences), Motorist Fel l ' :%!"
Headache. , Nidney troubles, broncltitt P.
mon Coughs and Oolds,sQ7ah t its t• , : , !.
Prices, BO cents - and $1 a bottlei„ larg , •r 51; , '
the ic !raper. alecit•t%
PATENTS.
•
- - S. ASO FOREIGN.
Frank A. routs. Attorney-it -Law. Lock 1:1•%.
I
• %Vashington, D.C.
Sir Ten years' experience.
1 %Ike PO CILASOL for my 101•Vtei•A
patent be granted. Preliminary exal:/11.3t:eu Jo
the Patent ome.. as t • the paten •';
vention rail. Send• stltch - or w , :101
vice and a report will be made as to tdo rr"-'
bility of obtaining a patent.
Special attention given to -rejected
thane in the hands of a.thers. ' • ,
itzsicalcvcr.s :
S...Senst r trs : Geo. F. Ednitxds.
t' F-Oci S.
Vermont . David Davis and ties, Joan
Logan, of Illinois : Hon. Den'. 11. Ilili. ‘4l;;L'..
ilia; Hoa. L - C. Lamar.. - of .Nliss; 11 ' 1 '
Cullom. Oov. of Illinois: thellon. t-orn.P 4 P l, m''
of patents and Corp of Examiners and tie-F --
iirittor of this paper. • .
Writs for circular and instructions.
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