BUTLER CITIZEN.
JOHN H. 4 W. C. NEGLEY. PROP'RS
Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as
second-classs matter.
Republican State Nominations.
FOR JUDGE SUPREME COURT,
Hon. Henry Green,
OF SORTHAMITON COVSTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
Hon. John A. Lemon,
OF BLAIK CQfXTY.
THE State of Indiana has given a
majority of her district delegates to
Blaine.
SEVERAL communications and other
matters have necessarily been crowded
out this week.
PON'T forget to go and hear the
Readings of Mr. Neil Grey, in the
Opera House, to-morrow (Thursday)
evening.
IT is admitted that Blaine was
cheated in 1876 out of a nomiuation
which was his due. Shall this wrong
be repeated ?
ThE people are above conventions
and cannot be debarred the privilege of
revising their action and correcting
their blunders.
BLAINE divides New York with
Conkling, Pennsylvania with Cam
eron, Ohio with Sherman, but nobody
divides Maine with Blaine.
THE Democratic State Central Com
mittee of this State is called to meet
in Pittsburgh, on March 18th, to fix
the time for their State Convention.
RULES adopted by conventions to
force a unity which does n^ k exist
axnonsr the people, are, and ought to be,
odious, because intended to gag and
control those whose right it is to rule.
FOR what is a National Convention
called ? To register the edict of a peo
ple's will, or the orders of cliques of
politicians who may happen, by chi
canery, to be able to run the State
Conventions ?
IN New York three attempts were
made to strike out the names of dele
gates to Chicago chosen by the dele
gates from the Congressional districts,
but they were all defeated by the con
vention. The "machine" was not
strong enough to break down this val
uable principle.
THE Wilkesbarre Record thinks the
result of tbe New York Tribune's can
vass of Pennsylvania the "most signifi
cant development that has yet been
made of Mr. Blaine's overwhelming
popularity among the Republicans of
Pennsylvania." It adds that "such
unanimity cannot be ignored by the
leaders of any political organization
that hopes for a long and victorious ca
reer in the future, and they are blind
who attempt it." That is the right
way to put it.
ILLINOIS has been claimed by the
friends of Gen. Grant, but the friends
of Blaine had tbe triumph last week,
iu fixing the time for her State Con
veniton to suit themselves. The
Grant men wanted an early date and
the Blaine men a later one. The Con
vention will not he held until the mid
dle of May. We believe Grant is
about at the end of bis string with the
Conkling and Cameron expressions in
New York and Pennsylvania. He
cannot .possibly be nominated unless
he receives the votes of nearly all the
Southern States, and if he is thus nom
inated it will be by votes of States
that can not help to elect him in No
vember.
THE following resolution was unan
imously adopted by the Republicans
of Crawford county, at their recent
meeting protesting against the action
of the State Convention. Mr. liloss, of
Titusville, was one of the delegates to
that Convention and was instructed to
vote for Blaine, but forgot his instruc
tions when he got to Ilarrisburg and
voted for the other man (Grant). His
constituents, therefore, say of him as
follows:
Rettolved, That H. C. Bloss, Esq.,
the delegate to the recent State Con
vention at Ilarrisburg, by his failure to
obey the instructions of his constitu
ents, violated one of the fundamental
principles of a Republican or Repre
sentative form of Government and
thereby demonstrated his utter unfit
ness for any position of political re
sponsibility whatever, and we him hold
up to the opprobrium of the Republicans
of Crawford county.
WE have received a letter from the
Hon. Daniel Fiedler relative to the
comments we have felt it our duty to
make on the action of the delegates
from this county to the late Harrisburg
State Convention. As the Judge's
letter is respectful in tone and style,
and as we have the kindliest personal
feelings toward him, we will endeavor
to explain the matter more fully. Our
charge, and the charge of the Blaiue
Republicans of this county is, that our
delegates—Greer,M'Kee and the Judge
—did not fairly represent the couuty,
or carry out their positive instructions,
when they gave any vote in that Con
vention inconsistent with the interest
of Mr. Blaine for the Presidency. And
the specification is, that they, in caucus
on the evening before the Convention,
and in the Convention itself on the
next day, did vote for Hon. Russel Er
rett as the organizing Chairman of the
Convention, he being the man propos
ed by the Grant delegates and Grant
George V. Lnrave, fcopoyti by tjpo
friends of Mr. Blaine; and that in con
sequence of such votes the Convention
was converted from what was really a
Blaine one to a Grant one. Judge Fied- j
ler does not deny that he, with Greer
and M'Kee, gave such votes, but justi
fies himself as follows. We give his
own words, as we want to state the
case fairly. He says:
. "The fact is that at the general caucus
held on Tuesday evening he (Errett)
was chosen by a
Mr. Lawrence been chosen at this cau
cus in place of Mr. Errett, I am sure
you would have expected every mem
ber of the Convention to vote for him
the next day."
Now, just here is where the Judge
is mistaken. We would not have ex
pected any such thing a s we read t he pub
lished proceedings of that caucus.
What are the facts ? The Blaine men,
finding themselves betraved and de
ceived in the caucus by professed friends,
plainly made known their opinions and
feelings. They did not feel in honor
bound to respect it, as was plainly
manifested by them the next day in the
Couvention itself by nominating and
voting for Mr. Lawrence for Chairman,
and had all who should ba\e voted foi
him done so he would have been chosen
and a different character be~u given
to the Convention. No Blaine dele
gate, under the circumstances, should
have voted for a Grant organization of
the Convention. And while Judge
Fiedler did do so, yet no one who knows
him accuses him of an intentional vio
lation of his instructions. But the
case is believed to be quite different
with Mr. Greer and also, from circum
stances, with Mr. M'Kee. Mr. Greer
knew full well the whip that could lie
cracked over his head if he went to
that Convention. Yet he wanted to
go, and he and Mr. Robinson and their
friends wanted Mr. M'Kee along, who
was but a short time in the county, but
little known, and with no claims to
represent the county. But he was in
the Committee also, and was chosen
over the heads of old Republicans and
citizens of high character both politi
cally and personally. He seems to
have been thought safe, and so he
proved. Neither he nor Mr. Greer
gave a vote in Mr. Blaine s interest
except that they were compelled to
give by the letter of their instructions.
The spirit of them was violated from
the first. Mr. Greer bad a master in
Senator Cameron to whom he was un
der obligations greater than he seems
to have regarded the instructions of his
party in this county. He so expressed
himself in Harrisburg, as we are very
reliably informed, saying what the fa
vors received from the Senator were,
and that he could not antagonize his
interests. Being in that condition he
should have kept away from that Con
vention. Nothing justifies the viola
tion of instructions. So far as we are
concerned we could have overlooked
the manner of his selection, but when
we saw the Republicans of this county
betrayed, we felt it a duty we owed
them to speak out; and now, having
done that duty, we leave the matter
with them.
The Committee.
J. W. Cree, P. A. Laffer and J. J.
Henderson, Esqs., of Crawford county,
are the Committee of three appointed
by the recent meeting in that county
" to confer with the delegates (Messrs.
Robinson and Gordon,) appointed to
represent this Congressional district
in the National Republican Conven
tion, to ascertain whether they consid
er themselves bound by the instruc
tions of the State Convention, or wheth
er they will respect the preferencesof the
Republicans of this district and vote
for James G. Blaine." That Com
mittee, we presume, if it h.is notalready
done so, will take early action to carry
ont the object of our Crawford county
friends. It was a timely move and in
the proper direction and the responses
of the delegates should be obtained as
early as possible, so that the Republi
cans of the three counties may know
the same and whether any further ac
tion on their part is necessary in the
premises.
Court— Lefevre Case.
March Term of the Courts of this
county convened on Monday morning
last, Judge McJunkin and Associates
Storey ami Dodds upon the Bench.
The Constables elect were sworn in,
but their time for service will not com
mence until April Ist, as will be seen
by the late law wc give in another
place.
The Grand Jury was charged and is
now in session, the most important
case before it being that of the Com
monwealth against John Lefevre, who
is charged with the murder of his
wife. If a bill be found against him
we understand that both sides will be
ready for trial next week, and that a
trial will likely then take place. We
have made arrangements to give the
proceedings in this case In the CITIZEN
as fully as possible.
Norman Kirkland, Esq., of Winfield
township, was appointed foreman of
the Grand Jury,
The Plea of the Juciases.
The plea used by some of the dele
gates in the late Ilarrisburg State Con
vention is, that it was necessary, in ef
fect, to defeat Blaine in order that Cam
eron should be spared the apjtearai.ee of
defeat. The Senator had committed
himself to Grant, and in this State it
may truly be said he represented and
embodied the whole Grant element.
There were so many delegates in the
State Convention who were under obli
gations to Senator Cameron, for favors
received, that it was necessary for them
to vitiate- tUu spirit of their iastnjctioijs
Citiasjew ? HuJUUir, 3J*xr«l? 3, ISSO.
for Blaine, on all preliminary votes thev |
could give, and yet adhere to their in- j
structions when it came to the final vote
between Blaine and Grant. Or. in other
words, they were trying to serve two
masters—always a difficult task This, .
we think, was the unfortunate condition
of Mr. Greer, one of the delegates from
this county. The Eagle, of this place,
whose editor was present at Harrisburg
as an escort to our delegates, as usual,
justifies our delegates in their course
and votes in not antagonizing Sena
tor Cameron in any of his wishes, or
rather demands, upou them, although
the obeying such involved the disobey
ing the true intent and meaning o! their
instructions from home.
The Meadville Journal exposes the
absurd plea made by such delegates, in
the following manner:
" We have seen nothing tojustify the
assuuiptiou which some of the Judases
in the late State Convention offer as an
excuse for their conduct, namely, that
the anti-Graut movement was in point
of fact nn anti-Cameron movement.
There is no doubt but that, on account
of Senator Cameron's efforts to force an
endorsement of Gen. (traut upon the
Convention he aroused personal oppo
sition to himself. Ijecause it was believed
that he was exerting au undue influence
over the delegates who came in fresh
from the people, and who were supposed
to know the wishes of the people. No
bodv can deny that this was so, nor can
anybody deny that, but for such " influ
ence " Senator Blaine would have re
ceived the hearty endorsement of the
Convention. But had Senator Came
ron been indifferent to the result or had
he been on the other side of the ques
tion, it is preposterous to suppose that
a single Blaine delegate would have an
tagonized him. Senator Cameron was
"under the load'" simply liecause he
voluntarily chose to put himself there,
and to antagonize what he, as well as
his best friends knew to be pub
lic sentiment, and the "opposition"
manifested towards him, was not oppo
sition to him personally, but to hia po
sition and methods."
Indiana—Tho Right Way.
The Republicans of the State of In
diana last week expressed their pref
erence on the Presidential question
in the only true and right way. This
expression, as to districtde legates to
the National Convention, was by "the
Congressional districts, ' we are told.
She had no State Convention for that
purpose. The Republicans of the
counties composing a Congressional
district met by conferees, and made
known their preference among the Re
publican candidates for the next Presi
dency, and selected by districts the
district delegates to the National Con
vention. When this plan is adopted
by all the other States we will have
arrived at the right doctrine and the
true intent of representation in Na
tional Conventions. Indiana will also
have a State Convention, of course,
and some time soon, but only for the
purpose of selecting the four delegates
at large and the formation of an elec
toral ticket for the sitate. The result
in ludiana shows Mr. Blaine to bo her
choice for the next Presidency. This
would have the result in Penn
sylvania if a similar course had been
pursued. Blaine will divide with
Sherman the vote of Ohio, and we Ixi
lieve will in time carry every •Western
State.
Districts Cannot Bo Gagged.
This, from the New York Tribune,
flu Pennsylvania's case precisely as
well as it does New York. We com
mend it to the Republicans who favor
Qen. Grant's candidacy :
There is not the least doubt—in
fact there has at no time l>een any
doubt—that the friends of Mr. Conk
ling will control the Convention to
morrow at Utica. There is no doubt
either, we suppose, that they have all
along been fully resolved to exert their
utmost power to secure the nomination
of Gen. Grant.
To this no exception can be taken.
It is their right. We think them
gravely mistaken in policy ; but there
are more members of the Convention
of their way of thinking than of ours ;
and where two ride a horse, oue must
ride behind.
But it is not their right to destroy the
representative character of the district
delegations, and they cannot attempt it
without invitiug disaster. Several of
the Congressional districts are for
Blaine, and will choose Blaine dele,
pates to Chicago. The Utica Conven
tion cannot compel those delegates to
vote against the known will of their
constituents. It ha» no such power.
It is coutrary to tho whole theory of
representative conventions to giant
such a power. The call for the Chicago
Convention cannot be construed to
permit the exercise of such a power.
No wise politicians, at all familiar
with the popular temper of this State,
will dream that an attempt to use
such a power now can fail to be perilous.
The Utica assemblage may fairly in
struct the State delegates to vote as its
majority may decide. It cannot forbid
the district delegates to vote as the
distriet majorities have decided, for its j
duty is to give voice to the wishes of
the people—not to stifle that voice.
The ivai/ to ruin their candidate at
the jxjlh is to show that they tried to
prevent over one-third the voters of
their party from being heard in the
Convention that selected them.
In Pennsylvania the attempt was
made to prevent nine-leniha of tJje
voters of the party from being heard in
the Convention that is to name the
candidate they are to help elect by
their votes.
Mass Temper an oe Meeting.
A mass temperance meeting was
held in the Court House on last Mon
day evening, at which Rev. Wylie
presided, and addresses made by Revs.
Ferguson, Stauffer and others. Tho
object of the meeting was more par
ticularly with reference to the numer
ous applications now before the Court
for tavern and restaurant licenses in
this place. A petition, we understand,
was numerously sigued to be presented
to tbe Court oa tbe subject
Admitted.
A. Murray Cornelius, John K. Kel
ley and James M. Denny, Esqs.,
were, on Tuesday morning last, ad
mitted to the practice of the law in the
several Courts of this county. We
understand they all passed creditable
examinations as students.
THE stockholders of the Lawrence
Coal, Iron and Ore Association, com
posed of Thomas A. Scott, Thomas ]
11. Wells, C. D. Arms, the Messrs.
Wick, the Coleman heir- 1 and others,
own 28.000 acres of uudevelopeu
lands in Butler and Lawrence coun
ties. extending from Butler to the Slip
peryroek regions. At a recent meet
ing of the Association a committee was
appointed to make arrangements for
the disposal of these lands.
This is the company, we believe, in
which our friend Robert Allen, of
Franklin township, has a good interest.
We hope he may yet realize largely
out of these 'eases.
Utica Convention.
[New York Tribune.]
The Bepublicans of New-York may
be congratulated upon the absence uf
brow-lieating and ill temper, and upon
the general disposition toward harmony
which prevailed in the State Conven
tion yesterday. There was a sharp dif
ference of opinion a* to the wisdom of
endorsing the candidacy of General
Grant, which found free expression in
the debate, and divided the body into
two sections of nearly equal strength,
but this differenee produced no hostile
feeling. and no wounds were iuflict<-d in
the debate which will rankle in the ap
' proaching campaign. There seemed to
be an undercurrent of conviction run
ning throughout the proceedings that
the old factional fights of former years
should be buried and forgotten, in view
of the paramount necessity for good
will and earnest devotion to the Re
publican cause on the part of all ele
ments of the party in this momentous
Presidential vear.
The advocates of the third-term pro
ject controlled the Convention. Every
body knew that this would be the case
when it was called at so early a date.
Their majority in the body was much
smaller than tfiey expected, however —
so small, in fact, that they felt obliged
as prudent politicans. to seek to accom
plish by indirection what they had per
haps purposed to do boldly and with a
strong hand. They refrained from in
structing the delegates to Chicago to
vote for Grant; they refrained from
adopting the unit rule ; they did not
copy the Pennsylvania plan of overrid
ing the wishes of the Congressional
districts, and forcing upon them dele
gates selected to misrepresent their
views. Perhaps they knew that they
could not violate the settled practice of
New-York Conventions and the terms
of the call for the National Convention
without arousing such a spirit of antag
ouism as would endanger the success of
the Chicago nominee. However this
may lie, Mr. Conkling and his associ
ates in this third-term business netod
with fairness and courtesy toward the
minority in the steps taken in making
up the Chicago delegation. Nor can
any complaint lie made of the resolution
expressing their preference for General
Grant and pledging New York to sup
port him, as far as it affects the dele
gates at large. The resolution is objec
tionabhi because it has the color if not
the form of positive instructions, and
seeks to do what the Convention hail no
right to do—compel a portion-of the
district delegates to vote at Chicago
against their consciences and against
the known wishes of their constituents.
It was the right of the majority to in
struct the delegates at large or to plixigu
their vote, which amounts to the same
thing. But here the power of the Con
vention stopped.
The efforts of the Grant managers did
not stop, however. They sought to
make the delegates from anti-Grant dis
tricts believe they are in honor bound
to accept the pledge as applying to i hum
as well as to the delegates at large.
Some of these delegates are reported to
have made the mistake of giving in their
submission to this interpretation of the
resolution. If they have really done so
they had better correct their error at
onee, Xo man chosen (u represent a
Blaine district at Chicago can vole for
Grant and plead tin- Convention's reso
lution in justification of his course, un
less the nomination of Grant should be
a foregone conclusion. In case of a con
test, a delegate who disobeys the in
struction- of his district will have a
reckoning to »ettle with Lis constituents,
and will find himself instantly retired
by them from public life.
It will not do to argue that four years
ago the entire New-York delegation
with the exception of one man accepted
the request of the Convention as equiv
alent to instructions and voted for Ros
coe Conkling at Cincinnati Then- U
no parallel between the two cases. Mr.
Conkling was distinctively the New-
York candidate, and the delegates nat
urally felt bound by their respect for
their State to stand by him. There
no qnt-iftion of prineiple at issue
then; it was simply a choice between
three or four men. Now the question
is not one of personal preference or State j
pride at all. It is whether the tradition ;
of two Presidential terms and no more,
which goes back to the Ihe foundation
of the Government, shall be violated.
Certain districts in the State are oppos
ed to departing from this unwritten law
which has heretofore been respected by
all parties. They have chosen delegates
to Chicago to represent their views. A
Hindi majority of the State Convention
disagreed with then), but that is of no
account. The delegates are bound by
all considerations of political honor to
vote at Chicago as the constituents who
chose them expect them to vote, and
they w ill be held closely to their duty.
The Utica Convention will be certain
Jo have the effect of making the discus
sion of the Presidential, which began in
earnest among the masses of the Repub
lican party after the snap-judgment in
Pennsylvania, more vigorous and excit
ing. It is a good time, therefore, to put
in a plea for moderation and good tem
per. Let everybody express his mind
on the subject as freely and forcibly as
he pleases. The Republican party is a
party of ideas, and is never harmed by
the fullest discussion of principles or
candidates. But let every Republican
push his end of the argument with good
nature, au4 with entire confidence that
the Chicago nomination is goingto rep
resent the clearly expressed wish of the
majority of the party, and that the nom
inee is going to be elected.
GEN. BUTLER is after the Standard
Oil Oouipwy wKb • sbwp eticte
Tha Voice of the People.
[Cleveland Herald.]
The New York Convention was in
charge of Roscoe Conkling, Gov. Cor
nell. Gen. Chester A. Arthur, and Ed
wards Pierreponi. Under the lead of j
such eminent politicians and wire pull
ers. there was hut little difficulty in se
curing by party machinery a majority
of delegates to the Convention in favor
of Gen. Grant. If any fact is perfectly
well known, it is that a majority of the
State of New York do not desire the re
nomination of Gen. Grant. But the
greatest leaders of the party of the
State determined in his favor, and the
work of securing delegates lor his sup
port was easily accomplished. Had
Conkling, Cornell, Arthur, and Pierre
pont desired tbe nomination of Blaine,
or Sherman, tbey could have carried
the Convention by an overwhelming
vote.
That these gentlemen should favor
Gen. Grant is quite natural. They are
bound to him by ties of gratitude and
personal obligation. It was Grant who
tendered to Mr. Conkling the place of
Chief Justice of the United States. It
was Grant who made Gov. Cornell
Surveyor, and Gen. Arthur Collector
of the Port of New York. It was Grant
who made Judge Pierrepont U. S. Dis
trict Attorney. Minister to Russia, At
torney General of the United States,
and Minister to England. It was Grant
who made Don Cameron Secretary of
War, and all of these prominent per
sons are still ambitious for power and
future patronage. Everybody knows
that if Conkling and Cameron bad
been opposed to the renomination of
Gen. Grant he would not have been
thought of for a moment as a candidate.
It is their will that has dictated the re
sult in Pennsylvania and New York,
and not any belief on the part of the
people that the renominntion of Gen.
Grant for a third term was wise or ju
dicious.
If a few prominent men can control
great States, and use them Xg advance
the interest of any man they sec fit to
select for the Presidency, if the real
wishes of the jieople are to be ignored
or a large minority arc by party tactics
and party machinery left without rep
resentation or voice in nominating a
President of the United States, we
might as well dispense with a Conven
tion altogether. A few gentlemen can
arrange the whole matter at Washing
ton, notify the country of their inten
tions, and let the people keep step to
the music carefully prepared for the oc
casion. The programme of Mr. Came
ron is spread out fairly before the
country, lie was to take care of Penn
sylvania, Conkling was to answer for
New York. Logan is to take charge of
Illinois, antl then a mob of delegates
from Southern States, that in no con
tingency will cast a Republican vote,
are relied upon to do tbe rest of the
work. In this way the wishes of the
people are to be fully carried out, the
right to select a President left free and
unrestricted, a most profound respect
is thus paid to public opinion, and in
this artless and simple manner, the
wishes of the majority are made known
and the views of the minority treated
with the tenderost consideration
Every County for Blaine.
[Philadelphia Press.]
From all the indications of public
sentiment which can be gathered from
newspapers, from votes of Republicans
at their recent primaries and from pri
vate sources, it is, we believe, within
the bounds of truth to state that there
is not a single county in Pennsylvania
a large majority of the votes of which
are not in favor of the nomination of
James G. Blaine, of Maine, for Presi
dent. There has rarely been such
unanimity and every day adds to its
strength. Notwithstanding this, it is
true that as a r«sult of the action of
the Harrisburg Convention, ihe Penn
sylvania delegates to Chicago are in
structed to vote for another person
whose nomination the majority of the
Republicans of not one county can be
assumed to desire. There are many
indications that the people will not
rest till tjjese delegate* are giyen the
opportunity of choosing which instruc
tions they will follow, those of their
own districts or those of the Conven
tion.
The Chicago Convention.
The National Republican Conven
tion wiH be composed of 74*> delegates,
apportioned to states and Territories
j as follows :'
! Alabama 20] New .1 erscy 1 15
! Arkansas 12 New York.... To
| California 12 North Carolina 20
| Colorado iJjOhio 44
j Connecticut 12; Oregon t>
! Delaware '• Pennsylvania 58
j Florida S .Khofjc Islfind...B
I Georgia ..,,.22 South Carolina 14
j Illinois 42' Tennessee 24
Indiana flnTexp* l'i
I lowa 22. Vermont 10
| Kansas 10; Virginia 22
> Kentucky 21 West Virginia 10
' Louisiana l'i Wisconsin 20
| Maine 14' Dirt. Columbia 2
I Man kind It; Arizona 1
I Massadusetts 20 Dakota 1
( Michigan 22 Idaho 1
Mii.net-.lu ~l" Montana . 1
I Mississippi l'i New Mexico 1
Missouri '<o t'tah 1
Nebraska Washington 1
Nevada '< Wyoming 1
! New Hampshire 10
THE "National Blaine Club," a pub
lication in Washington, states that it
has assurances that more than twenty
of the district delegates to Chicago from
Pennsylvania will vote for Mr. Blaine
on the first ballot, and that thereafter
they will be joined by many others.
This revolt i=> evidently attracting at
tention at Washington. It is stated in
several newspapers that a "confidential
agent" of the Graut men is now in
Pennsylvania armed with full authority
to stay the revolt—if he can find out j
how to do it. If he will make Ihe j
Press his organ of communication with
the people, we will be pleased to record
his experience. He'd better not aggra
vate the -kickers," as they might harm
him. And yet we doubt whether "lick
line:" them will answer the purpose.
The case appears to be desperate. The
people are an unmanageable element
when roused, and this appears to be
tijeir present condition. — Press.
SENATOR William Elliott, who is a
Republican delegate to Chicago from
the First Pennsylvania District, de
clares publiclv and emphatically that
he is against Grant. "I will vote
against Grant." he says to a reporter
of the Philadelphia Record, "if 1 am
the only mau in the Pennsylvania del
egation and the only man in the Con
vention to do so. I think wbeu the
time comes there will be a very serious
defection in the ranks of the delegation.
There has been no concerted action
among the delegates who are opposed
to a third term, but my own opinion,
based upon previous action, ie the
best guide, coupled with apparent dia
ewitffevtvofc wfewi exist? VKrtr."
Utica Convention—Prees Opinions.
The New York Herald .says : "Th»-;
Conkling --tar is in the ascendant, i
but if chines with fadod lu-tro. The :
Senator suweded in controling the Con
vention, but by a mud) narrower ma
jority than his supporters exported and
his opponents conceded. The resistance i
to the third term has proved altogether .
stronger than anybody dared to hop*- or j
ventured to predict 24 hours ago. On |
the exciting question which ha? been j
the hinge ot the controversy—theques- j
tion which ha- caused all the >tir of po- j
litical activity in the Assembly distrietn
during the choice of delegates, the ques
tion that was deemed paramount to ev
ery other in the estimation of lioth the
Republican factions and of all outsiders
—on this central question, which dwarf
ed and eclipsed every other, Mr. Conk
ling and his powerful machine has had
a narrow escape from defeat. The pros
peet looks hopeful for a rapid subsidence
of the third term boom, and the with
drawal of the ex-Presidcat licforc the
National Convention meets."
The Tribune, remarks: ' The advo
cates of the third term project controlled
the Utica Convention. Everybody
knew that tiii- would IN- the case when
it was called for so early a date Their
majority in the body was much smaller
than they exjiected. however—so small,
in fact, that they felt obliged, as pru
dent politicians, to seek to accomplish
by indirection what they had. perhaps,
proposed to do boldly and with a strong
hand. Mr. Conkling and his associates
in this third term business acted with
fairness and courtesy toward the minor
ity in the steps taken in making up the
Chicago delegation. Nor can any com
plaint be made of their resolution ex
pressing their preference for General
Grant, and pledging New York to sup
}K»rt him, as far as it affects the delegates
at large. The resolution i< objectiona
ble lx-cause it has the color, if not the
form, of positive instructions, and seeks
to do what the t "onvention had no right
to do—compel a portion of the district
delegates to voteat Chicago against their
consciences and against the known wish
es of their constituents."
THF. Buffalo Ejpre**>. which is a vig
orous advocate of Grant's nomination,
protests against reaching that result at
the sacrifice of " absolute fairness and
freedom in the party's elections," but if
the E.rprexs was published in Pennsyl
vania in the interest of Grant's nomina
tion it would be compelled to justify re
fusals to permit the party to have any
election at all on the subject. The re
sult in the Pennsylvania Convention
was controlled by the delegations from
Allegheny, Dauphin and Lancaster,
w hor-e County Committees deliberately
and purposely refused to permit a pop
ular expression on the Presidency. The
outrage was an unspeakable one, but it
marks the tactics by which this State
was dragooned into the proclamation of
a gigantic fraud at Harrisburg.
The E.rj>ren>> winds up its homily in
opposition to "snap caucuses," and oth
er contrivances for cheating the people,
with the remark:
Tliev arc not tlio true friends of Gen. Grant,
nor >ho l.ont ui is behalf. wbo endea
vor to prevent & fall SJid fair expression of the
opposition to his nomination.
If this be true, Grant cannot have any
"true friends" among the political work
ers in Pennsylvania, for their great ef
fort was from the beginning to prevent
" a full and fair expression of the oppo
sition to his nomination." Had such
an "expression" been permitted, the
"third-term" sche'.no WuuM have per
ished on the 4th of February at Harris
burg. It was only saved by unheard-of
efforts and by means which w ill not ln-ar
the light. The Ejcpren* further says of
General Grant:
He wants uo vote in the Convention unless
tliev fairly represent the Itepiib'icsii sentiment
of their respective distn-ts.
If this rule !>u fairly applied he will
gid no \utes from the Pennsylvania
delegation, for there i~ not a district or
a county or a township in the entire
State in which a majority of the Re
publican voters are u<»t opposed to his
nomination as inexpedient and as un
wise, and this, not i* cause of hostility
to (it ricrul Ui'-aiit, but because of general
considerations which are deep-seated in
the popular heart and which the people
are unwilling to give up.— Phil. Prt>.<j.
Important Supremo Court Deoision.
The .Supreme Court, sitting in Phil,
adelpbi!*, recently, rendered a decision
id the appeal of I)r. Packard's heirs
from the Orphans' Court of Mercer
county. The Orphans' Court decided
that a relative, by being adopted, does
not escape the payment of the collat
eral inheritance tax. The Supreme
Court sustains the decree of the lower
court, and says the intention of the act
relating to adoption was never in
tended to deprive the rommonwealth
of its five per cent, tax: at least it
ought not to l>e taken away without
express words.
A Good Account.
"To sum it up, sis long years of
bed-ridden sickness and suffering, cost
ing S2OO per year, total $1,200 —all of
which was stopped by three bottles of
Hop Bitters taken by my wife, who
has done her own housework for a
year since without the loss of a day, |
and I want everybody to know it fo<-
their benefit. JOHN WEEKS,
Rutler, N. Y."
Riifler Market*.
BrTTER—Good 25 cents "P lb.
BACON- -Plain sugar cured hams It ats. i? th;
shoulders, 8 : sides. 8
BEANS —White. sl©l 98 V bush.
CHICKEKS— 2S to 90 cte. per pair.
CHEESK — 18 CtS V to.
COKN MEAL— '2 cts. ? th.
CALK BKIXS— 9OE<G>SI V LB-
Eo«s—ls etß V ('o/.en
FLOUR —W r ho*t. V !>bl, sack
buckwheat. f2.50 V cwt.
Ghux—Oate,33 cts i» buahel: com 15 ; wheat
sl. 5 ; rye 75 cent* : buokwheat, 60.
HONMY— 'JO otu. V
LAnD—7c > lb. Tallow, ««7.
MoLASsEs--50(ij-0()c V gallon. Syrap, 50£60 c.
Osvisk— st V bush
POTATOKS —40c. ¥ bushel.
RCOAB— Yellow white 94 10 c. V lb.
KAI.T— So. 1. >1.85 V harrel.
CANCER.
This disease like many others is regarded
as incurable. It is not so. If it is taken in
time it is as casilv cured as a wart or a corn.
We know very well that it is a fearful disease
and will cat away until It destroys life, that
is if it is neglected, hat if it is attended to
when it first raskes its appearance, or soon
alter, there is no trouble in eradicating it
front the system. Persons will have to be here
during part of the treatment, consequently
there is no use writing to me for information
whether it can ►«! cured without my seeing the
case. I also trent with success, Rupture, Piles,
Fistula, fleers, I'loerated leifs, Varicusu \ei|is,
Varicocele Tumors, llvdrooele, and every lorm
of Skin Disease.
Or. Keyser, 240 Penn Avenue,
Opposite Christ's Church, Pittsburgh, Pa-
A Card,
To all who am suffering from the errors and
indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, ear!y
decay, loss of manhood, Ac., I will send a
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE.
This trreal remedy was discovered bv a missiou
arv in South Afriea. Send a self-addressed
envelope to the REV. JO6KPH 1N1U.5, StuUon
V. Stvf Ofty.
Established in 1830.
Hats. Caps & Straw Goods.
• IIARTEV COLBERT
TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO HIS FRIENDS AND PA
TRONS THAT HE IS NOW OPENING
THE FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK
OF GOODS EVER OFFERED.
NII.K, FCH, WOOL AMD CI.OTII
HATS A.ISTD CAPS
FOR MEN, YOUTHS, BOYS AND CHILDREN,
AND WILT, BE HOLD AT LOWEST POBBIBLE PRICFB
EVERY NOVELTY OF THE SEASON" WILL BE INTRODUCED
AS SOON AS THEY APPEAR IN THE EAST.
WE ALSO KKEP A FULL STOCK OF
Goods.
i
:3f~THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC SOLICITED.^^
REMEMBER THE PLACE:
8 Doors North of Berg & Co/s Bank.
To the Ladies & Gentlemen:
Prof.
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A POSITIVE AND PERMANENT CUBE GUARANTEED
In a!! eAS.IP of Gravel, Diarfter. Dropsy. Br.ir.n's Disease or nni Kton-ets. Iscosttnevce avt>
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bundled* of testimonial.* of cures by tliis I'ad when all else had fulled.
LADIES. if you are suffering from Female Weakness. Leiicorrhoea. or diseases peculiar to fe
males. or in 'act any diseases of the Kid' cvs, Bladder or Urinary Organs ask yonr dni 'gist for
Prof. GI'ILMETTF.'S FRENCH KIDNEY "PAD, am> takf no otueb. If he has not got it send
#2 and you will receive the Pad by retain mail. Address U. 8. Branch,
FRENCH i'AD CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Prof. Guilniette's French Liver Pad
Will positively cure Fever and Ague, Dumb A true. Ague Cake. Billions Fever, Janudice. Dyspep
sia and all diseases of the Liver. Stomach and Blood. The pa.l cures by absorption, and m per
manent. Ask yonr druggist foi this pad and take no other. If he does not keen it send ?1.50 to
the FRENCH PAD CO , (.U S. Branch) TOLEDO, OHIO, and receive it by return mail.
J. II F.XDFKIHOV A' Ul*«..
marS-6m Wholesale Druggists, Pittsburgh. General Agents.
'XKW
BOOT! SHOE STORE,
UNION BLOCK,
Main Street, - - - - Butler, Pa.
Ruff
Has received his entire stock of Fall and Winter
BOOTS and SHOES.
As I have an unusually larg. and attractive stock of BOOTS & SHOES
just opening, embracing all the newest styles, I invite the attention and close
scrutiny of buyers.
Men's Kip and Calf Boots very cheap. Ladies', Misses' and Children's
Button, Polish aud Side Lace Boots in endless variety, and at bottom prices.
Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock.
Parties wanting BOOTS & SHOES made to order can do no bettor than
by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ.
I also keep a large stock of LEATHER and FINDINGS.
£jgf~Al] goods warranted as represented. AI im R1 5'F,
MA»B»A€H».
YOING—FAIR—Feb, J4. KvO. at the Pres
byterian Parsonage, Bntier, bv Rev. V. T.
\\ vlit-, Mr. Alexander L. Young, of Fairview,
and Miss Martha J. Fair, of Kavlor City.
lIEATHW.
SNYDF.R—Feb. 17, I s *O, of diphtheria,
William John, soikof i'hilipand Eliza Snyder,
aired 1 years, 8 months and 13 days.
\»*h Advertisements.
Fairview Academy.
This institution, with Rev. H. D- DarbaLer a*
Principal. will open its Summer session April
Jst. A new feature of this school which will at
oi:ce commend itself ti> pub'.ic favor, will be to
TRAIN STUDENTS FOR TEACHING BV AC
TUAI. EXPEDIENCE. Yonng persona in. end
ing to teach should avail themselves of this
advantage msi3-3t
LATtfD FOR iiALE
—AND—
William S. Ikiyd has 320 acres of No. 1 Prairie
Land in Puller couutv, Kansas, which h*t will
exchange for 100 acres in this county, ui pay
difference if any-
A large number of CHEAP FARMS fo*- sale
in this county. West Virginia, Missouri and Kan
sas. Applv to WM. S. BOYD,
marJ-2m Vogeley House. Butler, Pa.
Admiiiintmlortt* Sotkc.
Notice is hereby given that letters of admin
istration have been granted to the unders gned
on the estate of Henry Smith, deceased,
late of Buffalo township. Butler county. Ta.
All parsons, therefore, knowing themselves m
debtel to Haul estate, will please make imojedi- ;
ate payment, and any having claims again- the
same will present them, duly authenticated, to
the undersigned for settlement
SAMUEL SHEARER. <
MARGARET X. SMITH, { A ' ,m '
mat.l-41 Sarvenjvillc P. 0., Butlbr Co.. Pa
Annual Financial Statement
Receipts and Expenditures of BKADY SCHOOL
DISTRICT, Butler county. Pa., for the year
ending June Ist, 1879.
BKC FIFTH.
Gross amount tax duplicate for sohool
purposes i 907 96
Exonerations ..i 12 26
Outstanding tax 132 11— 114 37
Total tax receipts % 761 59
Cash from ex-Tieasurer VI 33
Btate Appropriation 179 13
Cash itoiu ex-Collector 1-5 00
From other sources 29 00
Total receipts 11.147 05
KJErKJiPITtntF-S.
Paid teachers' salaries %9>4 35
•' fuel 71 47
" repairs 6 56
" Secretary's salary ... .. 1500
" Treasurer »nd Collector. 64 38
" nii.-cel.aaxiUß expenses. 6 50— 1,093 14
Balance in Trea-tiry * 54 01 :
SOLOMON FISHER, Prut. |
Attest —Jos!\n M. Thomihon.
Ooncei*t.
There will be a Concert at Groat I'«•' on the
night of March 12th. liev. John 1 inks will
take the leading part. A train will leave Butler
that evening at 7 o'clock, and ret tit titer the
' Conecrt Come and have a good time.
msr3-2t CO M M FT TEE.
FORHK\r.
Three acres of ground, larre hor- j u:d store
room, with outbuildings. good water a - ue door,
and good yonng orchard. I« six n s from
Butler; and' a good location for a country store.
Will give possession immediately. li"i ire at
crnziN OFFICE.
mar3tf Butler. Pa.
Sale of Livsry Stcsk.
David Cnppe. Esq.. who owns the largrf T.iverv
Stable on Cunningham street, this boioigh, has
conclu- ed to go to Colorado or some other sec
tion i f the West in the Spring, and therefore
will dispose of his enti.e Livery Stock the sale
to commence on
MONDAY, MARCH 8. 1880.
at 10 o'clock. A. M., and to continue until all is
sold. This is a rare chance fur bargains, as the
Horses, Buggies, Carriage*, -Wagon*. Robes,
Ac., are all in good condition. The Horses are
of that age which renders them serviceable for
driving or other employment, whi < the vehicles
have been fcept ia constaut good re; air, not
painted up for the occasion. AM this will be one
of the largest sales of Livery Stock that ever
took place in Butler, our readers are invited to
give it (heir attention, and if any of them wish
to make a purchase they should em I '' are the
opportunity. uiar3-lt
Life Insurance Agents
WANTED!
A ti rut-clans Life Insurance Company in New
York wants SPECIAL, GENERAL and LOCAL
AGENTS, in unoccupied feritory in tie State
of Penusytvaiiia. Address Mavaoi.u or Aot.y
cias. Box" 100, New Yobk Postofti k. f f2s—it
LOKr.
In the borough of Butler, on Monday last,
21rd iiibt., A ItOLL OF BILLS, amour ting to
♦SO. After coiniDg to town I was Br-.t at the
Trout man store, then at Heck A Pat* eraon s,
then at the Miller grocery, then at the Wick
House, and theu at the office of Chas. lcOaud
less, Esq.. whero I first missed the won »y.
Any person finding ani returning tin- money
to me. or leaving it at the Citizkn oft' will be
liberally rewarded. A. O. SIVW Mtf,
feb2s-.lt Wbitestowu, Butler ( ,la. -
■ Woodlawn A:ad:ny,
Situated 20 Miles from Pittsbur h, on the
Ohio River and P. & L. E. R R.
SPRING TERM OPENS MARCH 29: <t, 1890.
ACADEMICAL INSTRUCTION EQUAL
TO THE BEST-
Ewy means have been used to procure flrat
elasa Normal Instruction Free Lect-t: will be
delivered to the school on the theory and prac
tice of teaohing, by prominent Educatora.—
• Vocal Music and Elocution without ex ra charge.
Boarding anil rooms re*s .able
For circular address the Principal,
Rev P J. CUMMINQB,
fefcWHt VPoodlawp, Dwvr Co., Pa.