' BITLER riTIZISN
IOHN H. A~W. 0. NE.6LE.Y, PROP'RS.
Entered at the Po*toffice at Butler as
second-clam* matter.
Bepublican State Nominations.
FOR JUDGE SUPREME COURT,
Hon. Henry Green,
|OF JFORTHAMPTON OOCKTT.
FOR AFDITOK GENERAL,
Hon. John -A-. Lemon,
OF BLAIB COFSTV.
WE notice by our exchanges that
Republican announcements of candi
dates are being made in neighboring
counties. _ _
NEWTON BLACK, Esq., has removed
his law office from the National Hank
building to the Diamond, south side of
Court House and near CITIZEN office.
THE Penn Gold and Silver Mining
Co., of this place, have an attractive
Mgn up and appear to be doing a good
business in the office of AN illiam« Ac
Mitchell, Esqs., near CITIZEN office.
THE Democratic State Committee
met at Pittsburgh on Thursday week
last and fixed upon Harrisburg as the
place, and Wednesday, April 28th, as
the time for holding the Democratic
State Convention.
THE Blaine men at Washington,
estimate the strength of the several
candidates for the Republican nomina
tion for President on the first ballot,
as follows: Blaine, 359; Grant, 201;
Sherman, 143; Edmunds, 23.
EX-GOVERNOR JOHN M. PALMER of 11-
linois has announced himself as a Dem
ocratic candidate for the Presidency.
He was elected Governor of Illinois as
a Republican in 1868, in 1812 he be
came a Liberal and went off with the
Greeley crowd, and from them gravi
tated into the Democratic party, where
he now figures as an ultra States rights
man.
IF the President and the Senate do
not soon agree on the matter of the
appointment and confirmation of Cen
sus Supervisors, there is likely to be
no enumeration in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois and several other States.
The Democratic Senate is trying to
force the President into nominating a
centain number of its partisans, and
such men only as they dictate.
ALL the effort before the Pardon
Board at Harrisburg, last Saturday,
seems to have been to save Mr. Keni
ble, one of the defendants. Many let
ters were written and speeches made
for him, aDd but very few for Mr.
Rumberger and the other defendants.
They were perhaps of less political
account. But this shows a wrong sen
timent. One man is as good as an
other before the law, or should be.
THE confirmation of certain Census
Supervisors for this State still hangs
fire in the Senate, which has the effect
of delaying the appointment of enu
merators in the districts already pro
vided with Supervisors. The hitch is
understood to be a political one as be
tween the two Pennsylvania Senators,
and is heaviest in the Lancaster and
Philadelphia districts. The latest from
Lancaster is that the name of Mr.
Bnowden has been forwarded, as a
compromise for that Supervisorship, in
order that the list for the State may In
completed at the earliest possible mo
ment.
* No Opinion.
The Eagle , of this place, has not had
a word to say, so far, as to the bribery
caaes at Harrisburg or the attempted
pardon of the convicted parties. Why
is this ? Has it no information for its
readers on that subject? Nothing to
say in behalf of the honor and interest
of the Republican party of this State ?
Speak out, Thomas, now—the case is
over.
In a Dilemma.
Although the committee of the Craw
ford county Republicans has addressed
Mr. Robinson for his views and inten
tions as a delegate to the Chicago Con
vention, yet no answer appears from
him to the present time. We learn
that he has been wrestling violently
with the problem contained in the let- :
ter addressed him, and doubts, hesi
tates and wavers as to the kind of an
answer he should make. The matter
worries him, and, knowing the embar
rassing position he is in, we deeply
sympathize with him in his dilemma. 1
As to voting, between Blaine and Grant, i
we have no doubt his feelings are <
strcmg for Blaine, and that he would sing i
out his name in the National Conven
tion like a little man every time, if he i
dare do so. But as between Blaine
and Cameron, Grant's friend, ah! 1
there's the rub. He can't vote for i
both, and be dare not offend his mas- ]
ter What, then, shall he do ? A '
happy thought might be to say to the <
committee that it was none of their (
business, and deny their right to inter- I
rogate him. But that would hardly i
work. Better come out, boldly and I
fearlessly, and declare that you will
obey and honestly carry out the senti
ments and instructions of the Republi- 1
cans of this district you, in part, are i
to'represent. This is simple duty and 1
is being done all over the State. Come '
out and say you are not bound to vote j
according to the dictates of any man, 1
but will represent your constituents t
faithfnlly(?) as yon always have done, t
Help to give the "unit rule" each a
dig aa will end it for all time to come.
Jn this course the Republicans of this (
county will say "Bravo! 'well done, \
food fftitttul Mrvwt!'" ]
Honor ol tUe State Saved
It will be a relief to all law-abiding
and good citizens to learn thiit the
Pardon Board, in special session at
Harrisburg last Saturday, refused to
recommend a pardon to Keinble and 1
company, convicted of corrupt solicita- :
tion of members of the la<t Legi-la- i
turc. Too much praise cannot be ex
tended to Lieut. Gov. Stone ami Attor
ney General Palmer, who refused to
join and recommend a pardon. Ihe
Hoard consists of four. 1 lie other two
members, Quay and Dunkel, voted for
a pardon, making a tie, and conse
quently no action. The people looked
with a deep interest to this proceeding,
and are glad to know that Lieut. Gov.
Stone and Mr. Palmer have saved the
State from disgrace and the law from
being a nullity.
Flight of the Roosters.
Kemble, Salter. Rumberger, Petroff
and Crawford, the convicted bribers,
failed to appear for sentence at the
Court in Harrisburg on Monday last.
It is supposed they have all escaped.
They were known to IK- in Philadel
phia on Saturday, and as soon a- learn
ing the decision of the Pardon Board,
concluded to escape the imprisonment
that awaited them. This is the most
extraordinary defiance of law and jus
tice ever known in this State. But
these trial.- will do much good towards
purifying and correcting the corrupt
practices of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture. The gang of thieves who have
held high carnhal there for some \ears
past are now overthrown. The de
ception practiced upon Judge Pear
son and the law in these eases is as
tounding. The bail in Kenible, Salter
and Crawford's cases was §4,000 each
and was forfeited. In Rumberger and
Petroff. $2,000 each, and also forfeited
Processes were ordered by the Court
for the arrest of the prisoners if within
the State. But the general impression
is they have all gone lieyond the State
limits.
Our Delegates to Chicago—Another
Letter from the People.
The following ore extracts from a
letter received from a leading Republi
can of this county, on the position oc
cupied so far by the delegates from
this Congressional district to the Chi
cago National Convention. Among
other things he says :
"I think if we make the proper ef
fort our delegates to Chicago will come
out anil define their position. The
matter should be put before them so
plain that they cannot go to Chicago
and vote for Grant, and then come
back and say that they did not know
what the choice of the people was.
Mr. Robinson and Mr. Gordon have
both observed a studied silence as to
what their intentions are, and this, to
my mind, indicates that they are going
to vote for Grant and do the bidding
of Mr. Cameron, or else they are
going to wait and see what will turn
up. If delegate Robinson was iu sym
pathy with his constituents and in
tended to go to Chicago and vote for
Rlaine, he would lose no time, in so
declaring. Hut, on the other hand,
nothing has been able to draw them
out, and this indicates that there is a
strong pressure being brought to bear
upon them to keep them whipped in.
But I don't see how they are going to
make it, if the people speak out as
they should."
In commenting last week upon an
other letter sent us we give our opin
ion upon the subject of the above.
Nothing has since transpired to change
it, and if there soon is not something
public beard from the delegate here
all we can say now is, that the people
will continue to move in the matter.
Political—Conventions Yet to be
Held.
Republican Conventions are vet to
be held in the following States to ap
point delegates at large, four from each
State, representing the United States
Senators from the same, in the Chi
cigo National Convention, June 2d,
for the nominating of candidates for
President and Vice President:
Connecticut, April 7 ; lowa, Ken
tucky and Missouri, April 14; Massa
chusetts, April 15; Oregon, Virginia
and Georgia, April 21 ; Ohio and Ar
kansas, April 28 ; California and South
Carolina, April 29: Tennessee and
Wisconsin, May 5; New Hampshire,
New Jersey and Maryland, May »>;
Nevada, May 11: Florida, Michigan
and West Virginia, May 12 ; Illinois,
May 19.
Conventions have already been held
in Maine. Rhode Island, Indiana and
Kansas, instructing for Blaine ; in New
York for Grant, with district delegates
left uninstructed ; in Pennsylvania for
Grant, as to delegates at large, and
disputed and divided as to the district
delegates; in Vermont for Edmunds;
in North Carolina for Sherman, by
districts.
The Blaine men confidently claim
the leading vote on the first ballot, and
unless the southern States instruct
pretty solidly for Grant their hopes
will he realized. As it looks at pres
ent Sherman will divide the south with
Graut. Should the southern States
however make this nomination the
misfortune will be that they cannot
help to elect the nominee iu November.
DEMOCRATIC.
The Democratic National Conven
tion is to be held in Cincinnati on June '
23d. No State Conventions have as yet
we believe been held. The Pennsvl- ■
vania one comes off on April 28t h, and ;
judging from present appearances will j
lie for Tildeu. Allegheny, Lawrence ,
and other counties have already in
structed their delegates for him.
GREENBACK.
The Pennsylvania Greenback State
Convention met at Harrisburg lust
week and pronounced in favor of the
Qua. ttouuTiok & Wiiyht, ui
Mutlev Ciiiaeu: OuU*K, P*., 3K*cc{? 31, XBBO.
county, this State, as its choice for
President. They are to have a
National Convention at Chicago on
June 9th.
THE COUNTY —CANDIDATES MENTIONED
i In this county, a call for the County
! Committee to fix the time for holding
I the Primarv election for this year not
1 having as vet l>een made, candidates
are slow as to announcing their names
The usual time of the Committee meet
ing for that purpose, in years like the
present, has generally been in the
earlv part of April, and the Primaries
fixed for about the first of June. We
presume it will be the same in this
3'ear, and while no names are to this
time announced, yet we hear of the
following mentioned as candidates :
A Congressman is to be elected this
year in this district, Crawford, Mercer
and Butler counties. As a proper can
didate to be presented by this county
the name of Hon. J. David McJunkin
is very generally and very favorably
mentioned, and, if he consents, will l>e
a strong candidate to present to the
district conference.
A State Senator is also to be elected
in this district, composed of the coun
ties of Armstrong and Butler. We
hear the name of the Hon. A. L.
Campbell favorably spoken of for this
nomination. He made a good anil
faithful member of the lower House of
the Assembly a few years ago. There
may be other candidates for this nomi
nation but as yet we are uot informed of
any.
Two Assemblymen, or members of
the Legislature are also to be chosen
this year to represent this county for
the coming two years. Mr. William
P. Bra ham, of Mercer township, Mr.
Thomas Hays, of Fairview, Doctor
William Irviu, William S. Waldron
and William M. Marshall, of Forward
township, are spoken of and we believe
are candidates. There may be others
but not that we have heard of as yet.
A District Attorney is also to be
elected this year to serve for the com
ing three years. A. T. Black, A. M.
Cunningham and K. Marshall, Esqs.,
will it is said be candidates tor this
nomination.
An Associate Judge is also to be
elected to serve for five years. For
this nomination we have heard the
names of David Douthett, of Forward
township; A. D. Wier. of Huffalo
township; Daniel Feidler, of Jackson
township, and others mentioned, but
we do not know certainly if candidates
or not. But no doubt a number of
candidates will be brought forward for
this position ; and the above is about
all we can give our readers at present
as to Republican candidates for this
year.
Sherman and Blaine.
Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, one of the
most prominent politicians of that
State, was iu Washington a short
time ago, during which time he dined
with Sec'y Sherman, Senator Blaine
and other leading Republicans. His
visit was ostensibly a social one, but
little doubt is felt that the real object
was to secure an understanding be
tween the friends of Blaine and Sher
man by which the former will make no
effort to secure Ohio for the Maine
Senator on conditions that Sherman's
delegates to Chicago .-hall be for Blaine
as second choice. The most candid of
Sherman's friends admit that if the
Blaine men should try to carry the
Ohio convention it would take very
hard work to hold it for the Secretary
of the Treasury. But Sherman, of
course, could not continue iu the field
if his own State did not at least ap
|>ear to support him, and, as the Blaine
men consider it esseutial to Grant's
defeat that Sherman should remain a
candidate, it may be considered settled
that there will be no open opposition
to him in his own State.
How Cameron Feels Ovir It.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
last Monday, says:
"Nothing has occurred for a long
time to give so much annoyance, to l
awake so much uneasiness, iu the j
mind of Don Cameron as the failure of <
Kemble and his associates to capture a
majority of the Pa don Hoard at liar-'
risburg. Cameron was bitterly op
posed to the prosecution of Kemble I
from the first. He denounced and
sneered at the reformers, the "theorists
in politics" as he calls them, who
thought to upset the purchase system,
and announced at a semi-political meet
ing at Washington, early last summer,
his contempt for Wolfe, Mapes and
others of that type. Now Wolfe's tri
umph and the flight of the bribers,
coming so soon upon the Blaine revolt,
has made him feel angry and nervous.
He has shown this in conversation
since Saturday. Mr. Cameron exerted
himself to the utmost through every \
agency to have Kemble let oil'. His
failure is regarded here as a sign that
j he is not so firmly in the saddle in
Pennsylvania after all, as was thought." |
THE Republican committee of Lan
caster county—the Gibraltar of Cen
tral Pennsylvania—met recently at the
call of the chairman, and provided for
an expression of choice for President,
and the election of delegates to the
Chicago Convention, by a popular vote ,
of the party, to be polled on the 22d of
May. The Grant-Cameron boys named
delegates at Harrisburg, and this is a
revolt against that dictation. It is
claimed that three-fourths of the people
of that county are for Blaine, and they
' propose to say so.
THE Democratic County "Committee
of Lawrence county, on Saturday week
| sat down "powerful strong" on Seua
i tor Wallace, by selecting a solid Tilden
I delegation to the State Convention,
i and passing a resolution censuring the
j Senator for his course in permitting the
j confirmation of Marshal Kerns, of
I Philadelphia. The delegates art; D
S. Morris, Wm. Gordon and Robert
McHride, first, last and all the time
Tilden men.
ADVICES from fifty-five counties of
Kansas show the election of 148 Blaine
and 94 Grant delegates to the State
Convention. Biaiue had about sisty
, Uuyvi'iiy iu tuu ouuvvuuoui
PARDONS Uric USED.
MEETING OF THE PARDON BOAKO LAST
SATURDAY —THF. BOARD A TIE AND
PARDONS REFUSED.
It had been announced that the
Board would meet at ten o'clock, and
that hour found a number of persons
at the Supreme Court room waiting
for the proceedings to begin. Later
the time was changed to eleven o'clock.
About half past ten District Attorney
Hoi linger, for the Commonwealth, ar
rived, and was followed shortly after
wards by Messrs. Hrewster, Mann,
Armstrong, llerr and Weiss, counsel
for defense. A shorteousultation anions
the latter and an arrangement of the
papers to be presented followed, and
then a lons wait ensued for the mem
bers ol the Hoard to make their appear
ance.
At eleven o'clock the members of the
Hoard entered and took their seats,
and Recorder Farr called the cases of
Wm. H. Kemble, Kmil .1. Petroff, W.
F. Rumberger, Jesse 11. Crawford and
Chas. H. Salter, convicted of corrupt
solicitation. It was agreed that all
should be taken up together. Mr.
Hrewster began by readiug a letter
from C'. B Moore, Esq., of West
Chester, asking for Mr. Kemble's par
don, giving a number of reasons why
it should be granted, among others
that the people themselves were re
sponsible for the demands made during
the passage of a bill by the third house,
because they sent men to the legisla
ture who insisted 'that their votes
should be purchased : it was unfair to
punish Kemble for what everybody
else has been doing for years.
Mr. Brewster, after reading other
letters and petitions, addressed the
Hoard as follows:
May it please your Honors: We de
sire to call your attention to the fact
that we have tiled, in connection with
the petitions, all the papers required
bv your rules; that we have given the
full advertisement prescribed and that
we have in all particulars complied
with your established regulations.
In addition to the matters exhibited
bv your record, it is proper for me to
present to you a few suggestions which
appear to my learned colleagues and
myself as worthy of your considera
tion.
You will observe that four of these
defendants have pleaded guilty, and
that Mr. Kemble accompanied this ac
tion with a protest, iu which he sol
emnly disclaimed all imputation of
guilt.
The charge of the learned judge to
the grand jury placed a construction
upon the statute which satisfied the
defendants and their counsel that
they were technically guilty of
a violation of the law. They were
therefore unwilling to occupy the
public time with a contest, ami under
the advice of counsel they filed the
pleas and protest which are before you.
We are now here to ask you to rec
ommend the Governor to pardon these
defendants for the following reasons:
First. The offence is alleged to have
been commenced in reference to a bill
of great importance, and which excited
a large amount of public interest. It
was severely contested by its oppo
nents, and was urged with great per
sistence by its friends'. The Board is
doubtless satisfied that the offense was
committed under the pressure of great
public excitement and without a full
apprehension on the part of the defend
ants of the criminality involved iu the
means which they attempted to affect
the passage of the bill.
Whilst the offense of corrupt solicita
tion is one of great magnitude and not
to lie excused—we desire to impress
upon you the fact that this is the first
prosecution under the statute; and
that in view of the construction which
it has since received from the bench,
it is manifest that the defendants did
not apprehend the full extent of the
liabilities they incurred.
We respectfully submit that the de
fendants should have the benefit of
their disclaimer of any intent to violate
the law. And we believe that their
pardon may be granted without doing
violence to public morals of lessening
the force of these convictions in arrest
ing the evil against which the statute
is directed.
Second. The result of these cases
has so directed the public mind to this
cla~s of offenses, and has so empha
sized the popular condemnation of all
unlawful means to influence legislation
that it may be fairly assumed such meth
ods will not hereafter obtain in the
legislation of this Commonwealth.
The evil being arrested by the con
viction of the accused, the administra
tion of public justice has been upheld
and the State casting aside all viudict
iveness can well afford to stay her
hand now that she may be the Iwtter
able to strike hereafter, should the of
fense be repeated
The purpose of the Commonwealth
having been fully attained, the justice
which is temjiered with mercy, will lie
well illustrated by an exercise of the
clemency for which we now petition.
Third. The defendants are entitled
to that consideration and respect which
previous good character should always
command. Nor should we ever lose,
sight of the fact that every farm and
house in Pennsylvania owes to Mr.
Kemble the credit of having devised
and perfected a system of State finances
and of corporate taxation which has
placed the Commonwealth in a posi
tion of which her citizens may well be
proud, and which has relieved every
land owner within her boundaries from
a heavy burden.
Mr. Armstrong, for the application
of Mr. Rumberger, urged the pardon
on the ground that the defendants dis
claim criminality in their intent and
they are entitled to the benefit of an
unassailed character.
District Attorney Hollinger, in op
position to the pardons, said that the
Commonwealth does not delight in the
downfall of any of its citizens, but
when men violate the laws and are
convicted they must receive the sen
tence of the law. That is all that i 3
asked for. We simply ask that the
Board will not avert the strong arm of
the law which will wipe out the stigma
oil the State. He read the protest
prepared by counsel as follows:
TUE PROTEST.
To the Honorable, the Board of
Pardons : The undersigned, represent- j
ing the Commonwealth in the prose
cutions for corrupt solicitation of mem- j
hers of the Legislature, in the Court!
of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county, l
learning that applications have been |
made for the pardon of the defendants, i
beg leave to file the following protest'
against the granting of such pardons: |
The principal reasons usually urged ;
iu liwor \A \bv ptwivu U uitv vuuvjvtuU i
iof an offense, are, either that there is
i some doubt as to his guilt, or that at
the date of his application for pardon
he has already undergone so much ol
bis term of imprisonment, as to be suf
ficiently punished for the crime of
which he has been convicted. In the
present instance neither of these rea
sons can tie urged. Four of the de
fendants have admitted guilt by plead
in? guilty and the other has been coti
victed by the verdict of a jury, after a
trial conducted so fairly that a motion
for a new trial was not even made.
There can !*■ no doubt therefore, as to
sruilt; and so far from it being true
that sufficient punishment has already
been undergone to atone for the crime,
the fact is, that uot only have none of
the defendants yet been sentenced, but
they are attempting by the aid of your
Board, and in defiance of the Court lie
fore which they were tried, to relieve
themselves even of the necessity of
I submitting to sentence, and it seems to
i be but a mockery of justice for a de
fendant to plead guilty of a great crime,
and then attempt to procure a pardon
before the judgment of the Court has
been pronounced against him.
As a reply to the special reasons al
leged in the applications for pardon, it
will lie enough to say that, so far from
it lieing true either that a disinterested
zeal on behalf of what were supposed
to be honest claims of Allegheny
county, led any of the defendants to
violate the law in his eagerness to se
cure the passage of the act of Assem
bly. or that, having violated it, he
frankly admitted his offense before the
committee of the admission by a
prompt plea of guilty before the Court
—the indisputable facts are that one
of the defendants admitted on oath be
fore the committee of the House of
Representativea that he was employed
in the matter as tiie attorney for a
railway corporation—that nearly all
of the parties denied under oath any
guilty knowledge or practices—that,
based upon this denial, bills of indict
ment have been found against them
for perjury, and that for months every
technical defect was taken advantage
*>f. and every possible application for
delay made in the Court in order to
avoid or postpone trial, and the plea of
guilty was only entered at a time
when a peremptory order bad been
made that there should be no further
delay, and when the defendants were
about to be confronted with conclusive
and overwhelming evidence of guilt.
Under such circumstances, to grant
a pardon would imply that, in the
opinion of your honorable Hoard,
either the crime charged upon the de
fendants is not deseiviug of punish
ment, or that the defendants, them
selves, are to be treated as if they
possessed a license to commit crime
with impunity. It must, however, be
admitted that the offense charged is
one of the most serious and aggravated
known to the law. So heinous was it
considered that it is prohibited by the
Constitution, as well as by the statute
law. We cannot but believe that your
Hoard will hesitate loug, and weigh
well the consequences of your action,
before attempting to treat both the
Constitution and act of Assembly as
so much waste paper. Hut in the
particular case underconsideration, the
crime heinous in itself was. if possible,
aggravated by the attempt to resort to
it for the purpose of despoiling the
Treasury of the Commonwealth of
a very large amount of public money,
and if immunity from punishment
should be granted to the self-confessed
agents of this attempted wrong, it
will lie difficult to escape the conclu
sion that those who constitute your
Hoard and who have been elected or
appointed to exalted public positions
to represent and defend the interests
of the people, do uot consider it to be
a crime worthy of punishment for any
one to debauch the Legislature as part
of an attempt to rob the public treas
urv.
As the parties are clearly guilty, as
they have not yet beeu sentenced, and
as their crime, serious in itself, is, if
possible, aggravated by the purpose
for which it was resorted to, it follows
that if a pardon is granted it must be
out of some personal regard for, or
deference to the defendants themselves,
which places them above and beyond
the Constitttion and the law, aud prac
tically invests them with a license to
commit crime.
The presence of a criminal class, even
when amenable to the law, is at all
times dangerous to the public welfare,
but if there is to be thrown upon
the community a class licensed to
commit crime, and protected in the eu
jovment of this license by the highest
officers of the State, it would indeed
seem that self-Government is a failure,
and that the boasted safeguard? of the
Constitution, the laws, and the judi
ciary are alike powerless for the pro
tection of society.
We cannot believe it to be possible
that the effort to secure a pardon will
lie successful. The prosecutions orig
inally directed to be instituted by an
order of th<- House of Representatives
have, so far as they depended upon
the action of those appointed to rep
resent the Commonwealth, been
brought to a successful issue. Able
and fearless judges, with honest and
intelligent juries, have alike done their
part to sustain the tottering fabric of!
society, and to vindicate the claims of j
justice. The honor of the Common-1
wealth is now committed to the cus
tody of the gentlemen composing your 1
Board, aud we cannot but express the
fervent hope that they will preserve it
untarnished
HHUKISBIKU, March 20, 1880.
Mr. Ilollinger presented petitions !
remonstrating agaiu.-t the pardons j
from Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg, i
West Fairview, Pittsburgh, Washiug- j
ton, Crawford county, Mercer county,
Columbia, Northampton, Monroe, But
ler, Schuykill, Snyder, Wayne, l,e
higb, Dauphin. Berks, and in fact
from almost every county in the State,
containing thousands of names of citi
zens.
Mr. Uolli nger, after reading the [
protest, announced that he had a num- j
Iter of other petitions to present to the j
Governor, and then closed.
I'Alt HONS HEVt'SED
This concluded the arguments and j
the Board went into executive session, i
For nearly two hours the meuiliers dis-1
cussed the situation before arriving at 1
a decision. Messrs. Quay and Dunkel \
favored the pardon of the five appli- j
cants aud Messrs. Palmer and Stone |
opposed it, the former with considers- J
ble feeling. Lieutenant Governor,
Stone says the premature application
entered considerably into thediscursion, !
but he would not say that it had a
controlling influence on the men.bers
who voted against a favorable retora-
UiVWkUVU- '£]*? •.
session two days before the time fixed
fur imposition of the senteuce never
struck hini favorably, and he only
agreed to attend out of courtesy and
when informed that the Itoard should I*'
fullv represented at the meeting. The
Attorney General took a similar view
of the matter. Win n the decision was
reached it was made publie by Re
corder Farr.
The decision was a great disappoint
ment to the counsel for the defense. a.~
they had anticipated a favorable ver
dict The confidence exhibited Friday
night showed no abatement Saturday.
Representative Ruinberjer was the
only defendant in the city, ami he ex
pected a more consoling deliverance.
Counsel for the prosecution had pre
dicted for several days that the board
would '«• equally divided, but at la.«t
they began to fear that their expecta
tions .would not be realized, owing,
no doubt, to the unbounded confidence
of the attorney s for the defense.
Senator Edmund's Bill to Count the
Electoral Vote.
Considering the great peril of the
country during the last Presidential
Count. Congress is most blameworthy
in not providing a rule to govern the
reception and declaration of the result
of the coming election. The bill of
fered by Senator Edmunds seems .fair;
this bill directs that each State may
decide, at any time before the second
Monday ol the January following their
appointment—that being the day for
the meeting of Electors—any contro
versy as to appointment of Electors,
and that Electors who present eerti
lieates of appointment from State Ex
ecutives shall have their votes counted
bv Congress. For counting the Elec
toral vote, both houses of Congress are
to convene in joint session, with the
President of the Senate in the Chair,
the second Wednesday iu February
after the meeting of the Electors. All
objections to votes are to be made in
writing, and to be considered by the
houses separately, a concurrent vote
being necessary to the rejection of an
Electoral vote. In case of two returns
having been received from a State,
only tho»e votes shall be counted
which the two houses, acting sepa
rately, airree in accepting, and the
votes which are certified by Executive
signature shall be received as the true
Electoral vote of a State. The joint
session of the houses is to be without
debate, and no motion is to be iu order
except to withdraw. No recess can be
taken except to decide a question con
cerning an Electoral vote, and a recess
can be extended no longer than to the
next day. If the count is not finished
after live days of the joint session, no
further recess can be taken. It is
quite certain however that the Demo
cratic Congress will not pass the bill.
They intend to steal the Presidency,
aud don't want any such law in their
way.
Ridiculous Plea.
j Mr. Keruble, in bis plea for pardon
I previous to sentence, argues, that as
he and his co-corruptionists now staud
convicted before the world of one of
the gravest of crimes, and as the ob
ject aimed at by the criminal law has
been atttained, and they have all suf
fered enough already, and as their
conviction will serve as a lesson to
others not to enirage in similar work
in the future, he urges that they ought
not to be lined or imprisoned, but per
mitted to go soot free. If such a mis
erable plea as this avails with the
Board of Pardons, and these convicted
j and sell convicted men are set at lib
i ertv, even before the sentence of law
j is pronounced upon them, there is not,
a lobbyist, norcorruptionist, nor "roos
; ter" in the whole Common wealth but
would chuckle clear down into his
boots, and commit the same crime
Kemble & Co. were sruilty of. at the
very first opportunity. Why should
Tweed in New York, and .Morton in
Philadelphia, be held tightly within
the clutches of the law, for simply
stealing and embezzeling, and these
men, guilty of a greater and wider
reaching crime, that of going to the
fountains of law and justice, corrupt
ing the legislator, and unsettling the
very foundations of government itself,
go free? No. They should not be
suffered to escape. They have been
adjudged guilty of an oU'enae which
cries aloud fur the severest punish
ment. And it is. to be hoped that the
Board of Pardons, however it might
under less aggravating circumstances
incline to the side of mercy, will be
animated and governed by the one
jjreat overshadowing sentiment, that
justice must rule supreme, though the
heaveus fall.— Beaver Tune*.
Conkliuga Favorite Poet.
Albany (N. Y.) Journal: Mr.
Coukliug's quotation, "The shallows
muruter while the deeps are dumb,''
was written by a well-known Pennsyl
vania poet, who writes over the pseu
donym of Jaydon Cameron, aud oc
curs at the end of the following verse :
1 love it, T love it. and lie is a fool
Who would chide me for loving the dear unit rule ;
And quick he nii soul to Hades conducted
Who on to Chicago would no unlnstrueted !
Oh, I don't care a (or the fact lliat is plain.
Thai the great k,.\ S !«>iic State is clearly tor ltlaine.
Fee ! tl ! fo ! flllll !
The shallows murmur while the deeps are dumb.
ALTHOUGH covered with several
inches of mud, anybody can see that
that part of Jefferson street that was
macadamized last summer, is a great
improvement upon the rest. We hope
the borough authorities will continue
the good work.
Father 19 Getting Well.
My daughter says, "How much
lietter father is since he used Hop
Bitters." He is getting well after his
long suffering from a disease declared
incurable, and we are so glad that he
used your Bitters.—A lady of Roches
ter, N. Y.— Utira Herald.
Hutler llarkelM.
Butter- Good 28 cents V tt>.
Bacon--Plain sugar cared Lain* 11 cts. th.
shoulders, N ; sides. 8
Beans—-White, *l(li 1 1.2S V bush.
Chickens —2s to 80 cts. per pair.
OtttuttF.—lß eta V tt>.
Cokn Mkal—2 cts. V lb.
Calf SONS— lH)c®tl V t*>-
Eons—l 2 ctu V ("ozen.
Flottk —Wheat, fifo'S ¥ bb), »a<'k ji . 2s'a f 2 ;
buckwheat. r'i.Wi V ewt.
Chain— Oats, 4D cts V bushel: corn 45 ; wheat
51 8 : rye cents : buckwheat, 60.
Hovet -20 cts. V tt>.
Lap.i>— 7e V tt,. Tallow, 6i®7.
Molasses— so@#oe ft gallon. Syrap, 50®'6GE,
ONION'S—£I "pt bush.
Potatoes — 36c. V bushel.
SroAB -Yellow 7® Sc.; white 9<®inc. > tt>.
Salt —No. 1. $1.85 V barrel.
A Card,
To all who are suffering from the errors and
Indiscretions of youth, nervous weak urn, early
l<«av. loss of manhood, &c„ I w>ll send a
recipe that will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. !
r'riii jrreat reraedv whs discovered bv a mission
trv in South Africa. Send a self-addressed
*nVelope to the Kk.V. Joatl'U HUUi</n
l>t fwi ii irk j
GRAND OPENING!
Purine this week we will ojK-n the largest nnd un q nest ion ahlv best selected
stock of Spring Drv Goods ever exhibited went of th«- Aile*rheuv
Mountains. New arrivals of Novelties in Press Goods
constantly receiving at
100 & 102 FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY.
(J"\Ve wou'd call special utention to an ex-ra •aT'Onr Department in H msekeeping Goods
baiK'a.ii in I>renc Goods wLueli we are selling at ha* uevor b«en so complete heretofore.
tiU pi-iit- I jiieii Table Cioth. 20. 25, 30c.
Iu Cashmere. wish Dot. we offer a tie- Linen Table Dam*»k. 50. 60, 75c.
cided bantam. selling it a' 123-s'c. Turkey Bed Taole Clcili, 26, 50, 75c.
At 2 ! jc, we oiler a Toll line of color# in Bro- Bud (J.utn, largest assortment iu the city,
cace Drcsa (rooda. decidedly beautiful styles. Ticking, at 10. I2jy, 15. iOc.
In Plain Oa»litnerus we oifer the following : Ticking*. t*#t quality. only 25c
Double Width Cashui;-re. good quality, 25c. G*>uts I'nUundrieJ Shirts, at 50. 75c. 91.
Cashmere. better grade. very fine. .So. 40c. Gents' Underwevr, 25, 36, oOc.
Carhmeie. all-w<>ol, 40. 4*>. 50e. Indies' Underwear, eitra value, 50c.
Cashmere, all-wool, extra value 60, 75c, #l. Cheviot B'iirtiug, 8, 10, 12'^c.
Cashmere, Silk W*rp. *l. >1.25, tI.M. Cott.n Flannel. 8. 10. UV^c
Our stock of Siiks is more complete than NJW »ty'e Chintzes. 10, 12>JC.
ever, and '.ri'l I>e offered at such low price* as Toweling 5. 6 v H. I()c.
will astonish the buyer. Plaid Fianjtel- J2Jf. 15. 20c.
liea itiful Silks at oh. 60. 75c. #l. Plain Flannels. 10, 12}$', 15c.
bilk.*, extra good quaLtv, $1.25. .50. $2.50. . We received a new and very large stock of
We linvw now in st.ick a full une <>f Trimming Shawls of an entirely uew design. offering at sl,
silks. bauna. Silk Fringe*. Ac., and everything II SO, iJ 50 Broch* Shawl#, at ft!. $8 %|J.
cdt nue at prices to suit purchasers. Ulack Thibet Shawls, #2.50, $3. 94, 15.
The movements in the East point to much higher prices, and we would ad
vise our friends and patrons generally to save money by laying
iu their supplies as early as possible.
1(H) A' 11*2 Federal Wreel. Allegheny.
To the Ladies & entlemen:
Cjriiiliiiette's
FRENCH KIDNEY PAD
A POSITIVE AND PERMANENT CURE GUARANTEED
In all cases of ORAVFX. DIAPFTKR. liu>m. REIIB * DIST.AI-F. or THK KIDNKYS. AND
RETENTION or UMSE INFLAMITATIOX OF TUI KIHSFTH. CAT A KHH or THE HIOII COI»BU>
PniNE, PAIN IN THE BACK SIDF, -HI LOINS. NKRTOTTB WF.IKVF.KS. and it» all disorder* of the
Bladder aud Prinary Organs, whether contracted by private disease" or other-vise This treat
remedy has been used with success for nearly ten years in France, with the most wonde.ful cura
tive effects. It enres bv al«orptiott. no nar.i-eons internal medicines being required. We have
huudted* of testimonials of cures by this Pad wl.en all else had failed.
I.ADIRB. if you are suffering from Female Weakness. Leucorrlne*. or disease* peculiar to fe
males. or in fact auv diseases of the Kidneys. Bladder or Urinary Organs ask your druggist for
PHOF OPU.MF/TTE'K FRENCH KIDNEY "PAD. A -i> TAKK NO OTUK*. If lie has not got it send
♦ 2 and you will receive the Pad bv return trail. Address U. 8. Branch,
FRENCH PAD CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Prof. Guilmette's French Liver Pad
Will positively cure Fever and Ague. Dumb Ague, Ague Cake. Billions Fever. Jaundice. Dtspep
s.a. and all diseases of the Liver. Stomach aud lUood. The pal cures i>!&a l >sorptioii, a'i 1 i» per
manent. Ask vonr druggist foi this pad and tak* no other If he d">es not it sen.! HSO to
the FRENCH PAD CO , (U S Branch) TOLEDO. OHIO, and receive it by return mail.
J. HFADKRMH A' RKO.,
mar3-6m W olesale Druguists, f ittsburgh. General Agents.
CANCER.
This disease like many others is regarded
as incurable. It is not M>. If it is taken in
time it is as easily cured a« a wart "r a <• m.
We know very v.i-'l that it i* a fearful 'li- u>e
and wili eat away until it desiroys lite. hat
is if it is neglected, l"it it it i- attended to
when it first makes its appearance, or soon
after there is no trouble in eradicating it
from the system. Persons will have to l>e here
during piirt of the treatment, consequently
there is no u-e writing to me for information
whether it can lie cured without my seeill L' the
ca«e, I also treat with success. Rupture, I' les,
Fistula, Ulcers, I'lc-ratedlejrs, Varicose \t'iis,
Varicocele Tumors, Hydrocele, and every form
of Skin I >i«ease.
Dr Keysor. 240 Penn Avenue,
Opposite Christ's Church, Pittsburgh. Pi.
n MEimnil
BKXNETT—ZINK—Feb. 25, 1880, by llev.
Josiah MePlierrin, l>r. A. (i. Bennett and Miss
Alice V. /ink, all of F.mlenton, Pa.
HARTMAN -PORTERFIELD— March Ith,
18S0, by the "ame, Mr. Jonathan Hariinan, of
Oil City, and Miss Amelia J. Porterfield, of
Allegheny township, this county.
TROITMAN—HASE—March 17th, 1880, at
the residence of Mr. George Walter, Butler,
by Kev. E. Cronenwctt, Mr. Leonard Triut
man, of Penn township, this county, and Hiss
Frida Hase, of Butler.
MLI'LELLAND—POLLOCK -Feb. 26,1**),
at the bride's home, by Rev. J. L. Stratton,
Mr. E. Z. McClelland and Miss Nannie Pollock,
all of Faruiington, Butler county, I'a.
BARNES—GROVE— Feb. :.'t>, I*Bo, by Kev.
Samuel Kerr, Mr. A. 11. Barnes, of Lawr. nee
county, Pa., an<l Miss C. Z. Grove, of New
Lebanon, Mercer county, Pa.
EDMCNPSON- MARTINCOI RT M: rch
27, I*Bo, by Rev. Samuel Bowman, Mr. Jo- ph
Eilniundson aud Miss Teunie Martincourt. all
of Pro-|>ect. this county.
HEATON —GROSSMAN—March 2d, l->O,
bv R. Alcorn, Es«i., Mr. James Heaton. ot
Ohio, and Mrs. Elizabeth M. (irosstnan, of
Sul'na. Westmoreland county, Pa.
\ew Advertisement*.
jiilniiiuMmlurN Solicf.
Notice is heret>y given that letters of admin
istration have t>een granted to tire undersigned
on thce-tareof Margaret McAnalien, ilecea-<e.l.
late of Washington township, Butler county. I'a.
Ml persons, therefore, knowing tbcmsolvim in
debted to saiil ectate, will please make immedi
ate and any having claim* ai,-ai>:s the
Main*? will present them, duly authenticated, to
the undersigned for settlement
THOMAS McANALLEN. Adm'r, i
inar3l-4t Amindale P. 0., Butler Co., Pa
Notice.
In pursuance) of an order of the Court of
Common Pleas of Butler county, obtained un
der the direction of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, no-ice ia hereby given that on the 10th
dav of Apiil. IHHO. at the hour of HI o'clock A. j
\|„ I will expose ten (10) shares of the capital j
-rock of the German National Bank of Mill -ra
town to public sale. st or in front <'f said B<nk, j
in the lion-ugh of Millei>town, Butler counfv. ]
• 'a. subject to tn aM-escmetit of fis 16 per |
share. JOHN N. PURVIANCE,
Receiver of the Firm National Bank.
rnar3l-2t* Butler. Pa.
Wall Paper,
Window Shades and
Floor Cloths.
I CWThe largest and cheapest stock ill Western :
j IViiiisylvauta i* for »»ale by
j.T. .T. EAWT & HON,
I 104 FEDERAL ST.. ALLEGHENY, PA.
| mar2l-4t
J-IxtM-ulorN 9 Xotife.
| Letters testamentary having been granted to •
| the undersigned on the estate of Jacob Nn.ith. •
deceased. late of Winfield towi ?hip, Biitler !
county. Pa.. all person* indebted to said estate j
are notified to make immediate payment, and
those havimt claims against tlie same will pre- |
sent them dulv authenticated for settlement. |
ROBERT COOPER, i. Fr ra i
ROBERT KLLI -I T. t M ™*
mar24-4t| Denny P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. |
Nlr»}' €'alv«*».
Cim.' to the residence of the hubecriber. in
Fairview township. (Sutler county, I l *., on or ,
about llie Ist dav of January. l*rt'. two Heifer ,
Calves, one a red calf. with white face and j
' bind leg". Abo -t o>im year old : the other a red .
ealf. wi'h -tar in fare and about two years old.
} The owner is hereby requested to cop.o forward, j
prove property, pay ilruges and tako t!:om .
a war. otherwise they will l-e disposed of acc-'rd- .
ing to law. |ma!t7-3r| O. L. BOOHEU. i
Aotlcc.
i To thf Sfockh»l>lhit of thr Building and Loan
; Anociution of JiutUr, J't.:
' Take notice iiiat, m the request "f a Mtffio ent ,
I number of stockholders, thi re will be a tl- et- j
inir ot' the Mo, kholders of tne Ruildinjr nd ■
Wn Association of Butler, Pa., on the lot i ot
! April, A. D. I£SO, at 8 o'clock, P. XL.j»t ihe
Uockensteiu buildinjr, under the o|>oni Ho :se,
I in Roller, Pa., for the purpose of chant ng
section three (.'<) of Article IX (S) "t the ity.
Laws of said Association.
By order uf the President,
BURGLARY.
Whereas, my shop was broken open on Fri
day evening, ot the 12tli in.-t.. about 7 o'clock,
anil a BOX containing about twenty watches,
: with silver, brass ami cooper cases, and also
several eases without works, taken, the public
are hereby informed that suspicion rest- upon
a person named Abram Cross, who was in But
ler during the 12th inst., selling s|H-ctaeleß,
and who left town sometime during the night
of that dav. He is about five fevt three in
| ehes in highth. pock-marked, with dark eyes,
slightly cross eyed, and generally wears spetfa
i cles ; he wears gray woolen clothes, and round
cloth cap, he is of round face and wears whis
j kers ami mustache of auburn color. A liberal
' reward will be paid for his apprehension,
j mrl7-.>t FRANK MORRILL, Butler, Pa.
Notice in Divorce.
Iu the matter of the petition ol Paul Boehmo
lor divorce vs. Lina Bochuie. A. D. No.
90, Dec. Term, I§TO.
Subpoena returned N. E. T.
Alia> subpoena returned N. E. I.
8o answers
W H HOFFMAN, Sheriff.
; To the respondent.. Lina Bocjine:
You are hereby notified ti» be and appear, in
your own proper person, before ou • Judge- at
Butler, at n Court ot C«uimon Pm there to
he held for the county «.f Bullet, on the first
Mondiii ot June Term, ISMO, being tho ?ti< day
ol said month, to answer the petliion or lihel
ot the s.tia Paul B*»rlriic. au 1 to fhow cause,
if any >uu have, why the said Paul tiocbine,
your hu-baud, tboiihl nt he div n*. <1 iroui the
bouds *»i mitiiiuoiiy, a'leeab' to 'lie Act of
I A-reo.blv iu such '-a*- u.ada- and > vi-led.
I mat 17 W. II HUFFMAN -eriff.
from Assessments.
The Court of Ap|>eals for the Townships and
Boroughs of this county, will be heid at the
County Commissioners' Office, in Butler, Pa.,
as follows:
Adams township April 12
Allegheny towuship " 12
' Butler township " 10
; Brady town-hip " 14
] Buffalo township " 20
' Concord township " 8
Clay town.-iiip " 16
Clinton township " 21
Centre township " 'll
Clearfield township " 22
Cherry township " 15
Cranberry township " 22
Counoquenewing township... .. " 2S
i Donegal township " 7
I Fairvicw town-hip " 6
• Forward township " 26
Franklin township " -7
Jack-on township " 19
Jefferson township " 28
Lancaster township " 20
Muddy creek township ; " 15
Mercer towuship " 8
Marion township " 13
Middlesex township " 29
Oakland township " •>
P:irker township " 5
Penn township " SO
Summit township " 9
Slipperyrock township " 19
Venango town-hip " 13
Washington towi ship " 14
j Winfield township May 3
! Worth township April 16
I llarrisville borough May_ 4
| Butler borough \pril 24
| Centrerille borough 26
! Fairview borough " 6
1 Millerstowu l>orough
Prospect borough " 27
Port»*rsville borough " 23
Petiolia borough May 5
| Saxonburg borough April 30
Karu- City borough May 4
Zelienople borough. " 3
ilarmony borough \pril 2S
Siinburv b.irough " 29
I By order of Commissioners,
S. McCLY MONDS, Clerk.
Com'rs Office, Butler, Mar. 15. 18S0.
A HEW DKPAKrCHB
BOTTI.B rATRNT FOR 38 CENTS !
JADWIN'S TONIC LAXATIVE
Is Appot I*l rg. Palatable and Non-Alcohollc,
AND ALWAYS « UHES
Dvspepfl - *, Headache Constlputior., 811-
Hour Stomach, Liver Coinj fdnt,
Want of Apjietile, Indigestion. .Inniidice, KiJ
nev Complaint, N»rvousiiesfi, DizziDess, rtlecp-
c#s. Heartburn, Colic, Debility, Foul
Breath. Wnript l , Piles, Fevers. Colds. Ac.
THR TONIC LAXATIV* regulute* the bow< Is
an<t strt-ngihens the system, gives a clear head,
pure blood a«ld elastic spirits. Is purely veire
lable, contains no mercury nor aloes. Sale at
all tlin.rs Pleasant to ihe usie. and a substi
tute lor Pills, Castor Oil. <fcc. Best family med
i.-iih kuown. - t. en. di-lleata
females ard fceWe
•iotd !'< drugglsU I rita - on.v 3* cttils for a
Wrge HKNKY B. JADWIS.
esrv acd Cliemi*l, Hole Proprietor, Cart ond..le,
U. n H. V>Ubb«Cß, Hruub.l, Sole A.'-nt for
Puller, i'a.
Administrsto's
Notic*. la horrl r given that lefter- t •■vlmin
iatration have the me . i-igned
on the e.-t»!e of ewi.en Rain - 1 . ceased, late
of the bovougli of !'«*' 'in. Hutler county,
P*. All persona, therefore, knowing the—.-elves
ind«b»«l to said ert'-te. will p'.c.'-ac make
Uaciedtnte pavmeut. and auy having claim*
the awne wilt present them duly anthan
tiraf.-1 to the uudeiHianed for sottlameiit
WM. OJRaos. AdmV.
t'c-trolie, Butler Co . Pa.
iKI» gufcßtaWf Aft'p