BITLER CITIZEN* _
mm in- c. MEGIEV. PBOP'RS,
Entered at the Posioffice at Butler an
second-class# matter.
OLIVER, the ring man for United
States Senator, cannot be elected by
Republican votes. It be succeeds it
will be by the aid of votes of Demo
cratic members of the Legislature.
MR. JOHN I. GORDON, editor of the Mer- j
cer Dispatch, on account of bad health
has gone to Florida, where he expects
to remain until the first of May. We
hope be may return with good health.
Ix is wonderful the difference it
makes as to whose ox is gored: and it
is equally wonderful the difference a lit
tle office makes in some men's opinions,
A postoffice or a "paster and folder" be
ing able to mould their minds on ques
tions of State and National interest.
IF Senator Greer and Representative
Bell are receiving any encouragement
from home of their conduct at Harris
burg in supporting "the machine,'
many Republicans over the county
would like to know who sends that en
couragement and the source from which
it comes.
THE present snow storm extends over
the whole country and is very severe in
its effects. Telegraph wires and poles
are down, railroads obstructed, etc.
Last Friday and Saturday telegraphic
communication was cut off between
this place and Harrisburg and almost
all other points.
THE last vote, the 6tb, at Harrisburg
last Saturday was, Oliver, 71 votes;
Grow, 49 ; Hewitt, 2; McVeagh, 2 ;
Agnew, 1; Wolfe, 1; Snowden, 1 ; Cur
tin, 1; Wallace, 68. On Monday, of
this week, the two Houses again met
and a ballot, resulted as follows : Oli
ver, 73; Grow, 49; Wallace, 66; Hew
itt, 4 ; Gilfillan. 2 ; Agnew, 1; Snow
dec, i ; Saird, 1; McVeagh, 1.
MR. BRAHAM has been placed upon
the following standing Committees in
the House of Representatives at Har
risburg, to wit: Constitutional Reform,
Accounts and Expenditures, Iron and
Coal Companies, Federal Relations,
and Pensions and Gratuities. Mr.
Bell upon the following Committees:
Judiciary Local, Education, Manufac
turing, Counties and Townships and
Compare Bills.
MR. BRAHAM, who at Harrisburg is
giving ear to and showing respect for
the opinions of the party that elected
him, has been encouraged and sustain
ed from home by numerous telegrams
and letters from all parts of the county
and from the very best citizens of the
county. We have learned of several
that have been sent him sustaining the
stand he has taken against further
"ring rule." His course is approved,
while that of Messrs. Greer and Bell is
very strongly and very generally con
demned.
THE plea that a caucus decided for
Oliver, and that therefore be is the reg
ular nominee of the party, will not
work. In the first place a caucus is
only used when all consent to go into
it. It must be a caucus of the party,
and not a mere ring. The fact that
more than fifty Republican members of
the Legislature I'efused to go into, or
have anything to do with the one that
put Oliver forward, is conclusive that
they are not bound by it. They repre
sent their constituents and not the
ring.
THI Herald last week bad a timely
artiele relative to the condition of the
fire plugs of this town, or rather the
necessity of an inspection of them dur
ing winter weather. The fact that re
cently one of them would not work
and others were opened with difficulty,
should immediately put the town coun
cil on their guard in this matter. The
plugs should be examined and tested at
least weekly in winter time. This
would insure more safety to our citi
zens. The water works and plugs are
all that give hope of arresting fire at
night in cold weather. Tho article in
the Herald is very generally approved
by our citizens and we join in urging
the attention of Council to the subject.
MESSRS. GREER and Bell have so
far voted with and aided the 'machine'
at Harrisburg. All their votes have
been for Oliver, who has no strength
except what the 'machine' gives him.
While it is an admitted fact that there
wete not and are not now half a dizen
Republicans in Butler county who pre
ferred Oliver for Senator; and while it
is an equally well known fact that
huudreds of our Republicans did prefer
Mr. Grow for that office, yet neither
Senator Greer nor member Bell have
to this time given any vote to Grow,
but have steadily given all their votes
to Oliver. Is this representing the Re
publicans of their county ? Or rather
is it not a shameful misrepresentation
of the sentiment existing in this coun
ty ?
THE LEGISLATURE.
But little has been done in the Leg
islature so far, and but little will be
done until the United States Senator
question is settled. In the Senate Mr
Greer introduced a bill regulating the
payment of costs in criminal cases. A
bill to prevent the waste of oil at wells
while the land on which they are is in
dispute or litigation, has passed first
reading in the Senate. Petitions have
been presented for holding all the ses
sions of the Supreme Court in Phila
delphia, and against the manufacture
und sale of intoxicating liquors in this
State, <jtc. We will endeavor to keep
readers posted of all legislation affecting
our county.
PROF. VENNOR was wrong one time
at least. He said, "mild spell from
January 18 to February 12." But the
snow storm commencing last Friday,
21st inst, and continuing through Sat
urday was anything but mild. Snow fell
to more than a foot in depth, and with
the largest flakes ever recollected here.
Thev resembled ordinary feathers in
size. However, it was a "> eautiful
snow." The following is what eunor
predicts for the coming spring: "In
April there will iTe a snow fall on the !
4th or sth, but the spring will be well ;
advanced by the 15th. In May, after
the 10th hot weather."
ELECTION 3 COMING-.
The first election to come off, is thai
of the spring election on the 15th of |
next month, February, for township
and borough officers.
The next one will be that for the
County Superintendent of Common
Schools, by the School Directors, on
the day of May next. Several
candidates are already mentioned for
that.
The next one will prcbably be the
Republican primary, likely about the
usual time, Ist of June. Nearly all
the county officers are again to be
elected this year, to wit : Sheriff, Pro
thonotary, Treasurer, Register and Re
corder, Clerk of Courts, three County
Commissioners, three Auditors and an
Associate Jndge. Candidates are be
ginning to move around.
BLAINE IN THE CABINET.
We hope the report is true that Pres
ident-elect Garfield will ask Senator
Blaine to be chief of his Cabinet and
that he will accept. It at once gives,
not only the Republican party but the
whole nation, assurance of a strongand
vigorous administration during the term
of President Garfield. As Secretary of
State, Mr. Blaine will not only be able
in the conducting of our foreign affairs,
but valuable in council as to all home
affairs. If the other Cabinet officers are
selected with the same degree of fore
sight the coming administration will be
one distinguished in our future annals.
The present is an age of the greatest
progress. Particularly is this so in
governmental affairs. Vast projects for
the enlargement of the intercourse of
nations are also at hand. The coming
four years will likely witness great
questions and great changes. James
G. Blaine, therefore, and men like him,
in the Cabinet of President Garfield,
are demanded by the times.
JUDGE AGNEW.
The visit of Judge Agnew to Butler
last week was one of those events that
make life pleasant. After a long ab
sence he returned to see a people with
whom for many years he was associated
as the President Judge of their Courts.
During these years a warm friendship
grew up between him and them. 1 his
friendship arose principally from an ad
miration of his character as a man and
his ability as a lawyer. In both he was
above suspicion or reproach. Besides,
he was of that social, frank nature that
attached people to him. This character
he still possesses, and his joyous, hearty
greeting to his friends was warmly re
ciprocated by them. All were pleased
to see him as an old friend and most
cordially greeted him as such. The
vigor of Judge Agnew is remarkable.
Although aged more than three score
years and ten, yet he seems as full of
life and strong in mind as ever. When
he walked down the aisle of the lecture
room with the same light and elastic
step as of thirty years ago, all wonder
ed at the well preserved health of their
old friend. His visit was as pleasant
to us all as we have no doubt it was to
him, and will be among the recollec
tions to be cherished. His lecture was,
of course, good and instructive. The
theme was of a religious nature and his
treatment of it would have done honor
to the ablest of divines. But it is not
of the lecturer so much as of the man
that we write this.
THE following is only a sample of
the letters or dispatches that have
been sent from this county to Harris
burg on the U. S. Senator situation :
PETROLIA, Jan. 18, 1881.
To Messrs. Mapes, Wolf, Braham,
et. al., the forty-seven anti-machine
members of the Pennsylvania Legis
lature, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gentlemen—maintain your antag
onism against the machine flynasty,
first, last and all the time. You aru
heartily sustained in the stand you
have heretofore taken by the unan
imous sentiment of the Republican
party in this part of the State
M. Benedict, D. C. Backus, Joseph
L. Clark, J. C. Hamilton, T. T.
Mapes, Thomas P. Lard;.., F. Travers,
H. A. Pennock, R. E. Green, William
M. Larden. M. N. Miles, R. J. Bot
nee, W. C. Foster, J E. Kirchart, O.
B. Wood.
CLEARLY STATED.
Mr Grow states the attitude of him
self and those Senators and Representa
tives who refused to go into the Sena
torial caucus, thus clearly and suc
cinctly :
"My friends decided that when the
people had given a full and explicit
expression of opinion on any question
through the regular form# of their
organization and in the newspaper press
that the men who claim to be the leaders
of the party are bound to respect such
opinion, and when the leaders use all
the appliances and manipulations so
common and notorious at Harrisburg
in late years to set aside such an ex
pression of the popular will, it becomes
the duty of somebody to vindicate the
right of the people. This is why my
friends decided that they would go into
the two Houses, where each man must
record his vote without »iy of the
excuses of a caucus to cover it up
Everybody knows that the managers
of our politics have been busy for the
last two months trying to reverse the
expressed flociaiw) of and to
tbwart thfeir Wish. These leaders have
3&tt**sxQ[ 28» 188 l»
advised the Representatives to disre
gard the will of the people: and they
themselves in so doing set at defiance
the first forms of the party in its various :
local organizations."'
THE sentiment of the Pennsylvania
Republicans against the rule of the ring
is being crvstalized from day to day
and made manifest by the meetings
held all over the State.
Honorable men read with intense dis
gust the unblushing and exultant state
ments in the machine organs claiming
that a bargain has been completed to
gerrymander the Congressional districts
fn Democratic interest in return for the
election of Oliver.
There is yet opportunity for Mr. Oli
ver to do a graceful and sensible thin?
by withdrawing from the Senatorial
contest. Nothing but a bargain, hu
miliating in itself, treasonable in a par
ty view, disgraceful to him and abom
inable in the sight of every true man
and Republican can compass his elec
tion. The Republican party is in no
sense under fibligation to Mr. Oliver.
ITe can place it in his debt by with
drawal. Will he do so?— Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Connoquenessing Township.
Report of school no 7, ending Dec.
IG, 1880. No. of pupils enrolled, 60.
Average attendance, 56. Percentage
of attendance, 93.
The following pupils have missed
no davs during the month: Willie
C. Beighlie, Albert Beighlie, Warrie
Cooper, Charlie Garwing, Eddie Gar
wing, Robbie Martin, Howard Graham,
Sammie Graham, Orrie Graham, Ber
tie Ilillman, Frank Clark, Bentie
Heckart, Clarence Heckart, Jennie
Shearer, Maggie Shearer, Mary Shear
er, Minnie Carner, Alice ilillman,
Lizzie Gray, Mary Beighlie, Nannie
Beighlie, Laura Cooper, Cora Cooper,
Zelie Clark, Maggie Gibson, Nora
Bolton, Bellie Martin.
P. S. BARNUART, Teacher.
Corrrspnii(l(>iil.
PETERSVII.LE, Jan. 13, 1881.
EDITORS CITIZNE: —Matthew Stew
artiand wife, of Washington county,
Kansas, were visiting friends here
this winter. They were formerly of
this county. Mrs. Stewart was the
eldest daughter of Dr. George Welsh,
who died in this town a few years
ago. Mr. Stewart is Superintendent
of a school in that county, Washing
ton, Kansas. An anniversary dinner
at the house of J. W. Brandon, Esq.,
near this place was given them on the
24th day of December, 1880, they
being 40 years wedded on that day,
being married on tiic 2.th day of De
cember, 1840, when sure that Gen.
Harrison was elected President. There
wero thirty Brandons present, includ
ing 12 grand children. After dinner
one hour was given to vocal and in
strumental music. Rev. S. L. John
ston being present, read the 10 !rd
Psalm, made a short address aud dis
missed the assemblage with prayer.
Yours, etc. OLD TIME.
Tho Pennsylvania Contest.
The unfortunate political imbroglio
at Harrisburg grows out of an at
tempt on the part of a few politicians
to shut the people out of all part in
the choice of a Senator. In the cam
paign last fell the Senatorial question
was freely canvassed. Mr. Grow was
brought forward as a candidate by
the indorsement of numerous couiitv
conventions. Some effort was made
to set up an opposition candidate, but
it failed for want of any popular su|»-
port. The men named could not com
mand any following in the Republican
ranks. They were mere local or State
Capital politicians. Thus, as far as
there was any expression of the peo
ple on iho question, that expression
pointed plainly to Mr. Grow as the
choice of the Republicans of the State.
When the Legislature met, a group of
able partv managers surprised the
the whole State by presenting a can
didate whom ninety-nine voter* out of a
hundred had never heard of before,
and making a vote for him a test of
fidelity to the ruling Republican in
fluences of the State on the pari of the
members. Mr. Oliver, the candidate
thus projected upon the Legislature,
is a respectable and wealthy manufac
turer, but has never made the slight
est flguro in public afiairs outside his
own count}'. But for the support of
the organization he would never have
been thought of in connection with the
Senatorship
The question is, therefore, whether
the Pennsylvania Republicans shall
have a Senator representing them or
one representing merely the machine.
The caucus has decided in favor of
Mr. Oliver, but it would decided
with equal alacrity in favor of fciiaith,
Brown. Jones or Robinson, if the ma
chine had told it to. A majority of the
country Republican members hold out
against its decision and stand upon the
instructions of their constituents. They
are entitled to the respect of ail men
who believe in fairness in politics and
who think that the people should rule
instead of being ruled by the men
they elevate to office.
Yesterday's ballot in the Legisla
ture shows that the men who hold it
to be their duty to ruppeseqt their con
stituents are standing together with
admirable firmness. Mr. Oliver re
ceived 95 votes and Mr. Grow 56
votes, the Democrats standing by
Wallace. Not one of the 50 men who
signed tb c pledge not to enter the
caucus has deserted MGrow, and a
half-dozen more are acting with them.
At the same time, Mr. Oliver is re
ceiving the solid caucus vote. It
looks like a long struggle, with the
victory fcF thojns who haye the most
staying power. In tins contest the
fifty-six opponents of the machine will
be sustained by the thought that they
are not fighting for a faction against
the people, but for the peoph against
a faction—New Yu.l; Tribune.
THE vote in the State Senate for
Senator, on the first ballot, Tuesday,
V/8-s 20 for Oliver, and 12 for Grow.
Of the 20 Senators who voted for Oli
ver, four namely, of Lebanon
county, Myler of Lancaster, Roberts of
Crawford, and Koyer, of .Montgomery,
were instructed for (Jrow. Had they
voted according to instructions Mr.Grow
would have bad as many votes in the
Senate as Oliver, and had M'-If njght,
of the Indiana-Jefferson district, and
Greer, of the Butler-Armstrong district
voted in accordance with the sentiment
of their district, Grow would have had
18 votes to 14 for Oliver. Had the
mfciiibt-rii of the House instructed for
him, obeyed tbein»tructioiis given them
by their constituents, Mr. Grow would
haye b U( I a minority there also.—
Crawford Journal.
The Machine—lt Gets a "Black
Eye." )
The efforts of the machine, which
assumes to dictate who alone shall fill
the offices in the gift of the Republican
partv of the State, ran into an obstruc
tion at Harrisburg, on Thursday last, l
and received a .very black eye. It is j
well known t > ill observant men tint
it is the wish of a law majority of the
Republicans of the State that lion. G. ;
A. Grow, or some mau of equal abilty. ,
shall take the place of W. A Wallace j
in tht Senate of the United States.
P»t it appears that this commend-1
able desire does not meet the approba- j
tiou of Don Cameron and the other
machine politicians of the State, and j
thev have set about to defeat the wishes |
of a majorityof the partv in that respect.
And by methods only known to the
unscrupulous coterie of political man
agers, thev succeeded in winning over
a majority of the Republican members
o the Legislature, many whom were
pledged to vote for Grow while others,
uninstructed, represent constituencies
known to be largely opposed to the
Cameron clan. Consequently they con
cluded that once King caucus decided
in favor of their man Oliver, the work
was done. Hut just here they were
deceived. When the caucus met on
Thursday night it was discovered that
over fifty Republican members, delud
ing many of the best men in the State,
were not there and had determined not
to give countenance to the scheme to
force an incompetent man upon the
people. This independent action on
on the part of the opponents of the
Cameron rule was unlooked for and
threw the Oliver men into confusion.
Nevertheless, they went through the
form of nominating him though they
lacked over thirty votes of enough to
elect him. And thus the case stands.
The men who refused to go into caucus
or be bound by its acts, stand firm and
announce that they are ready and wil
ling to vote for any competent man not
tied to Cameron's coat for Senator.
They are perfectly willing to vote for
Judge Schofield, Benjamin Harris
Brewster, Geo. Shiras or almost any of
the many men in the State who can
ably represent us in the Senate; but
for Oliver, or any man of his calibre,
never. And they are right. Pennsyl
vania has interest second to no State
in the Union and it would be a burning
shame to have her represented by a
man of so limited ability as 11. W. Oli
ver. lie is a mere nobody in statesman
ship and is practically unknown to the
country, or his native State, for that
matter. About the only reason put
forth by his friends why he should be
elected is that he commenced poor and
is now a very rich man. Energy and
business thrift are commendable traits,
but the people want more than these
in the man they send to represent them
in the U. S. Senate. How does Oliver
compare with such men as Sherman,
Blaine, Conkling, Bayard, Hale, Logau
and the many other good men now or
soou to be in the Senate ' And must
Pennsylvania be degraded by electing
an incompetent in order to pleass Don
Cameron and his associates who assume
to rule the party for tboir own selfish
purposes i we hope not, and trust the
fifty manly Republicans who refuse tc
wear the "machine" collar, will stand
by the people and defeat this latest and
most unrighteous scheme to annul theii
clearly expressed will.— lndiana^Pa.]
Messenger, Jan. 1!).
Congressional Apportionment.
The completed census returns for
the State, as prepared for Congress,
show s population of 4,282,78*5, an in
crease of 760,995 over the census of
1870. Under Mr. Cox's apportion
ment bill, providing for 301 Represen
tatives, this population will entitle us
to twenty-six Representatives, the ra
tio of apportionment being 104,722.
Under the present apportionment the
ratio is 180,414, the population of tbe
State being 3,521,791. Under this
bill the South gains eight Representa
tives, and the West and Northwest
ten The losses are charged aginst
the Middle and New England States.
The total population of the United
States is 50,152,866, which, after de
ducting the territories and the District
of Columbia, will leave tfyp represen
tative population at 49,369,560. Mr.
Cox presented various tables showing
tbe census of 1870 and 1880, calculated
for Representatives ranging from 293
to 307. These calculations show curi
ous and interesting results. It appears
that by the increase in the pensqs ol
1830, from 293 to 21)4, Massachusetts
gained 1, by the increase to 295 Louis
iana gain 1, and by the increase to
296 Pennsylvania gained 1, by the in
crease to 297 Maryland gained 1, by
the increase to 298 New York gained
1, by the increase to 299 Alabama
gained J. When the total number of
Representatives was incased to
one of the most striking features of the
table appeared. It was a curious ec
centricity of mathematics that Ala
bama then lost the Representative she
gained at 299, and Texas and Illinois
gained I each. 4-t : iGI 4 111,,uma rc "
gained the Representative ho lc.sl, by
the increase to 300 Florida gained 1,
by the increase to 303 Ohio gained 1,
by the increase to 304 North Carolina
gained 1, by the increase to 306 Penn
sylvania gained 1, by the increase to
3<<7 New York gained 1, making two
gains over 3!i:j under the cep,s>«js of
1880, but still she even then waa
losing 1 from her present number as
fixed by the apportionment of 1870.
Before any npportioutuicut bill can be
pissed the House must decide what
its size must be, whether it will re
tain its nrmbf.r 293, or in
crease the number of representatives to
any point between 293 and 350, the
farthest limit suggested. An increase
will compel an enlargement of the hall
of lUiprvsP-'lfcitivps or a different iir "
rangement of the saaty. T'iwre is a
question whether legislation will be
improved l>y an increase of legislators,
popular seutiment inclining to the be
lief that there is more safety iu a large
legislative body t}»an in a onp,
taking men as they run. These ate
questions which will no doubt be am
ply ventilated before the ratio of rep
resentation will l>e fixed. There will
be plenty of time to consider the ques
tion, since there need be no hurry
about passing an apportionment Ijill
for at least another year.— Titusville
Herald.
THE N'. V. Tribune speaks plainly
to the mmubera of Pennsylvania
Legislature in reference to thfl selec
tion of United States Senator It
tells them "if they have a man whom
they are compelled to call to the front
whenever the exigencies of their com
paign demands a strong man before
the people, such a man ought not
to be bet asulo for,a mere nobody, af
ter the battle is won."
THE ablest financier of the country, j
Secretary Sherman, will be the next \
Senator from Ohio; the brilliant General
Ben Harrison will represent Indiana;!
Mr. Conger of long experience in pub
lic, witty, aggressive, ready in debate, |
will represent Michigan; Mr. Eugene,
Hale, also of much experience, who
appeared to excellent advantage
in several encounters v. Ith Mr. Conkling
at Chicago, who has a splendid nation
al reputation, will represent Maine and
when Mr. Blaine goes into the Cabinet i
he will probably be succeeded bv Mr. j
Frye, also a statesman of broad views
and fine ability aud nutional fame.
And what shall we say of Pennsylva
nia? We have just as bright and bril
liant statesmen as any of the States
above named, but the men who assume
to control the majority party determined
that our great State—second to none in
the Union—shall be represented by
Harry W. Oliver, who knows abso
lutely nothing about statesmanship.
Indeed, his warmest supporters only
claim for him that he is rich and a
"good fellow." Pennsylvania should
be represented by men who have the
ability to defend her great and growing
interest on the floor of the Senate. The
people of the State do not want auy
more rich nobodies to represent them
at Washington— lndiana (Pa) Mes
senger.
Honored niid ulot.
When a board of emiuent phyiscians
and chemists nnuounced the discovery
that by combining some well known
valuable remedies, the most wonderful
medicine was produced, which would
cure such a wide range of diseases
that most all other remedies could be
dispenced with, many were skeptical ;
but proof of its merits by actual trial
has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the
discoverers of that great medicine, Hop
Bitters, are honored and blessed by all
as benefactors.— Democrat.
The County Alius House Ques
tion.
MESSRS. EDITORS :—Tho public are
certainly under obligations to you for
the generosity which prompted you to
open your columns to the discussion of
the alms house question, both pro. and
con., in order that such information in
relation thereto may lie gained at shall be
necesssary to the formation of an intel
ligent and just judgment on the subject.
With your permission, I would say
that I am decidedly in favor of the alms
house, for these reasons:
1. The maintenance of the indigent
poor is a duty which is not just indi
vidual or local, but general aud even
universal. No one person any more
than any other person is morally bound
to extend the hand of charity to the
needy, unless, it may l>e there is some
natural connection or relationship with
the corresponding ability to do so ; and
no one particular locality or neighbor
hood is under a greater moral obliga
tion than any other to fare % ill? lW«r
that may happen to have gained a resi
dence in it, for the locality or neighbor
hood cannot be blamed for the poverty
that my happen to exist in it; and so,
as no one township or borough more
thqn any other to-- nsl|ip or borough i
, chargable with the poverty of its inbab
i itants ; so, no one township or borough
! more than any other township or bor-
I ough is morally bound to take care of
. the poor that may be destitute in it.
, We know that the obligation is impos
ed by the law because there in qq qthor>
way Qf providing for the needy poor ;
but we speak of the moral character of
■ the obligation as that which makes it
, just or unjust, as the case may be.
If the poverty which prevails in any
f district be chargable to the character of
the soil or climate; or if it be on account
• of the isolation of such district, then
the greater need there is that the bur
■ den of the care of its poor be shared bv
others more highly favored and more
! wealthy. There are districts into which
• a cprt»iin class of pqqr gather beeuuse
> that rents are low and tenements are to
• be hired, for the very reason that busi
; ness is dull and wag.;s low, the very
, things which in due time make the poor
jjoorpr, so when worjf fails a]tugetl)pf
I op some iffljictivp piqvjdence occurs they
■ became objects of charity and must be
; provided for. Such districts, as a
• matter of course, arc less able to care
for their poor anil cannot do it without
■ burdening tax payers; hence there
I ought to be, in justice, a distribution of
I such burden, aud such distribution can
• not be more equitably made than by
• laying it upon the whole county, or
pvpn if it were uosgiblc, opoq the wljojp
uumwouwcaUh;
2, Maintenance for the indigent poor
• should be provided without outraging
their feelings or degrading their man
' hood or womanhood. llow shameful
1 and outrageous the practice of selling
i out the poor practiced in many districts;
: and, very often, the very persons who
bi«| in have lift regard, at ajl fop
the poor but only foe the price of their
• keeping. Here and there a pauper has
• a good home and is treated well, but
the many suffer from neglect and ill
i treatment. They are made to feel that
■ they are a burden and despised, until
tlioy wish tl»u> *vo*rp dt-ad- "Same, it i&
true, do not show much feeling on the
subject, others "sufTer like dumb dogs,
i in sullen silence;" but there are those
who have become poor and dependent
1 by adverse providences or by reason of
1 age or increasing infirmity. They have
good iqinds qqcj rem err)ber their forpier
bottiir lot and griovo all th- a
i they are taunted or abused on account
of their poverty. This would not be
1 the case in a retreat provided for the
■ destitute at the public expense and pre
• sided over by intelligence, prudence and
Christian charity.
fhe maintenance of the indigent
poor should not be provided without
prudent respect to some recompense.
The taxes paid by the districts of
the county for the support of the poor,
(}ii it no-w is, are without the least pub
lic benefit J indoofj, they ofton go to
maintain those who are as a l >le to work
and earn their living as many who
have the taxes to pay. This would
not be so much the case if their were a
fatm on yyfyich to provide labor for sucfy
and a house in which to utilize the help
that certain claßscs of the poor could
well furnish.
Many of the poor could earn their liv
ing or do considerable towards it;
njoijf, of them could do something to
Jesse p the expense of their keeping ta
some extent; while the employment
they would have would do them good
in any ejteqt.
ffrovidpd for as they are at present,
there is SG'ftFfply a diatF'Pt '» which thp
tax payers do not complain of one QE
more who seem to be nurtured in idle
ness while they are evideutly able to
work. The overseers are not to blame,
for they cannot provide them with work
at wages, IIQ ,w ( iabyfci.to Ijire lyvlf
bauds, aud inpecittlly/VofpaupeT baud*.
T 1 ere are those who want to do what
they can and who with such opportu
nities as a well conducted alms Louse
could afford, would feel more manly or
womanly as they realized that they
were earning their own maintenance
So much now: with your leave, Mr.
Editor, more auon.
HCMANITAS.
A Graphic Picture of the Caucus. |
Tha following remarks, made by E. j
C. Martin, Esq., before the Lancaster !
Republican County Committee", in j
March last, possess a significance not !
then attached to them, in view of the j
coalition of Oliver and McMar.es .
to control the Senatorial caucus against |
the expres&ed sentiment of the State, \
through the power wielded by Phila
delphia and Allegheny. The question
of instructions being under discussion,
Mr. Hicstnnd moved to amend, further,
"that our Senators and Representative*
be instructed, after they have ascer
tained the choice of the people, to attend
every caucus, and use every honorable
means to secure the nomination of that
choice."
The caucus clause of this amendment
was opposed by Messrs. Martin and
Landis. Mr Martin said :
Mr. Chairman, I am against that
amendment, and right here I take is
sue with the gentleman ( Mr. Hiestand)
when he savs that United States Sena
tors are usually elected honestly i<»
Pennsylvania. The election of a Uni
ted States Senator bv fair means i:;
this State would, I bel eve, be an < x
treme case and the scandal of our politi
cal history, which has made us a by
word and reproach in the nation, is as
sociated with tho bestowal of this high
dignity. Does the gentleman believe
that it was honest persuasion which ia
the many contests of the past arrayed
the representatives from this county
upon one side, and the people on the
other? No, tho track of such campaigns
lies over broken trusts and dishonored
promises, and h'ads to a political Pot
ter's field.
And the caucus has been the rock
upon which Lancaster county's hopes
have been dashed again aud again ; ;t
is here tljjt tlje clanking chains have
bten forged, a.ii put on, aud boke<',
rivited. Uu '.er the specious plea for
harmouy, the far-sighted "managers,"
who live by polities, who trad-* iii tneu
as you fanners trade in cattle; who
measure a map as you would measure
an ox ot' a horse, and for the same pur
pose, to buy him ; who have money for
knaves, promises for fools, threats for
cowards. It is to solidify the caucus
that human nature is subjected to the
infamous tests that make u.s blush that
men in high position can be found to
judge it so meanly.
With Philadelphia and Allegheny in
their power, controllable every tiiue be
cause of the vast patronage —national.
State and municipal—that conires
there, the country districts, under the
caucus rule, might as well bo blotted
out of existence, so far as they can
have any voice or derive any benefits,
except what "our masters" in charity
see fit to bestow ; and how often, alas!
''master*" are the ward bummers
and pot-house politicians of those two
cities. It is the caucus that gives
emphasis to the vote of the crimiigil
classes, who stand very near to he
"throne." It is the caucus thftt jrivus
the great, honest, manhood of
the agricultural districts the humiliat
ing place of protestation without power,
of dissatisfaction without hope of re
dress, that sneers at theiu for ttuir ef
forts, and pities them fop their paius.
With the incentive of political plun
der to whet their appetites, aud the
hope of political gains to sharpen their
wits, the leaders of the caucus have ma
tured their planseveu years in advance.
It is their way to anticipate, just as I
believe Bill lie ruble's pardon was guar*
anteci] before he \yuvjld consent to plead
guilty.
Xo—l want the man whom Lancas
tur county indicates as its choice for
United States Senator to hive some
thing more than nriemoty compliment,
a bgirruu resolution, which, by a trick,
may be interpreted against him. I
want our representatives under these
instructions to stand l>v him, caucus or
no caucus, until ho bimauii' gives up
the contest as hopeless. Thus may we
become a power for good instead of a
tool for tricksters.
lam proud of this days work. I be
lieve that the rights of a sovereign
people have this day been k«'pt fi'um
being tf*iNplod Miidur the feet of bold
and desperate men, and that our exam
ple will be imitated, and our determi
nation will be hailed elsewhere in the
Commonwealth as the acts of people
who, knowing their rights, dare main
tain them. This is ' emancipation day"
in Lancaster county politics, and there
must be no backward step by the stvi!>
low artifice of sqeh a ptijo'uiiou as me
gentleman offers. I call for thv ques.
tion.
Mr. Ilicatand withdrew so much of
his amendment as would obligate our
Senators and Representatives tu uttyiid
the caijcqi, ib« n* uudyr tnnlcuc
jit|M4 only "to ate.all honorable means
to hai'e the will of the people respected.',
The resolution asameuded, was then
adopted.
M
KING —WHITMIRE —January 20, JJ»K 1, Uy
Rev. C. L. Streamer, Mr. Siniwii King of < on
cord towusjiip. to MiW W hittnire of
Oakland township,
IIARTMAN KLlNGEß—fonuary 11, ISSI
by Uev. E. Cronen wet, Mr. GeoijjeJ. Hartman
of Forward township, and Miss Catharine
Kliugcr of Penn township, this county.
MONTGOMERY—QUEER January 20th,
1881, at the residence of the officiating clergy
man iu Frecport. Pa., by the Rev. J. 11. A.
Kitzmiller, Mr. John Montgomery and Miss
I/ettie, youngest daughter ol flatthew Greer,
Esq., both qf Buffalo township, this county.
BRA WLEY—KELLY January 20, 1831,
by Rev. J. It. Coulter, Mr. F. M. Brawley, of
Crawford county. Pa., and Miss Adelia Kelly,
of Martinsburg, this county.
WEISZ —WILSON —January 20, 1881, at
tlin residence of Mr. Will jam Webber, Lancas
ter township, this county, by Rev. James A.
Clark, Mr. 11. 11. Weisz, ol Allegheny City,
Pa., and Miss Nannie E. Wilson, of Lancaster
township, this county.
POLLOCK-January }7, 188 L of pneumo
nia, in bis 2nd year, Carl, son >f Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Pollock, of Register City, this couuty.
DAVlDSON—December —, 1880, in Adams
township, this county, Miss Margaret Josa
phine, daughter of Mr. James ami Mary Jane
Davidson, aged 9 years and ■'! months.
A Fool lull Hisiaue.
Don,t make the mistake of confound
ing a remedy of acknowledged merit
with the numerous quack medicines,
that are now so con)ipon. Wo speak
from experience when we say that Par
ker's (Jiuger Toaic is a sterling health
restorative and will do all that is claim
ed for it. We have used it ourselves
with the happiest results for Rheuma
tism aptl when \floru out by overwork.
See advC— Timet.
HOLIDAY PKILOENTS !
GRAND DISPLAY THIS WEEK AT
Rosenbaum & Co.'s,
112. 774, 776', Market Street, C> r. L berty Street,
PLTTBLIURGH, J J A.
FCR | BUY
Kin ■:!. >\ /.<
PKESKXTS S " 14 ' : ' AS -
I aril r..> \i . v ; v.I.IIKI.LAS,
1.1. \ II!. : S.\i( 11ELS,
IDiii:-
A :\>< ask,
i >ll i 1 I I i.11.-S,
St! iC IIA M)K LlM'illEFS.
I.INI v 1 > !• vKKi'IiIEFS.
PKKSKNTS in - . ii» handkerchiefs,
1 .... i> HANDKERCHIEFS,
if :i.\Mi.i EUt. H i KFS,
PRESENTS. TI^ X^
Cll\ i ION'S,
P HISSES IS. N.IYUAI:.
Sll.K SI . i'KN DI.I'S,
< . N .1 AC KI TS,
PRESENTS LA ■ ' AI;1 ■■■
1 • , r N i>f> ;, ls
KNIVES.
~X T. t . , l.Ai'il I-A:- fY SETS,
L
i .. i'. i .» HATS AND BONNETS.
£sv*" AND 1,000 cthe- USEFUL Pre:e:its N: 1 NANS** IOW PRICES
it Tmyrri d
H I K M /-vr Ki'a
lfJLt JL .Ll iJj JL)'U»
to a aud 4.02 Fw Jei'ii! !■»' A.itegfceiy.
We Are Mew Daiiy Optning i \, and ChGice
FALL AND WIHT3R DRY GOODS ! !
Of i'vrj PmrijUsui, Conij->ri ir , j» rt t'ir tollowijig;
Mixed ei,. «, I'.
I'lain U-h*',*. .a a!l .••Mir- ,;u.l sh.. '••«, li'i,
in. >l.-,
t'iuli>u*res. I">, '2<l, 2V
( itehnif.i-, v-'r> wide, extra \?->.
Kreneli C iMiiti'-'e, ii'l-W'on', 4n. *.'>. "j >•.
Frencil Cash;;: -re. all-Woo!, ve; v i: , 75c, S
lleniH tta ("iitli. g.xxt ((iia'iiy. "o, <m. t.";\
llenrulia i'loih. Silk \\ a»|>, >l. -1 •-!», -1.50.
Ia Black and Colored Silks.
We offer extra inducements in order to reduce
the heavy stork o:i hand.
We ;.:r.-r ;s In v.u,!f.ii iliaok Velvet at 60 and Tse. 1
Hroeade Ve' v !•-. lilr.i'i; aitd Colored, new and !
beoutiful .style .7 c aad '.
We lia\e :iii.v day opened a very of Silk :
Fringes. i riuu ::un-i. Silk- Satins. &e.
In I'I.dAKS ;U('.l lxtl.M ANS our assortment i.s
vejv ■ which enables us to suit every- :
|h»uy.
Buyers of Dry Goods are respectfully requeue! to <rive us a call befor# par
chasing elsewhere, and we feel confident 11: i >v; v one will leave oar
establishment with the convietion of having saved money.
M. FIRE & BM,
100 and 102 Federal Street, A 'eph nv
NEW
FLOUR &?EED
flnCO LC,
REiBER'S BLOCK,
Jefferson St., Butler, Pa.
All the Flour made by the New I'ror ! »]<? is low ns per
Rack, and up to m.7*S per saek. Al.o, I'. !c ">!. •at Flour, Rye Flour, and
bolted and uuboltod Corn Meal.
Ail kinds of Feed—Chop, Hran, C >ru, O a'l kinds of Mill Feed.
Ail kinds of grain bought at Store or . I H . 'u-st Cash Prise Paid.
Custom Work d<-ne at Mill by tl *N. i • Machinery and grista
warranted to be equal in quantity and ;jui vround anywhere else.
Greoi-<>*e -- ei I xn-, Sr.
--'uL. •' - }
•1 I j
I)ECEMISEK -.it 9 ISBO.
JUST" REdi LV.I£D.
2,000 Yds. Genu;- : Mik Mixed
PERSIAN NO\ r S LTIES !
And placed ou sale the RBMA 'KA; . ; ice of 20 cents, about
Qcr-lhird the'. \ : i .
fI.VIMjAI S3! BARGAINS!
One k.L Imported llamlkc lehlef lT.tid . at .17 Vie,
former i m e. 76e.
One lot ilumlkeiclilil l'laii'.*, fine }.c;<.d.', 73e..
former price, -fl.
<>::•• '<!• I' e«aat Haiul':erc!i i'f I'hl'.'ti a? .*l, for- >
mer pric s!.."<>un<l UJliv; i-H.
A p-Tv«U!l trf reeeai purchase* and s! v.:sb
due. e> e K:. side 3:un! Krencti Suit
ing! sl.7*. former ;.ri b! "I: <au I eo'ors. |
SdjM ili ipiii'itles AIMVuoI I'll i.ell IHe
<.i»o.'! at <1 mill • n -el shades to
combine. with Satias, i'luslie., \v.vots and in ,
DtsLyoa TTiof nilnow lold iu ■ i:cb !i i:. : ido
aigiM at our silk counters at such Sow prltvs for
elepant qualities.
M:mnlScent Silk Novelties, *I.W to 93.'.''.. some
of the former sold recently a! *3.
j* l»ie-s floods IVpartlii'.'ht -Casumeie
best -nades, ;.l la' up.
Choice Double Width Armr.res. L"Oe tit'.
Plaids, i.'i, m. UH anil 13c, the twolulerla tyl
lsb effects, mm all these well-known Aiivrioan
Fabrics, giving consumers comfort ami •• «iml ser
vice, in manv instances giving itioi• ■ service than
some goods at <• veral tin. s their «> t.
Choiee Colored Sallnsaml llroeadc Velvets
K\tra Wide ISlack Sallnsaml Velvets for Skirts
ami Trimmings.
BOGrGrB <fe UJHL,
118 and 120 Federal Street, Allegheny-
N. TV—Flannele, Plat kflH. ai.d Winter IWrweai ' I'. >?. 1 onieMic and Housekeeping
Goods. wholesalo anil retail. :;l m:?l i.i.llv 'ow I •!: i ' I'l -cut ca-h or short time buy
em with approved cr<"i!it- New cl< ::M'l r.ilol ■' ■ <■> - Meads, Balls, im
ported Button*. in twe eiz'M. t<i match for .» - I
CMNFI "®R
B ■■ R H fS @1 <•■• | -■ rcj lijr J. P. Millar,Mil.,
111 ■ ■ ■ H|| Ifi ffl riilhit ■■■>■ •> •» ' U'" u "" un/'Jlvrup.
;x-r I'llf ofStOBM.
™ All dru. I or will get it for you.
IJeelloic
THE raeaab T* of Mn> WOIIII Mutual Fire In
surance Co. will lu ct *' tin. School House
in We-«t LiheHv. on the s c . ,d Saturday of Jan
uary, 1881. bei-ijc Hin Hth i •ft., at 1 o'clock, P.
M.. "for th« purpose of electing officers for the
euriiii-K y<Mr J. M. U IRSHAIJi, 8«c"y.
B TABRH
I t** >s*< r *»
1" •[■ ins in Housekeeping Goods.
11- si sl.sii. 32.
!t ''is. Colored and White $5,
.
Tab . ' : 'i. :35, fflc.
Tiii: ■ 1 am-islj. fa.st color 50,60, 75c,
<•' • ... ;•••. •*> and 28c.
I K.•■'. and 34e.
« i ; Uiulorwear tor La
-1 <1 • .<••• >t grades to the very
' Ik s!. !y l w oilees.
(, r 3 kin Ko iery and Gloves
is • . t. "s n part the following :
j I- d:<»' . ••• .1- . 15.3 V, s>. ;r.c.
, < \ \ . sti|)eriur goods, 50, 78c, 91.
I Lades' . .-. 1 .!2 . IV.
i I . (!: .l 'l -\ :>ett>T. 25, as, 50c.
I C nt 'ii . < Hr. IS-j, 15. 2oe.
« | n" ' ... s r.i \ .i!i.\3". !UV.
We ha - nved a h.rge lot of Mjular
! m:.de Hi .-r. . all \.ool, beautiful goods, and to bo
j solu very lo>\.
C >a!•' DErvUTJir.NT!
i : >: r ;• villi Nov Style*.
I \;i , : S - ! b Material*.
A • :,*ev ape fMlmans at S2O
the b -i gam. il ever . old at ibis priee.
.1 U K KfAND CLOAKS
At - s*, ?io and sl3,
; He Special lUtrgains.
I » ••cit • n>:o.sl2JiO,sls t tl6
;in e-. we invite special atten
tion.
I i a ' (lara ents at #35, S4O, SSO,
t i vl I), i-ialoly and nobbr
... i SftiMOM, lined
v . . .. « ii.- vi 1 o:J (fold and fnr,
ji: , t: i f *r. be <!ed pufwenienterie,
pin 1., i-uit ti.o f .iioy of iluiwt any
pipe r.
m:\L S.V QUEH,
(i. • i: liji., fl. "i, iSSO. *l7s,s2ooMid
I .1 .. ii l).r na'iH $265 to $350.
1 . t.ueui Far-liced Circulars,
■
C"e ;ee l.in Oir.'iilarv m* le fr >m new UlHter
etto Ci >tli«, i't t<> SlO, extra foil male to meaa
ure wit!iin twodavs.
L. iiiur k Aolice.
1 t •!! iry i'i lie ehta'o of John
■>i Centre township. Buthr
i ijr.i11ted t the un tor
li.'ouni'nif themselves in
• • ill |>a- nse make iininedi
ir. tvivii'ir claim* nijitinsi
- i t i.'in '1 illy authenticat
ed i it. llEsn BKIOHT, Ex'r.
r r-i Hi. utler county, Pa.
\ lice.
i. v villi the " 111 annex',d
ii tb" tiud Tsltnied on <ae
V nl >c. doe'd, late ol
' < r county, Pa., all pi--
v - in Icbted to said ««•
| i a ii-JUte payment an I
i * i I i late will pro
In t , :i i Mir payment.
Mun .n-viTn', umfer F4