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"'ipgg BVTIiBR CITIZKRi
BOTLEB. PA.
TBAVBIoERS' GUIDE.
BCTLIB, KARNfI CITT AND PAKKIR RAILROAD
Trains leave Butler for St. Joe, Milleretown
Kami City, Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7.27 a. m
and 2.25 and 7.25 p. m.
Trains arrive at Butler from the above named
points at 7.17 a. m., and 2.15, and 7.15 p. m-
The 2.15 train connects with train on the West
Penn road through to Pittsburgh.
SHKNAVOO ASD ALLROHBNT RAILROAD.
Trains leave HUliard'a Mill, Butler county,
for Harrisville, Greenville, etc., at 7.50 a. m.
and 2.25 p. ra. „ ~
Trains arrive at Hilliard's Mills at 1:45 A.
and 5:55 p. M.
Hacks to and from Pelrolia, Martlnsburi',
Fairview, Modoc and Troutman, connect at HJl
liard with all trains on the S & A road.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time.
Market at 5.06 a. m., goes through to Aile
gbeny, arriving at 9.01 a. m. This tram con
nects at Free port with Freeport Accommoda
tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. m.,
railroad time. D ..
Expret, at 7.16 a. m„ connecting at Butler
Junction, without change of curs, at »~® wun
Express west, arriving in Allegheny at tj.so
a. m., and Express east arriving at Blalrsvllle
at 10.55 a. m. .-ailroad time.
Mail at 2.18 p. m., connecting at Butler Junc
tionwithout change ol cars, with Express west,
arriving in Allegheny at 5.01 p. m., and Ex
press east arriving at Biairsviile Intersection
at 5.55 p. in. railroad time, which connects with
Philadelphia Express east, when on time.
The 7.16 a.m. train connects at B lairs vine
at 11.05 a. m. with the Mail east, and the 2_36
p. ra. train at with the Philadelphia Ex-
Trains arrive at Butler on West Peun It. B. at
9.51 a. m., 5.17 and 6.51 p. m., Butler time. The
9,51 and 5.17 trains connect with trains on
the Butler & Parker B. B.
Main Line. . _ .
Through trains leave Pittsburgh lor the Eas
at 2.56 and 8.26 a. m. and 12.51, 4.21 and 8.06 p.
m.. arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and i.M
p. m. and 3.00, 7.00 and 7.40 a. m.; at Baltimore
about the same time, at New York three bours
later, and at Washington abont one and a hall
hours later.
Time of Holding Courts.
The several Courts of the county of Butler
commence on the first Jlonday of March, Jane,
September and December, and continue two
weeks, or BO long is necessary to diapoee of tne
buainetta. No causes are put down for trial or
traverse jurors summoned for the firat week of
the several terms.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
R. P. SCOTT,
Attorrey at Law, Butler, Pa. Office In Ruff's
building, Mai" street.
JOHN K. KELLY,
Office with £. <J. Miller, Esq., In Brady Law
Building- tugWSl
A. M. CORNELIUS,
Office with W. D. Brandon, Berg Building, Main
Street, Butler, Pa. _
" J. T. BRITTAIN,
Office with L. Z. MitcheH, Diamond.
A. M. CUNNINGHAM,
Office in Brady's Law Building. Butler, Pa.
S.H7PIERSOL.
Office on N. £. corner Diamond, R^dlebuild
log,
JOHN M. GREER.
Office on N. E. oorner Diamond. noTl2
~ WM. H. LUSK,
Office with W.H.H. Biddle. Esq.
NEWTON BLACK,
Office on Diamond, near Court House, south
•ide.
K. I. BRUGH,
Office in Kiddle's Law Building.
-p BOWSER.
Office in Kiddie's Law Building. [marß'7B
J. B. McJUNKIN.
Special attention given to collections Offict
Opposite Wlllard House.
JOSEPH B. BREDIN,
Office north-east corner of Diamond, Butler
Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER,
Office in Bchneideman's building, up staiis.
J, T. DONLY
Office near Court House. 2 " 74
~~ W. D. BRANDON,
ebl7-75 Office in Berg's building,
CLARENCE WALKER,
Office in Brady building- marl 7
FERD REIBER,
Office in Relber's building, Jeflerson St. ap9l)
~FTM. EASTMAN,
Office in Brady building.
LEV, McQULSTION,
Office Main street, 1 door south of Court House
JOS. C. VANDERLIN, ■
Office V"" street, 1 door south of Court House. (
Win- A. FORQUER, ,
0- Office on Main street opposite Vogeley i
House. '
GEO. R. WHITE,
Office N. E. corner of Diamond-
JTD. McJUNKIN,
Office In Bchneideman's building, west side
Main street, 2nd square from Court House.
T, C. CAMPBELL,
Office in Berg's new building, ™ floor, esat
side Main st., » few doom south
Hons*.
C A. SULLIVAN,
may 7 Office S. W. cor. of Diamond.
ZITBLACK,
Office on Main street, one door south o,
Brady Block, Butler. Pa. (Sep. 2, 1874.
EUGENE G. MILLK^,
Office In Brady's Law Building, Main street,
south of Court House. 2Goctßl
THOMAS ROBINSON,
BUTLEB. PA.
JOHN H. NEGLEY
VOlves particular attention to r ins action*
la real estate throughout the couu.y.
OFFICE ON DIAMOND, NEA& OOOBT HOUSE, IN
OrnZXH KTJILDTHO
B. R. Ecki.ir, KBKKBDT MAHSHALL
(Late of Ohio.)
ECKLEY & MARSHALL.
Office in Brady's Law Building. 8ept.8,74
" c. G. CHRISTIE,
Attorney at Law. Legal business carefully
transacted. Collections made and promptly
remitted. Business correspondence promptly
attended to aud answered.
Office opposite Lowry Honse, Butler, Pa.
_ PHYSICIANS.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
mySil-ly] BUTLER, PA,
Office on Jefferson street, opposite
Klimfler's Flour Store.
DENTISTS.
DENTISTEL * .
OM (VALDKON, Graduate of the Phil
■ adelphia Dental Collegers prepared
■ lis to do anything in the line of his
profession in a satisfactory manner.
Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block,
op stairs, *pll
VOL. XIX
LEGAL
Estate of H'm. G. Shorts.
Letters of administration having been granted
to the undersigned on the estate of William G.
Shorts, deceased, late of Connoqucncssing twp.,
Butler county, Pa-, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment, and auy having claims
against the same will pre.»ent tliein duly authen
ticated for payment. T. V. SHORTS, Ex'r.
Connoquenessir.g P. 0., Butler Co., Pa. ltn
Estate or Harriet Hays.
(LATE OF COS TOQUKSESSIICG twp., dee'd.)
Letters testamentary on the estate of Harri
et navs, dee'd, late of Connoquenessing twp.,
Butler County. Pa., having been granted to
the undersigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment and any having claims
against said estate will present them duly au
thenticated for payment.
ROBERT S. HAYS, ) |R T >_.
JAMES S. HAYS,] LX N '
Whitestown P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. |
Estate of Adam Albert.
Letters ol tdnrnibtntion liav ng been granted
to the undersigned on the estate of Adam Al
bert, dee'd., late of Franklin twp., Butler Co.,
Fa.. all persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate will pleas.' make oayment and any
having claims against the same will present them
duly authenticated for payment.
H. H. GALLAGHER. Adm'r.
Box 395, Butler, Pa.
Notice to Teachers.
The Boa d of School Directors of the borough
of Butler, will meet on the first Monday 'i July
next, for the lu. pone of select ; ng teachers for the
present school year. Ail app' cations must be
in w.iting accompanied by ceitificates and filed
with the Secieta./ on or before the Ist day of
Jaly. " Bv ORDER OF THE Bo- HD,
FRANK M. EASTMAN, Secretaiy.
June 13,1882. jrnel-t 3t.
Auditors' Notice.
Petition of James Morrisoj. Ex'r of Daniel
Millison, tor appointment of Auditor. O. C.,
No. 80, March Term, 1882.
Am} now to wit: iiay 17th, 1882, J, M. Gal
breath is appointed an Auditor as prayed for.
BY TUB COURT.
Butler County, S S : Certiiv l.om the record
this 31st day of May 1882. W. B. DODDS.
Clerk O. C.
Notice is hereby giyen, to all concerned, that
the undersigned has been appointed Auditor,
to make distribut'on in the matter of ihe estate
of Daniel Millison, dee'd, and that he will at
tend to the duties of said appointment at my
office in Butler, on Thursday, the 29th day of
June, at the hour of 10 o'clock, A. M.
june7-3t. J. M. GALBKEATH.
NOTICEINDIVORCE.
In the matter of the application of Mary It.
Elliott for divorce a \inculo matritronia from
her husband, Harry A. El'-ott.
A. D„ No. 55, March Term, 1882, To Hai.y
A. Elliott, respondent.
Whereas a subpoena and an alias subpoena "l
the above stated case have been retr-ned N. E.
I. Now this is to requ're you to be and appear
in your proper person before said Court, on the
first Monday of September Term next, A. D.,
1882, being the 4th day of said mouth, to answer
to said complaint, and to show cause, if any you
have, why the prayer thereof should not be
granted. THOS. DONAGHY, Bheiiflf.
And now, June Bth, 1882, having been appoint
ed Commissioner by the Couit to take testimony
in above stated case and to report the same to
Court, notice is hereby given that I will attend
to the duties of said appointment, at my office,
at Butler, on Friday, the 14th day of July, A. D.
1882, at 10 o'clock, A. M. of said day, at which
time and place all persons interested may at
tend if they see proper.
GEORGE C. PILLOW, Commissioner,
j unel4-6t.
Petition of John Grossman.
IS THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BCILEB
COUNTY, EQUITY NO. 1 BEIT. TERM, 1882.
In Re petition o ( John Grose man to Lave
peipetual testimony relative to a deed from
Jacob G. Grossman and wife to John N. Hooo.
which deed is now lost.
And now, to wit i Dec. 3, 1881, petition pre
sented and on due consideration thereof, snbpw
na is awarded to John N. Hoon and Jacob (i.
Grossmen, and to any and all persons who may
be interested in the said petition or bill to ap
pear in the Cotv of Common Pleas of said
county, on the 4th day of September, 1882, to
make an oath or affirmation to said petition or
bill, and in case no answer t.' ereto ia filed, and
in case the said persons subpoenaed or any
others do not attend on or before said day,
George 0. Pillow is hereby appointed a commis
sioner to proceed on said 4th day of September,
1882, at 1 o'clock, p. M., of said day at the office
of the Prothonotaiy of said'county to take the
depositions of all witnesses who may be produc
ed by said petitioners respecting the proof of
the facts alleged in said biU or petition, and to
ascertain aud establish the same and to make
return of said depositions unto said Court when
such order and decree in the premises will be
made ai to justice aud equity appertain, and
further it appearing from said petition that the
residence of the said Jno. N. Hoon and Jacob
G. Grossman is unknown and believed not to be
within this commonwealth, it is ordered that
notice of this subpoena and order of Court be
given by publication thereof for three (3) suc
cessive weeks in one of the weeklv newspapers,
published in Butler prior to said 4th day of Sept.
1882. . BY THE COURT.
Butler County 8. 8 : Certified from the re
cord this 10th day of June, 1882 i
M. N. GRElilt, Prothomtary.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, county of
Butler: To John N. Hoon and Jfcob G. Gross- \
man. Greeting: We command you, that all
business and excuses being laid aside, you be
and appear in your projier persons bofore our
Judges at Butler, at our County Court of Com
mon Pleas, there to be held for the county
aforesaid on Monday, the 4th of Sept., 1882, to
show cause, if fly you 1 ave, why the witnesses
on behalf of John Grossman, on his petition to
have perpetual testimony relative to a deed
from J-cob (i, Grossman and wife to John N.
Hoon, (deed now lost) should not be examined
aud other testimony reduced to writing, and
tiled of record in our said Coyrt in order to per
petuate the same agreeably to the constitution
of our Government and the act of Ameinbly in
such case made and provided, on the part of
petitioners and herein fail not, uuder the penal
ty of one hundred pounds.
Witness the Honorable E- McJnnkin, Presi-
Bent of our said Court, at Butler, this 10th day
of June, A. D., 1882. M. N. ORRER,
junel4-3t. Prothonotary.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
By virtue of MI order of the Orphans' Court
of Butler county, the undersigned, adminis
trator of all and singular, goods of Samuel
Cooper, late of Jackson township, Butler coun
ty, will expose to sale by public veniue or out
cry upon the premises, on
MONDAY «T ULY LO, ISSa,
at one o'clock, P. M., the undivided one-half of
all that certain lot of ground, situate in the
village of Evansburg, Butler county, Pa., to
wit : fif'y feet by forty feet off the south-east
corner of lot No. 3 in said village, having there
on a two story frame dwelling house with store
ro;m therein, also thirty-six feet by twenty-five
feet off the north-east corner of said lot No. 3.
having erected thereon a frame stable. Sain
lot No. 3 being bounded north by an alley
east by a street, south by Pittsburgh street and
west by lot of Henry Barkey.
TEBMM OF HALE :
One third of purchase money on confirmation
of sale and the balance in two equal annual in
stallments with interest from confirmation, to
be secured by bond and mortgage, with clause
waiving inquisition, stay of execution and with
attorney's commission of 5 per cent., in case
payment of same has to be enforced by law.
ROBERT ASH, Administrator.
R. P. SCOTT, Attorney, june2l-3t.
FOR HALE.
The following described valuable pit-cos of
property situated in the borough of Butler are
offered for sale by the German National Bank of
Milleretown, Pa., to-wit:
One lot of ground on Fulton street, between
' properties of Mrs. Louisa McClnreand H. H.
Goucher, Esq., containing one aero, more or
) less, being one of the best building sites in the
town. ,
ALSO.— One lot of ground near the Wither
spoon Institute, and formerly owned by L. G.
Linn. Esq , containing one acre, more or less,
on which there is a good two-story frame house
and stable. This property ts pleasantly located
near the depot aud commands a magnificent
view.
1 ALSO.—Lot on MoKean street, formerly owii
i* ed by H J. Mitchell, Esq., on which there is a
s good two-stoiy frame house and stable.
Possession given in 30 days after purchase.
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DYSPEPSIA..
The Regulator will positively cure this teirible
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CONSTIPATION
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Nature demands the utmost regularity of the
bowels. Therefore assist Nature by taking Sim
mons Liver Regulator. It is harmless, nuld and
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PILES.
Belief is at hand for those who suffer day after
day with Tiles. It has cured hundreds, and will
cure you.
MALARIA.
Persons may avoid all attacks by occasionally
taking a dose of Simmons Liver Regulator to keep
the Liver in healthy action.
BAD BREATH
generally arising from a disordered stomach, can
Be corrected by taking Simmons Liver Regulator.
JAUNDICE.
Simmons Liver Regulator soon eradicates this
disease from the system, leaving the skin clear
and free from all impurities.
COLIC.
Children suffering with Colic soon experience
relief when Simmons Liver ileculator is adminis
tered. Adults also derive great benefit from this
medicine. It not unpleasant, it is harmless and
effective. Purely vegetable.
CAUTION-
Be cn-eful that you get tne genuine Simmons
Liver Regulator in our engraved White Wrapper
with red "Z" Tnde-Mark, Stamp and Signature
unbroken.
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New Life
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IRON BITTERS. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warms the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
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in the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
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WHENCE COMES THE UNBOUNDED POP
ULARITY OF
Allcock's Porous Piasters?
Because tbey have proved themselves
the Best External Remedy ever in
vented. They will cure asthma, colds,
coughs, rheumatism, neuralgia, and
any local pains.
Applied to the small of the back they
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the pit of the stomach they are a sure
cure for Dyspepsia and Liver Com
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CATARRH Elys'Creamßalm
KlTeetiially cleanses
the nasal passages of
COriU D&u<> V Catarrhal virus, caus-
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V CIITARWH COLO*' T .n 1 allays inflammation.
» "rtf'■ *rrif -HEAD I protects thenienibralie
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sort's and restores the
sense of taste and
smell. Reni'flcial re
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* Agreeable to use. Ap-
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Old Established Carriage Factory
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Spring Wagons and Buggies in stock and
made to order of ali styles and description.
Our work is of the best and latest style, well
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BIJTLER, PA., AVEDNESDAY; JUNE 28. 1882
SELECT.
COL. STEWART'S SPEECH.
What the Independent Republican
candidate for Governor had to say for
the Independent Republican cause in
this State at the late Convention in
Pittsburgh.
FELLOW CITIZENS—I cannot but re
gard it as an auspicious circumstance
that the initial work of a campaign
which has for its object the disenthral
ment of the Republican party, and the
direction of its energies to the attain
ment of wise public ends, should be
done in the city of Pittsburgh, where
20 years ago the first republican State
Convention assembled. Duringail those
years this great city has been steadfast
in its faith, and true and unwaver
ing in its allegiance to the Republi
can party. Not only has she empha
sized her devotion to the cause of that
party by large popular majorities, but
she has the proud distinction of hav
ing furnished, from the body of her
citizenship, some of iis ablest minds
and most distinguished champions.
I cannot forget that Pittsburgh was
the home of that emiuent man, whose
indomitable courage, untiring zeal and
wonderful ability made him the first
War Minister of the century, Edwin
M. Stanton ; and of that other citizen,
whose matchless eloquence on the
platform and in the National Congress
was so oi'ten heard in defense of the
early faith—Thomas Williams. Nor
do 1 forget that it still is the home of
others who gained distinction in the
foremost ranks of this great party, of
a Moorhead, eminent for his practical
statesmanship, and of a Marshall
whose splendid advocacy did so much
to beget and strengthen in the popular
mind Republican convictions.
THE CAUSES OF DISI BUST.
Standing here in this presence, in a
in a city crowned with such honora
ble associations and memories, I
feel that I am not only in a strong
hold of the faith, but in the very cita
del of its power.
But these distinguished men I have
named have disappeared from public
station, and those of them who sur
vive have withdrawn from active
participated in public affairs. Their
names are seldom heard in political
matters save as memories of the past,
or when, as lately happened, with ill
concealed disirust and disdain, one
declines a proffere4 candidacy. The
times, my lriends, have changed, and
and we with them. The Republican
party survives, but with decimated
ranks and abated vigor. Once we had
an assured and secure supremacy in
State and National government, a
supremacy sustained by deep popular
convictions, which found expression
in emphatic and increasing popular
majorities. We were then a party of
great moral ideas, contending for the
lecognition of great princip'es aDd
their application to public ends. In
active support of our party were en
listed the best thought, the highest
patriotic endeavor aud noblest sympa
thies of a free people. In those days
Presidential elections were not decided
by electoral commissions, or the un
certain vote of a State.
Why this decadence, which has left
our supremacy insecure and made oar
future doubtful ? The question itself
suggests its own answer. The party
is less powerful to-day than in the
past, because it has less of the pubbc
confidence: it has less of public con
fidence becauseils energies, instead of
being divcted to tbe attainment of ibe
greatest good for the State, are turned
to the advancement of personal in.er
est, the gi atification of selfish ambition
and tbe capture of spoils. I sneak of
the suution in our State only. The
political organization which gave free
dom to a race has itself become enslaved,
and is to-day douiiualed and controlled
by imperious masters, who not only deny
to it the free expression of its convic
tions, but exact from it base and de
grading service. A humiliating con
fession to make, I know, and one I
would make in wbispeied words, so
that it might not be heard to our
shame by our closest neighbor, were it
not that our rep oach in this regard is
public and noloiious. It admits of no
denial, and its concealment is impossi
ble. Under such conditions, how
could you expect to have a vigorous and
healthy organizaiiou? Is itnotremarka
j ble rat her that you have even tbe sem
blance of the party le.t? Whatever of
healthy vigor remains comes alone
iroin the trauitions of the party and
the glory of its past achievements.
From such associations men are slow
to break away, and thousands are lie
publicans to-day, not for what the par
ty is, but for what it has been.
But there comes a time when roman
tic attachment and tradi.ional renown
cease to be springs of action, when
forbeavaoce ceases to be a virtue, a.id
considerations of public duty require
a declaration of independence against
arrogant and organized authority.
By tbe apathy and inactivity of tbe
masses, political Dosses have been al
lowed to usurp coutrol of the party
organization; but vain must be the at
tempt to hold such a party as ours in
cont'uuing servitude, and just as vain
the hope to hold it together as an ag
gressive political force for base nnd an
wo thv ends. As well have attempt
ed to turn the armies of the Union into
a band of fieebooters or maiauders alter
their patriotic mission had been accom
plished. Witness the growing dissat
isfaction and discontent; witness your
reduced majorities; witness t he emphat
ic protest of 50,000 who refused to be
bound by the action of the convention
one year ago; witness the Philadel
phia Convention of 24th of May, with
its earnest men, its defiant attitude, its
independent deliverance; witness this
meeting of free Republicans in the
city of Pittsburg, called to ratily and
endorse tbe action of tbe convention,
and tbe quick, hearty and spontaneous
response which has been elicited from
all parts of the State.
NO AIM BUT SPOILS.
My friends, entering upon a State
campaign under such conditions, with
our standards lowered, with no public
ends in view, with no higher mission
' than the capture of spoils, with which
to gain lor a political autocrat another
■ term in what he regards as the "scep
tered ofi'ce of his ancestor." Our
' party was doomed to ignominious aud
deserved defeat. Neither public pat
ronage, nor official assessments, nor
private bounties for the purchase of
political mercenaries, nor ail the re
sources of a powerful Machine could
have averted this untimely fate. It
would have been defeated because it
deserved defeat, and the people make
no mistakes. To save it from such
disaster was the object and purpose of
the Philadelphia Convention. It
seeks to redeem the party from the
tyranny of its masters, to reclaim for it
the right to assert its higher purposes
and honest convictions, and to send it
upon a mission of public good raiher
than personal gain.
I cannot take the time to recount to
you the causes which led to that con
vention, nor discuss them in detail.
The circumstances which made it a
necessity are as familiar to you as to
me. Let me tell you, however as
briefly as I can, what that convention
was, what it signified and what it
aimed to accomplish.
First of all, it was a protest against
the personal domination of which I
spoke. In popular speech this has
become known as Bossism. It is a
centralized power which controls your
primaries, your conventions, county
and State, in their nominations and
their deliverances, and in a word
dominates the political life and action
of the party. You understand what I
mean, but an illustration will not be
out of place; many suggest them
selves to me, but let one or two suf
fice. You remember the Harrisburg
Conyeution of 1880, called as it was to
make provision for the representation
of the StaLe in the National Conven
tion soon to follow and nominate a
candidate for the Presidency. Here in
Pennsylvania there was no doubtful or
uncertain public sentiment. Seldom
has publ'c opinion in our day so
clearly and emphatically indicaled a
preference as then. Upon one subject
there wus practically entire unanimity
—uncompromising hostility to a thi.d
term in the Presidential office. Dele
gates went to Harrisburg, fresh from
their respective constituencies, and it
was expected of them that the v would
declare this sentiment in unmistaka
ble terms. Present, not as a delegate,
but as the deus ex machi.ia, was the
Senator from Pennsylvania. [Cheers.]
The pa. ty and its convention thought
one «vay; he happened To think anoth
er. The primary allegiance of the
convention was to him, and not to the
party. It shamefully recorded bis
decrees, abused the trust confided to it,
and outraged a public sentiment as
piooounced and clearly defiued as
though ascertained by a popular vote.
It declared Geoeral Grant to be the
choice of the Bepublicaas of Pennsyl
vania, aud decreed that to promote
his uoiniuat'on the odious unit rule
should be adopted, Mr. Came.on
himself being the unit, and his the
ruTe absolute and unconditional. The
power lodged in the rule, the ru'e in
the unit, and the unit in the imperial
will of Mr. Cameron.
YOU CANNOT FAIL
to remember what a storm of indigna
tion followed; but your wrath was im
potent to deter the autocrat of the party
from executing his settled purpose.
The sceDe shifts from Hanisbu g to
Chicago, when he as Chairman of the
National Committee, and my distin
guished opponent, General Reaver, as
Chairman of the Pennsylvania delega
tion, combined to destroy the liberty of
the individual delegates, and tbe
entire vote of the State for one who
was not the choice of our people, and
against whose eand'dacy they wore
hrevocably committed. Together they
took up the cry of the Jaoobite, "tbe
king shall have his own again," and to
accomplish his restoration, they hesi
tated not to betrpy the people they rep
resented. [Applause.J But this per
sonal combination is not limited to
popular conventions; it asserts itself in
your Legislature as well. You remem
ber, how in the recent Senatorial strug
gle at Harrisburg, with unblushing
servility a Republican majority gather
ed in the private parlor of this same
Senator, and at his dictation presented
as the regular candidate for Senatorial
honors, this spine gentleman whose
co-operation be bad received at Chica
go—and who is now bis cand'date for
Governor. These instances will suffice
to show where, and in whose hands
this centralized power is placed.
Against such autocratic rule tbe Phila
delphia Convention entered its most
emphatic protest. It would have the
Republican party say to those men
who assume to control it, as the virgin
queen said to the haughty earl, "My
Lord Liecester, I would have you un
derstand that I alone am mistress, and
I will have no masters." [Applause.
But that convention, my fellow-citi
zens, had a larger and deeper signifi
cance than that. It did not spend its
force iu simple protests. It contem
plated by its action, not merely the re
buke and dethronement of political dic
tators, but with an intelligence that
comprehended the source and origin of
these troubles, it declared agaiost that
nefarious system which makes Bossism
possible, and which ltas corrupted and
demoralized the politics of the present
aav, far beyond all other influences
combined. Except for spoil jof office and
Government patronage, there could be
no Bosses. To this vicious system
which places publ'c offices at the arbi
trary disposal of men in public station,
aud makes of them rewards for devo
tion to the political fortunes of him
who bestows them, we can with abso
lute certainty trace our present politi
cal disturbances. Consider, if you
please, tbe numerical force of those
holding Federal appointments in this
State alone. They are numbered by
the thousands, and distributed through
every township and precinct; their
tenure of office dejiending solely upon
their personal and political fealty to
the dynastic power of our senior Sena
tor. These men with special aud per
sonal interest are quickened into active
participation in political affairs, while
the p.ivate citizen who has nothing
but his general concern for good gov
ernment to incite him, remains in polit
ical inactivity, or if he interfere at all,
his interference is resented, and he is
regarded as a disturber of the party's
peace. [Cheers]
PENNSYLVANIA'S CURSE.
So long has this system prevailed in
Pennsylvania, aud so mercilessly has
it been enforced, that every source and |
avenue of power is contaminated or
polluted. What ought to be a field of
generous rivalry aud laudable ambi
tion, has become a market place, where
independence and manhood are openly i
exchanged for political preferment, j
Men have come to understand lull well
that here in Pennsylvania there is but j
one door through which they can enter j
the political arena; there is but one 1
ladder on which they can mount lo
political distinction. Except as they
acknowledge feaUy to the reigning
house, aud commit themselves to its
support, except as they surrender their
independence and degrade the>r man
hood, they aie excluded from public
life by a pioscription as relent'ess as
fate. Character is of no avail against;
ability and sujieiior fit :ess cannot re
sist i„; popular favor cannot -even turn
it aside.
And so it is, that the subordinate
places in the Government are filled by
political serfs, and places of a higher
distinct'on by political dependents. The
one element of manlv independence is
elimioated entiiely bom your civil ser
vice, and for it is substituted servility
to a political Boss. Such a system not
only destroys the virtue and life of a
party, but is utterly demoralizing to
the people aud s jbversive of the theory
and principles upon which our Govern
ment operates,- it is in iiselfa threaten
ing danger to the security and stability
of our instituUo . • The great body of
Republican voteis—aad 1 distinguish
between them and the organized power
of the party—quick to detect and recog
nize the sources of ibe public danger,
appreciating the enormity of the abuse
and itJ power for evil, are anxious for
its correction. It is aod has been with
them, a conviction, not expressed, how
ever, in w. itten creed, that public of
fices should be public trusts and ad
ministered for the beneQt of the people
and not for personal ends. It is and
has been an article of faith with them,
as though it had br>en formulated in
every platform of the party. But be
cause of the controlling power of the
B.osses over the pariy organization, its
energies have not been di ected toward
its practical application and enforce
ment, much as the people so desired,
but rather towa'ds the strengthening
and upholding of the very system it
antagon'zes. But, meanwhile, convic
tion in men's minds was deepening,
while the abuses were growing, aud
what had been regarded es a sentiment
was taking shape as a settled and de
termined purpose to destroy the syf
tern whicn nurtu~ed and sustained these
abuses The recent Har/isburg Con
vention, Leeiog that i lie patience of tie
people was being exhausted, and yield
ing, to the exigencies of the hour, made
public confession of the sins of the
party in this regard.
TAKK THE IXATFORM
adopted by that cooventiou, if you
please, and read it careiuily. It admits
not on'v tbe existence of these evil
methods a id abuse?, bet acknowledges
their da ige v ous tendencies and con
sequencies by decla ing agaiost tbeui
in most emphatic language, as tbe
sense of the Republican pavty. It
condemns the use of patronage to pro
moie personal nolit' »1 en.ls, and the
removal of competent officials except
for public cause. These be brave
words and highly virtuous sentiments.
[L;ughler.] lice we have a plain,
unequ'vocal acl'iowl dge.i>eut of the
evils of which tbe ]>eople complain,
and which are debasing our polities
and degrading us as a Stale, and here
we have a promise nnd a plr-dge that
these evils a eto be removed by the
llepubii< au party. Had that promise
and pledge ijeen made lor tbe hope and
not for tbe ear only ; hau they ca.ried
with tbem assurances of and honest
purpose to k-ep and not lob 'eakthem:
bad tbey been p.ompled bv an earnest
solicitude for tne public good, and not
snggesied as a polii'cal tiick to deceive
the confiding aud unwaiv ; in a word,
bad that convention given us an earnest
of its pu pose to dcs. ov and over
thtow the abu.es against which it
harmlessly declaimed, there would
have been no divivon in Republican
.auks to-dpy; but we would have
been a u'liled and agferestive party,
p esenjng au unbroken front to a com
mon adversary.
Th : s leads me to say, and I say it
because the faeis in my deliberate
judgment wa:>i'nt the assertion, tbaf.
the deliverance of that convention, so
far as it relates *o a reform in the civil
service and the con ec ion of paity
abuses, is a cheat and a i aud, a
delusion and a snaie. It means noth
ing, cao accomplish nothing, and is as
idle as 'a painted sbio upon a painted
ocean.' If lam misipken in this, then
am I hear wlhouta caur>e. I appeal
to your beLer judgment, and the
judgment of the people ofibe State. I
would have you rem( 'his platform in
the light of events which had already
transpired, in tiie 1 gbl of eveots which
subsequently occurred, andin the added
light iurnisiied by the convention itself.
The hopes of a nation b u been sorelv
disappointed in the trag'cend ofabelov
ed Pres : deoi, cruelly slain by a spoils
man Ill's successor in office, familiar
as he himself admits with 'practical
polities' oolv, ami having uo sympathy
whatever with polii'cal leioim, had
violently reversed the policy of Gar
fit Id, and in strict accordance with tbe
prnciples and rules of 'practical pol -
tics' had placed the pairouage of the
Government, so far as our State was
coneerjed, at tiic arbitrary disposal of
our senior Senalor. The oflicial guillo
tine bad commenced 10 do its wo.k.
At his direction ofiicia.s were removed,
not for public cause, but to give place
lo others who would strengthen bis
dvnasty. Against the earnest protest
of our other Senator, and the protest
of thousands of our own people, the
work was continued from day to day.
! This was the situation when the Har
j risburg Convention assembled. Two
I prominent appointments had been sent
the Senate by the President, but then*
1 confirmation had teen delayed .under
objections i'rom Senator Mitchell.
[Cheering]. Here was an opportun : i.y
for the convention to show its earnest
ness and sincerity in the work it had
in baud. Here was one Senator nobly
battling against tue power of an ad
i ministration for the very principle
wbich this convention endorsed, and
another just as determinedly battling
against it, with an administratiou ,
giving him its support.
WAS IT CRAVEN FEAR
or absolute insincerity that silenced
that convention with reference to this
contention? I leave you to judge,
nsLirj you to remember that as a body
it was in closest sympathy with Mr.
Cameron, nominating his Christmas
ticket, anu endorsed the administration
of the President, who boasts that he
knows no'ihing of abstract politics.'
Please explain, if you cau, the sinceri
ty or consistency of a convention wnich
would adopt such a civil scrviee plat
form as t'jat adopted at Hairisburg,
and at the same time applaud an ad
ministration which deals in 'practical
polities' only. Cut that is not all:
wilbin a week alter tbe adjournment
of the convention .our tenior Senator
showed his .aiih in i'.a platfoiru by
pressing to a confirmation the suspend
ed appointments and startirg the
guillotine a.iesh. Nor is this all; ten
days ago iu the city of Hanisburg, my
distinguished competitor, General
Beaver, the nominee of the Harrisburg
Convention, in a public speech, as if to
show that hi bad independence too,
and an hone3iy aud candor of speech
superior to the men who nominated
h'm, boldly declared that the civil
service was 'w'sely administered.'
The eooveution which nominated him
declared it wns not wisely administered.
It saw abuses ; General Beaver sees
none. It declared for refor.n ; General
Beaver can fiod nothing to relorm. It
declared that public offices must not be
used for personal political ends; Gen.
Beaver holds otherwise, and sees wiib
perfect and absolute satis.act ion the
patronage of an administration, and
the spoils of office given to a political
Boss, to place where they will do the
most good, not for the public, but to
sustain and support an autocratic
power upon which my distinguished
i. iend has relied too much for bis own
promotion. [Applause],
And so I say; that judged by what
it d'd as well as what it failed to do;
judged by the declarations aud conduct
of our senior Seuator both before and
after the convention; judged by tbe
bold and fearle.-s speech of its chief
candidate, the convention of the 10lh
May last made a mockery of civil
service reform, and u-iflcd with the
earnest convictions and settled purposes
of tbel.ee Republicans of Pennsylvania.
In contrast with this I place the
at ion of the Philadelphia Convention.
Following immediately a ier, with a
purpose to Hit tbe party out of its
boudage to the Machine, it recognized
the one great question of commanding
impoitance and interest to the people,
and sought to p'ace the party in posi
tion io accomplish the great reform
which is imperatively demanded. To
a civil service not regulated by the
will or pleasure of political managers,
but regulated by law, the free and in
dependent Republicans of Pennsylva
n:a ate pledged and irrevocably com
mitted.
IT IS THEIR CREED
and their battle cry. Wo challenge
for their platform the closest
Its lines are clear and precise and you
can read no.bing between ibem but an
honest purpose to meke good its de
mands. Jsor do the e-ndida;es falsify
their declarators of principles. Excuse
me for the reference ; and yet I know
of no more emphatic wav for a conven
tion to lret ay its own ijsinceray than
to place in nomination candidates who
are not in accord with its declaration
of J naciples. I have no.biog to say
in vindication of the candidates Oi tbe
Philadelphia Convention. This much,
however' I make bold to say: if there
is anything in the political life or
reco d of any of them which makes
him an mp.oper or unworihy repe
sentative of this of refoim, with
hold I.om that man your suppo't.
Honored by that convention wi h a
place upon its ticket, I dare not forget
that, f. om one no bel'.er known than
myself, vou are entitled to something
more than a simple acceptance of its
doctrines. You ate at least entitled,
when a public charge is made against
my constituency, to a prompt and em
phatic denial, if the charge be untrue.
In a public speech at Harrisburg a few
days ago, General Beaver said that the
motives which governed tbe Indepen
dents in their present movement would
be made public This announcement
was quickly followed by a vituperativ«,
anonymous communication in a Phila
delphia journal, since copied into others,
iu which it is stated that I had repeat
edly aud in vain sought the political
favor and aid of Senator Cameron and
his distinguished father, and because of
disappointment iu this regard I had
joined my political fortunes with the
Independents. I beg permission right
here to answer the charge. Neither
by myself or by another, by uttered
speech or written woid, have I asked
from either father or sou any favor or
service, political or otherwise, and I
challenge them and theirbeaebmen, ad
herents aud dependents to prove to
the contrary. So that theie may be
no doubt about this matter, I remove
every restriction trom private corre..-
pondcnce, if there lie any, every re
! striction i'rom private conversation, if
there was any, and ask only that wit-
J ntsses shall 6peak the truth. Before
' that Baal I have never bowed, and
| uever will. [Tremendous applause].
But enough of this.
I have spoken fully and freely of the
character and significance of the Inde
pendent movement; now what of its
purpose ? Briefly and in conclusion
this: our purpose is to reclaim the Re
publican party from the thraldom of
the Machine, and our purpose is to win
in the present contest. The cloud that
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each.
From the fact that the Oitizem is 'he oldeat
established ami most extensively circulated Re
publican newspaper in Butler oounty, (a Repub
lican county,) it must be apparent to busineaa
men that it is the medium they should use in
advertising their business.
NO. 32
. was uo biurger than a man's band at
last covered the whole face of the
heavens. The movement inaugurated
at Philadelphia gathers increasing
force as the days go by. Republican
in its faith, uttached and devoted to
the principles wbicb that party has in
the past maintained and yindicated,
earnestly advocating the rights of
labor and protection to our home in
dustries, the Independent Republican
partv hvites to its suppo.-t all who be
lieve wiih us that the way to make a
party strong in popular support is to
I make it stroug in public confidence, all
who believe with us that the true end
and aim of party existence is public
good, all who believe with us that the
Republican party alone is mistress,
and needs no masters. Our reliance
is upon the conscience, the intelligent
cooyictioos, the patriotic purposes of
the people. These will assert them
selves, aud it wi'l be to the d<smayand
contusion of those who imagine, among
other vain tbiogs, that a party whose
h'ghest aspirations and noblest efforts
have been for individual and political
freedom, caa itself be held in debasing
servitude to a Machine or a Boss. The
Independent Republicans of Pennsyl
vania have engaged in no revolt or in
surrection : they neither seek to foment
discord, nor weaken by factious differ
ences. llo'ding fast to the traditions
of the party, we here lift up the true
standard, and summon all who would
make our party worthy of its past re
nown to rally oejeath its folds.
Ours the faith, aud ours the courage,
curs will yet bo the victory in a redeem
ed, regenerated, disenthralled party.
One Hnndred Years Ago.
One hundred years ago wedding
tours were not fashionable.
Que hundred yefrs ago farmers did
not cut their legs off with mowing
machines.
Oae hundred years ago every young
man was not aa applicant for a posi
tion as clerk or book-keeper.
One hundred years ago a young
woman did not lose caste by wetting
her baods in dishwater, or rubbing
the skin off her knuckles on the wash
board.
One hundred years ago the physician
who could not draw every form of
disease from tbe system, by tapping a
large vein in the arm, was not much of
a doctor.
One hundred years ago people did
not worry about rapid transit and
cheap trausportat'ion, but threw their
grain across tbe backs of their horses
aud uncomplainingly went to tbe mill.
One hundred years ago every man
cut bis coat according to his cloth ;
even man was estimated at bis own
value, shoddy was not known ; nobody
bad sir tck 'ilc,' and true merit and
honest worth were the only ground for
promotion.— Ter,e Haule Mail.
Good Mothers.
Who but God can count the precious
trophies of goodly sons and holy
daughters, which Christian mothers
have 'aid at ibe feet of Jesus for his
servi'-e aou glorv ? They are written
in the great book of lemembrance, and
the day of et vuity will reveal them.
Over the lorub of many a sainted
mother could be trutb.'ully inscribed
the follow : rg lines on a villagegrave
stone:
'A Sarah to ber Husband,
A Euaice to her Children,
A Lois to ber Grandchildren,
A Lydiato God's Ministers,
A Martha to her Guests,
A Docas to tbe Poor, and
An Anna to fcer Gcd.'
Let Christian mothers be of good
cheer, and bear their burdens of care
and responsibility for Christ's sake,
for in due season they shall reap a rich
reward.
Useless Fright.
To worry about any Liver, Kidney
Utinary or Trouble, especially Bright's
Disease or Diabetes, as Hop Bitters
never fails of a cure where a cure is
possible. Wo know this.
Whe watermellon contains about 95
per cent, of the purest water and a
trace of tbe purest sugar, and nothing
has yet been discovered that furnishes
so perfect and speedy a 'cure' for sum
mer complaint as watermelon, and
nothing else Even when diarrhea
has been kept up by continued eating
of o.dinarv food until the disoase has
become chronic th.s delicious beverage
for it -s little more—watermellon,
taken lYee'y two or thiee times a day
has again and again been known to
jfpvk wonders, and to 'cure' when all
the usual remedies had failed.— food
and HeaiJi.
|jgf~The Diamond Dyes always do
more than they claim to do. Color
over that old dress. It will look like
new. _____
The army worm is on the march
again, opening the summer campaign
with bis accustomed yigor, and forag
ing on the country. In a couple of
counties of Ohio he consumed, in a few
days, what would have grown to be
about 800,000 bushels of barley, sweep
ing clear whole fields, and devouring
also cut and bundled grain. It was
perhaps he that lately swa'lowed the
oat crop of a considerable part of south
ern Virginia; and in other ways be is
sharpening his appetite for a full meal
somewhere.
In countries where malaria is preva
lent, or where tbe climate is subject
to sudden changes—should be found
in every house Brown's Iron Bitters.
Milton S. Erb, hotel keeper at Bech
telsville, Berks county, is tbe possessor
of a dog that catches fish. Nearly
every morning this canine fisherman
will go out to the stream that passes
close by, walk into tne water aud
catch and eat as many of the finny
tribe as he can see.
A Southern writer says that if in a
flock of 20 to 150 sheep fourteen to
sixteen bells of various sizes and pitch
are placed, DO sheep-kdling dog will
dare to attack them. It is, he affirms,
r the variety of tone that terrifies the
[dog.