THE CITIZEN • wtmiß - - - r « OPB,rr " t (irnscurtio* *at*»— to*tao* pkipaid tme year, inside County-- J 1 * Ooe Year. OutuM* guilty... * WW PajaM* la Advance. f m at P <*»<>•«• at 8.t1.r aa t* rlam •*«"■ FRIDAY. JULY 25. IW°- Of i*»ue of thei of -he r,nC^olrTn b o« and thetr sub ! "npUon ta soltciwd. l(l vor by sending us n°UfW»on.. not now takfng * county paper. * lathee*. must be a"*™ paniad by are«poo»btoMm». Republican State Ticket FOB UOTKBSOB, GEORGE WALLACE DELAMATER. f«B liki:TWU*T eovKBSOB LOUIS ARTHUR WATRES. FOB SKCBETABT OF WW** l AFFAIBS. THOMAS J. STEWART. Repnblican County Ticket, fob cosobbss, ALEXANDER MCDOWELL. fob ihreibli. JOSIAH M. THOMPSON. ANDREW G. WILLIAMS. FOB SHKBIFF. WM M. BROWN fob pbothonotabi, JOHN G. BIPPUS. FOB BKUIHTBB ill bkcobbkb DAVID E. DALE. r»B tbsakibkb. JAMES 8. WILSON. FOB CLKBK OF COIBTK, JOSEPH CRISWELL. FOB COCHTT COBMIHRIOSKB*. SAMUEL T. MARSHALL. JOSIAH C. KISKADDON. FOB IXHKTT AUDITORS, ADAM M. DOUTHETT. JACOB ALBERT. FOB COBOHEB, JOHN KENNEDY. "Principles, not Men." The Republicans of Butler county stood by their obligations to their manhoU, Wed nesday afternoon, and after hearing .all that Maj. McDowell and his friends had to say, resolved to repudiate a nomination made by bribery, and appoint a committee to investigate and to confer with similar committees appointed or to be appointed by the other counties, fw to the proper method of remedying the great wrong that has been done to the party in this Con gressional district. The preamble and resolutions that were adopted, after a full and oomplete hearing of the case, are as follows : Whkkkab, It appears by the admissions under oath of John R. Tate,Thomas Down ing and others, that three of the delegates from Beaver county to the late Congress ioual Convention held at New Castle, Pa., July 3d, 1890, for a money consideration, were induced to cast their votes on the 19"» th ballot in said Convention, for the nomination of Alexander McDowell as a candidate for Congress in this district, and that said three delegates received the sum of sfijo each for their votes so cast, and Wukbras, It appears that the nomina tion of the said Alexander McDowell conld not have been made on this ballot, with out these votes from the Beaver county deregates obtained, as is admitted by them, through bribery and venality; Therefore, be it resolved by the County Committee of Butler County! Ist, That we condemn in unmeasured terms all such corrupt methods and means, as appear by these admissions to have been resorted to in this instance to secure the pllcged nomination ol Alexander McDowell as a candidate for Congress in this district, demand the fullest investigation of the matter, the punishment of all parties thereto, found guilty of bribery and cor ruption of delegates, and appeal to the honest voters of the district to stamp out these unlawful and corrupt methods, so that our nominations may be lawfully, honestly and fairly made, according to the will of the people. I id. That the admissions aforesaid, of the parties who received the money and coat the vote*, tbat made the alleged nomination —whether the nominee knew of the mean* used or not —make it patent to everyone that said nomination was the result of fraud, bribery and venality; it in therefore the sense of this committee that the nomination of A 'exander McDowell was unfairly, unlaw fully and corruptly made, is not binding on the Republicans of this district, and can not lie endorsed by them now, or at the polls in November. 3(1. That a committee of three be ap pointed by the Cha'rman of this commit tee to confer with a like committee from the other counties, and join in an effort to cjrroct the wrong that has been done to the Republicans of this Congressional dis ict by the fraud, bribery and corruption .of delegates to the late congressional con vention ; to the end tbat an honest fair, ii nil legitimate nomination may be made of (i candidate for Congress in this district. B. £. DBHHWOK, Ch'n., F. Y. BROOKS, N. MOVRK. About forty members of the Committee were present when the Chairman called it to order, and stated the object ofthe meet ing,and the room was crowded with others who took an interest in the proceeding. Dr. Dennison opened the proceedings by a plea for honesty in politics and wound up by saying that no honest man can ac cept a nomination procured by bribery. Dr. Peters of Centerville said we oome here to do what was right, he said all Mercer Co, waa for McDowell, and oiitio'v ed tho action of Beaver Co. Dr. Dennison moved for a committee of three men in resolutions, which carried and the Chairman appointed B. B. Denni son, Dr. Brooks and J. N. Moore, who retired to another room. There was some talk a* to the propriety of hearing the Mereer Co. delegation, and among the outsider* who spoke up, was Simeon Nixon, wh o thought the Mercer Co. men sliou'd have the decency to go home, but the general fta ,! ng was in favor of hearing them, after the committee on resolutions reported. When they did re port, and their resolutions were read, a motion to hear them carried and Maj. Mc- Dowell was the first to speak. □e began by say ing that he was not here asking for Mercy, but for Justice. He reviewed the New Castle convention and said he was fairly nominated on the 19th ballot. He was again nominated on the 105 th and, a« fur as he was concerned, without money or prtce. Qe did not pay, is not to pay, and mill pay no money for the nomination. He wants justice and a committer of in vestigation. Mercer county win j o j„ j n an investigation and if any smoke i* found on his garments he step down and out. He was followed by Samuel Miller, ESIJ. of Mercer, who hoped the Committee would take such action as would harmon ise the party, spoke of the probable impor tance of a single vote in the next Congress, of hasty and ill advised action, of the weakness of the evidence, of the effort to blast McDowell'* reputation without a trial. He wa* in favor of investigating the matter to the bottom and in Rood faith, and bowing to the decision of the Commit tee. He said the Co. Com. could not re pudiate the nomination, that was for the conference that made it. and Maj. Mc- Dowell wanted an opportunity to clear his skirts. A motion to vote on the resolutions sep arately carried, and then the convention called for Col. Sullivan, who was present to make some remarks. Mr. Sullivan said he had no desire to speak and expected to be a spectator, but would say a few words. The committee were summoned together under extra ordinary and unusual circumstances. The people had learned with surprise and in dignation of this bribery. They had read the sworn statement of one of the delegates and the admissions of the others. The Mercer Co. gentlemen overlooked the im portant fact that the purity of the ballot box and our primaries must be kept above suspicion, if wo expect the support and and confidence of the people. Our highest loyalty to onr party is honest aud the irreproachable character of our candidates. Candidates nominated by bribery cannot be supported. We cannot enter the campaign confronted with the charge of fraud. He was sorry foi Major McDowell, but the committee should hesi tate long belore putting its stamp of ap proval on admitted corruption. James M. Galbreath, Esq., was then (wil ed upon. He agreed * ith Col. Sullivan in his remarks, voted in the Convention to make Major McDowell's nomination unan imous, but the nomination was made by tho use of money and could not be ap proved. He did not accuse Mr. McDowell of bribery, and regretted the wrong done him, but the facts were ad initted and could not be questioned. Fraud vitiates everything it touches, and it will not do to adopt it in polities. The nomination was by fraud and no Republi can can afford to place on that nomination t'.e stamp of his approval. Both gentlemen made good speeches and were congratulated. The question was then called, the reso lutions were read separately, and each one was adopted without a ("ssenting voice, and also as a whole, and the convention adjourned. What Beaver Co. Did. At the meeting of the Republican county committee of Beaver Co. last Saturday after noon, tho following resolution watf offered and passed by a vote of 47 to 7. "Whereas, It is admitted that the nomination of Maj. Alexander McDowell for member of Congress from the Twenty fifth district is the result of corruptior venality and fraud; be it "Resolved, That the Bepubljcan Com mittee of Beaver county does hereby ex press its condemnation of the means whereby the said nomination was made and does hereby repudiate the same. •■Resolved" That the Chairman of the County Committee and two persons to be appointed by him be a committee to oonfer with similar committees appointed, or to be appointed, by the county committees of the several counties of this Congressional district, with a view of nominating a can didote for Congress at the ensuing election. "Resolved, further. That the County Committee approves the action of Dr. David McKinney, Jr., in making informa tion against those persons confessing to corruption and publicly accused of bribery at the late Congressional conven tion, and hereby tenders to him all necces sary aid to effect a successful prosecution of them." Those who voted "No" were J. J. David son, of Beaver; John Berry, of Baden; William Shaner, of Beaver Falls; L. L. Carson, of Beaver Falls; Henry Mornock. of North Sewickley twp.; Albert Lyon, of Ohiotwp.; R. L. En ing. of Raccon twp. A motion was made to mako this vote unanimous, aud in the \ iva voce vote that was taken there wore a few calls of "No" Ex-Congressman 8. H. Miller, of Mercer, wa« on hand and wanted to make a speech in behalf of Maj. McDowell, bnt con'd not get a hearing. He was told it would be useless to try and did not enter the place of meeting. Mr. Miller said in an in terview: "What I desired to nay was that if the charges of bribery were brought home to Maj. McDowe" directly or in directly, or remotely, that he would step down. I have positive assurances that Maj. McDowell neither directly nor in directly, by himself or any other person, paid any consideration or promised any consideration, for his nomination. I am further positively assured that he did not know that anything, or any consideration either, was to be paid, or was paid, to secure bis nomination, and tbat the first intimation be had of any such, was the publication made in the papers since the nomination. If the other counties take similar action gkiui give Marcer county Re publicans no opportunity to be heard, my personal belief is tbat Mercer county «ill support MpDpwell. Our people are a t»"H for him." Dr. McConnell, iu an interview, said the resolutions meant that Beaver county would insist on another nomination, and tbat if Maj. McDowell remained in the field there wonld be two Republican can didates for Congress. Ej-Cougressman M ;,l er went from Beaver to Sharon, and was in consultation with Maj. McDowell until late at night. A telegram from Sharon brings the informa tion that Maj. McDowell says as tho Beaver County Committee had refused birn a bearing he iB now in the field to and will not withdraw under any circumstances. Even should a new conference be called and make another nomination he declares he * ill continue in the field. WHAT LAWRKKCB IIAT DO. NKW CASTLK, Pa., July 20. —County De tective Marshall, who arrested Messrs, Tate and Shaffer, the alleged bribed dele gates, returned home this evening. Down ing was not at home and was not arrested. Tate and Shaffer waived a hearing and gave bail for the September court here. William B. Wallace, Esq., charged with, bribery, has not been arrested.- The Chair man of the Republican Committee of Lawrenca county said this evening: "There will bo a meeting of the County Committee either the first or second Satur day in August to nominate a candidate for Associate Judge, and to arrange a new committee. I cannot say what action, if any, the committee «ili take in this matter." IT is popularly supposed that the ordinary house centipede or "thousand logger" so often seen is harmless in its bite, and yet a Jersey City girl, bitten by a centipede, died in horrible agony last week. OCCASIONALLY something happens to discourage elopemonts. The other day a young Baltimore couple fled to Chicago and had a royal good time for a week or so enjoying their honeymoon, when one day they were confronted with a board bill aud they woke up to the l>aloro. 1,435 ... 106 Fairview K, Petrolia