The Democrat. FRIDAY, APR" .O0. •' IT won't do to hold any more of them primaries," said Delegate Burke, of Oallit r,in. No sir; not at any rate, if there is any danger of the rascals falling out afterward. IT is about time for the Cambria Herald to make public the " personal" reasons why Qeneral Hastings did not get the Cambria county delegates. Hie llera,d threatened to do this if the Republican kicking papers d ; d not desist from abusing the local party leaders fur stealing the county for Delamater. Come on brother ; it's your turn now. ONB round-trip ticket from this place to Ebensburg costs.>l.7s, and forty of them cost S7O. It is said that Delamater and Andrews know nothing of the round-trip arrangement, and that they paid the full fare for each round trip, or $2.10. Some body had a profit of thirty-five cents on each ticket. There are tricks in all trades, but politics furnishes the greatest opportunities for the monumental trick ster. " TUB ballot-box is the ark of safety for the Republic," said Senator G. W. Dela mater recently. The concluding chapter of his and Chairman Andrews' political methods in Cambria county are given else where. It is to be supposed that the Re publican politicians in this county are so " pure" that the swearing of primary election boards, us required by the laws of Pennsylvania, isjan entirely unnecessary procedure. But such men, as thos e whose methods have been laid bare, are fit tools for such a briber of Legislatures and abettor of bribers as Matthew Stanley Quay, who stands for all that is .irrupt and vile in politics. IN our local columns will be found the proceedings of the citizens' meeting last evening for the purpose of getting up a demonstration for the day on which the new City Government is <o be inaugurat ed. No more worthy move could be made. It is very proper that some acliou should be taken to properly observe Joliustown's greatest day. We need some move to make the people feel that tin re is still some of the former spirit in the place. Especially is it so in view of the fact that we have not had a parade or other public demonstration since the flood of May Gist. Au era of general good feeling needs to be inaugurated, and nothing would better serve that puipose than to have all our people turn in and help to make the day a memorable one iu the history of Johnstown. Then the in coming officers, who have a stupendous task before them, need the encourage- ment that a proper observance of the day would give. THE NA I.Alt IKS OK 'lll EC ITT OVFICMtN- There is now a move on foot among a certain class of spoilsmen—because they •re not having a finger in the pie-to arouse dissatisfaction about the salaries of the city officers. They are the fellows who come out in print as " Anxious In quirer," •" Taxpayer," or something else t tat may mean anybody or most likely nobody. They lack the moral courage to ome out over their own signatures and u'r their opinions. Take the office of City Engineer, the salary is fixed at $1,300. It takes years at study and practice, to say nothing of superior mental ability, for anyone to get to be proficient in engineering. And we predict that no engineer will be able to make, duiing the three years of his term, the real estate registry—which would be a great saving to the city at any price as well as to the property holders by ending ali litigation as to lines of streets, alleys, and all properties—and the topographical survey, both of which duties may, at the pleasure of the Councils, be imposed upon that officer. Both these surveys should be made, and they should be made now. We want to sturt out righ. tNo second class engineer is competent to do the work.and.no flrst-class , man will leave better employment to 'take a poor-paying job from the cit)\ The city must pay salary enough to command the services of competent men. We might speak of the Mayor's duties. Johnstown, be it said to her credit, has chosen for Mayor a man whom she can safely trust with any duties that may fall upon him to perform, and the city will rest satisfied that such duties have been rightly performed. When an ordinance has been approved by him we can rest assured that it will bear the test of a trial. And few people have any idea of the great amount of labor necessarily expended 111 prawing up any carefully prepared ordi nance. If those who are disposed to kick will study the law providing for the starting of the government of a city such as ours, and will lake the trouble to attend a few Council meetings, where the dif ferent ordinances and other meas ures are fully considered, they will get some idea of the great task before the in-coming officers of the new city. Years of training and professional study, as well as practice in legal matters, arc only some of the requirements to a successful administration of public affairs, particu larly at the outset of a citv government, and they cannot be obtained without their being paid for. " Why don't you run a newspaper like that ?" a grocery merchant in a country town said to his editor, throwing out a Chicago daily. "For the reason you don't run a grocery like that," the editor replied, turning to a five column adver tisement of a Chicago house, showing a twelve story building. The grocer) .iked attentively at the advertisement and the picture for a moment and then said : " I never looked at it in that way before.— Exchange. Ho¥ IT WAS DONE! The Way Cambria County Was Stolen by the Politicians. THE TRRBIBLE TURPITUDE. The Outrageous and Disgusting Details or How the Cambria County Republicans Were Betrayed and Defrauded— Another Sickening Chapter of Republican Politics—No Wonder Cambria County ts Becoming More Strongly Democratic. The following is another chapter from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph' de scription of the great political fruud per petrated in this county in the interests of Delamater. It shows the methods used to defraud the honest people and glorify the tricky politicians. It is a fearful and terrible story, and shows a state of things that is dangerous and demoralizing. The following are the details : A PEOCLIAK CASB. Carrolltown borough—'This was a pe culiar case. Chairman Barker wrote to Peter Campbell, a fair-minded, honest mau, aud asked him who was to be the delegate from the borough. Campbell, in reply, said lie would probably some himself, and declared he was for Hast ings. The Barker crowd evidently thought it well to have some Hastings men in the for they did not oppose him. He went up to tho conven tion and was quiet until Davis sprung his resolution. This he said was taking snap judgment, wa9 uufair and did not represent the feelings of the people. When it came to a vote he cast the two votes of the borough against the resolu tion. He was always a friend of Barker and his gang and they got the Carroll town poslofflce for him, but lie declared he could not swallow such a dose as they were giving tin convention and lie was the only ofllccholder or candidate who took this muuly course. Trained in the Barker school he made out his owu cre dentials. Carroll township held a sort of sug gestion meeting at which it was agreed to send Vincent Keig and Thomas B. Davis to the convention, they having been both appealed to by Barker, James and Tom Davis (Jackson). There were no election officers sworn, no formal voting, and two unauthorized persons signed the credentials. Clearfield township—Tcrance Dclozier, at the written desire of Chairman Bar ker, made out his own credentials, with out taking a single vote, and cast two ballots for the Andrews-Delamater set up. Ceopersdale borough—Acting under Chairman Barker's direction, Clerk Loughry voted twice for his borough having made out his own papers, there being no primaries. Croyle township—No primaries, no votes, nothing but two self-constituted delegates named John Wendroth and Aaron Shcrbine. Dean township—There was nothing which savored of an election here. Henry Marlitt made out his certificate and voted twice for Andrews, Delaraatcr &Co lie was a trusted lieutenant, for through the influence of the Darker crowd he was made a paster and folder in the last legis lature. He, no doubt, had " met " An drews and Delamater more than once, is BARKER'S HOME. Ebensburg, Eastward—Not even in the home of Chairman Barker did Andrews' hired men pretend to give the Republican voters a chance to express their opinions. Primaries ? Not much. Election board ? Certainly not. Wha.'s the use? The statutory oath ? Bah .' Oaths are all non sense. When the time came on Monday morning Thomas D. Evans and William A. Jones, two trusty henchmen of Bar ker, went to Ed. James' drug store and made out their credentials. Not a vote was cast for them, not even the skeleton of an election was held. Ebensburg, West ward—This is the per sonal property of " Tom " Davis (Jack son.) He does not care for elections un less there are opportunities therciu—Con gressional election preferred. When the janitor of the building ordinarily used for election offered to start a tire and get the place ready on Saturday afternoon for a dollar, Andrews' worthy representative replied that there was no need of the room as there would be no election. The papers of Thomas Davis and T, M. Richards were also fixed up bv themselves in James' drug store, and somebody signed them as judge and inspector. Perhaps Barker was one. Nobody outside the guilty ones know this point, and nobody ever will. Just think of it! In the two wards of Ebensburg, which cast 127 votes for Boyer in November, 1889, and 105 for Myers for Poor House Director, who led the county ticket in that town, not a soli tary vote was given at the January pri maries under the Andrcws-Delamatcr- Barker-Davis management. Franklin borough was represented by a single man—John 11, Murphy, ex-con stable. He wrote himself into two votes for the Andrews-Delamatcr scheme with out primaries or pretense. IN HASTINGS lIOKOL'QU. This was a beautiful and shining ex ample of the Andrews-Delamater method —one of the finest in the whole county. This is the town built up by the Hastings Coal Company, which is named after General Hastings and in which he is a large stockholder. The General has devoted much time to this enterpiise and the development of the remarkable mineral wealth of the region ana is very popular in the bor ough. Men who have no connection with the coal company and who have met li.m are honestly and heartly for hiin. To strike Hastings down in this borougii was in the opinion of Andrews, Barker et al almost as good as stabbing him in the back in Cambria county itself. With out notice to any of the citizens of Ilast tiugs, skulking in the dark, like such men do, two tools of Andrews and Barker ar ranged to steal the borough. They held no primary election. They had no elec tion board of any sort. They did not allow any outsider to Know what was going on and there was scarcely a man in the place who knew that primaries had been called by the Committe. C. Westover, a livery stable keeper and Thomas Buynon, a bar ber, acting under Burker's orders, sneaked out ot Hastings, went to Ebensburg and there had their certificates made out for them by the Barker gang. They entered the convention during roll call and were among the last to vote for the Andrews-Delamaler steal. They were not even discreet. They boasted about what they had done and the manner of doing it. They admitted they had sold themselves. The result was that when their action and tl at of the convention became known in Hastings, the Repub licans of the place aud of the neighbor hood were furious. Letters were promptly sent to Gen. Hastings by the leading Republicans of the p.ace repudi ating the action of Westover aud Beynon, a'id boih men have been shunned ever since, and their business has fallen off so much that they probably will not con tinue in the town. This was one of the most stupid pieces of rascality of the An drews-Barker-Swank-Delamater gang. HE TOLD ALL UB KNEW. Gallitzin borough—This borough was not worked by Barker directly. It was manipulated by his lieutenant, Deputy Revenue Collector Ktnkead. A week be fore the the day of the primaries, Kiukead visited Gallitzin to make a sure thing ot the delegates. He saw John Myers and told him he and Barker wanted him to go to Ebensburg and to take Frank N. Burke, the committeeman of the district with him. Kinkead then went to the saloon of Dauiel Burke, tke brother of Frank. Toe delegate-to-be was not at home and Kinkead left a letter with Dan iel Burke to the effect that Frank was to go to Ebensburg without fail. Kinkead also left $3 to pay Frank's fare eacli way. Myers and Burke met and consulted and agreed that there was no need of holding any primaticsor of letting anybody know what wns up. Myers on Mondny decided that he could not go, and Burke went alone. Before going he drew up certifi cates for himself and Myers and signed them as judge of the primary election, certifying to the election of his companion and himself. Burke himself boasts of bis fealty to Baikcr, although he says he was cheated by Barker's crowd in his fight for the Gal lit zin postofiice. He says Barker, Ed James, und Harry Kinkead recommended him for the office after they knew another man had gotten it. " It won't do to hold any more of them kind of primaries," said Delegate Burke to the writer. " They raised hell here among the people and they haven't got done kicking about it yet. I don't see why- Barker wanted to run things that way. lie ain't to be trusted anyway. He's only given me $lO after using me for years. I wrote to him not long ago and told him if he wanted to use me to send a respect able remittance before the work was done. I heard Barker, Tom Davis, Swank, and the rest got a big lot of boodle and kept it." Gallitzin towuship—No primaries were held here and all that was done was the making of papers for Thomas Myers who was given two votes, He was noti fied to attend the convention by Kin kead. Jackson township- This township is al ways regarded as the property of Tom Davis (JacksonXwho manages the politics to suit himself. His brother, Samuel Davis, docs most of the runningand actual setting up under the orders of Tom. That distinguished disciple of Andrews and Deluraatcr told John Gittings ami John Grey to come to Ehensburg as delegates, and they came. Of course, such a tlung as a primary was never even thought of. Tom Davis made out the papers for his henchmen and that was all there was of it. Then they voted for Andrews and Delamatei, were fed and sent home. Lilly township—F. A. Thompson, the Postmaster at Lilly, was instructed by Kinkead to attend the convention, and he did so with Simon Conrad. They had no primaries, nnd Thompson made out the papers. A J'OSTMASTHIt'ri WORK. Lorctto borough -There being but four Rcmiblicans in this borough, it is easily handled. The organ of Andrews and Delaraater, the Johnstown Tribune, in tbo list of delegates gave the name of W. W. McAtecr and William Fry as represent ing Loretto. This was no doubt done to swell the list of names. There is no William Fry in Lorctto, but there is a Se. bastinn Fry,who is an undertaker and who was burying sombody while the the con vention was in session. McAteer was at Ebonsburg, however, you may depend on it. Being postmaster ho could not neglect his delegate allegience to the present dis pensers of the Federal political pap. When he had fixed up som of the other districts be made out h s own papers without ask ing either Fry, H. Pruner or Charles Mil ler to give him any help, they being the four Republicans of the district. There was no voting, and even two of the Re publicans wondered where McAtcer was on convention day until some member of his family said he "bad gene to see a sick relative "at Ebensburg. McAteer, in addition to having direct instructions from Barker, was visited by Sam Davis, the brother of Tom, about ten days before the date of the primaries, and the work was cut out then. McAteer had two votes which went to the Andrews-Dela mater delegates. Munster township was manipulated in a peculiarly cooi manner. H. T. Eberly went to Ebensburg on convention day to attend lo some business connected with his stole at Munster. When asked in the morning befo' e the convention whether he was a delegate he replied that he was not and that he never heard of the convention until the night before (Sunday). A short time after this Ebcr ly met the Andrews-Barker people and they insisted on his being a delegate, say ing it would be worth his while to repre sent the district. He agreed and the pa pers were then made out for him. SO ELECTION, OK OOURBB. A few days a go Eberly was asked about the election. He had evidently been re cently warned by the Andrews Barker crowd, for he exclaimed: "Oh, I know what you are after. You want to upset this tiling. I've heard about you." His suspicions were soothed and then he said : "Of course there wasn't any election. You know that well enough yourself. I didn't know anything about it until Sunday night. I was a delegate to oblige Barker and those fellows and had my papers made out in Ebensburg. EUction! Why, it, there wasn't an election in the whole northern part of the county. I wasn't any different from the rest of the fellows about not being regu larly elected. Mono of the fellows down to our place knew anything about the primaries or the convention either until it was all over." Portage township—This was one of the Swank-Kinkead districts and John A. Troxell, the postmaster, was one delegate and William Hall another. No primaries were Held and the credentials were made out by the delegates. HE IS NOT SATISFIED. l unnelhill borough—Samite' Huey was the delegate from this district. He is a very sincere, stiaightforwarded old man, ajd when told by John Myers, of Gallitzin, which place Tunnelhill over looks, that he must go to Ebens burg as a delegate lie had some doubts about obeying. He did not believe in such an early convention and in the secret methods of the Andrews- Barker ring. Finally, however, he decid ed to go and made out his own creden tials entitling liim to two votes. lie voted for the Dohimuter outfit, but regretted it. He was about the only delegate who paid for his own dinner and railroad fare. Harry Kiukead was to have arranged f .r Iluey's expenses, but did not see him. Huey thinks that the Barker ring i- r,.t. ting too bold and too In egish, and says one of these d ays tin people will smash this ring into hits. '.pper Voder township primaries were held at the usual polling place, at the Whisky Spring Hotel, and about thirty voters weie on hand. There were three candidates, Itohert Barclay, William Gil bert and Duvid Barnliard, the two first being elected. The three names were written on a sheet ot paper, and voters made a mark opposite their choice. Bar clay and Gilbert were set up by Kinkead. There was no regular election board, the men who made out the papers were not sworn and only such men as were known to be all right and in favor of tie ring candidates were told about the primary. Washington townrbip, upper district- Chairman Barker wrote to John W. Hall at Cresson and told liirn to come up and bring Philip Pritch. There were 110 pri maries. The papers were made out In Ehensburg after the delegates arrived. Hall has since the Convention received an appointment in the Census Bureau in Washington through the efforts of An drews and Barker. White township—John C. Gates, who has been a county official and a member of the Assembly, and who is again a can didate for the Lower House, promptly obeyed Barker's summons to attend the Convention. He took with him Gilts Stevens nnd they made out their own pa pers. There wore no primaries. Johnstown and most of the southern districts were manipulated by George Thomas Swank and Harry Kiukead and Henry Wilson Storey. Their methods were the same as those of Barker and Davis in the Noithern districts. Concmaugh borough, First ward W. W. Cope aud A. S. Aaron were asked to be delegates by the Andrews people. There were no primaries. Five men met and settled the matter and made out the credentials without taking votes by a sworn board. Grubbtown There were eight or nine votes cast in this township, but no election board was organized and no officers sworn. John Sell and L. Miltenbcrger were the delegates. Richland township--John 11. Vail, who got the Scalp Level Postollico through the Barker icrowd, was delegate with I). D. Stull. Barker told Stull to at tend the convention. Vail had the cre dentials. He made them out. There were 110 primaries and no attempt at vot ing. Millvillc, First ward—There were no primaries in this ward. No votes were cast. No board was sworn. W. P. Reese, who is Deputy Revenue Collector, had charge of the ward and had the capers made out for himself and 8. 8. Reed. The latter absolutely refused to talk about the election. 1 ast Conemaugb—There were no pri maries here. T. It. Davis, father of the postmaster, managed the affair. No board was sworn aud no votes received. T. R Davis and J. B. Kaufman were del egates. East Tajior townsnip -D. B. Wilson, postmaster at a town in this township, was told lo be a delegate by Barker. He had the credentials made out for himself and Jos. Rcighard. Prospect— I There were no primaries here. No board was organized or sworn. E. J. Myers and Wm. Gibson were the delegates. South Fork—There were no primaries htre. Postmaster Luke was the only delegate, going as the result of a letter from Barker. Woodvale held no primaries. The credentials were made out forC B. Davis and John Gruber. No board was sworn and no votes were cast. In Summerhill, Susquehanna, Lower Washington, West Tiylor, Wilmore, Reade and Lower Yoder there were no primaries. No boards were sworn and the papers of delegates were, according to the information received, n.ade out il legally. There were no delegates in the conven tion from Cambria borough, Second ward ot Conemaugh, Chest township and El der township. IN JOHNSTOWN. Johnstown at present has sixteen wards, but before tile consolidation with the townships and boroughs it had but seven, it being in that form when the del egates were elected. At the time of the election the people were still too stricken with sorrow and too busy Willi reorganizing business and lepairing homes to think of politics. Only a small number of those who usually take part in politics knew of the primaries and nobody outside of the conspirators had a suspicion that there was to be any Dela mater set-up. In spite of all that the Cambria manipulators may say, a union of the Hastings anil Mo tooth men in Johnstown proper would have elected every delegate. This was well known to the schemers and they kept their secret well. Barker, Kinkead and Storey were very active during the time of the primaries. They did not take chances, neither did they see that the law was obeyed. The methods in Johnstown were quite as illegal and almost as loose as in the country districts. In the First ward there was the nearest semblance to a legal election in the county. There was a " Chairman" chosen by the voters, and a Secretary. They were Robert 11. Thomas and W. B. Keller; twenty-two votes were polled. There were several candidates for dele gates, but E. O. Fisher and A. H. Walters were elected. No board was sworn am! the papers wi re made out by the " Chair man " nit "Secretary." Fisher was a Mou'.ooth man and Walters was for Hast ings. Fisher says he thought there was no use in sticking to Moutooth and stam peded to Delamater. Walters was one of the independent live who did not yield to the conspirators and who loudly protested against the Delaina'er set-up. Tiie Second ward election was a farce. Isaac Chandler was Judge, Fred CV.xc and Kbeu A. James Inspectors, an 1 a Mr. Statin was Clerk. No votes were cast and no officers were sworn. Fred Coxe and John D. Jones, a policeman, weie made delegates, and Chandler and Jauies signed the papers. The Third ward sent Scott Dibert and J. M. Fockler as delegates. There was 110 formal election. No hoard was sworn. In the Fourth ward there was no board sworn. There were seven men at the primaries, including the men in charge of the set-up. They all voted and papers were made out for H. W. Slick and J. L, Caldwell. The Fifth ward delegates were Alder man Irvin Uutledge and 11. E. Smith. There were five votes cast, it is said. No board was sworn. In the Sixth ward 1 here were fourteen votes cast. No board was sworn. F. M. Stearn, a policeman, and Conrad Bader were the delegates. In the Seventh ward there were two votes cast by L. Messrige and Theo dore Judy, the first of whom acted as Secretary, and the second as Judge. They were not sworn. They made out lie papers for VV. R. Barrick and J. M. Wertz. This shows that less thau fifty votes were cast in the wards whicli gave Cars well, Republican candidate for Controller, 1,100 votes at the election in February less than a month after the so-called pri maries. CHAIRMAN' BARKER PLEADS GUILTY. Chairman Barker, when asked if the primaries were not held unusually early, seemed somewhat confused, and i.flci some hesitancy said : " Oh, yos, we had reasons." " What were they i " " Well you see the municipal elections were coming up and we had to hold tho primaries before that." " Were the primaries legally conduct ed ?" " Oh, my, yes." " Were the election boards sworn ? " " No, I guess not." " Well, do not the election laws stipu late that tho officers of primary election boards must be sworn ? " " I guess they do." " Was any money spent ? " " Only a little. The fare of some of the delegates was paid." " Who paid it?" " We did." " Who am we ? " " Well, some of the Republicans. Ido not think it was good policy to have all but ten of the delegates for Delsmater. I would liked to have seen about twenty for Hastings, and then it would not have caused so much suspicion." WHAT BTOIIKY BAYS. The following inteiview was held with Ilenry W. Storey, applicant It r the Johns town postoffice: '• Do you consider that the primary election held in Caiqbria county on Jan uary 25, 1800, to elect delegates to the County Convention which elected Messrs. Swank and Darker as State delegates, and which instructed for Mr. Delamater, wasa legal election conducted in an ordinary manner ? " " Yes, I do. Emphatically so. If >' that was not a fair election there never was one held in the State of Pennsyl vania." [This answer was given after Mr. Storey has refreshed his memory as to the terms of the primary election act of 1881.1 " Did you ever meet Delamater or An drews in Blairsville or elsewhere and arrange with them in regard to electing delegates for Delamater from ' Cambria county, and did they or either of them give, or otler to give, a consider ation for such work on your part ?" " I refuse to answer that question, but I will say that there was no illegitimate use of money or anything else at the primaries." "Why was it that the Cambria County Primaries were held so much earlier than usual ? " Mr. Storey declined to answer this ques tihn without consulting with his associates n the matter. P. W. PKKPAKING DO It INAUGURATION DAY. A Public Aleetlng Y.ust I"veiling; in the Council Chamber. Pursuant to the call printed in the newspapers for a meeting of citizens to consider a programme for the proper ob servance of the day upon which the Mayor and other city officials will take their oaths of office, a number of gentle men met last evening in the Johns'own Council Chamber. Dr. Geo. W. Wagoner was elected Chairman ot the meeting and Mr. Geo. A. Ilager, Secretary. The Chairman made known to the gentlemen the object of the gathering, after which a general talk and interchange of ideas concerning what was the best mode of observing the day was had. The sense of the meeting soon found expression in a motion by Jas. M. \\ alters, Esq., to the eifect that the Chairman of this meet ing appoint a committee of two persons from each ward to formulate a programme fer the proper obsei vance of inauguration (lavand to take such prelim inary steps for the success of the demr nstra tion as they may deem necessarry, the Chairman of this meeting to be Chairman of the Committee. This motion was carried unanimously, and the following Commit tee was appointed : First ward, 15. F. Speedy, George A, Ilager: Second, Capt. Jus. 11. Gageby, Ed. F. Creed ; Third, J an. J. Mil.igan, Abrum Cohen: Fourth, Jas. M. Walters John M. Ifose; Fifth, Dr. A. N. Wake- Held, irvin Hutljdge; Sixth, Alex. Kenned.*, David Marsh: Seventh. Wdliam D*idson, Geo. J. Akers; Eighth, S. A. Weimcr, Emil Boettcher; Ninth, John J. Devlin, Emery West; Tenth, Thus. Matthews. Wm. Cuthbert : Eleventh, Chas. 15. Davis, Adam Roidcl; Twelfth, David Harry, Wm. Gibson; Thirteenth, Thos. P. Keedy, Ralph Her rington; Fourteenth, Jas. P. Burns, Fiank Stutzman; Fifteenth, Hobt. 11. Bridges, George Lorditch; Sixteenth, John Burkbardt, Patrick Keating. This committee will meet on Saturday evening, March 29th, at 7:150 in the Johns town Council Chamber. On motion of Mr. Akers, it was unani mously agreed to instruct the Secretary to inform Judge Johnston that, as they have learned with pleasure that he is to be present at the inauguration of the City Government, the meeting respectfully re quest that, it it be his pleasure, ho deliver an address ou the occasion. On motiou, the meeting adjourned. TUK " MAIL. AND KXPKKB3" FUND How tlie Work of Arranging for Dist rilm tioti In Progressing. The work of arranging for the distribu tion of Colonel Shepaid's Mail and Ex press fund is progressing rapidly, al though the Committee on Distribution can devote buf about four hours each day on the work, their other duties in connection with their churches • occupying the re mainder of their time. A representative of the DEMOCRAT called on the Committee last night. They were not disposed to talk very much, but it was learned that a number of pcrsous who were worth from SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO had made application in a pitiable manner. The committee had divided the appli cants into three classes. The rate for the different classes will be decided as soon as the number in each class is known. They mean to give the same amount to every one under a particular class. The committee dicidcd before the work was begun that every cent of the money would be paid out in 9olid cash. There will be no ten per cent, business about it, or any large amount held back to print a report of the distribution. The committee is now working very hard and as soon as the checks are ready, which will be in about twenty days, the, committee will notify the people through the press of this city.
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