The Democrat. FRIDAY, APRU 85. I<*o. VBSUVIB election* have been recently held, whether in New York, Wisconsin, Chicago or Rhode Island, and whatever the nal or alleged issue, there has been the same uniform account of Democratic success. Such result* ought to give the Republican leaders some pause in their desperate schemes et legislation in Con gress. IT ia useless to disguise the fact that there is considerable Ul feeling among the Republicans of Pennsylvania growing oat of the contest for Governor. Its force or significance has not yet been gauged. Whether it is a spasmodic outbreak;here aad there or whether it is .contagious and likely to spread it is too early to Bay.— Philadelphia. Inquirer. It. as some people are wicked enough te assert, there ia nothing .in the Christ ian religion, and it ia all humbug, then there must be a great difference in men, even in murderers guilty of equally enor mous crimes. Witness the way that Hopkins and Andrews died at Belle fonte and then look at the manner in which Bartholomew died at Easton. The two Centre county murderers professed repentance, claimed that God bad forgiv en their sins. for. Christ's sake aud died in a deconis and reverent manner. The Easton murderer raved at religion, scoffed at all good things, refused to pay at tention to the counsel of the rain's ters and died with an oath on his lips, after wishing that a cyclone would come along and blow the jail and all that were in it to aheol. The blood curdles at such • spectacle and the.mind is appalled with horror. It is • wretched thing enough for m man to be banged under any circum stances, but it is much more preferable to have him go off apparently at peace with Heaven than to see him depart without even the possibility of a hope,Bure of sink ing down into an endless hell. What makes the difference ? Is it in the men tin m selves or is it in the religion of Jesus Christ, who came on earth and died for just such sinners ? Wo prefer to believe the latter. BUSINESS failures, when fully investi gated, may as a rule, be traced to causes which bear no relation whatever to what Is right and proper in the transactions of trade and commerce, kept witb'n their legitimate lines of operation. Very lately a number of failures jf farmers in Lan caster county have been reported and the infeience might be drawn that farming in that region was not profitable. But the reverse is the fact, so far as farming being a safe business is concerned, farmers mny aol be making a fortune in Lancaster county, but if they keep within the lines of their legitimate vocation they will not become bankrupts. The farmers who have failed there were speculators, using their credit as soil cultivators to make risks in other directions, the failure of which wrecked them as farmers. A firm of brokers failed in New York only a day or two ago not because they were doing a risky business as a firm, but because a member of the overdrew his amount and behaved knavisbly. The lines of legitimate business can always be formed with safety. If a man or firm sees that money is not being made they have time to stop and need not plunge into failure. If the same parties run undo risks, assuming responsibilities which they cannot carry, the failure of such a Course is not an evidence that business is dull or profitless, but merely a proof that the parties in <|uestion blundered or per haps were criminals in their actions. Such results ought not to be called business failures, because " business " in the proper aense of the term had no identity with the result. ! BtTIH!DK TU A FAJIUFUI. PUBLIC j SKKVANT. j Pittsburg): 'rimes. ' t The lute Mr. Randall was always a par i tisan and an honest fighter, but be never ! abated a particle of his integrity, lie died poor in purse but rich in character. I It was not easy for liim to acquire dollars. / Willi him they went far easier than they came; but it cost him nothing to add con , timially to those riches, now that he is ' dead, the sum total ot which is incalcu lable—a repu'ation for perfect integrity. Randall came into public life poor. lie was an actoi always and could have been rich iu dollars. lie hud not the faculty for acquiring riches. lie might have done it and preserved h s integrity. The assumption that a public man cannot be otherwise than poor and preserve his in tegrity, is unjust. It is true, doubtless, that there have been cases of public men bartering their integrity for gain, but there are many exceptions. He the ex ceptions few or many, Mr. Randall was one. He was in Congress more than a quarter of a century, with his salary his only income, and it sufficed him in contentment. lie declined all money-making offers, some of which he might have accepted without discredit. With him the pertormance of the duties of Representative was his sole business. He avoided entangling alliances of every description and sturdily stood on his guard against even the appearance of turning his position or its influence to private account. Randall died poor, but left to his family a rich inheritance in his good name. While ho lived he rejected all offers, but now that he is dead friends will not be restrained from mak ing that provision for bis family which he would not permit. This can be done now ■With entire propriety. The offices of gratitude and the obligation* which the perfect performance of duty by a public seivant place individual* under may cot alwaya be declined. When the actor pa*. 1 ea away individual* who feel them selves thus moved, may with entire pro piietr do what in hi* life-time be would not -consent to have done. It ia therefore a pleasure to know that the family of the departed public servant whose case we are considering will want for not'ting. "GOBBLE." In the old borough of Johnstown it was w ell understood tbat a Democrat seed not apply for anything. Every office was given to a Republican. It made no dif ference bow well qualified an applicant might be for a position if be was a Demo crat lie was "sat d"wn on." This bitter partisan feeling extended to every place, and even if he wanted to be a common Street Commissioner the applicant, if he was suspected of being a Democrat,would bave to publicly renounce his principles and become an apostate. This unreleDliug partisanship extended even to the School Baard, a place where politics should not be allowed to enter, aud would not if high-minded men and men with broad and progressive views were directors. The Democrats of Johnstown, like men of courage, understood the situation, and acquiesced in the offensive partisan rule of the majority. They did uot howl and whine, and tiy lo throw obstacles in the way of the administration of the borough or school affairs, and play the baby act by crying that the Republicaus would 41 gobble " everything. The Republicans seized everything tbey could clutch, and held on it to like grim death. Every ad vantage and opportunity was made use of to bolster up Republicans and keep down Democrats. Happily for all the people of the new •ity this unprecedented partisan rule hus departed forever. The two great politi cal parties are too evenly divided for con temptible and mean party sway to run riot in the " Queen City of the Moun tain." The Councils, the law-making power, is too evenly divided politically and the same is true of the School Con trollers, for any greedy little clique to much longer bold sway. This will inure to the benefit of all our citizens, Demo crats and Republicans, and the secret star cl amber meetings, and the illegal and disreputable acts ol the school di rectors,will be relegated to the past,neyer lo return. The outlook is good. Let the Demo cratic Counciimcn and School Directors have confidence in their principles and the courage to maintain them. Tbey will fiud at ail limes and on every question that ariseß tiiat the path of duty is the path of safety. AT TBK STONE BFUDEE. The Work of Reconstructing It Nearly Completed—The Bare Being Removed. The woik of repairing the famous stone bridge is nearmg completion. Only a little more than one course of stones re mains to be put in place. The asphaltum to be used as a floor to keep thearchwork dry will soon be placed in its proper place after which there will remain only tbe work of filling and laying the one track till the bridge will be as it was be fore the great flood of May 31st. Between the first and the second arches counting from the east, is a smooth stone tablet about three feet long and two and one half feet wide containing this inscrip tion: JOHNSTOWN BRIDGE. : W. H. BROWN, chief Engineer. : : J. T. KICUAHDS, Assistant CiUei Engineer : ; C. A. SIBMS, Assistant Engineer. : SFAKKS & EVANS, contractors. : ! This tablet was not in the bridge betore, but it is presumed that, as the bridge now has a world wide notoriety, those connected with its construction will want to let future ages know who constructed the only work of man that stayed the roaring torrent that rushed down the Con etnaugh valley on Friday afternoon, May 31, 1839. On the keystone of the second arch, the one over the street, is the inscription : " Repaired in 1890." Below the bridge the flood left a large deposit of sand and stones, which has since considerably interfered with the flow of the river at that point. When the work of repairing tile bridge was begun it became necessary to remove a part of this, but the main part has been allowed to remain. A few days since the Penn sylvania Railroad Company put a force of men to work removing the bars. The material is carted down to the Fifteenth ward where it is used to fill up the streets and lots that were washed out by the flood. It is understood that the entire deposit wil be removed so that the river may have a clear course. This will materially en large the river channel at that point, and very much lessen the danger of overflows at and above the bridge. According to I)r. Morrell Mackenzie, leprosy, the scourge of the Middle Ages, has not become practically extinct among Europeans, but is really spreading. It has between ten and twelve hundred vic tims in Noway, is found also in Portugal, Greece and Italy, and is rapidly spreading in Sicily, in the Baltic provinces of Russia and in France, while the British Islands are not exempt from it. In the United Stntes cases have been found in California, in some of the States of the Northwest, in Utah and Louisiana. Many cases exist in New Brunswick. In the Sandwich Islands the disease first broke out in 1853, and there are now 1,100 lepers in the Moloka) settlement alone. The disease is extending in the West Indies. UKUJIATU METHODS. Haw Agmmti of gaaator Quay Triad to Mob a Republican Maatlßf a Hbenaadaak. Telegrams sent out from Shenadoab. Pa., on Tuesday night gave the informa tion that a meeting called to boom Gen eneral Hastings had been captured by ad mirer* of Delamater, and that resolution* indorsing Delamater, instead of Hastings, were adopted. The Potiaville Republican, the leading paper of Schuylkill county, printed the following account of the meeting in its issue of Wednesday i BLOOD ON THE MOON 1 TBS FOBTOrVIOS BKOKKR BOODLBBS ON TBS BAMPAGB T A REPUBLICAN MEETING MOBBED. THB BOSS MSTTMD or BOOHINO DKLAMATSR FOB OOVRKNOB—XON-OFFICRBRKIRRS TO BATS NO SAT IN TBI FABTY MANAOSMBNT-BOODLS BULBS. Tliere was a goodly representation of the citizens of Shenandoah and vicinity to the number of seveiai hundred present last evening at the Opera House in re sponse to the following call: (DELEGATES ATTENTION. The Republicans of Shenandoah and vicinity are requested to assem''leat Hob bins' Opera House on Tuesday evening, April 15, 1890, at 7:80 o'clock, for the purpose of passing resolutions of respects to the delegates of Schuylkill county favorable to the nomination for Governor of Adjutant General Hastings by the coming State Re publican Convention. Turo out, and let the will of the party be obeyed. MANY CITIZENS. Pursuant to this call signed "Many Citizens," the Republicans favoring Gen eral Hastings for Governor, convened in liobbins' Opeta House, and long before the time specified for bolding the meet ing, the town's toughs commenced to con. gregate about the doors of the ball, so it was plain to be seen that the postofflce gang had fully organized for the purpose of making trouble. Soon after the hall was opened Postmaster Boyer, Letter Camera John Buck, Philip llolman, Joseph Kehler, John Bartch and Jeff Yost, who has a daughter in the post offlce; the two Keipers, father and brother of Claud Keiper, re cently appointed to a position in the War Department at Washington, D. C., and all the prospective census enumer ators were present with all their relat ves, and the " clerk " from Harrisburg, who has been in town since Friday night or ganizing officeholders for the purpose of quashing the Hastings meeting. It was a common rumor on the streets all day that it was the purpose of this gang to cap ture the meetiug, eltct its own chairman and pass resolutions indorsing Delama ter. In'this, however, they failed. The meeting was organized by electing Chas. W. Dengler, Chairman, and Daniel J. Williams, Secretary, after which resolu tions indorsing Hastings were passed amid Hastings cheers and Delamater con fusion. During the progress of the meeting the postofflce gang and office-holders and their relatives behaved in a most disgrace ful and dishonorable manner. Their ac tions at this meeting only verifies ull that has been said about " The Postofflce Gang," which is determined to accom plish by unfair means what can't be done by honest methods; and after the Hast ings resolutions had been passed the " gang " retired to a corner of the hal! and passed resolutions favoring 'thci' boss." Their conduct was outrageous and in keeping with the methods being attempted all over the State to force dele gates to vote for Delamater. The meet iug, according to the call, was held solely in Hasting's interest, and the Delamater officeholders committed a great wrong in inteifering ; but this is not surprising to the general public, who know too well the desperation of the disreputable gang of officeholders that has been forced upon a respectable people by the Brum-Phil lips gang of office brokers. CAPTAIN KUHN'S VIKWS. The Johnitewn Commissary General Talks on Hastings' Chances. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Captain Kuhn, the ex-Commissary Gen eral at Johnstown, and who was one of Adjutant-General Hastings' most valued lieutenants in the work of alleviating dis tress among the people of the Conemaugh valley, was in the city yesterday on pri vate business. He said there was little change in the political situation in Cam bria county. " Philadelphia county, I think," said Captain Kuhn, " will send delegates to the Convention instructed to vote for Gen eral Hastings. Ido Dot take much stock in the repot t that Delamater is not in the fight to stay. If he wasn't, ho would not have consented to such an underhand way of working the delegates from Cam bria county. That reception we gave Gen eral Hastings a few weeks afterwar showed that the people of the county favored him and not Delamater. If the latter is nominated however, Ilastins will abide by the Convention's choice. He iB too much of a Republican to jump ovei the traces. Fjom the looks of things now, the prospects for the nom ination of Mr. Delamater don't seem so rosy." Doubtlul Report About Delamater lteing Sidetracked. A dispatch from Washington states that a strong Quay Congressman is au thority tor the statement that a week ago it was decided to shelve Del amatcr and run Chief Justice Paxson in his stead. Paxson some time ago expressed a desire to become Governor after his term on the supremo bench expired ; at the same time he was willing to run now if his services in that direction were desired. NO ROAD TO INDIANA COUNT*. > The Viewers from Indiana County Decide na Road Can be Bnllt to Connect In Tbia Connty Along tbe Tow-Path—Preeent Efforts Mast be Aboudoned, The viewers appointed by the Indiana county Court to locate a public road from Baker's Furnace to the Cambria county line at Patrick Kerwine's place spent two days at the task last week, when they were reluctantly compelled to abandon the idea of locating a road over the route pioposed. They found many impassible barriers, t'.ie worst being at Singer Hollow, just opposite i onemsugh Furnanco. Accnrdiuly their report to Court was that no road there was possi ble. The order from Ihe Indiana Court, how ever, directing a survey, named two probable routes, the other coming across the top of the mountain, and entering this county near the Disbongs, and on Mon day o. this week that route was surveyed, and a road there found to be practicable. This action, however, will make use less the efforts of the viewers appointed by the Cambria county Court to locate a road joining tbe other at the Indiana county line, as the order from Cambria county speciflcially states the starting point, and tbe point at which it shall con nect at Kerwine's farm. As tbe Indiana county people have adan loned that route, and the Cambria county viewers have no authority to survey any other route, be ing acquainted with tbe actions of tbe Indiana county viewers, a survey by thoia from this county would be useless, and present efforts should be abandoned. She Saw the Latest Styles. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. " You don't seem to understand bow to manage a baby." said a Union depot official to a youug man who was holdii g a six months' old infant as though it were a bunch of lath. " I ain't entered in a baby-holding race by a jugful," replied the young man wear ily, " I don't aspire to no championship in this line, and if my style of holding this kid don't suit you, I'll give it to you and make you jump it awhile." "Make me jump it I Can't do that, you know ; 1 ain't jumping other people's children for my health." " Nor I, either. Perhaps its mother will get back soon. She's been gone an age. I wonder what her name is ? " " Why, aiu't that your kid ? " " 1 should say not. I can't indulge in no such luxuries ou $9 a week." " Did its mother give it to you to hold ? " " Yes; said she'd step into the restaur ant and eat a bile. Had ridden three days and nights on the cars, and was al most beat out." The railway official took a squint into the restaurant. It was empty. He re ported to the yoting man, whose knees immediately began to knock together. A still hunt for the mother proved fruitless. Lady passengers gathered aVeund com uiiseiatingly. They tootsie-wootsicil the babe, and at one time a wild light came into the young man's eyes as though he were meditating a break for liberty. An hour passed. The youth considered his doom sealed. The mother ap peared in the room, somewhat flushed, but profuse in apologies. "Yes," she explained," after eating I just ran up town to look at the spring hats and summer goods combinations in the shop windows. Haven't had a chance in four days. Stayed too long, but I'm a thousand times obliged to you sir." " Don't mention it," replied the young man, with a kind of " Listen to my tale of woe " inflection in his voice. Christianity, is Truth, Said Randall. Boston Herald. • " Two years ago," said Mr. John P. Miller, " I happened to be in the room of the House Committee on Appropriations talking with several of the members of the committee. Randall then Chairman ot the committee, sat in his place at the head of the table writing letters and ap parently paying no attention to the con versation. We talked about many sub jects, and finally drifted past philosophy on to religion. I said nothing on this hit. ter subject, but all others expressed in turn skeptical views of religion. Appar ently Randall was net listening, but when we got through he rose to his feet in that masterful way which made him so im pressive in the House, his face stern but bright, and said in his crisp way : •' Gentlemen, Christianity is truth. The man who doubts it discredits his own iu te.ligencc. I have examined this matter for myself." " I think I never heard anything more solemn or impressive. No one else had a word to say. Randall waited for a re sponse, and seeing that none wus forth coming, walked diguifiedly out." The " New Palace " Hotel. On the site formerly occupied by the Hotel Brunswick, at Nos. 250, 258 and 200 Washington street, there is being erected a largo three-story, cased brick hotel building, which will he Known as the " New Palace." The bar-room will he about the finest in the city, while the office, dining-room and the culinary de partment will be fitted up in the most ap proved style. The bar and the office will have tile floors. The bed-rooms will all be provided with closets, and bath-rooms will be readily accessible to all parts of the building. Nothing will be left un done to make it a comfortable and home like stopping place for travelers. The ground on which the hutldiiig stands is leased k by Mr. W. 11. Thomas, who is erecting the building. The hotel will be operated by Mr. Wm. Dodson. THE CITY COUNCILS A QUOD MEETING WITH BATTBFAC TOKY KEBUI.TB. Tha Joint Mooting on Saturday Evening and Iho Proceedings of Moth Branches— Capt. John Downey Elected Cltjr En gineer, Jamei M. Walters, Kq., City So licitor, and Mr. George Kutledge, one of the Strevt Commissioner*—'Thirteen Po licemen Appointed. The Cily Councils met in joint session at 7:80 o'clock on Saturday evening, Pres ident B. L. Yeagley in the chair. Mr. Milteuberger was the only member ah sent. For Cily Engineer Capl. John Downey received 17 votes, and Mr. Charles Ogle 14. Mr. Downey was de clared elected. For City Solicitor James M. Wallers, Esq., received 17 votes, and John H. Brown, Esq., 14 votes. Mr. Wulters was declared elected. The joint session then adjourned. SELECT COUNCIL. The select Council assembled in its room on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. President Yeagley was in tbe chair. The miuuies of the previous meeting were read aud approved. A message from tbe Mayor was read, recommending the appointment of Ihe fodowiug gentlemen for policemeu: D. U. Cramer. John Burns, Michael McCann, Wm. F. Horner, John W. Kuntz, Jacob Briudle, Andrew Boucher, Peter Culliton, K. P. Richardson, Alex. Miller, Edward Sharrelts, James Ryan and James Galla gher. Mr. Kennedy objected to the appoint ment of Mr. Cramer, and called for a vote, which resulted: For Cramer, 9; against, 7. A vote was then taken on the appoint ment of the other twelve, which resulted • For appoiutment, 13; against, 8. The gentlemen recommended were declared elected. A message from the Mayor was then read recommending the appointment of George Kulledge of the Sixth ward as one of the Street Commissioners. A vote was taken which resulted: For Itutledge 9; against him 7. Tne report of the Committee on High ways, consisting of Messrs. Kennedy, O'Shea, McLaughlin, Hochstein and Haws, was then read recommending that the sidewalk on Morris street be narrowed two feet on each side so as to widen the street four feet and that Iron street be widened to fifty feet. Mr. Kennedy objected to the city paying for the paving of the streets so widened, and the setting of the curb, saying that the street car com pany, for whose benefit the streets w jiild be widened should pay for it. The Presi dent said this matter would come up at a future meeting. The Committee on City Property com posed of Messrs. Buser, Kist, Uruhor and Smith, presented their report. The question ol letting the office of the Cone maugh borough lock-tip to Win. Cuth bert, at $5 per month, to be used as an office, came up in this report. The Com mitltee objected to its renting and their objection was sustained. The following ordinances were passed on Third reading : An ordinance author izing the President of Select Council to act as Mayor protein during the absence, sickness or inability of the Mayor to act, was passed by a vote of 14 to 1. The President alone voting against the ordi nance. AD ordinance pruyiding mode of draw ing warrants on the City Treasurer for payment of salaries of city officers,agents, and employes and for work done and material furulsaed under contract with the city. An ordinance defining the form of warrants, etc., to draw on City Treasurer, giving the form of voucher, was passed unanimously. An ordinance defining the duties of the Clerk of Common Council was passed unanimously. An ordinance to impose a poll tax of $1 per year was passed unanimously on sec ond reading. An ordinance defining the duties of City Clerk was passed unanimously. An ordinance providing tor the taxntion of dogs. An ordinance making an appropriation for and providing for procuring a seal for the city of Johustowu. Ati ordinance designating the amount of the bond to be given by the city officers, and directing the mode of approval thereof. An ordinance was passed authorizing the use of the money left over from the aj propriation of the Cambria Iron Com pany for paving Ridge avenue, the money to be used to complete the paving ot said aveuue. On motion of Mr. Haws Council ad journed. COMMON COUNCIL. Common Council met in special ses siou after the adjournment of the joint session of Councils. All of the members were present. An ordinance relating to sidewalks re quiring property holders or owners to re pair and keep clean the same within the limits of the City and to prevent the ob struction thereof, was brought up for final passage. It was adopted finally. Mr. Greene then offered an ordinance relating to the registration of dogs, etc., within the City, which was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Commit mittec reported back favorably the Dog Registry Bill, which was then read a second time and passed a second reading on motion of Mr, Greene. Mr. Matthews here called the attention of Council lo the very bed condition of Railroad itrcet, from intersection of Por tege to the old borough line shore the brewery, also Quarry and Main streets, all of the Tenth ward. Mr. Foster reported Baumer street to Bedford street, in the Fourth ward, in very bad condition. Mr. Bister also advised the necessity of repaving Bttimer street as soon as possible. Mr. Coleman reported Napoleon street' from Ererhart to Morris in a very bad condition. Mr. Flanagan reported large holes in the sidewalk between the none bridge and Cambria bridge in the 14th ward. At night tt is dangeious to pedestrians. Mr. Oreen reported the very bad con dition of Front street in the 15th ward, also a sewer in said ward which has be come choakcd and useless. Mr. Arthur reported on the condition of Walnut alley in the sth ward. Some sewerage needed there, also the bad con dition of Somerset street near flaynes. Mr. Neary teported from 13lh ward a road lying between Taylor township and over which there has been a dispute for some tim . lie asks that the City Engineer be directed to look the matter up. Mr. Flanagan reported the case of Mr. Martin Fix, of the Fourteenth ward, at' the coiner of High street and Kelly ave nue. Mr. Foster reported Pine street and Poplar to Wood street, in the Seventh ward, HS bciug nearly impassable. Something needs to be done very badly. Mr. Foster also reported the sewer on Bedford street, near the Moxham station, in very bad shape ; the sewer at upp