Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-08

a sINat,LAn Observation-Disclosures AT THE
THEATRES.
Special Correspondence Of The Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3D.,
The vacancy in the First State Senatorial Dis
trict is the great matter Of interest among the
politicians at present. The holding Of special
election Of this character is novelty and the
necessity for it has somewhat deranged the plans
of both parties The Democrats are first in the
field with thier nomination, their convention
having been held yesterday. For some mysteri-
GUS reason Mr.. A. J. Diamond, who pressed the
deceased Senator so hard, upon his election, was
not candidate There is more here than appears,
evidently. few days 'go Diamond was promi-
nently mentioned as being among those whose
names we're to be offered to the convention. |
When the time came he was content to accept |
the position Of Treasurer, and his duties could |
not have been arduous, judging from the state |
ment that the Delegates, as they answered to
their names at roll call, paid, each Of them, 25
cents to defray the expenses of the meeting.
But, whether or no. that was the end of Diamond.
1t was very soon apparent that the convention
had had it's work all cut and dried before assem-
bling Mr.. II. H. Dechert was nominated on the
first ballot, and with such delightful unanimity,
considering the company he was in, that even
the non judicial mind could not help suspecting
something sinister And the truth in fact has
leaked out to such an extent that feel justified
in imparting il to you. although it is profound
secret. 1t Is said that the disinterested patriots
Of the First District did as they did in Difference
to the known wishes of Mr.. Furman Sheppard
our efficient District Attorney. MIR. Sheppard
wanted Mr.. Dechert nominated, and 1t was SO
hat namnrrQta 0f the EirAt
District should have friend at Court--the Police
| Court-that they followed their leader with
willing mind. 1t was quite the story of that
celebrated criminal lawyer, Mr.: Jaggers, and his
thieving clients, over again. Thus does history
/ repeat itself.
10 him who in the love of--novelty, pays any
attention to this under-current OF Philadelphia
politics McMullensm, to give it its best
| name-the proceedings of the convention was
nuts of the richest kind. fair half of the
delegates" we're black-legs and roughs OF every
| sort, and the leaders were men who ought to
be in the penitentiary for life at this very minute
| But everything was entirely Parliamentary. Inc
delegates took their seats. as the miners oil
q Dow's Flat" did, according to Brett Harte,-..
each with a Dertiuger hid in his breast,
although, as the Fates would have it, they were
not allowed to kill each other. They had every
thing their own way, and 80 there was Peace. But
they we're ready for anything that might turn up
and the shivering reporters knew it.
II we could only get rid OF the outrage OF the
thing-by which mean the tolerance OF having
men at liberty and legislating FOR US VINO are
guilty of every crime known to the calendlr =.
II we could get rid Of that weakness we should
then be better ableto appreciate the dislngenuous
air that marked the proceedings, "Mr Pres
dent" remarks one double-dyed william VINO mas
Killed or done his best to kill half.a-dozen men
II moye--so and 80" and the little men, the
filters in, give the Bully their support. All the
''moying" he ought to be allowed to do is to
move wheelbarrow up and down the prison
/, yard. Where would such state OF Things De
tolerated but in this country?
The unbushing boldness of our higher grade
of criminals increases year after year. Notwlth-
standing the astonishing, the apparently un-
fathomabe depth of the ,.. cgfrnpu1n do,ad ol W.
Ii there Is as much individual criminality among
her politicians AZ we have here. In stupendous
Jobs, and impositions Of all sorts upon the peo-
r pie, New York is ahead and we are content that
, | she should remain So but the Democratic mana
gers there, are. notwithstanding their thieyina
propensites. of a better order than ours. They
y are ''tinanciers," but not exactly murd rers or
highway robbers. And it rather dasiles one :
spirits to reflect that although a steady set has
a been made against the williams for as many year.
AZ at least can remember, that they still thrive
1 and are more peart at present than ever before
9 Is it something sent upon US for our SINS ANY
q lighter slppositon manife9tly falls short
d / hope no good Wimingtonian was taken IN
a by that sorry auack " Con Denser" who. for
y three years or more. has been through the sur
i day Dispatch showing every man how to- pc MS
own Doctor His articles when first published
;, made some sensation. The man, whoever il
a a was, seemed honest, his incognlto was wei
% preserved and piqued public curiosity and hi
raid upon Wholesale bleeding and druS-dosing
won the approval Of all persons eHeept .nos'
connected more or less remotely with the apoth
q ecary business. But very soon the design o.
o ~ Con Denser" became patent enough. lt wa
simple to establish practice for himself, ant
under the pretence of showing up the doctors :,
<la I,atta
% yery potent and powerful doctor. So the thin
went on and speedily !" Con Denser bloomet
!. into as gorgeous a quack as even DR.. Lands
He was not as beastly as Lands, but was quit
-, as unscrupulous
Y He achieved an astonishing success with Gel
- tain class of people. There are folks VINO WI
swallow anything they are told to for medicine
.. Con Denser" hattered the vanity OF III
1t patients" and at the same time tickled tnel
Is undeveloped sense of bumor. But his victim
q we're not altogether from among this uncultiyate
class. He imposed on many people VINO ougl
:, to have known better than to have been victim
o. lied by such a charatan. AS a case IN point
/, il said that Mr.. john Lawler, one OF the propri,
IL tors of the Dispatch suffered himself to be fair
G. dosed into his grave by this rattling humbus.
knew LAWYER we'll, and knew him, as man
N, other people in Philadelphia did, for man
good Judgment and strong common sens'
M Neither would have suspected that he neede
medicine Of any sort. nor do believe that J
-, really did, But he had his weak side, and " Cc
M Denser" knew how to touch It. he LOOK u
hu vile mixtures that were to take the place
drugs everywhere when the millenniai day
rived, took them, and kept on taking then
until they were finally too many for INN. !, =.
mention this matter now, because :" "Cs
'er Denser' has at length been smoked out OF u
'u- snug birth he has 80 long enjoyed on the S,t
as oay Despatch. Another Sunday paper devot'
III itself for many weeks to the task, and mas ma az
at last the satisfaction-and it ID one that ci
rs zens generally share--of driving the quack III
an an enforced retirement His nom de plume strl
me ped Off and the fact shown that he himself ke
on a drug store, which he iran" in conjuncti
'as with the correspondence with his dupes gain!
through tine ,bo aes Snd
nd Denser,d and the Despatch last week, contain
his very lame vaedictory from the Doctor OF !
new dispensation. The action Of the Despa!
zeal has been one of the strangest features Oh u
ca 20. whole affair. "Con Denser's" game was
~. plainly money-making one, that the Despd
could not in reason be supposed to publish :
'ter articles as contributions merely. Ihe conV
u tion was forced on the people that the Pap
res business, carried on ostensibly as a benevoie
irt, enterprise with :. no money in it" The cony
tion was irresistible, and the Despatch has gre
ers ly lost caste byit.
hay amusements, but find must defer to anoti
10y season. will briefly mention, however, q
,,.s Mr. Clarkes engagement at the "walhut
.aas nas not been all that was expected 0f It. ~
,aie a good of course, but not great. Clarke hau
lese played here for fonr years, and it was thoui
in ,s;ntsr ~ H. has freoneutiy ulayed three mon
are a. t;na at tl,e ,tWalnut." and that at tin
when his presence here was no novelty wi
we'd now, after long absence, he stays but Sc,
weeks. His strong card-the Major de BOO,
,ad that he has acted here ior oo successive MI,
and ran but two weeks IN tnis engaEems;n.a ~ p
who ness at the Arch mas peeh ul'uis6 tuseus i. y.
one 1t is no uncommon tninS u see lne MUS .,;a,
half, or even third full. Piece after plec
a, M. p" Fernando" 1.-Two Roses" "Man
III Wife, "Edwin Drood," and others forge
have been produced with every care, only to
the shelved after few nights. People are bet
IN ming to say that the Arch is too far down TO
sue INDIE
unity Judge Sawyer Of the San Francisco Po
.Sth Court decided in lottery case oil FRIDAY,
the Mencantile Library Lottery act in effect
ana pealed the law Furnishing dealing in lot