The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-05-11
From Pennsylvania.

NHLIAMsFoRT, Pa, May The State
Labor Convention organized to-day. Rich
ard Williams was elected temporary chair
man. Fifty delegates were present Com
mIttecs on permanent organization and plat
form were appointed and the Convention
took a recess. A great pressure is being
made III favor of candidates who can be
Endorsed 10y the coming Democratic CoQs
Ventlon.
The Convention met this afternoon and
heard the report of the Committee on Or
ganization, with John Siney for President,
and several vice-presidents The platform
is substantially the same as that adopted at
Columbus. Mr.. Armstrong offered rad
zeal tariff resolution as the sense of the La
Tor Reform Convention, and defended it
with great vehemence. The resolution
created great excitement, and was defeated
hy the adoption Of one substituted by Mr.
Johnston. Mr. Armstrong regretted this,
and pledged the western counties to defeat
the nominees If this Convention on this
platform. An informal ballot was then
taken, which resulted in the choice of
BLCkalew Of Columbia county, and Schell,
q Bedford county, as candidates for the
goyenorship. A letter was read from Mr.
Buckalew, who agreed to stand as candi-
Gate provided the Reading Convention en-
dorsed him. A ballot was taken which re-
suited as follows Buckalew 20; Schell,
20 Schell vas declared the nominee with
great applause. He was introduced and
accepted the nomination in a short speech.
Judge James Thompson was nominated by
acc-amation for the supreme Court
Trrr IN. hal Iho~
man was guilty of homicide, the execu-
uon devolved on the next Of kin, by the
right of blood-reyenge; in other cases,
criminals We're stoned by the people, the
witnesses setting the example; and when
the king or chief ordered, a person to
whom the command was given, and this
was generally person whose consideration
in lite bore some proportion to that Of the
the person to be slain Thus solomon gave
the commission to Kill Joab, the commander
in-chIef, 70 Benaiah, a person of so much
distinction Of to be himself Immediately
promoted to the command which the death
Of Joab lefl vacant. In fact the Office, even
Of a regular eIecutioner is not by any
means dIshonorable in the East. The post
of chief executioner is in most oriental
courts one Of honor and distinction Thus,
when there was no regular eXecutioner,
Il came TO be considered post honor TO
put distinguished person to death and
on the other hand the doath itself was hon
orable in proportion to the rank of the per
son by whom the blow was inflicted 1t
was the greatest dis or TO perish by the
hands Of woman slave. We see this
distinctly in the lucrative where the two
princes much prefer to lie by Gideon's own
hand than that Of youth who had obtain
ed no personal distinction. As to the hero
commissioning his son to perfnm this office,
it was perhaps, partly to honor him with
the distinction Of having two chief enemies
of Israel, as well as because the rules OF
blood revenge made it necessary that abe
execution Of those who had slain his OWL
brethren should either be performed by
himself or by member Of his own family
II seems very probable, from all that trans
pired, thot Oreb and Zeeb had slain the
brethren Of Gideon, after they had takeT
them captiv, in the same way that they
were themselves slain
The Paris papers are telling all kinds o
pretty stories about the Queen and tn,
Prince of Wales. The "Avenir National
tells as one which is not generally known
During his Royal Highness's illness
robust young man, half countryman, hal
gentleman, was always remarked at tn,
chateau Of Sandringham he was even ad
mitted to the patients bedside, and tn,
Prince seemed to be greatly attached t,
him. Everybody was puzzled at the pres
euce of this stranger, whose name and 20
sition were kept secret. However, all hA
since been discovered. and here is the eng
ma explained.
In 1888, during the stay Of the royal fam
ily in the Isle Of Wight, the Prince Z
" ales kicked over basket Of shells whic
boy was gathering The boy, red wit
rage, dared his Highness to ''do it again,
and he would see what he would get. Tn
Prince did do it again, and the boy there
upon landed his fist on his Royal Highness
nose, giving him pair of black eyes. Tn
Queen, on seeing the Prince, insisted o
knowing the truth. "You have only &c
what you deserve, said her Majesty, an
were you not already sufficiently punished
would punish you myself. l hope 70
will always be served in the same way whe
you are guilty Of such conduct. The Quee
then sent for the boys parents, and offere
to bring him up. The parents consenteC
and the boy has grown up with the PRIME
Of Wales, and is now treated 81 his foSte
brother