Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-28
FIRST EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
our SATURDAY LETTER.

ceived placidly and with satisfaction. There are
no sign Of that tumultuous uprising which the
| Rsformers assured us would be sure to follow
the nomination of certain gentlemen who were
prominent in the contest for the row offices ;
nothing of the sort-but a general feeling
among Republicans, at least, that the ticket is
strong and good and deserves to be elected. In
fact. as giving every voter an opportunity of ex-
pressing his preference, it was virtual election
Nominating. AZ You are aware. under the new
popular system, conventions which may or may
not express the sense of the party are done
away and each member of the organization de.
clAres by vote his preference in the matter of
candidates. Nothing cOuld be fairer than this,
and the ory OF set up" nominations is silenced.
or course there are leaders - there must
be in everything, bat under what ii
known as the Crawford system, one
vote is as good as another, and a nomina-
tion shows only that the successful candidate is
widest and best known and had the most friends
working for him. Mr. Lea's party, which starts
in to reform us all, cannot say much. That. on
the other hand, 10 close league, its delegates
are chosen no one knows how, and its nomina
tions are most arbitrarily made. 10 be sure any
body of citizens, however small. have right to
present ticket for the Bnifrages OF the people,
but ticket placed in the field by the open and
deliberate votes of considerably over so 600 Re-
pubieans has more weight than n conhdents
piece Of work such as the Reformers have Cut
out ; and not only has more weight but elfectu-
ally disposeB at the eame time OF strong pOint
made by the opposition, that voters had no real
voice in the nominations. Ii these 0O0O Re-
pubicans were blindly led, and did not vote free
ly az the law empowers them, then they are uI-
deserving Of good government, aud that is a
there is to be said about it,
The Uity (Ruw) Ticket seems to meet with tho
general approval Of the party. The Ticket is a.
follows For Sheriff, Hon wm. Elliott Regis
ter of Wills, Gideon Clark; City Treasurer Z
A. b. widoner; Clerk Of the Orphans Oourt,
Richard Ellis, aud City Commissioner, William
l.. Smith. The Republican papers all
endorse these nominations warmly, whlis
the Democratic or neutral papers either make
very lame attacks are silent The, Ledger aflil
iates with the Reformers but it has as yet MOTH
ing to say against the Republican ticket. Tbs
Ledg'r has frequently asserted, however that
the Row waA OF less account than the Legisl.a-
ture, and it may be training its guns in that d.
rection This portion of the ticket, althouth
mainly good, is criticized already in some partic
ulars There are Is Representative Districts ~
Philadelphia and append the names Of the
| Republican nominees in regular order from the
lst to the 18th Geo. II, Smith, Geo. W. SchBt-
| fer, James Hamm, W. J. Ovens James O'Brlen
| Chas Porter. Jno Mccullough, Jno. A. Rev
| burn, Wm. Il. Vogdes, Henry /. Wilson, W. w
| Worre Jas. X Ash,J. N. Wood, Wm j. Rooney,
Robert Gillespie, ]. W Jones, ChAs. b. salter
aud James Newell. The Press uses very harsh
| language concerning the nominations OF Smi h
| in the lst, Ovens in tho 9th, Mccullough In the
7th, and Ash in the 18th Districts. It says these
| selections are - insults to public opinion The
TeIeqrdph on the contrary takes especial pairs
| to compliment the gentlemen just named, -
which goes TO show how Doctors may DISAGREE
One State Senator was nominated I'm the 3fl
Dstric) Mr. John lIamon, to whom the Press
| also refers in vigorous language. Time will
doubtless show the rights OF things on these
| yexed points in the meanwhile Republicans
| know they have as whole ticket to which they
can give an earnest and hearty support
Y An important message was sent by mayor
IStokely to Councils yesterday The Chief Exec
utiye shows the material condition OF the city ln
| a concise and pithy way, defending upon statls-
| tics rather than theories, and but seldom lndus-
| ing in extended comment The City Debt u $o5 :
| 634 479. The Gas Loans are S5,29l 200; the
| War Loans foot up 81 900 the Water Ex-
| tensions are charged with $6 423. 900 the Park
Loans are nearly S18 900, ,O0O Bridges with %
| 1856 900 School Houses with S26OO, OOO Cn'
/ verts with 81 1853 900 and the House OF Correc-
ton with 81 200, 900. These are few examples
i from the Mayors tremendous arithmetic, Ii
| takes tidy sum Of money to run great CITY
| like Philadelphia.
This is Commencement Season ana tine col
| lege guns are being tired all over the land We
i have borne a share in the jubiaton, albeit
/ modest one The commandments at SwaTth-
more, Dickinson, Allentown, Lehgh University
| and other outlying colleges, always excite souo
interest in Philadelphia where the proieedinss
L
| New York and eastern papers give to these les,
tlyities An exception must be made IN favor OF
| Col Mcclure. He always knows now TO get
/ into the papers, no matter who else, or "hat
else is LETT out. The Colonel oftciated this We II
| at Carlisle and his speech columns of it, wIs
| snugly in typo in several leading offices before
the great liberal had ever set foot on the train
| which was to bear him TO the classic halis'
| few people only can do these things. mere al
| home the University of PennsylYania, tho Poly-
| teubnic College and the High and Normal
| schools have held their commencements: Ihe
| University graduated 65 stnde It's IN all depart
ments, which is a very fair showing, although
| behind the record for Harvard and Yale. Inc
masters oration' of MIR. Harry Goodwin, is
generally spoken of as an effort much peyohd
the average of such erformances.
Speaking OF the Colleges reminds me OF very
pretty piece OF gOssip-One can almost eau II
| scandal-lhe facts OF which are familiar to only
| A limited circle aud have not yet reached the
dignity OF priut. DIR. Wm. Pancoast recently re-
| signed the Professorship of Anatomy IN the
Jefferson Medical College. He has been threat
| eniug to do this for some years, but has heid on
with the hope of preparing the way nicely for the
| suceession of hisIson, Dr. VIM. IL. Paneoast, 10
| his place when vacated. In fartheranee OF TINS
| plan the Professor some years since obtained a
heightened leave OF absence from RON the CoHsse
| authorities for the purpose OF indulglng N En-
ropean travel, and had his son appointed " ad-
| upct Professor" during his stay abroad. IL was
| thought Young PAncoast, with this opportunity
| Would make his mark III tho OoiiotS
| and render the matter Of his hnal advancement
easy, Such did not prove to be the case howeV.
| er He was a failure as a lecturer, ana Wneu
| hia father returned it was to hnd that DE- fau
coast had done nothing to Justify the noPe'
| formed of him. Still the professor was eeieI
| mined to have the chair OF anatomy remain IL
fine Pancoast family Before reslgnlng ne sue,
ceeded in securing the pledges OF hunper 81 y,
the College Trustees that they Woui1 Fo.e .e. ~
his son for the Professorshlp' ne tultnoi En
/ agreed to make a liberal bequest 10 the oolSS nS
in case his son should be elected. Inn
NAV not seem matter OF muoh aocoun pan
! but the profession consider it one o! very srea
,nnmant and the facts create eommotion ia tht
fraternity wherever known. Nor IL the Whoit
stnrv vat told. The position is highly covetes
90. "a there are a number of candidates for IL
One Of these is DR.. VIM Forbes, of West PM
edanhia who makes. for his part, this bid TO INT
CoIlage Irustees Dr. Forbes says he 10 empo"
erad Ry Mi. Andenried, wealthy citizen, to De
: stow nnon such OF our medical schools as III
! 1Dr Forbes) may elect the sum OF SlOu.uOO up
IN the death Of the testator. Inls proVisIou
| Ia in the will aud 1t depends entirely upon "
| Forbeh' Judgment how the money shau 10 ~
nrnnriatst. DIR Forbes simply states TINS lac
: r. The trustees but makes no argument upon ~
PaTIionlarly neat all around, you Will thlnE
Thare has been one attempt at an election, whlcl
, | ,yas nnsuccessful. Nothing has 80 eAclteu en
. doctors for long time, not even the prospece
'liT There Is to be another railway between Nev
vorL and baltimore and one which Will lsaV
: Wilmington out in the cold. 1t may moi 20 eoi
ract fhoueb to style 1t another railway l. ~
na.g antaTprise though no new ROAD " W v