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The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
The State Convention.

! We publish to-day the call of the State
State Convention, which will be holden at
Portland on Tuesday the 23d. The De-
mocracy OF Maine will this year assemble
under much more encouraging circum-
stances than those of last year The NAL
administration at Washington has weak
ened the ties by which the dominant party
has been held together, and its members
| are celebrating whether they ought not.
for the reputation and safety Of the coun-
try, to vote with the opposition They
know that it deserves rebuke SO uni
versal has this feeling become that good
republican authority comedies that the
next Congressional House of Representa-
tives will have an opposition majority.
The elections which have taken place
since last September have been full of
significance The great states of New
York and Ohio are now with the Democ-
racy, New Hampshire and Connecticut
plOS4dlll1 lIltlt -NtH l-HS IiIu - No lOLReI
a solid republican phalanx Wisconsin
and Oregon send greeting to the Demo-
Gratis of the Union These are conclusive
proofs that the leaven of change is work
ing among the people.
1t Is a matter of regret thai the call for
the Convention has been delayed so long
that many localities cannot be represent
ed by delegates chosen since its issue;
but il is hoped that good representation
will be present at Portland Hon. Joseph
Titcomb will be renominated, if he does
not decline No worthier gentleman could
be selected, nor one with q personal or
political record more unassailable
The platform will doubtless express the
popular adherence of the dishonest prac-
tees sanctioned by the national admins
tration. OF the shocking outrages perpe-
trated in the southern states, and of the
taxation that is draining the country of
its treasure to be lavished on needless and
wastetul expenditure Thus prepared to
welcome those who are ready to Join us
in the interest of a better administration
OF the government, let rs set orr forces in
array
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
The Pertubations of a Patriot.

We print, this week, the call for the republic
can congressional convention at Ellsworth the
oath inst. While conceding that Mr.. Hale is
representing the district with most eminent
ability and is exercising large influence in
congress, still we should be glad to see some
equally able man nominated from this part of
the district. But there seems to be no present
prospect OF uniting upon SUCH one, and, until
there is, we don't propose to agitate the matter
Two years ago we said all we had to say, and
we don't propose to keep up discussion which
accomplishes no practical end. Prog. Age.
Chemists tell us that oil and water will
not mingle without the aid of an alkali
When this agent is introduced, the pro-
duct is soap. The waters OF wrath which
the Age once poured on the head of the
Congressman, and the oleaginous praise
with which it now beslobbers him. have
produced in abundance the article known
as soft soap. The alkali Mr.. Hale must
have furnished. Two years ago the Age
| denounced Mr.. Hale as a corruptionist.
and said that his speeches in Congress
We're 'merely cheap attempts to make
personal political capital at home" Now
he is representing the district with "abili-
ty;' and not only with ability, but with
''eminent ability" and not only with EN-
inent ability, but with ''most eminent
ability Verify the Age soap factory is
turning out a vast quantity ofthe commod-
ity; but the keen perceptions of Mr.. Hale
will be likely to regard its praise as like
unto the dead flies in the ointment of the
apothecary.
But the strangest part of this eftusion is
that in which the Age bewails the lack OF
"some equally able man. from Waldo
Some of the soap has got in its eyes, SO
it fails to perceive Mr.. Knowlton tower
ing on the heights of Montville, where he
was SO conspicuously available in 1872
The touching allusion to the lost battle
and the determination to fight no more
is enough to draw tears from stone
"Oh, who can tell what heroes feel
When all but life and hOnor's LOST"
A poet of the elder time gives to aspir
ing youth the advice
LET all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country,
Thy Gods, and truths"
1t may be that all this time the Age ha
adopted this rule in its target practice.
so, it is the worst marksman of whom
J history makes mention.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
Cake. and Ale.

The brewers of the United States, those
careful and thoughtful gentlemen who
build immense brewcries and endless eel
lars for the manufacture and preservation
of that malt liquor in which the American
stomach delights, recently held Conyen-
ton in Boston. 1t was like boarding the
lion in his den, for there is the great
centre Of prohibition, state police and the
home of the Rev Miner But they held a
very quiet and peaceable meeting. enact
ed their business and departed.
This meeting of the brewers is cyidcnt-
ly intended in some sort as their response
to the menace of the temperance revival.
and they take pains to present their cause
to the public fortified by the strongest
statistics and arguments obtainable The
figures they bring forward as to the mag
nitllde Of the beer interest are certainly
formidable to begin with. 1t is estimated
that the amount Of capital employed last
year in brewclieS alone amounted to $50
9l0,S while the number Of persons en-
ployed was L 13S. But even these figures
give but a partial idea Of the extent of the
business in its varionS ramificationS. The
following recapitulation is more compre-
hensive and will bear attentive pertlsal :
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
The Emma Mine Swindle.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the
report OF the directors of the Emma Mine
made to the shareholders on the 18th OF
May. is charming piece of literature A
clever American lady and her husband, by
inducing our Minister to England to lend
his name to the scheme, had attracted ma
tional and international notice to this
dubious enterprise. The Emma Mine is
blessed with 4 wide notoriety. One pen
sively reads the deliciously melo-dramatic
statment Of the Directors, who feel 'the
utmost regret over the unsatisfactory
character of the account" With mourn
full candor they assert that nothing has
been discovered sufficient to Justify the
glowing rumors that have been freely cur
rent outside, and they kindly counsel the
stockholders not to place "any confidence
in outside report" The remnant of an
investigating Committee, having made
their examination, observe that 1.-THE
future prospects of the mine must depend
entirely on exploration" The pious Park
put the matter better when he said that
1.-THE quantity of ore in the mine was
known only to Him who made it." An
enterprise which brilliantly succeeded in
becoming national disgrace is at last
surrounded with halo Of candor.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

In Bangor the thermometer has been
getting into the neighborhood of the
nineties. But after they "have tried all the
week to be good the citizens have a habit
of taking the boats of Commodore Ross,
and cooling off at Fort Point, Mt Desert,
&c.
AT Bangor they have arrested ST.
John shoemaker who murdered his father
in-law and fed to the home of the brave.
He should have got the old man on this
side of the line, and then he could have
passed his days in the retreat at Thomaston.
The mail arrangements between Bel
fast and Rockland are the worst possible
The stage goes over the whole route
every afternoon, but the mail is taken of
at Camden and kept until next day! Sc
that two days are consumed in getting a
letter or paper over the thirty miles OF
this route. The Rockland Daily Globe is
sent by the railroad, via Brunswick, Au
gusta and Burnham, arriving here in the
same mail with the New York Herald Of
even date, thirty-six hours after publica
ton. Can anybody tell us what massive
brain among the mail bags conceived thi.
plan? We should like to give him credit
for it.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
Military Glory.

The Portland Advertiser, in arguing
against the usefulness OF the military drill
at Bowdoin College, takes the ground that
ii will in no degree make the students
more ready or seryiceable in the event of
war. In support of this theory it alludes
to "a belli.erent Adiutant General of
Maine, who did not improve the opportu-
mites of the late rebellion to imbrue his
hands in blood. There is a suspicion that
the allusion points to {. resident of Bella st.
We make an extract
A military portent shot across our Maine
skies not many years ago, in the person of a
belligerant Adjutant General. How assiduous
he was i'll his attendance upon all the autumn
musters, what doughty feats OF dining and
dancing did he perform and celebrate in his in
lmltable rhetoric, with what bellicosc breath
ing Of the ardor of heroic heart, did he startle
the dull pacific ear of the legislature. How in
cOngruous among the sober black coats of rural
sunday congregations, was the broad shoulder
ed blue coat he wore. the master piece of the
military tailor, and how the glitter of its brass
buttons, and Of its double gilt epaulets distract
ed the tervor OF the popular devotion. Every
where there was a genuine fear that Il man
with such Il natural passion for war, with such
an lfEeprcSSlDlc lulTSt IOr martial glory, II Il
war or any popular disturbance should happen
would seize the sword, summon thousands of
restless people to his standard, dazzle the lpop-
ular fancy, assume the supreme power, trample
on the constitution, make slaves of us all, and
undo all that Washington and the rest Of them
hadldone. In fine we suspected him to be the man
on horseback. and watched him with forebod-
ing. When war did come, and all sorts of I'M
expected patriots betook themselves to it,--pro-
fessors from their chairs, teachers from their
desks aad pastors from their tlocks, and even
the spectacle was not wanting of inyalids, old
men and fat men begging for commissions,
and those who could not or would not fight,
set themselves to the task of eXhoRing other
men to do so, where was BOdnerges2 Where
was the man who had taught our hands
to war and our fingers to fight, who knew SO
well how to set a squadron in the field, whose
eloquent reports brought to our astonished ears
all that we knew Of martial tactics? Shakespeare
says: "In peace there is nothing so becomes a
man modest peace and humility, but when
| the blast Of war blows in your ears then initiate
the action Of tiger" Did our militia knight
heed this counsel? Not at all. In peace he had
been neither still nor humble, and when the
horrible blast Of war shook the welkn and the
tread of mighty armies made the continent trenl-
Bile, he initiated the action not of the tiger but
of the tigers victim. He settled down in his
native town into some kind of man millinery,
or some occupation of that Sort and for four
long years and indeed for that matter ever after
ward, we never heard SO much as a squeak or
| gibbcr from him. His banner led the spears
no more among the hills of Maine
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
Diamond Robbery in New York.

A Swedish sea captain, while EN- route
to a diamond brokers' office, was accosted
by an unknown man who claimed to be a
clerk of tine broker, and who was accom-
panied by a woman. The captain was in
duced to eat some confectionery while on
Broadway. which rendered him mcon-
scious. He was taken to some unknown
room. robbed of SIG, 900 worth Of dia-
monds and kept 4 prisoner until late
Wednesday night, when he was taken to
City Hall Park and released He was
kept unconscious all the time The police
pretend not to know anything Of the at
fair, although the detectives state that
they have several Brazilian diamonds in
their possession, captured from thieves
this week, which they (thc detcctives) re-
fuse to allow the captain to see The cap
tain, whose name is Anderson, was only
recently married here The robbery is
considered one of the most bold and re-
markahle ever pcrprtrated, even in that
CITY
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

The Gardiner journal says that the ice
crop on the Kennebec was poor, and
wastes badly. The best authorities think
that the kennebec crop this year will not
weigh out 400, 900 tons. One party that
thought they had 2 800 tons finds # WEIGHS
out only LOO, and other parties find
things about the same. The old ice he.
longing to the Dresden company WEIGHS
out cakes from 500 pounds to 800 pounds
each, while last winters ice will not aver.
age over 800 pounds to the cake. The
New York Companies wholesale ice at 81
per ton, which keeps off competition, as
this is as cheap as it can be afforded. There
is an actual scarcity of ice. If all the ice
in Maine were in New York, there would
still be short crop there
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

The Cinnamon at work in pittsburo
have become so far Christianized as to
mob their overseer.
The Maine Central night express
train has taken to killing horses again.
Last Friday they had snow storm
near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Let down
casters think of that and be comforted.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

lh" Senatorial hght among The ropuh
IicanF of this tate WAKES excecdinoly
warm, and promise to develope INTO the
hottest political fight that has been seen
for many wears The friends of Washhuru.
Drummond and forham are busy in laN
ing their cons The Oxford Democrat
that warmly favored lIamlin ut his elcc
ton in 1869, is now for Perham 1t rc-
minds Mr. llamlin that hn has been in the
Senate for ~ years, and that assurance,
have been given that he would NOT AGAIN
be n candidate But Hannibal has hat
great experience in manipulating cleo
tons like these, and lisa master Of politi-
cal combinations. II is impossible 10 nrc.
diet the result.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

DIo LEWIS ON TEMPERANCE IN MAINE.
DR., bio Lewis writes to the Cincinnati
Gazette that he has recently spent week
in Maine examining the results Of the pro
hlbitory law. In Bangor, Lewis Barker
informed him that there were three hun
bred drinking places inthat city y greater
proportion to the population, Or. Lewis
thinks, than can be found in any town in
Ohio. He adds 81 am sule the friends in
Ohio are sufficiently interested III the tenn
perance cause to send committee to
Maine to spend 4 weel, OF two investigat-
ing the workings Of the prohibtory law ;
and | am sure they would he amazed
at the facts And yet did not see an
open drinking place while | was in the
State. There is no doubt that the traffic
has been driven under cover, and there il
not q shadow OF doubt that the consump-
ton of drink in the State of Maine is
enormous
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18
Platform of the Grangers.

IND1ANAPoLIs, June II. The platform
adopted by the Farmers Reform Conven-
ton here, last evening, holds that Justly
distributed burdens and powers are Ameri-
can ideas; that farmers and manufactur-
ers, and producers and consumers, should
be brought into most friendly relations :;
harmonious action between farmers and
transportation companies is naturally
advantageous; an increase of transporta-
non facllltles to the seaboard is advocated
1t claims that capital is now master and
all laborers are practically in the condition
OF the slaves before emancipation The
battle must be fought by all laborers in
common to ensure success. Banking and
moneyed monopolies, consolidated rail
roads and other transit monopolies,
manufacturing monopolies and commercial
and grain monopolies, are enumerated as
the Observation-Disclosures Of the wrongs now
in vogue
The Platform proposes 10 restore the
government to its original purpose, and
as far as possible. to remedy these evils,
and remove their results:
First, by abandoning the gold base
talIacy, and establishing monetary system
based on the faith and resources of the
government of the nation in harmony with
the genius OF the government and adapted
to the eXigencies of legitimate commerce.
10 this end circulating notes of National
and State banks, as well as all local cur
rencY, be Withdrawn from circulation, and
a paper currency issued by Government
which shall be a legal tender in payment
OF all debts, public and private, duties on
imports included, and declared equal with
gold, the lawful money Of the L. S. this
currency or money to be interchangeable
at the pleasure of the holder for govern
ment bonds bearing low rate Of interest,
say 500, the government creditors to
have privilege of taking the money or
bonds at their election, reservino to Con
gress the right TO regulate the rate of
interest OF bonds and the volume of the
currency, so as to effect the equitable
distribution Of the products of labor be-
tween money OF non producing capital
and productive industry, and BY paving
the national debt in strict accordance with
laws under which it was originally con-
tracted in gold, when it was specifically
promised but all other indebtedness, in
Guiding the principal of the ) 20 bonds,
should be discharged at the earliest option
OF the government in legal tender cur
rency Of the United States without fundinu
it in long bonds, or in any way increasing
gold paying and untaXed obligations OF
the Government.
The resolutions further state that the
convention will endeavor to select honest
and capable men for Office without regarc
TO former political opinions. No man will
be supported known to be guilty O
bribery, corruption or fraud One tern
only is favored from tho Proo;dor+ dour,
Free passes are condemned, also legis
lators, both state and national, who are
for an increase Of taxes, fees and salaries
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

HE MAILS ROBBED BY PosTMAsTER's
WIFE, Mrs. Fannie A. Jewett who has
been arrested at Hancock, VT for robbing
the mails, is the wife of Mr.. Jewett, who
had been the postmaster at Hancock for
several years he has been superintendent
OF schools, has long occupied a leading
position in the community, and no shadow
Of suspicion has ever rested upon his pub
lie or private integrity, Complaints We're
made as early us last March that letters
passing over the mail route between Beth
81 and Middlebury had been ritied, and in
vestigation fixed Hancock as the place of
the robbery. Several attempts to fix the
crime on Mrs Jewett failed but on Mon
day, her wallet being examined in her
husbands presence, was found to contain
marked scrip mailed as decoy from Beth
el' Mrs. Jewett, after repeated denials,
confessed to having stolen all the other
letters, and returned the money, which
she had hidden on shelf in the pantry,
under newspaper, on which was placed
Il pile of dishes. Mr.. Jewett, who is in bad
health, was completely Frustrated, and
fatal consequences are feared, Mrs. jew
EFT, confessed having burned four letters
which she had rifed and the special
agents estimate places the probable
amount stolen by her at between two ane
three hundred dollars.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

Capital in brewereS ....-..... ase.o1o, -:
- malt houses ....,...- lG,7O7, %
- barley lands ........ lt,jJi, ~
6 hop lands ......... lGo3,g6l
Total investment .......,...... slv..77 GO
Number Of persons employed in brew
cries .... ,l}~
Number OF persons employed in malt
houses .'.....'..'... .;,,dl
Number of persons employed in barley
Number OF person, employed IN hop
culture 500.
Total ............ ,64,7
Acres of land under cultivation lor bar
ley -....' H. ...- Hiss
Acres OF land under culuS alton 1, hops 40, 90.
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ll53,959
Nor does even this calculation comprise
the blacksmiths, maSons, carpenters, coop
ers, teamsters, machinistS, wagon builders
and other artisans constantly employed in
breweries. If to these were added the
bottlers, retailers and others whose exist
ence depends on the brewing bush ess, the
army of King GambrinilS would be swell
ed to still more multtudiuous proportions.
Statistics given by President Clausen in
his opening speech to the convention
show the number of barrels of termentcd
liquors brewed and sold in the states and
territories during the two Years ending
June 80, to be tor 1872, 5000 969 for
1878, 500. S23-an increase in one Wear
Of 910,o54 barrels. Returns of internal
revenue show an increase of tax collected
in 1873, as compared with the previous
year of $500, S54. This steady increase
in the consumption Of termcnted liquors, "
said MI Clausen, "procee,ling at the rate
of almost million barrels year in spite
of the tanatical temperance agitation, is
the popular endorsement of their refresh
ing inyigorating and nutritious qualities =
1t will be seen from the teegraphic
synopsis of their proceedings that the
brewers insist on a due distinction being
made between fermented and distilled or
spirituous liquors, and protest against the
discriminating zeal which contounds the
two very different classes of beverages.
This point we consider To he We'll taken
nor do we think that any true friend of
temperance need view with alarm the
proofs we have cited Of the growing pop
ularity of the milder drinks. If indeed it
can be shown, a. we trust ii may be, that
the consumption of the more violent alco-
holc manufactures is diminished in cor
responding proportion, the fact i rather
hopeful one than otherwise
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

The Bangor Wing gives a glowing
description of the ship Harriet H. Nc
Gilvery, launched in Brewer on Saturday
Her dimensions are-length, 1913 u feet
breadth, 81 10 feet; depth, "a feet; I'M
der-deck tonnage, 1194.Gl tons; enclos-
res on upper deck, 1890 tons total
tonnage, l328.9l tons The ship is first
class in every respect, all the materials
used in her construction being the best
obtainablc
Poor France is in tribulation again Tho
Assembly is in a tempest through the heat
ed iii scussions of the extreme republican,
and the imrerialists. Cassagnac, lead
ing Bonapartist, dealt Gambelta blow
in the face. The present government hold.
its seat with difficulty. There are those
who believe that the son Of Louis Napo
leon will be the next ruler of France, ane
that the imperial eagles will again PEREZ
upon the national standard.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

Hon. Virgil d. Paris died at Paris Hill
on Saturday morning last, at the age of
GO. He was born in Buckficld, and sradua-
ted at Waterville College. He lad been
a member of both branches of the Legis-
lature, President of the Senate, and mem
Der OF Congress for two terms. He was
nine years United States Marshal fo1 Maine.
He was also special mail agent and naval
store keeper at Kittery His politics were
of that adamantine kind which knew no
shadow of turning. He was an honest
man, and highly esteemed as citizen.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

The Civil Service reform has gone over
board. 1t was very pretty and promis-
ing child while it lived, but hindered the
political schemes of republican Congress-
men, SO was strangled. The republican
party was solemnly and publicly pledged
to its support, and had overwhelming ma
jorities with which to carry ont the
pledges, but falsifed its promises in the
most unblushing manner. The republican
platform of 1872 had this declaration
Any system of the civil service under which
the subordinate positions o. the Government
are considered rewards for mere party zeal, i,
fatally demoralizing; and we therefore favor
reform Of the system by laws which shall abol
ish the evils of patronage and make honesty
efficiency and fidelity the essential qualifications
forpublic position, without practically creating
life-tenure of Office.
Yet in face of all this and with two
thirds majority to carry out its promises
this solemn pledge is deliberately repudi
ated. What commentary.
The Republican journal., 1874-06-18

Objects close to the eye shut ont much
Larger, objects on the horizon; and SPLEEN
doris born only Of the earth eclipse the
stars. So man sometimes covers ND the
entire disk of eternity with dollar, and
quenches transcendant glories with little
shining dust f, II, Chaplin