Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-12-10
PHILADELPHIA.
our SATURDAY LerrER.

OUR sATuR DAY LETTER r
! THE DEMOCRATIC BANQUET AND RATIFICATION
FAlLURE OF TIE "CITIzENs" STATE BANK
SAVING FUND DEPARTMENTS OF BANKS NJ ISSUE
THE DEATH OF Ex-CHIIy JUSTICE KEAD-1H
READING BAIL ROAD cos LAST DEblAND-TH
PHIIADA SKETCH CLUB--THK HUPERyIhING AKCHl
TECT-FoRNEY / McLURE-THK PEACE sociET
--AMUsEMENTs, nc. DC.
Special Correspondents Of the Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.
The Democrats have had their long expeete
jollification aud the victory may 1t last be cvl,
sidered solemnly ratified. To be sure there Wa
not great deal said which could give All
ASSURANCE Of what the couquerors inten,
to do with their victory, but this might hay
been owing to the very good rossun tina
the viotors themselves do not know. The do
monstration took the form Of banquet at til.
Continental hotel, and 1udging from the .pv.c..
e = sss - !. Wy h.,to.a .f'Air is pit. a
such ~ Judge Black and other Senatorial aspi
rants, whom tho public would really like to hea
from at this time, were conspicuous only by then
absence. The usual strange spectacle ut Demo
cratic gatherings Of here and there respectable
man being environed by rnffisnly elements wa.
found at the Continental banquet in perfection
Such mon ~ ex- Mayor Fox and John O. jane,
were shouldered at the feast by Bill McMulliIl.
and Sam Josephs. That there was mutual COZ,
strsint Is scarcely to be wondered at.
The failure Of another State Bank hxa at.
tracted some attention but inasmuch as no Que
seems likely to loose by the break but the stock.
holders there has been no excitement IL /,
where the funds of Deposton and note holders
are In jeopardy that popular tumut a,irts
| In the case OF = bank suspension. The coiue. |.
now in question is the "Citizens Bank " doing
business until lately 1t least, at 2nd and Race
Streets. On Wednesday, when the fact uI
the Bank being in trouble was first made
known II was announced that the corporation
would vt once pay all its indebtedness and con
tinue business ~ usual, but by tile fol-
lowing day other counsels prevailed and
1t was determined to close up its
anairs In addition to regular Bank Business,
| the "Citizens" had Savings Fund Department,
stress has boon laid upon it-that all the Bank
failures that have occurred recently have been
| in cases whore this plan prevailed. The .Uulou'
at Fourth aud Chestnut, was tile frat Of these
Banks Of Issue combined with Saving Fund DO.
fourth or fifth Of the sort which has succuinbed
doubt whether in such sorporst.ns an H. funds .s
are not used in irregular street operations, Or in
''shaving" ss the expressive vernacular puts it Z
Ordinary bank discounting in . very different
thing from loaning the money Of de;,ositois
to irresponsible partes for the sake Of a heavy
''margin.' The Estate Banks" evidently re.
quire looking into
The death of Judge John NJ. Read, late ChioI
Justice of Pennsylvania, created profound i'm.
presslop in legal circles and measurably upnn
the entire public. II the event had hs ,,peu,l
ten years ago, when the Chief Justice was more
closely connected with affairs than he was a. the
close Of his career, the feeling would have been
still deeper, but even az it was the com,nuulty
realized that it had lost one OF ts foremost jur.
lists, q man whose personal honor WAS inexpru, ,si
bly, dear to him, and whose honesty and i'll
tegrity were beyond suspicion. What e
an old man and had o1tliyed most
Of his early cotsmporaries vet q class OF
younger professionals had grown up around hin,
to whom his reputation was very dear and with
whom it is now in the best of hands, The fu.
yers meeting did not simply follow the formula
for such cases set and provided, but expressed
the sincere affection and respect of the entire
Bar Of this vicinity.
The Reading Railroad Co saems tn bsve ar
fectusily frustsnsd ths c;tv s~thort;au ~ mASe
threat q ssaaoys its Delaware terminus to C,,e.-
ter unless greater land facilities we're ,ivs,
it. All, but it Ia 4 grsspipR monster, this
many EARNED BREEDING 1" How much Of
this grasping nature is inevitable in great rail
way II might be interesting to have demon. trait
cd. With huge powers behind it pressing Il Oh
il is doubtless impossible often to keep 80 utis
cation" within limit but this general priuriple il
small comfort to the little people, propert, own-
ers, employees or rival corporations. crus! ,sd in
its fated march. Now many individual eater.
prises of one sort or another has the giant
d Reading" absorbed? Nobody knows, 1t all
know that il is ~ far from being satisfied az
ever. As 10 this mammoth river ter
minus in the 25th ward it will dispos ,ess to
carry its point great many owners and ten
ants who do not want to be DISPOSE ssed
But that goes for nothing the little u ,opie
must get up and get. What right have tiey to
stand in the way of the mighty 'ReadnyrY
And it they don't leave, and if the city does no.
help foot the bill "Rsading" will walk away
to Chester. The Company knows veiy well
that it has tho inside track il merely stat. the
ultimation knowing that like the old co,. we
will "come down" or course we will the
continual concessions to great corporation, sny
the less CALLING? Chester crowed too sunp.-
but she had proyocation, A Bill has pass "A the
survey committee Of Councils allowing t,,n de-
sired grant, and the matter may be cons i rod
settled.
The Philsdelphi. sketch club has grown rom
small beginnings into one OF the most inn, ant
art Institutions in this secrion. Il Ia a VA ,h,a
adjunct of the Academy Of Fine Arts + Nj
though it has no connection whatever th.r, viii
it furthers the general ,nterests of the i, ,itn
ton BY training men in tie practical dsta - ~
art and by raising the whole tone or thes. atm.
dies, a. we'll ss by bringing resnlts hafor, ,Is
people in . way not otherwise sttsinabie. The
Gsss for The s nnrnose y, sre Lille
adorned" human dgure. Difiicufty was n, frat
experienced in procnrino desIrnhle famsle ~, inis
but that trouble hss noW haan ovsrcoma a,i th,,
Life Clasa IL I;kelv to ha an stshi,shad 1,',.a w
of the clnb. In this diractinn t%e cinh h.s n.do
a good stroke of nol,cv in angsoina tho 81. ,,.a.
of the well known drsngS,Smssn .nd n i,r''
nantcr Aikan = nmnI ~ Gsroma a,i ,', nao
hai chsrpa ~ soma ~ ths EranoS n'as,or, na'
az in pas Mr. A;Lan s.nnsa." .ln ,,,.I = 80,
then watches the nrogra.. ~ ~. ,.asL s,,ons anu
inc and criticis;ng 40 eho a.. us, , 'h
nistion Ahont tRa ist of tha xasr az ciu,, III;
remove In its nav rooms nm ponn snn.ra a. ~
of the hnildinos haInnyng to tha uars;s,m n
tate- II will thera hs 20 more cnrvar.nt ,,,,s
ters than IA At nreaent LOCATED. IN Wsinnt raa,
below f,tb. and will he nrensred 4" ;nsn. r.,s
the series Of lectures an art snhiects To- sw'",'
ample prenaratons have been made TSa
skatch cluh ;s s,tone.bar = dac;Saa craI;t ne ae
young men of cnltnre. '"'
We are in GOOD snirita hare over tho ,,ro.,.,,.
ing Architect in place Of the irranrassl,s Mil
iett. A number ~ things sre nesdfmI ~ hs ,n.
in which ii would he h;yRiv comfortshia 10 hsus
a friend At Cont Whataver tha conntr, ,,sv
think OF MulIett. phiisdelnh,a tLonvht wall ~
him for he was our yory good friend Rut for
Mnllett IT il s.Ss tn ssv ths Naw Post % nHoa ioa
project would never have been csrr;ed tbrnn,.n
and tbe many parties who msde monev Nv ,5at
transaction slionld make nm \ nnrsa f,r Ii,, ~,
hin retirement or erect bis ststua IL,
the post Office Grounds Rnt mnch =. "a,
reauired in the matter of nushinv sn,,o
prlstions &c. and Ph,ladeipbis ,n.
neryisor would ba a very neat snd nr,.s,
thing. Such one could not 70 back on us, ,.c