Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-07-17

THE "pINMourH RocK" EXCURSION FRAups-
DEATH OF REV. DIR. MoRIARTY-THE nRANG
oEI.EBRAT1oN-NEw HALL OF THE Y. Nj. C. A. &t
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| Special Correspondence Of the Commercial.
| PHILADELPHIA, July 1G.
| The Democrats followed up this week the lag
| gard nominations of the Republicans for Recor
| der OF Deeds, Judge of Common Pleas, Clerk o
| Quarter Sessions, and City Commissioners
These places on tho ticket have beei
| left vacant long while, and n con
siderable proportion of people had los
sight of the fact that such vacancies existed
| The .'unterrifed" have finally selected ~ tbei
standard bearers for the Offices i'll the orde
| above named Neasrs. William Ayres, T.. Coppef
MITCHELL Henry s. Hagert, Thos. A. Fahy and
II. Crawford or the last two namod gonte
mon not much IL known but the others stant
high in the regard OF all citi2ens. MIR. Ayres ii
one of our 'solidp' men, merchant of the beat
| repute Mr.. Mitchell is Il professor in the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania, and MIR. Ifagert IL one
OF the very best lawyers OF tho Philadelphia bar
He at first declined to allow his name to be used
for the Quarter Sessions clerksGip and the won
dor il still that he permitted it, Perhaps he
know that 1t made lttlo difference, as he would
not be elected
The Reading Coal Company Investigation
promises to be- as long drawn ont an affair al
most as the historic Brooklyn trial, although
tho Jury OF the vicnage' have II better time
than poor Mr. Carpenters forces hal. The
Legislative committee, and 'gueats," travel
about in Pullman coaches, live on the fat OF
the land, take lioading colliers to seaside re-
gattas, and otherwise approach their duties
with 80 serene u spirit that many OF us would
be proud to serve tho State on the same terms
After all these weeks of inquiry the ''defence
has hut just been opened. This part of tho
case has been assumed by President Gowen il,
an elaborate address, and those nice
feelers of how the land lays =
the newspapers - give instant indication of
the side proper to be taken III the controversy.
But people who regard Mr.. Governs speech from
an unbiased view fail to 500 how it is an answer
TO the weighty charges brought against the Read
ing monopoly. The one point that he makes
against the dealers with any strength il that of
short weight. That there may be something
in this in some cases is very possible but how 1t
affects the main question it is difficult to SOC.
That question, it may be well to remember. is
whether the Reading Co., is Justified i'll its policy
of crowding individual enterprise out of the mar
ket, and IN attempting to control the entire
anthracite TRADE of this section? Tho
testimony going to show that this is the policy
of the company is overwhelming and 1t goes for
just nothing that Mr.. Gowen should prove Ger
tain retailers TO be dishonest. That IL, it goes
for nothing with tho body of thinking and I'M
preoccupied persons, but it will go FOR much, no
doubt, with tho Legislative committee who
have a verdict for Gowen Go. already pre-
pared. Still, although the decision will be in fa-
vor of the monopoly it is not possible with the
light that has been thrown on Tho subject that
tho Reading Company can enforce to the fall, Nh
previously, it's policy of intimation and lresen-
tatlon.
Tho case of!Rey. T. D. Bott,a Baptist minister
OF this CITY, charged with licentious conduct, has
caused painful excitemont, which not even the
formal verdict of acquttal by his congregation
has served to allay. There is good reason TO.
believing that this scandal grew out of the un-
Beecher case. Busy bodies and gossppers
thought it fine sport to meddle with the charac-
ters of worthy clergymen and lady members of
his congregation, and stories idly told grew and
spread AZ they were repeated until they finally
assumed criminal shape, and the church author
tiles felt called on to arraign their pastor
on one of the sternest charges IN minister
eau be brought to face The strictest scrutiny
fails to show anything to convict MIR. Bott "Ru-
NOR with its thousand tongues" has done all, and
an innocent man is perhaps mortally hurt by the
words of scandal mongers. 1t isa cruel II case
as people have lately had to consider. The
church says there il no evidence Of criminal in-
tent, but it says. too that Il change might be ad-
visable. And what congregation will extend
the next "call" under the circumstances A life
wOrk--as far as can be seen-closed through the
eauseess, wicked tattle of thoughtless boys and
venomous old maids. II this thing keeps on we
shall have to address all preachers in the sinis-
ter words of Hamlet 'je thon az chaste
ice, as pure AZ snow, thou shalt not escape cal
umuy."
The travelling public. and parties providing
summer conYenieuces therefor, have been a
good deal exercised lately by the eccentric do
ings of certain Now York speculators who have
cut into the local pleasure traffic by means which
all allow to DO disreputable. Tho reference is
to MeEsls. Jarrett ~ Palmer the theatrical
managers who mado fortunes out OF the " Black
Crook " and then by perycrse fate succeeded
in securing the control Of Booths theatre, after
Edwin Booths sad but noble failure. Jarrett ~
Palmer are fair types of the "sensational
managers who have done all that it is possible
to do to degrade the stage. Since they have had
control of Booths, their tactics have somewhat
changed, but only from motives of gain and
from no conviction of duty to the public. They
would be ready to produce another and worse,
"Crook' to morrow If they thought it wonld pay.
Such men are naturally the money-makers of
the business. but they are not content with the
earnings Of tho season; somo speculation must
be devised for raking in the dollars between the
opening and the closing of the doors. In the
summer therefore these high-toned managers
hired jim Fisk's pet folly the Ply
mouth Rock, and arc making more money
ont of her than ever the gorgeous Fisk did. Nor
are they content with Gotham profits simply, but
ply up and down the coast taking whatever of
fers, and "a good deal of it, Several Excur-
sions" from Philadelphia have been given, all of
them frauds of the first class. On ono of these
trips people were promised ride to New ork
(by rail to Amboy,) iaunt up tho Hudson to
West Point, and return home by 10 O'Clock in
tho evening In fact, the Hudson part of the
trip was not givon, trains and boat were fearful
ly slow and the city was not reached on the return
until o'clock in the morning. Again, the steamer
was advertised for Cape May. When at New Cas-
tie she put about despite the protestations of
the yictimi2ed passengers. On her way up the
river a furious fight broke ont among crowd of
roughs on board and the decent part of the conf
pary were frightened almost out of their wits.
These are merely sample excursions. Liquor of
the viIest may be had on board, but the COM
monest conveuiences, even drinking water, have
been often wanting. Refreshments are hold Mt
exorbitant prices--and the whole enterprise is
in fact swindle of tho worst kind. 1t has been
finally found out and there are not likely to be
any more plymouth Rock Excursions from
this neghborhood.
Two events concerning our Irish citizens have
occurred-the death of Rev. DI. Moriarty, and
the st Orange anniversary celebrating the Bat
tie of tho Boyne. They wero events that ap-
peaed to different classes, the first to the Catho-
lie the latter to the Protestant Irish DR.. Mori-
nrty was priest of immense influence in his
church no man OF our time has had more, with
perhaps the simple exception of Bishop Wood.
In some respects Moriarty was even stronger
leader than Wood. lie was very effective as n
public speaker and came closer to the heart
OF the Catholic public than any of the
numerous orators of tho church. He lived
to an old age and was greatly loved
and revered. There seems to be absolutely no
L.. H.