Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-11
FIisS'r EDITION .
PHILADELPHIA.
OUR sATua DAY TER.

PnLADELrBIA, Sept. ~
Tlere is great deal Of feeling shown hor,
over the result OF tho Democratic State Couyen-
ton at Exile. l. is experienced by class oI
citizens not iau lily carried away by tho cut and
dried proceedings of political meetng,. Tie in
dustra ISSUES at stake in the canvass now upon II,
| must make the contos. for Governor a memOra
bio one. 1t is felt already that the bearing Of
this Stats struG 5l5 upon the ne4i presidential
| campaign must ba very marked. The victory OF
| tho lnillhonists at Erie il the talk of the houl
| with ~, and IL doubtless national topic as we'll
| Ihe Pennsylvania Dem have more than
| enlphlslzod the doctrine Of the Democrats. oil
OHIO. The mere claim of 'horesy" will not put
| down hnGh evidence or strength, aud the
| question i3 seen 10 be taking imposing
| proportions. 1t is not a little significant
| that two OF the most violent and powerful
enemies of the Presdent-she Il. Y. TriJu,e
and MY Herdjl--haf turn to Grant in tho emer-
| gencYas 10 a,posiGion of assured strength. Az
| ter all its furious campaign against him the
| He1rlt says in eifact to-day, that the ag-money
| rage Will possibly lead many people to reeonsi-
| der their adverse position on the third term
| question. Who shall say tlere il 10 force in &
| State Convention after this
Tho situation is sugulerly oo.aplcatod by the
conviction that while lilo patNfm is Of such II
| revolutionary character the nominations are uu-
commonly strong. Judge pershlng is one
Of tho ablest men in tho Sate, and
Mr.. piollett is everywhere spoken of
N ithof highest terms. Yet again, these nomi-
nees are not the favJritea of the Democratic
managers in the State. The Ross Noyes
party, Of which We have heard so much Of late,
and which WAS under the leadership OF Senator
Wallace and Representative Randall, is com
pletoiy iloored-and thus very disturbing ole
ment il introduced. The Democrats have magi-
cal power in healing up differences but tDore
would seen to be here Il case even beyond its
skill. Oae OF tho latest reports i5 that the
shrewd Randall, who won't into the convention
as the ally Of Wallace, las gone back on
latter threatens, in consequence, to be
even with Samuel J. when the tme
comes to choose a Speaker for the National
House of Representatives.. Thus it is seen to
blow all around tho compass. The local Demo-
cratic politicians Were, Of course, F." Friends to
this ground and liegemen to the Ring, and they
are proportionatey distressed at the turn aiIlirs
have taken. McAlullen, Josephs, and all that pre-
cious crowd, were assisting at The Erie Councils,
but for once they were oyerpowered in thenon-
nations, though still potential in the platform
The labors OF "tho boys were moro than conf
monty arduOus on this occasion, They were up
all Wednesday night over the Resolutions, aud
all last night in the Convention but men Who
serve their country must expect TO make person
nj sacriiicss. What with equal loss OF sleep and
hope the Ringers arc to-day 3 disgusted crowd.
The WesterYelt trial continues and the inter
est in it is in no wise abated. The prosecution
to-day. NesterVe!ts counsel announced IN their
opening that tho amount of testimony Oh their
sldo would DO small, 70 that the case Will be
brought to u close early next week, or it may
even end tomorrow (Saturday). The volume of
evidence i'll such u case necessarily comes
from those who bring tho suit. Opportunity
was here taken TO recte all tile known facts Of
tho abduction, matter which Westeryelt has no
means of retuting eyon il it wcro policy to at
tempt to do 80 Evidence to provo al GltJi is
Itnfp p1i iI..l d t,n 9t
that Wes.eryelt was principal IN tho k!dhap-
ping Considerable timo was taken up this week
in detailing the negotiations OF the thieves with
Mr.. Ross to all Of which Nesteryelts lawyers
have OF course nothing to say. Counsel also af.
firm that the money ls all over the way and that
their ii 10 has not the means TO cali long list Of
Witnesses.
II tlie case is looked at without prejudice it is
difficult to 800 how the commonwealth can So
cure L verdict. But it eeems impossible to get
people to giye it this unprecedented attention.
By this mean that from all the circumstance
probabilities, aud relations Of the parties the
public is convinced that Westetyelt knows MI
tho particulars of tho crime, ard it cares little
for the evidence, one way or another. l dwelt
upon this point last week, and need now only
remark that the situation ia practically
unchanged. The strongest peice of pfoof
advanced against the prisoner this week
WAS the evidence of New York lady VINO sSore
to seeins Wssteryolt in Brooklyn car ia July,
1874, shortly after the abduction, with enid
who was crying, and whom le was ondoayoliug
to keep quiet. Bat this testimony IS entirely
compatible with theoryo of innocsncc N1douDt
the man eeen by Mrs. Poor wa. West3rYelt, but
was the boy Charley RJss? That is the vital
point and it has not been proved.
Mrs Peer thought photography OF Omar
ley, shown hor in Court "rehcmbled
tho child she saw on the car, but so have scores
OF people all the country had similar in
pressiuns, all OF them shown TO be uafounded.
] haya tried to look at this most interesting
case with absolute sfairness throughout, aud
whilo l believe, with tho majority of people,thaC
Wostervet has tho guilty knowledge chatgsd
to him, contend that it docs not necessarily so
appear from the evidence in Court The cry is
now heard "lot us convict him on general prin-
pies, being morally sure that We have one OF
tho viilaina," but this general pflGcipiu -
neither law nor Justice.
one OF the noticeable signs of tho fall season
is the returning tid5 of European Travel. It
attracts especial attention in tho case OF the
American Line Steamers, but the Cunard aud
other ocean vessels bring numbers OF Phadol-
phians home at each arrival. Ourpeople should
all patronizs thelphiladelphla line, perhaps, but
they do not. A recent instance whore numbef
Of prominent people came over III u Cunarder,
lust in the wake of n ship OF the American Line,
was regarded rather curiousy, The Line you
will be glad to know, ID doug iheiY'-
as it well deserves tn, Tor the
service is all That could be wished. Tho Penn
sylvana, just arrived, brought Il great numDsr
i'll ore now engaged for every westward "trip
until tho middle of October.
Despite the unsettled feeling in business c'f-
cles over the iinaneiai question, there is pros
pect of a satisfactory Fal trale in Philadelphia.
Merchants have had to face many depressing
influences of late, but people must bo fed and
clothed. aud whether under cloudy or clear ehies
this work must 20 OH. The continual disap-
puiutments of tho past tive years have been very
irving, but tho fact that they have had no per
lnanent bad effect is sign III tho right direSion.
Tho two latest disturbances the California pan
ic and the Baltimore suspensi have set trade
back here but littloif any. The financial dheus-
sion, which thTeatehs to become chronic, Is
more mischovous element, but people are ac
commodating themselves even to that. Market
street and 3rl aud 4th streets, are now busy To-
calites, and ilaIing gas after dusk gives practical
evidence of tile ''night work" so grateful to tic
merchants feelings and rightly, FOR trade ID the
backbone of society.
We have had some right tidy games Of Base
Ball, notably q 6 game between tho Athlete
and Boston, in favor of the former. On the
other hand the Athletic has been beaten BY tho
champions 10 to 0--the worst defeat in Its his
tory. Tho Boston has also won game from
the Philadelphia and will now beyond question
retain the championship. The to3 game sup
ported an opinion 1 expressed short tme
since az to the increase OF playing power since
the carly days Of Base Bail, aud showing that
talent is not now confined to the pro-
faasioua1 Clubs. The game in question