The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-06-11
ON PhIlndelnhIn Leiter.
PHILADEnPH1A, juno 7, 49,
THE THIRD TERM.

file of the Republican in this city.
With Gen. Grant now ont of the way.
with his successor to be nominated
within a year from now, aud with the
nomination for State Executive, well off
their hands, the boys are casting about
for an available candidate for Centenni-
al President.
For number of years it has been the
practice of the field officers of the party
in this city, of the Republican persua.
sion, to consult with Gen. Cameron M
on all important questions of a political
character, before taking decisive action:
hence, when the senator was with us
few days ago, he was asked who he be-
lieved the man for the occasion to be ?
He replied: Charles Francis Adams. of
Massachusetts, the greatest statesman
of our nation, will, without doubt, be.
come the standard bearer of the Repub-
lican party in its contest for Centennial
President, just as the greatest soldier of
our country was made its candidate in
1868.
With this opinion of Gen. Cameron.
so freely expressed / may add that
Judge Kelly, Mayor Stokley, and other
magnates of the party heartily concur.
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
President Garrett, in his aggressive
warfare upon the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, is entitled to the credit of
having "drawn first blood" Previous
to the quarrel the stock of the Pennsyl-
vania sold at $57 per share; now it is a
slow sale at $40, loss of So per share.
which, upon the 10000 shares, ap,
pears to me to foot up, or foot down. n
loss of S10,S80,000. Nor is this the
worst feature; stockholders in Col
Scott's company have always regarded
it as ten per cent paying corporation,
but the fight has already forced it down
to an eight per cent. dividend, with the
prospects still more gloomy in the fu-
ture.
From carefully prepared statement
made by the officers of the Pennsylva-
mia company, they 6dmit loss in gross
receipts, up to April Both, of this year,
as compared with 1874, of S444, ,667. OS.
with the decrease more rapid now than
at any other time in the year. The fact
is, the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
with stock debt, bonded debt, and
footing obligations aggregating $149,-
SS8, 1897 SO, is in no condition to enioy
any such expensive luxury as is now
taking place.
1t may be fun for Col. Scott, but I
doubt if the $4,000 shareholders of the
company, whose annual loss in divi-
dends is 81, 800, 900, are particularly de-
lighted with it; certainly those who
have lost So per share on the value of
their stock, with every indication of
still further decline, connot regard
the contest as very profitable pastime
on the part of President Scott.
JULY FOURTH, 1875.
We are to have gala day here on the
4th of July, which occurs on the 9th
this year. The Machinery Hall of the
Centennial celebration, will be rooted in
by that time, and ceremonies of pub
lie character will take place. At sun
rise national salute from the highest
point of Fairmount, will be fired; at 81
A. NJ, grand military review; at II, a
childrens concert will be given, in Ma
chinery Hall, at which it is expected
thirty thousand Sunday ay-school children
will take part; at u A. NJ, reading the
Declaration, speeches, &c. In the after
noon the musical associations will unite
in grand combination concert and
chorus, a review of the Schuylkill navy,
and in the evening the pleasures of the
day will close with big display of fire
works; one piece, sort of central fig |
ure, is to be a Goddess of Liberty. |
mounted upon a pedestal-the figure
will be sixteen feet high; forming an
arch, over the head will be, in letters of
fire, the words: proclaim liberty
throughout the land unto all the inhab- |
itants thereof" About this arch will be
a representation of the old Independ-
ence bell, surmounted by an eagle, and
over all, the American flag.
The height of this design will be sixty
feet, which will be fanked on the right
by the coat of arms of the State of i
Pennsylvania, with the words in arched
form above it, "1776, Centennial, 1876. +"
10 the left of the main figure will be
the coat of arms of Philadelphia, with
"l776. Independence 1876" The
width of this design will be 200 feet,
and it is believed its display will last
just thirty minutes.
The Grafton will be delivered in Ma
chinery Hall, which will comfortably
forty thousand people;
the orator has yet to be elected.
FLOPPETH OVER. :
1t having become plainly evident to
Aleck Mcclure that the Democratic
party of Pennsylvania purpose nomin-
ltlng none other than what he terms
Bourbon" Democrat for Governor. {
md as his friend, Gov. Curtin does not |
,ome quite up the grade of statesman
hip, ''Aleck' was bound to have a can
lldate upon one of the tickets for State {
'fficers, so he pluckily Topped right
'ver into the Republican camp, at Ian
aster, and did his level best to make
State Senator, Butler B. Strang, his o
for State Treasurer Had Mr.. il
Rawls, the successful candidate. re- ii
eived about 100 less ballots than he did T
nd had Mr.. Strang received about 1OOI'.
nore than We're recorded for him. / tl
hink it probable that he would have 7,
een nominated and "Aleck" wouldn't @,
ave to be considering the principles of
erodynamics in order to make sue r
essful flop back to Liberal Republican a'
Democracy. OF
Three years ago Mcclure was of the fc
pinion that all that was alleged against "
ZEN. Hartranft three years ago, would. y
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