Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-03
philadelphia.
our SATURDAY LxrrxR.


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| PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20, 1876.
Docs not thu Centannial rroiect have hay
tims q, ~ n. NAV hs ,o, r,noh y ~. .,..,
~" "m.s pe wv mum !" say s'ss
nsa oetter never nave Deen attempted, but sur
| ly such trials, disappointments, and discourag,
ments never ass.,Ied an aptarnr.a ,u,.lv ~,
oe'ved AND aamanistered which Ia without so
picion OF seiashneas, and which was intended I
be, and must Ia. for tbe bana6t ~ tba vho,
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roP'o' Ao '"'' WV" 'o'"'" .io"' oo"S'en.
Inc commission asked Congress for reaaonabl
appropriation to scheme designed to glorif
the oountrv n b.s raceivsd. ,n.,..a i. io.n-
80
Aaa o"e mAas unosr suon str'os condit'ons es
raise . question whether II is worth tbs taking
More feeling has beeu sxolted by this respous
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'. "o "oo.s .. nsp1eseneA'So' '"a'' oVer sn
recent event. This feeling IL not all ono way
1t never H. There are manv peoplo VIII
take tha frat ia.. nr..ss,sad, ana ~,
sCcert th;. or,,do;,Siv .;ra,, Ios, ~;th H.. ~ !,
saying the main thing IL TO- get The money any
way, and that the future may take care Of itself
But another class demands to know the value o
Thasa 5aonia arc not :. dsu,"" .t-.t;s. !. ~.
others INT tha;r oninions hsva mora va,o,t
This SECOND IA moi. Sni,ha,sts inS.ws,,ss !,
that the loan proposed by the House, under tht
conditions inslsted on, In highly unjust 10 The
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orsst;onp em. Js,,n. uJ unon ,ha r"r -. ~.
. free gift. That 10 what it should have been
"a free gift,-but people who think such 4
course would have been. not the magnanimous,
satisfied II tie government, failing to make I
gift, had become . stock holder on the same
footing - other holders. But IL haA done moth
ing Of the kind. 1t IL, As the case stands, q
preferred oreditor-whose claim must be salts.
lied before that Of the thousands of individuals
who have subscribed such sunas ~ their means
justified. II the government could not afford
to give money out aud out why did 1t not simply
buy stock representing the amount? That was,
In propristy. the least it could have done.
An important point deserves to be made here,
which has not yet been dwslt on - far ~ have
seen. great deal Of the stock IN private
hands hAs not yes been fully paid up. It is pay
able, ~ you know in installnents. and large
portion Of tile Oommission's daily receipts is
from these constantly maturing dues. We'll
then, what of tile numerous stockholders who
find an enormous creditor placed before them,
effectualy shutting on any hope of return 70 in
dyduAlsp What the amount of this private
outstanding indebtedness Is ! am not able n
state, but Il IL not oxtravagant to say that the
bulk OF IL will now be lost, inasmuch as parties
who have not fully paid up their stock will let
tho balance "lapse;" they will not throw good
money after bad" and this not from want Of
patriotism, but because OF hatred Of injustice,
The sum OF these unpaid instalments will make
. considerable offset to the Congressional " ap.
propriatiop." I betray no secret when 1 saw
that 10 view Of the lukewsrmness Of some sec-
tions and the hostility Of others, and now
through the admirable business capacity de-
velopcd by Congress, many OF the most promi-
nent and influential Centennial advocates here
are thoroughly dishesrtened,
The death of Mr., John G, Cresson is an
noupced, and IL will be realized by Auy one con-
yerNant with philsdelphiA affairs that We have
mus Lost one OF our yery best citizens. MIR,
Creseop was perhaps principally known a. the
enslnser Of tie gss works. He held that yery
thst yspv rssno,s;bs mn nost Tor over thirtv ye.r:
mi sll the arest improyemepts in city lighting
.rd IN 0.s nsnnsactnra vere mada nnder his
dreofacn. HS d aiso 70 be credited Win the lay-
iIit I'D a. fNruScnns PARK of ;ysich public In
ia VA. indeed. civil engineer Of the tirst ac-
ouirement nts-Philsdelpb never graduated bet
Tar : and hIn honesrv wa ~ real and thorough
as hie ability. He lad long been identified with
the Franklin Institute and was one Of the "pil.
isrs" Of that mont Valuable school. In the Phil
osopbical Society. the Institute for the Blind,
snd yarions other learned aud charitable Socis.
tiss. M. Cresson had siso been 4 Val led coun-
selIor. Il ID interestine to note that Mr., Ores.
son received Ills ouly msthematical education At
Friends' School Il is tie fashion Of tie I'M ii. .
forrned in spch matters 10 suppoee that Friends
do moi inc)ine to higher educstiop. but Swsrth-
more Colleee il 4 standiug denial of such no.
tiop. aud M, Cresson is good enough exam
DE Of what the traiping and influence Of Frispds
can do in mskine = professionai man Of nn adj
v.ncad tvne - -
The Renublican ward nominations for Conn
Gilman and school Directors were made on We'd
nes,lsv of tina week. the Deleaate Elections
hsyins bsen held ths prayious evening. Tie
ticLats ara thns comnleta. for the Damocrats
msde their nomnstIons week before lsst. aud
evervthino IN now in order for the February
sloci;anl' And vat the citizen has but the Choice
bstWsan tickets which Ara for the most psrt
aHusiIv lad or a. most Int neutrallv oood. Nv
th,s mean that tl,e rexilv resuectab,e element
hss not baan bronyht nnt Inv thssa Convention.
NV more rIsn II bss heen in nrevions years'
T1;ya-a 80 80 sxcapt,on. n,,marons and hnn1r.hia
ons.ohrt not anomch Of them to lesvsn tLs
but by far the greater number arc the outcome