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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-20
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Feb 20
, 1878-05-04
Prospects Of the Railroad.

The Oregonian publishes pri-
vate dispatch dated New York,
April 26th, "from person whose
Judgment is good and whose op-
portunities for information are
first rate, as follows:
There is no hope of Congress
ional action making construction
of Northern Pacific possible
thanks to Oregon's senior Sena-
tor.
If the bill reported to the
Senate by Mr.. Mitchell and sup
ported by him, which passed
that body, fails for want Of time,
or other cause, it is a cause OF
regret to all the people of Ore
gon and Washington Territory !;
but if, as the Oregoniaa intim-
ates: it will not be accepted by
the Company "hampered by SO
many restrictions as to sale of
of lands,' ETC., there will be no
cause for blaming Mr.. Mitchell.
II the Company will not under
, 1878-05-04

PARTY UNIoN.--The State
Committees Of the two parties
{ Republican and Democratic), J,
met together at the Palace Ho-
tel, in San Francisco, on the
24th inst, to make arrangements
for a State Convention to be
composed of delegates to be
elected by the people, without
party distinction, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for
Delegates to the convention to
revise the Constitution, which is
to be composed of 120 members.
The object Of this unien Of the
old parties is to defeat the So
called Labor movement" head
ed by Kearney.
, 1878-05-04
A Candid View Of Hayes.


Gov. Wade Hampton Of South
Carolina, has won golden opin-
ions from the fair men of all
parties for the impartial and non
partisan character of his admin
istration, and his devotion to the
Constitution-the 18th amend
ment no less than any otherpor-
tion of it. In a recent public
speech Gov. Hampton said:
1 do not think it just, or right
or manly to be denouncing Pres
ident Hayes as 3 fraud. 1 voted
against him, did all l could
against him, and told him so in
his presence when 1 addressed
thousands of people in that Wes-
tern trip. There was fraud in
that election, but President
Hayes was not implicated in
that fraud, and he did what any
other man in America would
have done in his position. He
did not propose the Electoral
Commission; the Democrats pro-
posed it. And, while l speak for
Mr.. Hayes, l desire to say for
myself now that when that
Commission was first formed l
was the only man in South Car
olina who declared we would be
cheated out Of our election.
Hayes and Tilden's claims were
submitted to that Commission,
which decided by a strict party
vote - eight to seven - that
Hayes was elected. Mr.. Hayes
could do nothing else but take
his place, and if he had not TAX
en- it Wheeler or Ferry would
have done so, and each one
would have been worse than
the other. And since Mr.. Hayes
has taken that place he has
shown himself a man willing to
rise above party, and, Democrat
as | am, l will sustain him as
long as he walks on that line.
They may proclaim that l ain
not q Democrat, but | will sup
port him as long as he continues
to observe the Constitution be
cause he is the first President
Of the United States who has
done so since the war.
Whatever differences of opin-
ion may be held in regard to the
policy Of the President, who can
gainsay the facts here stated =?
That there were election frauds
in some of the States is hardly a
matter Of doubt. But it must
be remembered these frauds
were sanctioned and lcgalized
, 1878-05-04

the mighty struggle through
which the country had just
passed. but y large public debt
and the desolatc homes of many
who had actively engaged in the
war The Government as it had
existed from its foundation re-
maired intact. 1t is true that
the unparalleled opportunities
for speculation offered by the
war had unsettled in measure
the ordinary rules of trade and
demoralized public and private
integrity, which Is a temporary
evil which y better settled pop
ular sentiment is speedily COR
rccting.
For the past year or two the
public mind has been greatly
exercised upon the question OF
finance. The act OF Congress
directing the resumption Of spe-
Gle payments has been regarded
by 4 large portion of the people
rs a measure fIaught with the
most disastrous consequences to
the business and industrial in
forests Of the country, in the
contraction OF the circulating
medium, and The repeal Of that
act Was made an issue in poll
tics second to no other in gen
eral interest. Now, while this
matter is yet under discussion,
nine months in advance of the
time fixed for resumption, green
backs are AT par with Sold and
more sought after as a medium
of exchange than the latter, and
no one has felt the shock.
Through all the experience OF
Il century, during which the ma
ton and people have been tried
by every test of stability and
integrity which has resulted in
the overthrow of other govern
nIents, without being shaken or
weakened, we may reasonably
hope for a long and prosperous
future, which no vicissitude
which may lie anticipated can
ever overthrow.
, 1878-05-04

disinterestedness of their mo-
tives. The case above. quoted
shows criminal neglect in en-
forcing the penalty where the
conviction was both lawful and
just. For twenty years the con-
vict was permitted to run at
large and take an active part in
public affairs, and was then re-
lieved from his liabilities by Ex-
ccutive clemency. The evils
which are inevitable cense
queGce of mob law San Francisco
has suffered from ever since, and
is suffering from to day. If
William L. Coleman had q right
to head an organization to resist
the lawful authorities and domi-
nate the government, why has
not Dennis Kearney the same
right? The precedent estab-
lished by the leading citizens,
has been repeated again and
again by the otfscourings Of So
ciety who infest all great com
mercial centres, actuated only by
the most ignorant prejudices and
degrading passions. and the arm
Of the law has been paralyzed.
In a popular government, the
power which is equal to domi-
nate the lawful authorities by
unlawful means, is certainly
equal to controlling the same by
lawful means, where universal
suffrage prevails. If men who
combined to overthrow bad gov
ernment by lawless violence had
combined to establish good gov
ernment by lawful means, there
would have been no necessity
for planting the seeds Of anar-
chy to bear fruits which uni
formly become bitter to the in
ventors. In matters Of govern
ment 1t is always better to bear
with ills that are bearable for a
brief period, than to resort to
remedies the evils Of which arc
interminaI le.
, 1878-05-04

take the construction of the
road without the monopoly of
the lands, amounting to 25,600
acres per mile, instead of the
proceeds Of the sales, amounting
to S64, 600 a mile, the conclusion
is inevitable that the managers
regard the privilege of speculat-
ing in land for their own person.
al benefit as paramount to the
interests of the road, and Mr..
Mitchell deserves the approval
instead of the censure Of the
people for thwarting. their de-
signs. The people can better
afford to wait for the time when
the business will command rail
road facilities than to surrender
one-half of the public domain,
in alternate sections, to the mon
opoly Of a sou.less corporation,
which has heretofore shown ev-
cry disposition to oppress.
, 1878-05-04
THR CHURCHES SUNDAY.

METHODIST PRoTEsTANr CHURCH.
D. Baglsy, Pastor. Morning subject
Second Cor. 10 chapter, 4 and verses.
Leading thought--the world for Christ.
1t was observed that this should be the
motto. expectation. inspiration and
continuous plan Of every Christian. the
opposing forces were worldly minded
ness. frivolity. formality and unbelief>-
that these were moro in the way of CON-
quest tor the Master than any form Of
in6delity. The speaker also observed
with emphasis that if every Christian
now and every succeeding one would
be instrumental in the salvation of one
soul year. in less than ten years the
heather would be given to Christ for
an inheritance and tho utmost parts of
the earth for possession, that the
power of Divine ruth, the energy of
the Holy Spirits work. the results of
believing prayer and the possibilities
of united Church--in vital truth ard
ardent love we're more than sufficient to
warrant the expectation and effort. what
might be done was illustrated by what
had been, even uader lsss favorable cir
cumstances. 1t was insisted that every
element of progress--material, intcllec-
tual, commercial and moral, should be
laid under contribution for the worlds
redemption.
Text. Galations, Cd chapter. 20 verse.
The text was regarded as fgurative and
full of significance -cruciflxion reterr
ing to the subduing of mans depravity.
The life was spoken of as the life of
God in the soul, which must have be-
ginning, as in our renewed state we are
wrong with tendencies to evil, not mats
urally desiring God or the religious
life. 1t was also remarked that Gods
purifying grace flows on the line of
natural temperament. and that the eff
fects are both internal and external.
, 1878-05-04

in alternate sections, to the mon
opoIy Of a soulless corporation,
which has heretofore shown ev-
cry disposition to oppress.
l-awiees Rule in San Francisco.
The Chronicle mentions the fact
that the Governor has just par
doned Edward Murphy, SEN
fenced twenty years ago for an
assault to murder peace officer,
who was never committed and
whose sentence had been for
gotten until the matter was dis
closed by himself as witness,
in a recent trial. S. B. King,
the constable assaulted and near
ly killed by heavily loaded
billy, makes affidavit that the
assault was without a shadow
of provocation, either of word
or act; that he suffered for years
from the injuries received, and
that although for q year after
Murphy sentence he made con-
tinuous demands on the then
District Attorney for the con-
victs commitment, that officer
invariably dismissed with finn
sy excuses, until he was con-
strained to believe that there
was some concealed pecuniary
reason, as potent as it was Illicit,
for the District Attorneys eva
sion of his duty. So he finally
abandoned further effort.
The significant fact connected
with this extraordinary evasion
OF law, is that at the time, and
for ten years subsequently, the
city and county of San Fran
cisco was under the absolute
control of the "Vigilance Com
mittee," organized in 1856 by
the leading citizens, ostensibly
for the protection of person and
property, to which it was claimed
the lawfully constituted authori-
ties were inadequate. This self
constituted COMMITTEE" took
possession of the government
absolutely; defied and intimi-
dated the Governor, arrested and
imprisoned the Chief Justice,
tried him IN secret council for
resisting their authority, and
sentenced him to be hanged, the
execution Of which was only
prevented by the interference of
Commodore Farrigut, backed by
the guns of a man-of- war; ban
ished from the city persons sus-
pected of being inimieal to their
rule-,neluding the subsequent
Senators, Broderick and Baker
and destroyed the business of
others-including General Sher-
man; and tried and hanged per-
sons under lawful arrest without
the intervention of the Courts.
In fact, the rule of the "Vigi-
lantes" was absolute and uncon-
ditional, then without lawful au-
thority, and for years thereafter
through the civil authorities
chosen by their own party or
ganization; and the leaders Of
that unlawful movement beast
of their achievements to-day as
Il necessary measure for the pro-
lection of the people and the
suppression Of crime in that
then ill-governed city.
If we are to judge by the re-
suits, we fail to see in this, more
than in any other lawless usur
patton of authority, the benefits
which have been claimed for it,
though the eminent character of
the citizens engaged in it pre-
cludes all questions as to the
, 1878-05-04


by the power of the State, at
tested under the great seal there
Of, from which there IS no appeal
under the Constitution. Each
branch Of Congress has express
power to PASS upon the title of
its members; but when a sover-
eign State sends in its electoral
vote for President. there is no
power vested in Congress 10 re-
view or reverse 1T. That ques
ton was determined by a COM
mission proposed and supported
by Il large majority of Demo-
crats and sanctioned by every
department of the Government
= Executive, Legislative and
Judicial. No President was ever
seated upon title more conclu-
sive, and it is unreasonable to
suppose that any candidate
would reject the Office the title
to which was thus confirmed.
There has never been a shadow
Of proof to connect Mr.. Hayes
personally with the frauds I'M
puted to official authorities Of
Louisiana or Florida, and moth
ing can be more ungenerous and
malicious than the attempt to
east odium upon the President
for accepting a positionto which
all parties contributed; and it is
especially faithIess IN Democrats
to repudiate the action of the
Commission which they institu-
ted, particularly when that ac-
ton was strictly in accordance
with the Democratic doctrine of
State sovereignty.
1t will be observed that the
men who most violently assail
the President and the title by
which he holds, are those least
distinguished for their devotion
to Democratic principles hereto
fore; notably Dana, of the New
York ,Sua, and Montgomery
Blair, and their sympathizers
are among the most ultra parti-
SANS Of the spoii5 system Of pol
tiles. The most uncompromis-
ing party men are invariably
these who profit most by party
and make the least sacrifice to
principle. The most conserva-
tive men to-day are those who
have suffered most In the main-
tainence of their principles. The
men who fought the battles on
either side would have no diff
Guilty in arranging terms of per-
petual peace, but for the uncom-
promising character of tho nom
combattants. The Democrats
who stood by the principles of
their party when it required
nerve to do so, are In the main
satisfied to bide their time with
out seeking to disturb the COM
promise under which Hayes was
invested with the Presidency.
The time servers are invariably
the dlsturbers.
Those who honestly believe
Tilden was fairly elected Presi-
dent by the popular vote and
seek, only a vindication of the
right, will appeal to the popular
vote for his reelection. The
intrigues now going on among
Democrats to supplant Tilden,
are neither honest nor consist
ent with their professions.
, 1878-05-04
G()l D.

HHE n Great chance to make money.
e7UEE ~ Ii you capt get gold you can
~ ~ n0 ~ get sreenbaeks. We nee d per-
son in every town 10 take inscriptions for the
largest. cheapest and hest illustrated family
publication in the world. Any one can be-
come successful agent. 4 he most elegant
works of art given free to .bscribers. The
price is SO low that almost everybody sub
scribes. One agent reports making over $3.50
in week. ]ajly agent reports king over
400 subscribers i'll tea DAYS. All who engage
make money fast. You c.n devote all your
time to the business. o only Your spare time.
You need no: be away from home over night.
You can do it as well as others. Full particu-
lars, directions and terms free. Elegant and
expensive Outfit free. If you want profitable
work send us your address at once 1t costs
uothing to try the business. No one who en-
cages fails to make great pay. Address 1.-The
Peoples journal. !" Portland. Ne, Oc10-dw 6m
, 1878-05-04
Resumption of Specie Payment.

Minister on Witnessing Il mob OF
members upon the floor of Con
gress, frenzied with passion,
deadly weapons in hand, in
stantly hushed into silence and
quietly dropping into their seats
on the exhibition OF the baton OF
the Sergeant-at-Arms, q mere
baiIitf's staff, surmounted by the
American eagle; the peers OF
the realm bowling in humble
submission to the majesty Of the
law, though only represented by
one Of their own servants. The
mercurial Frenchman could not
understand this. 1t would eX-
cite astonishment even in the
cold English statesman, whose
magma chd'fa is the pride and
boast of all English speaking
people, the one sacred principle
paramount to the Divine right
by which the King rules.
Every stage OF our history as
Republic has given us aston
ishing exhibitions Of the moral
force and self-controlling spirit
of our people, without a prece-
dent or parallel in the history
of the world. When three mil
lions of ,oionists, with no stand
ing army or navy, without ma
tional credit or financial resOur-
ees, for seven years suvceasiu! y
resisted the greatest naval and
military power Of the world,
and esta blished their right to
self-government, tyrants trem
bled upon their thrones and all
the nations of the earth looked
on with astonishment. Then
= came a union of States and &
: constitution for which there was
no model, which has proved
through century Of experience
the very perfection Of human
reason, requiring no other
amendments than those neces-
sary to new conditions.
When the country carried on
q civil war costing not less than
OO,OOO,OOO, and at the same
time built the longest eontinu-
GUS line of railroad in the world,
solely with bonds and irredeem-
able paper currency. there was
no precedent and nothing in the
= shlstory of the past to indicate
that the bonds would ever be
paid, or the notes redeemed at
par; and few believed it posi-
BILE to do so. 1t was incredible
that in the short space of fifteen
years that the same bonds
would command a premium in
gold and the paper, then selling
at ene-third it's nominal value,
weuld be at par. Then, by pop
ular consent, the military domi-
mated the civil authorities; the
great English writ of right was
suspended; thousands of citi-
zens were arrested and impris-
oned for offenses unrecognlzed
by law, without legal power and
without any form OF trial. There
is no previous instance in the
history Of the world, of liberties
once surrendered ever having
been regained but by bloody sac
rifice. Within a few weeks af-
ter the army was disbanded there
was scarcely a visible sign that
the Government had just passed
through revolution; the civi!
laws were in full force, the mil
lions of soldiers had quietly re-
turned to the pursuits of civil
life; the late enemy had faith
fully returned to its allegiance
and resumed its position as a
part and parcel Of the Union,
and there was no other sign Of
, 1878-05-04

Affections of tho Eye, Ear. Throat, Lungs and
bronchial Tubes which in many cases accompany
a severe case of Catarrh The intiaIned and dis.
eased condition of the mucous membrane is the
cause of all these troubles and until the system
has been brought properly under the Influence OF
the RADICAL CURE, perfect freedom from them
cannot be reasonably expected.
1t is but three years since SANFORD'S RADl-
CAL. CURE was placed before the public, hut in
that short time it has found its way from Maine to
California, and is everywhere acknowledged by
druggists and physicians to be the most successful
preparation for the thorough treatment Of Catarrh
ever compounded. The fact will be deemed OF
more Importance when it is coupled with the state
ment that within five years over $50 different
remedies for Catarrh have been placed on sale, and
to-day, with one or two exceptions, their names
cannot be recalled by the best-informed druggist.
Advertising may succeed in forcing a few sales.
but. unless the remedy possess undOubted SPECIFIC
medical properties. it is absolutely certain to fall
into Merited obscurity.
, 1878-05-04

Each package of SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE
contains DIR. Sanfords Improved lnhaing Tube.
with full directions for its use in all cases. Price
sl.00. Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists and
dealers throughout the United States and Canadas.
WEEKS & POTTER. General Agents and Whole.
sale Druggists. Boston, Mass.
, 1878-05-04

Office Dispatch Buildings, lanes Sirest.
, 1878-05-04
COLLINS VoLTAIC PLASTER

Sold by all Wholesale and Retail DrugGiaa
WEEKS POTTER. Proprctors, Boston, Mass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-05
An Unbiased Opinion .

From Comley's Biographical Ency.
clopedia of the distinguished men of
the Empire State, we clip the follow
ing: Every nation owes its peculiar
character, its prosperity-in brief,
every thing that distinguishes it as an
individual nation-to the few men
belonging to it who have the courage
to step beyond the boundaries pre-
scribed by partisanship, professional
traditions, or social customs. In
professional, no less than in political
life, there occasionally arise men who
burst the letters of conventionalism
Indignantly rejecting the arbitrary
limits imposed upon their activity. and
step boldly forward into new fields of
enterprise. We call these men self.
made The Nation claims them as her
prOudest ornaments-the men upon
whom she can rely, in peace for her
glOy, in war for her succor. OF this
class of men the medical profession
has furnished II distinguished example
in the successful and Justly celebrated
physician, DR.. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo.
n. Y, and any history treating of the
industries Of the Empire State would
be incomplete without a sketch of his
useful life and earnest work" DR..
Pierce IS well known to our readers bv
his popular Family Remedies and his
excellent manual ofdomestic medicine
Inc Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-05
The Hjckox Bena1t

Almost all of our old residents and near
ly everyone else knows old uncle Gil.
Hickox of Davenport Years ago he kept
the Davenport House that used to stand
on the site of the present Democrat office
building, and a right popular landlord be
was in those days, free hearted, jovial and
generous to fault. Reyerses. have come
to him in his old age as it has to many q
one before, yet he is still the same Jolly old
soul. The bremen of Davenport have re-
mem bered how uncle Gil is their old vet
eran and are going to give him benefit
a grand ball at Lahrmann's hall in Dav-
export, on Saturday evening, March 9th.
Of course uncle Gil. would like to see his
Rock Island friends present
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-05

Daniel Gordon appeared before the
council and submitted the following resolu-
ton:
RcSOlUed, That IN ease a proposition
from responsible corporation to construct
narrow gauge railroad 10 a southeastern
direction from the city of Moline, on con-
dition that the right of way along Salter
street and the Sugar Hollow road, or a
part thereof, or along the road on Rock
river bottom teading TO Rock river should
be granted said company. be presented to
this body, it is the sense of this council
that such right of way should be given,
subject to such conditions and safeguards
as should preserve said street or roads
from injury for their proper use, Moved
by Alderman Grantz that the resolution
be adopted. and vote was taken with the
following result: Ayes-Shallene, Bar
nard, Ainsworth, White and Grantz.
Nays-Jenkins and Ellis,
G. L. Calkius was granted permission to
tap the sewer in the center OF Main street
for the purpose of draining his cellar.
Moved by Alderman Ainsworth that the
resolution passed May 2Sth, 1877, fixing
the price to be paid for street work be
rescinded and that the price be left to the
street and alley committee. Carried.
The street and alley committee we're
instructed to purchase what tools are
needed for street work.
The following named places were fixed
for voting places at the general election to
be held Tuesday, April 10Th, '7S:
First Ward, at the Swede Lutheran,
Gustaf Adolph Church; End Ward, Reese
House; 3rd Ward, Engine House; 4th
Ward, Timm's Hail.
The following persons were designated
as judges and clerks:
First Ward-Judges-Samuel Gault,
Alfred Darling and Peter Peterson,
Clerks-Wm. Long and G. G. Tbulin.
Second Ward-Judges-Henry Kahn,
FL. L. Bullen aud Gustaf Swenson.
Clerks. NJ. Holt and jonathan Hun
toon.
Third Ward-Judges-John Elmstedt,
j. W. Morey and Geo. Walker.
Cerks-Frank Gunnel and II, Wood
worth.
Fourth Ward-Judges-W. II. Fair.
clough, H, q. Whipple and B. G. Keator.
Clerks-M. A. Gould and w. NJ. Brown.
The clerks were ordered TO give the
proper notice of the election.