Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-16

bill has been introduced to establish the
heinous system of polygamy. It is sincere
ly to be hoped it will be promptly passed
and its provisions rigidly enforced" What
a miserable old woman tho Republican is
getting to be.
THE Irregular" nomination of Mr.. Bor-
ing by convention which gave Joseph
Samson the highest vote for school director
and not single one for Mr.. Brosius. an
outgoing member, is not calculated to
claim much respect from anybody even on
the low ground of partisan fealty.
THE Pennsylvania railroad company in
sist that merchants whose goods were de-
stroyed on their road during the riots shall
pay the freight the same as if the goods
had gone through to their destination. The
amount of freight will be added by many
of the claimants to their damages against
the county.
If Boring's nomination had been left to
the Republican voters of the city, he would
have had about as much show as a Grant
Cameron delegate to the state convention; ;
and yet just as Tom Cochran had himself
elected to misrepresent the local sentiment
of his party at Harrisburg, he had Boring
nominated, and for the same purposes
THIS is the latest light on the subject of
turned corners on visiting cards: Partisan
visiting cards have Oh the upper right-hand
corner the word AFFAIRS" printed diagon-
ally; lower right, the word Fluctuations -
upper left-hand corner, "visite - lower,
"adieu.' On leaving the card that corner
will be turned on which the word signifies
the purpose of the visit.
SOME of the Republicans claim to be
satisfied that Mr.. Boring will serve no
factional interest should he be elected
mayor. And yet since his nomina
tion his brother had himself sub
stituted in the Republican county com
mittec to prevent the election of a delegate
to the Harrisburg convention who would
have voted for Blaine and against Cameron
and third term.
The weakness of the Republican masses
against the manipulation and "set-ups"
Of the rings which too often misrepresent
them in packed conventions and commit
tees arises from the fact that however dis
tasteful the DEGREES of these conventions
and committees may be to the party at
large they finally fall in line and sustain
them for the ''party's sake Conse-
qucntly the machine managers are en-
boldened; they feel at liberty to 60
farther next year they perpetrate fresh
outrages and feel confident that they can
secure a party endorsement by cracking
the party lash. The little cotcrie who set
up Mr.. Borings nomination against the
protests of the masses of their party and
who cast the Republican vote of this party
; for Grant at Harrisburg feel satisfied that
if they get through with their present
contract hereafter they will be
allowed to do the voting for the whole
party and can substitute their cabal de-
crees for conventions. committees and
primary elections
THE municipal debt Of 1870 cities was
found to be, in the year 1876, s644, 37S, ,GG2;
in 1866, 1921 ,312, ,O09. The assessed value
of the property Of the same in 1876 was
Sc, 115, OS2, 15S; in 1866, $3,451, ,619, ,3S1.
Annual taxation of the same in 1876, $112,-
711,275; in 1866, s64, O6O,914 Population
of the same in 1876, S.j7G, 249; in 1866
5,919, ,914 increase in debt, 200 per cent.
i'll taxation, 50 per cent. in valuation, Is
per cent, and in population, only 33 per
cent. The municipal debt alone of 130
cities represented a population of only g.
SIG, 249, exceeded in 1876 by over $685.
600. 900 the county, town and city indebt-
edness of the entire country in 1870. In
six years the indebtedness of these cities
had exceeded by over S31G, 100000 the
bonded and floating Indebtedness ofall the
towns and cities of the United States,
which in 1870, according to tho census,
amounted to $515, ,S1O,O 900. The debt of
Lancaster city bid fair to keep up the
ratio of increase until it got its first check
in the determination Of Mayor acGonigle
to veto all further illegal additions to it.
He has vigorously insisted on no expendi-
lures in excess of the appropriation and no
permanent interest-bearing debt for cur
rent temporary expenses all supplies to
be purchased at the lowest market price.
Mr.. Boring represents exactly the other
principles, and a city administration with
him at the head of it would meet deficien-
i,s in every department, fresh additions
to the city debt, 75-cent tax rate and
award of contracts to personal and political
favorites regardless of public interests.
His ResOlute Efforts.
From the Lancaster Examiner and Express,
Aug. Ii, 1873,
We express but the sentiment of all
right-minded, considerate, t;x-paying citi-
zens, of both parties, when we extend to
Mayor MacGonigle thanks for having call
ed the attention of councils and the public
in general to the illegal and extravagant
acts of the street committee OF rather the
ring which has been running it and the
tool called the street commissioner. We
hope the mayor will not stop at protest.
ing" and calling the attention of councils
to their extravaganza and illegal proceed
ings, but will, if necessary, proceed by in