The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-09-24
THE SOLID FACTS OF SATURDAY NIGHT

the Democratic President of Council order. |
cd his police 70 arrest the Chairman of the |
County Committee and the President of the
meeting. Without prefrrrng any charges
they imposed on each fine of five dollars.
The meeting was resumed on their release,
when an organized body of Democrats on
the opposite side of the street tried to drown
the voices of the speakers by cheering for
Hancock. Eloquent speeches were made by
d. A. Becfley, A. NJ. Parker. of Michigan,
and j. C. Brown. The enthusiasm was un-
bounded aud it was one of the largest meet
ings ever held in Bloomsbury"
In this Sunday despatch, hurried off by
some anonymous Radical to slur his own
Town and his neighbor., and to run its
course in party papers abroad, we have both
falsehood stated and truth suppressed.
lat. 1t is not true that there was Repub-
lcan meeting in progress which was inter-
rupted by the arrest of Beckley and Brown.
There was crowd upon the street and
ire works let off'-an exhibition, but no
speaking or organization Of a meeting to be
interrupted. The speaking, such as it was,
was to an unorganized crowd, and after
wards.
End. The exhibition going on was danger
Gus, disorderly and unlawful, and had been
expressly forbidden by the Town author.
ties before it was begun, aud was also for
bidden after it was begun, before any arrests
were made. =
3rd. There was no ''organized body of
Democrats on the opposite side of the
street." or anywhere else in Town, that eve
ming. There were plenty OF men and boys
about, of all sorts, when the heroes of the
evening made violent and abusive street
speeches to the crowd subsequent to their ar
rest. These, very naturally, produced some
excitement, and disturbance, but for
tunately no actual collision or violence. The
statement in the despatch that the meeting
or gathering was zone of the largest ever
held in Bloomsbury is ridiculously false.
4. Equallv unfounded is tho assertion that
Beckley and Brown were fined by the Presi-
dent of the Council without any charge
against them. That officer, (wbo has the
powers of a magistrate,) was personally
present, directed the Town Constable to no.
tify the offenders to desist, aLd upon their
defiant refusal, directed him to bring them
before him. They were 30 brought and fined
five dollars each, for exploding fire works in
the Town. As peace c6fcers of the Town,
the President and constables enforced pub
lie authority against contumacious offenders
| for an offense openly committed, openly
charged against them and wholly undenied.
From among legal regulations for the good
order and safety of the Town, may be cited
tn G following:
Town Ordinance No. 6, passed May 27,
1872, provides:
"That it shall not be lawful to fire any
fire crackers Or sqaibs of any description or
kind, upon any day within the limits of the
town of Bloomsbury; And any person OF
persons firing or causing to be fired snch
| fire crack ers or squibs within tie limits Of
said Town shall upon conviction before the
President of Town Council, forfeit and pay q
fine not exceeding Ave dollars FIR each Of
fense." Firing rocket sqlibs TO the mani
fest danger of roofs ard property in The
neighborhood, by full grown Office, ldrrs
should be just as promptly stopped ss fire
cracker Throwing upon the street 10y smsl
boys on the Fourth of July To be sure the
patriotic "small boy" has no vote but
Postmasters and Notaries Public have nc
more tight than he has to violate the good
order and II gnlations of The Town.
A cavil is made upon the meaning of the
word ".SguiJ" in the above Ordinance {
word which while II includes the common
fire cracker, has wider Specification Il
covers in addition any "litde pipe or cylin'
der of paper filed with powder or combus
tible matter, and sent into the air, burning
and bursting with crack" (Websterl
or as Richardson puts it, 10 general terms
"a missile fire work"
All this disturbance arose from an attemp
to impose by bluster and shoW upon the ig-
norant 20 palm Oft upon them an pgl0riou'
defeat in Maine, az an actual victory, coup
led with a design 10 interfere with Mr.. Hoyo
Robison's little greenback meeting in thu
| Opera House. ut CcltDihtiOu, III Vs uVu"
ed object, was a mockery and sham. Til,
Republicans had lost in Maine ffts en- thous
and votes compared with 1876, and the vote
on Governor there WAS so close, that thu
result WAS unknown and disputed. 1t turn
out, by the latest returns, that they wer'
beaten on that vote and still more largely
beaten on the vote for Congressmen. Ane
yet forsooth, they must celebrate the Maine
election o, pretend to do so, and raise dis
turbsnce in the Towp BY their manner ofdo
log IL; for = excitement spd disturbance
| we're inevitable or at least natural results o
their conduct. No meeting of theirs held
in regular or usual manner, has been OF
will be disturbed Even Mr. Lloyd's abus'
i've speech at their meeting on Tuesday wa.
not resented, bpt was simply well answered
aud repellcd by gentleman. speaking as
gentleman, the next evening.