The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-20
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

} RING ?-APPROACIIING STATE FAIR
( TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
OF DIAMONDS-STATE BI-CENTEN-
NIAL-BE UP AND DOING, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16, 1880.
! To the Editor of the Cambria Freeman:
/ On Monday of this week the Demo
cratic State Committee commenced bus
| mess at 925 Chestnut street, where. in
/ the absence of Chairman Dill, viii be
/ found in command the gentlemanly
/ Captain McCleIland, assisted by Secre-
: tarv Herbert. The Democratic machine
/ is being well managed. 1t is in compe-
( tent. skilIful hands, and good result
may be expected from its work in No
vember Thoughtful, systematic, ac-
/ tive and well digested work is going on
at g25 Chestnut street.
4 TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
/ The recent terrible calamity on the
. West Jersey Railroad will be remember
ed very much as one on the North Penn
Railroad many years ago. Both Grains
I were bearing eXcursiOniSts and both
accidents. so called, were attended with
serious loss of life. 1t was a railway
wreck caused by gross negligence, and
1 as "A natural result there is a popular
T outburst of indignation. 1t was a sad
days pleasure trip to the sea shore.
4 COLOSSAL OUTRAGE
Upwards of l30. .O00, 600 of acres of the
public domain have been granted by
Congress to various Pacific Rail Road
corporations, and charters of the most
liberal character have also been given
them. These roads were intended by
Congress to be great national highways,
uniting the Atlantic and Pacific States
in closer union, and, while thus strength
ening the Government in its territorial
integrity, subscribing above all else the
advantage of the people 0y means of
speedy and cheap communication. The
main argument used in the support of
the claims of the projectors of these
great railroads was that they would i'm
menSeiy contribute to the general well
fare. 1t twas,upOn this plea of an antici-
ipated advantage to the people that the
vast advantages, franchises and grants
We're bestowed upon them. To-day
there is a prospect that at no far distant
day all the tranScOntinental railroad
lines within the territory of the United
States will be wholly in operation un-
der single management. At the an
nual meeting of tie Texas and Pacific
Railway Company in this city last week
a conference was held by Col. Scott, jaw
which 5000 miles of railroads. were con-
sOlidated. This joint ownership of g.
900 miles of railroad is Il substantial
monopoly of the carrying business he
tween the eastern and western sections
Of the Union so that, directly contrary
to the understanding of Congress, the
whole tranScOntinental system Of the
country is to be gobbled up by one man,
or one combination of men, making
them and their successors masters of the
situation for all time to come JAY
/ Gould already owns and controls the
Union Pacific and the Kansas Pacific,
besides other important roads, which
are to be elements in the proposed con-
sOlidatiOn. This combination is one of
the most colossal OutrageS of the centu-
ry. Jay GOuld's prominent participa-
tiOn in the annual meeting of the Texas
Pacific Railway Company in this city
last week IS significant, and the fact
that he has Il controlling voice in its af-
fairs IS well calculated to excite alarm.
1t is not probable that these corporations
would have been SO graciOuSly treated
by Congress if results of the sort now
! being realized had been thought as like
ly to occur. These big railroad corpora
ti9ns are grand things, and all our city
journals gave what | have cenSured an
immense amount of taffy. The papers.
however, dispensed their taffy with
charming disinterestedness, as they were
merely rewarded by being given as ali
advertisement the publication of the
. proceedings.
PONDEBOUS DAVIS Il RIGHT.
David Davis says THE Government
must be got out of the ruts in which it
has too long been run" lie further
says: New blood must be infused into
the management of public affairs before
relief can be expected. The people de-
mdnd change, and. being in earnest.
they are likely to be gratited.'' - Yes.
ponderous Davis is right The people
desire a change, and they will have a
change. His conclusions will have due
weight with thinking men who know
his abilities and consider his antecc-
dents. Mr.. Davis position on the fence
had one decided advantage. 1t was
highly favorable to deliberation. He
could lock dispassiOnateIy on both sides.
He saw that Republican chronic abuses
could only be reformed b. change Of
rulers.
AN APPALLING FACT.
There is condition Of things so prer-
nant with coming disaster to the Re
publicans that even blind men can see
it, which is this: The vote in 1876
showed that Il majority of over one
million OF white men supported the
Democratic candidate for the Presfden-
cy. The most appalling fact. therefore.
that cOnfronts the Republican admins
tratiOn in the United States is the pre-
dOmnence of white men in the Demo-
cratic party.
WAS GRANT IN TIE WHISKY RING :?
John Mcdonald, of whisky Rinr''
notoriety, in his book on the whisky
frauds says that President Grant was "a
silent member of the Whisky Ring
that he used his influence to prevent dis
closures and to defeat the prosecution
Of members of that ring-that in all his
acts he impeded BristOw's efforts to
convict BabcOck, Avery, Mckee, and
Mcdonald himself" He saws that Bris-
tow knows his statement to be true. and
calls upon that gentleman to tell the
whole truth. Mcdonald appeals to
BriStOw for the facts in the case, and
that in so doing she will confer an abso-
lutte blessing on the American people. -
Mr.. BriStOw, however, don't seem to be
willing to confer sucn blessing. though
there is not a shadow of doubt but what
Gen. Grant, while President OF the
United States, shared i'll the benefits of
the whisky frauds.
THE APPROACHING STATE FAIR.
One characteristic feature of the COM
ing state Fair is the absence of the race
course. While this fact may keep away
many Objectionable accessories of agri-
cultural fairs, the exhibit of fnelv-Ered
stock will be the best ever seen in this
State. The interest i'm the State Fair
increases as the time for its opening ap-