The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-05-14
OuR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PH1ApE1PUrA Nav 10 1880

EDITOR i REEMAN--l ne C<TSNS Su-
peryisOr's office at the Merchants Ex-
change building presents busy scene,
the Office being overwhelmed with ap-
plicants for positions as enumerators.-
Although the Supervisor has only seven
hundred appointments to make, there
are at least that many thousand ap-
plicants, and wha: is most unchrlStlan /
and shameful is that hundreds OF the /
would-be enumeratOrs are well OF, While /
many of them already occupy profitable /
positions under the city, State, and even .
national governments. Not a few or /
them. too, are persons who are wholly /
incompetent to fill such q position. /
CIergymen, clerks, mechanics. peddlers, /
and all manner of people, with &C Onsld- .
cradle sprinkling of females, help to
swell the army of Ollice-seekers. Be
sides taking list Of names, with age,
sex and color. the enumerators are re-
duired TO ascertain the civil condition
OF each inhabitant fOI the purpose of
showing the number of single, married
and widowed also the mental and
physical condition Of each inhabitant
Pennsylvania is divided into ten d:s-
tricts, of which this city is the first. -
! Although several hundred of the emu
merdtors have yet 10 be selected, the
force will be ready for operations by the
will have been employed to taking the
national census. Supervisor White has
made good beginning IN appointing
two women as census enumeratoTS.
THE TIDE OF IMMIGRATION.
l. the new comers continue to ponr in
as they did in April, the accession to
our population during the current year
will exceed half a million. In two days
of last week thirteen steamships landed
. passengers at New York, ana there has
been Il respOndingly large increase III
the number of arrivals ut Boston Balti-
more and in this city. Never before
was there such tide OF immigration TO
/ this country from abroad. The arrival
of foreigners at Castle Garden during
the month OF April was upwards OF
fOrty-Sjc ttOUSdHd--the largest number
that ever heretofore arrived during 4
+ single mouth-and an equally large i'm
migration Is expected for the present
month. The ample resources of Castle
Garden are taxed to their utmost, and IL
is said that the heterogeneous mass OF
. humanity. with its variegated garbs and
Babei-like multiplicity OF tongues, is
bewildcTing 10 both the eye and the ear.
The New York Central and the Erie
and Pennsylvania trunk lines are taxed
TO their utmost capacity in giving this
.
transit to the interior, while extra trains
are being run to carry the multitudes
destined for the great West.
30 PEACE WORK DONE YET.
The Peace Commissioners entrusted
by the State Convention with the duty
of baImOuiZing the conflicting Demo
cratic elements i'm this city las not vet
made any yattempt to organize or Coalesce
the two opposing elements. Il is not
likely that attempts will be made to re-
organize the Democratic party in this
city until after the National Convention
at Cincinnati has placed a Presidential
candidate in the field. There is some
talk Of a special committee being ap-
pointed to manage the November and
February campaigns. 10y which time it Is
expected the party viii be in good shape
through the natural course Of events.
BOGUS COLLEGES
A history Of the bogus colleges. print
ed in the Times, VIII give those outside
OF Philadelphia an idea Of how these
concerns are regarded here. The great
feature IN the bogus diploma business
that which IS most Cisgracefu TO Penn
sylvauia-ls .he manner in which the
numerous sy-ca.ied colleges obtained
their charters from ;lIe easv-goiug and
mouey-g"ttlug Legislatures of The state.
The Te5l fraud. however. is not com
mitted !u Philadelphia. but il the place
where the bogus doctor hangs out his,
sign. The man who buys 4 bogus di-
pl0ma is himself a swindie-.
THE EITUALIsTs oBEDIENT.
The troubles referred 10 last week in
s.. Clements church. and which have
occupied much attention for several
years past, have at last reached a con
g..rr g. en-. q mi. 10. q H.
/ be rector and his TeSjTy are no longer
10 assume their IcbclIous position. and
have decided ON obedience to the ad-
M0nItIoE5 OF their acknowledged eccle-
slaSLlcai sUpeTIUTs. Ecclesiastical block
AIDES are expensive and bite things.
while compromises are much more lovely.
TROUBLE N BOTH wIcwAss.
While there IS serious trouble in the
Republican delegation to CHICAGO. there
IS feeling among the Democracy en-
urely opposite TO that harmony which
prevailed ii the ranks at Harrisburg
The Democratic city committee moi fgr
the first tune since ,he State convention
ON Friday evening last, aJ which tne
oueiIuG oI resolution opposing sam
Ju5cplS as a delegate TO lue Ciucjurati
convention caused some bad FEELING
and the meeting adjourned in not ysT.
harnguuIoUs mood. L is expected that
the resolution viii be likciv TO cause
uuplCas.mtHcss in the ranks Of the resru-
Is,t organization, bat IN DIy judgment.
although there is much talk aisu. Fl
among certain Democratic politicians
who pretend to believe that il will no.
il the leas, effect the HARMONY Of The
party. sam JOSeIhS is q better man than
some OF MS lraduCeTS. Ii sam has soluf.
vices he also hds some virtues. lie mas
many noble qualities OF heart and in INV
opinion has done more good than he
ever aid harm. He is q much hrftrr
Democrat and more honest man than
some other lights Of The party than
might be named.
The visit Of Senator Cameron 10 this
city, and ms conference with some of
ms chief l3euieuantS, created a great
deal OF comm0ti0n among The local Re
publican leaders His visit. however
las not IN ,Le least advanced his chan
cca for delivering he PENNSYLVANIA dele.
CATION at Chicago solid for Grant. You
can bet your bottom dollar that the
Pennsylvania Republican delegation
VIII not 20 solid for Grant al Ciiicaro
There Is much more trouble in tie Re-
publican Wigwum in this clty than there
y III the Democratic wiEwau.
PHILIP AND THOMAS COLLINS.
Two Of the most enterprisjnq and
public-SpiTited sons Of Cambria. Philin
ana Thomas Collins. whose rights ana
properties are being je0pardized by the
hostile action OF the Government of
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