The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-09
OUR PnILADELPHIA LETTER.

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MAN-COST OF PRESIDENTIAL BoOMs
THE CITY BATH HoUsE-NoT AN
NOYED BY sHARKS-AMERICAN PRO
TESTANT ASSOCIATION ETC
PHILADELPHIA. July 3, lSSO.
To the Editor Of the Cambria Freeman:
The FREEMAN. l am pleased to know,
can with truth proudly boast OF the
of General Hancock being
big feather in the cap of the Cambria
Democracy. inasmuch as Cambria was
the first county in the United states to
instruct its delegates to the state Con
yention in his favor. While Cambria
can Justly boast of this fact, Philadelphia
can Law claim to having the first man III
the state to publicly declare himself Tor
Hancock. On the 18th of April, IN the
jefferson Club room of the 29th ward OF
this city, while organizing to attend the
Democratic State Convention at Harris
burg, Major Moses Neale, the ball-rld-
died hero and veteran of a score OF bat
ties, on being called to the chair address
ed the Club. if not i'll the precise words
I give at least to the same effect, though
more eloquent and expressive. AS near
" as l can remember, he expressed him
self as follows 1--WE are about to enter.
upOu the most important political cam
ernment. 1t is of the utmost Importance
that we make no false step. Upon the
action of our national convention the IS
sue of the perpetuating of civil govern
ment is depending We must have
candidate for the Presidency whose re-
cord is StainleSS-whOSe mind IS OF that
political foresight and comprehension to
grasp the great questions of government
and whose courage Will execute what he
conceives 20 be right. Such man Is
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock"
1t Cambria was first to instruct dele
gates for Gen. Hancock. Major Moses
Neale was the lilSt man in the state to
declare for Hancock in public speech.
Major NeaIe is not Il dress parade Dem
Ocratic soldier. nor is he a fuSSy machine
Democratic politician, but real cattle
SCARED Union soldier. and a solid repre-
sentative Democrat of integrity, honesty
and ability. He is also one of Hancock S
veteran friends and VIII come to the
front with the General.
EXCESSIVE HEAT-DEATH RECORD.
''Oh for lodge in some vast wilder
ness--sOme boundless contiguity of
shade" Oh, foTan efficient antidOte for
the Sickening atmosphere of the crowded
city Oh, for a pure and inYIgOrating
health-giving salt water air or mountain
breeze On, for a feasting OF the eyes
on picturesque scenery! The city is
Sutfocatiug from the heat. The streets
are fiery and the houses are scOrching.
In the narrow cOuItS and foul alleys,
breathing the pestilentiai odOrs from the
foul cutters, are weak women and chill
dren dying slowly from the poisonous
vapOrs. There was an increase in the
number of deaths in this city this week
e Of 4 no
responding week of last year. Nor does
the noxiOus OdOrs content themselves
with peTmeating the atmosphere Of the
purlieu, but rise on the air and spread
over the whole city. The heat IS fear
fUl. Those who find 10 terror in this
great amount of mundane calOric, their
apprehensiOns are presumably not excl
ted by the fiery possibilities Of the here
after Those whose cuffs. collars and
shirt bosoms are not limp in this battle
Of sweat and starch are admirably con-
stitUted. The salamdnder whose linen
maintains its stiffness must indeed be
happy at his immunity from the cOntin-
uOus watery oOZe which mOistenS the
otherwise parched skins of other mOrtals.
The death record in large cities of Il
/ week of SUCH weather as has lately been
endured along the Atlantic coast Of tie
Middle States Is startling. Then it is
/ that the young among the poor classes,
confined to hot and dusty streets or Gagged
/ in filthy and i'll ventilated rooms, are
swept away as if by a plague. Indeed,
cholera lnfantum in such places and at
these times assumes almost the proper
tiOns OF a plague for while the disease
NAV not be Contagious, the conditions
which produce it in one instance can
/ hardly fail TO exist in scores of others
J near at hand. Cleanliness, pure air and
! wholesome food are the prerequisites to
health. From the lack of these hun
dreds of thousands Of little ones are each
/ year carried to their graves.
y WATER FAMINE APPREHENDED.
Everywhere throughout this vast city
is a shameless, needless waste of the
aqueous fluid. There is a careless. wan
. ton, useless waste made Of the water III
every street ard alley OF the city, which
should be checked immense amount
is daily wasted without the slightest
+ earthly use or benefit to anybody, through
traditional washing of the pavemcnts
Chief Engineer McFadden's commune
cation TO Mayor Stokely gives official
warning of the apprehension of water
famine i'll this city.
LOOK OUT FOR STARVATION BoOMs.
The country has had a surfeit of walk
ing and other bOoms. and it may now
confidently expect a surfeit of starvation
/ bOOms. The feat of fasting for forty
days. commenced in Milwaukee on the
2Sth ultimO by DR.. Tanner, viii doubt
+ less initiate q series Of starvation match
eS. If the Doctor succeeds in his feat OF
fasting forty days, it is quite certain he
VIII not be allowed TO remain the cham
J piOu of the world in starvation. IF he
/ survives his Forty days fast every city
and town in the Union will have a star.
/ walton boom. EbensEurg will of course
! turn out starvation doctor. \ county
that can boast of Il man who can jumI
/ S'cty-Si.c feet in three standing jumps can
surely produce a man who can starvc
himself forty days.
I INVADING THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES.
( II it is true, as reported, that the lady
clerks i'll Washington have been asked to
contribute to the Republican campaign
fund, and that threats have been made
to discharge them in order to enforce in
voluntary subscriptions, it is a scandal
Gus invasion of the rights Of employees.
+ The Republican Congressional Com
. mittee has gone to work with ven
CGanCc in an effort to raise campaign
funds. Let us hope that their infamous
invasion on the rights Of the female en-
ployes may be sternly rebuked. Here is
the assessment made for ;he Republican
campaign fund
The Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee, of which Hon Edward Mcpher-
son is chairman, has issued a circular assess
ing all the employees of the executive depart
mcntS an amount equal to , per cent. of their
salcuCS. The circular concludes please
make prompt and favorable response to this
H.#H. H. l.