The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-10-28
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.


sFPH's CATHOLIC CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA
LAND LEAGUERs-RECETvERs OF sToL-
EN- GooDe-A HEALTHY SENTIMENT
HIsToRTC CHURCH, DISTINGUISHED RN'
TERTAINMEET, ETC.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. .. 1881.
TSpecial Correspondence OF the FIREMAN.
Ny DEAR HENRY am exceedingly hap
nv that Ri1dIeberger didn't riddle Wise, and
that Wise didn't riddle Riddleberger. / am
also happv thar Malone win not kill Gener-
al Earlv-tEat he has TO notion of fighting
Early, and that che arrest Of Malone was
only a play for safety. am also OverjOyed
to feel that President Arthur is safe from as
sassination 1t is pleasant to know that
Z President Arthur can say TO President pro
te7lpore Davis what King Charles II said to
his brother James. " on need not he alarm
ed. James no one viii ever kill me for the
sak Ike of seeing you King of England" This
fattering ntot, addressed hv Charles II. to
his brother. can be addressed bv President
/ Arthur TO President pro teDI. Davis. Arthur
need not be alarmed that any one will Kill
him for the sake of seeing Davis in the chair
of the Chief Executive. The Republican
managers have carefully and very prOperly
calculated thaC no Republican will under
take to kill Arthur that Davis may take his
place. and still less any Democrat. But,
dear Henry, my great joy is strangely blend
ed with deep sorrow that Davy Davis is not
happy in occupying the very interesting po-
SitiOn Of buffer for Arthur. When he calls
. l.
brother it causes Davv much unhaDpinesS.
The EnhappinesS of John Kelly is also
great damper on urs happiness. Although
Mr.. Kelly had a veaTning desire gratihed,
still he Is unhappy Some time ago Mr..
Kelly EXPRESSED a consuming ANXIETY to see
a State convention which would dare to
throw ont Tammanv Hall. Mr.. Keilys wish
was gratiied to its fail, st extent, and yet he
is not happy.
! wonldb be happy always if evervbody else
Iov Hy,r
never haupv Thackerav said ''Whpn |
was Il hoy, I wanted taffy il was a shilling
i hadn't one. When 1 was man I had
a shilling, bat ] didn't want any taffy." l
find it Just aS ThackPray has expressed it.
When we have no shilling we want taffv, hut
when we have a shilling we want something
better than taffy. When WE have something
good, we want something better Every one
wants to do better To- morrow than he has
been doing TODAY We all expect to 60
somewhere wren we die ami have better
time when W. get there than we have here.
Well, perhaps SOme of It's Will. and perhaps
some of us will fare worse
PHILADELPHIA POLITICS AND REFORM.
The voters Of Philadelphia are now offered
the opportunity denied them Nv some of the
party nominations Of electing to an import
ant office persons who without reference to
their party predictions. i'll up the measure
of capacity and honesty. The Committee of
One Hundred has done good and proper
thing in putting before the people of Phila-
delDha the names of fit candidates for the
Office Of County COmmiSsioner-someth
which was not done by either of the two pO-
lisical parties Both the gentlemen they
have named are qualified for the position,
and are, besides men of iTreprOachable
character and integrity. But having enter
ed into the contest, the Committee Of One
Hundred should not stop half wav The
Committee has as VET gained no laITrels worth
the wearing except those obtained in the
election of Democrats to office. The Com
mlrtee owes is existence to the inSutfpTable
evils Of Republican rule and it owes its vic
tories to the SOliditv Of Democratic support {:
and if the Committee is actuated by pure
motives and stands up 10 its principles, it
will not hesitate to endorse the candidacy OF
Major Nrale'fOT Recorder Of Deeds. O'Don-
nell his opponent. is machine man. his
nomination was the triumph Of the machine
and his candidacy was q challenge 10 the
Committee Of One Hundred. Mr Vrale
was gallant soldier when the country
needed soldiers, i a gentleman Of UudOuht-
ed fitness for the office, and under the cir
cumstauces the Committee of One Hundred
should endorse the candidacy Of Major
Nealr for Recorder of Deeds He has
planted himself on Mayor Kings civil ser
vice platform, and If the Committee does not
endorse him II viii not be true To its princi-
lies and professions As the Philadelphia
Record truthfullv saws of it does not it
may as well tut M its shutters" There is
Y
cept by Democratic co operation. and if the
CommItte Of One Hundred does not assist to
& elect Major Nea!e it is not honest in is Do
feSSionS and, As the Record aptly remarks
should put UP its shutters"
/ WHAT SPECIAL REFORM" WAS IT2.
What especial reform was that which so
/ moved the Con4regdtioRdIist when it said
/ The taste of reform during Mr. Garfield 5
administration is too sweet and wholesome
. too mobile and assuring, to be given M with
out camOr?' Now what special reform
was j. that 50 much moved that good relig-
. lonS journal Was il the nomination OF
/ William f. Chandler, or the alliance with
/ senator Malone? As for nv own cynical
self, would like to have bill of particulars,
and the secular reading public are interested
. IN KNOWING what appears to a religious
journal as thoroughly sweet. wholesome
I noble and assuring. A the CONGREGATION.
dttst IS presumed to be on the FREEMAN's
exchange list, will the FREEMAN please tC
ask ITS respected Contemporary for II bill ot
particulars
F POLITICAL NECESSITY" Or
STOLEN GOODS.
Rev. DR.. d. :. Muchm0re of the Memorial
Presbyterian church, recently preached 2
sermon the subject Of which was ''Baalam
the Brokeu-down Politician" % The Rev
gentleman said chat men who covered
themselves with the cloak of Christianit,
boosted mp and did all in their power To plpcl
men 10 public Office right in their midst
knowing them to be morally rotten i'm tn,
eyes OF the community - He said further
when these su-calIed pillars of the church
IS were asked why thev supported mel
wnOm they knew to be thieves and scoun
dreIs, they entered the plea Of poIitica
economy His discourse uDon the caree
OF a pohtlclan was pungent, and his des
cTlption Of Baalam's downfall and his pitia
ole ending was pregnant with differences a
To the end of a politicians career at th
present day. But so long as there are sucI
men as Carpenter, of this citv, who in tn,
race OF shameless fraud exposed In an opeI
court Wheu the returns were computed, &C
+ cepted title that was reekinC with fraud
ana sat IN Councils to Ohev the ring masters
. when he knew Of the theft of his title, Their
VIII De ballot suffers. If there were no
carpenters and Hayeses to accept the fruit
4 OF Tue petty party dependents who pOlut
the ballots here would be no Monats {
Hlhg their shame upon the people. Their
seems to he no punishment by law for mel
Ike Carpenter and Hayes, who receive ant
ENJOY the stolen goods.
, PHILADELPHIA LAND IlEAGUERs.
Elaborate preparations are on foot for tn
reception of T. P. O'COnnor and Dr. Fran
CHS Dillon Egan, to take place on the night q
the 10Th of November at the Academy o
Music, on which occasion there will he a vil
orouS protest against the late tvrannical &C
ton OF the British government The inGie
ha:on occasiOned among Irish Phiade
pIlans by the arrest of Parnell and his assC
clates mas been most emphatically eXpTesse
at Jhe Land League meetings. AtaIl thei
! gatherings resolutions of sympathy for Pal
nell, Ct devotion to the cause of the League
ana OF condemnation for the course of tn
BRUSH government received unanimous an
enthusiastic approval Rev. William WalsI
, OF ~. PauPs church. denounced the arres
. OF Idrnel, Dillon, Davitt and Others an
f predicted that in these arrests England wa
piacing tne last straw on the back of an a