The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-16
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And ali but ne departed"
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II the late illustrious Mr. Tweed. who so
largely contributed to the evil fame Of New
i, ork, were alive today, Philadelphia could
LatH!sh MN competitors worthy Of his sten1
our city surpasSes a Il others in the Union in
Ihe way OF municipal mismanageInent. She
mas more rOgueS to the square acre than aDv
city IN the world, Pressing upon the heels
OF the Tax Office revelations and abrse st
with disclosures affecting the Sberif's Ofice
ana all the City Departments, comes an in
VeSJlgatlOn Of the management of the Inns
House by the Guardians of the Poor The
depTedations Of the Gas Trust of this citv
anu tile open confession, crowned bv fresh
evidences, of the gigantic svsten Of pTur,dar
IN Jne CITY treasury, are events, crowded
INTO the history OF few months that read
IKE Ine pages Of a criminal calendar The
PeopIe OF fhhadelphla have no excuse for
LouSeF patlence with these common knavAs
Ihey are mt subjects for contempt and de-
serve TO be betrayed to the end of time.
POPULAR SUFFRAGE N PHILADELPHIA.
An instance Of popular suffrage in the free
hepuOlican city of Philadelphia is the no
toTlous fact that ten thousand men emplOved
IN the gas works and other public city de-
partnentS were at ) o'clock, P NJ. on the
Sth day of last month. tHrned loose to do
the bidding Of The bosses on the pain of los
ing Jheir bread and butter. Such is popular
suffrage IN this boosted free republic. Had
1ns NoICIS OF Philadelphia on Tuesday, the
oth or November last. been allowed to hon
estly express their own sentfTpeDts Mr. No
bic would be the State Treasurer elect. No
man OF common sense in this city believes
oIherWIse than that the result of the late
SIecsioH III pennsylvania was achieved by
me dependents Of the ring who voted as
lheIr masters in Philadelphia dictated
HOW TO KEEP WOLFE OUT OF THE FIELD.
Republican bosses are troubled to deyjse
ways and means to keep Wolfe out of the
heid. whoever may be put up by the Re
puohcanS as their candidate for Governor
no matter what his record, the people taught
by experience, will regard him as A tool of
the ring. The fifty thousand honest Renub.
ucanS VINO boldly refused to obey the crack
OF the whip on the 9Th Of November Iass Ia va
emboldened less courageous hearts, and at
the next opportunity still larger army Of
deserters viii march away. The more the
bosses ponder over Wolfe's vote the more
uncomfortable they become They are now
badly alarmed. Ali the great Republican
leaders are quarrellng before one man. -
I7!y 1ney recognize, the necessity of keeping
Wolfe out of the field as an independent
candidate. Even the most stalwart Repub-
hcan organs make pretense of concealine the
TACT that there is danger ahead But a sin
gle thought now enters the minds of the
bOsses-hOw shall we keep Wolfe out of the
field ? If the Democrats are wise and will
nominate the proper man, the defeat Of the
Republicans in the approaching gubernato-
rial campaign will be q certainty.
THINGS TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
Gratitude is one of the most beautiful
things in human nature, and Tor the follow
ing things the American people should be
profoundly grateful They should be ex-
ceedingly thankful that Providence has given
them Charles Julian Guiteau and a Chester
Abel Arthur, for they would not have had
one without the other They should be
both proud and thankful that their Presi-
dl= - hon
Gentleman with q big G., whose clothes fit
him so well that his form is used as 8 fashion
plate ia every tailor shop in the country. -
The good this will accomplish by the cultiva-
ton of an aesthetic taste in the common
people cannot be OveTestimated, and for this
the people, especially the common people,
should be more than grateful. They should
be thankful that Malone has broken the
South on the new issue Of Reputation, and
that they have Grant, COnkIinE Logan and
others to chastise them with the scOurge of
Staiwartism. They should be thankful that
the reform idea is exploded and reforners
have been driven from the Cabinet. They
should be thankful that John Sherman has
fixed his fences aud got back to the Senate,
where he can manage his own investigation
They should be thankful that Grant, Bah
cock, Belknap & Co, hold the winning
cards and will play them for all they arc
worth. They should be thankful that Nc
Veagh's self-Tespect drove him out of the
Cabinet for now that American Gentleman
with big g can take care of his friends and
reward Dorsey for having carried Indiana
They should be thankful that the Star Route
American Gentlemen with the big G are now
under the protecting wing Of the admins
tratiOn, and that-they are StRlwarts OF the
StalwaTts. They should be grateful that
the four Washington organs owned by the
Star route thieves which bitterly assaulted
President Garfield up to the day of his as
sassination and death, are still unanimous in
support of the handsome royal President
There are thousand other things for which
the American people should be thankful, but
the few above mentioned are all that the
writer deems necessary to speak of at the
present time. BY the way, I beg pardon for
having almost neglected to add that the peo-
pie should be grateful that the 'High Tariff
ties have conceded that the Republican
party may continue TO exist if the tax on
bank checks is no longer collected, and that
they are i'm favor Of reducing the bank tax.
For this people should be grateful. Yea,
verify, for this midge lodged in the ear of the
elephant that tramples them down let them
be profoundly thankful G. Y. S.