The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-04-01
OUR PHILADELpHIA LETTER.

OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
OIL AND SOAP ERE. M'KIBBIN-woRLD'e
FAIR POsTPoEED-wHITE HOUSE FELICITY
"A NARROW MARGIN-THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF FRAUD-NEGRo EMIGRATION
BOGUS DIPLoMAs-FIGHT AGAINST RING
RULE-PAssENGER RAILWAYS. ETC.
Especial Correspondence Of the FREENANl
PHILADELPHIA March % 1881.
DEAR MCPIKE-The allabsorbing ques-
tion of the day-the great problem which the
press Of Philadelphia is struggling to solve
is, which has the longest roll Of those made
happy, St Jacobs Oil or Frank SiddaiPs
Soap? The columns of alltthe fiTSt-clasS city
papers are being lavishy made use of to
solve this momentOu. problem. Instead of
few quiet lines in an obscure corner of an
out OF the way paper both st Jacob and
Frank Siddall Lave boldly struck out for the
highest class papers, and are filling column
after column and page after page with their
superior claims as public benef3ctOrS. Pa
irons of city papers may think it will not pay
for them to read all that our city Journals
publish about the great virtues Of St. Jacobs
Oil and Frank SiddalPS Soap, but they must
bear in mind, while they may believe there
IS too much space given to heralding the vir-
tues of oil and soap, that the great importance
OF both really warrants sucn eXtTavagant
pufeTy. What in the world would become
of the American people were it not for St
Jacobs Oil and Frank Siddall's Soap?
COLONEL JERE. A'KIBBIN.
number Of capitalists have subscribed a
sufficient amount to erect hotel at the Hot
Springs, in Arkansas, of which JeTe. NI'Kib
bin is to 6e the jOviaI, genial Boniface. The
capitalists believe that a hotel at the Hot
Springs under Jere. 5 management will pay
better than Government bonds, and no
doubt they are right, for Jere. knows how
to keep hotel, if any man knows, and
more honest, high-tOned, generous hearted
gentleman never did keep a hOtel-Or any
thing else, for that matter.
POSTPONED FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Whether right or wrong, Gen. Grant viii
be credited with having killed the New York
worlds Fair project. Philadelphia has pro-
badly had the only Worlds Fair that the
United States will see this century. The
New York project has been postponed until
n. ID. 1901, and the great gift-taker now at
tracts but little notice. Mexico at present
claims him, and we will hardly miss him
Yes, New OTk will miss both him and the
Worlds Fair, but while crippled with the
absence of both, it will be blessed with the
perpetual presence Of Rev. DR.. Newman,
Grants spiritual adviser, which will be some
consolation.
WHITE HOUSE FELICITY.
In these degenerate days it is comforting to
know that President Garfield rises in the
morning before any Of his family except his
venerable mOthcr-that he chats with his
family tefore he receives the waiting crowd
OF callerS-that lie enjoys the company Of his
family and loves to rOmp with the children
that he takes a fatheriy interest in the wei
fare of his daughter MOllie-that he lunches
at p. NJ, dimes at p. NJ. and takes supper
nOXt morning. But, dear Mac, the pleasure
OccasiOned on account Of this happy domestic
state of affairs is strongly blended with Sor-
row to know that there is no sunday night
singing classes at the White House now
This is wrong. His EXcelpncy should rot
abandon the singing movement inaugurated
by his retired Fraudulency, but should con-
tnue and improve upon il by hiring an OpeU-
a-FH H# 1 gfu
would radently, on each blessed Sabbath
evening, present himSef before the PTeSi-
dental family with a silver-tipped baton. l
would, however, advise his EXCellency to be
careful IN his selection of tunes as there are
manv now sung pleasing to religions ears
that have their origin in secular sources.
NARROW MARGIN.
Never before i'm the history of the Govern
ment was there such narrow margin 5e-
tween the majority and minority parties
One stroke OF the hand Of death may trans
fer the control Of one house of Congress
from one party to the other. The RepUbi-
cans have the Senate by one majority, and,
counting the three vacancies existing on
their side, they will have the next House by
the slim majority OF one. The people of the
country, now in the full enjoyment of peace
and plenty, will keep a watchful eye upon
politics and parties, and the power rests in
their hands to approve what is proper and
right and condemn what is injurious and
wrong in Congress. The people demand
legislation that viii continue and increase
national peace and prosperity. While the
Democrats are deprived OF absolute control
in any Of the departments Of Government,
they can exercise a negative power that will
be formidable. The Democrats can there
fore take comfort in that reflection, to say
the least.
THE REPREsFNTATTvE OF FRAUD.
The price for which Senator Malone sold
himself has not Vet definitely appeared, but
if il be- merely fer the chairmauship of a COM
"a r,I of tllt 4 ion, of
Federal patronage in Virginia, or both, he
has sold himself exceedingly cheap for
man holding the high post OF an American
Senator. Mr.. Malone has ALWAYS claimed
to be a Democrat, and his faction has al
ways StOutly alleged its loyalty to the Demo
cratic organization. But for the general
confidence in his Democracy, Mr. Malone
could never have rallied large plurality of
the voters OF Virginia to his support, as he
did two years ago. It Is certain that if his
intention to cut loose from the Democratic
party had been known at that time he would
have had no show whatever for seat ia the
[. ). Senate. He has betrayed the conf
deucc of his constituents In the most dis
creditable and diShunOrabc manner, foU in
TepudiatiEg his political allegiance he goes
back in a mean and contemplate manner on
the friends who made HIM. His supporters
now hear the mfamy and OblOq,tv of having
been made the instrument Of fraud upon
themselves ana the State. The traitor, Ma
hone, NAV be able to help the Republicans to
q
lican party cannot 90 on forever securing
the advantage of fraEd without acquiring
the taint of fraud. MahOne's alliance with
the Republicans is a fraud, he sits in the
Senate by virtne Of fraud, and he is there
fore the representative of fraud
EMIGRATION OF NEGROES.
There is to be an extensive emigration of
negroes during the summer from the South
ern States to the North and the East. Mas
SachuSettS alone is prepared To welcome 4O,-
O0G negroes aud to furnish them with con-
slant and remunerative employment. There
is evidently a design to suppIdnt white DOR
in Massachusetts and other States. The
more negroes leave the South the more Op-
pOrtunity will there be for white labor in
that section JOY be with Massachusetts
and its 40. 900 negroes.
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BOGUS DIPLOMAS.
The Records disclosures Of the bogus di-
ploma business show that upwards Of 600 900
false credentials appear to have been issued
within the last thirty or forty years. The
business OF manufacturing and vending these
bogus certificates have by no means been
confined to this country. Dean Buchanan,
by way of atOnement for the harm he has
wrought, has told what he knows about the
true inwardneSs of this whole Infamous bus
mess. The furnishing of upwards of six
hundred thousand documents giving a right
to Incompetent persons to practice a profes-
sion which deals directly with the health and
life of the public, is matter terrible to con
template.
CONTINUINGTHE FIGHT AGAINST RING RULE
The 'CitiZens Committee OF One Hun
dred" still continues the fight against corrup-
ton and ring rule. As yet only the tools
have been brought to the bar OF Justice but
the work is to be carried out to the bitter
end. The committee on fraud are preparing
reliable and exhaustive report, which will
hereafter be weapon in the hands of re-
form IhlTty-One election officers have been