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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-01-29
COMPETITIVE POINTS"

Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Stephen Gage
representing the Central Pacific Railroad
Company, met the Senators in the Senate
Chamber, after adjournment, to argue the
railroad question with anyone who wished to
make issue on the subject. Mr.. Gage, who
ia in all respects an agreeable and pleasant
gentleman, talked about half an hour on the
benefits derived by Nevada from the railroad
companv. and before he had finished there
were many men among his hearers who imag-
med that without the road Nevada would be a
bowling wilderness Of bankruptcy. Itwould
be hard to find more smooth and plausible
man than Mr.. Gage, and it is not at all sur
prising that he SO effectually succeeds in pull
ing the wool over the eyes Of people who are
unable to separate glittering array of sophis-
tries from plain question OF fact. Mr.. Gage
appeared before his audience with " copy OF
the MORNING APPEAL in his h"'h, ana the
article on special contracts, recently printed
therein, afforded the text for his discourse.
The burden of his argument consisted in
the use of the term competitive points"
For instance, a man would ask:
"Mr. Gage, is it not true that a man at Win
imucca is obliged to pay freight from Chicago
to Sacramento and back in order to get his
goods?'
sOf course" Mr.. Gage would reply, "be-
cause, don't you see, that it is business. lie
does not live at a competitive point, and by
shining to Sacramento and back he gets the
advantage of the low terms ruling at compe
titive points. In fact, the road is obliged to
put up with his sharp practice"
Now, to the minds of men OF ordinary in
no OH
be the boldest sort of burlesque, yet there
were Senators who drank in Mr.. Cages argu-
ment as if it had been their mothers milk.
The gist of the matter is that the Central Pa
cific will give fair rates where competition COM
pels them, and cinch every town where there
is no competition. In other words, the ROAD
makes the unfortunate residents of Nevada pay
for what it cannot charge at competitive points
in California, robbing one man of two dollars
because it can rob another of only one.
In respone to questions, Mr.. Gage admitted
there was discrimination on the {. T., and
tried to defend it. In answer to question
from the New York Chamber of Commerce
regarding discrimination, Leland Stanford,
over his signature, says:
81 shall not say anything to justify dis
elimination against individuals and COM
munities, but content myself on this head by
simply stating that such has never been prac-
tced by the railroad companies with which
am connected"
Evidently Mr.. Gage had never seen Mr..
Stanford's letter. Mr.. Gage is capable OF
making some good arguments from the hypo-
thesis that the road the private enterprise
Of Stanford Il Co., instead Of highway built
by Government aid and still under the con-
troll of Congress.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-01-29

SOME $50 bill have been introduced in the
California Legislature up to date.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

The RIDDLEBERGER-MAHoSE PAR.
TY.-The Boston Herald has the fol.
lowing In 1874 the Virginia State
debt was under discussion in the Log.
islature of that State. A colored mem.
ber named Moss made q temperate
speech against anything like repudia.
tion. A fellow. member asked him to
give way tor a resolution Moss po.
litely yielded the floor when his iel.
low. member offered resolution to ex-
pei him (Moss) us a nuisance. The
name Of this fellow.member was Rid.
dleberger, and he is the Republican
candidate for Sergeant.at-Arms of the
United States Senate, in whose inter.
est the Massachusetts, Senators ARE
working 80 hard, 1t is a pity Massa.
ohusetts Senators couldn't come home
and talk with the people. They would
be likely soon TO join Messrs. Hale and
Frye in tavoring attention to business
before fighting longer over the Senate
Senate.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

STATEsMANsHP.-T The Senators and
Members at Harrisburg, have had a
wonderful time over their salaries re.
Gently The following we clip from
the Senate proceedings of Wednesday.
"Mr, Jones said $1,000 session did not pay
members for their services. Lawyers, partlcu.
larly, were losers by coming to the legislature,
some Of them suffering to ths extent Of thousands
Of dollars.
Mr.. Hail thought 81 900 for special session
would be excessive, which session could rot well
exceed 6fty days. lie did not wish to be under
stood 10 be Of the opinion that members we're
literally paid. lie thought jus, the reverse"
If We were lawyer and would suf-
fer in purse as indicated by the gen.
tlemen named, we would stay at home
and attend to our private business,
We may not be set down as q patriot
for avowing such an opinion, and our
seltishness may seem apparent; but
there is no penalty attached to law.
yers, doctors, Changers or anybody
else for not serving the dear people in
the Legislature. All are free to remain
at home in the sacred precincts of
their families. The man who assumes
the duties of representative because
of the salary, falls below the old tinker.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13


TUE RlGHT NAME.-A cotemporary
in alluding to the Senior Senator from
New York says: "Tbe transcondent
ability Of Roscoe Conkling has mover
shone with brighter glory than in
battle against fearful odds, and he has
seldom if ever lowered his standard
before any foe, however powerful, but
unless all appearances are false he 10.
day is face to face with the most su.
preme peril OF bis career. That he
will meet it with a heroic and daring
courage is TO be expected from what
we know Of him, and that be will be
as inscriptions in the measures he
will adopt as In the audacity he will
use whatever can assist him, no ono
who has watched his course will doubt.
To quietly permit the most daring,
powerful and unrelenting foe Of bis
aims in New York to be made Collector
Of the Port of the metropolis with lis
immense patronage would be TO sur.
render his imperial sway in his own
State and dim the lustrc Of bis prestige
before the country. To oppose the
confirmation, war with tho present
adroit md powerful administration,
aud finally be beaten, would bo dis.
astor from which he could scarcely re.
cover. II is pretty well ascertained
that he means to contest the confrma.
tion-a determination which Is entirely
in keeping with the intrepidity of the
man. We shall take great pleasure in
finding that he is rushing upon his
Waterloo, for Conkling is a brilliant
and audacious politician, but no is
neither . good nor q safe man
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

A Coon SOUTHERN CAsE.-We notice
by our exchanges, that no doubt actu.
ated by spasm of virtue truly beau.
tiful TO behold, u half dozen ruflians
entered dwelling in village in New
York a iow nights ago, dragged man
and woman irom their bed, applied a
coating Of tar aud feathers to their
naked bodies aud after otherwise bru.
tally maItrcating them fled from the
promises, The Outrage was prompted
by rumor that had been circulated
charging that the woman bad u hus-
band living, from whom she was sepa.
rated, but from whom she had not been
divorced. This she did not deny, but
explained that she had been compelled
to leave him on account of his worth
lessness, and was unable to defray the
cost of securing divorce. She had,
however, in accordance with some.
what remarkable custom of the com.
munity in which she lived gone before a
police justice and had herself duly
"sworn"to hersecond choice, Sevenpe
sons were arrested for the outrage, three
of whom were convicted, but were dis.
missed with trifling fine. II such an
act as this was committed in a South.
ern State il would be made the text
for numerous articles in Northern
newspapers going to prove the bar.
barism that prevails south OF Mason
and Dixon's line.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

A SUBSTANTIAL HiT.-The editor OF
the Philadelphia Times has hit some
statesmen severe blow. He says
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, has
driven General Butler out of the Re.
publican party because he tolerated re.
pudiation to the extent OF supporting
the Greenback theory. Now he is bat.
ting to get Senator Malone, an open,
shameless repudiator, into the Repub.
lican party, and he is obstructing i'm.
portant public business to force Riddle
berger, another blatant Democratic re.
pudiator Of both honest debts and the
reconstruction amendments to the Con-
stitution, into subordinate place in
the Senate. Has Senator Hawley for.
gotten his honestly Or does the at.
mosphere of the Senate shriyel man
hood into nothingness
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

Too SHABBY, GENTLEMEN.-The ed.
itor OF the Chambersburg Spirit says
"The writing OF the famous Morey.
Chinese letter during the Hancock.
Garfield campaign has been "tracpd"
toan obscure individual named o Brien,
the Republican newspapers at last an.
nounce, And this is the extent of the
awful disclosures that were to be made
duplicating every Democrat from Mr..
Tlden down in the alleged forgery
In disgust with your pitiful failure
don't make the poor Frenchman,
o'Brien, a scapegoat, gentlemen. If
Garfield wrote the letter let him now
frankly acknowledge it and beg the
forgiveness of the American people.
Concerning his secret applications for
pardon from power that is prone to
tenderness and pity, of course, we shall
intrude no suggestions"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

"The Harrisburg Patriot is the only paper we
have seen that condemns Attorney General Pal
mer for interfering with the plan Of tho present
Legislature to lengthen Its session aud draw pay
for the extra time put in. The Patriot generally
Is right. but on this subject It Is radically wrong"
-Bsliejonts WdieNman.
Thank you The Patriot denounced the proceed
ing Of the Attorney General as unwarrantable
and insulting towards the Legislature. That Of
fetal is not a part Of the law-making or the law.
interpreting power Of this Commonwealth. His
unconcealed object was to disperse the Legisla-
ture by bringing bis opinion to bear upon the
State Treasurer, and this was something more
than an impertinence towards the Representatives
Of the people. If that was not his design 1t is at
least that for which be receives the applause of
the WaichRan. .--HarrisbHrg Patriot
We want no joking about this mat,
ter but in our experience Of twenty
years, we have found the members of
the Senate and the House of Represen.
tatives, as well as some newspaper
men, as badly out of line as other fel
lows. The question as to the methods
used to bring out the decision of the
Attorney General is not the question
at issue between the taxpayers and
their representatives. 1t is that other
fact as it essential for the public
good (or private affairs that 25O per-
sons should neglect their business and
roost at Harrisburg for four months,
contrary to the Constitution and the
oathes they have taken, and do onothing2"
Suppose log or timber job was run
upon that plan, what would the pro.
prietor who furnishes the -four and
pork say when rattingtime comes
around ? Would there not be somo dis.
charges?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

A Coon DlG.-The editor of the
Williamsport Banner, who seems TO
envy all farmers because of the happy
life they lead, makes "corner' on the
editors of the Lancaster IntcliigeHceT
assumed farmers) after this fashion
"The author of Home, Sweet Home,
never had a home Of his own or any Of
its cndearments, So with viii Carle.
ton, If we believe the editor Of the Ian.
caster Inteliigencer, who has written
such sweet ballads of farms, farm life
and families, never owned farm, never
lived on ono and never had any wife
or family. No man who ever lived
and worked on farm could extract
poetry from breaking your back with
scythe, wearing out your running
gear behind plow, breaking unruly
steers, milking dirty cows and the
mercury below zero, picking dead
sheep in Winter, and sleeping in the
barn in Summer to get lid Of the mos.
quitos.' Tho Banner man was evi.
IDENTIFY raised on farm, and rehearses
his lesson like q good boy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

MODERN STATEsMEH.-The Philadel-
phia Times, in alluding to Washington
and Harrisburg statesmen, says "Sen-
ator Cameron and Adjunct Senator
Mitchell now have their minds, or
mind, set at rest, The Legislature Of
Pennsylvania has approved their atti-
tude in the great contest for the ap.
pointment of sweepers and scrubbers
in the Senate. 1t is true that MIR.
Cameron told his faithful servants Just
what they were to resolve, so that this
outburst of patriotism was not so spon.
taneous as ii might have been; and it
is true also that the resolution did not
receive the votes of majority of the
House, but that is of little consequence.
All that Mr.. Cameron wanted was to
show to his brother Senators that his
Legislature would obey orders, and he
has shown it,"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
THE BARONESS BunprrrC rCourrs.-

THE BARONESS BuRDErT.C CoUrrs. -
The personal appearance Of the Bar.
oness Burdett. Coutts, whose recent
marriage in her sixty.seventh year to
her young American Secretary, Ash.
mead Bartlett, aud created such a hutter
IN English social circles, is thus de.
scribed "She is tall and graceful and
has dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
Her energy and vitality are oxtraord;.
nary, and when she il well she de-
ieats her age by dozen years, Her
hands are very small and delicate, and
have been modelled as specimens of
perfect beauty. She usually dresses
in dark velvet or silk of well chosen
and subdued color She wears no
heod-dress in the morning, but in the
evening she is to be seen in an Angot
cap, She has an abundance OF most
rare and costly jewelry, but she rarely
makes any display of it on her person.
Occasionly she wears u tigers claw,
richly set, as a pendant to the gold
chain round her neck. 1t was pre-.
sented to the baroness by Sir Garnet
Wolseley, and she values 1t highly.
The baroness is good horse woman,
and fond Of exercise, and she walks
with an elasticity that many young.
er woman might envy"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

Too Mucn"C "CoSFED. ."-TheWashing
ton correspondent of the New York
Herald, after listening TO Mahone's
speech, among other things, remarks
"on the whole the speech was a dis.
appointment. Too much Riddleber.
ger was the verdict OF n shrewd Re.
publican politician. Malone discover.
cd what is a noticeable defect in all
but two or three Of the Southern men
in Congress- certain provincialism Of
vicw, an inability, or, II may be, lack
of desire to get much beyond Riddle.
berger propensity to address, not
the whole country, but the country"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
TO THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF
CLEARFIELD COUNTY.

GESrLEHES ;-lu pursuance Of the forty.third
section Of the Act Of sth Of May, 1854, you are
hereby notified to meet in Convention, at the
in May, A. d. 1881, being the third day Of the
month, at o'clock in the afternoon, and select
rira coiee, by a majority Of the whole number Of
Directors pre1entone person Of literary and seien-
ti6o requirements, and Of skill and experience In
the art Of teaching, as County superntedent, for
the three succeeding years and certify the result
to the State Superintendent, at Harrisburg, as
required by the thirty ninth and fortieth sections
Of snid Act. NJ. l.. MeQU0WN,
County Superintendent Of ClearGeld county.
April u, lsSl.3t.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
CONSIDER.

In "Puci" of last week there was a
cartoon in which the "rebel brigadier"
is represented as trump. Senator
Conkling, on bended knee before VIM.
Malone, "the rebel, is placing on Ma.
hone a wreath to express the satisiac.
tion Of the whole Republican party
with the rebel repudiator. To plain,
honest people this proceeding may
seem strange. For years past the Dem.
ocratic party has been by the Repubi.
can press and orators taunted and ieer.
ed with the idea that it was ruled and
controlled by rebel brigadiers. While
this is not now and never was true it
had its effect upon weak and ignorant
Republicans, causing them to believe
that the great party of the people
would surrender all its past glories and
grand achievements to those lately
in rebellion against the government.
There are as many "robel brigadiers"
in the United States Senate to-day as
at any time heretofore; the "dead.
lock" comes from the fact that Sher.
man is now in Thurman's place from
Ohio, and Mitchell in Wallaces place
from this State, and that Malone, a
treble brigadier' and ropudiator from
Virginia, has been bought by the Re-
publican party, Here then we have
the sublime spectacle of great politi.
cal party whose whole stock in trade
Tor ten years past was the cry of
"reble," "repudiators" and kindred
names as applied to the Democratic
party, aud by means of which most
gallant and heroic Union Major Gen.
eral was defeated for the high office of
Chief Magistrate OF this great people,
controlled and held powerless by a
bargain with "rebel brigadier" and q
repudiator, who Insists that as part of
the consideration in the sale, that Rid.
dleberger another rebel and repu.
diator, shall be made Sergeant. at.
Arms Of the United States Senate.
Publio business must stop. The Su.
preme Court and the Circuit Courts
must stand still for the want of Judges
to run them offices must remain va.
cant and the whole administration ofI
the government must suffer because
the rebels and repudiators have taken
control of the Republican party. The
Democratic party always was and
always will be in favor of paying all
honest debts, public and private. The
The Republican party will rerudiate |
any debt, will join hands with any
rebel and make bargains with all re.
pudiators in order TO maintain power.
1t cares neither for people or govern.
ment if only it has power From this
time forward call them by their proper
and repudiators. let
the Democratic masses take ii up and
brand them everywhere as party
ruled by rebels, and forming alliances
with repudiators. If this is done and
well done, 1t will be the end of the Re.
publican party and its rule in this
iorever.-C Centre Democrat.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

By writ Of Fisra Faeias. at the same tims and
place. all the Defendants interest in three certain
lots Ia East Clearfeld. known as lots Nos. 10, 90
and 2l, bounded and described as follows: Be.
ginning at a post on southeast corner Of Hills
street and Spring LEY thence In an easterly
direction along Hills street one hundred and City
(loOl feet to post western line Of lot No. %
thence in a southerly direction long said line Of
lot No. % two hundred 1900 feet 10 post on
Nirgi2 alley thence In westerly direction along z
Virgin alley one hundred and fifty (l5O) feet to a
post on corner Of Virgin and Spring alleys
thence in northerly direction along Spring alley
two hundred (2Ool feet to the place Of beginning.
Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as
the property Of John Ko;;lsr.
TERMS or SALE.-Ths price or sum at which
the property shall be struck off must be paid at the
time Of sale, or such other arrangements made as
will be approved, otherwise the property will be
Immediately put up and sold again at the expense
and risk Of the person to whom it was struck of,
and who, in case Of deficiency at such resale,
shall make good the same, and in no instance
will the Deed be presented in Court for eonhrAna-
ton unless the money Is actually paid to the
Sheriff. JAMES MAHAFFEY,
sHERIFy's 0FFioK, Sheriff.
Oleardela. Pa, April g, 1881.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
Notice of Ejectment,

hoshannon Land and 10 the Com. Pleas Court
Lumber Company ofClearheld county Pa.
vs..
Nancy l.. Stout. No. 325. Sept T. 1880.
Ejectment for specific Performance Of
Contract.
And now, March 2S, 1881, rule grated on the
defendant to appear and plead to the action Of
hJeetment, brought to enforce specific perform
anee Of contract against all that certain lot Of
ground In the borough Of 0sceola Mills, Clearfcld
county, Pennsylvania, bounded on the north by
lot No S12, on the east by Decatur alley, on the
south by TrcEiyulney street, aud on the west By
Blanchard street, and known in general plan Of
said borough as lot No. y7l
This rule being made returnabie to the first day
OF the June term, 1881. BY the Court,
JoHS II. 0RyIs, A. L.J.
Clearheld, Pa, April 10, lssi-st.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

The NATIONAL TRLNP.--An exchange
says "Gen. Grant has gone doyn to
teach the Mexicans how to build rail.
roads and get them in the humor for a
subsidy, it is said. If we are not mis-.
taken the Ex.President will find some
old friends down there, Ex Boss Shep.
herd being somewhere in that country,
and what he don't know about subsi.
dies and how to get them isn't worth
much. We hope that the Ex.President
will make so much money during his
trip that he will have no necessity for
passing around the hat through the
States. We rather think that with
Shepherds help he can do IT,"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13

LEVEL HEADED.--The editor of the
Brookville Jetersonidn gives the enc
my black eye in this way; "Politics
make strange bed-iellows. Last Fall
it was the rebel brigadiers that came
in for a.full share of Republican abuse
for being in control of the Democratic
party. Now the scale is turned, and
If there ever was time when the rebel
element controlled tho legislative dc.
partment of this government it is now,
when the rebel brigadier, and 'boss"
repudiator of Virginia, General Ma
hone, by his vote, gives the Republi.
cans, with the casting vote of the Vice
President, the control of the United
States Senate. There is not a Repub.
lican paper in the land to-day that has
a word to say about rebel brigadiers
other than in their praise. An unro.
pented, red-handed rebel is a good fcl.
low when he trains with the Republi.
can party" "Pat," hit them again.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
Notice ofEjectment.

Moshannon Land and In the Com, Pleas Court
Lumber Company ofCleardeld county, Pa
vs..
George hOlrhanor No. S27, Sept T., 1880.
EJectmcnt for Specific Performance OF
Contract.
And now, March 2S, 1881, rule granted on the
defendant to appear and plead to the action of
Ejectment brought to enforce specific perform =
anee Of contract against all that certain lot Of
ground in the borough Of 0scoola Mills, Clear
Held county Pennsylvania, bounded on the north
by Mays alley, on the east by lot No. SI7, on the
south by Curtin street. and on the west by French
street, and known in the general plan Of said
borough as lot No. 3is.
This rule being made returnablo to the FIRST DAY
OF the June term, 1881. by the Court,
JoHS II. oRvfs, A. LII.
Cleardeld, Pa, April IS, lssl-st.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-04-13
Widows Appraisement.

In the matter Of the estate of Nicholas J. Walsh,
late Of Woodward township, Cleardeld county,
Pa, deed
Whereas, Mary Walsh, widow Of said deceased,
having elected to retain real estate to the amount
Of $500, notice is hereby given that the apprais-
ers appointed to value and Rppraise the same,
have tiled their report with the Clerk Of the
Orphans Court. setting aside to the widow aforo-
said at the appraised value Of s275, the undivided
one,hali Of certain lot or piece ground, situate
IN North Hogt1dale, Woodward township, Clear
field county, Pa, fronting 100 feet on swope
street, and running back at right angles south
81 degrees west 1850 feet to Otter alley and known
as lots No 2O2 and 1908 in the general plan Of
North llouiIdale, which said report having been
confirmed nj 81. by the Court, will be offered for
confirmation absolute on the lst Monday Of June
term, A. u, 1881. GEO. NJ. FERGUSON.
clearasld. Pa, Ap,il l3, lssl.3t. Register.