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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17
SErAroR BAYARn. of Delaware.

SENATOR BAYARD, of Delaware,
agrees with ex-senator Mcdonald, of In
diana, in his view of the duty imposed
upon the Democratic party, if it would
reap the fruits of victory won Tor IL DS
the disaffected Republicans. It's TASK IS
to keep for 1884 the allies the Repuol-
can leaders have driven into its camp in
1882. And this can only be done by
working for the welfare of the country,
which those disaffected Republicans
have put above party. As Senator Bay
ard points out, the late elections have
wrought revolution III the politics Of
''the group of central States those chief
in wealth. politics and influence" No
candid man will deny Senator Bayard s
right to speak for these States, aud es-
pecially for the voters of these States
whose party obligations sit lightly up
on them, and to whom the Republican
defeat in these States are due In be-
half of these voters, as well as of the
Democratic party, Senator Bayard lays
down working programme of the Dem
ocratic party. 1t consists OF two arti-
cles-civil service reform and revenue
reform. The passage Of Senator PendIe-
tons bill is now, we take it, assured.
and the passage of that bill will do all
legislation can do, 70 take the question Of
civil service out of politics, and all that
can be done for administrative reform
by party not in possession of executive
power, except a careful scrutiny of the
appropriations. That reform will Of it.
sell demechanize the political machiEist
so 10 speak. The machine is fed by as
sesSmentS, and the machinists seem to
De honestly unable to conceive how DO
ltical organization is possible without
assessments. They are so far from hav-
ing learned anything from the elections
that the Republican State Committee
which conducted Folger's canvass to a
majority of 2O0, 600 for Cleveland has
actually sent dunBiug circular to such
ederal otice-holders as refused to pay
during the campaign. Civil service re-
form and revenue reform are equal and
lndlspenSably necessary. Even if the
country could stand the wasteful and
bungllng methods by which the revenue
Is raised, we have fresh proof that a sur
plus revenue is "A standing temptation to
Joobery and extravaganza to which no
majority IN Congress can safely be sub
Jected. We cannot reduce this revenue
to the actual needs of the country with
out remodeling the system by which it
Is collected, and as soon as this system
is honestly investigated it is seen to be
a system of interdepenGent swindles. -
II the Democrats begin now to educate
the country to see the necessity of rev.
enue reform, they will be able in 1884 to
point out not programme, but per
tormance. Upon the necessity of civil
service reform the country has shown
with great cleaTness that it no longer
stands IN need of education.-Net York
World,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

How habitually inclined are candi
dates for office to estimate their strength
with the people, AT the Bucks county
fair, early in the canvass, General Bea-
yer in a speech said II will carry the
State by $1,000 majority" He after
wards said the same thing on several oc-
casiOns in different parts of the State.
Trusting to the power of the political
machine, whose representative he was,
it is fair to infer he believed in the
truth of his repeated declarations. Gen.
Beaver, however, did not carry the State
by m ajori.y of 5O,000-at least not
for himself-but he succeeded in carrying
it for Pattison by nearly 40, 600. John
Stewart, the Independent candidate for
Governor, publicly proclaimed in his
speeches time and again that he would
poll at least $50 900 votes, and on one Oc-
casion up in the oil region. went so far
as to say that when Gov Hoyt put the
executive mansion in order prior to
leaving it. itwould be for his (Stewart's)
benefit. Mr.. Stewart is a man of brains
and is regarded by those who know him
as remarkably shrewd politician and
yet how wofully mistaken he was if he
believed what he said about his own
strength, which the official returns show
will not exceed $4,000. The mistakes
of Mr.. Stewards right-hand man, Col.
Mcclure, OF the Times, were also nota-
BILE. He didn't claim, to be sure, as
high as 80, 900 votes for Stewart in the
State, but he persistantly claimed 10000
or possibly $4,000 votes for him in Phil
ade!phia, where he received only 8.OS5.
And yet Col. Mcclure is one of the best
politicians in the State. The most sim
gular thing, however, about Mr.. Stew
arts estimate Of his own strength before
the election, is the admission made by
him to newspaper reporter on Monday
last that he was not disappointed in the
size of his vote. Well, if he wasn't.
Falstaft was right, when he said with
broad grin, cob, Lord how this world
is given to living -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

The MEANING OF IT.-Would you
know the meaning Of the political revo-
luton which struck its first blow in Oc-
tuber in Ohio, and swept through Penn
sylvania, New York, Massachusetts.
and Colorado on Tuesday last
1t means these four things:
/. Reduce the expenses OF every
branch of the Federal Government to a
basis of simplicity, economy, and hon
esty !
IL. Abolish the internal revenue alb
omnatiOu
Ill. Make the tariff simple and ra-
tional, and just sufficient to provide for
an honest and economical Administra-
ton in time of peace
". No Subsidies. no jobs. and. above
all, no stealing, either by the Admins
tration and its agents, or by Congress
and its employees
This is the meaning and the purpose
of this mighty OveTturn.
Is the Democracy wise enough or high
minded enough to execute this peremp-
tory mandate with fidelity and courage?
We shall see. The occasion is great.
And we are happy to add the future is
hOpeful.-NeJC York Sun.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

HOW 1T HAPPENED. George Bliss.
a New Ork politician of President Ar
thur 5 set, thinks he knows how it hap
pened the political revolution came. 1t
was due, he declares. some time ago
and the Republican party has been kept
III power less by its own wisdom and
virtues thar by Democratic laundering.
Ihat IS about our own opinion only we
would express it somewhat differently.
We cheerfully admit that it was not its
wisdom and virtues that kept the Re-
publican party in power, for it is very
hard to say where they have exhibited
any for some time past. They have
clung to their places bv corruption and
fraud and by the Democratic blunder-
ing cowardice which permitted these
means TO be successful. The time when
the Republican regime properly came to
an end was the time when Mr.. Tilden
was elected President. No one today
denies that be was elected and no one
can defend the lack of courage and wis
dom OF Mr., Tilden and the Democratic
leaders which permitted the verdict of
the people to be nullifed. But it is very
brazen in the Republican agents of the
successful fraud to explain to day that
their party was really overthrow so
long ago, and has since maintained itself
IN power against the popular sentiment
which has now so unmiStakably and en-
phatIcally kicked them out. Men who
have done this trick and boast of it are
not men who will he readily trusted
again and Mr. Bliss and his friends
can resign themselves TO the conclusion
that the Democratic biunderiLg which
LETT them so long in power will not be
exhibited in early restoring them TO it.
-LGncdSteT IntelHgencer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

RE WEIGHING FREIGHT CARS The Pa.
h X. Co. has recently discovered that9it has
been losing thousands of dollars yearly by
the decrease in weight of its cars When the
cars are manufactured they are weighed and
the weight stamped on them. In the ship
meHt of freight these cars are loaded and the
amount of their load is determined by sub
tracing the cars stamped weight from she
sum OF 1t and the load. After several months
run car is fn1ud TO loose over one hundrsd
pounds in weight, apd the company has been
losing propOrtionate'y on it's receipts from
freight shipments. Last week they began
reweiehing the freight cars at their Yards in
the upper part Of the city, and number of
them were found to have decreased several
hundred pounds in weight. Tdey are also
re-weighing the cars at other place along the
line Harrisburg Patriot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

The extraordinary Democratic gains
throughout the country are as fully
shown by the reduced maiOrities Of Re
publican Congressman who have pulled
through as by the count of Democrats
elected. Almost without exceptiOuD Dem
ocratic districts give increased maiori-
ties, while Republican districts are wo-
fully cut down. Take the Republican
leader of the House, Hiscock, of New
\ ork, Chairman of the Committee on
appropriations, as an illustration. He
was elected to the FoTty-fifth by 3.04I
majority to the Forty-sixth by 3.125,
and TO the Forty seventh by 5,I94 ma
jority- A. the recent election he escap-
ed defeat by six hundred votes. Had
the voting taken place a week later he
would have been badly beaten. The
Democratic leaders 90 back with large
ly increased majorities. Randall car
ries his district by tire largest majority
he ever received, while Cox. of New
\ OTk has fifteen thousand and Hewitt
over 19, 1000. PittSbltrg Post
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

quarters Such aids as these would be of
much moreservice to the new chairman IN an
executive committee than eminent counsel.
Ors who would darken counsel By words and
who would De busy setting up jobs for their
own aggrandizement"
HAS SQUARED ACCOUNTS
"The Democratic State Committee leaves
Philadelphia with every financial obligation
paid and little nest-egg in the treasury
very iittle one, Of course. Pcnusvlvanfa re-
ceiyed no help from Outsides except a single
incOnsiderable contribution made on person
al grounds. We paid all our bills as soon as
presented and every county that asked Tor
aid and demonstrated a Legitimate necessity
for 10 was furnished with t. do not know
of penny spent for any ileVitimate pur-
pose. There was only one door 10 our head
quarters. and know Of nothing done. said
or written therein or tberefrom that an the
world may not knew. Ludicrous even TO be
recalled is it that one day while one OF the
GleeHhack- labor State candidates was penn
ed In No. s, waiting for an audience and
Chairman Mckee was closetea i'm No. 3
Cooper made his appearance Al No. Z The
business OF each was such that they need not
have been ashamed TO have had It known 70
al, but % avoid any sinister suspicious let
them out one at q time, without a sight OF
each other"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

THERE is a wide difference Of opinion
among leading Republicans as to wheth-
er the grand old party has at last passed
in its checks. Some of them think it
has, while others express their belief
that it viii be in good fighting trim for
the Presidential campaign in 1894. It
NAV possibly be able TO stand again on
its legs two wears hence. but the chances
are all against IT, And still history NAV
partially repeat itself. for the Democrat
ic party suffered a reverse in 1910 auise
as disastrous as the one that has lust
overwhelmed Rnpublicanism, and vet in
four years it recovered and defeated
Henry Clay for the Presidency by elect
ing James K. Polk.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

THE late election effectually disposed
ofseveral members Of Congresswho were
prominently Identified with the passage
Of the river and harbor bill. Page. of
California. Chairman of the Committee
on Commerce, who reported the bin.
and under whose leadership the Job was
passed over Mr.. Arthur's veto. was de-
feated, although he regarded his re-eIee-
tion as beyond doubt Miles Ross and
William Fl. Harris. Democrats. who
represented the Third and Fourth New
Jersey districts, both strongly Demo-
cratic, were also slaughtered. MANY
Others met a similar fate. while sever
al others were reelected in the Southern
states who richly deserved defeat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

AFATHER STAMPS HIS CHILD TO DEATH
= VIM. Phelps, residing at Dlxor Springs,
H., found fault with his Six-veaT old daugh-
ter for some tlifliUg cause on Monday, and
the child began crying. This iucansed the
father who commenced yelling at her which
added 70 her fears and caused her TO cry
more loudly. This WAS too much for Phelps
and he paced the floor of the apartment
swinging his arms to and fro and swearing
violently By this time the little chiId had
nestled in che corner almost lifeless with
fear Suddenly the infuriated man turned
around as if struck by some unseen power
and rIvcuPd his eyes on the almost unCon-
scious body Of the child. Then with bound
ne sprang upon her struck her until life was
extinct. He then left the house. and mount
ING horse, made rapidly for the woods As
soon as the news became known party of
citizens held a council and decided to capture
the murderer and lynch him without cerp-
monV. On Tuesday they were searching the
country IN variOus elections and were hope
FOL of securing him before many hours.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

a UNITED STATES BOND was worth
in the money markets Just as much on
the day after the election as on the dav
before, and no rolling or steel mill. fur
mace, nor single cotton mill. has closed
It's business in consequence of the Dem
ocratic tornado that swept over the
country from Massachusetts TO CaIifor-
MIA week ago last Tuesday, And yet
the people have been told bv Republican
newspapers and Republican stump
speakers, as they have often been told
before, that swift and dire ruin vould
overtake the business interests Of the
country if they elected a Democratic
Congress. What is called Free Trade
Tor political effect is condition Of
things that can never be practically es-
taolished in the United States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

A CHILD HEROINE -Ho " t---r---
trains on the Missouri Pacific R-r---4 -.z' .z'
saved from n terrible wreck br fra .l..'.55..-
fuiuess and heroism OF a little r#-r 4. .l-- -
told oy the St Louis ReDu5 relr r. - ~
date.
She was only q litt1e gil. dressed r--s---.
xarb. but with face thHf hea1Hse .rr--a--. .--e-
ndence and love. A min ta-uTe u-a. .Ha-
years. but yesterday she pgrf-rrle- a- - ~. II
that places he on q level with Joan rf A. -
ence NIGHTINGALE. and other Ls-H.raH r--. ~.
have been emblaz ned on tlF s-rn.. .r r.-a -
Yesterday morning as the Ie-a--H- O. ir.--r.-.-
ger train on tne Missouri Faa.rr Ea"--= ~
rushing A. fun speed through the rlt u- --- ~
between Glendale and Webster stations ~. 80
ueer noticed L.tie girl stauElr- on t-l ----.
waving her apron wildly aud Masking r-r.a- -
engineer was undecided for moment far.a-I--
that the child was Hr play. He looked sac ~
suG the little maid stil holding her -rs1-.-- ---
still waving aloH the signal 30 f.-rra=s TEa il
gine wa reversed and the steam u-.za- r--r.-1
the train coming % q halt almost .u 1.faI. %
the curve. Looking down the road o. .a-a RI.
train men were Lorrited To- sec -ln Wr-r.--.--
express coming down upon o.. and tla .-.rsr '---
still on the track waTiug her apron. The grv#-r-
OF the incoming train saw The chIIlH signal ~
the engine was stopped within IrI feet Q. -rs r-F
fers0u City train. Both trains were .1 .tg .s-.
track and according % the best ma-l..r r-.tH-- ri
been for the girls action terrible acc. dent u-9
have occurred, entailing q great loss OF I.fa ~
girl disappeared az soon as the danger uss -va-
and her name and residence could u1- be iea--za
The railroad coUpau will see that size ls s1lta. q
rewarded.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

W. Z. Hensel, Chairman Of the Dem
ocratic State Committee, richly deserves
the thanks of the Democracy of the en-
tire Commonwealth for the able. efficient
and satisfactory manner in which he
conducted the recent campaign. He
made no mistakes, as we think even
Cooper himself, Chairman of the Repuh-
lican State Committee, will frankly ad-
NIT, but did his work thoroughly and
well. Such meE are eminently worthy
Of the party's honors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

A MOTHERS HEROIC DEATH At an ear
" hour on Friday morning ERE broke out in
The residence of John Heper, well to do
farmer living in the WilliamStOwn Valley.
near Tower City, Schuylkii county, Mr.
Hepler was away from home. Mrs. HepIer
and six children were all in bed at the time
Ihe cracking flames which soon spread and
rapidly enveloped the whole building, awoke
Mrs. Hepier, VITO. conscious OF the danger
which surrounded her and her family rush
ed to the aid Of the children who slent in
uIHefent rooms. She succeeded i'm saving
hve OF them. Almost exhausted she again
entered the burning building for the slyth
enid, an interesting two wear old boy. the
youngest of the family. Before she reached
ms hedSlde, escape was cut off and both per
ishPd in the flames. When their cbarrad re-
mains were found they were locked in each
others arms. Mrs. HepleT was 40 wears of
age. The origin of the fire was not exactly
KNOWN, but IS supposed to have been started
In the kitchen. The house, with all its con-
tents was totally destroyed
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17
Influence ortbe so,I Ha,,,,

The Influence of the soil on the health Of
those living upon it, is brought out very
plainly during the prevalence of the epidem.
lc diseases. That malarial diseases (iike in
teImltthht fevers) originate from the soil, Is
already accepted and recent investioations
show pretty conclusively that the germs of
Cholera. Abdominal Typous, Yellow Fever.
ana the plague are in some wav connected
with the soil, which is daily corroborated nv
the marvellous effect PsraIaa has on those dis
eases, and IN their convaiescrnt state. Jnhn
u r. Courtney, OF Cory, Pa, saws II am
SUI getting better, thanks to your Per,tno
ano N7rnltr," See page "a iu Oils Of Life
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

THE notorious George NJ. Robeson,
Of New jersey, who was defeated for
Congress by Mr.. Thomas NJ. Ferren. a
Democrat and wOrkingman. being a
glass-blower, charges his overthrow to
the influence Of the railroads in his dis
trict and the combined opposition of the
Philadelphia press. Well, haven't the
railroads and Philadelphia papers. in the
interest of public honesty and decencv,
perfect right to combine for the laud-
able purpose of throttling one Of the
most rapacious thieves and plunderers
that ever disgraced n seat in Congress ?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

THE official vote in all the counties
of the State, except Philadelphia. Ale
gheny, Sullivan and Wyoming, and ia
king the returns of these four counties
as reported, give Pattison a majority of
39,6ll over Beaver. The total vote for
stewart, the independent candidate
Will be about IS 000-not quite one third
OF what he claimed in ali his speeches.
Ihe next State Senate will stand 28 Re-
publieans to 81 Democrats and the
House liz Democrats TO 50 Republicans
giving the Democrats majority Of d
and, on joint ballots. 10. We will pub.
lish the official vote OF all tie State
candidates next Geek.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

THE latest Star Route story goes to
show that there was not perfectly fair
dealing amOug the plundereTs, or, as it
is more bluntly put, Brady bled Dor
sey at will" Ex-senator Spencer. now
absent from Washington on vague pub
lie business as a Government director on
the Union Pacific Railroad, was want
ed" for the purpose of testifying that he
had seen Dorsey pay money to Brady
Another less eminent witness. a Mr.
Sickles,' according to report made
10y special agent in Arkansas to tbe
POstoilice Department last year was
asked by Dorsey to witness the payment
by him 10 Brady OF $4,000 On the Star
Route trial this Mr.. Sickles remembered
nothing of the transaction, though cur-
lously enough, be testified that he had
an Interview on the subject with Dorsey
before going into Court. Wbet her
Spencer suddenly went away because
his memory is less treacherous is matter
Tor conjecture but the story now told
VIII strengthen the feeling with which
he is wanted
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

"UNCLE'JAKE ZEIGLER. of the But
Ter Herald. has been elected to the Leg
islature. and already looms up as a
prominent candidate for Speaker of the
lower House. for which none of the half
dozen or more named is any better, if
quite so well, fitted. We are not a men,
Der Of the Legislature, and never expect
to be. but if we were 'tUncle Jake"
could count on one vote, at least, as ex-
ceedingly solid for him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

TIE BEATIFICATIOS OF SIR TE1vg
Mora Paris correspondent of the 1-.
don Times, writing under date of Octlts,
3lst SAYS
The proposed heatifcati0n Of Bishop Flshsru-z
Sir Thomas More emiuAted. according 90 ur
evenings Monde. from Cardinal Mamma r-.
ukswisa smoathe1 away al Ohsticles on trs us-
Of the English Govern meut. and even Esr leEa
for the state a-chteEes 90 Pee consulted and used u
State paper Ufteu Isl =Irie o. eveIv lure5f f.
tori.
would. M the ordinary course. have had E- -l
several wear but TgufihCEl q tllu Ia-l l
lowed the rr-g step 90 le already taken. an q
advisers Of the t-CnrrHgatfou OF Rites viii s
he summoned -r decide whether there d. any
lection - the Introduction Df The r9usH-
On their le-ittuE iu the negative. THE I.1s vii
derrce such introduction. and Bishop Fisher l1
Sir Thomas More viii thereby az once -e elL..s e.
90 Venerable 10 The hundred uf their fellow -E
tyre iu Henry WINS reign are inll-del l1 .tza
proceedings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

One of the most gratifying results of
the election is the return for the tenth
time 10 Congress of Judge Holman, of
Indiana. the ''old watchdog of the
treasury The district in which he
lives was formed in such way by Re.
publican Legislature as was thought
certain to defeat him, but the people of
the district regularly re-e!ect him be-
cause they know him and fully appreci-
ate his usefulness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

AS THE NEXT Congress will contain
40 overwhelming Democratic majority
the Republicans can again throw tub
to the negro whale by nominating Jos.
II. Rainey. (colored), of South Carolina,
for Chief Clerk, when they know that he
can't be elected. That is a way they
have of pulling the wool over the color
ed mans eyes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17
Gambria fireman.
EBENs5URc. pa,
FRIDAY, NOV. IL, 1882.

COMPLETE returns from Illinois give
Raab. the Democratic candidate for
superintendent of Public Instruction, a
majority of 2,s5S over Stratton, his Re
publican opponent. Where, oh where
IL this sort of thing to stop?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

Mr. BLAINE said to a personal friend
IN Boston on last Friday Il wish it
distinctly understood that 1 am not
candidate for the Presidency OF any
other political Office, and nothing can
induce me to become such" II was not
at all necessary for Mr. Blaine to say
this, for the reason that he will never
be President, TO matter how ardently
he might cOvet the distinction.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-11-17

PATTIsON's plurality in Luzerne coun-
~ is 3,513, a considerable portion of
which was owing to the large Welsh
vote cast in his favor. When, Oh! when
will the Welsh voters of Cambria--or,
to put it in a more modest way, about a
bakers dozen of them-cOmmence imi-
tating the example Of their brethren in
Luzerne while the lamp holds out
to burn, - etc.