Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-20

4ulS 10 Ouo VI LILO 0CC0uGIIClIlCS VI
Lancaster county politics which have
given our community such fragrant
reputation over the country.
IT does not appear that Mr.. Peffer, OF
the Carlisle Valley Sentinel, has in any
way indicated that he will not support
the local Democratic ticket, which, he
holds, has not yet been completed.
Under these circumstances his interrO-
CATION by the new county committee as
to his purposes was altogether " too pre-
vious " and the attempted revocation Of
his entirely regular appointment to the
state convention is a mere Jrutun .tul-
men, to which the convention will most
likely scarcely give respectful attention.
HERR SMITH voted with the Democrats
yesterday. Wo trust he found the sensa-
ton delightful.
AT the session of the American institute
Of Homeopathy at indianapolis, last
week, DR.. Talbot, of Boston, made an in
teresting report, which shoys 1000 hom-
Uopathic physicians and 27S institutions
in the United States. They are too
numerous to be snubbed.
THREE more Philadelphia election Off
GERS have been convicted of making false
returns and have been sent to Jail for it
and disqualified from holding Office or
voting for seven years. These little Incl
dents have a tendency to give Cameron
another asonizing season of jumping
tOOthache.
THE agitation over the discomforts and
lack of humane care attending the trans
portation of migrants and other steerage
passengers has its sequel in the passage
by both houses of Congress of a bill which
provides that evory passenger shall be al
lowed 100 cubic feet ON the first deck and
100 on the second deck, and regulates the
construction of the berths. ventilation,
food, surgical attendance. and the separa-
tion of the sexes, etc.
REV. DIR. McCoOE, of Philadelphia,
knows heap about ants and their habits.
He has made special study of them.
But when he tackled the Sunday news.
papers he argued in gross ignorance OF
what he was talking about and gave the
newspapers a most excellent opportunity
to expose tho error of his statements as
we'll as the weakness of his logic Some
of tho Sunday papers do a good deal of
better preaching than is had from the
average Presbyterian pulpits, and we dare
say DR.. McCook reads the Monday papers
with interest not abatcd because much OF
the work done upon them is performed on
| the Sabbath.
, SOME Of the Presbyterian divines cx.
plain that their general assembly could moi
act upon the appeal which came up to it in
regard to Heber Donaldson's dancing case
because il, upon the records presented
the assembly had acquitted, it would
have made no dancing wrong, nc
matter how agsravating the surroundings
If the assembly had sustained the finding
Of the lower courts on the records, it would
have made all dancing wong, no matter
how innocent the circumstances. The as
sembly could not decide either way, fol
neither is the law of the church. Dancing
under the law Of the church is right OF
wrong by reason Of tho circumstances.
The Democratic city convention Of Har
risburg last evening elected J. S. IIalde'
man representative delegate to the state
convention, instructing him to support
Judge Turnkey for governor and George
II. Irwin for lieutenant governor. w. II
Gorgas was nominated for assemblyma,,,
And yet, we are reliably informed that
Judge Turnkey himself recently informed
a leading Democrat of Harrisburg that lie
was not a candidate for governor aud posi-
lively would not accept the nomination ii
rendered it. Moreover, we understand, that
in no event will Judge Turnkey surrender
his commission on the supreme bench tt
head the fight for Democratic success thi:
fall in person. It will be remembered that
the Times and other authorities laid tie
defeat of Judge Pershing, in 1875, to hi
unwillingness to resign from the bcncl
and make the contest for governor at thu
head of the column.
SENATOR CAMERON has been indus
trlously advised that tho best thing hc cal
do is to have an entirely new convention
called for the nomination of a candidate
for congressman, at-large. He has beer
told SO in 4 public way by Marshall ant
Lear and he has boon privately advised
about it 10y McManas and others. Sc
much has been said upon the subject tha,
it is row apparently an accepted notion
both at Washington aud at Harrisburg
that the convention tomorrow will not dc
the work for which it was called together
but, with Cameron's consent. will adjourn
sine die, as it has already once done, aftel
recommending a new convention TO bt
convened under the new rules, to nomi-
nate large only. Sucl
a lame and impotent conclusion will moi
mend matters, and will not concilate the
Independents bit. They arc not to be
placated with even an acceptable candi
date for congressman-a at-large, and GER
tainly if this convention has no power tc
nominate it has even less power to call a
new convention.