The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-05
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, May 1, 1899.

DEAR HENRY bl6 nlSb Aloty VI
May, the anniversary of the Apostles
Philip and James Ia feast of ObligatiOnl,
when my mind should be otherwise en-
crossed. 1 cannot divest it of the regret
entertained on account of the untortu-
nate circumstance that Mr.. Blaine was
not permitted to tell the country all he
knew about thePeruvian guanO business.
How interesting it would have been to
have learned from Mr. B. s own lips the
way the English bond holders of Peru
instigated Chill to make war, and all
about the English governments fleet
of iron clads, which were kept on the
coast for the purpose of sustaining the
foul conspiracy. How very interesting
it would have been had Mr.. Blaine been
permitted to make these disclosures. o,
what a pity ! The public has great rea-
! son to regret that the Observation-Disclosures
Blaine and Belmont brought to a sud
den close the ex-SecretaTy's diplomatic
| revelations. There is always something
Occurring to mar our happiness. Besides
this trouble, l have great anxiety of
mind in regard to the final result of the
| Republican conference to be held in this
city tonight. [ recognize and fear the
/ great dangers which surround the Re-
publican party of Pennsylvania and
! menace its future supremacy. The con-
ference held in this city on Saturday
last between the two wings of the Re-
| publican party led to no practical result.
| Let us hope that the conference tonight
may conceive a satisfactory plan of ad-
I justment on which the Republicans of
, Pennsylvania may be united
THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC STATE COM
MITTEE.
It has been suggested that Geo. Nc
| GOwan be made the chairman of the
I Ilnn1nNrati0 Sfafn ftnY17r,fftaa ho
| suggestion is a wise one For many
/ years in Pennsylvania the Democratic
campaigns have been halting and limp
! ing ones, which crippled themselves at
! every corner, and it is to be hoped that
! the blunderings of the Democratic lead
! ers in past campaigns will be effective
/ in bringing to the front new forces and
/ new leaders. Let the machinery of the
| organization be put in good control. If
! there is to be a successful Democratic
! campaign in Pennsylvania this year it
/ will require the services of our best po-
! lltical workers. The Democracy of
! Pennsylvania wants chairman of the
/ State Committee with good organizing
! pOwerS-One who possesses the requisite
| skill and zeal to develop the party'S full
/ strength in the coming State conflict
| and the party to-day has no man who
/ possesses to a greater degree the requisite
/ skill, knowledge and zeal for the work
1 than George MCGOWAN. He is one of
/ the best organizers in the State and the
most active Democrat in this city He
has more than once carried the party to
/ victory in Philadelphia by his own en-
ergy and sagacity. Let George McGow-
| an take the helm of the Democratic veS-
/ sci.
| WHERE ARE THE WHITE PREACHERS ?
Can it be possible that the white
( preachers and priests of Washington be-
I Iieve that Guiteau is so afflicted by his
| Maker that he has not reason to COM
prehend the plan of salvation offered to
all sinners. Even Beecher, who has
braved public opinion for years, is afraid
to administer to soul drifting on the
verge of eternity. Guiteau was disci-
pie of Beecher. and in his tabernacle sat
under the drippings of the sanctuary,
and although he IS in distress nigh un-
to death. Beecher has not been to see
and pray for him, For months Guiteau
has walked his cell in sight of the glib
bet. and no man of God, save one, has
gone to offer him the consolation of re-
ligiOn and this man, to his great and
enduring credit be it said, is a negro.
Have the preachers of the land, like
politicians, come to fear the mob Has
man made a code of morals which can
bar any creature from the benefit of the
clergy ? Where are the white preachers
Of Washington, the capital city of a
Christian nation
WASHINGTON'S ATMOSPHERIC DEMOR-
ALIZING.
There is something dreadfully demor-
/ aliZing in the Washington atmosphere.
In the great capital of the nation there
is a mawkish sentimentality that at
/ taches to the meanest and vilest thieves.
Dishonesty and vice seem to be peculiar
1 to the climate of Washington city
Sympathy for thieves in that city is a
common thing. 1t is there greatest SYM
pathy is felt for the public thief, How
I gate A great deal of money he stole
from the Government he spent upon a
class of people who make public opinion.
He kept a yacht and a mistress, and en-
= loved perfect immunity from public crit
, icism for the one by the free use of the
other. He left his wife to earn her own
living and shOwered gold upon his mis-
: tress He fitted up for her perfect
2 model of a house and kept her in luXu-
rv. while his course toward his family
, was despicable Should HOWgate, not
withstanding, return, and be tried, con-
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary
he would at once receive executive
, clemencv. come back to Washington.
and enjoy his old society, as does the
: Government thief, eX-Paymaster Hodge.
Paymaster Hodge robbed the Govern
ment of half a million of dollars, was
tried, convicted and sentenced, but was
soon freed from confinement and cham
payne, and returned to Washington ano
t was at once surrounded by the same cir
= Gle of society that wOrshipped pleasure
4 I with him before he became nOmina
/ convict. and was at once given reSpOn
IDLE financial trust for the Washington
4 CITY government. There is something
t demoralizing in the Washington atmos
4 phere that creates public sentiment fo
men of such character as Major Hodg'
: and Captain Howgate.
Il WASHINGTON JURY.
/ The verdict of the Washington jur.
= awarding damages in the case of Halle
il Kilbourn is another proof of Washing
9 toms demOraliZing atmosphere. In
damages awarded are excessive, eXorbi
z tant and outrageous The verdict wa
e contrary to the evidence and the law
n a Jury composed only of such men a
U svmpathiZe with thieves like Hodge ant
:, Howpate could deliberately estimat
" that the confinement of such an infa
- nous, cOntumacious witness as Halle
l. KilbOurn for a period of forty days
n would entitIe him to reparation in tn
> sum of 500, 600. That verdict of Itsel
betrays a dreadfally demoraliZing at
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