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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

AFTER all the high-sounding pro-
fessions of Reform" which the
Independents have dinned into the
public ear, it is now plainly admit
ted by Senator Mitchell and his i'm
mediate friends that the quarrel is
over the offices. "If you will with.
draw the nominations of Kaufman
and, Jackson for Collectors, and Ru'
tan for Marshall" said Senator
Mitchell to the President, and sub
stitute other men belonging to my
faction we will be good, and moi
break up the party; if not, then we
will raise Cain, and bust up the old
machine if we can" If Senator
Cameron had made such a demand
it would have been called rank
bossism," but coming from Senator
Mitchell it is called REFORM" ant
the Pharisees roll up their eyes ant
cry Behold, what good thing il
| lindependence.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
From the Leeenon Courier.

From the Lbonon Courier.
It is a pity that all the Republi.
cans of Pennsylvania could not have
been at the Republican State Con-
ventiOn at Harrisburg, last week, to
see how little ground there is for the
wide declarations made about Sena-
tor Cameron controlling such con-
ventions. They would have seen
Beaver nominated for Governor bv
delegates coming up from every part
of the State, representing in that
nomination the unprecedented una
nimity of their constituency. Mr..
Cameron could no more have defeat
ed the nomination of Beaver, had he
desired to do so, than he could have
turned back the waters of the Sus-
quehanna. They would have fur.
ther seen Senator Cameron urging
the nomination of Wolfe for Lieu.
tenant Governor, and the conven-
ton nominating Davies. They
would further have seen Senator
Cameron for Butler for Congressman
at-Large, and the convention nomi-
mating Marshall. Senator Cameron
is entitled to his preferences in the
Republican party as any other Re-
publican is, but to say that he con.
trolls the opinions OF the intellipent
representatives from all parts Of the
State Who 60 to State conventions is
an outrage on truth. and an iusult
t. the intelligence and honesty OF
the Republicans of Pennsylvania.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24


CLEVELAND, o.. May lS.-N'hile
racing with the steamer Jay Cooke
about mile south of Kelly ; Island.
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the
steamer American Eagle exploded.
Her steam drum blew her smoke
stack overheard. blowing out part
of her cabin and uisi,-ane deck,
and setting fire to tie ioat- The
fire was put out before doing much
damage. The explosian shook
houses on the land two miles distant
F. Battle, fireman, and Frank Wal
ters. porter, were fatally, and the
engineer and four passengers seri-
ously, scalded. The unfortunate
passengers are Mr.. Gilbert, of San
dusky, Ohio, and John Lutz and
Mrs. Lutz and daughter of Middle
Bass Island. The Jay Cooke was
leading in the race, but only about
a length ahead, and the flying frag.
ments of the American Eagle passed
close to her stern and over her with
out striking. The Cooke rounded
and came to alongside the unfortu'
nate steamer and rendered all assist
ance possible to both boat and pas
sengers until tugs from Middle Bass
Island and Put-in-Bay arrived with
surgical aid. The boats are rival
passenger steamers plying be
tween Sandusky and Detroit and
the Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass
Island fishing and pleasure resorts
and in season are always crowded
with pleasure-seekers. Fortunately
the passenger list to-day was short
on account of the cold weather.
The wrecked steamer is being tow
ed back to Sandusky tonight, while
the Jay Cooke goes on her route
Reckless racing is common beeweer
boats of rival lines to those resorts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

WHAT would the Independents "
have? Three of the candidates on
the ticket-Dayies, Rawle and Mar
shall-belong to their wing OF the
party, and two of them-Rawle and
Marshall-both before and since
their nominations, have avowed
their antagonism to Senator Gamer
on's political methods, while a
greater part of the platform was
dictated by their leaders.
fit be true, as they allege, that 1t
was Stalwart convention, then the
Stalwarts proved their magnanimity
and their desire for harmony by
giving them majority of the places
on the ticket. If it be machine "
ticket, as they say, then for once at
least. the machine nominated can
didates opposed to it and its ways.
If it be a Cameron set-up," as they
charge, it is most singular that the
Senator is attempting to place in
power men that openly declare they
will have none of him. It's absurd,
preposterous, weak, nay, silly to
make such allegations. There never
was assembled in the State con-
ventioa more free of dictation, one
more harmonious, one more bent on
Cancellation, or more determined to
placate all shades of opinion within
our ranks. The personale OF the
ticket it nominated is admitted to
be irreproachable and unassailable,
and nothing but the mere madness
of faction can or does find fault with
the convention or its nominees.
The candidates are worthy of and
entitled to the support of every Re
publican in the State, and they will
receive it. The selfstyled Indepen-
dents who are about placing another
ticket in the field, are simply play,
ing into the hands of the Democrats,
and they know it. They can ac-
complish nothing but the overthrow
OF the Republican party, and they
are simply laboring for that purpose
Let every true Republican stand by
the ticket with the gallant Beaver al
its head, and let him always and
ever remember that "they who are
not with us are against US.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
A Young Girls Presence of Mind.

PITTSBURGH, May 16.-Fire broke
out last night in the picking room of
the Eagle Cotton Mill in Allegheny,
in which large number ofgirls and
boys are employed. Had it not
been for the presence of mind of
one girl there might have been loss
oflife. as the girls were mostly coop
ed up in rooms not easy of egress.
As it was all escaped without injury
and without panic, rs the girl, whose
name no one could give, passed
quietly through the rooms and noti-
fed ali to get out, as the mill was
on fire. The mill is owned by the
Eagle Cotton Mill Company. The
damage done will to $40, 900.
The mill is insured for $4,000, but
the manager positively refuses to
state IN what companies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
A Student Shot by a Professor.

MINNEAPoLls, May 16.-A num-
Der of students of the State Univer-
sity were out on a spree last night
and being followed by some of the
faculty, who proposed tocapture and
discipline them, one of the students,
named Asa Paine. who was pursued
by Professors Moore and Pike, find
ing that he was likely to be caught,
turned and displayed a revolver.
Thereupon Professor Pike drew a
pistol and fired, the shot taking ef-
feet in Paine's thigh. The wound is
not serious, but there is a great deal
of excitement, as the bad feeling be-
tween the faculty and students is oi
long standing, the latter having been
aggressive. No arrests have been
made.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
Increased Wheat Acreage in Dakota

ST. PAUL, May IA large mum
Der Of persons in Northern Dakota
send reports fully confirming the es-
Inmates of the increased wheat acre.
age in that section and on both sides
of the Red River Valley. The in
crease ranges from 10 to so per cent
and averages 80 between the Missis.
sippi river and Red river. In North
Dakota the increase ranges from %
to 80. In the newly opened terrific
ry along the Northern Pacific be-
tween the Red river and Devils
Lake, the increase can hardly be es.
timated in percentages. The wet
prairie of last year now contains
thousands of acres of wheat. The
weather is favorable and work is pro-
crossing finely. Equally favorable
reports come from Southern Mime.
sofa. Much more corn will be plant.
ed than heretofore.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
Death of Hon. Thos. f. Cochran.

Hon. Thos. f. Cochran, a distin-
guished citizen of Pennsylvania, an
ex-Auditor General of the State and
a member of the Constitutional Con.
vention of1S73, died at his residence
at York Wednesday last after a
lingering illness. Mr.. Cochran long
occupied prominent position in
the politics of the State, and held
many important offices. He was al
one time member of the State Sen
ate. and was elected Auditor Gener-
al on the peoples Ticket" in 1889
He was for number of years the
editor of the leading Republican
journal of York, and exerted pow
erful influence on the politics OF
that county.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

The pretext that Senator Cameron
or the machine" forced or made
the nominations, is the merest twad-
die. Two Of the FIVE sere made by
acclamation, two others we're virtu-
ally made without opposition, and
the remaining one was made over
the votes of the Senator's warmest
friends. Two OF the nominees
Rawle and Marshall-are outspoken
and determined in their political
hostility 10 him. and another-Da-
vies-proved his independence OF
him by standing by Grow and re-
fusing to go into caucus at the last
Senatorial election. Mr.. Cameron
swan with the current in his sup
port OF Beaver and Davies, and he
is entitled to commendation, as is
every other true Republican, for
sinking personal considerations and
heartily supporting the ticket chosen
by the convention.
In this matter, as a Republican,
be was entitled to express his choice,
as we all were, and as a true Repub'
lican he bows to the will of the ma
jority. The wayfaring man, though
fool, cannot be deceived by this
preposterous howl raised by those
who are laboring for the overthrow
of the party, that Bosses and
the Machine " controlled the nom.
nations.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

Boss CAMERON nominated the
ticket" shout the cranks. Suppose
he did, Was there ever better
ticket nominated in the State? Who
can OR dare say a word against the
ability or integrity of any man on
it? If Cameron did nominate it, it
only proves his sagacity, his love of
his party, and his earnest desire for
its success. The Gods truth is,
Cameron could have ms easily dam
med the Niagara villa hod full OF
clay as prevent the nomination OF
Beaver, Davies, Greer or Marshall.
He swan with the current, that is
oil. If the cranks who are in hys-
terics over the nominations had half
the sense he is possessed of, they
would do rs he did-come in out of
the rain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

WOLFE is on the rampage again
He has been elected delegate to
the Philadelphia convention, and
declares that peace is impossible.
And yet he proposed the peace con-
ference, was chairman of the Inde-
pendent committee, favored and
signed the basis of agreement that
was carried out at Harrisburg and
incorporated in the platform, and
now he turns round and eats his
own words, denies his own offspring
and swears that peace is impossible,
even on his own terms. Nothing
win satisfy fellows Of his kidney,
except the overthrow of the party
that declines to let him boss il.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

There was never a better illustra-
ton of the adage of ! cutting of
your nose to spite your face" than
the determination of the Independ-
ents to destroy the Republican par
ty simply to overthrow several of its
able leaders. They know they have
not the ability to elect their ticket,
but they hope to throw the State
into the hands of the Democrats and
thus vent their spite on the party
whose leaders they cannot reach.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

The writer of the following isthe
president of select council of Phila.
delphia, was elected to councils ovel
the Republican nominee by con.
vention of Independents and Dem.
ocrats. and has never been anything
else than an Independent Republi.
can. His short letter tersely ex.
presses what should be the feeling
of every one who has an ounce ol
Republican blood in his veins and
is not consuming with ambition to
hold office:
T. d. HKee, Esq:
DEAR SrR-I find upon calm consideration
that am unwilling to take part in the In.
dependent movement that fear is intend.
ed, and would, therefore, beg to ask you tc
drop my name from your committee. Whilst
have my objections to the manner in which
some of the candidates upon the Republi.
can State ticket were chosen. yet must &C.
knowledge that personally they are gener-
ally such as ! can support, and / am moi
willing to aid in giving the State, and fear
the national administration eventually, into
the hands of the Democratic party as an or.
ganization. With personal regards.
Yours truly,
WILLIAM b. SMITH.
Philadelphia, May Is, 1882.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

way Of indicating personal hostility
to Senator Cameron than by over
throwing a party. The machinery
is too heavy for the work, and the
experiment is too much like that Of
the man who cut off bis nose to
spite his face. The trouble is to pu,
the nose back again just right = Ia
ter. Orcna.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

SENATOR MITCHELL has decided
to bolt the Harrisburg ticket, and
has hurried home to help elect him.
self a delegate to the Independent
convention. If the Senator had Ia
ken half the interest in electing
delegates to the regular convention
that he does in securing representa-
tives to the kickers' gathering, things
might have been different, and he
would have occupied more manly
position.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

THE characters of the Republican
candidates are so irreproachable,
their abilities are so well known,
their merits SO undeniable, that the
only possible objection that can be
urged against them by the implaca-
BILE Independents, is the allegation
that they were the choice of Senator
Cameron and not of the Republicans
of the State, and were nominated
not by the people, but by the ma
chine. Let US apply the test Of well
known facts to these charges, and
see what they are worth.
The convention was composed. of
Republican delegates of every shade
of opinion prevailing within the
party, and they were elected by all
the different methods of selecting
delegates known to party usage.
This convention, so constituted,
by unanimous vote, placed General
BEAVER in nomination for Governor.
Not dissenting voice, mark you !!
but every man in the convention
jointng in hearty accord in this
nomination.
To the nomination of DAVIES for
Lieutenant Governor there was not
the shadow of opposition. He was
the only candidate before the con-
vention. In this great State of
Pennsylvania no Republican had
come forward to contest the nomi-
nation with him, and for him also
every delegate voted with hearty ac-
claim.
MARSHALL was also nominated
for Congressman-at-L Large, on the
first ballot, with the same unparal-
lelled unanimity. Several gentle
men had been named to the con-
vention for this honor, but before
one-third of the roll of delegates had
been called, it became SO apparent
that Mr.. Marshall was the choice of
an immense majority of the conven-
ton, that the other candidates were
withdrawn, and his nomination was
made by a unanimous vote.
For Secretary of Internal Affairs,
GREER was nominated on first bal
lot by vote of l29 to 81 for Rogers,
the balance of the delegates casting
complimentary votes for their local
candidates.
The only struggle made for a
nomination was that for Supreme
Judge. Several candidates were
placed in nomination, but the con-
test was really between BRowN, of
Pittsburgh, and RAwLE, of Philadel-
phia, and Rawle was nominated on
second ballot. In this contest Sem
ator Cameron was openly and ac-
lively for Rawle, but many of his
friends antagonized him. Magree
and Rutan-dubbed Cameron's lieu
tenants, Marshall Hall, Of Wash
ington, Brown, of Mercer, ex-Attor-
ney General Lear, of Bucks, and a
score more of Mr.. Cameron's WE'LL
known friends supported Brown,
while the Independent" delegates
from Washington, Lawrence, Tioga
and other counties broke away from
their instructions and pledges. and
voted for Rawle. In fact. the con-
test was mainly one Of locality, and
it is to the anti-Cameron, not the
Cameron men, that Mr.. Rawle owes
his nomination.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

The Bradford Erening Star says
that to frantically and indiscrimi-
nateIy damn the Camerons seems to
afford considerable satisfaction to a
certain class of bilious politicians.
There is no particular harm in this
sort of thing. but it is well enough
to remember once in a while that
the Camerons have done more for
the material interests of Pennsylva-
MIA than any other two public men
ever did for this or any other State
in the Union.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24


WAsnrx6rox, May l9-General
Sheridan to-day forwarded to the
Adjutant General of the Army the
following copy of telegram which
had been received from General Pope
yesterday Following telegram just
received: The situation at Messalero
Agency much the same, only worse
than it was with Cheyennes. The
Messaleros must be fed, or they viii
sta-ve. The Indian Bureau, it APP
pears. can't feed them, or Il heavy
military force must be placed around
them to make them starve peaceably-
There is time yet to provide for them,
but it cannot safely be postponed
1t should be attended to at once"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

HoN. WILLIAM T. DAVIES now
nominated for Lieutenant Governor,
and Hon. John NJ. Greer, now nom-
mated for Secretary of Internal Af-
fairs, by the late State Convention,
are both members of the present
State Senate, both being elected two
years ago, for the term of four years.
This will consequently leave two
years unexpired of their term when
elected this fall.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
Two Men Hanged by a Mob.

NEW ORLEANS. May 17.-The
Times Democrats st. Martinsville
special says three hundred men yes.
ter1ay took Joseph E. Jenkins, who
murdered his brother-in-law on
Monday night, from the Jail and
took him to the place of the murder,
near Breaux Bridge, and hung him.
On the way from St. Martinsville
they came across a colored man
named Eugene Azar, who killed a
young man last January, and he
was also hanged on the same tree
with Jenkins.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

THE Philadelphia Pres- and all
the other influential Independent
journals of the State have abandon
ed Wolfe and his followers, and are
heartily supporting Beaver and the
ticket of the Harrisburg Convention.
II is only the cranks, the rule or
ruin " fellows, the little bosses with
sore heads and scabs on their backs,
that are trying to defeat the party
by bowling for the boilers.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

CHAIRMAN COOPER has promptly
and vigorously opened the cam
paign- His address to the Republi-
cans Of the State will be found on
the fourth page of this paper, and is
a terse and forcible presentation of
the tissues of the present campaign,
and the reasons why the regular
Republican ticket should be elected.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
THE REAL TROUBLE.

THE New York Tribune has dis
covered what the real trouble is in
Pennsylvania. 1t is not the Repub-
lican ticket or the Republican plat
form. The trouble is President
Arthur's course in making every
appointment Senator Cameron has
asked for, Notwithstanding Senator
Mitchell's opposition. Further of
the real trouble is found in the fact
that President Arthur, instead of
appointing Lucius Thompson Sur
veyor of the Port of Philadelphia, as
President Garfield had done, turned
and appointed Mr.. Nevin. Garfield
appointed Thompson, and he was
not confirmed through the influence
of Senator Cameron. Arthur ap-
pointed Nevin, and Cameron ap-
proving, Nevin was confirmed.
This is the real trouble. The In
dependents on this theory are op-
posed to the President and Senator
Cameron, but these two gentlemen
being out of their reach, they pro-
pose to defeat General Beaver and
the other candidates on the Repub-
lican ticket, just to show how mad
they are. As they can't punish
Senator Cameron himself, they pro.
pose to punish the party at large.
In other words, they propose to re-
form the Republican party in Penn
sylvania by defeating it.
They want to throw Cameron
overheard, but having tried to do
that and failed, they propose to get
rid of the troublesome passenger by
scuttling the ship. AS Mark Twain
would put it, this doesn't seem to be
quite right. The scheme doesn't
have that degree of reasonableness
Republicans have right to expect.
1t drags the President into State
elections in a left-handed, awkward
way. 1t makes the Pennsylvania
Republicans responsible for the
Presidents action without giving
them any power to control that ac-
ton. 1t is but another way of say
ing to the President: If you don't
throw Cameron overheard we will
elect Democrats to Office"
The men who hold this threat
over the Presidents head are of
course very much opposed to the
spails system. But they say, in so
many words, that the real trouble is
that the men recommended by Sem
ator Mitchell are not appointed to
Office, while those recommended by
Senator Cameron are. The real
trouble is that the wrong men get
the offices. If the President changes
his course and appoints other men,
are we to understand that all objec-
tions to General Beaser viii be With
drawns Ifso, the objections are not
worth considering simply as objec-
tons. There ought to be some other
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

ST. LouIs, Mo-, May 17.-Four
tramps were arrested near Collins
vile, ILL.,, on Monday for robbery,
and lodged in the Edwardsville Jail.
Yesterday one of them confessed
they not only committed the robbery
for which they were arrested, but
that on Sunday uight they robbed
and killed negro near Collinsville,
and then put his dead body on the
railroad track, which was afterwards
run over by a coal train and horri-
bly, mangled.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

DEMOCRATS are greatly dissatisfied
over the Harrisburg convention.
They were expecting a row and an
Objectionable ticket. The harmony
that prevailed and the acknowledged
strength of the ticket have quite
shattered their hopes.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
Jeanette Survivors.

LIVERPOOL. May 17.-Lieutenant
Danenhouer, Mr.. Newcomb, the nat
uralist Jack Cole, the insane sea-
man, and Long Sing, survivors of the
Jeanette Arctic expedition, arrived
here this evening. all ingood health.
Mr.. Packard the United States Con.
sui, has taken passage for them on
the White star steamer Celtic, which
sails from Liverpool tomorrow for
New York.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24
Killed and Injured by a Cyclone.

CHICAGO, May 16.-A special lis
patch frora Fort Smith says that the
total number of kille d and wounded
by the recent cyclone at McAlIister,
Indian Territory, foots up 100. OF
these, fifteen are already dead, many
are manned for life, and others can
not recover.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

THE n. Y. Tribune is. furnishing
pabulum for the Independent kick
ers in this State, and attempts to be
wonderfully facetious at the expense
of Senator Cameron. This sweet
scented journal kicked itself out of
the Republican party in 1872, and
afterwards begged its way back into
circulation in Pennsylvania through
the medium of a circular-letter from
Senator Cameron, recommending it
to the support of Republicans. 1t
now repays the Senator's kindness
by unceasing Misrepresentation and
abuse.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-24

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 1S.-The men
in all the principal tanneries struck
at noon to day, because those in the
preparing department, who asked
for an advance of 81 a week, s12 in
all. were refused it. The employers
will shut down, About 1000 of the
1900 tanners employed in Chicago
are. therefore, out of work.