The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-17
OUR PHILaDFEPHIA LETTER.

TING THE DEVIL-DECIDEDLHP Phob-
LENATICAL-CAMERO RANDALL &
Co.-sHERMAN's PETTY THIEVING-
POOR JIMMIE BLAINE-RATHER sUG- !
aEsTIvE-'CULTURE HAssACHU- /
sETTs, ETC.
TReg.sIar Correspondence Of THE FREEMAN /
PHILADELPHIA, March 13, 1882.
DEAR HENRY-AllOw me to inter-
view you, by putting to you a few in
terrogotaries. Did you ever indulge in
the mysterious game familiarly known
as ''poker," but more affectionately
known by its devotees as, the game of
drd1o Have you ever, like the Mill
Boy of the SlasheS, - the inventor of the
game, sat behind a ''bob-tail flush.,' or
felt the supreme confidence of a good
Christian man when fortified by hand
that held -four aces ?r This great Am
erican game has become so popular i'll
England that the whole realm of Vic
torla has fallen prey to it's blandiSh-
mentS. London journals inform us that
our English cousins have become infat-
uated with the game, and that the
craze over is wild. All of which honor.
If it is an honor, is due to the great
American Gift-Taker.n - While the
ex-President himself is not the inventor
of the "game of draw" he sent a repre-
SChCdtlNC 10 -LnBldUu VINO knew more
about poker than he did about diplo-
macy - and although the ex-Minister
may bave been the direct instrument,
yet the ex-President is responsible. The
American Minister taught the English
Prince of Wales the nod1S operdndisof
the American game, and the Prince
proved to be an apt pupil under his COM
petent instructor. The game of ssdraW
poker' became the Shibboleth of the
Princes popularity, and the game is
now a popular amusement, counting its
victims among women as well as men,
and reaching every grade of society.
The retired chieftain can contemplate
the consequences of his work. now that
the realm of the English Queen has fall
en- prey to the Establishments of the
desolating game of draw. - The half
breeds seem never to have considered
the breadth and depth of this Stalwart
assault upon the morals of an unoffend-
ing nation. 1t was a haplesS day when
the American Minister introduced the
game of ''poker'' in England, MANY
were the sins of commission as well as
of omission laid at the door of ex-Presi-
dent Grants administration yet few
people are aware of the grave conse-
quences of the appointment of General
Schenck as Minister to the Court of st.
James
THE DEVIL TO BE INVESTIGATED.
am rejoiced to learn that "Old
Scratch is going to catch it at last.
The old fellow has been having it pref
ty much his own way for a long time.
but he will soon be brought to bay. The
Rev. Moses Hull, of Erie, is going to in
vestigate the Devil. The Reyerand
gentleman is determined to show when
and how fba naviI v,ou Y,oIa 4 ,,-Iot
is finally to become of him, Good for
the Rev. Moses Hill 1 am rejoiced, as
Will be the people of the whole world,
TO gain a knowledge on these points.
The origin, habits and destiny of that
old fellow have long been in obscurity
He is mischievous, troublesome old
cuss, and it is full time that he should
be investigated.
DECIDEDLY PROBLEMATICAL.
1t is much to be feared that unless the
distinguished Keifer and his trusted
heutenants Robson ard Randall, man.
age things better, that Grant will con-
tinue on the retired list without a pen
sion. 1t would seem that the passage
of the Grant retirement bill through the
House is decidedly prOblematicaI. In
all seriousness the status of the Grant
bill is not what it ought to be for the
ADUIGQGfaCX
gle-handed and alone, and is left by his
ungratefuI cOuntY to wrestle with pow
erty in his old age. If all indications
can be relied on, Keifer is enduring The
pangs Of purchased greatness. He is
now called upon to render a substantial
return for the eXertiOn of the Stalwart
influences, which made him Speaker, by
landing Grant high and dry on a pen
sion of S13, 500 per year. But there are
some troublesome elements to be placa-
ted before he can do So So far as Mr..
Keifer himself is concerned. he has no
conscientious scruples as to voting this
handsome pension to the man who saved .
the country single-handed and alone.
but Gen. Sherman is not we'll disposed !
toward Grant, being stricken, it is said,
with the aesthetic impulse of jealousy.
The jealous General has also brother
John who, although he voted for the
bill in the Senate, is religiously opposed |
to the retirement of the great gift-taker.
There are also other individuals not un-
known to fame from Ohio, and who !
have influence in politics and represent /
in that State formidable Stalwart in !
1uence. Keifer did all the Stalwarts .
had any right to demand when he pack /
ed the military committee for Grant. !
He is not able to deliver the House, /
which exhibits desire to kick over the [
committee and prance around its pros /
trate remains. So the condition of the /
retirement bill in the House is decided /
ly problematical.
CAMERON, RANDALL & co,
The indications are that the coming !
Democratic campaign in Pennsylvania /
is TO he conducted by Cameron and Ran /
dali as a partnership affair against the .
Independent Republicans. The Demo (
cratic candidates to be put up are not .
to be offensive to Mr.. Cameron. He, it /
appears, is to be the Democratic cam /
paign manager for the State of Pennsyl- /
vania as we'll as the Republican cam /
paign manager. A Democratic caucus
for selecting a national committee, pro- /
posed Governor Curtin as a member of /
that committee, but iS was objected to |
for the reason that it would make Mr.. /
Cameron mad. The placing of Mr.. (
Curtin on the Democratic national COM
mittee would madden Mr.. Cameron, but /
the placing of Mr.. Randall in his stead I
on the committee would gladden. Mr. I
Cameron. The Cameron Democrats 1
prevailed and Mr.. Randall was chosen. /
So it appears that Senator Don Gamer
on is the Democratic campaign mana /
ger for theState of Pennsylvania as well [
as manager for his own party. The
Pennsylvania Democrats don't seem to
be afraid of making Senator Mitchell
mad, as they didn't consult him. When
it was said that the selection of Curtin
would surely make Cameron mad, two
Democrats had the unblushing effron-