Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-30

Cook when Cook determined 10
20. The fastidious Brewster, of
course, would not lie deliberately
he has only made a mistake. We
wish he would tell us what George Bliss
was doing with Bosler's books. How did
Bliss and Bosler get together ? That is
stranger than the conjunction of BOsler
and Gibson. And why should Bliss oh
ject to Gibson working with Bosler When
BOsler seems to have been working with
Bliss If some one would let us have
the secret history OF this Star Route
prosecution maybe We would understand
better how so much money was spent
without anyone being hurt.
WHAT is this we hear about an indis
position on the part of Auditor General
Lemon and State Treasurer Bailey, to
comply with the law recently enacted,
recurring the sinking fund moneys to be
invested in interest bearing bonds in
stead of being scattered around among
the favored repositories of the state !?
1t is L notorious fact that for years the
state finances have been manipulated in
the interest of the politicians. For Il
long time there ha, been carried along
in the treasury a balance OF several mil
lions. which is scattered around among
the banks of the state. There is no proof
that the slate officers get interest for it,
but it is unquestionably wrong that such
a large idle balance of the peoples
money bs kept on hand for the benefit of
the favored corporations, and there is IA
strong suspicion that they give some
consideration for it. The IIumes bill was
intended to transfer this money from such
uses to safer and interest bearing in
yestment in state and government
bonds. Such a change IS highly pGop+r
and will make money for the state. b,
sides, it is commanded by the law, and
any attempt to Obstruct it by the II"
publican commissioners of the sinking
fund should promptly be met by invok
ing the law to compel its observance.
The return to the Republican party
of the " harmony announced by join
Stewart and Senator Mitchell is nnt
only accompanied by the most violent
exhibitions of Republican partisanshl
at Harrisburg, but promises in Philadel
phia to threaten serious reaction
against the Reform policy which had
made some headway there by the soli,
support of the Philadelphia Democrats
aided by considerable element of In
dependent Republicans. The first man
Hesitation of it is in the opposition;
to the reelection of John Huggarl
as president of the board of
guardians of the poor. Though i
Democrat, he was not elected rs such.
nor has lie, in any degree, administered
the duties of his Office as partisan. On
the contrary he is acknowledged on all
hands to lie as eminently fair as he is
intelligent, honest and efficient. But
simply because he is a Democrat and
the opposition have a majority they have
resolved that he must 60. Even such al
advanced Republican journal as the Bul
letin declares the opposition to him to be
as unwise as it is unprincipled. But t
reunited party of Quay and Stewart viii
"let no Democrat escape"
THE members of the House at Har-
risburg, yesterday, engaged in wranglt
abou1 the attitude of parties during the
war for the Union. To he sure, this ha'
nothing to do with fair division of th'
state into congressional districts. bat "a
the House has so little to do, some of IT.
members must find or make occasion Il
let ont the political speeches which
Speaker France SO successfully KEEP
corked up during the regular ses
sion. 1t was very natural tha
the Republicans became irritate,
beyond the bounds of parliamentary de
cency at the prompt avOwal of one I"
their number that the Republicans pro
posed gerrymander and the Democrat:
only asked for fair apportionment
which he would vote for. 1t was natural,
too, that some of the Democrats LOST
their heads and their temper wher
the stale cry of copperhead" 8" ant
"rebel" was raised; but, after all, il
would he far more creditable to tht
sober sense of the majority to let brawl
ers like Lands, and Brown. of Erie, pro
ceed with their bombastic gasconalt
undisturbed, or turn them over exclu
sively to Hughey Mackin for fit answers
to their indecency of speech.
A Public Ledger correspondent, wht
shows himself to be a lawyer, objects t.
the veto of the bill requiring the holder!
of overdue mortgages to assign them
He says that the bill only required thi.
TO be done at the request of the