Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-01-09
HERE AND THERE.

Ii will probably surprise a great many
people who have never regarded William
II. Kcmblc in any other light than a success
full business man, daring lobbyist and n dis
gincod politician, to be told that he has one
of the finest private libraries in rhiladel.
phia the accumulation of his own taste and |
good selection. 1t is especially rich in some
speciaties Of the photographers and its col |
lection Of literature pertaining TO the |
"Junius Letters" " is the best I'm Phila- |
dephia.
Talking Of medical fees q celebrated physi. |
clan says that he has heard the same profes- |
sional service performed Ivy the same doctor |
rated at SIS in indianapolis 500 in Philadel- |
phia aud $500 In New York. And yet there |
are many people who come from Now York |
as well as from the West to Philadelphia for !
medical treatment Tho faculty there
maintains its prominence,
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Said a gentleman ON Tho train the other
day, looking across one of the broad land
scapcs that sweep away from the Pcnusylva-
mia railroad between Lancaster and philadCl-
phia: "For many years have made study
of what l might call the 'physiognOmv of
houses. They have a sort of human expires
sion for me. l see onc-oyed houses, and blind
houses; broad faced, hoSpitahle homes. and
some weazen-faced and stingv-looking dwell
ingS; there are those with a cheer
full and others with q sinister look.
Like men and women, they change
rs they grow older. Some places al
ways have cold look in winter and seem
hot in summer; others are jus. the contrary.
on the whole there is a lack of good rural
architecture in this highly improved country
Of Eastern Pennsylvania; and many folks
who could for $50 plan have building
| adapted to its location and surroundings. for
| the want OF it waste money. lack comforts
| and erect monuments Of UEliucSs and bad
taste"
Contractors who have been doing work on
| the new y. & O. Il. II. limo between Philadcl-
| phia and Baltimore, report that the employ
| ingCompdny's officers are "striCt constructions
| lists" They hold their contractors to the work
! they have undertaken 10 do and t0 the way in
! which they undertook to do il; and upon
failures, which have been very frequent,
they remorselessly appropriate the balance
| reserved by the company and finish the work
| for the defaulting contractors out of the
| money due them. James and Charles
| Stewart, contractors of this city. have been
very successful in completing their work on
| this line through Delaware. and. like the
| whole road, it is Of first class character. The
battle for Philadelphia terminus to the b.
| & O., is Yet 10 be fought in the councils of
that city; meantime the company is survey
ing line across the country, 10 Jcnkintowu,
leaving Philadelphia out in the cold.
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About a hundred prominent Democrats
| mostly Of Philadelphia, sat down in 81
| Georges hail. of that city, last evening to
celebrate jackson Day" with dinner
| given under the auspices Of the Young Mems
Democratic assoCiatiOn--a very vigorous
and respectable club which has hravcly up
hold, intelligeutly advocated and actively
disseminated Democratic doctrines since it,
existence. John Cadwalder presided and to
his right and left, respectively, sat the two
chief speakers Of tho evening, Hon. VIM.
| DOrsheimer and Hon. Richard NauX; at the
head of one of the tables was Henry Flanders,
esq, vice president of the association. and OF
another w. L. Hensol. chairman of the state
committee. The stage setting was n mass of
living bloom and ornamental plants, among
which was stationed the orchestra nothing
that beauty ofGoral ornamcntatiou and choice
menu could contribute to the success of the
dinner was lacking and it lasted far into the
night
Mr.. NauNs speech was characteristic ex
position and sturdy defense of the funda
mental principles of Democracy in the United
States as established by jefferson. and ad
ministerod by Jackson. Mr.. Dorshcimer'.
Interesting and eloquent address made uC
pretense at being an oracular forecast Of the
new administration but he told what he
knew of the preSdent-elCct as q Democrat o
Democrats, and why il was fair tC
believe that his administration would
be straight and strictly Democratic
- By that" said Mr.. DorshCimcr, 1.-THE
Republicans would say he means to make
clean sweep of all the public Offices | can.
| not undertake to give his individual opinion
upon this, but venture to say that the prcs
| dent-cleCt will enforce the laws as he finds
them. do not find any Democrats asking
for clean sweep. We find them full Of gen,
erosity and consideration for the circum-
stances of the COuntry-a thing quite unusual
in our history. The Republicans-Or rather
| n portion Of them-dcsirC clean sweep so a.
to get rid, as they say, of the dead beats
No branch of tho public service has been
opened 10 the intelligent thousands who have
elected president, except the right 10 enlist
in the army and in the navy. So the people
| whose will now controls viii not be content,
ed unless civil service opens its doors wide
TO Democrats as well "a to Republicans.
Cleveland 3 administration will be an applica.
ton Of Democratic doctrine We want TO see
state independence We want to sec the dis.
position TO come to the federal government
for assistance by the states curtailed. State
scli-rcliauCG has done more than anything
|
tho great states they are Taxation by the
federal government should be confined to it,
necessities
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| These sentiments were rapturOuSly ap-
plaudod by the Young Democrats By one
of the speakers responding to the toast OF
the Commonwealth Of Ponnsylvania," ," il
was recalled that although Philadelphia
was the only man who had ever cheated
Jackson in a horse trade, and though Pcnn-
| Fylvanian reported to the Senate the resou-
tiOns Censuring jackson for his conduct in
the Florida war, il was PENNSYLVANIA that
turned the scale for jackson and against
Calhoun i'll their contest for the Democratic
| presidential nomination Pennsylvania voted
| Tor him in the electoral college and in the
House when Adams was chosen its vote
was again cast for him in ls2s it was the
| declaration Of tho Pennsylvania legislature
that altered his purpose to not be a candidate
for reelection, and in his third contest the
| Keystone state was the citadel Of his strength
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Is II not an encouraging thing that a lead
| ing Pennsylvania journal, which saw no
merit in jackson a year or two ago except as
q duelist, cOck-tightor and horse-racer. in this
year of grace and day of celebration, pro-
| nounces him IA hero In war and peace and de
clareS him to be " the strongest central figure
| over developed in our politics ~