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Baltimore Live Stock Market.

CATTLE.--The large majority Of
the offerings to-day were common
cattle, and though prices at the open
ing and for a short time showed a
slightimprovement. theavpragp sales
throughout may he quoted lower as
to quality than they were last week,
but only IA shade. There WAS no i'm
prOYement in activity in trade over
last week. Prices ranged from q to-
5sc., with most sales from to AZ. or
the receipts, .024 head came over the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and $50 by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
HOGS.-With an increase in the
number of the receipts of nearly 1000
head over last weeks return. trade is
reported in all the yards as fair to-
good, the supply being equal to a
fairly good demand through all the
yards. Prices have been well main
| tanned at about the same figures as
on last Monday. ST to &c. for CONF
mon to fair hogs, and 6s to 81 for fair
to good. and most sales at and near
the latter figure. Same time last year
hogs sold at 6@6lc net, with some
few rough hogs under the former
figure. OF the offerings, 7.405 head
came by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and 900 by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
SHEEP. There is an improvement
in the quality of the offerings AS COM
pared with those recorded last Mon
day, few good sheep being among
them. Trade for good sheep and
lambs has been fairly good hut very
slow for common stock, of which the
bulk of the offerings consist. We
quote sheep at 24(93c. for common to
fair, and 1904. for fair to good
lambs are quoted at 3(954 gross. Same
time last year sheep sold at 2(@tr. and
lambs at the same figures as ta.day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
EYrcfrrIvE MANSION

issued by the FreSluenG last 1huTS-
day:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, July IA, 1886.
TO the Heads Of Departments IN the
iSerUice of the General Government:
/ deem this proper time to espec-
tally warn all subordinates in the sew
eral departments and all Office-hold-
ers under the general vernment
against the use of their official posi-
lions in attempts to control political
movements in their localities. Office
holders are the agents of the people,
not their masters. Not only is their
time and labor due TO the govern
ment. but they should scrupulously
avoid, in their political action. as well
as in the discharge oftheir official du-
ty, offending by display of Obtru-
sive partisanship,t their neighbors who
have relations with them as public
officials. They should also constant
ly remember that their party friends
from whom they have received pre-
ferment have not invested them with
the power of arbitrarily managing
their political affairs. They have no
right as office holders to dictate the
political action of their party associ.
ates, or to throttle freedom Of action
within party lines by methods and
practices which pervent every useful
and justitiable purpose of party or
Fganization. The influence of federal
office holders should not be felt in the
manipulation of political primary
meetings and nominating conven.
tons. The use Ivy these officials of
their positions to compass their Sc
lection as delegates to political con-
Yention5 is indecent and unfair, and
proper regard for the prOprieties and
requirements of official life will also
prevent their assuming the active
conduct of political campaigns. In
diVidual interest and activity in Eo-
litical affairs are by no means con-
demned. Office holders are neither
DISTINGUISHED nor forbidden the eXer-
else of political privileges. but their
privileges are not enlarged, nor is
their duty to party increased to per-
nicious activity by Office holding. A
just discrimination in this regard be-
tween the things which citizen may
properly do and the purposes for
which public Office should not be
used, is easy, in the light of a correct
appreciation of the relation between
the people and those entrusted with
official place, and a consideration of
the necessity under our form of gov.
eminent of political action free from
official coercion. You are requested
10 communicate thesubstance of those
for whose guinance they are in
tended.
(Signed)
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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Secretary, by whom it was endorsed
and returned to the House of Dele
gates as passed by yeas and nays, and
thence presented to the Governor for
his signature, as though legally pas
sed. is star ding commentary upon
the dangerous unwisdom of the rush.
ing business engaged in always at the
close of the session. The fact is. that
usually for about ten days before the
end. the printer gets behind with the
journal and no one has an opportu-
nifty to know what the journal re.
ports or to correct any errors or mis-
takes which naturally occur in the
general haste and confusion.-Hog.
eTSto,Cn, Nail DEM.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
A Party Idea.

Politicians and political papers of
all shades of belief or unbelief aver
that their particular party is the party
for wOrkingmen. The Cumberland
Daily Times is Enthusiastically Demo,
cratic in its opinions and consequent
ly argues that the Democracy is and
should be the political abiding place
of all workingmen, because it is the
party of the people-the party that
will do the workingmen justice. etc.
AS an instance the Times refers to
the last election in this county and
adds that "the men sent to Annapo-
lis as the especial representatives of
the workingmen of the county, did
not secure the passage of single
operative bill in their interests and
sat all session with their mouths
like an oyster, while the State Sena-
tor and members of whom least was
expected by the laboring men did the
most.n
The Times is wide awake journal,
which fact stamps as ludicrous its
attempt to prove by Democratic Ma
ryland, that the Democratic party
is the party for the workingmen. All
bills to the interest of the working
people of this end of the State were
either vetoed by a Democratic Coy
ernOr, or amended so as to prove in
operative or still worse were permit
ted to be stolen. Such is the record
of Democratic Maryland. The min
ers of this region have not yet for
gotten, nor will they forget the fate
of the semi-monthly pay bill and the
mining aud ventilation bill.
Can any citizen forget what was
done with the mining and ventila
ton bill? We think not.
And yet our sprightly contempo-
rary calls upon the working people
to rally around and support that
party which is responsible for the
grew ous injury done them.-Lona-
coming Review.
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Postal Statistics.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 81
The annual report of Edwin O. Fow-
Ter, Chief of the Appointment Divis-
ion of the PoslOffice Department, for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1886,
has been made and details furnished
for publication. The appointments
which this division has charge of are
those of postmasters only. The re.
port is summarized as follows Num-
Der of pOstOffices established during
the year, 3,4Sl increase during the
year, 1851. Number Of postoffices
discontinued during the year. LILO.
Whole number Of postotfices June 80,
1886, 53,714; increase during the year
1852. Number of presidential Off
ces, 2 .265; increase during the year,
80. Number of fourth. class offices.
81 ,3i9; increase during the year 2, 326.
Appointments have been made dur
ing the year as follows: On resigna-
tons and commissions expired 1912;
Increase during the year. $3.50. On
removals and suspensions. 1866; in
crease during the year 1886. On
deaths of postmasters. 5S7; increase
during the year, 175. On establish
ment of new postoffices, 1882 in
crease during the year, 1851. Total
number of appointments made dur.
ing the year, 22,747; increase during
the year, 1920.
The total number of money order
Offices at the close of the year was
1856, a net increase Of 227 over the
previous year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
A Fatefll Anniversary.

PITTSBURGH, July 26.-The dam
age by this mornings storm was
much greater than at first supposed,
and will probably reach $3.50, 900. The
storm appears to have been confined
to Western Pennsylvania, and was
the most severe known for many
years. From almost every town
along the rivers reports of great dam
age are being received. Houses were
flooded, crops destroyed, trees and
fences washed away. Almost every
railroad entering the city suffered
from landslides and washouts. But
the fury of the elements was probably
greatest along the Pittsburgh and
Western road. Whole fields of wheat
and corn have been destroyed, and at
one point near Evans City a strip of
woodland seventy. five yards wide by
three-quarters of a mile long was
leveled by tornado.
AT Pine creek along Butchers sun.
and in the Sewickley valley the water
flooded houses and many families
were forced to leave their homes and
flee to places of safety to escape
drowning.
A strange coincidence of the storm
was the fact that it occurred on the
twelfth anniversary of the Butchers
run food, in which nearly 200 per-
sons lost their lives. To-day the res
idents of that place had severe re
minder of the terrible disaster, as the
storm played havoc in that neigh
bOrhood.
AS far as heard from there were no
casualties in this city, In the coun
try districts number of persons were
injured and two killed. At Leech-
burg, Pa, Peter Purviance, aged
eighteen years, sought shelter from
the storm under large tree. which
was struck by lightning. Young
Purviance was Killed instantly. A
lady, whose name could not he learn
ed, was struck by lightning and kill
ed at Beaver Falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
Democratic Incompetency Reviewed.

The Bangor (Me.) Wing and Cour-
Ter says of Mr.. McComas' speech on
the Legislative, Executive and Judi
cial Appropriation bill:
Zone of the most cogent reviews OF
the incompetency of Democratic adj
ministratiOn was made in the House
June by Hon. L, E. McComas, OF
Maryland, in the debate on the Leg
islative, Executive and Judicial APP
preparation bill. Mr.. McComas is a
member of tine Appropriations Com
mitiee, and, although young man,
has proved one of the strongest deba
tiers of the House. The Republicans
have reason to he proud Of their bril-
liant representative.
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Reform Needed.

Whatever may be the final result
of the questions raised upon the new
marriage license act, the discussion
has served 10 place in bold reliefsome
grave defects in the methods of legis-
lation in vogue in our State and the
fragrant violation of the spirit of our
Constitution, as well as the reprehen-
sible disregard of the people, by those
who are responsible for the publica-
ton and distribution of the acts pass
ed by the General Assembly and the
journals of the two houses. Three
months and a-half have elapsed since
the adjournment of the Legislature
and nearly two months since the first
of June, the time fixed by the Consti-
tuition for laws to take effect unless
otherwise provided, and yet the au-
thentjc record ofthe acts and proceed.
ings of the Legislature are not acces-
sible to the people.
The Constitution requires that
EVERY law shall be recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of the Court of
Appeals, and in due time be printed,
published, &C." Due time would
seem naturally to mean the day on
which the laws go into effect or very
soon thereafter. The Act of 1858,
Chap. SO, required the Public Printer
to deliyer to the State Librarian the
journals within thirty days and the
laws within fifty days after the adj
journment. This was superseded by
the Act of 1882, CAP. 26l, which fails
to fix any time. The Librarian is re-
quired to have the laws, journals and
documents bounds and to distribute
them to the persons entitled, Even
in the absence of any express require
ment of law such delay as we have
referred to in the publication and dis
tribution of these acts and proceed
ings so vitality important 10 every
citizen, is inexcusable.
Some effective remedy for such
palpable wrong ought to be speedily
provided. This further demonstrates
the gross absurdity of the State pay
ing fifteen thousand dollars to the
newspapers of the State for publish
ing about the middle of May. a few
acts which were made to take effect
from the date of their passage, when
we are near the first of August with
out any access to the laws which be-
came effective under the Constitution
on the first of June.
The discovery, near four months
after adjournment, that the journal of
the Senate shows that a bill which
the reading clerk endorsed as passed,
which went through the hands of the
journal clerk and from him to the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
Job w. Parsons. of Rich Mountain

Job w. Parsons, of Rich Mountain,
Randolph county, came to town Sat.
urday and reported that he had cap
tured the famous horse thief known
as Jeremiah Hays, who has.been car
rying on horse stealing so successfully
in this section of the State for some
months. He was tried Tuesday be-
fore two magistrates of Randolph
county and committed to Jail until
the authorities of Harrison county
could be heard from. He had in his
possession a fine iron gray mare,
which is said to be- the property of a
Mr.. Romine. who resides at Rom;ne's
Mills in Harrison county. Mr.. Mayer
of this place, identified the gentle
man, and there is no doubt but what
he is the chap wanted by the authori-
ties in many counties. He was cap
tured by Mr.. Parsons in a tree near
Petersburg, Grant county.-S. George
Pioneer.
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titled. With the greatest respect for
the other gentlemen in our party who
might aspire to the high honor Of the
Republican nomination this fall, /
am frank to say that there IS no one
in the District who, l think, can so
certainly be elected as Mr.. McComas.
Second: There is no doubt, in my
mind, that Mr.. McComas is the choice
of a very large majority of the Re.
publicans of the District. / know
this is true of Montgomery county,
and I am reliably informed that is
equally true of Frederick and WASH
ington counties. His nomination is,
in my opinion, foregone conclusion,
and as that is the case it seems to me
to be to the interest of the Repuhli-
can party, that it should be made
with entire unanimity. Any oppOsi-
ton will be incapable of changing
the result of the nomination, but ii
may produce discussions that will en-
danger the election ofour nominee.
Third: l believe that it is to the
interest of all our people, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike, that Mr..
McCOmas should be reelected. His
career in Congress has been highly
honorable to him and very useful to
his constituents, especially so to those
who live in Allegany county, whose
great coal industries have found in
him an industrious, able and success.
full defender. The experience and &C.
quaintance with the leading men OF
the House of Representatives which
he has gained during the past service
will enable him to dc more to advance
the material welfare of our district
and of the State than any new man,
of either party possibly could. Every
one at all conversant with the histo.
ry of legislation in ourcountry, knows
that those States whose representa-
tives, when found worthy, are re-
tanned in the public service, have
many times more influence in shap-
ing the action of Congress than those
in which a vicious custom leads to
frequent changes in their representa-
tives. AS believe that the office is
made for the people and not for the
individual who may happen to hold
it, 1 regard it as the duty of every
citizen to vote for the man who can
best subserYe the interest of the COM
monwealth, and not to make a
change simply to give some one else
an opportunity of sharing the hon.
ors and emoluments of Office.
These reasons are CONCLUSIVE with
me. and 1 therefore have not enter
tanned, for a moment, the idea of Of
fering myself as candidate for seat
in the next Congress, however much
l might desire so great an honor, I'M
der the circumstances.
Very respectfully,
FRANCIS MILLER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31

The Baltimore Americans Wash
ington correspondent says: meyer
has there been such food of South
ern claims as there is at present in
Congress. The War Claims Commit
tee of the House is literally overrun
with petitions and bills to pay for
property alleged to have been taken
or destroyed by Union troops during
the war, and it would seem that the
more the war recedes, the greater the
number of claims make their appear.
ance. Of course, the majority are
utterly worthless. The claimants.
however, think that through a Dem
ocratic administration they will get
them through. The number referred
to the Court of Claims is so great that
there is a movement on foot to try
to get the number of justices of the
court increased"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31

Prof. E. Stone Virgins, the Wealth.
err prophet. insists that the great storm
he predicted for this fall will! he on
hand. He says he does not antici-
pate any further great change in the
weather until fall. September. he
says, Twill open Geld and stormy.
premOnitory to any great storm conf
mencng on the afternoon of Srptem-
Der 30, and the great war of the ele.
ments will come as sure as the sun is
IN the heavens. 1t will he a storm
of unparalleled violence, and after
sweeping across the Atlantic and ira
versing The country will exhaust its
energies upon the rugged front Offer
ed by the Rocky Mountains. Fisher
men In the maritime provinces and
in Newfoundland have not been slow
to appreciate my predictions, and l
have already received intelligence
from many that they have made ar
engagements to be in port on the date
of the destructive storm"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
SATURDAY, JULY 81. 1886.
Hubert o. Thompson, the leader Of
the County Democracy of New York,
died suddenly Monday.

Mr.. McComas has received an in
yitation from the Senators of Maine
to come to their state next September
and make speeches in the campaign.
Among the few members of the
House invited to aid the stumping OF
Blaine's state, besides Mr.. McCOmas,
are Representative Burrows, of Mich
igan, Goff,of West Virginia; McKin-
ley, of Ohio, and ITiscock, of New
York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
A Prohibltionist's Idea.

There are men strongly in favor of
prohibition who have some very de-
cided convictions as to the best way
to obtain it and the surest way not 10
get it. Here, for example, we have
the views of Republican who states
his position with the force of common
sense and downright earnestness. Mr.,
Clammer's letter appears in the
Richie Gazette:
EDITOR GAZETTE:-I notice call
published in the Freeman. for con-
ventiOn to he held at Harrisville,
West Virginia, on the It'll of August,
1885. for the purpose of organizing a
prohibition or Third Party, and my
name is attached to that call. This
is misunderstanding that l will not
explain, unless future developments
require it. / am Republican and
desire to indicate myself as such.
Whilst / am Republican in prin-
| ciple, am also in favor of prohibit
ton. and would not vote for any man
for either branch OF the Legislature
of this State who would not vote to
refer prohibition amendment to the
Constitution of this State to the vO-
tiers thereof, to be voted on at spe-
cial election, designated for that pur-
pose.
Perhaps it would be well for me to
give my reasons why do nOten1Orse
the Third Party movement.
OF T this,iy xponIl hn fri m y,
tai to the Temperance or prohibition
cause from the fact you cannot unite
It's strength in one political party, as
you are aware you will have to adopt
platform of principles. If you Adopt
the Republican party, the pr0hibi.
tionists of the Democratic party will
not consent to it. If you ADOPT the
principles of the Democratic party,
most assuredly the Republican prohi.
hitionists will not consent to it..
Therefore you undoubtedly divide
the strength ofthe prohibition amend.
Inent into three distinct parties. First
those that have no settled principles
in one party, and those Of Democratic
proclivities in one, aud those of Re
publican principles in the other, and
by that means iniure the prohibition
movement.
Cd. ] think that the leaders of the
Third Party movement are lot of
fanatics, demagOgues and political
traitors such as ST. John, who would
sacrifice friends, principles or any
thing else if they cannot rule. 1t is
rule or ruin with them. They would
sell their birthright for a mess of pot
tage. You will understand at once
that l am Republican and in favor
of prohibition in deed and in truth.
| expect to live to see the day when
such unprincIpled political tricksters
as st. John are politically dead and
damned and buried face downward
and have written on their back, "no
resurrection"
JACOB CLAMMER.
Third Party men will look on this
as rank heresy, but they will be I'M
able to find a flaw in the reasoning.
People who really desire the submits.
sion of a prohibitory amendment
will be glad to get help wherever they
can find it. and they will not wish to
ALLEVIATE anybody who may have a
friendly disposition Wheeling Intel.
Hgencer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31
JACOB CLAMMER.
A Prohibition Amendment.

WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
Blair. from the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, to-day submitted a
favorable report from the majority of
the committee on a joint resolution
proposing that an amendment to the
Constitution to prohibit the manu-
facture and sale of alcoholic liquors
and other poisonous beverages be
submitted to the legislatures of the
states for ratification. The amend
ment provides that from and after
the year 1900 the manufacture and
sale and importation of distilled al
coholic intoxicating liquors, except
for medicinal. mechanical, chemical
aud scientific purposes, and for use in
the fine arts, shall cease.
The report which accompanies the
proposed amendment says the COM
mittee does not deem it necessary to
discuss the evils of the use of alcohol,
but believes the people have right
to decide what measures shall be
taken for the regulation and extirpa-
ton of this traffic. "Why," it asks,
"should they be denied the opportu-
nifty to be heard in the only forum
which can pass upon the question ?
When any considerable and respecta-
BILE portion of the America people de-
sire to plead their cause in the great
tribunal of sovereigns. who. in free
country, decide every question of
fundamental issue in the last resort, it
is the duty of Congress to enact such
preliminary legislation as is here pro-
posed, so that under the forms of the
Constitution they can be heard on the
question of its own amendment. To
deny this is of the very essence of
despotism, and for Congress unreas.
onably to refuse the hearing. Is Just
cause for revolution"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-07-31

Judge Phillips, of the Superior
Court of North Carolina, has decided
in test case for prohibition county
that it is not illegal for clubs to sell
refreshments, such as liquors and ci.
CARS, to its members. This is the
same dicision that obtained in Anne
Arundel county. 1t is a practical
notification of the local option laws.
The experience in Annapolis demon
strated that this club system is wide
spread in its effects and vicious in its
influences Bato. American.