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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-02

per DAY.
Your Committee report further that they
find no authority or power vested in the
Common Council and city government to
limit or control the wages to be received by
such laborers, except as to the street force
and other employees Of the city govern
ment.
In this connection, however, your Com
mittee would respectfully refer this honor
able body to the provisions of section 16 of
the Act of the Legislature, approved March
2, 1885, amending section %, on page sc of
the Municipal Code, and providing that said
Board (of Public Works. in determining
the reliability of bid shall consider the
question of the responsibility of bidder and
his ability to perform his contract, without
any reference to the financial responsibility
of the sureties on the bond" 1t is the opin-
ion of this Committee that in determining
the personal responsibility of the bidder, as
above required, the Board of Public Works
may rightly and, if they carry out the spirit
of the above amendment, must consider the
probable character of the laborers to be EN-
ployed by each bidder.
First-class work is impossible without
first-class laborers, and first-class laborers
cannot be had for so cents per day, nor In
the opinion of your Committee, for less than
S1.50 per day.
The responsibility of the bidder there
fore and the class of work which the City
and Board may expect from him should, as
it seems to your Committe, be largely de-
termined by the wages, as far as can be
learned each bidder is offering the wages
which he paid on former contracts, if any
be had with the City, etc.
The Committee would suggest that the
above amendment and considerations be
brought to the particular notice of the
Boord of Public Works and the other de-
partments, and that in the matter of letting
City contracts or work they be advised to
make a special point of this personal
responsibility of the bidder.
While several members of the Committee
are strongly opposed to the present system
OF letting City contracts. and would gladly
recommend more efficient protection of
the interests of the laborers than is outlined
in the above suggestions, they recognize the
fact that in this as in all other matters the
power of the City government to act is linn
tied to the power conferred and the pro-
visions prescribed in the City Charter.
Further remedy and better system can
only be obtained from the Legislature.
Your Committee further recommend that
in the future no contract be approved by
the Common Council unless it shall be first
satisfied that the contractor is entirely
responsible and that he will pay at
least $1.50 per day for labor and So
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

THE action of the Republican State
Convention which met at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday last. was more matter of
form than Of substance, and was sim
ply ratification of the prcarranggd pro-
gramme of Matthew s. Quay, now the
acknowledged Republican boss in State
politics "Quay's ticket,n as it was
called, was known in advance all over
the State, and with the single exception
OF Congressman-at-large it was endorsed
with prOmptness and servIlitv by the
Convention. William =. Roberts. Of
Crawford county, was Quay's candidate
for that position, not because be pos
sesses any merit Of his own, but because
he is wealthy and had promised TO con
tribute literally to the Republican cam
paign fund. a consideration which is
always paramount with a political lea
der OF the Quay stripe. The ticket
nominated is as follows: Gen. James
a. Beaver, of Centre county, for Coy
ernor William T. Davies, of Bradford
county, for Lieutenant Governor A.
Wilson Norris, of Philadelphia, for
Auditor General Thomas A. Stewart,
OF Montgomery county, for Secretary of
Internal Affairs and T. s. Osborne, of
Luzerne county, for Congressman-at
large, to which position he was cleo
ted two years sgO. The platform adopt
ed by the Convention is fearfully and
wonderfully made, but we have neither
space nor time to refer to its sins Of CON-
mission or omission. George II. lines,
the colored school teacher Of Dauphin
/ county, who nominated himself some
time ago in the newspapers for Lieuten-
ant Governor, received just one vote in
the Convention. 'Tis ever thus, " etc.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02
MeIcome the Issue.


When public representatives i'll Iegis-
latIve bodies grow negligent IN the dis
charge OF their duties, ana give easy in-
diligence to Jobs which individual mem-
bers bring up, there is urgent necessity
to fall back upon the veto power OF the
executive for the proper protection OF
public interests. As a rule, executive
officers in this country have been spariug
Of the use Of this power fearing 20 seem
to usurp the legislative function. and
to substitute their own judgment for
that of the Legislators entrusted with
the power and responsibility OF making
laws. The result has been an alarming
increase in snaCtnents of every Kind,
especially those of a local and special
character and a strengthening OF the
tendency to run to legislatures and 70
Congress for help of every sort.
The worse abuse of this kind has been
in the pension business. The most AJ-
eral laws aud the loOsest Interpretation
of them have not suf1iced 10 satisfy the
Tapacity Of claimants and the caiendeIS
of Congress are loaded with this class OF
bills, Tor cases which the scrutiny Of the
department and its vast machinery for
Investigation have failed to approve
Congrsssmen give no sincere attention
to these bills. i committee may look
into them, but as q rule they are passed
for favor by lOg-TOliiug. Presidents
heretofore have signed them as a matter
of course. At last we have one who
will not,
Mr.. Cleveland long ago proclaimed
that public Office was public trust. He
showed his sincerity in this belief when
he was mayor of Buffalo. His ringing
veto Of a bounty bill passed 10y the city
councils attracted attention to him as q
candidate for governor. As executive
of the state he kept up his record. His
vetOeS were the distinguishing feature
Of his administration. They exposed
him to the shaUpssU criticism and were
the subject of the greatest laudaJiOu.-
They were bound up in q volume which
became a campaign text book, and chief
ly upon that issue he was elected presi-
dent. His own strong personality, fit
ness and courage were the greatest aids
TO his party in the campaign. He dis
plays these again in his intelligent in
spectiOn of the pension bills, his fearless
resistance of the buucOmbe spirit which
passed them and his resOlute disapprov-
al of them. But he accompanies his
vetOes with reasons which the people Of
the country will read, and which they
" ilI1 do NAAOACF dpBlONt. NCLs LIB al
is said to have welcomed as great ma
tiOnai issue of his party the presidents
veto of bill TO pension a man who fell
down the cellar steps while home on a
| fCrlough. He has now got aROther is
[ sue in the veto of a bill to pension a fel.
| low who had the measles in the army
1 and fifteen years afterWard made the
| circumstance ground for pension. We
/ welcome all such issues. The time has
/ come for a safe appeal from all this
| bogus PATRIOTISM to the intelligence OF
/ the country, IutgJLiJeUcer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02
Rather Effective Sneering.

Or course party feeling and Individual
position may cause different views Of
the subject but the general opinion is
likely 10 be chat Mr., Bayue boiled over
and made q muss Of il when he attack
ed the President so furiOuslY for his
vetOes of the small pension Jobs. Con
trastinE -he fury of Mr.. Bayu8's speech
with tbs plain and curt statements Of
the Presidents reasons for The vetUes,
contained in his short messages. it is
likely to create the impression that Nj.
Bayue MAS very hard up for material TO
raise d paI Jisan uutcTy over.
1t is rather funny 70 hear Mr.. Bayne
declaring this maL has tine teuerirv TO
sEeeT at the reports of the committee Of
this House. He has the tGmerlsT 20 put
the seal of his sarcasm upon reports
granting pensions TO the widows Of men
killed in battle" With regard to the
first assertion, il looks as if it did not
require much temeTity for a man, who
Is IN his own person q coordinate branch
Oe the Government, 10 sueer at the re-
ports of committee which he has
caugh. iH some very bad slips Indeed
the most effective "sueeTs" IN which
the President jndulga5 himself is the
brief statement of such facts as that the
committee In question has recommend
ed pension for q disability which The
record shows TO have existed before en-
llsJmeut or Iu another case E0I disability
produced Uy deUauCLeIy of G. kind in
nOWise required by the military service.
When the President is able to show
some sixty odd cases, In some of which
the claim of disability contracted in the
service Is notorious humbug. and iu
others lt is 10y no means proved. the
'sneer'' contained IL stating the facts
will be appreciated by the public al
large. As TO the assertion Of the sar-
casm In the case of men killed in battle.
that seems rather unWarrauted flight
of Mr.. B3yne's OrsLOry, in the absence
Of any veto from the President where
such death was proved.
Liberaiity to the soldiers Of the late
war does not by any means require thai
al the humbugs shall get special pen
siOns That the President has taker
I the trouble to examine the circumstan
Ces and expose an average of about one
humbug out of every ten special pension
, bills, is not to his discredit. But it is {,
the disCredit Of the systew that the timi
OF either the President OF Congress
! should be occupied with such Jobs
/ PfttSllyTgh IJigUutrb Rem
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

Hon. DAVID DAVIS died at his resi-
dence in Bloomington, Illinois. on Sat
urday last. in the seventy second year
Of his age. The immediate cause of his
death was erysipelas, the outcome OF a
malignant carbuncle which first appear
ed last April He was born in Cecil
county. Maryland. in 1915, graduated at
Kenyon college, Ohio, settled as a law
yer az Bloomington in 1885. was Cir
cult Judge in Illinois from 1S4S to 1862
when he was appointed by Mr.. Lincoln
an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, which posi-
tion he resigned in the Spring of 1877 to
accept that of United States Senator to
which he had been elected over John A,
Logan by a combination Of Democrats
and Independent Republicans. Just be-
fore he was elected Senator it was re
gsrded as certain at Washington that he
would be selected as one of the Supreme
Court Justices on the Electoral Com
mission and in that event it is equally
certain that the decision Of the commits
sion would have been 6 to 7 in favor of
the election Of samuel J. Tilden as
President, and no. s to lin favor Of r.
B, Hayes as it turned out to be. While
in the Senate Mr.. Davis acted independ-
emily of both parties ard in 1881 he was
elected President pro tenn of that body,
By the succession Of Vice President
Arthur TO the vacancy created by Mr..
GarieId's death. Mr.. Davis became
acting Vice President. Upon the ex-
piTatiOn Of his term in the Senate ne re-
turned TO Illinois and had since lived in
retirement. He was a warm personal
| friend of Mr. Lincoln and acted as one
of the executors in settling up his estate
He was not an orator, but was regarded
/ as an honest aud capable Judge He
| was possessed of great wealth and leaves
a sou and daughter by his first wife
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02
Wolfe And the Democrats.

Some Of the Republican newsrapeTs
and politicians who are more appreheu-
sive than they ale willing to confess of
Wolte's candidacy, are trying TO drive
Republicans away from his support bv
raising the cry that he is a candidate in
the interest of the Democracy and that
the latter are nursing the Prohibition
movement for their own political pur-
poses. There need not be any misunder-
standing or Misrepresentation on this
SUBJECT. The Democrats Of Pennsylva-
MIA are not BrOhibitiOnists nor for urOhi-
DlJlon, and Mr.. WOlfe's candidacy-if
he become the Prohibition candidate
VIII be clearly and unmi5takably his
own, upon az issue with which the
Democrats have not and will not profess
to have any sympathy. There is no
double-dealing nor deceit about them ::
they are for proper regulation of the
liquor traffic by law and an honest en-
forcement of these laws.
With the Republicans Of Pennsylvania
it is different many Of them profess 10
be tor prohibition and in many sections
for years they have kept the promise TO
the ear and broken it to the hope of the
anti-hQUOT people. Now that thev must
face the issue they want 10 dodge il .
and they raise The cry that The Prohibi-
tlOn party is "a Democratic aIlv, If the
Prohibition people are sincere and hon
est in their purpose 10 force their prin.
ciple as political Issue they will not be
deceived by the device Of their Republi-
can friends. At the same time the
Democrats will not try TO deceive them.
--LTHCIStCT iHteiligCucCy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

IT Is thought at Washington that
Congress will adjourn finally about the
middle Of July, but from few remarks
made one day last week by Mr.. CIeve-
land it is doubtful if such will be the
case. It is during the expiring hours
Of the session that the most objection
able measures are rushed through and
sent 70 the President under the belief
that he will approve them. Mr.. CIeye-
land, however, is determined not to
follow bad precedent and has Informed
prominent members Of COugIess that he
must have time t5cousider tLeb bills sent
TO him, and that the two houses need
not expect to send him long bills. ap-
propriaSing large sums Of money. within
a day or ,wo Of adjournment. expecting
that he will approve them bIiudly. The
Rivers and harUor bill is a "lOnC bill, -
and iu the shape il which it passed the
House appropriated about ftteep millions
Of dollars The Senate by its amend
meuts tC the bin has sWelled the aggre-
gate amount 60 over eighteen millions.
winch is about the same sum appTOpriat-
ed 10y The memorable bill Of 1882, which
President Arthur promptly retired and
which was Just as promptly passed over
his veto by the necessary two thirds vote
IN each house. No same man believes
that Mr. Cleveland will sign the present
bill in the shape in which it will be laid
before blm, and if he takes the neces-
sary time to carefully go through its de-
tails ia order 10 enable him to present
overwhelming reasons why it never
should become a law, the people Of the
whole union without respect TO party
will sustain him There viii be no
money taken outof the treasury without
good aHt suficl.u. reasons if he can pre-
vent it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02
How tue Apaches Live ana Ride.

An Apache viii ride horse down.
kill the animal, and cut as large a piece
of meat out Of him as he can convent
emily carry, steal a fresh horse and Dur-
sue his journey. He will ride the fresh
horse until it can carry him no further.
and his supply of meat from his last
horse is exhausted, and then Kill the
steed and steal new one, as before.
The Government scouts are Apaches.
who are allowed all the ammunition
they want. They, Of course. stand in
with those 90 the war path, and supply
them with cartridges. In this way thew
are enabled TO keep up the war. When
the scouts are discharged they return TO
the reservation and then break out
themselves. Messenger.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

TIE President Of the United States
ought not TO be subjected to the druid
gerry Of examining and passing upon in
Vulnerable private pension bills. BY a
constantly growing abuse the President
is made a court of appeals in these pri-
vate pension claims. It is the careless.
ness of Congress which imposes on him
task that seriously interferes with
more important executive duties. While
Congress gives no consideration TO these
bills, passing them in patches on Friday
afternoons, often when not a score of
members are in the House. the PresI-
dent cannot escape the obligation of ex-
aiming each case. He may employ
Secretary to sift out the facts, but the
responsibility Of final consideration be-
longs to him In the last list OF claims
which the President was constrained to
veto was a bill to pension James Butler.
who fell into a cellar and broke his leg
before he entered the military service
Of the Government. Another of the
vetoed bills was for a pension to Alfred
Denny, who alleged that he was injured
by being thrown forward on the horn of
his saddle" These are but samples.
notwithstanding the industry Of Presi-
dent Cleveland he has been obliged to
Leu not less than sixty Of these bills be-
come laws for want of time to examine
them. Congress ought 10 relieve the
President from this dudgsry.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

TIE FITZ JOHN PORTER bill passed
the Senate on Friday last by vote of
80 yeas. to II nays. twenty-four Sens-
tors being paired, which means that p
OF the number would have voted for the
bill and II against it. Six Republicans
voted for the bill, viz Cameron. OF
Pennsylvania, Hoar, of Massachusetts,
Jones. OF Nevada, Mitchell. Of Oregon,
RiddlebeTger, of Virginia and gewer.
Of New Jersey. The bill passed the
House In February and now goes to the
President who will Of course sign it..
John A. Logan carried out his malig-
nant opposition to the passage Of the bill
up 90 the last moment, and before the
final vote was taken spit out his venom
in bitter bloody shirt speech against it.
The country will remember the patriotic
and independent action of the six Re
publican Senators who voted for the bill.
AS the Philadelphia Times says, "Tbev
dared to be Just in disregard Of the dregs
of partisan passion, and they honored
the government as they honored them
selves in manly justice to a gallant
soldier.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

The Parliamentary elections in Eng
and began Yesterday in the boroughs
and will commence ia the counties on
Monday next. The last day on which
an election can be beld will be on the
= of this month Elections in that
country arc not all held upon the same
day. as in the case of our Presidential
election. IL will be a life and death
struggle between Toryism and undying
hatred Of ireland on the one hand. and
the liberal policy Of Gladstone toward
that unfortunate and misgoverned coun-
try on the other. While human fore
sight cannot discount the result every
friend of ireland on this side Of the
w~-a- viii hopefully wait to hear that
the cause Of right and justice has trf-
uupLz1.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

That the zeal Of Congress to erect new
public buildings is not borne OF an over
weeDing love ofeCCHOmy is sapparent from
the fact that the government pays in
in rents IN Washington the annual sum
of Sl33 ,4Ol for buildings that would cost
only 'rifie above q million of dollars,
while the Senate early in the present
session appropriated four and half
millions for public buildings in thirty
six towns and cities, in which the ag-
gresaJe rents paid by the government
amOunts only 10 S66, 713. Money ap-
pTopriated TO public buildings in Wash
ingtou, however, viii not help to keep
congressman in their seats, while that
spent for the erection Of public buildings
In the respective Congressional districts
may. This is probably the explanation
Of the zeal OF congressman for big post
Office buildings in country villages and
their reluctance to spend money on
public buildings in Washington, where
public buildings are really needed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

TIE nailsrs strike at Pittsburgh was
ended on Friday last, the men agreeing
30 60 to work at substantially the same
wages offered them year ago, and re-
fused. The strike has lasted thirteen
months and 3, 500 persons we're directly
and indirectly engaged in It, including
200 naileTs who commanded very high
prices. Estimating the wages of all the
atrlkers at the moderate figure of two
collars a day. we have oyer two and a
aalf million Of dollars as the cost Of the
strike TO the working men alone. When
viii workingrnen and their employers
earn TO .sTbitrate their differences g.?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

GIVE Ely's Cream Balm a trial. This
justly celebrated remedy for the cure Of
catarrhr hay fever, cold in the head, sc.
can be obtained Of any reputable druggist
and may be relied upon as a safe and pleasant
remedy for the above complaints and will
give immediate relief 10 is not LIQUID
snuff or powder has no offensive odor and
can be used at any time with good results.
as thousands can testify amoung them some
Of the attaches of this Office. ."-SDtru Of tie
Times, May %, 1886
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

THE politicians did not like President
Lincoln. They would have pushed him
aside at the end Of his first term if it
had lain in their power The barrier in
The way was the confidence reposed in
him by the sovereign people. The s1tua-
zion at this time is not dissimilar. Presi-
dent Cleveland has not pleased the poll
ticians either Of his own party or Of the
7pposi5ion but every dav it becomes
more and more manifest that the people
both the Democrats who took him on
trust and the Republicans who dissrnst
lim-are behind aim and backing him.
His sturdy honesty pleases them. The
wiser politicians, seeing the drift of the
popular current, are beginning to
ledge.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

THE New York San says: It is rot
the least Of Ireland's misfortunes that
she is poor. Yet, oppressed as she is by
poverty, with her financial strength
drained away by her enemies, her indus
tries stifled, and the spirit of her people
weighed down by want and injustice,
she now confrOnts one Of the most ire
mendOus crises in her history. So great
is her stake in the event that out of her
very weakness she must bring forth
strength. Hers is the cry of a mother
TO her tamished children to stifle their
hunger and grid themselves for one
more effort in her and their defence.
How pitifully weak seem her means as
compared with the mighty forces op-
posed to her Her righteous cause has
indeed raised up for her a valiant cham
pion even in the midst Of her enemies,
but like Iyanhoe spurring desperately to
the rescue of the friendless Rebecca.
this champion has not now his wonted
strength of arm. He enters the battle
with CRY OF defiance, and with stout
ness Of heaCt that challenges the admira-
lion of the world, but with every advan-
tage against him.
Can anybody in our free land look on
at this dramatic spectacle unmoved ?
Can anybody bear to behold this gallant
champion overthrOwn, and this friend
less nation trOdden under the iron heel?
II ever Ireland needed money, nov is
the time. If anybody has a dollar to
devote to the cause Of liberty and JUS
tice. here is the opportunity to expend
it. Let it not be said that because of
her poverty Ireland was forced to wear
chains
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-02

Hon WILLIAs- A, PORTER, Of PhiIa-
deIphia who was q son Of Ex-Governor
David A. Porter. Of this State, died
suddenly on last Monday evening while
walking near his residence. He was at
one Zine Sheriff Of Philadelphia and also
held The Office OF City Solicitor ana other
municipal trusts. Iu 1855 he was made
one Of the Judges Of the Supreme Court
Of the State. He was q sound lawyer
aud man of the very highest character,
admired and respected by all who knew
him