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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
Foundations for the Platform.

The Democratic National Committee
mas called the Nominating Convention.
Il now rests with the Democrats in
Congress TO furnish foundations for the
platform and capital for the candidate.
a record OF broken pledges is not a
good and stable foundation for party
platform. For eight years the Demo
Gratis have been demanding a revision
and reduction of the tariff and the stopp-
ing OF the surplus. With what face
could they proceed in June to promul-
gate further pledges of the same sort il
the third session of a House in which
they have majority shall result in a
thiIG failure even to propose a reduc-
tiOn to the Senate
For more than eight years the Demo
Gratis have been protesting against the
assumption OF centralized powers by
the Federal Government and the ex-
travagance in expenditures which na-
turally accompanies such policy.
With what confidence can they 90 10
the country witt another such Protest
If they shall join in the grand raid on
the surplus now organized in both
Houses
The Democrats in Congress can or
EaniZs victory or invite defeat in the
Residential campaign. Which will
they do ?-N y. World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
The Battle for Revenue Reduction.

THIS week is likely to witness the
presentation to Congress and the public
of the loEg-considered tariff revision
aud revenue reduction measure OF the
House Ways and Means Committee,
and it is probable that Mr.. Randall will
also present his tariff and revenue bill
simultaneously with the report OF the
Committee. The great battle for tariff
revision and revenue reduction is, there
fore, about to begin, and there will be
much quibbling, squirming and back
ing and filling as small politicians are
compelled to face the Issne. Fortu-
nately, the issue is greater than party
lines, and il is now doubtful which Of
the two great parties will be most dis
integrated by it.
II is now evident that the report Of
the Ways and Means Committee Will
present bill that is Unexpectedly cou-
servative in tariff revision. 1t will
commend itself to the Virginias, North
Carolina and Louisiana, by repeating
the tobacco and fruit brandy taxes. and
by satisfactory reduction on sugar,
and the chief point OF dispute in the
House will be on the extent to which
free raw materials shall be admitted,
There is diversity of opinion among
those who sincerely desire 10 make tariff
revision fairly in the interest of our
manufacturers, and that question will
be settled on the floor.
Two vitality important features of the
bill 10 be presented by the committee
will meet with universal favor. They
are-hrst the general reductions on
necessaries OF life. and the correction
or the administrative features of our
present tariff laws, by which great
fran1S m he -,
home producers. On these points there
Will be little or no dispute. as the ne
cessity or such revision is admitted by
all parties. On the question of the du-
ties 90 steel there will be little opposi-
tior, and there should be none at all.
to reduction TO SI1 or SD but there
Will be dispute over the reduction on
iron, and more dertermined hostility
to free wool, coal, iron ore, etc. These
are questions TO be fairly and practically
discussed, and to be decided as the in
teTest Of our general industries shall
demand.
Let it not be forgotten that tariff re-
vision and revenue reduction are purely
economic questions which should be de-
cided squarely on their merits as they
relate 10 the existing conditions of our
ever changing industries. Politicians
will subordinate business prosperity to
party interests. and those who aI1 the
benefc:aries OF the monopoly tariff that
is one of the lingering legacies of the
war, VIII protest against all revision
as free trade /; but the tariff was never
so well understood by the masses OF the
people as it is now. and as they pay all
the needless taxes imposed by monopoly
and combines, they will defy party dis
cip.ine TO attain just tariff reduction.
1t is question that reaches every home
where pound of sugar or a blanket is
used, and the pocket will answer all
false theories by which protection is
abused in the name OF protection.
Phila. Times, February 20
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

PHINEAs T. BARSUN, the great
a merican humbug, frankly declares
that he would gladly accept the Repub-
lican nomination for President. The
p. T. OF his signature, he says. stands
for Presidential Timber. In order to
preserve the personal fitness of things a
ticket containing Barnum's name for
President ough: to have on il for Vice
President that of Dan Rice. the greatest
clown that the country has ever pro
dused. 1t would then be so perfect
that nothing but itself could be It's
parallel.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
ATough Snake Story.

81 was reading something in your paper
about snakes the other day." said J. d.
Andrews, an Oregon pioneer, LET me tell
you of a peculiar experience l had with
snakes. have a farm on the Mollalla, q
few miles from Oregon City. near an OBJ
long. rock covered hill called Rattlesnake
hill, which for years has just been swarm
ing with them. In the spring, when the
weather gets warm, rattlesnakes come out
of the edges aud drift down on the creek
bottoms, becoming very troublesome. Nv
farm being only three miles away these rep
tiles become each year more and more
troublesome, endaDgering especially the
lives of my children, who, despite all l could
do, would persist ia going about oare-footed
We'll, a year ago last spring they swarm
ed into my wheat field so thickly that
couldn't cut it when it was ripe. This may
sound odd to you. but 1t is fact. But got
some OF my neighbors TO help me, and /
plowed several furrows around the field,
and then laid hair ropes around it and Sc:
FIRE to the wheat. Well, Of all the sizzing
and frying and strange squawks and noises
you ever heard, we had them there. Such a
lot of rattling and leaping up and displaying
forked tongues, don't think anybody ever
before saw. OF course. they ran from the
fire, but the hair rope OIL the further side
turned them. until we had a complete circle
of fire around them.
"Well, when the wheat was burned off
there were thousands of dead rattlesnakes.
They were thicker in the middle than any
where else, and were twisted and tied to-
gether in knots and bunches almost as
tight as a barrel. l Russ we must have
made a clean sweep of them that time, for
they have never put in an appearance there
since"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
BE Honest AbOut Pensions.

Let Congress be honest in disposing
OF the pension question honest TO the
soldier honest TO the country.
The nation should grant a pension to
every really dependent soldier who has
been IN any degree incspacitated for
self-support by military service. That
ls honesty to the brave men who offered
life aGd gave sacrifice TO preserve free
government.
The nation should !nterpose every
possible safeguard agains nst the idler who
disgraces the name of soldier by seek
ing a pension that he has in no way
merited. That is honesty to the nation
that. with the most generous pensions
o: the worlds history. should be pro
tected by every law maker and by
every honest soldier against the
frauds of the army thief. Be honest
about pensions
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

OWING to the fact that two widely
different interpretations were given by
leadisg members N the Republican
party to the precise meaning of Mr..
Blaine's letter OF declination, the New
York World, the most enterprising and
wide awake newspaper in the country,
directed its correspondent in London,
Mr.. T. c. Crawford, to proceed to
Florence. Italy, where Mr.. Blaine is
still stay ng. and bta,n an interview
with him. Mr.. Crawford crossed over
TO Florence and met Mr.. Blaine on Sat-
urday last. and on Sunday The inter
view was fully set forth in the World.
Mr. Blaine reaflirms his dsclination and
says that ''under no circumstances
will he permit his name to be used as 8
candidate" He also says that in his
belief a candidate "has no right tC
stand again for President after having
once been defeated" and that he could
not ''go through the burden and fatigue
OF another campaign" 1t Will thus bt
seen that Mr.. Blaine treats his letter o
Withdrawal as final, and this ought Il
settle the controversy that has beer
going on among the Republican poll
ticians on this side of the water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

John Sherman recently cIitised the
editor Of the Chicago Tribune a Repub
lican paper. because of his opposit iol
in the past as we'll as at present, 10
Sherman IS Presidential aspirations. In
late numoer Of the Tribune its editor,
in leading article, reiterates his opin-
ion of the Ohio statesman in the follow
ing vigorous style:
Senator Sherman has not the elements
OF popularity that would make him q
strong candidate II nominated. nor the
active sympathy with the common people
that would make him a good President il
elected. We have always thought Mr..
Sherman 20 be the type of a sordid,
selfish, avaricious politician, actively iden
tilted with the money power OF Wall street,
and without an atom OF genuine feeling for
the poor or even for the people OF moder-
ate means. We have opposed his nomina.
tion to the Presidency on thesa grounds be-
cause VS. have realized that his cold and
calculating character is estimated at its true
value by the people Of the United States,
and therefore that he would be about the
weakest candidate that the Repub lican
party could propose for the popular suffrage
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
Electric BfIfers.

This remedy is becoming so well know
and so popular rs to need no special mention.
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
same song OF praise. A purer medicine
does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all
that Is claimed. Electric BIrters will cure
all diseases OF the Liver and Kidneys. will
remove Pimples, 3Oils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood
VIII drive Malaria from the system and
prevent as we'll as cure ali MalariaI feyers.
For cure of Headache. Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters. Entire
satisfaction guaranteed. or money refunded.
Price so cts. and 81. 90 per bottle at the drug
store of E. James, Ebensburg OF w. w.
McAteer, Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

At the last Presidential election the
Republican business men Of New York
city gave Cleveland = most vigorous
and efficient support, untried as he then
was on the National field. in preference
to Blaine. The same business interests
will stand by the President at the COM
ing election on bis record and his merits.
The GrdlDbtc, of late date, contains
three columns OF interviews had with
leading men engaged in all kinds o..
business in that city, on the subject Of
the next Presidency, and as a sample of
the whole we publish that o. Roland G.
Hazard, President OF the American
Loan and Trust Company, who says ::
am Republican. | was an original
Wide Awake. l carried a torch for John
G. Fremont. l voted for Lincoln and Grant
and all the rest. But say to Won that
there is no man living whom would rather
see President OF this country than Grover
Cleveland He is the only candidate for
the Democratic party to nominate. IL "a
inconceiyable that anybody else cap be
Thought Of And he will carry the country
against anybody the Republicans can nom
inate. i think. He is very strong with the
BANKERS and merchants Of this city, ana he
deserves TO be. for pluckier, brainier man
hasn't been President fer long time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

DURING the twelve weeks that Con.
gress has been IN session there have
been introduced into the House and
Senate 10,020 bills and joint resolutions.
or this number thirty-one have passed
both branches OF Congress and been
signed by the President. The number
OF bills thus far introduced is over
thirty per cent greater than at this
period of the last session, ard should
their introduction continue at the same
rite the number will resca 10000 by
the end Of the session. Il is an old, but
true saying that 1.-THE world is governed
Too much"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
Trouble Feared In the Coke Region.

PITTsBURG, February 27.-There are
Indications of the wage question again
causing considerable agitation 10 the
Connellsville coke district. It was re-
ported this afternoon that notices were
being posted to-day throughout the re-
gions notifying the men of a reduction
In wages. The new scale is to take ef-
feet on March 1, the date when the
price OF coke will be reduced from
Sl.1j TO 81. 80 per ton. Each firm is to
handle the wage question individually,
but 1t is understood that the proposed
reduction generally amounts to 81 per
cent Meetings Will be held by the
cokers next Wednesday. They are
specially called to consider the wage
question and TO decide whether they
will accept the reduction. The opera
tors hold a meeting tomorrow, when
the COnnellsyIlle Coke Exchange agree
ment will De signed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

\ NEW Dependent Pension bill, diff
fering in no important feature from the
bill vetoed by President Cleveland. has
been reported in the Senate. This bill.
1T appears, has received the sanction of
committee of the Grand Army. II
provides pension ot SD month for
every honorsbly discharged soldier who
may pu: in claim of disability to cam
living, or may be unwilling to earn a
support by his labor. But the widows
OF soldiers who were killed in battle or
who died of wounds or disease received
IN The service and in the line OF duty are
stlli to be pensioned at the rate of s. a
month. Ii the widows had votes, no
Dependent Pension bill would make so
"ninst d!scrimination.-PhiIa. Re
cord.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

NEAL Dow, who IS 81 years OF age,
is the candidate of the Prohibition!,ts
for Mayor OF Portland, Maine, and has
been endorsed by the Democrats. This
is most singular and unnatural allI-
ance, trying to mix oil with water, and
We suppose that the Democrats who are
in hopeless minority in Portland, are
only standing by Neal for the mere fun
OF the thing. The campaign is said to
be the most exciting ever known in
Portland, the issue being plainly drawn
on the enforcement or non-enforcement
OF the Prohibitory law.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

THE Arrangement, says the Philadel-
phia Record, Ly which envelope making
has been brought into subsection 20
monopoltstic methods is delightfully."-
simple. The combination Of manufac-
turers has agreed to buy one envelope
machine per month from the exclusive
maker. provided he shall not sell the
machine to anyone else, and TO pay for
the machine whether it be taken or not.
ibis is a neat and apparently effective
way of bankruptiEg independent enve-
lope-makers, and incidentally Of raising
prices from 10 10 20 per cent. In the
better days to come, however, such in
genuity may be rewarded by long terms
In the penitentiary. A game of grab
at the expense OF the people is danger
GUS business, after all.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

On Wednesday last the official returns
OF the special election held in the
Eleventh. Congressional district OF
Michigan little over two weeks ago
to supply the vacancy caused by the
death Of Moffas, Republican, were pub
lished, showing the election OF Sey-
mour, Republican, over BIeen. Demo
crat, by majority OF 4O2. Three
years ago last November the district
gave Moffat majority of 4, ,475 and at
the next election in November 1886 he
had majority Of 1900. Seymour s
narrow escape from defeat in such a
stronghold Is regarded by tie Demo
Gratis as a good Indication OF their abili.
ty TO carry the State next November.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

Seth Kinman, a pioneer hunter of the
Pacizr coast. died at Humboldt, Cal, re-
Gently at the age of seventy-two yea-s
he crossed the plains from Pennsylvania
early In tie ffties, and had passed the
greater part of his life since then in hunt
ing and tapping He presented President
Buchanan with buckhofn chair OF his own
manufacture in 1887, and made a similar
gift to President Lincoln inBS6i. President
johnson and President Hayes also received
presents of a like nature fr0p9 him.
George w. Guthrie, one OF the wealth.
est and best known citizens ot southeastern
Illinois. was found dead in his house IL
Marissa, on Sunday week. When foInd
Mr.. Guthrie was lying dead on the floor
with a bullet hole through the heart, and
the carpet and his clothing saturated with
blood. An examination showed that the
pockets Of the clothes had been rified of s35
in money, a gold watch and chain. and
ather articles, and that an unsuccessful
attempt had been made to drill into q safe
which stood In the room. Mr.. Gnthrie, it
is supposed, heard the burglars. and went
into the room with his pistol drawn and was
overpowered and murdered
~ Ailc pOSApOucuIcub VI
wedding at Kansas City recently. The
guests were all assembled and the ceremony
was about to begin, when a scream from
one of the ladies caused a general commo-
tion. A little mouse was seen scampering
across the room. First one of the ladies
and then another declared that the terrible
beast had taken refuge in her clothing. In
the excitement several valuable vases and
other choice articles of brio a-brac were
broken, the bride tainted and the brides
maids hed across the street to the house of
neighboT. The fright left the young lady
who was about to become wife so ill that
it was decided that the wedding must be
deferred.
A mouse on a telegraph wire, high
above the street. was the novel sight wit
messed in San Francisco recently. When
be got 80 feet away from the telegraph pole
the mouse grew very timid, and scarcely ad-
Vancej at all. at length he grew bolder,
and finally made the perilous distance OF
over 300 feet 20 the next pole. A child ex-
planned the mystery of the mouse's queer
journey by narrating how a black-and-tan
dog had pursued it, making it take to the
pole. When the mouse had completed his
dangerous mid-air-trip he cIimed down the
pole and stepped on the hand of looker-on,
who carried him away In triumph. The
mouse did not object to the proceeding at
all. His spirit seemed completely broken
by the terrors of his jaunt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

ATTORNEY GENERAL KIRKPATRICK
having received number Of coumuni-
cations from County Trearurers re-
lating to the distrio ution of the fees
from liquor licenses, gives it rs his
opinion that the entire amount Of fees,
instead OF being paid into the State
treasury by the county Tressurers and
then distributed by the Auditor Gener-
a',should be paid to the County
Treasurers and be distributed by them,
after paying the State her proportion OF
the same, between the cities, counties,
oorouShs and townships in the manner
provided by the Brooks High License
law.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
A Horse that Draws the Water Hs
Drinks.

The sagacity exhibited by some of the
horses employed by the fire department in
this city is very remarkable, ard their ex-
pioits have been frequently described in our
daily newspapers. But for the first time
We read in one of our evening contemporar-
les of a morse in the service OF our ambu-
lance corps. which is not for behind any fire
engine horse we have read OF in point of in
telligence. The horse pulls the ambulance
In search of patients for the New York
Hospital, and during the whole period of
his philanthropic career as an smpuIance
horse, he has never once been giveE
drink by any of the stable hands. He BE-
lieves in the maxim that God helps those
who help themselves. and helps himself ac-
cordingIy.
A Telegram reporter went down to see
how he quenched his thirst. and was edited
by the intellectual behavior OF the animal
which he describes as follows:
There is an ordinary faucet with Q pail
under 1t in the stable, and to this faucet the
horse made bee line.
First he dipped his nose in the pail to see
| il there was any water there, but finding
/ there was none. he proceeded to open the
/ valve by tuI ming the handle with his nose.
He did not turn it on quite enough at the
| first attempt, so he gave it another nudge.
and held his nose under the spigot while
the water poured over it to his apparent
! immense satisfaction. But what a lot oi
water will be wasted when he leaves il
running the moment he has enough -
/ calculated the reporter.
I "Wait and see," answered the driver.
] For tH,o
moment the horse had concluded bis drink.
/ he went at the faucet again with his nose
and shut off the flow completely.
"Does he always DO that ?" again queried
/ the newspaper man.
Certainly" answered the driver, as he
! patted his four footed friend on the shoul-
! der. "As long as I've known him. that
! horse has never had a drink that he did not
draw from the tap for himself Just as you
have seen him do this time. ."-Scisntifc
/ American.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

THREE more Republicans who were
supposed TO have Presidential aspira-
tions, Don Cameron. Edmuuds and,
last and least, Foraker, the superlative-
ly loyal Governor OF Ohio, have come in
out of the wet during the past week and
declared themselves out of the race.
Cameron said in Washington on Satur-
day last that he was not a candidate
and would not be, under any circum-
stances. Cameron is relative by
marriage Of John Sherman ald Is credit.
ed with being friendly to the nomina-
tion Of the Ohio candidate. As for Mr..
Foraker iS was entirely unnecessary for
him to put himself to the trouble of an
nouncing that he is not a candidate.
He never was thought OF in that con-
nection except by select circle OF
political lunatics who hold positions in
the public offices at Columbus.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

THE Democratic Nstiona. Committee
at Its meeting in Washington on Tues
day Of last week, decided that the Na-
tional Convention to nominate candi-
dates for President and Vice p resident
should be held at st. Louis. on Wednes-
day, the 5sh OF June. Samuel J. Tilden
was nominated in that city in 1876 and
although a majority OF 2jO.O0O of the
voters sustained him at the ballot boxes,
he was cheated out OF his election by
an unholy conspiracy engineered in
Louisiana by John Sherm An aud o.hcr
Republican leaders, and in Florida by
"Bill" Chandler and others of his strip,
Sherman and Chandler are new sending
up daily howl in the United States
Senate for honest elections. With
Cleveland as the nominee at 81. LOUIS
in June the American people will more
than repeat the verdict IN Tildsn's case.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

1T looks as though the Prohibition
lists intend to be heard from In New
York in next falls fight for President,
and judging from the way in which the
Labor party is going to pieces 1t is
quite likely that the compulsory alb
stainers may hold the balance OF power
in the State. The finances Of the party
are said to be in excellent condition,
with a steady income assured. Repub-
licans will no doubt be gratifed TO hear
this.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02

It is related of resident OF Perry
county in this State who emigrated to
Nebraska last fall and safely passed
through couple of genuine billiards
this winter, that he wrote back to one
OF the managers OF he County Fair say
ing "Ofrer premium OF $50 at your
next Fair for the biggest fool that ever
lived in Perry county and will try hard
TO be there"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-03-02
Johnst1wn. Pa. Feb. -, 1888.

THE President and party returned
from their visit TO florida on last Sum-
day morning. They spent four days in
the "Orange State" at Jacksonville,
St Augustine and prominent points on
the ST. Johns River. \ stop of few
hours was made at Charleston on the
return trip.