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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
WHY ROSCOE CONKLING

DID NOT SUPPORT BLAINE MADE KNOWN
BY ONE WHO CLAIMS TO KNOW. >
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May Z. - The
american tomorrow will publish an in
terview with A. NJ. Hughes, jr., Chair
man of the Republican State Executive
Committee, regarding the failure of Ros-
coe Conkling to actively support James
G. Blaine in the last Presidential can
vass. Mr.. Hughes gives these facts,
never before made public:
In brief, Mr. Hughes said that soon
after Mr.. Blaine was nominated Senator
Chaffee, the father-in-law of L. s. Grant,
jr, and one of the foremost Republicans
in the West, realizing the importance of
securing the assistance of Mr.. COnkling
for Mr.. Blaine in New York, came East
and went to New York for that especial
purpose; that Senator Chaffee, as the re-
suit of prolonged and earnest confer
ence with Mr.. COnkling, secured from
him the promise that if Mr.. Blaine would
write him a personal letter requesting
his assistance, that he (Mr. Conkling)
would reply in an open letter with a
pledge to actively support him in the
canvass; that Senator Chaffee. enthused
at his success with Mr.. Conkling got on
the first train which left New York af-
ter this pledge was given to him, and
went to see Mr.. Blaine at his home in
Maine. The situation was explained,
and Mr.. Blaine promptly wrote the de-
sired letter to Mr.. Conkling. This letter
was given to Walker Blaine to be car
ried by him in person to Mr. Conkling as
delicate compliment, and Senator Chat
fee, reiOiced that his mission was done,
disappeared from the scene. He anx-
iously awaited the publication of the
response from Mr.. Conkling, but it never
came.
Investigation proved that Walker
Blaine carried the letter to New York,
but on his way to Mr.. COnkling's house
stopped at the National Republican
headquarters. Mentioning the purpose
of his presence in New York to Steve
Elkins, b. F. Jones, Chairman of the
Republican National Executive Commit
tee, and one or two others, these mana
gers decided that it was best to ignore
Conkling, and that the letter must not
reach him. Accordingly it was sup
pressed, and the world knows the rest.
The animOsity of Mr.. Conkling was
intensified at the additional affront and
Blaine lost New York.
Mr.. Hughes was positive that these
statements were correct, for they came
directly from one of the gentlemen who
suppressed the letter. This man reveal
ed the circumstance after the death of
COnkling, and. when it was not thought
that Blaine would go before the next
Convention.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
UNIONTCWN.

Ellsworth Graham, of Fairpoint. had
his leg broken and ankle dislocated by
jumping from wagon to the turnpike
recently. The driver of the team had
lost his grip on the lines while the team
was trying to run away, and as there
was no chance of stopping the team,
both men jumped from the wagon on
the hard road with the above result.
The neighbors have shown much SYM
pathy and friendship for Mr. Graham.
d. r. Bentley, Esq, dentist and veteri-
nary surgeon, late of Ontario College,
will open an Office at Barnesville this
week. Mr.. B. is well known and highly
esteemed as an honorable gentleman,
who cannot fail to succeed in the pro-
feSSiOn he has chosen.
Rev. Aten, of Madison, Indiana, an
uncle of Rev. J. c. Scouller, pastor of
the L. P. congregation, of this place,
preached from his pulpit on Sabbath last.
Rev. George S. Hackett preached at
the Belmont County Infirmary on Sab
bath evening last. AS has been previ-
ously noted he has been appointed as
Commissioner to the Centennial Presbv-
terian General Assembly to convene at
Philadelphia, May 18th.
Mrs. J. C. Scoulier and Mrs. s. J.
Thompson are appointed delegates to
the Convention at Washington, Pa, rep
resenting the interests of the Ladies'
Missionary Society OF the L. p. Church,
of this place.
IN N-Or x,Opcrr tO vNta on Saturday
May 18th, at the special election held
in Wheeling township to determine
whether liquors shall or shall not be sold
in said township.
Mr.. John HAYS, of this vicinity, had
his right arm broken on Monday last.
He was working colt to spring wag-
on, and the horse became unmanagea-
BILE overturning the wagon, and the
bed falling on his arm crushed the
bones, causing a serious and painful
wound. As young gentleman of in
telligence, correct habits and generous
hospitable nature, no one can well excel
him, and he has the sympathy of every
person in this community.
Mrs. Scouller, wife of Rev. DR.. Seoul
Ter, and daughter, Miss Mary, are the
guests of Rev. J. C. Scouller and wife.
The many friends of Mrs. Rose Lee
will be glad to learn that after tedious
and serious illness of over three months
duration, she is able to be about, and
has made few calls in the immediate
neighborhood of her residence.
Miss Aggie Pollock is recoveringvery
slowly and it will be some time before
she can visit her friends.
"Wilbur," 3-year-old son of Mr.. John
Cavender, fell from the porch of their
residence on Sabbath last, breaking his
arm and receiving severe injuries about
the head and face.
Ralph Humphrey has been quite i'll,
but is able to be about again. II.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
ANINEFFICIENT CONGRESS.

New York Mail ard Express.
Congress has been in session for five
months. The Senate has passed some
bills and sent them to the House, but the
House has done nothing. 1t has begun
and is Carrying on a fruitless debate.
We say fruitless because it cannot re-
suit in the enactment of law. 1t is q
debate over measure which may posi-
bly, pass the House, but which can't get
through the Senate. 1t is measure
which confesses that the Democrats do
not intend to try to reduce the surplus
nor to relieve the people from the bur
den of taxation under which they are
suffering. The party which proposes to
renominate Mr.. Cleveland will go into
the campaign withOuta record of things
accomplished. 1t will rest entirely upon
its rhetorical and Oratorical raid upon
the protective system.
In the meantime, and without regard
to party politics, the business of the
country waits. The Judiciary Commit
tee has not been able to bring up the
Direct Tax bill, and its author does not
expect to secure consideration for the
International Copyright bill. Twelve
regular appropriation bills are yet to be
considered by the House of Representa-
tives. There was never time in the
history of Congress when the appropro-
priation bills were so far behind. The
Public Lands Committee cannot get a
hearing, and its meritorious measure for
the repeal of the preeemptiOn and tim
Der acts is buried in the calendar. The
Pacific Railroads Committee is unable
to secure attention to its needed meas
ure for the readjustment of the debt of
the companies. The Committee on In
dian Affairs finds it impossible to pre-
vail upon the Democratic majority to re-
fleet for moment upon the proposed
amendments of the law dividing reser-
vations among the Indians in severalty.
No attention has yet been paid to the
requirements of the Navy department
for carrying on the work of reconstruct
ing the navy, nor to the request of the
War Department for funds for coast
defenses. The River and Harbor and
Public Building Committees have had
a hearing, because of the personal
and selfish interest felt in the bills of
each by Congressman. The national
banking system is in danger, but the
Banking and Currency Committee is
throttled by an accumulated mass of
words of the pending debate. The sill
yer question has dropped completely out
of sight a blight-the blight of words
has fallen upon Congress, and the idle
members sit in their seats day after day,
lulled into inactivity by the drOning of
the tariff orators. This Congress will
do no business because the House is
Democratic and Congress has accom-
plished nothing in the way of beneficial
legislation since the Democrats came
into power-at least nothing that origi-
mated in the Democratic House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

THE Bellaire Independent, the paper
which has published more harsh things
about Col. Taylor than any other Demo
cratic paper in the District, sees nothing
that Cleveland has done ''to merit severe
condemnation" thus approving OF his
pension yetoes, his coarse and brutal
reference to some of the nations defend
ers, and his free trade message, by which
he seeks to strike down the industrial
interests of the country. 1t is expected
that papers holding such opinions will
oppose candidates of the Republican
party, and especially such men as Col.
Taylor, who has been vigilant in behalf
of the soldiers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIALDAY

ODSEnh AN(iE OF N S1EMOnlAL DA d.
The Commander-in Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic has issued his or
der relative to the observance of Memo
rial Day as follows:
General Order No May 80, 1888,
will be the Goth annual recurrence of
Memorial Day; day set apart by the
people Of renewed and perpetuated
Union in remembrance of those who.
in life, offered all in defense of the
National integrity and honor. Although
originally instituted by the Grand Army
of the Republic as means of strength
ening and preserving the fraternal ties
incident to our union of purpose and
effort in noble cause, the beautiful
ceremonial born of our comradeship has
been SO widely adopted by the loyal
hearts Of the land that Memorial Dav
has become great National festival in
which tender memories and patriotic
purposes rule the hour
The spirit and customs of our order
impose upon all comrades the duty of
participating in the public recognition
of the day. So far as practicable the
usual vOcations will be suspended and
the occasion marked by some appropri-
ate observance. Though legally holi-
day in many departments it is to be
jealousy guarded from all appearance
of merry making, and from all forms of
frivolous or undignitied behavior. Let
it not be forgotten that our comrades
dead were earnest, manly men, who vol
unfairly faced death for a cause worthy
of the sacrifice.
Wherever practicable, Posts are di-
rected to attend divine worship in bodies
on the Sabbath preceding Memorial Dav.
The clergy are invited to facilitate such
attendance and to so order the service
of the day as to promote general public
interest in the coming anniversary. Let
al known graves of the men who fought
for the, Union, on land OF sea, be marked
by the pure blossoms of spring, in which
all tongues speak the language of graft
tude and love. Let the people be as
Sembled for special memorial services.
where eloquence and song shall unite to
teach and eXemplify the duties and re-
wards of patriotism; and so may 'the
better angels of our nature" touching
''the tender chords of memory, which
stretch from every battlefield and patri-
OF grave to every living heart and
hearthstone all over this broad land" SO
swell the chorus of the Union, that no
discord shall ever again mar its glorious
harmonies.
By command of JOHN p. REA,
Commander in Chief.
DANIEL FISH, Adjutant General.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
CLEyELAND'S FAVORITE.

Col. W, r. Holloway, in n. Y. World.
No well-informed man will pretend that
Governor Gray was not as bitter Repub-
lican as he has since been a Democrat
He was Republican member of our State
Senate during the pendency of proceed
ings to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
and was its presiding officer. Just before
the vote was to be taken it became evi-
dent that the Democratic members were
preparing to bolt, and thus leave the Sen
ate without quorum. Governor Gray
left the chair, went to the door of the Sen
ate Chamber, took the key from the door
keeper, locked the door and returned to
his seat as presiding officer of the Senate.
When the Democrats protested he told
them he had the key to the door in his
pocket, and if any member desired to re-
tire before The vote was taken he had bet
ter come and try to get it. He then or
dered the vote taken, and while the Dem
OcratS protested and shouted themselves
hoarse and refused to vote, Governor Gray
ordered the Secretary of the Senate to re-
cord the Democrats "as present and not
voting" and SO the amendment passed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
ReI,,tn,tt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1883.

THE forthcoming report of the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture, made up
from information from all the wheat
growing counties in the State, will show
O decided falling off in the condition of
winter wheat, from the report issued
early in April While the figures have
not been fully considered, it is estimat-
ed that the condition has decreased 10
per cent, making it now stand at about
60 per cent. The cold and backward
spring has had much to do in reducing
former estimates, but the chief cause
lies in the appearance of the Spanish fly.
Much of the acreage placed in wheat last
fan is being plowed up and oats substi-
tuted. 1t is predicted that much more
ground viii be plowed and given to
corn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.

w. ID. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind, tess
titles: | can recommend Electric Bitters
as the very best remedy. Every bottle
sold has given relief in every case. One
man took six bottles, and was cured rheu-
matism of ten years standing" Abra-
ham Hare, druggist, Bellville, o., aflirms;
THE best selling medicine have ever
handled in my twenty years experience,
is Electric Bitters." Thousands of others
have added their testimony, SO that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
ters do cure all diseases of the liver, kid
neys or blood. Only half-dollar bot
tie at Pattersons' drug store >
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
TuEPOWER OF INK.

"a small drop of ink, falling, like dew,
upon thought, proclaims that which
makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
wrote Byron. The inspiration of his pen
might give the dusky fluid such far
reaching power, and we wish we were
possessed of such an inspiration, that we
might, through like medium, bring into
such extended notice the matchleSs vir-
tues of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, those tiny, sugar-coated granules
which contain, in a concentrated form,
the active principles of vegetable extracts
that Dame Nature designed especially to
promote healthy action of the liver,
stomach and bowels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

WE again remind the Republicans OF
the XVIIth Congressional District that
JoIIN A. BINGHAM and LORENZO DAN
FORD are the men who can give the
District influence and power in the Chi
eago Convention. Scarcely man who
will be in that Convention but has heard
of Mr.. Bingham, and many of them will
be men with whom Mr.. Danford is per-
sonally acquainted This will give them
a standing no other men Republicans
can choose would have, and the District
dignity and distinction in the Conven-
ton
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

DAN VOORHEES, intimate friends at
Washington are busy apologizing for the
rowdyism displayed by him in the Sen
ate Chamber on the occasion of Senator
Ingalls, barking of the Tall Sycamore,
last week, by explaining that he was sa-
lubrious from the free use of stimulants.
Drunkenness is not considered Justlii-
cation either in law or morals for the
commission of an offense against public
decency or otherwise. voorhees, knows,
and his friends all over the country
know, that the charges made by ingalls,
are true, and at this late day it is plead
ing the baby act to deny them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

OK next Tuesday the properly consti-
tuted delegates of the Republican party
from this Congress district viii meet at
Bellaire to select candidate for Con
gress, and it is believed that their action
will be such as to meet the approval of
members of the party. OF course all
personal ambitions will not be subseryed,
but the will of the people will be made
known and the decree will be satisfacto-
~. The clashing of the interests of can
didates on the one hand ard the strong
hold which the present encumbent has
upon the people on the other, will in all
probability result in the denomination
of Col. Taylor, early in the balloting, if
not on the first ballot. The indications
are that he will have Guernsey and No
bic county delegations, 56 votes, solid
at the opening, and several from Jeffer-
son. In Belmont appearances Indicate
that he may have from So to 80 of the
60 votes in the county, on the first bal
lot. Ninety-twO votes are necessary to
a choice, so that should he get the sc
from Guernsey and Noble, it would take
but SO from Belmont to nominate. But
our readers my figure to suit themselves
on the apportiOnment found in the call.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

EVEN the defunct county seat ques-
ton is being lugged into the Congress
sional contest by the personal organs OF
some of the candidates. The Bellaire
Independent, the paper which AYERS that
Cleveland has ''done nothing to merit
severe condemnation" seeks support for
its candidate in Bellaire by telling its
readers that "Hollingsworth did not OPP
pose the interests of Bellaire." 1t is not
n material matter whether he did or did
not-the county seat question" is not
likely to be at issue in the next Congress.
The tariff and few other questions Will
take precedence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
TIE HANDSOMEST LADY

In st. Clairsville remarked to a friend the
other day that she knew Kemp's Balsam
for the throat and lungs was a superior
remedy. as it stopped her cough instantly
when other cough remedies had no effect
whatever. so to prove this and convince
you of its merit, any druggist will give
you sample bottle free. Large size soc
and 81. M
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

DAN VOORHEES, will fare worse and
worse the more he stirs up his unsavory
record in the days of the struggle for
the Union. He was no better than the
average Democratic politician in Indi-
ana, where Democracy was even more
in sympathy with rebellion than in most
other States bordering on the South.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
TIE Noble County Republican last

IHE 4'UUtO CVWTtIJ NtFUUttCUW IdSI
week expressed itself in this wise:
There is good deal of talk by writers
and papers outside, about want of
harmony and big fight on hand for the
Congressional nomination in the Seven
teenth District. So far as we can ascer-
tain the smoke is not so great as to pre-
vent the denomination of Mr.. Taylor on
the first ballot.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
A PERTINENT QUESTION.

He wanted to know why the rice,
sugar and cotton plantations of the
South were protected, while the farms
and forests of the North were turned
over to the tender mercies of free trade.
He said that the President had avoided
a straddle on the tariff question in the
coming campaign by fastening one end
of the party chain to the foot of British
free trade and welding the other around
the neck of the Democratic party, and
he concluded by showing that the Re-
publican party had taken the flag of the
country from the mire into which the
Democratic party had trodden it, and
lifted it above all the flags for that pro-
lection which has done so much for
American labor, and as a condemnation
of free trade theories was eloquent and
convincing. 1t was speech of which
Ohio may well be proud.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

THE Atlanta Constitution SAYS that
Cleveland is ''the only possible candidate
of the Democratic party in 1885," Too
bad, isn't it, that the Democratic party
should be SO hard up for Presidential
timber!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

NOTABLE Republican gains in the St.
Paul municipal election are a striking
commentary upon the silly Democratic
boasts of so great an increase of Bour-
bon strength in Minnesota that the State
would be doubtful in the coming Presi-
dental election.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

THE South Carolina Republican dele
gates to the National Convention are
unpledged, but they will vote for Sher-
man. The South will be practically SOL
id for the Ohio man, and will be solid
South about which nobody could COM
plain.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

REPUBIIcANs in all the precincts and
wards of Belmont county should take
pains to, impress upon the delegates
chosen to the Congressional Conven-
ton next Saturday the important fact
that JOHN A. BINGHAM and LORENZO
DANFoRD are the men TO send to Chica-
60. Belmont county will do herself
proud if she gives them her sixty votes
with loud voice.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

THERE is much complaint up in Min
nesota of the excessive rainfall of the
spring, which has greatly hindered farm
work. A little of the surplus would
serve good purpose just now in Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

If all the Republicans of the district
could be assembled together next Tues
day, and the question put to them. Shall
JOHN A. BINGHAM and LORENZO DAN
FORD represent you at Chicago next
June? the "Aye" would be swelled into
mighty roar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND occasionally
signs private pension bill, but when he
does SO he evens up his action by par
doning some Democratic convict.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

IT is believed there is disposition at
Columbus to select delegates to Chicago
for the people of this district. The peo-
pie will smash that slate with their boot
heels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

tDaily, except Sunday. *Daily.
At Pittsburgh connections are made in Union
Depot with through trains on the Pennsyvania
RallrQod for Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia
and New York, on which are run Pullman Buffet
Sleeping and ParlOr Cars.
At Chicago and ST. Louis connections are made
in Union Depot with prominent railroads for all
points in the West, Northwest and Southwest
For further Information call on or address near
est ticket agent Z. A. FORD,
JAS. MCCREA, Gen. Pass. Agent,
General Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

CONGRESSMAN FoRAN has committed
an objectionable sin, in the estimation
OF his party, by making speech against
the Mills bill
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

TIE record of injustice to the negro
in the South grows every day more aw-
full and appalling. One of the latest
instances is the murder of Henry Pope,
who was hanged by mob in Chatta-
nooga, Ga, on suspicion of attempted
outrage upon a young white girl, against
the testimony of a number of the best
citizens of Alabama, who Swore that
they saw Pope in Alabama the day the
offense was committed. Not merely the
suspicion of crime, but even disproved
suspicion condemns the helpless negro
down there to brutal death.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10

THE County Centennial Commission
ers met at the law Office of J. W. Mich
OILS on Monday. Present, J. NJ. Lewis,
OF Barnesville, d. H. Darrah, of Bellaire,
and A. T. McKelvey, of st. Clairsville.
The committee organized BY the selec-
ton of Mr.. McKelvey chairman. The
Commissioners determined upon making
an exhibit at Columbus, and appointed
sub committees to assist in securing the
articles to be exhibited.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-10
TAKING HIS CHANCES.

New York Sun.
Country Minister(to boy fishing
will your father say, little boy, when he
discovers that you have been fishing on
Sunday?
Boy dunno, sir; it depends on how
many fish | ketch.