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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25

XXTEsTERN NEW YORK 4 PENN
Wv SYLVANIA RAILROAD, formerly
D., N. Y. u p. II. r.
Time Table taking effect May 18th, 1850.
Eastern Time--T5th Meridian.
Trains will leave Tionesta for Oil City
and points West ~ follows,
No. 93 Through Freight Garry
ing passengers). )...........,..... p;40 q. m,
No. 81 Buffalo Exprcss..,........ 1888 noon.
No. 81 Way Freight carrying
passengers s)..,..,..."........... $500 p. m.
No. 33 Oil City Exl ress~........ 8;O5 p. m.
For Hickory, Tidiouto, Warren, Kinzua,
Bradford, Olean aud the East
No. 80 Olean Express ............ $40 a. m.
No. 30 Pittsburgh lex Npress... 3:lg D. M.
No. 96 Through Freight (car-
rying passonEors.",.,........ 7:l3 p. m,
Trains 93 and 96 Run Daily an
passengers TO and from poiIr IN
Oil City and Irvineton only. if Trains.
run daily except Sunday.
Get Time Tables and full information
from J. l.. CRAIG, Agent Tionesta, Pa.
GEO. s. GATCHELL, Gen'l Supt.
J. A. FELLOWS,
Gen'l Passenger & Ticket Agent.
Buffalo, N. Y.
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REPUBLlCAN TICKET.


STATE.
For Treasurer,
HENRY X. BOYER,
Philadelphia.
COUNTY.
For Associate Judge,
JOHN II. WHITE,
Barnett Township.
For Treasurer,
A. NJ. DoUTT,
Tionesta Borough.
For Surveyor,
J. f. PROPER,
Tionesta Borough.
For Coroner,
DIR. J. W. MORROW,
Tionesta Borough.
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AQUILLA AND "SIC" MoNG
FOUND GUILTY.

A Full Report Of Their.COnnection
With thelWagner Burglary.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM.
1t is the Best Plan For Securing Honest
Elections.

To THE EDIToR-Sh: l wrote THE SENTI-
MEL some time ago advocating an entire secret
vote My plan provided for a secret vote, but
Immediately after that read of the Australian
system in THE SENTINEL and think the Aus
traIian system beats everything else. If /
understand tine Australian system, it provides
but one ticket for all parties and then the voter
is to designate the party or candidate he votes
for. And as | understand it, the voter is to
prepare his ticket and vote it entirely secret.
Now, | regard this the most convenient secret
vote that could possibly be attained There is
only one thing in the way OF making this
universal secret vote, and that is in case OF
those who are blind or can't see well enough
TO prepare their own tickets. Persons who are
permitted 10 prepare tickets for others should
be put under oath and heavy fine imposed for
divulging how any man votes. SO far as tickets
and voting is concerned, the Australian system
is certainly the grandest and most convenient
plan that could be adopted for a secret vote.
And anything short OF secret vote is useless.
But q secret vote is not all that Is needed.
Any tickets having marks other than those
provided for designating the vote should be
thrown out. And then strike the vOte-buyer
and strike him hard. And make it of much in
terest to the vOte-seller to squeal on him. One
man says il should be unlawful to buy votes,
but TO fine and disfranchise the seller. Now,
this would be useless as the vote-buyer would
never squeal on him and no one else would
ever know much about it. For all parties to
have separate ticket Some parties will have
to give OUT the tickets or else the voter will
have TO go into private apartment to get his
ticket. In the first case those parties will all
know how every man votes. In the second
case, if the voter gels his own ticket privately,
he can take more than one and he can use
tickets in way that viii do harm to other
voters. Under the Australian system there is
not half so much to contend with in securing
a secre vote.
As THE SENTINEL is the leading organ of
democracy in the state |, like many Others, are
depending on it to work for law that will be
a success when &c is made. There is not a man
in the state any more anxious for a profound
secret aad stringent election law than ! am
COUNTRY JAKE.
T. n,
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member of the township board. The Office of
township road superintendent ought never to
have been abolished.
Then comes the laws of taxation. They
need overhauling. AS the law now stands, the
township assessor is compelled to complete
the listing of his township in less than sixty
days as there are not sixty working days in
the time allotted by law-from April to June
better time TO begin listing taxable property
would be not later than the first day of March.
Then the compensation for the work of a town
ship assessor is too small 10 get competent
man N many townships for that position. The
ONCE OF township assessor should be filled by
competent man, as it is one of the most i'm
portant Offices in the county. The assessor Is
the officer who furnishes the basis upon which
all taxes are levied.
salary law ought to be enacted also a
fair compensation ought to be paid each of
hcer for his work and his deputy (if he needs
any,, but not as it is now, such large compen-
sation for some of the county officers that they
can buy the Office with the fees that they re-
ceive in one year.
There are many other laws which the legis-
lature will be asked to consider, but none are
so important to the people of our state as a
satisfactory election law. II the ruling power
in the coming legislature, after giving us a sat
isfactOry election law, give the people such
wholesome laws as are most beneficial to all,
laws that will lessen the burden under which
they have been grooming for many years, then
the defeat of the democratic party at the last
election will be turned into an everlasting
victory. FOUNTAIN.
Coyinrton Dec Of 1888
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officers acting under United States laws cannot
then interfere with state elections or the officers
holding the same; and second, persons who are
charged with violation of the United States laws
relating to elections cannot be taken hundreds
of miles from their homes for trial when their
actions had nothing at all to do with the cleo
ton OF a federal officer. Under the ruling of
the L. :. supreme court in the Coy case, con-
spiracy to affect the election of a road super
visor will give the United States courts juris-
dlctlon If a congressman is voted for at the
same election. This would be prevented under
the change suggested. Again when two cleo
tons are held it will render the purchase of
votes more difficult. II will take more money
to buy voter twice. and more vigilance to see
that he votes right at two places than at one.
?. Precincts should be made small, not con-
tanning over $50 votes. Every person should be
kept certain distance from the polls-oficers
OF election excepted-while voter is deposit-
ing his ballot. and he should be out OF the view
of outsiders while he is doing so.
3. Heavy penalties should be inflicted for
buying or selling votes One portion of the
punishment should be the disfranchisement of
the buyer and seller, and they should be dis
qualified from holding any office. The state
should be allowed to compel one party TO
testify aginst the other on condition that the
party testifying should be released from la
biiity to punishment.
4. Employers and their agents should be Sc
verely punished for compelling, coercing, or
attempting TO compel or coerce any employee,
by any means other than legitimate argument
or persuasion to vote in any manner different
from what their inclination and convictions in
cline them to vote
With these changes it is not believed that I'M
scrupuloUs Dudleys can debauch the voters of
Indiana. by 'blOcks of FIVE" and defeat the will
OF the honest voters of the state b.
Santa Re, Y. NJ, Dec. Is.
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The Vote Buying Pharisees.


Judge Gresham. himself a republican and
prominent candidate for the nomination TO the
presidency before the last national convention.
put his finger on the center of the ulcer when
he said the other day: 1T is the Pharisees who
are doing this. 1t is men of prominence and
responsibility who raise these large sums OF
money, knowing the use that they will be put
to; men who deal openly in corruption one day
and 20 to church the next" Judge Gresham
was speaking of Indiana, but his words apply
elsewhere. They have direct pertinenee here
as well as elsewhere. Men Of respectability,
men of reputation for honesty for business
honor and morality men who go TO church and
stand well in the opinion OF those who gather
in the sanctuary, contribute freely to campaign
funds that they know are TO be spent, in part al
least in cOrruptly influencing votes. They
salYe their cOnsciences by saying the money Is
10 be used for necessary expenses, but they
know very well that those so called necessary
expenses" include the debauching OF the ballot
by direct bribery or cOrrdpt treating. They
may say such practices are wrong and "deplore
the necessity" but they give money 10 be used
in those practices and rejoice when the victory
is won in this way. 1t is the aid and cOunte-
nance of these respectable citizens" that make
corruption possible. 1t is they who direct
" responsible for the degradation OF the bal
lot and the consequent danger TO American IN
s.itutions
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SUPREME COURT RELIEF.
Increase the Number OF Judges and Di
vide the Court Into Sections.
Time. J


vide the Court Into Sections.
To THE EDITOR-Sir: see much is being
said in your columns, editorially and otherwise,
in reference to giving relief to the supreme
court of the state. As a member of the last
two general assemblies of Indiana have heard
and participated in all the discussions that have
been had in the legislatures for the past four
years on that subject, and have been an earnest
advocate of some measure TO afford the desired
relief. In the session of 1855 the writer intro
duced a joint resolution proposing an amend
ment 10 the constitution OF the state providing
an increase in the number of supreme court
Justices from i've TO nine. Ii further provided
for utilizing the labors OF the judges of that
court by dividing them into subdivisions,
benches, of three judges EACH and gave each
bench exclusive jurisdiction OF certain class
OF business while eases of extraordinary im-
portance might still be submitted to all the
members of the court.
This measure passed the house with but lit
tie opposition, but reached the senate too late
to be regularly considered a copy OF the
olution referred to may be found in house
journal of 1885, at page 1927.
The constitutional limit might be fixed at
fifteen instead of nine, but the general as
sembly ought TO have the power TO regulate
the number within that limit. When the
docket of the court is once up, nine judges
could probably do the work.
For uniformity, economy and effectiveness IN
our judicial system / am still OF the opinion
that no better plan has been proposed then the
one provided for by that resolution.
Another change in the constitution might
stop the publication of decisions OF the su-
preme court, except such leading cases as
might be designated by the members Of the
court of last report.
Until these changes can be effected, the CON-
mission ought again TO be created by law. The
need for some such reforms are glaringly APP
parent, and the coming legislature ought to
provide some remedy at once.
CHARLES KELLIsoN.
Plymouth, Ind, Dec. -.
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ompelling their employees to deal in company

compelling their employees to deal in company
stores? -
There is such a law, bat they evsde il by
adopting methods that only a practical minei
can describe. Most any miner can tell you how
this is done, and also all about the weighing
and many other abuses practiced by the opera
tors. Our senator, Mr. Byrd, who is a good
lawyer. has been working a bill for some
time, which will, it is believed, accomplish VIVA
the miners desire-honest weighing and free
trade'-or, in other words, the right to trade
where they please without mourning the risk OF
losing their jobs. In drafting this bill, Mr. Byrd
has calle8 to his assistance the state mine in
spector, Mr.. McQuade, and several other old
miners As Mr. Byrd's district comprises the
largest coal fields of the state, the miners in
his district expect him TO bemade chairman OF
the senate committee on mining"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-02
SUNDAYS HORROR OUTDONE
ANOTHER AWFUL RIVER DISASTER.
A Steamer Burned on the Mississippi
About Thirty Persons Persisted in the
Flames and Many Jumped Over
board And Were Drowned.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-The steamboat
John II. Hanna from Ouachita river, with
large number of passengers and cargo of
$500 bales of cotton on board, was burned last
night at Plaquemine. 1t is stated that of the
100 persons on board at the time of the dis
aster only fourteen are known to have been
saved.
The John II. Hanna was built in Madison,
Ind in 1876, and hailed from Louisville, KY.
She was of S77 tonnage and was owned by the
Ouachita river consolidated line. She was
valued at $4,000 and was insured for $4,000
in local and foreign companies.
Capt ]. w. Blanks, president of the COM
pany, says that the latest advices he has are to
the effect that the steamboat left Monroe, La,
on Sunday morning at o'clock with 1900
bales of cotton. The captain estimates that
additional cotton had been picked up on the
way down to make the total number of bales
1900 Upon being questioned as to the num-
Der of passengers on the Hanna, Capt. Blanks
said he thought it was small, as there was little
travel in that section at present.
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WHITE CAP TRIALS.
Number of Prominent Citizens Arraigned
-Four Hundred witnesses.

Il
-Four Hundred witnesses.
LEAvEYwoRTH, Ind, Dec. 26.-[Special. i
There begins at this place to-day a series of the
most notable trials which promise sensational
and tragic developments. These are the White
Cap trials in which eleven persons are to
answer indictments and Information for as
sault with intent TO murder, assault and
battery and assault and riot. The parties in-
dicted are William l.. Gregory, formerly a
prosperous merchant and at present post
master at Marietta West Fork postOfficel
Louis Jobe, who has the contract
for carrying the mail between English
aud West Fork (Marietta); J. Il. Raw
lings, justice of the peace at
Marietta; James /. Lynch, Samuel Bett, Daniel
Vest, Reuben Robertson, Charles Miller, Floyd
Morgan and Charles Morgan, all FARMERS in
prosperous financial condition. and all hereto
fore reputable citizens. The indictments
against these men are based upon the barbar-
Gus whipping. on July q last, of two women.
Over four houndred witnesses have been SUBJ
penaed, and the trial promises to last for
many days The accused have secured the
services of Hon. Charles l.. Jewett of New AL
bany, and he will be assisted by several attor-
neys of Crawford and Perry counties. The
circuit prosecutor, Hon. Jerry L. Suddarth,
will be assisted by Funk & Funk Of Corydon.
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An Iron Clad Oath.

To THE EDIToR-Sir: In reading your good
paper see many ideas and suggestions in re-
gard to an act for the better protection of our
ballot and to do away with the fraud and cor
ruption that are practiced at every election.
l think have right to advance my ideas
publicly. Give us a registry system with an
iron-clad oath, of which give you a form, or let
the oath be taken at the polls. And if we can
get the proof that the oath is taken falsely the
offender can be prosecuted for perjury, and
that means state prison. There will be no need
of challengers and it will do away with many
brawls that arise from challenging
The oath should be about as follows:
You do swear that you are a citizen OF the United
States; that you twentyOne years of age to
the best of your Information and belief; that you
have been a bona ide resident of this state for six
months Immediately preceding this election; that
you have resided in the township sixty days and in
the precinct thirty days, and now bona ide
resident OF this precinct; that you generally
known by the name in which you now desire to vote,
and that you have not voted and that you will not
vote at any other precinct At this election that
have not offered 10 sell your vote tried to influence
any eector by offering him money or anything of
value or promises favors made any threats or
used any intimidating language toward him.
Alton, lnd Dec. % A. j. HENDERSON.
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How TO Insure a secret Ballot.

To THE EDIToR-Sir: A few words in regard
to a new election law.
1t is impossible for every voter to vote a Sc
cret ballot, from the fact that a good many can
not see, and good many cannot read; hence a
second party will have to select and fix up the
tickets for such voters. Now, then let there be
a ticket board, sworn to secrecy, composed of
one man from each party, located in an adjoin-
ing room, or near the election board, such
ticket boari to hold the tickets and distribute
the same; but one voter allowed in the ticket
Office at the same time; the tickets to be fur
nished by the state and stamped on the back,
such stamp to be a matter of secrecy When a
voter has obtained his ticket he shall fold the
same then and there, the mark or stamp being
on the outside; go forthwith and deposit the
same in the ballot-box, the election board not
to receive any ticket unless il is stamped; no
one allowed nearer than fifty feet of either
board except to vote, and then only one at a
time. All voters shall deposit their
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own tickets in the ballot-box. There should
be counting board and two ballot boxes, and
as soon as twenty-five votes are received let the
counting board go TO work and by o'clock p.
m. the whole work will be done. The buyer
and not the seller of vote should be fined
heavily and imprisoned. Better offer the latter
reward of 500 or more TO make the same
public. There should not be over 200 voters
in each precinct There should be law TO pro-
hibit the hiding and shipping OF voters. In this
and an adjoining township there were eleven
democrats p that did not vote at the late cleo
ton. They were shipped in and out-went
visiting-one fellow went rabbit hunting $50
his wife stately and could not be found and
vote. G.S.
Bangor P. o., Huntington County, Dec. 81.
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Separate BalIoting For National and Other
Candidates-Other Suggestions.

To THE EDToR-Sir: Seeing that many
suggestions are being made through the col
umns of your paper as to the reform of the
election laws of Indiana. L beg leave to pre-
sent for the consideration of the members of
the legislature a few matters relating to the
subject My ideas are embraced in the fol-
lowing proposed changes
l. As the constitution of the United States
confers upon each state the right to determine
how presidential electors shall be chosen, let
a separate election be held for the selection of
electors and members of congress, and let the
voters OF each congressional district select
one elector, and the voters of the state select
two electors. In this manner each party will
secure proper portion of the electoral VOTE
and one party will not obtain the entire
electoral vote of the state when it may have a
small plurality of the votes cast If this plan
had been in operation at the late election in
this state, Cleveland would have obtained ten
electoral votes and Harrison five. By having
the election for electors and congressman
separate from the state election, il will not be
necessary to change the time or place
of holding state elections. All that is
needed is TO have two sets Of election officers
and to provide for them opening the polls a
certain distance apart. Two principal advan-
tages are thought to be gained by this First
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Mrs. Clns,,n a Mother.

Fl BENNETT, D. T., Dec. >. - Mrs.
Chaska. nee Cora Belle Fellows. the society
belle from Washington who created a sensa-
ton by marrying the Indian, Chaska, of the
Cheyenne agency, is mother. On the sd
inst, at u O'Clock, noon, son was born, and
mother and child are doing well. Since their
return from the East the couple have resided
at Swift Birds camp, and came TO TT Bennett
a week ago to obtain the service Of a Caucasian
accOucheur ChaSka and his wife have lived
beyond their means the past year spending
hundreds of dollars in travelling, purchasing
the finest clothing, and squandering thousands
in farming implements and horses and car
riages The farming implements are useless,
as Chaska has no talent for farming aud pre-
fers to take it easy as long as he possibly can.
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MARBLEHEAD's BIG FIRE.
The Loss VIII Reach $500, 900 and 900
Men Are Out OF Work.

Men Are Out Of Work.
MAEBLEHEAD, Mass, Dec. 26.-Reliable es-
Inmates Of the total losses by last nights fire
are $4,000 and 1000 or more men thrown out
of employment and many families rendered
temporarily homeless. Thirty-seven structures
in all destroyed. Thirteen of these were dwell
ings, twelve were shoe factories and twelve
miscellaneous. Though the boundaries of the
fire were almost identical with those of the
big fire of June 1887, the losses on last nights
fire are nearly double those the former.
So quickly did the flames spread that whole
blocks were ruined in less than fifteen minutes.
1t is now estimated that between eight and
nine acres were burned over. 1t is strange
that no lives were lost and that no more serious
accidents happened, the streets were
thronged with people in and around the
burned district. Charles Choate, who broke
a LEG by jumping from a second story window.
is the only injured person reported. The heat
on all sides was so intense that the curbstones
were cracked aud crumbled and car rails were
twisted out of shape. The water supply was
inadequate. None of the manufacturers think
il possible TO rebuild this winter and there is =
general feeling of depression in the town.
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Remarkable shooting.

MISNEAPoLIs, Minn Dec. 4.-Dr. Carver,
the rifle shot, started in on his attempt to
break 60OO0 balls in six days, of fourteen hours
each. at the Washington rink, this morning.
Up to 9:15 o'clock tonight he had broken
S,iJ0 ball and missed about 200, giving him
ample opportunity to break the remainder OF
the days quota of 10000. From 4 to q o'clock
he made the remarkable record of shooting
1000 balls, out of which he missed but $50.
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Punish the Bribers Only.

To THE EDIToR-.Sr: As an old democrat
who lived in Indiana for thirty years, 1 am
much interested in your elections. Punish the
bribers with fine, the bribed to get part of
what is collected, and you will have but few
men on election day wanting to buy votes.
Those intimidating factory owners should be
looked after. T. j. BANTZ.
Muncie H. Dec 20
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let us all read the dear old SENTINEL and then
we can rejoice for nothing else but THE SENTI-
MEL and democratic votes will get ballOt-box
reform in the United States. Let us join now
and push forward to victory in 1892. "0rgan-
lie, agitate, educate" is what we must do, and
we are going to do il. c. 5. HENRY.
Boston Ind Dec %