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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
4 Public Scandal.

The appointment and confirmation of
John WaDamakeT as Postmaster Gen
raj, without protest from q single Journal
or leader OF the Republican party, Is an
extraordinary incident.
The caustic and dreaded "Juuius." ("
in writing 10 corrupt politician OF his
time. said IF you choose 10 keep q
mistress, that is matter of your pri-
yate conscience. But when you flaunt
her in public places it is an offepse
against political morals" "
If the Republican leaders choose to
make Hse of cantiDg Pharisee to col
lect corruption funds for the purpose Of
carrying elections, that is matter of
their private cOnsciences. But when
they reward this puTveyoT to bTibers by
giving him a Cabinet Office j. is a
shameless oHense against public morals.
Mr. WanamakeI never before held
any position of public trust. He is as
ignorant of the public business as he Is
Of matters OF higher statesmanship.
His only claim to distinction in politf-
cal affairs is that he raised S4OO, 600 and
turned it over to Boss QUAY, a notori.
Gus coTIuptionist and the pardoner of
bTibers, upon the latter's assurance that
the money should be used to help elect
Harrison. Or the exact manner of its
use Mr.. Wanamaker has said II
didn c want TO know"
And for this service he is made q
Cabinet officer ! President Harrison's
grandfather would have kicked out of
has room any politician who should
have dared to make such q suggestion
TO him.-N. Y. World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
Tie scrambIe ror once.

The rush Of Ofics-Euaters at Wash
ingcon is far greater than ever before
upon the induction Of a new admiuis-
tration into Cfiice. Secretary Blaine
found it necessary to hide himself in q
retiring room on FRIDAY, Secretary No
bic took refuge in the Pension flee aud
Postmaster General Wanamaker got
ready to spend Saturday and Sunday al
his home IL Philadelphia. There are
already from five TO twenty-five appii-
canls for every Office IN the gift or tue
administration. After tWenty five years
Of absence from power tie DamocTatic
party made nothing Ike the unseemingly
scramble for place when Mr.. Cleveland
was Installed IL the presidency that il
LOW iudC.ged IL by the grand cid party
o. great moral ideas.
AccUIdng 20 tbe Washington CORE
spondeats the Republican ex Office
holders who were made 70 vacate their
places under TIE Cleveland administTa-
tlun are almost TO a man applying for
reinstatement by president Harrison.
They fCnd!y imagine that The facL shat
they lost their Offices under 4 Demo
cratic administration constitutes Dlt-
ter claim 20 appointment BY the present
administration than any that can posi-
by be presented. Bot as rule they
are doomed 70 disappointment. The
sDOils OF Cffice VIII be distributed by
tbe Republican Senator's and Congress
men. Many of these axe new men aad
viii take caTe OF their particular friends.
They iaugh 20 scOrn the sentimental
politics uf the eX-UificS holders. Poetic
Justice is too ETHEREAL for their serious
consideration. The WEiTiigig Of lime
has also brought new friends 10 ths
older Senators and Congressman. New
wine, therefore, will be put into old
bottles, even If it should have the effect
OF bursting things.
In the fierce assault that is being
made upon the administration by the
hungry horde OF office hunters the civil
service rules will most likely fare very
i'll. The pegs by far Outnnmber the
holes. In order that the number OF the
latter may be increased, an effort will
be made 10 induce the administration
TO ignore or evade the provisions OF the
civil service law. Already the organ OF
Secretary Blaine, the New York Irl>
bIniG, urges that appointments in the
railway mail service be made without
regard TO that law. Unless tue Presl-
dent shall put his foot down firmly tbs
spOilsmen of his party will cause him to
violate his civil service pledges before
he shall have Deeu three months in Of
fee. IC will not be long before the
country will know what stuff he is made
of. II is TO be hoped that the Office
hunting brigade will compel him to an
early decision.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
FarentalIsm Run Mad.

Soma very excellent reasons have
been urged against the foIm Of compGI-
sOEy education proposed in bills under
consideration AZ Harrisburg. It is easv
enough to show that these scheIaes can
nos be made operative. But the ideal
of universal intelligence has such a
taking character that the priucipIe of
compulsory education finds favor even
at the hands OF those who unfavorablv
eTitici5e the crude plans for enforcing
it.
There is danger IN This attitode
Pniianthrophy usually finds the means
OF attempting the thing IL deems to be
good and is is becoming more and
more the fashion to lean upon the State
Tor the accomplishment Of objects that
should be left TO the private individual.
when TIE State undertakes 10 provide a
common rudlmental education in free
schools To children who may avail them
selves OF the privilege It has gone TO the
utmost extent advisable IN that direc-
tiOn. To step in between the parent
and the child, and compel an accept
ance OF the State bounty. is a stretch of
authority unwaTraDted by any adyan-
tage 20 be obtained or by any danger TO
be ayerted.
The State Is poor father or mother :.
and In assuming parental relalions il
Weakens the responsibility which patur-
ally belongs to thoss who bring children
into the world. Schools filed with
children driven into them br State con-
stabulaIy would be very different insti-
tutions from the schools we now have
-Pbild. Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
The Lesson in Iron.

The failure OF the Reading Iron
Works. one Of tie largest iron compan-
les 10 the State, with full half million
on the wrong SIDE OF the balance sheet,
only emphasizes the lesson that iron
producers in Pennsylvania should haSe
learned long ago.
Our iron producers are fully, indeed
excessively, protected against foreign
competition, aud the large profits res-
liZed some years ago seem 10 have
clouded The judgment OF many expert
enced men in the business. They were
unmindfui of the fact tnat the produc-
tion Of iron, like the production of
everything else IL this progressive age,
could cont nue. . Profitable business
only when the best possible advantages
were connected with the best possible
management. The time WAS when a
furnace could be buils one year aud pay
Cor itself out o. the profits the next
year but the swift mutations OF Nusi-
ness AMI trade lot only forbid such pro-
fits as enduring, but, as 2 rule, invoke
composition 20 destroy all-pToiits.
Oue-hait o. al the iron establishments
OF Pennsylvania are now untitled Tor
the successful production of iron.
Where ITOn Can be produced az the min
,mun cost, because of perfection OF
machinery. location and management,
il can be proGably manufactured in
the State, bUJ che sooner the lessen Lhst
iron establi 5hments cannot caITy heavy
capitalization and make money, and
that they cannot De successful except
with every possible advantage in favor
OF cheapness OF prOdCct, the sooner will
the iron business Of Penusy lvania get
down 10 q healthy and safe basis.
Nhnfa IA pNg1a in FIfg SfaEa
low as S13 per ton in establishments
specially favored by completeness of fa-
cilities and location, the average cost
OF producing iron is about SIC per ton.
II iron could not be produced cheaper
elsewhere in this country. there might
be hope Cor all such establishments in
this State but when Alabama, with
illimitable iron, coal and limestone in
the same localities, can produce iron at
SO per ton, how long can PENNSYLVANIA
iron works prosper -? We have special
iron products which Will long command
the markets of the country, and we
have favored localities which with per-
feet facilities can compete with any /;
but there the profitable production of
iron in this State is stopped Ey the ire
sistible logic OF facts and figures.
The imperative lesson that all must
ACoAAA AZ VIC lNONuSNA " AAOu III GILL
sylvania is the universal business law
that now demands the utmost cheapness
of product, and that is forbidden when
excessive capitalization or The absence
of perfection in location and facilities
confront the management. It is simply
the law OF common sense applied TO
practical business, and we are just be-
ginning TO understand that the laws of
common sense and of public necessity
apply with full severity to the iron pTo>
ducers OF Pennsy lvania.-Phild. Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

y MISTAKE was made in TIE settle>
ment between the Treasurer and county
at the last auditors settlement, by which
the Treasurer, Thomas f. Howe, in
stead or being credited with S15, 942, Ga
the amount paid out by him on orders
drawn by the Poor Directors was only
credited with the sum of $4,000. a diff
erence In favor OF Mr.. Howe, of 8, ,942, =
GA. On Monday last the County Audi
tors presented petition to the court,
asking leave to make the ecorIection and
a petition was also presented from the
County Commissioners, setting forth
the same facts ant joining with the
auditors in asking to have the account
correctsd. The court directed the au-
ditors to meet and restate the account
making the necessary correction which
they accordingly did.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

THE Indianapolis Nelrs. which sup
ported Harrison during the campaign
IN the belief. often expressed, that
Blaine would have no part in q Harri>
son administration, now says Had
Il been plain and paIpable fact an y
time before the election that Mt. Blaine
would be the Secretary of State, General
Harrison Uould heve failed 10 carry
Indiana and New York, and have bsen
defeated" or Blaine the Noes saws :
In adroilness, unscrupulOusnsss, IL
huence, and information he Destrides
that cabinet like Colossus. Il looks
very much as If the observation Of the
Blaine people were true, that no mat
ter who was nominated it would be 4
Blaine administration
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

Tue present depression of the iron
trade throughout the country says the
Harrisburg Parrot, naturally excites a
great deal Of attention and the almost
universal opinion ot manufacturers is
that over production is the cause Of the
election the Republican newspapers and
stump speakers admonished the people
not TO vote iniapproVal OF tariff reform
for the reason that the triumph OF such
movement would break down that
policy which protects the American
workiEgman and stimulates and en-
courages home industries.
Tariff reform received a temporary
backset and the Republican party has
absolute control o. the affairs of the
country yet the lis. of financial failures
grows larger each day and the ''protec~
tive tariff has manifestIy failed to Go
the work roT which it is intended.
The vast majority Of voters who in
November last cast theIC ballots il con-
demlation OF the monopolistic policy
know now that there is no doubt as tC
the wisdom of their course.
NON is the time FOR the misguided
workingman to look about him. Let
him reflect on the actual condition OF
affairs and if his mind be not poisoned
against equitable taxation he IS sure to
reach the conclusion that the time has
como TO wipe away the barrier which
prevents honest competition and rObs
the many for the benefit of the few.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

THE Supreme court, says the Allen
town Democrat, has reversed the de-
cision of Judge Albright in reference to
the pay OF constables for their monthly
inspection among liquor dealers. IN
der the BROOKS High License law of
1887, the constables arc required 20 Wis
it every hotel in their several bailiWicks
at least once month, but by singu-
lar oversight no compensation was pro-
vided for. The constables OF Lehigh
county formed a league about a year
ago and Reuben Semmel, the constable
of North Whitehall, brought a suit
against the County Commissioners for
mileage which he claimed for making
his monthly inspection. lie alleged
thai he travelled % miles each time he
made the trip. Judge Albright de-
cided the case in favor of Mr.. Semmel,
and the County Commissioners appealed
to the supreme Court, which last week
reversed the decision of the lower
Court. The decision was watched with
great interest as it affects every cOnsta-
BILE in the State, since these officials are,
under the decision, required to make
these inspections without receiving pay
therefor. In the Senate of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. HeRninger. of LehIgh
county, last week introduced a bill pro-
viding for a fee OF 80 cents and a mile
age to conssables for the extra work
imposed upon them by the high license
law.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
Fortunes Of Dudley.

During the past few days there has
been ho little talk as TO Colonel w. w
Dudley and his treatment By Presid dent
Harrison. In Indiana Dudley "a hot IN
blamed and given credit for the part he
played in the last campaign. jealousy
ana enmlty have had great deal to do
with the feeling against him. The
practical politicians who assembled
heTe during the past few DAYS showed
considerable Interest in his welfare It
is told. and with every evidence of
truth, that Dudley gave up a lucrative
business here co go 10 New York To
take part 10 the management of the ma
tlonal campaign committee, and this he
cid. II Is Claimed, al the urgent request
OF President Harrison. What is Great.
Ing the trouble now is that Harrison
appears inclined to Ignore him. NJ is
said that Dudley has been actually
snubbed, and those who pretend 10 te
acquainted with the facts are sore
Go ,n1Dg told is that while Indiana
republicans are doing nothing for Dud-
ley other persons outside the State have
found 1t necessary to keep up the
expenses of attorneys for bim.-Oaci,1-
Rdti Enquirer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

Hsw often are we yet 20 be told that
Whisley kills ? Arsenic Kill F; opium kills,
ana SO 90 hundreds Of other good remedies
Kill Il abused instead Of used. But ask the
question, ''Will whiskey cure 90 ''Yes - is
the positive reply of the most eminent ply
sicians OF all the land. Disease steals into
your system like sneak thief into your
house, and often by neelecting q bad cold,
We end our days in lingering, and wishing
for heaith-when, Indeed, one bottle of Pure
Whiskeg or Brandy would have cured the
cold. Such goods may be scarce. but they
can Be found n 3Iax Klens, 50 Federal
street, Allegheny. His "SuTer Age" IS the
only whisky endorsed by the doctors. You
can get the pure Guckenbeimer. Finch oil
Gibson Rye at Sl.o0 per quart or six quarts
for $500 Send for pEIce list.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

ARCHBISHOP RYAN, of Philadelphia,
In response TO request for his views
upon the subject OF the Prohibition
amendment, writes the following letter
II believe constitutional amendments
to be extreme measures, which should
be adopted only in case of supreme ne.
cessity. j believe, as far as 1 am capa.
ole OF forming a judgment on the SUBJ
ject, that high license and other laws
enacted to preserve the people from in
temperance, if duly enforced, would be
quite sufficient to attain the desired
end-that, is as far as mere legislation
can attain IN. More stringent laws
could be enacted if found necessary
without touching the constitution
ITSELF"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

ENOUGH returns from the election
In New Hampshire on Tuesday, have
been received to indicate that the con-
stitutional amendment has been defeated
by decided majority. The prohioitory
amendment was most important issue
and comparatively little interest was
manifested throughout the State on the
other amendments. In Nashua and
other cities vigorous efforts were made
by the women, who stood all day al the
polls soliciting votes and aiding the
temperance movement In every possible
may.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
Electric Bitters-

This remedy is becoming so well known and so
popular as to need no special mention. All who
have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of
piaise.-A purer medicine does not exist and IL Is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will sure all diseases OF the kiver and
kidneys. will remove Pimples, RoIls, Salt Rheum
and other affections caused By impure blood
VIII drive Malaria from the system and prevent
as well as cure all NalariaI feyers.-For cure of
Headache. Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bi:ters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed.
or money rcfunded.-Price 80 cts and LOO Der
bottle ht the drug store OF L. James, Ebeasburg,
and W. W. MeAteer, Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
The Danger OF PIutocracy.


The Richmond Tunes in a recent issue
sounds note of warning TO the people
OF the United States over the friFhtfnl
growth OF platOcracy il the country. as
evidenced by the men high in official
position. IL calls attention to the fact
that, 6Ist or all, Mr.. Morton, holding
the second Office in the gift of the peo,
PIE, Is Indebted for his Office to the
length or his own purse and the infIa-
enSe which his -'har'i'' gives him with
other members of the moneyed classes.
lie It was who selected by the Chicago
Convention for Vice President. In ac-
cordance with the advice os Senator
ingalls,, to nominate "sOme fellow like
PEelps, OF New Jersey, who could get
contributions from manufacturers ard
Wall street." and it was cert ainIy NOT
his statemanship but his money that
made him Vice-President. Then
again, there is Wanamaker, whose case
Is too well known to need repetition.
Because he was instrumental Ia raising
the largest su6scTiption-S4OO 600
for the corruption fund which enabled
Quay to buy New York and Indiana for
Harrison, he has been rewarded with q
Cabinet position which in the earlier
days Of the Republic could only have
been commanded by a statesman of
acknowledged ability. The indiffer-
ence of the people to all these things
and their apparent willingness to bow
beneath the yoke Of The plutocIat is the
most alarming feature OF the situation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

TIE President sent the following
nominations to the Senate on Monday.
Thomas W. Palmer Of Michigan.
to be Envoy Extraordinary and Min
lister Plenipotentiary of the United
States to Spain.
John +. Swift of California, to be En-.
voy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary OF the United States TO
Japan.
John d. Washburn of Massachusetts,.
Minister Residen. and Consul General
of the United States to Switzerland.
George ). Tichenor OF Illinois, TO be
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Vice Isaac II. Maynard, resigned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

THE question as to the length OF the
term for which constables were elected
Is being sgitated throughout the State.
In the Act providing for the election of
assessors for three years, It says that
they shall be elected on the third Tues
day Of February, 1889. But in the bill
providing for the election of constables
Tor three years, it says that they shall
De elected on the third Tuesday of Fed.
ruary next. The omission of the year
In the last case causes the difference of
opinion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
A Call for Greater LIberality.

The regular appropriation bills passed
at the late session of Congress covers a
total OF S2S1. SIS, ,69j. Pensions lead in
this aggregate with SS1, $50 coo. The
next is the postoifice department with
SEQ COS, 600, but this is covered, save a
small deficiency, by the postal receipts.
The total appropriations COR tae erc,v
and navy amount TO about half the rem
sion bill. Vet P-1sij.GI. Harrison
seems to think the country is not doing
its duty By The veterans, and others, es-
pecidllv the others, would open the
doors wider. which means the d. pendent
pension bill vetoed by the late President
and kindred measures that would have
passed but for the known opposition and
the certainty they would invite veto.
We think it quite within moderation 10
estimate the pension appro oriAtions be-
fore the close Of the present administra.
tion at $3.50, 900. 600 year.
Fifteen years ago, General Garfield,
as chairman of the Committee on Ap-
propriatiOns, stated the estimate for
that time, about thirty millions a year,
Indicated the food tide OF pension APP
'Fropriations. They would probably re-
main stationary, he said, quoting the
Commissioner of Pensions, and then a
decline would set ii.
Well, We are getting an idea CT the
decline About $50, 600. coo next year.
slOO, OOO, 600 the year later, and so on
indefinitely. The American people are
very generous. and are willing, nay,
so.icitOus, that every needy and deserv-
ing veteran, disabled from the pursuits
.: life, should be well provided for.
There is no difference Of opinion about
that. But the pension system has long
gone beyond These bounds and has be
come an immense machine of eXtravi-
gance and iobbeTy. There are pension
claim agents Tho boast their millions.
and In their greed We get at the secret
of the eternal clatteT for "mOre liberal
PENSIONS" as II the government has
been anything else but generous beyond
all precedent. .-PItSJlTg Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

THE Supreme Court OF West VIr-
ginia, met on Tuesday and decided in
the Goff- Wilson Gubernatorial manda-
mus case that Governor Wilson is ems
titled to hold over until such time as
the contest between Fleming and Goff
shall have been settled, or, in other
words, Gof is not entitled to the seat
on the ground that the returns were not
declared by the Legislature. The fight
will now be between Wilson and Carr
on quo waIanto proceeding.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

STATESMAN, anxious to serve their
country, in the last few years have de-
yised numerous ways to make them
selves solid with the veterans and catch
the soldiers vote. II was reserved how.
ever, for the Honorable Mr.. Martin, a
member OF the Illinois legislature to
can the climax when he offered reso-
luton In that body, "ThaJ all honoras
bly, discharged soldiers be permitted to
practice law without examination" ="
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

ADyICEs from Washington say there
IS no prospect OF an Immediate change
of the ohl:e of Solicitor General. Judge
jerks, the present incumbent, having
been requested by Attorney General
Miller TO remain in his position until
the end Of the present term OF the Uni
ted States Supreme Court in May next.
1t is said that Judge Harry White, Of
Indiana, is An applicant for the posi-
tion and that he has the endorsement OF
Senator Quay.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15
Is consumption IncurabIs.

Read the following Mr.. q. H. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "WEs down with Abseess Of
Lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced
me an lncarable ConsumptiTe Began taking
Dr. Kings New Discovery tor CONSUMPTION. am
now on my third bottle, and able to oversee The
work on ny farm. 1t is the finest medicine ever
made" ~
Jesse MiddleNhart, Decatur. Ohio, saws
''Had II rot been for DR.. Kings New Discovery
ror Consumption would have died Of Lung
Troubles. Was given Up by doctors. Am now IN
best Of health Try IL. Sample bottles free n,
the drug store Of L. James, Eotnsburg, and W,
W. MeAteer, Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-15

A NUMBER of New York and west
tero capitalists have organized a cor
poration under the title OF the Ameri-
can Meat Company, which proposes to
engage in all the branches of the cattle
and beef industry, from the raising of
stock to the retailing OF the product.
The capital is fixed at S25, ,OOO, 600. of
$4,000, 600 are to be issued forWirb. IL
Is announced that in exchange for pro
perty - .OOO, COO of the stock has been
already taken, and it is stated lat
several millions are 10 Oe offered the
public at something below par. The
slaughter houses of the concern are To-
Gated at Kansas City,