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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
Another SalarY Grab.

The majority OF the special Commit,
tee appointed by the House of R-pre-
sentatIves for the purpose of inv-s igat
log the SilcOIt defaicarion have verified
The Worlds prediction and have re-
ported that the Government ought to
sgsin pay the Congressman whose sal
aries were stolen by the defaultiDg
cashier. We are sorry for this, although
our judgment has been vindicated.
This report holds that the Congress-
men have not bren paid because the
money drawn by Silco.t never reached
them. There was never more IA
grant attempt to obtain money by force.
IL Congress adopts this report IL will be
another salary grab, another robbery of
the Treasury simply because the robbers
have the right to enact laws.
SICoTT acted as the agent of each
Representative. He drew the money
from the Treasury on a certificate signed
by the member. Payment to him was
payment TO his principal, and it would
be precisely as honest for a Congress-
man to demand that the Government
should restore his monthly salary which
had been stolen from his pocket by
thief as it 10 to make the Treasury re-
sponsibie for Silcott's defalcation.
Mr.. Holmsnfs minority report is
what was to have been expected from
an honest man. 1t holds that menu
OF Congress alone should be the suffer
ers from the dishonesty of their own
sgent.-N. Y. W. World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

AT Cas.ua. a small town in Austria. all
the couples become engaged during the year
are united in the bonds of wedlocK at one
and the same marriage ceremony. In vir-
tue OF the ancient ceremony thirty-five
young women were the other day led to the
altar.
-Thz Elk county (Pa.) deer park of Hall
& Kaul is a mile square. All around the
place is q fence made Of trees from 10 to ID
feet in height. while inside the brush and
trees are so thick that people are easily lost
there. Approaches 10 the park are so
ranged that the deer coming up find but
little difficulty in gaining an entrance, but
once inside there is no possible means of
getting out. Inside the fence the ground
slopes so much that the most expert jumper
in the deer tribe would not attempt to get
out. 1t is thought now that there are not
less than $50 deer within the park.
Jacob Horn. aged O. years. a farmer Il
Lowrytown, Pa, left his home on Wednes-
day morning OF last week, 20 cut bark for his
distilleIy. He failed TO return at night and
searching party found his body two miles
away in the woods. He had often told his
friends that in the event OF his death an
autopsy should be made. This was done
The next day by a Weatherly physician ana
the examination developed the astonishing
fact that the heart had been abnormally de-
Veloped, having become four times its nor
nal size and that Il had become a hard
cartilaeenous- like body, which attached
itself to the surrounding walls.
W L. ShindIe, a reporter for the Dis
patch. bad a thrilling experience Saturday
near Shamokin. Pa. ShiudIe, ACCOMPANIED
by }. r House, of the EagIe. started across
the mountains to hunt up a prize fight, as
that way was the shortest route TO the farm
where the local pugilistie lights were to
meet. The two men were walking along
side by side. when Shinsle suddenly disap-
peered from view. His companion was
Mortified 10 End he had fallen into a mine
air>hole, end had not the large storm coat
worn by ShIndle caught on the Iedges OF
+ rock, be would have probably fallen into
/ the mine below As it was he was fifteen
I feet below the surface. House went 10 the
nearest farmhouse and secured a clothe.
line with which he rescued Shindle who
had almost Riyeu up in despair.
During confirmation services at St
/ Johns Episcopal church, In Philadelphia
on Sunday evening. the congregation wa,
startled by the actions of an apparently de-
mented Young man who arose from his SEA
in the church, and pointing a revolver a
Bishop Whitaker. who was taking Fart il
the services, fired shot at him. Immedi
ately there was great confusion but it wa.
quickly seen that no harm had resulted
from the shot. An officer was hastily sum
moned and the woud-be murderer taker
into custody at the station house he CAV
his name as David Alexander and his resi-
deDce Philadelphia. He told a rambling
story about letter he had received whicl
Induced him 10 make the attempt upon tn
venerable bishops life. Alexander wa
locked up pending an examination of tn
matter
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
Free Trade with Canada.

CongressmaD ButteIworth is IN favor
OF the annexation OF Canada TO the
United States. He Is also in favor OF
reciprocity between the two counties,
and he IL also In favor of free trade.
Free trade between this country and
CaDad would bestow upon both
countries all the advantages with noLe
of the burdens OF annexation. Canada
has coal, ore and lumber IN vast quanti-
ties which the Canadians could swap
for machinery snd Yankee notions
without number. This constant swap
ping would furnish profitable empio y
ment to the people north and south OF
the st. Lawrence, ana the only men 10
suffer by this trade free and unhamper~
cd. would be few custom house OH
cials and sGbordinstes. who would, OF
course, be discharged, there being no
longer need for their services
ULder the policy of tariff confisca-
tions trade Is restricted, smuggling and
false swearing encouraged and the peo-
pie o. both countries deprived OF their
Just rights TO buy and sell when and
where they please. For such state OF
Affairs there is no excuse, and Congress-
man Butterworth spoke truly when he
declared against the further continu-
ance OF policy which slighted off the
vast interests of "the nation in order
TO satisfy the greed Of the ''owner of
potztoe patch"
Keep right along, Mr.. Butterworth,
you are hes ded In the right direction,
and will. in time, see the folly of per
mittipg the owners OF q coal patch or
an iron patch to do what Is now wrong
in the owner OF The potato PATCH To
do. The Yankee does not require the
guardianship OF the tariff league TO
protect him in his trading with the
Canadians and the "men across the
line" are capable OF selling their wares
to the best advantage. Remove the
tariff barriers and let trade take its
natural course. Harrisburg Patriot.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
Tax Paid.

There is probably few who realize the enor.
nous amount of money annually paid into
:he U. S. Treasury on both Imported and
Domestic liquors. Are you aware that Max
Klein. of Allegheny. Pa. Is a large contri-
butor to that fund ? Are you posted as to
who does one OF the largest business 10 the
liquor line II not. let US tell you that
Max Klein leads them all-and WHY Be-
cause be has long sIRce succeeded In con
vincing the people that he furnishes value
for value He sells elk year old Quicken
heimer, Finch, Overholt. and Gibson at
81 90 per quart or six quarts for IS 90. His
Silver Age that defies competition at 81 so
each quart bottle. Wines al 80 cents per
quart and upward. he ships In neatly
packed boxes. Send for his price list and
complete catalogue and do not hesitate to
send your order to Max Klein, 81 Federal
ST.. Allegheny, Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

The House of Representatives, says
The Pittsburg Post, from this week on
is likely TO be the scene of earnest and
sometimes excited partisan contention
over the new rules and the contested
seats. These matters adjusted, in ac-
cordauce with the plans of the Repub-
lican majority, there will be fair sailing
for the various subsidy schemes, the
Natiuna! election law, the Blair $50
O0O.O0O educational bill, navy and forti-
fication appropriations, and possibly
some "tinkering'' with the tariff. al
though the opinion Is growing there
will be no legislation on that subject.
The protected interests, and especially
the trusts and combinations, are sstis-
fed with matters as they stand.
Both parties have held csucuses and
determined on their line OF action.
The Republicans seem inclined to pro-
ceed without rules in the settlement OF
the contested seats, as in their absence
the speaker is absolute in any lengths
of Injustice so long as a majority sus-
tains his decisions. Having accom-
plished their ends in this way, according
to the reports OF their caucuses, 1.-THE
rlgidity of the new code might be re-
laxed with benefit, and the RepublI-
cans thus relieved OF the necessity of
enacting a code which in time, might
perhaps be felt by themselves tcith ttsll
force" This is frank confession GER
tsinly. They propose to carry out
their partisan deviltry and injustice,
without rules, and this done, and the
necessary number of seats stolen by
brute force, they will bring forward a
set of more moderate rules, so that
when the Democrats appear in the Con-
gress with a majority, they will have a
precedent OF Republican moderation, +"
This is very thin.
AS we recall the facts, in the Forty
seventh Congress, from 1881 to 1888,
with the illustrious Keifer as speaker,
the Republicans were very much in the
fix they are at this time. Their ma
jority was scant and seats had to be
stolen TO recruit il. The rules were
changed to effect this. and when the
Democrats came by their own in the
next Congress, they did not follow this
precedent, but gave to the Republican
minority their full rights under the
| old rules. These they have had in heaping
measure, during he last six years un.
der the sreakership o. Mr.. Carlisle,
! and it is these rights they now cut off
| from the minority by making an auto
cTat of the speaker until all their parti-
san Outrages have been accomplished.
Let them go ahead. Six years ago a
dose Of Keifer revolutionizsd the poll
| tics Of the House at ths first succeed
| ing election, and stronger dose Of
| Reed Will have more pronounced re-
suits. But with this difference, the
Democrats who come in after the Reed
House will insist the Republicans shall
take their own medicine.
The congressional history OF the
country emphasizes the fact that it is
not the path of safety for any political
! party TO adopt rules when in a majority
whose application tn would dread
when in a minority. Punishment is
sure 10 come in time, aud there is MOTH
ing more uncertain and variable in the
politics of this codntry thar the politi-
cal control of the National House OF
| RepTese natives.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

1T was Easy 10 be seen at the Repuu-
licsn County Contention held In Eb-ns-
burg, on Monday last, that something
more than usual was on hand. One
hundred and four delegates al Re-
publican Convention in Cambria county.
staTtles even the imagination of a pei
son who has been accustomed to ace
the empty chairs attending their gath
erings. Every postmaster in the county
was on deck and the patriotic impulse
OF stranglIug Hastings beat in unison
In their loyal breasts. They were re-
solved TO show Boss Quay tha, with
them, his interests were their interests
to the fullest degree.
The resolution instructing the dele
gates from his county to vote for Del
amaier as the choice OF the Cambria
County Republicans for Governor was
carried by a vote OF ninety-nine for
Delamater, four for Hastings and
one for Montooth. They not only bur
ried Hastings, but they rammed in the
earth and sodGed the mound, making
one of the most complete political
funerals on record. And all this in
the face OF the fact that nine tenths of
the rank and Gle of the Republican
party in Cambria county, il left to their
own free choice would be for Hastings.
whom they know, as against Delamater
whom they never heard of. The QUAY
collar is on their neeks and they wear
II gracefully.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
An Inscriptions Party.

lt is regrsttable that justice plays
no part in settling contested election
cases when Republicans are iu the ma
yorIty aud desire q greater majority.
IL might be unjust to say that the Re
publican leaders were Instrumental in
having the pending contests made with
the view of increasing their strength n
the House, but it certainly looks as II
there were a plot OF that kind. The
R-publican party seems 20 have decid-
ed that IL il cannot eject CoDgressmen
in the South, it will secure them in
some other way. The unseatiDg Of
Democrats and the filling of their
places with Republicans by the House
IS about as effective a way to get a ma
jority as the returning board is. IL the
Republicans succsed in getting Con-
gress TO place Congressional elections
under Federal control, the returning
board will be depended to do the kind of
work tie Republican majority of the
House proposes to do DOW.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

II there is any sense of honor left in
the Republics n party Of Ohio, saws tine
New York Herald, Governor Foraker
will hereafter be regarded as a dead
lion.
No self respecting man ever vet
found himself IN a position more hu>
initiating. His worst enemies can
scarcely wish HIM a harder fate ;bap
that which seems 10 have ovrrtskep
him. Even the desire for revenge must
give way TO contempt.
The testimony Of Wood, given in
Washington aud published throughout
the country, fairly opens the juguIar
vein o' Fcraker's career and dooms him
to bleed 10 death. Wood admitted
before The committee that he was himself
very miserable sort Of a Creature
willing for his own price, to be used as
a tool. II The Governor wanted q forged
document Wood was as willing To
procure 1t for nim as Foraker was 70
use it after it had been obtained. The
one blasting, dammiug point in Woods
testimony was that Foraker must have
known Of the forgery, and, knowing.
was nevertheless eager to make 1t a part
OF bis csmsign.
The Governor OF Ohio has floundered
In the mire during this whole investigs-
tioL aud sunk deeper at every effort.
When the evIden nee is all in he will go out
of sight altogether, and his friends may
properly put up an inexpensive head
board with this legend inscribed there
upou:-"Even 10 American politics it
pays to play a square game"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
He Suffers Only Under RepubIicanism.

II is the Republican party that is al
ways worrying about the negro ques-
lion. The party seems TO be mighty
afraid that the negro will not have his
rights unless the Republican party shall
be continued, for the purpose OF absorb
ing the spoils and perpetuAting a sys
tenn OF taxation which bears heavily
upon the negro, the farmer and the
laborer. Its heart is always bleeding
Tor ,he negro, and according to It's own
account the reason for sorrow is never
so great as when the party IL in power.
During the Administration of Mr..
cleveland there was no unhappiness on
this score, and when the sectional Ad-
ministration of Harrison will have
passed away the succeeding Democracy
will not be yexed seriously by the ne.
gro question. 1t is, OF course, an un-
comfortable race problem, which, with
the rapid increase of negroes, may vet
give the Southern States serious con-
cern, but Ingalls,. with his firebrand
suggestions, will not help matters.
With affectatioDs OF fairness the Sena-
tor talks Ike raLk Dartisan as be is.
who would use race prejudice to the
of pharisaical Republican,
ism. ChicdgO Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

For a man who has been elected once
TO the Pennsylvania State Senate and
who did not cut very wide swath
when there, II was laying It on pretty
thick for Captain Thomas Davis at
the Republican Convention on Monday
last, TO point to that "dJlc and brilliant
statesman, Hon. George W. Delams-
ter" Delmater, is a banker at Mead
vile, who is more noted for his Doodle
than his craftsmanship and Captain
Davis should be more careful in giving
cut his diplomas.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
Mad from WanI.

HURON, s. D. January p There are
hundreds Of people sitting IN the farm
houses on the snow covered plains. going
mad from want in South Dakota
A correspondent who has visited many
farmers near Huron reports that there is a
pressing need for relief. as starvation is
staring hundreds of poor in the face. One
farmer who expressed the belief that he was
much better off than many others. said
I'VE have something to eat, hominy and a
little pork. II won't last long and we
have 30 he careful OF the coal. hut the worst
Is the stock. We haven't got thing 10 feed
TO the horses and cattle. Can't sell them.
Cant feed them Stock Il going 10 die bv
the thousands unless we get something for
them TO eat. We won't have horses to pIow
with in the spring. No seed now. tell
yoa It goes against the grain 10 see dumb
creatures suffer-
Another one said "Do you know the
only help we have had Is from the railroad
the Northwestern. They have brought
coal to for 50 ton. FREQ Of freight. and
have done it all winter. Even at that price
we have TO economic on coal. tell you. il
it had not been for the railroad company
thousands Of people would have frozen to
death last week when the thermometer went
down TO forty degrees below zero"
J S. Oliver superintendent of the Dakota
Central division OF the Chicago and North
western Railway, at Huron, said : THAT Is
all tue that Won have heard. People are
undoubtedly suffering fo1 the necessaries,
but this road will see that no one freezes.
Il is to the interest Of the company that the
FRan MI Eeo - k,.s-
present condition IL no fault of their own.
The facts have not been advertised as ex-
tensivelv as they should have been"
Mr.. Oliver continuing. said 81 believe
Won will find things still worse northwest of
here. Governor Mellett has marked nine
teen counties as being in need Of relief"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

THERE will be an exciting election
in the Fourth Senatorial district In
Ohio on Tuesday next. \ Senator Is to
be chosen to Gil vacancy occasioned
by the death Of a Democratic Senator.
II a Republican should be elected ii
would tie the senate and give the Re-
publican Lieutenant Governor a casting
vote. AS important political legisla-
tion Is depending, the struggle for
mastery Will be strenuous. Both par
ties have put strong men in nomina-
tion, and as the distric, is close one
nothing is lacking TO make the contest
furious.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
A Safe Investment

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Trial bottles free at E. James, Ebensburg, and
W. W. McAteer's Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

1.-THE American Federation of la
Dor" says the Chicago Herald, "hss
asked that the next census include the
number Of men IN the United States
it. The statistics of idle workingmen
TO whom Protection has promised to
give steady employment will be as care
fully omitted from the census as those
of the mortgages which Protection has
compelled farmers TO put on their farms.
The protected monopoIies did not get
Porter appointed Superintendent Of the
Census to collect any such figures"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
COMMITTEE.

SAAAA AsEs
TO me members o. me Democratic County Commit
Zee.
HKNrLEN sN;-rhere seems 70 be a prevailing
opinion among Democrats, that change should
be made Ia our system OF nominating candidates
for OH e. II is urged that the present system
has damaged the party In the county and that
like result has followed It's adoption in all the
other counties whore il prevails. 7 have been re-
peatedIy urged by prominent Democrats through
out the county, who have no other interes: In the
matter than the good OF the party, 20 call the
County Committee together, Tor the purpose
OF considering the propriety OF retaining the
present. or adopting the ola delegate system.
Therefore viii ask what seems TO be popular
demand, that the members Of the Democratic
County Committee meet at the Armory Han, In
EbensSurg, on Monday the 24th day Of Fenrua-
" 1890, at O'Clock P. NJ for the purpose Of de-
uberatIng on this and other matters Of interest
10 the party I would further suggest that each
member Of the County Committee, consults his
constituents on the subject, so that any action
taken by the Committee would be endorsed by
the marty JOSEPH A. GRAY.
Chalrman OF TIE Democratic Com nittee
UarrolItown, Pa. January 81 1890
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31
MerIt Wins.

We desire to say TO our citizens, that for years
We have been selling DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Copsumption, DIR. Kings New Life Pills
Bueklen's Arnlca SAlve and Electric Bitters and
have never handled remedies that sell as well. or
that have given such universal satisfaction. We
do not hesitate 10 guarantee them every time and
we stand ready TO refund the purchase price. II
satisfactory results do not follow their use These
remedies have won their great popularity purely
on On Their merits. L. James, Ebensbury and w
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

EN- CONGRESSMAN II. c. HoRR, OF
Michigan, although an ardent Republi
can. has become disgruntlsd with
President Harrison's policy He says
that the general opinion Of the men
whom be has met 10 his travels over the
country is that President Harrison has
weakened rather than strengthened tn
Republican party.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

A REPRESENTATIVE of the Kansas
City Times interviewed ex-Presideut
Cleveland at his home in New York
few days ago. Speaking of tariff
reform Mr.. Cleveland said "It would
be pity noe TO carry forward the
work which the party has so grand!y
inaugurated, and there ought 20 be no
halt until the ends aimed at are encom.
passed and the people are in full posses.
sion Of the benefits and blessings which
an accumulation OF inequalities, called
into existence by apathy on one side
and self interest on the other, have die
verted from them Mr.. Cleveland
may rest assured the work which the
party has so grandly inaugurated Will
be carried forward, The grasping
monopolisls should make hay while the
sun shines.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

TIE Senate, Wednesday, after long
discussion, recomm.tted the bill TO res
qu.re the lperintendsnt OF the Census
TO ascertain what percentage OF the
people own their own farms, the num-
b7r under mortgage and the amount
thereof.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

PRESIDENT HARRISON has consent
ed TO open the public library and art
gallery buildings presented by Andrew
Carnegie to the city OF Allegheny, Pa.
The ceremony will take place some
time next month.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

ONE of the first bills introduced in
Congress at the present. t.session provided
for the expenditure of Sl26 100000 dur
ing the next twelve years for coast de-
fenses.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

THE Chairman OF the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, has
prepared bill for the perpetuation Of
National Banks, which he will intro
duce In the House at the first opportuu~
ity. The bill provides for the issue OF
$500, 600 600 = per cent. bonds, to run
fifty years and TO be used exclusively
as a basis for National bank circulation.
The proceeds from the sale Of the bonds
are 10 be applied % the redemption Of
bonds now outstanding. The bill has
been submitted % Secretary Wiudom
and Controller Lacey, ard it is un-
dsrsfood that 70 has their approval.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-31

SENATOR QUAY, called at the White
House, Friday, With list of appoints
ments which he desired to have made
in Pennsylvania. He got very cold
comfort, however, and departed in
somewhat OF hun.