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No Meals for Election Offices Until the
Result is Obtained.

1t is said that in some OF the polling
places it may take upward of twenty
four hours to officially count the bal
lots deposited under the Baker law.
Some commissioners rather rashly es.
innate that it may take nearly three
days and that each Of the election Of
hcers in the state will likely be en-.
titled to three days pay for their ser
vices. The amount of work required
to be gone through with, it is claimed,
make the labor of getting out the Of
ficial count not only burdensome, but
will delay the announcement of the
final result in large districts when
there is considerable cutting from
five to seven hours after the polls have
closed on election day.
Section 20 of the law, it is held,
precludes the possibility of the cleo
ton officers getting anything to eat
from the time the polls close until the
votes are counted. That may tend tohas-
ten the work some, as under the old
system the election officers frequently
spent an hour eating supper before
they began counting. Now they "must
at once proceed to count the votes
after the polls close and no one is sal
lowed to communicate with any officer
in any way after the polls are closed" "
That part of the section prevents
meals being served to the election o.
ficers before finishing the count.
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THE OUTLOOK.

Election day will be two weeks
from next Tuesday (November Sth).
Thus far the campaign has been the
most quiet one ever known. But
when il comes to registration, there
appears to be about as much interest
manifested as ever known. To use a
common phrase, the politicians "are
not in it." The people have deter
mined to assert their rights. They
have been duped long enough; having
borne the burdens they now propose
by the ballot to take part in the max
ing of laws for their government. The
tide is steadily drifting toward the
election of Grover Cleveland. From
the present outlook Cleveland will
surely carry New York and Indiana
together with the states which voted
for him in 1888; and the prospect is
frightening in Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. The fusion ticket will likely
succeed in Kansas, Nebraska, Coo
RADIO and Nevada-which would re-
duce the Harrison electors IS.
Neither candidate can be elected
without the vote of New York ;
the state votes under the Australian
ballot and in 1891 the Democrats
elected Gov. Flower by a majority OF
$4,000. The Democratic managers
cl lin that Cleveland will carry New
York state by majority of nearly
$4,000.
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added by the pocket States, the Demo
Gratis have "a Governors and the Re-
publicans 40, two of which were
stolen In New Hampshire and Con
necticut. Another was stolen in
Nebraska, but the Supreme Court
halted the theft by restoring to Office
the Governor the people had elect ed.
Thus the Republicans have been
the minority party in the nation in
three of the last four Presidential
contests, and in seven of the nine
last Congresses; and the election OF
last year which gave success to the
entire Democratic tickets in New
York and Iowa and to a Democratic
Governor in Massachusetts,, clearly in
dicate large Democratic majority in
rSoa unless there has been a revul.
sion in public sentiment against that
party.
The Republicans entered the great
battle Of 1892 as a defeated party
defeated in three of the last four
Presidential elections, defeated in the
last two national contests, and de-
feated by yet larger majoritics in the
elections of 1890 and 1891. Its only
hope of success is in revolutionizng
New York that gave nearly 10000
last year, and that has given uniform
and generally large Democratic ma,
jorities during the last -four years,
with the single exception of President
in 1888 when the whole Democratic
State ticket was elected. 1t starts in
the fight a beaten party. and how is
il to reverse the two Overwhelming
judgments Of the people already eiven
against its wantonly oppressive and
monopoly protecting tariff policy ?
The nation is Democratic.-2I Times.
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The Nation Is Democratic.

Since the Grant sweep over
Greeley in 1872, just score of years
ago, the Democrats have polled a
majority of the popular vote of the
nation in every Presidential contest,
with the single exception of 1880,
when Garfield received 3,o3s ma.
jorlty over Hancock in a poll Of
nearly 5000, 900 votes. The follow
ing is the official popular vote for
President since 1872, as given in the
Tribune Almanac:
1875. 1884.
Democratlc. s,.i2 265 Democratic .....4, ,S74, $50
hepuDncan.'".. t'oS3asS Republcan.....i ,s5l ,9sI
Dem. msl;;." Ala sSO,s7O Dem. maj. aa,OOa
Republican ....4, 49, 1851 Democratic. s. s36 39a
Democratic.4 ,iE SSS Republican,. IS, AL ,923
Rep. maj..... s.oss Dem. maj... s4,6Oi
II will be seen that Tilden had
a5o,97o majority over Hayes in 1876;
that Garfield had 1893 majority over
Hancock in 1880; that Cleveland had
23,oos majority over Blaine in 1884,
and that Cleveland had 94,6o1 ma.
jority over Harrison in 1888.
Since .S7a the Republicans have
elected a majority to the popular
branch of Congress only twice-to
the Forty seventh and to the Fifty-hrst
Congresses. Thus in three Of the
last four Presidential contests the
Democrats polled majority of the
popular vote of the nation as against
the Republicans, and of the last nine
Congresses the Democrats had ma.
jority and chose the Speaker in seven
and the Republicans in two. The
Republican Speakers were Messrs.
Keifer in 1881 and Reed in 1850.
ihe Democratic Speakers were
Messrs. Kerr, in 1875; Randall, in
IS76-7-o; Carlisle, in IS8s-5-7, and
Crisp, in 1891.
In 1890, the important Congress
ional election following the last
Presidential contest, the Republicans
were defeated by the largest majority
ever cast against any party in the
history Of the Republic. They elect,
ed less than third of the popular
branch OF Congress, and the off-year
elections of 1891 gave New York a
Democratic Governor by nearly 5o,.
900; Massachusetts a Democratic
Governor by 1000 and Iowa a
Democratic Governor by 1900, while
the other formerly strong Republican
States of the West and Northwest
which held elections last year, prove
in every instance that they are nc
longer reliably Republican
But for the manufacture of six new
pocket States, both branches of Con-
gress would TO-DAY be Democratic
and nearly two-thirds of the States
would have Democratic Governors
AS it is, with six Republican Governors
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supporters of the bill, for the more of
confusion and dispute resulting from
its operation the more of party returns
with consequent control in the organi-
zation of the House would be secured.
Some unsuspecting persons may
think that the regulation requiring one
OF the precinct supervisors in each
case to be of different political party
from the others is security for fair.
ness at the election ; this would be so
if the selection of the third supervisor
were made by his own party, as is
done in Pennsylvania in the choice Of
inspectors of election but the election
boss, under the bill, selects all the
names upon the double list approved
by the court, assigns to duty from
that list the persons who are to serve,
has the power to remove them at his
pleasure and to give them orders
which they are to obey, they will get
their appointments from him upon the
express or implied condition that they
are to do his will and be subserient to
all his wishes. They will be men of
no account or Of easy virtue, who will
constitute no obstacle in his way, and
very commonly will be seduced into
betrayal OF their own party.
In our state election boards are well
organized; all those engaged in holding
them are selected upon a plan sane
toned by experience and approved by
popular favor. A majority in dis
trict elect the judge, and each party
by It's own votes, elect an inspector
and then each Inspector selects one
clerk, so that in nearly all the election
districts in Pennsylvania the election
officers are divided between parties in
the proportion of three to two, and
then by our constitution of 1874,
whenever fraud or unfairness is sus
pected, as likely to occur in district,
five voters of the district may apply to
the county courts to appoint two over
seers OF election from different political
parties who when they agree, may de-
eide any question of difference in
board. Besides, the attendance of
constables in country districts and of
policemen in cities is guarantee of
peace and good order at the election.
We need no United States supervisors
inside the election room, nor deputy
marshatls outside for any legitimate
purpose, and their employment can
only be productive of evil.
Under the Force bill the secrecy of
the ballot would be no longer secure.
The state election officers are sworn
not to divuse how any elector has
voted; but no such obligation is to be
assumed by the United States super
visors. They are to take list of all
the voters and by handling, examining
and counting the numbered ballots,
may ascertain how any elector has
voted and may afterwards divulge
their information with impunity. This
fact would result in coercion upon
voters in the election where supervis-
ors are employed and would destroy
or impair the secretary of the ballot.
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TO CONSERVATIVES.

The undersigned having been restored 10
health by simple means, after suffering for
several years with severe lung afiectiOn, and
that dread disease Consumption, is anxious TO
make known TO his fellow sufferers the means
OF cure. To those who desire It, he viii cheer.
fully send frce or charge) copy OF the pres
crption used, which they Will ind sure cure
for Consumption, Asthma, CdtdyT'b, Bronchitis
and all throat and lung Adiddies lie hopes all
sufferers Will try his remedy, as II Is invaluable.
Those desiring the prescription, which will cost
them nothing, and my prove II blessing will
please address,
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Brooklyn, New York
Sept. 10, yr.
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FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS.

FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS.
Samuel G. Thompson, Clem't r. Wainwright,
Adam $. Conway, Charles H. Lafferty,
W. Redwood Wright, George X. Guss
John o. James, William Nolan,
James Duffey, Charles ID. Breck
S. w. Trimmer, Samuel s. Leby,
Azur Lathrop, \. c. Nipple,
Thomas Chalfant, W. d. Himmelrech
P, II. Strubinger, II. b. Piper,
Joseph d. Orr, Charles A. Fagan.
Andrew A. Payton, John d. Braden
Michael Lebel Thomas Mcdowell
Cornelius W. Bull, VIM. G. Yuengling
j. X. P. Hall, John Conway.
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A gentleman of this county who
has excellent judgment remarked to
us the other day that he knew of no
pill so good for constipation,
dyspepsia and liver complaint as
De Wits Little Early Risers. w. S.
Rishton, Druggist. Io.I4.1yr
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COUNTY.
For CONGRESS,
S. P. WOLVERTON,
For REPRESENTATIVES
E. M. TEWKSBURY,
ANDREW L. FRITZ,
VOTE EARLY.

Every Democrat in Columbia coun-
ty should arrange their work so that
they can 60 to the polls to vote before
dinner time. Under the new ballot law
much time will be taken in the prepa-
ration fol voting and every Democrat
should work to get every vote polled.
Vote early and then help get out the
rest Of the votes.
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What shall it profit man if he
gain the whole world and then has the
dyspepsia so bad that he can't enjoy
any Of the good things it contains /?
He wont have dyspepsia if he takes
DE Wits Little Early Risers. w. S.
Rishton, Druggist. 1914 Tyr.
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It's not v.ry pleasant to cough and
hack. To suffer pain in chest and
back.
Many people could stop it, for sure.
BY simply using One Minute Cough
Cure. w. S. Rishton, Druggist.
Io-I4-Iyr
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
STATE.

FOR CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE.
GEORGE A. ALLEN, Erie.
THOMAS P. MERRITT, Berks.
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FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
CHRISTOPHER HEYDRICK, Venango.
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FOR ELECTORS AT LARGE.
MORTIMER F. ELLIOTT, Tioga.
JNO. C. BULLITT, Philadelphia.
THOMAS b. KENNEDY, Franklin.
DAVID T. WATSON, Allegheny.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-04
FRUIT GROWERS CONVENTION.
Meeting of the State Pathological Society
and the Board of Agriculture.

Special to the KENsEBEc Journal.
FARMINGroE, Ftb. 8 Arrangement
have been perfected 70, holding this meet
ing in Corrish, Wednesday and THURSDAY
FEB. l1,h and is h The citiz sns Of Corn
I.h ex;end 4 cordial invitation 10 all inter
ested in the development Of one of Msine's
leading industries to attend the meeting.
A pr g,anme Of general interest to the
State and .peclsl interest tc ffuit-growers
.iil be offered Among the topics are
Our Lshoss and Our Rewards in Fruit
Cuaufe-" Fruit Exhibitions" "Small
Fruits, Pear Culture" Experiments in
Spray ying. Selling Our FRUITS " "3rspe
Hulture, "Fsuit Growing In Maine Com
pared With other Agr1cuGursl Industries, -
" How 10 Keep the B lys on ;he Farm"
Opportunities will be offered for discus
st'n' ard general gogd time is expected
here will be an exhibition Of irult, to
-tiCa all are invited TO nlr.bute. Fruit
gfo~ers who cannot atte0d are invited to
'ei d frult by s1press Fruit for this pur
pose should bs addressed TO d. II, Knowl
90, Cornish, Me, VII, will pay all express,
ch,rges en- the same There uill be e1.
eursI0n rates over Ihs rsitrosds, and good
al ertsinment in Coroish Tor visitors al
rsst0asoie rates.
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ONLY ONE SOLUTION
And That Is for J. q. Blaine 10 Accept
the Nomination.

WAsHISGToN, Feb. 5 Two prominent
Republicans. one from New England, the
other from Ne~ \ oIk in speskipg OF Sec
re,sEy Blaine today said ih9y had recently
made personal call upon him. The latter,
after disposiDe of the matters which took
him there, made some sllusion to the can
dids,e of the Minneapolis convention.
BEING an ardent sdmirer and personal
f.is nd Of the secretary he took occasion to
express his views very freely. He said
among other things "Mr Secretary, there
is but one solution Of the Presidential ques-
tion aud with you as candidate the Repub-
licsn parry can surely march to victory,
but with any other leader the outcome
would be exceedingly doubtful. l express
the views and opinions Ct nineteen-.wen-
tieths of the Republicans OF the Empire
state" The secretary made no response,
but merely smiled.
"As to the secretary 8 health, he added.
she hss rot locked as we'll to me for several
years. There is nothing the matter with
him, except that he has aow and then
acute attacks Of dyspepsia" Ths the sec
retary admitted, remsrking that sil the
stories about his serious illness eman.
ated frem persons Who were eudeavoring to
make the public believe h. WAS In very
feeble heath, The same tactics he re :
marked were pursued while he was at Bar
Hsfbor last summer The New Englau d
caller cor ii tmed the state meht made by the
New Yorker, and remarked that "Blaipe
will outlive many Of the men who are try
ing to kill him off, Beth teiieved that be
would be nominated at Minneapolis, and
that he would accept.
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ABANDONED At SEA
Norwegian Ship Florida With Fifty
People on Board
Missing and No News Has Been Received
of Them.

New YORK Feb 3 News of the Abau.
donment At sea of he big NIrwpg,sn shiI
Florida was brought here todsy by steamt
RuDic. from LivPrnoOl, which passed the
Fiorids Jsnusry %. lat. "A 80 NORTH long
i3 i6 wet. driving before the wind wi'h
some canvas spread Her hull and upp,
works were sImewhst damaged, but tn.
yards, mssts and all the he.dgesr were
intact. and il did rot seem che was in a
condition necessitatirg Abandonment.
The Florida sailed from Psscsgf uls
Fla Dec, 81, for Dordrerht, vi h csrgu
Of Southern products. She was c ,mmand-
ed by Capt Ellef.an and carried a crew
numbering about 25, Capt Ellefsen had
trouble with the sailors al Pascagouls, the
men asserting the vessel Vas unsesrerthy
and when few days at sea ihry mutined,
and refused to work her out Of southern
waters.
Capt Elefsen beaded towards Cubs ard
about January 9TH reached Hay.ns Al
the Norwegian cOutul's sugs sion, the r,-
fIactory seamen were pa! IN irons and i'm
prisoned in the hola A new crew w.s
secured Jsnusrv ION and the Florida again
sailed for Do'dfechi. Two days later the
steamer Ciudsd C1ndai passed her under
full sall, about 10 miles off thu Florida
coast, her hull being very deep in the
wafer.
That wRs the laat heard If her until he
Runic fell In vi h her aDaud0ned No
nevs OF Captain hlietsen or his two crews
nuriberii abeu 30 men, has been received
q, sny port Tbs few lifeboats Of the
Florida CO uld not Accommodate all the men
on board, snd it il feared that some iiseq
were loss, unless the men were taken of
by pssslrg vessel
The FLORIDA was three mssted vessel
OF 1864 tons. built in 1867 at IT j I'm,
II ard formerly called the Louisa Fletcher
She WAS owned By HMsen & Abraham
Porsgrund, Norway. Win canvas spread
aud bearing a.messly about the Ali4nuC,
the derelICt il a menace TO navigation.
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MAN AND MONEY
Ilsslis from Wilmington, Vt...-Hs Was
Town Clnk, Treasurer,
Tax Collector, Jeweler and Dentist and
Then Got Not Over $500.

BRArrLLBoRo, VI, Feb 3-Albert NJ.
Johusop, wilmington, town clerk, treas
urer and tsx collector is missing, and viii
him quite al amount of the towns money
J JohLson was also den is and jeseler ant
KEEP, th- town funds in 4 safe in his Main
street flee. While IN the act of locki1 Z
the safe be wss last seen about 8 o'cloC
Monday night.
rodav the audi or gained sn entrance
to the office TO ii I'd the continuation Of the
safe changed. A pocket book Containing
some money was found en- the oftics desk
The safe was finally forced open, and =
buried investigation disclosed shortage
cf te.ween Sl200 ard Sl300,
johnson is about so years old, is veteran
Of the l6 h Vermopt Voluniesrs ard had
been held in the highest esteem, being al
tteadaut st the Methodist church and was
popular with his associates. He was never
known to speculate bus was considered
careful and conservative.
The Theory is that being unable to meet
bis xpenses on his small salary and busi-
ness, he from time to time u'ed the public
funds, ard had succeeded in covering up
he shortage. His dome site affairs are said
to be somewhat troublesome, and many
townspeope sre inclinsd to think it is
suicide. The town is SIMPLY secured from
loss by his Dor dsman. The missiog treas
uter leaves q wife and four children.
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SUIT DISMISSED.
Brought by Shnrbure Against John {
HOcy et al. for 800, 900.

NEw York Feb. 3 jos ice Ingrahsn
Of the supreme t Iurt rendered a d.clsioo
here today dismlsgng he complaint il The
suit of Henry G. Sherburne against John
Hoey, Clspp Spooner srd Edward +. Tsfl
to recover about 800 coo CLAIMED due HIM
ne the art Of his share IN thu profits Of the
sale of the New Eogiani express compsnit
to the Adams Express Co.
The judge holds h,t the agreement be-
tween Spooner ard Hoey, trustees Of the
Adams Company and fs;t and Snefhurne,
to divide the profits, is Illegal Hoey -as
gailiy Of a breech of trusl, and Shercnrne
may seek redress from Taft, whom he
claims received his share as sgent. 1t WAS
in the trial of this sui, thst disclosures were
made which resui'ed in the forced retire
ment OF Hoey and Spooner from the
Adams Company aud sub-equent suits
sgsinst them for restitution.
The Adams company acq hired half ir-
tererest in the New York snd Boston Dis
Patch, and the Kin.iey & J1ion Express
Companies for $3.50 coo from Taft & Sher-
burne, the prtt t's to them beirg $40, 600
OF this profit Sp0oner & Hoey received
Sl3s 900.
Then it was sg,eed betwse the four th at
they should purcbss, the other half i0terest
Ia the companies, and give Adams The
option Of purchasing IL Ibis half interest
was procured for $50 900, and sold to the
Adams for $500 900 II had been sg,eed
between the four that the profits should BE-
divided eq1slly. Shsrburne went tn
Europe making Taft trustee OF HE it
,erest. He received 500 600 Of The prof
its and claims thst be vas entitled TO Si85,.
800. Stefburn tlsim 4 The details OF she
sale were ksp. from tim, and charged Hoey
With breach OF trust.
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Maine Central Relief Association.

PORTLAND, Feb. 3 AT the annual meet
ing OF the Maine Ger trail Relief Association
President Hall reported that the net gain in
membership had heen 2l3. making q tstsi
Of 1928 The permanent fnnd row amounts
to s ) Oo5 81. gsin of So OLE l2 during
the year, srd ia drawing interest at four
iva and six per cent
SIX members have died during the year
from natural causes and two as the re.uit
Of accident.
Treasurer T. P Shaw reports the cash
received s27, i5S 81 Paid out for sick
bene fts, to heirs, and current expenses,
Sl3, ,43s, leaving a balance OF sl4 020 81
deposited and invested.
These efioers were elected President,
Elton A Hall vice president, Horace II
To~le; secretary, Edwin G. Foster; treas
urer. Thomas T. shaw; directors, e. A,
Hal, George +. Whitney. q. FL. Towle,
George T. Haskell, !. B. Chandler, A.
Pinkerton. F. n Rogers, S Cabill Geo
W. Bsbb, W. F. Pitmsn. W. Fl Richard
son; f i7sncisl mml,tse, George W. York
H. G. Psrkmxp, L. V. Phiibrook; ad
visory committee, Amos Pisbury, George
" Billings, D. A. Booker. George Nevens,
L W. Polister, J. W. Csusls, d, j. E. An
dsrson. G. W Mslipg Nathan Styles, Il.
=. Dowst. Frank Robinson, George A.
West.