The Cortland Democrat, Friday, September
13, 1895.
COLD WATER TROOPS.
NEW YORK
PROHIBITIONISTS.
A State
Ticket Nominated by Them at Saratoga.
SARATOGA, Sept. 5.—At the Prohibition State
convention here yesterday afternoon Dr. Isaac K. Funk of Brooklyn was nominated
for Secretary of State. He declined and William H. Smith of Poughkeepsie was
named in his stead. The other nominations were: For Comptroller, Frederick B.
Diefendorf of Watertown; for Treasurer, William R. Rathbun of Elmira; for
Attorney General, W. Martin Jones of Rochester; for State Engineer and
Surveyor, Walter R. Miles of Mt. Vernon, for Justice of the Court of Appeals,
Edwin C. English of Corning.
The platform affirmed its adherence to the
principle of prohibition and purpose to continue on the same lines; that a
Christian citizen's ballot is his testimony witnessing his political
righteousness; opposed all measures and candidates not in full accord with the
principle of prohibition; opposed all religious tests of citizenship; opposed
all appropriations for sectarian purposes; opposed all combinations and trusts
that fatten at the expense of the masses: in
favor of proportional representation, known as the Swiss system; is in favor of
civil and religious liberty; opposed to class legislation.
Resolutions were also adopted commending
Village President Charles H. Sturgis and his administration for prohibiting
gambling in Saratoga Springs.
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| Cortland Judge A. P. Smith. |
THEY GET TOGETHER.
THE
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A Very
Tame Affair—The Clark-Mantanye Contingent A Very Poor Second in the Race.
The Republican County Convention was held in
Taylor Hall in this village last Friday afternoon and proved to be a very tame
affair. In fact it failed most egregiously to fulfill the promise that the
Cortland caucus made for an interesting and lively occasion. The entire
proceedings were disgustingly harmonious and uninteresting, owing to the fact
that there were not enough of the opposing elements to make a difference of
opinion even respectable. The old
Smith—Bronson—Peck ring had at least two votes to the Clark—Mantanye
fellows one, and everything went their way. The only show for a fight was when
Tripp moved to instruct the delegate to the judicial convention to vote for
Lyon of Binghamton for second choice, but the circus did not last long for the
motion was easily defeated.
Henry Howes, chairman of the county
committee, called the convention to order and nominated Mr. Mills G. Frisbie of
Scott for chairman. The nomination was ratified by the convention.
F. M. Beardsley of Marathon moved that W. A.
Brink of Marathon and O. D. Patrick of Truxton be chosen secretaries. Carried.
Mr. N. J. Baldwin of Cincinnatus and O. A.
House of Lapeer were elected tellers, and Justice H. A. Dickinson administered
the oath of office to the officers.
The roll was called and each town was found
to be fully represented.
Mr. W. J. Mantanye handed up a notice of
contest in the case of the Cortland delegation.
Mr. F. M. Beardsley moved that the chair
appoint a committee of five on contested seats. Carried.
The chair retired with the roll of delegates
and formulated the committee which he announced as follows: T. R. Space,
Virgil; L. H. Heberd, Homer; A. Lansing, Truxton; W. H. Holben, Scott; Daniel
Tanner, Harford.
The committee retired and after consultation
reported in favor of the sitting delegates E. H. Brewer, A. H. Watkins, J. B.
Kellogg and C. F. Brown.
Mr. C. E. Boyden of Marathon, moved that
delegates to the state, senatorial and judicial conventions be chosen first and
then the nomination for county officers follow.
Mr. N. L. Miller offered as an amendment
that the county officers be first nominated and the delegates to the several
conventions be nominated afterwards. Judge Smith seconded the amendment in a
short speech after which the amendment was adopted. On motion of Judge Smith
the convention proceeded to take an informal ballot for a candidate for member
of assembly which resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast 89 of which Frank
P. Saunders received 53, Wilber Holmes 24, Benj. F. Lee 12.
Hon. H. P. Andrews of Cuyler moved on behalf
of B. F. Lee, that the ballot be declared formal and that Mr. Saunders be
declared the unanimous nominee of the convention.
Mr. Knickerbocker of Cincinnatus in behalf
of Hon. Wilbur Holmes made the same motion which was adopted after Mr. Andrews
withdrew his motion.
Mr. Saunders was presented and thanked the
convention in a short speech. Judge
Smith moved that the secretary be directed to cast a ballot for Judge J. E.
Eggleston for county Judge. Carried.
The chair appointed Hon. A. P. Smith and
Hon. H. P. Andrews a committee to wait on Judge Eggleston and request his presence.
Judge Eggleston was produced and addressed the convention in his usual happy
manner.
Henry A. Dickinson of Cortland moved that
the secretary of the convention be directed to cast a ballot for Lewis S.
Barber of Cuyler for the office of Justice of Sessions. Carried.
C. O. Newton moved that Dr. Geo. D. Bradford
be nominated for coroner in the same way. Carried.
Judge Smith moved that the following
delegates be chosen to represent this county in the senatorial convention: H.
L. Bronson, Geo. S. Sands, M. G. Frisbie, Lucien Birdlebough, Chas. H. Stevens,
Edward H. Brewer, H. P. Andrews.
Mr. C. E. Boyden of Marathon moved that the
following delegates be chosen: H. I. Van Hoesen, A. H. Bennett, J. C. Barry,
Oscar Gardiner, A. K. Bennett, S. P. DuBois, W. C. Crombie.
N. L. Miller seconded the nomination of
candidates presented by Judge Smith in a stirring speech.
On motion of Judge Smith a formal ballet was
taken which resulted in the selection of the Peck ticket headed by Horace L.
Bronson by a vote of 64 to 26.
J. H. Kelly of McGrawville nominated N. L.
Miller for delegate to the judicial convention.
Mr. E. E. Mellon, who was substituted for
Mr. C. E. Boyden of Marathon, presented the name of Theodore H. Wickwire for
delegate to the judicial convention.
Judge Smith seconded the nomination of
Miller because he was a lawyer.
The convention proceeded to take a formal
ballot with the following result: Miller
received 60, Wickwire 30.
Hon. J. H. Tripp of Marathon moved that the
judicial delegate be directed, after having done all he could for H. L.
Bronson, to vote for Geo. F. Lyon of Binghamton for judge of the Supreme Court.
Mr. E. E. Mellon seconded the motion in a
stirring address.
H. A. Dickinson wanted to know what Broome
county had ever done for Cortland. She had pledged her delegates for senator to
Tioga county, regardless of Cortland's claims. He was opposed to any
instructions.
Hon. R. T. Peck opposed instructing the
delegate in a speech.
Judge Smith followed on the same side.
H. L. Bronson being called for, begged the
convention not to instruct the delegate as to second choice, thereby preventing
him from exercising his judgment in the matter.
Mr. E. E. Mellon thought the delegate should
be instructed for Lyon.
J. H. Kelley opposed the motion vigorously. The
convention then proceeded to vote on the question and the motion was declared
lost. Mr. Tripp demanded a rising vote. For the motion 15, opposed all others.
Mr. C. E. Boyden moved that the delegate be
instructed to vote for Bronson first, last and all the time. Lost.
On motion the secretary was directed to cast
one ballot for the following delegates to the state convention: Wilber Holmes, B.
F. Lee, A. P. Smith, C. O. Newton, B. A. Benedict.
The several towns handed up the names of the
following gentlemen, who will act as the county committee for the ensuing year:
Cincinnatus—Oliver Griswold.
Cortlandville—George S. Sands, John H.
Kelly, James B. Kellogg, R. C. Duell, Aaron Sager.
Cuyler—Eugene Morse.
Freetown—M. M. Brown.
Harford—W. W. Parker.
Homer—C. O. Newton, Robert Watson, D. N.
Hitchcock, John Kirkup.
Lapeer—M. W. Parker.
Marathon—F. M. Beardsley, W. A. Brink.
Preble—Charles Wilber.
Scott—H. I. Whiting.
Solon—Charles Manchester.
Taylor—W. N. Andrews.
Truxton—P. J. Dwyer.
Virgil—Rodolph Price, A. E. Gardner,
Willet—John W. Jones.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
The county committee met immediately after
the convention and organized as follows:
Chairman—George S. Sands.
Secretary—John H. Kelly.
Treasurer—James B. Kellogg.
FOR
BETTER STREETS.
Permanent
Improvements Best—The Charter to be Amended—Asphalt Pavements.
To the
Editor of the Democrat:
SIR—I notice in your last
issue you have become justly indignant over the condition of our Main street. I
suppose we all feel alike about our cobble and dirt pavement. The only
difference in opinion will be as to what is best to do about it. The policy in
the past has been to patch it up as it became impassible in spots, and to draw
in gravel to make some of the roughest places temporarily easier to get over.
Foolish is the temporizing, patching, wasteful treatment of the street but it seemed
necessary to continue it until after the sewers were put in. Now that they are
completed it becomes a serious question, whether it is not better to
permanently pave the street in a proper manner, rather than to spend more money
on the cobblestones. As this is a matter in which every citizen is interested,
especially the business men along the street, let me state about what the plan
of the Board of Trustees is at present.
Of course nothing can be done
about it until next year, except to see that all sewer, gas and water
connections are made this fall that the ground shall be thoroughly settled. An
amendment to the charter or a special act through the legislature this winter
making it possible for the village to undertake such work. One of our prominent
lawyers has already been asked to draw up such an act. Before the legislature
meets this proposed act will be presented to the people either in a public meeting
or through the village press so that any amendments thought best may be
incorporated therein. Our idea is to put in an asphalt pavement from the
Cortland House to the E. C. & N. depot. It will be remembered that the
railroad by their franchise are to pave between and two feet outside their
tracks, and between the switches. Of the remainder it is probably best for the
village to pay some fraction, as one third and the property holders the rest in
proportion to their frontage. If the cost should be more than the village felt
like appropriating in one year, short term bonds could be issued to cover the expense.
I have made this explanation to
you that you may know why it is that it seems to the Board of Trustees unwise to
expend much money on trying to do anything with the streets, bad at first and recently
torn up by the electric road and the sewers, until the people have had an opportunity
of voting on the question of a new pavement.
Very respectfully,
F. W. Higgins. [Village
President]
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| Thomas Platt. |
The republicans of Onondaga
county have nominated Horace White, for senator and Jay B. Kline for district
attorney. Mr. Horace K. White, father of the candidate for senator, is a very
wealthy man.
Last Saturday the first race
between Lord Dunraven's yacht, Valkyrie, and the American yacht, Defender, took
place off New York. The latter won easily. On Tuesday the second trial took
place and was barely won by the Valkyrie, which fouled the Defender on the
start damaging some of her sails. The Defender entered a protest which was
decided in her favor giving her two heats of the match. Another trial took
place yesterday which was won by the Defender, the Valkyrie dropping out before
the finish.
There are ten counties in this
judicial district and there are two Supreme court judges to be nominated. A
judicial convention will be held for the sole and only purpose of ratifying the
selections of candidates made by Tom Platt. The candidates selected by him will
be nominated and it behooves the several aspirants to make sure that he is for
them. They will be able to save considerable expense and many sleepless nights
by finding out in advance whether or not their names are on his slate.
Senators Charles W. Stapleton
of Madison county and Henry J. Coggshall of Oneida county were both refused
nomination because they exhibited a little independence in the senate last
winter. Stapleton declined absolutely to vote as Platt dictated and was
promptly turned down by the republicans of his county. Senator Raines of
Canandaigua voted as Platt directed and was renominated without much
opposition. Platt has promised the senatorial nomination in this district to
Dr. Johnson of Waverly and he is meeting with no opposition. It has come to be
pretty generally understood all over the state that what Platt says goes. He is
certainly "boss" of the republican party in the Empire state.
The Smith-Bronson-Peck element
of the republican party seems to be in the ascendancy in this county at
present. Whether the element will be able to hold the vantage ground for any
great length of time remains to be seen. The underdog is growling viciously and
seems to be only waiting and watching for an opportunity to flop the victor and
pound him until he is a mass of ruins. The DEMOCRAT would like to see peace and
harmony prevail, but if this cannot be, we are in favor of suspending all rules
and allowing the difference of opinion to be settled by a finish fight. In
arranging the details for the dispute, the DEMOCRAT believes that everybody
will cheerfully concede that the Good Government club has the right to select
the bottle holder and that the editor of the Saturday Review should be
permitted to wield the sponge. The selection of the referee, seconds and
timekeepers should be left to the spectators at the ringside. If this thing is
to be done it were well that it be done quickly.
The Southworth Library.
Judge Barker has rendered a
decision in the matter of the Southworth Library at Dryden, which makes the
care of the library there a matter for the public to pay. The library was a
bequest of Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske. The will of Mrs. Fiske gives to certain
trustees therein named the sum of $30,000 in trust. It directs them to cause to
be organized under the laws of the State a corporation under the name of
"The Southworth Library Association," the object and purpose whereof
shall be the building, support and maintenance of a public library in the
village of Dryden. It further directs them to transfer to such corporation, if
one is organized within three years, such sum of $30,000, upon the trust and
condition that no more than $15,000 of it shall be expended in real estate,
buildings, and furniture, and that the remainder shall constitute a fund to be
invested and the interest or income thereof to be applied to the purchase of
books and other necessary expenses of such association, "excluding,
however, salaries of officers and pay of servants thereof."
The Justice in his decision says:
The question now presented to
me by this proceeding is whether such association may lawfully, under the above
trust, pay from the income of the fund so invested the wages or salary of a janitor
and librarian for such library. Conceding, as the petitioners do, that janitor
and librarian must be included within the phrase, "officers and servants,"
it would seem that the testator herself has very clearly answered this
question. She devoted such income to the purchase of "books and other
necessary expenses of the association," but in very plain and explicit language
provides that in such necessary expenses there shall not be included the pay of
a servant or the salary of an officer.
HERE AND
THERE.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West next Monday.
The Odd Fellows picnic at Cortland park will
occur Saturday.
Messrs. G. J. Mager & Co. have a new advertisement
on our fourth page.
Joe J. Sullivan in "Maloney's
Mishaps" at the opera house Saturday evening, Sept. 14th.
Mr. Walter H. Angell has purchased the
market at 44 Owego-st. and took possession last Monday.
Burgess, the clothier, has a new
advertisement on our last page. Hats and caps in all styles.
The C. M. B. A. picnic, advertised to be held
at the park last Saturday was postponed until Tuesday last.
The annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth regiment.
N. Y. Vols., will be held in Newark Valley on Friday, Oct. 4.
About 350 persons took advantage of the
Knights Templars excursion to Niagara Falls last Monday. Many went from this
place.
About two hundred Odd Fellows from this place
were entertained by their McGrawville brethern last Friday night. The electric
cars carried them.
Mrs. C. H. Jones has taken possession of the
store heretofore occupied by J. D. Green on Railroad-st., where she will be pleased
to see her customers.
Bicycling will be a prominent feature of the
Dryden Fair. There will be a professional trick bicyclist each day. Entries to bicycle
races close Sept. 21st.
The station at Sylvan Beach will be closed
on and after Sunday next for the season. Trains 5 and 6 will run week days only
and trains 20. 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 will be abandoned.
The meeting of the stockholders of the Cortland
Omnibus and Cab Co., called to elect directors for the ensuing year, was postponed
from last Saturday until tomorrow at 2 o'clock P. M.
The I. O. O. F. basket picnic at Lake Como,
the 19th inst, under the auspices of Moravia Lodge, promises to be a grand
success. All Odd Fellows and their friends are cordially invited.
Last Saturday was the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Smith of this place. Several
of their friends took occasion to give them a surprise in the evening which
proved to be very enjoyable.
Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. on
Saturday, Sept. 14. Consecration service at 2:30 P. M. Members will please note
the change of the day of meeting.
Mr. Louis F. Post will deliver an address at
the county fair at 2 P. M. to-day on "Just Taxation, the Foundation of Good
Government." Be sure and hear this eloquent speaker.
Few people fully comprehend the extent of
the services rendered to the United States Government by Col. W. F. Cody, "Buffalo
Bill," during his several engagements as Chief of Scouts under Generals Carr,
Miles and other commanders at critical times during the outbreaks among the
Sioux. Col. Cody deserves high rank among the hero-soldiers of the nation. He
will be here with his Wild West Exhibition on Monday, September 16, 1895.
FROM
EVERYWHERE.
The net profits of the state fair were about
$10,000.
Vitrified brick will he used to pave the streets
of Penn Yan.
Windsor has been made a President's post
office, salary $1,000.
The next conclave of the Knights Templar
will be held at Pittsburg.
A Geneva physician claims that "sheep sorrel"
is the best known remedy for cancer of the stomach.
Cattle in the vicinity of Orwell are dying
in large numbers from disease resembling typhoid fever.
An Indian skeleton was ploughed up on the
farm of Fay Townlsy in South Lansing near Ithaca a few days ago.
New York city's debt has increased $4,000,000
under Mayor Strong's administration, and the tax rate is also higher.
A starch factory that will use from 250,000
to 300,000 bushels of potatoes each year, is to be built at Whitesville, Alleghany
county.
Stephen Monroe of Plymouth, Chenango Co.,
was fined $25 one day last week for snaring partridges, in violation of section
81 of the laws of 1895.
The 1 per cent fee of Sheriff Austin of Onondaga
county in the sale of the Consolidated Railway amounted to $8,650. He talked 80
minutes.
Lizzie Booze, who was shot by her common law
husband at Norwich some time ago, died on Monday. It will be remembered that
Chamberlain killed himself.
Dunn & McCarthy are preparing to enlarge
their shoe factory in Auburn so as to nearly double its capacity. They expect
to employ about 1,000 operatives when the addition is completed.
A 21-lb nugget of gold was found Aug. 23 at
the Ingraham mine in Stanly Co., N. C. It is the next largest one ever found in
that State, the other was found in Cabarrur, and weighed 36 lbs.
Mrs. Martha White, 88 years old, Unadilla,
N. Y., who took a two-mile trip on a bicycle with her two granddaughters last
week, says she is so fond of bloomers that, if she lives, she will have a pair
for herself next year.
The Chicago Socialists carried their red emblem
shrouded in black, Monday. Oscar Neebe
and Michael Schwab, two of the Anarchists pardoned by Gov. Altgeld, and Lucy
Parsons took in the proceedings of the Socialistic-Labor party.
At North Scriba, Oswego county, Albert
Kempthorne, a butcher, forced an entrance into the bedroom of Mrs. Hattie Keller,
a widow, and after a severe struggle, assaulted her. He then fell into a drunken
sleep, during which she crawled from the bed, got a loaded gun, and shot him
dead.
The Medina Register says the machinery for
grinding hay has been put into operation at the Middleport mill. Hay and grain
are ground together and put on the market at $20 a ton. It remains to be seen
whether this combination will make a good marketable commodity.
Flannels washed in cold water never shrink.
Put them in clean soap suds and wash them directly: then put them through a
second suds and rinse them in cold water and hang them out to dry without
wringing them at all. Never wash flannels on a rainy or cloudy day, but always
wait for sunshine.
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