MORE RETRACTIONS IN ORDER

William H. Clark, editor and publisher of the Cortland Standard.

Benton Bushnell Jones, editor and publisher of the Cortland Democrat.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, March 28, 1896.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

More Retractions in Order.

   The only Democratic candidates on the Good Government ticket a year ago was one school commissioner, and he was a Prohibitionist, and two out of eight inspectors of election, one of these being also a Prohibitionist.—Cortland Democrat, March. 20.

   The STANDARD insists that Trustee Jas. J. Glann, who was elected on the Good Government ticket a year ago, is a lifelong Democrat. Possibly The STANDARD may be right about it, but it is so much more liable to be wrong than right, that we must be pardoned for desiring further evidence as to Mr. Glann's lifelong Democracy. If The STANDARD will procure and publish Mr. Glann's statement, that he voted the Democratic ticket in 1894 and 1895, we shall be pleased to acknowledge that we were mistaken. We fully appreciate the fact that we are treading on dangerous ground when we seem to distrust the Democracy of a Democrat but we are not distrusting him. We are simply suspicious, and for good reasons, of the truth of any statement made by The STANDARD. Mr. Glann's statement would be sufficient but nothing short of an affidavit of The STANDARD, backed up by strong circumstantial evidence would suffice.—Cortland Democrat, March 27.

   Democratic candidates, who "was a Prohibitionist," were, or was, strange articles, or a strange article. We don't "get onto" the Democrat's syntax exactly, but perhaps our readers will grasp the idea. It is rarely, however, that the Democrat gives us a better chance to nail one of its false statements than in the present instance. A STANDARD representative called on Mr. Glann and obtained from him the following statement, which was put in writing by our representative and signed by Mr. Glann, that there might be no question as to wording:

   "I have noticed with surprise the editorial in the Cortland Democrat of March 27 in which the editor expresses serious doubts as to my politics and the quality of my Democracy. Permit me to say for Mr. Jones' benefit that I was born and brought up a Democrat and was the son of a Democrat. I have never taken any very active part in politics, but always felt enough interest to vote at every election and I have never on any national or state election voted other than the straight Democratic ticket, including the years 1894 and 1895, to which he especially calls attention. Upon local politics I have not felt myself bound so strictly by party lines. Though usually voting the Democratic ticket, I have felt that there should be little politics in local affairs and I have felt at liberty to cast a complimentary vote for a friend who might chance to be a candidate upon another ticket if I so desired, and have always intended on local elections to vote for the candidates whom I regarded the best men for the offices. But upon general elections I have always voted the Democratic ticket."

   It would seem from the above that Mr. Glann is a Democrat and that Editor

Jones is—our readers can judge for themselves. We hardly know in which light the editor aforesaid appears to the worse advantage—as a deliberate falsifier or as the editor of the only Democratic paper in Cortland and yet professing that he is ignorant of the fact that a lifelong member of his own party is village trustee. Is it possible because Mr. Glann does not favor the violation of law and the unlicensed sale of whiskey that Editor Jones took him for a Republican? These are Republican symptoms, surely [sarcasm].

   ◘ The Cortland Democrat having been compelled to own up to a falsehood in stating that there had never been but one Democratic professor in the Cortland Normal school, should now be honest enough to tell its readers that, besides five Democratic professors, the Normal once had a Democratic principal, Dr. J. M. Cassety, appointed by a Republican superintendent of public instruction. If ever an editor went wool gathering and came back sheared, it is the editor of The Democrat—after his attempt to find Republican partisanship in the Normal. And still this confessed and convicted falsifier has the gall to lecture others on truth telling! We are not quite done with him and this paper yet.

Take Refuge Behind Petticoats.

   The fact that out of a score or more of instructors in the Normal there is at the present time one single, solitary Democrat, proves beyond a doubt that the school is not run in the interest of Republican politics.—Cortland Democrat.

   The logic of the above is not very clear, but whatever objection there is to it on this score should probably be charged to the condition of the editor's head, which of late has seemed to be rapidly getting into the same demoralized state with his conscience. What the editor of The Democrat probably meant to say, and tried to say, was that the alleged fact which he sets forth proves that the Normal school is, rather than that it is not, "run in the interest of Republican politics." But even here he makes a mess of it. With his usual accuracy and truth he charges that there are a "score or more" of instructors in the Normal, whereas there are just sixteen. Out of these sixteen only four are men. Out of these four men, one is a Democrat.

   The way elections are running nowadays—except where Mississippi and

South Carolina Democratic methods are in vogue—this is not so far as it might be from the ratio which the Republican bears to the Democratic vote.

   But the essential meanness of the Democrat's paragraph consists in the attempt to make the public believe that out of "a score or more" of instructors in the Normal entitled to vote only one is a Democrat. Compelled to own up to a deliberate falsehood in charging that there had never been but one Democratic professor in the Normal faculty he takes refuge behind petticoats, and charges that the twelve women teachers are Republicans. Brave man! We [had] never thought to inquire into the politics of the lady members of the faculty. We have never heard of this being done save in one Normal school of the state—not in this immediate section, however—where the principal was a Democrat. He had to be assured that a lady who applied for a place as a teacher came of a Democratic family. The burly form of the editor of the Democrat skulking behind skirts recalls the story of the capture of that other distinguished Democrat and patriot Jeff Davis, whom even crinoline couldn't save.

   ◘ It is a remarkable fact that the Normal school was opened in 1868 and during all the twenty-eight years of its existence The STANDARD can only remember that five Democratic instructors have been employed.—Cortland Democrat.

   The STANDARD has not inquired into the politics of all the lady teachers who have held places in the Normal faculty. Possibly The Democrat has. It is worth noting, however, that The Democrat owns up to a contemptible falsehood in stating that there never has been but one Democratic professor in the Normal. It is also worthy of note that of the five Democratic professors who have held places on the faculty, four have been appointed while the editor of The STANDARD has been a member of the board and while there was a Republican majority in the board.

   ◘ Bets are about even as to whether the Cortland Democrat should be denominated "the champion falsifier," or "the champion retractor."

PERISHED IN THE STORM.

LITTLE NICENAH BURVEE OF VIRGIL GOT LOST.

Following a Straying Cow—Searched for all Night—Smothered Under a Huge Drift.

   March, 1896, will go down into history as one of the most stormy months for its season ever known in this section of the county. The oldest inhabitants are now looking back in vain to find its equal in their recollection. The changes from warm to cold have been remarkable, the storms and blizzards have been terrific. Railroads have been tied up and trains delayed almost beyond a parallel, and now on one of the last days of the month in a well populated part of this county comes the news of the death of a little girl ten years old in the town of Virgil, who wandered out in the great storm Thursday night while looking for a stray cow and perished, though a small army of friends and neighbors were looking for her.

   Supervisor Holton of Virgil gives us the details of this sad occurrence as follows: Mr. George Burvee lives about two miles south east from Virgil on the farm of Hiram Conrad, and also works the farm of Wm. Ryan about one half mile east from where he lives.

   Just before dark Thursday night when the cows were let out from the barn to drink one of them that had been kept on the Ryan farm started to go back to that place. Little Nicenah, a girl of ten years, threw a shawl over her head and ran to get past the cow and drive her back, but the cow kept ahead of her, and her sister Martha followed to assist her. When they got to the house of Mr. Alva Mott, Martha was so cold that she stopped and called to Nicenah to stop, but she in her earnest effort to help her father and head off the cow, persisted in following the straying animal.

   As the children did not return when the parents thought they should, they started in pursuit of them, but the storm was raging so fiercely that no trace of them could be found until they arrived at Mr. Mott's house, where they found Martha, but little Nicenah could not be found. The neighbors were aroused and the search was continued until after midnight, when all hope of finding her that night was abandoned, and, as there was great danger of others getting lost, it was decided to wait until daylight.

   At daylight the search was renewed and about 9 o'clock Mr. John Houk discovered a small corner of the shawl that she wore, about 100 rods south from the Ryan barn, on the farm of Duane Ballou. He hastened to the spot and found the object of their search under the snow, but life was extinct.

Whether death was caused from exhaustion, or from her being smothered by the snow is not known. The body was still warm except two toes which were frozen. Dr. Butterfield of Harford was called but no effort of his could be of any avail.

BREVITIES.

   —New advertisements to-day are—Wesson-Nivison Mfg. Co., wheels, page 4.

   —The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 3/4 per cent.

   —Dr. L. S. Ingalls is out to-day with a new high grade Victor bicycle purchased of the local agent, Mr. A. M. Jewett.

   —The Candy Kitchen will soon after April 1 be moved to the store in the Grand Central block, now occupied by Fred I. Graham.

   —News was received in Cortland yesterday of the death of David B. Parce of South Otselic Thursday. The funeral will be held to-morrow.

   —Justice of the Peace Thomas H. Dowd to-day removed to his new quarters in the Burgess block, and now has one of the neatest offices in town.

   —A hen hawk was seen to-day hovering about the hen roost of one of our subscribers—a sure sign he says of the coming of spring and warm weather.

   —The Electro Photograph Co. have rented rooms on the second floor of the Dowd block on Main-st. over the store soon to be occupied by Mrs. Pomeroy and will move into their new quarters April 1.

   —Miss Mattie Tracy of Cayutaville, who had a wide acquaintance in Cortland, died in Chattanooga, Tenn., Saturday, where she had gone for the benefit of her health. The funeral was held yesterday at Cayutaville.

   —A very pleasant time is reported by those in attendance at the social at Mr. A. Sager's on Lincoln-ave. given by Bible class No. 8 of the Homer-ave. church. A literary and musical program was rendered and refreshments were served.

   —Messrs. C A. Lowell and M. A. Lowell have formed a company to be known as The Cortland Welding Compound Co., and will engage in the manufacture of several lines of welding compounds, of which the former is inventor and has patents pending. Mr. C. A. Lowell will also continue his interest with The Climax Welding Compound Co.

   —Yesterday was a very bad day for railroads up north. The Chenango Valley road was completely blocked up until about noon. The Central and West Shore trains were nearly all behind time. The Lehigh Valley trains on this division were late, the train due here at 3:15 o'clock being several hours behind time. Bliss' cut near Delphi was the same old offender. It seems as though some of this snow ought to go before long.

New Directory Coming.

   Mr. Samuel Parsons of Syracuse has been in town this week working upon his new directory for Cortland, Homer, Marathon and McGrawville. The new directory will be a duplex street directory, that is, in addition to the alphabetical list of residents, the streets will be arranged in order and the residents of each street given in consecutive numbers. Mr. Parsons went back to Syracuse to-day, but will return to Cortland about April 15 to continue active work in taking the names of the people and business places. Much of the work done before April 1 would have to be done over again, so he will wait until after the moving season is over.