Cortland
Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 13, 1897.
DON'T GO
FAR ENOUGH.
Something
for Every Republican in the County to Read.
To the Editor of the STANDARD:
SIR—I read with considerable interest the
communication from "Lifelong Republican" in yesterday's STANDARD, as
well as your article to which it refers. You both are all right us far as you
go, but you don't go far enough.
Now is the best time, not only to agitate
for district caucuses and associations in Cortlandvllle, but for a fair
representation of all the towns in county convention on a basis of the
Republican vote in each. The STANDARD has advocated this in the past,
vigorously and often. Why stop it now, when public attention might well be
called to it? Every county adjacent to Cortland has its conventions made up of
delegates apportioned on the basis of the Republican vote. The great majority
of the counties in the state do the same. Why, can any one tell me, should
little towns having less than a hundred Republican voters have six delegates,
and the great town of Cortlandville (including the village of Cortland) with a
population of 12,000—almost half the entire population of the county—and with a
Republican vote of over 2,100, have only the same number of delegates—four of
them elected at a "mob caucus" where voting goes on from 4 to 9
o'clock P. M., where voters have to stand in a line reaching way out into Port
Watson-st. for more than half an hour, and where policemen have to be called in
to keep rowdies from blocking the line and obstructing voting?
You think Saturday's caucus an outrage. I
think the rule or custom, which compels such caucuses in this village year after
year a far greater outrage, and I put it to the Republicans of the outside
towns if the responsibility for these disgraceful scenes does not rest more
heavily upon them than upon any one else, for it is they who continue such a
state of affairs when they have the power to remedy it by ordering in county
convention that a caucus be held in every election district. By refusing to do
even partial justice to Cortland they are fostering factions in this town,
making bad blood, disrupting the party, and paving the way to a bolt by one
faction or the other, smarting under real or fancied grievances, the outgrowth of
these unwieldy and unmanageable caucuses.
The Republicans of this county should be
ashamed to be parties to such wrong-doing. Their own self-interest should teach
them that they cannot afford to have this state of affairs continued. Presently
we shall have no Republican party at all in the county. They ought to see too,
that with Cortland—and Homer as well—choosing delegates by election districts,
the delegates from the two towns would almost always be divided among
themselves, and candidates from the small towns would stand even a better
chance of nomination than they do now. And aside from any immediate selfish
interest, fair play always pays best in the long run, and we don't believe the
man can be found anywhere who will say that Solon, for example, should send
one-sixteenth of all its Republican voters to county convention as delegates,
when Cortlandville sends only one Republican out of 350.
The thing is preposterous and outrageous on
its face. What have Republicans of Cortlandville done that they should be thus
insulted and wronged? We do not believe a parallel case can be found in the
whole United States.
Don't ask for half a loaf in this matter,
Mr. Editor. Ask for full justice, and if the case is properly presented to our
next convention, I believe we Republicans of Cortland will get, if not all we
ought to have, at least much more than we have now. Yours for justice,
A CORTLAND REPUBLICAN.
(The STANDARD thoroughly agrees with the
statement in the above communication as to what ought to be done. We
have advocated this for years, but have grown tired and disgusted as time and
again we have seen Cortland Republicans who ought to have helped on the cause
of political wisdom and justice turn against it, and for their own immediate
selfish interests stir up suspicion and jealousy among the Republicans of other
towns by trying to persuade them that Homer and Cortland were seeking to rob
them of their rights and control the conventions. We have lately advocated the
giving of one delegate to each district of Cortlandville, and the organization
of district associations, not because we believed that this was all that ought
to be done, but because we did believe that if done it would end fraudulent and
mob caucuses, and because it seemed to us that it was asking so little for the
2,100 Republican voters of this town that a Republican convention would be
ashamed to refuse it. With this little granted, we might then hope for
something more and better. ED.)
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| Pink line indicates E. & C. N. Y. R. R. between Cortland and Cincinnatus, N. Y. |
THE E. & C. N. Y. R. R.
WORK OF
CONSTRUCTION BEING RAPIDLY PUSHED.
A
Construction Train on the Line—About Eighty Men at Work—Track
Will be
Laid to the Polkville Road by To-night—Expectation of Reaching McGrawville Next
Week.
As forecasted by The STANDARD on Wednesday
work was resumed yesterday afternoon in the construction of the Erie &
Central New York R. R. The rails were two years ago laid across the bridge over
the Tioughnioga river and the ties had been distributed somewhat farther. There
the work had stopped and there it was taken up again. The new engine ordered
for the railroad has not yet arrived, but locomotive No. 531 has been leased
from the Lehigh Valley R. R. and is in charge of Engineer William Polley and Fireman
Bert Webster. A construction train started out yesterday afternoon and the gang
of Italians went quickly at work under the direction of Contractor A. H.
Jacoby, Foreman Taylor, and their assistants.
It is surprising how rapidly the track is
laid. The Wickwire farm was crossed this morning, by noon the rails were half-way
across the Stevens farm and it is expected that the Polkville road will be reached
to-night without difficulty.
A STANDARD man went down to the grade to
watch the work go on. The grade itself is in first class condition and little
work is required to put it in shape for laying the ties. About eighty men,
including superintendents and overseers, are busy there. One gang with pick and
shovel is removing the sod and preparing the grade for the ties. A second gang distributes
the ties which were in piles as left two years ago. A third gang places the
ties. The rails are transferred from the flat cars of the construction train to
a little platform handcar. This is drawn forward as desired by a horse which
walks beside the grade and to whose whiffletree a long rope is attached
connecting with the handcar. The car is pulled forward the length of a rail and
is stopped a foot from the end of the rail by a block of wood placed on the
rail in front of the wheel. A rail is drawn off the end of the car by a half
dozen men who handle it with tongs. By means of a gauge which determines the
width of the track the rail is put in place connecting with the rail last laid,
and without stopping to spike the rail the car proceeds. Another gang of men
follows on spiking the rails and then the construction train moves forward a
few rods at a time. By this means the track is laid at a surprising rate. The
filling and ballasting of the road will come later.
Ties were two years ago distributed in piles
to a sufficient quantity to build the track to the Polkville road, and two more
carloads have arrived and are waiting on a switch to be drawn down over the
road as far as the rails are laid when needed. Others will arrive in a day or
two. Twelve carloads of rails have arrived, and more are on the way. So far
about four carloads have been unloaded and used.
Messrs. Stanley L. Smith and Elliott C.
Smith, representing the Consolidated Trust Co. of New York which is providing the
money for the road arrived in town yesterday and were to-day down on the line
inspecting the work. One of the gentlemen said to the STANDARD man that he was
well pleased with the progress so far, and that there would be no cessation of
the work till the entire road was constructed. He said McGrawville would be reached
next week and the whole road would be completed in about three months.
Surely the prospect for the completion of
this much talked about railroad has never looked so bright before.
Little York.
LITTLE YORK, Aug. 10.—Mrs. John Gillett of
East Scott has been staying a few days with Mrs. Rexie Gillett who has been
quite ill.
Newell Cogswell, whose father Linus Cogswell
resided here with his family thirty years ago and rebuilt the gristmill, was in
the place recently calling on old neighbors.
Rev. A.C. Smith is taking a two weeks'
vacation, having left an appointment for Aug. 22.
Miss Anna Courtney called on Mrs. Cushing
last Sunday.
Mrs. Bennett who has been a great sufferer
from neuralgia is recovering. Dr. Santee treated her.
R. J. Salisbury has gone to Stewart's
Corners, Cayuga county, to look after the interests of his farm there.
Station Agent John Sullivan took a severe
fall from his bicycle last Saturday, while on his way to deliver an express
package and is only able to get about by the aid of a cane at present.
At the annual school meeting last Tuesday
night, Austin Wright was elected Trustee,
D. T. Bowdish collector and Ed Morse clerk.
Five hundred bicyclists are expected at the
two public houses Thursday evening on the opening of the new cinder track.
Party at
Little York.
The following party spent yesterday
afternoon at Little York and partook of one of Proprietor Raymond's famous
chicken-pie suppers: Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Yale and sons William T. and Fred, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Kellogg and Hon. and Mrs. A. A. Carley and their guests, Miss Couch
of Marathon and Miss Elizabeth Feetor of Cuyler.
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| American common toad. |
PAGE
TWO—EDITORIALS.
The
Useful Toad.
The Massachusetts Agricultural college has
wisely issued a bulletin showing the economic value of the toad to farmers, fruit
culturists and vegetable gardeners. In Paris its usefulness is so well
understood that it is reared and kept on sale in the markets. The gardeners buy
the creatures by the dozen and turn them loose in their grounds to destroy the
worms and insects that prey on the vegetables. That American farmers, and
especially American boys, do not know they are killing one of the
agriculturists' best friends when they destroy the toad is proof of a
lamentable lack in their education.
Teachers ought to take the matter in hand
and instruct school children in the value to man of the gentle toad. It is not
venomous; it neither bites nor stings. All it does is to hop about the ground
and eat bugs, flies and worms that devour garden vegetables. If you treat a
toad kindly and pay it little attentions that even it can appreciate, it can be
tamed.
The boy who kills a toad certainly lets
loose upon the flower and vegetable garden just the number of worms and pests
that toad would have eaten if he had allowed it to live out its 30 years of
life.
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The money in circulation in the
United States has increased about $130,000,000 in the past year, the price of
foreign products has advanced, and the business of the country has greatly
improved despite the assertions that nothing but the free coinage of silver
would bring an increase of money or prices to the people of this country.
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The second stanza of the British
national hymn, "God Save the Queen," is hardly ever sung. Even
Englishmen would rather skip it and pass on to the third. In the omitted second
stanza the poet expresses the pious wish that the good Lord will scatter the
queen's enemies and make them fall. Then come the remarkable lines, still in
reference to the queen's enemies, "Confound their politics, frustrate
their knavish tricks, on thee our hopes we fix, God save us all." God save
us indeed. We all need it after that poetry.
ROBBERS IN A FARMHOUSE.
Farmer and His
Wife and Son Clubbed and a Box of Money Stolen.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 13.—At Tremain's Corners,
a hamlet a few miles from here, resides the family of George Piddock, a farmer.
The family consists of himself, wife and two children, boy and girl.
About 2 o'clock Mrs. Piddock was aroused by
noises in the house. She got up to investigate, and after she had proceeded a
few steps she was dealt a blow on the head with a club in the hands of some
unknown person. Mr. Piddock
then got up, and he was similarly dealt with. The boy appeared upon the scene
and was knocked insensible. The little girl got out of the house and notified
the neighbors.
The assailants had previously set fire to
the barn, and that was destroyed. The floor of the house was saturated with
kerosene, and matches were strewn everywhere. The motive of the assault was
robbery, for the marauders secured a tin box containing a sum of money, which
was on a shelf, and made their escape before the neighbors arrived.
THE FIRST BLOOD
SHED
In the Strike, and
This Was Among the Band and Was Trifling.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 13.—The first blood shed
during the present miners' strike was that of Jacob Mott, a drummer in the
McDonald band. The trouble occurred about 5 o'clock this morning near the Plum
Creek tipple.
The
1,000 strikers in the camp at Plum Creek left the camp at 3 o'clock this morning
and divided into two squads at Center, one body of the marchers going to Center
schoolhouse and the other to the miners' houses. The Center squad was headed by
the McDonald drum corps.
Sheriff Lowry reached Center about 5 A. M.
He drove from Turtle Creek by way of Monroeville and was met by Deputy Sheriff
Richards and a number of deputies. The marchers were stopped and the sheriff
read the injunction order made yesterday by the court. He then ordered the
strikers to return to their camp. The men paid no attention to the order for a
time and the drum corps attempted to lead the marchers past the sheriff and his
deputies. The deputies closed up and moved forward headed by the sheriff and the
opposing forces came together. No blows were struck and no weapons drawn. But
there was a lively scuffle during which a horn in the hands of one of the band
was pushed into Jacob Mott's face and he was badly cut over the right eye.
Blood flowed in a stream from the gash and the sight of the blood checked the pushing
men.
The sheriff again read the order of court and
ordered the crowd to disperse and appear in court Saturday to make answer to
the bill filed. The men again refused and Joseph Brown was particularly pronounced
in his opposition. He was threatened with arrest and after considerable
argument, during which he asserted his right to be on the public road, Uriah Bielingham
and the band again tried to force their way past the sheriff and his deputies.
The deputies again closed up and moved forward. After some hesitation the
strikers moved back, turned and marched back to camp, closely followed by the
sheriff and his deputies.
Committed
to Binghamton.
Arthur Tryon, who lives west of Cortland, was
examined as to his sanity yesterday by Drs. F. W. Higgins and E. A. Didama, and
was declared insane. He has been committed to the Binghamton state hospital
upon an order by County Judge J. E. Eggleston.
BREVITIES.
—One tramp occupied the cooler at the police
station last night.
—McDermott's orchestra played at a party at
Marathon last night.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F.
Daehler, Straw Hats, page 4.
—Mr. Earl B. Lovell, who is ill with typhoid
fever was to-day removed to the hospital for treatment.
—The class of Mrs. H. B. Greenman in the
Presbyterian Sunday-school and other friends to the number of eighteen picnicked
at the park Thursday.
—The fifty-eighth annual fair of the Tompkins
County Agricultural society will be held in Ithaca Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. There is
a large list of attractions.
—The eighth annual Scotch picnic will be
held on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the home of Mr. James White, four miles west of
Cortland on the Groton road.
—The class of Mrs. Henry Bates in the Congregational
Sunday-school held its annual picnic at the park on Wednesday afternoon. The
occasion was highly enjoyed by all.
—The rain prevented the cycle run to Little
York last night. The run will be made to-night, and it is hoped that every
rider will be ready to start from Railroad-st. at 7 o'clock.
—Sportsmen will be interested in the fact
that the open season for partridge, woodcock and deer begins Monday. There
must, however, be no hounding or jacking of deer for the next five years.
—The private dancing party at the park
to-night bids fair to be a very enjoyable event. McDermott's orchestra is to
furnish the music. Cars leave the Messenger House corner at 7:20 and 7:40.
—The annual picnic of the Cortland county
grange will be held at Ithaca to-morrow. Reduced rates on the railroad. Round
trip tickets from Cortland are 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
—There was no ball game at the fair grounds
this afternoon as expected.
Manager
Smith received a dispatch from the Montreal management last night, saying
that rain prevented the game at Buffalo yesterday, and the Montreal team would
have to remain there to-day.
—About twenty Cortland young men have the
gold fever and a party will probably be made up to start next spring for
Klondike.—Moravia Republican. It is probably true that twenty young men have
the gold fever, but only two have been beard from who wanted to go to Klondike
and they gave it up on account of the impossibility of reaching their
destination before winter. They have not yet given much publicity to their
plans for next spring.
HOMER.
Gleaning
of News From Our Twin Village.
HOMER, Aug, 13.—Mr. Geo. Brink and wife of
Marathon were in town to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Burdick and Mrs. M. G.
Babcock of this place and Mr. W. C. Babcock of Washington, D. C., are spending
a few days with Mrs. Dr. Babcock at her cottage at Skaneateles lake.
Mrs. C. H. Donley and daughter Alice of Syracuse
are visiting their husband and father, Mr. Charles Donley, who is employed at
Brockway's carriage works.
Mr. Charles Rumsey and family are camping at
Skaneateles lake.
Mr. Irving Steadman of Cornell university is
home for his summer vacation.
Miss Hatfield of Rochester is the guest of
Miss Florence Mourin on Cortland-st.
Miss Smith and Miss Harvey of Cincinnatus
and Miss Briggs of Little York are the guests of Mr. [Briggs] on Cortland-st.
On Monday next on the academy grounds occurs
the baseball game between the Onondaga Indians and our home team. They come
with a wide reputation as ball players and a large crowd is looked for.
Tioughnioga Hose, No. 2, of this village took
first prize for the best uniformed and neatest dressed company in line at the
fireman's convention held at Waverly last week. This speaks well for Homer's
fire department.
Miss C. Van Hoesen who has been visiting at
Preble and Otisco returned home yesterday.
Miss Adeline Armstrong entertained a few of
her friends last evening at her home on Hudson-st.
Mr. Burnham of the East Homer milk station
was in town to-day.
On account of the [active] storm last evening
the bicycle parade was not held.
Mrs. Watts, who has been giving an exhibition
at M. A. Briggs' in the interests of the vapor stoves, left yesterday for
Canastota.
Webb Burgess was arrested by Officer Shirley
yesterday on the charge of petit larceny upon a warrant sworn out by Frank
Wood. He was taken before Justice Stone and the case was adjourned until the
18th.
Mr. Harry Davis is detained from his work by
a lame foot which seems to be of quite a serious nature.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Atwater leave today for
their annual outing at the Babcock camp at Fair Haven.
Wm. H. Mead of Syracuse is in town to-day.
Yesterday and to-day occurs the examinations
for first, second and third grade certificates at the academy, from sixty to
eighty being in attendance.
Mr. Eli H. Lord, traveling salesman for Keator,
Wells & Co. of Cortland, leaves to-day for a tour of the eastern states.
Miss Marion Overakers left this morning for
her home in Syracuse.
Messrs. Will Hamilton and Glenn Hicks leave
to-morrow morning for a two weeks' outing at Cascade.
Mrs. B. J. Starr left yesterday for a couple
of weeks' visiting at Tully.
Edward Walrath left this morning for his
home in Hamilton.
Mrs. Geo. Eldridge and son left town this
morning.
Mr. J. F. Shepard and family and J. J.
Arnold and wife leave to-morrow for Cascade.
B. J. Starr is making a business trip to Syracuse
to-day.
Miss Emma Litz is visiting relatives in DeRuyter.
Mr. Chas. Wells and Attorney Smith are in
Glen Haven to-day.
Quite a number of our boys go to Whitney
Point to-morrow to compete in the races held at that place under the auspices of
the Whitney Point Athletic association.
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