Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-25
A,urun,,ou OF Isusiness.

StugualiOn Of lsusiness.
We take tie following text from = radi-
eal paper:
80 We clese a. we brxNn-a protective
tArih N the poor mans fi,rnd.'
IL tho court 10 no, mistaken, we are nov
enjoying what tho radicals term the "poor
mans fricnd"-A protective tariff. We
have quoted the taxi, now for the com
mens. We reproduce tho following items,
which No fad ia our exchanges, and We
could furnish many ola similar character
da,,v. from newspapers, irr.spsc.ivs Of
party:
.a.trenchmcnt is still going on in the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard, IA workmen having
been discharged last Saturday"
.ovcr 10. 900 poor people we're fed at the
New York Police Court last week. To!a
namb.r for four weeks, 2s.f27.
There is much moro suffering among
the lahoring cassss OF New England, es
pscialy tho factory operatives, than 10 gen
orally supposed Al the South. lahofinr
man. wr,ung from Worcester, Massachn-
srtta. recently. asys:
"licndred- Of persons are out Of work In
this city, and We are no exception 10 the
genera rule through the country. Our
large factories aud mills in this ssction, foy
Ne are strongly devoted to manufactures
are either stil. or running o. fractional
time. II this state Of things continues
much longer, the result will be fearful. The
working element enters largely into the
population OF Nav Eng and States, AMI A.
taev are, as a class, dependent on taeir
weekly wages as n means Of subsistence, Il
l. h. .icsl corclusi N that thoy must eth
er "b,ain hr al or starsc MANY OF the LAT
ter aitrfaatvs Tue increased work placed
upan our ppiic., aud the Consistently recui-
iias bur. larieS and even HIGHWAY roNbar-
les .t'est that statement
With the.c cyi iences Of trouble III the
bushes, Affairs Of tho country, aud ~aen
the party ia power has tuli sway in ihs d.
ssc,.on OF tho novstamcnt, we arc told by
tho radical papers that "a protective tariff
10 the poor mans friend" The poor men
Of the couatry canno. sce any virtue or ben
eff 10 ,asm IN protective tariff, bu, the
rish men may.
VS. lind the following paragraph in the
6ongressionai GloS, l, 10 taken from
General Logau's recent speech upon alleged
frauis in the United States Treasury
believe, before my God. that there nrs msn
in that department. who are defrauiing the
Government, no. only in the sale Of it,
bonds. but ~ giving cut copies Of your
,.ir.. 50 that your bonds may he counter
fred iievs youf bonls have been
dapara,ei bslieve the department ha'
pa,d Duplicated coupons Of your bonds
behave ii has tax en- counterfeit notes which
Se,e sent there for redemption and SET
them 81 at over the county pgsin. The
department las done all these things, and
s.t /, tiuds defenders in both ends of this
esp.,ol.
InE New York Tines, Republican, says
that the 7, Tanc's Inventions about JEFF
nAsis and General Hancock has been sim
uliaue7uslv chter,d by tie rebels Of New
Orleans. and rhou, Jeff Davis and General
tshA@AA AhNtAA trNtu NoKctutf III
The ssme carriage, were very Satisfactorily
disposed e yesterday by the card OF Mr.
Holbrock aad the statement Of the Assoc
lated Press Agent. Both stories were
pure falsehoois. II will he safe Cor . dav
or two yet, however, TO repeat the asset
ton that General Hancock is on his way to
Washington 10 &c: an accomplcs Of Mr.
johnson in over,hrowing the Go, eminent
AMI upsetuug AIR. Stanton.
Tns New York correspondent Of the
Phslad,lphi. Leisyr says "rhs Demo
cratic feeling 10 running strong in favor Of
Seymour but as Sey mour persist, in tn.
declaraton that he is not Z candidate. |,
viii have to seek somo other favorits. Pri
waite kilograms from parties Who are be
hind the scenes. Say nothing will be sale
or done TO give color 10 the presumptio,
that any considerable portion 81 the Ne,
York Democracy are in sympathy with III
financial theories Of Mr.. Pendlston. NJ
Bclmont's influence will thus prsva
against the undercurrsnt in the opposil
direction"
A sssso recently appeared in court I
Richmond, Virginia, and requested to
naturaizsi, saving that he was native {
Portugal. The judge made him happy b
telling him 70 register A. a voter under AZ
Of Congress. Ifthc applicant had been
German, or irishman, he would have bee
compelled 70 20 10 the expense and endur
the delay Of naturalization. Such il III
penalty % being white, aud the privileges,
being black.
THg Buiillo Commercial Adrerfissr (R
publican) says: "rhe tribunal that tri.
the President must afford convincing d
fnonstration, by its current proceeding
hat it is disposed to be fair. 1t must vi
he respect and confidence Of the Amsrics
,sople - to iIs perfect judicial fairness,
. he same tune it must justify the resu
e,,hsr Of its scquit,al or conviction"
AN AoWAU WOo viSstnikvO W WV euoO
s77oia Chicago the Other day. The r
esesscsA Of that city nArrslss the circuu
ssacss Of the affair o follows:
"; ": Sheldon and family, while Z
~ wsosser City, Iowa, yesterday .
rnooa, was approached by confidence me
the Galena depot, aud ia IN. ..ms 81
~ was swindlst on, Of $40 rh;. e.,
hun 70 pawn his watch in . a.. :. -
soney TO buy satsbles for his f.m;,. ?,
vr IL the afternoon, Mr.. Sheldon IA g.
f.aut Fox were walking along Well, .,ss,
fok'ng fer the scoundrel. when Mr. 8. =.
sm standing in front Of saloon. lie n
sctcd - tell the Sergean, until the fclio
Nd seen them and escsped. Mr.. Sh I'D
marked that he was afraid there wou
n roS, else b would have said con
aag seeosy.~