The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-12-31

Election EEa1as.y
ThestatslnerA made On Fuesdsy by
Mr.. Bfooksspf New York CitK that
had been contributed BY, the
Union, Lea gues4 of Nsw Yerkand !
Philadelphia tosearryMe elestion,A is
undoubtedly reliable. Senator Nor
Gan who lives in New York. has
twice refused to appear before a grand
jury on their summons to answer
questiohsSin relation st6 these frauds. 4
The Senator we'll knew thathe would |
not only crfminate himself, but con
denim his party "HeGee he was in
tentionally absent. The tariff .sring,rp
and the bondholders combination, in
order to steal from the public Treasn-.
ry selected their agents everywhere,
and made desperate efforts to elect
them, In nearly alI Instances they be-
long to the Radical, party, which or
ganization was notoriously the best
affected toward sY g, ! the Ri contemplated rob >
berry, -. -, ,.a.r.,.t'-....r.I
Whatever means means and appliances
might have been used IS '1sn IN Il the late elee7
tion, to. corrupt voters were used in the
Radical interest. They spent fifty.
dollars do4larT9 whers the DI9tsimgo DItsimoefaeyy yEop spent lt
one, They had II the tesf sttoesefkl77jjobbing,
bond-holding, the offee-holding, and
the war-contractor Interest, all of
which had made tens Of Thousands Of
dollars by their fealty to the organiza-
ton. 70 tloijGtiguLi nj e!1ojs' boog 4
These facts5i beingi notorious the,
Democrats having iAoamdhey, teTinext.
to no faoney.lfor anysslectioii ipurposes
while the Radicals had it in abundance
indicates very conclusiveIy who itwas
that iAauedrated andgcarried through.
the system of fraudulent .voteRs:--
ElAduiyet. 10 I.r5w1 sfiie8 1asfUgse
GIN, GRANT AMP THE OFFICE 7 HOLD. .f,II-D :.
ERST7t T7t4ai, New lYork telegram says 7
1T il stated that Gen JGrant has ex77t
pressed lhHimself, m .opposed i to- turning il 6
men out of Office erelE ff9r opinions
sabbe1 Tbs purpose Of bis adminRistra;7 niRi ira;
tion viii wjI, be to see that the Il laws are are
carried on, that that honesty and aan.dlsec seeono-
my prevail IiFp ip ths fppbbliIe ~ bbIis service er and
that, all the Officers 0ptfffiy are capable and and
efficient meIp mep sd'ps,of # an officer @ i'm, il the l9
public, service has. shown a peculiar
fitness for his possession and evidence
Of his ability to- perform its functions
in the highest degree e of excellence I
and with honesty Of purpose, no mat
ter what his political opinions may be,
it would be improper to. displace that
officer with one who Gould at least
perform pla l the aH duties y % no better st e. bssf
n:ABdt4 4QailaffpFadsts 8RRe t65ptcl6ck on the
morning If Of, Of the 29th ifist, a fire broke
out i'll Mr.. N7cf6Fs boarding house
located above the store No. 40 Frank
lin street, Chfe!agio. 'd IT originated BY
4 the careless Use of kerosene oil i'll
kinjiiing 4 fire in a cooking istove..--
The flames Spread with suchgrapidit5
that escape by the staircase was SCOT
rendered Impossible 1rhree men and
a woman jumped from the fourth
story upon the roof of IA altwo=stor!
building; and eseapeEWitlf slight in
jury: But iffwo brothers, wallace ant
Louis Card, aged Is and 10 respect
fiase1y, meg With a different fate Stand
iifg iii d front Window I'M the fourtl
st6iyy they tjoihed hands, and leapet
headiong sihto the street. One wa
instantly killed, -44isAAesa- completed.
bursting Byitthe coneussion, and thu
other died within Fifteen minutes of
terward The .peeuniafpe loss wa
! sIirfF!i t29n Iijl4GGr s-s4u -,rayf