The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-04

only in America capable of taking such wanton liberty
with the of the heroic Farragut that of proposing to
"run" Or rather to ruin" him Democratic candidate
for the Presidential Chair The impudence of the entire
affair is positively udcrous Just read the following which
quote from the Columbus (Ohio) Journal:
The Geographic report, coming from Alabama that Ad
mral Faagut talked of Democratic candidate for the
Presidency will be read by those who know the gallant Ad
miral with imepressibe laughter Incorporating
Republican and ouspoken Radical is not living While
IN Columbus Farragut frankly and freely made known to
many of our leading citizens his political views and declared
in unmistakabe language his detesaon of the policy and
principles of what he termed the Copperhead party
1t well understood well very generally believed
that by pous process peculiar to the followers of ST. Tam
many from twelve to twenty thousand bogus Democratic)
voters manufactured every year the city of New York
We ourselves have found instances which it would not
be very difficult to prove in court of law Just think of
twenty thousand false oahs registered each year before
heaven in order that the gigantic plumber be preserved
to its present possessors We learn from coemporary
that
By the arrest in Troy of drunken man. search of his
and his own confession it appears that he-one Pat
rick Daley from Salem Washington county-and twenty
others had just obtained their naturalization papers, Daley
has been in the country but two years and months 1t
believed that few if any, of the others legally entitled
naturalization Such show the loosenes if not the
corruption with which the business is conducted and also
prove how easily the Democrats manufacture voters.
Two years. indeed Why, some of them not in the
country as many days till they ullbown American
citizens.
One of the most important bills that has been introduced in
the House of Representatives this session presented by
Mr. Schenck from the Committee Ways and Means,
the 10th instant and passed that body by nearly unanimous
VOTE 122 to 2 1t abolishe all taxes manufactures
cept those whisky tobacco and three four others,
sweeping away it sad not less than ten thousand petty
vexatos and oppressive taxes the collection of which is
effected at cost altogether dsproportoned to the
This is STEP yes it is more it is vast stride in the right
direction Revenue to be collected cheapy and without
ho thofa
Der of articles OF general ana use possible Inc
passage of the bill in the Senate of which there no doubt
will give great and greatly needed relief to manufacturers of
all kinds throug hout the country.
According Mr. Schenck, the five per cent. tax
features amounted last to of which, SOL
$4,000 were collected the articles which proposed
still retain on the schedule viz: oils distilled from COAL
fermented liquors. distilled spirits of all kinds tobacco
snuff, and cigars, and Illuminating gas The measure there
FORE would result in aggregate reduction in of
$84 0000 00 But tits proposed to put specific tax
tain manufactures, and tax Of onetwenieh of per
cent. sales S500O which, Mr. Schenck believed,
would result in of least $20O00000 that the
total loss of revenue would not exceed S6OOOOOOO The
ducon in expenditures in the year tits believed will amount
double that sum- that financial exhibit will be
the worse while heavy load will be lifted from the
manufacturers and the public
An Irish Republican Presidential Campaign Club
organized Wednesday evening" at No 80 Fourth avenue
General Dennis Burke presided An address is to be pre-
pared for circulation and arrangements being made to
establish branch associations every ward in the city, Three
hundred and fifty members have been enrolled within two
weeks time.
We quote the following from the London correspondence
of the New York Tribune It was written March 14th:
The Tuesday has and gone, and the Earl of Mayo
has made his speech Weaker speech mortal made
and after ALL there policy to declare. Mr. Horsman
summed it up epgrammaticaly but truly, declaring in
respect the Church policy of nacon Land policy
of procrastination and Education policy of reaction
It might be condensed into still shorter sentence policy
of mpudence Lord Mayo would have the world believe
that the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland is perfectly
Just law Then he proposes commission of inquiry into
it. the result Of which he beforehand will be
prove that nothing be changed Then he goes
suggest changes to be effected in advance of the
rotten for Tory Secretary defend Finally to pro-
mote education the Government will establish and endow
that is, pay out of the public moneya purely Catholic
university.
Not even Mr. Dsraeli would have dared to before
Parliament with statement jejune this but for the
understanding to which have before referred that neither
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