The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-06-23
Democratic oB1 State Ticket.

THx RS ;zs aasxcs tnal CoaRep-
ION IN the 18th Distrlct, came on At
Cleveland YESTERDAY. I'VE go to press
) stoo eazagtto obtain any report of its
; proceedings Al lively time was an
lnlticipated. The primary elections give
sol evidence that .Upsoa will be nominat-
d ed probably on the first ballot 70
iedteeA ekftScG6sse Of the Democratic mem-
-9s bsrs OF Congress was held at WASH
z ingt0n ON Thursday evening last, at.
i9iH which about fifty members were pres
.ee ent.V Fhe object was to secure con-
2s cert of action on public measures
eta An address to the friends of the cause
70 is to be prepared in reference to the
2! election Of members of Congress.
s, BEN. BUTLER said in a speech the
other day, when the income tax bill
was mp, that the people demanded the
=, abolition of that tax, and it must be
abolished, or the places that now
=. - knew them (the Radicals in Congress)
would know them no more forever
-, But the Radical majority passed the
bill notwithstanding. gIo9
-5ae By an article which we reproduce
~ from Wilkes Spirit of the Times, and
(which will be found on the first page
80 Of this issue it will be seen that that
Il most intensely Radical paper has
II .@;gone back on the great Captain of
,oi the age. The Spirit. of last week fol-
.d3 low, ,pp, this article with one still more
odj bitter 4ssI 53a foa
.gib We enthusiastically hear Radicals
-ioideclainaing that times are hard, trade
3Isldull and money scarce, but they don't
s@seefnto understand why things should
sid5be thus. They don't stop to think but
l49l keep right straight along voting the
10 Radical ticket upon the principle OF
t2aHdooking fora thing where you lost
eioeit.nj.95 9di 81 Esa9 fss sLsH4 DIi4 g.
1gi's The Board Of Examiners at West
iaI9Point have rejected the two colored
candidates for cadetships-the one
from Mississippi, Michael Howard
for intellectual uhfitness, he not hav.
=, ing attended school over year and
Atheother from South Carolina, Johr
w. Smith, for physical incapacity, ai
he is nearly blind at times, and has al
Iooaa affection fs of the lungs. r. boots IS
54anp RUSH ION THATi CoLUMN.-The re
.aissult of the election, thus far this yea
are, as encouraging to the Democrac,
,unasWe could hope for. Connecticut
-as New Fork and Oregon, have giver
era majorities advance of anything
noi claimed.di diSincei the elections in thos.
81 .Statesa the Radicals have. begun Il
ssiroost much lower, and have ceased
xi6thcirtinsane gibberish about the Dem
lsoiocraticI party being dead. 41I l.l . q
iooq AsHoRT time ago $4,000 was pait
"a to, six Contestants for seats in Con
ngress from the State of Louisiana 1
lis said that during the last dozel
years a$225, 900 has been paid to o
contestants for seats in the House o
q Representatives. A cotemporary yer,
lpdproperly asks: Why should con
sn testing Congressional aspirant be re
19iimbursed for his expenses any NOR
10 than a defeated party in law suit
hsIrelieved from payment of costs?
,aIni SALT. 1.-The Onondaga Salt Comps
ny, of Syracuse, N. Y, sell salt i
81 that place at $3.50 per barrel, Will
they ship it to Canada and sell it fo
-hL 81, 80 per barrel. The Canadians hav
free trade, while we have high prt
% tectfve tariff. And that's what's I'll
matter. 2 And yet there are person
who claim that protective duti,
cheaper commodities! There are Q
an average 80 100000 bushels of sa
consumed in the United States, and
ten cents on the, bushel the people pa
= to the salt monopolists $780, 900.
The. newly enfranchised of Omah
Nebraska, lately held meeting
which they denounced the Radlc
I'd party, and formally Withdrew fro
that organization. This was occasio
ed by the fact that in the recent m
~ nicipal, election in that city, the Rae
calls went back on colored man wi
uts Was = S1AAeAAAntCl luN AlucriAlau dilQ v
feated him. When the colored m
of the north get their eyes open tn
will understand that.all the Radics
care for them is to get their votes
elect men to Office to bind the labc
ing men of the country in perpetu
bondage to the privileged orders.
g5lli TIE Democratic newspapers of ]
diana print the names of upward
three thousand men who have be
loactive and efficient workers for t
iaRadical party, who announce IL
they have left the party on account
o the fifteenth amendment and 9th
negroisms which the Radical leade
aiare seeking to fasten upon the cou
3ffFy. In few short months mo
there will be nobody left in the Raj
real party but negroes and soon to
f1 decapitateds office holders. i
Iris not to be disguised, says t
Washington correspondent of
New York Sun, tnat the breaking
i,4of the Republican party is most Sc
45ously threatened Superadded to n
9TH an. no, s,,s ~, -.