The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-04-14
Political.


since the ratification of the Fifteenth
amendment was for municipal officers Of
Dover, on Saturday last, at which the
the colorcd men went to the polls, in
quired for the democratic ticket. and
voted it en- n,osse, without scratching
at ALL
Radical doctors disagree rs to the
cause of their defeat in Connecticut,
some attributing it to the weather, 9th
ers to Dawes erpose of the extravaganza
of the administration. while others
charge it upon congress- The real cause
seems to be that Connecticut is demo-
cratic, and more men voted for English
than for Jewell.
\ radical paper, with sudden burst
of honesty, exclaims that the most objec-
tiorable feature Of the income tax is the
tax itself. The people made the discoy-
cry long ago.
Pennsylvanians talk Of Observing the
day on which the radical legislature ad-
journed as a day of Thanksgiving.
Horace Greeley has discovered that
he has been made the tool of designing
politicians, to rake the chestnuts out of
the fire.
Mrs Woodruff says she always sue
ceeded in any enterprise she has engaged
in, and has determined to run for the
presidency in 1872. She wants to see
if there are exceptions to all rules.
William D. Kelley argues in con gress
that the more You pay for an article the
cheaper it is. Kelley should be worth
mint Of money, for he is the cheapest
article we know of
At Westminster, Vt, one. day last
week, there was party of 100 ladies
together, and one suggested that they
take vote on the female suffrage ques-
ton. There was not vote in favor of
the measure
a party of Ku Klux, who severely
beat negro and outraged his wife, near
Alexandria, Calhoun county, Mississip-
pi, were caught, and being stripped of
their disguise, were found ODE negroes
They ought to be sent before the com
mittee on Outrages at Washington
City.
Judge Bradley should be impeached.
He has declined to sit on the ease in
volving the validity Of the lcgal-tendcr
act, for the reason that he was once
counsel in a suit involving the same
question. Such consistency is out Of
place in a radical.
At the Fifteenth amendment celcbra-
ton at Du Quinn, H., the white presi-
dent wished that he had niger baby
so that he could buy it bunch of fire
crackers.
A Connecticut Democrat who has
worn the same hat on Sunday for forty
years, came out with new tile the day
after the election.
Senator Casserly, of California, favors
the cight-hour law, and complains that
others take short view of long ques
ton.
A negress in North Carolina says ode
carpetbaggeters is all alike; dey'll all
suck aigs."
On Monday last, Stamford, Connect
cut, elected democratic representatives
for the first time in II years.
Stewart l.. Woodford of the Brooklyn
Union, hopes to be the next governor
of New York.
Congress has voted to return the pri-
vate papers of Thomas Jefferson to his
family-the public papers to be retain
ed in the state departments.
The members of the Mississippi leg.
islaturc vote themselves only 81 a year
each for postage. Nine-tenths of them
can't write, which accounts for their
economy.
Nearly all the Pennsylvania Rcpubli
can papers animadvert upon the enor-
nous amount of special legislation by
the recent Legislature.
Although the Hon. James b. Beck,
of Kentucky, has repeatedly declined to
accept a denomination, papers in his dis
trict insist that he shall succumb to
the wishes Of TIE citizens, and return to
congress.
Massachusetts, is to submit woman
suffrage to the people.
Eleven men in Goladay's district
want chance to sell cadetships.
Alshough no election for n successor
to Whtcmorc has been called, he is
canvassing for reelection
General Frank Z. Blair still insists
that Grant will not surrender his prcsi-
dental position vithouta resort to force
to sustain himself, and that the next
presidential election will result is revo-
luton