The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-03-12
EDITORIAL. a.sgEssS,

piPpCtlY.
Ex SENATOR HEkDRIcK's will be can
iidats for Governor before the Demo
cratic State Convention Of Indiana.
THE Patriots in Cuba are doing excel
ent service against The Spanish soldiers.
The rebellion, so-called, is not crushed
by considerable.
WILL the Radicals throw GRANT over
board al Philadelphia in June? The
People hope not; they desire the pleas
nre Of defeating the head of the plum
der party.
Mrs, Woop, Of MlIersburg, Ohio,
has recovered $4,000 from saloon
keepers who sold liquors TO her hus-
band, Hes valuable piece Of prop
erty.
TnE land grabbing member. of Coz =
eress and those representing the iron
monopo(ists have agreed to support
each others schemes Tie people are
robbed by such coalition
WHEN some one twitted Senator
SCHuRz with un-Amelica1 sympathy with
Germany, he replied: "IEe that forgets
his old mother is not likely to be long
true to his young bride"
jim NrE. Of Nevada, GRANTS bufYoon
in the United States Senate, is the man
of whom HORACE GREELEY once said !:
ale can borrow more and pay less than
any man in the country
SEVEN steamboats, were destroyed by
fire at Cincinnati on the 9th inst, viz
Kate Robinson, Altoona, St. Charles,
Argosy, Major Anderson, and Champi-
on. Loss, S300,0oO.
PORTER Of GRANTS Mess" was e1-
smined by the New York Custom House
Investigating Committee Last week His
memory was at fault when information
was required that would implicate the
White House Ring.
The defalcation of Pension Agent
COLLINS, at Washington City, will reach
Sl70,0G0. The money was spent pub
fishing a paper in the interest of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Administration g.
PACKING investigating committees is
the forte of the Administration Scna.
tors; but convincing the people by theil
onc-sided washing reports is quite
another thing. They Cont convince
even their authors.
The LOWRY gang Of desperadoes il
North Carolina have committed siAteer
murders and three hundred robheries
without the loss Of man to the band
LOWRY can neither read nor write th,
band is composed of Negroes, italian!
autt low Willie tDtD.
SECRETARY robson is charged by th,
New York Sun with allowing his Law
partner to swindle the government ou
of Sl,200,000 in one year alone, in tn
purchase of coal An honest Admins
tration!
The 46th section Of the new Consti
tuition of West Virginia declares tha
"1he Legislature shall nercr authoriz
or establish any board or court Of Regis
ration Of coters."
Good BY e, disfranchisers!
SENATORS CALDWELL and PoaERoY, O
Kansas, wanted the U. S. Senate, las
week,t to advise them what to do to war
off the damaging effect of the evidence
taken by Committee Of the Ksnsa
Legislature, which proves them guilt
Of bribery and other political eorrur
ton Oh, how weak Better go HON
and permit Kansas to send honest me
to represent her people.
HERE is specimen Of poetry gotte
up on CsNKLING, one of GRANTS defer
ders: asaa gee a. ,.#
When Dignity Doughheadt to the Senate repair
To make at our Schurz wrong fing,
| The one lock Of hair has SO many airs,
As he brays on and on like donkling.
/ The stranger in wild astonisInent stares
And TO people about him swiftly declares,
"Why that must be Senator Cenkling."'
AT Tarrytown, New York, on the At
inst, man was found, apparently fre
zen to death. A coffin was obtained
the remains placed therein and taken
the grave; when about to be lowered
noise was heard, the coffin opened an
the man discovered to be alive. I'll
telegraphic report says: Tonight tn
supposed corpse is sitting by the fire {
Tarrytown Depot, rejecting on thing
earthly. He said he would take sug.
in his"
The best joke Of the season eom'
from the Morgan County Herald,to tt
effect that MORTON, CoNKLlNG and otl
srs" on the debate to investigate tt
sale Of arms to the French, were 'm
king it particularly uncomfortable ft
SCHURz l. Co." II such thing as ski
ming men alive were possible, in d-bat
: MORTON, CokKLING, NYE Il Co, wou
now be dodsing around without the
hides They were met and complete
fayed at every step in the debate.
Excitement Among if0rsemen.
The New York correspondent OF Il