The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-02-27

could be found in Wall Street than ia
Brown county.
THE Cincinnati Commercial says Of
DENNIsoNS Endorsement for the Vice
Presidency : The State Central Con-
fnittce did it, with few enthusiastic
postmasters and too-la.rural editors to
ratify." .....
MUELLER, President of the Ohio Sen
ate, is q plant tool in the hands of
NoYEs, SCoTr d. Co An article on our
fourth page tells the whole story He's
a greater blockhead, il possible, than
GRANT. e..i e.
GEoIGE CLARK, shot his sister at
Brownstown, Ohio, on the 10Th inst
because she threw handful of snow at
him. The ball entered the left thigh
making dangerous wound CLARK was
arrested.
The Columbus Dispatch says -
"Shackled as they are by party ties,
bound as they are by the requirements
of their Master, post-onice editors can
not oe expected to tell the truth
And don't pretend 10 do it either.
SENATOR GAGE was telegraphed by his
Radical associates in the Ohio Senate, TO
return to vote in the KEMP SAYLKR con
test. He replied: II am going home
sick. If not back to morrow Shermam's s
friends may settle the mailer as they
please
In the q. g.. Senate last week Senator
TIPTos expressed "his scorn for the beg
carly bones Of the executive form. -
The bones of the Executive family will
be scattered all over the country after
March 4th, 1878.
THE President has parloned John
ScuIly, convicted of Illicit distilistion of
whiskey. "-Neic York Disputch
Presume his influence will be useful
in the coming campaign. Did he belong
to the New York Custom House Ring OF
Public Robbers?
TIE U. S Senate voted to the land
grabbers last week 100000 acres of
the public lands for the 81. Croix &Bay-
field Railroad. That's following GRANTS
recommendation with q vengeance. But
that was thrown into the Message, as
was the recommendation for Amnesty,
to gull The people.
THE majority and minority Ku Klux
reports have been presented to Congress.
The outrages committed in the South
were inci.ed by carpet bsggers and other
bad men, lswless characters to give the
| Administration an excuse to continue its
policy Of prescription.
The National Labor Reformers met
at Columbus on the 20th inst, Mr. Gun
MINIS, OF Massachusetts closed his re
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marks with an Illusion to the slandel
that the Labor Reformers were o GRAM
party. do not, said he "put anoth
er jackass like the present one in The
White House"
DR.. JENNER, Democratic State Sena
tor, caught little STIMsoN. Senator snt
editor Of the Marietta Register, the othel
day when he WAS shouting hogs hogs
hoes, in the Senate, and asked him
swho were you calling hogs? Anothel
word and Ill cram your speetacles dowl
your throat" STIMsoN crawled back t.
his seat
GRANTS Administration sold owe
$40, ,000,0 600 worth Of arms to the Frencl
to kill Germans with, during the Franco
German war, and SUMNER and ScnUR;
demand an Investigation. MoRToN, NYl
& Co are fighting against investigation
because they know the facts viii b.
proven, and further that Sl,700,000 o
the money was not paid into the U. S
Treasury. Did it go into the "Mess ?
The Constitutional Convention o
West Virginia has fixed the age ans
length Of residence necessary to hol(
Office in that State. The Governor anC
Judges must be thirty-fve years old, an6
Senators twenty-five years, and they
must be residents of the State five year:
before being eligible. Elections fol
State and county officers and member.
of the Legislature WILDE held on The
second Tuesday in October The anti
due!ing clause was unanimously adopt
ed.
THE ligh-tariffites in the Lower House
of Congress have succeeded in having
the tax on tea and coffee removed
They did this with the hope that the tay
on iron salt and coal would be permitet
to remain as it is, or he increased. The
tax removed from tea and coffee, whcl
went into the Treasury will be made u,
on other articles and the morey will &C
directly into the high-tarillites pockets
That's the policy Of the Administration
party Legislate for the few at the ex
pense Of the many.
One Officer TO SIN Men.
Mr.. Logan, Of Illinois, now in the
Senate, said in the House of Represent
atives: I'VE have in tue navy, one pfli.
Ger to every six men; S5,000,000 goe;
to officers, and S3,000,0OO to the men
| desire 10 call the attention of the cour
try to the fact that the taxes paid by thu
people are being absorbed by men whe
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