The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-03-19
EDITORIAL

he sum OF $l6,O ,OS4 10 lare been
subscribed to the GREELEY Statue Fund.
A GREAT labor strike is to take place
in New York City next April The Or
gsnizations will demand that eight hours
shall be considered days work
STIxFsoSs proposed superintendent
bill will give the Radicals one Congres.-
man for every nineteen Thousand rotes,
aEd the Democrats one member for sy-
cry fifty t,co thousand votes.
Nothing could better Illustrate the
desperate condition Of the Radical par
ty and the base dishonesty of lis small
Drained managers,
A Law passed by the present session
Of the Legislature makes it unlawful for
judges of elections to adjourn for any
time or to any place during the count.
ing Of votes
Hon. B. F, SrRIGes, Representative
from Noble County, was sworn in on
the 18th inst. There must have been
some cheap looking Radicals, in the
House, daring that ceremony.
AN exchange says: "BAscRoFT DAVIS
may not be q rogue" The evidence is
on record that he accepted brihe of
$50, O,OO0, yet the Administration trusts
him as a. honest mar.
IF an official under tns present Ad-
ministration would retain his position,
he must cheeriully enter into ali the lit
le swindlcs the relatives of the President
propose. That's the road 10 success
If the Editors Of he Enquirer and
Commercial, Of Cincinnati, would cease
their childish wrang!ing. and furnish
their readers more news, the public
would not complain.
TIE Liberal Republicans Of Kansas
have issued stirring appeal to the peo-
pie to rebuke the corrupt Administra
ton of GRANT, n MoRroN & Co. We pub
lish the address in an other column of
this issue
GENERAL LoNGsTREET, Collector OF
Customs at New Orleans, has been re-
moved. Cause, he favored WARMorH,
during tho late troubles down there,
against CASEY, the brother-in-lsw OF
| GRANT
SENATOR SHERMAN favors increasing
the salaries Of all heads of bureaus, in
the Departments at Washington, to four
thousand dollars. He's one of the Ad-
ministrstions Reformers The people
don't relish bogus reform of that kind
THE total naval expenditures during
the war Of 1872 we're sl2,371,531. The
Administration of GRANT asks Congress:
to appropriate SlS,0O0,000,for the navy
for the present year, and in time o.
peace too. That's the Reform the Rad
ical leaders pirate so loudly about.
A GENTLEMAN OF Noble county, wri-
ting to a member of the Legislature
observes "The Democracy of Noble
defeated the Legislature Of Ohio easily
When we send man to Columbus agair
you had best let him remain, saving b.
SO doing two mileages."
"PR1vATE" DALzELL, of Noble Coun
to, has broke loose again. This tim
he wants Soldiers National Conven
ton. DALzELL, the Immortal j. N.
and TRAIN ought to draw cuts to decid
the question Of priority on entering on
of the many well conducted Asylums 70
Incurabies.
A STRAW, significant of the populs
current, is the fact mentioned by tn
Washington correspondent OF the Cir
cinnati Commercial, that when Senate
MORTON took the floor to reply to Sci
ator ScHuRzs recent speech, the aud
ence crowded out Of the chamber 8
soon IS he began to speak.
TESTIMONY from all parts Of the couI
try is to the effect that the late action
MORTON Il Co., in the Senate opposin
the investigation Of the French arm
frauds, the New York Custom Hous
robberies and the general corruptness {
the Administration, has caused thou
ands upon thousands of honest Repu1
e licans to denounce and declare for an
party that will re-estsblish Honesty an
Reform in the affairs of the Cover
ment.
The nomination Of DAVID DAVIS, (:
: the Labor Reform candidate for Pres
dent, is causing great uneasines
amongst GRANTS post-oflice Editors
else why do they insist that the tick
has no strength ? II endorsed by tt
l Liberal Republican and Democrat
Conventions, it will be elected by sue
majority Of the electoral college {
will cause the supporters of GRANT, Coz
FAX, MORTON & Co, to yell, in their az
ony.
e The Present Session of Conarei
Is without precedent for either I'll
y number or the scope Of investigation
which it has ordered through the gel
. eral or official committees The cha
: ges of fraud and corruption again
: members Of the Administration are I'll
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