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.rsnn rxpNSED FRAUD.

II was claimed, with great show of rca-
son. that enormous frauds were committed
At the PENNSYLVANIA state election, the De-
tohcr previous 10 the presidential election.
The greatest of these frauds were commit
ted in Philadelphia. The object of these
frauds, if frauds there were, was to large
Is enhance the republican majority. For
a time the fact was pcrsisicntly denied, but
finally, all men came to believe therein.
The lrulh of the matter was that corrupt
ring ruled the city of Philadelphia, as did a
similar one New York. Neither of them
cared for politics. except 50 far rs il might
pcrpctualc themselves in power and enrich
their l0vuritcs The good, houes, republic
cans of Pennsylvania were powcrlcss be
fore them They strovc to nominate
honest men and have honest elections, but
the ring was toe much for them. 1t formed
q combination with the democrats and rode
on the tide. They would swell the ma
iolity OF whichever party happened to he
IN power. One object Of calling consti-
rational convention, and of the adoption Of
THOR work. was to- secure honest elections
and root out th. corrupt ling. Whether
it will succeed in his or not remains to be
seen. One thing has already resulted. The
fact that immense frauds have been com
mttcd il the Philadelphia elections has
been demonstrated. and il seems strange
that such stupid blundcrcls should nave
succeeded 50 long in imposing themselves
on the city The law requires that the
votes shall be counted every hour, and
some of the statements Of these counts arc
published in the Philadelphia LedgcT. In
the nineteenth ward, the aggregate vote. it
says against the constitution, under its
various manipulaiions, was reported as
follows At 10 Il. M. 3,2ll AT p. IN.
Gl99 G)iey & p. m, Tuesday night, 1858
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, Al AT
| o'clock in the day ON Tuesday, nearly
twice us many votes were reported as there
were at 6 o'clock, when the polls were
closed; at 10 O'clock on Tuesday morning
there were great deal more than twice as
many votes reported as were counted fol
by the return judges on Thursday The vote
reported for the constitution presents SINH
larry marvellous phenomena. The explain
alton is that the managers became fright
cncd, or concluded it would do no good
and, therefore, changed the results so as tc
approximate 10 what an honest coun
would lave been. We 10 rot propose tC
comment on ms statement. because 1t Il
unnecessary Tic facts ale unquestioned
and it only remains Cor every one TO ASK
himself the question, what security there i.
for free institutions Whcn elections ar,
manipulated in th, way
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swallowing whole, without enquiry or pro-
test, of every nomination whether made by
packed caucus or not. They would, by
their little feeble say so, read General
IIawley. Forney, Governor Booth, Willard
and others out Of the party; place all
newspapers, whose editors were unwilling
''to 90 It blind outside of the party's
pale: would surrender the right of self
judgment, and an obedience to the dictates
of conscience aud instead thereof pin
their faith upon some ones dictum and,
even then. not know, whether they favored
~ opposed, until they had examined some
political register or almanac and ascertain
cd the politics Of the proposer. We are
thankful that these relics Of political bar
barsm are few and far between, and we
have hopes of even these. They follow in
the wake Of the Times and when they dis
cover that they are getting out of lis foot
steps, they will quickly wheel into line.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27
TEE ..IsELrCs- GOING

If an individual cannot support all of the
principles of the republican party and their
nominees for office, they cease TO be re-
publicans and, if the individual who can
not do this is honest, he will leave the
PARTY. This is the principle laid down by
newspaper which is, just now, displaying
extraordinary zeal. in order to convince
every ono that it is emphatcaly II rcpub-
llcan newspaper. In this it has a two fold
object Both Of these objects are so APP
parent, that the wayfaring man, though a
fool, nccl not err in finding them out.
Fortunately for the party, and the country,
II stands almost solitary and alone in this
position. All of the reputable newspapers
Of the party refuse to subscribe to any such
doctrine IS we said a few days ago, the
day Of old fashioned party newspapers has
passed away, and in their stead arc news
papers who support the main issues Of the
party, but do it more service by condemn
ING wrong measures-eycn if they are sup
ported ty their Senators and Representa-
live, than by an indiscrminato endorse
mcnt OF every thing that has party sup
port. Many OF us can remember the day
and I'D files Of newspapers show it--whcn
here was q blind adhesion or opposition to
cefta'h mchaoles, solely because This man
80 that introduced 1t. Woe be 10 the wing
nho accepted Office al the hands of the
democrats woe hc TO the individual who
'boltcd' caucus nomination woe be to
the newspaper that dared utter even Il
feeble protest AGAINST corrupt measure, or
the election Of Il dishonest, corrupt scoun-
'"', "hen particular party, ora member
thrcol, had advocated measure, or a
party caucus had made a nomination. This
lay, as we have aid, has passed, leaving
behind II, here and there in country towns,
Wohe, i"iIofn relies OF The eli stamp Of
newspapers
The New York Iim's, which Is par e.
fe'@f"ee The organ OF the republican party
'"" o' 'he ADMINISTRATION supports not
every measure Nlhch has the approval OF
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MAYOR HALL.

The current Of convictions in the ring
A. Oakley Hall The charge against him.
as stated by Judge Daniels. was "for will
- fully roglccting the performance of an
" official duty" That duty was to ''audit'
claims against the city or county of New
York. There is no claim that he actually
"audlted' the claims, in the true meaning
OF the word, or in the meaning of the law,
but the verdict Of the jury seems 10 have
turned upon the word "willful.' We do
not propose, now or ever. to discuss the
verdict Of a jury or the decision of a
court except in 50 far as it may affect pub
lie policy and the general welfare of the
community. To this extent and no fnr-
the, IN our judgment, are they proper
subjects of criticisms and comment. We
regret the verdict on two accounts. First,
for the possibiity-we trust it will remain
simply possibility that i, may prove the
turning Of the tide and result in the dis
charge OF other and more guilty parties con-
nected with the frauds and pcculations of
the ring, We need not spend any time in
comment on this point and viii. therefore,
pass to the o;herconsidoraton. We under
stand il TO be true, that vcriicts of iurics
do not, in ordinary eases, establish prccc-
dents, They are not authority 10 be cited
in, and control. other cases, II we re-
member the rule correctly. ycrdicts are Of
no weight 50 far rs the trial and decision
of other causes are concerned, except when
other cases are dependent upon the same
state of facts, and where substantially the
same parties are involved. In some OF
these cases where court and jury have
passed upon Il given state of facts, and the
relations Of all the parties arc brought out
and considered although. they may not
alt he actual parties to that particular case
the judgment and verdict i held to de-
eide the other cases il IL considered, as
it is technically called, res 0djudicata, II
matter determined. We may be mistaken
AS to the extent to which the doctrine ia
carried, but we believe the principle to be
correctly stated
Although this case OF Mayor Hall cannot
be strictly taken as precedent yet there
Is great danger that the matter determined
thereby may be followed hereafter in SINH
lar cases. II the verdict Of the jury is to
be taken as proper construction of the
word "willful," there will be no trouble,
hereafter in obtaining payment Of fraudu-
| lent bills in fact, there will he no neces-
sity for auditing. The statutes of New
York required that certain persons should
'audit" certain bills, and that, upon their
certificate, they should be paid by the prop
cr officer As stated by Judge Daniels, it
was required that these claims should be
"auditcd, examined and reported and that
they 'should be only paid after they were
" made the subject of examination, so as
" TO ascertain that they Were fairly and
Z" legally due" There was no pretensc that
Mayor Hall craaincd these claims. Ii is
conceded that they were MT "iairly and
legally due but WERE On the contrary.
false and fraudulent. 1t IL, moreover, eyi-
dent that If Mayor Hall had ''audited and
-
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man il "he didn't say down at Austin that
he thought nagur better nor an lrishmaD:'
and who replied "that Is another base Sian
der of the opposition never said so. either
at Austin or anywl ere else, but. on the con-
trarv, on that subject. have always endeav.
ored to c0aceal opinion" OF a miner
who returned Il books and pamphlets lent
him by n life ir'irance agent with the 10.
mark that he thought he "wOuldn't invest,
for, as near as he could find ont, he had got
to die 20 win anything, and he didn't care
to pocket that game Joe Bagry was q
hardy mircr. whose wife was The only wo-
man for allies around. One day, by pre-
mature explosion, joe was killed His
comrades picked him up and placed his re-
mains carefully into shqe-box They
thea played game Of "scven-up" ON the
lid 10 see who would carry the news to Mrs.
J. rley. The lot fell to a miner unused to
] les society. He put the box on to
w heelharrow and trundlcd il off to the cot
tage of the late lamented Mr.. Bagley. lie
knocked at the door and asked Mrs. Il. as
she came to his call. Does the wlddcr
l}agey live here e. mo, sir there's no
widow lives here I'm bet you two dol.
lars and a-half she does. You won't bet {:
That's where you're right, for I've got old
Joe here in this ere shOe-boX. and when you
see him you'll think the only thing hatll
| comfort him now will bc "A coroncr's in
quest. Here he is !"
| The need Of this coming empire is peo-
| pie. We want, said the speaker the best
| of New England men and Womcn-thc
/ blOoded stock of the country. Not the fol
/ lowers of the "Old Red Sandstone era ;
not the idler or the shif,less man neither
| the man who cannot remain anywhere
with any comfort nor get away with adyan.
/ age. Fertile fields await the careful mls-
bandman and WOO the followers of every
trade and profession, The Shasta dcfic-
the artists pencil and It's ruins puzzle the
mind Of tie antiqualians search. When
1900 shall have elapsed, ii shall have eX-
tended its boundaries through three zones
shall this empire stretch. 1t shall rival
New England as the estuary of commerce,
and, instead Of thirty. the flag of orr codn-
try shall bear .fjty stars upon its silken
folds. The pride of the land shall be in its
Pacific lustic. Its sons and daughters shall
be fit cusi0dians Of the mighty trust Tho
mountains in all ages have been the fortress
of freedom and the inspiration of its de
Tenders. Slavery can never again inhabi
our land while the oieras lift their pruut
submits 10 the skies. Our literature, Ian
guage and laws will never become un
worthy of our destiny while the 40 Scmit,
stands. 1t has been proven that timel
noblcst empire is its last. There shall b.
eliminated from the dead isms the diamond
of pure faith sparkling with a glorOu
radiance fit for the brow Of the great King
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

|, there not too much truth in this, not
only in Massachusetts, but in Vermont and
everywhere else James Freeman Clarke
writes concerning the need Of some i'm
lruyCment in the Textbooks for our pub
Re schools that 'the selection now depends
rG the superior business energy of one or
another publisher. The smartcst man
pushes in his hooks, good "a bad was i'll
the State Board OF Education in Massachu-
sets for several years, and proposed in
that Board that we should appoint Il
h,lv &C thn hoet eoLnlo~r l., Tho ,..l,o15 DON,
munity to select a list OF school books, the
names and description of which we should
publish in circular and send to all teach
crs and school committees in the state
But the majority Of the Board declared
that, if We did this, the publishers would
have our Board abolished in year. told
them We could not die in better cause.
but they did not see it,"
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

More judicial complications among the
Mormons Judge McKcan-who would
10 something, If he could has decided that
the probntc courts have no criminal jurla-
,lrtion, and has. therefore, held one Kissel.
who was sentenced TO ten years imprison-
non' in the rcnilcn'iary, Ivy Il probate
c"u,1, TO bail to "answcr in the district
SQUIRT" Happy place for criminals Utah
e. one court las Nc jurisdiction, and the
her cannot obtain jury, 50 between the
.No lhe pentcntiarS Is fir of. Perhaps
Congress will fix up thiag,' by and by
.',l it IS doubtful.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

AZ the last Boston city election, four wo-
men were elected members Of the Boston
school committee, but the city solicitor, to
whom the question was referred. has dc
Fl ,el HAT they cannot legally hold the
ri'ico. 4. tli> IS uuqucsionably good law,
ouuid it me-, le in better taste for those
Ah" desire woman suffrage and eligibility
60 pltite, as q natural sequence to labor
rnrar~tiy 20 reform the laws, instead Of &C.
nlpHrng the officers whose duty it is to in
infprcl tire mw- n, they find them: The
or>l,H If taste aside, it would, certainly,
..crunulish more.
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Che 9utlanl Daily Globe.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1873


The Mormons are said to he jubilant over
thc prospect of congressional legislation or
want of legislation. The excessive zeal OF
60 many members to distinguish themselves
~ the originators and supporters of tie
measure to solve the problem, leads them
to believe that It will all end in smoke !;
something, perhaps, like putting the saIar-
les back TO the old footing. We don't won
der much at their chuckling, but we hope
they arc doomed to disappointment.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

\ fair audience assemble 0t the Opera
House ON Thursday evening to listen TO the
admirable lecture OF Hon, Thomas Fitch,
Of Nevada. 1t may, with truth, be said
that the lecture was finely conceived, me-
thodically arranged, interspersed with the
descriptive, the rhetorical, and humorous
in happy combinations. II was rs a whole,
perhaps, the best lecture that has been de-
liycred from the lecture platform in Rut-
land for years, not excepting John b,
Cough. Those of our citizens who failed
to hear it have missed, probably, the richest
intellectual treat of the winter,
At eight o'clock Mr., Fitch was intro
duced to the audience by Henry Clark,
Esq. The following is full abstract of
THE LECTURE.
The orator commenced by saying that in
that ancient pictorial geographical our child
hood-that book with torn covers and dog
cared corners-whlch was to our young
minds mythical maestrom of the world,
and which pictured with accuracy the East
as an inhabited country and the West as an
unexplored wilderness, is the picture of
Vasco Nuncz de Balboa, standing on the
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

LOOK Ar THE PRICES.
Mink Mum and Collar, sl9 last year 90.
Mink Nun and Boa. q; last year, 5i5.
Fitch Set, Nun and Collar sl3: worth last
year, s23.
Mink Sets, $50; last year. SOS.
Seal Sets, (Mun and Boa, s2s to s;g5o
Imitation seal sets. 80 to 30.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

None should fail to give US a call for Ladies'
furs. Ladies who are buying on approval"
VIII DO well to look at our stock BEFORE TAKING
THEM, andwe Will prove to you that no party
can order on approval and sell as cheap as we
can sell you. All We ask is call, and then we
VIII convince you tina you can save from
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

TWENTY-FIVE 20 FIFTY PER CENT.
We do not ask you TO 90 Lack to 1870 10 com
pare prices as they were 20 per cent. cheaper
last year than the season before.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-27

The best asscrtment of FURs In the Slate
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26


gressmen, their acceptance Of the stock
was not on that account innocent. The
dishonor of the act, as participation In an
obvious fraud, still remains.
"Moreove-, the account is not settled,
even if it is assumed that the members who
took the stock knew neither its character
nor Cakes Ames' bad motive in offering it.
Some of them have indulged in testimony
with reference to the matter which is con-
tradicted. The committee errs graVely in
not probing such cases to the core. Ii dis
timely rejects the testimony Of several OF
the members. This can .only be done on
the ground that it is untrue. But untrue
testimony given under oath is morally, If
not legally, perjury. The committee finds
members guilty Of this offense, but does
not see its way clear to recommend any
punishment for it. Either the committee
is mistaken as to its facts, or it falls short
Ia its recommendations.
SIT is the plain duty of Congress to visit
with punishment all who took Credit Mo-
biIier STOCK from Cakes AEes. Ames him
self is Justly recommended for extreme
treatment, because he acknowledges al in
tent to bribe. A similar treatment OF MIR.
Brooks is required, by the fact that he was
Government director, and was intimately
acquainted with the character OF the
scheme. For the rest resolution OF severe
censure is the least they deserve, and this
is demanded, not only as an act OF justice,
but in order that definite standard may be
established for the future"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

SOME of the Republican journals are
growing indiscreet if not disloyal. For in
stance, the Philadelphia Press calls for a
visitation of public scorn upon compare
lively innocent men like Mr.. Colfax," and
the Boston Transcript, speaking of some OF
the recent acts of the Massachusetts Legis-
lature, says: "The present is an I'M
favorable time for the exhibition of public
Phariseeism. Too many men of promi-
hence have fallen who claimed to be purer
than .publicans,' and the larger part of the
disgaced, we are sorry to say, are re-pub'
licsns. Consequently the popular mind is
not in a receptive mood for cant and by
pocrisy upon any subject whatsoever"
The New York Tribune suggests that the
Transcript is one of the few Administra'
ton papers that have lately "hea'd some
thing drop"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

SoME of the lesser States of the German
empire have abolished the system OF issu-
ing exclusive right to inventors for the use
of their patents for term of years, on the
ground that its fleet was to take from the
pockets of the people, without benefting
skilled artisans or the laboring classes,
large sums of money. In other words, it
is held that the patent system EFFORTS
money from the many for the benefit Of
the few. The Washington Re publican
states that q similar scheme for the adop-
ton Of our patent system has been talked
of, and will probably be presented at the
next Congress.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

AETER series of experiments, COM
mittee Of scientific men in Sweden reported
that when the Thermometer is at zero iron
and steel rails on railroads arc about three
per cent. stronger, and capable of bearing
about that proportion more of weight than
at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, or ordinary
temperature. The reason assigned for the
more frequent swapping of rails in the cold
season is that they lie imbedded in frozen
ground, and the impact of the weight on
the rails and their connections is increase d
by this rigid support. There is sugges-
tion here by which railroaU men should
profit.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

THE Philadelphia Press is dispose to
be disloyal since the Radical Republicans
elec,ed Hartranft, one Of the most corrupt
men in the psrty, Governor OF Pennsylva'
MIA, I'D the recent exposures in Congress
emboldens It to say;
eve are in favor of ceaseless war upon
The endemic of corruption which is threat
ening t. swamp republican Institutions in
a sea of universal disgust, but let the work
of punishment egin with the principal Of
fcial -ogues-the Mephistos in Congress,
who, in connection with lobby agents, plan
campaigns against the treasury ana secure
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

In the olden time public men were more
soljcitous about their character for official
integrity than for private virtue. Certainly
it is the former that most concerns the pub
lie. Colfax, on the day the most damag-
ing testimony was given against him at
Washington, by which he was convicted OF
living and corruption, hurried off TO Phila-
delpbia to lecture before ''the Young Mems
Christian Association" He seemed partic-
ularly anxious to make display Of piety
while under suspicion and investigation.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

For STATE 1easops Prince Napoleon was
ordered to leave France some time ago. he
refnsed. and was escorted to the frontier by
special police officers, acting under the or
ders of the Ministry. For thus acting the
Prince brought suit against the Ministers in
one of the French courts. That suit has
been dismissed for want Of jurisdiction,
and contemporary puts the case in nut
shell by declaring that the "decisicn virtu-
slIy amounts to this, that in the French
Reuublic the Courts do not presume to in
terfere with the acts of the administration"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

WI. ScRUGGs.-of Atlanta, Ca, who
.wssa sRebela when it was fashionable and
a Radical because it paid, has been ap-
pointed by the President, United States
Minister to the Republic of the United
States of Columbia, with headquarters al
Bogota. The salary is seven thousand five
hundred dollars per annum. The Ala
bama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Caro-
lima delegations secured him the place.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

ACCORDING TO the Drych, Welch news
paper published at Utica, New York, Mr.,
John p. Jones, United States Senator elect
from Nevada, was born at Hay, Brock.
nockshire, South Wales, in 1925 His
father came to this country in 1880. In
1866 he told cousin that he meant to be
elected to the United States Senate, and
he has been working for that honor ever
since. The Drych says that he is the first
native of Wales ever elected to the Senate.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

THE Indianapolis Journal, the Repubh-
can organ in indiana, does not mince mat
ters about cold Subsidy" 1t says:
q ssWhether the Senate takes any action IN
Pomeroy's case or not his status is liked
There is no longer any room for doubt IN
his case, and be win retire from public lie
on the 4th of March a disgraced and dis
hopored man.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-26

oTax Boston Advertiser speaks Of spoil
ticians Who are such from sheer incapacity
tobe anything useful, or from repugnancs
to all industrial occupations The Adcert
ttser entersains very Just appreciation Of
the leaders Gifts own party.