Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-03-19

ofnovor,or nv the people. Cheney, Ine
~Sr1.a. =, oSer1 osndidste lacking few
- ,ps,ad 1o,ss of : majority over his Dem
o-o.io -- md PrObibitiOn competitors. The
T~.:aI.,nre Tc-s = however, is Republican be-
- . doabt, which will secure the elec-
t,on Of Nh. Cheney by that boz. The
congressional delegation remains un-
changed, two Democrats and one Re-
publican being elected
yCoENEcTIcUT.-The campaign was
opened in Hartford on Friday evening
last, to a crowded audience. Speaker
Blaine, Judge Hoar, Senator DAVIS and
Representative Fry, OF Me-, and Boroughs
of Michigan, are among the speakers
whose voices will be heard in the Nut
meg State during the campaign.
The election occurs on Wednesday,
Arpil 5.
THE DR.. DE KovEN DEFEAT.-The
fate ofDr. De Koven, so far as the Office
of Bishop of Illinois is concerned, seems
to be sealed. AT last accounts, the vote of
Standing Committees stood 81 against, to
10 for confirmation OF course, there is
reason for this defeat. and that alleged
by those Of Low Church prochvities
gathers piausibillty and strength from
the generally admitted facts, that the
Doctor is personally popular, is not want
ing as scholar, and .heologian in IN
teilectual vigor, purity, or executive ca
pacity and therefore could not have been
rejected on any of these grounds. There
can hardly be doubt that Ritualism lies
at the bottom of it, Had the question
been left to the clergy, the case would
probably have been different. COnirma-
ion would have been pretty certain
Power, according TO the old maxim, sis al
ways stealing from the many TO the few, "
and the clergy, generally, like other NOR
tails. are not averse to the results OF this
process. As the influence, therefore, OF
sacred ceremonies, mysterious sights and
sounds appeal to the senses OF the masses
with more force than argument and log
ic do to the heart and soul, the snimus of
the difference between the clergy and ia
ity is not difficult to understand. The diff
ference involves an adherence to the
teachings of the reformation and a square
position upon the platform of the Episco-
pal Church, and the tendency to depart
ure from its simplicity and purity.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune of Monday morning
last. explains the method by which the
express companies smuggled through
Congress the amendment doubling the
rate of postage on transient newspapers.
Mr.. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, he says,
was the instrument used in the Senate,
and Gen. Garfield, in the House. Mr..
Garield's friends here, will be slow to be-
iieve that his name is justly and fairly
associated with so discreditsble maneu-
vre, and Notwithstanding the respectable
ity of the channel through which the
charge is made, will undoubted await
with some feeling, an explanation from
their Representative. Gen. Garfield can
not and we think, will not let it be laid
at his door without such explanation.
The character of this discreditable bust
ness, q its bearing, are VeryIprOperly allud
ed to in the following paragraph from
the N. Y. Times, of q day or two since:
There is no doubt whatever that the
public owe the new changes in the postal
laws to Adams Express Company. That
com pany employed active lobbyists at
Washington, and the cause was Snug
gled through in silence and secrecy, for
the sole purpose of increasing the busi-
ness of a very wealthy corporation, at
the expense of every man who has occa-
sion to send q newspaper or book by post
It is a very disereditable transaction, and
one which is not calculated to increase
the popularity ofthe Adams Express. The
pinch will be felt by all classes Of the
people, and not least by the poor, who
have been in the habit of posting news
paper or book to friends at distance. II
is well. at any rate, that the victims
OF this trick should know precisely who
are the authors of it.--M 7. Times
It was q mistake, but it can't be reme-
died now. That is all the consolation
the public can get in the matter of the
suddenly increased rates of postage on
transient newspapers, which used TO be
carried for one cent per two ounces and /
now ARE charged one cent per ounce.
The Post Master General is reported to
explain the matter by saying he sugges.
ted the doubling the rate of postage on
merchandise" but had no intention to
include transient newspapers. The Sen
ate Committee on Postofiees adopted
the suggestion. and. as merchandise"
was third class" matter, doubled the rate
On that class. Transient newspapers are
also third class" matter, and in this way
hey were involved in the increased rate. |
The Post Master General is dreadfully |
sorry, but after consulting the law offlc- |
ers of his department finds there is no /
help for 1t. One cent an ounce is the |
rule, and all insufficiently paid newspa- |
pers, magazines, pamphlets, &c, will go |
into the new waste basket ]
OLe0Sland Hel'Dld.