Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-10

ognlzed and acknowledged in the Ham
ilton county Democratic conve ntion, by
the nomination of St. Geghan TO the As
sembly. II any of the party dared to
oppose him, they had better look out for
that hot branding iron, significantly
hinted at by the Catholic Telegraph.
The Cathosic Telegraph and Cincinnati,
Inquirer are lightaing considerably the
labors ofRepublican speak rrs by furnish
ing the evidence of the depraviiy and
dangerous lunacy of the Democratic par
ty in IFS mode of conducting the cam
paign. The effective points are made by
simply reading from these journals.
The Pope's big toe, that so many have
reyeren tly kissed, is losing none of It's
Importance as an obi ect ofinterest and
alteration in this campaign. Beside The
simple and well-meaning Catholics, the
whole Democratic party has now taken
the post ure of devotees, and that, too,
without the qualify ing season of penance.
Gov. Hayes has spice olthe terse and
senteutious in his style Of expression, and
his use of languageis that of a master.
In referencc::to the Republican platform,
he says, sour motto is honest money for
all, and free schools for all. There should
be no imitation to destroy the one, and no
sectraian influence TO destroy the other.
Sam Cary tells his hearers that while
the poor man is borne down with taxes
A. T.. Stewart and the class be represents,
paws no taxes. This assertion has led
some one TO look up Mr. Stewards list, a
single item of which is found to be $I9,-
600 upon his marble dwelling on Fifth
Avenue. Rather steep rent that would
be for poor Democrat!
There is great force in the apothegm of
Mrs. Bedoit, that I'VE are all poor cree
ters" Every Democratic stump speaker
confirms it. Their tone, however. is a
little more censorio US and forcible-"W We
are miserable, down -trodden, poor dev
lis" We have. however, one comforta-
bic reflection, and that is the pity and
commiseration of that class of politicians.
The inaationist hope that California
was about to plunge into bankruptcy
and give edge to the stringency of the
times, Sc ems likely 10 be dashed. 1t is
now reported that the bank of California
is to resume business about the middle of
the month The hard-moncy State IS like.
ly TO prove It's solyency, though it be the
source of disappointment 10 those who
fear more than anything else the tenden-
cy towards hard-pan. t l G
Senator Thurman referred. slightly in
his Cleveland speech to the "fundamen-
tai principles" of the Democratic party.
We have for some years offered five dol
lars reward for the discovery of funda-
mental principle belonging TO the De-
mocracy. The closest approach we have
made to it is that each State is a solemn
and awful object, and that the Southern
Confederacy should be placed atop of
the United Slates-snd that is so far dis
puted, that VIC. have not paid the money
,-s..-l. Gin. Com.
A weakness of some public. speakers is
an obliYionsness TO time. Charmed With
the sound of their own sweet voices, they
are apt to conclude that the audience is
entertained as long as they themselves
are. Gov Allen, therefore, IS not to
blame for not knowing when to stop
Even though he is putting the party to
some of the sufferings of p1rgatory, he
never suspects that he has said enough.
While at Warren, the other day, he was
running on with the merest bosh, with
out conference or common sense, and to
stop him and give relief to his party
friends, Adj. General Sargent, who ac-
companies the Gov. for the purpose, and
sits directly behind him, informed the
Governor that he had been talking an
hour and half, while the fact was, he
had only occupied forty minutes. The
old fellow closed up, and the people were
relieYed, and the party saved from fur
ther modification.
The Woman-Suffra gists have adopted
the war-cry, mo ballot, no babies" This
position is rather formidable one. IF
the supply of voters is thus to be shut off
in IFS incipiency, what is to be done The
women are evidently masters of the situa-
tion, and there Is no other course left but
to come down. Without babies, and the
harmonizing adjuncts of their propaga-
ton. this world would be no better, as
place for working out The problem of
life, than a bowling wilderness. Such
calamity must, at all hazards, be avert
ed. rBy all means give the women the
BALLOT
The verdict of the Coroner's jury, i'm
paneled to inquire into the cause of death
in the case of W. C. Ralston, disputes the
theory of suicide, and finds that apo
plexy and drowning produced the fatal
result. No traces of poison were found
IN the stomach, and so that theory must
needs be abandoned. There still remains,
however, the supposition thatthe drown
ing was deliberate-that the force OF.
character and iron viii were equal to the
accomplishment ofthe act. The actural
cause of death will remain7a mystery and
the belief in the suicide, supported as it is
by SO many significant probabilities and
corroberative proofs. will not be wholly
discarded. a-'i
The soID VoTE-When the Oataols,
Telegraph promised the "solid vote" of the
Catholic citizens to the Democratic party
this fall for value received irrespective of
the merits of the Democratic candidates or
itsold more than it could de-
liver. 1t is the habit of the Ultramon-
tanes to sneer at the idea that. there are |
Catholics who do not agree to the most
violent utterances in their behalf, but
there are quiet Catholic citizens abroad as
well SIS home here in Ohio, who are not /
sold out solid by the Pope or:anyone else.
Perhaps all politicians would find II to |
their advantage not to overlook this fact. |