National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-15

And wrigglea with much pain,
And then It suddenly keeled Ger
To never rise again.
1t is generally hoped that the great reviyals
in Philadelphia will, besides doing an immense
amount of good to the citizens, result in the
emancipation of William Welsh's Cuban
slaves.
Persons DESTROYS of having us publish poems
on the beautiful snow" will please bring
them to our room in person. We have trap
door in the entrance with an elegant descent of
one hundred feet.
The Carlists talk about court martialing Gen.
eral Seballs for his failure to accomplish what
was expected of him. To be defeated is bad
enough, without being branded as traitor or
an incapable besides.
Curtin, of Pennsylvania, was sent out to at
tack Carl Schurz in Ohio, but the first blow
the ex-senator made sent the old war Cover
nor to grass, since which time his whereabouts
have been little known.
We have so 900 men and women out ofwork
already.-N. Y. Exchange.
And yet Mr.. Tilden promised the working
men employment, with increased wages.
Wretched, indeed, is that poor man who de-
ponds on Democratic promises.
All eyes turn from Ohio to Pennsylvania
now. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: THE
election of Governor Hartranft was In any
event well assured. but the triumph of Hayes
will add an enthusiasm to the conduct of the
campaign that will carry our whole ticket with
increased majorities in every district"
Benjamin L. Temple, the chairman of the
Democratic city executive committee of Phila-
delphia, says that Hartranft will be elected in
November by $4,000 majority. Now let the
Republicans of Pennsylvania grid on their
armor, and bending all their energies sweep
the State by 50, 900 majority.
A Western scientist has allowed himself to
be stung once day for three weeks by honey
bees, to ascertain the effect. He says that
after about the tenth time the pain and swell
ing were slight, the body seeming to become
inoculated with the poison. A bumble-bee's
sting the first time would have satisfied his
inquisitive mind.
The New York Commercial Advertiser finds
indications all around that the Democratic
wave that rolled up with such force and power
a year ago is now fast receding. 1t says:
"The withdrawal of Gen. Bartlett from the
Democratic ticket for Lieutenant Governor in
Massachusetts, destroys all the hopes and
bright prospects of the Democrats in the Old
Bay State. 1t places the election of Mr.. Rice
and the success of the Republican ticket be-
yond any question. Now the result in Ohio,
Iowa and Nebraska, and the overwhelming
Republican victory in Newark, are unmistak-
able indications that Democracy is going out
with the tide.''
The Ohio election settles the following
points: 1. That imitation or any increase of the
currency is no longer to be thought of. 2. That
both parties will hereafter be engaged in an
honorable rivalry as to which shall make the
best record on the subject of administrative
reform and a sound currency. 8. That the
Presidential contest will involve far higher is
sues than imitation and rag money. 4. 1t puts
Western competitors, and makes him as abso-
Lutte master of the Democracy of the nation as
John Kelly is of Tammany hall. 5. 1t gives
the Administration renewed backing by the
people, and affords chance for the National
Republican party to carry the Presidential
election if it can prove by its works that it is
a better friend of administrative reform and
sound currency than is the Democratic party.
-Grdphic.
The Tribune says: "The wise Democratic
politicians of Ohio have dug their own pitt"
and thinks that, judging from their blunders
of the last fifteen years, they care capable of
learning nothing from experience" 1t then
propounds an important conundrum in the
following: "Now, gentlemen, that battle has
been fought. You have lost 1t on the field of
your own choosing, and with your best gen.
erals. What will you do nextl Heal the
breach, or split? Imitation, rag money, all the
nonsense OF your Aliens and Carys, and all
the dishonest purposes you had in mind have
been rejected by the people. You can never
do as well anywhere else as you have done in
Ohio. You have killed some people who
meant to be alive in 1876. You have laid low
a multitude of aspiring persons who were sit
ting on the fence. Are you satisfied It's
but the feeblest sort of fight you can make
is it worth your whilei Would it
not be better on the whole to say, 'WelI be
honest and pay and take O new departuref"
Sammy, the prosy bard of the Alabama
State Journal, is devoting great deal of his
space to the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,. There
Is something truly commsndable in this, and
the defunct postmaster shows more than ordi-
nary taste in his new effort to furnish his read
ers with interesting matter concerning this
paper. We know Of nothing-to be correctly
honest-we think of nothing that can be so
beneficial to the people of Alabama
as the doctrines of Republicanism taught in
this journal. Thewishy-washy, milk and-water
sentiments preached by such second-rate jour-
nails as Sammy's, have injured the best interests
Of the Republican party all over the country,
and the only way for them 10 amend is to
secure writer's Of at least ordinary ability, whose
wisdom is of sufficient breadth to allow them
to decide between the wrong and right course
10 pursue. The prosy Bard of the Journal /
wants to do right in this respect, and it is
really sad that nature should 90 slight him as
10 make his efforts unavailing. But nature
cannot be expected to make everybody eonapos
me1ltis. This would be asking too much, for she
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