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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-16
ans have been improving their position. The ad-

cans have been improving their position. The adj
ministra,ion is oppose to imitation, stands by the
constitutional amendments, and is driving the
thieves out of the departments. Grants letter ends
the absurd uneasness about third term, and the
action of Congress shows that policy of modera-
ton and Cancellation is to be pursued toward the
South. There are to be no force bills, no over
throw of established State government; the mill
tary power of the government is to remain sub
ordinate to the civil power, but every citizen IS to
be protected in his rights. The choice between
these two parties is easy,-is already made. The
skies are propitous. The important year which
looms before us, will be crowded with republican
victories. Maine speaks first, and in September
next will utter no doubtful voice, but will renew
her often repeated declaration, that it is dangerous
to cntrust power to the men who tried to break up
the Republic.
The following named gentlemen were nomnat-
cd by the several county delegations
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Audroscoggin-A. D. Cornish, Lewiston.
Aroostook-Daniel Stickncy, Presquc Isle.
Cumberland-II A. Shorey, Bridgton.
Fra1klin-Albion Dyer, Strong.
Knox-T II. Smonton, Camden.
Kenne bec-John L. Stevens, Augusta.
Lincoln-A. r. G. Smith, Whteteld
Oxford-E. c. Harrington Fryeburg.
Penobscot-C. A. Boutelle, Bangor.
Piscataquis-C. H. b. Woodbury., Dover.
Sagadahoc-J. w. Spaulding, Richmond
Somerset-S. ID. Lindsey, Noirdgewocx.
Waldo-S. L. Miliken, Belfast.
Washington-II. Hume, Chelryiied.
York; w. Guptill. Saco.
And they were duly elected by the convention.
The several county delegations also nominated
iol the ensuing year, the following
STATE COMMITTEE.
Androscoggin-Wm Z. Frye Lewiston.
Aroostook--Daniel Randall, Island Falls.
Cumberiand-Staney T. Pullen, Portland.
Ffankln-Charles j. Talbot, East Wilton.
JIancock-John Il. Hopkins, Ellsworth.
Kennebec-James g. Blaine, Augusta.
Knox-IIiram Bliss, Jr Washington.
Lincoln-S. S. Marble, Waldoboro.
Oxford-Enoch Foster, Jr., Bethel.
Penobscot-Joseph W. Porter, Burlington.
Piscataquis-E. A. Thompson, Dover.
Sagadahoc-J. W. Wakefield, Bath.
Somerset-R. d. Shepherd, Skowhcgan
Waldo-Wm. W. Castle, Belfast.
Washington-W m. j. Corthell, Calais.
York-John Hall, North Berwick.
Hon. S. l.. Milliken of Belfast, moved, at II 80
=. NJ, that ballot for candidate for Governor
be taken at u minutes past o'clock p. NJ, and
the convention so voted.
On motion Of the same gentleman the coaven l.
ton then adjourned until z. NJ.
AFTERNOON.
On motion of Mr.. Mlliken Of Belfast, the chair
announced ard the convention chose, the follow
ing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-16

On motion of Mr.. Randall of Island Falls, the
following named gentlemen were appointedby the
chair committee
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-06-16

Middle 2oro june -. Newmarket cotton mlls
we're burned this morning. Loss about SO, 900
It is supposed to have been an incendiafy fire, a
previous attcmp; having been made.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
THE OHIO CANVASS.

The news from the Ohio political
canvass continues very encouraging,
Col. Grosyenor, the leader Of the Lib
eral Republican movement Of 1872, is
in the State making able speeches for
Hayes and the Republican ticket,
Our friends there are united as
they have not been since 1872,
and are hard at work making a
HorOuyh canvass Of the entire State.
Every township is being canvassed by
competent men, who are visiting eve
ry house finding out how the voters
will cast their ballots. So far their
reports are most encouraging. They
report the rural population as interes-
ted in the canvass and all likely to
vote. This kind Of work is all that is
needed to make OHIO certain for the
Republican ticket.
On a full vote the State has uniform.
~ been Republican since 1858. Gov.
Allen, who was elected two years ago,
received by many thousand, fewer
votes than Senator Thurman, who was
defeated by Gen. Hayes. 1t is there
fore enough to say that a full vote will
be polled TO assure the election Of the
Republican ticket.
There has never, since the famous
Northumberland contest Of
1868, been such a general interest in
an Ohio State canyass.as there is this
year. The entire press Of the country
discusses Ohio politics. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the brains
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
The North Carolina Election.

Special Dispatch to the Chic'go Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IA dispatch
received here from North Carolina
gives very different information from
that contained in the general Press
dispatches. This dispatch is from
source generally trustworthy. 1t says
1--WE have a clear majority in the Con-
ventiOn, with two of our counties given
to the Democrats by Democratic County
Commissioners. The Convention will
restore them, which will give us at
least seven majority. The Associated
Press dispatches are false, and are sent
to endeavor to check the effect Of our
great Republican victory. We have
carried the State on the popular vote
by fully $4,000. The defeat and de-
moralization of the Democratic party
in this State is complete. Their lead
ers acknowledge it. The vote on both
sides this year was larger than ever
before. You can not rely on the Asso-
ciated Press dispatches from this State
on political matters. They are made
up by editors of Democratic newspa-
pers, who are doing what they can to
prevent the Northern people from
learning and believing that a large
majority of the people of this State are
Republicans to the core, and true to the
Union, North Carolina is sure for the
Republican President in 1876 by j., coo
maiOrityu
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
THE NEW sen ATOR.

The Senatorial agony is over and
peace reigns in Warsaw" Chancel-
lor D. NJ. Key, Of Chattanooga, has
been appointed by Gov, Porter, as
Andrew Johnson's successor in the
Uuited States Senate. Chancellor
Key is a man Of fair ability, is in the
prime Of lie and is capable Of doing
efficient service. lie is a man of good
moral character. and stands high with
those who know him best. Before the
war he was a Democrat, and served on
the Breckenridge electoral ticket in
1860 He also served in the Tennes-
see Legislature previous to the war.
During the war he took an active part
in the rebellion and was Colonel Of
Confederate regiment. After the
adoption Of the new Constitution in
1870, he was elected Chancellor Of the
Chattanooga Division. In 1872 he
ran for Congress in the Third District
and was defeated by Hon. VIM.
Crutchfeld. Before the election he
resigned his position as Chancellor,
but Gov. Brown held up the appoint
ment until it was ascertained that
Key was defeated, when he reap
pointed him. Since then he has filled
that Office 50 far as we know in q very
acceptable manner, being regarded as
a just and upright Judge. 1t was a
foregone conclusion that some man Of
his record and politics should receive
the appointment, and this being the
case, we do not know that we had any
right TO expect a better choice. 1t
might have been a great deal worse.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

The Louisville COwier-JOuTnm, in
discussing the influence of Andrew
johnson over the failure of the rebel
lion, says:
THE course Of the South would have teen
precisely the same, and the results Of the
secession movement would have been pre-
cisely the same, if Andrew johnson had
never been born. Among the unlettered
masses Of Tennessee, and especially among
the mountaineers Of the Eastern division
of the State, the influence of Mr.. johnson
was always considerable, but among the bet
ter-educated people, even his own party, he
never had much influence"
This is highly complimentary to
Andrew johnson and the unlettered
masses" Of East Tennessee, and com.
ing from the leading Democratic pa
per in the South, they will certainly
appreciate it,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
From Daily Chronicle August IS

WE expressed onr regret yesterday
morning at the treatment of the vile
scoundrel Copeland the previous
night. That he is a consummate vii
lain and richly deserves to be punish
ed with coat Of tar and feathers or
otherwise we do not deny, but az good
citizens, interested in the prescrva-
ton of peace and order, and the en-
forcement Of the law, we can but con.
denim the proceedings of Monday
night. We have no sympathy for
Copeland, but we have for the com
munity in which we live. Such things
hurt us. They are wrong even if
they were understood everywhere,
but when looked upon by strangers
who think Of emigrating to our State,
they have an air of lawlessncss that
will work to our injury. The young
men who committed the act doubtless
did it without reflection, and meant no
violation Of law, perhaps, but neverthe.
less in visiting this summary punish
ment on q VIGOROUSLY bad man, they
did violate the law and are liable to
be indicted for it. Such things are
all wrong and we trust never to see
them repeated in our community or
State. Let the laws Of the country
be rigidly enforced, and if they are
not strong enough for the punishment
of offenders let them be made
stronger.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

of the press is all with the Republi.
cans, whose rallying cry is Honest
Money and Free Schools for
All Even many of the Demo-
cratic papers of the East are
against Allen, and his "rag money
heresy." The voters of Ohio as
body are intelligent men, and read
carefully the best current political
literature. Ewing and Cary and a
few other leading Democrats were
swamped in wild speculative enter
prises in coal and silver mines. They
needed more deprecated money and
another decade of inflated specula-
tive schemes to help them out. They
forced the rag money platform on
their party against the protest of
Thurman, Payne, Ranney, Groesbeck
and the best Democrats i'll the State.
They thought the people could easily
be led Off on that issue, and hence
they forced it upon their party as the
sure winning card for 1876. The Ger
mans, who voted with them last year
almost solid, on the Crusade question,
are against their rag-money platform.
Many gold and silver Jackson Dem
ocrats of the olden school will stay at
home. These will more than make
up for the losses the Republicans will
sustain on the currency issue.
The school question has aroused
the Western Reserve, where a full
vote will be polled, Protestant Demo
cratic Germans are disguised with the
imperious tone Of the Catholic Dem.
ocratic leaders and thousands of them
will vote to save their free schools,
which have made Ohio the great State
Of the West, from the rule of the
Priests. This is the general outlook,
and we are assured, by those who have
lately visited the State and are some
what familiar with its political history,
that Allen will certainly be defeated
and Hayes elected by good major.
ity.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
report to-day british out

We report to-day a british out
rage on a defenceless colored woman
by some white men. If the color was
reversed, we suppose we should have
some chivalrous young men mobbing
the perpetrators.
An ex-Confederate soldier said
on the street yesterday, that when a
man had done him any wrong, he had
the courage to face him and fight it
out, but he never would join a mob
and take advantage of an unprotected
man. That is the hardest hit at mob
violence we have ever seen.
A paragraph is going the rounds
in the papers now to the effect that ex-
President Johnson was buried with a
large flag furnished by Major 5. Hams
bright, for his winding sheet. This is
a mistake. Maj. Hambright sent his
flag to Greeueville for that purpose but
it was too large for its intended use.
The flag in which he was buried was a
handsome silk one, furnished by Mr..
Perez Dickinson, Of this city.
There is a good deal being said
about frauds in connection with the
Indian Bureau. There has always
been frauds in this Department, and
until the millennium comes we pre-
sumo there will be. President Grant
made an honest effort at the beginning
of his administration to reform the
Department by turning the agencies
over to the several Christian denomi-
nations in this country, but we fear
he has not been entirely successful.
Under thr advice of prominent
physicians Of New York a number of
ladies single an married of Reading,
Pennsylvania, meet twice a week at a
meat market in that city to drink fresh
blood from fat healthy steer. They
are notified Of the hour when the ami
NAL is to be aughter-t The blood is
caught from the neck in a silver pan
and served 90 lhr ia tents warm and
fresh in wine glasses. The practice is
said To be quite common in Paris aud
London and New York.
A Middle Tennessee gentleman,
now in this city, was very severe yes
terday ia his criticism on the inco =
sisteucy and unfairness of our morn
iutr ,,putau,p,r.ry which a. he ,.y
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

TIE Memphis Ledger has the follow
ing sensible remarks on that relic of
of the middle ages, public executions:
"There is a horrible fascination about a
country hanging which it is hard TO explain
without admitting that we are less refined
than the Mexicans and Spaniards who attend
bull fights. The crowds turn out with all
the eagerness and expectancy of pleasure
seekers on holiday. Men, women and
children, black and white, rush to the spot
where a miserable, guilty wretch is about
to yield mp his life at the hands of outraged
law and justice. They iostlennd tuss'e with
each other and jam into consolidated mass
of perspirirg humanity to witness the ghast-
ly spectacle. Old men struggle for posi-
tions, the strong trample down the weak, the
more active reach the front and occupy the
highest fences and every available tree ;
while women with troops of tired, fretful
children, appeal for room to see the show.
Such exhibitions of human frailty are not
complimentary to our commonwealth, and
indeed suggest that hangings should take
place only in the Jail yard"
The press Of the State, so far as we
have seen an expression, with almost
absolute unanimity condemn public
executions, and we trust the next Leg.
islature will put stop to them.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
What Senator Thurman Thinks of
Sam Carey.

Senator Thurman evidently does not
apprecite Sam Carey, the Democratic
nominee for Lieutenant Governor Of
Ohio. In recent conversation with a
correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercidL he is reported as saying that
he considered him "A mere political
adventurer, narrow minded, perfectly
unprincipled, with an active mind,
but totally unbalanced. He believed
him to be an INSCRIPTIONS demagogue
one whose great force is To appeal to
the passions of his hearers. In fact,
he considered Carey to be an out-and-
out Communist. AS for himself, the
Senator said under no circumstances
would he speak at the same meeting
where Sam. Carey was to speak, for
his own self-respect forbade him to be
seen in his company. He said he never
heard Carey but twice in his life, and
did not wish to hear him again under
any circumstances, so great was his
feeling OF contempt for that hypocrit-
zeal temperance spouteI. He heard
him deliver temperance lecture in
Columbus, from the west end of the
State House, some years ago, but his
vituperative abuse of men who dealt
in liquors was so violent and SANDER
Gus that he only remained few min
utes, and came away disguised. The
next time he heard Sam. ~as %
GAINESVILLE, during the campaign OF
1872, where he (Thurman) had an ap-
pOintment to speak. When he arrived
at the place of meeting he found, much
to his surprise, that Sam. Carey was
announced as one of the speakers, and
he was compelled, in spite of himself
to listen to him.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

The COMPETITION between the rival
passenger lines from Cincinnati to
New York, has reduced tickets for the
round trip to eight dollars. They are
good for several days. Competition
between rival lines from Nashville to
Louisville has put the fare between
those two cities at fifty cents. The
tickets are sold at full rate and an or
der given to the purchaser for the re-
payment of all but fifty cents at the
other end Of the lire.
The order for the rebate must be
presented in person by the passenger
within twelve hours, and he must be
identified by his signature, which
must correspond with his handwriting
at the place Of purchase. These pre-
cautions make the reduction useless
to through passengers unless they can
afford to lose their connection and
stop over one train.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
The SenatOrship.
Especial to the Memphis Appeal /.

I"TVVI1I 10 EHV .uVIIIVIIa HTItdIT.
NASHVILLE, Aug. l6-With the
number of candidates for the vacant
senatorship daily increasing, and no
shadow ofan intimation as 10 who will
be the lucky man, General Joseph A.
Mabry comes from East Tennessee
backed by strong recommendation
IN consideration of the timely and eff
hcient services he rendered the Con-
seryative-Democracy in the ever MEM
CRADLE Senter campaign. There are
any number of candidates and any
amount of speculation as to the result,
but the general impression prevails
that no one outside of the appointing
power will have the slightest idea Of
the Senator until the appointment is
made.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

GIVING its views on the Senatorial
question, the Age ofTuesday evening,
said:
"In the Press and Hcrdld of this morn
ing we arc utterly astonished to find an cd
itorial supporting the claims ofex-Governor
Brown, and the bold assertion that he is the
choice of East Tennessee. This is too thin !
John c. Brown has but little strength in
this section, and it seems to us no one knows
ii better than the editor of the Press and
Herald. Our people have not forgotten
"rings," " combinations "funding bills, I"
and all that sort of thing, during his admin
istration. He was understood to be under
the thumb ola small class of politicians, and
smaller men, about Nashville, and whether
true or false, the people of East Tennessee
believe it,
Whereupon the Press and Herald
Of yesterday morning, very plainly in
Inmates that it would never think of
going to the Age for profitable infor-
nation on that subject"
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25
DOES EDUCATION PREVENT
CRIME?

Our remarks in the CHRONICLE of
Sunday morning, on GLOW to Prevent
Crime" we find do not meet the APP
proval of all. We did not expect that
every one would agree with our views,
but nevertheless we are firmly con-
WINGED of their correctness, and have
no reason to change them. We do mot
insist that education will suppress or
prevent all crime, for there are q great
many educated Williams in the world,
but the habitues Of our State peniten-
tiaries and county jails will furnish
proof sufficient, that ignorance and
crime go hand-in-hand.
When we speak Of education, we
mean that the boy must be educated
in moral as well as mental requirement,
but the one follows the other very ma
turally, To make the head wiser is
also to make the heart better.
We do not believe that it is
necessary for us to stop to ar
que with thoughtful men on this
subject They will admit what we
say to be true. The history Of the
past and observation Of the present
will prove the truth of what we say,
1t is, therefore, much easier, much
more economical and more humane to
prevent crime 10y building churches
and school houses than it is by build
ing jails and penitentiaries, or by
hanging degraded murderers upon the
gallows. 1t costs five times-yes ten
times more to punish criminals in our
State than is expended in free schools
and yet there are some only n few
we trust-who cry out about high
taxes and would see the free schools
abolished. They arc willing to pay
cut money for the construction of
jails and penitentiaries, and for en-
forcing the law against offenders.
Yet they complain at paying pit
lance to save the next generation
from the curse of felons by educating
the youth of the present.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

1t is estimated that the forthcoming
Iowa census report will show that the
State has a population of $50 ,OOO-a
gain Of more than 100, 900 in two years.
The gains are chiefly in the new coun-
ties OF the north and northwest. Sew
eral OF the older counties, and those
stricken by grasshoppers, have barely
held their own. The most populous
county in the State is Dubuque, with
81, $40, and the next is Scott, with So
$50. The four largest cities in the
state are as follows: Dubuque, o.
6O3 Davenport, 2l,234; Burlington,
2O,227; Des Moines, l4,443.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-25

views moulded by the wants of their
State and section. But true states
manship and patriotism demands that
national legislation shall be shaped
for the greatest good to the greatest
number The Republican party for
the first time defined its policy on this
great question of finance in the great
compromise measure of the last Con-
gress. That bill provided for free
banking, and for a steady and grad
ual resumption Of specie payments.
Under that law Tennessee can have
as many National Banks rs Massa-
chusetts. If that system is so profit
able as our Democratic friends claim,
we advise them all to go into that bus
mess. They can sell their rebel war
bonds and rake up their old Demo
cratic hard money! for which they
have fought all their lives and become
national bankers. There is no "mo-
nopoly" about that business now as
they falsely claim Z is free to oH.
There is no contraction of the cur
rencv going on under that law as
their lying newspapers claim. The
Compuoller's report shows that since
that law took effect the currency has
increased. and if all these lying Dem
ocratic editors and politicians will put
the money they are stealing from the
people into banks we will still have
more currency. The bill referred to
was not what we wanted exactly, but
it has become Il law and the business
of the country hes now become adjust
cd to it and we accept it as the best
we could get. The whole business of
the country has been unsettled be-
cause of the uncertainty Of legislation,
but now that the Republican party has
compromised its conflicting views and
committed itself to a definite policy,
the business men Of the country are
working up to it. We therefore ac-
cept that law as better than the uncer-
tainty Of the past and as thousand
times better than the wild, specula.
tive schemes of Allen, Carey and
their crew Of repudiationists and late
ly converted " rag money men," We
think we need more money in Tennes.
see and we can get it under this Free
Banking Law. We can get all we
want by going to Washington and
giving security for our notes. The
people don't want anything but a safe
currency. and of course don't want
banks unless they have good backing
The Free Banking Law gives them the
money and the security and rs mucl
of it rs their trade demands. The
Democratic editors and politicians
have by lying taught the people to be
lieve that the Republican garty ha'
brought on hard times by contract
ing" the currency That is not so
We have opposed contraction and op
pose it now, unless our business needs
less currency, which we do not believe
There was more currency in the coun
try when Jay, Cooke & Co. failed il
1873, than there was at any time sine,
1865. There is more currency nov
than there was in 1873, for Mr.. Rich
ardson during the panic issued $780,
100000 Of the $4,OOO,OOO reserve
All this cry about contraction is false
The Free Banking bill provides 70
contraction when the trade Of tn
country demands it, and for expan
sion when that is needed, and that i
what the country needs.