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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-03
state Temperance Convention,

The temperance men and women of Maine, OF all
religious. political aud temperance organizations,
and those not connected with either, are invited to
meet at Meonian Hall, In Augusta, on Wednesday
January 18th, 1876 at II O'Clock A. NJ, for the pur'
pose Of holding Mass Temperance Convention.
This being the centennial year OF our national *
istence, 1t Is highly important and fitting that we
should meet In convention and declare ourselves
free and Independent of King Alcohol, and take
every means In our power to declare against him u
war Of utter determination.
Among the many questions that il may be proper
to consider, the following are impei tant.- What
can be done to aid the reform clubs in their noble
work ~ "How can we encourage and help those no.
BILE women who are organizing crusade movements
and women christian temperance societies.: ais
there not necessity that something should be
done to more efectualy suppress the sale OF intox.
icating cider and domestic wines" Should not
take more decided and active measures in this
great cause ~ Sought not the legislative judicial,
executive aud municipal bodies Of our State to take
stronger and more decisive measures for the sup
precision Of the great evil of intemperance !"
should not the various temperance organizations
Of the State receive the encouragement OF every
friend of temperance
1t seems to US that there has not been for several
years O more favorable crisis In the temperance
movement in this state than the present. Tae work
done by the several temperance organizations to-
getber with the cooperation of the faithful women
engaged In this work. should encourage every
friesd Of the cause and prompt to renewed dill
The convention will probably be continued
through Thursday. While We canpot promise free
W tnosc attcHutES COHNcutioH
yet we will make an effort to secure board at re-
duecd rates. The usual reduction of fare may be
expected on the several railroads and steamboats,.
Come one, come all.
JOSHUA NYE, DANIEL ALLEN,
D. B. RANDALL, M HALL,
G. O. pkYSON, JOHN S. kIMBALL.
4. =. SHAW, ABNER TOWNSEND,
HENRY TALLNAN, GEO. W. HILTON,
I. 4. CALL, J. NJ. HUTCHINs,
b. II. BRYANT JOHN ALLEN,
HENRr fARRINGTtiN, GEO. e. BRACKET,
s State Temperance Committee.
Augusta, Dec. 2lst, 1875.
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ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Editors and Publishers Association

The Annual Meeting OF the Association of Edi
tors and Publishers of Maine will be held at Angus.
t., Thursday and Friday, January 9th and 2sth,
beginning 1t O'Clock Thursday evening.
According to the now well established pl acuce
of the ssOciation this meeting ill be devoted
principally to business. Questions affecting the
publishing and printing interests of the State Will
lie discussed.
w. H. Simpson, Esq, of the Belfast Republican
Journal, will deliver an essay 10 the afternoon OF
the last day Of the convention.
Friday evening the members OF the Association
and their ladies will be rendered reception at the
house OF one OF the Augusta editors.
full attendance of members Is requested Pub
lishers and printers. net members, are invited to
be present at the meeting and become members OF
the association.
WIN. MOVES, lst Vice President.
JOSEPH WOOD, Secretary.
Papers In the State please copy.
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POLITICAL.

A New Hampshire democratic organ says; The
people are tired of small men," The democracy
are not, neither is Speaker Kerr.
The Catholic World, the highest literary organ
Of the American Catholics, lays down its doctrine
on the schools as follows:
1--WE, of course, deny the competency Of the
State to educate, to say what shall shall not be
taught in the public schools, as we deny its COM
potency to say what shall or shall not be the re-
ligious belief and discipline Of its citizens. We,
Of course, utterly repudiate tie popular doctrine
that so-called secular education is the function OF
the State"
This latest fort to iEjure Mr.. Blaine proves
dead failure, and his political enemies must try
again. In the mean time he moves steadily on in
winning the confidence of the people in his great
ability and the purity of his character, and to-day,
in all sections of the country, he is looked upon
as without peer in all the qualities which COM
binc to make a statesman. The enmity to Mr..
Blaine is all POLITICAL and is mainly confined to
this State. Elsewhere, by men of both parties,
his great abilities are ecognized.-EastpoH SEN
tinei.
Maine has great interest in securing the NOM
ination and election of Mr.. Blaine to the Presi-
dency. 1t is an honor to any State to have for
one of her citizens so splendid Mr..
Blaine. 1t will be q greater honor if he shall be
so appreciated by the citizens of other States as
to be selected by them for the Office of chief mag
istrate of the Nation. AS the republican leader
in the House we anticipate fresh lauiels for his
brow almost daily during the long session Of this
Congress. And by the time that the republican
Convention shall assemble to nominate candi-
date for the next President, the people, the intel
lgent republicans north, south, east and west will
by reclamation accord to him tie first Office in the
Nation, and the highest post of honor in the world
-Pfes0Ue Isle Sunrise
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THE E4STERN RAILROAD.

ain The whole history of railroad man.
acement," says the Chicago Tribune IN
commenting upon the financial exhibit OF
the Eastern Railroad, there has never
been such curious and remarkable ex'
hibit as this. Four years ago the road was
solvent, was doing an immense business,
paving handsome dividends, and was
managed with prudence and skill. The
first step towards its downfall was in the
change OF management which TOOK Inc
road out of the hands of conservative
and careful men and placed il in the
hands of niudicious. speculative. reck-
less operators. who changed the whole
management to the Young America and
Credit .Mobiier style of doing business.
They entered into ruinous competitions
with other -oads by constructing new
branches and leasing small roads at most
enormous rentals. They invested in lands
at enormous prices, until they had become
loaded down with three times AS much
ptopCitF any o'uSi ipN''
They bought up stocks Of other roads so
as to control them. which stocks are now
good for nothing. They made advances
which can never be repaid As a sample
of loose management, there was in 1874
no vote authorizing any building, ans yet
in that year the construction account was
increased over 100000, and the aver
age cost of construction per mile was
raised from $54 ,557 to So, 1903, while the
vagaries in the increase of equipment are
quite as remarkable.
1t is little wonder that the Eastern Rail
road bondhOlders are quaking as they
stand by and look at road still doing an
immense business, running trains out Of
its depot almost every five minutes in the
day, its cars crowded with passengers and
yet unable to obtain balance in favor at
the end OF the year by reason OF the para
sites that are constantly sapping its very
life, and OF its debts travelling faster than
any locomotive on the road. OF course it
IS only brief question oil time how soon
the road will completely deyour itself,
leaving nothing behind it but its debts and
q heap of valueless bonds. The moral is
obvious enough--,hat the same conditions
apply to the business Of railroad corpor-
alton rs to an individuals business. The
individual who should conduct his bust
ness as the Eastern Railroad Company has
conducted its business would be univer-
sally considered as violator of financial
integrity. The same moral rule applies
to II railroad corporation. The most re-
markable feature of the whole matter,
is. that this DISASTROUS and disgraceful
management should have occurred in
Mass achusetls.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-03

MIR. HENDH1
Is making the finest Photographs
OF any artist in the State, equal In
finish to any Porcelain Picture.
He has the best arranged light on
the kennebec, side and top light
com bined, which is u great Inn.
prOvemeut over the Old top light.
The heavy shadows under the
eyebrows, nose and chin has al
ways been a great objection 10
PhOtOgraphs-Wit his two lights
In one all these unpleasant had-
OWs are avoided, giving q round,
clear. brilliant image, soft ms a
MeZZOtint.
Another great advantage. the
time In sitting Is shortened one
half. Pictures Of Children
made In from three TO five Sec
Onds. Pictures made equally
as we'll in cloudy or stormy
weather AS In pleasant. except
ing children, which requires
pleasant weather. Old pictures
copied and finished I'm ink or
color, any size up to life size.
All work warranted satisfac.
tory. Remember you have no
stairs TO climb. which Is n great
convenience for children aud
old people. First floor, opposite
the Post Office.
deCgLttf
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GENERAL Y T. vs..

The bears in Montana are row dreaming the
happy hours away under six feet of snow.
There is glut Of oranges in the New York
market, and the dealers hardly krow what TO do
with them
The Boston & Maine, Fitchburg, Eastern and
the Boston and Lowell Railways have abolished
the free pass system.
The State of Illinois, which has the name of
being as prosperous as any, has twenty-one rail-
roads in the hands of receivers.
1t is proposed to have reunion of all the
Knights Tempars in the United States at Phila-
depha on the Both and 3lst of next May.
Among the articles to be sold at the dead-lettcr
auction in Washington on the 18th Of January is
the picture of the homeliest girl ever seen.
In Philadelphia all owners Of clipped horses
which are not properly blanketed in the streets
are to be arrested for cruelty to animals.
Mrs Womack, who lives on the James River,
Va, got up and killed bear the other night
while her husband was asleep, and everybody but
herself and her husband is surprised.
The California Senate has passed bill for the
destruction of the seals in the harbor Of San
Francisco on the representation Of the Fish Com
missioners that they kill the small fry and prevent
the increase of fish in its waters.
On Christmas day. in New Orleans, men were
sitting in their offices in shirt sleeves by open win
dows, flowers were blooming in open air. and even
the lively mosquito was about as if the December
day might have been dropped from June and lot
seemed ont of place.
Editors have discovered by long and careful
observation that the best way to save mans life,
when he is sick, is to expend good deal Of labor
in the preparation of an elaborated biographical
sketch to be used in case of DEATH The victim
always gets well. Mr. O'Conor should not, in his
future career, refuse to remember that he is un-
der some obligations to the newspapers, IF life is
dear to him.-CAieago Tribune.
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REDUCING THE ARMY.

One of the projects proposed by the
democrats and to be urged on the score
Of economy is the reduction of the army
At first thought tins might seem fair
proposition. Our people are prone to re-
gard the national military establishment
as Of but little worth. notwithstanding the
practical correction of our error afforded
by the late war. and SO suggestion TO
reduce the army in the interest of econo-
my naturally meets favorable reception.
Back, however. of this pretext for the
reduction Of the army at the present time
for the talk Of economy is only pretext
lies the true cause for the proposition
With the Indians to take care of, the Mex
lean border to guard. and peace to pre-.
serve throughout our widely extended
territory. the army at its present strength
seems to be about as small as prudence
would dictate that it should be- Why then
this demand for reduction? 1t is to please
the men who had reduced and scattered
our navy as much AS possible in 1861,
stole the arms, arsenals and forts of the
government and corrupted the army as
far as they were albeit is to crafty and
strengthen that class Of men. the ex-Cen-
iederates of the South, that the reduction
Of the army is now proposed, the real OBJ
jet being cloaked under the pretense of
economy.
Beside the qualification it would afford
the ex-Coniederates to cut down the mill
tary power which crushed them in the re-
bellion, there would be added the impor-
iant advantage 10 them, if they could ac-
eomplish their purpose in full, of putting
il out OF the power of the government to
prevent lii III overriding or setting at de-
iiance the national authority when it
stands between them and their plans.
ku klnxism might then go on without
fear Of prevention or punishment The
White League might capture legislatures
and riot against republicans with impu-
nifty.
Ia short the scheme to reduce the army
Is entirely consistent with the Bourbon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-03

Congressman Seelyc believes in the existence OF
the secret organization, Order of American Me-
chanics, and thinks it has great power He says
in an interview with a reporter of the Springfield
Republican, that there are many politicians in it,
and that he first heard of 1t in 1873. He fully be-
lieves the Roman Catholics are making strenuous
efforts to get possession Of the ruling power in
this country, for these reasons: "The Church of
Rome is nsidiously seeking to control the negro
vote, as it already does the Irish. There are now
at the College Of the Propaganda at Rome between
60 and 10 colored youth being educated to take
the field among their brethren in our Southern
States. Who can imagine the success of the pomp
and tnse of the Papist Church with the excitablc
negro temperament What will be the result oft
negro and Irish vote combinedi Who will lead
party to defeat them' Some people cry, Pooh !
there is danger 1t was just so before the rebel
lion when we often heard it said that the Southern
States could not be kicked out of the Union. We
all know the result of that letting alone. There
are two dangers that beset us in this question Of
religion in the schools: One is letting it alOne'
and allowing education to slip into the hands Of
the Catholic priesthood: TIE other is taking away
the Bible from the schools and making them alto
gether secular. The first means delivering poster
ity, body and SOUL into the hands Of the Romish
Church; the second means destruction to our sys-
TEN of education. lie would avoid both dangers
and, while he would yield neither to the Romish
nor the secular theory OF education. he would
maintain as stoutly as the Romanist the need Of
religion in schools, and resist positively as the
seculsrist the domination Of church of HER
archy"
A brief summing up Of the principles Of the
democracy gives State rights aginst national unity
South against North; whites against blacks enmi-
ty to Federal volunteers to common schools ndf-
ference to the national credit and debt; repudia-
ton of public obligations in order to tighten taxa
ton; imitation; and Jealousy of the regular army.
Who win venture in view Of this showing to re-
peat the old SANDER that the democratic party is
not party OF principles i-Sprinaheld (Hass,)
DiOu
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olicv of the democratic party, which is

policy of the democratic party, which is
TO place the control of the government
where i, was before the rebellion, and re-
store to the blood stained traitors who
tough, against the national flag the prop
erty and character lost in the conflict
which they inaugurated.
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DEPORT Of the condition OF the GRAM
IL TIE NATIONAL BANK OF Augusta,
Maine, at the close of business on the
18th day OF December, 1875.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts 425sS9 g.
Oyerdratts 300 95
U. $. Bonds to secure Circulation 100000 90
% " Deposits 80 900 90
y. S. Bonds and securities on hand so 90
Other stocks, Bonds and Mortgages 1000 %
Due from Kedeeming and Reserve agent 45.452 81
Due from other National Banks 10.4lS 81
Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 1880 90
Checks and other Cash Items 1863 ~
Bills OF other National Banks 5,iSl w
Fractional Currency (including Nickels) 800 81
Legal Tender Notes Il 633 00
Five per cent. Redemption fund with
U. S. Treasurer 1900 90
Due from L S. Treas urer other than
redemption fund 1000 co
sl;,7G1 IL
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in sl00 coo 0o
Surplus Fund t0OU0 00
Other undivided profits li,,S6 s.
National Bank Notes outstanding VI COO 20
Dividends unpaid $50 co
Individual Deposits subjec. 10 check 209,5l3 81
Demand certificates OF deposit $500 90
United States Deposits 1884 81
Deposits Of L. 5, Disbursing Officers s437s 9s
Due to other National Banks $50 ~
s5ll,7o7 Is
STATE OF MINE. County Of Kennebec, IS:
|, VIM L. johnson, Cashier of the Granite Ma
tonal Bank of Augusta. do soemnly affirm that the
above statement is true, to the best of my knowi-
edge and belief.
WNf. T. JOHNSON, Cashier.
Subscribed and affirmed to before me, this !s,
day of January, 1876.
II, H.HAMLEN. ia oso..le Peace.
Correct. Attest:
BIZ CUSHMiN,
DARIUS alden, Directors.
JAMES W. NORTH,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-02

Gen, RrrNotRs, United states Minister Plenl-
r , 10 ~, Is e9nlt Of y yll, Ia been slayng
IN ~. way 10 New AnrN aud VIII leave Colon BY the
theh Tor person reasons, aud no public or uiplo.
m"u' object l'ntlnH Snu dud H,ldM
The editors Of the star ami Hcralf nre veryin
telligent gentlemen. and unque-tionabiy took
their statements from the party himself Gen.
eral' RENNoLpS has the same claim o this title
tnat he has 70 that of Field Marshal. He is one
OF EsoP's frogs. who has attempted t. swell To
the SIZE Of bullock and has not reached the
bursting stage. He was a Second Lieutenant of
tine First Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. was pro-
NOTED 20 the grade II First. aud could oul, have
been Captain by the compliment Of a hrevet.
lie Is II keokuk, Iowa, carpet-bacged to Ala
hilna One OF the most microscopic Of the cnt1-
molosy that infested that state after the war.
Two plant ton negroes, more henighted than
the average heather, give him tbelr vote, for
senator IN the Legislature. when sPLNCER.
another depnrted lowan, was chosen
True pa'rio ne g. for ho It understood,
lhel let their lunlr for their couAtrN's good"
He was made Auditor u the state Its greed
for ofiics IS lnsutianle lie is as adhesive
MS burgundy pitch and as irritating as can
tharides. SPENCER, to get rid of hlm, went to
the Coast survey ullicer aud ascertnined by
transulation that ChuquisacA was the highest
heayenward Ioint on the haoitahl- globe. and
had him sent there as Minister Resident, not
Penipotentiary. We have no more need Of A
diplomatc agent there than at the court Of his
dusky Majesty Of rimbuctoo. II has no coast.
It's commerce IL tho pack Of the poon and the
burden ~ the mountain mule 1t il better
reached 10y balloon than anI other transit
This man has no public or diplomatic OBJ
Icct." We should think not lie was properly
iegisiated OUT of office, tld his gathered. we
doubt not, li' pickinGs and Is On his tr4vels
homeward. lie il not worth tins notice. but ho
il Of a class who have dsGriced the nation
abroad, and who VIII all he soon inward bound
on their return We give HIM this hnl of wei
come for himself and the Ike brotherhood I
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The Ineligible Electors.

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Sir. III the
Auorney-General had carefully studied the
case Of the People eI rel. Furman ct al. net.
Cute $50 n. Y, GD. on which he mainly relies,
he would have found 1t against instead Of In
favor of. the position taken by him. The Court
Of Appeals. by FolRer, j., holds: THAT they
who, knowing that person Is Ineligible to
ONCE by reason OF any disqualtn cation, persist
entity give their ballots to him. throw away their
votes, and are to be held as meaning not TO vote
for any one for that ONCE"
There can he no question as TO the sOundness
ofthis doctrine. But It opens the door to the
inquiry propOunded by the Court: Nv hen shall
II he said that An elector 80 knows Of dtsquMl-
ncatiuu rendering Ineligible tue person, aud.
knowiug pei sisteutS casts Tor MIN his ballot =
Inc answer by the learned Judge Is indu-
bitabb correct. rs far ~ IL gee and fully sus-
tains the actiOn Of the Oregon Governor. saws
tie Court -" Ihete may be direct notice and
actual knowledge Of the uisqualifying fact
brou lat home to the voter; and, aghtn, the dis
qualifying fact may be So patent or notorious az
that knowledge IN the eltctOr Uf the iuelig bility
may he presumed as matter Of law"
ask Ii II ne not a fact. patent aud notorious,
that the Constitution prom Di;s any person Old
tux an utice Of trust or profit under the United
states from appointment as an elector, and
whether, as consequence Of the decision Just
quoted, the voters Of Oregon must not DO pre-
sumed as matter 81 law to have had knowledge
u the ineligibility Of the Postmaster? Tue
Court Of Appeals went TO the limit OF the law
when II held that knowledge ~ general statute
disqdaifylng person must be brought home to
Il voter. That court certainly never contended
That knowledge Of an important section Of the
national Constitution, document presumably
familiar 20 every American school boy must be
actually brought home to the voters for Prosl.
dtntih electors.
II the Oregon dictatorship case had been sub
mitted to our court OF AT resort, Its language
could not have more fully sustained the views
advocated IN your columns.
The same reasoning shows that the Vermont
POstni ister, never having been qualified cleo
tor, no vacancy can have occurred, and the
Nan. VfaF stala
Of votes - duly elected. The votes cast for the
Vernon Postmaster to quote Jud1e tOlSer'e
language, are as " cast for dead man or for
no man." The Vermont Legislature cannot
choose an elector. They can only supply va
cancy IN the body Of electors. IL needs no srRtI-
ment to show thai no vacancy can be led when
none ever existed. IsKAY
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One Re,ublicsu,. Sentiments.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: You
call upon Republicans TO speak out in protest. II
they have ANYTHING to say against the determi-
nation Of the party leaders to count HAYES into
the Presidency. have always voted with the
Republic II party On national affairs; voted for
HAYES and Wheeler: and Independent
Republican should do so again upon the sane
issues
Irespond to your pointed challenge, that there
are more Republicans who are speaking out
than the subsidized Republic press or the
machine politicians wish to admit. I myself
have been satisfied from tho fret that IT was the
purpose Of the party managers to count Tilden
out. ana have expressed myself 80. believe that
N there had been another > ate wanted to count
Hayes in, there would have Teen another con-
throw out sufhcient number Of the counties
~ Louisiana % give the electoral vote Of the
state 10 HAYES. and Il has been done. I la ieye
thht oven a more fraudulent course was medi-
tted ~ flOiluA, ana pIObaply carried out. I
ucufNe' IuTtutr, thar there would have been u U
none IN South Carolina, had not Hayes needed
tht electoral votes gf those states to elect him
nut thal they would have been conceded 10 TIL
den by decided NAL
inst such a course Is inviting revolution and
Is IN Itself reYolutional cannot doubt
con ihihh there Is any force IN the country
that can successf fully oppose them at the utss-
ent time. Nor Will there be until the hetter q a.
inents ~ the Republican party IAN tear loose
ana unite and direct the oppositiOn to the
usurphtion Or uutii party - formed having a
purpose other than the mere spoil OF otIlc5-A
plruose 10 save the nation from the gradual de- .
cay OF corruption ana monopoly
NORWICH RrPUBIlCAN