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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
Facts for the People.

The following truths which we cut
from the Detroit Free Press are worth
treasuring up: e.4s e, f,H .-a .,ra
The great bulk of the people of the
United States are dependent upon their
daily earnings for support, and it is of
the highest importance to them that
the government demands upon these
earnings should be as light as possi-
BILE. , ,sr..le aGf.i tt0fs -ts.
ii makes difference of So per head
to every man, W oman and child in the
country whether the annual eXpepdi-
lures of the nation are $2OO, ,OOU, 900 or
S40O, 100000.
1t makes difference of Is cents per
head, or ST for family OF father,
mother and six children, whether the
national expenditures are $24O, ,O0O.-
600 or $27O,O00,OOO. ,,....... ~
The Republican party and the Grant
Administrators have in the past seven
years and half expended over three
hundred million dollars more for the
ordinary purposes OF the government
exclusive OF Interest. premiums and
deb: charSes-ihan was necessary for
an etiicieus, honest and economical ad-
ministration. q
Grantism and the Republican party
have taxed the people for the national
administration about eight dollars per
head more than was needed with hon
esty and economy. ...,.., ..I,.tt.... :.
Every family Of five has been plum
del Ell of forty dollars to maintain and
perpetuate Republican Ring rule since
1863. . r-. :'5.-l i,rtte1I .9iuorni =
The people complain OF hard times !;
but Republican rogues have nourished
while the people were overta xed and
plundered, and hundreds OF. millions
have been misspent reckicssly.
The Democratic House has stood by
the people. Ii has demanded and in
sist upon a reduction of expenditures.
Thirty million dollars have been cut
from the expenditures of last year. ,-..
A Democratic Administrator win
follow up the reduction in cxpendi;
lures OF this year by still further re-
duction and will take oilicieut meas
ures to lessen taxation, III l,isis,. 49,.
A Republican Administration, aided
by Republican Congress, will main-r
tain lavish expenditures and drag mill
ions UNNECESSARILY from the people.
Economy is the order of the day. The
people must be economical tolive. To
secure economy in the nation they
must elect Democratic Admistrtion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

SOME local elections occurred in
South Carolina last week. The town
of Abbeville elected Democratic
Council by one hundred majority,
seventy-five colored men voting the
straight Democratic ticket. AT Kings
tree, where a Democratic ticket had
not been run since 1865, the Democ-
racy won by the aid of the negro vote.
At other places the Democracy made
large gains There is reason to be-
lieve that thousands of the colored
vOiers in South Carolina will 60 for
Tilden in November, 20 1sate d9sa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

This is the sw worn testimony of j. S
Perrin, Republican member of the
Alabama Legislature: i-'
al shot hole in my hat and report
ed that | had been attacked by ku=
lluX, and | seat troops 10 arrest the
mythical assailants. l kept the irooDs
as long as l could use them as q polit-
ical machine. Our purpose was to
secure the Legislature at sll hazards
and elect Spencer"
1t is for the same dcvilish purpose
that the southern outrages arc report
ed now ;and it is to secure the election
at all hazards that bayonets are used
in the So nth at This time.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

TILDEN tells the whole story of hard
times and business, disaster, CONNER
cial ruin and general distress when he
says that the Federal taxes Of the last
eleven years reach the gigantic sum Of
81, 800. 100000, and local taxation has
amount to two-thirds as much more.
The vast aggregate is not less than ST.
SOC, 100000. This enormous taxation
followed civil conflict that had great
ly impaired our aggregate wealth, and
had made prompt reduction of ex-
penses indispensable.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

WHEN a ranting Radical gets TO
waving the bloody shirt and bowling
like q lunatic about Southern outra
ges, just remind him that there are
only three Southern States in which
the bloody shirt makes any trouble.
Those are Mississippi, South Carolina
and Louisiana, all of which are under
the rule of the bayonet. All the 9TH
ers are quiet, peaceable and prosper
Gus, and all would be if left TO manage
their own affairs under the healthful
Democratic principles of local self
government taI -, - .i
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
A Card from Rarnes.

Milton Barnes, the Radical candidate
for Secretary of State, don't pretend
to deny his connection with the cru
sade and that he WAS in favor of per-
sonal violence and the destruction of
property by his intolerant associates,
but he has issued card in which he
pretends 10 deny the charge made
against him, concerning his opposition
to secret societias. But he does not
deny that he is opposed now to secret
societies, but only asserts that he .oas
once a member of several secret Or
ders. Whether he voluntarily with
drew or how he got out he does not
state. The Statesman says, "the charg-
es are established beyond question,
and this attempt TO deny ia about the
thinnest thing of the kind we have
ever seen."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
Badly Sold.

The Youngstown Vindicator relates
the following: ~
Shorty before Joshua Il. Giddings
died, he advised the people OF Ash,a-
bula county to always vote "a straight
Republican ticket, and large MAORI.
.ty OF the inha abitants Of that benis h ted
spot have kept the iath at all times and
under all circumstances. %
Major Root, baggage mssler at the
depot i'll Andover, is. Que OF the tru-
iv loii." He always votes straight and
il loud mOuthed in his denunciaiions
of the Democratic party, and enthusi-
astic over the doings of what he calls
the '.Iod and morality party" be it
making fraudulent contracts for tomb
stones for the graves of fallen soldiers,
or waiving the discolored linen 4s.s
A few days. ago This brave Major
Root, in the presence OF a number of
Democrats and i.epublieans, began
LlDwing his bugle abount the mniitness
of Samuel j. Tildcn for the Presiden-
cy. A Democrat present asked him it
he had read Tilticns letter. The Ma
jor said he had not, hut would like TO
hear it, W whereupon the Democrats took
from his pocket 81 paper containing
GOV. iaFeS letter Oh acceptance, ana
read it aloud, inserting The word Dem
ocrat for Republican in the letter
wherever needed to make it sound like
Democratic document. AS soon as
the letter was read, Root commenced
to criticise it. lie denounced it i'm
scathing terms; said it read just as
would be expected from a railroad
thief and a pcriured villain, and swore
that a man who would write a letter
like that should never have his vote,
TO be made President OF the United
States. ,~.-...l .,e,tl i -.ti~ s...i
The Democrats laid low and said
nothing Until several other republicans
present had had their say, all express
ing themselves disgusted with ," that
kind OF trash" The Democrat then
informed the" boys" that he had made
Il mistake THAI he had read the wrong
letter. . Is that Hayes letter." said
Root. g 1t are my lord was the re
ply. Twentyon dollars paid for tb
beer and sich," and that is the size
of the hole made in Major Roots sal-
AIRY for August 9a- h'1'j"n bnit 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
REP CBLICAN.
1900
DEMOCRATIC.

This gives Democratic majority on
popular vote of l29 1000, and majori-
ty of 1G on electors. Oregon and Com
necticut were the only doubtful States,
and i'm both of these the Democrats
gained victory. Every en-. of the
States which gave Republican majori-
ties were reliably Republican, but in
each there is a large reduction of the
majority as compared with former
years. .'--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

ON Tuesday afternoon Postmaster
Krake manifested his joy over the re-
suit Of the Maine election by string
ing a big cotton banner across Main
street on which he has inscribed " Re-
publican majority in Maine 10000"
and asserting that b" as goes Maine SO
goes the qUnion."i Still our ardent
young Radical friend is not SO very
certain that the result gives him posi-
tive assurance that he will hold the
Ravenna Postofilce for another term
af four years. sd id%ii sHfradi faf-e -.f.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

t. 2 =
Here we have more than nine billion
dollars collected since 1865 with which
TO pay the running expenses of the
government aud liqnidate $G59 .0OO, 600
of the debt. In other words, the
amount collected has been JeaGs times
as much as the aohole public debt IN
1865. The collections in any single
year has been more than equal to the
total alleged payment in eleven years.
The cOilecti9ns for the time have been
nine billion dollars more than the al
legged payments. While one dollar
has been paid on the public debt out
of the taxes collected twenty dollars
have been paid to keep up Radical
Administrations and enrich Radical
leaders. If the Radical party should
continue in power aud pay OFT the
debt at precisely the same rate, ii
would require the collection OF the
enormous sum OF $50 billion dollars
a sum that the human mind cannot
grasp, and more than twice as much
as the entire wealth of the whole
world. t, tla .ss.ntt.F 81. ta.t
Are the people prepared to keep a
party in power. that spends twenty
dollars OF taxes to pay OF one dollar
Of Indebtedness, and. which with an
annual tax collection OF nearly one
thousand millions OF dollars pay off
less than fifty millions Of the debt
each year? During these eleven years
the total amount paid out in interest
OH the public debt and pensions has
been 81 976,7lO,75l, leaving seven
billion dollars tor the ordinary, and
eycipdiyg all the war expenditures OF
the government. With precisely such
a percentage of economy as. intro
duced by the House last winter in re-
ducing the appropriations, applied
durifp The past eleven years, se:::35,-
100000 OF this ST OO,OOO.00O could
have been saved and the whole OF the
public debt paid oti-- Post. bzst 81
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
AT latest accounts the Minnesota
bank robbers had not been captured.

AT latest accounts the Minnesota
bank robbers had not been captured.
IT is reported that the Porte has is
sued orders for an armistice aLd the
Servian war is thought TO be near It's
clOsa. -. ftu
The bloody shirt and money
with bountiful supply of lies and
ISLANDERS are the stock in trade of the
Radicals i'm this campaign.
SOME Of our Democratic exchanges
aeem to be astonished that Gov. Hayes
should have listed his blOoded cows al
$12.50; but they should remember
that his dogs were worth S25. ..,,.
Why doesn't the President send
troops into Republican Pennsylvania
TO put down the murdero,is Mollie
Maguires? Because the murderers
have sold their votes to Hayes and
Wheeler. .,......f f...- mi. f1s
SINCE the Republican party obtained
control it has given away to railroad
corporations 275,OOO square miles Of
the public lands, equal 10 six States as
large as Pennsylvania. 81 tn..ra 1isl ii
DAVID A. WELLS has at last come
out for Tilden, and has been Joined by
Prof. Sumner, of Yale, who wrote the
finance plank that the Connecticut Re-
publicans adopted last year.
The RAIDS place great reliance upon
railroad train votes. There is an old
motto about catching at straws
which is apropos.
De THE people forget how the Rad
ical papers and, stumpers predicted
four years ago. financial disaster and
distress unless the present sdministra-
ton was retained in power2 And to-
day the same band of plunderers are
asking the people to trust them again.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

VINO exposed the rascalities of Belk-
nap, Robcson, Schenck, Babc0ck and
Company Aud who tried TO cover
up their iniquiiies and shield them
from meritcd punishment Would
they ever have been expOsed had it
not been for q Democratic Honse7
With the Democrats in control Of the
governmet the whole mass Of Radical
corruption will be unearthed. bur So,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
Panic Prcor People.

There is at least one class of people
in the country who arc no affected by
panics, depression of business and fail
ure of crols In recent speech in
the House of Representatives Mr..
Springer, OF Illinois, described them
thus: s ......... .I...s....lr na.lf
Let panics come and sweep down
the great business houses OF the land
like a tornado does the giant oak /: lei
the foods descend and destroy whole
regions o: growing crops !; let the grass
hopper, like the plaques of Egypt,
light upon the Western STATES and con-
sume every green substance: le, debts
oppress and mortgages hnrrass; let
crops fail and railroads go into hands
of receivers let all thesp things and
worse beiall Others, there is one class
of our people who are unsiisturbed.
They are the oiliec-hol,lers. They care
not for the "pestilence that walketh
in darkness, nor for the destruction
that wasteth at MONDAY" Come what
may, they are still happy and still re-
lv with confidence upon the credulity
OF the people and the Senate of the
United States to protect them.
q There is still another class not allud
ed to by Mr.. Springer in the above
extract-the men who have learned
the pleasant and lucrative business of
cutting coupons. whatever i'll betides
the land, their business continues to
thrive, and there is a party in the
country that has been constantly leg
i lating in their interests. 1t is the
Republican party. =.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

AT pole raising in Warren on
Thursday last, a rope broke, letting
fall a pully, which struck q man named
John Calvin, who was assisting in the
raising, upon the head and knocking
him senseless, and causing a profuse
flow of blood, but it was thought his
injuries are not of a serious character.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

The country has been deprived OF
the great advantages of the fast mail
train for nearly month, and yet the
great calamity predicted by the Rsdi-
cal papers has not befsllen US so far
from it, even some of the papers OF
that party are trying 10 persuade the
people that we are on the very eve of
q revival of business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

IT is well to bear i'm mind that the
Radical Senate refused 10 reduce the
Presidents salary from $50, 900 TO $685.
600. The House voted to reduce the
pay of the Congressman 10 per cept.,
the same as the other officials, but the
Senate refused to agree to any reduc-
ton of the salary of members Con-
gress. In all things the Senate was
opposed to reducing expenditures. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
80 - TTT7s5Ss : = :
THE MARKETS.

RAvENNA, September 20. 1876.
FLOUR-No new wheat. s. 40; old, ranges
from ii 40, for x Red to - 0O for xxx
White. Demand steady. ~ .--.E
wHEAT-$1 90 @ 81 10.
CORN-shelled brings SIC; ears, 25c
OATS SOC Sales dull.
RYE-No. brings so q 60:
BARLEY-None In market. ID. u
HAY-selling Mt $s q 81; according to
quality. Dali sale. ,... I5.- =-..sl
BREF--Per cwt., s. q g
HOGS-Dressed, None IN market. ,tf t5s
LARD-City render ed Ice.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling; at Ice; Country l2Ic. fssts
shoulders. City cured selling at 1aHc. Dried
Beef selling at 20t. III ffs-.,t. tlt
POULTRY-Smail supply in the market.
Chickens dressed. buyers pay 100 II cents; un-
dressed q Sc :'Turkies. None in market.
BUTTER-2 90 . .ac.. and steady. r.
CHEESE-Fa factory, retails, 2xc- az
EGGsAbuyers pay l5c. per ioz. -
POTATOES-Buyers pay 6Oc. q sc.
r BEANS-Choice hand picked in smalldemand
at 81 80 per bu. Medium s! Is.
4 vINEG AR-Purs cider .retails 25tssOc per gal
TALLOW-Buyers pay ia 613c.-..,s..-...
HIDES-Green, trimmed q Sc.
EEATHERS-Best retail at Toe.
|. WHITE LIME-e1 s5per bbl.
wATERLIhB-$a Is As W&t1s So y
SALT-Coarse sells at g rs; fine 81 IS.
WOOL--s5 C. q IS C. per lib.
wOOD-stove - OO9a 50. 3 feet wood $ o0
@ So so per cord. ..-. = Los, a.-s
sUGARs- t-'i"'
Coaee sells for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, II @ 1s1ac
Extra G. g" Observation-Disclosures 10 Sl1c
rahuiateo '.''''--'''.''''''
Pulver1Zed lac
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

Democrats offer as a remedy for the
hard times ?-[Cleveland Leader.
They propose 70 turn Republican
thieves out of Office, restore economic
al government and avert forced re.
sumption and bankruptcyin 1879. All
eninently practicable.-[ Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

EX-SENAToR BAYARD, in a speech in
New Jersey the other day, brought
out fact that should be impressed
upon the people who ale trying to
make a conquered province of the
South. 1t costs money to carry on
this government. OF the revenue paid
in to the support OF the Government
all New England pays S3,0O0,OOO per
year. and the Southern States $50, ,OO0,-
coo. Don't forget it. = l.4sre.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

The frightened Republican manag-
ers have discovered flaw in Mr.. Til.
den's income return of thirteen years
ago. 1t may be an easy matter to fig
ure up Mr.. Tilden's fees as an attorney
for the year in question, but Mr.. Til
den may have sustained, great losses
that year. He had right to deduct
losses. He probably knew what he
was about when he filled up that
blank Euquirsr. ,.4.- .15e t,f -ii3
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
WaeN President Grant commenced

WHEN President Grant commenced
his official career i'm 1869 there were
but s., POT federal officeholders in the
nation, while now the number that
harrass the people and eat ont their
substance. amounts to 94.1l3. And
yet the Radical National Convention
have the most unbounded confidence
i'm Grant and his band of Treasury
piunderers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

THIS "personal in the Boston
Post: "GarfieId is to be Commander
in-Chief of the boys in Blue and Gen.
Woodford is to be Chief of Staff. Gar
field won his spurs in the Credit Mo-
bilier business, and Woodford is de-
scribed by men of his own party as q
soldier who never saw a battle and q
lawyer who never won a case.r
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

THINK of it: There were 100000
mechanics out of employment in the
United States in the month of August,
1876. And yet the corruptionists who
have been the authors of the disasters
have the sudacity to ask the peo-
pie again to confide the Government
to their kind care and keeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

VINO rsduched the government ex-
penses the current year $4,000. 600 !?
Let 1t be remembered that a Radical
Senate and Radical President resist
ed the reduction to the bitter end.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

The Methodist thus: Governor
Tilden was elected to his present Office
by $4,000 majority over Governor
John A. Dix, a decisive test of person
al popularity. After Mr.. Bristow he
is the only man in high place who has
risked anything in a fight against cor
ruptiOnists.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

One OF the "boys in lblue," John
Mccain, the guard at Libby prison,
who boasted that he "shot nine of the
Id Yank," isncaptain of Hayes
club at Shoals, Indiana. Sass t'i 'H
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

Sr: Louis TINES: Which is the
most decent party. that which nomi-
mates Benjamin F. Butler or that
which nominates Chsrles Francis Ad-
ams2 Questions of this nature are
popping up every day, and they make
the people think.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

Tue Gallon Review says City Re
publicans in GALLON will vote for TIL
den and Hendricks. There are plenty
Of them all over the country who pro-
pose to do likewise. There is scarce
ly township i'll Ohio where Republi-
cans are not espousing the cause of
Tilden and Observation-Disclosures Dem
Ocrat
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

PITTSBURGH PosT: 'Lysses ought
to order out the troops. His brother
has been put in the lookup. Intimi-
daiioni Intimidation! INTIMIDATION
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21

ST. LOUIS TINES: The exposure Of
Governor Hayes distressing poverty
has caused the greatest CONSERVATION
among his supporters. A Abloody shirt
without money wont do q ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
Wagon Making and
Repairing.
TESTIMONIALS.

AGSA1MoN1
Ravenna March 20, 1875.
MR. o; s. RUzzKLL: Dear Sir:-My Wagon that
purchased of you about two years ago. must
acknowledge is much better than expected.
Being of medium size. thought it too light for
my business: but 1t is just right runs light and
easy, and have often ca rried on it 140O bricks
from my kiln. 1t will carry eight thousand
pounds. and has never cost me one cent for
pairs. Yours truly, IL. +. CARIS.
Shalersville, March IS, 1876.
MR.. y. >. RUZZELI. bear Sir :-In the fall Of
1859 purchased of You alight wagon. Weight
with box ON. 639 pounds. 1t is n thimble skein,
which think is the easiest running wagon in
use. have frequently drawn s.. 900 pounds up
upon 1t for the first twelve years was for set
ting tire once. Yours. with respect.
.3f fE+ EEiE SIC. ELDRIDGE.
Ravenna March II, 1915.
Mr.. 0. 8. BUZZELL: Dear Strive have been
using one of yOnr one horse wagons now over
two years in our lumber yard. Often loading it
with one thousand feet Of green hemlOck and
oak. and we think it the best aud easiest rum
ming wagon we ever had. 1t will carry 900
IDS. anu mas never cost us one dollar tor repairs
for that time. Yours, truly,
g. SUTHERLAND 4 CO.
% VILLAGE LOTS.
Well located on high rolling ground, and In the
most pleasant and growing part or the town.
Will be sold cheap and on easy terms.
RaVenna. O., Jan. Q, 1875 33.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-21
% VILLAGE LOTS.

Well located on high rolling ground. and in the
most pleasant and growing part OF the town.
Will be sold cheap and on easy terms.
Ravenna. O.. Jan. 8. 1875 IS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-07-27
The Issue Direct.

Mr.. Wheeler, the Republican candi-
date for Vice President, is even more
explicit on the subject of resumption
of specie payments than Governor
Hayes. He says:
"In my Judgment, the pledge of
Congress of January II, 1873, for the
redemption of the notes of the United
States in coin, is the plighted faith of
the Nation, and national honor, sim
pie honesty, and justice to the people,
whose permanent welfare and prosper
ity are dependent upon true money as
basis of their pecuniary transactions.
all demand the scrupulols observance
of this pledge, and it is the duty of
Congress to supplement it with such
Legislation as shall be necessary for its
strict fulfilIment."
Thus the issue between the two par
ties is distinctly made up. TheSt. Louis
platform empilatically demands the re-
peal Ofthe resumption clause of the act
of January II, 1874. fixing arbitrarily
the date of January 1, 1879 as the time
for resumption; while the Republican
party, by its platform and the letters
of both its candidates for President and
Vice President are irrevocably com
mitted to forcing resumption by the
day named, though it involve the
whole country in bankruptcy aud
ruin. Let the people who are COM
planning of "hard times" tn ink of
these things.