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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
HONEST rs HFa

Capt. Henderson, IN lis Saturday
nights speech, could not, of course,
help admitting the honesty end capac-
ity of Governor Hayes; but to oby late
that trouble to Democrats. he affirmed
that Titden, was equally an honest
man, and wanted to known, you know
whether honesty iu Governor Hayes
was sny better than honesty in Cover
nor Tiljen. The Captain is something
OF a sophist, admitted what he could
not disprove-the honesty of Governor
Hayes, and asserted what he did not
prove-the honesty of Governor Tilden
There is difference, you see Captain,
an admission don't require proof, an
assertion may, especis' 'ly where there
are grave doubts. Art thou a reader
of the Enquirer, Captain, aud hast
not learned that it has already proven
him railroad pirate, jobber, a mock
reformer, aud practical infiationist,
who only escaped the practical results
of his dishonesty in issuing paper
money without authority of law, by
securing a special act of Congress for
his relief Honesty in one man, is not
different from honesty inanother, Cap
tain. But the honesty of one may
differ from the honesty of another "as
one star differeth from another STAR
so differeth Hayes from Tilden, and so
the people see it, Captain. We SUBJ
NIT the following little morcieu for the
Captains delectation. Next time he
speaks he may give us something on
Tilden's honesty" The Cincinnati
Enquirer has recorded its conviction
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
THE REEORMERS.

We have no objections to reformers,
req, ones-but when men assume
that guise-e I'D until assured OF their
honesty, we are apt TO look at them es
they have been end judge rom that
what they a-e. If a rev.vPl IS going
on, end a short be'-ed bruiser pro-
fesses rnder its 'rfuence to have re-
formed, end we see BIN engaged in
knocking dowh aud drag ng out, as
before, we don't go a great deal on b's
reformation. AID that's what's the
matter with Democracy-the'- plat
form is all reform, but the ''truits
meet for repentance" gre lacking. In
one breath they cry for herd money
and unlimited inhation-they de-
noUnce corruption in Others, while the
record of Tsnmany abuse and Tweed's
rasca 'ity reme'rs a monument of thei-
ability il that direction, and Ten
mpny itself remains unchanged.
They profess to be a pe-ty of honesty
with such men as John Morrisey at
the front-who 5 a specimen of a re-
foimer in his way. He makes his
gambling he'll more attractive, a1d so
entices more men 10 destruction.
Surely the cry of reform" 4 the
mouths of such men, is much the same
as "Sata rebuk 1g SIN"
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Of another Secretary Of the Treasury
Pious Democrats have been very much
shocked by Yaryan's summary dismissal,
and have made it the occasion for some
lugubrlous howls about Capitalization,
Ceasarism, etc, but from developments
already made in the matter, il would ap-
pear that the President was abundantly
justified in his action.
II IS not yet definitely known whether
Mr.. Morrill, Will accept the position of
Secretary of the Treasury. 1t has been
proposed that Congress meet tomorrow
noon in Independence Hall, and there
take action in the premises, but the plan
has been met with marked indifference
on the part of some of our legislators.
The tide ofvisitors to Philadelphia has
been AOW ing through our city during the
past week in a continuous stream from
the South and West. \ halt sufficiently
long to visit the points of interest here,
and to make a pilgrimage to Mount Yer
non, has generally been made; and the
glowing state of the atmosphere has had
no perceptible influence upon the activ-
ity Of these Centannially moved visit Drs.
LOGAN.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
F,eetiou Of Congressman in Ohio.

In Columbus dispatch was stated,
upon the authority of Senators Sher-
man aud Thurman, that in the present
state of Congressional legislation 1T
will be impossible to decide when and
in what manner the next election OF
Congressman in Ohio can legally De
held"
By the twenty-fifth section of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in November, in the year 1876, ana
every second year thereafter, Is Dxed
as the day for the election of Repre-
sentatives and Delegates to Congress
in each of the States anG Territories.
This act was approved February z,
1872.
But in the act making appropriations
for the civil service of the Government
approved March Sd, 1874, is this sec
ton:
''Sec. 6. That section 25 of the Re-
vised Statutes, prescribing the time for
holding elections for Representatives
to Congress, is hereby modified so as
not to apply to any State that has not
vet changed its day of election, and
whose Constitution must be amended
in order to effect change in the day
of election of State officers in said
State"
The day for the election of State
officers in Ohio has not been changed.
1t is fixed by the Constitution, and an
amendment thereto will be necessary
to change it from the second Tuesday
of October.
1t follows that under said Sec. 6,
this State is exempt from the operation
OF said Sec. 25, and that the election
of Congressman will take place as here
tofore, on the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober.-Cin. Com.
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SUCH a REFORMER.

The nomination of Samuel j. TEL
den for President, and the adoption of
the admirable st. Louis platform, are
the Growing acts of the crusade of re-
form to which the party of Thomas
Jefferson has committed itself. The
selection of Mr.. TiIden is an earnest of
the Democratic purpose to practice as
well Us preach reform. Dealer,
All, indeed. Let us hear from Mr.. K.
A. Walrath, a prominent and reput-
able Democrat of New York.
"Tilden is sham reformer. When
he was Il candidate for Governor at the
Syracuse Convention, L worked and
voted for him cheerfully, because l
believed then that he was ~ earnest il
er. l believed, too, when he began
bis war on the Canal Ring, that he was
sincere. He has since then show by
his intriguing throughout the State
that bis reform talk and action had no
other object in view than his own per-
sonal aggrandizement. 1t was, | am
now convinced, started for the purpose
and that what benefit the people
would derive from his reform policy
was the last thing he thought
of. He has stopped at nothing to
secure men pledged to his support in
the various districts. No men were
too low or too vile anywhere, so long
as they could be made useful to him.
His ring in the canal board even went
so far in this district as to attempt to
appoint man nassuperintendent as whose
character is simply infamous. l was
able to prevent it only by threatening
to publish official documents concern
ing the mans character Was this re-
form? The Governor vented the fell
low appointed simply because he knew
he could make good Use of him, as he
thought, for his own political benefit.
And this is the man whom Democra-
cy has elevated to the position of can
didate for the Presidency, and who
says of himself, 1.-THE people want re-
form. am reform" They WI need
to re form the reformer OF this "Re-
former" the Brooklyn Argus, (Dem.),
says:
"Semuel J. T;iden made "a assault
upon the rings of the State of New
York to gain the reputation of a re-
foI.ner. He now be e-gains with them
for their support for the Presidency.
He is known to be a raud by the people
of lis Owl State, aud If nominated,
W." be beaten by 10000 majority IN
Kings corlty, and by So 900 in the
:, :,:,.u
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
THE FACT.

The act of 1875 provided for fee
banking; it ESQ provides that for
every 800 IN notes issued to the banks
$50 in Greenbacks she'll be retired un-
IT, the volume of Greenbacks is re-
duced to $500, 900, 900. Then it
provides that on a certain day the
treasury shall commence TO redeem
those greenbacks in coin, as fast as
presented. There is no provision for
the reduction of the volume of green
backs below 300 millions, no matter
how many bank notes are issued after
that point is reached. Hence, if the
resumption clause clone is repealed,
the act of 1875 becomes vast imitation
macbiue; end this is what the Democ-
racyin their platform, demand. How
then, can it be called a hard money
platfcfm2 And how can they expect
the votes of honest herd money people
for it2 1t was the sop thrown to the
soft money men of the West, TO secure
the nomination of Tilden.
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SdEUEL j. IILDEN.

This gentleman hay pg been placed
IA nomination by the Democracy it IS
but nature to inquire who and what
lie =. He was bcrn II 1914, ofparent-
age which traced back its correction
to 1855 n England, one of his ences-
tors, NathanieI Tilden, being Mayor
Of Tenterden, Kent, in 1923. Young
TIden entered college II 1882, and
after graduating studied law. In
1857 he Wa engaged 1 the Gun
pingha'n-Br-dehc case, a1d made for
himself quite "A reputation as lawyer.
He had n;rgled Il lpoiitics and become
quite prom ;nent, SO much so that in
1864, lie WIS not oI'y one of the COM
n:ittee Oh resolutions ~ the conven-
ton wi ich nominated Genera Nc
C.e'Ian, but was its Chairman, and
reported the notorious ''wsr failure"
plat form. He was Cha'rman of the
New York State Centre, Committee
all the VILE that Boss Tweed was
ru1ring the Tai many ring, end plum
dering the city of New York, a1d it is
asserted abused is power as such to
screen Tweed's operations and prevent
the Democracy of New York city from
overthrow;ng that ring. When the
ring was overthrow Tilden developed
into a reformer. Nrile the head of
the Democratic Organization of the
State, he made no effort to restrain the
CarsI plunderers of lis party, but
when he became Governor made n
Wine of his knowledge IN order to
punish some of bis personal opponents,
though his ''refoln" II that direction
YVES not merked For the past forr
teen years he he's been coruected with
railroad operations IN the West from
which he has e'ne ssed a fabulous for
tune, aud which "" not bea- scIL-
tiny. The New York Express,
Oemocraticl gives history of these
ira ralsactioDs which we Wi publish
next week, in order to farther eIuci-
date the question ''who : Samuel ].
Tilden 2"
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4 CONTEMPTIOUS REVIEW 0E T!i...
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

ST. LOUIS, June 30,-The following
is part of an editorial published to-day
in the Westliche Post, the paper with
with which General Carl Schurz is con-
nected:
'nCilden aud Hendricks"-so reads
the Democratic ticket for Presidency.
1t is an utter impossibility to compress
within four syllbles forced traffic or
an act more perfidous to all principle; !;
for whom or whatever the name of
Tilden may be or imply, he is made to
be and mean that he is the open rep
resentative of the very opposite of
that miserable policy, of which as, the
stubborn eud unscI oupulous spokes-
man for years, Thomas A. Hendricks,
of indiana, has been rendered so no.
toIious. We wish to emphasize the
fact that Mr.. Hendricks is one of the
most prominent leaders and loudest of
the spokesmen of the paper swindlers,
and as such was the candidate for the
ttrst place on the Democratic ticket,
now has been put off withe second. -
Humbug, thy name is Democratic re-
form-gold and paper contraction, and
initiation, reform and swindle. Let us
have it all. How many men of sense
will be found to join this absurd cho
rus2 Evidently then omination of Hen
bricks was a matter concocted before
hand, a bargain, a sale bare of all hon.
ors and foil of shame, a blow in the
very face of those who saw in Tilden
the embodiment of honest reform for
the time being. There is au end to all
honest reform on the Democratic side,
and the truly independent citizens who
do not believe they serve two masters,
Will have to look in another direction
and center their hopes elsewhere.
That does not look like very enthu
siastic German support of Tilden aud
reform, and Judge Stallo of Cincinnati
must have been slightly mistaken when
he telegraphed that SchuIg would sup
port Tilden-
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that "shouid Gods Providence, SEEM
ing estranged" permit his election lit
could not but be that a man educated
in cunning, in hypocrisy, in iniquity,
nominated in corruption and shameless
effrontery, even though his millions
could elect him, would give us the
most corrupt administration the coun-
try has every known" The Enquirer
further declared that ''Mr. Barlow is
the champion railway undertaken, and
railway iobber of New York. With
Tilden in the White House, men of
Mr.. Barlow's kidney would be very
busy and prosperous. All the vicious,
thievfng, corrupt elements in the DEM
ocraiic party are moving towards re-
foIm under the banner of Sam. Til
den.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07

GIN. Tom. Ewing has been a Demo
crat long enough to know its hollow
ness, yet he fought for the rag baby in
the Convention until he was squelched
and then bad the rag baby's attenuat-
ed form given to him in the majority
report ithout the asking. The prop
osition to repeal the resumption clause
leaves the law in relation to the issue
of bank notes unrestricted. That
platform, by the way, is good enough
to hang up in a museum as a curiosity.
1t abuses the Republicans because they
have not psid the greenbacks, and
then demands the repeal of the law
passed by Republicans in order to Sc
cure their payment. The contrast is
equal to their position when greenbacks
we're fist issued and Their position now.
Then it 'would take a bushel basket
fuIl to buy dollars WORTH Now,
the Ohio Democracy at least, regard
them rs better than gold.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
Organic Weakness

Immediately cured and full vienr restored.
This depressing affection which renders
life miserable aud ms rrlage Impossible--iS
the penalty paid the victims of improper IN
dulsence. Young persons are too apt to COM
NIT excesses from not being aware of the
dreadful eonsequrnc: : hat may ensue. Now.
vino that understands this subject will pre-
Tend To deny that the power of procTeaiiOD -
lost sooner by those falling into improper
habits than by the prudent? Besides being
deprived OF the pleasure of healthy offspring
;he most serious and destructive symptoms
CT both body and mind arise. The system he
cpines ranged. the physical and mental
functions weakened loss Of provocative pow
er. nervous iTTitability, dyspepsia. palpita-
ttOn OF the heart. Indi i.estion, constitutional
debility and wasting of frame, cough, con-
sumption, dccIy, and death.
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--
NEWS ITEMS,

The Republicans of Vermont have
nominal ID Hon. Horace Fairbanks for
Governor, Col. RedIcld Proctor for
Lieut.. Governor, and Hon. John A.
Page for State Treasurer.
At an early hour Tuesday morning of
last week, the young and beautiful
actress Louise Hawthorne met sudden
and violent death by falling from sixth
story window of the fremont in Chicago
Not vote in Indiana, New Jersey.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, or West
Virginia, was cast for Tilden on either
ballot.
The religious world has lost one of its
most prominent characters, and one of
its most active workers in the death of
Bishop Geo z Cummins, of the Re-
formed Episcopal Church. He died on
Monday, at his home near Baltimore
He was formerly rector of an Episcopal
Church in Chicago, and afterward As
sistant Bishop of Kentucky. He held
what is known as low church views, and
viewed with great concern the advance
Of ritualistic and high church doctrines
and practices in the Episcopal Church.
His rank of Bishop enabled him to carry
into the new organization what is
claimed as the apostolic succession in
that Office, though of course in schism,
so far rs the Episcopal Church itself is
concerned. The validity of the success
sion, as communicated through him, is,
of course, a matter Of debate among
those versed in ecclesiastical controversy.
Bishop Cummins and his fellows valued
the sympathy and fraternity of Protest
ant commmions more than they did the
regularity of the succession in the Epis-
copal Office, and gave to that only Il
subordinate place. He was a man of
pure life, and of an earnest spirit. His
loss will be keenly felt by the new body
in which he was a leader, and will be
felt by other churches who admired his
independence and heroic adhesion TO
his convictions of duty.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
MR.. WHEELER'S BACK PAY,
The EEecturl Way in Which He Returned IL to
the United States.

1t having been falsely alleged by un-
scrupulous Democrats that Mr.. Wheel
er voted for and took the ''back pay"
in 1873. the Ogdensburg Journal puts
at rest all such charges by quoting
from the st. Lawrence Republican, of
September 9, 1873, an article in which
occurs the following:
"a great deal of doubt seems to ex-
ist in the public mi1d as to the legfl
effect of the action of the few men,
bers of Congress who have colorably,
or in fact, returned their portion of
the back pay steal to the Treasurer
of the United States. The statement
is almost daily made in the newspa-
pers that not a single member has
placed bis pay beyond his reach and
ultimate reclamation. The people of
this Congressional district are con-
cerned directly with the action of
their own representative. In order to
a full understanding of that, we have
taken steps to obtain from the Treas
ury Department information as to the
particular manner and legel effect of
Mr.. Wbeeler's disposition of the back
pay, and and we write with copies of
the Treasury record before us. Con-
gress adjourned on the 4th day of
March last. After the Appropriation
Bill which gave the back pay was
signed and certified to the Secretary
of the Treasury the question was
raised by the Comptroller of that De-
partment that the appropriation was
not available until the commencement
of the fiscal year-July 1, 1873. This
question was held under advisement
several days when it was decided that
the fund was immediately available.
Pending the decision of this question
Mr.. Wheeler went 10 iIrsi ia where lie
remained several days, and then re-
turned Immediately nome. On his
way, and in the city of New York, he
wrote the following letter, which fully
explains itself:
NEW YORK, March 10, 1873.
"SIR-The law passed by the late
Congress for increased compensation
to members of the House of Represen-
tatives and other officials, gives Inc for
the last two years, alter specified de-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
Personals.

o. J. DeWolfe, of the Fostoria Re
oie1O, called upon us last week. We
regret We were not "at home," but biz
is biz, you know, brother.
Mr.. Hume, of the firm of Hume &
Hall, started for the East ON Thursday
of last week. He will take i'm the Cen
teruial on his way.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Niles, of this
city are spending the week at Middle
Bass Island-a favorite resort.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
Monthly Weather Report.

The following is brief synopsis of
the weather for the month of June:
Thursday, 1-Variable; clouds aud
md sunshine duri"g day, with high
winds; evening, cloudy and cool.
FTidGy, 2-Morn'ng, cloudy; fore
noon and afternoon thunder shower;
evening, cloudy.
Saturday, 3-Dr-'ng day, hea,J
showers, ard evening cloudy and cool
Sunday, 4-Clear and qrite cool
during day; evening, cloudy a1d cold.
Monday, 5-Clea- and cool during
day, and cloudy aud cold in the eve
rg.
Tuesday, G-Clear and pleasant day
and evening.
Wednesday,, 7-Morring and fore
noon, clear; afternoon, thunder; eve
ping, cloudy.
Thursday, S-Cle"r, VIZ iii aud pleas
f1t day and evening, but quite windy.
Friday, 9-Morniug, eles-; forenoon
rain; afternoon and evening, clear ard
pleasant.
Saturday, 1O-Clear and very warm
day and evering; warmest day this
Spring.
Sunday, 11-Clee- and quite warm
day and evening.
Monday, 12-Clea- aud very warm
during day; evening, cloudy, with
thunderand lightning.
Tuesday, 13-Clear, pleasant, and
quite warm day end evening.
Wednesday,, 14-Morning and fore
noon, light rain; afternoon end eve
ming, cloudy.
Thursday, 15-Variable; clouds aud
sunshine during day, ard evening
cloudy; Top. III. light rain.
Friday, 16-Morning end forenoon.
re'l; evening, cloudy.
Saturday, 17-Morning and fore
noon, rain; P'ternoon and evening,
cloudy.
Sunday, 1S-Morr;ng, clea-; fore
noon, showers; afternoon, ve-iabI...
sunshine, rain and hal; evening cloudy.
Monday, 19-Mornine end forenoon.
cloudy and cool; a'telnoon and eve
ming. rain, and quite cold.
Tuesday, 2O-Morning, cloudy; fore
noon aud afternoon, heavy showers;
evening, cloudy End cool
Wednesday, 21-CIear end pleeSant
day end evening.
Thursday, % Clear, wafn end pleas
ant day end ever 1g.
FRIDAY, 23-Morn'1g, clea-; fore
noon end after noon, heavy thunder
showers; evening, cloudy and cool
Saturday, 2i-Morning ard forenoon
cloudy: evening, clear and pleasant.
Sunday, 25-MoIning. variable, sun
sine and clouds; and very we-m; al
ternoon and evening, clear and warm.
Monday, 26-Morning, cloudy; fore
noon and aftel noon, thunder showers; !
evening, cloudy.
Tuesday, 27-CIoudy end ws-rn day
and evening.
sWednesday, 2S-Morning, cloudy;
forenoon, heavy rain; afternoon, cloudy
evening clear.
Thursday, 29-Clear and pleasant
day and evening.
Friday. 30-Morning and forenoon,
eleu; afternoon, cloudy; evening,
light rein, and quite cool.
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Serious Accident.

On Friday morning last, quite Sc
rious accident befel our young friend
HI. w. Brown, which will confine him
for some tine to come. He had taken
his horse down to the river to wash
him, and when about through started
bin up when he slipped and fell.
Wiltzey's left foot was caught under
the horse in such way rs to break
the bones of the foot and force them
through the flesh. The ankle was
badly sprained, end altogether it was
a bad accident. The injury was at
tended to by DIR. Detweiler, and the
sufferer is getting along comfortably.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-07
TWO- O-EAnED

We don't want to be too curious, but
really one would like to know what
kind of currency platform the Dem
ocracy has gotl 1t denounces the Re-
publicans because they have not paid
the greenbacks-that looks like hard
money, and will be pointed to as an
evidence of the hard money nature of
the document. Then it demands the
repeal OF the Resumption clause of
the act of 1875, which looks like soft
money in unlimited quantities. because
when once that clause is repealed there
will he no limit to the issue of bank
notes. It's very much like Manual
Mays, (of Richland county, descrip-
ton of the Irishman's shot gun, with
touch h-hole in the middle and goes off