The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-07-13
PolItical items.

BUTLER COUNTY Democrat: Mr.. Til
den was not our first choice, but since
his nomination we have come to the
positive conclusion that the ticket of
Tlden and Hendricks is the best one
that possibly could have been nominated.
Mr.. Tilden, we are assured, by reason of
his brilliant record as a reformer, will
carry all the Democratic States of the
East, of the South, and of the Pacific
coast This is sufficient to make him
the next President of the United States.
But we by no means despair of our
ability to carry several of the now doubt
full Western States. The nomination of
Governor Hendricks for the second place
on the ticket was very happy selection,
and the support his name will add to
the ticket makes it more than possible
that the Democrats will be able to carry
Ohio and Indiana. We feel much more
confident of this when we know that Mr..
Tilden will have the almost universal
support of the Liberal element in these
two States.
GNCrNNATI Commercial: The Repub-
lican organs are asserting that Governor
Tilden was a crony of Boss Tweed, and
did nothing to check his robberies until
the press knocked him down and dragged
him out. It seems to us poor business
to belittle the services of Governor Til
den in this connection. That which he
did was to place in the form of legal
evidence the great, confused mass of
rumor and statements of fact that occu.
pied the newspapers. This was the re-
suit of several weeks of hard work that
could not have been performed by any
other than persistent and acute lawyer.
1t was this work that caused the legal
conviction of the thieves.
SENATOR SHERMAN on Gov. Hayes:
He was good soldier, though not
greatly distinguished as such. As
member of Congress, he was not lead
ing debater or manager in party tactics,
but he was always true to the tendencies
of his party. And on the currency ques-
ton, which is likely to enter largely into
the canvass. he is thoroughly sound, but
not committed to any particular meas
ure." Did you ever in the whole course
of your life, see anything that more
nearly resembled an attempt to damn a
man with faint praise9 But, the fact of
the business is, Hayes never did set the
river on fire, and nobody believes that
he could if he would.
THE Republicans, in their National
Convention adopted a plank in which
they said: Wereaffirm onr opposition
to further grants of public lands to cor
porations and monopolies, and demand
that the national domain be devoted to
free homes for the people," This reaffir-
nation of opposition comes rather late
from party which, since it has been in
power, has granted 175, 5,S45, ,405 acres to
corporations and menopolies, upwards
of 140,000,000 acres to the various
Pacific Railroad companies. The total
number of acres granted by the Demo-
cratic party in the thirty-four years from
1927 to 1861 was but 30,1 ,595. The
grants by the Republicans equal 274, ,75S
square miles, a greater area of the thir-
teen states of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, In
diana and Michigan. The area is equal
to that of I'll States the size of Rhode
Island. With such record, the Repub-
lican party can make no defense against
the Indictment of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention that reform is neces-
sary to put stop to the profigate waste
of public lands, and their diversion from
the actual settlers by the party in power,
which has squandered 200, ,000,0 900 acres
upon railroads alone, and out of more