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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13

mail In order 10 do this, supposlng the
circulation remains the same, postage upon
ewspapers--those sent from the efllce of
publication to acknowledgements be in
creased seven fold. For every cent Of
postage now paid, seven cents must be
paid. In other words newspaper postage
must be increased beyond the rate OF which
third class matter ia now nailable. We
think the proposition needs no comment.
1t answers itself.
The idea upon which these proposals are
based, or pretended to be based, will do
well enough for an emotion, but it can
never be carried into practice. The postal
service can never he made self-sustaining
without working gross injustice either to
the thickly populated portions of the COM
munity, or to the more remote and less
demselY populated parts of the country.
The postal service is now self-sustaining in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
and nearly SO in the remainder of New Eng
land and in the older and more thickly set
tied portions Of the west. The mails are
transported over seventy thousand mileo OF
railroad routes, fifteen thousand Of steam
ship lines, and one hundred and uinety-two
thousand miles by post-coaches, single
horse wagons, and on horseback; and it is
conceded thai if the whole business could
be transacted by railroad, the department
would, to-day, at the rates of u year ago.
be self sustaining.
The practical question for the country to
decide is, whether tho rates shall be re-
stored to the point of year ago, or, even
reduced, and the deficiency made up in the
way 1t now is and without being burther
felt hy the people whether the south and
west shall be deprived of their mail facili
tiee, and compelled TO do without their let
tiers and newspapers; whether the north
and east shall I've compelled to pay sever
told for their mail accommodations OF
whether such rates of postage shall be i'm
posed upon newspapers ss to exclude them
from the mails aud deprive the people Of
their regular visits ? The answer of the
country can be but ono way, and he who
votes against cheap postage, votes to op
press the people, votes against right, aut
stands in his own light
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13
POSTAL REFORM.

1t has been said that reforms never go
backward, but the history of the movement
to bring about cheap and uniform rates OF
postage. not only on letters, but all mail
able matter, proves 10 the contrary. A de-
cided advance backward" was made
year ago, and now in the struggle 10 re-
store postage to the rates which existed
prior to the last advance, in complia ce
with the almost universal demand Of the
people, the danger seems to be that not
only will all efforts in this direction fail,
but that another backward step may be
taken.
The house, with remarkable unanimily,
has so far as it could by Its separate action,
restored the rates of postage to those of q
year ago, but the senate is not disposed to
concur in TIC reduction. Senator Hamlin,
and his committee on post offices and post
roads. proposes to take US back beyond the
point where we were quarter of century
ago, at least so far as "thirl class mail
" matter" Is concerned. Then we were
compelled to pay six-and-a quarter, twelve
shd-a-half, eighteen, and twenty-five cents
postage on letters, according TO weight and
distance, and one cent for q certain
weight of transient matter for all distances
under fifteen hundred miles, and two cents
for all thereover; while Senator Hamlin
proposes to so backward even of that day
and compel the people to pay on transient
matter two cents for all diptances over one
thousand miles, instead of fifteen hundred
miles, and that on the lesser distance at
double the rates of year ago, and on the
longer distances at quadruplo the rates.
1t Is claimed, probably with truth. that
the expenses of handling, transporting, etc.
Of third class matter ia about double the
revenue therefrom-the deficiency being
estimated at some four millions of dollars
annually-and the argument is deduced
therefrom that this doubling and quadrupl-
ing of rates is necessary to make up this
deficiency, to make the postofllce depart
ment self sustaining. But it is not even
claimed or pretended that il will so result,
for Senator Hamln is forced to admit tina,
II Is impossible to estimate how much OF
the deficiency will be made up by theat
enhanced rates, because 1t cannot be fore.
told how much Of the matter transmitted
at the old, or even present, rates, will, un.
der the proposed increase, still be carried
by mail, and the real animus of the meas
ure--the exclusion OF third class matter
creeps out when he admits that ''less mat
ter will 60, and we may have less reve
"nue"
But this is not all that Senator Hamlir
Is driving at. This backward reform doei
not stop here. He introduces statistics
tending to show that newspapers, sent tc
regular subscribers from the Office of pub,
LEGATION, cost the government nearly seven
millions of dollars more than it receives fol
their transmission-and he proposes tc
remedy this plain, naked subsidy" as he
is pleased to call 1t, by making newspapers
pay the fall cost of their transmission by
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13

The river and harbor appropriation
passed through congress, without opposi-
ton, on the ''tickle me and I'll tickle you"
principle, but an examination of its pro-
visions shows the worth of democratic
professions Of reform, and that these re-
formers have succeeded in Overreaching
their fellow membera, democrats and re-
publcaps alike. Our old democratic
friend Durand got on to the committee on
commerce and has carried off the largest
slice OF the loaf S552, 200--for Michigan I;
then comes the great maritime state of
West Virginia with her immense length of
sea coast, many navigable rivers, and har-
bors innumerable, with four hundred and
ninety-hvc thousand dollars, not including
that which is to be spent on the Ohio river.
! he inland state of New York gets thirteen
thousand dollars less than West Virginia,
while the city of New York, including the
improvement of He'll Gate, receives less
than Galveston, Texas, has for harbor i'm
pr0vements. Next comes that other sea
board state, Tennessee, with Texas, Arkan-
sas and Iowa close following, and the seven
together taking up more than half of the
appropriations Congress appropriated in
haste aud is nov repeating at leisure.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13

After having expressed its great "regald
i" for him personally" and its keen sppre-
citation for his "noble generous and loyal
" service" to Mcdonald, Joyce, Avery and
the rest of EN-, our contemporary now tries
to seven 1t up by going even further that
Clymer's committee, the other committee,
and the whole calaboose of presidential
journals" have. dared TO 60, by indicting
the following
During the progress of the investigations
into the transactions of the District OF
Columbia ring the safe of The district at
torncy was broken into and important doc
umenls to be used ns evidence against the
ring were stolen, The witness. Bell, says
that he had been employed by Babcock
and his friends to steal this evidence, but
while he stood unsupported by ether more
reliable witnesses, the story was worthless
Since it has been corroborated by Attorney
General Dyer affairs have assumed more
serious aspect towards Babcock.
This will be news to Bsbcock, Bell, Dy-
or, and the country. Well may Babcock
exclaim: eft tn Brute Is this your re-
gard for me personally? Progress,
however, is being made. 1t will get 'even-
"cd up after whichever if it does
have TO manufacture scandal out OF the
whole cloth.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13

president ia in favor of the candidacy of
Senator Conklng, and the current topic Of
discussion among politicians in Washing
ton is what effect 1t will have en- his
chances-one party claiming that the sup
port OF the administration will effectually
kill him off, while the other as strenuously
claim that it will make his nomination
sure. The report shows that dim ray of
Light begins to find its way in the inner
circles Of Washington, and, at the same
time, shows how little worth arc the calcu-
lations of chances SO periodically telegraph
ed to the country from Washington. Some
of the recent republican state conventions,
too. have pretty clearly shown senators
that the people understand the wants of
the country better than they do, and that
senatorial advice is but little needed and
much less followed.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13
THE WASHINGTON BURGLARY.

Story Of the Conspiracy by One Of its Tools
Tho Chief C,acksman Interviewed-Milc
alias White, Visited in Vermont Prison
Babcock's Part in tho Plot.
a Windsor, Vermont. correspondent OF
the New York He,ald has visited George
E. White, dliqs Miles, now confined in the
Vermont state prison under a sentence for
fourteen years for the Barre bank burglary,
and thus gives the result Of
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-05

wealthiest men in the party, Samuel
J. Tilden, was discouraging enlist
ments, hiding away his property, and
making false returns of income. This
was an insult 10 the loyalty and honor
of the party which no man of self re-
spect can submit to on any part of a
candidate for the Presidency.
l have not referred to Mr.. Tilden's
somersault on the currency question.
Excuse the space l have occupied
We oppose Mr.. Tilden because we
found him to be an insincere man. q
trlekster, hypocrite, a swindler, n
traitor, and a perjurer. Respectfully,
DEMAs BARNES.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-05

Servia rejects Turkeys proposed ex-
tention of the armistice of eight days,
and hostilities have been resumed.
The reason given by the Servian au-
thorities for rejecting an extension of
the armistice is, that the Turks do not
faithfully respect the truce. In the
meantime the Great Powers are still
trying to agree upon terms of peace,
but if the reports from Belgrade are
true, that Russia is really running
things" in and for Servia, with no
disposition for peace, the war, in
stead Of ending soon, has but fairly be-
gun, and instead of Servia, Montene-
gro and Bosnia being Turkey 3 adverse
~ in the field, she will shortly be con-
fronted by the entire army of Russia.
And as soon as the situation assumes
that shape, then the long looked for
European war over the Eastern ques-
ton" will have actually commenced.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-05

the interests of ring who control del
egates. Perhaps this was an act for
which the 10000 voters of Brooklyn
ought to call Mr.. Tilden ''good Gov
ernor."
Mr.. Willard said, in June last, that
Gov. Tilden has appointed some of
the worst men to Office who ever dis
graced the State. A man connected
with the insurance department of the
State was defaulter of the State funds
to the amount Of $4,000. The facts
were Investigated and laid before the
Governor by friend. He begged that
the facts might be suppressed, on the
ground that the defaulter was his most
efficient agent in getting up Presiden-
tlal delegates. He subsequently,
nominated this same man to q lucra-
ted position, but the Senate refused to
confirm the nomination. In 1875, the
city Of Brooklyn indicted, tried and
convicted several Charity Commits
sioners for robbing the people of large
sums of money. The Ring men re-
quested Gov Tilden to appoint one of
these convicts, who is valuable ally
at election times, to a valuable posi-
ton. Other men, without reference to
party, of course protested against the
The appointment was
made, however, by the Governor, and
the appointee is now drawing salary
from the State Treasury. Perhaps
these are facts which become good
and man who Is using
reform" as his capital.
Gov. Tilden lays claim to reducing
the debt and the taxes of the State
In the first place, an Executive cannot
do this; i'm the second place, the chan
ges in these items, which did occur I'm
1875, were the result of legislation by
a previous Legislature and by an
of the Constitution adop-
ted in 1874; and i'm the third place, the
State taxes were never so high in the
history of the State by S56s, 900 as they
are the present year. The annual
State taxes for several years has been
as follows:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-05

Col. Ingersoll says, II have perfoE
performed miracle. I've NJ. -, -.
Democrats pious to ms- ~"
spend their time T.. 80 80 "s"A
drinks ouof,-s scriptare."
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-10-05

defeat its present effort to gain posses-
sion of The Government. We caIl up
on loyal citizens to do their whole duty
in the present struggle, and to defend
the Union in 1875 a. efFectually a. It
was defended in 1851.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02
NEVADA NEWS.

Ed. Brennan and Joseph Farnsworth
are matched for $3.50 side to wrestls in
the Roman style at Eurek Saturday even
ing, March 18th.
A. w. Atkinson of Eureka, who was
few days ago cut in tho hand by an
unknown assassin. is being seriously in
convenienced by the wound. His hand
10 badly swollen and is extremely painful.
The building for the new hosting
works at the Lawton shaft OF the Eureka
Consolidated Company is completed.
The machinery is being set up and it is
expected that it will be in running order
in couple of weeks.
A fine body OF ore has recently been
struck in the Banner mine. at Prospect
Mountain. The deposit has been pene-
trated eight feet witout striking the OPP
posite wall. The ore assays upon an
average from seventy-hve TO eighty dol
lars.
About sixty tons of pumping ma
chinery for the Belmont Mining Com
pany was recently shipped from the
freight depot Of the Eureka and Pslisade
railroad to Belmont. 1t was the last
installpent of the machinery Of the new
works OF that company.
The Eureka Sentinel Of the 25th says:
Owing to his recent illness Judge Cole.
now in California, will not preside at the
next term of court at this place, which
commences week from Monday next.
We understand that Judge Bonnifield
will occupy the bench at the invitation
Of Judge Cole.
Two mammoth prairie sohooners, Of
l6 mule burden each. left the wharf at
the Eureka aud Palisade depot on the
Gath bound for Phoebe. They were
loaded with general merchan disc, q large
portion Of which was quicksilver aud
whisky.
The Carson Tribune of tbs 24th says:
Shelley. q brakesman on the v. & 7. r.
R.. met with severe accident yesterday
afternoon. II appears that Mr.. Shelley
was standing on box car as the train
went under the derrick, and one OF the
guy ropes which extended across the
track caught and threw him on fiat
car in the rear, breaking his thigh.
The lighting Chines. says the Eureka
Sentinel OF the 25th, are somewhat
alarmed ct the interest the whites mani
fest concerning their company troubles.
and mono OF the factions seem disposed
10 set the ball rolling first. They have
been told that when they commence
shooting the matter will be taken In
hand by the citizens generally, and they
are fearful that should they excite the
ire Of peaceful Inhabitants punishment
will bs meted out to them unexpected on
their part. II is to be hoped that this
fear will prevent an outbreak, but il
looks ~ though the troupe were but
LAUNDERING. to break ont sooner or later
with full force.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02
STILL DENYING.

There must be some FIRE where there is
50 much smoke. BY telegraph and by
mail assurances are being repeatedly
sent all over the country. that there are
no differences between the President and
Secretary Bristow. Nobody ever said
there were until busy body asserted there
were none. Since then scarcely q day
past or post left Washington without
carrying forth the comforting and reas-
surfing intelligence Of the entire absence
Of any disssnsion between the President
and the Secretary. In such case denials
30 often and apparently SO causelessly
repeated is 10 great extent an admis-
sion Of the the fact so vehemently con-
tradicted. Therefore the conclusion
generally reached throughout the coun-
try is that affairs between the President
and the Secretary are frigidly cool but
frightfully courteous. Grant dare not
dismiss Bristow nor can he openly ex-
press any disspproval Of she Secretary's
proceedings. but there is no doubt that
the President bitterly resents the audac-
i,y of the attack upon the household
brigade. His anger is probably the more
intense because OF the absolute necessity
for ito copcealment. lie has no occas-
sion to nurse his anger to keep it warm.
The heat Of It Is already 80 great that The
trouble 10 to endure it without giving any
sign Of its existence. save in the luYuri.
Gus seclusion-that Congressman Knott
SO eloquently describes-oi: the Presi.
Dental palace. The presence Of Bristov
and his welding the power Of the Treas
ury has 10 be endured. bitter pill as it 10,
for administration Senators do not hest
tate to say that his removal will defea'
the party. So come what may Bristow
cannot be banished, o situation which
must be doubly irksome to the Presi
dent as the latter's ideas Of government
appears to be purely Of persona
character.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02
CALIFORNIA MONEY MoNGERs.

The "silver question" a. the San
Francisco Alta calls il. 10 discussed by the
Bay papers solely from California
point Of view. which 10 o. hostile 10
Nevada and even more 90. than those Of
her Eastern sisters. California has
looked upon Nevada with jealousy and
dealt with her in anything but neigh
borly fashion. II IL therefore not to be
wondered at, that ON the question of the
silver coinage. that the press Of our
western sister should insist upon course
beneficial for California but inimical to
Nevada. The main product Of the latter,
the search for which has peopled her
deserts and dotted her bleak bill sides
with settlements in silver. To cause
then the appreciation and general &C.
ceptance Of this metal as Q circulating
medium besides It's utilization In the
arts, is q work that will be peculiarly
beneficial 10 Nevada. Late accounts
from Warrington informed US, that
Senator Jones WAS about 70 take bold
step and propose the extensive coinage
Of silver. tho adoption Of double
standard and making silver coin worth
In intrinsic. its current value and also
legal tender for any amount. No sooner
MAS this proposition made public. than
up jumps almost every member OF the
California press and begins to publish
parcel OF trash about "token money.
demonstrating silver" trads-dollars. and
legal tenders, that would have sent
McCulloch out Of his senses. Among
other stu6, one finds that they soy,
making legal tender Of silver would
drive all the gold out Of the country. and
then that making the silver dollar worth
ito current value. would cause all the
silver to DO exported or send IL to the
melting pot. Thus according to these
wiseacres making silver o legal tender
would cause the exit of both gold and
silver from the country, leaving nothing
behind We suppose. This shows clearly
the glazing adsurdities that these cur
rsnoy and money mongers inevitably fall
into. Instead of coming and sending forth
the products Of the richest mines in the
world. stamped with the mint mark of
the United States indicating its value,
these fellows stand gaping like 30 many
geese staring at q railroad train with
neither sense enough TO get out Of the
way or jump on to the train. We hope
Senator Jones will perssvers in present
ing the proposed bill and II possible pro.
cure Ito enactment. That will be q
positive and immediate boon TO Nevada
~ we'll ~ . benefit to the whole
country. The money mongers of Cali.
fornia are - sslnshly stupid as the chear
money inAationists. The latter wan
TO make something out Of nothing. th'
former want to dspreciate everything
but what they themselves deal in OF
possess. They are all like the ourriei
In The fable. who asserted, that there wal
nothing like leather to his mind.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

ANswERED.-Beecher, in one OF his
late speeches. called upon God and man
II they had any proof Of his guilt to then
and there make them known. Moulton
thus answers the challenge:
Beeoher invoked the Deity and chal-
lengened mankind to deny or disprove
his innocence, which declaration the
Council accepted with applause. ! send
this communication to the Council simp-
ly to say that am prepared to prove II.
W. Beecher guilty OF adultery and per-
jury by evidence both oral and docu-
mentary, and that, il allowed the oppor.
tunity of producing such proof before the
Council. fail to make good this assur-
ance, then am willing TO be discredited
and denounced by mankind as q wretch
devoid OF truth and honor and unworthy
Of human association.
When Beecher has met and con-
founded his earthly accusers it will be
time enough for him to utter his tlas-
phsmous summons to the Deity.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

The business Of properly presenting
Nsvada's contributions TO the Centennial
seems tobs very badly mixed and mud.
died. One would think that II ought to
be possible to have the matter properly
and satisfactorily arranged without SO
much personal pickering. II the mon
charged with the undertaking cannot
carry it on creditably to the State they
ought to step down and out and have
more competent persons appointed in
their stead. One positive good has, how
ever. accrued from the affair. and that ia
the office Of State Mineralogist has been
demonstrated 10 be the absurd useless
sinecure that It actually Is. The men,
bers Of the next Legislature should take
especial care to abolish it among the frs.
work they do.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

The New York Herald severely criti-
cises tho present mode Of distributing
the patronage OF the United States. 1t
appears that 1t has become recognized
rule for the Senate not to confirm any
sppointee unless the nomination 10 ap-
pointed by the Senators from the State
In which the Office ia situate. Great evil
has been aud still is tho result Of this
practice, for appointments governed by
such fellows as Clayton Of Arkansas,
Spencer Of Alabama and West Of Louis.
lana could not fail to bs disgraceful and
improper.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

The latest victim Of misplaced con-
fidence IL Babcock, who. by scratch,
barely escaped the penitentiary for in
duleiug his natural unsuspecting, un-
sophisticated. innocent credulity. His
West Point, military and polical career
had given him no reason to think that
his fellowmen were anything but honest
and that is why he trusted the ring
thieves. This was the explanation that
satisfied the Jury that tried Babcock.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02
CALL AND SETTLE.

A Ii PARTIES WILL PLEASE TAKE
N NOTICE that ! have closed my bus
mess at the City Meat Market on Main street,
adjoining the store of Frank Wheeler 4 Co., and
l wish all parties to call Immediately and settle
their accounts due me, to me at the Nevada
Market. otherwise they will be placed in the
proper legal hands for collection.
VIM. ZAD0W.
Phoebe. New. February goth. 1876. mrl-sod
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

The big race seems yet to be the fruit
full theme OF censure from the San Fran
cisco papers. Big races will hereafter
be at discount at the Bay.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

A bill has been introduced into the
South Carolina legislature to legislate
the infamous Moses and Whipper ont Of
of1ine
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-02

The rapid transit question is already
looming up in San Francisco and will in
time become as much q matter of im-
portance as in New York.