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point raised. This was in the county of Man
nfec.~ 1no clerk Of this county, by law the reg
isierjny officer, resigned q week or 40 before
the election. Tho Government accepted
his resignation at once. The county
was thus left without q clerk. Some
clerk, who declined 70 take their Names A new
clerk was appointed by telegraph, but
for reasons stated differently by each side did
net qualify before the election was over The
election was held, however, the registry list
OF last year being used, and each voter taking
the usual registry oath before Justice OF the
Peace. who officiated In lack Of a clerk. The
Republicans ask that the county be thrown
ont as the election was irregular, and ~ their
voters in that county, not believing an election
would be held without a clerk, did not go TO
the polls The Democrats ask that 1t be
counted, AZ these voters exhausted their re-
sources In trying to vote lawfully and recited
how hundreds Of voters were kept from voting,
as only those on the registry list OF former
years felt 1t right to vote.
TALLAHASSEE, Dec 3.-The official return
from Dade county has arrived, and has been
announced by the Chairman OF the Returning
Board rs nine for Hayes and five for Tilden,
making a total majority for the Republican
electoral ticket in the State of forty-seven on
the face Of the returns. One precinct Of Dade
was thrown out by the County Canvassers for
irregularity, but It gave Hayes five majority.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Doc. 4.-The morning
was consumed principally with the presenta-
ton Of the general argument of the Democrats.
This was prepared by the Democratic lawyers
who are here, End was presented by Col. Geo.
w. Biddle, of Philadelphia. 1t is an elaborate
document, laying down certain general and we'll
settled principles Of law, and then discussing
the cases of the contested counties under one
or the other Of these principles. IL closes by
asking, first that the board simply figure up
the face of the returns, on which it claims 1919
majority for Tilden, or, il it sees fit to go be-
hind the face Of the returns, that it throw out
certain counties and precincts, which leaves
majority Of /, 297 for the Tilden electors.
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THE INFLOW OF GOLD.
Balance of Trade with Europe I'm Favor of
the United statss-The People Taking
Care of Their Money. IHf IH


Caro- of Their Money. IEf4 TIA
(From the New York Timesl
About one month ago the importation
of gold in large quantities into thus
country from Europe was begun for the
first time since the panic which occurred
in 1878, and within the time indicated
there have been about 5000, 900 in
gold received in this city from abroad.
In order to learn the cause of the sud
den influx of such comparatively large
amounts of specie, Times reporter
yesterday called upon a number of
prominent bankers and capitalists in
Wall street, and in every instance re-
ceived substantially the same answer to
his questions in regard to the matter.
They said that the balance of trade was
in favor of this country, and that, as it
cost less to remit specie than TO buy
bills OF exchange, the balance was set
tied in gold. One of the gentlemen
spoken with said : "The reason for this
is very plain. We are now clothing,
feeding, and lighting large part of
Europe, and we are not impc ring any
thing like an equal amount of mer-
chandise from them. The goods thew
get from us must be paid for, and as ex
change is high they prefer to make
their remittances in gold. 1 cannot
give you the exact figures, but within
the last ten days about 800, 900 barrels
of refined petroleum, worth about
So, 500, 900, have been exported. from
this country to Europe, and that amount
alone is undoubtedly large enough to
affect the price of exchange. Besides
the petroleum, the large amounts of
cotton and grain and other produce sent
out 1aust be taken into consideration.
A great part of the money now coming
in goes into the hands of the thrifty,
saving portion of the community, and
they are taking care of it, and are not
inclined to spend it recklessly." In re
ply to question as to why the price of
god did not decline, in view of the
large quantities being imported, another
gentleman said that he ascribed it to the
present unsettled condition of the po-
itical affairs of the nation. So soon as
the Presidential question should be
definitely decided, however, he believed
that the price of gold would be much
lower. Another said that besides the
primary cause.-the balance of trade in
favor of this country-it was thought
that the Rothschld- Morton syndicate
might have something to do with the
sudden increase in the amount of the
of gold.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS aLEANINas.

In the United States Court at Indianapolis
Ind, lately, George Van Tanton recovered
$4,000 from the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st..
Louis railway. The plaintiff had first-class
ticket which he refused to give up unless &C
.commodated with seat in the ladies' car, and
was accordingly put of the train by force.
Much anxiety prevails among those connect
ed With maritime affairs over rumors of the
appearance on the high seas of two Cuban pri-
vateers.
1t has been stated that arrangements are
now in progress between the United States
and Great Britain for the revival OF the Extra
aition treaty which came to an untimely end
by the action Of the Britain Government in
connection with the Winslow case.
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THE PRESIDENCY.
Counting the Votes of the Disputed South
states.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD.

THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 29.-In the Returning
Board after considerable discussion IA to re-
turns rot received, Gov. Wells stated that the
testimony in the contested cases must be closed
by Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Gov Wells said the board would then go into
executive session. He said the Democrats
Ouachits, and only one could be in the room at
a time.
Returns from Lafayette, Grant. and Tanga-
phoa we're brought in during the day. Two
pols in Lafayette parish giving $50 Democratic
majority, were not found on the consolidated
returns. but the vote was obtained from the
accompanying tally-sheets. There was pro-
test with the returns dated the 28th inst The
vote Of one poll in TsngapEoa parish was miss
ing. and the tally-sheets also were absent.
The returns Of Grant parish we're received
from the United States Supervisor. The State
Supervisor, after appointing a Commissioner
of Election, left the parish before tho election,
notwithstanding the protest OF both Repub-
licans and Democrats. The election was held,
however, under the auspices of Democratic
and Republican United States Supervisors
with the following result: Hayes 1896; Til
den. 5lS.
Returns from Vernon, franklin, and Iivings-
ton parishes were opened and laid over.
Statements from all the parishes are now in,
ard the official figures OF every parish have
been obtained. They vary only a few hun
dred, due to the throwing out OF polls from
figures heretofore telegraphed.
NEW ORLEANS Nov 30.-The board met at
1890 a. M, all the members present. The
minutes having been read and approved. a re
quest for the recount of the vote OF Now Or
leans, signed by all the Republican candidates
for city and parish offices in the parish Of Or
leans, was read, under direction OF Mr. Wells.
Counsel was heard on the question, which wins
taken under advisement.
The East Baton Rouge cnse was called mp.
The boxes from seven polls in which the Com
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

The Main Building at the Centennial Expo
sition at Philadelphia was purchased, one day
last week. by joint-stock company, which de-
signs to use it for a permanent annual exposi-
ton. Price paid, S250000.
The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Theater was burned one
evening last week. Loss estimated at quarter
OF million dollars. One or two of the audience
were killed and number badly injured by be-
ing trampled upon.
West.
fire took place in Chicago on Thanks
giving day, at the corner OF South Water street
and Michigan avenue, BY which large stone
front business building was totally destroyed.
Loss, $50, 900; insurance, about 100000
On the Oath, Z. T. Carr, farmer living two
miles south of Calamus, Neb., murdered his
wife and two male children, and then hanged
himself No reason is assigned for the deed.
The eighth and last assessment OF 10 per
cent. on the capital stock Of the Bank OF Cali
fornia has been paid in full. This repairs the
capital to the original figure Of IS, 5000
south.
An extensive conlagraton occurred at New
Orleans last week, destroying 1l2 houses.
Loss estimated at $500, 900 to S400 900; insur-
ance $500, 900. About fifty houses were occu-
pied by 100 families who lost nearly all their
effects, and were left destitute, many Of them
losing their wearing apparel. About twenty
fremen were injured, several seriously. One
man had bis neck broken by falling from a
wagon.
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POLITICAL POINTS

The Rhode Island General Assembly con-
vened in special session on the LIST. Gov. Lippett
communicated the opinion OF the Supreme
Court that Corliss, the Presidential elector-
elect, is ineligible by reason Of being a men,
Der of the United States Centennial Commits
sion. Hon. w. ID. Slater was elected in his
place.
The popular vote for President in the States
given was as follows
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The real Arthur Orion is reported to
have been discovered at last under the
alias of Alfred Smith, an inmate OF the
lunatic asylum on the banks OF the Para,
malta river, within fifteen miles OF
Sydney.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

The December statement OF the public debt
. az folloWB:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-08-10
The PIeas ana l.ubllc Oplnion.

The San Antonio Express says ''The
minority seem to be overawed by the legs-
lative banditti calling uself the majority
of the Legislature of Texas. They had
better have some regard for the opinions
and wishes of their people at home. We
venture the assertion that no man from this
district can be reelected who remains and
assists, i'll an illegal body, in the humilIa-
ton of our people in the imprisonment of
their representatives, and in the dishonor
of the State. III such men can be reelected,
then no man should ever immigrate to
Western Texas, and the honest men in 1t
should emigrate from it as soon as possible.
We write bitterly, because we feel bitterly
the shame and dishonor of Texas, and es-
pecially of the West We had rather take
up arms to fight Coke and Tom Scott than
to fight Sitting Bull any day, and we have
more Cause tor,it than the South had for
SECESSION. Iu ...r.a1 $500
The Mexia Ledger says: eff the Legis-
lature wishes TO confirm the Texas Pacific
in its grant of land now forfeited, let II
stipulate that this State must have ter.
minus on its sea coast, and that the road
must be speedily built. Tom Scott won,
want the grant on such terms. and this
ought TO show members his fell designs
The Bastrop Adrertiser says; Our leg
islstive proceedings should be read by
every person in the county. The humii
ating record will bring a blush to tins
cheeks of every true patriot in the Safe
We are inclined to believe that the whole
State government, from Governor down
should resign, and let the people pass judg
ment upon their recent acts. Governo
Coke would have done well had he resigned
| Immediately after his election to the Sena
torship. His late course in connection will
the railroad Conspiracy to rob and disgracs
the State has lost him tens of thousands o
friends in Texas. He is, politically, a
dead as door nail, and too dead to skim
The Round Rock Headlight aays: Gen
trail Tom Scott is the Central figure tina
rules the roost. He makes two dollar leg
islation q pleasant pastime, nj greases thu
wheels of government to such an exten
that everything moves on smoothly anC
pleasantly"
The San Antonio Express says: ''The Stat
is in Egyptian bondage. Tom Scott is he
Pharaoh, Coke is Pharaoh's Capt. Pouphar
and Hubbard is Potiphsrs, wife. Where shall
we look for . Joseph and a Moses We hay
men honest enough to Withstand the blanuish
ments aud temptations OF the time, but vher
shalt we find the ability, the. wisdom, th
courage. and the public confidence, all con
traeted in one MANI r We don't Know nov
10 ans~es the heartfelt inquiry OF our contenl
poFaryr.gbat if we are e2peciedto find Nose
or Joseph. as intimated, it seems 10 us tina
under all the peculiar circumstances allow
suggested. that our only hepa is IN Poliphar
-
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A COOP GIu9 COMING

An immense trade and traffic from the
Southwest will be drawn in September to
Austin by the completion OF the Interna-
tional road. The greater number Of immi-
grants from central trans: Mississippi States
will buy tickets to Austin, and from this
point begin examinations of farms and
ranches. the llOcal demand for farms will
be unprecedented. ana every species of
properly Will grow in value. Owners OF
town lots, tits said, hnve already discounted,
in prices fixed upon them, the effects of the
coming railway, and the number OF trades
people will be multiplied with the number
Of farmers and raHci.eros, and with The num-
Der of immigrants, and we may well antici-
pate prosperous winter and spring for lie
tradesmen Of the capital.
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SHALL SILVER BE DEmosErIzED,

3 It is proposed, in the interest of the
bondholders, to follow the example of Ger
many, and demonetize silver, leaving gold
the only legal tender, save that silver may
be for sums less than s.. The conduct of
Germany has co-operated with the produc-
tiyeness of Northwestern Bonanzas to les
sen the value of silver, and bondholders
must be protected. The poor devil to
whom only S. is coming must accept silver;
the millionaire demands and must have
gold, and taxpayers, poor and helpless,
must pay>in gold to the last farthing.
Should not the taxpaying people, when
smitten by a stroke of good luck, be suf-
fered to accept it When bonds went up
from 40 cents, the sum paid for them, to
81, 10, the people are required to pay, GER
taiuly, 81 for that for which they received
only 40 cents. They must pay, the con
tract states, in coin, and silver is and has
ever been the ''coin, and it is the oldest
''coin of the United States. But Repub-
lican Congressman would follow in the
footsteps of Germany, having peculiar rea-
sons for the characterization of silver.
The private as well as public debts of
the country we're contracted when silver was
legal tender, and the bondholder, like
other people, should be held to his contract.
The people pay him one hundred cents and
interest on it, when in the forum of con-
science we only owe him forty cents and in
terest on forty cents, the cost of the bonds
he holds. But now, when stroke of for
tune blesses the people, and the means OF
payment agreed to be used becomes abund-
ant, the virtuous bondholder and his Radi-
cal servitors in Congress would deprive the
people of the use of silver, and compel US
TO pay in gold. The bondholders, as well
as the people, should be held to the con-
tract. If bonds must he paid in gold only
because Senator Jones digs out a ton of SIT
Ger per diem, what would the bondholder
demand if the Nevada Senator struck a
shaft of gold as rich in its produetivenesss
Must gold then be demonetized2 Must we
then employ Senior Balm to pay the greedy
rascals in diamondsl But the Federal Con-
stitution recognizes alike, as lawful money,
both gold and silver, and we cannot well
see how the Congress can dethrone either
the one or the other.
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A PRIVATE letter from the wife of Fed
eral soldier says that twenty penniless
widows, the products of Clusters folly,
sometimes called his heroism, are wedding
their way eastward, homeless and friend
less. They. have been with thelarmy al
ways, wives of brave men, and owe their
woes to "Custer's folly" Such is the Ian
guage of the brave wife of a brave soldier,
and every officer in the army concurs with
her. But officers do not talk while the
women can't keep their blessed mouths
shut. Clusters attack upon the Indians,
as made, came of his vanity. The won n
says she feared some one would share with
him the honors of great victory" That
he died hero does not alter the fact that
he died a foolhardy leader. and if a mon
ument be erected to his memory the wld-
ows he made should write the inscription.
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The Brownsville Democrat says 1t appears
that the whole Federal garrison stationed
in chihuahua pronounced.
The revolutionists made an unsuccessful
attack on Tehuacan on the twenty-sixth
ultimo. .a. p, HHt 80 s...-p q ~, .
The forces of the State of San Luis Po-
tosi have been furnished with Remington
arms. .sr..r ratf rsff7 hsNfai. ! t-t
The State of Zscaiecas claimed to be in
the enjoyment of perfect peace. .. ,,.
Seven little Indians (Kickapoos) are be-.
ing educated in Parras, CQahuila. -s,
Perez Olazo recently levied forced loan
of $4,000 in Ozuluams, and appropriated
forty horses. ''''o 7ot
Several bands of revolutiouists having
united, were recently defeated by govern
ment forces commanded by Col. Ibarra. 81
Lerdo sent the coach of State to follow
the remains of Gen. Santa Anna to the
cemetery. e asla ''
The FederGlistG says, notwithstanding the
statements to the contrary, the difficulties
in Topic have not been arranged y Thesspa:
pers friendly to the government assert that
the elections were held throughout the
country (as far as heard FROM with, ord er
and animation, while the opposition main
tain the contrary. geo s.3 .af ~.
An unknown light of the revolution in
the State of Vera Cruz signs proclama-
ton: "A iutute Minister of Public Works"
This might be called counting chickens be-
fore they are hatchcd. g.. -t...oc
The revolutionary Gen. Feliciano Cha
varria, in company with fourteen compan-
ions have been captured at Tlaquiltenango,
State of Morelos. nara-1.
A man called Valadez recently attempted
to organize revolutionary movement in
San Francisco de los Adames, Zacatecas.
but failing in his undertaking, he returned
to their owners the horses and arms he had
appropriated.
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OLD gentlemen holding suca immense
wealth in this city and county and rich
tradesmen happy In their gains should re-
member that the disintegration of Texas is
talked about everywhere and that every little
dapper politician who would multiply local
and federal offices that popular burdens
may be augmented while offices are multi
plied-each of these, having a pretext in
follies of this extraordinary Legislature
wOrthly succeeding the most extraordinary
Constitutional Convention, will rant and
roar over TIE State in behalf of separation.
People may be led blinlly into the tax
breeding trap and then Austin must live
without the Capitol and If we had the mar
row gauge to Bolton and Lampasas in eA
change for it we would be millions richer
than TODAY
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by self-love or by desire to
invest with bright colors his own term of
office.
Volumes fifteen and sixteen, the last of
the series of Appleton's admirable Encyclo-.
pedia, are before US. These two last vol
umes sarp7ss in number of pages aud in
laboriVus research expended on each sub
ject discussed all their predecessors, aud
very certainly this is the only work whose
BUYERS get infinitely more than they bar
gained Tor, and infinitely more even than
the most intelligent readers of books ever
anticipated. No such encyclopedia exists,
and the demand for each coming volume of
each successive year viii grow with the
wealth and intelligence of the country
aud with the age of the century, of which
it will be a perfect concurrent history.
The thermometer in our office has never
been higher than 1902. People say they
have seen it at los in the shade; bur 1t
must have been affected BY heat reflected
from stone pavements. Last Sunday in
Dallas the mercury was at 10S and IA in
the shade, and there were three deaths
from sunstroke. Peoples b-eathings in
Dallas are hotter than elsewhere in Texas,
and therefore the extraordinary elevation
of the mercury In those parts, and when
we speak of their mercurial temperament
over there, it is only modest way we have
of alluding to chrome fleets of tanglefoot.
Ten of those ia degrees were the blessed
effects, and We are always saying that i'm
bibation, of whisky aud ice is an absurd
way of trying to keep cool. The Dallas
the rmometer shows that we are right.
Did the State acquire no rights when it
gave lands to Morgan with which to build
a road from Indianola to Cuero2 Can the
State be robbed of lands by railway build
ers and have no railways Can Tom Scott,
as Morgan has done, steal an empire and
rob the metttre red children of Texas that
he may be mighty po.entate and then
selling the land or making of it princely
domain for Tom Scott and his satellites,
suffer the road to be abandoned and yet re-
tain for himself the broad Inheritance OF
which the children of Texas have bee u
robbed Can such Things be And yet
Morgan and his associates appropriated the
lands of Texas and built road and now
propose to abandon or destroy it, and vet
the Legislature is so devoted to railroad
rings that 10 does not even inquire into
these facts. 1T, might have made it appar-
ent that some modification of the Tom Scott
contract, when renewed. was enIinently
necessary. But Tom Scott and Morgan
have a common railway interest and they
CO operate and Scott would hardly have
Morgan Investigated and the Legislature is
silent ..,.. .g... ..
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THE conviction is fastened on the mind
of each officer OF the State government and
impressed upon each member of the House
and Senate that the recommendation of
Mr.. Kopperl, chairman of the Committee
on Finance, should be adopted, and fifteen
additional cents, on each one hundred dol
lars, be added to the tax levy. II this be
not done, more bonds must be sold, more
financial agents in New York must be en-
ployed, and continually augmented burdens
fastened on the people. PAY as you goP
Is as wise maxim, when applied to the
finances of States, as to those OF individ-
uals. 1t would be infinitely unjust to the
next administration to fasten on it the
odium incident TO the degradation of pub
lie credit, or tl,at which might arise from
an increment of popular burdens when the
causes for these evils are to be found in Gov.
Coke's policy or administrative acts or in
those Of his predecessors. Very possibly
his Excellency Is not mistaken in believing
that there could be, if taxes were properly
collected, ne-defcit; but what signifies the
vastness of sums due the State when the
State must and individuals will not pay.
The only recourse left us is to make the
levy great enough to supply the deficit
arising from the irremedlable recusancy OF
taxpayers.