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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
Radical Lie eNaIied.


.h One of the features of the Radical
canvass in this State 10 the charge that
thousands of dollars Of so.calledRebel
claims were introduced into theHouse
last session, which will be paid if the
Democrats come into pOwer.1isA COM
parative official investigation has just
been concluded between the Republi-
can House and the present one in this
respect, and it shows that more claims
from the South ,oere not only intro
dtced in the FOrty-thira- House, but
the total amount of money. allowed by
the Republicans upon them11is far
greater than in the last House. The
comparison is based upon precisely
the same class III clafms. '''HA1t seFi
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
The Questions at Issue.

Are the people of Ohio in favor OF
forced resumption on the lst of Janu-
uary, 1879. with all it's attendant evils
and expressions?
Are the people of Ohio in favor OF
the demOnetization of Silver-"the
dollar of the fathers"-and of being
robbed OF the difference between sill
yer and gold, for the benefit OF the
privileged few?
Are they in favor of continuing in
power the party of thieves, plunder
aud corruption, or do they desire a
change?
Are they in favor of rest oration of
peace aud the Union with the equality
rights and dignity of the several States
unimpaircd
These are among the most import
ant issues of the campaign, The discus
sion of which the Republicans attempt
to avoid and cast in the shade by wav-
ing the bloody shirt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

Another BlackmailinE Candidate.
VIM. A. Wheeler, the Republican
candidate for Vice President, was ono
Of the trustees of the st. Lawrence,
Ogdensburg and Champlain Railroad.
His co.trustees were Charles s. Ell
dridge of Boston, the associate Of Fisk
and Gould In the management Of the
Erie Railroad, and Charles s. Brown
of Ogdensburg. At that time the re-
organization of the road was being
carried on in the interest Of the
stockholders. By this reorgan-
izatiOn, Wheeler and his asso.
ciates lost their positions and their
salaries OF SIS 600 per year, or rather,
would have lost them had it not been
for Wheeler's shortness which it 10
difficult to distinguish from rsscality.
He went to Albany and smuggled
through q bill giving the trustees the
right to appeal from the reorganiza-
tiOn proceedings, and with that law
in his pocket proceeded to blackmail
tuO OuSI0C6 " tuC tuuC OI $IU,UNV, ny
threatening to take an appeal and car
ry it Oh for years to the ruin of the
road, unless the stockholders would
pay him and his fellow trustees four
years salary in advance for services
they never could render. The stock
holders paid the money, and Wheeler,
Eldridge and Brown pockeied $4,000
each. The stockholders having saved
their goods from the clutches Of these
men, then brought suit 10 recover the
blackmail. but tho suit came of before
Judge James, who is q relative of
Browns. Edwards Pierrepont was
one Of the counsel for the stockholders
The case is now in the Supreme Cour
of the United States, and the $4,000
is still in the pocket OF VIM. A.
Wheeler, the Republican candidate
for Vice President. by the way,
what income tax did VIM. A. Wheeler
pay from 1865 to 1858? He certainly
got the $4,000, and if it could not be
called earnings it was surely both in.
come and net profit. .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

We have just received Tor publica-
tion, certificates signed by both of the
prosecuting witnesses iii the case OF
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
VS.. D. w. Nash and d. w. Garfield ,and
the attorney for the prosecutions, coin-
pletely exonerating Judge Garfield
from any criminal charge or improper
motive whatever and we are glad TO
state that, upon full examination of the
facts, they have come TO the conclu
sion that he has, through misappre-
hension on their part. been unjnst!y
accused, and that the case has there
fore been abandoned, and all the pa
pers withdrawn. The certificates.
with an accompanying statement, are
TO be published, but, as we go to press,
we have only time to state this result
in justice TO Judge Garfield, in who's e
integrity and ability to vindicate him
self we have had, from the first, the
fullest cohfidence.-Ge0agd Rep.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

THE many mistakes Of the Republi-
can party are nearly driving poor
Chandler wild. When he heard that
the Republican negroes of Charleston,
S. e., had made an attack upon num-
ber of Democrats of their own race, he
threw up his hands in despair and
breathed between his teeth, "Damn
'em they have intimidated the wrong
crOwd!" The wrong hornets nest, l
should say; aud after the October
election the people will be impressed
with the idea that somehow or other
one OF those insects has managed to
introduce itself into Zach's panta-
looms.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
A German Indictment of the RepubIi can
PARTY.

Party.
The German Republicans of Chica-
90, to the number of several hundred,
headed by Edmund Jussen, ii. DlIger,
j. Bauman, Edward Rummel, Philip
Stein and others are out in all address
in favor of the election of Tilden in
which they say:
"The Republican party has, during
the last years OF its reign, leopard
lied the honor of the nation at home
and abroad.
"It has through it's corruption fur
nished to the advocates of monarch
ical form OF government the most
weighty arguments against the repub-
lie.
"It has increased the army of feder-
al Officeholders to nearly one hundred
thousand men, has organized this ar
my as q political machine, and en-
ployed it to accomplish its selfish and
corrupt purposes
ut has knowingly tolerated the vio-
lation Of the revenue laws, and with
the moneys stolen from the govern
ment it has conducted the campaigns
of it's 'great men,"
"It has denoralized the people by
purchasing votes with the money sto-
len FROM the Golfers of the nation.
"It has broken all promises made
with reference to civil service reform.
While Republican Congress passed
law providing for reform, it pur-
posely withheld all appropriations to
| facilitate the execution of the law. Its
virtue in this direction was hypO-
critical pretense aud a sham.
"It has the audacity to assert that
the sole cause of official corruption is
to be found in the spoil system OF
Gen. Jackson, aud during the long
years OF it's uninterrupted power, it
has not made single honest effort to
change or abolish this pernicious sys'
tenn"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

That the Radicals are opposed TO the
remonetizing of silver-''the dollar of
the fathers"-the currency in which
our debts, public and private, were
contracted-and that by their policy.
they would rob the laboring, produc-
ing people of the country OF the differ
ence between silver and gold to place
the amount of that difference in the
pockets of the rich bondholding and
creditor classes. Let the laboriAg,
producing people of Ohio decide on
Tuesday next whether labor shall be
plundered for the benefit of the privi-
leg. d classes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

exhibition in tiei Main buildings at
the Centennial is a magnificent solid
silver piece, representing silver lake
set with lilies of chased silver with
q vase representing a4full sized swan
floating upon the placid waters. 1t is
an elegant and costly thing: Upon one
corner lies card informing the ad-
miripg behelderZ that It has been
"Purohased by MRS. Gen: U:s.Grant."
Whether it was paId Hfor by the profits
of that "Black Friday'A swindle, or
from the extra ss5, 600 salary voted to
Grant 10 not known, but It is certain
that the people foot tie bill. isi'1sl'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

A NEWSPAPER representative e attemt-
ed in this city yesterday to look into
the income returns of r. B. Hayes.
Collector WeitZel absolutely denied
him the privilege. He said it was in
direct cOntravention of the orders OF
the Department. But you will OBJ
serve, dear reader, that the books in
Washington were at the service of the
gentlemen who were looking after
Mr.. Tilden's income. Do you see the
point ?-Enquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

THIS is the way it works: The six
New England States combined do not
pay as much internal revenue as does
the single Western State, Indiana; the
former paying S3.9Ss. 900, and the lat
ter $4.45OSS3. And yet those five
New England States have tDrlce Uni
ted States Senators and t'centy- eight
Representatives to shape revenue leg
islation. while Indiana has but tac0
Senators and thirteen Representatives.
Taxation and representation do not go
hand in hand there.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

LOOK well to your ballots. Guard
well the polls and be sure that no
frauds are fpracticed. The Radicals
are desperate and will resort to any
means to perpetuate the power which
they haye SO long used to plunder and
oppress the people. Remember, that
eternal vigilance is the price of liber-
t,v assn. ed -r .+e F@-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

What party has controlled the affairs
OF the nation tor the past Is years? +?
The Republican party. Who has levied
and collected enormous taxes, given
away millions of acres of our public
lands. plundered theNational treasury,
squandered our revenues, paralyzed
our industries, closed our mines, roll
ing mills, furnaces, forges aud work
shops, and brought our people to star
vation, bankruptcy and ruin; thrown
thousands of honest mea out of work
and banished them from their homes
to "tramp" upon every thoroughfare
and highway in the land in pursuit Of
employment? Is it not the Republi,
can party that is responsible for all
this stsgnation in business tor all this
misery and woe?
Shall we give this party which has
been guilty of these crimes, of this out
rageous career, a new lease Of power?
Shall we vote for HAYES and Wheeler
and thus perpetuate the reign oiGrant-
ism? Shall we be drawn into decoy
movement and caioled into the farce
of voting for Cooper and Carey, who
cannot possibly obtain single elec
toral vote, and thereby aid in contin
uing the Republican party in power? !?
Or shall we act the part Of sensible
men, and vote in a manner that our
ballots will count in the great battle
for reform which will come Off in
madness in us, who have suffered such
deep wrongs at the hands of the Re-
publican party to waste our strength
upon this Peter Cooper movement,
which can bring us no relief.
Shall we not act like wise men and
vote with the army of reform that is
now marching under the leadership OF
those fearless, gallant and honest lead
ers Tilden and Hendricks! There is
but one escape from our present diff
Guilty there is but one road which will
lead us out of our fearful condition,
but one course lett for us to pursue,
and that is to vote for Tilden and
Hendricks. Business and working
men, shall we not do this, and achieve
a victory decisive and complete?
In the event of the election of Til
den and Hendricks, new era. will
dawn upon US, which will revive trade,
set the industries of the nation in mo-
ton, giving employment to laborers,
mechanics and artisans in every voca-
ton and calling. Vote for Tilden,
Hendricks and restoration OF our
crippled industries and general re-
Hival of business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
THE MAkKSI ELS.
RAvENNA, September 81. 1si

RAyENNA, September 81, 1876.
FLOUR-No. new wheat. So 20; Old, ranges
rom $40, for Y Red to 81 o. tor XXX
White. Demand steady.
WHEAT-$l 20 q 81 10.
CORN-Shelled brings 56c; ears, 25c
OATS SOC Sales dull.
RYE-No. / brings so a 60:
BARLEY-Nohe IN market.
HAY-Selling at Sc a 81: according to
quality. Dull sale.
BEEF-Per cwu., s. a 81
HOGS-Dressed, None III market.
LARD-City render ed 16c.
SMOKED MEATS-City Sugar Cured Hams
selling at ,6c; Country 121ac.
shoulders, City cured selling at 1a1sc. Dried
Beef selling at S0:.
POULTRY-Small supply in the market
Chickens dressed, buyers pay 10 q II cents; un-
dressed @ Sc :Turkes. None in market.
BUTTER &c, and steady.
CHEESE-Factory. retails, 21ac
EGGS-buyers pay 15c. per doz.
POTATOES-Buyers pay 60c. q &c.
BEANS-Choice hand picked in smalllcmand
at 81 so per bu. Medium 81 p.
VINEGA AR-Pure cider retaiis 2o(aesOc per gal
TALLOW-Buycrs pay 61sc.
HIDES-Green. trImm I'd @ Sc
EEATHERS-Best retail ut T5c.
WHITE LIME-$1 s5 per bbl.
WATER LIME-$2 %
SALT-Coarse sells at 81 10; tine 81 rs.
WOOL--25 c. a 35 c. per lh.
WOOD-Stove 50 Oua2 50: } feet wood s. 90
a s. so per cord.
SUGARS
Coffee sells for Observation-Disclosures II q 121sc
Granulated ...-........'...-. ls}ae
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
IL Thomas q Jefferson had lived in

IL Thomas Jefferson had lived in
this day lie would haye been denounc.
ed by such loyal patriots and profound
statesmen as THIRD Lieuteifant All.
Hart, as disloyal secession sympa-
thizer. For Jefferson was a pro.
nounced States-rights man, believing
that this IL q confederation of States
with powers limited by written con-
stitufion, and not a consolidated des-
potism. IuwsuId have been very an.
fortunate for Mr. Jefferson to have
differed with such a. profound states.
man. t9idsh ~ sslHsL nansssrgn'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

The New York Times on Sept. 21st
retracts the charge of perjury made
against Gov, Tilden on September Sth
In the matter of the Toledo and Wa.
bash railroad. 1t says: ave must
accept the denial as conclusive. Proof
IL promised US, but in its absence that
charee must be Withdrswn." s-.-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

MOODY AND SANKEY have CON-
menced operations in Chicago. They
should try their hands upon Bob In
gersOll, and ii they meet with success
in bringing him upon his marrow
bones they will demonstrate their SUI
Eerion power. .eii 81 estil t1a1iu
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

THE terms "cowardIy bully, ""seces.
sion sympathizer," &c., &C., applied to
Colonel Cotter who went into the
army at the beginning and remained
TO the close, by one who was q. brave
stay-at-home, is amusingly ridiculous.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

/" The Radicals claim all the honor for
having put downu the rebellion aud
saved the Union, and yet, with almost
the same breath, they assert that re-
lbellion Is as rampant as in the, very
midst Of the war aud, the Union in the
most imminent peril IL they should
awaken from their bloody dreams
some bright morning alter the elec-
ton is over and discover the Demo
cracy in power and, peace reigning
supreme throughout our borders,
their grief would know no bounds. for
their pleasant pastiine,in waving the
ensangnined rag wv ould be entirely
gone forever. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

THE Bloody Shirt appears to have
lost its influence. Plenty OF money
before the election and popular mis-
cry afterwards, is now the Republican
programme.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

The true figures of the Maine elec-
ton have at last been obtained. The
Radical majority on the CongressiOn-
al vote is only ii, ,1S3, which is 954 less
than in 1874.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05


A Washington telegram of the 2Sth
uit. says: "Advices received here
daily from Indiana oontipue % con-
firm the authorizations Iof a. brilliant
Democratic victory sweek from Tues
day next. A letter received today
from the next Vice President, Cover.
nor Hendricks, says that he has no
doubt whatever of the election Of
Williams for Governor BY a. hand
some majority. The Republicans in
Washington are very generally giving
up the State, and are falling back on
Ohio as foriorn hope. hE''"' %
Another dispatch, dated the 29th
ult. says: "Letters received by the
Congressional Csmpiign Committee
from Gen. GARFIELD, of Ohio, since his
return from Indiana. express the evi-
dent defeat Of the Republicans in In
diana, and the necessity for concen-
trating all possible efforts ON Ohio BY
sending campaign documents in
abundance ana all the material aid
that can be got from the 'ioAacefs' ahdi
employees of the Government Depart
ments here also. corroborating Carl
Schurz's expressed opinion that the
Germans are nearly solid with the
Democracy! 'h"9 - s"''" : "A-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
The Weyhit WOrkG:t

b. When The Repnblisans had eoutrol
of the State Administration in Mis-
,souri State bonds sold at 93 Under
Democratic. Administration, The cre edi
it Of the State has go improved that.
STAG. 600 in six per cent. ,bonds cold at
07si and los. Improved credit 10 al
natural result Of Democratic Adulin-
istratiOn, which means hOpesty land
economy. ,.sgaf,lI JossI .vosD-tnssi9In
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

WITH wild frenzy the thoughtless
man now visits the wood-shed only to
find the stove-pipe left there last
spring, heap Of rusty ruin.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05


The Portage County Republican
Democrat makes desperate effort to
torture the ESKlMg Or rev pointed
and pertinent questions " y oCoionel
Cotter of Lieutenant-Gov Hart,
during his speech atsthe Opera House
on Monday night, into an attempt to
disturb Republican meeting. That
kind of stuff is rather thin. Colonel
Cotter did what is frequently done in
political meetings of both parties, and
though by many such q Course may be
regarded as unwise andieverf Improper
it is carrying the joke 2 litde .too far to
claim that it was done. with :anydde.
sign whatever of disturbing, the meet
ing, especially when the spssk sEi him
self desired it. If the 'actfon Of Col.
Cotter was ever 50 wrong, the coarse
and vulgar epitiets which are applied
to him BY the Democrats are not only
untrue but utterly unjastifisbie.i Col.
Cotter was a brave soldier who was
faithfully Drawing danger 'at the fores
front of battle while his tradncers
were sitting quietly BY their eQmfOrta-
BILE Office and household firesides. and
piling up wealth out Of, the smisfor.
tunes of the country tasr-fi' aii" -sr
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

The blowing up of He'll Gate is 4
grand success. Now let them apply
dynamite to the main works and the
world will rejoice. iE Ip i11
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

The trial OF BabcOck, i'm the safe
burglary case is at an end, and the
chum Of Tire President has again been
white " ashed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

., The chief of the Credit Mobilier
rascals. Schuyler eblfsx,, IL announced
TO- make few speeches for Hayes in
Indiana 1t IS fitting that all the
scoundrels of that colossal swindle
which robbed the Treasury and peo-
pie Of the amOnnt of over $50, 200, 600
should array themselves on the side
Of Hayes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
ELECTIoN-:DAY, next Tues;
day, October 10th. oh oiroe

DEMOCRATS, remember that Tuesday
next, October 10th is election day.
Every Democrat shonld be at the polls
early. w0ffJG fl -izrf = 1IuW ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

.WHs don't opr vcraci9us neighbor
publish Hendricks denial Of Morton's
rSmutty old Tyrant" lie II, it is the,
truth they are after why don't they
lying charger
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
Some orTl,enn..

These are some Of the officers Of the
Federal army during the late war who
are now supporting Tilden aud Hen
dricks, and whom Hart and the Radi-
cal organ denOunce as traitors ana
secession sympathizers: ...--...,
Mcclellan, Hancock, Hooker, Sigel,
Palmer, Knipe, Reed, Manson, Sibley,
Glover, Ainsworih, Parkhurst, Frank
lin, Bartlett, Buell., Sprague, Brad
bury, Rosencran7, Milford, Mott, Bragg
(of wisconsin,, Blair and Walker.
Col. Cotter may well feel proud 10
be found in company, politically, with
these brave and gallant soldiers, yot-
ing, as they fought, for peace, rather
than with those who are stirring up
strife and discord.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

DID AlphonsO Hart put down the
rebellion? Was he trying to put down
the rebellion when he went to Column
bus and endeavored to procure the
disbanding of company of National
Guards organized in this town, and to
secure their release from the hundred
days service under the call Of Presi-
dent Lincoln, he then being member
of the County Military Committee
charged with the duty of getting men
into instead of out Of the military SER,
vice? Hart is regarded as intensely
loyal, yet in the entire limits of the
county there is not another person
who tried to place such obstacles in
the path of the Government in the
hour of its EXTREMIST peril. rr .,dl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
Teachers Examination.

NXAMINATION of Teachers vi i'll be held
~ at the Union School House in Ravenna,
umencing at O'Clock A. and closing at
O'Clock p NJ, on the following Saturdays, TO wit;
OCTOBER 1ith and 21st,
Special Notice.-No certificate Will be ante
dated. BY order OF the Board,
Z. \. ri ED, Clerk.
Ravenpa, June o. 1876. SsS-I
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

The Chicago Tribune, leading Re-
publican paper, says: 'By Tie shO,c-
ing Of his O,ca hand. GOrernor Hoyes
has been fats!fging The record and re
turning dn am0unt Of tao Tidscu'ousiy
6elOto the Ualuaki0n IF his personal and
taxable property"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

From the speech of Senator Bayard
i'm Brooklyn, Sept. 21: Il, t. .rg ne
'The reform that is wanted to-day
is the reform that little children learn
at their mothers knee, of honest and
humane dealings in human affairs
There is nothing intricate in this, and
yet the Republicans have never learn
ed it. Look and tell me what Repub-
lican office holder ever raised his hand
against thief in his own party and
remained in Office long afterward him
self? I woH't ask you how many
rogues remain who never were dis
turbed." '''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05

Ravcnna March II 1915.
Mr. O. s. BUZZELL: Dear Sii--We have been
using one Of your one horse wagons now over
two years in our lumber yard. often loatling il
with one thousand icet OF green hemloch ard
OAK. and we think il the best and easiest rum
ming wagon we ever had. il will carry 600
lbs, ana has cost dollar tor repairs
for that time. Yours. truly.
SUTHERLAND Il co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
THE NECESSITY OF A CHANGE

THE NECESSITY OF CHANGE
The Democratic Candidate for GOvergOr of
New York puts this Pertinent Question in
his Albany Specie:
''Is it anywhere recorded in the po-
litical history of this country that any
party, corrupted by the long possess
sion of power, ever reformed itself
aud corrected it's own abuses? 1t has
never been done, and will not be
without change OF Administration"
N, Y. JOurnaI Of Commerce.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-05
A Farm for 4oc Per Acre !!

\ choice out OF - 009 COS acres oc some of the
finest farming lands in the United states for
40c rcr acre. Also choice lands with cash in
exchange for farms or city pIope:ty.
Address L. III. Caldwell No. 800 Supepior
street, Local 4 gent Tor Texas land and immi-
grafton Co. of st. Louis, Mo.