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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
MASKED MURDERERS.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Aug. 8.-The resi-
dence of James Mcintyre, near Archi-
bald, was entered late last night by five
masked men. During a struggle with
two of the men, Mr.. Mcintyre was MUIR
dered and his body thrown into the Gel
lar After binding and gagging the other
members of the family, the gang strip
ped the house of everything valuable.
Soon after the burglars left the house,
John Mcintyre, the son of the murdered
man, freed himself, and, taking gun,
followed the party. Coming upon them,
he fred and shot one, whom the others
picked up and carried away. Up to last
accounts the burglars, who are believed
to be portion of a large gang that has
infested that section of country for some
time, had eluded arrest.
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A Chance to Get nj the Truth.

The Advisory Council will of course sus-
tain Plymouth Church in It's ndninistra
ton of Congregational police. That, how
ever, is very small matter. Al the bot
tom Of his heart Mr.. BEECuER doesn't care
rush about Congregational law or pre-
oedent. He looks on all that sort of
thing as utterly childish, and cares no
more whether he has kept or violated the
rule than he does whether his coat is cut
in due clerical style or not. He is not n
man of detail or fond OF splitting ecclesias-
teal hairs. What lie is after is something
bigger. 1t Is TO get tile Congregational
cloak thrown over the scandal OF his ndui-
terry and perjury.
Ii 1T is sound Cougregationalism for
minister accused of adultery and perjury
by his church members, who come for
ward with an array Of proofs to SUSTAIN
their charges, to simply drop them out of
his church because they won't come to
hear him preach or take the communion
at bis hands, 1t may be desirable for the
world TO know IT. We can, however,
assure the learned councillors that it Is
not decent, IN the opinion of honorable
men. A minister, innocent Of the offences
sworn against him, would be n poor sort of
creature If he did not do something more
than simply omit from the roll of his
church, members who so UNANIMOUSLY as
sailed him. But If TO shirk the inquiry
they demand, TO even avoid excluding
them, to drop them not for attacking the
pastor, but for not coming TO church, Is
the Congregational way, wei and good.
People will know just what to expect
hereafter
The action of DR.. LEONARD BACON is
much more important. He sees and de-
clares that Plymouth Church has SOUGHT
to evade the true issue. That is jus:
what everybody outside the council
chamber has seen for long time; and II ia
not surprising that man so clear headed
rs DR.. BACON should discover IL also. The
astonishing thing is that the eyes of all the
councillors are not equally open to see the
meaning OF the conduct OF Mr. BEEcHER
and Plymouth Church.
The proposition 10 select twenty persons,
| from which number the church shall pick
out five, TO investigate the bottom facts,
| looks like practical work. MI. BEECHER
defes heaven and hell to produce anything
| against him, aud 1t is safe to say that
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Abolish the Navy Yards.

The House Naval Committee . wisely
paying great attention TO the abuses so
prevalent in the navy yards. All these
yards are the seats OF jobbery, stealing,
waste, corruption, and political trickery.
Their constant use Is to help the Admins
tration in elections, and to provide food
for the rapacty Of its thievish friends. The
better class OF navy officers are unanimous
I'm protesting against the scandalous prac-
tees prevalent nj these yards, and within
their personal knowledge.
WILLIAM II. VARNEr. u naval construc-
tor, testified last week that ut the Mare
Island yard he superseded SAMUEL HART
rs naval constructor. He found HART
to be on terms of great intimacy
with the contractors furnishing sup
plies TO the yard and especially with
an iron company at that time working
out contract for the Government, one
of the members Of the firm being nephew
of the Chief of the Navy Department
Bureau Of Construction and Repairs. Mr..
NARNEY discovered many cvidcuces of cor
rupt collision with contractors, such as ac-
cepting short measure and low standards
for supplies, placing the names of persons
on several pay rolls mt the same time, charg-
ing work for private purposes to the pub
lie, and the like At the Portsmouth yard
naval constructors who went there poor n
few years ago have become rich on salaries
of $500 year. WILLIAM l.. HANscoM, "a
brother of the Chief of Construction and
Repair, and a naval constructor, induced
the purchase at the Boston yard, for $780,
coo, Of condemned machinery worth only
its weight as old iron. Chief off, Bureau
HANsCoM was forced TO acknowledge be-
fore the committee that SECoR robson
eNaded the law against laying down any
new naval keels by taking the keel OF an
old vessel and building up, under the pre-
tence of repairs, an entire vessel. About
two millions has been spent of late IN this
way. We can add TO this, that IN five years
the Navy Department, under SEcoR RoBE-
son, spent over nfty millions of dollars in
hnkeriug up old ships in airaudulent way,
without building out of that money single
new vessel or doing the navy any real
service.
The navy yards are such seats Of coriup-
ton. are in most cases so utterly worthless
for any public purpose, and are so uuiyer-
sally used for influencing elections aud re-
wardiug Republican bummcrs and dead
beats, that nearly all of them should be at
once abolished by the House of REPRESENT
atives. One navy yard for CONSTITUTIONAL
purposes on the Atlantic and one on the
Pacific coaet, with few naval stations
besides, are all we need, and, properly ad-
ministercd, would be worth far more than
the whole lot are now.
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partsans on the one side and the other.
Tho only question with them IL what Is
best for their party, and what is best for
their particular district.
There is nothing to be done, then, but to
try AMI develop an independent sent mcnt
in Congress which will seize upon the Imam
cial question rs one actually demanding
serious attention. If this cannot be
done. then Congress- must be viewed as
forrciiing every claim to he consid-
cred representatives. OF the people in
any useful or honorable sense. The coun-
try suffers from depression, and in many
cases from prostration of its industries, and
it naturally turns TO Congress for relief.
Beyond question some of the ills it suf-
fers from are durable, and these, at least,
should be looked after in good earnest.
Tho Opposition holds n better position
for moving in this matter than the party
in power. All that is needed is the wis
dom to devise some simple and practical
plan, aud to perslstently force it forward.
u there any such thing IA getting up u
Finance Committee in Congress who will
go TO work like mcn2
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neither will respond with the proofs; but
there is no need to look above nor down
below for the witnesses. They are not
shadowy spirits, but men and women OF
flesh and blood, and right ut hand, too, all
ready to appcarand testify. Mr.. MoULToN
tells the council that he Is prepared to
prove TO them that Mr.. BEECuER is an
adultcrer and periurer by evidence oral
and documentary; and Mr.. BOwEN says he
is ready 10 do tho same thing before n
proper tribunal. DIR. BACON seems to
think that offers like these should be nc
cepted. If he can get majority of the
council to agree with him, and to run the
risk Of discrediting Mr.. BEECHER, the hero
Of its last weeks sessions the digging up
OF the bottom facts need not be long post
poned.
Give us an investigation committee in
which the public can have confidence, and
the job will soon be finished. IL Mr.
BEEcnER is innocent, rs he says he is, of
course he cannot object. 1t Is only guilt
that is afraid of exposure.
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spiracy with the Whiskey Ring, even when
urged by his couusclt TO confront the charge;
and, secondly, that he resortcd TO tcchni-
cal expedicnts to exclude his own tclc-
grams from the jury, after having declared
they we're perfectly innocent"
In the face of these facts and other
crushing testimony, the President swore
in his deposition:
"T aiways hal great confidence IN his integrity snd
aalrm have nS,r IT, ir'' 'epyihin. tnsf ,soHid
sihkc that counicnco; OF course know OF hi, trial
tat IS prugrrefiug."
Under cross-examination GRANT cut
poor figure concerning BABcocK's tele-
grams. He was asked:
"o,.what was The general character O., ne sSrIsas
ditec,1d, as gwen You Ivy Cen bAnc2cKP A.mIne e;
q. unt. OF susric,on against MN.
Ma99t Vas t9e general character Of th9ae ex
meaning and What tncy we're IN response toi Dut
dng one or@em."
These eliminating kilograms had attract
ed the attention and almost settled the
judgment Of the country rs to BABCocK's
part in the whiskoy conspiracy. They
stand to-day unexplained upon any theory
of innocence and integrity. Yet the Presi-
dent accepted his explanation OF them rs
satisfactory but when asked what that
explanation was, he answers: 81 could
not give at This time his explanation OF any
one of theml" And the people who have
been dcfrauded and robbed through this
corrupt combination, with its headquarters
IN the White House, are expected to believe
BABcocK innocent because GRANT, his close
personal friend and official protector, pre-
tends TO think him so, and declares that
explanations of the tell-talo kilograms
which the public IRE not permitted to
know, aud which the President says he
has himself forgotten, are satisfactory to
him.
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The danger of getting into theological

The danger of getting into n theological
controversy with your wlfe IS demonstrated in
the OF the Rev. MIR. WoLFE OF Brooklyn.
This Presbyterian divine called on his wife with
the amlcable purpose of getting her to come
back to I've with him. In an evil moment, how
ever, he WAS tempted to start theological dis
cusson with the lady. Tue controversy got so
heated that, according to her, he knocked her
down with an umbrella. though according TO
his account he didn't beat her, but only got
very angry. When a man gets very angry In a
dis u. sion it Is apt TO be because he Is getting
the worst OF It. We judge, therefore, that Mrs.
WOLFE metauhoric. lily noored MIR. WOLFE.
whether he did or not practically knock her
down VITA his umbrella. The moral OF this IS ::
Avoid theological controversies with your wife.
Even though YOU may think your arguments r-
rcsis;iole, yet she may refuse TO be convinced by
them and may reply SO vigorously as to make
you very angry. Thus domestic uproar results
and love ana reverence are banished. On this
theme the young editor might comvose pow
erlui article.
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The testimony produced in the WALKER
divorce case. to show that Mrs. WALKER paid
$500 year for doctors bills and 500 a year for
drugs, ia a new way Of showing that a party to a
suit IA IN III health. The surprising thing about
the case II. that so profitable customer Of
doctors and apothccaries is still alive. 1t shows
that Mrs. WALKER is person Of strong vitality
No lcnat.
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We were mistaken in saying that Mrs.
TnToS read paper before Sir. BEECnERs
select committee Ia ls7i She hid just before
published written statement; but when she
appeared before the committee she answered
questions. There was no REORGANIZATION Of
her, aud no counsel or otneT person representing
the accusation against BEECuER was allowed to
interrogate her Mr.. TuToN, however. who had
presented that accusation, was INTERCEPTED In
BErCuEE's behalf, and every attempt was made,
though unsucccssfuly tn Involve him In contra
dictions. But taa, committee made no inves;l-
cation In the proper sense Of the term. 1t was
the avoidance and the sham OF an Investigation.
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The young editor yesterday had lead
ing article, ponderous and powerful. on GEORGE
WAsHINGroN. This was altogether proper, for
II was the birthday OF the first President. lie
succeeded In filling hard on a column with
words, and II anybody besides ourselves read
the effort OF the young editor, he must have
given him the credit of saying the stock things
about WAsuINGToN In a very weichty way. The
character OF WAsnINGToN Ia in truth not at all
a complex one. It is very simple and easily
compre honded by everybody. 1t was compactod
OF honor, honesty, common sense, patriotism,
and 6deity. lie was assfar removed from what
we call genius as his rank a great captain falls
behind that OF NAPOLEON, or FREDERICK, or
CESAR. His strength was In tho balance Of his
faculties, and his eminent fitness for the time In
which no lived. The danger in revolutions is In
the thrustinR forward OF rash theorists, pure
biologists as NAPOLEON usedlto call them. In
getting for our leader In tho Revolution a man
so calm aud sensible as wAsnISGroN, go practi-
cal and uncnthusiastic, we were q rarely fortu-
nate people. The conserv itism of his nature
has left its mark on our institutions, and es-
pecially influenced the popular conception Of
the obligations imposed by the Presidential
office.
But how does the young editor handle the
CHARACTER ana career OF W ASIilNGToNf lie I'M
medatey mounts the high horse and makes
straight for classic ground. Hear him he
turns over the leaves OF the book Of the past:
"The PLurAEcR OF the new age no longer osea him
sei IN We isN ne1c Of moininr triii.on nor hsylns
tpwrite ~ modern CKsAR or PKHCLfs, uOcs he Ocgn
BY wruns Of some iuRsEu8 or NUMA"
This is very fine and classical, but we assure
the Young editor that IL Is rubbish. Words
sweet youth, arc not thoughts, nor do rolling
sentences always contain ideas. OF course, the
person you call the PLuTARCH OF the new age
whatever that H., does not lose himself I'm what
you call tho misty maze OF morning tradition
when he writes OF WASHINGTON; nor does hc
unless he be young editor, begin by talking Of
THEsEUs or NUMA. II a sensible man writes Of
him he at least keeps his head clear and avoids
bombast and turgdity. But the young editor
grows more ponderous AS he goes on
at is fortunate for u.s. considering the unitarian
phase. OF thought anu action o. which W. have
modatcd ourselves. that In WAsufNGros houebred
mouicum OF common sense, constantly keep down any
tendency 10 epic ,risvaganec ia an estimate OF tue
never concealed by his outward haDiiments and sur
rounding
This Is long string OF big words, but IL ties
up a very small thought. Say plainly, young
editor that bombast Is out Of place In writing
own ears you Will tell the truth. Do you fancy
that such stuff as that we have quoted is strong
writnc2 Danish the hlusionl 1t Isn't worth
the Ink with which It ia written. Young man,
the public arc getting very tired Of you. You
print more trash In your leading columns than
even a patient reader can endure.
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BRONCHITls.-The usual symptoms OF this
dtease are cough, soreness Of the lungs or throat
hoarstness dimcutY OF breathing hectic fever, spit
ing q phlesn or matter and sometimes blood. Ii Ia
an REHABILITATION OF the nne SKIN lining the ins the
whole OF TIE wlLd tubes or air vessels which run
hrOuxh every part OF the lunga JaYbes ExpcCtorant
immediately euprr,sses the cough, pain n nsmma ION,
fever, and difficulty Of breathiugi produces Il re aud
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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1876.

gress. The resolutions have decided leaning
toward imitation. Coming from Senator Nor
TONS own state, these financial utterances are
peculiarly significant. II he and Gov. HEN
bricks should happen to be the Presidential
candidates Of thor respective parties, they
might perchance find it difficult to get up con-
troversy In Indiana about the currency. But
what will the hard-money Republicans Of the
East say TO those Indiana doetrinesl
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PLYMOUTH YEARS.

Tesra Plymouth tears snow well what taos %. Al
Tears from the depth Of Henry Wards despair
Move not my heart nor bring tears 20 my eyes.
know nee thnkluE he that Council yields
Tor his whGewssnius. Wash'd? Nhitel Se,ermot'i
Az nlng each arm up like q Windmill sail;
Gail eeml-nesclence' from the upper wur.dl
Ere now the angelic scribe has road bow one
Sank with his all OF hope below the ycrse'
so sadly sank, he san@ 10 rise no moro.
All sad and strange ne autumn's ni'tv AaVn'
When in the mil leN'd nclls uIe half stlnHd e!rds
Find but dead ears or when 20 -tful cYea
(Not looking slowly ~ lows the giinulrung square
ofgulty proofs, thy DAYS Tor eyermore
Sad as incit kisses, sad az death,
Sad as di honor for lie suatiind
on lips that should be truthful, sad as love-
First loya OF wrong, now Wild VITA yain regret
death In life thy Jays Tor eyeruore. ,.,o
The eports that turning his face and hands
tho ceiling, he called for some seHrpieNie" SDEsH
Clearly clerical error he has relied an through up'"
bemi-nescenoe,
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Or. the Annual Te.t of Cold and silver Coin NJ
Tue United etdtee mint. Eleven very interesting, llls.
iratious. In fi0,t A"h,s hh"Wated Aelespope,, out
to-day, Iat
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or iraEciN ,hr m g 49, Cuei;
nv power o. plea o hurm'acd belief.

The poetry IL httle shally, but the sentl-
mcuts Will do. II was prob uiy one OF Gourge
Washington Ch,lds's earliest Efforts Al writing
multuary poetry, and therefore lacks the finish
ed Gle auce OF his later productions.
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II IL we'll known that for many years the
State OF pennsylvani, has borne the unenviable
reputation OF habitually eleciing as Senators
and Representatives men ready to oner their
votes for sale Some Of the worst OF the carpet
bnraors who have wrought such desolation in
the South are graduates OF that sink OF corrup-
tion, the Harrisburg lobby; and It Ia notorious
that "a general rule no Legislature can be
brought together IN PENNSYLVANIA, whether II
calls itself Republican or Democratic. which
will not submit at any time to the dict ties OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company aud ouey
the commands OF that corporation IN every re-
epcct. II appears that the palm Of prominence
for seryitY lobby influences which has so long
been held by the Pennsylvania Legislature is to
DO contested by the body now assembled In
Trenton to make laws for New Jersey 1t is no
secret that the agents Of Col. sCOrr have been
unusually active at Trenton this winter,
and one OF the closest observers OF
politics in New Jersey has Informed us
that their efforts had been attended
with such success that they had gained possess
sion OF the Legislature, body and soul. Its ac-
ton In regard to railroad taxation gave some
color OF reason to this assertion. but when tho
House last week adopted a resolution offered
by Mr.. kABE, requesting New Jerseys Senators
and Representatives In Congress to oppose all
railroad subsidies, we thought that our iDform-
ant must have been mistaken. The proceed
ngs In the lower House of tho Legislature on
Monday last, however, sustain the accusation.
II appears that the significance OF tho rcsO luton
Of Mr.. RAE, which was evidently leveIed at
Col. scorr's gigantic Texas-Pacinc subsidy
scheme was not understood by portion OF the
unsophsticatod Jerseymen who voted for II,
and so, when Mr.. SCovEL OF Camden, one of
Col. sCOrT's most effective allies, offered a reso-
luton TO recall II, the House fell into line like
pacR OF spgnies, and rescnded their previous
action 10y a vote Of A to IA. The constituents Of
these New jersey legislators should mark every
man OF them, and remember their performance
II they ever again appear as candidates for any
uftce whatever.
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The Rev. w. G. STEELE OF the Fleet
street Methodist Episcopal Chmch, Brookhn,
has fallen into an error which is widely prcva-
lent, about the Roman Catholic dogma Of Papal
infShb,llty, In supposing IT 10 be that the Popc
can do no vronc, ecclesiastical political, or per-
sonal. There are 40 many mistakes made In the
pulpit fnl the press about this dogma that We
ARE impolledto recommend is pelusal by those
who have occasion to refer TO IT,. According to
the dogma, tne Pope IL infallible when he speaks
authoritttiyeiy, cr cd'hcdrd, as head Of the
Roman Catholic Churcn, upon some doctriuo Of
falth or morals, universal In Ne application. In
faIlibiity ~ postuatcd only of the dcGnitiou-
of the Pope, as such, IA the domain referred 90.
Tho dogma does not declare that the Pope him
self, as q msn, Is free from defects ana faults,
or that bis personal actions are necessarily r
rect, or that his common utterances upon ord-
nary subjects are Of the nature Of intalhtility.
By SIN II amount OF research, the Rev, W. C..
srrEiE, or euShcdy else, can get at the root Of
tins matter. We are DESTROYS thpt PRECISION Of
thought nd language should characterize all
discussions upon every subject.
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81 know Of several conversions OF New
York lawyers" said DR.. TYING. the younger, at
the MOODY and S,sKEY meeting Yesterday We
are glad to hear this, for while a morally good
lawyer can be OF much service to the cause OF
Justice, II he be also an able one, a morally bad
lawyer can be Of great damage, even though he
have small abilities. If, however, these convert
ed lawyers shall prove both tricky and highly
pious, like Brother SHE6RMAN for instance,
there may be people who will think that for
practical purposes they misht just well have
STAYED unconyerted. Deacon CAPES Of Boston
thinks Brother SnEARMAN a man of noble sentl-
ments. We wish we knew exactly what the late
jim FlsK's opinion OF him was. II 1t was put to
vote among the bar whether 1t was desirable to
convert lawyers generally after the fashion OF
Brother SugARMAS, what would the result De
Still, that lawyers should be converted no one
can deny but perhaps one highly pious lawyer
Of Brother SHrARMAN's sort is enough for the
bar Of the city. Moody and SANKEY'S converts
will, we hope, be Of a different sort.
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Ono Of Mr. cnlas'a Nmly Fnort-.

Fiom he 4oicto Bhfe Baltimore, ft5. 10.
A short distance from the entrance Ia
the lovely GteerWouut Cemetery ac this place,
one toiues ,.uuu a. p!in marble shaft staudln .
upon Il Ilh pedestal formed of rough dressed
granite bucks. 4 eeNe Is arrested by the name
" liDoth' IN larro letters neur the base Of the
marui0 column, and this f1milur nnne one
turns to II fer clio .orinspeet.un. he slde next
q Clio uAth hear upln 10 a has. relief unrtrdt OF
JuIius lrutus Booth, surrounded hv a laurel
WIea,h Beneath the following limos
Hnhnll lha mot MDnrn .Iuulu. los.
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Weussure MI JAY GOULD, who, though
no is a skilful stock gambler, seems to he poor
newspaper publisher that when daiiy pager
has to give notes the white paper it j, printed
on, add they are hawked about She streets Il u
shave OF one aud one and a half per cent. a
month, there IL something very rotten apout the
concern. daily journal gets daily the cash for
the papers Il sells, and II It ls not steadily losing
money, II ought to be able 10 pay cash for the
white paper IL buys, and thus secure the low
prices winch cash payments can always obtain.
II che paper manufacturer has not only to wait
for his money. but also To sell the notes given Gt
a heavy shave, he must add this loss TO the
price of his paper. We therefore advise Mr..
GOULD to lend the tall tower some moro money,
so that It can escape the ruinous rates II has to
pay because II Is short OF cash. Let him
hypothecato come Union Pacific or Erie afth
mortgage BONDS, and put one or two hundred
thousand dollars more In the empty treasury OF
the tall tower. The Tribune must be kept on its
feet for the present. at least because II 1t tdes