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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
OUR ELECTION SYsTEN.

The present difficulties into which
our method Of elccting a President
and Vice President has brought the
country is seized hold of by the press
as sn occasion for condemning the
whole electoral business. There Is
no doubt that the system is toe round
about, perpleS,ng. possibly danger
Gus, and sometimes conducive To the
practice OF trauds. Ii was inaugur-
ated when the idea Of coniedera-
| ton of the States, and not of u ma
ton, was largely entertained. Now
that tina, id ahsSbeen practically oh.
liberated, II IS proper 10 have a fe-
visioa of the whole plan. The idea
of State individuality is closely main
.ained in the present system. Under
that system President and Vice
President might easily be elected
/ who were not the choice of u majority
Of the voters Of the nation. Tie
majority that Tilden received IN New
Ybrk are votes practically lost
/ Could they be added TO his vote in
Ohio. Illinois, Wisconsin,, Nevada,
California aud Oregon he would carry
all those States. But the malorities
that Hayes received in Iowa, Massa-
| chusttts, Maine and Vermont. II dis
tributed agains, Tilden's mjorities,
would perhaps Offset them and elect
the former President.
| The injustice of the present system
svery apparent when i, is considered
that Pennsylvania might have TWEEN
ty-uine Republican electoral votes fer
President and Vice President. while
New YORK, with much larger Re
publican population. would have no
Republican electoral votes at all.
The idea of the States acting in
their individual, capacities ia the
Presidential election is here carried
out. This was IN accordance with
former notions If our government.
bu, il is not SO now. The functions
of a President extend just as much
over the whole area of the nation. ir-
respective of State lines. rs those of
Governor do over the area of a
State irrespective Of county lines.
Since county liues are not needed in
the vote tor governor, State liaes
should not he Needed in the vote for
Presiien, and Vice President. The
relation of county government. To
State governments is very much the
same rs the relation Of Sss te govern
mcnts to the national government.
II in voting for President and Vice
President the aajorities of the States
were carried Ia Washington. pro-
perly sealed and altested, and
there added up. aud the eantli-
dates rcceivin: the highest number
II votes de Jared elected, the method
would be greatly simpliiied and the
will OF the people more surely salts
fed. An imbroglio like the present
one would be thereby prevented.
A contemporary Is wrong in oh.
jecnng ~ the present mode of cleo
;ions because il incurs SO much waste
of time on the part Of the producing
classes. The outlay on the part Of
the State incident To elections our
contemporary does not object TO. be-
cause il amounts only TO rcdistri-
button If certain sums Of money"
The same argumen; would ten-fold
more strongly justify any State ex-
penditu-e whore permsncnt I'M
provcmen: would fnliow---such as all
kinds Of public works,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

TUE case of Rose Wilson Of Tir-
GINA. who so persistently gets drunk
and figures in the Police Courts,
suggests the need for some reform
atory institution for persons Of her
kind. male and female. Liquor has
SO tar got the better of her that she
is in measure irresponsible. Her
acts are SO frequently recorded in
the papers that they have become
monotonous, and they must have 3
bad influence on Others. Some
Home for lnebriates is where this
Rose and others Of her sort should he
slowed to wither away the re-
mainder of their lives or reform.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
DON'T BE TOO SURE,

Some of our contemporaries have
fallen to dispute over the propriety
OF Republican papers giving mp the
Presidency to the Democracy before
the result is really known. Since
the election OF a President lies very
little with the newspapers anyway,
and s,nce after the votes are cast
there is no use to go beyond them
and persist in asserting what is not
known by any one alive to be true. it
matters comparatively nothing
whether the contest is claimed or
given up by either side, further than
10 lead people sstray. Aud people
are just as apt to be led astray by
party papers claiming victory,
when facts do not warrant such n
claim, as by concession of defeat
The pubic may read the teicgraphic
dispatches for themselves. and form
their own conclusions. With Con-
illusions formed, they must laugh st
what some editors, assuming all but
themselves to be fools, tell them.
ANY editor who now secs either
Tilden or Hayes positively elected,
sees more than the most careful
reader OF current news outside Of a
sanctum does. 1t is therefore folly
of very childish kind to endeavor
to have either candidate elected in
the newspapers, when the electoral
votes are the only instruments by
which to decide. If Hayes is de
feated. what good will come OF per
sistiny that he is elcctedl The same
with respect to Tilden. The only
point thsre could be to such pro
ceeding would be that, in case either
candidate were elected fraudulently,
the party papers might be assisted
in covering the fact up by having
asserted from the first that their cam
didate was fightfully the choice Of
the people. That is the only reason
there could be for running the dan
gerous risk of being wofuily wrong
and deceiving constituency of read
ers. That reason, not beng honor
able, is not sufficient.
The Enterprise has from the time
of the election been in doubt as 70
the result. aud has received blame
from its Republican contemporaries
for it. We think ii has pursued
course dictated by good sense, what
ever the outcome of the election may
be. Its ink, however, has sometimes
been viulolic when it NIGH, AS well
have been something less pungent
Its judgment has been clear, though,
and those of its contemporaries that
differ with it So angrily may yet APP
pear ridiculous. while it will have
been closely consistent. For the
fact is, anyone who caims to know
who has been elected President
must. 10 bear himself out, claim the
GIFT of presc;ence. Our own opinion
is that Hayes is the man, although
We would not 60 so far as TO swear
that he is, nor would we get mad at
a contemporary that differed with
u..
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

The season for stage robbing
ssems 10 have arrived both in this
State and in California. Those
naso uers of the road have evidently
been resting quiet for some time
past, in the hope. no doubt, OF the
election of Tilden. Now that the
chance for such contamination is
very small, they take 10 their old
tricks with freshened vigcr.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
Centennial Attendance.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. l5-The
Department of Admissions to the
Centennial Exhibition has just fin
ished the count Of visitors. The
exhibition was opened $50 days,
and during that time the paid adj
missions were S.O03. 235 aud the
free admissions l.7S5. 057, making
the total admissions $3.50 .392.
The total receipts we're $3.Sl3,-
T49 rs; the average daily total ad-
missions we.e 6l.56S. and the aver
age daily receipts were $2l .935 70.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
The TINES has the job printing
office of Lyon county.

GoyERNoR IRwIN of California
says that he knew nothing whatever
of the dispatch that appeared in
The Chicago Times about his re-
fusing to certify the electors of
California. He does not say, how.
ever, that he will not do 90.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

TIE Carson and Reno papers are
now in a controversy as to which
place shall have the State Prison in
future. Reno has the walls for u new
one, at cost of clos, 900, while Car
son has walls, buildings aud all, with
prisoners comfortably lodged in
them, and Will struggle hard to keep
the same. The matter will most
likely come up in the Legislature
this winter, in the form Of bill for
appropristing funds for the compile
sion OF the Reno beginning. Then
there will be struggle, Ii the Reno
prison he completed, the one at Car
son viii Meet likely be used for a
luna,ic asylum. AMI shoald il 30, he
completed. i, viii perhaps be con-
yerted into a house for the insane.
The greatest objection TO putting it
TO such q use is that the surround
ings Of its locality are 80 bleak and
monotonou. that patients ccoaned
there would, instead Of getting we'll,
become more cra1ed than ever. Nor
does the Carson prison Offer any bet
Der advantages in this respect; where
Gore We conclads tina. the unfortunate
souls who srs How kept at Wood
bridge might 40 we'll be left there.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

weeks from yesterday will be
Thanksgiving. whether Hayes u
elected OF not,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
Eyart's Opinion.

New York, Nov. William
NJ. Eyarts declines Ia discuss whether
the House of Representatives could
prevent the counting OF the electoral
vote by refusing to 81, in Joint session
with the Senate. He claims, how
ever, thai the Constitutional pro
visions which require them to sit,
aud also III counting, devolves ON
the President Of the Senate, that the
counting shall! be in the presence OF
both Houses. was provided chiefly
To give dignity and solem lity to the
occasion. lie believes there vii! he
no difficulty, and that both Houses
viii be in their places at the count
ing
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

The cry Of the wea.her-strip man
begins to be heard in the land, but
whether il Is proper to strip Ms the
air gets frosty or not Is . paradox
which the Baltimore Bulletin leaves
to is readers.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17

Dom Pedro will publish . book
on The United states.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
A silly Demand.

NRw York. Nov. i6.-The Her
aid has an editorial demanding the
I'M parchment Of President Grant il
he has done anything wrong. This
Is in answer to the Express and
other Democratic journals which
have accused the President Of cx-
ceeaing his duty in the matter Of
sending troops to the South.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-11-17
The "Times" on Eligibility.

NEW YORK, Nov. i6.-The Times,
referring t. the case OF Eleeior
Watts OF Oregon. says the only
question to settle is whether his in
eligibility can qualify any other
elector on the Democratic ticket;
and adds that the legal principle
which underlies that que ,tion mas
been settled in variety OF cases,
and always to the clam Of the mi
nority candidate to succeed :. the
place which some informally pre-
vented the candidates elected by the
majority from filling.
The Negroes Threatening.
New ORLEANS, Nov. i6.--All is
quiet here ON the surface, but the
citizens are apprehensive of danger
from the negroes, who are intensely
excited over the result of the county
and State elections. Rumors of all
sorts I'll the air, and il requires bnt a
spark to start confagration.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01
STATE NEWS.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.


The Wing says Clarence Osgood and Abner
HUT, young men of Danfortb, were arrested on
the 18th inst. for breaking into the store of Nc
GraW Brothers at Danforth and taking about
twenty dollars worth of jewelry. Huff found
bonds and Osgood has been sent to Machias
Jail.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
There will be sheet and pllow-case mas.
querade at Coburn Hall, Skowbegau February
zzd, 1876, which promises to be well attended
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
young man named Hix at Columbia Falls
has been arrested, charged with burning Mr..
Godfrey's store at Addison few weeks ago.
a letter found on him duplicates several others
as accOmplces, and there have been arrested
an old man by name of Conner, and his son,
OF Mlllbridge, and man named Robbins.
nix and Conner have confessed, and some of
the goods have been recovered. 1t was the
same gang which committed the la,e robberies
IN Steuben and Gouldsbore Seven men have
been arrested in all, whose trial commenced
Jan. 70, Ii is expected other robberies will be
brought to light in the course of the trial.
The Calais Times says silver ore has been
discovered on Mr.. CoOper's farm in Perry, and
Boston parties have made him an offer for the
lot in which it was found.
AT the annual meeting of the st. Croix and
Penobscot Railroad Co.. in Calais on Saturday,
Jan. 22 the following officers were elected for
the current year: George M. Porter, E. A
Barnard, Henry f. Eaton, III. n. Hill aad w,
w. Sawyer Directors; Samuel Black, treas
urer; Frank Nelson, clerk. AT subsequent
meeting of the directors George M. Porter was
elected president; w. W. Sawyer, superintend-
ent, and Samuel Black, clerk. The report IF
the treasurer shows that the total debt of the
company is $222,700, and available resource
S37 ,233.67. The net earnings in 1875 were S22,-
24294, against 1924, $1,000 in 1874.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01
Maine Business Notes.

Beasley & Co. are building schooner of 23O
tons in Bncksport.
The Bucksport shoe factory is running on
full time in the manufacture Of brogues both
pegged and sowed. There are at present 80
workmen employed. There will soon be addi-
tional machinery set, and an increase of work.
men made.
The Bucksport and Bangor railroad has been
doing very good business since the closing of
the river last November, earning from $500 to
$500 per day.
Wages have been reduced in the tannery of
Shaw Bros. at Grand Lake Stream.
The crew il the woods on the St.. Crox
are making excellent progress at present. If
the weather continues favorable the firm of
Messrs. Murchie & Co. will add II or IS million
feet to their stock of logs
AS soon as the Grand Southern Railroad is
constructed Henry Ridge, ESQ.,, of st. George
intends to establish red granite polishing works
in Calais, for the purpose of saving the duties
He will bring the granite from st. George in
the rough state.
In kipgman the Shaw Bros. are running all
of their tanneries and are doing a thriving
business. They have upwards of 100 teams at
Kingman employed in hauling bark, and about
1000 cords of bark are piled up in their yard.
There is considerable numbering in Kingman
this winter and good many teams are getting
out sleepers.
There were 1150 coastwse arrivals at, and
1157 coastwise clearances from Calais during
1875. The foreign arrivals were 80 and the for
eign clearances 60. Seven vessels, with total
tonnage of 1916, were built in Calais during the
year, and 229 vessels were repaired in the docks
and on the railways.
The report for the year 1875 just issued from
the Calais Custom House, shows a large reduce
ton in the amount of the business done at this
port as compared with former years. Among
the exports were 100000 feet of long lum-
Der, 81, 900, 900 laths, 100000 pickets, 36,OOO,
900 pickets.
AT Columbia Falls, j. Fl. Crandon is getting
out the frame for vessel of 600 tons. If bust
ness is good in the spring he will build.
The amount of numbering annually manufac-
| tured at Columbia Falls averages 5000, 900
feet. Very little logging is being done this
winter, and the amount of lumber mauufactur-
ed will be small the coming season.
The decks are laid and caulked OF the 1900
ton ship that Hill Sc Cannon are building at
Bucksport, and she can be made ready for sea
at short notice if business demands her early
use.
The recent rain has supplied the mills in
Aroostook with an abundant supply of water.
Pressed hay is bringing from $40 and S14SO
in Winterport, considerable quantity being
hauled in for shipment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01

j. ". YORK Observation-Disclosures
Office Hours.
From 500 m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a m.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 81 1875.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive at 1.2O
p. m. and 1880 a. N. Close at $40 m, and 230 and
900 p. m.
Boston and the West. Arrive at 5.0Opm.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and Maine
Railway. Arrive at 1.2O and $50 pm. Close at
Great Southern and Western. Arrive at. 100 p. m.
and 1870 m. Close at $40 m, 2.3O and 900 p m.
Arrive at 300 p. m. Close at 1880 D. m.
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at 900 a.
m; and 3OOp. m. Close at 1890 and 500 p. m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arrive
at 200 am. Close at 900 p m.
Skowhegan, intermediate offices and The north.
Arrive at 800 p. m. Close at 1870 p. IN.
Skowhegan closed pouch closes at 900 p IN.
Canada and intermediate offices, via G. T. r. Ar
rive at 2.2O P. M: Close at 1914 pm.
Morning Northwestern by g. L. r. Arrive at {. As a
m. Close at $50 a. m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 900 a. H. 3 100
and $50 p. M Close at $50 m, 1890 and 500 p.
Rochester, N. H., and intermediate offices. Arrive
at As and 1125 p m. Close at 7.3O m, and
$50 pm.
X. Arrive at 11.25 IN, and 5.55 N. Close at 7.45
By the Bridgton Stage. Arrive at I'm. Close at
$50 m.
Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at 600 m.
Close at 500 m.
Castine, Deer Isle, sedgwick, Mount Desert, Mill
bridge, Jonespert and Machias, via each steamer.
Arrive at 6 a m. Close at pm.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island. Arrive
Thursday at 6 m. Close Saturday at $50 m.
Foreign Mails per Allan Line direct close every
Saturday at 8 p IN.
Foreign Mails via New York, day previous to sail
ing of steamers, Close at 2.30 m.
Collections from Street letter boxes at 700 a. M,
~ III. and 2 90 and 500 p. N.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01
Brief yOftingss

Mrs. Stenborn denies that there was man
robbed or stabbed in her boarding house, Sun
day. The man was put out of the house for
not paying his bills, and in revenge he broke
square of glass;
Mr.. Nathaniel Deering met with severe
fall on the ice, Sunday, bruisng him severely.
st. John Smith, Esq, has presented to the
Cumberland Bar Smiths celebrated drawing of
the Special Seignorial Court, assembled under
the seignorial act of the Provincial Parlia-
ment, at its opening, September 4h, 1856, lith-
ographed by Weingartner
Deputy Marshal Marble arrested John Drs-
coll, Saturday, in Franklin, Hancock county
for peddlipg unstamped matches, in violation
of the United States revenue laws, brought
him to Portland and lodged him in jail
The steamer officials say that Mrs. Mckenzie
and children did not sail in the Sarmatian,
Saturday night, as was.published in the Argus.
Our police court record was strangely mixed
I'D Yesterday morning, and parties were charg-
ed with larceny who were entirely innocent
1t is published correctly this morning.
Some photographer will do well to pho.o-
graph the old Deane, alias Chadwick house
before it is torn down next month, as it is a
place Of considerable historical interest
An admirable full-length photograph of the
late Bishop Bacon, clad in pontifcal robes, is
to be seen in Schumacher's window. 1t was
taken by King aud colored by Lamson.
Bark Blanche Howe, Capt. Chase, which has
been repairing on the dry dock, while hauling
out of the dock yesterday noon, heeled off so
that the water covered her matches Guys were
placed from her topmasts to the wharf and she
was righted without damage.
The Army and Navy Union lecture commit
tee partook of a supper at the Preble last night
by invitation of the proprietors.
There we're number Of arrests yesterday on
suspicion of larceny, but none OF the persons
were held.
A man who recently broke out of the police
station was arrested last evening by othcer'
Hanson and jackson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01
GOrhan IN,

Mr.. L. G. Harrison, Esq, has opened an eie
CANT shoe store in the new Masonic block il
Gorham, where he has large supply of boots
shoes and rubbers, which he proposes 10 sci
at rates that cannot fail to satisfy his custom
ers. Mr.. Fl. is young man OF good business
habits, and will no doubt command fair share
of patronage.
Quite spirited temperance meeting wa
held at the High street Methodist church, Fri
day evening. Although stormy goodly mum
Der were present The principal speakers wer,
Mr.. Parker, a reformed man from Saccarappa
and Rev. e. W. Hutchinson of Gorham, pres.
ent pastor of this church. Other meetings are
as follows:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01

The SCHOOL COMMITTEE. - The regular
monthly meeting of the School Committee was
held last evening, Mayor Richardson in the
chair, and Messrs. Stailer, Libby, Chadwick
and Fobes present. A large amount of routine
business was transacted.
Messrs. Smaller and Fobes were appointed a
committee to consult with the Supervisor re-
gardng change in the instruction of Pen
manship.
1t was voted to exhibit the penmanship and
drawing Of the schools at the Centennial, and
Mr. Fobes and DR.. Smaller were appointed
with the Superintendent committee on Gem
tennial representations.
DR.. Smaller and Mr.. Libby with the Superin-
tendent were appointed committee to estab-
lish normal class for teachers and those pre-
pairing to teach, at an early day.
DR.. Hill was appointed to make the annual
report of the Board.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01

10 MAINE TEACHERs.-In accordance with
resolution adopted at the late meeting of the
MAINE Educational Association at Augusta.
the professional teachers of Maine are called to
m get at the hall of the Grammar School house,
in Lewiston, at 8 o'clock on Friday afternoon,
Feb. A, to organize an association which shall
pear the same relation to teaching that the va
rious medical and other professional assoca-
tons bear to their respective professions. The
meeting will continue Friday evening and Sat-
urday forenoon, and topics of vital importance
TO all professional teachers will be discussed.
All persons making teaching their business
are earnestly invited to be present and partici-
pate in the exercises of this meeting; and it is
hoped that towns and cities ins which schools
are in session at that time, will at least be rep
resented by delegates.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01
MASONIC
NlASONIO
Al Masonic Hall, Nc. So Eachaaye Street.


Al Masonic Hall, No. So EachdRye Street.
YORK RITES.
BLUE LoDGEs-Ancien. Land Mark, first WeGnes-
day; Portland, second Wednesday; Atlantic, third
Wednesday.
CHAPTERs-GreenleafR A. c., first Mondays Mt.
Vernon, r. A. c., third Monday.
CoUNCIL-Portand C. r. 81 S. Masters, second
Monday.
CONTEMPORARIES OF K. T-Portland fourth Mon
day: st. Albans second Thursday.
GRAND BoDIEs-Grand Lodge, first Tuesday in
May; Grand Chapter, first Tuesday evening in May;
Grand Council, Wednesday p NJ; Grand Com
mandery, Wednesday evening.
Masonic RELIEF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wednes-
day in every month.
PORTLAND SCHOOL OF MASONIC INSTRUCTION
Second and fourth Tuesdays Of each month.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITES.
LoDGE-Yates Grand Lodge of Perfection. first
Friday.
CoUNo1L-Portland Council P. of j cond Fri
day.
CHAPTER-Dunlap Chapter Rose Crcix de H third
Friday.
oNsIsToRY-Maine Consistory, S. P, r. S., fourth
Friday in March, June, September and December.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-01

CoNcERT.-The concert at the Allen Mission
last evening by the White Family was very
interesting and successful one. The chapel
was crowded and very handsome sum was
the result, and will help the Mission in its
work Of feeding the hungry and clothing the
naked. Any religious society who wish to give
a first class entertainment Of vocal music, will
do well to procure the services sof these sweet