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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22
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Protective Tariff.


Since September, 1876, not a pound
OF steel rails has been imported into
the United States, and the quantity
which entered our ports during the
first quarter OF that fiscal year
amounted to only 1888, AGO pounds,
valued at 1914, 1882. This statement
is In signal contrast with that for ifs
cal year 1873, when we imported
320,Os3, 100 pounds, invoiced at So
199,G66, equal to about $64.40 gold
per ton. Such was the price charged
our railroad companies by foreign
makers at the port Of original ship
ment, only three years ago. Bes-
semer steel rails of the best quality
can now be bought at American
mills at $50 currency. Over a year
ago importation ceased, yet the price
ofthe domestic article has continued
TO drop In consequence Of the grow
ing pressure Of home competition.
l1tSs iDulk6ul IfHuitr ithSG Dttu nv
complished within a simple decade,
as we were In 1865 belplcssiy depend
ent upon European sources fnr our
supply OF steel rails, and were com
PEELED 10 pay n price In gold Of $50
per ton, then equivalent u s225 IN
grccnbacks. Protective duties en-
couragcd and sustained the establish
ment Of the EesseiDer works in this
country, aud have given 10 Aineri-
can railways much cheaper steel
rails than English manufacturers,
without this rivalry, would ever
have conceded. The decline In price
since importation wholly ceased has
been caused solely By the competi.
ton among our own rail makers.
Our tariff system has reduced the
cost of building railroads to figures
less for steel tracks than would have
had to he paid for iron tracks ten
years ago; and thus Is the problem Of
cheap transportation being solved
for our farmers, once for all, by the
wise policy Of protection TO home in
dus.ry.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

cratic majority is log; but in 1867 that
county registered 6S4 white, and l 1853
colored voters; in 1858 il cast 563
Democratic and 1910 Republican
votes; in 1870, in spite Of the general
disturbance, it gave small Republic
can majority; in 1872 il gave go
Democratic and 1909 Republican
votes, and in 1874 it gave S97 Demo.
cratic and 1856 Republican votes.
By violence at certain polls an actual
Republican majority Of $50 has been
changed to pretended Democratic
msjority of i06. Is there no remedy?
Again in Louisiana armed men de-
stroyed the ballot-boxes in Madison
Parish, hoping thereby to destroy
over 2,l00 Republican majority hon.
es;'y given. In five parishes vio-
!e2ce was so effective that 10 place Of
= Republican majority of 8, 1884 in 1874
and I, 9A9.in 1872 and 2,455 even in
1870, these parishes now give 4 pre-
tended Democratic majority Of 4,il6.
Possibly the change Of over 5000 In
these parishes may overcome the
real will Of the people of Louisiana,
and, as a consequence, elect a Presi-
dent by Undertaking, violence, and
Is there no remedy:
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

The Democracy are displeased be-
cause President Grant sent troops to
the Southern States. and pretend that
IL was oil for the purpose of concoct.
Ing and assisting fraud In the canvass.
Ing OF the vote. Here Is the order.
II there IL anything In 1t against
which any reasonable complaint can
be made we should be glad to have
some Democrat point IL out:
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.--Gen.
w. 4. Sherman, Warrington, ID. C.:--
Instruct Gen. Anger, In Florida, 70
be viRiIant with the force at his com.
mand TO preserve peace and good
order, and to see that the proper and
legal boards Of canvassers are unm0.
Tested In the performance OF their
duties. Should there be any grounds
Of Suspicion Of a .(rautttle'at count ON
either side, 10 should be reported and
denounced at once. No man worthy
OF the ONCE OF President should be
willing to hold u II counted In" or
placed there By fraud. Either can af-
ford 10 be disappointed In the result.
The country cannot afford 10 have the
result tainted bya suspicion Of ille-
gal or false returns. U. >. GRANT.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22


A dastardly and mysterious crime
was perpetrated at Davenport at
midnight last Friday night. Some
william or Williams threw six pound
bomb shell into the house of Mr.. w.
III. Price, son OF Congressman Hiram
Price. The shell exploded with
loud report, set fire to the contents
Of the parlor, and left the room In a
sadly damaged condition. The FAM
lily had retired to upper rooms for
the night, and fortunately no person
was hurt. Hon. Hiram Price and
wife had for two or three months
occupied the room above the ono in
to which the shell was thrown
through the window. AT the time
OF the disaster however they were In
st. Louis. Whom the fiendish act
was intended to destroy, or what
was the dark design of the perpetra-
tors, il mystery. The city has Of
fered Il reward of II 900 for the arrest
and conviction OF the criminals, and
the Sheriff has offered an additional
$500.
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Specimen Frauds I'm Florida.

Especial 70 New. York 1imesJ
JACKSONVILLE Nov. H.--There IL
stirring news from Levy County, on
the Gulf coast, whereof Cedar Keys Is
principal precinct. In the first place
there was no true or legal registra.
ton on election day. Extra trains
came into Cedar Keys with l08 men,
Tildenites, who already had voted,
declaring they were going to win
their own way. They all voted again
for Tilden at the close OF the day.
After the form OF canvassing had
been gone through, the ballot-box
was placed where any Democrat who
chose could have access 10 1t. After
the Republican Inspectors had So
cured 1t a band of 100 armed men
took IL into their possession, and II
was held until Monday, the l3th,
On that day the Deputy United
States Marshal was driven away and
no opportunity given to correct thu
fraud and make protest.
II Is further reported, officially
that for several days the Deputy Mar
shal's house was surrounded b,
srmed men and his lie Threatened
He was wholly obstructed In the per
formancs 81 Nh duty, and declares n
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

as shown from the vote elsewhere
given in detail. Florida is still
claimed by both parties. Republi-
cars are very confident, and seem to
have good grounds for claiming the
State The opposition claim it by
only 900 or 400 majority. The DEM
ocTats claim Louisiana for Tilden by
from 1000 to 5000, If the vote as re-
turned from all the parishes be coun-
ted Duplicate poll lists have been
received from AZ or the 81 parishes.
The other ten are estimated. The
returning board will probably throw
out Tie entire vote of the six bull
do1ed parishes, and some other pre-
cincts where Republicans were by
violence prevented from voting or
even attempting to run ticket. If
these six parishes are thrown out, as
they evidently should be under the
State law, Hayes will have the
Statp
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

The funds locked up in the election
pools at Chicago is estimated at q
qnarter million dollars. The Nor
risey and other pools Mt New York
hold over $3,000,0 900. In every city
in the Union large amounts are thus
taken out of circulation. 1t is said
that Morrisey will not deliver stakes
except upon receipt OF a written ac-
acknowledgement from either Hayes or
'filden conceding tile election to his
opponent. Other pool managers say
they will be governed by Morrisey's
decisions. The betters will probably
not get their money before March
next. Meanwhile the large holders
have a splendid fund TO speculate
upon. John Morrisey Is said TO hold
near 81 100000. 1.-THE gambler can
hold this four months and keep 1t on
interest Mt six per cent he will make
$4,000 out Of 1t besides his commits
sion,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22
what In BuiidoZing!


The Inter- Ocean says that Our civil
war added large number OF words
to the American idiom. Every
branch OF industry, every new way
of thinking, every change in politics,
is fully represented by a new word
or peculiar phrase. The license Of
the press and the independent free
dom of daily speech have also en-
larged Il they have not enriched the
national vocabulary. Buttdozled Is
the latest invention an acquisition
which is puzzling the etomologists
just now. 1t originated In Louisi-
ana, and its meaning has been thus
explained by southern newspaper:
The pleasant brethren Of the "Stopu
"a political society--wcre in tho
habit Of giving warning calls once,
twice, three times, TO those whom
they desired and demanded should
join the "Stop.n II, on the third and
last call, they did not comply with
the demand and take the oath, the
unfortunate negro who refused was
taken TO the woods and given "bull-
dose" OF the cowhide on his naked
back. A cool hundred well laid on
was considered bulls dose for once;
and the victim either listened TO such
potent reasoning and took the oath
a5 a member, or fed the country.
From a bulls dose soon came the
verb to buit-iozie.
In the election dispatches from
Louisiana the term has been applied
10 those parishes where the negroes
were intinidated from voting.
There are five Batidozled, or "bull-
Iozpdtt marshes.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

mot be uninteresting to see what the
Chicago Times said before upon this
question Of the employment oftroops
for election purposes. In its issue of
june %, 1876, before it became intox-
icated from Tilden's bar'l, 1t used the
following words of truth and sober
ness:
ut has been given out from WASH
ington that President Grant will
send troops into the southern states
IL IL seems to be necessary in order
to protect republicans, white and
black, in the exercise OF their right
to vote in November. 1t is further
reported that he said to Governor
Kellogg, Of Louisiana. that if the
regular army was not strong enough
for this purpose he had no doubt a
sufficient number of volunteers could
he had on short notice. Undoubtedly
the President feels free to 60 further
In this direction than he would II he
were himself q candidate; his mo-
tives are less liable to be misconstruc-
ted. Lfho carries out this policy
IL he makes IL really safe for south
ern republicans to vote Hayes and
Wheeler will almost certainly carry
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida,
with their twenty electoral votes;
and IL is by no means impossible
that they will carry Alabama. If
this programme Is carried out, the
confederate calculation upon united
South will be sadly disarraigned.
Very we'll. IL may not be amiss to
stretch point for the purpose of res
training those WORTHLESS whose
damned luck" IL Is ito run right
against niggers" with shet-guns and
such like persuasive arguments. 1t
may be we'll enough to see whether
there is no way TO prevent the dis
reimbursement Of q whole race by the
employed In Mississippi
and Louisiana. Grant will be round
~ abused IL he carries out this pro-
gramme, but the country will prob
ably sustain him.
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Pretensious Suspicion and
overt A. cts.


1t Ii wildly asserted that Cows.
Chamberlain. Stems, and Kellogg,
and the returning boards, intend TO
commit frauds and gross outrages,
but thus far it Is not pretended that
they have done anything in disre-
gard Of law. AS much cannot be
claimed IN behalf Of the Democrats.
On Saturday four leaders OF that
party were. brought from Columbia
county, Florida, to Tallahassee, by
the United States Marshal, who had
arrested them for acts Of violence by
which coIored men had been pre-
vented from voting. In Jackson, a
county in that State lying upon the
Georgia border, the polls were as
saulted and the boxes destroyed In
four large Republican precincts. In
consequence, tho pretended Demo
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22
The Democrats threaten that If the

The Democrats threaten that the
electoral votes of South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana should he Civ.
en- to Hayes the Democratic Repre-.
sentatives in Congress will refuse to
meet in joint session with the Senate
on the second Wednesday i'm Febru-
airy, to count the votes in acc )rdance
with the constitutional provisions;
and that then, there being no cleo
ton in the regular way, the Demo-
cratic House would meet and choose
the President. But the constitution
provides that the Senate and House
shall meet in joint session. If the
Democrats should refuse to attend,
or those members who did not see
fit TO disobey the constitution and
their oath Of office, could attend, and
the vote would be counted, and the
President Of the Senate would de-
clare the result, and the man chosen
would be inaugurated in March Ia
spite Of the confederates.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

The majority for Hayes in Iowa
now figures up almost a round Ge,00e.
The counties are all heard from, and
nearly all officially. AS shown by
these returns the State Isegister says
"Hayes' majority now, $780," The
official returns yet lacking for few
counties will probably make slight
modification in these figures. The
Democratic Chicago Times, more than
a week ago, said:
Seventy-three counties in Iowa
give Hayes--but it isn't worth while
To go into particulars. The intalli-
gent reader may select any figure
that suits his taste in the matter 0l
an Iowa majority, and rest sereneiy
confident that the voters Of that State
have filed the bill with some thous-
ands to spare.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22
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The Pool Betting SIN.

New York Graphic, Nov. H..
It Is reported that John Morrissey
has deposited ~, 0Oo, 900 of pool mon
ey In one Of the city trust companies.
There Is perhaps as much moro put
into the hands Of the other pool man.
ayers. Ii would not be extravagant
to say that there are five millions of
dollars to-day pending upon the re-
suit of the elections In the various
States, and this sum Is increased
hourly by the conflicting stories
which come from the doubtful States.
Ii there should be no election, or a
dispute as to who Ia President, the
people who have invested in II would
be deprived of their money for some
time to come. Some fine day large
sums of money will suddenly disap-
pear from some of tho pool rooms
and then people will wonder how
keen sporting men were willing to
trust their property in the hands OF
gamblers, while they would not be
satisfied TO place II In a banking in
stitution unless 10 was known to be
thoroughly solvent. We hear that
some OF this money Is very loosely
kept. One night over ~ ,OoO, 900 were
deposited in the safe Of one Of the up.
town hotels, without receipt or guar
antee except the honesty Of hotel
clerk. These sporting people are not
business men and have not business
habits. IL will be as much the fault
of the betting public rs OF the propri-
stors of the pool rooms II at some
time heavy losses are incurred. All
this public gambling ought to be pre-
vented by law. There Is excitement
enough about our elections without
having betting so organized thatit Is
temptation to everybody to put
up" something on the result. AS
now conducted, pool gambling Is
even more demoralizing than lotter-
taa
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

Electors shall be appointed in such
manner as shall be directed by the
Legislature of each State, and the
State authorities, according to the
law prescribed in each State, have
the exclusive right and jurisdiction
to determine who shall cast its vote
for President and Vice President,
and where, in case of any dispute,
the legally constituted authorities Of
the State have decided and certified
the result, that conclusion ought to
be accepted by every lover of peace,
and of law and order and Constitu-
tional Government
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22
The New Orleans Republican says:

The New Orleans Republican says:
"Poll No. 2, on Providence Planta-
ton, in this parish, which had In 1t
some 40 Republicans and six Demo-
cratic votes, was seized about the
middle of the afternoon by a squad
ofarmed men, who drove The cleo
lion officers away aud stampeded
the suifragans who were waiting to
deposit their votes That .madel4
votes for Tilden- But OF course that
was AL right; everything Is 50 very
peaceful and pleasant down there,
and those kuklnx arc such jolly
good-natured fellows-~so harmless
and kind, it would be teo bad to
make any fuss about It. or course
they only meant 10 have 4 little fun
and try their pistols. How absurd
II was FOR anybody tocompIain about
IL. The I3E can vote next year Just
a. we'll. ITS nll for reform.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

HTRGH DIRE TOR Y.

~ EETHoDIsT EPIsCoPALr--Rey.J ]. g Barton.
hi Services every sabbath at II A. NJ. and az
Sabbath-school AZ A. NJ, John a. Wclch.
rintendent. Public praper meetings every
FSday exc. Neung peoples meeting every
DAY eve.
kEsBYTERlAS, O. S.-isey d. l.. Dodder, pastor.
{lccs every Sabbath at III A. ". and r. 81 Sab
A-school at "a. NJ, W. W. Cfadaiek superin-
6cnl.
&&AEsEyTERIAN. U. Pho pastor Sabbath
l<0ol AT Y ~. or Immediately after morning SER
H.. Andrew Barns Superintendent.
G1fnlsrIAN.--Elder j. r. Bly, pastor Services
|xefv s,abbafh at III A. NJ. and ~ Pg Sabbath.
ch0nl AZ A. n, H. n. James. Superintendent
UxfTssT--So pastor. sabbath school at 9 A. NJ
n u. Mckee, superintendent Bible-class at 2Js
0fHERaNs fsry =. :. cfigler.. pastor -scrvf
<&&Fery alternate Sabbath 1T III g. " and ~ r.
On &Abbath-sehool at . A. NJ, j. q. Young super
Eudcnt.
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consieers his life in danger. Other
Republicans, some of them officers OF
the law. were compelled to fly for
safety and dare not return.
Other statements of similar char
acter might be added, showing that
! state of anarchy and rebellion exists.
In Levy county threats were made
by the armed mob, headed by a
Democratic candidate, that, II the
Democrats were defeated. they would
rebel on the spot. The Deputy Uni
ted states Marshal has been hunted
by armed desperadoes. and he has
been wholly unable to arrest persons
for whom he has writs. The Demo
cratic majority in Levy county IL 2si.
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-.-----------ss' 4t=. --'=5-,--
Il GES.

Eth a A. M.--0riental Lodge No. 81, Knox
Vile. meets sat. Eve. on or before fun moon
month.
fEKuEIMER, Sec'g. J. N, DAVIS W. NJ.
DMOR CHAPTER. No. Is, II. 4. NJ, Knoxville,
3 1eets Mon. Eve. ON or before each full moon.
zRESHEIMER. Sec'B. j. W. MITCHELL, H. 4.
t q. F--KNOXVILLE ESCA MPMENT No. 81,
: gcets on the first and third Friday evenings
1eh month Visiting Patriarchs are invited.
<EGG, scribe J. 3. BEILAMY, C. II.
s. 10. F.-KNOXVILLE LODGE, No 80, meets
livery Tuesday evening. Visiting brethren
LILY invited to attend.
EGG, Sec'g. r. G. gibson, n. @.
z8 ID. F.-Marion Degree Lodge No. 10 DaugI-
EIers of Rebekah, meets every second and last
~ evening in each month. Visiting Broth
Ill Sisters are cordially invited 10 attend
ALLIE BRIGGS, Scc'y. G. b. BoYDSroS n. G.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

At Fairbault, Minnesota, last
Thursday, the Younger Brothers,
Cole, James, and Robert, were ar
raigned in the District Court on two
indictments, tho first charging them
with completely in the murder Of
Haywood, the bank cashier; the sec
ond charging Cole directly with the
murder of the Swccd, Gustavason;
and Jim and Bob with completely.
They asked and were granted until
Saturday to plead to the indict-
ments.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

Now the Democrats want to make
TiIden President because one Of the
electors in Rhode Island was conn
missioner to the centennial eXposit-
ion. What next. Suppose one Of the
electors lost an arm in the II. s. service
he is not person but only part Of q
person, and hence not eligible. That
would be as sensible as some Of the
other quibbles with which the De-
mocracy are consoling themselves.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

Miss Morse, daughter of Prof.
Morse, OF telegraph fame, has been
reported as engaged to marry Gov.
TiIden in case he should bo elected
President. She has recently sailed
for Europe, and left behind her the
positive statement that she never
thought Of marrying Samuel. The
Inter Ocean says: "Thus do our
dearest and most trusted friends turn
against us in adversely" Poor Sam
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after the evidence il ali ID, TIE r.
turning officers will decide the sew
|cral contests in secret session. the
parties or their attorneys u Be allow
ed 10 submit briefs and written arRu-
ments up to the time fixed FOR the re-
turning officers to go into secret So
sion,- after which no additional
argument is to be served, unless by
special consent.
COUNT CpMMKxcED.
The board commenced their can.
vass of the votes, taking up the IN.
disputed parishes in alphabetical
order. The three parishes Of Ascen-
sion, Assumption and AvoyelIes
were disposed OF, giving about the
same vote as shown in the tables
made heretofore from the duplicate
poll lists.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
New York, Nov. 10. Specials give
the following result of the count OF
the electoral vote Of South Carolina:
Republican electors at large, C. C.
Bowen 81 1856, John Winsmith 81 $40;
district electors, T. b. johnson 1882,
Timothy Hurley l,l36, w. b. Nash
81 ,S0f, Wilson Cook 81 1882, William
L. Myers 81 $50; Democratic electors
at large, L. G. Barker 80. 500, Samuel
McGowan 90,737; district electors, j.
w. Harrington $685., j. l.. Ingra-
han 90,79s, William Wallace 80, 800,
j. Il. Irwin 9O,S06, Robert Aldrich
so, $50,
FLORIDA.
The State board refuse to com.
mence the canvass of the vote until
the returns have been received from
all the counties. They claim that
State law specifically authorizes this
course; and they deem it necessary
because frauds have already been
perpetrated, and they want no more
''doctoring" of returns in order to
make majority for either side. The
Democrats insist upon an immediate
count and announcement OF returns
already received, and have appealed
to the Supreme Court to force the
board to begin the count. The EVIL
dent purpose Of the Democracy is to
get positive information as to the
vote now in, in order that returns
may be fixed up to show that they
have carried the State. This Is the
game played in New York by Tweed
and Tilden in 1868, when they asked
for early returns from the interior 80
that they might "doctor" city re-
turns to overcome the Republican
maiorities from the country counties.
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The :ane Tune Don't Suit for
November.
Estate gegisicrJ

The Chicago Times il to-day en-.
pioying itself in the intervals II can
snatch from defending libel suits In
frantically abusing President Grant
for sending troops 10 the South to in
sure the protection OF the ballot box
and an honest count Of the votes.
But two or three days since II sent
a dispatch TO New Orleans urging its
confederate friends TO "drive out
Kellogg and Packard" and saying
the North meaning Northern Dem
oerats would sustain them. n may
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-22

The great question, who shall DO
President? is still undecided. Else
where we give the latest news FROM
the states upon which the result
has hung for two weeks. in South
Carolina the matter seems TO be def
initeIy settled IN favor Of Hayes, By
majorities ranging from 800 to J, t33,