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rHg aEcoNcnY" RECORD.

,v,,., -. psn,osraslS y,r.v a.. na.. s.
Wna. .ne - ren n. ass s hss zone ~
nas.x 49, - ''o'''
c..a7A d5,,.sss
Inc o."'o = -, .'sa F'.ioh Vi UoV-
ernor 1lldeh nrSt turned the
tide of pubic ssAsiment in favor of
. Democratic rule.
In 1878 an expifihg CONGRESS- on its
Iast dav with sansto hov,n ,,I-.
ss4-s. Damoas.s,. oa'y
seventeen Do" out OF seventy
four members f'au House containing
one hundred AMI I'VE Democrats out of
two hundred and Frtg-tlrtee members.
had passed the xlafF Grab bill. which
boldly took nins Kindred and sava,,t,--
two thousand dl5IsFsout OF the Treas
urv and divided iEaiiong the Senators
and Representing 9sor. two years in
+ crease OF bacss r 6s.rom March 4 I.
1871. up TO taLA the PASSAGE of
theaaa - - Aeaelloc~sfts5 t,;57si
..zsf - $50 .for the f,sf1;--r
uitous bhl, fBy Eonsibility was clear
ly with the RI iics1 majority.
In 1874 Co. Tfden was elected
on platfq sNsSemaTding economy
and honestyaEV nubIicH exoanditnras
and he at nd<fl,o1nmenc.d the work
of cutting doW1S Expenses and cutting
off nascals. -, ~
In 1876 the Democratic National
platform decIarsds. Reform is neces-
sary in the scale % public expenses
showing that IA ten years of Republic
an rule taxation had risen from sixty
million dollars tos four hundred and
fifty million doE.a. or from five dol
lars per head Sc Lhore than eighteen
dollars per hea q. and said: I'VE. de-
mand rigore - uoality in every de-
partment and ftA every officer OF the
Government" .Nf. Tilden was elected
by the people 6ffs this platform, al
though cheated ont of the Office by
politicians.
In 1880 the Democratic National Con-
vention based the claim of its candi-
dates to the support of the people main
ly on the ground hf ..tbe honesty and
thrift of a DsSocratic ConGress >.
which had red,cs5 tbe Y,,,bIic exnendi-
ture sac Ooo. O00sa S,sa, 80
SamueI + .JsRsndail yyas Sneeker of
tl,o To,tr- So. s,s'I' - CO
the tern3 ana - 10 - ftt, "a
Fortv-s;xtb Cso,,s.,.,ss<,, ~, - NJ o
1881 -
In 1880 Hancool :,vas onlv dafao.aa
bv the unscrunnIons nsn Of n1onev hv
the Rennblicaps s3d h. scarcsIv con, ~
ceaIed corrnnt;on 90 tho halIot 49, =,
Tndiana NaT W VI u and o4 Oh;o Tha 30
~ .goIdan .se@ st,aa,,, VI 80 "nu ctS's nio nne
bsnt'' and t5o % ..o,ilU lO" ,p4rodomas pneIsJh
bills, will not coon be fn,cot.a,, q
As Cbairran of tbo aSnro,,,.;ot;ons
Com re;ttaa ~ ~ sEo,.t, =, aPiob.i' CO.
ry,ess NJ, .1a.,,,,,aII -. ~. -
- es S.s.s''ail AePe up lhe Ieputa
y ;tro y az and me econocsI
o1riatiops and 6svad s cd tho o' wa~for 'S,
81 I election nf ID Dap,ocratic @'r T PresiiaOt
IstsTear = e---O - ''''0 ''''-'-'
Sneaker Carlisle hos nov bofor, hin,
crave and baasy : ,os,,ons;b;1itr - no ~,
economy in Observation-Disclosures and honesty
n expenditures the Democratic party
-, -, ,'.ss, 20 '.'t1
,onfidence of .isas.1rssa - ss l.t|s - s;.c
IpI3foPmi,is' pIIm,s snnervisfon there was no
saliea..- |, ~. Of retrogression. But Speaker
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Eleven Dead Bodies Recovered

WHEELING, W. Va, January 24-Sinca
yesterday eleven more bodies have hean
recovered from the Newburg mines. The
bodies We're found in various nositions
some with arms extended as if about 70
pursue their usual work. others with arms
All were terribly burned and bIsckened
and their distorted features told of their
terrible sutferiags but none were SO mn
tliated as the three that We're recovered yes
Uefday. One man was found face down
with ms mead on his arm as IL he had es
capped the violence of the explosion and as
Asumed that position in hope of finding snf.
=, - NJ; ar TO prolong life until rescued,
OF ehls theory is contradfcted bv nrscticsi
by the explosion. 'eN
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Chinese nanitss

81 LouIs- January 22-In the Chinese
murder - tris' Yesterday it was found that
one aetendaht belonged to a secret society
Ssl SniSh oed Its Danites" to punish with
. ssfets OF tie "rganization. These assassins
xseI rSeIe caiied The Order of the Golden
nsbenet Chinese witness Yesterday
SrS.tissa rSlltis 20 7se aRy information about the
, ooe,,stg s1lt; fnt that he would he fssa .-iI,-
a. Asea =. ii,sids ci month. Several members
:. ~ IN. cue Ofdea tire N every city. whose duty
IL ~ Is TO oben tne orders of the Society in
ons matter q putting objectionai China
nei out Of he way
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Distressing DoubIs Drowniua.

DAWSON, PA, January 21.-A sad skating
accident, resulting in the drowning Of two
persons, occurred near here last night A
party OF young folks were enjoying them
selves on the Youghiogheny River ice
when young lady named Fisher fell into
an air hole. Her escort, James Marshall.
rushed to her rescue, but the ice broke let
ting him into the water also, and before
suceor could reach them the current swept
them under the ice and they Were both
drowned. The bodies have not been re-
pOyared
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Colds Caught at Funerl
TpblladelpbIa RuIIetin

II HEINNNI PfIId bU UIItIIU, !,
At the recent funeral of thes
dore Bergner, of this city, there
duced an innovation that shou
become an established CUSTOM
gentlemen in attendance at the 4.
ces at the grave were requested I
their hats, thus relieving II
necessity of following an old
less practice of standing bare. Z
cold air. The observance Ses
usage has been the cause oil
colds, and now that the initiatT
taken against it, it will no dotks
ignored. -.
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Buried IN the R.,..

o,e,sa,s osEE hAurE' IND, january 81 AZ so
n,es;os 'uls morning a terrific boiler ex-
bsnts Occurred D..ad at the distilIery of Fair
ot.arr, Dunning Frank McNellis and Geo.
been rsear ran were killed Their bodies have
iriehtfulIy a maneIed noR under a heap of debris
ailenaei .iit Hysn. Riley Evins,too.a, nn1ser,
hs ana zoe Parsons are arlons M -
bar, entire engine-house Is fosr sns an,yn
|ios;oss : not estimated Cause of the ex-
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The Nantlcoke imprisoned Miners.

WILkEsBARRE, Pa, January 21-It being
still believed by the relatives of the en-
tombed men at the Nanticoke mines that
some OF them may possibly be alive, it has
been decided to sink a six-inch bore
mole over the spot where the men.
g alIve,or supposed to be, so that relief can
wen them II viii take about twenty
< TO sink the hole. The experienced
ior some time, but the hole will be sunk
10 satisfy the relatives of the buried men,
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American citizens. there is no reason
why they should be made the sub
iect of special inquiry The mere
9nronosition to place them even infer
entialIv in the same category as the In
dians or the cattle of the plains indi-
Gates an unwillingness on tho part of
some people to recognize the fact that
thew are free, and that with every ad-
vantage that anybody has they are able
to take care of themselves. On their
own part the negroes should resent this
discrimination as tending to perpetuate
the race prejudice and sink their citizen
ship in the question of their color.
Politicians who have been borne into
mower on the shoulders of the ne gro
doubtless find it difficult to let him
alone, but the time has come when all
such medding as that contemplated by
the Logan bill should be most enphat-
icaIiv resisted. d.-C Chicago Herald.
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Mlaers crusfed to Death.

MAHoNY CITY, Pa, January 21-Jaeob
6ranshire, Nicholas Cannute, miners, and
two laboreIs were working in the gangway
OF Eliangowan CollieTy yesterday whenssa
terrible crash was heard In all parts of the
mine The miners, about 200 or more.
.tthought an explosion had occurred, and ali
s1urfled 70 the gangway, from whence the
tiolse came, when it was discovered that
oeut ten tons of rock and coal had fallen.
onlpletely buTying alive Branshire and
Asnnute, but only partially covering the
10 iaboreI's, who had extricated them
yes W hen assistance arrived. They were
iatal!y injured, but were terribly cut
bruised The work OF rescuing the
Two was then leeun, and an hour sub
Rtly the codes were found. Deatb
ave oeen instantaneous, as almost
kChe was broken.
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A Mendsclou Merchaat.

OrTAwA, OSr.. Januarv Pa merchant
OF Calgary. named Ferlard, who has
traded among the Indians of the North
vest, but who has grievance against the
dominion government, is said to have set
atloat all tsse sensational stories about the
threatened urFisfng. Sir John Macdonald
who arriveti nsi yesterday, say that there
is not the slightest indication of troubIe
report the Indians on all reserves nuiet ard
perfectly satisfied.
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Mother and Two Childrso e......d

BooNEyILLE, Mo, January a.-At :: 80
o'clock tails morning a franz ..as,snt
nouse, p occupied chiefly by coiored people
and 5er%9ee her t%o eb|dTse N fiFe Anna Reed oored
capped from the burning buildins ia ~ tbes
were all burned to death. ana 'hey
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A nAF2;I..5' & \
Two FroHcsome Young Men. Dis
guised as Indians.
Are United by a Squire. Who AFterwards
Sues Them for Damages.

LUMBERToN, N. C., Jan. ga lawsuit
Just entered here brings to light an extra
ordinary marriage performed early last
week IN neighboring township Squire
James Bishop was called on some time
since by John Trant a Croatan Indian who
solicited his services to marry him 20 an
Indian girl The Squire stipulated To
perform the ceremony Monday eve
nIng about dark. While in a group
OF young men few days later he men
tioned the interview, and said it was the
first time in his experience of tyvent,-ona
years that be had been called on to per
form the marriage ceremony for Indians.
just after dark Moudav niprht t.uo x,@,,S,rS
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The Chinese Must Surely

PORTLAND, OREGoS, Jan 25-A d;s>
patch from Tacoma, w. T.. saws that The
jury IN the trial of fifteen prominent citi-
zens and officials of Seattle. indicted ~.
der the so-called ku ltlux act, have render
ed verdict of not guilty The town is
the Chinese must go is now stronger tbsn
ever. OuaH
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ESTABLISHED 1859.
He QUEENS spzpoz
" Opens the B-Iefsh Par,,.n,.n.,. i.
PC,rsn.,

Il S<Nlah PaFfiRR Mt In
Pcsrson.
LoNDoS, Janue> e>ry 21.-Fhe Queen allghted
A. tne feer&' entrance TO the House of
LORDS AT 80, where she was met nv Lord
halso .-Sry, the Lord High Chancellor. and
se,>rted within the Chamber Her Majesty,
as at once escorted to the Throne. and
when she was seated Lord Halsbury, the
Lord High Chancellor, immediately began
The reading OF the address The Queens
speech opens with a reference to her rela-
tion' with the other great powers which
shs said was friendly She was pleased to
State that tue Afghan boundary qnestio
was settled
The ROumelian rising shows that the peo-
pie Of that country desire q politiealehange.
Ny object in tue negotiations which have
heen carried on III this connection was to
bring them under Prince Alexander OF Bull
garia. without impairiRg the Sultans lights.
The loug-cOntfnued- acts OF hostility of
King Theebaw uecessifated al azainst Bur
nah the gallautry of the forces under
General Pendergast rapidly reduced the
country. which. TO insure peace, has Oeen
fncQFpOratefl into the empire..a
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Called Bond 3 Owned Nv Nation5 a,,k.

WAsHTSeToSs January 21-TheSedetarv
OF the Treasury to-day trar-.1z~k, k,i ts..fbs
senate his reply to the resolutiouS oi Sepa.
Tor ingalls,. in which he informs the Senata
tnas OF tae bonds included in theS Ic000 000
bsnt bsi tSo'Oso,s s0o worth are owned by NATIONAL
states t3a treasury to secure their circula-
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Chinese StarvInr

VICTORIA, =. c., January 2l.-Tba diStres.
: among the Chinese is appalling Msnv are
bsegging. but most are stealing I,o,,sa.
,ase nasakdng The Mayor has infortasd rne chi-
to the snpport II that they must contribute
men. soup kitchens are taIksd eOuneiS-
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None Escaped Injury.

bsEPH, Mo, January 21.-A disas-
ereck occurred last night on the Des
es q St Joseph branch of the Chica-
Burlington & Quincy system. about
If nliies west of Albany. The passenger
IA bound for St Joseph encountered
oxen ran, when the whole train, except
ne engine, was thrown from the track and
kiown an embankment fifteen feet. demol-
&shing the cars There were fifteen passen-
&efs on the train and none escaped injury
PA old man named Miller, of Palmyra,
towa, was instantly killed, his neck being z
broken and skull crushed
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esIy ~ ffziiIlels. -
assfees ven with deep sorrow F1eneF 4
q fhe attempt to excite the Irish Eanst the

.t4t ftfIilltst
.ssayes Ven with deep sorrow 3 F1eneea Il
Of fhe attempt to excite the Irish HaiHst the
Union. am resolutely opposed tcSthe dis.
turhnuce thereof. and 1 am conVIni I'd that /
have the support of my parliament and peo-
pie. The social and material conditions OF
ireland engages my attention. Although
there has been nc marked increase IN crime
legal processes Z q many places have been ra.
sisted, and Orga uized intimidation continues
My irish subjects must be protectedSn their
legal rights and individual liberty ! every
ehort II the existing law be ade1uate to
cope with growing evils, 1 look wrh confi.
dehce TO your Willingness to invest tse Gov
eminent with all necessary powers.
-BiHs viii be introduced to create 3ouncils
IN the counties OF Great Britain, Aho will
underlake the local bus ness now transact q
o9 the Courts Of Quarter Sessions
= measure for reform in the county gov
efitneut OF ireland viii also be presented
: \ on viii also be presented with bii 5 facfli.
tallhg the sale of giebe lands, removing the
diihcuitics uderiug the cheap trassfer of
fand; mitigating the distress OF the poor in
the western highlands of Scotland, ID ex-
sion
u trust that beneheial results will flow from
tue Royal Commission ON Educstion.'e
The address closes with au expression of
nope Tor the prompt and effectualads sspatch
OF the Important business before Parlia-
lnent- and cOmfneuds the Parliament to the |
Keeping and guidance of Almighty tod.
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Miners oyerwhsImed ana Klnen.

GUNNIsoN, Col. Jan. 25.-In a snow slide
tnat carried away cabin yesterday at the
Excelsior Mine, in Poverty Gulch, near
crested Butte, three miners named VIM.
AIexander, John st. John and Mr. Goss
To-Day A second slide carried away a
caoln IN Crystal Basin, occupied bv Robert
'S0ofey and Henry Collins Both we're
Alued. Slides are occurring daily Great
yet heard from
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ia gssf- slauahtsrInn schemes.

Kansas CRY, No. January 21.-Thc
Times tomorrow vi II say that the Atchi-
son, Topekawand Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany: hection with its protected
hnesTasA ian Territory and Texas.
VIII establS stock-yards at Argentine.
a. tatdJoinl9g 10 the cltys with eapacity FOR
sisAs, ssserect large packing akussssss. sss &
= lInenced as soon as the
3 Fil9 fss psRsf oRniss also sisstsss isssss
e 2Ssw York Philadelphia
! = 's-iSs a I've ptiFCS Sased ground for
q lsi see S1eking houses lt9m which to sup
beef - WIN - eSoSu
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HorrIbIe Daath Of nI..

asss sAssslkLE, o., January 21.-A little
-.e- oi henry Darner, ofPerrv Town
fHHsP Hep cIosss mss bur ned to death Iast evening
ng in 'front.' tSoqf5s Of f5s TIRE f While She
1efore the flames could gee warm. and
'Ne emo was burned into cris., sn'lIlns u.seo
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us Mother's Dream Comes saalu 1-n.

fANpoTTE, kAs., January PA Young
lI4. man named j 5. Conner, from Stella. Neb'.
arrived here yesterday to take a position
;s a. seiegraph operator at the Missouri Pa
0 c.iiG Depot. He was found dead in his bed
az Ryan's Hotel this morning. He had
ps.Wh out the gas and suffocated A let
yer was found in his pocket from his moth
81, S saying that she had dreamed he was
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Spanish RsvolutiOnists in FRANCE.

MADRID, January 21.-It is rumored tha.
a revolutionary expedition against Spain
is being prepared in France, and that it
viii depart from Marseilles.
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Both Apparently Bent on War.

LONDON, January s5.-Turkey is making
ene greatest naval preparations, fearing
ATHENS, January 24.-The army will soon
oe ordered to cross the frontier
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4szI
Hard winter.

EDINBURGH, Jan. 25.-All reports a9fee
tnat tins Is the hardest winter Scotland has
experienced in twenty years. The snow i
two feet deep. Sheen are psrisbino .r5
wild birds are flocking to the towns and
villages to obtain food The railway com
panIes find it very difficult TO keep trains
moving.
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Burned to Death in . Ell

HAwKINsgILLE, Ga, January PA
helgnoor who called in to see Mrs John
son, WlIe OF Or. Johnson, found her lying
o n the floor dead, her head resting ON a bed
OF asnes in. the fire place. her nose and
mar %naT burned Of, eyes burned out, and
fell in the fire in fit
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Free and Equal.

General Logan's new bill for the ap'
pointment of a commission to investi-
gate and report on the mental. indus
t,;al and nhvsieal prooress made by the
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tk14GkkE &14la as tEesfa he far
squire came out with lamp in haH Hsts.r y. !.
.ne WIND extinguished it, One e 1
party then said: I'VE at E
a hurry; don't matter about thu -
marry us in the dark" The 81
Ilrst demurred, but the man said:
you i've dollars, we are in a big
squire Bishop then performed tiiA3
fas' tfnohy briefly When it was over heJsffz J
Iof the license and fee whereuDofs = IN,
young man laughed, and after telline
nIn now he had been sold ran off m.
next day he demanded five dollars
Which they refused to pay. The third
aSy ne was Ill of pneumonia, and had
q narrow escape. He is still con.
nned to his bed Yesterday he in.
stlLn1ed suit against Davis Furnevhongh
auu aiiSi hlchard Roach for $1,000 damages. He
atiIeees that he caught pneumonia bv stand
lns out IN the cold to perform the b5gHs
oerSslnony, and alleges also that as he lid
Is iLoFih form the ceremony be is entitled to the
% zee out of which he has been swin,lled
ttaseE la the parties asked him to with,l.aw
declined to do 10
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The Longest Ranoe

1t is difficult to state the r
large number and variety 90
which have been made with =
years. The 100-lb. Parrott
see down 30 carry its ball effe& +
yards, a distance of close upon
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Fffty-gi,ht cavalry Horses Rvrnsd
Indian Affairs

FT-CrsTER, Mont. January 22.-The cav
airy stable with fifty-eight horses were
burned at the post here today.
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"A small whitefish sao,,,in.l

,-o,-;-,.--r :. - - EIIIIIgIF q new
variety OF the chronological Species. i
visiting Oregon rivers in large nnn,s
ners, the annual run commencing with
tne Iirst faH rains and continuing two
or three months 1t resembles the
sLneie si IA It's pearl-llAe wbiteness, but
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CA4 NtO LIICu cCdItS,
men sometimes -
more. As far as ca
has never been foun
waters of the Willas
taries, and only q
years. Chicago Tn,
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Service statute, as he views 1t, applies
solely to official places calling mainly
for clerical ability or other expert
qualifications which competitive exam
Inetiors rasy dstrseaine.G-N y 6nss,
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oAI1. AND snD u--
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DEMOCRATIC MInoRIrY.

The Duty of vigorously Uphoiding PresI-
dent CIeveIanl's votion
to Party Priucipie with the PopuIAr sln-
couragement.
Next in importance to the apaspach-
ing discussion Of The silver s1usati-n
viii be tie dssSates wh e., we a. told
the Republican Senators viii direct
against President Cleveland's nomina-
tions.
The fact that the White House isnow
inhabited by Democrat has made no
change in the feelings of those gentle
men as to their responsibilities under
the Constitution. They must still adj
wise the President upon certain ques-
tions just as though he were pure
blooded Republican. and give their con-
sent TO his proceedings as they think fit
But what is expected to make pecu-
liar stir among the Republicans while
debating the new candidates for Office,
and to produce an energetic and sol
emn exhib ton of eloquenee, will be
their conclusion that they are the
special keepers of the Ciyil-Service law
and the appointed promoters of its
spirit and extension. IL was invented
and sustained by their party, and they
must look after its interests; and the
way to do this will be to keep the Re-
publicans in and prevent the represen-
tatives of the Democrats from taking
their places.
it will devolve upon the Democratic
Senators, in the ..aKent of such nm at
;sSSs: ; SS@s "a 5. i5NE s.:s: :. ::,s';: =: /;
following ii ylat.
!. !. ]. !. ]. J ! ! ! ! !
principles or nuuRGik, y,
served htsh6op of Tho
Demoori. - 5ority7ih fS31-to takethes,,
control %the Government frog
Republicans into their oSfk'hTJdy
this desire must be respfetrf -NqsS -,
furthered by every jusrds9lae 81 2G/
possible on the part. of tlit Demco5.s 80
cs4re,se29ttstives. ,EaeNict that Ar.
way the chosen Mq of the whole
people, and in cons zzz5fce as not hold
ing precisely the same relations 60 -
Democracy as Democrats elected bk ),
narrower constituencies, should not
lsFSeni lbsffeenip ies. Whit ethss !" tneff'detefnffat
ton to stand immovably for their
partys rights against the assaults OF
its enemies They must fight for the
Democracy and against the humbug
.pretensions of the Republicans at every
opportunity that is afforded
In such a contest they will have the
people at their back-N Y. Sun.
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The entire pearl fisherie.
rom the mouth of the CoIorI
the boundary of Central AS
no" controlled by a single q
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DEMOCRATIC ITEMS.

The Republican journals whlcn
are 40 indignant at the refusal OF the
supreme Court Of Ohio to go behind +,
the returns should moderate their rage.
The wear 1876 furnished an eminent
precedent for such action.-N r.
World.
Civil Service Exami9er-H
profit of two millions of dollars oan be
realized from thirty years in Congress
at a salary of So. 900, how much can be
made as acting Vice-President IN three
years at salary of $S,0OOP Applicant
Il am sorry, sir, but l have never
studied political economy.-N r. S'''.
We read in the papers that in some
localities where Democratic postmas-
tcrs have been appointed Republicans
refuse to patronize the Office, mailing
their letters on the cars and at other
nlsces in order to cut down the rev.
anue of the office ard thus reduce the
salary of the Democratic official. REQ
ple who will do that are not entitled
to nostal facilities, and, If it could be
done. the Postmaster General would be
justified in depriving them OF any
chance to either send or receive mail.
Chicago Mail.
Governor Hills view of Civil
Service reform is that of a practical
man, not of the closet theorist- be
declares the selection of public servants
| on the GROUND Ss1sserit to be the safe
| ouard of nor ghts: but he also