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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26


@ouperueure Der peitlidsn stoaten
fanb am lebten Montas in Omaha itatt.
Sn Jolse Der aus europe einse=
laufenen &risssnodridten lit Der @eis
Sen loon eeitieSen uno miro nod mebr
iteiaem. tpenn Die &anonen crit ee.
oonnert baben.
Nm letten Montag feierte 3.rr
Or. MNonalb i'm geijein Ginger
Jreunoe feline b0l3eruc Sodssit.
M0se Dem Scrrn Doctor uno ieiner
@cmah!in Ser SaAsessoa ibrer 0rd-
;eitsfeier nph pft in 10 ssmiitbliGcl
Meiis wieoer'ehyen.
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bsnbrld psrrellte Neraca9enrn 3ienitaN.
Ger wiiioiat TrG.ot Miro %tiri,tn i'm
nDrbl;djcn Sfcl!e ieiutr G;uscie 9eie=
senen &emelnOen elnsn y lu6 obi tot=
ten, Mnh in etlpa / his 9 @p6en miehe1
;uriidtebren.
Srm Sod,o'itcn 6errn gilhoff
S~ciScnbul u uurOe o%crgongenen Spm-
tag in Der hiclisen &irhc sur lube
Tledten Gmpidnsnib", Dem bp6m. P.
Wilbelm SrpdmcDcr Die ri. Yrielter=
Deibe e~rtleilt. Mic ,pir perneGmen
miro Der neueingelpcibte Frielter uad
st. YinceuS, go., abrsilen. woleIbIt e,
st,pa ! Satr III perpel!en seoentt.
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beg beutlGen 0ccres, ,polte man an!
souter Ya.rintismns i'm 3ai,be wSc:
|8ottesfurht unb euten Cite" Dc
|oeutI6en Sprobc Elm @ursirmitiel Elm.
gcbcn, oamit lie Iih after Tremow4rte
'cnt!cbisen mDge. Nun ihlast ein Gc:
hiilfe Der lGpnr5sn &unIt ppr, 60.
N3nrt .Mpotbeter" lm;ulnhcrn in
uWeiunogeispiebcrbcr isllunosmitte!;u
Or Gorperrwur Worlbal (Gcp.
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soul" N lt4ten uao oenby.ts eng
q5mmen IiHo.
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26
goar 8elb fir Berite in Der Grdu=
erei BON Yrid g. edmitt.

NNul WV wv NONSitS y >'~W
erei BON Yrid g. edmitt.
Die in porigsr WOde einsctrche H.
nsn, trieserilden Gcr:htc pom Orient
uno Die MDs!ihteit. boB bic tmropdl.
ihen W0hts in Die Shwicrl9teitcr Der
Siirtei perpidelt ,psrosn, aoIten III
Chicago cine lol@c Mirtung ouf orn
@etrsioemortt, bab ollein fir ben @n.
otmbtr- Sermiu 30 WiIipnen Gulh,l
@ei3en einec6anoelt purben.
5tsaropbil1en Sepslhen. onii,t
9onoon IS. Oct. 1876, Sufolge hot Die
ruiiiide Ieeicruns cine GirtnlarNntt
crIalie:i, in me.d,er lie Den Ginmarld
i9rcr Mrmccn in @u!Sarien uno Mymc'
nicn pertiinbct.
Gs iinS oicies furse. bcl@cioenc Set
len, bic Den MnTan9 cines lurN.bolen
Nromos hcsciAncn!
= Inter YersIitun9s TaIle tonnen
nit Icd)t jenc ia.ld)cn SebaAo.unaeN
upn unbeiabi9tcn MerStcn, mcld,c oic
Contribution oes Yntirntcn bMyt Gin
liibrnn9 D mlNerolllGcn SubItonicn
total minlrcn, 9eSaDlt lperocn. 81,
2N4uit Songs @omburgcr Sropiui
limo rein pe9ctobiliiher NNtnr. r.in'r
aen uno itGrttn ben &orper uno liAN
bsbbulb oll9emcin beliebt scmprocr.
Sem T~crnebmen 9ertdB lohcn o,'
W(itglleocr Der Gemelnoe pm Gicl,rs
&rouc, BEN Srrrn Sphn SpIlb I'M!
oprt, we.d)enL wic III po,iger Numma
5critltet, oous, Slan, iouic aiocr(
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in5p.i bcn cine Mo0niidt,c errihtcg, "a
plc Iir Elm @cbQu0c 5lun lln!srbO.t bcs
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Wonn !egten Soan6 ans MWi Eat
tina ii Inbrcn lhuIicn Die np.Nrucn
ol9en @aumnterialien beybci. So oie'
Ter 2icbe uno Spfcrlu'liafcit, nit mel
Der itinc MoNbaIH ibm tire @i!ic g.
pa5r.cn, iinbci Derr Gqi;O cini5u
n00cn Grias iiir ocn cr!it.cHcn betba
Grinit, Wno II 0os c0e %sIldgttn DC
Dldcw 9eitc pcn @ititys Wfopc, e.
%e.cnio ebrcnoCa die riiarcnoea 3tuynlb
N o,lIcn SelonntmoNung mir uol
+ 2,rsen germ nic Spa.tta N%nlrrcs ~9ioru
, tern" prcjs1c6cn.
9cr, GeGcn Nen. @%lccooac!o. III
, fern GonNjNo!en Fix Snotoy, non &c
&cpnbiitoncrn nNi9riielic GanAihat
+. 0eyr ~. g. Golins, icl osm &c,ncbnr
q.naS o~hseooni.. nnp lola. all oHf,j
(. Nnitcn %crsldi o"elciitct 0obcn. Is I
niesnrA Defer, bern Die gcrtc inn II
0rr. W~nconno!A. mnltrn uddE!eH &C
nntnr k ci,gcncmmcn ooB Stiitn 81
NS6Mr3 10 Iidcr III dis . mnt >,
ma%ll.
Gu Mnfall pnN Gpilcpii'
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

GpMnsp= Eteect.
sir County slnoi'or:
Sars,ep &oisbtr9 prn 81. &'ouo-
Sir Gourt. Gcmmihdr:
8..9i. gSalmer pcu Gauf centre.
esay Gouuty. Gummiiioner.
4. @.ltriss - S. =. 0ammereI POI
CT. Nnsn'ta.
). 9jfrifs--S s. &eiip bon GettD.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

Sn g@dlNirGton Murocn nearGrns
n1t! mtib....A Sc Gicrt: IA Ten utrl6itoe=
iltH Departments seSnuu9cn, Gin Sc
isA Nm llr!aub ou' tinta MfonG. pgne
ScIo.oinA 81 nntet6cidnen, m,0ylgen=
,Is lie iOIogtisc GniloIune A. sNpar-
tisen aatitn. Nu oislt Neiie murccn
ouie armtu GraAsNiimmu nm $4,000
gcidm necit, una bicit Samme Ioit sur
Gpuampnnn9 Der G!immscbcr uad
0tio un0 NrGt0na gcid)'lt rey0en.
Gics it Gin @rempci. ~ mclGw nic-
euaaAtigen uuo aumcinen Mllitin Die
jitpub.iinnu lire 3uIuSt ns4utel. nm
8ltty u Backgammon gu uiongcu.
Nc6Mi0c Miilcl n"uyftcn piclldt aud
il Niimcloia, rcIp. Steorils County,
gc6rolA. mel0eg; of@ Nertcn unlcre
2cut i0un Yai,3:cn az Widnntr unh.
SiyBn rbNnucstn uiisn,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

sIs am oer9Nu9entH SGnntdG 81
IMcnrn 9&altcr non W.nnle ,Matt d,
! AEiH9unG nc4 ing creitic CT, odG
Iocr @tdi s.wca MisiNts g,,omcr3 START
Barrier NJ Grcnntn iaar, uNo qua ralf
ser &rGnhn0i ciu. Govl angelongt' ano
r @leri. Den &iaeniNllmts, bcim Slou'e
ttatah wGAtr 0saS GiciMg,ltl9 oea
Yl6nNe1 M acute, wclhe unieictilcn
ocu Ncietl tai b5ina6c perSc1ri Bat
gn 4ai o.t 6rogc g&n.iu's. mic boe
6cntr entltanbcn, gas Inn Cart ldtyS-
ue.i1 }Nr Nnupor,: Md wcs. 5h
Ig'eNn e II ocliel, p5nn id mt cat
tfqt balN Der j9B& nno iii8ic III
a: so m0d).c obtr 3uoor utr SIM
3uggan anb 5srau ltber. Molter ndAni
sa5tAcs as 1heri an, nnh ho6=
81 n or pcloen npa) cinige W0rtc a.
q dtc!t hatien. frat CT leincn S1tiitiptG
lh. @ti : e9lon ongctomm.n, er-
idbitr S&a!tsr bos %orscIolicnt, unc
udtleno tcs @ciptdtc- nam 6ran
9l9Non mnbr, ooB in Der &ih.nug orn
so GSo3nndttt cbermdis grcB N0nt
%ilalcn cmprriicgcn. ll1utrjii9lif Sc
loeb H5u lido oa6iH, una ub|tl5cN5. i'd
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

SIN ruiiIiden Commencement Samr
bcW hot lih in DER !syisn 3ei, enc ucre,
ciaentb,imlide Secte 9ctiloct oos
oauptbr9ma iircr 2ebre be,tclt oorin,
nob ale M'iynihsiiticc I'd ucrH5.iWen,
inipic lire Sraucn ols Oberhnnpt a e..
teincn miil,n in clncm N8nrtc: Ger
lPonn II pcrpIlihtet, Der ,Srru III alien
1tlIdcn ~ %gcbrllomcn. qIbs,.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

st cfo IN =9idct.

~ rm=&t0ct.
Cir Yrdfipent:
@amuel S. SiIben,
bon Ncm gnrf.
Sir giec. VraIoent:
8 Domas $. 9enorids,
Uom Snhiana.
.,Hrdliocnti datts Gleftorel:
/. 0itritt:
u. q. Spnes,
bon Slmftcb.
.. 0iFriet:
SO. 9. @pnMtweu,
bon MeVeoo.
3. giIriit:
Soiepb @apier,
bon Stcorns.
AT LARGE:
GbmMnb Slice,
BON Mamiev..
Sobn 5. Measber,
uoN Wlnc @artb.
sir Gou0ree:
l. SiNritt:
.. s. Smell,
bon 3ouiton 60.
3. Siitrift:
M. SO. w cWnir,
bon Senncpln So.
III. Scmatorial= GSiffriet.
sir Scnutpr:
Is. 4. Stotnnualn uon ct. Grub.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1876-10-26

III. Sematorial=G i;irtet.
sir SrnutDr:
Is. q. SNatoonaio uon ct. GRUB.
National Republican., 1876-10-17
REGISTERS.

1t will be seen by this table, which Is en-
tirely accurate, that in 1860 in the First Audi
tors office there were nineteen hundred and
eighty-one subjects examined, against seven
thousand and sixty-fve in 1875. In 1860 the
amounts involved were s157 ,000, 900, against
81, IA ,00O, 900 in 1876. The expenses In that
bureau for 1860 were s4s $40; in 1875, SIC, ,7s0;
whereas the work performed Is more than
fourfold, and with this relative expense,
namely, In 1860 1t cost s4.10 to settle single
account, whereas in 1875 It costs but So .06.
In the Third Auditors Office the number of
accounts settled was 300 in 1860 and 19, ,13s
in 1875, amounting in 1860 to 81, ,591 ,s15; in
1875 it was SIS, ,41S ,S2S so. The average sal
ary OF each clerk In 1860 was 81 ,490S2; in
1875 It was $1,S1213; showing the average
salary to be In 1875 SITS less than in 1860.
So that, after all the talk about high salaries,
the average cost is SITS less than in 1850.
When the Republicans came into power It
was found that looseness and disorder In all
the departments of Government were the rule,
and order and care were the exception.
Congress was In the habit Of making appro-
priations in gross and In indefinite sums. The
departments were permitted the widest range
and discretion.
Under Republican rule all appropriations
were made in the greatest possible detail and
in specific sums, leaving little or nothing to
the discretion of the officers of the Govern
ment.
Now the conditions that obtained in Demo-
cratic times are reversed, and we find order,
National Republican., 1876-10-17
The Two Platforms

There is as great difference between the two
platforms as there is between the men who
stand upon them and the two parties they rep
resent.
The Democratic platform is composed of a
series of meaningless generalities, burdened
with complaints and demands for reform, but
in no single instance offering anything better
than means complained of. Even its promises
are SO vague and El-defned that no one can
understand their meaning or describe the pol
icy they foreshadow. Every sentence breathes
the spirit of the demagogue, and is either a
gross misststement of facts or a studied dis
tortion of the truth.
Its charge of "sumptuary laws, !" ia corrupt
centralism," "carpet-bag tyrannies," in the
face of an existing magnanimity which permits
the loyal element of the South to be perse-
cuted by those recently in rebellion, is too
ridiculous to reply to.
Its claim for sound currency, the restora-
ton of the public credit and the mainten nance
of the national honor is simply empty sound,
for the currency never was sounder. The
public credit never stood higher, and the na-
tion's honor was never so well established nor
more widely respected throughout the world.
Its demands for reform are like the dying walls
of an old sinner, who, without the knowledge
of single line, holds up the Bible, In the vain
hope that its sacred character will attract to
him the sympathy and aid of those whom he
still hates In his last moments.
How different the Republican platform !
Every line is the reassertion of truths and
principles which have been tested by expert
ence, and found beneficial to the ration. "The
United States Is nation, not . league" Is Q
sermon of itself. The resolve to give practical
effect to the Declaration of Independence, that
all men are created equal, sounds well this
Centennial year. 1t Is the voice of the fathers,
re-echoed by their children . century after
their sacrifice.
The demand for q Congress and Chief E1-
ecutive whose courage and fidelity will not
falter In the advancement and protection of
human rights ID the reflection Of the popular
will.
The unqualified pledge to live up to every
obligation of the Government and to keep faith
with the nations creditors Is the best proof Of
the honor that still characterizes the party.
The declaration that faithless officials must be
punished and the civil service kept pure and
efficient is In keeping with the practice OF the
past fifteen years.
The bold resolve to defend the free school
system and keep forever separated Church and
State shows that the lessons OF the past have
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figures largely in Democratic speeches and

figures largely in Democratic speeches and
newspapers. This table is false in every par
ticular. There is not a true statement In 1t.
1t is pretended that the total number of civil
officers in 1869 was 81 ,2O7, and that in 1871
the number was 81, sos, and that in 1873 the
number had increased to SO ,637, or an increase
of g, 900 in two years, and that in 1875 the
number had swelled to 94, ,119, being an in
crease of 81, 600 in four years. Every man of
common sense knows that this is false. In
every Department, except the Post Office, the
number of civil officers has been gradually de-
creasing for the last four years. The increase
of postmasters is at the rate of about 5000
per annum, and the letter carriers have in.
creased by extending that service to cities Of
20, 900 inhabitants.
To settle this matter, Senator Cragin intro
duced in the Senate a resolution calling on the
heads of all the Executive Departments for
aggregate number of civil officers in or con.
nected with each Department, not including
laborers and mechanics employed by the day,
or contractors, for theyears above named. The
resolution passed the Senate on the 9th day OF
July last. The head of each Department has
made reply, and Senator Cragin has compiled
from the reports the following official table,
which he presented to the Senate on the 18th
of August, and which may be found in the
Congressional Record of August 16, page 81:
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1t will be observed that the total number

III Will De observed that the total number in
1875 was only 62, 172, and not o. 119, as falsely
reported. The Democratic statement Is only
81, 900 too large, or about one-half greater
than the actual number. This lie has been
travelling for some time, and it is about time it
was stopped.
There is an apparent increase In the Treas
ury Department, but this is explained BY the
Secretary of the Treasury in his letter in
answer to Senate resolution. Ex. Doc. 81, as
follows:
"The large apparent Increase of 1873 over
1871 is accounted for in part by the fact that
the names of 500 gaugers and SSS storekeepers
of internal revenue (total, 1,SS7) were pub
lished in the Blue Book for 1873 for the first
time, but such officers had been in the service
in larger numbers since 1865.
"The increase of 900 in 1875 over 1878 is ac-
counted for by the fact that in the first-named
year the names of SIT deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue were published in the Blue
Book for the first time, although even a larger
number of that class of officers had been in
the service since 1862, and the establishment,
by act OF March 8, 1875, of the national bank
redemption agency, added 152 employees to
the Treasurer's Office and 80 to the office of
the Comptroller of the Currency, the amount
of whose salaries is reimbursed by the national
banks"
The increase in the War Department in 1875
over 1873 is about 400, and this is only appar-
ent. 1t is more than accounted for by the
Secretary of War in his letter replying to said
resolution. The actual number employed was
less than in 1873.
By reference to the report Of the Postmaster
General in reply to said resolution, Senate Ex.
Doc. SO, it will be found that the number of
postmasters in 1875 was IS, ,547. This number,
taken from the total of 81, ,172 in above table,
leaves 26,625 other civil employees of ali
classes in all the Departments in Washington
and throughout the country. This number of
1925 includes all the heads of bureaus,
clerks and messengers In all the Departments
here, and all the officers and clerks in all the
custom houses; all the route agents, postal
clerks, mail messengers, special agents and
letter carriers; all the internal revenue Off
GERS, all the Indian agents, all the land offices,
and all the civil employees of the United
States of every name and kind throughout the
country.
The large increase of the number of en-
ployees in the Department of Justice in 1871
is accounted for by the fact that in this year
the Department was created, and to the origi-
nal force of the Attorney Generals Office was
added marshals, district attorneys, sc.
In 1873 the police of the District of Colum-
bia was placed under the supervision of the
Department of Justice, thus accounting for
the increase in that year.
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not been lost upon those who now guard the

nations interest.
The just recognition Of woman's influence;
the condemnation of that relic of barbarism,
polygamy; the grateful thanks rendered to the
soldiers and the renewal of pledges in their
behalf; the depreciation of sectional feeling
and the warning words uttered against the re-
cent actions of the House of Representatives,
are not meaningless sentiments, but heartfelt
expressions, each containing living truths.
The two platforms are as unlike as two pic
tures-the one an effort to copy nature on the
face of canvass, the other nature itself. The
one is sham, cheat; the other is reality,
claiming to be no more than 1t is. Put them
side by side, and the candid citizen must turn
from the one as from the speech of a dema-
gogue, anil regard the other as the truthful
expression of patriotism. What has been
| said of the platform applies with equal force
to the letters of acceptance. That of Tilden's
is string of glittering generalities, while that
of Hayes is an earnest present alton OF living
issues.
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In the bureau of Construction and Steam
Engineering thirty-six hundred men will be
thrown out of employment.
By the reductions in the appropriations for
the Navy Department, for the Light House
Board and for public buildings at least ten
thousand men will be deprived of employment.
There is a great demand for employment and
much distress in the country by reason of the
suspension of private enterprises. Is it wise,
or even humane, policy for the Government
to suspend also, aud thereby increase the pub
lie distressl