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Decorah-posten., 1876-01-27
Sra 2~dooerfanoene.
StDrec.

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unoerrstsoom, aila9t ben lite bs.
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banisn 3uiine, Der Den 3ois Ssptbr.
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&aroal, enitsmmie bent til for Np.
peri % Woro at bape tit 9io for.
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@oarobrussrue al 8aroal Sens Suuo,
&rifian 0QIbor9sn, Saus Biusitao
os Ole 8riaoitao paa &attehab.
Den 0emte oil irembslsS blius ben.
llooenoe 9iitrlftsi9nsilet paa 8je.
uit % 0ommeu blipe appeusrst til
Ooerrstten os 9eisittrst.
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til usitrs Nfsr, 3. Mos, oroinerebss
lsoor i Dor Srslisrs &irte al So.
3eierueroi9bsb Biltop gsienorop til
Bilfop ouer GtriitionianNs Stiit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
Thh Republican Candidate.
TParke Godwin's Letter.

The Cincinnati Convention met on the
18th of June, and was organized in the
interests of Mr.. Blaine, who was by far
the most popular name presented to the
suffrage of the convention. Throughout
the ballotings Mr.. Blaine, seriously
smirched as he was by his overtures to
jobbery, continued the leading candidate.
Mr.. Bristow, who, because of his out
rageous onslaught on the whisky ring, had
become the standard bearer of the Reform
ers, only succeeded in getting, at the
highest, 126 votes out of y56. The ad-
herents of Blaine, Conkling, and Morton
were largely in the ascendant, and might
at any time have determined the result.
But they could not agree in their personal
preferences, and then, after seven ballot
ings, at the instance of notorious trad
ing politician of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Hayes, of Ohio (whose only vote had
been that of his own State and few in
dividuals, 6S in ally, was selected as the
Deus esmachina. He was selected because
of his comparative insignifcance. His
neutrality of tint, it was supposed by
the managers, would harmonic the more
pronounced colors. He was a man of
exemplary character, who had served
honorably, though not conspicuously, in
the war and in Congress, and who, as
Governor of Ohio, had given general sat
isfaction to his party. His talents were
respectable but no more. He had never
been a leader in any of the relations,
civic or military, in which he had acted.
In that respect all his competitors were
greatly his superiors. He had never
been, in any sense of the word, reform.
er. Indeed, it is said, though can not
vouch for the report, that he refused to
accede to the resolutions of the New
York Reform Club when they were pre-
sented tohim for acceptance. Certainly
through all the dreadful exposures,
which, as our address says, brought
shame to the face of honest Americans, u
he had raised no voice of rebuke. In his
candidature for the Governorship oi
Ohio, he took position in favor of the
evasive Resumption Act, but hisopinions
further than that were either unknown
or equivocaL He bad simply kept step
with his party, cquiescing in all itsdiia-
tory and Intellectual measures, but never
pushing one inch in advance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24

den. who is denounced as "an ally Of
Tweed" thief" swindler," a
"liar," secessionist," sham re-
former" On July "a, 1875, after the
Times had (according to its own asser-
tion) investigated thoroughly the Tweed
ring, together with the character of Mr..
Tilden, it said, commenting on that gen.
tleman as a Democratic candidate for
Governor of New York:
As the Beechern case seems likely to be
the cause of stormy words and bad feeling
in all directions-a strong attack OF it being
about as inconvenient a thing to have as the
bite of a mad dog-we will endeayor to di-
vert the attention OF our contemporaries to-
day to another subject Let
us then leave Mr.. Tilton for little while
and turn to q gentleman Of another kind
Mr.. Tilden. The reason we wish to with
draw the attention of our readers to him is
that he is being mentioned" pretty gener-
ally as the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor this fall. Mr.. Tilden has not, indeed,
mentioned his own name, because he has
been long time in politics, and he is well
aware that man may speak too soon as well
as too late. This We will say-tAat Mr.. Til
den would make very good candidate, for
he is gentleman, an able man, and man
of very high character.
Mr.. Tilden is not much liked by the less
reputable portion of the Democratic party,
and perhaps there are men even in Tam
many Hall who do not exactly love him.
He is at any rate Democrat of
long standing in the party; man of un-
sullied honor, public and private; good,
public-spirited man, who would be no dis
credit, but much the reverse, to our State.
This we may say with perfect sincerity.
Nevertheless, if Mr.. Tilden were to ask us,
as his old friends and advisers, whether he
should stand for Governor il he were invited
to do SO, we should feel it our duty to dis
suade him from that course. We should
like much to see him happy, but would it
render him SO to undergo signal defeat?
If the Republicans nominate General Dix,
Mr.. Tilden could not run successfully
against him. incidentally he would do his
party great deal of good, for he would inn
prove its moral tone.
Governor Tilden was elected over Dix
by ffty-four thousand majority. To
day the Times does not attempt to prove
that in the space of two years Tilden be-
came an "ally of Tweed, !" thief" etc.
Tweed was dethroned through the eff
forts of Governor Tilden.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24

swindle SO far as the Senate is concerned.
More than this, he was the adviser, if he
was not actually the author, of the orig
inal bill thet compelled Venezuela to
submit to this extortion. or be subjected
to the horror of a hostile demonstration,
such as had been made against Para
quay, but under very different circum-
stances.
This fraud originated with, and was
perfected through ring formed in In
diana, of which the special friends of
Mr.. Morton were the pillars. His posi-
tion on the Committee of Foreign Af-
fairs, with access to all the documents
filed in the Department of State, required
him to know the nature and extent of
the barefaced swindle. He went into it
with his eyes open, and if he did not
profit by the transaction, he enabled
Others near him to plunder feeble and
friendly State by the menace of brute
force.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
The scanda, once More.

lbrooklyn sun
In the new scandal case, that of
Francis D. Moulton against Henry
Ward Beecher. several new witnesses
will be placed on the stand. tits thought
that Mrs. Tilton will have an oppor-
tunity to tell the truth. Mrs. Bradshaw
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richards are expected
to support the cause of Mr.. Moulton.
The latter, who are nearly related to
Mrs. Tilton-Mr. Richards being her
brother-is expected to swear that their
relative made them the recipients of i'm
portant confessions, duplicating Mr..
Beecher. Edna Dean Proctor is certain
to be placed on the stand. Ex-District
Attorney Winslow and District Attorney
Britton will likely be called. 1t is
thought that Moulton will not put
Bowen on the stand, as the Patriarch's
bad reputation is likely to have damag-
ing effect on his case.
Mr.. Beecher's counsel, Mr.. Shearman,
On being asked when the case would be
ready for trial, said that he had never
yet asked the delay of single term,
and did not expect to. He had given
up his summer vacation ensirely, for the
purpose Of being in readiness for the
first trial term, on the first day of the
term, and supposed that Mr.. Moulton,
having SO frequently professed extreme
anxiety for an early trial, would be
ready at the same time.
The next move in the case will be the
service Of notice of trial on the defend
ant, which will probably be in the mid
die of November. The suit may possibly
come to trial at the October t.
the Supreme Court, when Judge Dyk
man will preside, although it is hardly
likely, as there is a full calendar already
Should it go over to December Tern thu
case will be tried by Judge Barnard.
Mr.. Moulton's counsel as far as known
are Generals Roger A. Pryor and Benz
F. Butler. Mr.. Fullerton may possibl.
go in, but it is hardly probable that Mr.
Beach will. Mr.. Beecher's counsel ar
Judge Porter and Messrs. Shearman
Evarts, Sterling and Hill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
The Venezuelan Swindle.
New York Snn.l

Senator Morton is even more respon-
sible for the legislation by which the
Venezuelan swindle was carried through
than Orth or his associates in that job.
He was then, as he is now, the leading
Republican member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and his influence with
the Administration controlled its policy
on any subject in which he manifested
a personal or political interest.
But for the active part he took in
pressing the law through, by which war
was threatened against that little repub-
lie in case the payment of these fraudu-
lent claims should be resisted, it never
could have passed the Senate. And
when it was driven through, he was
greatly instrumental in urging the
President and the Secretary of State to
the most extreme course, in order to ex-
tort the money which had been awarded
by the most shameful collusion between
the American Minister, the American
Commissioner, and the purchased um-
pire.
And when the dividends were paid
under protest, he was again prompt and
efficient in seeing that his friends re-
ceived their share of the spoils. In every
J sense Mr.. Morton is responsible for thi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
4 strange Frsendshsp.
ISL. Helena toal. } Star. ]

A strange friendship has sprung up b Q
tween two very dissimilar animals at
Mrs. Stratton's place, in town here. A
black rabbit came to the place some
three months ago and took up its abode.
Mrs Stratton keeps on the place a couple
of COWS, and short time since the rab-
bit took up the strange habit of sleeping
with one of these cows. 1t goes out to
the cows wonted place of rest, waits her
coming, and when arrived the motherly
"boss" hcks the little protege with
much the same affectionate tenderness
that would be bestowed on calf, the
rough tongue and tremendous licks
nearly raising the little animal off its
eet, and it the meanwhile bracing its
self with all its four feet spread to With
stand the pressure. Then little Bunny
puts its nose up to the cows nose and
appears TO kiss it, after which the rabbi
nestles up to old boss" and goes tc
] sleep,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
[New York world.I

The Beasts having to choose Mon
arch, met in Conv ention to canvass the
claims of the respective candidates. The
Courage of the Lion, the Strength of the
Tiger, the Cunning of the Fox, and the
Sagacity of the Elephant, were all dwelt
upon, and on the Seventh Ballot the
Mouse was nominated as compromise
Candidate. "Thsugh," said the party
Organ next morning, tour candidate
may not be as strong as the Lion or the
Tiger, his Record cannot be impeached
on the ground that he has ravaged the
focks of the Herdsman or stained his
claws with human Gore. As Parlia-
mentarian he is perhaps inferior to the
Fox, but his relations with the Henroost
have never challenged Investigation,
and. though he cannot pull down the
strongest Trees, like Asia's fayorite son,
the Elephant, it takes much less to feed
him" This announcement filed the
Elephant with such Enthusiasm that he
resolved to take the Stump for the Mouse,
and, waving his Trunk above his Head,
he trumpeted "Hurrah for the Mouser"
Unhapplly, in his excitement, he mad
vertantly stepped on the Mouse, killing
him instantly.
; The Moral of the above is Obvious to
the Meanest capacity.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
Uncle Jimmy Williams.
indianapolis Lstter.l


The Republican papers OF TINS otate
have commenced the attempt 10 MAKE a
great deal OF sport, ana 70 riolcuie
Uncle Jimmy Williams on account OF
his plain, honest ways and general SIM,
pliclty OF manners. NOW, iet me teiI
you that II they Keep tnis up curing tne
campaign they Will lose Votes ior kio-
gloved Harrison. 1t is true tnat Mr.
Williams is not as brilliant as Dan voor-
hees, or as pretty as ben Harrison; yeo
ne is man OF pialn, pIacslcai colnnlo1
sense, ana mas remarKaDiy cleal anu
intelligent IDEAS upon matoels WHICH a;aiIs are
OF great interest 10 tne people, especiaily
at TINS time. ne Is mo ora.oi, pu1 snas una,
does not stand 10 ms olscIeoit, lol ioois
nave peen known 10 make gooo sPeecnes;
His remarks here to-day were delVerea
in plain, simple manner, and from the
very way 1t was done u seemed 10 piease
his auditors. While his language Is not
elegant, II Is comprehensive. ne mas
pleasant voice, with pecullarlty OF
something about 1t that does not TIE
you IN listening. ne is an earness
speaker, ana one is always impresseo
with the ldea, from tne very way snat
ne ut5ers ms WORDS tnas he yHh;Ia 1s ;e.,ihg
you tne oownrlgnt sruIn. W hie III n1
talks ne mas a way OF Swinging MS .ail
form to and 1ro, ana snunlng rom one
side OF the stage 70 tne otner. ne ~
very tall, probably SIX Ieet tWo' as
straight as an arrow, and hasa form ana
features much like the late ffesloent
Lincoln, ana somelnlng IKE SENATOR I
Henry >. Lane niteen years ago. is q
man OF very large Done, ana whiic ~ s ms
body is lean ana caaaveIous, II Is nos s
SNAPPED OUT Oh PioPois.oh. nas ions Ioau
with thoroughly american lace, wlele i.
honesty has set us marx on every ine
and feature. Though sixty-eignt years
old in December, In appearance ne
would be taken Tor man zen years
younger. has bright, handsome prown
eyes, shaded with heavy EYEBROWS.
There is nothing common or lgnoIan,,
looking IN his lace. On tne otnei nano an:
he looks Ike man OF Drains anu lnIeiif e
gence, such as ne mas proved nlmsen !. ee
De, ne mas piacK mar, anu, s.ianse y =
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
What Grant Has Cost the Country.
Evansville Courier. j


We suppose nine-tenths of the people
will greet with incredulity the state
ment that Grants administration has
cost the country more than the war.
But it is SO, as the following figures will
show:
At the close of the war the country
had over 81, $40, 600, 900 in legal tender
notes, 7.30 bonds, compound interest
notes, and fractional currency. This
sum has been contracted to less than
$4O0, 1000, 900.
Thirty thousand men have failed in
business since the introduction of the
contraction policy, involving loss of
over 81 900, 100000.
Nearly 200 railroad companies have
failed, causing loss in bonds, stocks,
etc., of over 81, ,000, 900, 900.
More than 1000, 900 of workmen, who
had been earning two dollars per day
each, have been thrown out of employ
ment; this loss amounts to $4,000 per
doy, or 81 !, ,25O, 100000 per year. In four
years of Grants last term this will reach
the enormous sum of 81, 900, 100000.
Four millien workmen have suffered
a reduction of wages of more than one
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
The Abuse Of Tilden.
Detroit Free Press.I


The indiscriminate abuse which has
been layished at wholesale upon Governor
Tilden since the day Of his nomination
by the Republican press is one of the
best possible tributes to his strength be-
fore the people. Confined as this abuse
is, and necessarily must be, TO charges
long since exploded, it is confession
that Governor Tilden is unassailable
upon any tenable ground, as the rep
utable portion of the Republican press
was compelled to concede two years
since. tits confession of more than
this. It is confession that his candi-
dacy is feared for not even an organ
would care to vent its partisanshlp In
malignant attacks known to be without
foundation, against a man-like Hayes
for instance-withou any positive claim
upon popular respect, esteem or conf
dence.
1t is because the Republican leaders
have seen with sinking hearts that the
nomination of Hlden has struck re-
sponsive chord in the great popular heart,
because they know that this great referm
work in the State of New York has
pointed him out plainly as the man to
carry on the needed work of reform at
Washington, that they have instructed
their organs and tools to attack him with
unstinted abuse. They have hope,
perhaps, that the Governor or his follow
ers may be put on the defensive, and that
in the cloud of discussion thus engen-
dered the true issues of the campaign
may be concealed, and Grantism given a
new lease of power without the people
seeing clearly what it is they are con-
tinuing. In this, however, the Repub-
licans are reckoning without their host.
There is nothing for Governor Tilden or
his followers to defend in the puerile
charges which form the staple of Re
publican attack upon him, and if there
were, it is only necessary to appeal for
full and complete defense to the columns
of these same Republican journals of two
years since.
1t would be objectionable in the DEM
ocratic party to permit itself to be put
on the defensive in campaign Like the
present, and with candidate whose
private life and public career are so ut
terly free from stain or the shadow OF
reproach. 1t would be all the more un-
pardonable when the times and the Cir
cumstances call SO loudly for an aggres-
sive campaign, and when the party in
power is SO vulnerable at every point.
STEPPED as it is in corruption to the very
lips, with its record in the country's
history stained on every page with
knavery and crime, the Republican par
ty is in no condition to arraign itsprose-
cutors or question their proceedings. 1t
is on trial before the country for mis-
government of the worst sort; for debas.
ing the public credit; for wasting the
peoples money; for debauching the pub.
lie morals; for making the national name
a byword and reproach abroad; fol
openly cherishing, protecting and pro
noting thieves and other criminals, and
for bringing the country to the verge O
bankruptcy. 1t is not only on trial; i
is already convicted, and instead of rag
ing impotently against its prosecutors i
would do well to prepare for its inevit
| able doom.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24


A PASSION for birds characterized Abb
dull Aziz's fayorite $50, 900 Circassian, as
well as her royal owner and lover. His
weakness was game cocks; her antipathy
was parrots. 1t was her fayorite amuse-
ment to pluck alive few parrots every
day. One at least was not so good a
courtier as to meet his death with resig-
nation, and with a dash Of his formida-
BILE beak laid open the Sultana's hand.
She uttered scream of rage and pain.
News of the catastrophe was hastily car
ried by one of the attendant eunuchs to
the Sultan, who was presiding at a meet
ing of the cabinet. He turned pale,
adjourned the session, and hastened
to the harem, where the feathered
offender was brought before him and
addressed in long and indignant ORA
ton that made every one else In the
harem tremble. Then approaching the
Sultana, he took from her ebon tresses a
golden hairpin, and with it pierced the
heart of the audacious bird who had
declined joyfully to accept death at the
hands of the Sultan's fayorite. That
was the sort of hairpin he was
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
Ren.arEas.e Escape or a horse.
: TRichmond (va.) whig.


During the recent terrible storm in
Richmond there we're many narrow
escapes, but nothing half 30 wonderful as
the escape of horse which was given up
for dead. During the storm Mr.. J. E.
Hanger, grocer and commission mer-
chant, left his horse hitched to a wagon
in Shockoe Creek, near Franklin street.
The creek rose rapidly, and the animal
was swept away from the wagon and car
ried under the arch. This was the last
seen of him, and Mr.. Hanger mourned
him as lost. On saturday he was aston
ished to discover the animal in the city
in possession of q countryman from below
the city. 1t seems that the horse was
swept under Main street, under two or
three arches, under Shocks warehouse,
into the river, and then he either floated
or SWAN down several miles below the
city and landed. He wandered about the
fields during the entire night, and was
caught by the farmer. How he survived
SO much water is hard to conceive. The
farmer readily surrendered him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
Minority Report of the Mississippi
Committee.

The minority of the committee, SEN
ators Bayard and Mcdonald, present
their views at length. They say that
while writing them, they read with sur
prise and regret the message of the
President, of July 81, transmitting to
Congress certain correspondence relating
to the murders lately committed at
Hamburg, in which he says:
But recently, committee of the Senate
of the United States visited the State OF
Mississippi, to take testimony on the SUBJ
ject of frauds and violence in elections.
Their report has not yet been made public,
but / await its forthcoming with feeling
of confidence that it will fully settle all that
have stated relating to fraud and violence
in the State of Mississippi
In his letter of the 18th of July, to
Governor Chamberlain, he had said:
Mississippi is governed to-day by officials
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24
A Campaign Supplement.
1noui.rills coprisr.loprnal.l

The New York Times sends us its cam
paign supplement, with the request,
J" Please notice" We will notice it. The
campaign sheet contains twenty-eight
columns of what Senator Morton calls
" the slang-whangery of brutal black
guardism "concerning Tilden and Hen
bricks. The "slangwhangery" is, in
the main, directed against Governor Til
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24

A GEORGIA mule was struck by light
ming and knocked insensible, and while
lying on the ground another current
came along and killed the animal-which
proves that lightning does strike twice
in the same place. And it is absolutely
necessary when it wants okill mule.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24

CONNECTICUT won the championship
in American skill last year, having seven
hundred and six patents, or one to seven
hundred and sixty-one inhabitants. Ar
kansas is at the foot of the class; Massa-
chusetts next to the head.