The Republican journal., 1876-06-22
Comments of the Press.
New YORK, June !

| New YORK, June 16.
The Herald says Hayes won the nomi-
nation for the Presidency, while Blaine
came out of the Republican fight as much
the leader of the party as Henry Clay was
the leader Of the Wings in their palmiest
| days, crediting Don Cameron with being
the skilliul leader of the anti-Blaine forces
The Herald congratulates the Republican
party and the country on the defeat of
Blaine, for his nomination now would
have been the downfall of his party He
| would have given the Democrats walk
over. As to the ticket it is a fair one 1t
means nothing but mediocrity, but repre-
sents the average common sense, sober
minded classes, and will poll the party
vote.
The Sun says, "llayes is a candidate
whose weakness and unimportance are his
principal recommendations to the republic
can party His name in Congress or else
where has been identified with no policy
or measure or action OF any kind He has
no marked powers tina. have been brought
into play. lie has no strong points of
character He has been but a lucky in
politics.
Above all Hayes is no retormer. lie is
not the man to clean out political corrup-
ton, to destroy the desperate rings which
have got hold of the country or to do
anything to obliterate the abomnation of
Grautism.
The Times says the convention has
given the Republican party ticket and a
platform on which it can and must run.
The World calls Hayes q colorless can
dldate upon platform of platitudes. The
nomination is Il collapse. not a compro
mise.
The Chicago Tribune publishes the de
| tails of an extraordinary suicide which oc-
cured in Lafayette, Ind, last week A
brought his genius to bear upon the con-
trivance of a species of automotic guillo-
| tine. the work ings of which were arranged
and secured with patient deliberaton and
absolute accuracy, so that when the prop
CT time mad arrived the horrid machine
did its work with memorable precision.
The manner in which it was accomplished
sperhaps unparalleled in horrid ingenuity
lie engaged a room ut hotel and said he
was periecting an invention, and would
probably stay Il week, and prepaid his bill
till that time He called at Il machine shop
'lut plbCultu IL idl U NcN blUdt dAt anu
two bars Of thick iron. sixteen inches long,
which he had riveted to the head of the
axe On either side, fastened to these bars
in the shape Of II handle to an axe he had
a system Of wooden bars eight feet long,
the extreme end OF which was fastened to
a cross-picce, secured to the floor by two
hinges. The axe was raised and held
to its nearly perpendicular position by Il
double cord fastened to the wall Between
the cords stood a candle, arranged SO that
when the candle burned down to the cords
1t would burn them of and the axe fall
Where the axe would strike he placed a
small box, open on one side, in which,
when found, was his head with some cot
ton which had been chloroformed His
chin was held up from his neck by stick
run across the box, through holes on either
side, holding his head firmly in position
lie was strapped tightly to the floor with
two straps, one around his legs, another
about his arms and breast. The straps
were both screwed to the floor, rendering
it impossible to move. 1t is supposed that
he set his axe, lighted the candle, and
strapped himself to the floor, put his head
in the box with the chorotormed cotton,
and was probably insensible when the axe
fell. The axe and tiXings would weigh
about fifty pounds, and would probably
fall distance of from ten to fifteen feet.
dis head was completely severed from
the body. and the axe buried in the boards
beneath