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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
DEIoCRATiC EC3N0XY.

The performance OF the Democratic
House of Representatives 10 passing
the Bounty bill on Tuesday surpassed
not only all previous follies OF the SEES
sion, but all the blunders of which We
had imagined that extraordinary rs
semblage capable. For months tine
party bas been vauntiug its isbors il
the direction of economy. 1t has been
urging a campaign on the issue of re-
trenchmenS. 1t has been promisingto
take forty or fifty millions q year off
tile public expenditures. The Demo
cratic HOUSE ,..,a c,.i ,....i ;@!lpd at all
the esiima!cs. H. has rrirccd the pay
Of petty clerks and in,orrrs: il has
struck at iile. iiriiypr allowance of our
soldiers and SiiIiOr~: X has proposed to
destroy the Signal Syryice Bureau and
the fast mail service; Il has paid 10 re-
gard TO what the Government honestly
needs to meet its obligations and pro-
vide for "a de cent anC efficient admins
tration of the national affairs; it has
answered argument and remonstrance
with a dogged ''No;' and now, be-
cause the Senate performs lis duty in
scrutinizing and amending the appro-
priation bills, and refuses It's assent TO
mischievous. biundering, unjust and
delnOraliZing reductions, ihe House
threatens "A stoppage oi the whole ma
chInery of COVER Ineut. That is the
Democratic notion of economy, and it
is the one Thing upon which the party
prides itself in the pending campaign.
Bnt here of sudden, in the midst of
the dead lock" the House turns
4
agents, amounting TO nobody knows
how much certainly not less than SO,
000, 900; probably, according 10 the
Paymaster-General, more than $780,
600, 00U. 1t is sheer outra geous dema-
gogisin, without the shadow of iustisi-
cation. The bill has three times al
ready been killed in the Senate. and
as often as Congress has taken it up
the whole country has exclaimed at IFS
enormity and exposed the fallacies up
on which it is based. We put the re-
sponsibility of its passage now upon
the clamorous Democratic pretenders
in the House who are filling the land |
with cries of Economy" Ii was not |
passed as h party measure; both sides !
Were fully represented Oh the final |
vote; but it is the Democrats controll- |
iDgtheHouse who must bear the odium, |
and who furnished the advocates of |
the bill during the debate. We have |
confidence enough in the common
sense of the Senate to believe Gin spite |
of the discouraging experience of last |
year. that it will not pass that body; |
if it should pass, we trust the Presi- |
dent will interpose his veto. Prob |
ably many of those who voted for it |
neither expected nor desired that It |
should become a law. The vote, how |
ever, may prove useful to show the |
country how much faith is TO be placed
in the professions of the Democratic
party, and what sort of an adrninistra-
ton We might expect from politicians
capable OF the stupendous bIunder of
literally giving away n hundred millions
at time like this-N. T. Tribune
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
"HREELEY On TILDEN."

The H'ochter an Erie of Thursday
evening gives what purports TO be
letter from Horace Greeley TO Samuel
J. ridden, dated October 20, 1869, in
wh!c.I hIr. Greeley opens by speaking
IL pliuentary terms of Mr.. Tilden.
After giving about twenty five lines the
iFacIter appeDds the signature, as il
that was al the letter, or at least all
the material part.
The unfaiIness-we will not use so
ugly Il word as dishonesty" this
becomes apparent when it is known
that the extract given is less than one
sixth part OF the letter; that the whole
letter is blistering accusation of par
Tweed 10y which New York was cheat
ed out of It's vote in 1868; and that in
the part omitted by the Wuchter occur
these stiuging passages:
You hold II most responsible and in
fiuential position in the counsels of
great party You could make that
partv content itself NTH polling legal
uote5 II you only ,OOuld In our late
Constitutional Convention | tried to
er e. some fresh barriers against cleo
ton frauds. Did your The very little
that | was enabled TO effect in this di-
rection | shall try 10 have ratified by
the people at oure Dsuing election. Will
you! Mr. Tilden, you cannot escape
responsibility by saying, with theguilty
Macbeth:
Thou cans; not not say did IL: never shake
Those CORY locks at me-"
for YoU WIRE AT LEAST A PASSIVE AZ
CoMPIICE N THE GIANT FRAUDS OF
LAST NOVEMBER
Your name was used without public
protest on your part, in circulars SOW
ed broadcast over the State. whereof
the manifest intent was to make as
surauce douoiy sure" that the frauds
here perpetrated should not be over
borne by the honest vote cf rural dis
trictS. AHG gOa. not merely by silence,
tat by POsttr. assumption. hare c0rer-
cd those .frGlCis tciN the mantle of gouy
yeSPectG5dig-
On tIie principal thu. .'llir receiver
is as la / az The f. YoU ARE As
DEEPLY IMPLICATED IL THIN TO DAY
As THOUGH YOUR NAMK WAS TWEED,
O'BRIEN, OK OAKEY HALL.
Why did the WGciteT give an extract
which had little To do with the real
purport Of the letter and omit the re-
mainder, which told the whole damn
ing story7 Was it done with intent
to deceive ?'-Herald.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

road a little distance west of North East
Penn. and in consequence the special
New York Express was thrown from the
track and badly wrecked. The engine.
mail two baggage, and four passenger
coaches were thrown down. Two pas
sencers who We're badly injured died the
same day. Three sleeping coaches IN
the rear never left the track. The en-
ginecr felt his engine jump off the rails.
and instantly applied the air-bTakes. In
4 second more the engine and tender
turned over down the side of the bank
Marvellous to relate. the engineer and
fireman escaped withOutl scratch. The
mail car. with ten clerks inside. was
thrown on is side sixty feet from the
track. bJ, no one injured. In the pas
seuCcT cars We're about 100 passengers,
nearly all asleep Before they knew
wh-t Was up. AL was over. The Miller
platform held The cars firmly. else they
would have divided and there would
have boon torr:hle loss Of life Besides
miSPiacInG the rail. the 1icnds turned
switch 80 - % make the dcS rUction
cunpie.c. The. object was evidently to
rob lAe express safe which contained
about $25e}t00 IL money, which with the
TicEin"s from passengers. would have
made an immense haul Detectives are
on their trIl,.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

THE Democracy of this District met
in Congressional Convention. at Clyde,
on Tuesday last, and nominated John
IL. Hudson, Of SandusHy city, as :!Icir
candidate for Congress. Mr. hudson
has represented the Sandusky District
in the State Senate one term, aid is
now serving the second. While pleas
ant and genial gentleman. lee Is neither
remarkable for good Judgment, or en
inent legislative ability. His most no
table actions in the Senate consist of
supporting the famous Potter Bal. 20
obnoxious 10 The people of Toledo, and
which was designed tO place that city
AT the mercy OF Dan Secur and other
corrupt speculatOIs, aiding tine Wood
county iniquity, &c., while he has
specially endeared himself to the tax
payers of Erie by supporting IL bill TO
allow the County Commissioner of that
county TO build jail Oh lock-u up on
Kelley's Island. Other townships or
corporations have TO supply their own
lock ups, but Kelley's Island is to be
specially favored at the expense of the
rest of the county. If lie had been in
the present Congress he would have
been rs wax in the hands Q: tls Con
federates.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
TILDEN'S "barl of money.n

TLDEN's "barl of money" is being
used Just now on Democratic editors
through New York advertising agency
at the rate of five pufTs for four dol
lars. The IrOnton Democrat stood
that thing until human nature could
stand it no longer, and then its editor
expresses his outraged feelings rhnsly:
1--WE repel your advances. Tilden
seeks to buy his way to the Presiden-
tial chair with money stolen from the
masses of the people, and in the advo-
cacy of doctrines which enrich the
few and impoverish the many, he
hopes to be elected. He is fraud on
the people, and this SO called reform
measures is sham. New York and
New England have bled the South and
West long enough"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
Ditch Notice.
AUDITORS OFFICE, HANCOCK CO.. a.,
FINDLAY August 40, 1876. \

AUDITORS OFFICE, HANCOCK Co.. a.,
FISDLAY, August 40, 1876.
whereas II petition signed by J. NJ. Moore
head and others, has been filed with the Au-
diIor of said County, praying for ihe widen
Ing and deepening of the j. NJ. MOorehcad
Ditch, drain or water course, on the follow
ing line. tO-wit:
Commencing about forty (f0l rods north Of
the southeast corner of the northwest quarter
Of section seventeen(l7,) in township one ~
north range tenQG)eHst.In Liberty township;
trcnce west through said nOTthwe-J quarter
Of said section; thence little southwest
through the south half of section eighteen
nSl, To the township line between Liberty
and blanchard townships; thence north
westerly through the southeast quarter OF
section thntecn (i3l, TOWNSHIP, one u), north
range zine (g) east, and there tnJerSect the
Fry Ditch, in the Northwest quarter of said
section ti:l, and thence following said Fry
uitcn to the blanchard River, and there
terminate
rri- Is tn notify all persons interested that
the said Vetiti"n will he up for hearing at
lh. AUDITORS Office. in Findlay, on SatnId'y,
iHC oh day OF september, 1876, at 10 o'clock
=. ".
iiaI O. =. MOSHER. County Auditor.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
TILDEN AND TAXATION.

The State tax o New York was in
1871. under 2 Republican Governor.
IS, 727. sS2, CS. - 1875. tie second
year Of Governor TiIdeu's a;ruiDstra-
ton. i. : $, ,1SS 5f2, S. H. i a
saving Of 81, SIS. $40 =, or very nearly
half The whole amaurt--rP Pam Dcqi-
sr7
The STATE taxes Tor New York are
divided lnto Jwc Glasses those lc- tile
payment OF GeGts, and chose for tile
genera! running expenses OF tie
STATE. The first class embraces the
taZ for the BOUNTY Debt. for the Can
e; D-bc. Tor Canal Awards (which
constitute s. a debt. hein. the amount
awarded 10y The Coui. cf Canal Ar
praisers for damages 70 property owners
by the sctIon or the state. a.i for De-
iicirncy from the previous year. None
-. these We're subject 10 tiir discretion
o. the Governor aud Legislature Thev
We're simply debts fixed by law. and
had 20 hc paid The second ciasS EN-
braces i..e tax .ar Schools and iGr
Genera! Purposes Il tie Sta.e govern
meut This is ;ae oU!y Pa:t of Tie tax
subject 10 he discretion o. t!le l5ovvr
nor ana Legislature.
I'll taxes 5o- s;chco's 4IG General
Purposes are r,'.c:!y ~. same 10 1875
~ il: I1T5. -lr- :sJe ~ each year l., % :
three ana o..' -.,;..1s iIi!.s on the d"i
lar and ,,.. ~ -,;,t zach y-;- being
=. ..J,. 81. 50. = TAX over which tiIe
GJy-raG: i.,,> at.v control Is therefore
nGt reduced - ..lt.
I'll. .---e ilr reduction of debt aTa
fixed By XIV and cauHof he controlled
il aHy WY @y ;lie ii"v-rIOT. The tax
a;iou for tent requirements in 1876 was
50, 3,i;77. 5c7.73, that inr 1876 was but
SaSg. 900. s.. I'Tis showed b, saving OF
Sj.5iS. 3U? IL Ti.,; = II say i'll 1873,
a. III previous years, There was collect
cd, under the requirements Of law, the
sam oi s., ;3l::i7. 5Cg So 20 pay OF the debt.
while IN 1876, the debt having been
n,-;:F!y paid OF, ,he whole tax for that
rn: ...;.s.' VS. only S.SJ, 300. 3.
;hI= reduction Oi debt and coiIse-
q;.u'iy o: future TAXATION took place
uCier a Republican Administration.
and not Il dolce Of tie r9,!uc:ina OF
taxation Is ,.ue tO Governor Tiilen.
Furthermore, the Democratic admins
tri;iinn % i'ie Stale .iEuu"cS began
January Isl. iGGS, nui ended Jauu:;Ty
j., 1872. Daring HAT period lie tiebt
wa, -c,iueei =, iJ. !tiCa The r..
pIiJllc..n administration extended from
January ist, 1872 10 January !St, 1876.
DsiIg that period lie debt was re
ducej 5is, S5l, 773.5G. Thus tlie Re
pnb.io&.is in four years reduced the
debt nearly four times ~ mach - Tie
Democrats IN t1c SiiEie len gJh o. time
--HerG!d
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
DE4TW OF SPEiHEE EEII,

DEATH of .SPEAHEE KEiiH.
Michael C. Kerr, speaker OF tine
House OF Representatives, whose long,
and painful illness terminated on Sat
urday evening last, by his death, had
been member of Congress for eight
years, and served throughout with dis
tinction. He enjoyed a fair reputation
and only the charge OF Ilarney that he
sold a cadetship has appeared against
him. From this the committee after
full investigation, exonerated him.
Indeed, it seems scarcely possible that
for SO paltry sum lac would have risk
ed his reputation He was born near
Titusville, Peuna., in 1927, and work.
ed on his fathers farm till the age of
IS, when he taugiIt school for IL time,
afterwards moving to Kentucky, where
he graduated from the law school in
1857, He commenced the practice of
law at New Albany, Indiana, gained II
good practice, entered the political
arena, and : was chosen sUcccssively
City Attorney, Prosecuting Attorney,
Member of the Legislature, and Su-
preme Court Reporter. AID subsequent
Iy he was chosen to Congress ah,l serv-
ed six years. After an interval Of two
years he was elected to the present
Congress, of which he was chosen
speaker
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
A SPECIMEN Of the blunderin.

A sPBCIMEN of the laundering of the
Democratic House is given in the fact
of the abolition of the mission TO Switz
erland, and making appropriation only
for a Charged Affairs, Switzerland is
the oldest Republic in the would, and
it would seem that sympathy for the
form of government upon which our
own is based should have prevented
such an indignity. But the Democrat
ic House wanted TO economize, and it
carried its economy so far as to direct
the Secretary of State TO notify diplo-
matte and consular officers whose sal
aries had not been provided in the ap-
preparation bill TO close their offices, a
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

DoN'T be misled by any apparent
economy Oh the part of the Democra-
cy. 1t is only superficial, not real
Their hewiDg and slashing at tine ap
preparation bill was all for show and
not for reality. The public service will
be greatly hindered in some branches
by the senseless manner liz which e1-
penses were cut down, and in other
branches large deficiency bills will have
to supply, at the beginning of next Con
grfss, what should have been accorded
now. But efficiency was not what
they were after. They looked to man
ufacture political capital for the pres
ent campaign, and if successful they
would be excused by victory, no matter
how they might have crippled the ser
vice
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
EslnhIishcd isaa
American and Foreign Patents.


GiLAOt.E Il CO., Successors to CIIIPMAN,
Hos Ek X Co., Solicitors. Patents ptocur, q
ia ali countries. No FEES IN ADVANCE. No
eh;iiEe unless the patent is granted. No fees
Tor making preliminary eXami nations. No
additional fees for obtaining and conduct iI.s.
a Tehearing. special attention giveI, t. IN
reference Gases beft re tb.. Patent Office. FN-
tensions before Congress infringement SUITS
IN different States, and all litigation apEvr-
tanning to Invent ions OF Patents SKNp~TANf
To GiLNoRs x co. FOR FIAMPHLET OF sINrN
PAGES.
old Bounty Land Warrants
The last Report of the Commissioners of
the General Land Office shows :, Ok acres
OF Bounty LandWarTants outstanding These
Were iSSi!ed under Eci of ISlb and prior acts.
Gil.NOtSE * 60. pay cash for them send
by registered letter. where Assignments are
imperfect We give Instructions 10 perfect
thtpi.
United STATES General Land 0fiice.
Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the
United States General Land Uiiice and De-
partment of the Interior Private Land
CiailnS, MINING ami PRE-ENPIIOS Ci'tims
and HOMESTEAD Cases attended 10.
Arrears of Pay and Boan:y.
OFFICEIls SOLDIERS. ana sAILoKs al The
late war. or their heirs, ure N IiiHfy cases
entitled 10 money frGm TN" Government Of
which they haV" no ki.c,, :, d>r. wi q 'uit
hi-toTy OF ScrV icC, ami St.t.t uIuuHtul pf 10y
and bounty received knelnS, stamp "a GlL-
MORE X CO., and a full reply. after examin-
alton, Will be given you iree.
Pensions.
All OFFICEIsS. SOLDIERS. aUa SAILORS
wOuudCC, or il jureti In the !5ie " AZ. however
slightly. can OBTAIN "a pension 10y addressing
GILMORE & 90
Cases prosecuted 10y GILMORE. X 60. he
fore the Supreme Courts Of Tire United =;tutvS
the Court of Claims and the Southern Claims
Commission.
Each department of our business L, oon-
Quoted in separate bureau, under the charge
OF tine same experienced partiss employ ed
by the old firm. Prompt attention TO all
business entrusted To GILMORE Il CO. il
thus secured. We desire to WIZ success by
deserving it.
Address GILMORE & CO.,
WAsIII NGToN, u. &.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
IN FOR 1T.

Sammy J. Tilden, the war chief of
the Tammany ring, dispoiler of rail
roads, &C., has another account 20
answer. No one disputes the state
ment that he was the attorney for the
Credit Mobilier Company. 1t was on
his assurance that it was all right, in
fact, that the company was organized.
He was also a stockholder. The books
of the company show that they paid
him S25. 900, and the check upon
which that amount WIS paid to him
has beer found and is in safe keeping.
1t is time now for Tilden to rise and
explain what the said S25, 600 was for,
unless it was for dividends. Ben But
Ter, the other counsel only received
5000. Sammy rise up.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

SOMETHING for Il Republican voter
to naste in his hat. MIR. BayIcss W.
Hanna is leading Democratic lawyer
of Indiana. He is Attorney of the st.
Louis, Alton and Terre IIaute Railroad
Company, which is now suing Mr..
Tilden for the recovery OF large
amount of bonds, which Mr.. Tilden
and others, as trustees, embeZzled. Mr..
Hanna said about the Goth of June
last II kHOI0 that Sam Iilde.9 took
tie bonds, I kROsc that lee did not ac-
count for them, knOIo that he sunk
them into his pocket.
Read these words To the first Demo
crat who comes howling around you
about ''Tilden and Reform, and ask
him 10 explain them.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

THE Greenbackers are expressing
their opinions freely that Sam Cary is
more than they bargained for and
than they will put up with. Hints are
freely given him to step down and out.
The National Labor Council, which
met in Washington last week, adopted
Il resolution that "Hon. s. F. Carey is
too heavy a weight to allow of success
being attained. That IS rough. For the
Greenbackers to suggest doubts of the
genuineness Of Carey's Greenbackism
is bad enough, but for the workirgmen
TO insinuate that the Horny Handed is
but a bogus workingman is carrying
scepticism to extremes.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25
4 BOTTOM FACT IL THE SOUTHERN
QUESTION.

Under this head the New York Her
ali says:
Ii is well to remember when We are
told that the negroes are mean, vicious.
given 10 plunder and rapine, and only
TO be kept in subsection 10y the sword
that during the rebellion the white
masters were, as n general thing. at
the war, and the safety of their homes
was committed to their negroes. The
history of war which was for their
freedom has no instance OF their be-
traying the domestic ;iust reposed in
them by the whites. They are really
a docil, affectionate race. as is shown
by the patience with which they bore
centuries of slavery and wrong.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

The Commission to investigate the
silver question during the recess, with
Instructions to report in the eally part
OF next session of Congress, has been
authorized. The Commission is to be
composed of three members of the
Senate, three of the House, and three
experts chosen by those six. The Sen
ate members are, Jones, of Nevada,
Boutwell,. of Massachusetts, and Bogy,
of Missouri The House members are
Gibson, of Louisiana, Bland, of Miss
ouri, and Willard, of Michigan. The
selection of the three experts VIII be a
matter of serious importnnce.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

TXIrCH must have realized the truth
Of the adsge ''aI things comes TO him
who waits. on Saturday last :He las
''sat up" for the Democratic nom
nation for Sheriff for ten year, past,
and alas Ike q ripened ample it has
dropped into his lap. But what if
that should be all there was OF il,
Tritch after so long a wait.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

The editor OF the Van Werl Times is
TO be pitied for has ignorance. He cop
ie- from rhe Cincinnati EHquireT, and
prints on the editorial page Of the
Times, this week, the following:
Governor Hayes signed the bill IN
creasing the fees and cInCiuments Oi
Ohio officials -. 900, 600 per annuIH III
the aggregate. Such n.an may he
anxious fOr reform. but he gives Us 40
promise o. retrenc.I---nt-
l. there Justice III the Peace. C,a
stable. or any wooden headed Iooi i'll
the country who can read, who does
not know that the Governor Of ONO
does not sign the laws they sre not
submitted TO him; he has nothing TO
do with their Pa>sag. and cannot veto
them after they are passed. Every
man Of intelligence in the State knows
that the laws OF ohio are sisred by the
Speaker Of the House and The presi
dent Of the Senate, and by no other
person. And every Intelligent man
knows that every letter and speech Of
GOV. HAYES, on public aiIai!s recon
mends economy and prudence in the
management of State and loc.ll rxpen-
ditures. Yam Vert Bullctine.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

REFORM" of the Tilden and Hen
bricks order has manifested itself in
South Carolina, where the Democracy
have nominated Gen. Wade Hampton
for Governor. He was the leader of
the Confederaet ''Hampton's Legion, +"
of Cavalry. How do you like such
Democratic "Reforrn.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

a FEW minutes search among the
rebel records saved the government
$50, 900 recently, a fellow named De
Haven having claimed that amount fer
the loss of a vessel during the war,
and sworn 20 bis loyalty. \ favorable
report was about being made when the
fortunate search revealed the fact that
Mr. DeHaven had sold the vessel 70
the rebels.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

4 GOOD exponent OF the cardinal
principles of Democracy is General
Wade Hampton, the Democratic can
didate for Governor of South Carolina.
In 1868 he said: 81 yield TO none in
devotion to that Lost Cause for which
We fought. Never shall / admit that
the cause itself failed, and that the
principles which gave it life Were,
therefore, wrong. Never shall brand
the men who upheld it so nobly as
''Tebels" or traitors"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-08-25

whites engaged in the Hamburg mas
sacre, 'have done deed as detestable
i'm It's atrocity as many OF the murders
committed 10y the half savage Turkish
soldiery."