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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Nevada gives a hint in criminal
law to older States. Her Legislature
having directed that wife beating
should 6e punished by public fog
ging, whipping posts forthis purpose
have been erected, and even the sight
of them is said to have had a whole
some effect on the people they are de-
signed for. We do not hold that the
hard Hebrew rule of an eve for an
eye, a tooth for a tooth, should be
restored in modern times; but that
wife heaters deserve in turn to be
soundly beaten few will deny. 1t this
whipping post is a specially fit pun
ishment for any crimes, it is fol
crimes of cruelty toward the weak.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
GREENv1LLE, O., Dec. II, IT

GREENVILLE, w., Lee. IL, ~.
Messrs. j. II. Zoos, j. r. Campbell,
and the other members of the Bar
of Pre6le County, Ohio:
Your letter of the 18th inst. re-
ceived, requesting me to accept the
office of Common Pleas Judge of this
District. Twill accept the position
you have so kindly rendered me, if
it is the will of the people and the
other members of the Bar of this Dis
trict, and if elected at the April cleo
ton, will serve another term. 1 do
SO more readily because of the com
t~plimentary manner you have without
distinction of party so unanimously
chosen to present my name. No
higher compliment can be paid a ju
dicial officer than the undivided ap-
prevail of the members of your learn
ed profession, who, by reason ofthat
relation as members of the Court,
know more than others of his fitness
for the discharge of the responsible
tiles thereof. Permit me to tender
you my sincere thanks for your par
TALLY in %preferring me to the many
other worthy members of the Bar in
the District.
Hoping that you will never have
occasion to regret your choice, and
that by an impartial administration
of justice I may retain your conf
dence and that of the people in the
future as in the past, I will feel fully
rewarded for all the labor and sacri-
fee may make. Iagain thank you
for this unsolicited favor.
l am your obedient servant.
d. L. MEEKER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The men who counted in Mr.
Hayes are becoming more thorough
-ly Disguised with him every day.
They have hitherto been content.to
give him vague limitations that his
remarkable course was not meeting
with their approval, and the tim e for
more vigorous measures seems to
have arrived. Mr.. Hayes, it is true,
is trying to carry out the principles
contained in the Republican nation
al platform and his letter of accept
ance. But this does not suit the
managers. They were willing to
make promises in plenty, but when it
comes to keeping them that is q diff
ferent thing. Hence the war on Mr..
Hayes. We are not surprised at the
state of affairs. Crime frequently
overreaches itself. The men who
stole the Presidency are now being
treated to Dead Sea fruit. They VIC.
lated all law to secure their ends
they have dust for a reward. Jus.
tice is sure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

New Orleans Picayune; Kellogg
has deliberately sold himself for a
brief and p%recarious tenure ofa posi-
tion which forces his ignominy upon
the public attention, and which offers
him only the temporary temptation
of the thief. 1t is a disgusting but
a curious task to trace the probable
future of such a man. Indignation
meetings will be held throughout the
State which lie claims to represent;
black and white will unite to de.
uounce and repudiate him; the Leg.
~islature recognized by the Supreme
Court of the State, and by the Pres
ident ofthe Union, will either ignore
his claims or request his resignation
but he will hold on until finally un,
seated by a conclusive vote in the
Senate itself. He will then retire
with the pickings and stealings o.
fifteen years and the contempt Of the
universe, into the depths of an infa
my to which the verdict of the world
has already consigned him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Probably the most ;mprudent nro

Probably the most imprudent pro-
position ever submitted by a corpor-
alton to a sovereign power is that
made by the Pacific Railroad Com
panies to the United States Govern
ment. They propose to give back
lands, upon which they have, with,
out authority of law, placed a mort
gage for $10,O00,O 900. to the Govern.
ment in lieu of money they owe.
The lands are not worth the amount
for which they are mortgaged. But
what makes the impudencc of the
offer still more delicious is that the
Government already holds a first
mortgage on the same lands as secu,
rity for repayment by the companies
of money advanced.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Dec. 10, 1877.

WHEREAS, We learn that the Bar
of our County has recommended
Judge D. [. MEEKER, of Greenville,
Ohio, 1.-THE present incumbent, as a
candidate for the same position for
another term, and believing that
such a Recommendation is a wise and
judicious one and the wish and will
of a large majority of the people, in
behalf of our constituents, we, the
Democratic Central Committee OF
Preble County, Ohio, do hereby ap-
prove and adopt the suggestion and
recommendation of the Bar, and hope
the other Counties of the Judicial
District will concur.
". C. NJ. BROOKINS, Chm.
n. L.. HOLT, Sec'y.
E. H. Allison, J. T. Holmes, ]. R
Beatty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The Toledo Democrat says, "the
Democrats have secured full power
in the State Government, and it is
perfectly right and proper that they
should have persons in charge of all
the institutions of the State, in sym.
pathy with the party responsible fol
their management, and IS the Re.
%publicans, legislated all Democrats
whome they could reach, out of office,
we beg our fiery opponents to calm
their pertubed feelings like men, fol
the Democrats will make all those
opposed to their party who have held
office in the State institutions until
they imagine that they own them,
walk the plank"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Gov. Bishop has appointed our
friend Hon. G. H. EDISON, one of his
Aids with the rank of Colonel, and
we are informed that Mr.. EDISON has
accepted this graceful and honorable
tribute to his sterling worth as a
man. 1t is another evidence of Gov.
BIsHoPs good sense and Judgment,
when he calls for aids, men of strong
common sense, rare business qualifi-
cations and genial good qualities
generally. We congratulate both
Gov. Bishop and Col. EDISON.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
NO ONE 10 LOVE HIM.

Through all the eight years of his
corrupt, perverse, and often besotted
administration of public affairs. Gen.
GRANT had a strong personal follow
ing. He drew around him men of
congenial character, who stood by
him through thick and thin, as faith
full to his interests as he was to theirs.
GRANTS friends are constant even
now when he has gone out of power.
Bad as most of his chosen compan-
ions were and are, there is a certain
responsibility in the s~teadfastness Of
attachment.
+ What personal following has the
man who sleeps in GRANTS old bed
in the White House? When HAYES
moved himself and his belongings to
Washington he brought no friends;
he has made none since he came.
He has hunted for them from Con-
way to Chattanooga, fished for them
with hand shakings, fattery, and
smiles, and tried to buy them with
patronage. If ever a man in a con-
spicuous public position threw Lis
bosom wide open to the world and
pleaded for love, it is HAYES; yet no
body loves him.
The Cabinet is made up oflawyers
: who look upon HAYES as a client tc
be protected ia the possession Of
property not lawfully his. In the
Senate, there is not a Republican tt
defend him against the personal at
tack of a disreputable carpet.bagger
In the House, members of his owl
: party sneer at him openly, while TIN
|, Democrats use him for their purpos
es, without yielding in return evel
the cheap recompense of personal es
TEEN. 1t is q dreary stretch of de
sert land that lies before HAYES 70
the next three years, where h
+ thought that his way would fal
! through pleasant and fertile places.
1t is not merely because HAYE'
personal character is colorless an
commonplace that he has no friends
He does not even attract and attac
= persons who are as weak and con
monplace as himself. The LONELINESS
of his life in the midst of officis
It courtesies and ceremonies of form
IS an encouraging sign of the time
1t shows that though men may shr
their eyes to the brand of Frau'
, they shut their hearts at the SAN
g time to the wearer of the brand.-l
Y, Sun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Six years ago the Senate of the
United States was Republican by a
majority Of just fifty. In a single
Senatorial term this majority has
melted down to two, counting with
the Republicans SHARON, who is new
er in his seat. PATTERSON, who be.
longs in the penitentiary, and Conc.
YER, who puts his vote where it will
do himself the most good. The de.
cline Of Republican power has been
sudden and startling; but it is moi
hard to explain. Grantism die
much of it, and HAYES and Fraud
are rapidly doing the rest.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

A Washington correspondent
says:-"A leading Republican Sena.
tor whose name l am not at liberty
to quote, says tonight: "Within
two weeks after Congress assemblies
following the holiday recess Hayes
will either make terms with the Re-
publicans who antagonize him or he
will be forced to make his bed in the
Democratic camp, We are done
with triffing; we must either say to
the Democrats take this man, whome
we repudiate in Office as yours, or
force us to abandon him, whome you
said before he was inaugurated that
he was a fraud and whome you still
believe to be one, but use him for
the selfish purpose of gratifying
your own desire for office. We re-
pudiate him. If you want him, take
him and be responsible for his acts"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
ANNOUNCEMENT.
E. G. LUDLOW, Dentist,

WOULD to the citizens of
w Eaton and surrounding country
that he has permanently located in Ea-
ton, and would say to all who are real
lv DESTROYS of obtaining first-class work
at reasonable prices are respectfully in
vited to call and see him. He has for
several years been engaged in success
full practice of Dentistry in the city of
Cincinnati and
Challenges Competition.
All who have failed in receiving full
satisfaction FROM ANY CAUSE, are espe-
cially requested to call. Teeth extract
ed without pain by the use of pure
LIQUID Nitrous Oxiede or Laughing
Gas.
OFFICE-No. los Barron ST., a few
doors north of Main.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Ex-Judge Black, n of the law
.vers in the Vanderbilt will case,
claimed, in answer to a question by
Surrogate Calvin, that Commodore
Vanderbilt's whole life indicated an
unbalanced mind, peculiarly suscep-
tible to undue influence. The pas
sion for accumulating property was
in him a mania, which dwarfed all
moral sentiment and all other intel
lectual faculties.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The Philadelphia baby show has
ended in vexation of spirit to the
mothers and their cherubs, as did
the shows in New York, Brooklyn,
and Baltimore. One of the partners
a away and the other is in despair.
There remain no reward for the moth
r and no prizes for the babies.
The managers have lost money.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

It's there a hell2' That is the
question now agitating such minds
as BEEcHER, MERRIAM, and other
diyines, who want to go back on
their old hell-ire doctrine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

After the meeting of the Ohio Leg
islature, and the offices are all par
celed out and United States Sena-
tor chosen, we may possibly be in a
proper condition to take up and dis
cuss Bro. BEEoHER's proposition
4Is there a hell" and show if there is
not one there ought to be.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

One by one and score by score, the
banks and business firms all over the
West totter and fall. The losses at
the banks are generally the laboring
mans hard earned savings. John
Sherman's policy is scattering fiuan-
cial ruin, death to his party, and
starvation to the laborer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

One of the two things should be
done with that Washington monu-
ment at the Capital: 1t should eth
er be completed or demolished. In
its half finished condition it is an
eyesore fnot a scandal upon our pa.
triotism. Its completion, after all
that has been done upon it, is desir.
able, and it is to be hoped that the
fresh efforts to this end now making
in Washington will result successful
ly. By act Of Congress, ,in 1876, a
commission was empowered to sup.
erintend the work, and the Monu.
ment Society now ask for another re.
solution authorizing it to go on
building without delay. RI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

.H
The Pittsburg Post thus discusses
upon the subject of our political lep-
rosy:-"There can be no doubt that
the root of the disease is money, and
what money will buy. Nor need
there be much, if any doubt that
money will purchase almost every
thing on earth, from a presidency to
a penny whistle, if it be placed, del
icately, where it will do the most
good. This being the case what is
the remedy for the gigantic evils I'M
der which our country, and nearly
every other. civilized land is laboring
and suffering? Homeopathic in a
certain sense it must be. The pulse
must be reduced, and toned down
by doses of small salaries, in lieu OF
the plethoric perquisites and big sal.
aries which have made officers of all
kinds of corporations sleek and sau.
cy, and grasping. There is no other
possible remedy. Offices, in place Of
being the most desirable of earthly
possessions, as they r now, must
be made undesirable, pecuniarily
and the power now so shamelessly
exercised of robbing the people by
their servants, whether in municipal
or chartered corporations, must b,
taken away, absolutely. Let us hav,
peace. "Honest, substantial Demo
cratic Legislation can do much. LIE
it come"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The New York Tribune says. Re.
publican supremacy in the Senate
has vanished. There will be many
a hot struggle, and the Republicans
will retain, for some time at least
their organization, the control Of
committees, a bare majority upon
many partizan questions. But they
have been rudely awakened to the
fact that their unquestioned and
complete mastery has departed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

We are informed that there will
be some lively work soon in regard
to ascertaining if some large institu-
tions have bottom, and if SO, how far
down it is. Wait and watch.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The preachers generally sustain
President Hayes, while the politi-
clans generally oppose him. The in
ference from this is hat so far as
this world goes his administration
will not prove very successful.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The laws of the United States pro.
vide that the Legislature shall com
mence voting for U. S. Senator on
the third Tuesday in January which
will be the 18th, the day after the in
a~uguration of Governor Bishop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

New York Sun: Mr.. HAYES hay
ing lost his hold on the party that
ran him for President, he is row try
ing to recruit a party among those
who believe he was not elected.
This is a great deal worse dilemma
than ever JOHN TYLER or ANDREW
JOHNSON got into.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, is en-
titled now to pay from March, 1873.
which will give him nearly $4,000
in a lump, being the largest sum ev.
er drawn by a Senator at one time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The editor of the Kokomo, (Ind.)
Tribune, although a red hot Repub-
lican, thus bluntly shows how the
bloated bondholders have gradually
environed the people into their
meshes:-"Previous to the demone-
tization of silver in 1878, gold and sill
yer were equally legal-tender in pay
ment of debts, public and private.
Not a bond was ever issued, which,
on its face, OF by the act authorizing
it, was payable in gold. The term
used was "%coin," just as gold was.
To. prevent any possible misunder.
standing, in 1870, Congress passed
an act making all bonds to be issued
thereafter redeemable in coin of the
standard value of the United States
at that time, July 18th. The stand
ard dollar at that time was silver o.
the weight of4124 grains, nineteenth
pure silver; or gold of the weight o
Is $40 grains, nine-tenths pure gold
If any poor, credulous bondholder
at home-o OF abroad, caught the ide,
that his bonds were payable in golt
only, it must have been because b
couldn't read. Silver was demone
tized by a trick directed by Shylocks
| No newspaper in America, no Law
maker in Congress or any State Leg
| islature asked for the passage of sue
: a law and only a few tricksters kne'
!, such a law had passed until man
!, , months thereafter. These are fact
: that ire true beyond any question
No man doubts one of them. An
i vet we are told it is dishonest to as
L bondholders to receive silver in pa,
y ment of their bonds. The truth i
M
n it is dishonest, it is villainous, to as
the people to pay in gold. The ives
ern newspaper that hasn't learne
the facts stated and don't know tn
the people of the west understar
their business, is blind from one
two causes: 1t is corruptly paid
it belongs to the class of western to
v dyists who believe all the intelligen,
of the country is embodied in IL
money lenders of the east, that ives
tern clodhoppers and tradesmen ha'
no rights that blue-bellied Yanki
= are bound to respect"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
THE s~tatistics. as published in the

The statistics, as published in the
New York Times, say that the color
ed people throughout the entire
South, and even,in Washington City
and Baltimore where they r most
ly employed as servants in families,
Are dying as compared with the
whites, in the ratio of four 10 one.
This foretells the utter extinction of
the American race, and is but anoth-
er proof that tie party which claims
to have struck the chains of slavery
from their limbs and then madesno
provisions for their future welfare,
were the worst enemies-ignorantly
so--the blacks ever had. As we'll
might we expect that 100000 Of
white children, ranging from six to
ten years of age, could procure their
living and provide for, their own
health and safety, were they turned
loose upon the world, without guard.
ians or protectors, as to expect that
the 1000. 900 of colored men, wo,ner
and children, liberated by Mr.. Lin
coins proclamation, could. Tht
brightest page upon the future o
American history will be that upor
which is recorded the fact that Their,
is not a single slave on this cont
%nent; and the darkest page will b
that upon which is written the fac
that after they were liberated the,
were permitted to die from destitu
ton and want.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Pittsburg Post (Dem): The PEG,
pie can expect nothing from this AID,
ministration for the present but a
continuance in the policy of the
Wall-street wreckers and sharks
but before a year elapses Mr.. Hayes
will dance to different music.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The policy of John Sherman and
the Republican party to "resume' in
1879, has forced the price of hogs
down to 1850. The democrats have
nothing to do with it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Senator Patterson will go to South
Carolina during the holidays to give
bail for his appearance at the Feb
uary term of court.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
1855 AND 1877.

The shareholders of 1856 demand
cd everything and in 1865 lost all.
The bond holders in 1869 demanded
their pound of flesh, and in 1880 will
lose Doth flesh and blood. Let tine
good fight go >on.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

L. G. GouLn. Esq, editor of the
Eaton Democrat, will be a candidate
for the position of Sergeant-at-Arms
of the lower branch of the Legisla-
ture. Mr.. Gould is entitled to the
place if long, faithful and arduous
services together with ability to fill
the Office satisfactorily, count with
the members of the House. His ap-
pointment would be very agreeable
to the Democratic press of the State.
Piqua Democrat.
Thank you Bros. Smiley, for the
above very iattering and kind no.
tice. Should we not succeed, we
have the satisfaction of knowing that
a very large portion of the leading
Democratic journals of Ohio endors.
ed as.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Hon. Henry L. Pierce, who was
elected Mayor of Boston, is Repub-
lican who voted in Congress against
giving the vote of Louisiana tc
Hayes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Col. DoREN, of the Dayton Demo
crat, has been provided for. He has
a "posishn in the Congressional Ii
brary, at Washington, D.. C.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
Senator DAN VOORHEES, in his frs

Senator DAN VOORHEES, in his first
speech in the o.. S. Senate explained
and defended the attitude of the
Democrats towards the Administra-
ton, stating, in a striking and ad-
mirable way, the ground that we
have taken from the first. II is no
part of the Democratic programme
to make Fictitious opposition to the
President. The good of the country
is of more account than the ascend
ency or success of a party. The
President belongs to the Republicans,
and having resorted to the most
questionable and dishonest means to
secure him, they must make the best
of him and be responsible for his
acts. Democrats will not be roped
into any argument or enticed into
any bargain by which they are to be-
come sponsors Tor the PRESIDENT or
his acts. But, on the other hand,
they will not join in the quarrels Of
Republican factions. They must
settle their own disputes as best they
can, or leave them unsettled.
When the President makes a good
appointment the. Democrats will con
firm it, and will oppose any appoint.
ment they regard as improper or Diet
rimental to the public interest. In
a word, the Democratic party in Con.
gress plants itself fairly and square.
ly on. the high ground of national in.
terest and obligation. 1t will stand
by the welfare and honor of the
country. This is the truly patriotic
position, and the oae that will com
mand public approval. And Mr.
Voorhees, deserves credit for stating
it so strongly and well.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Ex-Governor Rufus F. Bullock, OF
Georgia, is on his trial for "cheating
and swindling" during his tenure OF
office.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

DAN VOORHEES, is preparing 'sil-
yer sermon to be delivered at the
re-assemBling of Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

The Sunday Enquirer is the bull
liest newspaper we V e read. 1t is
worth % cents a copy. Fact.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Boston Advertiser (Rep.): The
carpet. bag element in Southern pol
itics has done us nothing but evil.
Thank heaven, its days are number
edt l. is well that the feeble rem
nants of it in the Senate should be
shown up to the country in all its
baseness and ingratitude.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27

Only two weeks more and We will
know who will be the United States
Senator from Ohio. Don't worry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-12-27
To the Hon. D. L. Meeker:


Having learned that your term of
office as Judge of this District ex-
pires next spring, and having conf
dence in your ability, integrity and
honesty, we, the undersigned, mem
bers Of the Bar of Preble County,
Ohio, upon the condition that you
will accept another term, recommend
that your name be placed upon the
ticket without the formalities of a
convention, the people of this and
the other counties of the District
concurring. We also suggest that
they may take the necessary steps to
carry out the wishes of the people in
this respect.