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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The compulsory education bill has
passed one branch Of the Ohio Leg
islature. Now the McConnellsville
ordinance; that regulates our drink,
ing; then we should have one to reg
ulate u eating and one to compel
US TO attend church on the seventh
day, and this Republican Legisla-
ture would fill its mission and could
then adjourn.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The report of the Democratic Com
mittee who visited New Orleans at
the request of Mr.. Hewitt to watch
the Returning Board. has been pre-
pared. 1t is very volumipous, the af-
fdavits and dispositions alone max
ing, it is said, about 5000 pages of
foolscap. The committee deny that
there was intimidation by the Demo-
Gratis in Louisiana, and say the Re
turning Board in its manipulation of
the vote exceeded its legal power.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

A re%-counting of the vote of the
State of Florida was made, according
to the decision of the Supreme Court
The canvass was gone into, and all
the returns found to be regular were
counted, and footed up to 24,434 fol
the Tilden electors and 24,340 fol
the Hayes electors. Thus giving
the State to TILDES by ninety-ffou,
majority! The Commission will dc
the same thing and declare Mr.. TIL.
DEN President.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Petitions from fourteen States and
bearing nearly 1000 signatures have
been received by the National Wo-
mans Suffrage Association, asking
for a sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States pro-
hibiting any State from disfranchis-
ing United States citizens on account
CT sex.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

We do not blame the extreme Re-
publicans for their strenuous opposi-
ton to the electoral count bill, espec-
tally as five members of the Supreme
Court are to form part of the tribunal.
The experience of the Republican
conspirators since the Presidential
election has taught them to fear the
courts OF either high or low degree.
Thus far, in every contest before the
judiciary in either of the contested
States, they have been worsted and
the iniquites of their schemes expos
cd
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

After indorsing and encouraging
violations of the Constitution for ten
years Of the most fragrant character
for party purpose, the Radicals have
all at once become very much incen-
sed at the Supreme Court Commits
sion deciding the Presidential ques-
ton. because it is unconstitutional,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
OUR H~TsToRY-BY DECADES.

1776-The worst penmen in Amer
lea sign the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and the United States is born.
Jenner inyents vaccination, and Gar
rick, Disguised with amateur Hamlets
quits the stage forever.
17S6-Articles of confederation,
treaty with Morocco, Columbia Co..
lege. New York, founded.
1796-Tennessee, natures hoop
pole and tar repository admitted to
the Union. Washington steps down
and out, without any handsome pres
ents or itching fora third term. Su-
san Anthony just getting into society
and smashing male hearts generally.
1S06-Fulton hopes to blow up the
world and invents steamboats,. To-
tai eclipse this year Of the sun and
Aaron Burr. First souphouse in the
world established.
1S16-Indiana admitted to the
Union. Treaty with Algiers. DIR.
Mary Walker first meditates .panta-
looms.
1S26-Adams and Jefferson die.
Sing Sing prison built and stocked
with the great spirits of the age.
English grammar kicks the bucket
in the person of Lindley Murray.
About this time the ''little hatchet'
story was carved out of gossamers.
1S36-Arkansas admitted. Semi
mole war, railways begin to slay their
thousands. The baggage snasher
springs into existence. Anthony no
longer dotes on slate pencils and pick
els, but aspires to %suspenders. Davy
Crockett kills his last 'b'ar."
1646-The sacred order of "AieXi-
can Veterans" is founded. The au,
thor of the Star Spangled Banner
dies and leaves the country weeping
Under the influence Of a new inven.
ton called free lunches, the country
RECEIVERS.
1S56-kansas begins to Ileed; sc
too does Summers head. and Bully
Brooks pays a fine. Baseball and
sewing agents spring lnl(
existence. Mrs. Southworth write:
% red-hot novels.
1S66-Andrew johnson vetoes ev
cry bill except his wash-woman's
Fenianism "goes up and the Allan
tic cable goes down. About this
time Beecher sees Elizabeth quite
frequently and Sergeant Bates hay
ing escaped from the lunatic assy
Hum continues his fagperambulation
1S76-Centennial. One hundred
million acres, all in Philadelphia
Everybody's going, if they walk
Board SIS q day. One biscuit ant
fish BALL $3.50. "Olive Logan" be
comes a Welch Consul. Striped hos
lovely as ever. st. Louis wins thu
baseball championship. Hoop lah
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Gen. Longstreet finds it impossible
to shut his eyes any longer TO the
raseality of the Custom House gang
at New Orleans, and he therefore
puts on his hat and wishes Packard
and Kellogg a very good morning.
AS the honesty, good sense and mod.
Grafton of Gen. Lougstreet have been
for years the especial admiration Of
our Republican contemporaries, we
suppose that his judgement in this
matter is entitled to some respect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

PAcKARD's bogus Legislature in
New Orleans has been gradually Pc
tering out for the last three weeks,
until there is hardly a corporars
guard left of them. The only hope
of keeping the remaing demoralized
darkies together was in Grants or
dering the soldiers to their support,
of which there was really little pros
pect at last advices.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The Democratic party wants the
electoral vote counted in the manner
the constitution prescribes and as
honesty and justice demands. The
Radical leaders oppose this mode OF
doing things, They insist On trick
cry and revolutionary proceedings
that will defeat the will of the people.
1t should not be a hard natter for the
people 10 Judge between the two.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
THE DISAPPOINTED coNSPIRA-
TORS,

SHCi man, ShailuiCl, SdiLOtOh, oAoip,
and the other conspirators, says
the New York San, after having set
up their game so nicely, arranged
all their plans, and even marked out
the spots at the capital where the
artillery was to be posted on the 18th
of February, that the props should
be knocked away and the whole plot
tumble dom about their heads
They were entirely confident of sue
cess, and had begun to organize the
new Administration by sending the
So called reforming clement" with
Bristow, Schurz, and company, to
the rear, as disturbers of the harmo-
ny of the party.
Their whole scheme turned upon
the count to be made by Mr.. Ferry
No division existed in their councils.
Every conspirator knew when he en-
tered into the plot that Hayes was
fairly defeated in the Electoral Col
leges and by the popular VOTE
Therefore, two things were necessa-
nv to cheat Tilden out of his rights.
First, a false connt by the Return
ing Boards; and next q declaration
that this count could not he disturb
ed by Congress.
An indispensable part of the pro
gramme was to have the full sympa-
thy and support of the President of
the Senate, who would not only adopt
the Republican certificates from Lou.
%isiana, South Carolina, and Florida,
but declare the three votes of Ore
gon for Hayes. Mr.. Ferry did not
long hesitate to take his share of the
scheme, being easily convinced that
the power 10 count and announce the
result depended on him exclusively.
With these details all arranged,
and no show of organized opposition
on the Democratic side looking to
determined resistance, it is, perhaps,
not surprising that Mr.. Morton was
sanguine, and even sc exultant as
to affirm that Hayes would be in
augurated without trouble, as "the
Democrats would not fight" He
looked forward with the utmost con-
fdence to this consumation, and dis
carded all doubt as absurd.
When he discovered in the Elec-
toral Committee that his plans were
INSTRUCTED, that his own political
friends denied the right of the Pres
ident of the Senate to count at all,
and that they intended to report a
bill by means of which the elections
in the disputed States would be
turned inside out, the wrath of Nor
ton was great. He was beaten on
his own ground, and what is far
worse, was beaten without a suspic-
ion that at the final pinch he would
be left solitary and alone.
This defeat is rendered the more
inglorious because these conspira
tors are well aware that when the
whole truth is exposed to view, they
must necessarily suffer from the YER
dict which will consign their agents
to lasting infamy. There is hardly
any contingency possible, consistent
with the character of the proposed
new tribunal, and with an honest
examination of the votes, by which
Hayes can be declared President.
This is the sore point with Morton,
Sherman, and their associates, who
anticipated a new lease of power, the
control of the Treasury, and the old
rule under a new name.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Among the names mentioned for
Governor of Ohio, on the Democratic
side, in 1877, are Gen. A. V. Rice, of
Ottawa; Gen. Durbin Ward and
VIM. P. Reed, of Delaware; Geo. l..
Converse, of Columbus; Judge Hoad-
ley and Samuel F. Hunt of Gin. and
L. D. Campbell of Butler county.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The Democrats are making no un-
reasonable or infammitory appeals
to their friends in the country. They
demand an honest settlement of the
political ~imbroglio, and with nothing
less will they be satisfied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The intelligent Republican editor
who can rise up and say that the
President of the Senate should open
and count the electoral votes himself
and in so doing decide what are cleo.
toral votes when two returns from
the same State aye before him-well
knowing ct the same time that his
party passed what is known as the
22d joint rule and sustained it for
eight years. which rule allowed either
branch of Congress to object. to the
electoral vote from any State and
prevent its counting-that man We
say, has a cheek of brass that Ger,
tainly would be valueless to founders
because its too tough for a file.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
CASE.

The Republicans make about as
much, ont of the Florida case as rats
can gnaw out of q file. They say
thatthere was only one day on which
the electors could meet and that the
Hayes set met on that day and per-
formed their duty. But that does
not meet the point that, if they were
not elected and if the methods by
which they were declared elected were
illegal, the votes which they have sent
to Washington + absolutely void.
The canvassing board had no more
right to declare the election of these
men, by the method pursued, than it
would have had if it had called in the
chairman of the Republican state
committee to tell them who weree elect
ed, and have issued certificates there
upon to whomsoever he named. The
action of the board is just as abso-
lutely null in the one case as it would
have been in the other. No point
could possibly be clearer than this
and there is really no room for dis
pute, except as to the effect of the
subsequent action of the board.
Whether the subsequent declaration
of the election of certain electors can
render valid acts performed previous
to this declaration, is a matter that
may be looked at in two ways. 1t will
oe remembered that both sets of elect
ors met in Florida on the day appoint.
ed by law, balloted for president and
transmitted their votes in due form tc
the authorized officials. Under the
recent decision of the Florida court
these two sets of electors were
brought to The same level. The Til.
4den electors have no certificate o.
election; the Hayes electors had villa
purported to be certificates but which
the courts of the state have declared
was not. Neither set had certificates
But one or the other set were the lie
gally elected electors of Florida ant
it remains to be decided whether til,
subsequent determination rs TO which
were the legal electors will give effec
to the actions performed at the tint
and in the manner prescribed by law
If this cannot be, the vote of Florid;
must be thrown out altogether, ant
the total number of electors appoint
ed will stand 800, of which 184 is
clear majority. Tilden has tina
many votes without Cronin's vot'
from Oregon.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Ben HILL has won the position of
Senator from Georgia, notwithstand-
ing the strong opposition to him
which has lately been developed, and
which at one time promised to secure
his defeat in the Georgia Legislature.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

A wonderful temperance revival in
Pittsburgh and that neighborhood
has made 10000 converts and the
excitement is growing. Ten church
es are crowded nightly by enthusiast
tic meetings.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The four leading Republican Sen
ators are Conkling, Morton, Sher-
man and Edmunds. Conkling and
Edmunds supported the Compromise
bill and Morton and Sherman OBJ
posed it. The Republican party is
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Wells and ANDERSON of the Lou
isiana Returning Board, compare the
conduct of Kellogg to that of a pick
pocket. "When rogues fall out hon.
est men get their dues" Let the
fight go ON.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
NOTICE.,

William Berry, pl'tff., Before l.. W.
against Richey, j. P,
Chas. Brawley, def't.) Jefferson Tp.,
Preble Co., o.
NHE above named defendant is here
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said Justice, in Jefferson township,
Preblc county, Ohio, on the 18th day of
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WILLIAM BERRY.
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

According to various Republican
authorities, Tilden furnished money
to be used at every voting precinct
in the country. 1t is now known that
he furnished $3.50, SAC. S47, 321.3 81
with several counties to hear from.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The editor of the Dayton Journal
is kind enorgh to tell MS why Hon.
Jno. A. McMahon didn't go to war.
1t was on account of weak eyes.
Now, will the editor of the Journal
tell us why he didn't join the army
and battle for the Union? There is
q legend that he followed the camps
and drew wages as a newspaper COR
respondent.-Cin. Enquirer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Jno. Sherman once more arows his
admiration and friendship for j. Mad
ison Wells, of whom Phil Sheridan
said. HE has not one friend who is
an honest man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The number of persons who believe
hat the President of the Senate has
the right to count the Electoral vote
has greatly diminished within the
past several days.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The vote of the Newark Presby-
terry condemning women preachers
was carried by clergymen, a MAORI
ty of the lay delegates voting the
other Hav.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

At a meeting of the new board of
directors of the Southern Ohio Fair
it was decided to hold the next an
nual fair on the oath, 25th, 9th and
2Sth of September of this year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Hail to the good people Of Lo1isi-
ana! The patriotic sentiment of the
entire country is with them in their
struggle against carpet-baggers and
public robbers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

A bill has been introduced in the
Ohio Legislature to compel persons
elected to Office to make oath that
they did not use money or liquor
to secure their election.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

The hopeful signs at Washington
have had a most beneficial effect al
ready in business circles throughout
the country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Judge DAVIS was elected Q. S.
Senator from Illinois, ON Thursday
last. He is a conservative in poll
tics. 1t was a hard and long strug-
@-.----%%~@ rAEA-
gle against Logan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

+ MCDONALD, the chief of the whis-
ky thieves has been pardoned by his
friend Grant. Joyce is next and the
only one left.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

SHERMAN and MoRToN's opposition
to the Compromise bill made it pop
ular and it went through with a whirl.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

AS many as one hundred thousand
persons receive pay from the Federal
Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Mr.. TAYLOR, of the Ohio Senate,
wants the Constitution of Ohio so a
mended as to allow the women to
vote.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

If in our language there is one
word which unites the concentrated
seorn of honest men, that word is
Grant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

PACKARD and Chamberlain, the
usurpers, still cry out "troops,
troops"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

Ohio sent more people to the Cen
tennial than any other State except
Pennsylvania.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

One million of dollars for Came
.ron's war. What is the price of
mules just now?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

"Who will now mourn for Logan
is the question in Illinois.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01
First National Bank
OF EATON,
Cash CapStaI:-$1OO.OS
Bank of Discount & DEPOSIT.

HAVING removed to and occupied
Ill our old room in the Odd Fellows
Building, which has been greatly en-
larged and thoroughly T, furnished with
a view to accommodating our business
wants more thoroughly. We do
4 General Banking Business,
in all its various forms: Receive Depos-
its for either LONG or SHORT time, and
allow INTEREST on TINE Deposits as
per special agreement with parties max
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c.. F. Cashier.
June II, lS74-tf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ partnership heretofore existing
between G. II. Edison s. Bro. has been
mutually dissolved. All persons know
ing themselves indebted to the same
will call and axe immediate settle
ment and save costs.
G. H. EDISON,
- w. f. EDISON.
Eaton, Jan. %, lS77-w3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-01

So far Mr.. Ross has spent 100000
in search for the lost Charley.