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BEGINNING To CRAw-FIsH.-Hayes has
begun TO feel that the pressure Of the rad
icals is beyond his power OF resistance or
endurance, and has weakened before it.
But he does not conduct himself like a
candid, earnest man. under the circum-
stances. Instead OF honestly admitting
that his civil service reform policy was an
error, he endeavors to craw- fish out nf the
AilA,n,~- H"del the poor plea that it has
not been rightfully interpreted, and thus
seeks 10 shift the onus from his own and
upon the shoulders Of his party. He has
not the pluck which John Tyler displayed
in his stand against the whig party, nor
the resolution which distinguished ANDY
johnson in his break with the radicals.
and now that the strong men of his party
have overcome him he will henceforth be
with them like clay IN the hands of the
potter.
, 1877-11-10

His CHARACTERISTICS all the sena-
tors in public life, Morton was the mos. un-
compromising In his political views. He led
in the inception and completion Of the varii-
Gus measures which constituted the republi-
can policy Of the South. and In nearly all i'm
POrtast issues carried his party with him.
He was to the Senate very nearly what
Thaddeus Stevens was at one time to the
House. Now there is a prospect that his
seat will be occupied by Van Voorhees,, a
politician whose sympathy with the right
has kept him for many years out of public
life.
, 1877-11-10

VERY CIVIL SERVICE Attorney Cen
eral Devens' letter to the Boston poiitl-
clans is document without which 1t VIII
be impossible to write the history of the
way in which president has heen bnllied
into the admission that he never had any
intentions or, if he had, that they were
very little ones. Civil service reform
started under this administration with Its
meaning defined by the phrase abont dis
establishing the machine, "a good phrase
which presented, happily, the great evil
that the reform was intended TO remedy.
BY the present system of office. honing
the professional politicians have become,
in this country, caste apart from the
people, kind of bogus aristocracy, with
exclusive privileges, rights and powers.
Their dominancy is maintained by the Of
fees they hold. the patronage they control,
30 that the people, in the taxes they pay,
support and keep alive the power that de
feats in party caucuses the pretence OF the
law that the will of the people declared at
the polls is sovereign. 1t was good move
in civil strategy to strike at the existence
of this power by cutting off its supplies, tor
If absolute separation is ever secured be-
tween Office holding and the trade ofpoil.
tics thi, trade will perish and the power OF
the people At the polls will be again As real
in fact ss it il spresumedtobe be in theory. But
thi, separation will not be made BY presi-
dent Hayes, for the simple reason that he
ba, not The kind Of backbone that is nee
essary for such purpose. Cen Devens'
letter is formal surrender "for the sake
of the party"
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BLAINE, it seems, has postponed the
hopes Of the republican party until 1884,
and considers that he himself will then be
the Moses who viii lead them out OF the
wilderness and jungles through which they
are now wandering ard groping, into The
promised land of Office and spoil once more.
He abandons all anticipations of arepubli-
can triumph in 1880, conceding that the
election of democratic president in that
Year is a foregone conclusion. Sensible
Blame. But the wonder is that he admits
such result as being possible. However,
the logic OF events is incontrovertible, aud
even he who runs NAV read.
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THE OFFICIAL RErUESs.- official
returns of the vote Of Ohio. at the election
of the 9th ult., are finally at hand The
total vote for West was 24S ,945 that 70,
Bishop 27l ,625-R!shops plurality over
West, 22,6S0. Bond. the Cincinnati nonl-
inee for governor, un the workinsmen $
ticket. received n total vote Of II, 499.
johnson, candidate of the greenback and
national workmgmen's coalition, had
1922. Thompson, the prohibitionist
candidate, had 4s36. Adding 80 scatter
ing votes We find the total outside the re-
publican and democratic parties to be
4,327- The total vote cast for governor
b 34,Sl9; SO that Bishop lacks 1924 of
having ma ority OF the whole vote, while
West, lacks %, S,504
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TorTERIyG. Nothing but miracle can
save MIR. Hayes administration from utter
break- down. His situation is already that
of John Tyler; that Of Millard Fillmore,
that of Andrew johnson; that of an exec
utive unsupported by a coherent majority
in tb. legislature, and without strong.
compact party organization i'll the country
reeopuizing him as its leader and chief
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CAMERON AND CONKLING represent a
class of stunted statesmen who have never
attained a stature above that of party
leaders. They have dwarfed themselves
to the caucus and the convention They
have stopped to the low work Of distribu'
ing patronage until they can reach nc
higher. Perhaps it would be correct tc
say that they naturally and exactly fit the
caucus and convention, and that they are
Just upon level with the business of Of
fice Distribution. In either event they
shut out from public life men who might
become statesmen of larger growth.
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REPUBLICAN PoLIcY.-It will he the
policy Of the republican senator's not to
attempt TO oysrrule Mr. Hayes action in
the South, as that would be an inposs'b'i'
ity, but to prevent the South from bene
hting by 1t 10 any further extent, and eJ
al sorts of Implications TO condemn IT;
.Coyet attacks and severe insinua.ions Will
ls the order of the day.
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THE RESUMPTION ACT IN THE HoUSI

THE RESUMPTION ACT IN THE HOUSE.
The test vote in the House seems to in
dictate the probability that the repeal oi
the resumption act will not be carried by
such majority as will render it possible
to pass it over The presidents veto, sup
posing tha. it should get through the
Senate. We regard this vote as showing
that the repeal of the act cannot be effect
ed this session, for it may be considered
AS certain that if it should find It's way 10
. the president he will Veto it, and if he
does it is clear that there will not be
strength enough to carry it.
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REPUBLICAN UNEAsrSESS.- Our repub-
lican friends are giving themselves unnee-
.essary uneasiness concerning democratic
calculations for 1880. Democrats are not
worrying about 1880. Sufficient for the
day are the blessings thereof, but they
must be made rs big rs possible. In 1880
We expect t. control all the returning
boards, and will see to it that they are
honestly employed. At present the dem
ocracy have to complete their mission OF
making fraud infamous.
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HAYES has one chance of saving his ad'
ministration from absolute ruin and dis
grace. If he Will recognize the Judgment
Of the people as pronounced in Ohio. New
York and Pennsylvania, and, in obedience
to tha: Judgment, dismiss bis present IN
congruous and ridiculous cabinet, organize
one composed of able and experienced
democrats and boldly throw himself into
the arms of the democratic party, he will
save his administration and be able even
now to accomplish much good for the
country.
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THE Lesson of New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania and Ohio will be misunder-
stood by none who are not stone-hlind to
the irresistible logic OF such sweeping rev,
olutions. 1t means the utter overthrow
OF the republican domination, and assures
democratic ascendancy until democratic
folly shall make history repeat itself in
democratic defeat. 1t is a crushing rebuke
to Hayes, for it spurns him from the re-
publican temple and bids him worship at
strange altars.
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ELECTIONS. Dispatches have been re-
oeived indicating that New York, Penn
syl,ania and New Jersey have gone dem.
ocratic, and that the republicans carried
Massachusetts and Wisconsin by smaller
maiorities than usual. In New York the
democrats elect their state ticket, and the
republicans carry the legislature.
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THE Loss What a vast amount OF
money honest people lose by bad debts.
During the first nine months Of the pres
ent year the amount of money involved
by failures in the United States and Can
ada, was fraction over one hundred and
twenty-five millions of dollars. How large
a portion Of this amount will be entirely
lost is not known, but probably two-third.
of the whole amount. This is fearfu
loss for those who have to bear it.
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CLISGIyG TO PowER-The radicals in
the senate have, it is how conceded, re-
solved to keep out the democratic mem-
hers from Louisiana and Florida till the
meeting of the regular session. The par
ty cannot be expected to vote its power
away, as, with the present absence Of
Sharon, the admission Of Spotiord and
Eustis, of Louisiana, and Butl.r, OF South
Carolina, would make tie vote, counting
Davis, of Illinois with the democrats
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PoLIrIcAL SrIcIDEs-They did the dis
honest thing, which, in politics, nine times
out of ten, is the silly thing, and their
hopes are blighted forever. Conklins,
Edmunds, Blaine, all are men Of power ;
but they are political suicides, killed by
the fraud that counted Hayes IN. The
eleetionsi III Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey, are only the beginning
of a storm that will leave them all strand
ed high and dry.
, 1877-11-10

THE SOUTHERN STATES, counties and
municipalities, owe in round figures about
five hundred millions Of dollars, upon
which. as q rule, no interest has been paid
aimee she beginning of the war.
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WORCESTER, Mass, contributes little
girl story, the ten-year-old heroine Of which
Is iscertalnly remarkable. Having eighty
dollars, cut her hair and PIT on boys cloth
ing, she Went to New York, where she re-
manned three days and went to Boston,
where she was arrested.
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SENATOR PATTERSON, Of South Carolina,
stands very good chance of being invit'
ed to step down and out. Fifty ex-mem-
bers of the legislature that elected him
have testified that he bribed them
, 1877-11-10

IHE Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT has di-
r:eted that all the employees connected
with the postal railway service must be
uniformed The object of the order is to
secure greater safety in the service, and
Is very proper one.
, 1877-11-10

FArALrrY.-The death Of the little hybrid
after an existence of six days, suggests the
question
eff was 40 soo- to be done for,
/ wonder what was begun for -
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DsESs.

WEAvER-At Dayton, Columbia county,
Oct. 3lst, 1877, Robert Alexander Weaver.
son Of Isaac +. and Mary l.. Weaver-born
Oct. 18th, 1876
0'SHEA-0n Saturday morning, Nov 3,
1877, Mrs. Ellen O'Shea, wife of Edward
O'Shea, aged % years, ard Ii months.
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FOR SALE.

THE HOUSE AND FOUR LOTS ON SECOND
Street, next adjoining the residence of A. H.
Reynolds, ard known the Dugan property. This
is u most desirable location for PARTY who wishes
pleasant home in 4 good ne phnrLood, and will be
sold at great bargain. For further particulars. mp
ply to FRED. STENCIL,
49.tf at Dusenbary Bros.
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The RECEIVER goods eventu-
ally bring tn. possessor to griefand shame,
and Mr.. H. yes is gradually realizing the
inevitable doom.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
R0EN.

CRowLET-At Spokane Bridge, Stevens
county, Washington Territory, october Both,
1877, to the wifecf N. NJ. Crowley daughter
, 1877-11-10

IHE SIZE OF 1.-THE Cincinnati Com
n,ere'dt prints official returns from all but
three countries IN Ohio, showing the fol
lowing result of the vote for Governor:
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NOTICE TO THE PEOPIE

As SOON AS WE COMMENCE USING DIR
"A new harf Boat We shall charge 25 eents prr
ton on Al up fright. and 90 CENTS per ton
On Al aosn freasht~ TT PEABODY,
sV Agent 0. 6. n, Co
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s. TINE PRIsIIsc and very low prices at the
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Astr Advertisements.
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FARM FOR SALE.

4 FARM CONTAINING 3aO ACRES, WITHIN
n tlree-fourths Of mile of Mill Creek station,
the Earoad, 81 acres timber and mesdlw Land, the
balance good wheat lani Small orchard the place
and forty acres under fence and cultivation. On
fayorntis terms. For particulars enquire of
LACY WHITMAN,
s1.Aw Espress Office.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
Democratic Lun acy.

Mr.. Willis. Of this city, and Mr.. Tarboy,
of Massachusetts, have won for themselves
the unenviablc distinction of being the first
members of the House of Representatives to
raise a voice against the joint committees
plan for counting the electoral vote. Mr..
Chttenden spoke in it's favor. We can con-
ceive of no policy more suicidal or more un-
reasonable than that of democratic opposi-
ton to the proposed settlement The dem
could consent to allow the vote Of the
republican electors in Louisiana to be given
to Governor Hayes, and have denounced
with proper severity the claim set up
by Mr.. Morton, Secretary Chandler and
Others that the Vice President Of the Senate
has the sole and irresponsible power of
opening and counting what electoral votes
he may decide to be regular and declaring
the result. Yet when proposition is made
to submit the question of disputed votes to
an honest tribunal, under bill which dis
poses of the assumed powers of the Vice
President, democratic congressman are
found in opposition to its adoption.
Suppose the cOmnlltteeS Dlli SHoulu ihiA
through the aid given to the extreme repub-
licans by democratic representatives. The
republican majority in the Senate, released
from the responsibility of opposing and de-
featinc fair and constitutional method OF
counting the vote, would have no other plan
before them than such as may be gathered
from the letter Of the constitution. The re-
publicans possess all the machinery for
inaugurating President, and the bill
of tho committee is voluntary yield
ing mp Of this advantage of position. 1t
is true they would not be justified in dis
honestly counting in President, but they
nevertheless prove that they hold the in
terests of the country and of republican
institutions above the interests of party
when they assent to the committees plan.
| Should that plan be defeated by democrats
the democracy would be directly response.
BILE for any evil consequences that might
ersue. II they fear to trust MIR. Tilden's
rights to the proposed tribunal they car
have but little faith in his title to the Presi
dencv. Indeed, it seems impossible tha
anv democrat of sane mind can offer thu
slightest opposition to "a settlement for which
tbe partv has been clamoring for the pas
two months.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
Opening OF tho Great Debate.

The calm, clear and forcible speech in
which Mr.. Edmunds opened the debate IN
the Senate yesterday on the bill to provide
afford encouragement and qualification TO
those who have been fearful that party zeal
and prejudice wonld prevent fair and con-
stitutional settlement of the critical ques-
ton that has already too long disturbed the
country. The excellent work of the COM
mittee is sufficient proof of the truthfulness
OF Mr.. Edmunds' assertion, that its members
laid aside all partisan feeling and united in
reporting the bill with a solemn sense of the
important duty with which they were
charged. The best proof Of the honest
equity of their plan is to be found IN the
fact that i. is bitterly denounced
by those to whom political tri-
umph is of more consideration than
the preservation Of constitutional govern
ment and who would consent to win
party victory by such an unworthy trick as
that practised in Oregon or through the un-
disguised rascality ofsuch an infamous body
as the Louisiana Returning Board? But the
value Of Mr.. Edmunds' speech is to be
found in the convincing argument by which
the constitutionality of the committees plan
is maintained and in the clearness with
which the provisions of the bill are ex-
planned.
The opponents Of the bill have assailed its
constitutionality and questioned the right OF
Congress to delegate its powers to any tribu-
nal whatever. We have already exposed the
weakness of this position, and the debate in
the Senate will satisfy that body that it can
not be maintained. The committee en-
braced in its composition some of the sound
est constitutional lawyers as we'll as the most
experienced Legislators in Congress. Mr..
Edmunds himself won high reputation at
the Bar and has been Speaker of the House
and President Of the Senate in his State, in
addition to his eleven years OF service in
the United States Senate Mr.. Freling-
huysen was Attorney General of New Jersey
before he became United States Senator.
Roscoe Conkling's ability as lawyer is
conceded. Mr.. Thurman has been Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Mr.
Bayard was United States District Attorney
for Delaware. Mr.. Ransom has been At
torney General Of North Carolina. Out of
the seven Representatives on the committee
six are lawyers of reputation in their re-
spective States. 1t is not probable, there
fore, that the committees plan would be
assailable on constitutional grounds, and
the debate will dispose of any such objec-
tions. AS n wise settlement it receives the
appreciation of the whole nation outside the
few extreme and selfish politicians.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY SHEET

combat as to push the claims of truth until
men accept Christ's offer of salvation. as Mr..
Farnham will do to-day. The influence Of
Christianity in the future in promoting
temperance, purity and the brotherhood Of
nations will be demonstrated by Dr.. Smith.
and the relative worth or worthlessness OF
decision and indecision by Mr.. Moment.
Wayside laborers of Jesus will have word
dropped in their ears by Mr.. Searles. while
our financial reverses will furnish lessons OF
wisdom and Of faith to DR.. Armitage and
his people. The glory of God as revealed
in His sons and in the conversion of Paul,
the proud prosecutor of Christians. will be
illustrated by Mr.. Lloyd to-day. while
self-denial will be enforced by Mr..
Li9htbourn.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
Any Practicable Plan.

The Aldermen deserve credit for the
promptness with which they took up the
subject of heating the street cars during the
cold winter months when the popular de-
mand made itself heard. But they will lose
all they have gained, and, in addition, lay
themselves open to the charge Of imbecility
or worse, If they delay practical action until
the warm breath of spring brings relief to
the suffering passengers. There is no good
reason why they should not have adopted an
ordinances last Thursday requiring the sew
eral railroad companies to provide some
means of warming their cars. They have
decided that they possess the power to make
and enforce such law and that the neces-
sity for it exists. This is all they need to
know That cars can be and arc heated in
other cities. by various methods other than
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
PuJutt Topics To-Da y.

Among the topics to be considered to-day
by our city pastors missions will receive the
attention of The bishop Of this diocese and
of two bishops elect. and also OF DIR. Hall
and Mr.. Marling. And with this theme
agrees that which Mr.. Giles will expand
namely. "rhat Truth is the Essential Means
of oil Progress. both Spiritual and Natural y
and of Mr.. Metzs theme also. that Jesus
Christ is the great fact of history and the
mighty Saviour. Popular scepticism Is q
popular subject, but hardly as profitable to
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
A Noble Charity.

The forthcoming report Of the Prison Asso-
citation is a book by nature entirely different
from the ordinary reports Of societies.
without disparagement to the claims OF
other objects of charity it may be said that
men and women who are assisted by the
Prison Association are the neediest OF the
needy. From lives of weakness, sin and
shame they disappear behind prison walls,
and to the world from which they are socially
ostracised they return homeless and penni-
less. often worse than when they were con-
victed, to find all ordinary ways of self-sup-
port closed against them, and themselves
almost incapacitated for work by that de-
struction of individual force and spirit
which the discipline of most prisons works
so effectively. If they look only to ordi-
nary humanity for aid and encouragement
the result is almost always dlsgraceful to
humanity and ruinous to themselves. But
lust here the officials of the Prison Associa-
ton come to their relief; they display to
the poor wretches that sympathy which to
most of them is new revelation they tes-
tify to the sincerity of their sentiments by
AHOSt COAVluCiAS VI uli "oVS, Wv AOOsSAA
ing OF their own purse strings they endeavor
to provide employment, and generally sue
ceed an doing so, and they stimulate the
self-respect of all discharged convicts who
have any desire to lead better lives. For
manifest reasons the work OF the association
is conducted with the greatest privacy, and
it is but once year that the public is made
acquainted with the vast amount of good ac-
complished. Many highly wrought re-
nance is less thrilling than the pages Of these
reports, as all who have read them will admit.
The work is one whose extent and effective
ness is limited only by the condition of the
associations treasury, and it is disgrace to
either hard-headed social philosopher or
warm hearted Christian that any such limi-
tation should be allowed to prevent the
reformation of men and women who are in
themselves almost powerless for good but
terribly effective for evil We commend this
charity to the attention of all who wish to
put their money where it will do the most
good.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21
Our London and Paris Gable Letters

That the Conference should engross the
attention of the French and. English
capitals, particularly the latter, is not
surprising. Paris, the breeding ground
of the canard, sends us q few SEN
sational birds, whose plumage it is
hard to distinguish from the bird Of
the unconscionable tale of which the Roor-
back is an American variety. The story of
a grappled Pncha and an unsheathed
scimetnr has wild look. and the suppo-
sition that Lord Beaconsfeld put Salisbury
in the forefront of the diplomatic battle,
where, like another Uriah, he would fall,
has very weak foundation, though the
growing difference between these chiefs of
the tory party gives the ungenerous a
chance to shape their own conclu-
sions The report of the operate .fdsco
in London is u sad one. Woe to the
foreigner who lays sacrilegious hands on a
subject which Shakespeare has brought
under the blaze of his genius The Parisian
doctors who have doomed Ganbctta to
death in couple of years certainly
speak the wish of SO large party
of reactIonsts that we are fam to hope
science has only stumbled in the dark
against the thought to which the wish was
father. To hear that Mile. Albani,
who went back to France almost
broken hearted at her cold recep-
ton here, has burst forth great
queen of song at the Italiens, will be good
news to those who saw all the promise as
we'll rs nll the merit Of the young American
cantatrice. Indeed, VIC are certain
that great many wise people
will at once discover how much
they admired ner-when they didn't. The
officer of the Guards who has backed him.
self to ride against snail would be q
very fair type of Horse Guards celebrity.
1t may turn out, after all, to be
another illustration Of the old hare and
tortoise fable or Of the more charming
Brazilian sun myth. Offenbach's book has
too much Ofienbach and London has toe
much smallpox. SO runs the record Of thu
two great cities as mirrored in our letters.
The New York herald., 1877-01-21

stoves-the use of which is impracticable IN
New York-has been shown by evidence be-
fore the committee Neither the.Aldermen
nor any other persons have the right to say
what plan shall be adopted. That is mat
ter belonging wholly to the railroad compa-
MES and is for them to decide. All the peo-
pie want is proper warmth in the cars. and
any plan that will give them that will be
acceptable, whether it be side heaters, with
registers, hot wnter pans, steam pipes or
anything else. The companies can suit
themselves as to the method they adopt. but
they certainly ought to be compelled to give
relief to the passengers before the winter IS
over