Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-02-23

David l.. Corbln, as OehasOi
South Carolina by the Republican
Legislature.
Southern Democrats are likely tC
nrove the conservative influence il
the Democratic party in Congress Il
defeat the revolutionary schemes o.
their Northern associates. That
the way the matter looks now.
Ii the leading Democrats of th'
House do not virtually repudiat'
the Electoral law and prevent the
decision Of the Commission, it vii
be because they can not relv upon
the southern wing of the party.
Senator Kelly of Oregon admits
the authenticity of the cyPher tele-
gram, signed by him, for tine Pur.
chase of an Oregon ElectOr for Til
den. at the cost of 5000, but tries
to escape responsibility, by the as
sertion that he did not know its con
tents.
The sudden closing of Tilden''
Literary Bureau has thrown out OF
employment a large number of prom,
ising young writers. Another sad
feature of the case is the cutting on
of intellectual supplies from the
faithful Democratic press. But all
things are transitory here below.
If there is q more unscrupulous
LAWYER. or one who has gone further
into the depths of corruption fol
money than David Dudley Field, it
is hard to put your finger on him
When Boss Tweed reads Fields
speeches about corruption in politics
a grim smile undoubtedly passe;
over his countenance.
That Washington monument Shat
recently took a new sPasm, and
showed signs of revivifcatiOn has
had another set back in its life Of
vicisitude. Engineers have gone
to the root of the matter in examin
ing it. They report that the thing
has no bottom, that if the preseni
structure could bear its own weight
any additional building upon i
would tottle it over or sink it intC
the earth.
Senator Kelly has explained. HI
did sign the dispatch requesting II
Gramercy Park to hurry up tina
$4,000 to ''bny one Republican
Elector," but be didn't know that il
contained such sentiments. His mo-
tives were pure. He was an unhap-
py victim of misplaced confidence
Thus one end of this disreputablt
bargain is disavowed. 1t seems tc
be in order now for Is Gramercy
Psrk to unload itself upon that mar
Patrick.
A recent number of the New
York Tines stated the fluctuations
of the old silver dollar, during th'
last five months of the year l87t
according to the market price O.
silver, as follows;
'The gold value of the silver dol
lar rose from 842 cents on the Slst Of
July, to 90 is cents on the 18th Of
December, the latter being the high
est point reached for nearly two
years. The fuctuation in the gold
value Of silver dollar during the
entire year was nearly l94 cents.
Mr.. David Dudley Field is sup
posed to be TiTden's right-Land man
In this funkey part, Mr.. Field
strangely forgot his law, when h'
proposed that the Democrats should
withdraw, and thereby break up tn,
Counting Commission. For still
thers would remain eight member
which is a majority Of the whole
number of fifteen, and constitutes
q quorum, Field showed both BIZ
treacherous wishes and his tota
failure as 8 diplomatist,
The St. Louis Times Dem, in s
double-leadeG editorial, mildly re
marks that f'the men who elected
SAMUEL J, TILDEN are ready, will
ing, and able to inaugurate him
Let him but give the signal-let tht
peoples branch of Congress initiate
the contest, and Washington vii
overflow with host that will up
hold free government, or fall in it
defense"
Some of the leading Southerner
who once depended upon this kin(
of Yalor, are not a little skeptica
about the reliability of it now.
The Tilden agents at Washington
would burst the Board of Arbitra.
traitors by a stampede of the sever
Democratic members; would filibus
ter to prevent a declaration of the
vote till after the 4th of march
would do anything that bad faith
jould find practicable to repudiate
their compromise, but for the cir
cumstance that they can not carry
the Democratic members from the
Gulf States with them. This il
now the bit in their mouths.
On the whole says the Springfield
RepsbIican-it would perhaps be
well enough for Mrs. Hayes to be-
gin getting the household into shape
for an early moving. To be sure,
it isn't yet settled that they can get
four years. lease of the White
House, but the prospect Is so good
that prudent housewife would run
%ba rislr of a little uDuacassaY-v xvo,.l,