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DID NOT Mr.. FISH Know BETTERr

THE FACTS ABOUT TIE TREATIES AND MR.. SUMNER
CERTAINLY REPORTED TO THE PRESIDENT AT
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11
OHIO LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature met in adjourned session,
at Columbus, January 2. The Senate met at
three o'clock, twenty-six members present.
The death of Senator Dechant, of Butler
District, was announced, and W. II. Stokes
appeared and took the oath of Office as his
successor. A joint resolution was adopted
providing for the meeting of this two Houses
on Friday, to count the votes cast at the
October election. Messrs. Stanton and
Haines, of Preble, were appointed commit
tee on the part of the Senate to notify the
Governor of the meeting of the two Houses.
Mr.. Owens was appointed on the Judiciary
Committee, and Mr.. Haines, of Carroll, on
the Committee on Finance. Mr.. Stokes was
appointed on the Committees on Federal
Relations, Reform Schools, State Buildings,
and Universities and Colleges. The Senate
adjourned until Thursday. 1.-THE House
met at three o. clock, with seventy-four men,
bers in attendance. Two vacancies were
announced, occasioned by the death of r.
c. Thompson, of Lucas County, and Alex.
Phillips, of Hancock County, since the ad-
journment last April. James c. Messer,
electedin place of Mr.. Thompson, and Henry
Sheets, elected in place of Mr.. Phillips, ap-
peared and took the oath of Office as Repre-
sentatives. Messrs. w. P.Wiltsee, Converse,
and Messer were appointed joint COM
mittee on the part of the House to wait on
the Governor and inform him of the reas-
sembling of the two houses. On motion of
Mr.. Huberick, of Lucas, services COM
memorative of the death of Messrs. Tnomp-
son and Phillips, were set for Wednesday
January 10, at three o'clock. Messrs. Neal,
Huberick, and Converse were ap.
pointed a committee to draft resolutions
relative to the death Of Mr.. Thompson, and
Messrs. Hitchcock, Light, and Fenton like
committee in relation to the death of Mr..
Philips. The Governors message was re-
ceived, read, and referred to appropriate
committees. Mr.. Perkins was appointed to
fill the vacancy on the Finance Committee
created by the death of Mr.. Thompson. The
Senate joint resolution providing for a joint
convention on Friday, to witness the count
of votes for State officers, was taken up.
Mr.. Converse moved to SO amend the resolu-
ton as to provide that the vote shall be
counted, instead of witnessing the count.
The resolution was laid on the table by a
party vote. Several bills were introduced
and the House adjourned.
The Senate, January 8, was not in session.
.......In the House, several new bills were
introduced, Mr.. Brunner offered resolu
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11
A Blessing in Disguise.

1t is scarcely possible to conceive Of
anything severer in the way of criticism
upon carpet-bag rule in the South than
the brief dispatch concerning the re-
quest of the usurper Kellogg for the dis
charge of man charged with embez-
zling thirty thousand dollars of school
moneys. 1t is to the reckless plunder-
ing of the school fund by the Republi-
can officials in Louisiana that the Kel-
logg party is indebted for the change in
the colored vote to the Democratic
party; and the conduct of the pretended
Governor of that State in the case re-
ferred to shows that the colored people
were entirely right in charging the plum
dering upon the party instead of looking
only to the individuals.
There was GOODNESS about the pro-
ceeding which is positively marvellous.
The idea of the State Executive interfer-
ing in the prosecution of a criminal, and
using the weight of his official position
to induce a prosecuting officer to aban-
don suit is a novel one; and the
novelty is not lessened by the easy
assumption that it is sufficient ground
for discontinuing a prosecution that the
Governor of State is satisfied that the
charge is measurably groundless. Meas
urably" groundless is good, even for
Kellogg, who may justly be considered
as only " measurably" Governor.
Another noteworthy phase of the mat
ter is the willingness of the alleged GRIM
inal to owe his release to Kellog's inter-
cession, instead of demanding-like an
honest man would in respect to "measur-
ably" groundless charges-a speedy trial
and acquittal. 1t must be very queer
state of society where a State Senator,
indicted for stealing school funds, dares
not face jury of his peers, and prefers
to owe his release to partisan and official
influence. Yet it is precisely such men as
this that the Republicans expect the col
ored voter of the South to vote for blindly
and unhesitatingly, and when he refuses
the party declares that he has been in
undated" And it is upon the votes of
such men that Kellogg relies for the in
dorsement of his Senatorial aspirations.
Verify, carpet-bag government is bless
ing-if at all-in the most impenetrable
disguise.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

CINCINNATI Enquirer: Last years
school money in the disputed parishes
in Louisiana was stolen by the
Radical Commissioners, and yet
the negroes there, who were
thus deprived of the means for the
education of their children, had, in the
estimation of the Chambers, no cause for
voting against the party whose officials
perpetrated the steal. The report of the
House Committee will show that this
fact caused thousands of negroes TO vote
the Democratic ticket at the late election
and the high taxes, amounting in some
parishes to six or seven per cent.
on a full assessment, induced thou
sands of other colored voters to do
the same thing. 1t will, we believe, ap-
pear that, with fair registration and
vote, Louisiana is Democratic by $4,000,
as is Florida by 5000. This, we know,
lis the opinion of the fairest Republicans
in those States. Many of the negroes
have become owners of property, and
all such at once join the Democratic
party as the best means of keeping
the rascally Radicals from confscating
it by taxation. As matters are work
ing now under white rule in the other
Southern States SO will they be in
the three disputed ones after awhile,
and the better class of negroes in
the latter will furnish efficient means in
bringing about the change. Property
seeks to protect itself in all cases,
whether held by black hands or white,
and that even Federal interference can
much longer pauperize the unrelieved
carpet-bag States we do not believe, for
the line of exhaustion is so nearly ap-
preached that the margin of stealing is
getting to be too small to bear the ex-
pense, and that of revolution or rebel
lion can not be far off.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

The New York. Tribune says of the
son of John Morrissey, who died the
other day, that he was a young man of
very quiet habits, little inclined to re
serve, and filed with an ambition to
excel in literary. pursuits. He had all
the frank and manly qualities of his
father-qualities which all who know
Morrissey recognize-and with refine
ment of manner and culture of mind
which the father did not possess. The
father lived largely in and for the boy;
he sought political honors only for the
boys sake, and hoped in the future that
his sons friends would remember him
only as Congressman Merrissey's son"
or "Senator Morrissey's son." John
Morrissey has seldom been suspected of
such sentimental weakness as this, and
yet it is fact that he sought to elevate
himself chiefly for his sons sake.
THE State Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Ohio was
lately held at Painesville. The plan of
the Executive Committee to have cor
responding member in each county of
the State, was approved. 1t was deter
mined also to have a State Secretary.
Aspecial report was made upon Christian
work among railroad men, among whom
there are computed to be 100000 in the
United States. The next invention
will be held in Columbus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

IT is curious fact, says the Toronto
Globe, that in the whole of Newfound-
land there is not single grist-mill of
any description. Little grain is ripened
in the country, though as fine oats and
barley can be grown there as in any part
of the world, and in the western region
wheat ripens well. The people have
been SO accustomed to import every thing,
that it is difficult to get them out of the
old ruts.' There can be no doubt that the
erection of grist-mills would lead to a
wider growth of grain. A move in the
right direction has just been made in the
erection of -four mill.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

to Blaine. He does not like Sher-
man and Morton. He hates Bristow.
Yet he knows that Bristow has Mr.
Hayes's pledge to be put back into the
Treasury, pledge given in consideration
of the vote of the Kentucky delegation
in the Cincinnati Convention. Yet he
knows, too, that Mr.. Hayes has given
promises to men who are bitterly hostile
to Mr.. Conkling in his State-Curtis,
and Morgan, and Evarts. Why should
Mr.. Conkling assist the confederates
when their success would be at
his cost, when to assist them he would
have to degrade and prostitute himself?
He will not do it. Conkling is to-day
the strongest man in the Senate, and it
is universally conceded that in the
settlement of the present complications
he will have the greatest influence. The
interests OF Blaine and Conkling on one
side, and of Merton, Sherman, Cameron,
and Chandler on the other, are totally
different,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11
INrERPRErATIoN.
BIZ COL. CHARLES JAMES.

saw leaf fall from tree,
Another, and another-three
And then half dozen more,
And then dozen, then a score,
And then at least hundred score,
In a swift shower did rain and pour.
Thefrost had gripped them, and the sun
Undid his fingers one by one;
And, as from out his grasp they slip,
They downward glide with dive and dip
To the broad earth, and are received
Like penitents returned and grieved.
listened as they took farewell
OF the tail branches not sound
Was heard at parting. Where they fell
There was no sound, the solemn ground
Received their intermingliDg hues
Silent as it receives the dews.
listened closer. and heard
A gentle whisper, but no word,
And then q murmur low and long,
And then an anthem, then & song
Burst on my fancy. The refrain
Was mystical, and then twas plain.
Obey the laW-an must obey;
The frost must come-away, away;
But whittier, let the winds decide,
Fate is our reinsman, and we ride
"A reckless race without fear,
As tempests drive and currents veer.
"Ohi Providence Of God" cried,
Is this my lesson-this the guide
A forest BY the frost defaced,
A vhirlwind streEing leaves displaced,
Are all the sport Of lot and chancef
Is life but wild, whirling dance 2"
A cadence ran across the strain,
Interpreting and making plain
The mystic euphony. And then
The song went op, " Oh, living men,
Take heed Of this; reckless fate
Is but for the inanimate."
Twas not the leaves that spoke at all;
Twas not their parting nor their fall,
Nor their wild death-dance DER the plain,
Nor yet their fell destroyer's reign;
A mightier voice than all of these
Spoke through the winds, the leaves, the tres
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

A SOUTHERN newspaper relates the
experience, rather briefly, of a colored
citizen of one of the Carolinas who, as
early as 1870, became Democrat, and
who has since voted that ticket regularly
at every election. When he first dared
to vote it for Mayor of village town,
he was ostracised, prescribed, turned out
of church, and had numerous threats of
bull-dozing and assassination to come to
his ears. Not a colored man for miles
around would associate with or hardly
speak to him. He at the time occupied
a position as carriage-driver in the
family where his wife was a cook.
The wealthy Democrats synpathized
with him, built him a house, furnished
it, and his better-half, who had
the good sense and true womanliness to
stand by him, opened bakery, the white
people assisting her, and had the
patronage of the best people in town.
When asked why he voted the Demo
cratic ticket as early as 1870, the colored
citizen replied that he thought every
man should labor for the best interests OF
himself and family, and when doing so
they we're laboring for the best interests
of the State. There were not
offices enough to be had for
all the colored men and their
white Radical brethren, and as tn
Democrats owned the land and paid
the taxes and gave employment to the
poor he could hardly imagine how it was
that sensible colored men could cling SO
tenaciously to the Republican party.
The colored Democrat we have referred
to instead of mingling in politics chose
this better part, and, by honest indus
try, has accumulated a snug fortune
within few years. He had also lived
to see hosts of other voters of dark-hued
visage walk regularly to the polls and
vote as he voted, for the best interests Of
their country and their race.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

Net decrease, as aboye.-.........-Sl,1O5 ,1O5, ,S96 %
From the foregoing statement it appears
that the State debt has been reduced during
the past year almost one and half million
of dollars, and that the indebtedness of
counties, townships, and school districts
has been reduced over three hundred thou
sand dollars. But cities of the first and
second class and Incorporated villages have
increased their Indebtedness more than ten
millions of dollars since the close of the
fiscal year 1875.
LOCAL INDEBTEDNESS AND TAXATION.
The attention of the Legislature has often
been called to the rapid increase of munich
pal Indebtedness and expenditures, but it is
SO important that do not hesitate to repeat
what has heretofore been said. The whole
people of the State are deeply interested in
this subject. The burdens borne by the cities
and towns must be shared, in part at least,
by all who transact business with them.
The town and the neighboring country have
a common interest, and, in most respects,
must be regarded as one community. | SUBJ
nit that, to the subject of local indebted
ness, the General Assembly should apply
the principles of the State Constitution on
the subject of State Indebtedness.
Under the provisions of the eighth article
of the Constitution, the State debt, notwith-
standing the extraordinary expenditures OF
the war, has been reduced from over twenty
millions, the amount due in 1851, until it is
now only about six millions. An important
part of the constitutional provisions which
have been so successful in State finances is
the section which requires the creation of a
sinking fund, and the annual payment Of a
constantly in Increasing gum on the principal
of the State debt. Let requirement an
alogous to this be enacted in regard to ex.
isting local Indebtedness; let judicious
limitation of the rate of taxation which
local authorities may levy be strictly adhered
to, and allow no further Indebtedness to be
authorized except in conformity with these
principles, and we may, believe, confidently
expect that within a few years the burdens
of debt now resting upon the cities and
towns of the State will disappear, and that
other wholesome and much needed reforms
in the whole administration of our municipal
government will of necessity follow the
adoption of what may be called the cash
system in local affairs.
Under any limitations and safeguards
which the Legislature may adopt, very
large discretion must necessarily be com
mitted to the local authorities. The wisdom
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

CURRAN was once asked by a Judge on
the bench, edo you see anything ridic-
ulous in this wig?" Nothing but the
head" was the reply.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

Business cards Of five lines or less s. per annum
Local notices 10 cents per line each insertion.
Simple announcements of marriages and deaths,
md church and benevolent society notices inserted
free. Any additions to obituary notices win be
charged cents per line.
Fayors MUST be handed in as early as Tuesday
enorning to insure insertion the same week
Communications upon subjects Of general q 10.
cal interest are solicited.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11
ANNUAL MESSAGE
OF
GOV. r. B. HAYES,
OF OHIO,2
To the Sixty-Second General Assembly,
at the Session Commencing
January 2, 1877.
ANNUAL MESSAGE
To the General Assembly:

TO fRe General Assembly:
The reports of the officers in charge of the
State Government and institutions show
that the general condition of State affairs,
which it is your duty to consider, is very
gratifying. The demand for extensive
changes of laws, which is often temptation
to excessive legislation, is at the present
time less urgent than usual, and you may,
trust, therefore be congratulated on the
prospect of short and harmonious session.
FINANCE.
The following is brief summary of the
present financial condition of the State:
On the 18th day of November, 1875, the
public debt Of the State was..--..S7, ,949, ,920 u
The redemptions during the year were:
Loan Of 1875 414 50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

Aggregate public debts in Ohio
(state, local, and trust funds)...-s46 752,2Oo 76
The LEGAL Indebtedness in this statement is
reckoned to September 1, 1875, and the State
debt to November 15, 1876.
The balance in the State Treasury on
the 18th of November, 1875, was... 81, ,429,77S 50
The receipts from all sources for the
fiscal year ending November Is, 1876,
Total amount Of funds in Treasury
for the 81, SIS, ,446 4s
The disbursements for all purposes
during the year have teen............ 6,O03,6 A
Is, .................. s5s5, ,s29 04
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

Outstanding November 15, 1s76.-..s6 49,, sos 80
Of the amount outstanding on the 18th
Of November last, the sum of S1l, $50
had ceased to draw interest, the
holders thereof having been notified
10 surrender their stock for redemp-
ton; so that the interest-bearing
funded debt of the State is........... $40 80
reduction during the past year OFF,. Lab, la 81
The funded debt is divided as follows:
Foreign debt, so-called, payable in New
York City 4S2, $40 80
Domestic debt, payable in Columbus..... 1865 90
Total. .-S6 464 sos 30
The local Indebtedness of the Statebisias
follows:
Sept. l. 1875 Sept l, 1876.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-11

Your attention is especially directed to the
observations of the Auditor of State, in his
report for 1876, under the head of "Esti
mated Disbursements"
l desire to concur in the recommendation
of the Auditor that the Asylum Fund be
consolidated with the General Revenue
Fund. 1t will tend to simplify accounts
and to facilitate the transaction of public
business, without impairiDg the safeguard of
the Treasury or the data upon which sta
tistical and other estimates can be based.
The taxes levied in 1875, collectible in
1876, we're.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-17
HfyHIZfRD IEGIsI.fTION.
How ThinR. are Done by the Peoples Repre-
s~nsati,es Ia W ashInxton cay.

The Hon. Benz 4. Willis lccturcd before
the Liberal Club on Congressional legisa-
ton" He said that in the American Congress
every popular dclusion has lis advocates. every
monopoly its champions. Not one in every
hundred bills introduced there ever receiv,,
consideration. otthcS are all printed AZ "A cost
OF not less than sluO.OuO every seasonal usc-
loss. criminal extravaganza that should be-
abolished. Another feature Of Congressional
legislation is this introduction Of thousands of
buuvombe resolutions. merely clap-trap To
catch the ncklc popular attention. They con-
sumo time and waste money to no useful end.
The lecturer then detailed the method Of in
Producing bills. and told how they are made
laws. MANY Of them mr.. never read 10y n dom
members of either House Of Cungr -. and
when presented 10y an interested member for "a
VOTE tir majority are Ignorant Of their meaning
or puss ibl" rf.rtS. The greater part Of the con-
slirruiiVn of bulls und discussion Of reports II
usually done in committee rooms II is impo--
she Tor tn" House Ia dig II ana consider bills
Thoroughly unlcs, they ar" of private natur"
A'hhiTman Of committee an pigcOnhoie and
smother any bil
I'll" lecturer said that the re- utatitsn 81 every
member u u the m"r 50 or 'aUri.r ~ Tho Speak
or. IN riN r % l't@ iN" speaker absolute die
thinr Of leEi~htiun At one tim" Speaker Rau-
dnli was actually 'le master of our destiny. II"
.pulu nay" prevented "r cuInrl'te'l the count of
u" electoral vote. A. WIS IN ll- power 10 make
the executive chair vacant.
IN speaking OF IN" prcrp.ativ.s Of the Senate
ana the House now ia certain ways they are
independent 81 each oth"r and in others re-
sponsih, 10 each Othcr-thr lecturer said that
the last liUus' ussr rted it, prrrogntiNr and cut
tho chains thnt hound South Carolina and
States.