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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-20
"OLD SLEDGEn FOR TIE PRESIDENCY.
A NATIONAL GAME AT WASHINGTON, WITH JOHN
MoRRIssEY AS THE RETURNING BOARD AND MIR.

"OLD SLEDGEn FOR TIE PRESIDENCY.
A NATIONAL GAME AT WASHINGTON, WITH JOHN
MoRRIssEY AS THE RETURNING BOARD AND MIR.
KELLY TO ATTEST THE RESULT.
TO the EdltOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: have read with attention, and hope
not without due consideration your article In your issue
OF the 18th inst, " How Not TO Choose President"
Pardon II give IL my opinion that you did not
give the sect the thought which the product OF tho
editorial pen OF tho columns OF THE TRIBUNE usually
shows, otherwise you would have suggested some subst-
tute lot feature in the reported proposed plan
OF the committee for eectng President better even
than that "of game OF Old sledge."
STILL the two, election by this game would be prefer
ableo doubt In the opinion of many voters, and would
prove be satisfactory than election deter
mined any wise by lot And the point TO be aimed at
Just OF detail only, the perfectAg OF tie plan
hasten therefore 10 propose an amendment at once II
il TO strike all that relates to dropping by G and
insert provision which for substance shall be foOws
That convention, without distinction OF party, shall
DO held the last Saturday In january, 1877 at
O'Clock In the afternoon rhe the Sabbath the
teri in every OF the 80 States OF the Union for the
purpose OF having each state convention choose two
delegates to- assemble In Washington the second Mon
day In February ensuing. to witness the playing OF
game OF Old sledge" by which shall be determined the
question, which OF the two men. Mr.. Hayes or Mr.. Til
den shall be declared elected President by the President
OF the Senate Three games shall DO played and tho vic
tory two the three shall settle the point which
present there such general agreement TO disagree"
The Hon. John M0rrssey sreas0nab supposed TO be
better informed the qualifications OF representative
of both parties for playing this game than other
statesman shal DO requested select the players;
Judges OF the Supreme Court who have been longest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-20

ExCEPrI9Ns TO MISS ELYs LATE ADD''hsS-AoAD.
puirs AND Summaries COMPETENT FOR TIE
wo,K-sCuooLs THAT PREPARE YOUNG MEN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-20
4 NEW RAILROAD IN NEW-HAMPsHIRE.

Sugoil:, Conn, Jan. II, 1877.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

Q. Was there any agreement be-
tween you and Colonel Pickett as TO
how much money you were each to
get? A. l did not know how much
l was to get. That depended OH cir
cumstances. CoiOuel Pickett said he
did not care abont the money except
for charitable purposes.
Governor Wells returned 10 the
Committee-room during the examina-
ton. The witness stated in reply 10
questions by Mr.Burchard that he had
frequently chatted with Governor
Wells about the Perish OF Rapides. in
which the witness once owned plan
tation. After getting through with
their private talk they had more room
for political questions. In their con-
yersation Governor Wells spoke OF
the difficulty in that way, aud said that
ii he served his party he ought to be
paid for il. Witness did not know
what reply he made to Gov. Wells
about the parishes and of difficulties
OF which Governor Wells had spoken.
Witness did not think the Governor
really wanted so much as q million
dollars. Witness agreed TO represent
the case.
Jeremiah NJ. Wilson, counsel for the
Returning Board, said he desired Gov
ernor Wells aud General Anderson
should be examined a. TO matters TO
which witness had testified.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

IN 1871 George F.IIoar was a men,
Der of the Congressional Investigating
Committee on Louisiana affairs, and
as Chairman of that Committee, on
the 14th OF January, 1915, made re-
port which says: The law provid. 8
that the Board shall consist of five
persons, representing all parties. 1t
consisted at the opening of their
last session of five Republicans, upon
the resignation of one OF whom Mr..
Arroyo, Conservative was taken to
ill the vacancy. After protesting
against the action of The Board, in Sc
cret session, Mr.. Arroyo resigned, be-
fore the conclusion of the labors OF
the Board, and his place was not I'LL
ed, SO that, as your Committee think,
the lac as to the constitution of the
Board DaS not complied acith." The
Returning Board is the same as then /,
and the present Beard is no more le-
legal body than it was two years
ago. Mr.. Hoar is member of the
Electoral Commission, and it. is hoped
be will be as impartial and bipartisan
now as when he made that report.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08
THURSDAY. FEB. 3. 1877
THREE weeks from next Monday q
new President will be inaugurated.

THREE weeks from next Monday
new President will be inaugurated.
JUDGE Clifford. of Maine, is the old
est Judge on the Supreme Bench. He
is also the only original Democrat.
AT last accounts Hon.AIexander III.
Stephens was better and his physicians
express some hopes for his recovery.
Col. PLUMB, Republican, has been
elected U. S, Senator from Kansas.
He is a pEintcr and a native of Ohio.
Iris estimated that the loss of prop
erty on the Ohio river, from Pittsburg
to Cairo, by the recent breaking mp of
ice, will not fall short of 81 100000.
THE Packard Rump of Louisiana
lacks twelve Senators to make a quo.
rum i'm that branch, and is twenty-five
short of any kind of a quorum in the
House.
FRANK HEREFORD, has been elected
by the Legislature of West Virginia,
u. >. Sen3IOT 10 I'LL the Sdc3HCy Caus-
ell by The death of Caperton, and H..
G.Davis for theiull term of six years.
THE statement made on the 1st Of
February inst, shaows the public debt
at that date to be S2,194, ,243,511. The
reduction of the debt during the month
of January was S2,O69, ,669.
GRANT is reported to have become
thoroughly disgusted with theLouisi-
ana conspirators and rounaIy de-
nounces the rascals for having lied to
and grossly deceived him heretofore.
The silver disbursements since
April Is, 1876, have been as follows :
For fractional currency redeemed,
SI5.OOO.Sl2; on currency checks and
obligations, Sl1,6sO. 1863; total, S26.-
Csc, ISL.
In Philadelphia, which has been a
Republican city ever since the war,the
floating debt has increased in four
years, from 81, 1,74S,OO0 to S11,OOOOOO
and the bonded debt from S51, ,OOO. 900
to $4,000, 600. That's the way Radi-
cal rule works.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

The Radicals think the vote of Ore
gon ought to be and will be given TO
Hayes because the people voted that
way, though one of the persons voted
for was Ineligible as all clector. just
as certainly did the people of Louisi-
ana and Florida cast decided major
ity OF their votes for Tilden, and they
ought to he SO counted. If the tri-
partite Commission go behind the
Governors certificate the evidence
will be most overwhelming that those
States should be counted for Tilden;
il they do not then how is Hayes 10
receive the three votes of Oregon ?
That ia a dilemma with two horns, and
the RAIDS can 'pay their money and
take their choice"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

THE passage of the Compromise bill
had the effect to disperse the troops
which his inebriated hi9hness had
quartered abou: the Capitol to bull
do2e tEeIIouse OF Representatives and
the country into submission to the
usurpations which the conspirators
had planned, in assuming and eniorc-
ing the power of the President of the
Senate the exclusive right to count
and declare the vote. Since that here
sy has been exploded there is no long
er any need of all army To help count
the voies that it has been used to as
sist in casting.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

DEM1 CRATIC Congressman Piper. of
California, has issued his notice of
contest 10 his conpet,tor Davis on the
ground that Davis received over 9.OOO
fraudu votes. the votes having
been cast on certificates ot enrolment
and the names of the voters not en-
tered OH the great register. He also
alleges that Davis received 4 600 votes
cast by uon-resid ents. Tue result Will
also show that Tilden carried C;,.iior
Mia Oh "a fair vote.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

WELLS, President of the Louisiana
Returning Board, was before the Con-
gressional Committee on Monday. y
Washington special of that date says,
that When taken to his quarters by
an officer of the House, he was search
ell, and there was found upon his per
son two loaded revolvers and n dan
gerous Thug knife. The cane he car
ried with him was also loaded. To
night he sent to Sergeant-at-Arms
Thompson to send him bottle of
brandy, but it WAS not given to him.
The most charitable construction to he
put on his very strange conduct to-day
is To say he was drunk. He will go
before the committee--tc-m but
SANS his bull-dozlng paraphernalia."
That is one of the honorable men
whom the patriotic and sainted Sher-
man and Garfield undertake TO white
wash in their report.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08
Compulsory Education.

The law for compulsory education
in this State has passed the Legisla-
ture, ard will probably hereafter fig
ure in the statute book with the mum.
erous others in the dead letter categO-
ry. That is to say, public opinion will
not enforce 1t, and law not backed
up by an active public opinion always
sinks out of sight and memory among
other dead and forgotten debris with
hich the statutes are encumbered.
To enforce upon parents the educa-
ton of their children by sending them
IN school it would be necessary to pro-
vide ior several things which the law
can scarcely do. First, it would be
ne cessary to place the parents of the
children in such = condition OF atflu-
ence that they could spare the services
of their children. and also supply
those children with suitsbie clothing
in which to appear st school i'll
cleanIy and decent manner. Second,
it would be necessary to provide all
the school books, stationery, and 9TH
er appliances used in school for per-
fecting lessons in all the branches
taught. All parents who send chill
dren to school know what constant
drain this expense is even upon the
best filled purse. Third, it would re-
quire the schools to be conducted in a
manner satisfactory to parents of every
Shade of religious belief. There is
nothing Sd radically repugnant to
parents, nor anything which could
more outrage their feelings than to be
compelled by law TO send their chill
dreu TO school in which school books
containing opposing sectarian doc
trines were read and taught from, and
in fact they never would send their
children To such school let the law
say what it might, or be attempted to
be enforced never SO rigiIly. Human
nature in the past has fully demon
stratcd that it will never endure con-
trary doctrine enforced upon it by
any process whatever.
These things being true. the Sta.e to
enforce the education of children in
the schools against their parents, con-
sent, must every day take those chill
dren from their parents control, by
force mus, provide these parents the
means to live, # they have them not,
without the aid of their children ;inust
| furnish the children with clothing and
| books and all other school appurten-
auces, and, finally, must get q series
books. in all their. teachings, which
must be furnished gratis 10 the schol-
ars. This, for the sufficient reason
that it would never do TO make an in
vi lious distinction between the chill
dren of the poor and the rich in such
matter where they are brought in
contact on an equality.
II is easily seen therefore that this
enforced system of State education of
children would, in iact, amount to
couscription OF the children in spite of
their parents; would put those chill
d, en- into uni,oim, and place them on
drill for certain number of hours
every day for stated term each year
as the law might provide.
That it cannot be done we do be-
lieve. and that, for the sake of the
peace OF the community, 1t should not
be atte,npted,is a fact that will be ver
flied if it is attempted. We shall see.
Vindicator.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

On the second Tnsday of March the
people of New Hampshire hold their
election for Governor and three men,
bers of Congress. On the same day
they vote on the question of amending
their State Constitution by striking
out the word Protestant, thus permit
ting persons of any religious denomi-
nation to hold Office if the people
choose to elect them.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

The Radicals are streuuOusiy op-
posed TO going behind the returns in
Louisiana and Florida, declaring that
il would be an open violation of the
rights of sovereign States" The
fact is, no one thinks of going behind
the returns All that is sought is to
90 behind the certificates of the ras-
Gals who have been trying to defraud
those States out OF the votes actually
and fairly cast, and thereby stifling
the voice OF the people.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

j. N. Fiestcr. Plaintiff.
Samuel Carlisle, Defendant.)
TIME defendant, Samuel Carlisle who resides
/ in the -tate of Michigan. will take notice,
that j. N. Fiestcr. OF the County of Trumbull,
in the State of Ohio, did. on the 2oth day of
October. A. D. 1876 file his petition in the Court
of Common Pleas, within and for the County of
Portage in said state of Ohio, against said Sam
Ing in substance to wit: To recover the am cunt
due him on n certain promissory note given by
said defendant to said plalntiG anuary 10. a. D.
1876 for the sum of $50 co. due in two months
thereafter. with interest thereon from March
15th A ID. lss6: also. to recover amount due salu
plaintiff from said defendant on book account
the sum OF $3.50, with interest thereon from the
9Th day of Ju y, d. 1876
Said petition alleges that plaintiff IS still the
owner and holder of said note and book account
and prays for judgment against defendant
thereon That on said 25th day OF October.
d. 1915, plaintf duly caused an attachments to
issue against the defendant Ia the Sheriff Of
Portage County. Ohio. by virtue whereof said
She, in the same day daily attached the fol-
lowing described real estate: Situate in the
Township of Paris, County of Portage and
State of Ohio. and known as village lots Nos.
three t3) four az and seventeen (iT) in the viii
lage plat of Harrisport- in said Township,
County and State.
said defendant is required to answer to said
pc, ition on or before the third Saturday after
the 2,rd day If February. ID. 1877, at which
time, or soon thereafter as said Court can
reach the above case. Judgment will be taken,
and an order to sell said lots OF land aforesaid.
j n. ffESTER.
by e. IL. NEWTON. Atty for plaintiff.
Ravenna, Ohio. January q, 1877. 4j7-6w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

A DECISION by the supreme court of
New Hampshire, rendered last Satur-
day. is well worth the attention of
those people who take no pains to
prevent snow and ice falling from
their roofs upon the heads of passers-
by. The court mentioned awarded
Lucy Garland S4,7OS damages for in
juries received from an icicle falling
upon her head from a building owned
by Nancy True, who had to pay the
um awarded.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

AMONG the many bogus govern
ments in the South which Grant has
forced upon the people by bayonet
power, none has been more trans
parent sham than the present Packard
government of Louisiana. 1t failed
of election by nearly. ten thousand
votes its legality Is claimed by SCARCE
ly anybody either in or out of the
State it Is supported by few except
Office seeking adventures and the
minority of negroes who follow them !;
it is hid away in building guarded
by armed men it exercises no author
ity outside of the rooms where it is
cooped up in short il is the most
pueriIe, feeble and absurd squad OF
adventures that ever had the impu-
dence to call themselves State Gov
ernment.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

"GATH." the Washington Cores
pers, says "the city of Washington has
expended S4. 500 600 in wooden pave
ments, which now have to be removed
aud are nearly impasssble-fifty miles
of soggy blocks, hardly fit for fire.
wood" More Radical economy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

CINCINNATI has sixty three jobbing
whisky houses and the books of the
Collector at that point shows the total
amount gagged for them during the
year 1876 was 1,6S0.4 .42l proof gallons.
and that ia but portion of the busi-
ness done by the 63 firms, as their
principal business is in whiakies sold
In original packages, which are not re-
ported by the Gaugers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

THE President has removed the
witness Maddox, who exposed some
of the rascalities of the Louisiana Re-
turning Board, from the position of
Treasury Agent, Grant shows the
same degree of anxiety to have the
honesty of those fellows brought to
light as the other Radical leaders.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08
SENATE.

George F. Edmunds. Rep, Vermont
Oliver Z. Morton, Rer., Indiana.
+. T. Frelinghuysen. Rep. n. j..
A. G.. Thurman, DEM, Ohio.
Thos. +. B4yard, Dem, Delaware.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Henry Il. Payne. Dem Ohio.
Eppa Hunton, DEM, Virginia.
JOSIAH &, Abbott, Dem, Mass.
James A. Garfield. Rep, Ohio.
George f. lIOar, Rep, Mass.
SUPREME COURT:
Nathan Clifford. Maine
Stephen J. Field, California,
Samuel r.. Miller. Iowa.
William Strong, Pennsylvania.
Joseph r. Bradley, New Jersey.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

IT is reported from Washington
that Judge Davis will not announce
his decision as to acceptance of the
United States Seuatorship until after
the expiration of the present Admin
istration, preventing appointment of
successor TO the bench by President
Grant
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

Or course Returning Board Wells
and his crowd are trying hard to bresk
the force of the damaging testimony
OF Pickett and Maddox. But Wells &
Go. are under a email cloud just now.
even leading Republicans having de-
clared for the last three years that they
are penitentiary deserving villains.
Their rascalities are too patent to be
defended or successfully covered up.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

THE Ohio Dairymen's Association
closed two-days' session at Cleve-
land on Thueaday evening last. The
attendance was good, and much inter-
est was manifested in the discussion
of the various questions coming be-
fore the meeting relating TO the dairy
interests of the State,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

THE Radicals are feeling considera-
BILE anxiety about the resignation of
Judge David Davis as SupremeJud udge.
They want Grant to appoint his sue
cessor, but it is probable that the
privilege will not be given him.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

The proposition TO reduce the pay
Of Congressmen of 81, 800 a year has
been defeated. The persons cornpell-
ed to submit to reduced pay are those
w no earn their bread by the sweat OF
their brows. When it comes to pub
lie officers, hands of.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08
FRANK uorr VS.. CALVIN MoArz.


NALViN MOATZ. whose place of residence
~ is unknown, will take notice that Frank
HOn, of the County of Portage in the state of
Ohio. did. ON the 9TH day of October 1876 file his
Petition ami Affidavit in Attachments and
Garnishment. Il in the Court OF Common Pleas
within and for the County of Portage in the
said tate of ohio. ag ainst the ssidCalvin Moatz
defendant, setting forth that said plaintiff is the
owner and holder OF a prUinissory note given by
said Calvin Moatz as principal and Samuel
Moatz as sur city. hearing 'istc Aar-h 25fh. 1915.
and calling for thc payment OF $50 o. to said
Frank tiOG or bearer. eight months from date
That said samuel Mo .tz Is wholly insoi.cnt that
no part of said note has becn paid; that there
Is now due on said note the sum OF <130 % with
interest taereOn from ov. s5th, 1875. for which
Judgment is asked. Said affidavit being To the
ene.t that said Calvin MoatZ Is :, nonresident
of the State Ut Uhio that &c abscontlc,i with in
tent to lefrand his creditors; that one Jo>hu
L. Catiin. Of Portage County abd State of Ohio,
and one cyrus Yarrick of Summit COUNTY Ono.
are indebted to said defendant And the said
Calvin Moatz is notified that he is required To
api'e al ani answer said petition icfnrc
the third Saturday after the I6 h day of Febru-
AIRY next
w. u. TEpM
ATTY for Plaintiff.
January 8. 1871. 4s6-6w
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

Alex Maurer Before A. v. W WillSey. j. p.
". Z of Atwater, Portage Co.,
George Reader. Ohio.
an the 18th day of January. 1871. said jus,
~ tice issued an order OF attachment In the
above action for &lS o.
ALEX. MAURER.
Atxatsr. Jan 90, 1877, 44o-sw
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

These are the amounts as given in 1876.
can be better appreciated by
comparing it with the Indebtedness OF
some Of the Northern States rs given
by the came authority, at the same
time. Thus, South Carolina, with a
population of less than one million,
has an Indebtedness as large as that of
Ohio, with population of nearly
three millions. North Carolina. with
population of about one million, has
an Indebtedness ten times that of Illi-
nOis, with population more than two
and a-half times as large. The popu-
lation of Louisiana ia about half that
of Indiana, and its debt is about fifteen
times as large. This contrast between
the Northern and Southern States is
very broad but broad as it is, it might
be shown as still broader by exhibit
ing the annual expenditures of the
various States with reference to the
population. Suffice it to say that the
same difference is exhibited in that
direction, and the Southern States are
not only enormously weighed down
with actual debt, but additionally bur-
dened by the dimensions of their ex-
penditures. 1t will be noticed that
the debt OF each of the Southern States
is about in proportion to the length of
time 1t has been under the rule of the
carpet baggers. No wonder the peo-
pie there are anxious to get control of
their own affairs.-(Ex.
CAN any one doubt that the Radical
leaders have the most implicit faith in
the honesty and integrity of the Lou.
isiana and Florida Returning Boards
and confidently believe that Hayes
and Wheeler fairly carried the votes
of those States? Don't their extreme
anxiety to 60 behind the certificates oi
election and to have q free and
thorough investigation into the alleg.
| ed frauds convince every body tha
they are honest in their claims and
have not shadow Of doubt on thu
subject?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08
Han.ptOn the Legal GovernOr.

NEW YoRK, February IA dis
patch from Columbia says Governor
Hampton, having granted a pardon to
AMI Rasborou9h. q colOred prisoner
i'm the Jail of Chester County, and the
Sheriff refusing TO release the prisoner
on the ground tha. Wade Hampton is
not Governor'Of the State, Judge j. l..
Mackey issued writ OF habeaS cO,,pus
on the petition of the prisoner, and
yesterday the case was argued, when
Judge Mackey promptly decided that
Wade Hampton was The legal Govern
or. The Sherif's counsel promptly
the case to the Supreme
Court.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-08

PAY 10 the order OF $. b. Packard
S.: coo. Z. CHANDLER.
PAY to the order OF s. b. Packard
81 600. 4 CnANDLEa.
New York, Nov. s, 1876.
Snch were powerful arguments with
the Louisiana Returning Board, and
helped bull. doing, intimidation and
fraud.