The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1877-01-12
POLITICAL,

POLITICAL.
The feeling has almost entirely sab.
sided in the city. Either people are too
busy buying Christmas presents, and in
arranging for the holiday festivities, or
they hare grown tired Of the agitation.
1t has settled down to this, Hayes is
elected, and is going to be inaugurated,
aud almost everybody is glad of it.
The row was raised principally by DEM
.Ocrats who expected foreign missions
under Tilden, and by the professional
rats who wanted sinecures in the Gus
tom-house and postoffice. They found
it to their interest to raise a rumpus,
and demand ''Tilden or blood''-the
blood being always understood as some
body else's-but the steadygoing citi-
zen who voted for Tilden don't see any
use in keeping up an everlasting clatter
for the benefit of these insects. They
have their own business to attend to,
all the bowling now being done don't
affect them. The politicians meet with
very little encouragement, and the fran
tic appeals of Hewitt, and his paid
gang, tall on deaf ears. l believe that
half the Democracy of the city, and
the halt that is worth listening to, are
glad in their hearts that Hayes is elect
ed, and if they fought at all, would
fight TO place him at the head of the
Government. 1t is fact that the ex-
pressions in Indiana were inspired from
New York, and that the expenses of
the meetings were paid out of the Dem
ocfatic treasury here. But it will fail
Every business man knows and feels
that what the country wants now is
peace, and lasting one. Aud they
know that it is not safe to entrust
Ghe Government to a party controlled
by Southern rebels, especially when it
IS loaded with the corruptionists of
New York city. They will not coun-
tenance anything of the kind, and as
for blood-the South won't fight, the
efice seekers never did fight, and the
people who did, and those who paid
t6F it, got quite enough of it twelve
years ago. There is no occasion for
fear.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
The stores are crowded till buyers
Ab#st wait by the half hour sometimes
for the chance of being half served, get
ting the hasty attendance which is all
that hurried statesmen and women have
20 give each of their hundred customers.
One would say there was no lack of
money, judging from the goods and the
money that is passing. But it is seen
that people are buying the trinkets that
cost least, and more match safes, and
ash trays, and such miserable little traps
viii be sent this season than eyer. To
see.ChTistmas in something of its old
bea-tinefs, one should visit the east side
Of the city, in the crowded quarters that
do shopping on Grand street. The
sidewalks are q perfect booth of holt
day venders, and children do thriving
trade in wax tapers and trinkets for the
Christmas tree. Figures of old Santa
Claus with his cloak and snow frosted
beard are common as dolls. and the
best choice of toys to really please chill.
dren is found out of doors in the hands
OF the cheap verders, and not in the
high-priced stores. There it is hard
ship to End anything for children to
amuse them after the first blush of
novelty is worn Off What use Is
fifty dollar elephant that viii wag hi.
trunk 70 child the day after Christ
mas The delight of seeing the aai-
NAL wag It's proboscis in the nature ot
things cannot be elevating. Children
want semething they can use and take
some part in with their own ingenuity.
trait which the toy-makers steadily
ignore noticed in one store an assort-
ment Of toys, the lowest Of which were
thirty dollars, and they run up in price
60 $3.50. And, singular as it may seem,
there are people who buy and pay fer
such things The wealthy speculator
who made bis money BY lucky stroke
IL stocks, has % spend, but anfortuB-
atelq be has NOT the Judgment TO get