Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

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could hardly be made, and it will
probably not be long delayed. Min
lister Pierrepont's indiscreet speeches
and actions have not tended to Who'll
.ly satisfy the requirements of the
place which he has filed.
At Mrs. Hayes first reception,
held at the White House, Saturday
afternoon, the visitors were exceed
ingly numerous and distinguished.
During the forenoon a number of
bOquets were sent her, and one, COM
posed of rose-buds and violets, bore
the following inscription: "From a
Mississippi Republican, who stands
by the statesman who has said that
he who best serves his country serves
his party best"
If General Devens, of Massachu
sets, goes into President Hayes
Cabinet, it viii be an eloquent Cab
iDet'' if nothing else. Devens is one
of the most. polished speakers in the
Old Bay State. Think of Cabinet
with such orators in it as Evarts,
Schurz, Devens and Thompson, "the
old man eloquent" f" of Indiana, whose
nomination of Abraham Lincoln in
1860 was as fine an effort as that of
Colonel Ipgersol in the nomination
of Blaine last year. Troy Times.
Tilden's serious attempt to cap
ture the Presidency ended ftly in
the farce of Mr.. Field to secure it
for him by lawsuit in the nature
of quo aoarranto. The House vot-
ed it down by big majority. Mr..
Tilden can now file bill in the Su-
preme Court, but if it is prepared
with his usual slowness, the Presi-
dent can plead the statute of limi-
tations. Mr.. Field has in fact done
nothing from the beginning but to
prejudice the interests of his client.
The failure of the army appropria-
tion bill will probably render spe-
cial session of the new eongres
necessary. The onus of this is upon
the Democratic party, which insist
ed upon cutting the army bill be-
yond all reason, and simply out of
spite to the administration. The
whole proceeding of the Democrats
in the last hours of Congress has
been revolutionary and unpatriotic,
without a thought for the safety,
dignity or prosperity of the nation.
We trust that these are the last
days of a wholly corrupt and fac
tious organization, which was only
held together by the common hope
of plunder.
The Youngstown Register and
Tribune notices the verdict of the
jury il the bridge case, as follows,
which is copied with the thought
that our readers may like to see
what the sentiments of those are
who are removed from local interest
and predictions and are enabled to
look at the matter in the light of
impartiality:
After long and an exhaustive ex-
animation into the facts, the Coro-
ner's jury found the management of
the Lake Shore road blamable for
the breaking of the Ashtabula
bridge, and the most terrible rail-
road disaster on record. The jury
charges the responsibility for the
calamity upon the designer and con-
structor of the bridge, as well as up
on the engineer under whose super
vision it has been. 1t is far too easy
for these railway corporations to es-
cape the censure they in many
instances deserve under the
stereotyped verdict: ''No one spe-
cially to blame" and the Ashtabula
verdict points to a turn in the tide.
Railroads cannot be held to a too
strict accountability by the public
for the care they exercise in their
management, and the caution they
use in building bridges and in guard |
against danger. A few such posi-
tive verdicts cannot but have a
wholesome effect and make travellers
less likely to think of their executors
every time they step upon the train.
A little paying of damages is now
the only thing needed to enforce the
lesson. Though corporations are
souless they are not without sensa-
tions when their pocket books are
touched.