Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-01-26

to the plan ,auUPueu by t"e J"r"'
committee of the two houses for the
settlement of the Presidential ques-
ton, for they believe it to be sur
render rather than compromise.
They insist that either Hayes or
Tilden was elected; that the ConSti-
tuition provides the method for de-
termining the question, and that any
other method is wrong until it is
changed by law; and they protest
against dragging the Supreme
Court into the case. 1t is held that
if decided in this way one party is
certain to be dissatisfied, and that
the fact that the Supreme Court will
have something to do with it will
not take away the feeling. They
insist that the counting shall take
place as it always has; that the
President of the Senate shall declare
the result, and if the losing side feels
aggrieved it shall find its remedy as
best 1t can-just the same as is done |
in all other cases. They believe
that Hayes was fairly elected, and
they insist that he shall be inaugur-
ated. The Republicans of this City,
who know by bitter experience what
Democracy is, shudder when they
think that Tilden and his gang
have the slightest possible chance Of
getting control of the Federal Gov
ernment.
THE SNOW.
Along all the streets are long
ridges of dirty snow, in some places
eight and ten feet deep. The Peo-
pie most ardently desire to have it
moved; there are thousands of men
starving for want of work, and the
city is abundantly able to pay for
having it done, but unfortunately
there is no power anywhere to aP-
propriate money for the purpose,
and so it stays, to the detriment of
trade and the utter destruction of
comfort. The street cars cleared
their tracks, but the space, in conse-
quenee of the piled-up snow, is so
narrow that their cars are perpet-
ually blocked, and it takes twice the
time TO go up or down town that it
ought to, and it will lay till the sun
changes it into mud and it runs off !
of its own accord, leaving behind,
as a remembrance, fevers and death. |
BENNETT-MAY.
The town has been on a broad
grin for days over the ludicrous |
ending of the Bennett May affair.
The two idiots did go to place in
Delaware, and did stand up before
each other at the blOod-thirsty dis
tance of twelve PAGES and fire Pis-
tolls into the air, and retire. Then
it was industriously given out that
May was mortally wounded, and
that Bennett was in hiding, and the
papers were filled with incidents of
the meeting" The truth is neither
was touched. May sneaked off to
Washington, and Bennett sneaked
off to Europe with his sister, where
he will probably stay. He is the
laughing stock of the city, and as
he hasn't the tact of his father to
turn such things to account, it Is
better for him to be away. The re-
suit of the 'duel' is so ridiculous
that it has done more to put final
end to such nonsense than all the
laws. The only real sufferer in the
case is Miss May, who is really
nice girl, even if she was willing to
marry such a man as Bennett.
VANDERBILT.
Vanderbilt is not to be allowed to
sleep peacefully in his coffin. His
daughters, inspired, doubtless, by
their husbands, are not satisfied with
the disposition of his estate, and
they will contest the will. They
claim that they can show that the
old man was under undue influence
when he made the will, and that his
bequests were consequently unjust.
The fact is, Vanderbilt was never
clearer in his life, and he did with
his property exactly what he had
always intended to. He desired
that the fabric he had built should
remain for all time, as does that of
the Rothchilds, and he selected the
son who has business ability, trained
him carefully in the management OF
his railroads, and then left the con
troll of them in his hands. He was
ambitious that the name should en-
dure in connection with his enter
prises, and that the system he es-
tablished should be perpetuated.
The daughters will not succeed, for
the will was made years ago, and
his intentions were as well known
five years ago as when the document
was presented for probate. Still the
fight will be lively one, and the
lawyers will get fat pickings out of
it. PIErRO.