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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Big ShoOIiuS.

SAL EMS WILLIAM TELL.- Every
one will be astonishni to ar that w
have a bona fid. Will ,m rell in S,
lem, that is, SO far as sh rot ng al apple
on a yo ing IN ms head txed v plc.S
off, is like that William Tell. o. Swiss
liberty fame. w liam h IS b =. , 3rac
ticing with the ile for some tim and
ioesn't n t very w.d. nf hi, mark
either. Last Friday afternoon. h.
with darlug. nervy young m,
whom we will cal Rch,ri IT,, re-
piired to the fiat by the sta N to prac
tice, for William was bnInd to chal
.nge Capt. Travis, tn up on sh ii
of America, aud carry of TIE iaure!>
or die IN the attempt . her f,iend-
accompanied them t. witness tnt
shooting. After the di ,tance is stepD I'd
oH, Richard takes his III ca, ami the
irss thing attempted is ,ortiny at u
ydn-wJm on a stick wni II Rich ,rd
holds up, and which w liam hits the
first time. "Give tn. old IN an "a
chance" as the old slyin' is" saw
William, land | Will d Il more diff
cult thing than that. If Richard will
hold Suu-wad between his thumb
aud fore finger plump it as slick IA
a whistle" This feat was attemp ed
aud done. Flows TIN ,t,'' remarked
William, talk about v ,ur Clp. Il av-
l." The next thing d d,ne was to hit IA
lay pipe i'll Richards mouth. Then
tbllnWe,i the ashes on Il cigar, which
Richard was smoking and finally, to
out-do William Tell OF oil l, an a lpI-
Was placed on Rich .rd's heai, which
was hit without interfering with Rich
.fd = crauium in the least II ,w'-
that, !" eXcla M Wi liam + hop.pI
,eVer s.e the oack of my neck, ;ss the
Old sayin' is, ii | ion't g-t away with
: 'ciSer at Alliance, next w ,.die Sday
IN III tie the crack shns OF Am .ric.t
''id wear the belt, So II IL, me ID ,h
Ecker. Just then some of the II hoyS
determined To have some fun, sent tht.
III trshall down to arrest Witt ,m for
hf" 'ns IRE arm ut :; person with in
tent to-hit an appl,. b 1t Will AN
was through shooting 10y the time the
Ulcer appeare Land so the thing tildn',
"tfk. lac above cir,.unS tanc = actu-
II Y toDk place, aud if anv town has a
man ia can beat our Will IN Tell.
trOt him out or fOrev .r afot.r hold yoIr
peace.-l Salem Republican,.
The recent rifle m itch be ween the
dresn, and New Lyme clubs has
JfouSnt out some shooting thas we
Dror,biy word not have heard of 9th
srwi,e. NJ. James Kennedy, of How
and, age | 50, mad, for tOnsecu i've
ho : the OH day, at 90 yards. max !
ng Il strin-, of inch. On another Oc-
l>ion he made eight consecutive shots |
With a2t inch string. On Thanks
living day, in six shots, 4 e centered /
tx grains of corn, distance, 2l yards, /
SeAt.-I Warren Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
A PARALLEL.

The course of the soc ,!led Electoral
Tribunal calls to mind horse race
out on Long Island year. ago. Far.
m:r Btown boasted of having the
hectcst mare in Suffolk county, and a
Brooklyn sportsman, who also owned
fast trotier. was induced to make a
match. The city man took his animal
to the country and saw a. glance that
1t was superior to Farmer Browns,
Tiey measured Off mil in the road
Two men were selected TO start the
hors IS and three to see the finish. The
Brooklyn man accepted the services
OF Il bright boy to ride hi; horse, and
then perG5ed himself on the fence to
s 'he race. lie saw his horse cross
the line two lengths aheal, bat to his
aStonishment Farmer Browns horse
was declared the winnar. who
judged the finish?'' ,o,ied the Brook
lyn man. "Dan'l Brown, Nat Brown,
a III Tom Brown" Was the reply
who started the horses 2" Morton
Brown and James Brown "Who
rode my horse p 'Why, that was lit.
tie Jimmy b"own." Ant then the
judges voted that there was no going
back of the returns.-]N. Y. Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
A Specimen OF Honesty

When the Electoral Bill was being
prepared by the joint committee of the
TWO Houses, some of the Democratic
members proposed section expressly
authorizing and directing the Com
mission 10 go behind the action OF Re
turning Boards and ascertain which
set OF Electors in all the contested
States were honestly elected. To this
proposition Judge uoar, speaking for
the Republicans, said there was m
need for such a section, because the
purport and intent Of the bill already
drawn authorized and empowered the
Commission to make such inquiry
Judge Hoar was member of the
Commission and joined with his Rad
ical colleagues to deny their right or
authority TO 90 behiud the lying cer-
tificafcs of the Governors OF Florida
and Louisiana to investigate ANYTHING
though the proof was oyerw helming
and conclusive that those States had
been carried by Tiiden. and by the
most villainOus frauds counted again st
him by the Returning Boards. Let
us hear no more about such men as
itoar being high minded and Iionora
BILE. lie is a political prostitute OF the
basest sort, who will resort TO The
bascet of crimes to secure his pariizan
purposes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

THE EFF!cAcY OT PRlYEa.- s.
.Janette NJ. Robinson, of Chicago says
that she In u been cire;l of pa ,a'ysis in
direct answer to prayer, aud several of
the cler9ymen OF the city vouch for tile
truth of her story. She was, ac :or,ling
to her account, Il helpless Invalid for
eight years. Physicians were in vain.
and she steadily grew worse. Her
jaws became fixed by long disuse, and
she could not speak. One day, when
particularly despondent, Il physician
having just told her that she could not
recover, she read in her Bible the text.
All things whatsoever We ask, believ-
ing, ye shall receive" She had faith
iii that Scriptural promise, and she
prayed fervent!y that She might be
miracuiously cured. Suddenly she
was able to move her jaws, and to
speak. She got up aud walked with.
out difficulty, and has been well ever
since
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Truthful and f;iouucnt.


Charles O'Conor, in his reply TO the
sophistrics OF Evaris, that the acts o.
The Governor and Returning Board o
Florida should not be looked into by
any othor tribunal, .aiG
"-lH 0ci,, hpncrc,, soiemn. h0rere,
Sacred, .i,om schdfecc,' gtartcr con,iuy,
by nh"tecey bo,ty De,petraie,i, are In
bie Ia recfeU IN some mHHHei. in some
jntiicim ar ofher hibnadi, so Hnt
fi,0nd and Tniseh0Od m0y xhIInk
0Jnshed dnd defcnteI, dnd muy /uH IN
an attempt to f,'omi'ie on Me righk."
There is not an hOnoiab LAWYER,
or an honest man of any party i'm This
broad land that docs II ,t feel the JUS
tice and force of this language-esps-
cially in this case where the very ex-
istence OF the go, ern nemt is threaten
ed. And yet the eight rerjurers on
the Tribunal say that fraud vitiates
nothing, but is as potent and sacred as
right and tru h, and the holy men of
the party of thieves and scoundrels
lift up their ,Oic .s in praise and
over a success of fraud,
force aud perlury.-[Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

In the course of the debate in :he
National House of Representatives,
OH the question Of asserting to the de-
cision of the Commission in the Flori-
da case, Representative Frank Hurd,
of Toledo, said: '.lIe did hot rise o
,mplain of the decision of the COM
mission. as il might effect The candi-
date OF his choice, but as a member OF
the legai profession and as a member
OF the House he wished TO enter his
protest against This novel and danger
GUS doctrine upon which that decision
rested. When the President of the
Senate submitted TO the joint conven-
lion the certificates from the State of
Florida, certificate number sone' had
been objected to OH the ground that il
had been procured through iraud, and
was the result OF a conspiracy entered
into by the Returning Board, the cleo
tors and by the Governor of The State.
Evidence had ben aisO submitted
tending to show fraud and conspiracy.
Tie commission mad excluded this
evidence aud refused To hear i, and
he sOiemnly protested against that ac-
ton. Fraud vitiated everything. 1t
poisoned the source of all judgment.
1t cancelled every obligation, annulled-
every ,ntracf and repealed every law.
The judgment of the highest tribunal
might be regarded as null aud void il
there was iaint of fraud attaching to
it !; and yet the commission had decid.
ed that fraud would be secured and
protected in this greatest case of all
time. Any judgment reached by that
commission by the exclusion of eyi-
dence which would prove the fraud
would not satisfy the country, and
would not be sustained. Peace and
prosperity would no: come, and who
ever ventured to assume the duties of
the Presidential office on title OBJ
scured by fraud which it would be
possible to prove would be regarded
a usurper by large majority Of the
American people,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Garfeld's Wounded Honor.

This is an extraordinary piece OF
news about General Garfield, that he
has sued somebody in Ohio for libel,
for stating that he attended quad
room bali in New Orleans! Why
shouldn't General Garfield have at
tended quadroon bali? Are not
quadrOons women and sisters as much
as EliZl PinkstOn herself? 1t is noto-
rious that the blacks hate all the mi led
bloods worse than they do the whites,
and the history OF llayti shows thai
whenever the blacks get control O,
things, no lighter hues can live and
thrive. Bat ought not General Gar
field to be above these low jealousies
and cutaneous spites? Other generals
as black as General Garfield, have at
tended Guadr0on balls in New Orleans
il history can lie trusted. and no man
has been sued for mentioning the fact
We really fail To see why the accom-
plished member from OI;O ,hould dis
criminatc in this tisagreeable wa,
a saiust sex and shades after dining
with Packard, and coispiri,ig to make
a President with j. Madison Wells
New York World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
The Inramy Abou, Con.u.na,ea,

The eight Perjured villains who
have set thems Ives deliberately to
work to count in a President who has
been most emphatically and fairly de-
feated by the people, have about fn-
ished their infamous work. The Eiec-
toral Commission was appointed TO
investigate and determine from the
evidence whether the Electoral votes
of Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina
AID Oregon, or any OF them hal been
Illegally or uncons!itutionaliy cast.
This duty they took solemn oath 10
perform. That oath they utterly dis
regarded. and persistently refused to
go behind the lying certificates of the
yiilainons carpet-bag Governors Of
the two former States to discover the
frauds that would have convinced all
fairminded men that the Inauguration
of Hayes would be most manifest
and wicked usurpation.
The Democrats stood ready to prove
that the Infamous Returning Board of
Louisiana was not legally constituted
and had no right under the laws to
act as canvassing officers they offered
to prove that 1900 Democratic votes
were illegally thrown out in order to
give the Electoral vote of the State to
Hayes; they offered to prove that the
returns sent in by the election officers
were altered and changed for the par
pose of accomplishing the nefarious
work OF the desperate Radical comspir-
ators; they offered to prove that the
Returning Board were guilty of per-
jury and forgery to accomplish their
fell purpose; they offered 10 prove
that number of the Electors return
ed by the Returning Board were in
eligible under the constitution of the
United States and the laws of that
State.
They stood ready with the proof to
establish all these charges beyond the
shadow of doubt, but the Republican
majority of the Commission in utter
disregard of the purposes Of the law,
of their oaths and OF their duty TO the
c,untry, utterly refused to hear or
consider any evidence, and decided
that they had nothing to do but re-
ceive the certificate of an usurp ns
Governor and disfranchise the people
of that State by giving its votes 10
Hayes. Ii he assumes the office under
these circumstances, with the frauds
tn It thus far have been demonstrated he
will become an usurper aud should be
treated as such.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

Bur what reform of smaller publc
evils can be expected from a President
who takes his office through fraud
How can man who receives such a
dignity, knowing it TO have been oh
tanned by bribery. theft. and burglary.
ever reform anything? And what
moral support can be given by any
honest citizen or any independent
Journal, To such man in such 3 situ-
afion2 For such an offender there
can be nothing but condemnation,
merciless, constant, unsparnng. until
he abandons his offence, and relieves
tie country and the age from the in
aolenf spectacle OF such unbiushing
crime Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
What the House will do.

The Washington SPECIAL TO the En-
quirer, dated the 26ih says: "if the
last act is carried out and Hayes is de-
ciared elected by the President of the
Senate the Democrats of The House
will protest against the declaration
and refuse To unite in inaugurating
him. They will also enieavOr to pass
iii caucus Il resolution setting forth
that no Democrat can with honor ac-
~ept an office OF trust under him, and
such as do should not be entitled to
the respest of the party. The House
will also pass a resolution declaring
that Samuel j. Tilden has been duly
elected President. and that Rutherford
Il. Hayes has not. The effect of such
action would be q clear condemnation
of Hayes title to the office" All. of
which sounds very well but will
amount 10 nothing. 1t is like locking
the stable after the horse has been
stolen. The Democrats in Congress
had the power 10 prevent the con-
summation of this INDUSTRIOUS villaipy
but did not.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The Radical managers have secured
the arrest of Dom Piatt, the bold and
fearless editor of the Washington
Capital, for "seditious writing" for an
article in his paper of the 18th, scoring
the rascals who are usurpiug and rev
olutiOnizing the Government. lie has
been arrested and put under bonds OF
5000 for his appearance to answer
the charge. This is the beginning oil
the end. The old alien and sedition
laws are TO be revived, and woe to the
Democratic editor who has the teIner-
ity to criticise the acts of the usurpers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The majority o: the popular vote
for Tilden at the late election was z64,-
SD. His actual majority of the Elect
oral votes is 2:'. or this he is deprived
by the illegal aud arbitrary action of
the villainous Returning Boards of
Louisiana and Florida, backed by the
eight members OF the Electoral Com
mission who, in utter disregard of
their oaths and The duty they owe to
the country, refused to he a. the proof
and examine and determine the facts.
Yet the conspirators will rejoice over
the rascaliiy which puts usurl er into
the Presidential chair.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

SEvkEAL months ago a man named
John Kinney was convicted oi = crime
he never committed. as aite W .rd
proven, and sentenced TO the Con-
neciicut State Prison for life. Upon
the knowledge of his innocence conf
ing to the ears OF the Legislature, a
bill was passed To release him, and the
f0rInsliiies for his release were com
pIeted i'm one hour aud twenty min
utes after the resolution passed the
Lower House of the Legislature.
u .uaiIy, in Connecticut, when = resO-
luton has passed the Legislature il
must be certified by the Clerks OF both
Houses, examined and compared by
the Engrossing COMMITTEE, engrossed
by the Secretary of Stale, and approv-
e,l by the Governor. Sach formali-
sies often occupy days, but the mani
fest Injustice OF Kinney inczrcera-
tiou was AN incentive TO rapid work.
A resolution was also promptly passed {
restoring to him his forfeited rights,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

TAYEs is elected, shouts the Radi-
cal conspirators. And why? Only
because the Commission refusad to in-
auire whether he was elected or not.
Ii he was elected an examination and
full and fair investigation of the re-
turns could not have preIudiced his
rights The refusal 10 investigate is
evidence that they knew that he proc I
would make the yiilaiuy so pateit 10
the world that even they would not
dare 10 be parties to its accomplish
meni.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The New York ,Sna wants the
Washington Monument pulled down.
and says:
Pull down the monument, then. and
let US hear no more talk of rebuilding"
it-that is, OF rebuilding II in honor oil
George Washington. Pie up the
stones again. If the city must have a
shaft, and pile them high. Pile them
mp Till the arex can be seen for miles
in any direction. At the top of all
put a colossal statue OF Joe Bradley,
the President maker, with bandage
over one eye. and his hand stretched
out toward the White House. ICon-
gress, is to make an appropriation, let
api roprate all the copies of the old
Constitution which belongs to the
Government, and all the statutes and
all judicial decisions based upon that
Constitution. Let the great mass OF
. ocunents be melted down into a CO.
IL ssaI pastebOard statue Joe Bradley
nd placed at the tip of ;he shaft but
let the new monument be known as q
nOnu ment 10 him aud not to George
Washington. /,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

GRANTS THREE SPEECHE .-General
Grant has made three speeches. We
suppose his last will be made March
5tb, 1877. These speeches are as fol-
lows:
Let us have peace, said President Grant
As he seated hms elf in The chair OF state:
But all of his words have been words OF cant,
And all OF his acts have been acts OF hate
Let no guilty man escape" said President
Grant.
When Justice hunting the Government
thieves;
But his terrible threat was ridiculous lant,
And he quickly repcnted by granting prieves
THE count must be honest'' said President
Grant,
. For fraud in elections, we know, never pays;
fair and just count is what all want
And Kellogg can do it-ant elect Mr. Hayes. =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Notes and Queries.

.If," asks the Rev.General DEC olyer
Garfield, "you had our hand (of false
certificates) wouldn't you play it?
'sAnd it," says the Rev. General also,
.iyou were Chairman of the Commit
Tee on appropriations, and could make
Boss Shepherd DeGolycr a paving
contract. and get 5000 of The money,
wouldn't you take it?" "Yes," says
the Radical party "and when the
election OF our party candidate Tor
President depends on uphOlding
Wells sale OF Louisiana, is not the
Rev. General Detiolyer Garfield the
,",n 10 brazen il out !'-l Washington
Union.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

RIGnTEoUsNEss exalteth a nation.
By the grace of the Republican Re
turning boards of Florida, Louisiana
and the Electoral Commission al
Washington City, the Righteousness
that exalteth this nation belongs to
the order of Barrabas the Robber, who
attained the high distinction of being
chosen for liberation, that JesusChrist
might be co idemned to crucifixion.
HalIelujahl
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The yirtuous, ,nor- partisan Tribunal,
by strictly partisan vote declares
that fraud, perjury and forgery are so
securely cntrenched that that there is
no power in the land by which they
can be thwarted i'm the accomplish
ment of their wicked purpose, and
that the people must bow their head
i'm ab,ect submission 10 their decress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The Plain Dealer is Informed by a
friend of General Garfield, with whom
he is in frequent correspondence, that
the General in the most positive and
emphatic manner denies the truthful
ness of the article from the New Or
leans Democrat charging him with
haying attended quadroon ball while
i'm the Crescent city, and pronounces
the author OF the story an sunmitigat-
ed liar
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

WHEN the local Governments of the
States OF Florida, South Carolina and
Louisiana are given TO the Democrats
and the Electoral votes are given to
Hayes the American people under.
stand that fraud has been perpetrated
If Hayes carried Florida and Louisi-
ana, so did Stearns and Packard. In
order TO be consistent, the Republi-
cans must sustain Packard.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
MARRIED-

PRICE-COIT.--In Shalersviile, at the residence
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. W
Colt, Fej. 2fst. by Elder ID. J. Whi =. Mr.
Calvin Pre-, and Miss Rosie j. Colt. both Of
Shaie' svile.
GILLLrT-CARrER.--A the residence of the
brides parents. in Savenna, on Thursday
February %, 1877. by Rev. w. Fl. Capers, MIR
stephen L. Gilleit. OF South Valley, Otsege
County, n. Y, an! Miss Ellen Z. Carter
daughter of Erastus Carter. Esq
The printer was duly remembered on the oc
casion, for which the happy couple have oul
thanks May they enjoy 1t long life OF unalloy
ell happiness.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

HIS fraudulency should not fail to
give prominent place in his inaug-
ural to the following from General
Grant:
No man worthy of the office o.
President should be willing to hol 1 il
if counted in or placed there by fraud
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

IN the year 1876 the fire insurance
companies of the United States paid
for losses S43, ,376. 800, Ohio'sshare be-
ing SI,690,OOO. The premiums paid
the companies is three times the losses.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

One of the Hayes Electors in Loui-
siana had served out term IN the
penitentiary and under the laws of
that state was Ineligible, bat then the
High Joint Commission thought he
was good enough to help put an
usurper in the White House.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

The Ohio Legislature is expected to
abolish the law preventing the inter-
marriage of whites and blacks before
the adjournment. Some OF the Rad
zeal bachelors don't want any legal
obstacles in the way of iheir wooing
and wedding the widow pinkston.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

AT the city election III Pittsburgh
on the 18th, the Democrats burst the
corrupt Radical ring, electing Liddal',
their canpidate for Mayor by majo or
ity of 1902 The vote was large one
and the victory of the Democrats is
one over which they have occasion to
rejoice. That city usually gives a
Radical msjority of from 5000 to
1000. a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

SIN Rear "A Admirals have died since
the beginning of the year 1877, name
ly; Wilkes, Alden, Smith, Baily.
Davis and GoldshorOugh. They were
on the retired list, and no vacancies
are created.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

IT is thought the great tragedy OF
counting in 4 President defeated will
terminate on Thursday, aud the cur
tain be rung down to await the after
piece Of inaugura,ing a usurper on
Monday.