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The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Loss by the Abrasion of Coins.

At a meeting of the Microscopical So- ciety Henry G. Hanks presented an inter- es.ing paper in connection with the mi mute particles which gold coins lose by handling. An examination of them, as obtained from the Mint, showed under the microscope that the minute gold was in variably in the form of scales. The size of the scales varied from 003x001 to '0425 x.G235 inches. The scales were very simi- lar to those washed ashore at Cape Blanco, on the Oregon coast. The number of them required to weigh an ounce was 1424 46S. The writer's investigations indicated that some law governed the form of the frag- ments, it being as difficult to understand why the attrition of coins should produce scales as that gold in placer dlggings should always be found in fiat pieces. His experiments tended to support Dr. OK lands theory that gold in sylvanite, nag yagite and calavenite and other telluric minerals was in free state, mechanically mixed and not chemically combined. He closed by saying, although the modern quartz mill is marvel of mechanical skill and ingenuity, and uoes its work rapidly and well, yet it has not reached perfection The problem for the future inventor to solve will be to construct machinery which will reduce the rock to an impalpable powder. to set the gold free, and to collect it without mechanical loss either of gold or mercury. Mounted specimens of the particles of gold were presented by Mir Hanks to the socety.-[S F. Post
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16

footman, set out from Matamoras for the interior Nothing was heard from the party after their departure, but no uneasi- ness had been felt on their account as it had been thought they had reached their destination in safety. It was known that it was Mrs. Mendoza's practice to carry valuables im her bosom, and it is supposed that the robbers were frightened off before they had time to search her person thor oughly, and in that way failed to get the watch and the papers. There is no doubt as to the identity Of the remains, for by the hair yet remaining on the skulls, and part of the clothing found. it was ascer- tained that two of the skeletons were of males and three of females.-[L La Epoca of
 Mexico
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Kissing His Feet.

ROME, February II. The public were admitted to St. Peter's yesterday, to view the remains of the deceased pope. The crowd was tremendous and many women fainted. A company of soldiers had to enter the church to regu- late the passage of the crowd. The body, arrayed in pontitical robes, lies on crim- son bed, at each corner of which stands Q member of the Noble Guard, with drawn sword The bed is surrounded by twelve large candelabra, and is so placed that the rails, in order that the faithful may kiss them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Five TeIl-taIe Skeletons.

On the 20th of October last a ranchero In search of stray horse came upon group of five skeletons, firmly bound in a standing position to as many mesquit trees in dense chaparral near the Loma de Borrcgas, within a short distance from the high road, about one days journey from Matamoras. The skeletons were tied to the trees with strips of rawhide, and from their peculiar position itwas inferred that they had been partially stripped and tied up alive and been left to starve. The skeletons were all close together and in the heshless jaws of each a gag of rough mezquite wood was firmly fastened. The victims, therefore, were in full view of each other, and must have perished with out even the poor consolation of calling out for aid and encouraging one another during their agony.
 At the feet of one of the skeletons a val uable gold watch and several papers were found. One of the latter was a certificate of deposit, signed by a well known firm in Matamoras, for S70O0, in the name of Mrs. Rita Chapa de Mendoza. By means of this clew the Identification of the remains was effected. Upon inquiry at Matamoras it was learned that about the middle of Sep  tember last Mrs. Rita Chapa de Mendoza, accompanied by Miss Rumalda Garza Oria and Miss Damiana Garza, and her coach man, GregoriO, and Augustin Cullen, her
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16

GEORGE MARTIN, Yuma, Arizona.
 Dealer in DRUGSand MEDICINES Chemicals, Perfumery, Soaps, Combs,
 Brushes, Trusses,
 Supporters and Shoulder Braces, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Kerosene Oil,
 Lamps and Chimneys,
 Glass. Putty,
 Varnishes, Dye Stufs, Patent Medicines, &c. Physicians prescriptions carefully con- pounded, and all orders corr ectly answered. Goods selected with great care and war ranted as represented.
 A IL S Q A choice assortment of Books, Stationery, Musical Instruments and Fancy Articles. All the most popular Newspapers, Mag azines and Latest Novels on hand as soon as issued.
 CALL AND SEE THEM.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16

feel under increased obligations for the patronage so iberally accorded me as the successor of the old and successful house of Vim. B. Hooper & Co.,, and while ac- knowledging this fact, allow me to add that those dealing with me will find as complete a stock as was ever offered by the old firm with all that is new and desirable in addi- ton.
 JAMES n5. BARNEY
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16

Paul du Chaillu says he has been intense ly amused in watching a ship loading up for Africa, with cargo of missionaries on deck and cargo of rum below, both gong to the same place.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Good Ranch for Sale.

Eighteen miles from Tucson. Choice irrigable bottom land. Excellent grazing. Fine timber, ash, black walnut, and hack berry. Thirty acres in corn. Inquire at Sentinel office 1 II If
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Gold Dust

Gold and Silver Bullion, United States Treasury Drafts, Legal Tenders, Soldiers Warrants, Bankers Drafts and Good Con- mercial Paper, Grain, Hides, Wool and all Territorial and Mexican Products bought at value for Cash; or advanced on as may be desired.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16
Sales of Ores

Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, will be made at highest possible rates for account of owners. My long experience and con- nection with buyers in the different mar kets give mo very decided advantage over any one in the Territory in making such sales to the rroft of those entrusting them to me. Correct and responsible assays obtained and submitted when desired.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-02-16

James M. Barney, Successor to Wm. B. Hooper 6 Co)
 Importer and Dealer in GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Forwarding and Commission Agent San Francisco, Cal, Yuma, Arizona Territory.
 The attention of Merchants, Miners, Station Keepers. Liquor Dealers,
 Ranchers, Transporters
 and Freighters Is asked and invited to my late importa-
 tions of General Merchandise, Embracing as they do, everything required by everybody, comprising, in part: Groceries and Provisions, DRY GOODS and CLOTHING, LIQUOR, TOBACCO and CIGARS, HATS, DRUGS,
 HARDWARE, MINING
 IMPLEMENTS, DRILL
 STEEL, POWDER, ANvILs, BELLOWS ETC. All of which are offered at San Francisco prices, freight and charges only add cd. My facilities for purchasing
 enable me to boldly make
 this offer to any and all.
 Special Orders Carefully and promptly filled by my San Francisco Branch office, and entire satis- faction guaranteed, both as to selection and price paid. In this my motto is
 EXCELSIOR" Commission and Forwarding. Every attention will be paid to forward ing consignments of Merchandise, Machin- cry, Ores, Hides, etc., either to or from the interior.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21

dando ,as caderas siempre limpias. .-Alimen-
Mdoras aut6mstas y de vapOr para caderas,
que otreccn seguridad completa y economic -
AldrmaS para caderas. Con este aparato
sencillo de muy POGO costo, es impossible por
descuido quemar las calderas. --Toda clase de
p0iias yrdlruhHS para baterias comunes per-
ieccionadas- ROntdads bnlanzas para hacen-
das, almacenes, otieinas y pulperfaa
HolinoS para nlais, fijos Y portatiles de todos
tamafOs - Bonl5as de rie9e, centrifhgas y de
piston - -Despepitddorcs de sierra, cindro y
de cuchillo especial para algodon.- AparatOs
para cat6, dc desgranar, descascarar, mpiar,
surtir ell graEo por tamafo y separar el cara
colillo. -Ndquinas para hacer ladrhlos, tejas
y tubos de barro -Ndquinas de vapor para
arar, zanjear -Man6metros, pir6metros
Jdr6metros, relojes, Nares, rdiuulds, toda
clase de material v etectos de bronco hero
para maquinas, calderas para hacienda de az1
car, cafe, maiz arroZ etc. Etectos de Ielegrd
fla, U0HriaS, terr0-carrjleS, PuentcS de hier'
r0.-Como tamben todo material, edifci0S,
maqUinaria etc. para .fdctortds centrales.
Para pornenores, precios etc. drigirse en-
Ponce D. Roberto Graham, inico agente en-
esta Provincial. - Ponce, Puerto Rico, enero
IL de 1873. Mierc
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21

Los sehOres que dcseen encargar maqnina-
ria agr cola 8 Industrial para azdcar, cafe,
arroz, maiz, algodon, riegos, maderas Y las
pequeiias industrias, pueden obtener toda cla-
sc de pormenores, precios y condolences de
pago, drigiendose cn Ponce 4 DON Roberto
Graham, Mgcniero dnico agente ell esta isla
de los f-bricantes abajo nombrados.
SES0RES
Aaniore AHioh y O. Nottingham Rouen,
cuyas especialidades son toda clase de maqul-
maria sPcarIna-SreS. ". H. Bailey y c" Sal
ford, Accessories Y materia.es para fabricas al
vapor. .-.SrGS. CroSsdig brothers, Manchester,
Motores Gas6geno que no necesitan aqua, cal
dera nj carbon. --.SreS. Hdylcard, Tyler, Y c.
L6ndrcs, Motores caloiicosy maquinaria al va
por perleccionada. - Sres. John Fo,cler y
c. Leeds Londres. Aparalos al vapor para
cntivar la tierra.-Sacs, J. B. Fleming y c"
EHjm1Hyv0. Aceites pare maquinara tinta
para imprenta. -.SreS. RdnSoncS Sims y Head
LpSiWich. mstrumcntus agrcolas N limos
para maiZ etc-.S3'PS. s. z. RdHSoDles O.
LOndreS, Maquinaria para trabaiar ma''eras,
novedades en- quiIca!leria etc.-Sre,. j. b
BdrTdcloUqh, Manchester. Aparatos para la
preparation de ihras los mater ales ell que
sc utiiZan. - IfoOt0p Da.tk ~ T. dSg0lC Escri-
torios patcntes para casaS lie cOmercio y parti-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
APAHAT0.j
PERFECCIONADOS.

culares. --Sres John Wright Cs Aparatos
econ6mices para alambrar ingenios casas
particulares
Lo slguiente es un resdmen parcial de In ma
quinara y efectos aercolas G industriales,
coRstruidos en- los talleres de los sefores ilbri-
cantes arriba nombrados
Melinos de todos tamaiios para caiia hasta
50 pulgadas diametro. con todas las meioras
para obtener la mayor extraction -Bo0lJaS
para guarapo, horizontales, verticaes de va
por.- .Hd2uindS de rdpor, yerticates horizon
tales tijas Y portatiles de uno, dos tres cin-
dros, con expansion, condensation, senceillas Y
todos tamahos. Mdquinos atmosfsricaS que no
gastan caldera, carbon nj aqua -Tachos al
cdcio y triple cfecto con sus bombas conden-
sadores, 4 injection superticaes para lu-
cares en- donde escasea ell aqua Tac,os dc
rapOr al are libre.-- Erdporddord de Wet
eel Bour otros. os.-CGrifcddores rectangula-
res, semi esi@rcOs continues. - Centy1fvqas
dc Hepworth, Weston Manlove, Alliot-FiltI'os
de precipitation, de sacos, carbon animal, Y
Filtros prensas. .-Chlder0s de fuses, cindri-
cas-, seccionales, Galloway, multitubulares V
compuestas. - Cdteatafores y purifcadores
de aqua para calderas que ofrccen una econo-
mia de 20 80 por ciento en- combustible, que
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
'.AVISO. s. -

El que suscribe, consoco de Don FRANCISCO
Baston en- ell almacen de quinealla ferre.A-
ria establecido en- la Gale de Tetuan NJ 2l, hace
presente al pdblicO que mientras no sc disueL
va la sociedad que tiene con ell ST. Baston en-
dicho establecimientO, no necesta de poder
del referido senior para representarle eu todos
los aSuntos que Sc relaconan con dicho almaceR
de quincalla y terreteria, en- raZon 4 que es So
clio gestor en- el mismo segun escritura pdblica,
ha levado la administration de dicha casa
desde que Sc estabeci6.
Los buenos resultados de su administrator
son p1bllcos ynotorios no debendo apreciarSo
por ell avisO que ef ST.. Don Francisco Boston
hace en- los peri6dices de Ia localidad. fcuyO
sentido es bien marcado) de que por conueHir
d sus intereseS ha rerocadO el poder confeyide
q Don Miguel Saralegai para que le repre-
sente en- tOdos los asantos 9oerteaecielites ARE
ferido Glmdcen de quincdUa y tervetegid
Esto 10 hago pdblico, no solo para que todOs
en- general sepan que mi administration lejoS
de perjudicar ha favorecido mucho los intere-
ses del Sr Baston, sino que tampoco necesito
de poder para representa- en- los asantos per-
tenecientes al almacen de quincalla Ferrete-
ria que EN- esta plaza gira con la frma de Fran.
cisco Baston y c..
Puerto Rico Julio 25 1879 Miguel Sara.
legui. l0-l2
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
Vicente SchWab.
. A STR E u E p PART IS
Sc HA EsTABLECIDo EN- EsTA CIUDAD
GALE DE LA FORTALEZA FRENTE A LA ZARAGOZANA.

n q
de d. Audf
la
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las
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
tIEs5llS JgIIIIALBS.
Esibaall Dc Juan Ramon De Torres

Por aato de esta fecha en- ell espedlente So
bre arr. .bada forzosa de II barca Tafragola, Sc
msnda sacar Hueva sibaSta Ia parte dei ear
gamepto lie ese buque precisa cubrir las ss-
mas oae Sc necesitan. segun peticion del capi.
tan d Jaime Pasenal, seilaland9se para e.
acto del renate la una del dia 26 del eorriente
mes, en- el despacho de S. S. ealle de Ia Forta
Ieza n6mero is, haciendose presente que eI
esryamento es de tablones de pino tea sea
piciiipen, que esta tasado a 2l peso eada millal
de pies. con inclusion de los derechos que Ia
de devengar en- la Real Aduana y Sc admiteI
posturas por Totes que no bajen de ocho mi
Pes
Y para qCe negue conocimiento del publ
so fjo la ptesente en- Puerto aieo Is Ge Agos
10 de 1878. Juan Ramon de Torres SIS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
Noticia importante.
A LOS PAsAJERos QUE VAN LA ExPosICIor
DE Pans DE 1873.

Fl liia 30 del corriente saldri de Barbados
sl maguitico nuevo vapor ingles Med way,
de 3l05 toneladas. Los pasageros que van la
Exposition pueden ir Cherbourg y dc aquel
puerto Paris por ferro-carril en- 6 oras.
Los que van Espahs desde PARIS pueden il
tamhien por ell mismo ferro-carril atrayeSandC
los Princes en- poeas horas, teniendo Ia opor
tunidad de gozar de las magnificas vistas que
sc presentan desde este punto.
El vapor " Medway" hiZo su Iltimo viaje de
Barbadoes Southampton en- dez dias.
Los vanores Trasatlanticos ingleses toca
ran en- MGyagtez los dias l3 de Ahrll, IA Dc
Mayo, Is de Junio en- Ponce ell 27 de Abril
"a de Mayo ~ de JUNO. Pasaieros que de
seen ir Europa via Mayagdez Ponce puedee
tomar billetes de pssajes en- esta ageDcia pars
Plymouth, Southampton Cherbourg Paris
LATINER Il Co
Puerto-Rico ~ de Mario de 1879.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
AL Cornercio.

En- la imprenta d-l BetEry sc acaba lie re-
eibir un gran surtido De papel cHadriculado,
rayaio de cuen.as corrlentes para In cores
pondenc.a eontablasl concrrial que 81 res
lin precios sumamente mo lcos H. 10 Sbre
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
G AU0lFEER0 Y COMP
SASTRERIA.

usan lacas
e
que prca de
Ara Caha
h18st
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
HGVIAIEBl0 MARITIME.
ENTRADAS.

Agosto L. DE Washington, gol amer ALE
gro" cap. Keller, mader"s.
IA DE Liverpool, vap ''Mayagdez,
cap Cirion carga general.
l5.-Da Slnth6mas, vap. Alicante,
cap. Ugarte, lastre.
+" l6.-De Barbala, gol. inc. Nv. ii
Latimer." captain Armstrong,
lastre
j" I1.-De Fernandina, gol amer. spa
les, cap. Nit, maderss.
I7-De Ponce, gol. de guerra "Favo-
rita com Sostoal
l7.-De Santh6mas, vap. ing. Elder,
cap. Mitchell, maderas.
I" l7.-De Dem ir..ra, go. inS. Lady
Bierl," cap, Box, lastre.
ls.-De f .jlrdc, ydp. "Avi'6s, cap.
Izlguirre, carga general
l9.-De Santh6mss, yap. ''Eoro, cap
Dixie, lastre.
ls.-De y. York, berg. "Eudorns,
cap. Prince, carga general
20.-De Aguadila, vap. ing 'E der,
tlsanSitO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
SALiDAS.

Agosts Is. Para Aguadilla, vap. Alicante,
carga general.
l6.-Para AreciDo, vap. Bermuda,
itlem.
l6.-Para Vcgl-baja, pail "Juiits,
iasre.
I7.-Para NaguabO, vap. ing, Elder
g l7.-Para yaeaca berg gol. MA
riano, tabGcoy pasajeros
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
Para eScuelaS.

In la imprenta del BoLEnN hay constante-
uente un gran surtido de lbros de teXto de-
mas sfectos para escuelas- FL Cdtectsno his
tSrioo & Historic Sagrada, de Fleury, sc yende
desde hoy 10 cts ejemplar a nn peso la do
cena II. 10 Sbre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21

Sobre L6ndres. Paris. Bremen. Genova, Habana
Santiago de Cuba Santo Domingo. Madrid. Santan
der, Cadiz, Barcelona otraS paZas de Espana, Ri-
ran por cantldad de mas de veinticinco pesos.SIL-
VA COMP. TetuRn 20
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
FABRlCA DEL GAS
DE SAN JUAN DE PUERTO-RICO

o meos noes en- este ealmeu
Administrator
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
AL PUBLICO.

En- IL del actual, recibi calta de pago de p.
Miguel Saralegui, por entrega one en- elective
lie hicera de todos sus habnres; pOr cuya razon
ha cesado dcfinitivameRte en- Ia gestion de Ia
casa de FerreteIia que representa- hasta el 20
de Julio dltimo.
Lo hago pdbico para conocmient0 general.
Puerto-Rico Agosto II de ISIS Fraacisco
Baston y COrtOn. 2-6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
Papel espanol y de cartas.

En- la imprenta del BoLETIN Sc ha recibide
,iirectamente de la acreditada tabrisa dc J.
.JovER Y SIERRA, PAPEL 'ESPANOL SUPE-
RIOR vITELAY DE IL, % 30
De Inglaterra sc ha recibido igualmente pa
uel so6res de cartas superiores los conoci-
dos en- este mercado.
Todo Sc realiza Por mayor y menor precios
m6leos hta 10 sbre.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
SOCIEDADES.
soelsasi ka6aiRa
CREDITO MERCANTIL.
S. J., PUERTo-RICo.
lASOCIACION DE CREDIT0
wCONsTTTUIDA POR A6CI0NES.

eapital social. .......... $a.OOo,OOo ;. nom
- ssSe Soyiembre ls77) 8 %, ,sO4 81 efvo
: Leciones suscritas Is de
-s-Noyiembre 1877 ........... lU,oI3
Id. sin suscribir, ir,,,........... 4,4zi
(peraeienss de que Sc, ocapa Ia Seciedad.
Descontar, prestar, girar, nevar cueRtas CO.
rrientes. admitir dep6sitos, reclblr lmposlclo-
nea abonando interes, verifcar cobranzas per
eaenta siena, negociar valores con SIN su
reapoRsabindad, y cuantas otras operaclones
de crsdito banea que no sc oponSah sus
Estatntos ReglameRt0s
Tipos acordados para las cperaciOnes.
10p. * anuaI para los descuentos
I'm. x anual para los prestaRos.
IN e nor comision de cobranZa.
n% al trimestre sobre ell valor de los de.
pksitos en- custodia
Ias et,entas eorrientes son llevadas gratui-
tanentS no exigiendose NADIA de les interesa-
dos por los cobros pagos
Il sivniente tarifa expresa 0l interes que
abona la Sociedad por las impesiciones pia-
30 fi0:
De 3zee arriba por 8, y 8 neses, S.P%
onual
Detd Id. nor 6, 1863 meses s p. ID.
be Id la. por Ia, II IL meses p q Ia:
De Ia. id. por IL meses Ga adelante pSo ia
D,reetor. Marques de Ia Esperaasa --Seere-
tario, d. Joss 8its0Hi0 Canals, = ContadOr,
b. Reae Perez Garcia = Cajero, " Lat
reaao Vega Ao
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
El Colnaado.
GSTlDLECIMIRNT0 ESPECIAL M VIT0S GATALAIls


de soicano de las qeran on s vino prees
m
chocolate de Madrid de @ dos pequh
notable
Co
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21
CarruajeS.

De 0onzalezy Rancs, salsn dlariamente q IA.
tos de Ia tarde para Ro-pledras Carolina Ca0uas
las caatro para CAM rejo. Rio piedras. f-ad"A
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-08-21

En- ORC americana. Para hetes demas di-
rigirse los Consignatarios
LAtimer & Co.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-04-04
From the New York Times
Contested Seats in the House.

As If they intended to hold the House
forever. the democrats are Offering great
inducements to future contestants for seats.
The present House in dispesing of all con
tested cases, has adopted the good old
rule, 1.-The simple plan, that they should
take who have the power, and they should
keep who can" Thus far, OF course, it is
the democrats who have the power to take
The republicans have no rights which a
democrat is bound to respect. Democrats
who are in will stay in, republicans who
are out will stay out. We can imagine d
statesman being called on to vote upon
the question, Shall this man be admitted |?
and saying, in reply to arguments. "Oh,
bother the facts! Is this man a democrat {?
That's all | want to know" This is no
burlesque of what actually happens. BY
this rule every case Of contest in the
House has been adjusted. When the pres.
ent Congress opened there were seventeen
cases Of contested seats. Clerk Adams,
sharing in the general suspicion that the
democracy wonld not be able to organizr
the House If the members whose seats
were in question. but who held the certif
cate of the governors of their respective
States were seated, proposed to take the
responsibility in true Jacksonian style.
II was his theory that he was temporarily
the House of Representatives consolidated
and personitied. He scanned tn. list ol
contested seats, and made up his mind to
swear in the democratic contestants on
what be called "a prin,a facie case" until
he had rot in enough to assure a demo
cratic majority. Then the House could
be happily organized. he would be re-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-04-04
elected Clerk. and all would be well. This

elected Clerk, and all would be well. This
was the programme, aud it would have
been carried out, Notwithstanding the In
dignant protests of all decent men. But
ii happened that the democrats were able
to squeeze through by a bare majority,
and having organized, they proceeded to
put out the republicans and put In their
own men, at their leisure. In this way
the four cases already disposed OF have
given the democrats as many additional
votes. 1t is natural to suppose that the
remaining thirteen contests will be settled
in the same way Now that the demo-
Gratis have AN assured working majority,
they might afford to be magnanmous
enough to defer little to principle. But
party prejudces are too strong for the
majority, and the leaders will compel an
observance of the established rule.
Mr.. Clarkson n Potter commenting on
the general course of the House IN regard
to the disposal of election contests, said
that his blood had often builed in his veins
as he has noted the gross Injustice com
mlted by the republicans when they were
in power. He voted against the mon
strous perversion OF law and justice by
which Dean was given Fields seat the
other day. But il he goes to Congress
again, he will have more pressing occa-
sion for letting his blood boil than he has
vet had. The established practice of this
House is direct encouragement for dem
ocratic contestants. The decision in the
Colorado case shows that it is not even
necessary that a claimant should have been
contesting candidate. Aud any man,
with few aflidavits and manufactured
election returns, can get seat by asking
Tor it, The democratic majority will not
be particular. A few odds aud ends will
make case. II the democrats should
happen to have a small majority in the
House, at any time, they have only to ad-
vertse for contestants, and straightway
generous proportion OF the inconvenient
ly full minority will be decided out ol
their seats by partisan election commit
tee. 1t should be borne in mind, too, that
contestant secures money as well as ID
vote. The democrats are astonishingly
greedy for money. And when the neces-
sity for securing more votes has passed
away. it will still be patty policy 10 give the
seats to democrats, who are more hungry
for cash than Tor Distinction