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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

It is said that Mr.. HAYES proposes
paying the expenses of the Loaisia-
ma Commission out of his own peck
ct, if Congress will not foot the bill.
Well, we know Of no one upon whose
shoulders the obligation would more
gracefully or appropriately fall. He
was the party in whose special inter
est the Commission was created, and
he was the individual who was speci-
ally benefited by it. 1t secured for
him an Office which pays $4,000 a
year, and to which he was no more
entitled than he is to the throne OF
the British Empire.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

We tender our thanks to Gen.
Amos, of the Sidney Democrat, for
his hospitality and kind attentions
while attending the Congressional
Convention in that city. Also to
Bro. BINKLEY, of the Journal. The
Sidney fraternity know exactly what
a country editor needs to make him
comfortable. Our "latch string
hangs out gentlemen, when you come
to Eaton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18
The story told by Dennis of Flori'

The story told by Dennis of Flori-
da before the investigating commit
tee is an interesting commentary on
Hayes unctious reform talk. Den
mis-, an active Republican politician,
had made himself useful in the cap
ture of Florida for Hayes. He went
on to Washington soon after the
fraudulent Inauguration, and Lew
Wallace took him to the White
House. Hayes received him warm
ly, said he should be taken care of,
and asked him to pick his Office. At
a second interview, Hayes gave him
a note to John Sherman, in which he
said he particularly desired that
Dennis should be given the first
suitable place and afterward shifted
to a better one. At a subsequent
interview Hayes gave him another
note to the same person; this time
Hayes was "reliably assured that
L. G. Dennis of Florida would make
a capital special agent" and "spec.
tally desired" that his claim should
have Sherman's favorable attention,
Still later. Hayes wrote to the CHIEF
of a bureau that he would regard the
appointment of Dennis to specified
vacancy as SO personal favor" AZ
last, after several disappointments, 8
place was made for Dennis in the
supervising architects office. HI
knew nothing about the duties, die
nothing, was not asked to do any
thing, and drew his pay regularly
six or seven dollars a day. He go
sick, he says of loafng around il
this way, and went off to Massachu
sets on a leave of absence. His pay
went on. From this sinecure he wa!
transferred to a position in the Sc
crete service, which does not seem tt
have been much more fatiguing, anc
from that to a special agency in thu
internal revenue department. Hi
appointment to this last berth was
cancelled when he made his state
ment about the Florida frauds. Dur
ing all this time he was never ex
amined by any n as to his fitness
for the several offices given him, and
never heard of civil service reform
except rs he read about it in thu
newspapers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Beyond all questions there is a
political revolution sweeping over
this country. The people are
thoroughly alive to their interests
and will not be cheated, brow-beaten
or coerced into supporting any long
er a party that has deceived and rob-
bed them so long. There is a spirit
abroad that foreshadows the down
fall of the geld bugs and the oppres-
sors of the laboring classes, and the
emancipation of the people from the
thraldom of the money power, and
the 'bloody shirt" howl of the office
holding leecbes about "Mexicaniza-
ton" and revolution" will not stop
il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

That new doctrine that accom-.
plished fraud is sacred and final,
does not find favor with honest men
of any party. The sound instincts
Of the people are as n in the mat.
ter with the ripe convictions o.
scholars who have made the letter
and spirit of the constitution a life
long study. Thus the Rev. DR.
Spear writes in the Richmond indie
pendent:
We do MOI believe the doctrine
that the President as to his title tc
his office when once in it, is above
and beyond the law of the land, ant
above and beyond all judicial process
ses in the application of this law tt
the question whether this title is {
good one or not. There is no reason
in the dignity of the office why thi.
should be so, and there is not a syl
liable in the constitution implying
that it is so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Hon. WIN. ALLEN, of Darke, is now
at the Cedar Springs" near New
Paris, this county, recruiting his
health. We are informed that a dep
utation from this city visited him
the other day, for the purpose of as
pertaining how he felt about taking
the "forlorn hope" as the Republi-
can nag for the Congressional race
in this District. 1t is said that he
is willing to "accept the situation
and go or the track, provided he is
in condition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Tornadoes burst upon us, run
their course of destruction, and final
ly dispense their fierce powers in the
air-revolutions sweep yer the sun
burnt soil of Mexico and are end
ed in q day-the seasons come and
go; drear winter, humid spring, arid
summer and the fruitful autumn,
each in turn melting imperceptibly
into that that succeeds-epidemics,
cruel and remorseless, stalk through
the land, bearing victims innumera-
BILE TO the grave, and pass away,
while Time, "Time the tomb-build-
err" as Prentice snatched the words
from our mouth, heals the wounds .oi
bereaved humahity-days, weeks.
months and years glide into the su.
pulchre of the uncounted past, and
are known to the living present only
in memory7dynasties rise and fall
leaving only the impress of what
they were upon the historic page
the Beecher scandal has had its day
and is fast fading from the minds o
men-even the testimony of Mrs
jerks has an end but still the blood,
shirt clap-trap of tie Eaton Ra5ists
has neither conclusion nor change
it is still the same old article of good
that was laid upon its shelves NOR
than a decade ago, sprinkling witt
the dust, and damaged with tn
crinkles of the years. Oh, do Civ
us something not so old and thread
!, bear.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Speaking of the doings of the late
Republican State Convention, the
Pittsburg Telegraph, Independent
Republican, says:
OF the platform little or nothing
can be said. Its opposition to the
President is thinly disguised by a
fierce denunciation of the Potter in
vestigation. 1t can have but one eff
feet upon the friends of the Presi-
dent, and that is to make them luke
warm in support of the ticket, Or
drive them wholly from its support
The result will be the same as in
1877, when the republican majority
was swept out of existence and the
whole Democratic ticket elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The poor Republican party is SO
reduced in the number of its great
men, that hungry eyes are wander
ing through foreign lands in search
of HIRAM, the lover of whisky and
the patron of thieves, to become
their candidate for President for a
third term. What an abject ard
humiliating confession to make.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

1t is a miserable, mean and bigo.
ted soul, that will undertake to ira
duce a man because of his religious
belief. This world was made as well
for the Catholic as the Presbyterian,
Methodist, or any other religious
sect, and it is about time that this
old Know Nothing proscriptiye spirit
of the darke ages, was permitted to
burn out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

INCORPORATED BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT 1852. OPENED ITS
25rn SCHOOL YEAR UNDER THE SAME PRINCIPAL SEPT. 13, 1877.
Location is delightful and justly celebrated for its hsalthfulnesa; on the ".
lust completed doubled the accommodations. It's furnished with modern i'm
Droyements as furnaces, ventilated N the Ruthn system, than which there is
mono better; lighted by gas; baths; hot and cold water furnished on every
floor $3.50
There are four courses, Collegiate, Normal or Teachers,
Music and Painting, in each of which diplomas are conferred, and to
those excelng in the last two, medals re awarded. Collegiate; Course is
extended and thorough. The Art Departments re far in advance Of
similar Institutions; the Music Department alone employs five to seven
Professors and Teachers The advantages afforded aref fully equal to those Of
the best Musical Conservatives, while the expenses are very much less.
ELOCUTION hasa prominence in this School rarely given in institutions
of the kind. The best of Teachers employed in this a in other Department..
Pecuniary Aid Given Those Needing It,
manual labor given those who would economist expenses. Large dis
counts to daughters Of Clergymen and Missionaries. Tuition Free todaugh-z
tiers Of soldiers who died in the service. To aid in eleyatng the standard Of
public schools, TUITION FREE is given to one teacher from each county in
the State. 1872 49, E
Rev. j. A. Smith, D. D, of Chicago, says: "We feel warranted in pro1ounc-
ling this school, for al the highest purposes of education, IN II the best in u
knowledge. We regard itass unsurpassed in the West, whether asr respects the
righteousness of the discipline or the substantial vaue Of tbeintruction.
Another says: 'This school stands the peer of any institution in the West"
A Department of Teiegraphy Established January, 1879, fur
nished with the latest improved instruments, and in charge ofan experienced
operator, affords rare opportunity for students to prepare for a pleasant and luc-
raive business. Aid to procure situations given the thoroughly competent.
For Particulars address,
PRINCIPAL MT. CARROLL
Junc27 1881 CARROLL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The Republican party says the
financial question has been settled!
The Democracy deny this PROPOSE
ton and assert that the financial
question will never be settled, until
labor commands Its just REGARD, until
that industry and enterprise are re-
stored, which characterized our peo-
pie before Republican financial leg
islation struck the nation with a mil
dew and blight! The financial and
labor questions are the great issues
in this campaign, and while the Re-
publican party declares the one is
settled, and lodges the responsible
ty of the other, the Democracy are
unequivocal in their position in re-
gard to both, and demand the settle
ment of the financial question in
such a way as that its settlement
shall not crush the wealth producing
classes of the country-that labor
shall not be oppressed in favor Of
capital, but that both, so intimately
interviewer with the prosperity and
happiness of the people, shall be fair
ly dealt with in all legislation. Look
at both Platforms, ye honest, hard.
working men, who toll upon farms
work in mines, labor in furnaces and
represent by your bone and muscle
the true wealth of the nation, and
say which party advocates principles
calculated to secure your interests
and then vote for the success of those
measures best adapted to the pros
perity of the great mass of the PEG
pie.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

1t would be amusing to see Bro.
Williams supporting VIM. ALLEN, a
stay-at-home rebel sympathiser,
against Gen. BEN. LEFEvRE, a Dem
ocratic Union soldier! Bring us a
palm leaf fan.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Republican office-holding organ
grinders have found a black swan in
Fessler, the Democratic Stark coun-
ty treasury thief, and it is no small
amount of capital for these poor dew
lis to parade the matter and chuckle
over the fact. Well, all this may be
so, but right here for ourself we pro
test that he cannot be longer consid.
cred as a Democrat. We don't al
low any man to be a defaulter, EN-.
bezzler, crooked whisky man, a mem
Der of a crooked returning board
and still q member of the Democrat
ic party. VIZ therefore, on the wore
of our Republican fellowjournalists
repudiate and cast out Fessler and
advise him to go over into the Re
publican party and join Belknap
Robson and the Presidential thieves
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

When we are convinced that, be.
cause the highwayman was strong
enough to overpower us and take
our property he is entitled to it, then
we will be ready to believe that the
majority should cast the vote of the
minority in a Convention. Bah!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18
NEW REPUBLICAN POLICY.

Intelligent Republicans are begin
ming to discover what they could not
or would not see two years ago-that
the anti Southern spirit which they
cultivated as a political force was 9
mis,ake-and they are now propos.
ing to alter their treatment of the
Southern States. Necessity some
times teashes lessons that soM.e per-
sons will not learn from any other
source, and the loss of the ten south
ern States which they once absolute
~ controlled has awakened the Re-
publican leaders to the fact that, un-
less something can be done to re
claim several of those States, their
party must surrender its national
ascendency. Even as late as 1876
the Republicans sought to strength
en- themselves both in the North and
the South by teaching the people OF
one section to hate those ofthe other
by attempting to persuade those
of Ohio and New York that the
whites of Louisiana and Mississippi
were 'srebels' and slayers of help
less negroes, and that, if they were
permitted to regain power, colored
Republicans would be massacred by
hundreds. On this wretched policy
they were beaten; the whole South
passed into Democratic hands, and
the assertions of the Republican
leaders were found to be falsehoods.
The negroes are more kindly treated
and are better contented than they
were under Republican rule, and the
Southern States which, under Grant,
were hardly held in subsection by
troops, are now perfectly tranquil
without the presence OLA single fed.
f eral soldier. Clearly, then, the bloody
/ shirt and hatred of the South as pc
litical makeweights are failures. Tht
Southern States are so firmly re-es
tablished in the Union that the,
cannot be remanded to provincial
!, ism; they cannot be again recon
structed, and they cannot be agail
: governed by the army. Some othe
Republican method of treating then
must be adopted. The ten Southerl
States are now absolutely in TIL
g hands of the whites, and if the Re
publicans are ever to regain their los
footing in either of them it must b
by conciliating the whites.
g ,oYll ,nk ha n lseo Il x,o n 70 ri
e both the whites and the blacks {
the South could be divided betwee
/ the two national parties, instead {
being separated by a color lin'
l. With the whites all Democrats an
the blacks all Republicans, thel
if must of necessity be estrangemer
l. and antagoEism between the races {
l. the South and a reflected bitterness
between their friends at the NORTH
IS but with the two races distribute
k promiscuously between the partie'
l. the hostilities would vanish on
IS there would be freedom to discus
other questions than those connec
ed with race predominance. If thi
IF better state of things is to be eve
l. brought about the Republican part
must begin the work by adopting
Ie- more reasonable and fraternal trea
ment of the Southern whites, and f
the sake of the national peace it
1t to be hoped they will do this.-Mi
y souri, Republican.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

If majority of the delegates shall
cast the votes of the county, what
would be the S of sending more
than one person? Where is the man
who would be such a pitiless fool and
attend a Convention bound and gag
ged thusly? Suppose Preble county
had adopted such a rule? Bro. Smi-
ley, don't be SO foolish. Minorities
have rights that should be respected,
and we would see a Convention in
h-alifax before we would go to it
as a delegate, and allow u vote to
be cast against us. When such a
rule becomes the law, Conventions
will be a farce. Well quit them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The Eaton Register must have an
idea that JOHN A. MCMAHON is still
in this District, from the way it
keeps on abusing him. He'll be re-
elected nevertheless, Mr.. Williams.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18
Republican management at Was

Republican management at Wash.
ingLon is urging the proclamation OF
the resumption of specie payment at
an early date as a means of infuenc.
ing the coming Congressional cam,
paign. 1t is thought that resump.
ton might be attempted as early as
August LIST, and the indications are
that the Secretary of the Treasury
has settled upon that date.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

1t is a great pity every man can't
get his choice at Convention. But
that is one ofthe impossibilities, and
it is the mark of genuine philosophy
and good sense, to think so and act
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The Cincinnati Times (Republi-
can has the candor to admit that
the Ohio Republican party platform
is something of a failure" The
Times should, however, recollect that
in this particular it typiies their
publican party, as that party is a
most conspicuous sfailurer
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Democrats who permit themselves
to become exercised over Republican
gas about this District, are very fool
ish. We have only -four thousand
majority. Let 'em blow, or any 9th
er fool.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The steal of $47,4OO by a Trum-
bull county Republican official, don't
get much mention in journals of that
party. Bro. Williams hasn't heard
it yet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Is there a Republican in Preble
county who does not know that he
was told years ago, that if the Re-
publican party was continued in
power, the country would land in
just the condition it is? How many
Win continue to vote on for the same
ruinons policy
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

FEssLER, the Democratic Stark
county Treasury thief, will serve his
time in the penitentiary, but Robe
son, Belknap, and the Presidential
thieves, r serving the Republican
party. That is the difference.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

II FORREST should unseat our MILr
SAYLER for Congress in the First
District, let him come back to Pre-
BILE, and we'll do the clean thing. W.
want some Congress material in our
county.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Between the Eaton Register and
Richmond Independent, the Demo-
Gratis of this county will certainly
be able to make a ticket that will
please nobody! Very considerate,
indeed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The Republican Warden of the
Iowa Penitentiary has skipped away
with only 100000! Republican of
fetal never steal! He beat Fessler
four to one!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

General BEN LEFEvRE was nomin-.
ated by the Democrats of the Fifth
District yesterday as their candidate
for Congress, after one Of the most
protracted contests ever held in the
State. Lasting through three days.
The General is an able exponent of
the Ohio idea on finance, and will
make his influence felt in Congress.
Gin. Eng.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina,
has announced as his platform for a
reelection that he is in favor of the
payment of every dollar of the State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

We want to be re-Districted again
as soon as possible. We don't want
to be in a District where the minori-
ty have no rights that the majority
are bound to respect.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

The Republican Congressional
District Convention will meet in
Greenville, on Monday next. 1t will
60 through the farce of a nomina-
ton.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Don't object to a man because his
religious views are not the same as
yours. 1t exhibits a very narrow.
bigoted and weak brain.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Joe johnson has announced him
self a candidate for Congress in the
Richmond district on a similar plat
form to Alexander H. Stephens,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

JOHN A. MCMAHON has consented
to be a candidate in the Third Dis
trict. That takes all the romance
out of the contest in the Third.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Don't let the Pope's toe disturb
your peaceful slumbers. There is
no danger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

For the Miami Democrats Ease of
billiousness, we prescribe a dozen
LIE FEvRE pills. Take 'em night and
morning.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

1t is more than likely that the De-
mocrats of Preble county will nom
mate o ticket. Bro. Williams should
not worry. himself so early.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18

Republican organs are again call
ed upon to defend Lie Pinkston's
reputation. Bro. Williams says she
relies on her original statement!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-07-18
THE HARVEST FOR 1878.

H. w Ia f1Sals v ~ ! w 1910,
The crop of wheat this year is lex
to exceed by nearly one-half
that of any previous year in the his
tory of this country. The causes
for this are various. The Russo
Turkish war offered a new market
for almost any surplus breadstuffs
that the country might produce,
while the prospect of a general Euro
pean war SO increased the possibili-
ties of the future demand as to in
duce farmers to substitute wheat for
other crops. The work of elnallzl
ing the distribution of labor among
the manifold fields of industry has
restored to agriculture the thousands
of arms that had been diverted into
other channels during the period of
abnormal manufacturing develop
ment. The consequence is a large
increase of the acreage planted with
results that may be respected to bring
the price of -four down to lower fig
ures than have been reached for
many years.
According to the decennial re-
-
ports, the product for the years Civ
en- was as follows: In 1910, 4S,S23,-
272 bushels; 1850, 10O,4s5, 944 bush
els; 1861, III, 100000; 1870, 2S7,-
745, 626. 1t is estimated that the
product of 1878 will reach over 400,-
600 1000. The augmentation=of this
product has not been so great in Ohio
as in other States. In 1850 this
State produced 81, 500, 900 bushels Of
wheat, and since then that quantity
has not been equalled in any year.
In 1851 the product was q, 800 ,225,
in '52 it was %, 043, 737, in '53, II,
1881, in "a, IL, $50 lilo. In 1855
the wheat crop rose TO over 10000,
900 bushels, in '57 to 25,397,6 14
From this time on there was a de.
cline until 1862, when the yield sud.
denly jumped up to nearly 100000.
600. In '66 the yield was but s.,
ISAIAH. From this figure it went
up to 26,499, 729 in 1869.
falling to Is, 726, 341 in 1870; reach
ing 6 1896, s1s in 1874, and 15,354,'
500 in 1876. It is believed that the
product fer 1877 was much Jargel
than the previous year, and this yea1
will show a still greater increase. Ii
this connection it must be remem
bered that the great wheat growing
area of the nation has been trans
ferred during the past thirty years
In 1850 more than half the wheat o
the nation was raised in New York
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virgins
: and Ohio. In 1870 Illinois, Mich
, gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and low,
formed the great wheat center, ant
, in 1880 the statistics may be expect
ed to show that two of these States
t have yielded their place to Kansas
: and Nebraska.
OF the immense crop ofwheat pro
duced this year, it is calculated tina
2 $40, 900, 900 bushels will be consum
ed in this country, leaving l6o, eeQ,
: 900 bushels to find a market abroad
: The demand will be large notwith
| standing the close of the war ant
the probable reduction of the grea
standing armies of Europe. Blu
should there be any disappointment
in this direction the compensatio'
will be found in the reduced price o
-four.