The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-08

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THIs District is composed Of Ash.
land, Portage, Stark and Wayne
counties. Figure on it as much as you
please, aud Portage is the only Repub.
lican county among them. You can't
make it appear any other way.-[ Mas.
siilon American (Rep.)
Ex.CoNGREssMAN j. Hale Sypher
testified before the Potter Committed
to the existence of the Sherman letter.
He has seen It. He received it from
the hands of ID. A. Weber and return.
cd it to him. He had no noubt of the
letter being genuine.
FEssLER, the Democratic Stark
county Treasury thief, will serve his
time in the Penitentiary, but Robeson,
Belknap and the Presidential thieves
are serving the Republican party.
That is the difference.
BY the proceedings of the State
Greenback Convention, we notice that
the proposition to dispense with se-
cret meetings of the Grednback or.
ganization was rejected. George
Washington, in his farewell address
W nAo SV0Abk " OuS w - uO0 Su0 RCVRlO
against secret political organizations.
LEX. as eihs 5f
UNDER the decision of Secretary
Schurz it Is said that nearly 3O,OoO,CoO
acres of land are thrown upon the
market at 81 25 per acre, instead of
permitting the Railroad Companies to
hold it At high figures for speculative
purposes.
DURING the year ending June 30
there were 5,lSQS6O acres of public
land disposed of In Dakota, Kansas,
Minnesota and Nebraska. The in
crease over the preceding year was
something remarkable. it being no less
than 3,724,538 acres.
THE Democratic Of the Ninth Dis.
trict, on the 1st inst, nominated Hon.
George L. Converse as their candi-
date for Congress, on the first ballot.
The nomination 10 an excellent one.
Mr.. Converse is among the sblest men
of the State.
The Democracy propose to make the
dollar which was q good enough cur
rency in which to create debt equal
ly good in which to pay that debt; to
put stop to the retirement and con.
traction of that currency under which
our debts, national, municipal, corpo.
rate and individual, were created, and
to restore to the country q sufficient
amount of it TO subserve the wants Of
trade and business. - s
MAJOR MCKINLEY will be renomi.
mated without opposition by the Re-
publicans of his new District, August
7. His friends have An idea that he
can beat General Wiley, but will be
of their mistake after the
votes are counted,-[ Akron Times.
The fact is they haven't any such
foolish idea. 1t 10 only bluster and
brsg-whistling to keep up their cour-
age. f eail
The Democrats of the XIVth Dis
Lrict nominated Hon. Gibson Ather-
ton, of Newark, August I'd, as their
candidate for Congress in the coming
Mr.. Atherton is gentle
man of fine abilities and will be found
! steadfast representative of the Ohio
idea in Congress when he shall take
his seat. He will not only represent
his district, but tho Democratic party |
of Ohio.-[ Enquirer.
The Radical papers are claiming
lust now to be the especial friend of |
he greenback. They say that it is a
child Of their begetting. 1t is little
strange that they should now want to
Kick it out of house and home and
their affections to that Off
spring of their lust, the National
Banks.
A DISPATCH from Salt Lake says the !
own of Alta, little cotton works,
is in ashes, the fire having originated
rom the cigar of Judge Warn who
was lying on q lounge in the Swan
House, and spread rapidly, consuming
wo hundred wooden buildings. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
In the Thirteenth District the DEM
,crats, on the 1st inst, nominated
Gen. A. j. Warner as tn .ir candidate
or Congress. There is probably no
nan in the State who Is more thor
,ughly posted upon the questions of
nance than General Warner. and who
s better able to demonstrate the ad-
'antages Of the greenback as curren-
".