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Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
VERY CLEVERFOR TIE MAJOR.

VERY CzlEVERFOR THE MAJOR.
"a Pleasure Party Down the River
\ In Honor Of . Young Bismarckian.
Last Monday the steamer Eclipse, Capt.
George D. Moore, commander, left Bis
marck for Standing Rock, carrying q full
passenger list, consisting of Major VIII
liam s. Hicks and George D. Aiken. At
Fort Lincoln Lieut. Rogers and Lieut..
Berry joined the party, which had made
Il up its mind for pleasure excursion un-.
paralleled in the history of Missouri nav
igatlGn. Major Hicks was,appointed band
leader, and on the trip down the air was
filled with music till you couldn't rest.
AT Standing Rock the garrison and In
dians turned out to welcome Major Hicks,
whose popularity among the latter, es-
pecially, became boundless. The boat
got under way Tuesday evening fer the
return voyage. The Seventeenth Infantry
band, under command Of Capt Troxell,
Joined the party in order to accompany
Major Hicks on the banjo. At the unani-
nous request Of the passengers. Capt.
Moore permitted his young-and- rapidly
growing n-popularity son, Mr.. Frank D.
Moore, to oficiste as Colonel Of the boat,
and this accomplished, the youthful mari
.ner whooped her through after fashion
that made every sand bar on the river
think an appropriation of billions had
been made for dred ging purposes.
Nirth, hilarity, music and deviltry, char
acterized the trip, which was only marred
by the report Of Mr.. Dennis McNamara to
the effect that provisions were getting low
and the party must reduce its rations.
I Thursday noon the party landed at Bis
marck, we'll, hearty and wishing it were
only half over. 55
Col. Frank Moore reports that he found
two reefs not before discovered, and he
cut two notches on the lee rail of the
Eclipse to show their bearing, in order
that other seamen may take warning.
At a meeting Of the passengers held at-
ter the arrival of the boat. q vote OF thanks
was passed to Major Hicks for his fine
rendition Of operate selections, which he
had contrived to pick up through . varied
and remarkable opera ho use erience:
A
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11

also taking : strong interest in this part Of
the Territory. He has located 800 hundred
acres Of land at Apple Creek. three miles
north of the railroad, and will CONNIE mence
breaking early in the season. Mr.. l.. gH.
Hartman has made himself deservedly
popular in the hotel business, and Bis
marck will welcome him 40 an active and
energetic citizen, whose influence will be
cast where his business interests are.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
"A Trick Of the Trade.
fargo Republican. y

Some people do not understand how
newspapers manage to print pictures OF
murderers so soon after the murder takes
place. Although it is secret of the busi-
ness, we must be generous to our readers.
and say that all the cuts Of proprietors Of
patent medicines that come into a news
paper Office are saved.
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His Check.
Use Paul Globe.

rs 33FIel77 FF ~ [Sst. FHuI VIUUe.I :, 8,
i. Belknap doesn't seemto be at all abashed l' !
by the exposure of his rascalities when
secretary Of war, He carries a high head
still, and ashort time since appeared at the
reunion Of the army Of the Tennessee and
made speech to the boys in blue there
He has more cheek than a lightning rod
agent.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
Pleasant Prospect for Price.

BLACK Hills Hmes.J
Tom Price, the road agent, i still I'M, 2;
proving, and one of the party who helped.
capture him gave DR.. Babcock turning
over to-day; telling him that if he could,
not kill Price, he would get : doctor who 4
could. slss7ss .355ts !, B Il s. St VI IA d
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
ed to conars n 1Tj iIaI 10 havs increased
representasio il |illatuis

ed to colgnG % n have Increased
representa taGioA III lAaufs
B LOON III Z 4.
Ack1en i(aS rIA 4 n. II e elected
and the Vhol ation. a
we'll al a.iss1e az 1T "a leris.
letnre II 'S.sSs aE .ss,sysT
The Dei NJ w thous..
and. TIL ~ i5;3 2er Bnrke
Was 1a' .l.cisd 4. II q ma a;or n'
;tv Nesroc.. svcatsdd RI I'm M
s ~slHII
81 ~ IN
The Demdcrats tt llnajor al over
the big state, ll Il. gress
is Democratae II In t s pressed
some OF the ca. ls = : S.8
- y y slesA 81 g !.
The hepu6licsn nao ority q thirty tnous,
ana VIII tne 2, Ies1Mselse anu eong gresslonal
delegation, HepuD 4; iiraas " X U &
rEBK4 K4sKA.
The entire Republ state and con-
gressional ticket eletkd by ten thousand
majority. The egissl1thre is largely Re-
publican. s6
MIssoulRI.
8 Evcrything on tlleE Democratic State
ticket elected by larie matoraties. The
Grecnbaek element Entered largely in
Missourils contest sahree ponMessmen
are believed 70 be gAirt andspne, y kea, lost.
lsit,,1s. III
The most sorroW feature Of the suck
er states, outcome il tHe defsst Of Morrison,
the chairman .of the house comm ittee Of
Ways ahd leans. Mixer, Republican, is
elected IA his place The legislature is
Republican by'a mai ibrity less than six.
This bodv viii eiect Oplesby's successor
in the United States Senate! There is q
gain Of three Repu klican 4 cor gressmen.
The total vote of Ch itAgo Wsas $500, the
Republicans hayinr y Me malority!
latest news repor 81 [orrieon undoubt-
ed]y elected. d s1sj3 Ill 81
...sI /. IT1as 81 =. !, ~, -, !. i,
>. ,.o,,a !,
nas oie III s. q 1", ILL.,
cail ln ~ = aa ~ .ho
wloio GM ;s II, - o,,s ~
state. res~eli 'Ss y IsAle ~ |" sso'e'noi =
n"ne' ,ll5ais3 t5 800 xu,ael l.u, l,a,,u
r. .h pod 80 ~ M a R.n,,,,,; Il, I, NJ
carrv the 1egisl /, reI iy bySa Iarge majority
The Republicans k4t8 i've Of the eight
Con ge,1ressmen, ~ inc cluffilng Thad Pound, the
stannch5 friend offI s4lle Northern Pacific
land Grant extension milwaukee, tailed
Renubiican. Sls
is ,sYri, II, u ssop.
a = ,,,ssnna1 ne Rsnnhl;cans carry the
ctate 1T ten az tyvelt taEs IN hnIisand majority ,it
Sr hit co3trarv to ti,f ranord tlie Democrats
carried m f ~ Poeh iii ponentin the
second @ conpressinnsl kct' Tie Ger
mans and scandihs ansa did 1t. That
rives one Demo ak 4l1 the 4 Nc Iinnesota del
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
I:fNNESSEE

g. Casey Young. yellow Fever candl--
date On The Demnrrattc ticket was elect.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11

One Republican congressman was elect
ed from the Louisville district. list Al tne
were Democrats Ind Independents.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11

Kearney claims through the mouth of
his secretary, Brown, that he purposely
defeated Butler by his incendiary speeches
in western Nassach chusetts.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
BY TELEGRAPH TO THE. TRIBUNE.

bI IElkdhhft1 ! U l1I8 nlDUnI
VIEWS GOBBLED lROn ALL
OYER TINE GLOBE.
T1ldon,s Responsibility for Kelly's
Dofeat--It 10 said the Cypher did1t
Republics Claims - Opposed t.
& Democratic Chamber
lain,s BluM... Foreign News--De-
struction OF Cape May.
Especial Dispatch 70 The 7ribuns.l
s8, I HOW IT HAPPREED.
81. Paul, Nov. 11-Purcell, Chairman
Of the New York Democratic Central Com
mittee, claims that the Democratic revers
es are due to the woeful effect produced by
the cypher dispatches, and calls upon the
Democratic Congress to investigate the
fraud that the party may be vindicated.
Mr. Tilden, it is claimed, in quiet way,
was q potent factor in the defeat Of Boss
Kelly and Tammany, The Republicans
claim the election of three representatives
from North Carolina, Yeates, dem., being
defeated in the first district, and O'Hara
and Russell elected in the second and
third.
81 HUMBUa.
"A special to the Pioneer Press says that
Mackey Spencer, of the South Carolina
Legislature, and late RepubH bHcan candidate
for Congress, claims that in Charleston
2,4OO Democratic tickets were stuffed into
the ballot box after the closing Of the polls
in his district; that there were 1869 bal
lots in the box, and in another poll there
were 1877 votes, SO his opponent got 6,527
votes, or more than the whole registered
vote Of the city.
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain announces to At
torney General Yeomans, of South Carroll
ma, that if indictments are found against
him, he will Immediately return to that
state and offers bonds for his appearance.
MooNsHINERs.
The United States Court of West Virgi-
MIA has indicted 181 moonshiners.
THE BERLIN TREATY.
Benconsfeld, at the Lord M ayor's ban
quot, announced that England :would dim
.sist on the fulfl fllment Of the Berlin treaty
He said he had no fear for India. He up
held the Cyprus ''. treaty as 9. wise, wise
YELLOW FEVER.
The Peabody Association foot up the
nm her Of yellow fever cases IN New Or.
leans since the beginning Of the plague,
81 4o0O). The physicians report 1,50O
cases not previously given. There were
four deaths in New Orleans Saturday, and
one in Memphis. Heavy 1rosls -. arg fc-
ported. s @
THE HALIFAX AWARD
Secretary Evarts' second letter to Minis
ter Welch on the Halifax award takes the
ground that the commission exceeded inc
power granted 1t, and the payment, yln'ei' y
lhere1ore nos plnt'ins " 'ne :. i'e ' !,
' ous :. i'n 3 's.nu 'Do'' aM - ~,
appoinoeu 'l'n7' -, ~ 'o - 49, ! -
England VIII not 20 70 va 70 ~ W :
- ], Z. -.
-, .,,r,r;ea of Enrcne 5.
III. -, ~. !. sss
- -, 2 - + q.
| Cape May was almost ueatly ue''iVy 81
| Dy llro u 1aeuie05' - i = '- '.1s'-,,
oth = hn;ld;noa were swept away. The
;na ,;ol, TIE fro nr; p,nated in the
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1878-11-11
ESTATES.
,rrvy HAMpsHIR;E

Head, Republican, was elected governor
by:six thousand majority Hall, Briggs,
and Farnsworth, Repub cans, were elect.
National Republican., 1878-07-09
10 GREAT
1873

TO TEE NdRFM EHSNSrkEXaEiA Ens aEp E2uTEu usTdurnwrsr
srLESbiD i5 StESffaS ahs4 sS4fdSfFicEST EQUIP
TRAINS LEAvE! !Sh WSshIisSf9s, i SiS9 from Depot cor
r nes o. sixth nId streets Ss follows; daily with
fii.sSurs 70 70 dlhsSasti st s. Loas sSd chIcasO'
BsrraSRE SSRE INb ND Pfssa ft
ror Canandaisua, Rochester, buffalo. Nastra fsils
Win " PsSe sSr'e eass rs s'W e W.es a foi Iapofs
Lock Hayen, and Elnira, Al iolOa m. daily eh'
For Rsw Yors and the Fast i,i' r. M and go p m.
daily, with Palace Cars attached. Limltsl IL.
pres o. pullman Parlor Cars VIZ ID ai o"''''eH
For York all rqnsn ,EriTs EsODesS
shording direct transfer 10 Fulton street ayoMr
Ing douhle ieiriage and Journey across New fofk
SSS VOW ~S fHq ssspas Gas @ From
For f.iiadelpnls l m. daily except sgn1ays pnd md
Acc6emmodssiSn 6Ts " or ssmSTep p S sS a. m. and to
For Pope's Creek Lhe, 6.S5 q. M and i2o p m. daily
For < kSqapoRs Gti m and a. Up. IN daily except
ALEXANDRIA AND DFREpERICKsBunGR RAIL
WAY AND ALEXANDRIA AND %AshiSo'
| TON RAILROAD.
5,p m o,i SUNDAY y At siG a ~. and and L y N.
For Richmond aud Tie sout ~ Ai,n Nv" H. III u"NSs
Trains s S y N Sd ssGGP1 ! sSpssy
On sunday a, s G%and % iO's ~ and d ~: II; -,
CumnodaIous can be procured at The 6nce,-norb.
east corner or Ihreenth Pen psHMI isnS AZ
vanilla avenue and at the depot where orders can V
len for the chsGklns Of baggage to destination rom
,' "a, II +. j. EAMNEp General Passenger Agent
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE Opposition continues to make the
most It can In the way Of political capital
out Of the clerical error committed by one
of Secretary GoRHAMs clerks in sending
communications respectfully and mildly
soliciting campaign contributions from fe-
male Government clerks. This error arose
from the fact that in the prepared list Of
Government employees the prefix Miss or
Mrs. had been inadvertently omitted before
the names Of the parties TO whom the COM
munications were sent. For the benefit Of
these captious critics we announce that
In response to some Of these inadvertently.
sent communications, contributions have
been received, accompanied by letters in
sistlng on their acceptance, and declaring
the willingness and anxiety of the contribu'
tors to do rs much now to effect the over
throw Of the hared Confederate Democ'
racy as the Union ladies Of the country
were permitted to do when the war was in
progress.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

ASsztxEM ybRE ybfrSf MfiRiafGPIp AND ros
Sr S Stop, Y sss Sy q a SgHSi Knp sT;
J4nc,iIn lessup'', Hnnoysr. and Eik Ridge:
sf6prs @@SheS %aPR SaS May and %"s Il.
hS-t tBALTIMoRE AND LAUREL EMPIRES
es;Ser YS%R ~a My ss1.iSR BOSTON
AND BALTIMoRE EXPRTsSs. Parlor Gar u New
YORK and rhIladelphIa- STOPS at Annapolis Juno
hoES Eh SHcAGS GSLTMRTs nna ssH HNH
bHSn except sSmdsy ThT"pSh sn ca 70 s'anas ~ &
,,A0J-on Sunday only-Balimore Annapolis and
iGJD- BALTIMORE EXPEEsS. ST. ps at Bladcns-
burg Betsvllle, LAUREL Annapolis Junction, Jessups
Sn1 q, Hanover.
gk AensRGs TfGi fy asf BSs SS
TON EXpRhsss ON SUNDAYS to baltimore only.
'9gpgEs 9gpEsHTfaoR II asioa'RS iaI2Gaa iaGaBkBSha !SBsSh AND
LAUREL EXpHfss. Frederick win Relay. stops
tH"fFS4i GS q RosIs Frederick, negerstown Win:
chester, and WAY stations On Sundays to Point Of
XTTPPSS SSRrSsk epd %ps sja,!qph %NB hal
iolk Passengers taken In the cars direct 10 boat Al
Sis- s-IciIicXGo, AND coLUMBus EXPRESS
'siPlS $ii iSS'iEsSy sSSyEgEss
s6TT s2f lESfas4r fSfH4 tos aS%1svahas eatt
Sunday. Pullman cars
HaJ-tNEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND
BALTIMORE EXPIRES. Sleeping car 10 New
York and spe IAl sleeping car 10 Philadelphia.
tDRiy. Other trains daily, except sunday.
an other trains daily eNcent Sunday.
All trains stop at Relay station.
All through trlns will stop ut Sir Johns Run for
passengers to nnd from Berkeley Springs aud at Deer
Park and Oakland Hotels during the season.
For further information apply at the Ballimore
tO and COS Pennsylvania avenue aud 6l3 Fifteenth
street northwest, Washinsion and Masonic Temple
High street, Georgetown, where orders Will nc taken
for bnggse 10 be checked and received ut any point
W. L. CLEMENTS, Master of fTransportlon.
!. NJ COLE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. =. KOOSIZ. General Agent. ielO
National Republican., 1878-07-09
POLITICIL NOTES.

THE Territorial Republican convention Of
Dakota will be held August -.
Mr.. GLOVER will not be able to save his dis.
lance in the Senatorial race.-GiObe- Democrat.
The Democrats of johnson County, Mo-
favor the denomination Of Congressman Crit.
tenden.
SAMUEL T. SPASGLER Is the Greenback
nominee for Congress in the third dubuque
district.
The Republicans of Livingston County, Ill,
continue their allegiance to Congressman
Greenbury L. Fort
THE Evansville (Ind.) Journal thinks that
both Indiana aud Ohio may be found in the
Republican column this fall.
WALTER L. STEELE is the opponent of Col.
onel William Johnston in contesting Con
gressional nomination in North Carolina.
COLONEL JAMES H. TANNING. of the county
of Troup, Is announced as a candidate for Con
grcss from the fourth district Of Georgia.
Hon. JOSEPH MEDILL, editor Of the Chicago
| Tribune, Is q candidate for the Congressional
nomination in the first district of Illinois.
Ex.GovERNoR CuRTIN's candidacy for Con
gress is meeting with considerable opposition
| from straight-out Democrats In his district
CONGRESSMAN HOOKER, of Mississippi. haI
before him warm struggle with rival candi
dates for the nomination in his district. Hi
success Is doubtful.
| The Buffalo Erpress has formally declared IL
favor of General Grant for President in 1850
The tide is setting very strongly that way
Cdftaraugus Republican,.
THE Democrats In four of the Congressional
| districts of Virginia have seriously quarreled
and the Republicans hope to gain one or TIVE
votes in the House OF Representatives.
| The mention Of Grant for the Presidency II
1880 is to the Democratic papers what the ret
flag Is to bull. No other suggestion is half a
irritating to them.-Syrdcuse Journal.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE story goes that the Hon. ZACH
CHANDLER is to be summoned to appear be-
fore the POTTER committee. He is reported
by some one to have said to some one else
in the hearing of an eavesdropper, who now
hints II mysteriously that ave-" meaning
the Republican party, shall beat them,'
meaning the Democracy; or that II don't
think they will beat us"-the time and
place Of this Awful Utterance being in New
York during the last campaign. And now
the gutter-snipes Of the POTTER inquisition
will attempt TO make this mild remark the
basis OF an assumption that the chairman
of the National Republican Committee knew
all about the alleged frauds in Louisiana
and Florida. But we can assure them they
are misinformed. What Mr.. CHANDLER did
say was: "Now by the Great Jingilary
Jingles Of the Unterrifed Pewter JEwHIL-
"IIKIN H. Moses, we'll beat the hindsights
and foresights off'n these dod-rotted
Democrats" We advise Mr. PorTAH that
il he goes fooling around the stalwart old
Michigander there will he no telling wha,
will happen next" as the boy said when
he got his toe mashed between the upper
| and neither milestone.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE Communstic tramps have begun to
burn and destroy threshing- self
binders, and other similar agricultural
labor-saying machinery in Ohio 1t Is q
pity these miscrants do not intelligently
devote their destructive energies to the task
of hunting such so-called leaders rs HEN
DRICK B. WRIGHT and Others of like dema-
gogicnl kidney into their holes. But
WRIGHT eggs them on by his agnrian
speeches, and they recognize friend in him.
They are towards all, and the Buckeye
farmers find no more difficulty in putting
them to flight than they do In frightening
lot of cockIoaches by suddenly turning OH
a light in dark room. The trouble is their
incendiary acts are committed with chnrac-
teristic cowardice under the Safeguard OF
the night.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE Charleston NeTs aud Courier is espe-
cially anxious regarding the prospective de-
pletion of South Carolina and the Southern
States generally of colored labor by means
of the emigration of blacks to Liberia 1t
betrays this anxiety by printing ten-col-
umn letter descriptive Of the recent voyage
of the Azor, which carried several hundred
blacks TO Sierra Leone, the description be-
ing evidently written for the express pur-
pose Of frightening others from attempting
similar trip in the future. An idea of the
contents of this exaggerated and cock-and-
bull letter may be gained by reading the
following synopsis, printed in the Ne,rs as
headlines under the general caption Of
The Azor's Terrible Trip"
Out on the Deep. Deep Sea-Ninety Miles
the First Day-Society Aboard-St. james
| and st, Giles'-Patience Of the Dusky Passen.
| gers in the Throes of Sea-Sckness-Proyisio
Insufficient and Of Bad Quality--No Medical
Stores or rStimuants-Waste and Dirt-A Mat.
rimonial Row-Prayers Aboard-The First
Death and First Birth-Gcorge Curtis Ex.
posed-The First Storm-A Scene that Beg
| gars Description-The Fated Sunday-Dccep,
| tion PractiCed by the Exodus Association
| Measles Aboard-Curtis and his Wife Fighting
A Sudden Death-Aud Yet Another-Meas
les Quite Prevalent-FOrminga Sunday. .SchoO
-perversity Of the Emigants-Their Object
| in Leaving the South-The Sixth Death-TwC
| More-A Broilng Sunday-Ship Fever Ger
tainly ALoard-Water Running Short-Hal
RatiVus Issued-MOTe and More Deaths-A
| Terrible Tornado-Fresh Provisions all Con,
Making for Sierra Leone-ln Port at Last
Cd Again for MOnroyia.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE fact that the government of the Dis.
trict OF Columbia is at last practically a
bureau Of the General Government, and
that the nations capital is, what it was In.
tended to be by The:Fathers, the especial
care of the entire United States, does not re-
leve our citizens from responsibility as re-
CARDS purely commercial affairs. They nm
doubtedly understand this-or the m .jority
of them do-and will accept the new stu
alton as kindly impetus to their hitherto
tagging business interests. 1t is time
however, tha, somebody disclosed some ap
preciative activity. Something should b,
done to show that as a community, as well
as a national municipality, we deserve the
good fortune that has been vouchsafed
/ to us.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

The price of living in Washington Is as
cheapas 1t is in any other city of the Union,
and it is as high-according to the will OF
the person who seeks It. There is every At
traction here for every taste, and there is
no reason why the District should not rap.
idly increase in population with each sue
ceeding year. If real-estate owners were
as a class, little more liberal in the matter
of long payments and low rates of interest
this increase would begin to show itsel
sooner. The few enterprising dealers in
real property who have recognized and beer
guided by this fact have grown rich.
National Republican., 1878-07-09

THE sangamo (Ill.) Monitor suggests that
the State of Illinois should own the resi-
dence of President LINCOLN at Springfield.
1t should be put, so far as possible, In the
same condition 1t was when the martyr Presi-
dent last occupied 1t, and room in 1t
should be set apart for LINCOLN relics. The
time may be distant, but it will come, when
pilgrimage TO such shrine will be as
much of q pleasant and patriotic duty as a
trip to Mount Vernon now is
National Republican., 1878-07-09
cIvIL-sERvICE RULES VIOLATED.

P. b. JOHNSON and W. c. PAINTER, regis
ter and receiver, respectively, of the land
office at Walla Walla, W. T., received per-
mission from Commissioner WILLIAMSON
on Saturday last to CLOSE their Office and
go and fight Indians, who were but forty
miles away" The question has been rudely
raised by our Departmental scribe whether
this is not slight infraction of the civil
service rules. We answer that II is, and
that Commissioner WILLIAMSON has been
dreadfully derelict and irightfully iuiIac-
tious in the premises. The personal safety
Of JOHNS on and PAINTER is not to be CON
sidered in the case, Tor they have right as
citizens to go and come when and where
they please, even at the risk of their lives,
or in doing something to protect the Gov
ernment ficn injury at the hands of its
enemies. But under a strict. construction
Of the civil-service rules they would have
been informed by the Commissioner that
being officials. they have no right to dc
anything of the kind, especially during Of
fee hours. The enemy, come in what dis
guise 1t may, as a Democrat or an "lniun,
is, in the purview of the rules alluded to, q
thing to be avoided by office-holders In
short, it would be as wrong, logically speak.
ing for an ofiice-holder to contribute q
cartridge for use against the Indians as /,
would be to contribute a dollar for use
against the Democrats. But there is very
little benefit to be derived from q discussion
Of this subject just now. Somehow or an
other the civil-service rules are being grad
ually forgotten, and it was very, very iniu'
dicious on the part of our scribe to raise this
question. We hope it will be overlooked
and that Commissioner WILLIAMSON will
be forgiven.
National Republican., 1878-07-09
AT least one-third of the current business

At least One-third Of the current business
of Washington Is comprehended under the
broad term of "keeping boarders." Another
third is devoted to supplying the wants Of
the General Government and the EN-
ploymcnt OF capital in serving those
wants. The remaining third is absorbed by
the integral interchanges OF the community
at large. Diverse as these especial features
Of business are, it is not impossible, under
proper direction, TO knit them together in
a community OF interest such as pervades
the active and prosperous cities of the States
| The result would be u personal as well as q
general benefit to all concerned. To be a
citizen Of Washington would then amount
TO a participation in the joint advantages oI
a thriving and acknowledging population
Under an elective form of COVE rnment
where individual and general interests centrt
in the lawmaking power these results fol
low as matter Of course. As We are stu
atcd at present it should be the duty, as i
IS undoubtedly the pleasure, of our non
elected Commissioners to do everything il
their power to bring about such condition
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