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, 1878-03-09

WASHINGTON, Feb. y, 1878.
EDITOR STATESMAN Garfield and
Hale Yesterday demonstrated the wisdom OF
the people in giving us democratic house OF
representatives. They spoke on the Louisiana
question. They expressed the common radlcA
regret for The departure Of war and reconstrnc-
ton times, when one section of the country
could not only control the general government,
but could in innumersble ways interfere IN the
local governments Of another section. Their
speeches amounted to threat against the
South, and it may be that they will succeed by
threats in a work of intimidation, but If they
do it will be the everlasting disgrace not only
of the representatives Of the Southern states,
but Of the democratic representatives from the
North 1t is time that Louisiana should be as
free as Massachusetts,, and that the authorities
of Louisiana should realize the fact. Without
the votes Of Louisiana, however obtained, hayes
never could have been inauglrated, and 1t does
not become him, or his supporters, now TO deny
her all the rights of any state that tcok part IN
that election.
Look at Ohio and Louisiana to-day-states
equal in every respect under the constitution.
The former has the president, the chief justice,
the general of the army the lieutenant general,
4 cabinet minister and half our foreign minis,
| ters, while the latter has nothing but partial
local self government. and Ohio threatened yes
terday. on the floor of the house, to take that
away Where We're the representatives OF Louis
lana that they did not assert themselves tor
once, The remarks of representatives GIbson,
Of Louisiana, and Clymer, Of Pennsylvania, IN
response to Garfield and Hale. were tame and
in no respect equal to the Gscasion.
The silver remonetizatiOn bill having passed
| the senate by An overwhelming vote, and there
being an absolute certainty Of its hnally be-
coming a law, other financial matters Will be
| brought up for action. In the house the finance
committee yesterday reported favorably bill
to retire national bank notes. substituting there
for treasury notes. The bill to repeal the act
compelling resumption of specie payments one
wear from now will also be pushed. Senator
Becks bill, which provides that the sinking
fund shall not hereafter be increased beyond
tn. rate required by law has majority IN both
houses, and can be passed whenever 1t comes up
for action.
The senate, yesterday, by vote of Al to 8.
passed the bill restoring to the pension rolls all
! soldiers Of the war of 1872 who Were dropped at
the outbreak of the civil war. Besides restor-
Ing those dropped rs above, the bill gives pen
sion for fourteen days service. instead OF sixty
| as now required and to widows if they married
| the soldier prior to 1850, instead of February
| II, 1850, as now. This bill will pass the house
| by an overwhelming majority, unless loaded
down with amendments.
The order from the white house, dated yes
teriay, closing the departments on the I'D OF
this month, is signed simply "R B. Hayes.
1t may be that the developments in the Auder-
| son case have convinced Il. b. IT, that he ought
! not to SIGN as president REX.
, 1878-03-09

THE GREAT FRAUD.-The cool effrontery
of Hayes, to the effect that if the prosecution
of the returning board felons is net stopped.
he will cease his eonciliatory policy toward
the South, is refreshing. The threat con-
cealcd in it is, however, puerile. And it ID
gratifying to learn that the leading demo-
Gratis in congress have given him to under
stand that they are not to be affected by
such pcevish and disgraeeful menaces, but
that they will push the contest to the ex-
tremity of reopening the whole elec.ora.
question, to his terrible discontinue, If he
shall engage to interfere-as he has no right
or lawful authority to do-in the Louisiana
trials. He cannot bluff or browbeat the
democrats in congress. And he also feels,
most likely, that they are not all democrats
who are strenuously urging the exposure.
Senators Conkling and Blaine, and other
leading radicals in and out of congress, are
on the war path to tomahawk and scalp HIM.
1t is these he fears, but dares not strike at.
When he declares that he ''no longer intends
to do all the Cancellation Toward the South,
he doubtless means-he talks like rob5er
who has stolen the strong-box OF Others and
then has the andacity to threaten that he
shall cease any longer to dispense portions
of it to them unless they submit to his every
other demand If he has acted toward the
South otherwise than constitutionally or
lawfully, he has committed that much OF
wrong, and should be called 20 account for
it. He mistakes the powers of the Nace he
usurps. A president, lawfully elected, is
bound by the limit of authority the consti-
tuition and laws establish for the office, and
he cannot exceed it without rendering HIM
self liable therefor, perhaps to impeachment.
Mr. Hayes has stolen the fruit. Let him
enjoy it as he can. But it already begins TO
look as though it would very socn turn to
ashes, and bring him to merited deep grief.
He must pay the just penalty of his great
crime
, 1878-03-09

PARTY NOMINATIONS. Reports from the
second and third Judicial districts show that
the republicans have disrcgarlcd the recon-
mendation Of their, central committee and
nominated strict partisaus tor delegates
Judge Dennison, and lien Allen, IN the second
district are strict partisans, but at the same
time are men Of ability, and every way mt 10
assist in framing constitution. et the can
didates in the third district We know little,
and that little is not favorable. 1t has now
become a settled fact that the convention Is
to he run in the interest of party, and that
the original project of sending two repubh-
cans TO the L. S. senate is to be carried out'
With a convention thus organized and con-
trolled the democrats have nothing IN com
mon, and speaking for this section OF the
territory we doubt whether any considerable
number of democrats will put IN an appear
ance at the polls, As rule the prevailing
sentiment is that the agitation Of the gues-
tion of state government is premature anu
that II can well be deferred until such time
as we have the population that will entlue
us 70 ask admission. At this date we have
less than half the ratio assigned to rep
resentative in congress, and with this panclty
IN population it is scarcely possible that con
cress will regard with favor the Application
to admit Washington on terms OF equaiity
with states that number their population Dy
the millions. The day for tie admission OF
sueh hand box states as Nevada haspasscd by
and howe~er great may be the necessity Tor
the admission OF two new members To re-
cruit the waning strength of the republicans
in the senate. it y scarcely possible that
either congress or the people will regard the
proposition with favor.
, 1878-03-09

THE DIFFERENCE IN CoSr.-The American
Journal Of Education, for February, learns
that the average cost of conricting. sentenc-
ing and delivering every convict IN the Mis-
sour peniteutiary, is about Sl20O- The aver
age annual cost OF instruction for the children
of the state in the public schools is less than
81 30 each. From this statement the st.
Louis Post is led to remaak: 1T would
seem that little more tax for teaching. and
a little less cost for criminals, would be an
Improvement in the financial administration
of the state Ii is n mortifying fact that
Missouri sustains her pablic schools on an
average of ouly FIVE months In the year y
1t will be observed, Is . general thins that
crime is greatest where eluclt;ou is most
neglected.
, 1878-03-09

ESDoRsIyG RoGUIs. acretary John Sher-
man. senator Stanley Matthews, congressman
Garfed-all of Oho-and two other of the
New Orleans, in the winter of 1901, to see
that the returning board should count Tilden
out and HAYES in, have tclcyraphed to General
Anderson. the convicted felon, who stands next
Ia J. Nal Wells in the infamy OF that great
fraud, their belief of his innocence, and their
confidence in his integrity. This extraordinary
dispatch is not to be wondered at So mnch when
it is considered that the parties who sent it
Were accessories before anu after the CRIME, and
are themselves threatened with Indictment for
their completely. 1t is, therefore, little better
than preliminary plea of not guilty IN their
own case.
, 1878-03-09

For WAYS THAT ARE DAEK.-The cOnric-
ton is again gaining ground that Senato r
MitchelTs action on the railroad bill is cx-
ceedingly dark and incomprehensive. except
it be to defeat all railroad connections be-
tween this state and the east Teiegraphic
reports most certainly look that way, and
the action of the. house committee, unless
acquiesced in 10y the senate committee, Will
give unmistakable proof of it-for he must
accept the house committees report or else
answer the charge of having betrayed his
constituents -'Oyftcmi reporter.
, 1878-03-09

LIGHT BREAKISG.-Two things have been
we'll established by recent discussion, remarks
the Albany Ayyrv. Senator ConkllnS did
not believe Hayes rightfully entitled to the
vote of Louisiana, and there was conference
at the Wormley hotel, ut which the demo-
cratic organization and the republican party
were disposed of by mutual understanding
between certain consritators. The pretext
that Conkling was opposed to stealing the
presidency, and that Tilden was opposed to
seizins it by force. which have been advanced
in defense of this conspiracy, only make it
the more odiOus.
, 1878-03-09

PAYING THE Score. - The Pennsylvania
legislature has Just passed bill appropriate
ing $4,000 10 the military Of the state for
suppressing the July riots. Of this amount
$3.50, 0,O09 is for the pay of the troops, and
$3.50, 900 20 settle claims arising for trans
pOrtation, subsistence and incidental eN-
penses attending the calling out of the guard.
The regimental field, regimental staff and
commissioned line officers and privates are to
receive the same pay as the regular troops
of the United States, and, in addition, ten
dollars to each enlisted man who served a,
least seven consecutive days, forcommutatlon
for blankets and uniforms.
, 1878-03-09

TEXAS Pacific RAILRoAD.-Therei Is great
rejoicing at Washington among friends of
the Texas Pacific railroad subsidy bill over
the action of the house Pacific railroad com
mittee in deciding by vote OF I to i, to re-
port in favor of Tom SCOTS scheme. sup
porters of SCOTS bill will endeavor to secure
early action on it, but there is not the slight
est possibility that the measure VIII receive
the sanction Of the house. The North Paciii(
has less strength than the Texas project
and hence the conclusion Is that the propo
sition to extend the land grant viii fail.
, 1878-03-09

The HATEFUL MAN.-m the trial of a
divorce case at New York it was pathet-
ical.y stated by one of the female witness
es that the horrible husband ate all the
good things in the house, leaving his wife
only the - scraps. 1t is no wonder she
asked for dissolution of the partnership.
, 1878-03-09

DELEGATES TO THE CoNSrTrUTIoNiL IoN-
yENTIoN.-In the third Judicial district the
republicans have nominated Edwd Eidrldge,
of Whatcom, to represent the territory at
large in the constitutional convention, and
James Mcknight TO represent the third Ju-
dicial district
, 1878-03-09

Dr. NEWTON WHIrEHEAD, Of New York,
has been arrested by Mrs. Lizzie Temple for
committing an abortion on her, of which she
is dying. The old Whitehead onght to have
his head stuck through moose and an abor-
ton committed on his neck, # this be tue.
, 1878-03-09

Bry WADE, the old Ohio aboli:ioniSt and
former senator, is dead. Had the impcacl-
ment of Andy Johnson succeeded, Ben W ade
wonld have filled out the unezrAred term
That is how near he came to the presidency
, 1878-03-09

FATALITY SONS of The man who
calls himself governor Packard have died
in New Orleans within three months The
last one, about FIVE years old, died while
his father was in Washington.
, 1878-03-09

LoxG PRIMER HALL, after an absence from
Oregon for nearly a century, has turned up
at Salem, where he tiourizhes as edid"r OF
tie Record. Wallace Nancy, graduate
,f the STATESMAN office, is local editor.
, 1878-03-09

ULYSSES S. GRANT, Jr, son of the ex-
president, has been admitted to practice
law. That's something that his daddy
never practiceds
, 1878-03-09

THE SENATE has voted to restore the
franking privilege. 1t never ought to
have been abolished, and We trust that
the house will concur in its restoration.
, 1878-03-09

REPUBLICAN CoNvENTI0N.-The republican
convention for the second judicial district, was
held at Kalama, February 2Sth. Nominations
for delegate at large being first in order, Sam
uel NJ. Gilmore, Of klickitat county, was nom
mated by acclamation. The convention next
proceeded to nominate candidate for the Sec
ond judicial district Mr.. Beall placed in nom,
nation the name Of Hon. b. +. Dennison, and
MIR. Reed nominated Hon. H. q. Struve. FL
wood Evans moved that Marshall Blinn be
nominated by acclamation, and the motion was
unanimously carried Mr.. Blinn thanked the
convention, but respectfully declined the NOM
ination, whereupon, on motion, the convention
proceeded to vote by ballot, resulting IS follows
Dennison "a Blinn. ....---13 ID
Struve 9 Evans ....-
Total number Of votes cast, 81 necessary to
a choice, 26 No election
Mr.. Bloomfield announced that Mr.. Strive
was not a candidate. The second ballot re
suited as follows:
Denn:son. 80 Blinn 30 Struve- )
Hon B. +. Dennison having received a ma
iority Of all the votes cast, was nominated
The nomination of candidate for the coun-
ell district composed of the counties of Cowlltz,
Wabk;akum and Pacific, being next in order,
Hon. Alexander S Abernethy was unanimous
" nominated by acclamatiOn.
The nomination Of candidate for the eoun-
ell district composed of the counties of Thurs.
ton and Lewis came next: Mr.. Berry nominated
J. S. Allen. Esq, and Mr.. Horr nominated
Hon NJ. Blinn The first ballot resulted as
follows: Allen. II votes; Blinn, 8, j. ). Allen
having received majority o: ali the votes cast,
| was declared nominated.
The nomination Of candidate for the coun-
Gil district composed of the counties of Clarke.
Skamania, K,ickitat and Yakima was deferred
until the 18th of March, when the nomination
| will be made at Rockland, in klickitat county
, 1878-03-09

BLANK DEEDS at this Office.
, 1878-03-09

BLANK MORTGAGES at this Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31
MR.. KELLY OPPOSED TO CEsARIsM.

WHY HE DECLINES TO NOMINATE A MAYOR.
In letter addressed to The Herald on Thurs
day Controller Kelly expresses his appreciation Of the
honor conferred upon him in suggesting that he among
the thousands of intelligent citizens should nominate
candidate for Mayor He can account his selection
for the service only in his being an active
member of the Democratic party, and in this
fact finds q potent for declining to make
nomination. 1.-THE Democratic party" he says, "does
not believe in oneman power; it is opposed 70 Caesar
ISM As consistent Democrat cannot consent to set
myself up as nominating conventions convention Of
one" Mr. Kelly cOnfesses his belief in party Organiza
ton and discipline. 81 am" ne says, party man on
principle and am convinced that the public interests
would be best served by party government"
Mr.. Kelly finds in the experience OF the city for
the past twenty-five years proof Of the iuecency Of
Independent and reform officers, whom he calls
the rra of our politics" He attributes the formation
Of the Ring and the subsequent plundeTng OF the City
Treasuryo the lack of party organization of both Repub-
lcans and Democrats and the consequent holding 70
rigid responsibility of these selfish and unprinciped
men, He finds that "as a rule men who are not true
90 party will not be true to the public in official
capacity The ambitious q these men usually outfun
their Abilities and they much more ambitious TO
help themselves than TO the public The majority
of the leading officers of the city should belong TO po-
ltical party which hae confidence IN them, ana which
holds them to a rigid account IOr thelr OF
fetal behavior" " The citizen selected for Mayor
this Fall" continued Mr.. Kelly, should belong TO a
party and have its hearty support and constant back
candidate of such high character and conspicuous hness
for the Office that all Democrats and all uncOmmitted
citizens will be glad 70 vote for him. In conclusion,
Mr. Kelly esteems it matter for congraulatiOn that
New-YOrk has many able and worthy citizens who, II
elected the chief magstracy, would honor the office
and the city by their wise, efce and pubhcsprted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31
d RUFFIAY SHOT By HIS FRIEND.

THOMAS WALSH, RECENTLY FROM PRISON, ASSAULTS
JOHN CURTIN-NO VERY SERIOUS RESULT.
John Curtin was shot by a friend, Thomas
Walsh about p yesterday, while rttng in front of
the house, No 100 Cherry-st, WI ere he mas lived.
Wals walled along the street toward tho house,
AM when at short distance to Curtin
JACK, ala going to shoot you" and at same no
drew pistol and fired at him. The bullet si"'R
Curtin I'm the mead little above the lets temple, 1 ~
loving the scalp out at the back Of the hf VIII
causing serious Injury Walsh was arres 4 ia
with Curtin, taken 10 the Fourth Precinc' 1.Gu.
house. The wounded man thu taken 10 20 Cha 90
beers Street Hospital, whore the wound was min q
and dressed. and he taken baC 10 the stat ie
appeared anxious last night 10 be released from cOnir
ment saying that he did not wish TO make any complaint
against Walsh.
Thomas Walsh, who made the assault, has been re-
leased from State Prison only short time. He
arrested for rObbng soldier on Catha-
rinc-st. eight nine years ago, and upon
conviction sentenced TO twelve years In prison. BY
good behavior the sentence has been cOmmued and he
recently released. Curtin and Walsh both are well
known 10 the police desperate men. There was SAID
TO been quarrel last night between tile men, VINO
old acquaintance having been ON intimate terms
before Walshs imprisonment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31
PASSENGERS ARRIHED.

FROM BREMEN-BU STEAMSHIP Donau,-- Hugo Muller
W. H. Rumpf wife and three CHI dren Mr.. aud Mrs
Andre Arthur =. schmidt Ernst Frzsehe Franz lrsGl H.
Wikens Earl RuhstH George H. Schnzel, Mrs. W. simon
chd and servant Edward PaJeken; j. O. Plagemann ~
Buuemmann W. H. Baron EDrrste H.. Aug Blumeuthal
and wiie and chld, Miss H. SEDAN BeThod Znn Mrs ~
Fletcher H. Doll g. spenkocrg and son II; a. y eedha9
TheO. +. jerks +. A. Ward and family, MT and Mrs e. T.
Fischer Mr. and Mrs H. Waller II weekser, Mrs Arnold
Mr. and Mis- Hlger Samuel MOrrcs, v LOeWL Mr. Herk'
otz Mr. Wieckert John Hayn John A. Jansen H. H. Hon
man Mis-. Gertrude Kelwer Miss FTida Mayer Mrs L. VIII
Hendricks, Henry Penner and family
Mira Emhe Wiebe and family, AdOph Ruhsat, Carl w.
Rose Charles Acsermann Mrs Emile Ackernann aud ehd,
Louise Liale the Rev. o. H. W. Ouern
and wife Miss Clara Neierard sister, David Llyer
Miss L. John Miss Mary Reul Miss bertha Seligmann Mrs
" Weller H. r. Tafel H. J. Hem Max Hein Paul Helm, j.
Nauman l. Eckhardt AdOlph PfOtenhaur Adolph Steeg.
Charles Fahr Albert HdebraBdt and wife and child Mrs
Anna lermer child Woertendck. Henry Heine
man Isaac Davidson H. Zcnke H. Booklage, Charles
Schmelz Carl II. Mammen Mrs l. Lehman and child. Phil
chnm aud wife John Mich6s and wife, Menco Stern Mr.
and Carl Rossler, Mrs Doro RenOd and child Mrs d.
II. Staue. Anton Petr, Mrs Ele0nOre I3astan MI and
Mis- Milton Palmer, Aug. Ulman H. NJ Grose Mfs; Fred
Jung Mrs NJ Walerscin and daughter, JOS v Baft sol
Bsrth hoIitz petteibacher Christ Mnermann Miss
Selma Schwab, Michel schwarZ Frank q. swift Antony
Cueriln Mrs D. Klein, Mr. sarah tun Albeit Kuhn Mrs
Berels, II. wohrmann Miss Fanny Ortie6 Geo W. Burna
wife Fredk jacket DIR. r. r. Mann and wife, Miss
A. COggeshal, W. Bonemann and wife, Jacob Zilz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31
sWINDLED BY GAMBLERS.

Alfred Brown, of London, England, has been
in this city several days. and, with friend staying
at the Hotel Brunswick. Last Thursday afternoon,
while walking down Broadway, he was accosted by two
men who engaged him in conversation They were very
polite in their bearing and Mr. Brown thought they were
men Of wealth and refinement. During their walk he
drank with them and at length consented TO visit their
room at No 20 East Elevenhst There he was induced
TO play "banoo," and when he left the place
be had been swndled out OF so in English money and
a check for FL 900. He informed superintendent Wal
ling of his loss and Detectives Shelly and Dorcy were
sent TO No 20 East Eeventl-st. Two men had hired
room there week before, but the landlord knew very
little concerning them. In their room the detectives
found set of gambling implements. The gamblers
had escaped Yesterday the detectives arrested two
weknown "bancO steerer" in Wall-st, but they were
discharged, az MIR. Brown could not be found and the
landlord failed to recognize them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-31
SUICIDE OF Az. BERRIAN.
BUSINESS TROUBLES AND HL-HEALTH DRIVE
BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE DEALER TO sELF-Dl
sTRUCTION,

BUSINESS TROUBLES AND ILL-HEALTH DRIVE A
BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE DEALER TO sELF-DE-
sTRUCTION
Andrew j. BerTian, age sixty-three, Brook
lyn real estate dealer and insurance agent OF No 70
Courts shot himself In the head about $50 a. No. yes
terday at his home, No. 81 Maron-st, Brooklyn. His
daughter Anna NJ. Berrian. hearing strange sound.
went TO his room to awake him. and found him dead his
head hanging partly over the bed Ills face ana night
dress, we'll the carpet were stained with blood
large pistol lay a trunk by the bed and smaller one
on the floor One barrel Of this weapon sharp's four
baITeed pistol, empty. The other pistol, seven
shooter, was fully loaded.
An inquest held by Coroner Simms. Miss Betrian
testified that when her father retired the night previous
lust before O'Clock, he clOsed his door, an unusual
thing for him to do On going 20 his SHE called to
her father as he was breathing heavily but he did not
answer Greatly excited. she dispatched her brother
for physician. Mr. Berrian had been in bed all the
previous day, suffering from debility. He had been
troubled with lung disease for long time, and for sew
eral months he had been respondent.
George A. Bernan, son Of the dead man. testified That
he heard his father cough late the night before. He
heard no pistol report other noise during the night
His father had been Respondent about business for
long time and had remarked night before his death
that there end TO mis- business, and he should not
20 his office again, but the son attached no slgni-
canoe 10 bis words a.
The following letter in the dead mans handwriting,
was found by his daughter:
worth staying for 10 man in my condition.
| leave twentyfOur lots at South WoodhaVen,
Long Island, free and clear. -Four hundred acres OF
land In BleGsOe County Tennessee, upon which uScd
TO live subject to mortgage Elijah H. Rkel for 500
and interest Three hundred Of Land forecosed
by me, nOught In my name " }. LIE GTand' free ana
clear One thousand two hundred and eighty acres IN
johnson County Kentucky mile from the west fork
A. j. BERRIAS.