The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-04

ALEXANDRIA Ii. STEPHENS Las ~
desire to be Vice President of another
Confederacy.
Mrs. MARY ELLEN CHASE informs the
world through the Now York Sun, that
there are three times as many women IN
heaven as men, and vice versa in hell.
SINCE st. Louis repealed its system OF
licensing the social evil, there has been
an alarming increase in the diseases incl
dent to prostitution, and the mayor
urges the city council to either amend
the present Intellectual law or pass new
one.
THEY have very complete system OF
political organization in Indiana, after
the military style, with lieutenant IN
every road district, a captain in every
township q colonel in every county seat
and a brigadier-general in every con-
gresslonsl district
"a GREAT crime" says the Philadei-
phia Times, "committed by men high IN
authority in 1857 is the source OF the
present unrest of the country, and none
but criminals or the apologists and de-
pendents of criminals, protests against
the most searching inquiry into the
authors and methods Of the "Mexicaniz-
ing process that was born Of the Louis
isna and Florida frauds.
HEARING that Private Dalzell intends
to run this Fall on the Republican ticket
in strong Democratic district in Ohlo'
the New York World tells this story:
A verscious historian of the civil war has
recorded that when General Burnside
advanced upon fredericksburg negro
was observed seated upon a snake fence
"My colored brother" said the present
Senator from Rhode Island, "these noble
troops are iuvIncibly marching south
ward TO rescue you from the opPresSor
thran." "Ya-as, boss" replied the ne
gro, "and l wishes 'om all honorable
graves"
Ninety years ago they used to hang
thieves IN MASSACHUSETTS,. Now they
utilize them as Sunday School teachers.
- Washington Post
CKsARIsM! Grant in making the tour
of Europe is quietly studying how TO run
government on the European pIsn.-
!Se,lJenUiiic Sunday Local.
THE talk about re-electing Gen. Grant
to the Presidency is premature, yet the
contingency is by no means An unlikely
oue.-Concord az. H) Monitor.
WHAT if Gen. Grant should, af.er all,
be-thst is to say, what ii the Democracy
persists in making it necessary for Re
publicsns to elect-ln other words, sup
pose nobody will answer in 1880 but
Grant2-Dayton (O) Journal.
BENEATH the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
But Mr.. Potter does not give abund-
ant promise Of lifting Mr.. Hayes out of
the White House with his little pen,
nimDle as it evidently is.-PhitaGeLphia
Times.
ONE of the occasions on which silence
was better thar silver is that in which
Postmaster General Keys speech by
open letter was anything but golden. OF
course It was intended to do good, but it
will be fortunate if it escapes giving
ofense all around Philadelphia Letter.
WESTERN papers are putting Thur
man al the masthead with Hendricks on
on FOR vice. 1t is not al sll likely that
Hendricks enjoys this arrangement. but
the man who played second fiddle to
Tilden should be almighty glad of a
chance to Jump up and ride behind Thur
man.-StcubcnUlte Sunday Local.
Hon. JOHN GooDE, of Virginia, made
an ass of himself by visiting the ReD"5L-
can office in Washington and threatening
the editor OF that paper, because Of sn
abusive article about him lGoode) that
appeared in its columns. Mr.. Goode
seems to have been badly advised The
age of cbivalry has psychological
(Gd Chronicle and Constitutional
The Potter committee would do well
TO borrow an idea from the House which
crested It, Whenever there is q measure
of real importance to be decided upon
say the change of the money stasdard.
the care of the Indians or the resumption
of specie payments the House frs.
passes the bill, and then gives the men,
bers leave to print their remarks on the
subject atterwsrd Ii would save time if
the Potter committee would send in its
report row and let the House sccept II,
and then csll the witnesses needed to
establish It's standardization -4drcr.
tiScr.
SUPPOSE, Governor that the frauds
are found TO be so formidable rs clearly
to vitiate Hayes title, what would be
the result them" II think. in that
event." replied the governor, Mir.
Hayes would lesve the presidency volun-
tsrly. l don't believe he would insist
on occupying the position il it were
clearly demonstrated 10 him and the
country thst his majority was obtained
by fraud. l have more belief in his
common sense, aud in fact, he would see
it would be impossible fer him to live
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