The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-29
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WHo will care for the widows and
orphsns Is the next Probate Judge2
Why not try . Democrat?
IT would be on line with the true
meridian to elect q Democratic Sur
yeyor this year.
IT would be highly proper to elect
. Democratic Coroner, as the Repub-
lican party will be found dead.
The Republicans of Tennessee have
nominated Emerson Etheridge as
their candidate for Governor.
THE Chairman of the Maine Nation.
al Greenback Committee is broker
supposed to be worth 100000.
The Republicans have ears like
mules and hear not the voice of the
people. Bounce them with the ballot,
boys.
The laborer is worthy of his hire
and willing to take it in greenbacks.
The bondholder is entitled to no
greater natural rights.
What has become of all the howl
ing we used to hear from the Radical
leaders about the terrible Catholics
and the Pope? Didn't il pay?
II brave and gallant conduct in the
Union army is what is to count in the
campaign for Congress. Major Nc
Kinley will be badly left behind
falkland Press.
IT wouldn't cost any more to have q
Democratic Infirmsry Director, and
a. there are three of them, all parties
would have q chance to know wheth-
er verything is done on the square,
you know.
The Radicals are terribly afraid
that General Wiley will vote to pay
the Southern rebels $35OOO0,OOO for
taking of his leg at Mission Ridge.
Oh, pshaw!
WHEN the Democracy of q Congress.
sional District in Maine adopt the
Ohio platform bodily, and put . green.
back man on it, there is q sign of pro.
gress.
Or course Mr.. Hayes l0yes the sol.
diers, but it is . notable circumstance
that among all the federal officials ap.
pointed by him in Chicago not . sin.
gle man ever saw service in the field
-[St Paul Globe.
1s there Q Probate Court in Cleve.
land to hold an inquest of lunacy
The Leader says, "after Senator Thur.
man's dull, prosy effort, the speech ol
Judge West will sound like a brilliant
march,
WOULDN'T it look . little better fol
the Radical papers and politicians tt
deal less in denunciatiOns of Senator
Thurman and pay little more atten
ton to answering the Senator's eolii
arguments? They seem to regard th'
latter % fruitless task.
THIS salient point in the speech O
Senator Thurman should be kept IL
remembrance by voters: "Unde
seven years Of Republican rule the ex
penss Of running the Government wa
$345 per capita against $l.94 per cap
ita for period of seven years unde
Democratic rule" And this was ex
elusive of interest and pensions.
WE call the attention of those YER
benevolent and kind hearted Rsdics
politicians who are 80 terribly die
tressed over the law reorgapizing tn
/" Soldiers and Sailors Orphan
Home" to an article ON the subjec
from Hon. James w. Owens, of New
ark, from which they may be able t
obtain some facts which they were no
before aware of, and to talk more in
felligibly upon the subject.
WE didn't say anything about tn
result of the Alabama election whicI
took place week before last, becaus,
We did not deem it necessary. It wa
. one sided affair, the Democrats car
Fying everything before them with
ont organized opposition. The Dem
ocratic State ticket had about $4,000
votes, and the Legislature is almost
sntirely Democratic. Spencer, the
earpet-bag Senator from that Stats
win step down and ont