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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

MI. Blaine complains that the col
ored population in the Southern
states are not represented in Con-
gress, but he is as dumb as an oys-
ter in regard to the fact that not a
single, solitary colored man has ever
been elected to Congress or to a state
Legislature by the strong Republican
constituencies in the Northern states.
We say to Mr.. Blaine, physician,
heal myself" First let the Maine
empiric take his own medicine and
dose his party in the Northern states
with it before he proposes to admin
lister it to the Southern Democracy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

In connection with the Speaker
ship of the next House of Represent
%atives, the following special from
Washington, indicates which way
the wind is blowing:
"Among those who are looking for
a candidate for a Speaker located
west of the Alleghenies, there is con
siderable talk of John Mcmahon, of
Ohio. Mr.. McMahon fills the bill
in important particulars. He is one
of the ablest members of the House,
and very popular with his fellows.
His location is considered the very
best, being in a Western State near
the Southern boundary
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The official report of the Auditors
of Ohio, made to the Commissioner
of Common Schools, last year, shows
the following number of children in
Ohio at school during the year.
White-boys, 521 45S; girls, 497,-
1856; total, LOIS, 1888. Colored-boys,
1866; girls, 23,117; grand total,
1,041,963. Between the ages of 16
and 81, the census shows 272,970.
The total number last year was l.
072,0 a gain of 14,715.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
RADICAL DEFINITIONS.

Free Sufrage-Compelling, ne
groes to vote the radical ticket.
4 Fair Count-Republican ma
jorities made by returning boards.
acknowledgements epcourag-
ing negroes to vote for them.
True stories for Radical Listeners.
Bloody shirt and shot gun stories.
Light Reading-Thelife and dread,
full sutferings of Eliza Pinkston.
Cipher I'eleyrams-Funny read
ings of supposed Democratic MESA
ges.
Outrageous Lies-Democratic ex-
posures of radical crookedness.
Idle Tazes-Democratic proofs of
returning board rascalities. .
Outrageous Charges-Democratic
proofs of fraudulent election and
seating of Hayes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
DECEMBER 1st, 1878.

- wv
To CoNDUcroRs:-From this date
you will refuse to honor any Of the
old forms of stop-over checks that
may be presented for passage, as
large numbers, and probably all in
circulation, are forged and fraudu-
lently issued, the genuine issue OF
the old form having been Withdrawn
from use two years since.
Explain this to passengers pre-
senting the old form of stop-ovel
checks; refer them to parties from
whom the checks were obtained fol
redress, and state that the stop-ovel
checks of the old form which prove.
upon investigation. not to have been
fraudulent:y issued, will be redeem.
ed by the undersigned.
In issuing stop-over checks now
in use, be particular to call attention
of passengers to the fifteen-day lin.
it. ". L. 0'BRIEN,
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Ag't.
Travellers r cautioned against
purchasing tickets from irresponsi
BILE ticket spectators.
The only protection against fraud
ulent issues, lost or stolen tickets, is
to always purchase tickets from thu
authorized agents of the railway
company.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

!. We heard a poor ~shivering, rag
ged Republican laboring man ex-
claim on the streets the other day,
"gold is down to par" and he really
looked as if he believed that now all
he had to do was to stoop down and
pick it up! Poor deluded creature!
He don't know that three or six
months hence his pockets will be as
barren of the glittering stuff as they
Ire to-day, and that "gold down to
par" only benefits the rich man and
the money sharks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
THE FRUITS OF REPUBLICAN
PARTY RULE.

From 1851 until this hour the ma
ton has had a Republican President.
From 1851 to 1875 all departments
of the Federal Government legisla-
tive, executive and judicial, have been
Republican. That party had but to
speak and it was done; to utter its
decree and it became law. With the
purse of the nation in one hand and
the sword in the other, it bought or
beat all opposition into the dust.
No political party since the birth of
the free government has welded
such power or enjoyed such opportu-
mites. No pestilence or famine has
desolated the land, but the earth
during all this period with luxuriant
bounty has yielded her wealth and
harvests to the touch of toll. Why,
then, should we not to-day, in State
and nation, be a happy and prosper
GUS people? Why should not the
air be vocal with the music of our in
dustries? Why should not the mil
lions of hands this moment out
stretched, willing and anxious to
work, find ready employment? Why
should this land, blessed by heaven
and rich in all the elements of pro-
ductive labor, be turned into a vast
almshouse, whose only echo is the
cry for bread and against whose por.
tails the tramps knock day and night
for admittance? These questions and
many others like them the people
ask, as they have a right to ask, and
they turn with anxious and ~resolute
purpose to the Republican party and
demand an answer. AS their SER
want, charged with high duties, COM
handing untold resources, and exer-
cising, legally or otherwise, imperial
power, it is called for judgement up
on the record made by itself. II
either faithless or incompetent, its
claim to public confidence should
perish.
What is our condition to-day, after
almost seventeen years of unbroker
Republican rule? It is not too much
to say that values have decreased
o~ne-third, and the debtor class, una
BILE to meet their obligations after 6
long and desperate struggle have
yielded to the memorable logic o.
events and gone down in hopeless:
ruin. We need not point to the end
less list of applications for the bene
fit of the bankrupt law, which is nov
repealed. For the last five year.
every hour that the clock has struck
day and night, has told the financia
failure Of an American citizen. Lik'
death, the iron heal of disaster ha
crushed both high and low. TIL,
manufacturer, giving employment t.
a thousand men, and the countr,
merchant, providing for himself AM
family an humble support, have
like bowed beneath the fury of tn
storm and now lie powerless excep
to mark the path of its desolatior
driven by the Sheriff from the HON
Of their childhood and from tn
graves of their dead, in the bitter
ness of their agony and beneath
starless sky they summon their OF
pressors to the judgment hall.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The New York Erpress makes
bold to say that a thorough invests
CATION will show that more citizens
were kept from voting at the recent
election in New York city alone, by
Davenport's arbitrary, partisan per-
secution of naturalized citizens, pure
ly upon partisan grounds than in any
Southern State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The order of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, which at one time was strong
in Vermont and Western Massachu-
sets, is fast dying out. During the
year twenty n of the eighty-three
oranges have suspended, and those
still in existance are in a sickly con-
dition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

As long as the present great Amer
lean Fraud occupies the WhiteHo
and it is known he was put there by
the Republican party through PERU
ry, forgery and election frauds com
mitted in the Southern States, it is
but little use for Radical journals to
attempt to create any feeling in the
north about what was done there in
1878. Straining at a gnat and swal-
lowing such a camel is too thin to
deceive any body.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The average Radical "bloodv
shirt" bowler thinks that negroes
make good Congressman from a
Southern State, but somehow don't
recommend them very earnestly from
the north for the position. Can any
body answer the conumdrum why
it is?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Judge HILTON has tried a neat
dodge to ingratiate himself into the
favor of the Jewish people again, as
he doubtless finds his insult to that
people some time ago Improbable,
financially and socially. He has of
fered for Mrs. A. T. Stewart a gift of
money to the Trustees of the Hebrew
Orphans Asylum, of New York, but
they have declined the offer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

On Tuesday of last week, the Di-
rectors of the Ohio Penitenitiary
elected BENJAMIN E.. DYER, of Brown
county, as Warden of the Institution,
to succeed McWhorter, the present
incumbent, whose resignation takes
effect January 7th.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

SAMUEL j. TILDEN has won his
suit in the Supreme Court of Michi-
gan against the First National Bank
of Nagaunee, involving 100000. But
Republican papers don't say half as
much about it as they did when the
suit was commenced.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The New York Sun is of the opin-
ion that it would be an interesting
sum for a Republican expert at fig
ures, after carefully estimating the
value of Hayes and deducting that
from the cost, to state the net loss
incurred by the Republican party in
the purchase of his election.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The story that was printed in a
New York paper the other day to
the effect that it could be proved that
Wade Hampton shot and killed Col
onel Cameron while he was lying
wounded on the battlefield is contra
dicted fatty and the proof of its falls
itY produced.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The failure of the banking house
of c. F. ADAE & Co, Cincinnati, was
a very unfortunate affair, as most Of
the depositors were Germans of the
working class. Something should
be done to protect depositors against
this kind of robbery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

1t was nothing but internal radi-
cal rascality and robbery that
brought the country to its present
deplorable condition, and then plac-
ed a Fraud in the White House for
President. No sane person will dis
pute the fact.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
EzxraVs

EROM the pasture field of the sub
seFfber, one mile South of Camden, on
the night of the 9th inst, two BROWN
MARES, one Z and the other 3 years
old-the 3-year old the largest ard
white around hind pastern joint-the
other a natural PAGER, with STAR in fore
head, and about Is hands high. A lib
eral reward will De paid for return or
information OF animals.
Address
R LEY GOODWIN,
dao19o% Camden O
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The fact that a negro edits a Dem
ocratic paper in Alabama, ought to
arouse the northern heart to deeds
of death and destruction for the
whole South. A text for BLAINE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

AS Senator THURMAN has entered
his protest against being a candi-
date for Governor next fall, the Dem
o~cratic papers that favored it should
accept the protest and drop the mat
ter, and look sensibly and patriotic
ally into who WiU be our strongest
standard bearer. This is no time
for foolishness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

BLAINE's effort to fire the hearts
of the Southern Democrats and get
them to "howl back" was a fiat fail
ure. 1t didn't even muddy the wa
tiers in the north. Exit BLAINE for
the Presidency.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Rumor says that Gov. BISHOP has
promised the State Librarianship to
Bro. Jones of the Athens Journal,
which accounts for his stopping over
for Uncle Dicks denomination.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The "Solid South" has great ter
o for the Government pap suckers,
and they keep a wonderful howl over
it. Rest assured that Babcock, Nc
Donald, Joyce q Co., and the south
ern carpet-baggers, who belong to
the army of hungry outs now will dc
all they can to put Grant into the
Presidential chair again and take
their pay in offices.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

If the Republicans consider it nee
essary to have a few negroes in Con-
gress, why don't they send them from
Republican Districts in the northf
They are just as intelligent up here
as they are down South.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Notice.

TIME STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
i First National Bank of Eaton, O.,
are notified that the annual election for
Directors will be held on
Tnesday, .Ban. Hath. 1879,
at the Bank, between the hours Of 10
a. m. and 3 p. m.
WM. NJ. BROOKE, Cashier.
decI2-4t
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

"Gold down to par" shouts the
Radical press. Suppose it is. Do
the idle mechanics and laboring men
get any more of it now than when it
was quoted at 2 and 8 cents above
mar?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Have merchants more business to
do, mechanics and laboring men
more work offered now that gold is
"down to par" than before2 Who
is benefited by gold being "down to
par2n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
H. C. nIESTAND & co.
Bank Of Discount @ Deposit
IN
Government and County
Bonds, Coin and Exchange.
MONEY TO LOAN
ON LIBERAL TERMS.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.

Mortgaged Paper Negotiated.
Peraons having good mortgaged notes
to sell, or wishing to purchase, can be
accommodated.
Foreign Exchange, or Letters of
Credit, on i'll parts of Europe can be
obtained of us in any sum required.
Ny-Tle Business Management ofthe
Bank. is in charge of Ii. G. HIEsTAND.
who will attend to air matters pertain
ing to the interests Of the same.
Eaton, Feb. T., 1S75-ly
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Emotional insanity" is what they
call it when a minister Of the Gospel
gets tight, but when a poor sinner
over1ows its beastly drunk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

BY reversing the order, a like COM
plant urged by Blaine against the
Southern States would apply with
equal force against the New England
States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

BAYARD TAYLOR, Minister to Ber-
lin, died at that place on the 10Th
inst, in the 54th year of his age. He
was an accomplished and polished
scholar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Gold sold at par on Tuesday the

Gold sold at par on Tuesday the
18th for the first time since 1852,
when specie payments were suspend
ed, a period of sixteen years. The
currency price of gold reached its
maxium July 18th 1864, when the
quotations ranged from $276 to 1920
for 500 gold. The average price
during hat month was $25S.1O.
The highest average prices have been
as follows: In 1852, $113.3; in 1863,
$145.2 in 1864, 5000. 3; in 1865, $751;
8; in 1866, $14O.9; in 1867, 1882;
in 1868, 1897; in 1869, $139.1; in
1870, $114.9; in 1871, Sill; in 1872,
$112.4; in 1873, $113.s; in 1874 SILL
2; in 1875, $115.1; in 1876, $111.5;
in 1877, $104.7.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Turnpike Election.

A N ELECTION for five Directors of
IN the Dayton, Western Turnpike
Company, to serve for the ensuing year
will be held at the Twin Valley House,
Wet Alexandria, on tho first day OF
January, 1879.
ABNER DUNLAP, Pres't.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Tow EWING wouldn't decline the
candidacy for Governoro of Ohio, even
if John Sherman was to be pitted
against him. Try it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

IfDAN VOORHEES, should be sold
out of the U. S. Senatorship from
Indiana, wouldn't he be the coming
man for the Presidency in 1880?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The annual clamor for the removal
of Johngee as Chairman of the State
Democratic Committee, is about
opening. Hold on a little boys.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Mr.. Blaine, in his speech in the
Senate, insists that the Republican
party gave the colored man the right
to vote; therefore, he ought to vote
the Republican ticket. This is plac-
ing low estimate on the intelligence
of the colored man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

We acknowledge an invitation
from the Young Mems Democratic
Club of Franklin County, to their
Eight of January celebration, and
will be present. A Banquet will be
given at the Neil House, on the even
ing of the 9Th.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

DR.. LIVINGSTONE, the explorer, is
to have a tablet erected to his mem
DRY in Westminster Abbey. 1t will
take the form of a stained glass win
dow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

The house of Representatives in
the brief period of two weeks passed
five appropriation bills.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Notice Of Pardon.
TO AL WHOM IT MAY CoyoERS:

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
al Office IS HEREBY GIVEN,
IN that an application aill be made
to His Excellency, Richard X. Bishop,
Governor of Ohio, for the pardon of
Elmore a. Thomas, convicted of mur-
der in the second degree at the March
Term, 1875, Of the Court of Common
Pleas, in and for the county of Preble
and State of Ohio, and sentenced to I'M
prisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary
for life, ard now confined therein.
decl2-4w
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

There is not a single newspaper
man in the Ohio Penitentiary. That
shows how good they all live.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
Thursday, Dec. 2e, 1873.

Get your presumption" ready for
next Wednesday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Senator WADE HAMPTON is pro-
nounced out of danger.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

We have a rest from Congression-
al gable until the 7th of January.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
FRAUDULENT TICKETS,

The following circular has been
issued to its conductors by the Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati & st. Louis Rail
way Co.:
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
A Good Farm Cheap.

ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES EAST
of Eaton, l52 acres, No. farming land,
good improvements. VIII be sold low,
as l have determined to move to Ne
braska next spring. Will sell in one,
two or three parts. Payments to suit
purchasers. Also,
z Good Building Lots
in Eaton. If you want to make a cheap,
safe investment call on or address
WIN. NJ. BROOKE,
dec26-2ml Eaton, Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26
REPOR RI

OF THE CONDITION of the FIRST
" NATIONAL BANK, at Eaton, in the
State of Ohio, at the close of business,
December 9Th, 1873.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Senator THURMAN is again trou-
bled with neuralgia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

STATE OF OHIO. COUNTY OF PREBLE, SIS:
/, VIM. NJ. Brooke, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
WIN. NJ. BROOKE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of Dec, 1873.
B. HUBBARD, Notary Public,
Preble Co., O.
CoRREcT-Attest:
G.. FL. Edison,
H. B. Van Ausdal, Direct'rs.
C. F. Brooke,
dec26zSt
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-12-26

Take the DEMOCRAT.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-03-02
More Corruption.
Ex-Assistaut Secretary Couant Involved
Testimony Which Reflects Upon Ex-Sec-
rotary Bristow.

Ex-AssistaBt Secretary Couant Involved
Testimony Which Reflects Upon Ex-Sec-
rotary Bristow.
A special dispatch to the Philadelphia
Times from Washington, February 90, saws
For some time past the committee on expen-
ditures in the Treasury Department has been
quietly prosecuting a line of investigation in
that department which promises to develop
into n sensation, not, however. so startling as
the Belknap inquiry, but sufficiently alarming
to attract the attention of Congress and the
courts. The person implicated is ex-Assis-
tant Secretary Conant, who is now in Europe
in connection with the syndicate transactions.
The committee has found, it is alleged, that
he was corruptly implicated in the bogus in
terest transactions on registered bonds, for
participation IN which several persons are
now in jail. The members of the committee
decline to give any particulars, but there is
no doubt that the testimony against Mr. Co
nant is of the most positive character
Some transactions of eX-Seeretary Bristow
have also been discovered, which will, when
developed, subject him to severe criticism
throughout the country. The committee has
not been able to trace any money transactions
directly duplicating General Bristow, but it
has found where his power and the power of
the government to an alarming, if not crimi-
nal, extent, were used in connection with the
public business while he was Secretary of the
Treasury to further his candidacy for the
Presidential nomination at Cincinnati. The
committee is still at work unrayeling the mys-
FERROUS transactions which cross and recross
each other, and, although the skeins are
somewhat tangled, there is no doubt that the
story, when told, will create n sensation
The members ofthe Judiciary committee have
been notified that the testimony would be re.
ferred to them
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-03-02
Valuable Stock and Personal Property
AT RITRIIH SALE

NHE subscriber, having sold his farm. will
Il sell at public sale, on the premises, stu
ated about two miles from Westminster, and
adjoining lands with Thomas Stevenson and
others, on
Wednesday, the sOth day Of March, 1878,
commencing at u o'clock, NJ, the following
Ia property, to wit: ? horses. -.
G. mules, all of which are ~
-N0sA@well broken and will work.-M2
anywhere; mich cows, of which are fresh
now and will be fresh By day of sale; q.
year old bull, yearling bull, yearling heifer.
sheep, narrowtread horse wagons. stone
bed, hay carriage. Jersey reaper, Hubbard
mower, springtooth horse rake, Brickford &
Huffman drill with guano attachment, new:
threshing machine jack, 2-horse furrow pillow.
3-horse harrows, double shovel pillow. sin
gle shovel pillow, l-horse cultivator, corn shell
Ter, horse snreaders, triple tree, . double
trees, single trees, fifth chain and spreader
jockey sticks, COW chains, quarryine drills.
, sets OF breechbands, sets of front gears.
pillow gears, 4 brides, collars. 1 housings
halters and chains, cross.cut saw, rolling
screen, forks, rakes, pick, grain cradle, NOV.
ing scythe, barrels, tubs, and many other
articles toe numerous to mention. Also
household and kitchen furniture. consisting
of bedsteads, bedding, tables, &c.
Terms Of Sdie.-All sums of $40 and un
der, cash; on all sums above $40 credit of
10 months will be given, purchasers giving
their notes with approved security, bearing
interest from date. No property TO be re.
moved until terms of sale are COMPLIED with
ALEXANDER CARR.
J. W. Selman, Auct mar2ts
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-03-02
Are they Madmsn 2

Have the men who clamor against a
pacific policy for the South counted the
cost of reversal Of that policy? Do they
suppose that a military policy, such as
Grants, would be tolerated by the country
now9 What is implied by a desire to
reinstate the mailed hand of military pow
err? It is to make vassals Of freemen and
rule them at the bayOnet's point? 1t is
to set the military above the civil power;
to overthrow the government of our faith
ers founded in compact only and resting
upon the consent Of the governed, and set
mp military despotism in its stead As
a corOllary to such consummation, rero-
tatiOn, and before it should be ended, the
utter extinction of every vestigc of mill
tary domination over freemen, or else an
utter extinction of our liberties.