Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-12-11
THE DEFACTO MESA OF

The editor of the Balumore Gazette,
IL alluding To this annual docamont
r 'fhaiS- :. hg Mdss..sO suio.s .a.r-s..
Is. Hayes sent to Congress on the ~
Is, considering the source, very sen-i-
bic paper. II IL moderate in tone aud
practical in It's suggestions While
there aIo somc things in II which We
shall oppose, there is much that seems
unohject'onable To the point Oi trulrm
and platltude. 1t begins by thanking
God for peace, Improvement in public
credit, abundant harvrsts and the IN
dicatIons OF rcvivlng Industries aud the
return OF prosperity - ull oi which
,niyht have been iN,rysSsL 30 .hi-
Thanksgiving day proclamation. llc
then gives history OF the yellow
fever epidemic Of last summer, ertimat
lng the number OF cases at about one
hundred thousand, one.fith OF which
resulted IN death. lie estimates the
loSs IN weulth"by the hundred millions
We are Inclined TO believe this an over.
estimate. There was, Of course, a CON
siderable loss duo 10 the temporary
suspension OF the lines of iranrporta
lion and the embargo OF the quaran
tine but the business was rather dc.
TERED than destroyed. Taking as a
test the cotton trade, the great uple
ot the South, we find IL IN no degree
affected by the pestilence Tho receipts
OF cotton at all the Southern ports up
To November 20 were l,722,Il5 bales
against l,472, l03 bales OF the year be-
fore. The exports were S5l ,903 bales
against 6U4 95i bales for the same pc,
rod OF last year. Mr.. Hayes finds
however, the loss Of life and property
due 10 the yellow fever sufficient
ground for the establishment OF "a ma
tlonal sanitary administration which
means an increase Of Federal Office,
and Executive patronage.
"The discussion OF 'the equality ol
Tho civil and political rights Of the col
ored people" OF the South, ls quite TEN,
perate in tone. The Radical wing OF
the party will not find it vigorous
enough. MIR. Hayes says the recent
Congressional elections have furnished
u direct and Trustworthy test OF the
advance thus far made in the practical
establishment OF the right Of suffrage
secured by tho Constitution to the lib
Grated race in the Southern States. All
disturbing influences real or imaginary
have been reformed IRON all thes,
states. This must mean that the lima
ginary' bloody shirt, Kuklux and
southern outrage mill has ceased. But
though Mr.. Hayes comedies that 'intim,
idatIon and violence have no exir
lence, he gives countenanco 10 the
tissue paper ballot theory and calls on
Congress to increase the appropriation
to the fund for trying and investiga-
ting alleged Democratic frauds. II IL
all very well for Mr. Hayes to promise
TO use all his power To secure the con.
viction and just punishment of guilty,
but before he gets any increase of the
fluid for deirayihg the expenses in
Cured in enforcing the Enforcement
act, IL should be made clear that he
intends to prosecute some OF the alleg-
ed Republican frauds in the same spirit
OF severe Justice. To vote him sup
plies for the manufacture Of Republi.
tan campaign thunder, would be an
improper use OF the public funds.
The discussion OF the foreign rela
tons is uninteresting. The Paris Ex
position, the payment OF the Fishery
Award to England, the failure OF the
International Monetary Conference.
the cessation of the revolt in Cuba, and
the RIO Grande troubles with Mexico,
are touched upon, but the public is
rather tired out with all these subjects,
and there is nothing fresh TO say about
them. The finance question he touch
es very lightly, leaving the heavy bonn
bardment Of this subject to John Shcr
man. He suggests that the greatest
facilities be given 10 enable the people
TO subscribe To the United State bonds
in small amounts. He commends u
3 65 bond of small denominations to be
issued by the postmasters and funda-
bic in United States four pcr.cents. 4"