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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-31

WELL poised rumor announces
candidate, in our Town, for the
.pri1 Of a gentleman's boot on the
seatDf his pants, "Io frame as Q cer-s
tifcste of gontility."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-31

"A REAL shark was caught in Red
Rive, opposite this Town, by tho.
.hshaman, Asa, few days since
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-31

ASASS Aes' "
been made again and again on the
various charges made by the cotton
Factor on a bale Of cotton-the bro
kerage, draying, storing and weigh
ing, ETC., and the several little per-
quisites, which go to swell up the
charges on cotton, which added to
the freight at $3.50 per bale and dou
BILE that in extreme low water, will
amount to about Is per cent Of the
value of the bale of cotton. Gentle
men Of the river, come down. Make
your rates conform to the necessi-
ties of the times. The politics Of
to-day is opposed to monopolies Of
all kinds. It is a sort of communism
if you ill;which pervades the hearts
of all, that brings about or generates
this anti-monopoly feeling. In con
clusion, we'll quote passage from
the U. S. Economist, which is appli-
cable to our steamboats, as we'll as TO
the Railways for which it was inten-
ded. "The business men of the nh
ton are unalterably opposed to any
pooling system that will perpetuae
a tax upon their industry, and alloy
monopolies TO control the great car
rying traffic of the land" AMI
again: We advocate tariff of rates
sufficient to keep you in good ordd
and we'll equipped, pay a reasonable
dividend upon a fair valuation Of
capital stock, but are opposed to an!
combination whereby the commerce
Of the country is forced to enrich vol
in one season. CROCODILE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

and make proof of this charge. If
ever any grand juror made protest
in such connection, he made it in vio-
lation Of his oath, against the plain
letter of the law and in the face of the
instructions given him by the court.
We remember now having heard
something said about some grand ju-
rors' refusing to indict persons for a
violation of the liquor law; refusing
to be governed by the law which they
had sworn to support, and which the
court instructed the jury to support.
If this charge made against Capt. Fee
covers the case referred to, come out
from behind the towards unknown
signature and say SO, Mr.. Taxpayer.
We have believed that Capt. Fees
administration as Prosecutor was
most excellent, able and exceptiona-
bly, successful; SO far as we know, this
verdict, up to the time of Taxpayers
has been universally ac-
corded him. If we are mistaken we
stand most ready and willing to be
set right.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
the Investigation.

WAsHINGToN, July 1.-THE Potter
Investigating Committee resumed,
to-day:
Senator Kellogg was examined by
Gen. Butler. He testified that the
election ia Louisiana in 1876 was en-
tirely legal. A great many people in
New Orleans thought the returning
board had acted unfairly in refusing
to return as elected certain men they
claimed, ought to have been elected.
At the request Of Gen. Butler wit
ness gave detailed statement of the
composition of the respective Houses
of the Legislature and after reciting
the law of Louisiana at considerable
length, stated that Governor Packard
was legally inaugurated on the Sth
Of January, 1877, at which time there
was Republican quorum in both
Houses. Gen. Butler produced ta-
bles compiled from returning board
figures which showed that after the
board had thrown out sufficient DEM
ocratic parishes to elect the General
Assembly, it was found there were
still two Hayes electors defeated,
whereupon the returning board threw
out parishes and precincts until they
had succeeded in securing majority
of Hayes electors.
Witness stated that assuming the
figures were the correct findings of
the returning board it left the Gen
eral Assembly republican in both
branches and still left two Hayes
electors in q minority.
Butler-Whereupon the board pro-
ceoded to give the screw another
twist.
Witness-That is not my testimony.
Q.-HOw much on the returns as
returned by the returning board did
the lowest Hayes elector run behind
Packard?
A.-These tables show q majority
for Governor of 40l. while two rc-
publican electors, Levisse and Joseph,
were in a minority.
Recess.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Absolute Monev,

The Atlantic Iowa. Telegraph prints
a sample of the money of the future,
according to the doctrines of the
greenback party. On the face of the
note is the following:
$1,000. just the thing for all who
were born tired. THIS IS NATION
AL ABSOLUTE MONEY, until
worn out. ONE THOUSAND DOL
LARS. Issued at the capital, Pome-
royville. Tramps who do not feel
like work will make their monthly
acquisitions on the Cass County Dis
tributing Agent. MORE WORK.
No more gold. No more silver.
BURN THE BONDS. This money
is issued in lieu of all of them and is
irredeemable. BRICK PoMERoY,
Chr'n National Greenback Party.
P. s. Organize Greenback clubs,
arm yourselves with daggers and re-
volvers, buy powder and shot, BAN
ners, badges, fire-brands and equipage
of BRICK PoMERoY,
Your Great Father.
N. B. l am no Shylock.
Eternal damnation to any man who
refuses to take this bill at par and in
full satisfaction for any debt-corn,
cattle, hogs, wheat, or any other pro-
duce at gold prices.
MOTHER WEAVER,
Fool Friend and Aid-de-C Camp.
A full legal tender for everything.
All genuine bills printed on soft, thin
paper-cheap.
certify and believe this to be mon
ey-C. p. Mccarthy, Distributing
Agent for Cass county.
know this to be money-Tom Ew-
ing, Dan VOORHEES,, j. b. Weaver.
On the back of the bill this appears:
IN PoAIERoY WE TRUST.
Resolued, That so much of the nine
teenth verse of the third chapter OF
Genesis as is contained in the follow
ing words: I'm the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread, until thou return
unto the ground" be and the same is
hereby repealed.
This money will be received for oul
pamphlets, "Hot Drops" 'Siieni
Sermons" and all. Also for oul
Greenback banner and badge. Ad.
dress, inclosing amount,
! BRICK PoMEROY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

Topay boaru Tor one than two.
Mrs. Van Colt keeps on going
West and has at last reached San
Francisco.
When a mans upper story is with
out tenants you will hear the mouth
announce the fact.
A widow in Paris has made for
tune by keeping American pumpkin
pies at her restaurant.
A recent issue of the Detroit Free
Press contained an advertisement of
"For sale-A piano by lady with
modern legs"
The empress of Austria wears
train 80 feet long, and when she walks
up stairs the disheartened emperor
goes up in the elevator.
A Texas man is so bashful that he
speaks to his wife through the medi-
um of third party. The potato
masher has done it's work.
The 1000 young women of Cleve-
land who are pledged not to associate
with young men of convivial habits,
are getting terribly lonesome.
A Minnesota father who has Ave
grown up daughters has sued the
county. He claims that his house has
been used as q courthouse for the
past two years.
Probably the Springfield (Msss.)
Republican couldn't have made re-
mark by which more of its readers
would have felt complimented than
that, "It is mark of genius to per-
spire freely" 1t was very timely.
They had a "mum sociable' in Wa
tertown the other night, and one fell
low was fined three times for asking,
"Who is that black eyed girl with q
cardinal knit sack" But he went
home with the girl.
The Quebec rioters who broke into
a flour store and stole 400 barrels
of flour, on the pretense Of being
in danger of starvation, sold 1t
to grocers for. 81 so . barrel and
used the money in buying whiskey.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
JAMES q. WEAVER,
As written up at His own Homo by
One Who Knows Him Well
His Atetorv.

Editorial from the Davis County Republican
The gentleman whose name heads
this article is candidate for Congress,
andas such it is proper for the people to
know just what he is and has been. He
is running on one issue, and that f.
nancial one, SO that Instability to man.
age the financial affairs of great ma
tion must be judged from the way in
which he has managed his own af-
fairs. We know that nothing is to be
made by an overdrawn picture, and
so shall put down nothing which is
not absolutely true.
After the war, General Weaver was
elected District Attorney for this Ju-
dicial District. He had served in this
Office but short time when he was
appointed Assessor Of Internal Reve-
nue.. He held both offices at the same
time. From his Attorneyship he re-
ceived about ~, 500 q year, and fully
as much more from his United States
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
RESUMPTION.
Secretary Sherman's Programme

Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean,
WASHINGTON, July 9.--Secreta-y
Sherman left for New York to-day,
and it is understood on business con-
nected with resumption. Before he
left, the following programme to
bring about resumption was given to
the Erening Star:
The silver dollar will be treated
the same as gold coin, aud being like
gold coin, an unlimited legal tender
may be disbur.ed by the Treasurer in
pay yment of any current obligations
of the Government. and if offered in
such payment will have to be receiv-
ed. Returning to the use of coin, the
natural policy would be to put the
smaller denomination of gold coin
into circulation first. II any consid-
cradle amount of such coin were to
come upon the market, the small pre-
MUM remaining on gold would no
doubt disappear. 4 is thought that
most of the boarded coin in the coun-
try consists of tho smsll denomina-
tons, and would in the nature Of
things, soon make its appearance in
circulation, especially such as are
abraded aud reduced in weight.
With the balance of trade largely in
favor of this country, and the very
satisfactory accounts received from
all sections of an abundant harvest,
the continued accumulation of coin
would appear to be matter of cer-
tainty. Ii the gold and silver pro-
duced from the mines of the United
States be coined and remain at home,
it is not believed there will be the
slightest necessity for . recourse to
foreign markets for gold, though it is
not at all impossible that considera-
bio importations of the precious met
ais win be made in the next twelve
months in the natural course of trade.
1t is understood that the programme
Of the Secretary in favor Of early re-
sumption, among other things looks
to the removal Of the premium ON
coin by indirect means, rather than
by the redemption of notes in view
of the accumulation of the coin in the
country, and which is in dormant
condition by reason of the remaining
rate of premium on gold as against
legal-tender notes. If once set in
motion as circulating money, it will
tend more than sll other measures
put together to stimulate and revive
business throughout the country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Acquitted.

ST. LOUIS, July 1.-THE Coroner's
jury who have been investigating the
killing of Deputy Marshals Conors
and Neville, in East, st. Louis, Sun
day, June 30th, have rendered a ver-
dict exonerating the Metropolitan
police officers Wallace and Geiger,
who did the shooting, from all blame,
they being in discharge of their duty
and in the opinion of the jury in de-
fense of their lives.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

The Council Bluffs NonpDriel says !:
From q sleeping car conductor we
learned last evening that bloody
tragedy occurred at Cheyenne on
Sunday evening last. A notorious
gambler named Clark shot and dan
gerously wounded Mr.. George Brown
proprietor of the Inter-Ocean hotel
of Cheyenne. The trouble Originat-
ed in regard to Clark's wife who
had been boarding at the hotel and
whom Brown desired to rid the house
Of, and to do SO raised the price OF
boarding on her.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

PRESIDENT HAYES has to-day re.
moved Chester A. Arthur, Collector
of the port of New York, and A. B.
Cornell, naval officer of that city,
These are the officers over which the
President and the Senate had such a
struggle for some nine months past.
Senator Conkling, of New York, led
the contest against their removal.
Now that the Senate has adjourned,
Hayes goes for these officers who have
no longer the republican Senate to pro-
tect them. This is about as clean a
cut exhibition of the one man power
against the voice of majority of the
Senate as the history of the country
ever presented,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
General Weaver's Trinity Money
Flat Money and Redemption

Gold and silver have a value with
out any government stamp-without
the fiat of the government. In the
western mining districts gold dust or
silver bullion has value, and they,
for many years, circulated as money.
The government itself buys these
metals at their weight; it does not
create the value in them, but recOg-
nizes their value without its fat. The
The government cannot, if it would
attempt it, destroy this value, Upon
their values the commerce of the
world is founded. They form the
recognized measure of values through
out the civilized globe with or with
out the stamp of any government,
and the value of the coin stands
among the nations in proportion to
the fineness of the same.
Paper money has, on the contrary,
no intrinsic value; it depends solely
upon the fiat of the nation issuing it,
and hence it cannot make one of a
trinity with the metals. The value
Of the paper money depends upon its
interchangeablity with coin, and this
interchangeability must be at the op-
ton of the holder and not at the op-
ton of the government; else it is no
interchangeability. If we had the
Generals note for ten dollars we
should not regard it as much of a note
if it was payable at his (the makers)
pleasure and not at our, the holders
pleasure, or at a certain day fixed.
The General said to his audience at
Newton, Iowa, that they might want
to go to Europe. Well, he SAYS Wen
make provision for that. Says he:
Here is provision in the law
that gold and silver and paper
shall be convertible at the option
of the government instead of
at the option of the holder. If the
government has got the specie it
shall pay it to you, but it should be
convertible in way so that the gov
ernment has the option and not the
individual"
What a muddle! We would like
to know how the poor fellow
would ever get to Europe if he
had no option about it. We would
like to know how we would ever get
the pay on the Generals note if it
was all his option and none of ours.
Now it is hard work enough to get
what some men justly owe with op-
ton as to collection all on the side of
the holder of the note. We presume
these cases are not unfamiliar to the
General himself, but what in thunder
would fellow do if the option was
all with the makers of the notes?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

ALEXANDER III. STEPHENS has
made public announcement over his
own signature that he will canvass
his district as a candidate for Congress
independently and upon his own re-
sponsibility. He makes six speeches
this month, going from place to place
in his carriage. There has been much
in this old statesman's career during
lhe last session of Congress to COM
mend him to the good wishes of the
general public everywhere. He has
been again and again reported, in the
last few years, nigh unto death, but
still he starts out in midsummer, un-
der the burning suns of Georgia, to
make political canvass and boldly
confronts party dictation as he did in
Congress short time ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
jeff paws Makes Another speech

JefT Davis makes another speech
On the 10th inst. at Mississippi City,
Louisiana, jeff Davis was presented
with gold badge and a certificate of
membership in the association of the
Army of the Tennessee. Col. James
Dengan made the presentation speech
This association is, of course, one Of
the confederate army.
We quote briefly from the remarks
of Davis:
Mr.. Davis, after expressing graft
tude for the kindness and honor con-
ferred, recapitulated the stirring
events of the war and the hardships
endured. He said the question of a
states right to secede in 1861 was at
least debatable, but the course pursued
by the Federal Government after the
war had ceased was an indication of
the Judgment of those who held sepa-
ration to be necessary for the safety
and freedom of the Southern States.
The unsuccessful attempt to separate
left those in power to work their
will, as ii had been manifested when
they first got control of the govern
ment. The events are too recent to
require recapitulation, and the ruin
they have developed requires no 9TH
er memorial than the material and
moral wreck which the country pre-
sents. The speaker asserted his un-
shaken belief in the right of sece ession,
and the duty of citizens to battle for
the cause, for the State.
The fortitude with which our peo-
pie have borne the oppression impos-
ed on them since the war closed; the
resolution with which they have
struggled against poverty and official
pillage is their highest glory, and give
the best assurance of final triumph.
Well may we rejoice in the regained
possession of local self-goverlnment,
the power of the people to choose
their own representatives, and to leg
islate uncontrolled by bayonets. This
is the great victory, and promises an
other as the sequence to it. a total
non-interference by the Federal Gov
ernment with the domestic affairs OF
the States, the renewal of the time
honored doctrine ofState sovereignty,
and the supremacy of the law, will
secure permanent peace, freedom and
prosperity. The constitution of the
United States, interpreted as it was
by those who made 1.-THE prophets
road to sweeten the bitter water, from
which flowed the strife, the carnage,
the misery, the shame of the past, as
well as the facts of the present. Ev-
cry event which has hefallen our in
stitutions is directly traceable to the
perversiOn of the compact of the Un-
ion-the usurpatiOn by the Federal
Government Of undelegated powers,
Here is the same old. theory of the
powers of the Federal Government
put forth by Davis, which were the
foundation of seoession-indeed, Da.
Wis still maintains the right to secede
If Mississippi democrats use shotguns
to prevent the free exercise of the
rights of the citizen, JEFF says the
Federal power has no business to in
terfere. This is his doctrine and it il
the doctrine of the leading and con
trolling element of the democatic par
ty South; and more, the Northern de
mocracy sympathize with their South
ern allies in this matter, just as they
did in the case of secession.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
MlscEMyM9.
"THE HOT SEASON.,

ne NOu SeASOW
At last two Fahrenhcit's blew up,
And killed two children small,
And one barometer shot dead
A tutor with its ball.
Now all day long the locusts sang
Among the leafless trees;
Three new hotels warped inside out
The pumps could only wheeze;
And ripe old wine, that twenty years
Had cobwebbed o'er in vain,
Came spouting through the rotten corks
Like July best champagne.
The Worcester locomotives did
Their trips In half an hour;
The Lowell cars ran forty miles
Before they checked their power;
Roll birthstone soon became drug,
And loco focos fell.
All asked for ice, but everywhere
Saltpetre was to sell.
Plump Men of mornings ordered tights,
But, ere the sc0rching noons,
Their candle molds had grown as loose
As Cossack pantaloons!
The dogs rau mad--men could not try
II water they would choose;
A horse fell dead--he only left
Four red-hot, rusty shoes!
And all about the warehouse steps
Were angry men in droves,
Crashing and splintering through the doors
To smash the patent stOvesi
--oliver Wendell Holmes,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
THE PRESIDENT BoUNCEs THEM.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Presi-
dent to-day removed Gen. Chester A.
Arthur, collector of customs at the
port Of New York, and appointed
Gen. E. H. Merritt, present surveyor
of the port in his stead. He also re-.
moved A. B. Cornell, naval officer,
and appointed as his successor Silas
w. Burt, present deputy naval officer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
moment, in order to relieve the presi-
dent of all embarrassment, but not, I
think, until it was understood that he
would not be reappointed. Adjourn
ed until Friday.
THE sUB-COMMlTTEE.


New ORLEANS, July 1.-THE Pot
ter subcommittee examined Hiram
Smedley, keeper of q coffee house,
who swore he saw the name of Web
er signed to the Anderson Weber
agreement by J. w, Jones, notary
public, in the back room of his place !;
did not see Jones sign the paper but
once. Two months ago Dix told wit
ness they wanted him to swear in
Washington, that Weber signed that
document, but he could not. Jones
had the reputation Of signing other
peoples names, etc. Witness believ-
ed Dix and Wilder lied when
they swore Weber signed that agree
ment.
E. l.. Weber was then examined by
Cox, and testified that in his evidence
before the Boutwell, committee in
jackson, Miss, in 1876, he made some
statements regarding intimidation for
political effect, knowing they were
untrue and others he made believing
them true but now knew them to be
untrue knew the business of the reg
ulators was to stop night stealing.
He had torn up tho Sherman letter
because it exposed his brothers
wrong-doing. Witness had been in
dicted, forfeited his bond, and after
ward made false affidavit to have the
bond restored.
Mr.. Cox examined him three hours
and Weber got excited at times and
appealed for protection from his
brOw-beating examiner.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Potter
committee resumed session to-day
The examination of Senator Kellogg
was continued by Gen. Butler.
The Senator testified that in his
opinion Pres. Hayes recognized Gov.
Packard by telegraphing immediate
ly after the formers Inauguration
and followed the same up by official
recognition as President Grant had
done in his, Kelloggs, case. That the
people of La, including the Nichols
faction, would have created NO
trouble. He considered Packard
elected as fairly rs the Hayes electors
so far as Louisiana was concerned
Gen. Grant had telegraphed wit
ness day or SO before he
he went out of office saying
that he had hesitated recognizing
Gov. Packard in consequence Of there
having been commission appointed
to investigate the result of the elec-
ton.
Mr.. jerks had called on witness in
regard to the Sherman letter. Wit
ness was very busy and advised her
to call on Packard, which she did.
Packard attached no importance to
her conveI sation never attempted to
induce Anderson to make fraudu-
lent protest.
Weber's testimony relating to wit
ness W as generally false. Weber and
Anderson never told him elections in
their parishes were peaceful and that
they couldn't protest. Witness didn't
know that Sherman took part in the
returning board proceedings more
than other visitors. Never knew
him to do anything or say anything
regarding protest. Knew of no
false or forged protest used before
the board. Had written NO letter
regarding the action of the board
which he was not willing to have
published. He hoped all his letters
on the subject would be published.