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National Republican., 1878-05-11
MIR uIsnEE AND THE FLORIDA CASE

MIR BISBEE AND THE FLORIDA CASE.
The contest now pending by Mr.. FINLEY
for the seat in the House occupied by Mr..
BIsGEE, Of The First Florida district, has
attracted some attention to the latter gcn-
tlCman, ana naturally has made him the
target for the shafts Of ridiculc and Islander
the Democracy Gust tomarily hurls Mt its Op-
pOncnts. They hogan by calling HIM n car
pct-baggCr This is sad but Mr. BISBEE
will probably survive it when it is known
that his opponent, the huOyant FINLEY, is
not native OF Fl riln-hc is from the
West, Missouri we bClicyc-anh that BIsREE
is man OF wealth and professional as well
as social prominence in the State, while
FINLEY is moro or less Of an advcnturcr.
BIsBEE married native Ilordiam lady, in
vested his money and brains in the State of
his adoption, AMI hts permanent and profit
able interests there, while FINLEY is re-
putcd to carry his worldly goods, ms he could
his intellectual wealth without difficult,
about with him. But the stupidity of this
fearful charge Of carpct-hngsm, as coming
from the Democracy, is further illustrated
when it is known that the state is mainly
inhabited by nOn-nativcs that the only
prominent native cohiccr-Govcrnor HART
it has ever had was elected by Republicans,
and that the present State government,
Democratic rs il is. and the delegation in
CUngv G., are composed entirely of nOn-na-
tIvcs and in part OF iOrr gn-bOrn natumlizcd
citizens.
| This matter can have little Legitimate
weight in the consideration OF the Florida
case, rs it is called, and which really hinges
| upon the legality of Mr.. BIsBEEs election
! for ifhc was not legally elected the State
did not 60 for HAYES and WHEELER. The
/ figures show that he WAS legally elected
| however, and the facts prove that, even with
! the much-talkcd-Of Archer precinct thrown
out, he is entitled to his seat. 1t would re-
| qurc more space than We can afford 10 de-
vote to it just now to give the details o
testimony which goes to prove the truth o
these assertions, but they are nevertheless
true. The threatened investigation by tho
House Judiciary Committee, based upon the
DENNIS statements, will disclose nothing
more nor less uniavOrablc TO Mr.. BIsBEI
than the charges and deductions embraced
in the report of the Democratic House Com
mittcc on Florida made last Congress, while
newly-discovcred evidence, which Mr.. Bis
ZEE can probably produce, will serve to in
ducc bclicrby the general public, if not by
the lTousy, that Mr.. BISBEE's !cgtimat,
majority over FINLEY, like that Of liAYE'
over TILpEN, is not vitiated by fraud
National Republican., 1878-05-11

GENERAL BUTLER denies the report that nc
expects to bC the National, Grrcnback, aud
Labor Reform candidate for Governor of Massa-
chusctts this fall.
Bat Bni dS%IS! RSSSIEs he ESt %ss iPS"F,i Siaxlc m
And wants to nc rcnumhI- "''''
By way Of being vindc-
-CHicGgp 7iihrRc.
THE Columbus tGa.) Enquirer appropriated
rerba'im paragraph from the New York Times
which 1t reproduced cditorially, the only
change being that for Jefferson Davis" wins
substituted "PresiRch Jefferson Davis" It's
coming.
SENATOR EpMuNDs is almost as audacious
rs Senator Howe. lie criticised the Presidents :
sys ten of appointments yesterday, and must
expect to be ,allcdn disappointed otlicc-scckCr
aud treated TO other pleasant allusioms.-BOston
| TrdrcHer.
ONO Republicans are discussing whether
they shall enter tho fall campaign with an in-
dOrspmGnt Of the President or not. II would
seem that there were enough important mat
ters upon which to make an issue without
buthcring with u little thing like that-N. J..
! FrrrmTH.
| IT is said Vice President Wheeler never
smiles. There was Nice-PrcSidcnt COlfax
always smiling. Yet both are strictly temper
ate men. As for Mr.. Wheeler, he is good Re-
publican. and we suppose he feels lonesome
amid hi' administration associates Utica Re-
. prJ'icm.
Br-roP GILBERT HAVEN Las been express
ing himself again. lie says, in Ziou's HcrdDd,
that President Hayes, for his betrayal OF the
cause OF liberty, will suffer from the Amerl-
can people = worse contempt and dCtcstation
than hls stamped the names of even Arnold
and Jefferson Davis" The Bishop is an inilu-
emtial man of the powerful denomination In
one Of whose sanctuarics the President wOr-
ships.
TIrE Hon. George G. Cnbcll, Representative
from the ti.th Virginia district, exhausted him
self on the evening of the 2d instant, when he
made his great tobacco speech IN the House of
/ Representatives II WAS u speech full Of in
consistcrrics, ahSlIrditics, and errors and. AS a
gentleman from his district yesterday OBJ
served, only intended TO tickle the fancy Of his
constituents aud thereby secure him the re.
nomination for Congress. Mr.. CabrlI Is not a
national nnn. only q local individual.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

spires the Chicago Journal with the exuberant
hope that the Mollic Maguircs will do their
Guty.-Hdrkcye.
The wife of the Hon. b. +. Martin, Member
Congress from the Second District Of West
Virginia, Is quite III Of quinsy. She Is receiv-
ing the most skillful medical treatment, and 1t
Is hoped will soon be convalcsccut.
"GATn' declared that he would interview
Apollo II he could hold him long enough by
the hair. As Apollo Is a gentleman somewhat
noted for striking tho Tyre, the courage display
cd in this dcclaration cannot fail to be appreci-
ated-NdshriRe american.
W. X. PEABODY writes letter, dated Wash.
ington, May 10, 1878, to u.s. to declare that lie
is not the Mr. Peabody, of Boston, mentioned
In yesterdays REPUBLICAN as having been
promised, through General Banks, the consu-
lar agency at Crefodt, Prussia.
SECRETARY THOMPSON and party left last
evening on their trip to Roanoke Island Snap
11arbor, and the scene Of the Huron disaster.
There were about thirty persons in the com.
pany, aud they started of in the best Of
spirits. They went via the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to the Monumental City and
thence by steamer to Norfolk, Va.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

tent that The Outs are on the verge Of be-
coming leaders of an American Commune.
This shows that Democratic domination is
symply synonomous with harvest for
demagogism. But this harvest is liable to
he rcaped in this the so-called of year in
politics-the year of biennial campaigns be-
tween national elections. Perhaps the op-
perfume suggestion of these facts may serve
to arouse Republican leaders to full ap-
probation of the advantages they may de.
rive over the stagnantcd og-in-the-manger
Bourbonism of their opponents. Give us
something to show that the Republican
party is still alive to consistent regard fol
its boasted ideas of progress. Let the Sen.
ate, or the Administration, act on this sug.
gestion, and there will be no danger to the
Republican party from desertion to the Ma.
tionals or any other similar organization.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

THE LAMAR-GURDUN muzzle is being un-
strapped and will soon be removed from the
Presidential title investigators in the House
These distinguished Southern leaders have
already suffered in the estimation of their
constituents for their alleged intimacies with
President HAYES, and are fearful of further
suffering If the full facts of these allcga-
tions are brought out. But their plcadngs
against a re-opening of the title investiga-
tion are in vain. The truth, and the whole
truth, of all the rascality, duplicity, in
triguing corruption, intimidation, and muir
ders connected with the election and subse-
quent peaceful Inauguration of the Prcsi-
dent will he made public in due time
" Let no guilty man escape!" be it Presi-
dent, senator, or less significant ballot-box
stulIpr
National Republican., 1878-05-11

IT is, perhaps, due TO Captain VANCE
the new nppointmcnt-clerk OF the Treasury
Department, to explain that he has been I
supporter, and an active one, Of the genera
policy Of the Administration from the first
His selection for the position is therefor,
not to be charged as II reward to a recent
convert any more than it is to his Academia
residence in Ohio, friendship with Congress.
man FOSTER, or the nOn-partisIn civil.
service-rcform methods of the appointing
power But he will make a good officer
nevertheless.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

SOME of the Southern Democratic news
papers give vent to their sectional hatred Of
the North in Civilizations over the prospect
i've Communistic troubles in the Northern
cities. They do not go 50 far, il is true, Is
to encourage a repetition of la year )
Iabor-riot troubles; but they do go far
enough to attract attention to the deep
seated animus which ever prompts them III
discussing Northern affairs. Perhaps, after Il
while, tho political leaders of both sections
will he awakened 10 this impending crisis
in our national affairs, for, after all that can
be said, the general interests Of the two Soc
tions are nationally identical. DiaI>tcra and
business stagnation in the North affects the
South, the same as similar cause, in the
South provoke similar results in the North.
But these disturbing evidences are confined
to the cities. The srlin-growimg sections OF
the Norh ae free from them, and at the
same time are encouraged to hope Tor better
times in the future The dcmuml for ayri-
cultural products Of all kinds is increasing
every dai and the freight avenues between
the West and the East are crowded with
wheat aud tlpur shipped to the Atlantic
s,nholrl while cotton, sugar, and other
southern lTOlucts show like increased Hc-
tivity. These troubles, then, are likely to
be confined 10 the more popuIous cumlnuni-
tie. and the Norih will consequently share
the grcatcat burden OF the consequent dis
,,strr 1t is Iull time that Cons.es, should
be "up and dDingN
National Republican., 1878-05-11
WORDS OF TRUTH AND soBERNEss.

The Washington REPUBLICAN says: North
Carolina is a Republican State, when the pop
ular voice is untrammeled.' The Washington
REPUBLICAN Is trying to rival its neighbor,
the Post, in the matter of jocoseness, and the
above is one Of its most elegant witticisms."-
Charlotte On. C.) Observer.
There is no leyity in our declaration Of
the real political character of the State of
North Carolina when the popular voice is
untrammeled, for history fully justiiies it.
Up to the time when the Ku-klux organl-
zation in that State inauguratcd reign of
terror and intimidated the people and tram
mclcd the popular voice by violence and
Outrage, it was a Republican State. Now,
wrongs on the part of indi idual Republic
cans, it is Democratic. When the people
are again left free to demonstrate
their political sentiments and exercise
the right of suffrage without improper in
reference and molcstaton, then North Car
olina viii! once more become n sturdy Re
publican State Democracy has shown its
hand 50 boldly, and the inalienabc rights
OF the people are so little respected and 30
poorly preserved under its rule, that they
are ready ior change. and of entering
heartily upon the work of cilccting ii. The
/" true inwartnpss of North Carolina is Re-
publican, aud with iilir chance it will he
so demonstrated in an eminent degree. This
may not sound poetic in the bourbon ear
but il is nevertheless truth.
National Republican., 1878-05-11
"ENrEKTs" ~ rrtINTING.

When Mr.. VANCE wanted an expert" TO
investigate the Government Printing Office
he imported a saloOn-kccper or miller from
Ohio, and Mr.. FINLEY does not appear to
be any more fortunate in his selections.
The New York TriJ"Hc affords the follow
ing interesting chapter on this subject;
"Thr committee of which Mr. FINLEY is
chairman, which has been investigating the
public printing, ha, an expert who testified
that a certain lot utpapcr which had brcn pur-
chased WAS far below the standard; his conf
pqrisOn hciug really equivalent t. the assrr.
lion that 1t was worth only about one third ~
much rs had been paid for it. When the cX-
pert reached that point in his testimony there
was handed him by the Guvcru,urut expert u
suInplc Of paper and hu WAS asked to tell the
committee what he thou Znt of that grade. lie
promptly pronounced it excellent and, IN fact,
COOL enough mpur tor the puTlose for which
Il wa, used. lie was somewhat u,toni-hcd
when nv was Informed that ii WAS exactly the
same paper he had Just before condemned.
The sam" expert se,ns to know about rs
much ubnut presses as he docs about paper
Trsli!ying in regard to the number OF feeders
that should be- allowed with the different style
Of presses. he sid that one kind Of pres,
where only one feeder is ever cmppycd
should nlways be provided with two; while
for another press, which cannot be run with
less than two feeders, he said that only one
should be allowed
National Republican., 1878-05-11

IT Is the most natural thing in the world
to dcspisc partisan traitor The Florida
cOnitssors have found this out; bu, they
in turn do not forget TO dcspise the source
of all their real and Mncird WOES and
wrongs They argue that ingatitudr be-
gets ingratitudc, and seem to believe that
President HAYES, who has disappointed
them in many ways, is the cmbnrlimcnr oi
an ungmtelul party, whose ungratrtuI prog
eny will soon dcvour and destroy the in
stigating germ Of what they are pleased
to describe Us political treaohery. They are
rccklessly blind too, to the fact that all
classes Of Republicans must suffer alike
frCm their acts. This blindness encourages
National Republican., 1878-05-11

shameful manner by his enemies for the past
year. simply because he was an applicant for a
petty office, and finally defeated therefor,
mainly through representations that he was
not indorsed by his fellow-citizens, and could
not get such Endorsement, he came before the
people yesterday asking for their sufirages and
the highest Office In their gift, and was elected
by lO6 majority over good and popular man,
whose namo headed the Democratic ticket In
this supposed Democratic city. Colonel
HAYWARD rested upon q bed Of down last
night, and was troubled by no unpleasant
dreams He now stands before the world rs a
thoroughly vindicated man, and his enemies
are publicly branded as willful and malicious
slandcrcrs"
National Republican., 1878-05-11

WHILE the Opposition glottS over alleged
discoveries of letters to and from President
(thcn Governor HAYES, and MrssIa. SHER-
MAN and NoYEs, pending The electoral count
in Louisiana and Florida, it iSwcIl NOT to for
get the tclcgrms Of pGLrnN, GROVER, KEL.
LEY, and company, pending the Oregon
count. All that HAYES asked in his letter,
was that the Returning Boards should
do their duty. PELTuT the blood,
relativc-rrprcsrutrtiyc Of TuDGN, tcIc.
graphcd to his Oregon mauipulators adys,
ing them to "buya Republican cIcrtor; max,
"payment contingent on result in March
sand draw for any amount rrquircd.' Thrr,
is marked difference between these two
sides Of the question.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

THE worlingmrn, as well as the middle
men or trrd"--proplr Of the country, who
arc di,Sui-'i"d with thr present situation.
naturally Hy Tor relief to the idrI Of new
party orloUi1alion, The dcmoscgucs who
accompany IA IN in their hi-hr generally
belong amoHg lHat comprehensive elias,
known IL, The outs in existing political or
saniIation, The effect Of these demon
slralipus Llway, is to udmonlsh existing
pnrtics 10 mend their ways, and accommo-
date their platforms AMI policies to the
chrnging needs Of thepublc This admon-
tion is seldom needed by tho Democracy.
The three years last past Of practical
control of the Government by means OF
the Democratic majority in the popular
branch of Congress, has witnessed an in
crease of this dissatisfaction TO such an ex-
National Republican., 1878-05-11
Gordon's Greatest sur,ch.
lChicngD Time.

Senator Gordon prunyuHCrI the grcRtCst speech
ofhI, life on Monday. NObJly would have sus-
body c.sc's life had II not been announced as such
in advance. sun 1t must have BEEN tor 1t is stated
that the Georgia SENIOR WIS engaged for more
thuu Nv" months in preparing and studying II, and
ut mst he was able 10 deliver II without u umI
ter II was only an hour long, ind 10 short
'ircch 50 long In preparation must haze been
National Republican., 1878-05-11

WHEN the truly Conclinted Georgia
Democratic State officials find United
States officer bearing arms in the perform
ance of his dutics-i t., arrcsting Illicit dis
tillcrs, who are always armcd-the officer is
taken Into custody On charge Of carrying
concealed weapons, A petty State or mu-
nicipal law is thereby made 10 Overshadow
and override the laws Of the General Gov.
ernment There's nothing like State
rights to protcc, the tranquility of crimi,
nal MoomShincrs, whose Otirnscs against the
laws Of the country are justified by the
UniOn-hnting sentiments Of the "blockadr.
"whiSky" drinking communities in which
they thrive.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

If the Senate will now take hold of the
House hill which provides for government
for the District of Columbia. and amend it
by striking out the provision which gives AN
elective council, and introducing provis-
ion for the scIcction Of a Delegate to Con-
gress, making that officer cr-oa"io mem
Der of the Board Of Commissioners, it will
perform II wise and bene.iccnt act. A coun-
Gil would he rs useless an appcndagc to the
government aS the nth wheel 10 u coach
National Republican., 1878-05-11

THE Baltimore Gazette fscetiously al
ludes TO the reported organizations Of Com
munists in the Northern cities rs the 'mobi-
Gazette probably forgets that last summer
this same element WAS sufficiently mob
ilized in the streets Of Baltimore to require
the presence Of United States troops, with
the aid of the militia to reduce it to peace
and quiet. There is something serious in
the present aspect Of the American Com
munc. The typical Colonel MULLrGAN
may soon he replaced with a living copy oil
the French Hero Of the Barricude.
National Republican., 1878-05-11

WHAT is it that DENNIs, the Florida Lit
tie Giant, has in reserve is question that
bothers the mind and di>turls the peace of
tho average Democrat nowadays. We can
relieve their anxiety by the positive as.cr-
ton that Captain DENNIS so-callcd "rc-
serve statements" relate to Democratic
frauds at the Archer precinct, and other
polling places in Florida in l~76. Time
will show how much and what kind of a
@cOniesser" Captain DENNIS is.
National Republican., 1878-05-11
1t Was Counted for HIVES,

TUT' TVTTTTV'TT5 VTTTINTFTTT IVTVC.T
Force fraud and coercion were employed by the
Democrats, 10 only limited extent In Florida
compared 20 its Wholesale sway IN Louisiana and
other southern States; yet In the Second Florida
District alone there wHs enough Of IT, as dcyvlupgl
In the sworn testimony, tl make difference Of
from ,EuJ H. 800 votes Ia favor Of the Democratic
luhct. Leaving the First district out Ul the uuu,.
luu tins contested case in the Second District tells
puimly enough who carried the State. It was
counted Tor Hayes. aud III Law, justice and equity
II belonged 10 him"
National Republican., 1878-05-11

the Democrats to go ahead, regardless of
the further fact that each and every one of
these witnesses, or "cCnfcssors," on cross
examination, will be compelled to expose
Democratic frauds, to counteract which
their own irregularities were intended
that is, if such irregularities are admitted
Mt all
National Republican., 1878-05-11
Give Glover tI,e Bomb Lance.


II ever this Congress should adjourn 1t would
leave great blank IN all our daily lives. Several
millions Ui American citizens who have watched
its remarkable career with unwHvCriug interest
will feel that something hnS, a. It were, gone out
For We have never had II Congress which In all
respects 80 rrscmblcd u permanent and contimu-
Gus circus; never one that so GbOunded in
original features,
National Republican., 1878-05-11
Not For stiison. oh. no.
Chicago Telegraph.

While the TR,HimPh has no tender regard for the
Democracy ui uy ~tulu Il yet retains sufficient re-
gard ant respect toy the higher branch Of Onr ma
tumnl legislature to hope tiutt the position once
hOnUrcd by Thomas II. Eeatpn will never be dis
grnvCl by Stisuu IlUtchsum-N u man whose iniamy,
upon his own tcstmJny, Ii Il matter Of record in
tAe courts OF his State.
National Republican., 1878-05-11
IIIII ID.

ENI .. '. -" lhu's'luy u ter olu. May @. Is7-,
nj 10 .'"ra Intu moss. JlNl ". LvLU.
sos, In lue -lNi uiu 'uu Of her age,
h" I"lHl't RWl I!r1ds Of tie funny are To-
~ .ctit y nNt' " tu attend her rlUcla On ~uidIy
n,tcIl'n r 90 &C nom the l"snirutC VI hrr sun,
lun ruuItI N. ru. -luTheHst.
h!DHtN''. IN May ~ lsI, ut ~ p. M. ALICE
h 10 cl dsl- h ROT Charlie, and Annie IIdIilss a, ed
H,UuIus an - d.,ys.
IN" IeVE"s and friends Of the family are respect
nun T"i'0I"I attend the funeral, from tue r, 81
dep"t O hei puruls, 10. ~ III street northeast To-
day lSNturday 1t 10 Cluuk D. M.
FLEET Al S:iJ j. N, Thursday, tho an instant. OF
TYPHOID ph0umOnla, MESDELssOnS II, V. FLEET,
National Republican., 1878-05-11

THE Syracuse Cowricr says the nomina-
nation of GEORGE JONES for Police Commits
sioner is the first step toward making the
New York Times an organ Of Tammany.
How far docs the CoUriD think the Times
would have to travel to reach the point in
dicntrlp
National Republican., 1878-05-11

THE United States not long ago derived a
revcnue-sec Internal Revenue reports
from Il tax on iacka>Scs, soil-soap, and gus.
Kentucky voted for the repeal of this Sec
tional tax, the same MS she now demands re-
dueed rates Of taxation on whisky and to-
bacco. This question Of taxation. either rs
regards internal revenue or customs duties,
Is queer one.
National Republican., 1878-05-11
ShnIn,d Into 1t.
IKinE.lou y. " FrccrnOn.l

hlhgIph y. ~ Freeman.
II seems that the bCmuCrHts Of the House were
shniuvd into providing Tor the District of Columbia
pubic sChaO,s lvurhcr.. The. sc.f cnyug urr.uns
resolved 10 keep TIC s"nupls u cu without pay and
public sentiment In the Di lrirt actually firrCd the
House into making the ner.lcd upprupriaIiDm We
lhUnSn. thvy hNdm dome h OF lLrir own free VIII
National Republican., 1878-05-11
Whipping the De,ii Around the stump.

.rhiOhglpMia T.uIu.l
It's littlc too bald for the brmucrntIc House at
Washington I" give the seats o i!ulmvy and Snulls
the c"lprcd NJ mhcr' irum south Carolina, to II cir
DumuCHtic contestants. but the election committee
Will probably report in favor ui declaring the clvv-
ton Irregular and their seats vacant
National Republican., 1878-05-11
rcpper-Saucc >tutrsmanship.

The pnlcy lnst year lu't the party S1OrJ votes
Let rs h,luNC thur" is wisdom enough In the party
u learn 10y c&lC-Cncc; believe It, nt any nate un
I'll the cunIuly h.ls hgOu C,ca.iy shown Last year
tho h'rl lrtCnls Ai!C to iudi'r the President by
Cnlry'rS The state Let not that mistake be made
this year
National Republican., 1878-05-11
IpEiOLSTI,RY.
rTo IIousEKEEpEns.

UPHOLSTERY IN ALI ITS BRANCHES.
Carr cts mnGc and put down; Mating Itil; Lawn
hr~Iius to order: luTUr Furniture, Hair aud Sml Ing
Mutr,r So. Uud all household furniture rrpa d.
vgt"u, aud rrmuIc equal tU new at Custum"rs hOuscs
a. tho shop U Hhuut unr-iuli the msuR. c!mrR,s
the care Uf. ur leave orders with,
g. II. HOl.Ll~IEl. Carpenter and JOhb'r,
Rpl7-lm - Fourteenth street northwest.
n MILLER, PRACTICAL UpIlOLSTERER AND
~. DECORATOR oGi d street northwest Al
work done ut ShCrt notice, in tho most satisfactory
manner. and ut reasonable prices nul7-Gm