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National Republican., 1878-09-24

TIE opinion seems to prevail among in
tclligent and obseryant politicians in Ohio
that the greeubaCk luror in that State Is fast
fading out Indeed, how can it be other
wise, when candid and rejecting minds take
the subject under careful consideration and
weigh, without prejudice or passion, the
necessities, the objects, and probable event
OF this movement. 1t stands literally on
nothing in the way Of principle or necessity.
1t has no bottom but an abstract idea with
out much dcfinitencss or common sense TO
fortify it. II Is mere political air-castle,
and the sooner 1t is demolished the sooner
the politics OF the country will settle down
upon the hard-rln of common sense and
wise policy. When BUTLER, in his rcct Mt
speech at indianapolis insisted that it would
he easier TO keep fiat money at par than
money that represents coin, he abandoned
the tiller aud let his craft 20 adriit without
ballast. Iu that single remark he substan
TALLY confeSscs that his financial theory i
without bottom. The whole thing Is vision
ary and Utopinn, and cannot stand the test
oftimc and common sense. The Democratic
party may De raided and captured in few
localities. and here and there little oilicia
plumber may be picked up and pockeied
! but the main structure will prove an IN
Hated Lallon that will collapse at an earl!
day and drop its followers into Obscurity.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

WHILE the row is going on over the national
banks not a single banker has taken the
trouble to make any special deicnse OF those
Institutions irretdHd Hrruld.
The national banks need no defense.
They have performed their mission well,
having proved a very help in time of need.
And now it is not SO much question of rc-
form that relates to these institutions as ol
expediency. The question is, is it better
for the Government TO issue all the paper
money, rs it does all the coin, instead OF
having the currency mixed between the
Government and the banks? This change
involves no feeling OF hostility, but desir'
for uniformity.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

RrrUBLICAN prospects are bright in the
ffth Ohio district. General Ben lEFEvRE,
the regular Democratic nominee, declared
himself" little too soon. In other words,
he placed himself fairly and spuarc'y on
the old-time Democratic platform before
knowing that ALLEN q. THURMAN, BEN
BUTLER, and other modcrnl Democratic
leaders had mapped out different pro-
gTammc. LEFEvRE is one of the few Dem
ocrntic candidates for Congress in the West
whose election would be accepted by the
average Republican who knows him as some
thing less than calamity. lie is almost,
not quite, too good man TO he Democrat.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

"NAsBY' is now the accepted oracle OF
the entire Democratic party. His latest let
ter burlcsquing the Democratic idea OF Fiat
money is copied prominently upon the edit
orial page OF the Washington organ. We
reproduce thereirom the following para
graph, illustrative OF the intrepid devotion
and earnest tenacity to principle which Is
the guiding star Of the organ and its party:
The nOOlo from Maine hcI reached the Cor.
ncrs aud 1t hcZ encouraged Us, both ez Nashncl'
and DmOcrats.i 1t doesn't make a straw's diG.
ference to INC whether we the DimocTats hev
swnllcred the Nashncls, or whether the Nash
ncs hcv swalicrcd US. There hez bin swallcrin
and the Republican party hcz lost its grip. We
are hnnnY.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE coming New York State Republican
Convention promises TO be harmonious.
The followers of GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
have failed to make any decided impression
in the choice Of delegates, and the opposi-
tion to acknowledged Republican principles
and methods will consequently be somewhat
circumscribed. The area of so-called Re-
publican discomfort in the Empire State will
soon be confined to the fourth page Of
WdFpcrs W6Ck'H
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE silk-stockinged Democracy of Massa-
chusetts have begun to encamp in and
around and about Faneuil Hall preparatory
to the assembling of their convention to.
morrow. That brutal Old Republican,
who captured their hired hall at Worcester
has put them in the attitude of seccder,
from the regular convention, and they ar,
now afraid he will capture their bolting or
pnnization.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE Charlotte Observer, the leading Dem
ocrntic newspaper in North Carolina, APP
peared in q new dress last Sunday, and in a
three-cOlumn article or history of its exist
ence gives many reasons for it, business
prosperity. The O5scrrcr is q bright, ncwsy
journal, not over-scrupulous in its treat
ment of political opponents; but neverthe.
less fair reflex of the spirit which control:
the Tar-Heel Democracy.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

they could not bull-doze the Circuit Court
of the United States, which has the appoint
ment of supervisors toscrutinizc the election
of members of Congress, out of a determine
tion to have fair rlay. Both THURMhN and
THOMPSON are in the sulks, but it is not
certain whether or not they will 90 into
armed rebellion. The only question at
issue now is, shall we have n fair and pure
election in Ohio? IrTHURMAN and THoMr-
are opposed to this, they cnn leave the State
as q remedy
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE feelings of Italian JOE, an individual
who walks at tho bead Of CoHES's brigade,
have been .lnceratcd by The REPUBLICAN,
which iuconsidcrately mentioned the fact that
he was but recently released from the pcntcn-
tiary. Italian JOE wants it understood that
lie has not been in the penitentiary for four
years. We chccrfully tmake the correction.
We also owe an apology to MICKEY, the Fig,
and JERRY, the SluVger, for having mentioned
their names IN connection with CJuESs.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

IT seems to be the fashion just pow TO
hand-cuif MURCH, Of Maine, and WRIGHT
lHENDRICK) Of Pennsylvania, together ms
ale rcgenerators OF the next Congress. They
s,e fine pair, as the phrase goes and have
much that is common together; but MuRCH
has the advantage over his contemporary OF
having been Jond-dde lahoring man. On
other questions, wherein the lunucy OF the
hour does not prevail, their votes will serve
as n set-oT one against the other On the
whole, 1t seems that our lthe Republican
demagogue is the better of the two.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
4 NicnrInns Iinrnnrn OTer

IL nc Editor ftc NuiiOHdi RcpG6iicrn:
SIN: In the event candidate for Congress from
any State should arrive IN the city within the next
ten days who will declare, through the columns Of
your paper, that he docs not consider his chances
Of election EUUl. am authorized by T.. 7. Blruum
tD say lac would like to have IN Interview with that
individual. JSO. II. DENlNE.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE indications from the fourth Congress
bional district Of Virginia are exceedingly
flattcring for the return Of DR.. JOHGENsEN
to Congress- His opponent has not strong
hold upon his own party, and some are un-
charitable enough to intimate that he was
put up to be beaten. IIc that us it may, DR..
JoRGENsENis making u vigorous and chival-
ric canvass, and his election is assured be-
yond pcradventure. Major DEZENDoRF,
of the second district, is also making gall
liant fight with a promise of success
National Republican., 1878-09-24

WHEN Senator DAVID DAVIS takes the
stump in Massachusetts,, rs he has been H.
rited to, for Zen BUTLER, the earth will
trcmble at his rampagcous demonstrations
in behalf of the horny-hamded sons Of toll.
EEARNEY and DAVIS on the same platform
would be spectacle for the contemplation
Of the b-hoys.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

SECRETARY SCHvEZ will speak " in pub
lie" at Cincinnati on the 2Tth instant
lie says he would not have accepted the
invitation to do so if ii had not been cx-
tended by gentlemen irrespective OF party.
Of course, under the circumstances, he will
carefully avoid saying anything on that oc-
casion TO wound the feelings Or disLppont
the expectations of those irrespective +"
gentlemen. This Is exactly mot the way
10 make thrilling campaign in behalf of
established principles.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
"TuE HiNDSO MIST ROW IN W."
1889, 1884, 1886, 1898, and 1910 Rhode Islaad a,

Two story. BASEMENT ard mAnsnrd with sub.
cellars; heavy stone r'undniuUsi II rooms !
bays to oyery story verAntah n reaI. with ar.
rAIgrmcnis or summer cooking; tNO water
clio cts. two stationary Wristbands. lot aid cold
plumbed as 10 prevent the possibility OF UdDrs
tering; lion speaking tubes u prime pal rooms; par
tons ard roof trIScl, titus Su'n is tile nUOrs and
preventing the cracking Of walls trcscoed csings
and walls eNprslve trimmings aud cnsn.sS, stained
In imitation Of walnut: two years IN DulIlng, mainly
by d lys work, under the minute personal direction
Of owner, with special reference To thorouglne.S
nTmness, and Durability noe enent OF which Il lack
ng steps, walks and AREA, ri stone; l6t, corner
", tn tower u rooms, bltlers pntry, with siIIk
elegant wardrobe, with rIirrur: three washstands,
Il rulci by Furnaces j. hard wood cabinet finish; e-
EAut ns any lol,e In the city. All were built Win a
the needs OF of dscrTnneut and taste.
who TeqUiIe home IT, elegant and durable than
the cheap constructions usually lullt for sale As
owner l. Ubllgel To realize try VIII u" sold for one
fourth less than builder would cIa g. TO rrpruduce
ia, IN. Apply on the prenilst+i. sep..lm-
LNOR sALE-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
Il property for sale. JOHN SHERMAN 4 CO., 81.
Cloud building. Real c,tate ahd !oana lyllly
ENOR SALE-A DESIRABLE BUSINESS PROP.
II erty on Fourteenth street northwest, On easy
terms
Inquire at Kenn,dy's Real Estate Agency,
seltlw ~ Flfte nth street nOrlhMtst.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

Mr.. ERAsTUs d. BIGELow, who has con-
tributcd an able article TO the -ihdHtic
Moaihly on "Thc Relations Of Labor and
Capital" says, among very many most eN-
cCllent things Communism has no root
" in the nature of things. 1t is para
" site on the body polite, and it is for the
" interest of every citizen, be lie laborCr oil
" capitalist, TO extcrminatc it,"
National Republican., 1878-09-24
DIED.

LOWBER. September q, At the residence Of her
brother, Rev. William NJ. Ferguson, ELLEN a. Low.
ul.R widow OF Judge Lowber.
The funeral VIII take plaza at the residence, l3ll
street ut II o'clock This morning.
CLEMESTs.-On sunday evening, ed instant,
suTHIA JASE CLEMESTs, wih Of John W. Clements,
drCessa I'd, and daughter of Joseph CUgswCll.
The friend, OF the family invited u nttOnd the
funeral, from late residence No laj Tenth street
northwest, tomorrow (fuesdayl morning, at 10
O'clock
National Republican., 1878-09-24

IT Is said that, with his peculiar faculty
of looking two ways at once, General BUT
LER keeps one eye on the campaign in Mas
sachusctts while doing little stumping for
the Grcenback cause in the West, and that
in exchange for his labors there he expects
to secure an Endorsement from Senator DA-
vID DAVIS, who is to be brought forward as
n candidate for the Presidency by the Green
hackers. Senator DAVIS Presidential aspi-
rations are well known, and it is not at all
improbable that he may lend his aid to
General BUTLER in his present struggle
Whether BUTLER would be largely benefit
ed by such an Endorsement with the people
of Massachusetts remains to he seen.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THURMAN and J. G. THOMPSON have con-
suited, and huvo come to the grave conclu-
sion that the election law passed by Com
gress, to preserve the purity of the elective
franchise throughout the country and secure
honest elections Is unconstitutional, and
hence they are not bound to respect it,
This is tho first time, We think, tho question
Of fconstitutionality has been raised by Sena-
tor THURMAN. Most certainly ii he had re-
laborcd for its repeal last winter and sum
mer but he never thought OF such thing
until these great and pure statesmen found
National Republican., 1878-09-24
De,ii,ry nnd IN Other Isms.
Jamestown Journal

We hope tie Iuw' throughout tho State will
stand by It, guns Bv,t,r hu defeated thousand
ilcs than b. alter tu The NuELT.,s an hCrcsCs Oi
lU'lcri.m. Gre,nhrCkl.m, Cumuuni,ln. or KCar.
nryi,In, which, C"mpI, hcud murc mischief and
GsylitTy than all other i.HIs CumlHHCd
National Republican., 1878-09-24

81 NEVER fret or worry" says Ben BUT.
LER, "nnd 20 to sleep inside of three min
"utes every time" That's where the
Worcester leader has the advantage OF his
Democratic associates BES's conscience ~
is easy but now that lie has planted him
self squarely and fairly within their ranks
again they do all the lretting and worry
ing and suffer all the slecplessness for the
entire happy, very happy, family; aud
when they do fall asleep from sheer ex,
haustion BEN wakes up fresh as a lark to
begin his deyiltry with the earliest dawn oil
day. Thus some one is on guard all the
while-baclSguard, 50 TO speak.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
"Did Hen" and Eliza.
IRiUhnOud slatc.l.

There TT rumOr nt Washington that Eliza Pink.
stun will br put the Stand by the Potter Commit
tee u a Democratic witness. Why nj Ella turn
iE1hcrrNt rs wei, ~ Old pru? Politics In these
time, nnkes s,rturc bed. fellows
National Republican., 1878-09-24
The Patriotic Old KepubIIcan Party.

There never WAS time when the patriotic old
Republican party was more urgently needed
Nothing hut The solid. conservative principle, upon
which It + founded can save the county ffUn
bankruptcy and ruin.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
On the Heavenly shore.

Chicago 1imcs.l
Poor Sam Bard I, dead Of the fever Gone Il
start newspaper Oh the heavenly shore.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
Have Thrown sayler over.

ICnCnnnti TImcsl
Honest money Democrats hGrc thrown snyle
over, and now the ilat money fellows are knitinI
him. too. Besides hes sick.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
Rooms for Rent.

A NICELY FURNISHED rAkLOR AND TWO
"A single rooms for rent. - Thirteenth street
nuTlhwrst. srplt-tf
EOR RENT-NERY DESIRABLE FURNISHED
IL pariOTs and other suite or single, with
or without board. at Jl2 Indiana avenue. Terms
moderate. nu2J-ils
National Republican., 1878-09-24
Boarding..

frE PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTH
tSo wrSt-FT-i.class Board, with largo airy
Rooms. nom r. TO sO PER week; transient, slD per
day; baths and gus MRS. o. q. HOWARD.
No cOHtsciitH irih Uis HOINTd HOttso
ies lv
National Republican., 1878-09-24
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER "a, $50.

REsu;PTIoN is now fixed fact only
90 days more and it will become legal
fact
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE great collector W. : HOLMAN has
been considerably stirred up" by charges
which were recently published against him
in TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN and the
indianapolis Joar"n', relative to his attempt
to practice duplicity upon Onc-lcggrd
wounded Republican soldier, during FITZ-
HuGu's administration as Doorkcepcr. llOI-
MNN has written weak denial TO the
JOurnaI, which called forth an editorial in
that paper to the effect that the "Ohicctor','
denial was contemplate subtcrfuge, aud
on par with the anteccdcnts of man who
would thus attempt TO deceive a wounded
soldier. HOLMAN has been seriously dam
aged BY this chargr, and the people of hi'
Congressional district owe it to dcrency tc
remand him to the shades Of private life.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

THE outside" press continues to boost
COHEN into his sought-for nOtoricty, As
we have said before, this may be all right,
for although he cuts his antics here in
Washington, he Is not of US, and does not
belong to us. The truth is, that his pro-
ceedings have been described with such
sensational exaggerations that the general
public has been deceived regarding the full
scope or extent of his influence. lie began
here seyeml months ago as street-corner
orator, and finally succeeded in getting
himself arrested. The press of the District
National Republican., 1878-09-24

are ready to take tho chances under
the homcly maxim of nothing venture,
nothing have" Then above these two
classes come the men who have made up
their minds that they can run the machine
and make gain TO their ambitions and
purses by the service. These are the demn-
goGuUs who are now serving as engineers
and who are running n brief tilt at the
Windmill OF prblic opinion relying upon
the lower strata Of the organizations to cry
"hard times" and excite public attention
anl sympathy 10 their cause. We think
| this n inir analysis of the material which
composcs the GrccnbicS organization aud o
correct reflex OF the motives which prompt
to political action.
The Grcenback malady has been devel-
opcd In New England IN more malignant
form than elsewhere for the reason that II
exhibits more perfect organization and the
fires have been set to burning earlier
and more brightly in that locality. By
the showing OF the Greenback leaders
in Massachusetts,, everybody there is re-
duccd to want and suffering, while the ex-
hihit of the labor bureau in that State, shows
only an insignificant portion of the lnboring
class there are unemployed. 1t Is charged
that everybody Is destitute, and tie very
life Is being crushed out of the laboring
classes, Notwithstanding the real showing is
that their deposits in the savings banks and
their Investments in Government bonds arc
steadily if not rapidly increasing. The
Grccnbick view of tho case is discouraging
while careful and candid view of the stu
alton, with q broader and more intelligent
range, teaches US through irrcfragablc facts
that the grecnbacS presentation is great
dcluson. When we consider that this
country rs whole WIS managed durin.
the last fiscal year 10 produce by
the hand of American labor and sci
our products to Europe for gold I,
the amount of S6sO,Gs3 79S-against SAG,
100000 in 1873, we must conclude
that we are better OF by S26 i,3S3,1OS IN I
single year than we were five years ago
Though there may he individual cases o
want, dcstitution, and suffering, we are ad
monighed that the country as a whole is oil
tne nlgh why 10 P'"3PciItS' INV
: may be low and profits may not W
as large "a they were Immediately atte
the war, yet they are sufficient to stimu
late desire for trade and to inCrcasc'
= enterprise. If everybody was starving thi
, could not be So and hence it is wise for re
t fecting men to stop and think and take
: more deliberate view of the situation be
G fore they cOncedc the fact that the busines
| interests of the country are in desperat
e condition, and that there is any real nece'
t sity for new political party TO be founde
n on the vcalamities and necessities of tn
:. people, and managed by milionaires an
: bloated bond-holders for their own politics
o aegrandizement.
National Republican., 1878-09-24


eternal Sparrow Question is about 20 break
out again in this community. We regret
this, for it is really more disturbing topic
than the Toledo pnst-oilicc, or DE AHNAs'
trip to Sitka. When it fairly breaks'.out it
becomes epidemic among all the men, wo-
men, and children who have ever taken the
trouble 10 look into the habilsof these little
icathcrcd carpet-bnggcrS, aud the columns
of the local press become erruptirc with
pleas for and against them. Tho whole
matter is, however easily settled by an cN-
PLANTATION OF the real habits Of the bird In
question. The sparrow is not insectivorous
in the common sense Of the term, or as
many people believe; hut he destroys the eggs
and other deposits on the bark and foliage
OF our shade trees from which the insects
arc hatchcd, aud he performs the same
Office IN Kidding the trees Of the ugly worms
and Crawling things," which are now 10
more in Washington. ThiSexplanation viii
serve 10 show why it is that the remains ol
insects aud worms are never found in the
"craw of the swallow when friend or pcrsC'
CutOr disscct 1t with good or evil intent. We
add that they are the vcricst Of gluttOns
and that when they fail to find enough de-
posit of the kind mentioned on the bark o
the trees to satisfy their nrpetites, look TO
seeds in the oriurc of horses and cattle.
National Republican., 1878-09-24

WHAT is the faith Of the Government, Of
which We hear 50 much nowadays? Among
other things it resides In its promises to pay
all its obligations exactly in accordance
with the terms Of its contracts. But the
people are deceived by the use OF this term
and confound it with the word resources,
The simple way Of phrasing til. matter
trutLiully is to say that the Government
has pledged its faith to redeem those Obli-
cations with its resources In rcdecming
them it draws upon its resources for the
coin with which to meet its promises of coin
payments. This Is the faith Of the Govern
ment-i. e., keeping inviolatc its honorable
pledges. The idea of issuing irredeemable
money, pledged upon the faith Of the Gov
crument, is simply prcposterous. Such an
issue would amount to nothing more nor
less than au assertion OF arbitrary power.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
Oy.SdLe.

I'oR sALE-oH ApvAHTAGEOUs TERMS, j
II beauinl liuildinE lot I2I feet o inches by lCl
feet, 0u the corner Di PARK avenue aud pine street
street sDlthvts4t s.pst in
National Republican., 1878-09-24


THE Democrats of the first New Jersey
district have done q great deal to secure the
election Of the Hon. GEORGE NJ. ROBEsON,
the Republican nominee for Congress. They
held their convention last week to put a
candidate in nomination against him, the
story Of the lively proceedings Of which is
epitomized by the New York Tribune as
follows
There were four candidates, Democrat, q
| Grecnbackcr, another Democrat and jim
/ SCOYEL. The convention opened with a row,
,welled into an amateur paudemOnium, and
ended in free fight, with the chairman run
ming for his life out OF the back door. SCOvEL
/ hndu't any votes to speak Ol, 80 he made up for
deficiency by contributing the most noise.
/ The real contest was between ex-COngressulau
/ NATHAN T. STKATrOS and CHARLES c.
! GKOs,CUP Tho latter had received tho
Greenback nomination aud was supported by
the soft.mOney element of the convention
There were several ballots and no end Of up.
rpar aud the chairman finally declared SrRAT'
TuS nominated subsequently 1t was claimed
that the vote Of one delegation had been given
~ STRATTON without authority, aud the
GROssCUP faction declared there had beer
fraud, and attempted 10 bull.doze the Chairmar
into ordering another ballot. lie ruled tha
he had no power TO do that, declared the con
vention adjourned, and took % his heels Thel
the uprOar eliminated in general night will
jim sCovEL on u table with his coat oil aud hi
mouth going like u jig saw On spree.
National Republican., 1878-09-24
DRY Goods.
Bankers.

THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
i No. Bfl 4 street northwest, corner Seventh stree
Open daily nom 10 H. NJ, to p nj on saturday even
Igs nom 10 D. N. Ia receive depuss only. AlleT
FIRST deposit any HmOuut IRON hND cents upwards re-
CeivCd. safe deposit boxes tor rent In ire and burg
mTprOOf vault R So t2jJ, sl5 t25, and SO year.
Ocl5-ly
National Republican., 1878-09-24
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