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THE LABOR INQUIRY.

The HEWITT committee, though II ha9
had before II some of the widest and most
bigoted witnesses in relation to the labor in
quiry, we are inclined to the opinion that
valuable information will be elected from
more intelligent sources and that good will
ultimate from the committees labors. Mr..
CARROLL DWIGHT, superintendent Of the
Massachusetts bureau Of labor statistics, has
been Lefore the committee, and his state
ments open wide field for contemplation
and instruction. We are especially struck
with the force Of his views and opinions on
the subject Of what is called labor-saving
machinery just at this time, when the van
West and wherever else that the fear OF
the law does not deter their depredations.
Mr.. DWIGHT furnishes ample reasons fol
ending the adverse discussion, since he de-
monstrates the absolute necessity Of ma
chinery for the maintenance of q large pop.
ulation on given area. Ills remark that
If all the machinery was stopped the whole
| wealth of Massachusetts, would he eaten NJ
in less than year aud the condition of th'
people be Us bad rs that Of the Chimes
seems at first glance to be gross exagger
alton, but the sober second thought and {
further perusal Of the testimony leave NJ
doubt of its correctness Do away will
machinery and the cost Of production woult
be increased twenty fold. And seeing wha
machinery has done and is doing for man
kind, Mr.. DWIGHT has no fear that the pop
ulation of the earth will ever become s.
dense as to exceed the means of subsistence
As the conduct of the committee is shap
ing We begin TO feel confident that the pub
lie good is to be greatly enhanced by its in
vestigations, and II this should prove tru
it will stand alone among all the Hous
committees of investigation inaugurated b.
the last session of Congress ms entitled
confidence and respect Messrs. SUMMIT
THuRDER, DWIGHT, and WALKER, o.
men of profound thought and practices
Judgment, have contributed to q valuabl
fund Of information for the study Of mt
chanics and workingmen who are in scare
|, of the truth and prefer useful knowlede
to vague theories and the drippings Of mi
l information.
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THE TWO CONFERENCES.

The Syracuse Journal in referring to the
invitation of Mr.. CORNELL for q conference
at Saratoga, TO consult 6s TO Republican
duty this fall, says
Mono but anti-Administrstion anu CoSK-
LING men have been asked TO the nesting
We sec no objection TO this sort of 4 confer
cnco. II 1t shall act aud talk as well as the
c0nforees at the Administration conference the
other day did, positive good, and no harm, will
come OF 1t.
There are two points in this paragraph
that Justify remark. One is the positive
statement that none but anti Administra-
ton aud CoSKIING men have been asked
10 the meeting" and the other the admis-
sion that the former conference was purely
in the interests of the Administration,
thereby creating an inferential distinction
between the Administration and the Repub-
| lcan party. The statement that none but
anti Administration and CoNKIiSG men
were asked is evidently misapprehensicn n
of the fact, for 1t is stated, and nowhere
denied, that several OF those who attended
the former Satstoga conference were invited
to participate in this one, and that the only
two prominent members who were neg
lccted were GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS and
Senator WooDIS, both Of whom have dem.
onstrated by their conduct that Republican
success is not the paramount object Of thciI
political action.
The admission that the first was purel,
an Administration conference, and henC,
did not relate to the welfare of tn
Republican party, az the Administration
and pure and unadulterated Republicanisn
have ceased to be synonymous, justifies tn
belief that some object other than the pro
motion Of Republican party success in
spred its convOcation and action. Shoul'
this belief prove TO be well founded, it vii
be much worse for those concerned tina
for the Republican party at large. tn
fact is that the great mass of the Republi
, can party desire no factions, no dissension
no divisions; but unity Of feeling, actor
: and effort to overthrow the common enem
which is reaching for the yiials Of the RI
public and seeking its ultimate destructio
or subversion. But both conferences hay
been held, and whether or not the invite
: deyotees of the Administration attended Il
last one, its proceedings were clothed in Il
7 spirit of unity, peace and patriotism, al
) il will do great good.
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hooest lsboring man in the country. The
workingnen should be made to understand
this, and the workingmcus Asscmbly, hit
Is IN earnest in this natter will not fail TO
send out circulars explaining this Infamous
fact. Let its members teach their fellow.
laborers from one end OF the country to
the other that the Democratic arguments
to win their votes to the Democracy are,
mechanically, the product of the most
despicablc kind of @paper labor If such
q course as this does not expose the hypoc'
risy Of the Democracy nothing will, and
those laboring men who may have forgot
ten the slave-holding misunderstanding, and
sham aristocncy record of that party will
deserve the neglect and the injuries they
will receive if they continue to vote it
ticket
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which had been impaired by arduous and pro.
tractcd devotion TO official duties. f'Nt
TINS good people of San FRANCISCO are Of.
fonded at Beecher, because his manager has
lately chaperoned Mrs. Ann Eliza Young and
run dog show in their midst
Hor. JoHS JAY KNOX, Comptrollor Of the
Currency, has just arrived home from his trip
In Europe, aud is at present visiting the fam-
lily homestead, at Knoxboro, Oneido County,
MY.
SoLICTToR.GESERAL PHILLIPS, who was
taken suddenly aud severely i'll on Tuesday
last, has been confined to his bed since that
date. Yesterday he was considered little
better.
II. T. WHEELER, chief clerk Of the st. James
Hotel, is happy at last. II Is boy, and tips
the beam at thirteen pounds. The family will
pay q visit to relatives In Haverhill, Mass,
shortly.
| ATTORNEY. GENERAL DEvESs arrived In the
| city late yesterday afternoon aud went directly
to the Department Of Justice, where ho was
busly engaged with tho business which had
accumulated In his absence.
JAMES W. Scorr. Of New Jersey; II. NJ
Hayward, New York; N. II. Dement,, Chi
cago; Z. ID. Cooke, Chicago; John NJ. Wood
worth, city, aud II. VI. Acuermard, New York
are guests at the Arlington.
I. w. FITCH. of Louisville KY. J. +. Head
Boston; J. Duncan, New York Thomas $
) Chord, Chicago +. Prentice, Ohio I. Nir
den, Mississippi, aud n. Patterson, Ohio, ART
stopping at the Ebbitt House.
FoR the first time since 1870 a number o
German officers, headed by General Lowe viii
attend the French maueuvres this year
French officers have accepted corresponding
invitations from the German Government.
, PROFESSOR W. b. WEDeEwoop has returnct
to this city from an extended tour among tn,
, mountains and lakes Of New Hampshire ant
Maine, aud will resume his duties in the Law
school of the National University on Monda!
next
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POLITICaL NOTES.

TEXAS Is threatened with an inhiction Of
Brick Pomeroy.
The Nationals are flooding Now York State
with campaign documents.
SENATOR MERRINoS Is on the stump In the
fifth North Carolina district.
A "WoRKINGNAS" named Wellock has
charge Of the State Of California during kear-
ney's absence.
THE Greenback party in Wilmington, Del,
have nominated W. A. Murphy, formerly a
Democrat, for mayor.
PATRIOTS who are stump-speaking in Aroos-
took County, Me-, leave marks on the trees, so
they can find their way out
EMORY SPEER, Independent, thinks he will
really have l,50O majority in the ninth Con-
gressional district Of Georgia.
IT was Democratic House Of Representa-.
tives that abolished the lcgal.tonder quality
of the trade-doiiar. Don't you forget that.
"ASYTHING to beat Grant," Is the motto
of the Plymouth Free Pres. Well, u you are
so keen on 1t send him an unpaid telegram.
GENERAL HENRY W. SLocUN is said to be a
candidate for the regular Democratic nomina-
tion to Congress from tho third district, New
York.
THURMAN and Ewing will soon enter the
Democratic campaign In Pennsylvania. They
| will pull together on labor and financial ques
tions.
GOVERNOR TON YouNa will make lively
| campaign In tho second district. Goss viii
feel like Rosling before the fight Is over
| Cleveland Herald.
The New York Mail Is working hard with
| The RepuLlikansr of that city for the more
adequate recognition Of the German Republi
can element in the politics Of New York.
| II HAD some trouble scrambling over thu
fence frankly observed Mr.. Thurman "bu
| it was worth all the wear and tear underwear
just to feel that Wash Mclean aud ar
| friends again"
DEMOCRATIC candidates for United States
Senator in New York number three already
Lieutenant Governor Dorshs inner ,ex- -Goyerno
Hoffman, aud August Belmont are said +
cherish hopes.
ROBERT LINCOLN porsistently refuses t
accept a nomination for Congress in Chicago
he Is hard working young lawyer, and LA
no time for politics. One Of these days, how
ever, the people of Illinois will nominate hir
for Governor In such way that he will
compelled to accept.
PETER COOPER has written letter TO tn
Greenback men of Maine in which lie urgt
them 10 do their duty, and make the clcctio
In that State the pioneer and the guide fc
other States. Mr.. Cooper writes glibly OF cs'
legislation, and Is quite as much the dem
gOsue as Butler himself
The Pennsylvania Nationals are so cont
dent of controlling the noxt Legislature tha
they have picked out the man whom they pre-
pose to force the Democrats to choose Unite
States senator. Frank Hughes Is the persol
lie probably comes the nearest To perfe'
demagogue OF all the inhabitants in the stat
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DEMOCRATIC INGRATIrUDE.

The Democrats of the first Congressional
district Of Alabama have nominated
THOMAS H. HEgSDoS for Congress,
in the place of Mr.. JAMES
TAYLOR JONES. This is a case of base Dem
ocratic ingratitude, because If any man ever
deserved u reward for devotion to party,
even at the expense of Standardization
and for going back on his own convictions
of right, that man was Mr.. JONES. But,
alas, alas Democrats are ungrateful lu
the famous DEAS-FIELD contest last win
ter, Mr.. GAMBLER, Of Georgia, reported in
favor Of Mr.. FIELD retaining his scat, and
refused to be whipped into party traces
against his convictions Of right. Several
Democrats followed Mr.. CANDLER's lead,
and among them Mr.. JONES of Alabama.
SPRINGER, Of Illinois, had charge Of tho
case, and he delayed calling it up from
time to time until he thought he had his
forces we'll in hand. Finally vote was
reached late IN the afternoon Of certain
day and Mr.. JoSEs voted With all the Re
publicans save one and the few Democrats
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JIM EMMETT, late OF "Trip" and now a
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
twelfth Ohio district, bought his nomination
by the free use of two barrels of whisky of
TLDES, with his ~barl O. money" "Trip
jim was not wholly a failure, for it turns
ont now that the whisky was unstamped
and it Is known that TILDES's money was
in part withheld or stolen from his income
TAX duo to the Governments
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who believed Mr.. FIELD was entitled 70
the scat.
The exception above referred to In the
Republican ranks was General BEN +.
BUTLER, who madea speech and voted for
DEAN. Perhaps It was BUFFERS detection
that subsequently gave JOKES something oil
an excuse to change his views. In the out
come BUTLER and JOKES were in the same
boat. This was test vote, and indicated
that If direct vote was taken then on the
main question the resolution In favor Of MIR.
DEAN would be defeated. SPRINGER be-
came alarmed and succeeded in forcing an
adjournment until the next day, when the
case came up as unfinished business. Mean
time JONES had been wrestled with, and, as
1t afterward turned out, with success. The
vote next morning was on the direct ques-
tion Of seating DEAN. All Of the Demo-
Gratis who had agreed with GAMBLER stuck
to their convictions and promptly voted
when their names were called, except JONES,
who wavercd. He sat in his seat, nanked
on one side by SPRINGER and on the othei
by REAGAN. Everybody looked at hin
when his name was reached but he answered
not.
After every other member had voted,
JONES rose in his place, and, with some tire
pidation, gave the casting vote which seated
DEAN, muttering some sort of an excuse TO
his qualification. OF course the Democrat
applauded, but his constituents do not seen
to have appreciated his conduct Now, th
thing will never do If this is the sort o
return that is to be made to Democra
whose matured convictions, persistently ad
hercd to for weeks, can be bull-dozed out o
him between two days on an argument tina
party expediency demands stultiiication
what is to become Of the partyr That
no way to reward good deed, and it ha
always been understood that anything don
in the interest of the Democratic party, N
matter how vile, is good deed. Is tn
party going back on itself just as JoNE
went back OIL his convictionsP
National Republican., 1878-08-31

THE not very pleasant spectacle Of Dem
cntic Congressman assuming the defense
of illicit whisky distillers in the South and
expressing open sympathy with them on the
stump is now presented in tho "law-abid-
"ing" South for the delectation Of their
Yankee mudsill admirers. General SCALES,
Of the fifth (Greeusboro') North Carolina
district, is especially prominent in this line
Of political dcmasogery, or worse. So long
as this condition of affairs exists the Dem
ocraey will probably be able, with accus'
toned brazen efirontery, to charge that Q
Republican Administration fails to collect
the revenue smoothly"
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DrRGSG the eight years of Grant the South
was a srene of pillago aud carnage, relieved by
hrcathing.spells of military government Since
his departure 1t has been as peaceful and or
drrly rs any other part Of the country, and 1t
presents fewer sigm- of disturbance to-day than
bennsylvania Or CalifOrnia.--Ncw York Nation
This is the kind of bare. faced lying for it
T. nothing lcss-with which the Northern
DoughlnCes both Democratic and Republi-
can seek TO deceive their neighbOrs regard
ing the true condition of affairs IN the
South. II Is true, however, that the relief
from pillage and carnage in that section WAS
only enjoyed during election excItcments,
when the military interlered to preserve
the peace and restrain the Bourbon DemOc-
IaCy from THEN bloody prosecutions OF Re
publican voters. Since General GRANT :
departure" as the Nation calls 1t, the
peace and quiet Of tho grave, in which lie
buried all the hopes, ambitions, and the
rights of 4,OOO,OJO OF free citizens, has eN.
isted, As the OutgTOwth Of this solemn and
disastrous peace and quiet, secession wnxcS
strong and states rights, feeding upon th'
blood of its post-5eLiSm victims IS recog
ri1ed as the paramount principle of oul
governmental system. 1t is this peace
" ful and orderly" condition OF affair, that
has permitted the United States Capital Il
be desecrstcd again by the treasonable ut
tsrlness Of such uuTePentAnt rebels as HlN-
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THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND
THE RAT PRINTERS.


The Workingmen's Assembly Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, composed in part of Dem
ocrats, have made decided impression
upon the pending campaign by its protests
against the oppression of the laboring classes
by the Democratic Campaign Committee
Its members have no votes themselves, but
they have succeeded in influencing other
voters. The Endorsement Of the ruinous
principle of rafting by the committee,
through its most active and vicariOus mem
her. Mr.. BLACKBU'RN, is the result of their
effort TO disclose the real aristocratiC indif-
ference of the Democracy to the interests
and wishes of honest and respectable labor
organizations. No answer can be made TO
this charge that will satisfy the laboring
men. Private publishing houses may do as
they please rs regards the matter of EN-
blowing Union or nOn-tniOn printers, and
the question will never be dgniiied beyond
the narrow limits of personal discus
sion. But when n great political party
bOasting of its earnest friend
ship for the worliinglncn, indOrses tn Gus
tom of rafting" in the face Of repeated pro
tests and explanations by its own iorme
followers, the question becomes one Of ma
tional Importance, And if the DemOcnt'
treat the printers in this way it stands to
reason that they will treat other trade
with similar disregard and disrospect.
Every document sent out from Washing
ton by this committee to be used in indu
encinu voters 70 support the Democrats
ticket bear in its imprint an insult 10 every
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short Extracts from the Democratic Organ
Inr Gnrmnnr and Iri.hmen To Road.

Any other nucleus but one descended rom me
s0l.l,Gf. " Hu,lSELL aud RUrERt and s'nspnud IN
the rude schpDl Of hewlng nov empire ont "
Continental fIrcsl would lOlS ago i"'N nc
SfCritig roc kiCssnr-s, TeutOnlc lymph. nuI negro
Lr1ItaiisIa that have swept over Us. We l,pk upon
tho flrI that, through oil this nlulLcratiGn ana
nhtratiOn ard dIut0n W hlSl or Ui'tIDr
stTaiIs the central strain Of Anglican blOp has
Deen able u shape the current Of the whole lagoon
National Republican., 1878-08-31

GOOD idea Of Southern Conciliated
Gush and determination is found in the not
Improbable story that South Carolina gem
tlcman, sab, robbed Yankee mudsiil Of
ihs pocket handkerchief, 50 that he might
have something Of his own with which to
wipe away the tears he was shedding for
the Lost Cause. The experiment succeeded
30 well that the gricf-stricken repentant Is
encouraged to go on with his robberies un-
til he gets n full suit of clothes and is fully
prepared 10 restore that much-cherished
Cause to its complete sectional supremacy
aud finally 10 the grand success he believes
It must eventually achieve.
National Republican., 1878-08-31

KEARHEY has gone from among us. Why
he came will ever remain mystery; but
it is easy enough to explain his departure.
He was not wanted. This much should he
said for the credit of Washington, and espec-
tally of its laboring classes.
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Ought to he Modest; But Isn't.

General Hawley Is n bone of contention In Con
nGClicut again. General llawlUy ought to hC
modest recUllecting that his ambition aud fac
tiOusness lost Republican district II not the State
suppose he makes an effort to reform himself lit
tie, aud leaves the party to its own course. Then
ConMocllCul might be redcemel.
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1t Depends on the Republicans.
1

Congressman John GOode, of Virginia In re-
ern people are peculiarly sensitive on the sub.
iect Of Southern war claims; but he had reason To
believe that at tho next session of congress there
would he u better prospect OF success 80 think
all the Southern Democrats. II depends OH the Re.
pubicans as 10 whether hc will be disappointed OF
aInI
National Republican., 1878-08-31

THE New York Grcphic predicts that If
business prospers within the coming year
JOIN SHERMAN will become very formid-
able candidate for the Presidency in the
next Republican convention.
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Before lie det Dennis.
Whitehall TI,nes,I

IWHITtNlTI IIIIts,T
General Butler once said 10 friend OF his In
Washington You have often heard people speak
Of me as Il id rascal, but you never heard any
body call me d-d fool" That, you know, was
before he met Dennis Kearney
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Maudiln Marble Mantle.
cincinnati Timcs.l


Manton Marbles mysterious monographs may
have been made merely as muddlcd mctaphOrs. or
may be many were the maundcrngs OF niiscrvHnt
mind. lie must have Il mint of money.
National Republican., 1878-08-31

WHAT has become of Talk-a-Heap
BLACKBURN's Democratic ticket for l-SO,
THURMAN and WALLACE?
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Eligible, Certainly,

Chicago Tribune.
NO great Inan." says Hen Butler, "cau ever hc
President Of the United states" II apPcars 10 ui
that Ben Is eligible.
National Republican., 1878-08-31
SATURDAY MORNING, August 81, 1878.

Persons leaving the city during the sum
mer months can have THE NATIONAL RE
PUBLICAN mailed to their address by or
icring II at tho countipg-room OF this Of
Hee, either In person or by letter. Terms
hfty cents per month. including postage.
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IJII,I,.

KRAFT.-On the 3Hh day Of August, NELLIE u, T.,
infant daughter of George aud Mary kniI aged II
months and q days,
Funeral will take place from her parents residence
.2i street southeast this evening, ut p N. FrlundS
aud relatives respectful invited ~ attend.
National Republican., 1878-08-31

THE Governor Of Massachusetts has very
humanely and properly declined to remand
H. II. KiMpTOS TO the tender mercics OF
HAMPTON and his judicial Thugs, who de-
sired his presence in South Carolina for trial
not according to law, but according to
his politics Attorney-t'eneral TRAIN and
Governor RICE were both disgusted with
the man YorMANs--yclept Mtorney-Gen-
erul OF South Carolina-On account of the
brnggadocio air assumed by him; and the
Ilippant manner in which he alluded to
carpet-bnggers" and Adventures brought
smiles upon the faces Of the Massachusetts,
officials, when they were informed that
YUUMANs comes from the poor whit,
trash of the Palmetto State, and that be
fore the war the very elements that are now
using him would have disdained TO have
set him with the dogs Of their tiOcks.
SoUNANs returns to South Carolina with ;
flea in his ear.
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aLEroS. Of Mississippi, aud such blocri-
stained intriguers as LAMAR, of the same
state.
National Republican., 1878-08-31

THE New York Graphic has interviewed
heuator CoSKLISG at his home on the sub
,eCt of General GRANTS candidature for the
Presidency, and the Senator's views are
briefly summed up thus:
General GRANT Is known for his firm devo.
ton for his irieuds-he would probably do eK-
actly as they wished. II they asked him TO
run because the good OF the country demanded
1t. he would do it,
But" says tho writer, SUPPOSE there Ia a
chance of defeat?'
II do not think that would make any differ
ence," was the reply. General GRANT Is
noted above all things for his cOurage-his
Willingness 20 take risk If necessary to serve
his country or his friends. General GRANT Is
the truest and most magnanimous Of men,
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Couldn't Hit u Barn Door.
TInteT-Dcean,l

Milton Sayler. Of Cincinnati, candidate for Con.
gTess In the inst district. has adopted new method
OF clrctiOn"Grng: He gives prizes 10 the best
shooIers.' Milton knows which end Uf gun the
bullet comes out Ut, and could hit an ordinary
barn door at fifteen PAGES, and hcncC Is taking
great interest In the manly sport nf Tho trigger
Milton had better offer prize iur patent churn
Somebody will wake him up some morning by i'll
quiring What Is Bulterwufth?'
The beauty of the ladies OF Baltimore has become
the standard of comparison the world over They
maintain that peculiar Cicarncss Hnd richness u
coIuplc xiOn by the occasional use (R fcquired OF
Dr. Bulls Blood Mixture.