The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-03-06


THE public debt statement for Feb
ruary shows an increase of $31l, ,411.23
during the month.
-ss- TIE Republicans of Ohio arc to hold
their next State Convention at Cincin-
natl on the 2Sth of May.
On Saturday last Hayes sent to the
House of Representatives his message
vetoing the bill to restrict Chinese i'm
portation.
! The vote on the Chinese bill in the
House on Saturday stood yeas, 1O7 to
nays 95. Two-thirds not voting for
the bill the veto was sustained and the
measure failed to become a law.
The people of the Pacific coast who
have had thirty years experience with
Chinese Coolie slavery, are solid in
favor of the bill which recently pass
ed Congress to restrict Chinese impor-
tation.
The enterprising publisher of the
Stark County Democrat is making ar
rangements to secure, in a short time,
the publication of a daily edition of
his paper. We hope he may meet with
abundant success in the enterprise.
c. Six incendiary fires occurred in Co.
lumbus on Saturday night, by which
q brick warehouse filed with grain,
sterine, flour, &C., and five stables
were destroyed. In one of the stables
. peddler's wagon filled with notions
and two horses were consumed.
ON Saturday Mr.. Potter, Chairman
of the Investigating Committee. SUBJ
mitted the report which he had pre-
pared to the Committee, and it was
adopted by q vote Of six Democrats to
three Republicans, General Butler be-
ing absent. The three Republican
members of the Committee will pre-
pare q minority report.
A FIRE occurred at Reno, Nevada,
about six o'clock Sunday morning
which reduced the town to ashes. Only
three houses escaped destruction. Fiye
persons lost their lives. The value of
property destroyed is estimated at ST.
100000. Insurance only $15O.OOO.
The Forty-fifth Congress terminat-
ed its existence at noon on Tuesday,
and with it the party that has sought |
to maintain its rule by a resort to ar
bitrary and despotic military force has
lost its grip in both branches of the |
law-making department of the Gov
ernment.
THEOhio Prohibitionists put plank
10 their platform in favor of abolish
National Banks, and providing for the
Government furnishing the paper cur
rency of the country, based upon low
interest bonds and interconvertible.l
With the Democrats, Greenbackers,
and Prohibitionists in favor substan-
tally of that doctrine the Radical
leaders can hardly claim that the John
Sherman financial policy is endorsed
by the people of this State.
A BILL is before the Rhode Island
Legislature to secure the purity of
elections requiring all ballots in the
State and town elections to
be pure white paper and to be enclos-
81 in envelopes before they are placed
IN the box. Wouldn't it be a right
hing while they are about it to wipe
put the property qualification for vo-
ers and extend the right of suffrage
20 some of their people who are now
governed without being asked for
heir consent? Ii
The NationalG lGreenbackers OF Cleve-
and have demonetized their Schilling.
1t q meeting of the Council held on
evening OF last week reso- I
ution was adopted expelling the vir-
nous Robert SchiIling and Pate, his
from the Council and the
,arty. The resolutions of expulsion |
barge Schilling and Pate with iufidel-
" to the National party and for a }
money consideration from Judge Til
en-, Mayor Rose, Col. Hinman and
ther leading Republicans giving the
,fiuence of the Advance. the organ of a
le National party, TO the Republican
cket; also, of having transferred the I
lid paper to w. E. Sherwood, May p
Is clerk, for the sum $845, whereby . .
became the organ and tool Of the