Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-29
MINOR EDITORIALS.
County Democrats and Green

Waldo County Democrats and Green
hackers hold joint convention, August
9th 81
-Ex-Secretary Bristow was in Port
land, last week, trying case before the
Law Court. W W
Remember, you can get the OXFORD
DEMOCRAT from now till after election for
ten cents.
-Chase's Chronicle has changed its
name to the .G7re,back- Labor Chroni-
cle." We fear its long name will kill it.
Judge Walton will hold the Courts
here in September and March next. Judge
Virgin will hold the December term at
FYeburg.
The Midsummer Holiday Scribner,
is all that its prospectus promised-and
more too. 100000 copies We're issued as
the first edition.
We have received from +. w. Bart
lett of Bethel, copy of the BOREDOM
Orient for commencement week. Mr.
Bartlett is one of the editors.
1t might be well for Mr.. Fogg to
send few of his 100000 tramps to
this section. Every man who will work
is so busy we cannot engage one to do
days work about the premises, nor even
to turn the press two hours at % cents
an hour. We are Obliged to fall upon
our own resources and do the work our
selves.
A prominent business man of South
Paris, signed the Young Mems Rcpub-
lican campaign pledge, last week, with
out solicitation He has always been a
Democrat. but cannot swallow the double
headed monster presented by his party IN
this comfy, for Democratic diet. In the
elegant and chaste language of the late
County Convention, it is too much physic
for him. There are many Others IN town
who will not take the dose, but who have
not made such decided stand as yet.
The Ne,c Religion challenges us to
produce the names of twenty-five persons
in Oxford County, who will vote the Re
publican ticket at the coming election, but
who did not vote with US last fall. The
persons can easily be produced in the two
towns of Paris and Norway, but we de-
cline to furnish their names to the party
asking for them, because it is impossible
to tell what trcachcrous use an iadPe''d-
cat paper will make Of information fur
nishcd it by members Of the Republican
party.
On the first page of this paper, we
publish three more letters concerning the
war record of Hon. Daniel r. Davis.
One is from Joel Wilson, Goshen, y. Y,
Capt Go. +, LIST Me. Cavalry; one from
comrade James NJ. Boyd of Carmel, who
was a Greenbacker, last year, but who
will vote for Davis this fail. and one from
Saml w BRIGHAM of New York, Ser
geant of Co. f, LIST Me. Cavalry, and
member of Go. ID. LIST ID. G. Cavalry.
We also publish the war record of the
companies with which Mr.. Davis served.
"A Democratic rcenbackcr, or Green
c-Democrater, recently, in CONVEX
sation, remarked that we had too many
professional men in oftice--too many law
vers. He thought farmers should make
the laws for Us, as they knew better what
the people wanted. After, when the con-
yersation had changed, he spoke of some
business failures, and remarked there
should be law requiring every business
man to post in his office, periodically, an
exact statement OF his business standing,
including a list of his liabilities and cred
itors. Probably in his first quoted re-
mark he referred to himself as a law
maker, as he was engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
There is proposition to appoint
Second I.ieutenants in the regular army,
from civil lie. If this Is carried into
practice, there are few who viii give four
years for West Point training, and We
shall soon find the army to be a grand
mob. The safety of our country depends
upon our army. 1t is now SO small that
its experienced men would only serve to
officer an effective force. If it is TO be
weakened by the appointing of civilians
to commands, we have no guarantee
against foreign invasion. Every officer
obtainable should be a graduate from the
military school. If Others are needed,
they should be promoted from the ranks,
as they were during the war.