Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-26
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
4 Great Obclisls OF CI,rese.

this evening. Among the objects Of
interest is great obelisk OF cheess
forty feet in height. The base of the
obelisk is formed OF ten cheeses each
weighing half ton. From the,e
rise one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
cheddar cheeses, each sixty pound.
in weight. Above these $50 pine
apple cheescs, each weighing sjv
pounds, and still higher are 4Oo
American cLo,sos, each weishiuc
eight pounds. A pine apple chess
makes point at the top. In TIN,
one obelisk there are % 600 pounds
of cheese, the exhibit Of one firm
There are also two pyramids Of salt
and pyramids Of foreign cheese O,
every known variety. The display
of butter is also large and from ali
the dairy States III the Union, rs well
as from Canada. The exhibition q
cattle and dairy implements is very
fine. Among the prominent persons
III attendance were Mcssrs. ALDER.
Pell and G. 5. Read. English mem.
bels of Parliament, who are on a
visit TO the United States to invest.
gate the causes of agricultural pros
perity here and depression in Eng
land, and also Il large delegation Of
influential Canadians. Among the
distinguished visitors who are TO
come, Canada Will have the following
representatives Albert j. Bryce
Thomas Leeming and George II.
Cochrane, of Montreal; Thomas Ban
lantyno, member of Parliament from
Stratford, and e. T.. Carswell, of
Ingcrsoll.
His Honor Mayor Cooper occu.
pied the chair and +. 3. Thurber
opened the proceedings by reading
n papcr on the manufacture of cheese
and butter. He also read some
statistics showing the number Of
mich COWS in this country which he
stated was $4,000, 900, and compar.
ing their production with the cattle
of Europe. Mayor Cooper then
formally declared the fair opened.
1t was expected that Governor Sey.
mour would be present and deliver
the opening address, but he sent a
dispatch saying that on account Of
sickness he would not de able to at
tend.
Seymour Positively DecIines.
CHICAGO, Dec. ia Utica special
gives an interview with Seymour.
The reporter asked him if he would
accept the Democratic nomination
tor President if such a course seemed
necessary for the party's success?
He said: ,, AS for myself 1 do not
think there is general disposition
to nominate me, nor do 1 think it
wise to do SO for various reasons.
should not be a strong candidate,
and what I have said to numerous
invitations to make addresses upN
political or other subjects would, OF
itself, be good reason why l should
not be elected oven if nominated.
While my name was spoken OF, l do
not consider it anything more than
one of the spoculations of the day,
in time of political uncertainty. In
the face of what l have said, it is ab-
surd to suppose shall be nominated.
l have no idea that shall be nom.
mated by any convention for Presi-
dent. I. should be guilty of self
complacency, which would be ridi-
culous If thought a great party were
anxious to make mo their candidate
against my wishes. Even in that
event, I should do my
friends very great wrong if l should
go on ticket with the knowledge
that was the wrong man for the
position.
Full sta tement OF the situation nj
Maine.
CHICAGO, DEC. 1S.-IIon. 4. +.
Pillsbury, answering a telegram from
the editor of the Chicago Daily Nt,cs,
telegraphs from Augusta to-day a
long defense of the action of the
Maine returning board:
The apparent Republican majority
for the members of the Legislature
was obtained by wholesale and sys-
tematic bribery, bultdozing and
fraud. There was a popular major
ity for Governor in opposition to the
Republicans, in many districts CIV
ing fusion majority for Governor.
The Republicans succeeded in get.
ting a ma ority of members for tfe
legislature by trickery and on.eN
frauds. The Governor and Council
have not based their action on these
frauds in any instance, not having
jurisdiction, but they have strictly
followed the constitution and thrown
out such returns as were fatally de-
fective, whether Republican or Dem
ocratic. In some counties more
Democratic than Republican returns
have been thus rejected. The Re-
publicans have been in the habit for
years of secretly returning defective
returns to town officers
tor correction, but took advantage
of the defects in the Democratic re.
turns. During twenty-three years OF
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