Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-12-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee has
reported favorably the bin to admit eN-rchci
officers to the army. A pension for rebels
will be next in order.
We are stalwarts, but this is our stall
wartism: IL means magnanimity with firm
ness, and generosity with absolute justice.
1t means nationality, security and freedom.
Albany Erening Journal
Coy. Blackburn of Kentucky has been
presented with $500 carriage by the
sporting men of Louisville. 1t may be
casually mentioned that many fines due the
State from convicted gamblers have re-
Gently been RENTED.
The late Jefferson Davis reminds the
country that he stands stcadfaSt 10 Demo
cratic principles 10y writing letter eXalt-
ing State supremacy. He still holds that
State rights is the doctrine upon which the
Union was founded.
Only one Of Mr.. Tildcn's famous canal
reform suits resulted in conviction, and
now the upper court has set aside the find
ingS Of the lower court The reform ruSe
cost the State hundreds of thousands OF
NOuSTS-lNlS last suit OpoNlu- ClNN'NN''
Richard Smith, the wcll-known editor
OF the Cincinnati Gazette, rcitcrateS the
opinion that the Republicans should adopt
the two-thirdS rule nj their National Con-
vcntion. or apportion delegates 10 the party
vote at the last election, rather than by the
present system.
-Tammany Hall has issued \ two-col-
!. Il. l.. Al. (.
with .imbccile cowardicc, and that gen
tlcman Is referred 10 aS the author of the
monumental infamy Of the cipher dis
patches" which is stamped aS crime $50
enormous that the corruption of Ncrrcs.
the Veuality OF Robert Walpolc and the
vulgar raScality OF the Ring dcprcdators In
New York. pale into insignincancc in COM
pariSon with it.
senator Coke is said TO have remarked
Of Bayard that hc is n democrat in prin-
ciplc. but a republican in policy" This is
rather apt Bayards policy is TO be- hon
est aud fearless In expressing his CouViC-
tons, and no republican will take offence
al having that called republican policy. As
for his principles the first one NJ present
hc declares 10 be To give the South posi-
ton in the Union 'of honor in the first
place" This i certainly democratic.
According to the OrfDrd lMc) D,mo-
cr1t. large portion of the election re-
turns In that county have been found de-
fcctivc, and from present appearances, a
large portion of our voters Will Dee disirun-
chiScd. simply because they did not take
sufficient care In the selection of town OH
GERS" If this is the case, - little whole
some discipline would be a public benefit
aud Gov GarccIon may De able 10 add 20
his old and well earned rcputat ION rs q
school MASTER Boston Post.
Col Kcosh, SO long the Chairman OF
the Republican State Commute OF North
Carolina says that the Republican,, can
carry that state with a fair vote and
q fair count, but with such counting
as they had last year 10 Will Doe impo>-
sihlc. In the Second District. where the
Republicans have 10000 majority, thou
sands of Republican ballots were thrown
out by tho Democratic cauya>ScrS ON the
ground that an impression len by the cut
ting machine with which the votes were
cut apart was q device and IN violation
OF law.
In no year since the inauguration of
Nichols. the present Democratic Governor
OF Louisiana, have the public school teach
crs Of New Orleans been paid in full, aud
now they are without any part of their
salaries for September. They have now
asked. and probably will obtain, permission
from the school Board. which j. under
Democratic and Catholic control, 10 coll
lcct Zee of one dollar a mouth from SJch
pupil The effect OF this will Dee 20 exclude
nearly an of the colorcd and many OF the
white children from the schools The pro-
posed Constitution reduces the state ape
propriation> for educational purposes one
half
Congressman Singleton, who is prob
ably % Doe elected L. ). senator from Miss
/ iSSipui. declared 20 a Iribuns reporter the
other day that be- will never vote for au uu-
conditional appropriation for the army or
( for the Judiciary department 50 long - the
/ laws which authorize the use OF troops 10
/ keep the peace al the polls and The appoint
mcnt Of supervisors and mar>hJl> OF cleo
tlonS remain ON the statute book. Mr..
/ Singleton declares that he is iutrynch,d in
thi, position and is sustained by The nearly
unanimous sentiment OF his constituents.
Referring 10 the political prospects OF next
+ year. hc said that the republicans need not
expect or hope to carry single Southern
niatc.
The Albany Journal in commenting
upon the Maine conspiracy aud the opIn-
f ion of the Council concerning the Act Of
. 1877. Justly says NO Court has declared
/ this law 70 De unconstitutional, it has never
been called in question until now; but
without waiting 20 hear the Supreme Bench
/ of Maine pronounce against is validity,
/ these precious plottcrs unanimously decide
! that IL Is worthless law aud that they Will
/ pay no attention to its mandates. But this
action Is quite in keeping with the scheme
. which il il intended 10 serve. Men who
are equal 10 grabbing offices 10 which they
are no more entitled than they are 10 the
pyramids Of Egypt, obviously would not
! hesitate TO usurp the functions OF the Judi
ciary and manipulate the laws for purely
| partisan purposes.
The students OF the Wooster (Ohlo)
/ University number between two and three
/ hundred. OF these, ff(y-Seyen are OF age
and registered rs voters. At the last cleo
/ ton they voted, though the Democratic
managers of town affairs opposed them. 1t
/ j. the law that the poll TAX may ne WORKED
/ out by labor FOR the town, and accordingly
/ the Street Commissioner summoned the
whole posse of voting students last Satur-
day to appear with picks and shoyels to
work on the roads. The boys appeared in
pelting rain. but the Commissioner
wasn't there. The mob cried for work,
and finally an Alderman appeared adj
dressed the crowd as brave men, and
dismissed them, ordering that they each be
credited with one days work. The boys
/ feel that the Democrats haven't got the
/ best of Wooster vet.