The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-12-31

10 ullliCulb W forecast. lHl5 ~ true
of municipal as well as State and
National elections. Hon. w. s. Gou-
dy, a member of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee, deliy-
cred himself in the following manner:
"The result Of elections seems to rest
upon the counting of the yote.and
not upon the casting Of the vote.'-
That was the system inaugurated by
the Republicans in 1875, and has
recently been followed in Maine. II
it is pursued by Congress in the
counting Of the electoral votes, it will
be seen at once that the Democrats
have nine chances out Of ten to get
the next President.
The Republicans are not all the
best pleased with the complexion Of
their National Committee. There
seems to be too much of the "bum.
mer' element it, to insure perfect
harmony-stalwa gone to seed.
Tho Boston Herald, strong Repub.
lican paper, delivers itself in the fol
lowing well put remarks on the sub.
ject: 4aags
sit is to be regrettedthat the "bum.
mers have been allowed to come tc
the front again, as they were in the
last term Of Grants administration,
Prominent on the committee, and q
strong Grant and Cameron man, is
Gorham, of California, who last ap.
peared as an honorable Blk" in the
California campaign. Florida, South
Carolina, Alabama and Georgia are
represented on the committee by
non-residents-men who had not
been in the States for which they
answer for from one to three years.
Patterson, once of South Carolina,
but now known as goldman. Afraid.
to-Go'Home," still gives the commit
tee the benefit of his Christian ex.
ample. 1t is one of the saddest fea.
lures of the times that the reaction
against Bourbonism develops Bum.
merism. The party growing stall.
wart, .all the worse elements come
forward, feeling sure that there will
be work for them. The Republican
party has lost its old inspiration and
needs a new baptism"
Bishop Miles, of the colorcd NJ. E.
Church, in America, who has trav.
eled all through the South recently,
in the interest of his church, says he
made it a point to inquire into the
cause Of the exodus of colored people
from the South. He reports that he
learned from the most reliable sour
ces, that the movement is entirely
political, and organized at Washing.
ton, there being no local cause for it,
whatever. This just what we have
believed from the first.
The proposed law in regard to Ma.
tional banks has been amended by
the House committee, SO that it will
not require any increase of their re-
serves, but requires every banking
association to keep in gold or silver
coins of the United States one-half of
the reserve fund now required by
law" The effect of this will be to
relieve the Treasury of its supera-
bundance Of coin. As the measure
now stands it is not Objectionable to
the banks.
A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress, by Congressman O'Conner, to
so change the National Banking Act
as 10 allow National Banks to loan
money on real estate. This change
is much desired in some parts of the
country, especially in the, South,
where the planters have nothing but
real estate on which to borrow money.
1t is stated authenticity, that
there was made in the United States
in 1878, 96o,0o0,000 pounds of butter,
and 350,000,0o0 pounds Of cheese; all
valued at $400,0O0,000, and that we
exported to foreign countries nearly
s20000,000 worth of these two arti-
cles.
The Governor of Virginia has rec
commended the abolition of the bell.
punch system in that State. He
says its requirements are systematic
ally evaded; that it corrupts the
morals of the people. The argument
is substantially that it is an instru.
ment for the promotion of lying.
Gen. Grant spent about three hours