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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Representative FINLEY Of Ohio, in
a speech in the House last week, eX-
hibited the beauties of the use of
Federal Supervisors at our elections.
He showed that these Supervisors
were used more largely in the close
Congressional country districts than
in the cities, and were often appoint
ed with instructions to attend polit-
ical meetings. In 1876 these use
less Federal officers cost the people
more than half a million of dollars,
and of the 1913 Marshals employ
ed that year, 1874 were used in the
State of Colorado, just then admitted
to the Uuion. Another strong point
made by FINLEY was the analysis of
the character of the Marshals used
at the last election in Philadelphia.
Of thirty-eigh Marshals whose char
acters had been investigated by the
Wallace Committee, thirteen had
been convicted of crimes FIVE were
beastly drunk at the election, nine
had been tried for crimes of the
grade of murder, robbery and lar
ceny, two kept houses of i'll fame,
ahdztwo were Professional gamblers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
The Reason WHY.
LWoster Delnocrat.f

We would say to our friend of the
Ohio Pat, lot, that the reason we IA
vor the denomination of Gov. Bish-
OPP, is that we are anxious that the
Democracy should carry Ohio in nc-
tober. Personally, it makes no DIFF
ference to us who the nominee may
be. Gov. Bishop has done us no IA
vor, nor should we seek any at his
hands. That is not the question,
however. With us the question is:
Who, under existing circumstances,
is the strongest man for the Guber-
Material race? We have weighed all
the pros and cons touching the ques-
ton with what we consider bccom,
ing Observation-Disclosures by
favors received or expected-and we
have come to the conclusion that the
Democracy Of Ohio will make a fatal
mistake if they shall not re-nominate
Governor Bishop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Judge DAVIS, the independent Hi
nois Senator, made a very logical
and able speech in the Senate last
week, in which he showed conclusive
ly and beyond dispute that the Re,
publicans are responsible for the ex-
ira session of Congress, and what
ever injury it may be to the business
of the country, and appealed for a
suspension and burial of past issues.
He claimed TO speak as a no.party
man, laboring only for the good Of
the country. His arguments are I'm.
answerable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Gov. Bishop.
[Allen Co. Democrat

Again, the Democratic party has
a tradition that, when an officer has
fulfilled his duties faithfully and
well, he is entitled to a second term,
Gov. Bishop has made just that kind
of an Executive. He is able, intelli.
gent, faithful, and the mistakes, that
are almost sure to occur, under any
ones administration, with him have
been but few and trifing. Above
all he is honest. Nc one can place
his finger on any dishonest measure
he has countenanced. He is fairly
entitled to a second nomination.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

In 1867 it was ~eminently "loyal'
and entirely constitutional" for the
Republican Congress to attach to
the army appropriation bill an
amendment deposing the President
from command of the army. But in
1879 it is Revolutionary" for a Dem
ocratic Congress to attach to an ap
preparation bill a clause repeating
the power to pay Republican cam.
paign strikers and peddlers out Of
the public Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The Ohio Statesman says that the
proposed amendment to the State
Constitution, which had for its OBJ.
iect the curtailment of the fees an6
salaries of County officials, was beat
en- for lack of support from the Re
~publicans. Every Democrat present
but two voted for it and fourteen Re
publicans against it. The Republi
cans are responsible for its failure
The voters and taxpayers of Prebl'
county, who have been holding meet
ings and demanding a reduction o
salaries, should remember this fact
and cast their ballots accordingly
next October.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
There seems to be a mystery about

There seems to be a mystery about
the negro exodus from the northern
part of Louisiana into Kansas, which
no one a reasonably and satisfac-
torily explain. We believe with an
exchange, that the deviltry at the
bottom of this movement is the same
deviltry that has made the poor ne
gro, in N way or another, the hob
by Of political demagogues and nd
v%enturers for SO many years in this
country. The men who are busyia'
promoting this emigration of the ne
groes by playing upon theirigrorant'
fears are emissaries of the Republi-
can party, and they have a double
purpose to accomplish. First, they
hope to use the fact of the emigra
tion as an evidence of intimidation
and persecution. Second, they want
to reduce the population in louisa
ma and increase it in Kansas, by
which they hope to increase the Con
~gressional representation in a Re-
publican State and decrease it in q
Democratic State. 1t is well under.
stood that the Republican leaders
have been greatly mortified by the
fact that they o~ver-reached them
selves by the suffrage amendments,
by which Southern representation
las been increased. They now seek
to counteract this by a hearttest
movement whereby they are fright
ening and Turing negroes away from
their homes by all sorts of bugaboos
and promises. In the end this
scheme will fail, but in the mean
while the poor negro will be the suf
ferer. He will find himself a strang
er and a pauper in the land that i,
being pictured to him as a paradise
and he will go back to his old home
unless he starves to death before Ii,
gets there. Already we read of som
of these poor creatures writing t,
their former employers for aid to re
turn. 1t is wretched business, i.
which the negro is once more to b
the victim of the INSCRIPTIONS trick
sters who have SO long used him 70
their purposes.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

One of the arguments used by the
Republicans of Chicago to persuade
men to vote their ticket was the
threat to all the men at work on
streets and Improvements that If they
failed to vote for the Republican can
didates they would be discharged.
This would be called an COURAGE"
if it had happened down. South. In
the North, it is "moral suasion."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Reports are beginning to come in
from the colored refugees in Kansas,
and the outlook is very sable. A
few Of the negroes who first arrived
were well clothed and had some
means to invest in land, but as the
stampede became more general a
poorer class followed. Nine-tenths
of the negroes now in Kansas are es
sentially paupers, and are congre
gated in large numbers about Leav-
enworth, Wyandotte and Topeka,
without money or work. The result
is that their reception is cool and
their prospects either of making a
living or getting home, where they
now want to go again, are decidedly
gloomy. This was thetresult to be
49, -
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Without JEFF Davis and the ghost
of the Southern Confederacy to howl
over, the Republican party would
not hold together thirty days. 1t is
not placing a very high estimate
upon the intelligence of large class
of people to make such a charge,
but it is nevertheless a melancholy
fact, that just such stuff holds a ma
jority of the voters of that party in
its organization.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Hon. E. B. Eshelman, of the Woos-
ter Democrat, declines being a can
didate for State Auditor before the
Democratic State Convention, on the
4th of June, o + any other office. Bro.
Eshelman ought to be willing to
serve his party in whatever position
assigned him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

There has been a bill passed by
the Ohio Senate compelling County
Treasures to record the rate Of tax
alton on receipts given to tax-pay-
rrs. Each taxpayer can then tell
by a little calculation whether he
has been over-charged or not. 1t is
a good law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

1t is not a very unlikely thing that
the Republican party will some day
take up JEFF Davis for the Presideu-
cy should he live long enough, just
as it has taken up Key. Longstreet,
Mosby and other Confederate lead
ders, and given them lucrative and
fat positions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Our Sentiments.
cincinnati Trade List

Governor Bishop should be nomi
mated and reelected. He shouldre
sign as a Trustee of the Southern
Railroad. He has made a good Gov.
ernor, and is better fitted for thai
office than the other. We have nc
criticisms to offer at this time upon
his acts as Trustee. He did noble
and valuable work at the beginning
of the enterprise, but no man car
run a large State and a mammoth
railroad at one and the same time
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The Cincinnati Enquirer has had
"interyiewers" all over the State, to
get the opinions Of the representa-
tive men of both parties as to their
choice for Governor and how the
campaign should be conducted. A
majority of the Republicans stand
for TAFT and an aggressive cam
paign-a majority Of the Democrats
stand for BIsHop, and are friend
ly to a coalition Of the Democrats
with the Nationals, where it would
ve the appearance Of . surren
ac
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Tie Man.

The chance fer the nomination of
Gen. Rice for Governor daily grow
brighter. There is no doubt of his
being the the strongest man to head
the ticket, and without any feeling
against Gov. Bishop, l think the
Convention ought to place him at its
head. l think the difference be,
tween the two gentlemen is fully TO-,
900 votes, still l believe whoever is
nominated by us, will be elected.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

IfJeff Davis would come out and
declare his intention to support the
Republican party and its candidates,
he would soon be in the Cabinet with
Key, or get a foreign mission with
Mosby. That is all that is necessa-
.ry to put him in good standing with
the "bloody shirt howlers."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

We received the other day a copy
of the Xenia Gazette, published by
our old friend and printers "devil"
comp Mon, JAMES P. CHEW. 1t is a
large, well printed and well edited
paper, and hope it is prosperous, in
every thing bnt its political senti-
ments. CHEW them!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The Cleveland Plaindealer has
made a calculation that the Democ-
racy can lose both Hamilton and
Cuyahoga counties at the election
next fall, and still have a msjority
in the Legislature. The representa-.
tive float this year adds to Democrat
ic chances.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

1t is very consistent indeed, for
Republican journals to howl at Dem
ocrats about Confederate Briga-
diers," "rebels," &C., after taking to
their bosom the red-handed and
bloody guerrilla MosBY, and honor
ing him with the Hong Kong Con-
sulship. We ask the honest and
unbiased opinion of every reason
able man, if tits not thin?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Foreseeing the speedy dissolution
of the Republican party in case of
the sudden demise of Jefferson Da-
Wis, the leaders of that organization
are preparing to fill the possible va
cancy with the editor of the Okalona
States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

What a pity the Democrats don't
do just as the Republicans want
them? They would all come over
and vote the ticket if they did. OF
course they would!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Attorney General PILLARS gives it
as his opinion that the appointment
of female Notary Publics is constitu-
tional. We doubt if Constitutional
lawyers will agree with him exactly
on this question.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Gen. BRINKERHoFF has our thanks
for a copy of his very interesting and
able address, on the Public Charities
of Ohio, delivered before the Gener-
al Assembly of Ohio, on the 21st Of
January last.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

A Confederate who votes the Dem
ocratic ticket is a "traitor," but the
horse-thieying, train-robbing, house
plundering and numbering Confeder-
ate Mosby is '4oyal," he votes the
Republican ticket!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

MI. HAYES vetoes the Army APP
preparation bills, and the "bayonet
rule'' bill. He knows without the
aid of Federal soldiers at the polls,
the party that stole him into the
Presidency cannot succeed. We
don't believe it will next time with
than
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

We have received a copy of the
bill introduced by Gen: LEFEvER, to
equalize the bounties of soldiers
who served in the late war for the
Union. 1t is similar to the one
vetoed by President GRANT.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION,
Proposing am Amendment to Sections
Three and Five, Article Four, OF the
Constitution, Reorganizing the Ju.
dietary of the State.

Be it Resolved BY the General Assembly of
the State Of Ohio (three.fifths of all the
members elected to each house concurring
therein), That a proposition to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio be sub
mitted to the electors of the State, on tie
second Tuesday of October, A. D. 1879, as
follows, to wit: That sections 8 and 5 of
| article A, entitled g Judicial" be amended
SO as to be and read as follows:
SECTION 8, The State shall be divided
into nine common pleas districts, of which
| the county of Hamilton shall constitute
one, which districts shall be of compact
territory, bounded by county lines, and
| said districts, other than said county of
Hamilton. shall, without division of Jul
ties, be further divided into subdivisions.
in each of which, and in said county of
| Hamilton, there shall be elected by the
electors thereof, respectively, at least one
judge of the court OF common pleas for
the district, and residing therein. Courts
of common pleas shall be held by one or
more of these judges in every county Of
the district, as often as may be provided
by law. and more than n court or sitting
thereof may be held at the SAME time in
each district.
SEC. s. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large of such
district, one judge of the district court,
by whom the district courts in u dis
trict shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by
law. District courts shall be held in each
county at least once every year. The
General Assembly may increase the num-
Der of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having a judge pro te1cpore, to hold
any court whenever necessary by reason
of the failure, disqualification, absence, OF
sickness of any judge, and the amount Of
pay allowed a judge pro tempore may be
deducted from the salary of any judge
whose default causes the necessity of hay
ing the pro tenipore judge. The times Of
holding common pleas and district courts
shall be fixed by law, but the General As
sembly may authorize the judges of sale
courts, respectively, to fix the times of the
holding of said courts.
At said election the voters desiring t.
vote in favor of this amendment, shall havt
placed upon their ballots the words, "Ju
dicial constitutional amendment, Yes;'
and the voters who do not favor the adop
ton of said amendment, may have place.
upon their ballots the words, "Judicia
constitutional amendment, No." and if
majority of all the votes cast at said cleo
!, ton be in favor of said amendment, tbel
said sections three and five herein speci
4 fed. shall be and constitute the section
, so numbered in the said judicial article o
the Constitution of the State of Ohio: an,
said original sections three and five shall
be repealed.
JAMES E. NEAL,
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives
JABEZ w. FITCH,
President of the Senate.
r Adopted April 10, 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

We have never heard of the editor
of the Eaton Register uttering a
word against the Confederate Brig
adler" in the Cabinet, or against the
bloody guerrilla MosBY, who holds a
foreign Co~nsulship. Amt that
queer?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Who put the Confederate General
KEY in the Cabinet, give LoNGsTREET
Collector of Customs at New Orleans,
and the guerrilla MosBY the Consul
ship to Hong Kong? Not the Dem
ncrats-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

As the missionary work Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer has pretty def
initely settled it that it will be BIsH-
op and TAFT, why not just trot them
out on the track at once and dispense
with the expense of a Convention
and the ~uselessness of a platform?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Gaining, Strength.
[Cin. Enquirer.l

Governor Bishop has many friends
all over the State who will insist on
his denomination when the time ar
ri7es. He is not losing but gaining
strength.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Every time the head of a radical
ofice-holder at the Capitol rolls off
into the basket, a fresh howl goes
up from the teat suckers. Their
walls are truly lamentable. Hurry
them all off.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The "last refuge of scoundrels is
patriotism" said Edmund Burke.
Behold the Republican robbers and
Presidential thieves, how they pro-
fess love of country and patriotism?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The Ohio lunatic who edits the
Oklahoma States down in Mississippi,
is the only salvation for the northern
bowling demagogues, should JEFF
Davis suddenly wink out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The Radical howl of revolution"
has rather turned on the party. 1t
brought to the surface the doings of
the Republican party and its hypoc-
risy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Hon. BEN LEFEFER has our thanks
for a copy Of the report upon the
customs district, public service and
resources of Alaska territory.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Will the champion interrogation of
the Eaton Register tell US the differ
ence between the guerrilla Mosby,
who is holding a fat Office under the
fraudulent President, and JEFF Da-
Wis?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Why was not some Union soldier
given the Hong Kong Consulship,
instead Of the guerrilla Mosby?
Will some 'loyal' bowler pleas ans
yer?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01


JOHN A. LOGAN failed to beeome a
Confederate Brigadier," because he
could not get the commission he
wanted, but the Republicans elected
him to the United States Senate all
the came. KEYS was a "Confederate
General" and the Republicans put
him in the Cabinet. LoNGsTREET
was a Confederate Brigadier,'' and
he was appointed Collector of ports
at New Orleans by the Republicans.
MosBY was a guerrilla chief in the
Confederate army" and he was
appointed Minister to Hong Kong
by the Republicans! A nice party
to yell 'rebel," 'rebel," at the Demo
Gratis. Bah!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

1t is always revolutionary for
Democrats to do anything not in ac-
cordance with the views of Republi
can leaders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

There is a chap around the Eaton
Register office who deserves aleath-
er meddle, as the champion interrog-
ator 0 fsilly questions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

The champion interrogation Of the
Eaten Register is sorely afflicted
with 4Jea paxis" lunacy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

Mayor MooRE, of Cincinnati, has
our thanks for a copy of his annual
message. It is a good document.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Leads the Column.

Holmes County Farmer.l
Uncle Dick leads the column. His
denomination is pretty generally con-
coded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
- III5IUtIG OI CHC USI
Adopted April 10, 1879.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,
0fioa Of tho Secretary of State.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,
Office of the Secretary of State.
I, Milton Barnes, Secretary of State of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that
the foregoing is a true copyof a joint res.
olution passed by the General Assembly OF
the State of Ohio, on the 10th day of April,
A. D. 1879, taken from the original rolls
filed in this office.
In testimony whereof, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and
TsEAL1 affixed my official seal, at Column
bus, the 18th day of April, A. D.
1879. MILTON BARNES,
Secretary of State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
Hooking County.
Hooking Sentinel.

This county will give Gov. Bishop
its support at the coming State Con
yentior.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

L.G. GOULD, Editor.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
NJ

! We do rot even nslk you
to pay for this splendid organ
untilafter you hare Thoroughly
] tested Il az your oaen home, and
/ are ftffiy satisfied that You
Z have 9 Eenuine Durgnln>
lit does not prove entirely
. as represented you can return
tho SEINE to us. We paying the
freight charges both ways
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01
ARTICLE III.

SEC. l. The Executive Department shall
consist of a Governor, Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treas
urer and Acknowledgement. who h be
chosen by the electors of. the State at the
place of Voting for members of the General
Assembly and at a time prescribed by law
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-05-01

SECTION .. Senators and Representatives
shall be elected b~lennially by the electors
in the respective counties or districts, at q
time prescribed by law; their Terms OF
after the first Monday of January there
after, and continue two years.
Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-18

The particulars are as follows Clark, who
Was notorious as a man of ungovernahle
temper, vicious and revengeful, was for
making a deadly assault with dangerous
weapon, upon fellow convict named
Ramsden, punishe | y being placed in the
dark eel for y couple of days. After his
liberation he was sullen and evidently ready
for any act of INSTRUMENTATION, aud it heing
known that he was desperate and con-
tirmed criminal, he was closely watched by
the officials Clark for Some net of his was
ordered to The cell room by the foreman of
the shop in which he worked, he refused 10
go! the Warden WAS sent for Mr. Hall
entered the shop and ordered Clark to his
cell, Clark refused to go, picked up u
knife and raised it threateningiy, detied the
warden and refused to stir, he WAS told to
obey, and given two minutes i'll which to
go, and admohiShed that he was endanger-
ing his life ny disc lcying At the eXpira-
ton of the time the command was repeated,
but Clark still refused to stir. The warden
drew his revolver and again ordered him to
go, but the command was not obeyed, and
the warden fired, killing him instantly.
The evidence fully justifics the Warden, in
enforcing his orders, and the law empowers
him to enforce obedience by the use of any
weapon, necessary for the purpose, holding
him guiltless, if in so doing he wounds or
kills any convict who refuses to obey his
lawful commands In the room in which
the tragedy occurred were many of the life
convicts, all of them hardened AID desper-
ate men. the three notorious desperadoes
the Younger brothers, berg among the
number. 1t can hc readily seen that War
den Hall, had to enforce and maintain the
discipline of the prison at all hazards, thu
least act of disohedience would if allowed
To pass by unpublished be taken rs evidence
of cewardice and intimidation, and among
such desperate and unscrupulous men it
might encorage them to revolt, and be the
beginning of serious trouble. Deputy Hall
is known as firm and courageous man,
used to dealing with this class of men, a
man who rigidly enforccs the discipline OF
the prison, and allows no disobedence or
resistance, and his firmncss the extreme
course he pursued and terrible example
made cannot fail 10 have q wholesome
effect,