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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
cotoNIzTNa NEGRO VOTERS.

The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun writes as follows
concerning the republican scheme to
colonize negro voters in Northern
states: The "Emigrant Aid Society"
has issued from its headquarters in
Washington an appeal to the philan-
thropic people of the North for aid
and sympathy in helping the exodus
of the colored people of the South.
The document, which is somewhat
lengthy, is of the most highly in
famed partisan character, retailing
the WORKOUT ISLANDERS against the
white people of the South, and pain
ting the present condition of the ne
groes as"worse than slavery" It is
stated that the society is devoting
its attention to the matter of organ
izing the westward movement and
giving il proper and intelligent
direction. The information is con-
veyed that it will require "ready
money in considerable quantity" to
carry out the objects of the socity,
and this the people of the North are
notified that they are expected to
provide. 1t is stated that a national
advisory committee has been formed,
with Senator Windam as chairman,
and composed of leading citizens of
the various states and territories.
From what has already %transpired of
the objects and purposes of those
who have been prominent in foment-
ing the exodus it can be well surmis-
ed that'the proper and intelligent di-
rection" which is spoken of will be a
Correction" to localities where polit-
ical aims are to be subserved-the
State of Indiana, for instance
Among the officers of the society
through whom whatever contri-
buttons that are received from the
North will be dispensed are several
persons, both white and colored. who
have long been known as noted par
tisans of the republican party.
This impudent scheme to drown out
the democratic majority in Indiana
by a flood of imported negro voters
will surely arouse the intelligence
and decency of the Northern people
against the political ~despersdoes
who now lead the republican party.
If Indiana can be colonized in this
way Of course other Northern states
will be treated in similar style.
The workingmen in the North may
well be on their guard against the
competition in the labor market
which this desperate republican
trick will certainly bring about.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
LAKE ERIE, EVANSVILLE &
RAILWAY,

At a meeting of the directors of
the Evansville & Seymour railway
company, held yesterday afternoon,
at the law Office of Col. E. c. Devore,
after a full interchange of views,
and everything being harmonious, it
was the unanimous opinion Of the
meeting, that it was expedient to
proceed at once to organize another
company from Seymour to the State
line at or near College Corner, on the
line of Indiana and Ohio, and thence
by another organization to Bellefon-
tame, Ohio, thence connecting with
the system of trunk lines to New
York city, after which all to be con-
solidated into one grand trunk line.
The directory were induced to take
this important step at the sugges-
ton of the capitalists interested and
the many friends of the enterprise
along the entire line in Indiana and
Ohio, and the large amount of aid
now voted and promised. Other i'm
portant business vas promised, look
ing to the rapid and early consum-
nation of the enterprise. The next
meeting will be held in Seymour,
subject to the call Of the president.
Mr.. Macbeth, Col. Pattison, and
others are sanguine of the success
of the project.-Evansville Courier.
We give the above article as the
latest move in f%urtherance of the
Evansville railroad. This certainly
looks like business, and it now be-
hooves the people of Eaton and Pre-
BILE county to go to work and be pre-
pared to meet our Indiana friendsin
a good and liberal spirit. 1t is un-
derstood that in a short time there
will be a meeting OF some point in
Ohio, of all the leading men on the
line, to devise ways and means to
secure an early completion of the
Ohio division. Let our city be well
represented in that meeting with
delegates of representative men, who
will take an interest in this great en-
terprise and have its completion at
heart. 1t would be a great and glo-
rious thing fer Eaton and surround
ing country, to have this road pass
through here, the value Of which is
incaculable at present. Let US wake
up and secure it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Mr.. Hayes thinks the public debt
should be paid as soon as possible.
To this most people will agree, but
not to the means Mr.. Hayes sug-
gests for payment. He wants a tax
put upon tea and coffee, it seems.
We very much doubt if either party
in Congress will support SO odious a
measure as q tea and coffee tax.
If the public debt is not paid until
the money to do it is raised by tax
ing tea and coffee it will be q long
time before it is liquidated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

A solution has been introduced
in Congress for the appointment of
a Committee to investigate the cause
of the emigration of the colored peo-
pie from the South. In the preamble
of the resolution it states there
is indisputable evidence that the
majority of the negroes have been
induced through false represen-
tations to leave their homes in the
South to go to other parts of the
country to which they have no
knowledge and to the climate of
which they are not adapted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Stealing a fraudulent Presidents
message is a great outrage in the
estimation of "honest" JOHN SHER-
MAN, and he discharges the person
who committed the petty theft, but
stealing the Presidency is a COM
mendable act and the perpetrators
Of the gigantic robbery r rewarded
by public. positions. Great is the
"moral consistency of the Republi-
can party!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Republican stories Of outrages in
Louisiana at the recent elections
having met with a prompt denial and
refutation, they are now at work on
a new tack. They have-or rather
the correspondents paid TO make
such discoveries-haye discovered
that "ballot stealing carried on by
pesky Democrats to an awful extent
in the Pelican State. 1t is evident
that the Republican liar is still
around in Louisiana; that he is quite
as ingenious and INSCRIPTIONS as
he was in the days of Electoral
Fraud, apd that he continues to be
the prophet of the Republican press
in these ATTITUDES.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
The Grant Boom.
Bucyrus Journal (Rep.)

ouCyIus OOuThai Nnscp'J
"The Journal is second to none in
its esteem for General Grant and in
its appreciation Of his public serv-
ices, and it sees with regret, far more
than with pride, the unnatural and
un-American series of local ovations
to him. Whether shrewdly engi-
neered by his opponents, or selfshly
managed by interested friends for
their own benefit, time will show.
Meantime, as the most glorious act
of Grants life would have been for
him to have Indignantly vetoed the
salary grab, SO it would be infinitely
greater for him to firmly decline
these receptions than to submit to
them until the public are nauseat-
ed"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Large numbers of negroes are still
being imported from North Carolina
into the State of Indiana, by the
Republican party, to aid them in
carrying that State in the coming
elections. They fully appreciate the
Importance attached to the elections
next year, and expect to import
enough negroes into Indiana to car
ry its electoral vote for the Repub-
lican nominee. The last party i'm
ported contained about $50 persons,
and is but the commencement of an
extensive exodus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Republican newspapers de-
clare the Maine business to be
"scoundrelism," "villainy," &c. 1t
is their own medicine and they ought
not gag SO desperately in taking it
down. 1t is not the hundredth part
as villainous as stealing the Presi-
dency, but we don't indorse' it any
more than we did that rascality.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25


Hayes is credited with a plan for
pensioning ex-Presidents with $780,
900 a year. In his own case Ruth
erford proposes to make the pension
sure, at least for a number Of years
after he leaves the White House.
He is said to be living at a total cost
OF $4,000 per annum, and be thus
able to save $44, 600 a year out of
his salary, which, at the end of his
term, will amount to the handsome
sum Of $176,000. And Hayes isn't
a President at that.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Representative Chittenden said to
the Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Commercial, the 9th
er day: "The country is in the
midst of a most dangerous specula-
tive era, which, if allowed to con-
tinue unchecked, will bring flnan-
cial ruin within fifteen months.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher put
it at fifteen years, but 1 put it at ff-
teen months.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The last Presidential election
demonstrated the fact that the De-
mocracy of the United States have
100000 majority Of the votes of the
people. With this much of a reserve
force it only requires the nomination
Of a good ticket and On active fight
to achieve victory in 1880.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Jest So.
Sidney Democrat,

If the Maine officials have observ-
ed the "forms of law in the count
they have the precedent of 1875 to
rely upon. If one man steals it is
no reason why another should do so.
II the Republican leaders in this
country in 1876 defeated the voice
of the people, and they did, it is no
reason why the fusion leaders in
Maine should do the same thing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Urbana Democrat.
The Difference.

The contrast between the remarks
of Governor-elect Foster and Judge
Gilmore, at the Grant reception, at
Columbus, had a notable contrast.
The governor-elect labored with a
nation spelled with a big N, while
the judge intelligently grasped the
idea of q government of limits and
powers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Never Will See It.
Hunterdon IN. J.) Democrat.

Hunterdon IN. ~ Democrat.
A telegram says that the story
published a few days since, by a re-
publican paper at New Orleans, and
greedily copied by the republican
papers in this section, reporting the
whipping" and changing" ofrepub
licans in an upper Louisiana coun-
ty, was utterly false. 1t was an ''out-
rage story" made out of the whole
cloth. The republican press made
haste to spread the narrowing tale to
the capacious ears of their readers.
Let us see with how much alacrity
they will contradict it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The bulldozing, ballot-box stuff
ing, Presidential robbers of Maine,
howl desperately because the Demo
Gratis strictly administered the laws
as they made them to preserve the
"purity of the ballot box" 1t count
ed them out this time, and that's
| what's the matter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Republicans did not succeed
in electing their "Rebel Brigadier'
candidate to be Governor of Louis
lana. They should feel very badly
about this as they usually succeed
ed in putting about every Rebel
Brigadier into Office who has applied
to then.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Wait till IL is Elected.
Wooster Democrat.

If the Republican party, with the
present run Of victories in their fav-
or, shall not think it safe to enter
the Presidential contest Of 1880
without General Grant as their can
didate, when are they likely to enter
a Presidential contest without Gen
eral Grant as their candidate2 If
he is to be the perpetual candidate
of the Republicans during his life
time, they might as well take ground
in the outset in favor of declaring
him Dictator, Emperor or perpetual
President.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The German citizens of this coun-
try are generally opposed to Grant
and a third term. They don't like
the idea of "strong government" in
the United States any more than
they did in Europe.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

In 1874 the Radical managers in
Louisiana promised the colored men
who worked for and voted the Rep
ublican ticket, a deed for forty acres
of land and a mule. They offer sim
liar inducements to colored men, en-
route from North Carolina to Ind
lana.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

It will be remembered that dur
ing the recent political campaign all
the Republican leaders declared in
favor of no change in our financial
policy yet now both President
Hayes and Secretary Sherman favor
the withdrawal of the legal-tender
greenbacks, and the stoppage of
coinage of the silver dollar! This
consistency hardly consists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

No visiting statesmen" or Eliza
Pinkston's had q finger in the Maine
count. 1t was in strict conformity
with the "forms of law" made by the
Republicans. Still they are not hap
DIV over it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
And AmanI
Butler Co. Democrat.

Hayes term of Office is steadily
approaching its latter end. In this
fleeing world everything must sub
NIT to fate. Even fraud must perish
and pass away. In the instance to
which we refer it is to be hoped that
the place that knew fraud will know
it no more forever. IA voice from
the congregation-Amen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Don CAMERON as National Chair
man of the Republican party, and
Chicago the place of holding the Ma
tional Republican Convention, means
GRANT as their candidate for Presi-
dent in 1880.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The position the Presidential fraud
took in his message on greenbacks
and the silver dollar, worries some
Of the Republican journals. They
don't seem to be ready for the new
issues and treat them grumly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Whenever you hear o man deman-
ding a solid North in opposition to o
solid South you may write him down
as one who loves party and spoils
more than country. He may not be
willing to admit it, still it is true.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

We hope Cincinnati will be fixed
as the place to hold the next Demo-
cratic National Convention. 1t is
the most convenient and best pre-
pared city in the country for the bu-
siness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

SAMMY F. HUNS speech at the
GRANT show in Cincinnati, has bro't
down upon his lovely head some very
bitter words from several democrat
ic cotemporaries. 1t was rather full
some.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

When Republican officials steal
the public funds, it is called "inae-
curacies" or "errorsr" When Dem
ocrats do the same thing it is called
robbery! Isn't Republican rule a
wonderful blessing?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The trouble the Republicans are
having in Maine about the count is
of their own making. In 1877 the
Republican Legislature passed a law
which was intended to work against
the Democrats, but now it reacts
against their own party, because the
State officials propose to enforce
the law to the last letter.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

We didn't think there were SO
many intelligent Democrats who
would make such fools of themselves
in the GRANT "show business
ITS sad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Secretary SHERMAN has discharged
from the government printing Office
the person who stole MI. HAYES
message. Now let him discharge
the persons who stole the Presidency.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Senator j. DONALD CAMERON Of

Senator j. DONALD CAMERON of
Pennsylvania, was elected Chairman
of the National Republican Commit
tee, at Washington. Chicago was
the chosen place for the meeting of
the Convention, and first Wednes-
day in June the time set. There is
a strong presumption of intrigue be-
hind this consummation and hat is
Grant.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The intelligent portion Of the Re-
publican party have cometo the con-
clusion that GRANT will be their
next Presidential candidate. The
thing seems to be about settled.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The London Times is for GRANT
for President, and says his re-elec-
ton would be "hailed with the live
lest satisfaction by the people of
England" OF course.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Republicans made the laws Of
Maine to count out Democrats only.
They didn't expect to have to take
their own medicine so soonl
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Local Option advocates are
organizing for an assault on the
Ohio Legislature as oon as it meets.
No use.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

A stair count in Louisiana would
have given TILDEN the Presidency.
Look at Maine! 'Rah for a "fair
count"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Ohio Legislature will meet q
week from next Monday and the
dance will begin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Democrats of Maine observed
the "forms of law" made by the Re-
%publicans and they now denounce it
as an "outragem
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25
Mary Boom.
Germantown Press.

We didn't notice a word in the
Eaton Democrat last week about
hard times, the suffering people, DC.
Can it be possible that the business
boom has struck Eaton?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Congress has done nothing yet,
and might possibly do well to keep
on so to the end of its session.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Congress has adjourned until af-
ter the holidays.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The man who don't believe the
Grant "show business" is a political
move, must be very dull indeed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

On a stair count Maine has been
declared Democratic!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

A single property in California is
half the size of Rhode Island.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

The Southern aoutrage mirl' must
be out OF repair.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

There is nothing like q stair
count" Look at Maine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

Thursday, Dec. 25, 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-12-25

L, G.. GOULD, Editor.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-22
Juvenile Pinafore,

All the lads and lassies, and, we might add,
ladies, are on the qui vive to see the latest
rendition of the comic opera of Pinafore.
by the bevy of Minneapolis children, at the,
Opera House tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.
Little Miss Eta May Hunt has wonderful
soprano voice, and acts the part of Josephine,
admirably. The two Miss Irvings take the
part OF Dick Deadeye and Bob Beckett. Mrs.
Malcolm deserves great praise for the good
Judgment shown in assigning all the leading
parts, selecting most of them from her music
and dancing classes Prof. Hunnemau's or
chestra will assist the piano in bringing ont
the solo and concerted numbers.
From the glowing encomiums accorded
them at their last appearance at the Academy
OF Music, in Minneapolis, We have no douht
a crowded house will greet them. Reserved
seatsOp sale to-day.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-22
ADVENTURE WITH TRAMPS.
"A Farmer STRIPPED of His Clothing and
Sent Home in Nakedness.

A Farmer STRIPPED of His Clothing and
Sent Home In Nakedness.
Wednesday about o'clock P. NJ, Mr..
Carl Shenger. having escaped a fine of $5
by walking his team across the bridge,
started out for Mendoza at brisk pace. His
intention was to go few miles beyond
Mendoza, his home being located thereabouts.
All uneventful enough was his jogging
journey until he reached spot two miles
and half this side of Mendoza. AS he
reached this spot, two tramps
stepped out into the road
and commanded him to stop.
AS the command was uttered it was backed
up by the bulky presence of six more tramps,
two on each side of him, and two to the rear
of the wagon. Mr.. Shenger pulled up, and
thereupon the tramps pulled him out of
his wagon. They went through him with
expeditions skill. but found only 1926
about his clothes. This so provoked the
gang that they revenged themselves on their
victim in a novel way. The eight tramps
constituted themselves Wallets de chambre
for this occasion only, and stripped Shenger
of every stitch of his raiment Then they
commanded him to mount to his seat in the
wagon, which he did, struck the horses
smart blow, and Shenger went off in hurry
like another Phethon-as to paucity of
clothes, at least.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-22
The Minnesota Veterans.

A meeting of the executive committee of
the Minnesota Veterans society was held
yesterday afternoon at the Office of Griggs,
johnson & Rhodes; the following named
gentlemen being in attendance:
w. r. Marshall, j. B. Sanborn, G. s.
Uline and d. s. Hurter. The meeting was
held for the purpose of arranging prelimi-
naries for the annual gathering of the asso-
citation, and resulted in the appointment of
the following named committees:
Committee on hall, music, and decoration
Capt, Otto Drehr, Col. @. s. Uline, Capt. T.
P. Wilson, Col. William Pfender.
Committee on fnance-Capt. Albert
Schaeffer, Col. G. A. Morton and Gen. John.
B. Sanborn.
Committee on orations- Gen. r. w. John
son, Gen. J. W. Bishop and Col. VIM.
Crooks.
Committee on invitations and reception
Gen. w. r. Marshall, Capt. H. s. Hurter,
and Gen. j. w. Bishop.
Committee on refreshments Capt. Jacob
Manner, Capt. A. r. Keller, Capt. Haryey
Officer, Capt. 8. Lee Davis and Surgeon j,
Fl. Stewart.
The chairmen of the above named com
mittees will constitute the executive commit
tee to act in conjunction with the other COM
| mittees in arranging details.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-22
Lost His Passes

Yesterday Mr.. B. F. Gable, from Rock
Island, met with serious loss. He either
lost or had his pocket picked of a pocket
hook containing fully one hundred annual
passes over different railroads of the coun-
try. Mr.. Cable is connected with tho Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, and this
accounts for counting his luck by the hun
dreds. He'supposes, if he lost the pocket
book, that he dropped it somewhere around
the Metropolitan hotel or in the vicinity of
the house. If his pocket was picked. b.
just doesn't know where the theft was COM
mitted. Mr.. Cable hopes to make the pass
es useless to any dishonest person who NAV
have come in posses sion Of
them by informing at once
all roads over which free ride is given, OF
the loss, coupled with the request that if
the pass be presented, the party so doing
should be arrested, etc. Under the circum-
stances the passes will in no event be profit
able to scalpers, and the best thing to do is
for the party finding or stealing the cards to
return them to the rightful owner.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-22
ANOTHER BIG ONE.

Tho Minneapolis s. st. Louis Railroad
Files an Eleven Hundred Thousand Dol
lar Mortgage.
A mortgage was filed at the register Of
deeds ofice yesterday, by the Minneapolis &
st. Louis Railroad company, conveying first
lien of the Iowa extension of the road to the
Central Trust company of New York, for q
consideration Of Isl, 100000. The incum-
brance was made for the purpose of raising
money with which to discharge Indebtedness,
and issue series of bonds and coupons.
The instrument was signed by w. D.
Washburn, president, and A. H. Bode, Sec
rotary of the railroad company, and by H.
F. Spauldiag and Alexander 81. Sharp, on
the part of the Central Trust company.