Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-20

him die until-after the next presidential
election.
How would it do to have "Rcsump" for
president and "Tccump" for wee presi.
dent? If we have to be Shermani2cd, let
nS have the whole hog.
CONGRESSMAN BURCuARp, Of Illinois,
who has been appointed director of the
mint, Is q gccnbncl-rcpublican in poll.
ties That is putting soft.moncd man in
hard'money place.
UNITED STATES SENATOR SPENCER, Of
Alabama, will settle in the Black Hills.
His mine IN Deadwood yields $4,000 Il
month. We guess Spencer will carpet,
bag it back to the house.
SOME political stutistican has counted
noses in the Legislature of the whole coun.
try,aod finds that the Democrats have 2,S3C
members, the Republicans $3.50 members,
and the GreCnbackers 27S members.
LABOR will never Ge on an equality with
capital until all usury is abolished and
taxation is laid on profits; not on the
means of wealth or subsistence; agradual
income tax should furnish all the resources
Of government.
SENATOR DAVIS, Of Illinois, has select
ed a new seat on the Democratic side, ano
will thus be nearer the party with which
he uniformly votes. In the future classi
fcation of the senate it will be unneccs.
sary to put Davis down as Independent u,
he has never cast anything but II Demo
cratic vote since he took his seat.
THERE will be, within six months, q
thousand tons of new silver dollars in the
government treasury, and the hltcr-OccW
cant see why the gold-buggers should Oh
ject to giving some of it to the soldiers
who made their wealth for them. "pai
enough, were they?" MAY the Lor'
have mercy upon your poor stingy souls.
WHAT are the common people bettel
than hogs or horses? Let them feed OF
hay" shouted an irate French arstocrat
before the revolution of 1889 But if pco
Pile could have lived on hay, they had no'
even the hay. At las! thercvolution cam,
and the head of that aristocrat was cut OF
and his mouth was stuffed with hay ant
the head was carried through the street
of Paris on the point ofa sabre. This is
historical fact which certainly suggests
moral.
The secretary Of the Greenback party
IN an interview, says: "We are a part,
now, anaton0l party, and no man not
mc0lber of our organization will lie elect
eli by our votes. There are none of on
own members who are ambitious for tn
place and we are just as willing to take
new convert provided he formally enter
the fold as Il man elected on Nationa
ticket. We intend TO organize the house
or force the hard money men Of both par
ties to combine against u.s. and we woul
rather prefer they should do 50. TIL
lines would then be drawn, and the hgh
OF the people against the money powe
would begin,
TnE Nationals of Maine are building II
strong and vigorous organization in thu
state. In Portland an association ha
been formed to publish Greenback dail
newspaper, and the state Greenback con
mlttee has met to prepare for the next cai
vass. So far has the Grcenback m0y,
MGnt impaired the integrity Of the Demo
cratic party that the Portland Press RI
publican) says; SIN this state Democrac
is almost q thing of the past; the hithert
strong party is dIsorganized, Republ
cans are not all dead by any means; the
present very hostile front, and thong
now captiyes it will he a difficult task
keep them down
The legal tender notes, if presented fc
redemption, will be redeemed, and unles
during the next week, congress shall pa
some measure directing their disburs
ment for some specific purpose, they wi
be retained in the treasury, and whatev
may be the extent of their redemption I
considerable change in the currency is
be apprchended from this source. On IL
other hand, there is no ground for al
fear as to the lack of currency. Bankir
under our laws is entirely free, and Il
bank note circulation can be promptly al
readily increased whenever the conditi,
Of business shail ne such that an increa
prove necessary. The legal tenders q
now removed, let us hope forever.
The Democratic party of Michigan hi
formally, through its state convention
swallowed the initiation, irredeemabl
National Greenback" paper money pla
form and ticket, showed down its throat
Moses w. Field; but it is not possib
that hard money Democrats-honest Der
ocrats, who hold to the tlme-honored 0
Democratic financial and constitution
principles-can so ignominlously, COZ
pletely, and vainly lay their manhood
the dust and vote to sustain such pla
form and ticket. Thousands of them W
either not vote ut all, or vote for the rep
table, strong, clean ticket, and soun
honest money platform which will be p
in the field by the Republicans.
TINS means renewal in Washingtt
of all that Grantsm implies. 1t means
renewal Of sectional animosity betweO
tho north and south. 1t means a reviv
OF the ugly quarrel of the war. 1t mea
the dragooning Of states by federal s,
diers. 1t means the overturning of t
state legislatures by the bayonet.
means the transfer, or the attempt at
oil the government of half the states to t
ignorant negro populations which on
bankrupted and ruined them, and wi
them the industries of the whole COUNT
1t means renewed rebellion, possibly
newed war, additional debt, martial la
imperialism! These are no idle fea
All republics have met similar fate in t
past. What right have we to expect il