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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

Hon. Edward Noyes of Waterville was arrested
Saturday for alleged bribery of Frenchman nam
ed Daniel Butler, the complainant being Charles B.
who shot at Mr.. Noyes in October 1877, Mr..
Noyes was examined before Judge Aver. a Demo
erat, at West Waterville Monday and promptly ac-
quilted. The Judge in Diminishing the case said
the compliments witnesses could not be relied up
on.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

But the opposition have no reason to be cast
down. They hold the field upon the popular vote.
Progressive Age.
The opposition have as much reason
to be coast down" as anybody has who
gets laid on his back. OF course they
''hold the field" and the field holds them.
Let them scrape off the mud and try
aOoiD
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

1t went into the contest as the Fusion
party. 1t came out as the Confusion
party.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18
Cold Predictions.

Now that the election is over. and its
results are known. the rash predictions
Of our fusion contemporaries furnish very
amusing reading. Asprophets they PROV
ed to he signal failures, one and all. The
Calais Times claimed Washington county
tol the tuSioniStS by three hundred major
ity, and at least twelve of the sixteen
counties; and said Of the House: The
majority against the Republicans cannot
is excellent that it may reach 40" To
Windup with, it venturcd this remarkable
prediction The final result will he that
Joseph l.. Smith will be the next Cover
nor of ilaine." Not much The Bangor
Commercial shot quite as wide of the
mark in declaring that, The Senate will
pc fusion by large majority and the
lusonists Will have a majority in the Leg
iSlaturc on Joint ballot. PenobScot county
viii have a large Republican MAORI
y, but not 50 large Us last year" The
Portland Leader predicted the election Of
Smith by the people, and the Prog Age
said that there would he majority
against Davis iii Waldo county Of 300.
- much for the Grecnbacl> prophets.
The figures Of the honest money press
Merrmuch nralrrth mark and they have
T : ! / /,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

Hon Bion Bradbury, Of Portland received a
hundred scattering votes in the State which will
probably make HIM the fourth highest guberna-
torial candidate.
1t was very well understood previous to
election that Hon Bion Bradbury, Hon.
Charles W. Roberts, and many other OF
the most prominent Democrats would ut
terly refuse either to approve or support
amy candidate tainted with Greenback-
ism. They saw, as did every man with
any political sagacity, that the Green
back craze would ruin every man who
suffered himself to be contaminated by it.
The Democracy Of New York, who held
their convention Just after Maine voted,
kicked Grcenbackism out, and resolved
that "the Democrats believe now, as they
have always believed, in gold and silver
as the constitutional money OF the coun-
tIy"
What, then, is to be the future Of such
men as Pillsbury, Mcclellan, John NJ.
Adams, Geo. W. Ladd and others If
they attempt to make hard money Dem
ocralc party again, there will be for them
nothing but contempt and derision If
they try to keep alive the Greenback
fraud, they will be defeated into annihila-
ton. They'll be damned if they do, and
damned if they don't
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

The Greenback funeral will be held at
Augusta Oct. Sth.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18
New YORK


Thc Democrats urt I'M Al fuir .Nuv to
Io~r \rW lorh State al thc coming dee
\ tion. Thc Erpuhncan> have nov Il ,lp-
cjdcd majority II The Legislature and
bayr MI ,ucu hraly oda. I'M o,rrrour .s
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'"F' 'i'I' "''" ""'' I" '"''E " wien
rhis WYNN Tbp EpnuhIi,-I,,, y,rrc thr tjI.t
. M Il"IIl'l"'' "lI'' ''i'i' l''h.I''' INK ''"'-
''""'' non. ~ - '"'I''i'' u ~'I''I'iH
I ''lI''"'" N" VI" N'I''- '"''u'''" ''"'
\ III i~ obicotrd tn I'm George William Cur-
! til, editor ot Iarpcr~ Weekly, nom sen
Y utnr COnhIlnL once happily characterized
! ,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

There is very good authority for saying
that the Greenback leaders of this city e.,
had Il meeting on Sunday night preceding
election, at which subsc riptions to an
election fund We're made The items are
said to have ranged from the 800 put
against the name Of the Attorney General.
down to the ''little fellows for Il cent"
Three subscriptions aggregated $4,000.
Is it possible that this party 50 virtuousIy
indignant when it found itself beaten
could have intended bribery
The so-caled Rev. De La Matyr visited
Washington on his return from Maine
and the Star of that city reports that he
is disguised at the result Of our election
1t is also said that he 'despairs Of the re
public and has but little hope of the flu
sion" This is encouraging. When such
gospel sharps as De La Matyr despair
of the republic, all true christian and
patriotic citizens may lift up their voices
and rejoice that the dangers which threat
cncd our institutions are passing away.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

Either Tildrn or Tammany must 20 to
the wall in New York, ana to Democrats
outside of that State it seems TO be a mat
ter of supreme indifference which one it
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

Our friends Of the Bangor Wing, in
crcditing paragraphs to ''the Journal
rather confuse the reader There are
nine papers Of that name in Maine alone.
Giyc lis Il fair chance
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18
SUM NJ A RY.

The travel to Moosehead Lake is fully half
larger this year than last
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

The thirty second annual session Of the
penobscot Musical Association will be
held in Bangor from Sept ODD to Goth,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

keep up your organizations is the
kennebec Journals advice to Republi-
cans.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

Alfred NJ. Shaw late city marshal of
Augusta, is dead.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

The Swcdes have solved the problem
of the Northeast passage. All aboard for
China and Japan, via. the North Pole
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

The Age reports that a man has been
bribing somebody in this city to vote, and
that he is to be indicted We hear of u
number Of cases that Will be presented.
They are not Republicans.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18


The Republicans Of Brewer HAD torch light pre-
cesslon ana general illumination Thursday even
ing.
In O!dtown. salute Of thirteen guns was fired,
and fireworks were displayed.
At Dover and FoXcron there was procession.
speech making by Senator Flint and others sing
ing by MIR. Robbins and Mrs. Dnsmore and tree
supper at Sanfori's hotel, the whole winding up
with a salute OF hundred guns.
At Bucksport the bells were rung. cannonS were
fired the houses We're illuminated and the Davis
club paraded
Bangor held its celebration Saturday evening
A salute of one hundred guns was fired, bonires
bazed fire works were displayed. the city was ex-
tensively illuminated and grand torch light pro
cession took place. Senator Eamlin and &. A.
Boutelle Esq, addressed the people
The Republicans Of Corinth held their celebration
Saturday evening, The DAVIS Club turned out in
full force, leading long procession headed by
the Corinth band. The village was made as light
as day by bonfres, fireworks and Examinations.
Governor, late Corporal, Davis closed an excellent
speech by declaring that the verdict Of Maine is,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

IT is useless to ght such odds in Belfast. prog
Age.
That is fact, and the one truth in all
the lying bushel of chatf which the Age
has
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-09-18

The kennebec Republicans rejoiced and
brilliantly Illuminated last week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27

the city. Preaching and praying cannot
alter that fact.
They arc so many that Ms things are at
present there is no othcr way of providing
them with quarters in which ~ live except
by the building OF enormous tenement
houses in the regions of the city to which
their necessities compel thcm To go.
What can be done, however, until
more radical remedy il provided by
the multiplication and cheapcning OF the
means OF transit to healthier and less
crowded parts Of the island, is the improve
mcnt Of the sanitary condition Of these ten
cmcnts, and their rcarrangcmcnt after
more scientific plan. The Health Board has
done something toward the lettering OF
these dwellings, but they are still dis
grace TO n civilized city-nimsy structures,
built in violation Of the laws OF health, and
offering tho worst sort of accommodations
for their unhappy inhabitants. To any one
who knows about them, IT is not surprising
to learn that 10 per cent OF our deaths occur
In these tcncmCnts or In the hospitals from
diseases contracted in them, and that the
chances are against the life beyond infancy
of child born amid such surroundings.
Rapid transit has been at last provided
for US, but the elevated railroads so far
afford very little relief, and do not help the
vast ajority Of the tenement house popu-
lation. who either cannot pay the fare or
cannot crowd into the comparatively free
trains. One needs only to ride on the ears
to see that only very small part
Of this class Of tho inhabitants Of
the city avail themselves OF the facliticss
furnished by the roads. For many years IN
como the population OF New York below
Thirty-fourth street must be denscly
packed and it is n problem for architects
and practical men 81 solve how they can be
so housed that the moral and physical evils
their surroundings produce shall be reduced
10 the minimum.
1t is we'll however, that the attendants
on fashionable churches, many of whom
pay for pew rent alone more than the
yearly income OF thousands Of industrious
workers I'm the city. should be made aware
that half tho population Of New York are
| forced to live In tcncments which are often
times the breeders Of disease and which in
many cases necdlcssly intensity the mise
rics VI poverty. Right here at home there is
opportunity Tor the practical exercise of all
the Christian bcnevolcncc and philanthropy
| the churches can stimulate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27

In accordance with n previous arrange
ment, several ~ the leading ministers Of the
city preached last Sunday on the moral and
physical Ills our vast tenement house sys-
tenn IN New York SO prollically breeds.
Tho conformation OF Manhattan Island.
its great length in comparison to it's width,
has resulted in the forcing Of about half Of
its million Of population into great dwell
ings, wherein men, women, and children are
packed like bees in hive. These people
must 1.-Two within easy reach of their places
of labor and therefore most Of them have
been driven to seek their residences in
what IS now tho lower part of the city-.a
narrow strip Of territory extending a dis
tance OF about three or four miles from the
Battery 10 tho northwurd The result has
been the building Of tcncmcnts for thclr ac-
COMMUNICATION in 50 great numbers that there
arc parts Of the city, as, for instance. the
Fourth Ward and the Eleventh Ward, whore
there arc moro people to the square acre
than in the most dcnsoly populated parishes
Of London
There is no doubt that the effect Of such
overcrowding on the morals and the health
OF the victims Of it must often be lamenta-
nearly nineteen centuries Of Christianity.
under the sway Of which so many and so
great advances have been made in all the
sciences and in the enlightenment Of men.
tho capital of the New World compcls
half OF its people TO live under conditions
which make existence burden.
Yet what shall they do? They cannot
afford to rent houses. each family one for
itself; even tho rents they pay for their
present accommodations eat up large
proportion OF their earnings, and their daily
labor forbids their moving TO less densely
peopled parts of the city. There are many
thousands OF men and women in New York
who cannot spare from their scant earnings
the price OF their car fare and hence they
must live near enough to their work TO he
able to walk TO and from IL, All these must
perforce dwell in the crowded wards, and
IN sone one Of the 2l,OQJ Tenement houses In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27
CONSOLIDATING the Liberal Party In cuba.

A letter from Havana. dated Feb %. says that
the political party denoninated Liberal has ut last be-
come convinced Of the necessity Of forming compact
party. united upon one fundamental idea which shall Jus
uy scNstcucc. thereby gaining strength and acquiring
importance In opposition to its advcrsarics the Liberal
Conservatives For this purpose. general meeting
dunta mngna held by the Liberals IN this city last
saturday. al hch the temporary board WAS Dissolved
aud central board created 90 definitely and ucrma
uenty Intnase affairs and direct the policy ui the
party The Liberal Conservative orlHus express salts
faction at the consolidation ct their political opponents
hut ensure the secrecy which characterized the meet
ng all persons outside the Liberal party. sud
rcrcntutiNts the press having been excluded They
rarity having the public welfare u view should de
Hibernate openly, and give ~ all persons wishing 10
attend.
Elections for representatives. IN the Cortcs will be held
toward the end oi next month, and promise TO be well
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr; On Mon
day last rHr suS prominence TO the Of
Justice william Easton OF Morusowu y. j. In an arti.
Gle headed "Prsonets and rranrs' Now from the
statements made IN that article. docs Il not
sstnt with the reputation New Jersey hears Tor dealing
ont equal Justice 90 hsh and low that the Prosecutor "
the Pleas ofMors County should have had Justice Eason
arrested aud held To bail IN the OF - for the
trcing tram infurh' rtcrns o sonme nj At the
own request while the Sheriff 90 ti county admits that
heempluyrt fosc same prisoners. with u compensation.
aud while being supNuf'cd lv the PEOPLE, e. labor On
his own private grounds and tho-e ot his brother aw
the Preside ~ oi The Bank The Republic IN NV Norg
aud Tor others the Sheriff charging the county s226 IS
tor extra meals tu which the prisoners ruttcd by
reason ~ such labor In addition 10 the regular allowance
re'na~1nn eot Oily ne iaiar Zoe al ~ 49,. ln;
8nmmlienl--a IN ali-amoun INK To 81 -. Nefilv that
iInseutor :" the Flcas strained guat AMI ~ M.
iO"'u camel JAMS Il EAsroN. 10 Dey street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27
MIR. REILLY's NARROW Escape
Dragged by nm Elevated Railroad Train-An
Imployee's CnreIessness.

Mr.. Robert Is. Reilly, dealer In coffee. Of
ZIG West Fourteenth street. waited on the plat
form OF the Fourteenth street station OF tho
Metropolitan Elevated Railway on Tuesday
morning for down train. There was block
higher up. and two trains passed close together
without stopping. when the thirdtrain reached
the station il stopped. and several men got on
the forward platform Of the second car. Mr.
Reilly stepped upon the rear platform Of th"
first ear. As ho WIS about To enter the car a
man who appeared 10 bee a train man pushed
him back To tho platform Of the sta
ton and slammed tho gate Of the car
He waved his hand To- the engineer and tho
train started. Mr. Reilly was dragged along
the platform. the tail Of his overroat being
caught IN the gate of the car. The station men
and passengers who were waiting for the next
train called 90 the engineer To stop. but he did
not hear. Mr.. Reilly, retaining his presence Of
mind. clnsped the pillar at the end of the plat
form with his arms with the strength Of des-
prrniion. But his coat was now and strong.
and he was dragged between the iron railing
extending out from the pillar and the cars and
his ribs were crushed. Then the lower part OF
his coat gave way and the cars dashed on. Mr.
Reilly retained his hold upon the pillar. or he
must have fallen TO the street. Hc rode To- his
home in coup6. ana Dr. Burke of Lexington
avenue said that he was seriously injured. Mr..
Reilly asks that the persons who saw the occur
renee will send their names and addresses TO
him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27

pay the interest accrulng In one year on the
assessment account. These assessments
arc long overdue. Many OF them have been
and others will be contested for irregularlty
and fraud. The total assessment debt is
about s6,OOo,OOO. The Supreme Court has
already set aside great many assessments,
in whole or in part, which have thus be-
come a permanent charge upon the city
DISTINGUISHED nnancicrs will lind IL difficult
to share in President MuLLINs's confidence
that the interest due on unpaid taxes and
assessments, which, according to his show
ing, amounts to moro than million dol
lars, will, to use his language, "morc than
make up any deficiency there may be in the
collection of the assessment debt"
Jersey City's recent financial troubles
have mainly arisen from the failure to pro-
vide in the tax levy for this large amount Of
interest falling due annually on her assess
mcnt account. Her iinancers seem to have
relied. with President MULLINs's child
like confidence on their ability to make the
assessment account take caro- OF itself by
ofrsettng collections against interest. Tho
result has been that, while they were col
Letting $4,000, the interest was running
up TO 81 ,272, 7O5, and there was n deficiency
ON this account OF $3.50 COG, which had 10 be
provided for by borrowing OF the $2Gj0OO
which President MULLINS claims as a re-
duction OF the debt, but which was really
borrowed from tho tax levy Of the current
year, S22j,00 went to pay temporary loans,
and there still remains over a million due
on the temporary loan account, which was
mainly footed up to meet deficiencies arising
from unpaid taxes and interest accruing on
assessments.
In 1875, when Jersey City had put stop
~ her expensive improvements. her debt
had reached $l3,sl),4s5 1t is now. by the
Comptrollcr's showing, over sl5,5O0, 600.
Jersey City has therefore fallen behind at
the rate OF nearly half million a year since
1873, President MULLINS TO the contrary not
outstanding. In that year THE Sun urged
her people to drop their expensive and cum
bersume system OF government by commits
siOns, and get back To the simple forms and
usages of old Jersey City. The oniccholders
have hitherto succeeded in defeating all
attempts OF those who sought to follow
| good counsel and the people are now suffer
ing the consequences.
The basis ON which Jersey City's iinancicrs
have been doing business may be rcstated,
, in round figures, Us follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27
T.o.e Now I,niinrh nnle.-

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-ST: As n
billiard PLAYER ior forty years predict that the new
rules wlll he a failure when carefully examined they
must strike any one AZ so COMMUNICATING So many
me pMns Tor lnc te"rcr 20 be- constantly drciinr-tint
V'N. VIII hcNlihN provo source ni continual ungliup
NJ hl itlF Wlll refer ouN Ia tho single nct uf Inc
hur angie hu.s mnrsius OH the prohibited slacrs In
~ kNu lhc Nhs vi surely hc un these lines call
W. lnf hiaN d"ciso ns un mo part of the rrf rec
hns toward either player -'
now much lei'er aud SIMPLER would 1t have been 10
raw il' "d fu's lu-i as ttN are. amt order 10 rr-
Nnl ihrsr long runs by uulnt resting nursing REQUIRE
w lMnWl''l hHu, g. Dee spotted atcr every len n',sf
hUuME TING PLAYER AZ the tcnti count tn leave ms enc
,nl Mnvlr ne hNes Tor the next shot This would mako
Nt -hhc nltn htd interesting. and the best orsnnilr
nN'tr would lt the winner i it Ton late 10 rdcuns
H matter IN o interests Of tins beautiful and srrninc