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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
THOSE LOUISIANA CERTIFICATES.

The baldest lie often repeated will lind
at last some believers. Evidently it is ON
this principle that the daily Democratic
slush-gatherer of this city, as well as some
other more decent Democratic journals,
persistently slate that President HAYES
owes his seat TO the sO-called forged GER
tilicates of the electoral vote of Louisiana.
1t has been shown twenty times and oftener
that this assertion is untrue. The official
proceedings Of the electoral count disproyc
it. The evidence taken by the Potter
Committee itself establishes the contrary TO
be the fact, Yet with characteristic men,
dacity the POst-erior in half dozen puerile
paragraphs repeated the charge yesterday
The certificates in question were not
counted or considered by the Electoral
Commission. They were opened and read ;
but so also was u burlesque certificate, cast
ing the vote of the same State for JOIN
"SMTH.n Then, on motion of Senator
MORToN certificate No, |, being the certl-
cate TO which every signature was admit
tedly genuine, was counted and declared TO
be the expressed will Of the Electoral Col
lege of the State of Louisiana. There was
no fatal defect in the original certificate.
The omission which attracted Senator
FEREY's hypercritical eye in the
copy that was hanIed TO him by
the messenger and which he sent
back to be corrected, was trivial and
unimportant. In point of fact similar
omission existed in the votes cast by one or
two other States and passed unchallengcd.
The attempt to supply second set of GER
tifoates from the State of Louisiana was
therefore a work of supererogation. II was
certainly gross bIunder though not strictly
speaking, crime.
The word forged as applied to the sec
ond set of certificates, is q peryeIsion OF
terms. Forgery is "tho crime Of liaudu-
" lently making or altering writing to the
" prejudice of another's right The altering
or making Of signatures, charged to have
been committed in this case, prejudiced no
ones rights. The papers were in all essen
tlal particulars duplicates of certificates
previously executed and signed in due form
by all the parties concerned. LEyBEE and
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

A TAcHYDRoNuAN correspondent, whose
long-hand tachigraphy reveals at the foot Of
his note the name of tho encyclopedia WARD
II. LAMoN, innicts rebulo upon us for our
lack Of technical historical knowledge In tho
following Characteristic style:
sec that you edorially attribute the ophilan-
thropical maxim, "Ii IS always the dos. rascal In
tho crowd who turns states evidence" TO RUFUS
ChoTE. Now this was impo.ugly said before lU-
w., was out Of his sWaddliug clothes. AAHON Burr,
at Que time, was very regular attendant at church
iu Brooklyn, but usually came late to church. aud,
his prominence being no that time somewhat under
lhe political ban, usually caused disturbance IN
the services by his late entrance Tho minister in
charge was veNed, and had threatened that If Mr..
BURR did not enter church at o moro orthodox
hour he would publicly point him out and rcprl'
mand him.
After this Colonel BURR came In late again. The
minister turned TO him and stated And YOU, sir, |
Will appear against before the Throne Of COP
BURR struck an attitude that suited him, and
then said, Well sir II will then be in Heaven rs II
always has been on Carth--'Thc d--dest rascal
among us will be the first to turn Stalos owl
deuCe.'
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

TIE booming of theSHERNGAN movement
has awakened n few echoes of the past in
Ohio. The editor of the Bucyrus JowWGi,
for example, advocates the nomination OF
Mr. SHERMAN by the Republicans in 1ssO,
and argues that he is all the more entitled
to that distinction because he has faithfully
executed the Resumption act, with the
terms or provisions of which he was not
satisfied when il was first introduced. To
sustain this latter assertion the editor prints
the following extract from personal letter
written to him by Them Senator SHERMAN,
from Mansfield, July u, 1875:
DEAR SIR: Upon my return home from the
East i find your note of the 10th, with inclO-
sures You are quite right In saying that the
financial bill of last session was not what /
wanted and reported it with many lnisgiv-
ing7, but 1t is doing better than l expected.
Both BRIsTow aud Knox tell me it is having
an excellent effect in steadying business; that
all large foreign transactions are now based upon
resumption in three years aud that the powers
conferred upon the Secretary are ample to pre-
pare for and TO maintain resumption in 1879.
In view of the position of the Ohio Democrats,
| am glad to have SO much secured. t.
Very truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN.
JOHN HoPLEY, ESQ.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
THE PAYMENT or SOUTHERN CLAIMS.


THE PAYMENT or SOUTHERN CLAIMS.
The Post-erior of the 18th has an article
head-lined "Flagrant Injustice" which line
truthlully (for once) describes the article
which follows it. The suhiect-mattcr of the
Pos,-erior's article is the report from the
Senate committee recommending "the in
definite postponement" of the House bill
providing " for the judicial ascertainment of
all claims against the United States" This
was bill introduced by Mr. POTTER and
passed by the House, providing that all per-
sons having claims of any character against
the United States should have the right to
commence suit in the Court of Claims The
Senate committee to which this bill was re-
fened recommended its indefinite postpone
ment. This action causes the bile Of the
Post-erior to rise in its throat, and it dis.
gorges, like an over-tilled buzzard, the filthy
and sinking contents of its journalistic
stomach upon Senator CUNKLING aud other
Republican Senators. II is charitable to
suppose that the Posi-erior is ignorant of the
fact that in the committee it was SEN
dlOl L hNlAN NlO DlONtu llllS luutunllt
postponement. But a careful reading of the
Post-eriors article proves that il is not enti-
tied to that charitable construction. I'm
Willingly, for it is witlcss concern,
the Post-orior betrays its knowledge of
how this bill was defeated and
at the same time ad 'ances the strongest pos
sible argument in favor of the liberality of
the Republicans Of the country TO the South,
and why the people Of the South should
vote the Republican ticket and do all in
their power to retain the Republican party
in power. The PoSt-erior says:
| We repeat, this action has been taken in
face of tho record that Republican Congresses
allowed Sl00000,000 of Southern war. claims
and that less than S5OO0,0OO of such claims
have been allowed since the Democracy came
into power in the House.
! If this be So why should not the people
of the South keep the men in power who
paid them 100000 600 in eight years, rather
than those who paid them $4,000, 900 in foui
years? Here is conundrum for the people
of the South-"our people'-not "the car
pet-baggcrs and niggers," for they have
no claims-tO answer. The Democrats o
the South, in power in the House, have pait
at the rate of Sl,25O,OOO of Southern claim
per annum, and Democratic Senate
moves "to indefinitely postpone" q bill
which allowed all claimants to 90 int
court. The Republicans paid Sl2,500,00C
per amman, and passed law which enabled
a great many claimants to go into court
These are the figures from Democratic au
thority. "Under which King, Ben2onian {?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

TO The EdlOr Of he National RepgJiican;
SIR In your Saturdays issue Is brief para.
graph to the effect that an cX-profssor of ancient
languages IN the University of Virginia is now ped
ding apples in Galveston, Texas. This is incor.
rect. The first incumbent of the chair in question
was George Long, now and for many years unless
recently deCeascd) professor In the London Uni.
versty. The second was Gessner Harrison, who
died In 1862. Before the death of Harrison the
chair had been divided. lie was succeeded by
Lewis NJ. Coleman in Latin and Basil l.. Glider.
sleeve In Greek. Coleman was killed IN the Con.
fcderatc service and succeeded by William Il.
Peters lhe present professor, while Gildcrsleeye
yersity, and his place taken by Thomas r. Price,
who now fills It. am satisfied that no cX.proles.
sor Of the Virginia University has been reduced as
the paragraph states. a MASTER OF ARTS.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jan. IS, 1879.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE question of the Illinois Senatorship
is warming with the occasion, and the latest
advices from Springfield indicate that it is
rapidly verging to point where it will be-
come ''red hot" The latest news from there
is in effect that WILLIAM HENRY SMITH,
the great embodiment of civil-serviCe re-
form, has entered the arena in behalf of
FARwELI, with the Federal patronage in
the State as legal tender for any service
rendered in that direction. This we do not
credit, for the reason that SMITH would
scarcely presume to violate the Civil-seryice
rules without the consent of the President,
and he is too consistent relormcr to grant
such consent However, if it should turn
out that WILLIAM Henry SMITH is at worl;
under the auspices of the Administration
to defeat LOGAN, the probabilities are that
it will advance his prospects. 1t occurs TO
us that no head that is perfectly level would
espouse FARwELLs interests in this con-
test,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE Democratic assertion that President
HAYES title rests upon the so-called forged
certificate from Louisiana is bald-laced
lie, made ont of whole cloth. Those certiii-
Gates were not considered by the Electoral
Commission, nor by either House of Con-
gress, in determining the vote of that State.
This fact is well known to every intelligent
citizen in the country, and stands proven
beyond doubt by the testimony taken be-
fore the POTTER Committee. But the Demo-
cratic organs, here and elsewhere, do not
hesitate to put this false assertion forward
rs the truth.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

III appears that d. p. BLANCHARD, de-
ceased, was the author of the Louisiana GER
tiiicate marked rs "No. Three" in the pro-
ceedings of the Electoral Commission. 1t
will be remembered as the cause of some
merrment during the progress of the elect
oral count, because it recited the election of
the well-known JOIN SMITH, and WAS signed
JOHN BULL DoZEB, &c Here was forgery
in earnest for BLANCHARD, being q Repub-
lican, could not have properly signed the
name of such an eminent Democrat rs the
Hon. J. BULL DoZER. Let Mr. POTTER look
into it, and, although poor BLANCHARD is
dead and gone to his last account, let the
committee pursue this line of investigation
to its uttermost limit The result of such q
pursuit would be rs reasonably remuner-
ative to the public interest rs any branch of
the investigation he has yet followed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16


This shows an increase in the total grain
receipts at the four ports Of 50 per cent over
those of 1877. New Yorks increase was
little over SO per cent, Baltimore's about 80
per cent, Philadelpha's about 1915 per
cent, and Bostons about 3i65 per cent.
Baltimore ranks second TO New York in
drawing upon the great grauary Of the
West, and the present figures show a slight
falling Off in its due proportion of this great
trade. This falling Off however, is attributa-
Bile TO the decrease in the receipts of corn.
Baltimore is still reaching for this, which il
hopes TO reach through the fact that geo
graphically it is somewhat nearer Chicago
than the city of New York, and the possi-
blity that the railroads connecting the two
points may cut down heights. Bat for the
cheap water transportation between Chicago
and New York city Baltimore would make
more rapid strides in the road to supremacy
than she is now doing With the Lakes
and Erie Canal at its back, New York will
no doubt continue supreme.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
Stenger's Reputation at Home.


Representative Stengcr, of the eighteenth Con.
gressional district, Is gentleman of considerable
ability, and has always been esteemed OF umdoubtcd
integrity. Yet the affidavit of st. Martin before the
Potter committee clearly states that Stengcr, when
chairman of subcommittee taking testimony at
New orleans, ordered him not 10 serve subpOnas
on any witnesses who would testify to the injury Of
tie Democratic party but to report them mot
found Mr., Stenger bids fair TO shine as brilliant
ly rs certain other Democrats who were engaged
in taking testimony relative to this disgrnCefu
the ohes that he ean expIain lie viii prSbHbIv H
explain by giving the lie direct. But lie must do
better than this, or he will be set down In the same
category with 1Iden, Marble, and Weed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

RENINIsCENCEs of public men who have
lately passed to their last account are fire.
quent, some of which show the progress Of
the nation by strange revelations of the
customs of the past. For example, it is re-
lated that when the late CALEB GUSHING
was Attorney-General in President PmRcE's
Cabinet he gave n colored man passport
to France, at the risk Of a loss Of his posi-
ton aud the displeasuro of his party. The
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE chances for the defeat Of Mr. BEALG
in the first Virginia district are rapidly in
creasing, if we are to judge by the number
of Republican candidates in the field.
There are two already, and more coming
1t looks as if the Republicans think that
success can be had by the wanting Of IT,
Perhaps that is wise politics in Nirginia,
but anywhere else il would be ranked as
folly. The same men who contributed to
BEALE'5 election before will probably be
consistent with themselves, if not with
principle.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

GLOVER is passing into obscurty. Less
than two months will elapse before he will
be stripped of all power to "catch" Demo-
Gratis while hunting for Republicans. He
went into the investigating business intend
ing to handle the Republican rascals with
out gloves, and came out of it--well, he
came out Of it a GLOVER, the same as he
went in, except that the curses of his party
follow him wherever he goes.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
BALTIMORE GRAIN TRADE.

The AmGicaR presents some very inter
osting statistics relating to the grain trade
Of Baltimore, which should remind other
competing cities for the grain traffic that it
is making rapid advances toward supre-
macy. Dir. L. II. WALKER, statistioian of
the New York Produce Exchange, furnishes
the following comparative table of receipts
of grain for the years 1s1T and 1873 at tn
four great Atlantic cities:
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
INroRMATION WANTED.

10 The Editor of tie National ReDuJGcdn;
SIR; Replies to the following queries in
convenient issue of your admirable paper
will much Obligo Il constant reader; Can |, who
declared my intentions TO become citizen of
the United States Of America in the Court of
Common Pleas for the city and county of New
York on the 28th Of December 1876, now get q
certificate of naturalization in this city, If
SO, at what court or Officer Yours respectfully,
QUERIST.
Our correspondent can obtain his certiG-
cate of naturalization on his preliminary
papers either of the clerk Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, or of the su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia.
lie "pays his money and takes his choice"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

CERTIFICATE No. One" which was reg
ularly and legally signed by all the Presi-
dental Electors in Louisiana in 1876, and
was not any more informal or irregular than
those of several other States which were
passed and counted without opposition, was
the one upon which the vote of that State
was determined Certificate No. 9" the
so-called forged certificate" was not used
in and had no connection whatever with
that determination.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

TT is ntimated that the President thinks
of appointing General LoNGsTREET to the
place Of United States Marshal of Georgia,
now occupied by Mr.. FITzsrNIlIoNs, who
has not discharged his duties in the most
perfectly satisfactory manner The ap-
pointment of General LoNGsTREET to this
position would undoubtedly call forth the
most agonizing rebel yell" yet heard
but the country can stand LoNGsTREET as
marshal if it can endure HILL and GORDON
In the Senate of the United States.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

JoFFRIoN, whose names are alleged to have
absence from the city, had signed the first
certificates and would chcorfully have
signed or authorized their signatures to the
second set had they been asked to do So 1t
was an act Of grave improperly, no doubt,
to ailiX their names to these suporluous
papers without their knowledge But 1t
was not q forgery, and neither the POTTER
Committee nor its organ, the Posi-erior, with
a forty million JIM ANDERSON lying
power can make IL So Granting,
even for the sake of argument, that
it was, surely this is very small game
for that committee to be hunting which
started out TO impeach the President and
land one of his Cabinet Ministers in the
penitentiary. All that they can possibly
hope to establish is that certain very ire
sponsible persons in Louisiana signed unau-
thorized names to perfectly unnecessary GER
tifcates, which were never counted, and
drama of 1871. Meanwhile the cipher dis
patches, which involve the name and per-
sonnl honor of the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency, his nephew, and his most
intimate friends and associates, are yawn-
ing for investigation, aud the active MEM
Der of the POTTER Committee announces
that he shall oppose any expenditure of the
dear peoples money for any such frivolous
purpose,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE Nationals propose to keep their
party organization alive, if possible, until
after the election of 1ssO. 1t is possible /;
there are enough discontented Democrats
in the country who haven't the moral cour-
age to come clear over TO the Republicans
10 do il
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE Arkansas electoral certificate of 1876,
which was counted for TILDES, was inyali-
dated by technical forgery, the names of
the seven electors OF that State having been
signed by one and the same person upon
the envelope, where the law required their
signatures to be placed, before sending it to
the YiceP President.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

" BUsHwHACKER MosBY" is what the
Baltimore Gazette now calls Colonel NosBY
since he has left the Democratic party. 1t
was the gallant and intrepid MosBy'
when he was menacing the National Capital
with his guerillas during the rebellion.
The only difference is, he surrendered and
accepted the situation while his assailants
haYe not.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

The New York Tribune intimates that the
appointment of Mr.. PRINCE as Chief-Jus-
tice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico
may hasten the day of its admission into
the Union as n State, and the consequent
election Of United States Senator'S as lie is
human.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

Mr.. l.. Q. WAsHINGToN is, VIC are glad to
learn, a prominent candidate for Sergeant-at-
Arms of the next Senate.-RichmoHd state.
WASHINGTON may be prominent Os
candidate, but never as Sergeant-at-Arms Of
the Senate of the United States. Such
prominence is not in store for that kind of
mortality. Too crooked.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

only trouble with this amiable story is that
the Secretary OF State and not the Attorney
ney-Geneml, is now and was at that time
the only official who could or can issue a
passport
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE so-caled forged electoral certif-
Gates from Louisiana in 1916 were not used
by the Electoral Commission in deteruin-
ing the vote of that State for President.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

TILDEN trembles in his boots-or would
If he did not know that the cipher investi-
CATION by the POTTER Committee will turn
out to be a farce a cipher itself, in fact.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

IT is to be hoped that CHARLES FRIGID
ADAMS has not thrown his branding-iron
away. There will be use for it very soon
that is, if the POTTER Committee does its
dniY.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE Erie pa Dispatch has three libel
suits on hand, and Erie is not a very large
town either. Its editors are so puffed up by
this distinction that they scarcely speak to
their neighbors now.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

IL Louisiana it is charged that the Re
publicans forged" the signatures of two
electors. In Arkansas it is proven that the
Democrats forged the signatures of seven
electors.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

INDIANA, the tail-piece Of the Solid South
and the soft money cancer in the Demo-
cratic party, has lost its prestige in that
organization. HESDRIcKs, or any other
Presidential aspirant who resides therein,
will do we'll to make a note of this fact
and "carpet-bag it" into some other To-
Cality
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
I.he Nerve TO say Mlm Say.

liHSDulS Jlsl'hlcll'I
Montgomery Blair still insists that Tilden mus
be the next Democratic candidate for President
aud not single Democrat has the nerve 10 sa!
him nav.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

THE Democratic "yictory" in Maine is an
affair for which that party can claim very
little credit. The very atmosphere when
the present Democratic administration was
in0ugurated was filed with trading, stulti-
fcation, and insincerty. The Bangor Wing
says such q condition of affairs was never
before known in the history of the State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

springfield qn) Republic.l
The whisky sold at Washington must be even
worse than that sold elsewhere. II the Murphy
movement isn't pushed in that city there will soon
be a Republican majority In the House
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

CALL Senator FERRY to the stand again
Mr. POTTER, and give us the facts regard
ing the Arkansas lorgeries!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
WANTED

NNTANTED--AT THIS OFFICE, COPIES OFTHE
w NATipSAL HErJRLICNS Of August 3, ISIS, and
July ~ lS,s, for which liberal ptice Will 1e paid.
iant3U
w uAtiOn as Cook, ChamOprmaid, or Nurse, In a
nrst-clsss family. Address 1880 F0centh street
northwest lauliM
VWANTED--A POSITION as WRITER OR
w Cupyist. Gun give the hest recommendations.
Address 4. II. s., "a Frederick street, Georgetown
ID G. iali-3tt
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

WARNER's Real Estate Repiew for January
contains many letters from real estate men in
all parts of the country, showing especially in
tho West a growing confidence in returning
business prosperity,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16
PER0ONAL.

A GREAT BARGAIN.-A TwO.sroRY. BASE.
"A meut, and mausard Dwelling, ON T. street, be.
tween Ninth and Tenth northwest all modern I'm.
proyements, coal vault, &C.: good order, and viii
be sold nt one half It's cost II sold at once.
Apply 10 JOHN SHERMAN & CO..
Real Estate Brokers.
dcCif.inH Isl. Cloud Binding.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-16

Now let Mr. POTTER look into the
Arkansas electoral certificate lorgerics