The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-12-25
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From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10, 1879.
Congress adjourns, and the feeling is
universal that the Republicans have
taken no scalps thus far, either in or
out of the Capital. The Senate depart
ed from its monotony of silence by
opening up prolonged discussion
upon the negro exodus question, under
Mr.. Voorhees, Investigation resolution,
and the unanswerable logic of the
Democrats certainly brought confusion
to the Republicans, whose wholesale
charges of violence and fraud were
proved to be without the slightest
foundation in fact. Mr.. Hoar, of
Massachusetts,, got badly worsted in
the showing that his own State fur
nished as sound pretext for an exodus
as North Carolina, while his weak de-
fense of the importation to Indiana,
rather than to New England, was so
effectually demolished as to render
him an object of ridicule.
1t is so clearly apparent that the
Democrats in Name have followed the
strict letter of the law in throwing out
Republican returns, that even Mr..
Frye can do nothing but grumble and
threaten. like a whipped school-boy,
over the checkmating received by his
party in his State. Much as the Re-
publicans are chagrined over these
matters, they are more severely wound
ed in regard to the census supervisors,
for, instead of having the whole loaf
to themselves, they appreciate that
half is all they can secure, and that
their nice little game of controlling
future legislation through the advan-
tages given by corrupt enumeration
and enumerators. is effectually blocked.
Hence, their departure to their con-
stituencies:,.s sad and sorrowful as q
band of Western Indians returning
from a raid without scalps.
It is settled that Gen. Grant will
come here in January, and will be the
guest of Gen. Beale, who now has
charge of the Arabian stations given
to the ex-President by the Sultan of
Turkey. If Beale had the bull pups
and other animals-Babcock, Melon
aid etc.-which figured under the
Grant dynasty, he could display quite
a menagerie. But we will be content
with what he and His friends VIII ex-
hibit to us next month, for we are to
have the Grant boom ad nauseum.
| Making Don Cameron chairman of the
National Republican COMMITTEES is re.
garded as straw in the Grant inter.
est, and yet the very men who elected
Cameron say that'only q miracle will
enable them to secure the election o.
the Republican presidential NOMINEES
in 1880. 10. .-.JA =: neg nj $40
The Daily Republican, the official
organ here of the Republicans, recent
ly had table in its columns showing
that, with a solid South, the Demo
Gratis will be successful next Noyem
ber and have sixteen votes to spare, Z
demands the nomination of Grant or
the ground that he is the only Moses
to lead the party out of the wilderness
But the Democrats here are. growing
more confident daily that if Grant at
tempts to play the role Of Moses, a.
lprayed for by the official organ, tht
year 1880 will be only one of the forty
his party will be on its fruitless peri
grinations before reaching the prom
ised land of the White House. Not :
Democratic Congressman entertains
the slightest doubt as to the ability o
the Democrats to carry every South
ern State next fall, and this confidenc,
is largely shared by those who woult
overrun Indiana with negroes.
Recently a stranger came here. ant
shortly afterwards committed suicide
with laudanum. The coroner's inques
showed his name to be Homer J. Eos
ter, of Ohio. No friends coming t.
claim his remains they were inferred
in Potter's Field with the unknown
and uncared for.
There is no city in the United States
where one can find collected togethe
so many scientific and literary men a
in Washington. AS consequence o
this there are a number of scientific
and literary societies at the Nationa
Capital, whose intellectual feasts ar
not always prosy and speculative, bu
often instructive and entertaining
For Instance, this week the "Anthro
biological Society" met and listened tt
an interesting paper on the turtle
back cells" with which the Utes di,
herbs and roots for medicine, and I
discussion on cannibalism, in which
the opinion was general that cannibal
ism never did exist among the Nortl
American Indians, and that sucf
ideas were repugnant to them. A
twelve of these bloody savages are t.
visit Washington soon, the vindicatiol
of their forefathers by these solemn
scientists will doubtless be highly
gratifying to these anti-cannibals, ant
give such assurance to the "timit
creachas" at the Capital that they viii
not be chawed up like a a'sirloin steal
in the jaws of an alligator, that they
will get up ".boom" for their recep
ton. AS Ouray, the chief Of the Ute
receives ST. 1000 per annum from th'
United States under a treaty, his eft
forts to submit the guilty to trial
rather than trust to the hazards of wa
and the loss of his stipend, shows tina
the poor Indian" is actuated by th'
same motives that are so potent Will
the bad white man.
The completion, by Mr.. Andrews, o
his copy of Sully's portrait of Andrew
Jackson, in the Corcoran's Gallery
and its delivery at the White House
completes, with two exceptions, tn
portrait gallery of the Presidents al
the Executive Mansion. Those o
Buchanan and Andrew Johnson ar