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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
Garfield and Hancock Contrasted.

From Senator Hoar'S Speech IN bostoh.
7 do not wish to deal harshly or Sc
yerelv with Gen. Hancock. He is
man educated in military school his
studies have been those which have
taught him to execute or to give the
military orders which are essential to
the conduct of great campaign or
battle. Secluded for four years at
West Point, afforded the companion
ship of no youth except those of his
own class, sent out into the world as
one of the favored caste, to hold an
office which he is to hold for ife-the
West Point soldier, however brave or
however accomplished, learns little,
usually, of the opinion or the temper
or the duty of the American citizen
(applause). as some recent exhibitions
of the spirit and temper OF that institu-
ton have unfortunately taught us too
well. Gen. Hancock was brave sol
der. (Applause.) But L would rather
trust the brave soldier who had learned
his knowledge of the rights of men, of
the genius of the American people, of
the feelings of the poor and lowly in
the carpenter shop and on the tow-path.
(Applause.) Such men as Hancock are
the natural product of the military
schools of Europe, of monarchlcal coun-
tries. They are the men who made
the great marshals of France before
her Revolution, and who headed the
monarcnies of Prussia and Spain and
of Fance in keeping the people in sub
lection. Such men as Garfield are the
product only of republic. (Applause.)
It is that such men may exist, and
grow, and may go from the bottom to
the top, that Republican institutions
exist (Applause) Talk of the failure
of universal suffrage If any man has
such a doctrine to preach IN Boston,
ask him under what other form of SUI
frage the rail-sphtter, Abraham Lincoln,
and the canal-boy, James A. Garfield,
can be borne on the hearts of the people
from their humble cottage home to the
presidential chair. (Applause.) Oh,
fellow citizens, it is impossible that the
touching and simple story of this wild
ow's son, living only for his mother and
for his own improvement, as he grew
from obscurity, from poverty, from dis
tress, from want, filling successfully
every office and every honor of the
Republic, can fail to impress the hearts
of the American people when placed by
the side of the young man educated IN
the military school voting the Democrat
ic ticket and offering his services to An
drew Johnson. (Applause) The claim
of James A. Garfield to your love and
confidence, let me say to the poorest
man, American, Irishman, German,
black or white, whoever walks the
streets of the city, is the claim OF the
hope of your own children under like
circumstances. (Applause.) Let us
elect this man to the presidency if for
no other reason than for this-that we
may show the sceptic and the doubter
that universal suffrage in this country
is not failure. (Applause)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

John Woodruff, of Connecticut, said
in the House: I" [ shall not hesitate
here, in my place, or elsewhere, to
freely characterize as they deserve any
lofty assumption of arrogance or any
mean achievement of cowardice." He
declined to receive challenge from
Brooks.
As after events showed, men such as
these were fighting the battles of the
Union people against those who even
then contemplated rebellion and revo-
luton. But while they were doing this,
men like JEFF. Davis, Mason, and
Toombs were expressing sympathy for
Brooks or approval of his conduct.
There was square issue made on the
question, and the lines were drawn be-
tween the lovers of order and decency
on one side, and the hotheads of the
South and their apologists in the North
on the other. There were in the House
at that time 90 Republicans, "A Ameri-
cans, and 131 Democrats. Two reports
were made by the committee appointed
to consider the assault on Sumner
The majority report recommended the
expulsion of Brooks, and expressed
disapprobation of the acts of Keith and
Edmonson, who seconded Brooks in his
attack. One hundred and 5wenty-one
members voted to expel, and 95 against.
OF those voting against the report, SO
were from the South and IL from the
North. Among the former were many
of those who, four years later, became
leaders of the rebellion. AnlOag the
taOeLUe Northern Democrats U0ti1ag
against the motion to erpel, aOas WI
liam II. English, of Indiana, aO1to
UOted aOith the Southern Democrats to
prevent the consideration of the resOlet-
ton constituting the committee.
Senator Summers speech was made
in reply to Senator Butler, Of South
Carolina. Again there is a Senator
Butler from that State, of the same
school of politics as the man who was
the enemy of Sumner twenty-four
years ago. The same element that tried
to rule in Congress in 1856 did rule the
Democratic convention in 1880, and it
was natural it should turn for a candi-
date for vice president to a man who
stood by Bully Brooks In 1856.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
The Amount of Currency.
The Evening Wisconsin.

There is nothing so wise as the studv
of statistical tables to Illustrate given
subject. An immense amount of blath-
erskite has been set afoat by Democratic
and Greenback orators as to the alleged
contraction of the natl lal currency
under Republican management for the
past fifteen years. In order to incite the
people against the Republican policy
thousands of Speeches have been deliv-
cred, and newspaper editorials without
count have been published, against the
so-called oppressive and contracting
policy of the Republican party. But, in
the lapse of time, the real facts have
come out, and the following table con-
clusively shows that, under the wise
policy OF the Republican party which
effected resumption, there has heen an
expansion rather than a contraction of
the currency.
The value of money is to be Judged
only by its purchasable power. Ii it
costs one hundred dollars for breakfast
in Buenos Ayres in the currency of that
country, when anAmerican dollar would
buy an equally good breakfast there, we
insist that it is not fair to reckon the
real value of the currency at one hun
dred dollars, for it is really only one
dollar afoat. There is no other lust
way to determine it's value than the pur-
chasable amount which the currency
will ensure to the holder Therefore
the following figures can be preserved
as a textbook during the presidential
campaign
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

of this Congress. Upon these political
questions it is now more than ever like
ly the presidential canvass will be con-
Quoted. Evidently, in such controver-
sy, the party that has taken for its lead
er a statesman who has shown himself
to be one of its very ablest leaders, will
enter the contest with an important adj
vantage over the party that has passed
by all its statesmen and taken for It's
standard bearer soldier with no exper-
fence or known faculty of political lead
ership.
Therefore it is that the nomination OF
General Hancock is a mistake, II not
bIunder. He is not the man for leader
of political party in this, or any other,
political emergency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

"a SOUTHERN Republican "-probab-
ly ex-senator Warner sends to the
New York Tribune an account of the
political condition of Alabama. He
says that the Democrats of Alabama,
since getting control of the State,
have changed the election laws SO that
they may perpetrate frauds with i'm
punity and they overcome maiorities
of 10000 to $4,000 as easily as they can
count in one of their own number when
fairly elected. The Fourth Congress
ionaI District is an instance. It has
$4,000 Republican majority, yet Charles
NJ Shelley, a Democrat, represents it
in Congress. The Democrats also carry
or count in their men in the County of
Dallas, with Republican majority of
5000 In the few counties which the
Republicans succeeded in carrying in
1874 and 1876, the Democrats have
legislated them out of Office, and have
deprived them of the political or minis
terial duties whereby they were able to
insure fair vote. Instances of the
Democratic method are afforded by the
correspondent as follows: In 1878
the Democratic Legislature reduced the
salary of the Republican Commissioner
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
Gold

The above embraces only the paper currency
and subsidiary change money. To the total
must be added the present mass of legal
tender coined gold and silver in the United
States, amounting to fully $50 millions of
dollars.
1t will be perceived that the amount
of currency afoat in 1880 is greater
than ever before in the history of the
country, and far exceeds that OF the
GEAR 1865, which was the halcyon year
in the estimation of the soft money
voters in the Democratic and Green
back parties.
Republican statesmen insisted that
the resumption of coin payments on the
part of the Government would increase
the actual amount of currency afoat.
Yet the insanity of the Democratic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
The Boston Advertiser

If the friends of General Hancock
insist upon making their campaign
under that hated and once discarded
emblem, the bloody shirt, r republicans
Will have to accept the challenge, how
ever willing they may be to make the
fight on other issues. It is early vet.
but already there are signs That the
Southern Democracy propose to resort
to their former barbaric methods of
securing the triumph of the minority.
We republished the other day signifi-
can't warning by the Democratic paper
IN Greenville, S. c., to leading Repub-
icans of that neighborhood, that their
activity In the coming campaign would
not be tolerated. The same spirit an
pears in other p arts of the State. The
republicans of Barnwell county. in
which is Ellenton, the scene of BLOODY
massacre in 1876, lately called meet
ing for July 81 (to-day) at Blackville,
to ratify the nomination of Garfield
and Arthur. Judge E. W. M. Mackey
and W. n. Taft were advertised as
speakers. The organs of d emocracy in
! that section determined that it would
not do to permit such meeting to be
held, except under the auspices of the
rifle clubs, who SO efficiently suppressed
free speech in the State four years ago
The Barnwell Sentinel discoursed in
! this style
cit is the duty of the Democratic party tc
have representatives at this meeting ON ali
parts of the county. So let all clubs send
fair representatives arrorg them. Let them
be men who will nail lies to the wall as f ash
as they are told. Democratic candidates
should attend TO a man."
! Another journal of the county, called
The People, held this language with
reference to the proposed meeting:-
eve learn that E. W. NJ. Mackey and w. N.
Taft the bravest and most brazen Radicals
IN the State. together with numerous lesser
party lights, will be in Blackville on Tuesday.
There Is one lesson which the Republicans OF
| this State have not learned. The sooner they
know and become reconc led to the inevitable,
the better it will be for them. It is this: The
Demo ats have obtained control Of the State
CT South Carolina, and they intend to retain il
at every hazard, and in spite of the utmost
efforts OF local enemies and their Northern
allies. We are requested by the highest COM
petent Demcc ATTIC authority TO invite all Dem
cccatic candidates to attend the Republican
This language has but one meaning
in South Carolina, that the
Repu bl1can meeting must be broken up.
These extracts q1oted illumine the
meaning of the plank of the Democrat
ic platform which declares that :" the
right to free ballot is the right
preservative of all rights, and must
and shall be maintained in every part
of the United States" They also
illustrate the meaning of the speech
! of Wade Hampton at the Cincin-
natl convention, pledging South Caro-
lima to give as large majority for Han
cock as any State in the Union. Gen
eral Hampton knows that, with fair
campaign and honest election, South
Carolina is a republican State. South
Carolina would give Hancock no major
ity at all in free election. 1t can be
carried for him only by violence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

the United States during the last fiscal
year reduced her debt without an effort
nearly SS0,000,000. The economic vi
tality of France is wonderful, however.
even keeping the United States in
mind. Her immense standing army
would absorb all our surplus revenue
and much besides.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

The republics are the champion debt
payers among nations. While Russia,
Germany, England, Austria and Spain
are increasing their burdens France, in
spite of her defeat in the Franco Ger
man war and the immense indemnity
levied upon her, can this year out of
her surplus revenue redeem over $780,
100000 worth of treasury bonds. This
is considered big thing in Europe, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

THERE are now 1876, 681, 532 of gold
afoat, $140,009,537 of silver, and S7O4,-
461 ,407 of national bank notes and
greenbacks, total of s., 22O, 152, 476,
an increase of $141, O69, 1913 over that of
last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
SUMMARY OF THE BALLOTING.
Complete Statement of the Two DAYS
Voting for President

The table printed below affords q
complete view of the balloting at Chi
cage, which ended in the nomination
of General Garfield for President. We
give it as an interesting table for fu-
ture reference.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
Shot Gun Policy.

a Harrison. bD4vis. Hayes. dMcCrary.
e Hartrsnft. f Sheridan. Conkling.
, 1880-12-03

.oSDoN, Dec. IA Dublin correspondent
0t Il Tory tnper shYs: Evidence uf tho wllU md
rapid sprCll Of Land-IrAxtlD terrorism Il! dis
trirt hitherto prAcGAbfc Ia incrcAslttR ttntly.
fiancat tonHnt~farr1lcrs whco uhtler tho tyrhn..
nfcal pressure put upon thoH l,y THO LGaEr and
eArneatly desire to he. RELIEF cd tltcrcfron.
Owncra and RRotts complain tint tho stMta Of
1lffAtra IL wt1rSG thn 1t WAS month tKO. ThDr0
IL now utmost Il universal suspension nf tho ply-
mont OF runt, uril]th hs valuation only bulng
Glfered on every ostnto III tho districts under
tho fntlNtHd Of tho League.
We SUSPECT that tho !. tcnant. farmer" whose
ronts tho 1,anl Lcn3uo havp forced down 10 tho
Government t0sli1ltt's} valuation stand tho oI,-
psessipn without "wtnunK" worry badly. a
tenant who has hccu rack rented to tho tnuo OF
$40 per nero, when tho Government estimate of
tho land fntlkes tho rcntAl only 50 per uorU,
wont " Wlrco" much when the Lnud LelEuo
requests bin, to tontlur only tho Government
valuation, or &5 pcr nero. Tho I.aud ~Luague Ii a
union Of half million Of tanant- flrnlers who
hHyo resolved to put stop to rack-rontf1g. md
refuse to bid ngatnst e1ch other or to rent tartns
from which n brother fnr1ner has boon
aycted by rcmorsclcss landlord for nnn-
payment Of oxtortlOnuto nnd Impossible
ranta. Tho only "4errorlsm" tho LH1ld
I,cnguo Il spreading thr0 frelant Ia ntnong
the rhpactous fand monopolfats who hayu hcro-
toforc robbed tho pcoule. On Grlt1l,h's yal.ta-
ton the rcntalR Df Irennd will exceed El1 00 0O,
or sxty-lyo millions OF lollnrs. I1uw that lstt'o
ialnud cnn raise such q sum for rcnts is almost
incosn prchcnstbo to MI American; but the ret,ta
that hnyo bccu wrenchctl out OF Its miserable
population for tnnty ycars past havo exceeded
| hundred millions OF dollars per yoar.
, 1880-12-03

i M ihe hahlt q the rnIlrntt cntnpanies to chanR'
ir-,n iaT.jnu;ar. X InaEc ,i,e clarE"a rinoMsiy
hah without my not'ce nj I'll. -,
''o''fhnent~bntft la'iflc railways havo
pee'' carrying on this fcn'ofselc8s r"b-
Jury VI l'ln AlNcrican people ever aif'co thcy
"e'u o"ht. I',p companies nave hecll 'le-
'l'"'' ".smenI, ht,d rapaclo'!s' Ilaey ha'e
"sse.teu t'"t 1ao frotcfsy Is u'clr oWf'' 10 10
VIM "'es peaso Win, TINT they haa tue
po"eI ~ ''c''a'"' .W'Mte'et rates ti'ey cmose'
.i" t',eSe '"ses uiey l'aVe tSacted. lhcy
Hn'e "uso1uc. W. sne money alsu ttio pro
eSeas =. ~. s"e "lus afa''tc' 'ne"s W .s
uo's''.als'', lncy nnVo fsstse's 10 t'icn'se.'ns
o"'"' 'u"t e"l"'"i stoch "'lh'". l1"1'1 :"
, 1880-12-03

another why IN which the sanl0 end may
possibly he attained and Aiso frpl,su
publ!c concern IN this phase of American
politics 10 tteEseo that nero projects Of
lcgfs'ution will not cxcltc. Tho Presidents
power to convene nh cxtrn session II only
limited By tho constitutional PROVISION "that
ho may, ou extraordinary occasions, convenc
hnt!l 1fnuses, or either Of thctn." II the new
President were to frame proclamation slnl-
llto,,tng Congress 10 meet III extra session OIL
the grnu,itl TINT conspicuous mid sflsgraccful
frauds ind been committed 1t, the lAto ctcc-
tiol Ii, ct.rintn portions ut tito Country, md
for tho purpose Of aEfortling MI opportunity
10 Congress to purgs Itself Of the
members clnitnlng seats otl Il 1leRn-
tfon of tho popular will III their
districts, l,o would mako spccial
session necessary. No other treatment Of
tho cnsc would arrest public Intention OF
completely. ,rho now House, wl!tctt Is tho
sole jut!ge Of Its own membership, would
then have tho opportunity to proceed atonca
to scnl back frattlu'ently.electcd members
to their constituencies, Instead Of dragging
tut sllcll cases through two ycars, md thus
combining The frauds by tlefny md inlifler-
encc. II would be notice 10 Snutllom
communities That they cout.1 persist III their
countlnG-ollt, but they coultt not tc repro
schteL III Congress M TINT basis. This ptnn
might prove rs effective remedy fnr Sout1t~
crit fraud us nny new struggle for additional
legislation to protect tho electoral rights Of
citizens. 1t woiild certainly bo novel alMi
striking procedure for the President 10 con~
, 1880-12-03

fast stentnnrH which nro abont 10 bo tltaplehcst
to acmlrn1nttnsk. slburiHn town closo to ti.
tl.teao-t.hIt.cso frontier. Thu roata 10 be taken
by these veRacs Il tho following: 1lnuI,ti tho
Norwegian tonRt. through tho Whltt Haa pnst
NDrn njn.semlJn 10 tho KAra Sen, nn,l tllonco TIP
tho River OIL In T'obolAk they will tln1 nwnlt-
ing ttetn several lntKp Transports Of .e1ua1l
drnuRht, linden with military Bt0rcst md carry
ing ntrunV retrfurcpmcnts nj troops tes'Haed
for acry!co nRtlinst tho Chinese nrt'y ahnl'tl tho
complications still pctnl'ns betsscen l'cEi'' anu
1t. Petersburg rs'sat II war IhklnE tll6se IN
tcw. thu stua1,lcra Will t,ion proceed up tho
1rtltcl, to sctnlralattnsk. whcncn n fow forced
taarchns will bring tho trnops to tho Chfnesu
fro,iticr. fsy this expctlcnt m rnnrnlolis saving
Of t,no md fattRuo to tho soldicry will bo. cf-
fcctcd In conveying reinforcement fru'n itus-
sin prtIpcr to tho extrcno eastern liults OF tho
'E.tnntrn
, 1880-12-03

GEoAaE y. ROBINSON. tho Lieutenant
Gurernor-olcct OF Colorado WHO met Ills tlonth
accidentally few dars nRo. was but i. years Ut
aye, and WIS reputod 10 10 worth *A01Q.0 .000.
Luck did not nuke him rich. ftg hna snyetl q
snug 1lttlo cartul before he went TO Colorado
When he VIVA clerk III u National bunk 1t K,,l-
Asnazoo, biicl.., hp put BY acsurn thousands Of
dours, with which Ao WIS nblo to Ioiu IN st4rt-
lny NntI0lal bank ut Aliegln, in his nAtive
county. III tho lulteF place ho Was still thrifty,
prudent, and economical, and iuft tho bunk
with t3D.000. With thls comfortable nest'gsK ho
moved to t;oloradu aud bis capital was tho f0un-
dalon OF hIs fortune. iIu sturtod IN business ut
onco tu fcntiylllo With large store. Ills trnde
brought him Into Intimate relations With minors
and prospcctnra. When rich minc came IN Ills
Wny he ltolght It.. Thnt IL all there was Of tho
"good luck d" Of George u. Robinson.
, 1880-12-03

THE Democratic plan Of forcing Il Civil
Service Reform bill! on President Hayes. as@l
getting the cllcnp glory Of dcat'l-Ded re-
pentalcc, will not work. It would he like
tho lust act of MI old sinner dying lntestato
and willing lis nciglbor's property to found
charity. 'tha motive Of tho tl.tng would he
transparent. Civil-Seryico refor'n instituted
by Democrats to bother Republicans, II It
should oyor go Into operation nj all, would
rebound to tho credit of those who executed
1t In good faith, not to thosc who conceived
Il In spirit OF petty MALES and spite.
, 1880-12-03

JAY GouLn made Ills lIrst stake IN 1850,
and when tho War WIS over was known to DO
worth millions. 3fhen he wont out Of Eel0 lu
sold 60 0 sharns of tho stock Ut That rond short
ut u, ar,d gatharcd than In at 10. Tho opera
ohares OF Cloyoand 4 rittshurg Mt -, and utter
tile consolidation closed out ut q not pro,it OF
sl,G00000. lIo was supposed to 10 worth $l0,00l,-
oo1 whua 10 wont Into Unioa Paasao, huy.nx tho
stuck at " In 1915 and holding on until 1t Ia
worth Us, IIo bought Wabash at s, a1al hosds It
at 70 for tho proferrod and Is to 10 for tho conn.,
mon. kansns Il Toxas, which cost him 8 Il now
worth u. Wati.stEeut nen put hts wea}th uii
tho wuy from 80 0o o00 to sto0>o oOo; and .nany
holiuva thut II ho lives ha will 10 tho rlcheat
nun In this country, II not III the world. -.
, 1880-12-03

intt! comfortable lodgings far all tho ,..,..
wlll l,o annuity engaged operfrIn "ss h's "ho
Hung, Onty s,,clt Rttcsts will In ip.t,aIc rc thu
King f.n,.ls' npi.on ,lre ennpct,nt IN In
Wuxnerian mike. Tllu King |. haytnn "pPt'clate
ln.ilt TN tho theatrical ,ntlcI Of i'm aH,a1ne,
1)utchnan," which Will carry gucst. Tying
1hniniund to tho taacc. Fortunately ha ts'in n tac
rust privnto fortune. ~ uas
DO love ror?
nimplfng rcd lips ut mo rn,,ttnp.
n!mp!tng shoulders ut NIT tiuullno~
No, lon'tt
Do ! lOvo herr
Fr'snnet1 In those crystal eyca
Purity forever liea-
Yes, I dol
IN I 1ovo her?
Little Wild and wtlful fiction.
Teasing, tnrtMriNy contradictions
No, uun't2
DO I fnro her3
MOI When 10 my ur1na she FLEA
Filling n.o with gIHtt snrprise-
Ah: SHOULD smllc,
-afrs. Utn'dns.
, 1880-12-03

CHICAGO Nov. ;W-Will yO,t pras., inform
me. III brtcf. II why tyi'e.Hct ling tnacn mes rn mot
WORK. % 1i lrst,css % rst.blIshnrnt. m @ 1t la"st:
t3 ,lso. why tho tyiogrnph IA mt III tisr, tn form
Impressions uron ii futrlx By cs. tr m nlfhtlrt
p5 type t,trer1ecl y rho Ilnrtl iipnn kcye2 ro-
ply lit y0nr earliest convenience viii much
ubllgG, ytiars truly. UEu. =. SictAsE.
ID We suppose TINT publishers l,nvo mt been
Convinced tint typu. setting machines, MI things
taken Into account, would effect tnuc1, economy
In composition. q t,ocAttse the public nra mt
overpowcrIngIy convinced tint tl,o!r interests
wnt1d 10 materially enhanced by tho pl,rehasn
thcrrnf. n,ni tho employment pf exports to rul,
tic nl,tphF1p.