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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
while tho lilo Renublican news

While the big Republican news
paper editors and "small fry" are
bawling themselves hoarse about
Southern sshot-gun policy" "ballot
box stuffng i" efree ballots to Repub-
licans,'' ssbull- DOING and all such
balderdash and tomfoolery, they fail
to notice anything of the kind in
their own party and here at home,
right under their very noses. Their
continued howl and rigmarole about
these things away off at a distance,
is kept up to blind their readers to
the robberies, corruptions, rascal
tiles and bull-dozing among them
selves and in their own ranks, in or
der to put inscriptions and corrupt
party tools into public positions. If
there is a Southern State in this
broad land that can furnish a more
degrading and ignomlnious picture
of party "bull-dozing," ballot box
stuffing, throttling of free speech,
fraud and violation Of all law and
decency, than the following, we will
agree to give up that there is a nee
essity for the army at the polls. 1t
is an extract from a manifesto issued
by a large number of Republican
citizens of Cuyahoga county. Yes,
reader, in law-abiding Ohio, and q
Republican county by a large major
ity! We find it in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. Read it and remem-
Der its picture of fraud and rascality
did not occur down South:
We have seen bargain and sale,
the promises and rewards of rings,
governing u conventions and eau
cases until scarcely a man gets a
place by nomination or appointment
who gets it not in fulfllment of q
: previous contract with some clique
, or ring. = Z And at the eau
cases preceding the late so-called
congressional convention such frauds
, were perpetrated by free use of mon.
ey and hired, downright repeating as
f characterized like maneuyers in New
York in years gone by by the notet
, Tweed ring. We have seen fedora
patronage bestowed regardless of thu
: peoples wish but wholly with refer
ence to the perpetuation of the pow
I, er of the congressional giver. <
We have seen the tickets used by
snch candidate at the primaries
printed palpably in violation of law
l made for the protection of the PEG
pie against fraud and SO printed il
order that it might not and couldn no
e be scratched. We have seen fire.
S speech throttled and a free ballot de
/, MED to Republicans not because, a
charged, the delegates were likely Il
sell their votes, but in order that til,
y party ring lash might be more effect
e ually applied.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
The New York Tribune, a Repub.

The New York Tribune, a Repub-
Iican paper, on the 18th of February,
1878, with all the testimony of the
Credit Mobilier transaction before
it, said: "James A. Garfield of Ohio, |
had ten shares; never paid a dollar;
received 1929, which, after the in
yestigation began, he was anxious to
have considered as q loan from Mr..
Cakes Ames to himself. Well the
wickedness of all of it is that these
men betrayed the trust of the peo-
pie, deceived their constituents, and
by eyasions and falsehoods confess
ed the transactions to be doubly dis
graceful" The New York Times,
another leading Republican journal,
on the 18th of February, 1878, de-
clared: "Messrs. Kelley and Gar
field present a most distressing fig
ure. Their participation in the Cred
it Mobilier affair is complicated by
the most unfortunate contradictions
of testimony" The Cincinnati Gu
zette, that is received and read in
this community by the Republican
party, in the same light as the sin
cere Christian does the Word of God,
in April, 1873, branded Gen. Gar
field as a midnight robber," and the
"small fry" rural press declared
that the picture could not be tsim-
! proyed on" Still later than all the
above, and while the Chicago Con-
vention was in session and Garfield
spoken of as a probable compromise
candidate, the Cincinnati CONNER
cia1, another Republican journal, Of
the It'll of June, said: "The most
contemplate thing thus far at Chi.
cago is the chatter about Garfield
He has not a record to run on fol
President" Now, then, if these
things were true of Mr.. Garfield in
1873, and down to the 7th of June
1880, and by testimony of his owl
party organs, where is the "proo.
again and again" that they are false
We have failed to notice a denia
from any of these journals, from The
: big fish down to the "small fry,
that they lied on Garfield in 1878
: and it is a "waste of time" to argue
/, the truth of them, because it is tot
palpably plain to every honest anC
/ candid man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Let the honest voters of Preble
county remember that in 1878, his
Republican constituents asked Gen.
Garfield to resign his seat in Con
gress, on account of corrupt and
scandalous practices, and The same
year the Eaton Register declared
that the brand of"midnight robber'''
against him, could not be Improved
on" Is such a person a proper one
to support for the highest Office in
your gift?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

General De Golyer Pavement and
Salary Grab Garfield, uttered in
Congress the following sentiments,
that ought to be cherished by a few
old political ghouls in Eaton, who
are unfortunately afflicted with
''black teeth" the same That often
exist among swine and make them
very vicious and d~isagreeable to
their associates:
The man who viii attempt to get
up a political excitement in this
country on the old sectional issues,
will find himself without a party and
without support. The man who
wants to serve his country must
put himself in the line of Us leading
thought, and that is the restoration
Of business, trade, commerce, indus.
try, sound political economy, hard
money and honest payment Of all
obligations.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The man who argues that the
elections in the Southern States are
not, comparatively speaking, as fair
and honest as they are in many of
the Northern States, is simply an
ass of the first magnitude, or imag-
ines his hearers or readers are igno-
rant fools. BalIot-box stufing, cleo
tion frauds and bull-dozing are
as much practiced among US as in
Mississippi OF South Carolina.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Nationas Road Improves
ment Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Committee appointed to apportlon
the estimate expense of constructing
the National Road Improvement have
filed their report, and that the County
Commissioners will meet at the Audi
tors Office on Friday, August 9th, to
hear the same. Exceptions, If filed,
must be filed in writing.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
al SAM,L0LDFATHER,
augl,4g qafaa Aud. aud Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

If there is anything disreputable
or dishoDorable about the charges
against Gen. Garfield, the credit be-
longs to his own party papers and
friends. The Poland Committee,
which was composed of Republicans,
the New York Tribune, Tines and
Cincinnati Commercial, with the
country 'small fry" are responsible
for the charges of perjury and cor
ruption against him. They stuck
the thorn into him, now let them get
it out if they can.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The big fish journals down to the
"small fry" that heretofore denounc
ed the Credit Mobilier and salary
grab as infamous and villainous,
aud all concerned as "midnight
robbers have been forced to defend
these rascally schemes as honest and
right, because their candidate for the
Presidency was mixed in both. Amt
it a beautiful picture for the Ameri-
can people to look upon?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

During twenty yeas o. executive
power almost without check Lne Re
publican party has become corrupt,
decayed, demoralized. The prin-
ciples that called it into exis-
tence have passed away, like many
of the great men who proclaimed
them. 1t is held together as an Or
ganization by the cohesion Of public
plumber; its only claim TO support
rests upon a continuation of section
al strife, dangerous TO the peace of
the Union and ~menacing to the pros-
perity of the people. &c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
SHERlFF'S SALE.

Martin L L. Fudge P PIssa Common Comm IN
Sarah Fudge ct al. sale in Partition
lease No. 1871
PURSUANT to an order of sale is
i sued from the Court of Common
Pleas, of Preble county, Ohio, in the
above case, and to me directed, L will
offer for sale at public auction, at the
door of the Court House, in Eaton, in
said county, OIL
Saturday, Sept. 4, 1880,
between the hours of l and 4 O'Clock p.
m. of said day, the following real es-
tate. to-wit:
Situate in the county of Preble and
State of Ohio, and in the township of
Monroe, and bounded and described as
follows, to-wit: Being the southeast
quarter of Section .thirty-two, (32)
Township nine, C9) of Range, two (2)
east, &C., containing one hundred and
sixty acres more or less.
Also, a part of the northeast quarter
of said Section thirty-two, (32) Town
ship nine, 90 Range two ~ east, &C..
in said county of Preble, and COM
mencing at the northeast corner Of the
said northeast quarter of Section 30;
thence north forty (40) rods, or so far
as by drawing a line west parallel with
the south line of said quarter it will
make forty (40) acres; thence west one
hundred and sixty G60) poles to the
west line of said quarter; thence south
forty 40 rods to the southwest corner
of said quarter = thence east along the
south line of said quarter to the place
of beginning, containing forty (40)
acres of land, strict measure. The two
hundred (200) acres of land more OF
less. =s
Said lands to be sold in gross, or by
parcels as will be most TO the advan-
tage of said real estate, and in case said
premises are sold in separate parcels.
said Sheriff, by a competent Surveyor,
has accurate descriptions as to said
parcels to be made.
The whole appraised, subject
to dover estate, at $4,000
134 acres appraised, free and
clear of dover estate 6,96S.00
GO acres, assigned as the dow
er ofSarah Fudge, (widow)
and subject TO said life es-
tate, valued at 2,442.00
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash OF
day OF sale, oue-third in one year AM
one-third in two years; deferred pay.
ments to bear interest from day of sal,
and to be securtd by mortgage on tn,
premises sold.
w. H. SNYDER, Sheriff.
J.. v. CAMPBELL, Atty.
au@5-tds prf $50
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
i-swisburg & 0ziae Road
Improvement Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ Committee appointed to apportion
the estimate expense of constructing
the Lev isburg and Ozias Road In
provement have filed their report, and
that the County Commissioners will
meet at the Auditors office, Eaton, o.,
on Saturday, August 18th, 1880, to hear
the same. Exceptions, if filed, must
be filed in writing.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
SAM'L OLDFATHER,
aug5-3 Aud. and Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The reason the Cincinnati Gazette
branded Garfield and the balance of
the salary grabbers as "midnight
robbers" and the Eaton Register
declared it could not be improved
on" was, because the grab bill was
pushed through in the night!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

If the Southern States would vote
solid for Garfield, everything would
be lovely in this country and they
considered 'loil" from a Republican
standpoint. That is what made
Longstreet, Mosby and others of the
same ilk doll"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Republican situation in
Maine is becoming desperate. 1t
would be a horrible thing if the old
'Pipe Tree state should lead of with
a Democratic victory. 1t really be-
gins 10 look as though such a thing
might happen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Presidential election occurs
this year as early as it can possibly
occur, on the second day of the
month. 1t is not the first Tuesday
of November, but the first Tuesday
after the first Monday.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

There was but one Democrat mix
ed in the Credit Mobilier rascality-
Brooks, of New York. 1t was a Re-
publican swindle, and Jas. A. Gar
field was in it, and honest men are
now asked to support him for the
highest position in the gift of the
American people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Greenville Journal says the
delegates that nominated Shultz for
Congress, were purchased like a
pen of hogs or a drove of steers
and yet decent, honorable aud Chris
tian men are asked to vote for the
man thus put on a ticket for repre-
sentative! Can they conscientious
ly do SO?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Wren small=minded, men realize
that they are on the wrong side Of a
controversy and r being beaten in
argument, they invariably resort to
abuse of their opponents. That's
what ais the "small fry Republican
editors just nov.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Republicans have a great
deal to say about fraud in elections.
1t is the opinion of mankind, that,
after their great fraud Of 1876, the
less they say about fraud the better
for them now and hereafter. They
are the champion fraudists of the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Over 1900 ex-soldiers have been
enrolled in Hancock's veteran clubs,
many of them formerly Republicans,
in the counties of Warren, York and
Cumberland, Pennsylvania. That
is the way it booms in the "old Key
stoue.r
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
wyatt Road Improvement
Notice,

NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN Committee appointed to appor-
ton the estimate expense of construct
ing the Wyatt Road improvement,
have filed their report and hat the
County Commissioners will meet at
the AUDITORS Office. Eaton, Ohio, on
Wednesday, August 25til, 1880 to hear
the same. Exceptions, if fled, must
be filed in writing.
By order of tie Board Of County
Commissioners.
SAM'L OLDFATHER,
aI~J-3 Aud. and Clerk.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The way to answer Garfield's com
plicity in the Credit Mobilier swim
dle-his DeGoyler pavement rascal
ity and his salary grab, is to bawl
TRAITOR" 'solid South" and give
the bloody shirtanother fling! These
are convincing arguments to keep
Republicans in the rank of their
party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Some of the too ardent friends of
Mr.. Shultz had better keep the Seitz
Election law in view. It is not best
to be too bold with the contents of
the bar'l; it may save trouble in the
future.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

kemble, the iii who was sent 10
the penitentiary in Pennsylvania fer
bribing legislators and was pardoned
out 10y a Republican Governor, is a
strong Garfield mau. His operations
is one of the things TO which Re-
%publicans "point with pride"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Philadelphia Ledger that was
never known, well, hardly ever, to
support a Democratic candidate, and
whose editor, Geo. W. Childs, is one
of the ablest and most prominent
Republicans in the old keystone
State, but whose decency and intel
ligence does not blind him to a ems
of Justice even in q Democrat, thus
spe axis of Hon. John 4. McMahon,
our candidate for Congress:
Congressman McMahon, of Ohio,
has done well to reconsider his de-
clination of the nomination for re-
election. Since he entered the For
ty-fourth Congress he has proceed
himself q eco'thy representative, Of
lie kind that deser0e reelection term
after term. His constituents know
ing this insisted on nominating him
in the face Of repeated destinations,
and Mr.. McMahon has properly
yielded to their opportunities. The
Office sought the man, for, when he
refused to be a candidate, his ex
pressions were so clear and emphatic
as TO leave 10 Dom for doubt that
he would prefer to stay at home and
attend TO his private business. 1t
is precisely this kind of men that
ought to be sent to Congress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19


Col. Forpey says that Hancock
will be elected because he will receive
only the Democratic vote, but a
large Republican vote composed of
men who have grown tired of the cor
ruptions and dangerous tendencies
of the Republican party and WHO de-
spair of any reformation within it
self. He says in The Progress:
There are three classes of men
that are daily joining the Hancock
column, North and South, exclusive
of the Union veterans. These are
E.be Republicans of The Charles Sum
ner school, the Republicans and the
Democrats of the Douglass school
who voted for Abraham Lincoln and
the Republicans who have grown tir-
ed of the rings of the North and the
carpet baggefs OF the South. I re
ceive letters every day from men Of
Eone or the other of these classes. On
Saturday, July %, 1880, I received
Sc yeral. One is from Daniel R. Good
Toe, a Republican OF the old school,
q Southern Abolitionist for thirty
years, a personal friend of Abraham
Lincoln and one of the ablest Repub-
lican writer's during the wal. He
was an Emancipation Commissioner
under Lincoln and has held many
offices of trust and honor / was as
sociated with him in journalism at a
time when a Republican editor was
not TO be called on constantly to adj
vocate doubtful measures and to
whiten odious and inferior politi
clans.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Garfield returned his back pay
when his constituents told him he
had to. But then he didn't need it.
The man who could make five thou
sand dollars in five minutes by
s~peakiDg a few words to Boss Shep-
herd had 10 need of salary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Robinson, the Darke county mur
derer, will be hanged at Greenville
tomorrow, Friday, and the Sheriff
has summoned the attendance of a
military company on the occasion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

The Democracy of Hamilton .coun-
ty have nominated Gen. BANNING
and Hon. S. F. Hunt, as their candi-
dates for Congress. Two better se-
lections could not have been made,
and there is no doubt of their cleo
ton. Put'down two of a gain from
Hamilton county among the Demo-
cratic Ohio Congressman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
The Newton, Mass Republican.

The Newton, Mass, Republican,
a newspaper which supports Gen.
Garfield for President, says:
eve cannot refrain from reiter-
ating our belief that the party would
have entered the campaign with
either Hayes or Edmunds at the
head of the ticket with far more GER
tainty of success than with the pre-
sent candidate. We may be hasty
in foreboding q Republican defeat
in November. We truly hope we
are mistaken"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN committee appointed to apportion
the estimated cost of the Pansing Road
Improvement on the County Line, be-
tween the counties of Montgomery,
Darke and Preble, have filed their re-
port in the Office OF the Auditor of
Montgomery Co., o., and the Joint
Board of County Commissioners have
appointed August 23d, 1880, and the
Auditors Office of Montgomery county,
Ohio, as the time and place for hearing
exceptions to said report, or if no eA-
ceptions be made, of confirming the
same. PREF. SCHUTrE,
Aud. of Nom ,oLDery Co, O..
nrcl--L3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Shultz's bar'l has struck the only
organ the Prohibitionists in this
county ever had. Bro. Blackford
pray for Bro. Harkrider.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

If Republican ballot-box stufing
Ear be prevented in the city of Phil
adelphia, there is no doubt but that
Pennsylvania will go for Hancock in
November.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
A Bead Certainty.
Greenriue Democrat

A voter, from Preble county hap
pened in our Office last week aud
said: "a great many Republicans
are dissatisfied with Capt. (?) Shultz
in our county" Darke, Montgom-
cry, Preble and Greene will prove it
next October to d dead certainty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

If this Republican agitation and
discord is to go on, as they have
gone on since Che close of the rebel-
lion, merely in the interest of party,
The future may well be regarded with
anxiety. Instead of closing up tie
wounds left by civil war, the whole
policy of the Republican leaders has
been to keep them open, TO separate
Tie North and South as hostile Sec
lions, and to prevent perfect resto-
ration of friendship and Confidence.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Ohio will lose one Representative
under the new census. She will
have but nineteen next time.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

1t was just 1929 that Garfield Dor
rowed from Cakes Ames. He chang
ed S. so he needn't take $3.50! 6
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Road Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN committee appointed to apportion
the estimated cost of the Gillespie Road
Improvement on the County Line, be-
tween the Counties of Montgomery and
Preble, have filed their report in the
Office of the Auditor of Montgomery
County, Ohio, and the Joint Board of
Commissioners of said counties, have
appointed August 23d, 1850, and the Of
flee OF the Auditor of Montgomery
County, Ohio, as the time and place for
hearing exceptions to said report, or If
no exceptions be made, of confirming
the same.
BY order of Joint Board.
FRED. Schultz,
Aud. of Montgomery Co., o.
ar-orS-Nv2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Since Hancock's letter to Sher-
man has been published little has
been heard of Judge Black being
the author of any of Hancock's
orders.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19
Woman's Wisdom and precaut;on.

Woman's Wisdom and Precaution.
As the summe months approach,
every iutel1igent mother will procure
and keep on hand a bottle of DR..
Crunpton's Straw berry Balsam. This
is a mild and gentle fruit remedy, and
is a quick and certain cure for Dyson
terry, Diarrhea, Gripping pains, Cholera
Morbus, Summer complaints, Cholera,
Collie, Flux, painful purging of the
bowels, etc. Its timely use in cases of
emergency, has saved the lives o. many.
For sale by
MICHAEL & SON,
j. P. BROOKINS s. SON,
Y. w. LAKE.
moi r. s ,r. f
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Hancock writes about as well as
he fights.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Aud. of Montgomery CO., o.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-08-19

Martin L. Fudge Preble Common
Sarah Fudge ct al. sale in Partition
Tease No. 1887.