The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-12-23
EDINBURGH.

'ool>O"eee'tSo
! Our oldest citizen is gone. Mr.. Gill
bert Hull departed this life OH Thurs
day evening last. He was SO years old
last October, and served with credit in
the war of1Sl2. He was married sixty
three years ago next March, and his
aged widow and part of his children
survive him. Mr.. Hull was one of the
six persons who organized the NJ. f..
Church at this place. his widow being
the only one now living. Mrs. II. will
go to spend her remaining days with
her daughter, Mrs. ii. PATTERSON, of
Ravenna.
One night last week as little Perry
Bartholomew was going home from
school, trotting along behind II buggy,
he happened to step into the wheel and
his leg was broken just below the knee.
He suffered greatly for several days,
but we understand he is now doing
we'll.
Messrs. Wait, Dewey & Co., of Ra-
VIENNA, have the thanks of all our
school children for n neat little rule
presented to each by them.
The Concert at the Congregational
Church last Sunday evening was u
grand entertainment. Time will not
permit me to give the programme. 1t
is sufficient to say that if a person de-
sires to attend good entertainment
he will not be disappointed by coming
to Edinburgh, for the people of this
| l,>lo u, l<>r, To t1,oi
ences by way of performances.
Dec. 20, 1880. TIM.
| Correction.
KENT, o., Dec. 18th, 1880.
ED. PRESS. Approaching your ear
nestness heretofore for truth and fair
journalism, beg leave to correct the
statement in editorial column of Dec.
9th PRESS, tO-wit:
1.-THE total vote for Weaver, the
| Greenback candidate for President at
the late election, was only 3O4, ,S52,
which is much short of the vote for
Peter Cooper four years previous" &c.
AS 1 cast the only vote in this town
for the grand old philanthropist, Peter,
"and on this rock have I built my
church" )" &C., am somewhat interest
ed in the rise and progress of Green
backism. I find that Peter Cooper's
vote, in rs, was only 81 ,257, all found
in % States. About a dozen States
gave the weight Of this vote. While
this year Weaver's vote, in IS States,
mostly given in % States, is not far
from 345 600. that is counting the Ma
tionals' share of the " fusion" vote in
Maine at $4,000, the "straights'' in
cluded would make about As, 900. This
can not be far out of the way when
Solon Chase, the veteran Greenbacker
elector at large, headed both tickets,
and received SO, ,742 votes, and also the
Nationals of Maine gave over two
thirds of the opposition vote last year.
Presidential year is trial of real gain,
and 345, 900 is a gain of 425 per cent.
over 81 900 votes of four years ago.
Notwithstanding the fact all over the
country our vote was clipped" and
not counted, (two cases before the
courts of this State) and also the fact
that thousands voted the old party
ticket "just this once" because they
could not resist the temptation of a
" choice of evils" I think your mis-
take is in comparing our vote with '7s,
when many turbulants voted with us
only partially educated
on the subject, and returned to the old
parties to nurse the cause of periodical
hard times.
Wendell Phillips said "the trouble
with the Greenback party will be it
will grow too fast" He probably |
judges from the Free Soil movement.
The vote for John r. Hale in '52 was
not one-half the vote Of 4 years before
for Van Buren, and Adams, yet was
strong enough to spring the issue,
non-extension of slavery in Western
and force the breaking up
of the Wing party and the forming of
a new party under the head of Repub-
lican. The rest is familiar to all.
C.. A, SMITH.