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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The Presidential election of 1850 is practi-
cally ended, If vigilance shall follow victory.
Maine, to the amazement of us all, has been
snat,1led from the Republican party. This
pioneer State in the annual elections, the
State that for twenty-six consecutive years
has bugled to the country ITS impassablc Re-
publican maioritics, aud that for twenty
years has prefaced Republican national vic
tories is for the first time lost to the Repub.
lican party. In 1856 the Republican ina
iority in Maine was 27,974; in 1860 it was
T,70I; in 1864, 17,5S2 in 1868, Is, OBS in
1877, 32,335. -Four years ago, in the State
election corresponding to this, the Republican
majority was l4,9G0. Yesterday these huge
and incxorable Republican maiorities sur
rendered Internationally to Paisted, n Union
soldier, because the towering, soldierly Union
name of Hancock loomed grandly behind
sixty days in the distance.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
Scratches Its Head AMI Tries Hard to
Account for IL.

Nothing that we have yet seen suggested
fully explains what has happened. On the
face of things, so thoroughly have the Flu
sion frauds of last year been discussed, and
so prominent were they made in the late
canvass, it would seem as if the people of
the State had resolved TO approve emphati-
cally the disgracefnl doinss of Garcelon and
his associates; but it is hard to believe this
of any community. Apart from the persons
who We're active in these questionable pro.
ceedngs and the persons who acquiesced in
them in consideration of the partisan profit
which they hoped to derive from them, Il
popular uprising in their behalf is scarcely
conceivable. The attention of the people,
| we think, was drawn away from these and
other issues, though they undoubtedly had
their effect, 10y the more general issue in
volved in the Presidential ass.-Erening
n,sf
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The Maine campaign was directed by sena-
tor Blaine, the ablest organizer and most
daring and magnetic leader in the Repub-
lican ranks. Vast sums of money were
spent in the State by the Republican mana-
gers. 1t was overrun by the ablcst speakers
in tho party, and deluged with campaign
documents. Clerks in the Washington De
partments We're allowed furloughs to go home
and vote, and carriages were provided tC
take the aged and inirm to the polls. Re.
publican sailors pre brought home, and the
Republicans paid more for votes than ever
before. The bloody shirt was waved with
the energy of desperation; the danger of the
"soid South" headed by a platoon o
" rebel brigadiers," was painted in tn,
blackest colors, and the prosperity the Re.
publicans have given the country was de.
picted in glowing terms. Yet in spite of all
their eiiorts--with no outside aid to speak
ot-with no money from the. central fund
with scarcely any encouragement from other
States-the Democrats and Greenbackers
have won magnificent victory .-EypreSs.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

7IfE YANKEE .SCIiOOLldSTER.
The Yankee schoolmaster is an institution
of the United States lie or she (for there
are more shes than hes) have exercised their
influence all over the country. They have
penetrated every State. There was time
when their influence was not supposed to he
the best so far as the South was concerned.
That is, the people of the South thought that
Yankee ideas were not what they wanted
Within month the Yankee schoolmaster
has been teaching a lesson which will be
learned all over the country, the South in
cluded. States, not men or women, indi-
vidually considered, were the teachers.
Still it was the teaching of the Yankee
sch oolmaster. The Yankee is far-seeing
individual. He knows what's what. Yer
mont was the first schoolmaster of the year.
The instruction was that radicalism, as I'M
derstood hy the extreme end OF the Repub-
iican party, did not pay, and so Vermont,
an intensely radical State, only held her
own, although she got up everywhere what
Senator Blaine calls "dress parades." Then
Maine was the next Yankee schoolmaster. II
matters not how the returns may he manipn.
lated, the country will always believe that
General Plaisted was elected Governor. But
this schoolmaster has taught several impor-
tant lessons. When Mr.. Blaine teegraphed
| to General Garfield on Monday night that
the State was lost ~ he knew what he was
talking about. That was the truth, and
any manipulation of the returns to prove a
different result will only have the effect tc
| convince the American people that the Re
| publican party will defraud if it can do so
The Maine schoolmaster taught these les
| SONS:
That the " bloody shirt as an element il
politics is furled
That the cry of "rebel" and rebe
claims " amounts to nothing, or at leas
| that the people of the North have no conf
dence in them
That the soldier element at last recognize
the fact that they have true friends in tn
Democracy, and that they have lost conf
dence in the promises of the Republican
party;
That they have 10 confidence in maj
who accepted Oakes Ames's bonus of 1929
or DeGolyer fee of S. 900, or who voted 70
the salary-grab," and would have takel
the money unless his constituents had de
nounced him beforehand
That they do have confidence in the dig
nifty, patriotism, and craftsmanship of Gen
eral Winfield S. Hancock.
The lessons might be multiplied, but the.
are sufficient to show that the Yankee school
| masters in Vermont and Maine have taugh
to some purpose. Let the Republicans, il
their pride and arrogance, ignore the will Q
the people as expressed at the ballot-box i
Maine, and they will find that the teachin
of the Yankee schoolmaster reaches to
much greater length than anything we hav
Indicated
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The Republican papers assert and reassert
that the pensioners would not he safe under
a Democratic administration. In saying this
they go directly in the face OF the facts.
There is not an intelligent Republican who
does not know that more has been done for
the pensioners since the Forty-fourtb Con-
gress than was ever done before. II was in
these years that the Democrats had the ma
jority in the House. The papers may con-
tnue to talk in the way they are doing, but
the soldiers themselves who were benefited
by the Arrears Act and other Pension bills
know who were their friends. With the
facts staring them in the face, the soldiers
will not be deferred from voting the Demo
cratic ticket in consequence of the mere as
sertion, unsupported 10y proof, that the elec-
tion of Democrat would be adverse to their
interests.
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a nIyxy AySttu,lc.

There have been found people credulous
enough to believe that tho epithct Honest "
was applied to John sherman in sihcttiiy,
not in irony, but II is perfectly safe to offer a
large reward for the man who will stand up
before even radical audience aud speak OF
Honest James Garfield. That is dizzy
altitude from which the holdcst tongue re-
cois--N y. Star, Sept. I.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

English is d worker aiid he fobts the cost
of his campaign, while Garfield is not an
organizer and must he furnished with both
party inspiration and the money necessary
to pull him through. II is now evident that
the Republicans have greatly abatcd their
confidence in Indiana within the last week
while the Democrats have correspondingly
increased in heart and hope, and will now
make things decidedly lively in both Indiana
and Ohio.-IHiia. Times, Und.,) Sept. 9.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

Hos. LYMAN TRuMBuIL in his speech at
Beeviiie, H., said the Aboll,ionist denounced the
Constitution of the United states "a league with
'thc devil AMI covenant with hell. - This Is not
curacy worthy Of the distinguished speaker. The
text from which the more rahd anti. slavery fanatics
were accustomed, to preach viii be found In Isaiah,
twenty chapter, verse fifteen: ''We lav,
'madc covenant with death. ami with hell are al
"agrccmcnt.' This fiery sentiment of the old iic-
brew was generally turned round, with the fate o
| most quotations, into ga league with death and
covenant with hell, hut II not quite bad rs Il
the Abolitlonlsis had invented IT, as some suppose,
out Of their own heads as an original description fol
our Constitution.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
Pcnnsylvanin's Enthusiasm for Han.

Gen. Hancork's old Army comrades are
rallying TO his support in thousands. In
Philadelphia alone there are no less than
twenty Hancock clubs, numbering in the
aggregate 5000 men, all of whom have here
tofore been active members of the Republ-
can party. Pennsylvania will in all proba-
bilty give her etecloiial vote to Hancock -
~ y. Star, Sept. o.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

GENERAL WALKER says that he is satisfied
that the census in South Carolina is correct.
1t is now in order for the Republican papers
TO take back some of the ISLANDERS to which
they gave currency, in saying there had
been design to make false return of the
population of the State in order to increase
its representation in Congress. The sooner
the retraction is made, with an apology to
the enumerators of General Walkers selec-
tion, and to the people of South Carolina,
the more graceful it will be in the Republi-
can papers, which, until the retraction and
apology is made, stand in an attitude which il
is unnecessary TO say anything about.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
7ur FRIEND or yyfE CLERKS.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Rqmbi-
mcnt upon its demand for the removal OF
Democrats from the Departments.
The spoils system is one Of the greatest
evils of our politics. The tenure Of subcrdi-
nate officers in the executive bureaux ought
not to be dependent In any degree whatever
upon political beliefs or political services
while contributions of money by oflice-holders
TO carry elections are essentially corrupt.
Competency and faithful service ought to be
the sole tests of merit among all the civil
servants below the highest grades.
When General Hancock becomes President,
as it now seems almost certain that he will
TnE SUNDAY llEBAth will be opposed to whole
sale removals nom the Departments in
Washington. II the Republicans had pur-
sued a proper course toward their own ap-
pointees, no removals except for cause would
I've necessary from the incoming administra-
ton. But the manner in which the public
service has for the past fifteen years been
prostituted TO partisan purposes will make
considerable changes imperative. The howl
ing of the Rtpubiicou and other embittered
organs for the heads of all who do not share
their extreme views, are directly antagon,
istic to the interests of the large numbcr oi
faithful and deserving department clerks in
Washington,
We hope to live TO see the day when the
vacancies which occur during its term 10y
death, resignation, or removal for incompe
tency or misconduct, will be considered tn,
only proper patronage" for an administra
tion to bcstow upon its political friends. Tn,
Republican party has shown that from it II,
| Improvement of the civil service can be ex
| pected. While protesting desire for reform
| it has degraded il to lower and still lowe
depths whenever supposed exigency seemed
| to require larger fund with which to cor
| rupt the franchise and defeat n free expies
sion of the will OF the people.
| This is one of the many pressing reason
| why a change OF parties is needed. Tn
Democrats who are coming in may prove un
equal to the task of reforming the civil ser
vice, hut they cannot possibly degrade i
| further.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The substantial defeat of the Republicans
on the State and Congressional election in
Maine is nothing less than signal of dis
tress. The minute guns of the National Re
publican party are heard from the bleak and
rocky coasts of the Pine Tree State The
battered old ship must throw overheard its
deck cargo and summon all hands to the
pumps, or it will go dcwn.-N. y. Tcicy,um.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

Is the course of events 4 Vice Presidential
candidate may become Presilento of the United
States. How would the people enjoy al
dressing as Mr.. President a man who had
been kicked out of a subordinate office for
corruption charged against him Ivy the lead
crs of his own partyl
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The Rcpub'jcoD wonders "if Blaine let
''down SO easily Just to fool the Dem. Jacks.i'
There's whole mint of meat in that little
paragraph. What does the Rep"Ji'ca" mean ?
Does it mean to say that Mr.. Blaine was not
sincere i'll his advocacy of Garfield, or does
it mean to say that Mr.. Blaine gave the
" State away p Take either horn. and you
are hanging on n bad peg. Did Mr.. Blaine
intend to deceive General Garfield when he
telegraphed Monday night, 1.-The state is
" lost 2''
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
THE PRESIDENCY.
rrrrowE ar CURRENT eACts AND
HptNsovs,
yow Tbey Can't win.

While, as 1876 proved, Democratic victory
in September in Maine is not necessary e
Democratic success in other States in tn,
Presidential election of November, Rcpubli
can victory in September in Maine has beer
held absolutely necessary to Republican sue
cess in other States in the Presidential cleo
tion. Rochester Union, (Dem.,) SEPT. II.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

TnE Republicans are so hard up for cam
paigu ammunition that they are trotting out
the old story of the attempt TO sow the seeds
of yellow fever in New York in 1868. We
are entirely too obtuse to see in what man.
ner they are going TO connect that with thi'
campaign.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

THE New York World very properly ie
marks:
General Garfield providently prepared his owu
political epitaph on the 10th of December Is7s, nearly
two years ago. In the light which Monday
in Maine 1t reads like prophecy: ''The man who
attempts to get up political excitement In this
country the old sectional issues will find himself
without party and without support
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
,5ust AI,Ollt.
Fashionable

Fashionable young lady at a social Gather
Ing remarks Iestlngy 10 Glh0Oyi "i w"udor how
much would bring u | Was put up NJ auction and
sold to the highest bidder "Jps aioi -, OU0 -
'Why, my Jewelry alpuc Is worth that. 80 Yes,
that s what pu, 1t down at In my estimate. 90
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

TgY THOUSAND MAJORITY for Davis would
not have been a Republican victory in
Maine. The magnitude of the Fusion
Union victory can only be understood when
We remember that Maine gave Republican
majority of l4,5OO in September 1876.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

Miss Emma Abbott, the serious Young lady who re-.
fuses Ia sing 'La Trayhta. - IL forming English
company for grand opera shehas sccuretho services
of the veteran Brgnoi and will open somewhere In
the far West. The pleasure which every lover of
music must feel ut this announcement Is only dimin
ised by the fact that she intends moving eastward
early IN the cr,hing yeaf, and may reach tile Atlantic
Cmnst hy AMI.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

TnE good work goes hrovoly on. Th'
nomination hv the Democrats of Hon. Frank
Jones for Governor makes New Hampshire
doubtful. MIR. Jones is the most popular
man in the Granite state.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
A L0sing Joke.

A prominent physician of Pittsburg said
iokIngy To a lady patient who was complaining of her
continued lhealth, aud Of his Inability l0 cure her
',Try Hop BitorB!'' The lady took II la earnest
and used the biiters fron which she obtane1 pern,a-
nent health. She now laughs at the doctor for his
ioke hut lie moi well pleased with IT. as It cost
him a good patient. -Hdrrfsburg Patriof
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

TnE manager of the National Theatre
would earn the gratitude hf considerable number OF
his patrons Ivy sinking his base fiddler foot so into
the ground, so that his head and instrument would
not project far above the footlighs new fan
bonnet There are enough Inconvenience to hear
Ing and seeing naturally In the way ut all places Of
amusement without creating an artificial barrier ou,
Of the harmless, necessary orchestra.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
DIED..

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II, Sarah, daughter Of
Leopold and Virginia RchOd. IN the eighth year of
her age. Funeral this morning at 10 clock.
ROSE.-September Is, Louis owen, eldest son of
Lewis II. ami Mollie NJ. Rose, aged -four years and
eight months. Funeral from the residence of his
September 20, at 3 o'clock.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
.MARISIlCD.

WII1rING-WELCI. .-on Thursday September
10. In Trinity Church, Buffalo, N. v. by the Rev.
Dr. Van Eokkccn, assisted by the Rcv. Dr. Ingcr-
soil. Lieut.. Henry Whiting, untcd States Marines,
tn Bessie Desllcr, daughter OF $. NJ. Wcch. EST.
OF buffalo, n. Y.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

TnE "plumcd knight looks very mucl
as though his feathers were draggled.'
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Exactly 80.

It's a poor rule that won't work both ways.
The rule that Ism marked both sides Is enough to
make the carpenter swear.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19
4hoS.J.fiSher Go.
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
1928 F STREET NORTHWEST.
For Sale.

VERMONT AVENUE-SPLENDID BUILDING
sirt-BErwEEN X and l. STREETS N. W.
Lots ~ and 10, square 2lG, 30 feet inches front,
with rear frontage on L. street Of i5 feet inches,
SNAIL IEiCK IiousE NEAh UNITED STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
No. 7O6 Eighth street N. W.,
Two-s story and basement Brick. Lot IsSvs. Suitable
for Patent Afspi; E%I: sI.nsilf%r,oS rIiss Ioyi
feet situated in rapidly improving part Of northwest
"'''sf!I sFIESDiD M EusiShss Il sss Issr rrnorEnry
NJ" d G seye street. S 10" "r"s,o oHa rGws Hall
l4IO ELEVENTH STREET N W.,
RHODE IsLAND AVENUE, BErwEES 18th
lNG "IOWA CiRCLE.''
Handsome new tcn-room dwelling fronting Govern
mcnt reservation: well built, aud Will be sold cheap
CORNER Goth and l. STREETS N. w.
Comfortable tlrcc-story brick, with modern improve
mcnts fine gardens also desirable building lots ad-
Joining same. VIII sell at bargain to an Immediate
purchaser.
LA linnds%s % building site fronting Iowa Vac oirsls
square feet of ground.
"DU PoNT CIRCLE"
Desirable triangle Of land IN the immediate vicinity
SHIRE avenue, Twentieth and streets; contains $40
square feet Of gronnd and Is entirely surrounded by
wide parking. WIN be sold very low.
THE COOK MANSION, GEoRG GETOwN, ID. O.,
COR. WASHINGTON AND srODDAKr SITS.
Large and elegant double house, With extensive
grounds handsomely laid out and Ornamented with
choice slirub'rry and flowers. COniin0lUns brick
stable and out buildings. VIII DO sold at bargain
or leased for u term OF years,
wELL-LOCATED BUILDING SITE ON MASS.
AVE-, BEr. 10th AND 2Ist sls. N. W.
Lot fronting south on MASSACHUSETTS, avenue 20 feet,
and extending with that width through to q street.
TIiREE-SrORI BRICK DWELLING, NO. ~
IOWA CIRCLE.
Contains twelve and All modern improvements.
WIN be sold cheap.
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NEAR "TIIoMAs
Handsome building lots on tho south Side OF Massa-
streets.
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NEAR SCOTT
STATUE.
Desirable building lo fronting on Massachusetts ave-
nue. and running through 10 street, Of the best
locations In the city.
l. LsrnEEr, NEAR VERMONT AVENUE.
Two building lots north side Of l. street, between
Vermont avenue and Fifteenth street.
STREET, BErW WEEN 10Th AND Iuth.
tino building lot 25Ni3o, Ia an ALLEY; south front,
and good rcigb0rlOod
sUBURBAN PROPERTY.
We offer for sale number OF small parcels Of land
containing from To 81 acres, being subdivisions of
the estate Of tho late Gen. Hickey, known az
''GBEENvALEr and "MONASTERY, ="
situated both Sides Of the adcnsburg road about
one mir from the city boundary. The soil is rich
and especially adapted for market gardening.
Three small parcels lying between tho turnpike ami
the H. %. u. H., opposite the Fair Grounds. Are
desirable for butchers uses, having excellent drain
age. pnc tract In the vicinity Of the Hickey Mansion
Is improved by small cottage, which VIII be rented
to n satisfactory tenant.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

&c Look here, my fine fellow" said tho lee.
turcr to tho boy who disturbing tho orator by
constantly coughing, hecs quarter to got bottI,
of DR.. Bulls Cough syrup"
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

Col. MapltSOn VIII PTObaUIy trgIn MS
opera season In Now York at the Academy Of Music
AS follows: "Monday, October ~, Lucia di Lam
mcrnloor;n Fdgar,O, Slguor RavalII, the new tenor
who created such furOIc In London. Enrico Aston,
Signor Galassi; Raimondo Sgnor Monti; Arturo,
Sgnor InaIdini; NormanDo, Signor Grazll; Alisa,
Mile. Vacrga, and Lucia, Nine. Etelka Gerstor.
Director Of music and conductor, SigIior hrlitl.
"Wednesday, October 20, Ella FavOrita;' Fernando,
Sgnor Canpanini; Alfonso. Signor Del Pucnte
Balassare, Franco Novaro. tarst appearancc;) Don
Gasparo, Signor Rnaldini; Incy, Mile Valcrga, and
I.canora, Mile. Aunie Lomlse Cary. The incidental
advertisement Will hc supported by Malyina Calvalri
and tho corps do ballet.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

Ii there is anything that Charley Backus
pies himself on 1t Is the exceeding great Size and
dazzling biiliancy Of tedamond pin that ornaments
his shirt-b bosom. Lately hc standing near the
poobox at the Rochester driving park, when tail,
ank country youth approached, and pointing lean,
bony finger to the - sparkle asked In high
squeaking voice; "Say, mister is that thing aum9''
Tie day grew dark for Charles. Horse racing lost
Its flavor, pool buying It's excitement, and life its
zests With nervous hands he buttoncd his coat close
to his chin aud long, tragic strides carried him from
the scene of his discontinue.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

The engagement by Mr.. C. C. Colby OF
Herr Constan Sternlerg the young Russian pianist,
for series of hundred concerts In this country,
promises y valuable addition to the coming musical
season. lie Is expected to begin his tour In this ct
In tho middle of Obtoer, and then visit the principal
cities Of the United States and Canada, giving second
series cf recials, probably, In New York on tho
pleton Of his tour ncNt May. The concerts viii enlist
ihn ReIYrcS If snYnIal Of tic host artists.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-19

It h'VHIh tTH0 W. NI"IFUnUr't WIZ 10 nv" III
Paris, has sgncd with Nine. Nilsson for this conl-
try hut she Will not because hcr husband Is sick
and tho impressarO Ii therefore sorry that he did not
engage Nine. Marie Roac for his American season.
She Is positively engaged. however, tu MIR. Max
Sirakos"i,, according To that gentleman's explicit
declaration, for season Of grand English opera next
WINTER and c believes that se Will keep hcr engage
mcnt with him, MS she has always done heretofore.
Mr.. MapIcson, In tho meantime, Is said to intend
going to Italy To engage Mariani, the celebrated
dramatic soprano. and to buy tho opera GiOconda, ~
which, with 'Menstofee'' and ''ReDzi,n viii
make the three novelties OF his season. lilo has also
engaged, II IL said, NOvaIa, the bassO.