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lctual worth in real or personal prop

actual worth in real or personal prop
erty.
SO. Public offices were not created
for the benefit of individuals, nor for
the purpose of rewarding political
services but were intended solely
for the public advantage. The per.
version of their use to any other
purpose is injurious to good morals
and to good government.
"5. The maintenance of free insti.
tutions IN this State and the essential
interests of its people require that
the elections should be free and pure.
The General Assembly ought at its
next session, to provide further secur-
ity for fairness in such elections by
requiring a new and uniform regis.
tration of the names of all persons
entitled to vote in this State to be
made by competent officers at certain
fixed successive periods of time, and
by directing the first of said new reg.
istrations to be made at the earliest
practicable period"
1t is not necessary for us to make
up these pledges one by one and con-
trast them with the actual perform.
ances of the General Assembly. The
public can and will do that for itself.
The present, perhaps, is not the time
to cast up accurately the debit and
the credit sides of the account, but
we only echo fear that is felt almost
universally when we say that there
is terrible balance against our leg
islative representatives. Doubtless
the majority is not wholly without
excuse for the many important omis-
sions which have characterized the
session. While there has been OPP
position from without, therehas been
war within. We do not propose to
express any opinion as to the merits
of the controversies that have sepa-
rated the leaders of the party during
the session, and which have largely
contributed to it's unsatisfactory re-
suits. 1t is quite certain, however,
that with a better understanding
between the executive and legislative
branches there would bave been com.
paratively little difficulty in securing
the fullfillment of all the promises
made. 1t is not our province to
inquire who was to blame in this
factional struggle but the people are
not likely to pass This by as an idle
inquiry. but will be apt to satisfy
their minds fully on the point.-Bdt
timore Bulletin, Democratic.
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Senator Davis on the Financial CUES
ti0n.

/, The following is an extract from
Senator II. G. DAVIS remarks on the
financial question, delivered in the
Senate Ha
He showed that we have now
many more millions of paper money
in circulation than any country in
the world, and even more per capita
than any nation except the Neither.
lands. He quoted from a table pre-.
pared by Mr.. Burchard, director of
the minis of the United States to
show that we have now in circulation
1864, 900, 900 Of paper money, while
Great Britain has $209, 000, 600; Ger
many, $229, 200, 600; Sweden, SILL,
900 600; Norway, SI0,000,000; Den
mark, 100000 Netherlands,
5000. 900 Belgium, $58, 900, 900 and
Switzerland $2l, 000, 000-Making for
these eight European countries, in>
GLIDING two of the leading nations
of the world, only $629, 900 900 of
paper money, which is So, 900. 900 less
that we have in circulation. Senator
Davis further showed that the largest
amount of paper money ever in circu-
Jation in the United States from 1884
To 1860 was in 1857 when it was
S214, 778 1922, being about one-third of
Inc present volume of our paper cur
rency. lie then said that our Ma
tional bank currency is increasing at
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I'ELEGRAPHIC.
THE INDIANA ELECTIONS.

THE INDIANA ELECTIONS.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 5.-The cleo
ton in Indiana for township officers
and on the constitutional amend
ments to-day brought out about a
twothirds vote of the State. The
indications are that the Republicans
make large gains in township elec.
tions and carry the constitutional
amendments by very decided ma
jority.
So far as reports have been received
they indicate that from ten to twenty
per cent. of the Democratic vote was
in favor of ratification. The Germans
voted about solid for the amend
:nents. The ratification of the amend
ments dispenses with the October
election, placing the State election ON
the day of the presidential election.
A BULLDoZED TOWNSHIP.
READING, Pa, April 3.-The peo-
pie of Honey Brook township.
Chester county, are in a terrible state
of alarm over the depredations of a
band of Welch mountain thieves,
who are burning their barns and
driving off their stock. The marau-
ders robbed country school house of
large Bible, nailed it to tree and
posted a notice, with skull and cross
bones attached, stating that if the
Horse Insurance Company followed
them up to make arrests, fearful
depreciation would at once follow. A
number of the members of the de-
tectlve company have had their
horses and cattle poisoned. A special
despatch from that locality saws:
Honey Brook and the adjoining
townships will be in worse state of
agitation than they were when the
Gap gang were in existence. Barns
nave been burned by the marauders;
STOCK nave been poisoned ;two horses,
with wagon and harness, have lately
oeen driven off and never traced out
OF the township, and robberies of a
petty sort are a nightly occurrence.
What shall be done is the cry of the
citizens. They have already suffered
greatly, and are in nightly expecta,
tion OF seeing their buildings go up
IN smoke, as have those of many Of
their neighbours
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The lunatic who sits at the helm OF
the Okolona Miss States, has been
interviewed by correspondent. and
upon being told that the Democracy
OF the North repudiated his utteran>
ces, he replied:
'Repudiates me? Bah! How can
it repudiate me without regulating
its history, without repudiating its
principles as well Why do they
sympathize with US, vote with us and
sustain US in the face of the fact that
we nullify your accursed amend
ments and thereby make Mississippi
Democratic, Notwithstanding the
Republicans have 10000 majority in
our State, if the niger is a legal
yoter?" 80
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If we must continue to hang some
of the bad people, common humani-
ty demands tfat the thing be done in
the least revolving manner and that
certainly was a revolving spectacle at
Washington last Friday when the
murderer's head was cut off by a
rope and rolled in one direction, while
the body tumbled in another-both
of them squirting streams of blood.
Inasmuch as the pulse beat in the
body, and the eyes rolled and the
teeth CRASHED in the head several
seconds after the ghastly separation,
it is sickening to imagine the terrible
though brief, amazement of that
dreadful head at, finding itself in
such an unexpected condition,
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At the head of it's editorial column

At the head of its editorial columns
the Boston Journal makes the an
nouncement that Grant will soon
state his position with regard to the
Presidential nomination. The lam
guage of the Journal is f: "It is now
said in well-informed political circles
that General Grant will be heard
from before the Chicago conven-
ton, and that he will place him.
self upon a platform which, his
friends assert, will carry the country
1t is intimated that he will announce
that the emergency must be great,
and the call a very loud one, to in
duce him to think of resuming eff.
cial duties. and that under no cir.
cumstances will no consider it, unless
it is accompanied by perfect under.
standing on the part of the Republi.
cans, that he is to be released from
service at the end of four years."
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vay they have to express this decline

way they have to express this decline
| in confidence is by their votes"
There is general consciousness that
the session has been dismal failure.
The key note of the real sincerity of
the party was struck in the discussion
of the registration bill. 1t was clear
ly shown from the first word of that
debate to the last that nothing but
an emasculated law, with abundant
opportunities for knavery. would
suit the majority. We have explain
ed heretofore so fully the defects of
the present registration law. that
there is no need to amplify upon
them now. 1t suffices to say that
there was one general and impera-
tive demand for its repeal That has
not been done, and we shall again be
RECALLED with election returns from
Baltimore city that will disgrace the
State. Other conspicuous failures
were in the oyster beds and tobacco
inspection business. But perhaps it
is too soon to 60 into details until a
fairer estimate can be made of what
was actually done and undone. But
it has been apparent from the start
that no serious attempt at reform, no
honest endeay0rs to economic and
Feerench, have been made. Some
thing will be gained, howe yer, if, as
the u shot of the affair, there is
clinched in the public mind the
abiding conviction that the promises
of the Democratic party are not
worth pinch of snuff.-Ctens6ertaad
Neaos.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Republican,
WASHINGTON. d. c.. April 6, $780,
Legislation on the large appropri-
alton bills is still delayed. They are
not so far along as they usually are
in January. Many reasons are given
by the Democrats for this; they
promised before the adoption of the
new rules that when they were adop-
ted they would give legislation such
boom as was never before known in
Congress. But the rules have been
in operation two months and not
single large appropriation bill has
even been reported to the House.
They tried at one time to put the de-
lay upon the Republican party, but
that attempt failed before it fairly got
outside of the Capitol. The people
knew where the blame belonged land
the Democrats knew they knew it.
The real reason is, the Democrats are
not competent to govern this ReDub-
lie. Their purposes are bad, their
methods vicious and demoralizing,
and its aims subYeTsive of free gov
eminent. They enact no measures
for the good of the whole people, and
in their excuses for such legislation
as they do enact, they call up not the
numberless good deeds of the Re-
publican party, but its few bad ones.
I They have no high aims to achieve,
no principles they dare openly avow
and call upon the loyal people of the
North to support. The record of the
party, curbed as it has been by Re-
publican President and Supreme
Court has been bad enough in all
conscience. But with Democratic
President and Congress. the loyal
people may we'll feel anxiety for the
safety of cur free institutions and the
free and equal rights of all our peo-
Pile. In this connection l wish to
speak of doubt that is in the minds
of the anti third term men, that if
Grant be nominated he cannot be
elected. They may put their fears
away. If Grant is nominated, (which
in itself is very doubtful, enough
loyal people can be found at the
North to elect him over any man the
Democrats can nominate with such
record as that nominee will have to
fight against.
Without doubt Dolnelly of Min.
nesota, is the maddest and most dis
appointed man in the country. He
contested the seat of Washburn. OF
course he had no real claim to the
seat. But he relied upon the Demo-
cratic majority TO pull HIM through.
He depended especially upon Chair.
man Springer Of the Elections Com
mittee and Representative Manning.
Manning manufactured a report in
favor of Donnelly. and when it was
voted upon in the Committee Sprin-
ger voted against it. This action Of
| Springer's SO enraged Manning that
he rushed into the House and charg-
ed that Springer had been corruptly
influenced. That through AN offer
to his wife he had received s., GOO for
voting against Donnelly. Springer
is now mad, and wants to be inves-
tigated. OF course the charge of
Manning is false. Springer, though
a Democrat, is not corrupt man.
LOGAN.
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legislature, which will be in the fall
of 1883, when and not before, in the
opinion Governor, another election OF
judges can take place, in accordance
with the provisions of the constitu
ton. This variance of judgment be
tween the Governor and the Attorney
General arises from a difference OF
Opinion as to the construction to be-
given 10 the third and fifth sections
Of article Sc Of the constitution. Sec
ton third provided that the judges
of the courts established by that con-
stitution should be elected sat the
general election to be held ON the
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November next, and in the city of
Baltimore on the fourth Wednesday
of October next. Each of the said
judges shall hold his Office for the
term of fifteen years from the time of
his election, and luntil A4is successor
is elected and qualified, or until he
shall have attained the age of seven
ty years" twill be seen that this
section provided for the election of
the judges now sitting, partly at the
county elections Of members of the
legislature and partly at the municip-
al election for a mayor and City
Council, so that the manifest in
tent" of the convention to require all
judges hereafter to be elected emily at
the same time as State election for
members of the Legislature is not to
be gathered from the language of
this section. Section fifth provides
that latter the election for judges to
be held as above mentioned, upon
the expiration of the term, or in case
of death, resignation, removal, or
other disqualification of any jude,
the Governor shall appoint person
duly qualified to fill said office, who
shall hold the same until the next
general election for members of the
General Assembly. when successor
shall be elected" In order to con-
strue this section in harmony with
the third section, the Attorney Gen
eral holds that the clause "upon the
expiration of the term" in the fifth
section relates only to the cases in
which the term of a Judge expires by
his arrival at the age of 70 for in the
case of the expiration of a term of
fifteen years, section third expressly
provides that each Judge ''shall hold
his Office until his successor is elected
and qualified" The Attorney Gen.
eral therefore framed his bill for an
election in 1882, in the belief that the
intent of the Constitution was that
the successors of the present judges
should be elected in time to succeed
them at the close of their terms. The
difference of opinion between the
Governor and Attorney General on
this point leaves the matter in very
awkward shape, for the Governor
holds that at the expiration of the
terms of the present judges he can
appoint their successors to hold over
until the next state election, while
the Attorney General would advise
the present judges that they hold
over until their successors should be
elected by the people, state of affairs
which opens. up possibility of coE-
tending de .facto and de .j,sre judges
not pleasant to contemplate.-Batto.
american.
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When the ridiculous resolutions,
reiteratiag the exploded doctrines of
the State Rights men, came up for
final passage, Mr.. Wilson offered the
following burlesque as embodying
the real gist of what the resolutions
seth forth, which created a great deal
of merriment in the House. The
Democrats refused to acknowledge
this plain statement of their views {:
Resolved, That as the representa-
lives of the Omnipotent people Of
Maryland, at ANNAPOLIS assembled,
We defy the President of the United
States, Congress, the Supreme Court
and the United States Army, warn
ing them against any attempts to
punish Judge of Election or Regis
ter of voters of the State of Maryland
for the innocent amusement of re-
vising poll book or filling ballot
box; and give due notice that we
have provided by statute that our
sovereign State shall in future bear
The penalties attempted to be impos-
ed upon these, her chosen and virtu-
Gus sons,
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The legislature has ended its ca
reer. With the largest opportunities
of benefitting the State by enacting
wise and urgent laws, and with a
Reform" governor at its back. ii
has signally failed to fulfill the prom
Uses of the campaign. 1t has been a
conspicuous failure, and has illustra-
ted anew that the promises of the
Democratic party in this State are
utterly and forever after this to be
disbelieved and despised. Even the
Baltimore Sun sends forth word of
warning to the party and says :
"People may lose confidence here in
Maryland, as well as elsewhere, in
their public servants, and the only
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-10

Last year the Democratic majority
in Congress made certain Republican
successes at the polls in November by
their endeavOr to chain up the adj
ministration, and they are just fool
ish enough to play into the hands of
the opposition again by attaching ri
ders to the appropriation bills. They
are the solitary contradiction to the
old adage that burnt child breads
the fire.
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The Maine Legislature has pass ID
"a new liquor law more stringent than
any previous one in that State. The
new bill bears heavily on cider
drinkers. as it renders their favorite
beverage hard to obtain for love or
money. Its sale, sweet or hard, is
now prohibited. The law also has a
provision which RENTS the inebri.
ate's fine if he will turn informer and
declare where he got his liquor.
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The Baltimore Sun of Monday
says that the alleged letter of Presi-
dent Garrett, of tie Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, to the Culpeper, Vir-
ginia, Times, placing himself as a
candidate for the Presidency SIN the
hands of his friends" copied by us
yesterday, was forgery. 1t was, in
fact, an "April fool" perpetrated, it
is supposed, by some wag ON the
Times.
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the rate of more than million a
month. This, added to the coinage
of gold and silver, make the increase
per month for circulation about S75,-
5000. Surely" said he, "this
ought to satisfy even the Greenback,
ers, and convince US that we had
better let well enough alone, and
have no legislation upon the currency
question this year."
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John W. Garrett as a Presidential
Candidate.

The Times, an able Democratic pa
per published at Culpepei, Va. some
time ago urged the nomination by
its party of John w. Garrett. CT
Baltimore, as presidential candi-
date. Mr.. Garrett has written the
following letter to the Times:
BALTIMORE. March %, 1880.
To the Editor of the Times:
After my arrival from Fortress
Monroe this a. M, copy OF the
Times was handed to me. | aBi in
almost daily receipt of commUnica
tons from various parts of the coun-
try in regard to my candidacy for the
Office of President of the United
States. My time being fully Occu.
pied by the business of tne great cor
poration whose interests nave been
confided to my hands, it would be
impossible to give attention to a cor
respondence WITH friends living in
almost every State of The Union. But
[ have said priVdteLy what | now de-
sire to say PUBLICLY through the me-
dunn OIL yOur excellent paper: IL
there is any chance in the world of
the Cincinnati nomination being con-
ferred Cd the present Speaker of the
House of Representatives, then 1 am
not q candidate, Mr.. Randall being
my tavorite, first and last ii on the
contrary, Mr.. Randall has no chance
Of/getting the nomination, then l am
| 1Jl the handle nf MAJ frjp1l(Ie ~
l have thus, my dear sir. defined
my position, briefly and frankly; of
my political principles it will be time
enough to speak hereafter, sven If
they were unknown to the public.
With many thanks for the kindly
manner in which the Times has spo-
ken of me, am, dear sir,
Yours, truly,
JOHN WILLIAM GARRETT.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1880.

Despite all protestation of"refOrm"
the registration bill has been scuttled.
1t is evident the Democracy of this
State are determined that we shall
never have fair and free election in
Baltimore city if it can be prevented.
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Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
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1t is now conceded that the Liber-
ais in England will have a good
working majority in the next Parlia-
ment without the aid of Home Rule
votes. The present Ministry will
dissolve as soon as the Queen returns
to England.
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The following is the full text of
both the reports made by the Pearre
committee to the House, Friday of
last week
To the Honorable the Speaker Of the
House Of Delegates of Moryldnd:
The undersigned members of the
committee appointed to investigate
tie charges brought against the Hon
0rable Judge George A. Pearre, one
of the associate judges of the fourth
judicial circuit respectfully report
that they have heard the testimony
brought before them, and they are of
the opinion that it does not warrant
them to recommend an impeach-
ment, and they herewith submit, the
testiU ony upon which their opinion
is based, together with this their re.
port. for the consideration of the
House of Delegates.
The said members of your commit
tee file herewith as part of their re-
port the original memorial and
charges prepared against the said
Hon. Geo. Pearre, the first. third.
fifth and sixth of which charges were
abandoned by the memorialists.
They also file herewith the specifica
tons furnished by the memorialists
under the second, fourth, seventh and
eighth charges.
THOMAS G. HAYS,
(Signed.l A. G. CHAPMAN,
B. l.. TURNER.
| 20 the Honorable the Speaker of the
House Of Delegates:
The undersigned members of your
committee appointed to investigate
the charges brought against the Hon.
Geo. A. Pearre, one of the associate
judges for the fourth judicial district
circuit, respectfully report that they
fixed time for the Investigation of
the said charges and gave notice to
the memOraliSts and the said Hon.
Geo. A. Pearre that the first ald
third charges relating to accepting
fees for legal advice and services, and
accepting "a portion of a fee growing
out of litigation in the court over
which the Hon. Geo. A. Pearre pre-
sided, were abandoned by the counsel
for the memorialiSts, with the admiS-
sion that they had no evidence to
sustain them that the fifth and sixth
charges were also abandoned and no
testimony was offered to sustain them;
that they heard the testimony on
both sides relating to the remaining
charges and they are OF the opinion
that said testimony furnishes no
ground for impeachment, and recon-
mend that this House pass resolu-
ton generating the said Hon. Geo.
A Pearre from any i.nputation that
may have been cast upon him by
SAID charges.
The undersigned return herewith
the original memorial and charges
and the specifications furnished under
the second, fourth, seventh and eight
charges, and testimony brought be.
fore them.
VIM. G.. SCOTT,
(Signed.) Jos. X. ROBERTS, JR.,
J. MCPHERSON SCOTT.
Both reports were adopted and the
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Both reports were adopted and the
committee discharged.