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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27
school LAW.

The following recent official rulings
and decisions are collated by the Lam
sing Republican:
/. Whenevera school district is divided. each
of the districts formed from it has a right. in
making It's annual report, to embrace the time
a school was taught between the commence
ment of the school year and the time the divis-
ion was made, and to add thereto the time
school has been taught in said new district sub
sequently to the division. If each OF such new
districts, reckoning time in this manner. il ena-
bled TO report a school taught the requisite time
by qualified teachers each is entitled to receive
public moneys.
2. If new district is created from more
than one district part of which did not have
thesrequisite number of months school before
the division, and the new district itself has not
had school the necessary time. the number of
children residing on the territory taken from
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

THERE lately died in the West Vir-
ginia penitentiary, at Moundsville, Eli
Ice who was undergoing life impris-
onment for the murder of Confederate
soldier during the war. Ice was placed
under arrest. The military, however,
stepped in and took the case from the
civil authorities, and court-martial re-
suited in Ices acquittal. He was then
restored to the ranks and served valiant
ly as soldier until the expiration of the
war. Upon the cessation of hostilities,
Ice returned to his home. Here again
he was arrested by the civil authorities,
tried for murder in the first degree,
found guilty and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for life. His case was taken in
hand by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, who made every effort in their power
to secure his release, but without avail.
About year ago a plot was framed by a
number of ex-Federal soldiers in Ohio
to rescue him by force of arms, but better
counsels finally prevailed. Ices i'm
prisonment caused the breaking up of
his family, who were left without sap
port, and are now scattered III different
sections of the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

The members of the New York Bust
ness Mems Society for the Encourage
ment of Moderation have caused to be
built an enormous ice-water tank with a
capacity of three tons. This is to be
placed upon truck, the use of which
has been donated for the season, and it
is to be filled with ice-water and to be
trundled about the streets III the densely-
populated tenement districts, where the
cool, pure water will be distributed free
of charge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27
Had TO Do IL.

A most curious freak is reported from
Castala, on the c., S. and G.. Railroad.
A young woman boarded the express
train ut that station. Engineer Quinn,
who was running the train, states that
while the train was running at the rate Of
twenty miles an hour, she jumped of
and turned several immodest hand
springs. The train stopped on the signal
of her red stockings, when 10! she was
found comparatively unhurt. She had
struck on a sand-pile. She claims she
was seized with desire to Jump off the
train which she could not resist. -CotuD,-
bus Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

GEN. MELIKoFF has been buying up
Nihilists and has sent many of them
out of the country in secrecy, as politi-
cal agents, to Roumelia, Servia, Greece
and Constantinople while others have
been retained on stipends until an OPP
portunity for employment should offer.
Russia will find this mode of getting rid
of the Nihillsts far cheaper III the end
than shooting them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

The financial statement of the Cana
dian Government for the last fiscal year
shows that the expenditures We're 49,
161, 712, and the revenue $24, 76S, $50,
leaving a deficit OF 1903, 1877. AS there
are several extraordinary expenses dur
ing the year amounting to a sum greater
than the deficit, the citizens OF the Do
minion are generally well pleased with
the policy of the present ministry.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

The largest rattlesnake probably that
hes ever been seen in Washington lately
arrived at the Smithsonian Institution
from Florida. The snake belongs to the
CrOtalus addDlantues, or diamond-rattle
family. 1t is about eight feet long, will
measure twelve inches around the body,
and has twelve rattles and button on
the end of its tail 1t came in close
woven canvas bag, and was at once
dropped into large square wooden box
with wirework sides and sliding cover,
prepared for the reception of venomous
reptiles. Not having been fed for some
time it is particularly ferocious, and its
rattle is constantly on the shake when
ever any one approaches, or there is any
II Jise in the room where it is kept.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27
Nance III the prIceS paIu IOr hops
shown in the following table

The total crop this year is estimated at
$1,000 to 125, 900 bales, most of which
is raised III New York State. The pro-
duction of Eastern hops has dwindled
down to few hundred bales. The same
is true of Michigan hops. Most of the
Wisconsin farmers are turning their at
tention to other crops. Sank county,
for instance, has only $50 acres left out
of 1000 formerly in hops.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

VIscoUNT DE LEssEPs was invited to
breakfast with the King of the Belgians
the other day, and the royal host sent
three court carriages to the station to
meet the Viscount and his suite. The
Viscourt's suite consisted of one of his
little girls, whom he had in one hand,
and his luggage of gripsack which he
had III the other
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

MARVELLOUS changes both in the quail
ity of English novels and in the person.
mel of their writer's have been witnessed
since Dickens and Thackeray passed
away Shirley Brooks, George Law
renee and White Melville are no more.
Anthony Trollope ambles along at the
well-known pace on the same old nag
Charles Reade has laid aside the pen.
Wilkie Collins grows increasingly more
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27
LONDON newspapers refer to the Fenian

LONDON newspapers refer tothe Fenian
demonstrations in Ireland rs " theatri.
Gals" and manifest more or less pity
and contempt for the authors of them.
They are unanimous in the opinion,
however, that the widespread determine,
ton of the peasants to pay no more
rent presents grave question which
the Government must deal with good
naturally but firmly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27
Che Jme alurthrrner.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1880.

CONSIDERING the number of passen-
gers transported the list of the killed
and wounded on the railroads of Great
Britain is exceedingly small. Last year
there were only 100 passengers killed
and 1907 wounded, and this included
seventy-three who were killed by the
falling of the Tay bridge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

The population of Massachusetts, is
now 22S to the square mile-a degree of
density surpassed by very few countries
in the Old World. Marblehead is the
only town in the State whose population
has not increased during the decade.
Two counties have lost ground-Nan-
tucket and Barnstable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

Mr.. W. A. LAWRENCE gave some in
teresting statistics about hop growing in
a speech delivered before the Hop Grow
ers' Association of Central New York.
He directed attention to the remarkable
increase of the hop industry in the
United States
Baies.
1889 ...................... G,l93
Total hops grown in the United States in
1859 ............. 55,O55
1879 (estimatedj. 10000
Another fact is the considerable add
vance in the prices paid for hops, as
shown I'm the following table:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

THE Physician and Patient approves
of bicycling, as less wearisome than
walking, less violent thab horseback
riding, more varied than either, and with
oil the good qualities of both.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

spectral and shuddery, and less like his
old master. George Eliot keeps for the
most part silence, or. when she breaks
it, does so only to bore a public which
would fain admire. Miss Braddon, Mrs.
Edwards and Mrs. Oliphant are still
weaving the familiar plots out of the ac-
customed material. Miss Broughton
has almost exhausted the resources OF
her prurient imagination. Ouida alone
possesses that i'll full vigor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

A FIGHTING clergyman lives at Media,
Pa, as a certain thief can testify. His
name is B. f. String, and he is the pas
tor of a Methodist Church at that place.
The thief entered the house through the
cellar window, lighted candle and then
entered the kitchen. He then exchanged
the candle for coal-oil lamp, dressed
himself in sheet by cutting holes i'll ii
for his head and arms, and thus arrayed
went the bedside of Mr.. String. Hold
ing the lamp in one hand and n knife in
the other, he tried to soothe Mr.. String
by saying: eve don't want to com
NIT any violence ;" but Mr.. String
sprang from his bed, attacked the thief
and drove him from the house.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

"a BUGGY STORY" is the title of an
article in the Wilmington Eucry Eucning.
1t must he the story where the beds are
kept.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

JOSHUA JACOB, wealthy and infiuen-
tial member of the Society of Friends,
of Limerick, Ireland, has arrived in
Philadelphia with his family and SER
wants. and will settle on farm i'll Ches-
ter county, PA. One of his reasons for
leaving Ireland is his objection to the
law which makes vaccination compul-
sorv. The Government has enforced
he penalty of G5 against him several
times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-27

The three principal places that furnish
scents to the world are Grasse, Nice and
Cannes in France. In their locality
alone, annually, are consumed:
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

Sperlinas1heuhe, wis in Stternbuoe Die
6rauen Fe ater bic auftstmsnoen erblsn'
beete fedten, nur Iauberer unb 3terltaer
mars, unb Die gntbedsr ses perlallen oa'
lfeteneen @ptel3sue's stnsen rsu8lsrts
betrahtenb biu5u. @eerot mstnfe :: gSie
sin gpotma(s nit elmer Jlasse bran tFs,
wpson nte @roemutter er5ablt. Oe1
Sipsra ladte balb Nein, bic ltno vel
arSser; wenn ida bic aussn 3umaHe, lspe
id Ts nod Dor mir, sebnmal 10 boo als
i'd. - 0sil Du bamaIs 10 ptsl tlftnet
wara. - Nein, fsl iie etn, eas tann's
ntdt @eiu unp mas iotlt's tisr2 Wbsr no.
,u maass q SIR 8lif lief lumber uro
fe brad ab unb rief lanea !: Steb nur,
oa erutsn fsbt ned 70 eins, grab ute
birs
Ct fat ierer peutsnsen 5ano mad, es
mar rtttis, senau etsnlcl6' elm totsee
Tabnletn an weiBsm Stcd webte stpa
liinftunbert Sdritte weiter ilter Ger trau'
;,.n 5aibe. Damn eewabrte er aas osHt
Nuasnwfnfsi, bab neben ibm cas 5atnhsn
ilartsr bin uno ter iduantse, uno BEN
&cpf brsbsno, frus er aRas wiaa Du,
gera? Sic tatts ibre flstns 5ano Tim pen
StUd gtflamn,ert luttte tislen Gus Dem
8oesn su rsiben unb seslebte, nit lcnrsrs
bar ernFtaf!sn Nuesn breinistsno: Ou,
has lit nidts gutss, mir woaen's meg
taun II Nbsr slsisa3sitis lhoa BON stNsm
gulhrant ber elm STUFF: 5uuab Wclt
Str sormibissn DurEtrabben Cure Singer
motl BON Der Stanee lafsn! Wartst,
i'd fumme nit Der ShulmeiR Rerrutbe
Gortftbuns fpls.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Giberbeit Dor einer peitaei6e(.

S9us ssssn bic aranfbsii, nidt Bios eine
Msbiain, welte bsn parorsSmen Giubalt tbut
1T bas 5auptbsbirfniB in @esenben, in beusn
bic epioemilde @eiBcl ber Nalaria Ycrberrfdt.
Gbinin sswabrt bislen Sdus nidtt. Der
Sauptsruno, warum S etter'S M a.
seubitters i@ 70 unssmsins YapuIaritai
erwprbsn bat, 1T Der llmifanb, bas ss bas
SYitem porbereitet Der ptf @ieperfanb su
Ieiiten. Is itarft unt trafist nalnli6 ben
pbsTl6ea Srsanismus, resulirt unb befIreert
cine slei9mabiae Girfulatiun unb gertbeiluns
Der Sdfle, une brpirft rsselmaBise @erSauuns.
Nibt nur eewabrtetS 96uB Wiesr bas talts
5ieber, ipnssrn es iiberwaltist ipsar BIZ
idlimnitsn JOrmen sielsr 8raufgeit. Dies
1T ter fd aus ieinsr bsilpieauien 8tiebtbeii
s.bsn idbt. Gs 1T ssid mirtIam bel 3ss.
pspfa, 5artlsibisfeit, 2ebsrbel9peroen, all.
srmsinsr S6wdde, rbeumatil6tn 9eisen; aud
1T es Elm suvsrldiNsss ttatsti9fs une .nsrpsn'
itarfsnbs5 Wittd.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- Miittern, bic Sinber seiunb ,u nab
rem tpiinitsn, ohns i'm stanpe gu letn, es
eur6 itre eissne Brua ,n bsrrIrten, tann
ptats 9e1eres, 5eillamstes unp 8iatseres
empfotlen weroen, falls Nsuaabter's ;, Deut.
fdes &inbermebl" (pabotrupbtne). gs
1T Der Bette erlab fur Muttsrmilh, 90
psreinist allss Cute In fd, I'm cine Dor.
trefTiae Rinbernabruns ,u sewdtren.
Der briaantslte erfols uurbe fcgar bsi
frdnfltden nnb fhpahsn &tneern er,telt.
,Deutlhes &inesrmsbl" wirD BON Ner,tsn
leer empfoSlen, uno 1T In allsn renummir-
ten Qpctbefen 3u babsn.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- Nihts anberes mirb 5ieber. I'M
aebsrbeidweroen 10 raid beieitisen ais
,Rsebs @bge Epnic."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- &auft teine &leiosr, Biz Ssr ga II.
oall & Sons Eager 'nipi,irt tabt. Das
Bette I'm Marft.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Oreisehn iunae Oentlhz z9lmerifan

l-5- Drei5ebn iun9e Oentl4<s(merifane=
rinnen, bic, tereits slnfanss MGrs ibre
Seintatb perlaiien babeng itno ant 13.
9tpril unter 6iibruns elmer alteren Dame
5u in gerlin ansefcmnten l1nb baben itets
SIT smeien porber beifellte Yripatwo wobnunsea
be5csen. Die Damen, ben beiten beutid=
amerifanilden 6an,ilten aneeb0renb, finb
auf elmer &unoreiie burd europa besrif>
fen uuo pollen bauptiadlid bieienisen
oeutlden Stdote beiuden, in benen lie
nod Verpanote 3u finoen bcffen. I'm
ni4t aufiaQis gu weroen MAIDEN iie ibre
GrcuFonen, unt bic SebenSwarbisfeiten
in 9tusenidein nebmen, nur in @ruppen
5u br4aens Dreien. Sic ipreden
iammtlid seldufis Deutia, nit etpas
fremcartisem accent. 60 er5dblt bas
Berliner 3aseblatt. ...
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Der Sinber Der hurd bic ltebe1 tiiluuS
perI dtedterten 2uft 5u5uihrsiben iei.
ctnt afIt1aliAen Qshen fpn1rte,,

- Sm atltasliaen essen tommen fat
Fanblih tlsins 1nfalls uie gsrRauhaa-
gen, 8srrsntuusen 0ustldunsen uap Ser.
punpungen allsr Mrt aOr, weldse etn wirt.
flames 5eilmttte1 sur Notbwsnoisfett
MAIDEN, uno oft bdnst BET 8srwunounseu
utel sauon as, eab elm wirtlamss Ntttsl
CUR 5anb III, wslass ia Wnpenpuns Sc.
bradt weresn tamn. Nlan 3srfaiere Sabsr
alte 9sinwane, tuaIde bic @unpe NIT
WaNsr aus, balte Ts mtttslf ihmalsr
@treifsn Don 5sftpftafer, usl&s in Rreu3=
form iibsrenanber sslest speroen, auiammfn
wnt lese oana eine @pmpr,fe BON gtarpie,
NIT st, Satobs Ssl 9etraa.t, anf. Die.
ies psrbinoert siftiae eitsrun8 nab BE-
fSrpert 5stluus Der aDunbe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Shit bem Hrabiabr. bem NusSt(ooe

= Mtt oem 8ribjatr, pem aus 1dlaser
Ger 8dnme, tritt DIT ebsufatls Elm Stsissn
cer Sdfte ees menialasu &S,pers Elm.
e. piro patfr sine 8esu!irgns oss 8lutes.
wenn man nidt min iat ben g0rpsr mi,
ausfdIaatn bsoedt su leten, ,ur Notb.
wfnbtstett. Or. Ausuit R6nis's 9am,
burger Grppfsn fab bas Bette sDlutreini
sun5smittet rae 9atra als lolass ,sreu
Nuf bewabrt. --...
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
I'm alle unfere Gunoen

5ufrieoen gu iteaeu, pertaufsn mir nod
so Ousenb Der elesanten @luceebauo.
idube nit auSpfen fiir 35 Gents bas
Yaar ; oieielbsn Tno pclltommen orsimal
10 uiel wertt. Beitellunsen per Yolt aus
cem 2anoe auf oieie 9anoidube weroea
prompt aussefibrt. 9 dram&eo.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- 5uae &c. fir Wnsuse Bel pancp
Il g uns tn rstdfsr WuswabI.
1q2t3m.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Sine Karte

In ale, ,pelde an ben TolSen bon
SusenbIItnoen, gterpSler Sdwdhe, Gnt-'
frdftisuns, Serlult Der Wtannestraft II.
t. 10. leioen, ienoe id foitenfrei elm 9te-
cspt oaS fe CURT. Dteles srpbe Sell
n1ittel puroe bon einem Uftifcnar in
9iio=Qmertta entoeft. @Aidt e1n abbrel
itrtes GouDert an Gep. Spiepb 8. SIN,
MAN, Statica ., Nem Dorf gitp.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- 50 lit fsin In Der y5idenihait Be.
tanntsrss 5siImittel ssSsn eumtaso. .drUni.
fAtn cber aeuten Nbsumatismus, ais wie
Sobnpns Nnoppne Qiri iment,
tnnsrllA uno dubsrliH ansswanSt-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

Wir sebsn nit gersni8en Broben
ppn unieren 2paarsn gum ger8leia nit
anbern, neil mir sepiB 0ub, bag mir BIZ
Tiger veriauIsn tSunen, ais ale unlere
Goncurrepten. 9 S6ram & So.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

5err9. Bolflon BAT foetsn per,
f9isosne Surten unb Nufsr BON BUN.
tinss srbaltsn, bic er billia pertault.
5brn|o g msrbIte fur 5trren unb
Damsn unp Sommertletper fur 9erren
unO 8naten. Gefhmaduolle Wuswabl;
biGiae Drei1e. ...
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01

- Gin srobarttses unb unternebmen.
bes 3ettunss Snfitut II ber uNsw gorl
SsralO", eas maGsn iam aud feline ialimmt>
fen glstosr unp @ssusr la6en. So iareibt
Der uYbilap. Demptrnt" uub bssrdnret
es fcIssnesrmuben: auf,upufsn irsilia
brauAt ben uSsralo" NEtmano, bas &C.
ioret er lsibR aui Die unssrfrurenfe Dsils.
Sutsrs6ant ais gettras gum Sapttsl rss
amerttanifaea 3situusswelsns 1T Der Bs.
riAt, ben sr tiir3lid iibsr Das Nase's..
9sfbaft sab, welhes sr an ensm Sage am
lsbtsr Is. Aprtl semadt bat. Nn bic.
fem Sage bradts fr 923 Spaltsn Mnssisen,
rabrsno i.hs anbsre portiss snsliide
5auptblattsr (5tmss, @orlp. Gun, Srttu.
ne &c 3ulamnten nur SCI epaltsn Wnss's
ssn an ptelsm Gage entbislten. Die Nn.
gail letaer Nn,eissn, BE 1T tletn7en &C.
orans!en Sab setratt wurbsn, tstrus
4446. um 2547 mebr, als bic iener feds
Ylaster. Dies sistt 3u3lsid Elm Bib ses
amsritanilaen an3sisewsiens; tsne 4445
An3etsen namlid srfnisnen unter 116
SerfHiseenen Nubrttsn. Die Nummsr
erldten In 1876, 900 gremplaren unb wurbe
BON l20 Sesern aufseisbt; 90 Stereuty.
per eOasn baiar. 22s StersotYp . lattsn.
Obne bic lsbtsren unes Obne bic Oampf.
prefen mare cine {ottae eelauns natdrlia
ntsmals mSeltt sswprosn."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1880-05-01
Sur Ginipanbermue.

Gorttbuns fpls'.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17

have for long time been established,
free trade may be the correct thing; but in
young nations, like ours, they would stand
no chance at all. That Is very seductive
plea. Those native manufactures which are
fostered by artificial legislation, once having
received such aid, never seem to be able to
get ahead without it. If they are not able to
stand up and face foreign competition at the
start, they never seem to be able to face it.
We have several of these venerable babes
among us now. The print works at Fall
River, Manchester and Holyoke are three of
these infants. The coal interest of Pennsyl
vaniais another white-headed sucking. How
long are people to be taxed in order that
these great cotton mills may successfully
compete with English spindles? When will
the coal and the iron and the shoe manu-
factories in our country be strong enough to
throw open our ports for the free entrance
of foreign coal and steel rails and shoes?
are not 100 seasons of being coddled at the
Government breast about long enough to
satisfy us that they are at least approach
ing the proper period for weaving? Or are
these protective industries not innocent in
fants at all, but black and ugly leeches
rather fastened upon the body polite TO
grow on what they feed upon?" Such views
are an outline of the arguments upon free
trade that free men will be likely to heed,
and the policy of the United States will
eventually be not to protect the few that the
many may be robbed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
The Truth About MIR. Hayes Administra-
tiou
New York SUM-

New York SUM-
What object is there now in telling any,
thing but the truth about Mr.. r. B. Hayes,
who goes back to Ohio in four months? No
Republican politician has anything to ex-
pect of him. The most persistent gull that
tlutters in the wake of the party can hope
for nothing further from him in the way of
civil service reform. His record in office is
made up already. His day is over. From
this time until March 4, 1881, he will attract
a very small share of the public attention.
and his departure from the White House
will be an event remarkable only because it
purges the place Of tenant who has occu-
pied it for four years without a title.
Yet once in while We find in our Repub-
ican contemporaries paragraphs like the
following:
If the administration of President Hayes had
not been clean and upright; II it had not man
aged the finances well; If il had not conducted
our foreign affairs with ability; IL il had not
maintained the laws with vigor, the Republican
party would have gone down at the polls before
storm of popular indignation. In reckoning the
forces which won the battle. no statement will be
complete which does not place in the forefront
the wisdom and patriotism and the integrity of
the administration of Rutherford b. Hayes.
That is taken from the Utica Herald a
newspaper edited by Mr.. Ellis H. Roberts
The Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial writes in the same
strain:
Friends OF the President say but for his clear
and honest administration in every branch OF
public affairs which gave the Republican party
responsibility once more, that party could not
have succeeded, and they claim with much show
Of reason. that the party is more indebted to r.
B. HAYES for its triumph than any one man.
This sort of talk passes current simply be-
cause nobody takes the trouble to contra
dict it. The facts are accessible.
Under Mr.. Hayes, corruption in the Post
office Department has reached q degree of
audacity unknown since the days of Cres-
well. For the greater part of his fraudulent
term Mr.. Hayes maintained at the head of
tie postoffice an incompetent, an ex-Rebel
General, whose presence there was the direct
result of the scandalous political bargain by
which HAYS himself came into power.
Key was the figure-head; Tyner welded the
political influence of the Department; while
Brady and his, crew had full swing in the
fnacial management of affairs. They have
not neglected their opportunities. Jobbers
outside the general Postoffice have combined
and c0nspired with dishonest officials inside.
and the people Lave been plundered of
millions of dollars. The star route system,
and the loooseness' of the laws governing
contracts for that service, afforded the ring
all the chance they wanted. Under pretense
of "expediting service the cost of running
eighty six star routes was increased in
eighteen month from $6l3. 900 to 81, 24O, 504
The increase for expedition, meanwhile, on
all the other star routes in the United States,