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The Republican journal., 1880-07-22
Gen. Arthur's Letter of Acceptance.



clared by the convention, hut recent usage permits
me to give an expression OF my views. The
right and duty to secure honesty and order IN popu
lar elections matter vital that it must stand
Il the front The authority of the national gov
eminent to preserve from fraud and force elections
at which its officers are chosen is the chief point
on which the two parties are plainly and intensely
opposed The acts OF Congress have for ten years
in New \ DIRK and elsewhere done much to curb
the violence and wrong to which the ballot and the
count have been again and again subjected. some
times deSpoillng great cities sometimes sitting the
voice OF a whole state often seating not only in
congress but on the bench and In the legislature
numbers of men never chosen by the people The
democratic party since gaining possession OF the
Two houses of Congress has made these lust laws
the object of bitter eeaSeess assault and despite
all resistance has hedged them with restriction
cunningly contrvei to battle and parayze them
This aggressive majority boldly attempted to cX-
tort from the executive his approval OF various
actments destructive of the election laws by the
revolutionary threat that the constitutional eXer
c,SeS OF the veto power would be punished by
withholding appropriations necessary to carry on
the government and these threats were actually
carried out by refusing needed appropriations and
by forcing an extra session OF Congress- lasting for
months and resulting in concessions to this usGrp
ing demand, which are likely IN many states to
subject the majority to the lAwless Will OF mi
uouty Ommous signs OF public dlsapprova alone
Subdued the arrogant power INTO sullen Surrend
ur for the time beng OF part of It's demands
The Republican party has strongly approved the
stern refusal of its representatives. to suffer the
overthrow ot statutes believed 10 be Salutary and
lU>t II has always insisted aud now insists that
the government OF the nlted States OF America
IS empowered and IN duty bound to eliectuav
protect the elections denoted by the constitution
national. More than this The Republican
party holds ts cardinal point IN its creed, that
the government by every means known to the
constitution. would protect all American citizens
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

In Il letter to the Chicago Advance, In President
Grant says 81 have nothing t" say against Gen.
Hancock have known him for forty years. His
personal official and military record is good.''
Democratic Exchange.
Was the omission of the following and
concluding sentence Of Gen. Grants let
ter intentional!
The record Of the party which put him in nomin:l-
ton is bad.
Hon. Fred 4. ConkIing, brother of senator Conk-
ling has come out for Hancock, and has been elect
Ell president of a Hancock and English club III New
York city.
As Mr.. Conklng "came out" for Gree
ley, and has been u Democrat for these
many years there does not appear to be
any significance i'll his support Of Han
cock. The boom needs boosting, however.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

Lots Of people will 60 TO the Castine
convention next Tuesday, anxious to
learn whether the Greenbackers can
swallow the Democratic party, and keep
it down.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The Egyptian obelisk has am.yel 1t Ne" York
Dr. Tanners fast exeitys considerable earnestly
in England.
Mrs. Flagg 81 llalIuweII hi, nllr b,qd.-t II
$4,000 to the Maine General Hospital
Reports from the fannie district, Of Ireland are
much moro favorable The worst appears to he
over
The Maine Dental Society met in Portland Tues
day and elected officers for the ensuing year The
next annual session will be held m Augusta
Dr. Tanner continues his ar lnl water dl,t lnd
latterly has neither gained nor lost in weight He
took two drives Monday Riding is regarded as
favorable to persons who live on dir enabling them
to obtain larger and better supplies
The large contract firm of NJ Foster a Son
and Foster a button, of Wuterio, Me have
failed Liabilities not given These firms have in
the past few years erected il large number OF build
lngs, on contract, in different parts Of Maine
John F. Richmond and Donicon Ieaton broke
ont of Cumberland county Jail at Portland, Mon
day night escaping by making four false keys. one
of which opened combination lock Richmond
was matchmaker by trade. and was sentenced for
burglary. Yeaton n rumseller
The Republican says that James l. Marston. a
man about forty years old with wife and chill
dren, living in w est kennebec District in Muchias,
was arrested Monday and jailed for outraging an
eight years old daughter of Joseph W Smith in a
horrible manner After the deed was done the
man threatened the life of the girl if she told of
the affair
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The Democratic Convention next Tues
day will he held in HANCOCK county
and a locality that bears the name of the
Democratic Presidential candidate is not
the spot in which a Democratic conycn-
ton should be wiped out 10y Greenbackers
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

al can say without hesitation, | will
give Garfield my hearty support [Gen
Grant
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

Have we Il Democratic pant, locally /,
L would seem not, from the proceedings
at the rducu, on Saturday evening, as
Described cl~tWhrrc tnd vet there arc
many, great many Who cling to the
| beliefs and traditions Of that once grand
and powerful party, and VIII, will NOT
tamcly look on ana See It DESTROYED not
going down brWrly IN the fortunes Of
hatth but betrayed by those who should
be its friends, for the chance 1T few Of
fees, and sold for a price. 1t has been
the Democratic boast that it is It party OF
principle. that it can hc neither bought
nor sold, and that offices come To it Us
the reward Of victory for those principles.
What will be said, then. If it shall. prove
t. have no higher purpose than for Ger
tain leaders to get together in a corner
and sell to the highest Grrrnhack bidder
what votes it can command This is
surely not Democracy, lis it has been uu
dcI>tood. we shah hc mistaken ii the
trcachcry of Saturday does not bear Bit
ter fruits for those who connected IT. In
fact we have good authority for saving
that the Democrats will he fully repre-
srnteda ut Ca4tine and that ii the Green
hackers capture their con\ cntion another
one will he held, ana Democrat nom
mated and supported for Congress.
The Democratic State Committee, ut
their recent meeting in Portland, APP
pointed three Presidential electors, con-
rcdng the other four to the Grcenharl-
crs. 1t now remains to be seen whether
The Grccnback State Committee, which
is to meet at Augusta next week will CON
Sent to this arrangement. The Portland
Advertiser says the Democratic leaders
"haNc been too anxious 10 make Il good
bargain on fusion, and too fearful lest
they should he cheated They could not
wait for the corn to come up after ii was
planted, but had to dig it up to see if it had
sproutcd. The crop may he lost in con
sequence. Their proposition is to swap
o,0O0 votes for three Presidential elect
orS, and the Advertiser thinks that il the
bargain should be struck there might still
be some trouble in delivering the goods
IN iii interview with an Advertiser re-
porter Friday, Gen. plaistcd said he was
in favor of RENTING the whole matter Of
electors to conventions Of the people,
where it belongs, to Il State convention
for the selection OF two electors at large
and to the district conventions for the #c-
lection of the other five
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

In IN editorial on the political outlook
the Watervllc Mail advises everybody to
keep cool. But how are we to keep cool
with the mercury ranging among the
ninetics
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22
The Irish Republicans,

| The fifth national convention, that of
the Irish Republicans, was held at In
| dianapols last week. The Republican,
| Democratic, Greenback and Prohibition
parties had held their conventions and
made nominations for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency; but the convention held
at indianapolis and which endorsed the
Republican nominees, is certainly not the
least important of the political gatherings
of the year This convention met We'd
ncsday, the 18th inst, with delegates
present from kentucky, Virginia, Illinois,
Iowa Ohio, Pennsylvania, District Of Co
lumbia, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin
ana New York. Judge A. 5. Morrison of
Illinois was chosen chairman and the
usual committees appointed Thursday,
mancnt President and national com
mttcc appointed, composed of one mem
Der from each State. including a. l.. Nor
rison. chairman; u. w Nolan, secretary !;
q. Farrell of Conn. John {. kcCgan, of
Il. L.: W. II. Iooney of Maine, and T.. W.
pohcrty. I'm elaborate address WAS pre-
Srntcd from i committee appointed Wed
nrsday, in which were stated many rca-
sons why tile Irishmen OF the country
should swear allegiance to the Republ-
can party, as that party had appointed
ana elected very much larger number
IF Irishmcn 70 positions of trust than the
Democratic party. The platform adopt
cdrndorscs tho National Republican nom
nations and takes strong ground in favor
Of protecting the colorcd voters Of the
south
The New orl Tablet, one Of the lead
ivy catholic papers NJ the country, hearth
" commended the holding Of This con
yyntion, not simply because it is 1 RcpUb-
lican paper, hnt because the political
Wrll-hring Of the Irish voters could be
promoted III Such action IA would make
them lass soutlly prmocratir The Tab
let calls attention to the fact that the
Democratic party rarely honors 4 Catho-
liz and an IIishman with p nomination
for All important office. II adds that
whrmrycr thry do th, the Democratic
voters unite With his opponents to secure
hiS defeat Tac Tablet says:
VII. Near SD n.llcA of this clan tran uoNllral
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says Of Lawrence
Jerome's letter, announcing his determine
alton to support Hancock
The letter wa innocent and inofrneivr enough,
although it struck many people aN little singular
tl+a Mr.. - voting for this, that or the utercamI
date should be considered OF sufficient Importance
to merit Spaper notice, and, ~ | say. good
deal of quiet fun has been INDUCED in at his rN
pcnsc, as though the fact that the Jerome family
had concluded to support General Hancock
settler and that the rest of IT. knew hat to u.
When we read in the same column of
the same paper that David Davis is re-
siding among the Berkshire Hills, and
that he is at home in Illinois, and serious
" i'll, we do not know whether to doubt
the reliability Of the paper, or to conclude
that there are two of him.
Fair play is a jewel, Messrs. Green
hackers You had an unfair Victory in
this city last Saturday evening 1t may
prove to be your funeral.
Gen. Neal Dow has written a letter ac
cepting the nomination for the Presidency
by the National Prohibition party.
Tanner is reported to he getting fat on
water. That's too thin.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

Sound opinions come out of the furnace of discus
sion When has General Hancock ever discussed
public questions This being the President of
5000 900 people is no light Job to be entrusted to
any handsome gentleman of elegant leisure The
truth is that General Hancocks utter want of
training his utter want of knowledge of the men
he will meet, will make him more than any other
man before their convention, the or eature of the
party that made him.
The true issue of the campaign is ,
therefore, what party shall rule the coun-
try the party whose record is chad" or
the party of which Mr. Reed eloQuentIv
said: at needs no praise. Its history
is its euogium. 1t has Numbered some
times, being human. 1t has faltcred
sometimes, not wing had the full cour-
age of its convictions But whatever
there has been during the last twenty
years of honor and repute in the history
of the United States, has been due to the
Republican party"
The Lewiston journal SAYS the Con
grcssional contest in this state is already
sufficiently developed to render it not
only certain that the Republicans will
elect in the three districts which they
carried two years ago, but also probable
that they will recover the two districts
lost at that time MesSrS. Reed. Frye and
Lindsey have been rcnomlnated in the
first, second and third districts, and no
nominations have been made by the Oh
position save in the second district where
the GrccnbackcrS have nominated Fogg,
who is Objectionable to many Greenback-
erS and for whom few Democrats will
vote. In the first district it is certain
that no man can be put in the field who
will receive the full G,rcenback and Dem
ocratc vote. In the third district there
will no doubt he Il Fusion candidate, but
the district is decidedly Republican and
Mr.. l.indsey's election is assured in any
event. OF the remaining districts the
Journal says
In the fourth district Iadd, Democratic ,irccu
hacker or Democratic IN ,rcenhack mask was
elected IN the overturn of two years ago; aud will
be the fusion candidate this year The district
last fall gave the Democratic and Grrenback ticket
about 500 ma GRITTY: but last spring this was over
come by the Republicans As the Republicans
have nominated a very popular, energetic and
capable candidate IN the person " Capt Charles
A. BuutcIle, there Is every reason to believe that
they will elect hun hy a decided majority Ger
tuuly It personal fitness and political souudness
are regarded as essential for a seat Iii Congress.
ant Sputrllr will LARGELY lead his connection
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

4 correspondent Of Fogg's Chronicle
calls upon the bogus Legislature which
the TabulatorS counted in last fan to get
together nest month and prescribe the
manner Of choosing the States Prcsiden-
tial electors. The game appears to be to
set ~ bogus electoral college in order
that i Democratic Congress may throw
Maine out 1t won't work
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

Judge Kelley Of Philadelphia who has acted
with the Grcenback party for some time cordially
supports General Garfield He opened the Re
publican campaign at Philadelphia few evenings
since with ringing speech.
Judge Kelley was one of the very few
men Of national fame who went into the
Grecnhack movement, and he has too
much good sense to remain in it.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The two or three weak kneed Republicans who
have declared for Hancock have been widely para
ded in the Democratic organs These will show
less eagerness in mentioning the declaration of the
Hon. Alexander Ferguson, Of Cincinnati for Gar
field, He has long been known one of the ablest
lawyers in that city, and as an active and infu
entail Democrat of the ultra sort. TO him. per
haps, more than to any other man, is due the sue
cesstul completion of tho Cincinnati Southern
Railroad lie member of the Ohio Senate
at the time General Garfield was When
questioned as to his for refusing support
Hancock he indicated his belief that General Gar
field was more competent to shape the policy of
the Government for the next four years than the
Democratic candidate. The accession of Mr.
Ferguson will be worth more to the Republicans
than several car loads of such men as the Demo
Gratis have been growing over. \. Y Tribune.
1t is reported that Gen. Grant will settle his
business affairs at Galena. ILL.,, about the first of
August and remove to New York city where re
muneratVe position has been offered him The
presidency Of the De Lcsseps interoceanc canal
company with salary of $25 900 per year, has
been rendered him. but he will not accept it.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

we publish elsewhere Gen. Nrthur's
letter Of acceptance of the Republican
nomination for the Vice Presidency. Gen.
Arthur is fully in accord with his party
on the vital issues Of the day, and his
letter will commend itself to all who give
ii the careful reading it merits
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The Philadelphia Times s.tys col Fomey is 70
receive ooon for his campaign hc oi Cen Han
cock.
Forney has cone down in hi~ prices.
When he ran 1.-TWO papers, both daily"
the Washington daily used to get about i
dollar Il line for editorials in advocacy Of
Jobs and Forney got a fee Of S25,ooo out
Of the Pacific Mail lobby fund. Now he
writes campaign life for $4,000 and
throws in himself and his paper. But,
after all, we are inclined to think Fornry
has got the best Of the hnrgAiM.
The Republican journal., 1880-07-22

The Boston Globe SAYS the Maine diet
is pie ana water This statement Sa
wide Of the truth that it mus, haArh "ru
pcnned by the political editor IF The
Globe.
The oxford Drmoera, y ~tmmrh Re
publican paper by the way has he-m
the publication OF Il campaign edition
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
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4 Valuable Building.

THERE is very valuable brick build.
ing in Cheyenne. A fe~ days asoSa
resident of that town noticed shining
yellow particles in the bricks, and, i'm
aginins that the coiors were gold, he
took out brick. from the wall for the
purpose of ascertaining the facts. This
brick he first pulverized, and then
'.panncd out" the colors. He could not
get rid of all the dirt, and concluded to
send the residuum to an assayer in Dem
yer. In few days the assay certificate
arrived, and showed that there was
thirty.eight cents worth Of gold in the
brick. The gentleman then took out
two other bricks in different parts of the
building, and pulverizcd and PANIED
them as he did the first. The same as
sayer gave his certificate as follows:
Sample No. l, gold, forty.seven cents;
sample No. 2, gold, twenty-four cents.
With remarkable secrecy the gentleman
proceeded to learn whence came the
bricks. After considerable inquiry it
was learned that the bricks were made
in a yard that was formerly situated on
Crow Greek, near Cheyenne, but which
is now obliterated. Further Investigation
among the oldest residents divllged
the fact that placer.mining wAs at one
time carried on along Crow Creek.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

A GERMAN experimental ...
that warm and insular climates s' s1 rouat
suitable for the sugar beet. whish ~,
est where early cold follows a has ~ l r!sk
mer. Ao1 sum.
DURING a series of photomo,,;
servations, Professor W, II Ma, o.
has found that the total br;llann'rrA 'a s
sun is equal to about 100000 full i u v,,ns
A NEW process for using up o,a .,as
n mas lately been patented in En., sssl
by it a new metal of cy,rannS;nd
strength and ducti'ity is alIr""a IN
introduced, which is expected dI to o 10 "
OF great value. Steel remale u on p' ~
plan has sold readily a, s2a5 a ton w' 'aa
On some of the German RAILWAYS a
sleepers arc impregnated with ~ tes
preventative substances, chloride ~ S' s
having proved the most dcsirable y T 1ae
durability of oak and beech sleens,,t Inc
been greatly increased by this E imn. nas
nation, those of the latter FROM
pared wood lasting livean a half ,; pre-
as long as the untreated ones. ''A'es
AN Arctic peat bog has been d;.o.
cred at Oldham, in Lancashire, w."
near where the fossil forest Wa i Las,
unearthed. This bog is interca ,c,aS
with deposits of what is known As cIs asS
drift-that is, thick beds of CLAW er .a.lI
and sand, inc!osinS bouldcrs Of ali 1I' s,e.'
These beds are supposed to be Of m sr.s,
origin, while the peat, made up n,;nn;
pally OF moses, represents a land sn
face.
A FRENCH journal is responsible &.
the following: During recent yin1s aut
storm, young man was WALKING ..s
an unlighted carriage lamp in his hand I
Suddenly he experienced severe sh IaS,
in his arm, and concluded that the Gchtl
ming had either struck him or so or.
point very near. But what was his as
constituent to find that his lamn h ~
been lighted! Several persons near him him
witnessed the remarkable PHENOMENA. :,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
A Strangers Mistakes.

A FEW days ago a Western merchant
who wanted to do some sightseeing anil
buy his fall stock at the same time, en-
tered dry-goods jobbing house on
Broadway, and accosted the first per-
son he met with, "Are you the proprie-
tor here?' "Not exactly the proprie.
tor" was the reply. "At present am
acting as shipping clerk, but am cut
ting my cards for q partnership next
year by organizing noon prayer.meet-
ings in the basement.
The stranger passed on to a very i'm
portant looking parsonage with ! dia-
mond pin, and asked: "Are you the
head Of the house?'
swell, no; can't say as am at
present, but have hopes of a partner
ship in January. I'm only one of the
travellers just now, but I'm laying for a
$500 pew in an uptown church, and
that will mean = quarter interest here
in less than six months"
The next man had his feet up, his
hat back and ..2O-cent cigar in his
mouth, and hclooked so solid that the
stranger said: taI Is
"You must run this establishment. ~
"Me? Well, may run it very soon.
At present I'm the book-kecper, but I'm
expecting to get into a church choir
with the old mans darling and become
an equal partner here"
The stranger was determined not to
make another mistake. He walked
around until he found 4 man with his
coat off and busy with case of goods,
and he said to him:
The porters arc kept pretty busy in
here, | sec.'' "a.
eyes" was the brief reply.
"But I suppose you are planning to
invest in Il Gospel hymn-book and sing
the old man out of an eighth interest,
aren't you?"
"Well, no, not exactly" was the
quiet reply. I'm the old man him
self" r. Z 24. r. =.
And all that the stranger said, after q
long minute spent in looking the ner.
chant over, was: "Well, durn my but
tOns!"-Way Street NewS. M