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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

At the recent session of the Ohio
d. mocratic Committee there YVES a
good deal of lively talk, and at least
one outbreak of virgin truth. A mo.
ton had been made that reporters be
excluded, in order that there might
be an unfettered exchange of views
on the condition and needs of the
party. One member remarked with
considerable warmth that the Demo-
cracy had no secrets it would be
ashamed to see in the newspapers.
This excited the disgust of a Cleve-
land member. who sprang to the
front with counterblast "That will
do very we'll to talk about, but |
have come here to talk business. We
can talk and blow about reforms and
all sorts of good things. but the at
tempts at reform by the Democratic
party tor tie past fifteen or sixteen
years have been id fiat failures. l
don't believe in mincing matters, and
l don't propose to have everything |
may have to say given out by these
newspaper reporters" The Commit
tee, as soon as it could recover from
this shock, voted to let the reporters
remain, probably for the reason that
they couldn't take away anything
worse than they had already received.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

The Chicago Times has published
the results Of an inquiry into the
present condition of the winter wheat
section OF Illinois, the acreage devo>
TED to the crop, and other particulars
of interest. It is shown that the
acreage planted has been increased
from 2,131 1886, to 1857 ,227. more than
500, 900 acres. The condition Of the
crop is promising, and should it es-
cape uninjured from the wintry
weather yet to come, the yield will
be fully so per cent. greater than last
year. The advices from Michigan,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas, are all faver-
able. In Nebraska dearth of snow
leads to an apprehension that there
will be a short crop. The wheat
growing sections of Wisconsin have
been visited by a series of storms
that causes much anxiety. Taken
altogether. the increase in yield in
the eleven states named will be about
go per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

A large meeting of Catholics was
held in st. Paul, Mimi, Monday, in
answer to letter frum Father Nu-
gent, of Liverpool, asking assistance
in removing families from Irelan d
to some Catholic colony of Manyille,
Big Stone county, MINI. A collec-
ton of $606 was made, to be devoted
to paying the expenses of twenty.
five families to the colony named.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
The two biggest plumbers of tn

The two biggest blunders of the
Democrats at this session of Congress
are the negro exodus investigation
and the scheme to capture the public
printing in the interest of the party.
1t is sharply remarked by the Boston
Herald that "when leader like Sen.
ator Bayard brings up question of
great public Importance, upon which
the party might make a determined
stand, his suggestions are ignored !;
while Voorhees, and men of his stamp
can carry with them Il majority in
the support of almost any crack
Drained scheme they may advance"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

special Correspondence to The Republican. J
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Mch. %, 1880.
The majority and minority reports
of the Kellogg Spofford case were
presented to the Senate yesterday.
AS was expected, the majority report
was simply mass of carefully
selected evidence from the file taken
by Senator Hill's subcommittee,
during the last summer. Charges are
made that are false, upon their face,
and evidence is reported that has
been broken down, and proved false
time and again. The minority report
is a good one. and presents the case
in its true light. 1t shows up to the
satisfaction of all the real cause of
this prosecution of Senator Kellogg,
and calls attention to the resolution
of the Senate by which Senator KEEL
logg took his seat. passed by Demo
cratic votes, that Kellogg was legally
elected, and by legal body, and
stated in emphatic language that
Spofford was not entitled to the seat.
1t is not only an example of Demo-
cratic inconsistency, but proves that
no stone will be left unturned to
make Congress SO completely Demo
cratic, that Republicans will not be
yable,to prevent their scheme to cap
ture the Presidency next fall.
1t is rather amusing to hear the
Democrats talk of an early adjourn
ment at This late day. The chances
are growing beautifully less and less.
1t is now almost the first CT April,
and as yet none of the more impor-
tant appropriation bills have been
considered, and the larger, such as
the legislation and Sundry Civil bills,
have not even been considered by the
appropriation committee. 1t would
puzzle a student OF the proceedings OF
legislation bodies to tell just what the
Forty-Sixth Congress has been doing
the four months it has been in
session. We all know what the
Democrats have been trying to do,
and we know to how little of success
they have hal. Mr.. Mcmahon of the
appropriations Committee says the
Committee will I've able to report bills
as fast as the House is ready for them,
but if this is so, why don't the Com
mittee present the bills and urge i'm
mediate action upon them. That
would, at least show disposition on
the part of the Com mittee to get to
work, and would inspire the House
to pass upon them. TheSenate, which
has the reputation of being the LATEST
of the two bodies, is. this session,
ahead of the House, and is ready to
60 on with the bills as fast as the
House sends them over. Discussion
will be had this week upon the Gene
var award bill, and after that and the
immediate deficiency bill are dispos-
ed of, the Senate will have to fall
back upon its private calender. At
best, viewed iii any light, it is hard
to see how Congress can get through
its work before July or August.
They might get through sooner, if
the Democrats would behave, and
stop trying to make political capital.
LOGAN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

unless they get praise In exchange
at the rate of about sixteen to tho
Dozen, what Mr.. Davis said was
quite noticeable. He presented
memorial from the leading newspapers
of Chicago asking for the repeal of
the present duty of 20 per cent. upon
the valuation of foreign unsized pa.
per, and remission of the duties on
type, soda-ash, and wood, straw, and
other pulp used in the manufacture
of paper. The propositions contained
in the memorial seemed to the Sena-
tor to be both plain and Just. The
mass of incongruities and huge
monopolies called the tariff could
not, perhaps, be revised, as it ought
to be, at the present session of Con-
gress. but in exceptional cases amend.
ments could and ought to be made,
and the matters presented in the
publishers petition constituted an ex-
ceptional case. These tariff exactions
yielded the government no revenue,
but they benefited the paper-makers
combination and served as pretext
for unreasonable prices. The great
city papers could stand this. perhaps,
and take care of themselves under
almost any condition of things, but
the country papers felt the burden
very severely, and they had strua-
gle to carry such an undeserved losd.
1t was not wise nor proper for Cox
gress to do anything to hamper the
press, for, said Judge Davis, lit is
one of the wonders attending the
growth of our institutions. To make
the press wholly independent and
to widen it's influence every restric.
ton of unjust or unwise laws ought
to be removed. In this history OF
the human race there is nothing COM
parable to this development of the
press" the Senator said. at is not
only the bulwark of liberty, but it is
the mighty popular instructor, more
benehcent and wideereaching than
any other agency but the Christian
religion, of which it is one of the
main props. Complaint is made that
this power is sometimes abused, and
that we in public life are too often
consciously criticised. 1t will be a
sad day for the republic when critl-
cism upon the acts and speeches OF
Senators and Representative shall
be curbed, and still sadder day
when those acts and that speech can
not invite the sterneSt criticism.
What food is to the body the press is
to the mind. 1t has become a daily
necessity and nourishment, from the
home of the rich to the cabin CT the
pioneer on the plains" The point
made by Judge Davis that only those
finch from censure who are conscious
that they deserve it is true, and is
the strongest testimony not only to
the power Of the press, but to the
dlsinterested nature of its services to
the public. No newspaper of any
character criticises for the mere sake
of abusing, but in order to point out
evils which ought to be corrected. 1t
chastises like father, knowing that
to spare the rod will spoil the child,
and it has consequently acquired an
authority and influence which are
well-nigh paternal. Legislatures
sometimes affect to despise this au.
thority, but, like the prodigal son
they soon come back again.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

The Democrats are receiving some
interesting news from Maine. Be-
sides the elections there, which have
been discouragingly against them.
the investigation of their action by
the Legislative Committee exposes
some of the most disgraceful pro-
ceedings ever deliberately entered
upon by any organization of men.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
SATURDAY, MARCH q, 1886
Legislative Proceedings.

Mr.. Wilson, of Garrett wasappoin-
ted an additional Iaember to the
Select Committee on Fish Ways on
the Potomac.
The bill entitled an Act to repeal
section %, of the Acts OF Assembly
passed at the January session of 1878.
entitled an Act to add an additional
Article to the Code of Public Local
Laws, to be entitled "Garrett Coun.
ty," and to re-enact the same with
amendments, providing for the pay
ment of mileage to Return Judges of
Elections, was read third time and
passed.
The bill entitled an Act to repeal
and re enact, with amendments, sec.
10, of chapter 10S, of the acts of 1878,
entitled an Act to add an additional
article to the Code of Public Local
Laws, to be entitled "Garrett Coun-
ty," SO as to empower the Clerk to
the County Commissioners to adj
minister oath in certain cases, was
read third time, and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson, of Gar
rett. leave was granted to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means to intro
duce bill entitled an Act to appro-
pirate to the use of the Public
Schools of Garrett county, $4,000,
amount withheld from said county in
the years 1877, 1878. 1879 and 1880, on
account of the inability of said county
to comply with the provisions of law
requiring the schools to be kept open
seven and half months in each year.
The hills to regulate the sale of
liquors in Garrett county, and to
give Garrett county equal education.
al privileges with other counties,
were passed finally.
An Act to authorize and empower
the County Commissioners of Garrett
county to refund to Emil F. Droege,
ninety-two dollars and sixteen cents,
county taxes paid in error by him in
the years 1876, 1877 and 1878, was
approved by the Governor Friday of
last week.
An Act to repeal section %, chapter
1903, of the Acts of Assembly. at
January Session, 1878. entitled an
Act to add an additional Article to
the Code of Public Local Laws, tot e
entitled "Garrett County," and re-
enact the same with amendments,
extending the time for killing deer
in said county, and giving permission
to run wounded deer with dogs, was
read the third time, and passed.
An Act to amend chapter 1903, of
the Acts of 1878, entitled an Act to
add an additional Article to the Code
of Public Local Laws, to be entitled
"Garrett County," by adding thereto
a section, to be known as "Section 20
B." providing for the appointment
of Road Supervisors by the County
Commissioners, was read the third
time, and passed.
An Act to make valid and effectual
the official acts and proceedings of
John Il. Patterson, a Justice Of the
Peace of the Third Election District
of Garrett county, MARYLAND, was
read the third time. and passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

The Ways and Means committee
in the Legislature has decided that
the old State tax rate of eighteen and
three-quarter cents cannot be lower
ed. Comptroller Heating was before
the committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

Monday the Senate in executive
session confirmed the nomiuatioe OF
Edward A. Gittinger to be supervisor
of census for the Third district of
Maryland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

ernor and the leaders, and the bitter
feeling manifested is frequently dis
played. The various measures OF
legislation proposed by the managers
are being opposed by the admins
tration members, the leaders making
all efforts to vest patronage in the
hands of the Board Of Public Works
while the administration members
are opposed to the curtailment OF the
powers of the executive. The pub
LEGATIONS in newspapers favored by
the leaders and the cartoons exhibit
the spirit existing between the two
factions. The administration forces
have been augmented in the tobacco
inspection contests, in which the
Hamilton men, with Republican re-
Inducements, have succeeded in all
their efforts, and they expect to keep
up the same majority during the re-
mainder of the session. Charges are
being made by one side against the
other that the intention is to kill the
dill, and to retain the present system
in vogue. In this connection the
question has arisen whether the to-
bacco inspectors now holding over on
account of the failure of the Senate
to confirm those appointed by Gov.
Hamilton can be replaced. Those
tavoring the present tobacco inspec-
tors claim that as they were not re-
placed March LIST, they will continue
to serve for two years longer. But q
large number Of lawyers entertain q
different opinion, and claim that the
present incumbents hold over only
until the appointment of their sue
cessors.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
cIIAnEN ~ POLITICS.


prohahly no single consideration operates
so powerfully TO deter cultivated and refined
gentlemen from entering political life as the
knowledge that nobody who seeks once can
escape being treated like a blackguard. The
party journalist, as a general rule, considers
it to he quite legitimate to change his political
antagonists with any form of basencss Tor
which the faintest color of a suspicion can he
discovered A blameless reputation is no shlt Ill
against the attacks of the partisan hack VINO
uses his ren as poisoned arrow and fills MS
ink bottle with venom. Yet the very men who
thus abuse the power Of the press often pro-
TESS 20 lie astonished if an attempt is made to
hold them responsible for their language.
They declare that they spread slander only in
the way OF political warfare, and without any
personal feeling,
The recent preposterous charges of bribery
in Maine offer an illustration of the bad
habit to which we refer. A story was told
at first in the most suspicious imaginable
shape, without names to vOuch for it-of
money being oflcrcd to certain legislators
by persons said to bc the agents of Mr..
Blaincr IL was grossly improbable IN
Itself; all tie attendont circumstances
wee against it; the object of in
venting the story ut moment when
the Fusonists were threatened with the
deserhon OF their own conccicnce-s;rlcken
members was obvious We cannot understand
how reasonable man, whatever his political
preiudices, should have put faith in such n
clumsy invention. But at once the Democratic
newspapers began to cry that Blaine had been
exposed in shameful crime, and that a num-
her Of other prominent Republicans were like
wise involved in the disgrace This utterly
unsupported and improbable accu>aiion-nay,
50 far as air. Blaine was concerned, there was
not even an accusation; there was nothing
hut n malicious gucss-thcy treated as proved
and conceded fact, about which there could be
no SOFT of doubt.
Very few men who pretend to respectfully
would venture t. utter IN private life the un-
sustained accusations which they make SO
freely and positively in the public prints.
They would not dare, in the conversations of
the clubs. to magnify hints, and umors, aud
malcyolent conicctuges, into disclosures OF
guilt II they did they would stand an OK
ccllcnt chance of being shut ont OF decent
company rs scandal-mOngcrs, or Cancd for
SANDER What is there in the business of
writing for newspapers which ontitlcs the
partisan Journalist 10 a license no private
gentleman would think Of c.iming Is il
any less disgraccful 10 make 10 the hundred
thousand readers OF a newspaper charge
which You canuo; sustain and do not half be-
lieve, than to malgn people by word ci mouth
to score or 50 of your acquaintancesl
New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
mar IT'S DONE.

Merchants and bankers Of this cts can hardly
have fiilrd TO observe OF late the superiority OF
THE TRIBUNE reports Of commercial and financial
naails over all its daily rivals. Within "A month
mast il has given them ,rcus'uey the first accounts
oi such important news as
The Produce Exchange dofalcation and suicide.
The forced settlement OF Governor nlden with
Tie -. Louis. Alton and Ierre Hautc Rail-
way.
The J. LLOYD Taigh extensive forgerics.
The sale Of 925. 900 OoO Central Railroad stock.
The acceptance Of ttc TipOOp,OJO additional
option on Central
THE TRIBUNE was the only one OF The great dailies
which had any of this news. or the daily paper.
like Yhe Joupal Of Commoce. Buirin and .tarioiH
g,cbangc. which make specalties of commercial re-
norris. only the laticr had any account Of the
transactions. and iis reports were necessarily brief
compared TO the detailed reports Of The TRIBUNE.
Merchants aud others vii. doubtless wonder why
th,s i. so The explanation is a simple ore. TnE
yu,rtSE is lac Ouly one of tie great ddics which
,,,.Dlo,s in thc collection Of rs commercial
financial news an iRdepeRigt corps OF competent
reror.ef- who supply d. er 'sir,y Hith the t,e.s
which they collect. TIE reporters OF The HTGd
Uo,d 1iaes SUM- star, ETC., Tighten Their labors and
take things easy by working together. They
meet daily In The Office Of Mr.. John J. kior-
nan the well-known collector for private account
If financial news, and there exchange notes Mr.
herman furnishes them also with his news, which
however the Subscribers 10 hrs Office receive in man.
ifoid some hours before the papers are published.
The reporters of the other papers by THIS lazy ar
ronqement among them secure only the same gen
oral fncls and the details consequently Of sicto
typcd uniformity IN all papers except TIE
TrrurSE When one makes blnnder Gl
the ottcrs make it, TIE TRIBUNE has an inyariable
rule of seeking to confirm every important state
pent before printing it hence, it is less frequently
incorrect than the Others. II any reporter OF
the other papers fails to get an important
event such a. the ones have cited as among heir
failures of the past month, they all miss il aud
Tins il happens that THE TRIBUNE is so frequently
ahead The striking reporters have bad an idea that
by standing by each other when they missed the
uews they could lie IL down and keep their public
nermanently doccivcd and hence they have 80 often
and so stupidly undertaken TO contradict THE RIB-
IrNt,s gtatemcnts-to the subsequent confusion Of
their respective papers
Wecai the attention Of Our business men gcner-
ally 10 these facts in the natural eXpecta that
comprehcnsiOn OF ouf superior and careful method
of collecting the news will point out TO them the
advantage OF buying The TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
1n0cx 10 Q0perliscmcnl6.

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pkOrOs AIs-2d PaGe-6th coiuun.
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New-York tribune., 1880-01-13

tionable But it will be seen that the powers
conferred in sections 63 to 40, inclusive are a9-
soluse, arbitrary. aud almost unlimited. Inc
clam that such grant OF power
will not be abused ard cannot be
exercised in disregard of the constitutional
rights Of The companies, Is no justiiicatlon ior
an act which gives an unreasonable, dangerous
and unconstitutional power. The Legislature mas
ncitherri2ht ror reason 70 confer npon body
Of commissioners powers which, on the race
Of tho act, go far beyond those OF the Legs
latuie itself, and which. it must be presumed
viii be pushed 10 extremes by men anxious to
magnify their Office.
Detailed examination Of this bill is hardly
necessary. It is not possible that it viii come
from any responsible committee IN its present
i0im.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-13
DRAMATIC NOTES.

"The Pirates OF Penzance' will he produced
in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, under the dree
tiun Of the authors
Mr.. Boucicault is doing fine business at
the Boston Museum The receipts AT BIS matinee on Tue
10th were $S93--an excellent return in SO small "
theatre. 80
George Edgar and Joseph Wheeloek with
an auxar company, appeared last night al Bridgeport
Conn. in Othelo." They Will visit, during the week
New-aaven, Hartford. Springfield ard Holyoke ine
leading lady IA this company ia Miss Muldener
Miss Nelson ended, last Saturday night ac
S. Louis in the Olympic Theatre tue most prosperous
theatrical engagement that has been hled 10 ina. c ~
many wears The receipts, during the the two weeks VI
its continuance, were $lo.sll.
Chicago dispatch mentions the bright look
out for Mr. Maplcson's opera season IN that Guy
sale Of season tickets to last SATURDAY tnreo
,,mes larger than it last year. There was yfvas
ale of seats tor the opening night Campanni anu va"
ierla arrived Saturday.
Play-goers are reminded of tho reappear'
ance OF MRS r. l. Davenport 10 be made tA's evening
the Harlem Music Hall. The performances PROMISED