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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-27
Garfield and Civil Service Reform

THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION
OF NEW YORK INTERVIEWS THE PRESIDENT
ELECT on OFFICE-TENURE AND QUALlFlCA.
TIONs-HIs OPINION on THE SUBJECT.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., November %
Horace White and +. w. Whitney, repre-
senling the Independent Republican ASso.
citation Of New York, called on General
Garfield at his residence here to-day and
presented him with an address from that
Association cODgratuating him upon bis
election and calling bis attention to the
present condition OF cyil-service reform.
The address says:
1.-THE 6angers TO our political system
from a savage contest every four years re-
snecting the distribution OF the Federal
offices seems TO Us extremely grave. History
teaches that the thing most 10 be guarded
against in a republic Is excess OF party
rage. This spirit, always sufficiently active
under free governments, Is stimulated ana
augmented to alarming danger Oy Inc Spots
system, which regards all Federal offices as
priZs OF the majority, and which would
have snatched from The whole body OF pre-
sent incumbents their means OF livelihood
il few thousand votes IN this State, which
were cast for yourself. had been east for
General Hancock. Is it not apparent that
creed and terror, Inspired by such sys.
fem. must add largely 10 the heat and Jury
and attendant dangers OF our national cleo
lions, and increasing as the country grows
in population and Federal patronage be.
comes more extensive. No other civilized
government exposes its pubic servants 10
The danger Of beggary upon the hazard OF
an election. or would expect good service
from them under such conditions"
After recognizing The serious dlincu'tles
I'm the way OF reform, the address oon-
tinues:
ave believe, however, that public
oDinion is in advance OF any reform Of the
civil service hitherto attempted, and that
YOU may safely establish rules for entrance
10 all subordinate positions which shall
make a,certained merit 10 be the sole lit oil
appoipimeni. describing both partisan ser
vices and party utilization from the list oil
qualifications. In tins way anew basis may
be gradually gained for the civil service 10
resi- upon, so that hereafter no p0lltic1'
party. in It's hour OF triumph, shall look
nnon The public offices as an eDemy's camp,
subject ~ indiscrminate pillage."
The address is signed by The Executive
Committee OF the Independent Republican
Association. General Garfield, after read
ing the paper, entered upon a discussion
of civil service, in the course OF which De
said he hoped to have The cooperation o.
Congress in establishing a legal basis for al
routine appointments so that ii shall not be-
in the power OF anybody, even the Presi
dent him .elf, TO remove any capable ant
faithful appointee during his term OF ONCE
whether his time be long or short.
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by Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. November 26.-ES0..--NocAs
strong Money on cali, 3M4 per seat. fxehapse-
Long. $50; short. 4S2. State bonds lnach'e-
Governments qli.t.
Ereptn0.--,ioney, 4ea6 Der cent. ExcbinseF
479t. Governments irregular; new os contnh'
lOlA: now Az, coupon, ll2; new Az, llrs.
states moderately ac!lve.
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Cargo Thrown OyerbOard
New Orleans.

DFATH OF A RAILWAY OFFICIAL-C0TT0N DE-
STROYED AND DAMAGED.
NEW ORLEANS. November 26.-Samuel +.
Carey, General Passenger Agent OF the Chi
cago, st. Louis and New Orleans railroad,
died here this morning.
Three hundred bales OF cotton on the bark
Louisiana have been damaged By fire and
water. The cargo Of the steamer Ri;cn, at
Collins's Landing, BGuf river, caught tire
to-day, and II bales OF Gotten were destroyed
and 100 damaged.
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK ExCHANCE

FRIDAY. November rs. 1850.
sALEs.-f0 shares or r.. ". aud r. n. X. coum,n
at 10; shares II II. and u. r. stock at 81. go
10. nj 90: 400 X. ana ID. r. X. Is 1901 al I0y; 10
shares n. and ID. X. X. stock al %.
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The United states Small Interest
Loan.
ITS OWNERS AND WHERE DISTRIBUTED.

ITS OWNERS AND WHERE DISTRIBUTED.
WASHINGTON, ID. e., November 26.-Spe.
al.Acent Robert p. Porter OF the census
office, has completed an investigation OF the
ownership and distribution OF the and a
per cent. registered bonds OF the United
States on the lst OF July, 1880. The per
cent. registered bonds amount altogether 10
s52S. O0O, 900. OF these, s2Il 100000 are
held by individuals, Sl36,0o0,OOO by ma.
lionaI banks, $4,000. 900 by other banksand
trust companies. aud s7.0oo.O0O by foreign
holders. or the A per cent. registered
bonds s72. OO0, 900 are held by individuals,
sac OOO,O by national banks, so4, ooo'oo1
nv other banks aud trust companies. and
&, OOO, 600 by foreign holders. These two
classes OF bonds, taken together, are d's'
trIbuted throughout The country, as ici,
lows: The Eastern States own " VIZ
rer cent. Of the whole amount, the Middle
States GA 40 per cent, the western
states IA 2.1O per cent, and the Southern
States 8 $40 per cent. The largest holders
among the southern States are Louislaua,
"a, 400, 900; Tennessee, s2. 100, 600; Ken
lucky, $l,5OO. 900; Virginia, 400, GOO,
and Mississippi, fs0Q, 900.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-27
WALL STREET YESTERDAY.

NEW YORK November 26.--r The following GIr-
IalIoDs were current IN NV York 10 nav nj ~ a.
VI Uniied safes 4 per cents. Illegal ~ asked :
United STATES a. per cents, IL bid, il24 asked !.
ID. Of {. 1861, 1905: New Jersey Central sO4 !,
Central. ll4N: Hannibal aud 81. Joseph, f3k:
Lake shore. l22%; Northwest. l22a; Northwest
preferred l44A; Iror Mountain. 3Os; Rock Island
I15S; -. Paul IL 81: Wabash, -. Louis and Pa
ellie, 4ll: Wabash. -. Lons and Pacific pre-
ferred, TX: Kansss aud 1eXat, 80 D; Western
Union 1elesraph, 97A; &C. and &c, 2Oa; Patihc
f.1
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, November 2j.-VirEnia 6'.. dr-
FRED. IL cOnsOls. 7Z}. secoud s?riei, 29h pasi
ne coupons, 92 new 10 40's AN. Bld to.,oy.
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Dead I'm n Police Cell.

New YORK, November 26.-John Stevens,
q labOrer, was locked up in the Liberty
Street siation.house last night, while tenn
porariIy insane, and was this morning found
dead in his cell. The police are blamed for
not sending the man to the hospital, and an
is TO be had.
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Fatal Casualty.

KxoxyILLE, TENN. November TO-
Richard Scruggs. weli-knOwn citizen,
was thrown from bis mule last night and
Killed. He was dragged some distance, and
when found bis body was horribly null
lated.
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ST. JoHNs, n. b., November 26.-The
barn Of j. e. Patterson, at Sussex, was
burned this morning. While endeayoring
TO save the cattle a young man named
George Thompson was burned TO death.
The barn contained thirty bead Of cattle. a
large quantity Of farm produce, farm inn
plements, etc. The loss is very heavy. No
INSURANCE.
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CHICAGO, November 26.-The body Of an
unknown woman was found last evening
in The back yard OF house on Butterteld
street frozen stiff, and lying by her side,
also nearly frozen, was man named John
Keau. from Green Bay. Both had drank
10 excess the night before, and became
helpless from liquor and cold. Kean
claimed to have known nothing OF his COM
panIon, who was a stranger 10 the police,
but evidently dssipaled character.
Cargo Thrown Overheard.
LONDON, November 26.-The bark Path
finder at Silofh from Beaufort, $. g., was
leaky, and iettisoned forty tons OF her
cargo.
Storm on the Coast OF Scotland.
LONDON, November GA great storm
prevails on the Scotch coast. IL is feared
that there has been some loss Of life.
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The Morey Eesser Bef0re q New York
G3rasad Hurry.

Ngw YORK, November 2G.-The grand
jury to-dsy were still considering the Mo-
rey Chinese letter and the circumstances
attendi0g the forgery. They had before
them some witnesses whose names and the
nature OF whose testimony could not be
learned. Secret interviews were held In
the district attorneys office between As
sistant District Attorney Bell, Colonel
George Bliss, John I. Davenport, and Louis
Post. manager Of the Truth newspaper. II
has become known that the gentlemen who
haye heretofore acted as counsel In the
Philip case are now actively engaged In
sitting the disclosures made during the pro-
gress Of the proceedings with view Of
tracing the orignators OF the Morey letter
and the accessories to its publication.
SENTENCE SUSPENDED IN O'BRIEN's CASE.
NEw YORK, November 20. james O'Brien
alias Lindsey. implicated by his own con-
fession in the Morey Garfield Chinese letter
forgery, was brought FROM the Tombs 10
the Court OF General Sessions this morning
for sentence, but Judge Corning suspended
sentence owing 10 the absence OF Assistant
Distriet-Attorney Bell. and the prisoner was
again reminded 10 DrisOn
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railroad Accident.

GALVESTON, November 20 -Tbe rear
coach OF The soulb-bound passenger train
ON the Gulf, Colorado add Santa Fe railroad
was tbro sn from the track and overturned
near Arcela yesterday, injuriog two ladies
and one old gentleman, the latter seriously.
r,pn, Between Indians and Cow Boys.
GALvEsroS. November ga dispatch
from Dallas says: News has reached here
from the Indian Territory OF an encounter
between ten cowboys aud fifteen Indians
ON the Comanche reservation. Seven per-
sons were killed and wounded. The cow.
boys abandoned the wounded and escaped
into the Panhandle"
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STAUNTON.

DIR. HOGA's LECTURE; FINE AUDIENCE MEET
ING OF YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssOCIA-
TON STATE CONVENTION TO DAY-ELECTION
OF OFFICERS, &C.
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The steamer AIgeiha and Her Burn
Ing Cargo.

ST.. JOINS, n. f., November 2G.-Tbe
steamer Algetba, from New Orleans for
Liverpool, cotton.lsden, which put In here
last evening with lire in her Two fore-holds,
is discbarging her cargo. with fire COM
pany ready 10 apply water when the hre
shows Itself. The extent OF the damage can
only be a.certained when he two holds In
which the tiremen are working shall have
been cleared.
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ST. JOINS, n F., November 26.-The re
ports Of disasters already to hand show tb
recent gales to have been the most dsas
trous ever experienced in The colony.
large number Of vessels are lost. Twenty o
thirty left here for northern ports sbortl.
before the gale, and ii is feared many o
them are lost.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE.

ROCK CRUSHER--
RELIGIOUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
MINISTER - SNOW - MAGAZINE EDITORS
ICE, &C.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

Since the October elections, the
Democrats have shown very little
disposition to put any money on
their candidate out fortnight age
they We're taking great deal of sat
isfaction in the fact that the Repub-
licans are not betting upon Garfield.
The Cumberland NelCS, remarking
upon this fact, says the "Republi,
can party never was gamblers and
sporting mems party. We do not
see any signs of decadence in the fact
that it has not become SO now"
The Baltimore SUMS Wall street
IN. " correspondent telegraphs as
follows under date Of October 18th !:
at was a busy day in stocks. Ohio
and Indiana were construed, without
waiting iurther returns, to mean no
change in the financial policy of the
government for four years at least.
What wonder, then, that the and
45 per cent. bonds rose nearly 2 per
cent, or the equivalent of fourteen
million dollars on the whole amount
outstanding, or that stocks rose from
l to 5 per cent?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

The Indianapolis NeaCs, an indie
pendent paper. has the following to
say about Democratic Chairman Bar
NUNS charge that the Republican
victory in Indiana was the result OF
bribery, corruption, intimidation,
ETC.:
He lies in his throat. The honest,
law-abiding citizens of Indiana were
aroused, and more square, fair, full,
free election was never held under
the sun than was held in this State
on Tuesday, and it was honestly
counted. too, and the result is the
exact expression of the will of the
people. The country at large should
know that Mr.. Barnum, who came
here to capture State by his politi-
cal smartness, is alone in his cry of
fraud. Decent Democrats do not Join
in that chorus at all. They know
full well its falsehood. They do not
have to go outside of their own party
to find the causes of their defeat, and
we wish to tell the people of this
country that here in Indiana, except
among few ignoramouses, all agree
that the result Of the election is the
honest expression of the will Of the
people.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

The Memphis AU0ldnche, like the
New York Herald, recognizes the
coming doom of the Democracy. 1t
acknowledges that "the Indianaelec-
ton was revolution" Why ?
Because, as it says:
A change of 10000 votes to the
Republican party within two years
in so closely contested State is
significant of the final overthrow of
the Democratic party. This revolu-
ton not only means the defeat of
Hancock in November. but it means
the disarmament Of the Democratic
organization, to be followed by the
disruption Of the Republican party
and the reconstruction of parties on
new issues. The disintegration of
the Southern wing Of the Democratic
party is now far advanced in nearly
every Southern State. With reason
able certainty Of electlng Hancock,
the Southern Democrats would have
stuck to the national ticket until the
I'd Of November, and cast 138 cleo.
toral votes for the Democratic candi-
date. But the unexpected and 0ver-
Whelming disaster in Indian will
paralyze Southern Democrats. The
l3S Southern electoral votes cannot
now be counted as secure for Han
cock. Virginia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Florida may
now be counted as doubtful States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

The New York Herald has read
the handwriting on the wall and has
made a clean flop over to the win
ming side. Speaking Of the result in
Indiana, it says;
Democrats may affect to under-
value this signal defeat, but they
know perfectly well that it is fatal to
their hopes of carrying that State for
Hancock. Why dill they take their
candidate for the Vice Presidency
from Indiana? Fol the sole reason
that they deemed success in that
State in October neelful to the elec-
ton of their ticket. They did not
misiudge as to the Importance OF the
Indiana election, although they made
an unfortunate selection of aB Indi-
ana candidate. Their deep sense of
the necessity of keeping Indiana in
October was also ateested by their
herculean eXertiOns to carry the
State. 1t will not dOfor them TO say
now that the result in Indiana is of
little consequence. TFey staked too
much on it to belittle it after the
State has gone against them. The
Dretence that they have any chance
of recovering it in November after
losing it by so heavy a majority in
October is gasconading bravado.
They can expect nothing of the kind.
Indiana is irretrievably lost.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23
Go to Work.

There is work for every RepubIi-
can in this county to do from now
till election day. A patriotic duty
appeals to every Republican to put
out his best efforts between now and
the I'd of November. Speeches and
meetings, great and small, are all
well enough in their way land should
be held, but the energetic, effective
qrork that will get the votes in the
box must be performed by individ-
ual effort. There are are good
many Republicans in this county
who have not been voting for years.
There are others who are Indifferent
about it. These people will not vote
unless somebody brings them out.
If every Republican will feel it his
duty to speak to his neighbor and
friends upon the subject and get them
interested and induce them to speak
to others, or if he will drop a note or
a postal card to every one he can
think of who may be Indifferent
about it, the effect will be manifest
when the ballots are counted. Don't
forget that the most important vo-
tiers this time are those who don't
come unless they are looked up and
brought out. Look them all up and
see that they are brought to the polls.
You can do no more effective work
for the country than to see that every
Republican casts a vote in Noyem-
Der. Any valuable political informa-
ton should be Immediately commu.
nicated to the chairman of the county
committee or to some other promi.
inent member of the party, in order
that it may be used as circumstances
may dictate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23
TELEGRAPHIC.

New YORK, Oct. l5.-Everything
indicates activity at the Republican
headquarters t0-day. Arrangements
have been made to open the fight in
the State on Monday next, and from
that time until the close of the polls
in November, will be witnessed one
of the most aggressive campaigns
eyer fought in this State.
Reports from almost every county
in the State indicate Democratic de-
moralization, and the Republicans
are confidently claiming $4,000 mas
jority for Garfield. The betting,
which was Ito on Hancock before
the Tuesday election, has changed to
3 TO 1.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 1S.-Gen. Gar.
field received FIVE hundred Germans
al Mentor to-day, and made an in
teresting address, in which he said
the Saxons planted the principles Of
liberty in England, and The mingling
of races here made a strong result.
He referred to the completion of the
Cologne Cathedral, and its dedica-
ton to peace by the Emperor Will
liam. He hoped all came to this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

After the Vermont election. gov
eminent long date bonds-the Al ana
per cents-touched their highes
point, the former selling up to 111a
l11B and the latter to 1104. Immedi
ately upon the result Of the Maine
election being known prices fell I to
per cent, F; and gradually, as the
depressing influence Of the result
came to be felt, and caused serious
apprehensions of change i'm the adj
ministration of the government and
the revolutionizing Of its financial
policy, the market value of these Sc
curities continued to shrink. until
the As declined from ILL., to 1881,
and the per cents from I10} to 1917
a decline of nearly per cent. for the
former, ard 80 per cent. for the lat
ter in little over one month. But
since the Republican success in Ohio
and Indiana has been established, ,
dispellIng the approximations OF the
business community as to the varied
interests of the country. confidence
has been restored and governments
have steadily improved, the advance
up to Friday since Ohio and Indiana
cast their votes being 2 per cent. for
the AS and p per cent. foithe As
And, as if TO emphasize thGsHsie of
the moneyed interest Of the country,
we find that the short date bonds OF
the government are tending down.
ward, on the theory that the contin-
uance in power of a Republican adj
ministrati0n means a continuance Ct
its past policy in the prompt and
steady payment Of these bonds be-
fore their maturity, through the
process Of refunding. In other ords
the credit of the government i'm
proves just in proportion as the con.
Viction strengthens that James A.
Garfield is to be our next president.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23
Cnnrrnssnnan Rlnckhnrn

Congressman Blackburn, made
this manly tribute to Garfield in a
recent speech at Upper Sandusky,
Ohio: Il don't mean to speak un-
kindly of General Garfield; | don't
mean to speak in disparagement of
that gentleman | know him well.
For six years past | have served up
on the floor Of the same house Of
Congress with him. We are MEM
bers of the same committee. Our
relations are close and pleasant and
friendly. | believe-and l say it here
as | say it eyerywhere-I believe
that he has no superior in point of
intellect, culture or power within the
limits of his party. | believe he has
as broad a brain. and an intellect as
big, as any man you can find within
the limits of that party whose candi-
date he is" Now let some booming
change idiot chalk 800 over that
and see if it viii obscure it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

Tive hundred and ninety one for
Garfield and Arthur and 1873 for
Hancock and English may be the re-
suit of the voting Of the Electoral
colleges. Majority of the solid North
oyer "the solid South, ;" SO. The see
tional issue does not do for the South.
During the war it did not have men
or money enough to insure success.
In Presidential election it has not
votes enough to elect its candidate.
Let us hope that this is the last sec
tional canvass this country will ever
see. There ought to be and there
certainly are questions on which par
ties can contest for the approval OF
the country without dividing on an
imaginary geographical line, which,
since the abolition of slavery, has
no meaning. If Southern statesmen
were wise, they would permit the
solid South to dissolve at the earliest
practicable moment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

The ". Y. Sun, Democratic, OF
Monday last contained a double
loaded editorial declaring that the
whole Democratic campaign has been
"a series of blunders. The greatest
blunder was the failure to renomi-
nate Tilden. 1t says: "This illus
trious man the Democratic party
thought it could dispense with as a
candidate. There is a word of one
syllable, with two O's in it, which
might not appropriately be insert
ed here. The party nominated Gem
eral Hancock. good man, weighing
two hundred and fifty pounds; but
Hancock is not Tilden. Then, rs a
crowningac of folly, the party went
into the State of Thomas A. Hen
bricks and took another man for vice
President Any other name than
that of Hendricks would have been
folly enough, but, to go one step
further, they had to take man with
the most odious reputation as a
skiniiint to overcome" The article
virtually admits that the ticket is
beaten already.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23
It is becoming more and more ap.

II is beconinp more and more an.
no RANT that C.anoroI EToncao,,,s lot+aro
, ~ - ''.Ioo'N > ~ >
nave oohe more Marin ttlah gooa IN
his party. Thus, In commenting
upon his rebel claims letter, the Co.
lumhns rs. C.I E2e0jsfo. save.
v-ta,a.r,, 49, ~ -
NJ !" ~ '.,'v '''g = Z" VI
~ VI t.'' ~ ~ a'l"S " 'ooutilcfh
So t;rI 81 'ea'iieH, ii,aNee an
Siltii0I aue over
-, w wi
I."l'iiS' 1
.iiiIe De.au9s -''g leh
III response = to paA-'eAH 9lahoer.
anu oei,' '''.'N."A r. i'e!.
cnahce, tilat ne Hii8'. rs wei pa. llls
!oos On 10 a. lAf e'.@ "tt 'i-
BUT, neYertf -ieAs, me letter aF3r
pleased US al ail- $ me ats tltlo
mat we rFmenoaf 81 eaoC dare for
the presidehc, , to'Ats p veto any
measure whlch Ml4h of night not
pass Congress ui3h tla a8s ~ ty VI
an election ~ scents ~ 4s We ap
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23

The assertions that the elections in
Ohio and Indiana were carried by
fraud and bribery are ludicrous. They
were carried through the common
sense of the people, who had the
great issues of the moment clearly
placed before them. 1t cost money
to do this, of course, but it was mon.
ey legitimately and judiciously ex-
pended.