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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26

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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26
Executors Sale Of
Real Estate.

TN PURSUANCE of an order Of the
Il. Probate Court of Gallia County,
Ohio, l will offer for sale at public
auction, on
Saturday, the 9th day of March,
A. D. 1880.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26
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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26
No. GA.
SECOND ORDER OF SALE.
Sheriff s Sale Of Real Estate.

Erie Tucker, guardian, vs.. George
w. Smith ct als.
Gallia County Court of Common
Pleas.
DURSUANT to the command of an
III order OF sale from the Court of
Common Pleas of Gallia county, Ohio,
and by virtue of said writ, | will offer
for sale at public auction al the front
of the Court House in the City of Gal
lipolis, in said county, and State OF
Ohio, on
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-26

WIZ pa az hPt''A
measures authorizing additional levy
of tax.
would suggest that the friends
of this bill send a good strong peti.
ton in its favor and If possible, also,
the personal attention of few good
citizens.
The bill relieving our Democratic
friend 81 Hoffman Of his official
honors, as auditor of the great City
of Cincinnati, passed the House this
afternoon, upon q strict party vote.
This has been one Of the bills
that has given occasion to great
amount Of interest and speculation.
The democrats have fought it inch
by inch, and the pressure against its
passage by the opposition has been
SO loud, that it was thought by many
that the Republicans would not have
nerve enough to carry it through.
But they did it, and The Senate will
follow suit, and 81 will be invited to
step down and out.
senator Pollard bill Tor the re-
lief of John Porter came up for third
reading in the Senate last Wednes-
day, but on motion Of Mr.: Kelly was
referred to the Committee on CLAIMS
for farther consideration. The ma
jority Of this Committee are nm
friendly to the bill, and the chances
are that it Will never be reported
back. We haya bad two political
booms in Columbus within the last
ten days--Sherman and Blaine wrest-
ling for the Ohio delegation. It is
generally conceded that the Blaine
boom last night was The most enthu-
siastie, One thing certain it was
more successfully msaaged. How
ever, the meeting last night enjoyed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
CAMERON WON'T TOUCH sHER.
MAN.

For the enlightenment of the sher-
man advocates in Stark county, we give
the following from the Cleveland Lead
er's Washington correspondence, under
date of the 9th:
Here ia what Congressman Russell Err
rett, the Cameron chairman ofthe Penn
sylvsnia convention, told me two days
after it took place. Said l.
"Mr Errett, what do you think of Mr.,
Shermau's chances for the Presidency ?"
"Think of them" he replied 81 do
not think of them at all. Sherman is
not in this race. He will hardly be
heard Of at Chicago. His name was, I
believe, ment oned once at Harrisburgh,
and there was not that much applause
and he patted the back of his thumb
nails together], but when Grants name
or Blaine's name were spoken, you
could not hear yourself think for the
n0ise."
"Will not Senator Cameron give him a
lift2" l asked.
Mr.. Errett turned and laughed, and
answered:
"Don wouldn't touch him with ten
foot pole."
l have it from other close friends of
the Camerons, that Sherman need not
expect help from them One of them
said he had heard ex-senator Simon
curse the Secretary like a pirate. The
other said the Camerons have good
memories and are long haters; they have
got the Secretary where they want him,
and propose to pulverize him to pulp"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
IT seems We are ridlngon tidal wave

IT seems we are ridingon tidal wave
of crime. Never in our history was
crime so rampant as it has been the last
year or 30. The papers of the towns sur
rounding us speak of the unprecedented
lawlessness that prevails in their loCali-
ties. The New Philadelphia Advocate
speaks most disraragingly Of thv state Of
affairs in that town, saying that not un-
frequently are the streets crowded with
gangs of drunken men and boys, whose
Safeguarding are sure to offend the
ears of any lady who appears upon the
streets. Stark county is reaping rich
reward from the toleration allowed the
whisky venders and sellers. They now
have two prisoners in their Jail awaiting
the execution of the death sentence,
and another awaiting trial upon an in
dictment for murder in the first degree,
condition of things unprecedented in
the criminal annals of that county.
Steubenville is suffering from the re-
peated visits of burglars and other evil
doers. Looking the whole field over, it
presents an alarming condition of affairs
and one which calls upon the order low
ing citizens to put into operation every
known device for furnishing offenders
and repressing the evil minded.-Fee
Press.
These are words and sentiments ftly
spoken. The election is over now, and
the Carroll Free Press and other viper
GUS and intolerant sheets tell the truth
without thinking. "There is a tidal of
crime" in the North as we'll as in the
South. A few months ago Republican
stumpers at every cross road arraigned
the Southern people-good and bad-for
crimes perpetrated in that section of the
country. Lying newspaper ours inven-
tel every phase of crime to attribute to
the Southern people, and that engine of
falsehoUd, the National Associated Press
hunted up every dog fight in Southern
towns, spread exaggerated reports Of the
same all over the country, in the inter
ests Of the Republican party as sec
tional party, party that hated the Un.
ion with the South in it. These lying
reports have indeed come home-only
too soon. Let these pious sectional Re
publicans-U niou haters take the beam
out OF their own eye and take view, In
the city of Canton there are three men
within the shadow of the hangman's
scafold. Eight murders in Columbiana
county within 90 many years. Neigh.
boring cities have similar stories Of re-
pulsive crimes. In Carrollton, within a
week, we had an incendiary fire and a
murder in broad day light on the most
public spot in town. Three incendiary
fires within as many months. One man
killed and three of his near neighbors
in prison, awaiting trial and sentence to
the State prison. Let lying Republicans
hereabout hereafter stop their hypocrit
iCal canting about crime in the South
and look at home Let good people of
all sections of the country unite to sup
press it, and let people of the North stop
their unblushing lies about their South.
ern brethren - Carroll Chronicle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

THE MONARCHISTS COMING OUT
MORE PLAINLY FOR A CHANGE
IN OURiGOvERNMENT.
Senator Don Cameron, in converse
tion at Harrisburgh, on the 1st instant
with the correspondent of the Readin
Eagle, said:
"7he people Of this country are tired of thc
uncertainties Of It's government"
This assertion was made by Mr.. Cam.
eron in the course of some remarks urg'
ing Grant for President, because be
would give US strong government.
Now, strong government means a
tyranniCal government. 1t means more
power in the Executive, and less liberty
to the people.
Mr.. Cameron proposes to subvert the
Jefersonian and JaCksonian principles
to have the people as free as possible,
and the restraints az few and as light
as possible. Where the hand of
the Executive has been almost unfelt, he
would have it fall with the weight of
iron, and with the strong grasp of the
eagles talons.
There can be but little difference as
long as We adhere to our present system.
So when Mr.. Cameron openly avows
himself in favor of stronger govern.
ment, he must mean a different system
of government, monarchial system,
and he can mean nothing less and moth.
ing else.
Are our people really tired of their
own free government, as Mr.. Cameron
alleges
We think not.
Some persons thought the people were
tired of the Union.
The war settled that question.
The attempt TO elect Grant a third time
will decide whether the people are tired
of their own government-tired of gov.
erning themselves. If they are, they
will elect Grant. If they are not, tLey
will reject him,-N. Y. San.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
OLD EDITORS.

A discussion of the question who is
the "oldest Ohio editor" brought about
by the retirement of Joshua Saxton from
the Urbana Citizen, reveals the fact that
there are a number of Ohio editors who
have been in the harness near forty
years, and among that number is enroll
ed the name Of John H. Shearer of the
Marysville Tribune, formerly of the
Somerset Post. In an article on this sub.
jeCt, Mr.. Shearer says of his connection
with the newspaper business:
"We have never laid claim to being
the oldest editor in the State, but we have
frequently stated that we believed we
had right to be classed among the older
editors. We entered the Office of the
Western Post, published in Somerset,
Perry county, Ohio, on the first of April,
1886, being then 10 years of age. We
served an apprenticeship of three years,
closing our contract as devil, April 1st,
1885, In September of that year we
purchased a half interest in the paper,
and became the editor, and have con.
tinued in that capacity, of editor or pub
Usher, or both, ever eince, except the
small intermission that occurred at the
time of our removal to Marysville. This
gives us forty-one of editorial life, and
forty years in which we handled
the 'stick and rule We arrived at the
age Of 63 on the 10Th of December. Our
health is excellent, having no chronic
ailments to disturb our rest, and we feel
as though we were only becoming in a
small degree qualified for our work As
our name has of late been frequently as.
sociated with the "oldest editor" we
have thought the above statement nee
essary, in order to correct all errors. We
are among the old editors, but there are
two or three older, perhaps more, if we
knew them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

AN interesting contest at the city elec-
tion in Philadelphia comes off next
week, Twenty-three police magistrates
are to be elected and each elector can
vote for fifteen. The Republicans and
regular Democrats have each nominated
this number, but the "County Demo.
Gratis" (Vaux) have put up ticket with
but eight names on it, which, considered
as whole, is admitted to be the best in
the field. 1t seems to be conceded that
some men on each ticket will be elecGed.
In the ward contests for Councilmen a
healthy feeling of independence seems
growing, and the County Democrats"
and "Citizens" are uniting on reform
candidates to considerable extent,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

WE read that affairs in Europe are
critical. With the millions oppressed,
and loaded down with burdens that re.
duCe the laboriEg millions to the point
of starvation, things ought to be critical.
The wonder is that people can and do
sustain an aristocracy of wealth; i'm.
mense standing armies; monster public
debts; and expensive state church estab-
lishments. But so it is. The party of ia.
voritism and injustice in this country is
not the Democratic party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

THE Republican Redistricting Bill has
passed the Ohio Legislature. The old
gerrymander is restored. The design of
the bill was and is, to give the Repdbli.
cans fourteen members of the House
from Ohio and the Democrats six. The
districting bill passed by the last Legis.
lature gave the Democrats II members
and the Republicans 8, the Democrats
having handsome plurality vote. This
was rot unjnst. But we ought to be
thankful that we are alive, probably
En0tttrer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

THE chances are that the Republican
party, the party of great moral ideas,
will adopt Cameron. Babcock, Belknap
& Co.'S third term candidate for Presi-
dent. Cameron thinks the people are
tired of free government, for he says
"7he people Of this country are tired of the
uncertainties Of its government"
Such people as Cameron may be tired
Of it. The millionaires, the worshippers
Of mammon, the men who rob the peo-
pie through special privileges, may be
"tired of the uncertainties of The government"
The People are getting "tired of their
devilish rule.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
II East TuscaraWas Street, Canton, Ohio

SENATOR HARTsHoRN was in Canton on
Saturday and Representative Snyder on
Sunday, and by the Rep. we learn they
say "brisk work may be expected here.
"after in the Legislature; and both de-
"Clare that thesentiment among the Re.
publican members is so pronounced in
flavor Of local option, that as soon as
measure can be perfected there is no
"doubt that it will pass" Last year, when
the question came to vote on local op.
ton, the Republican members generally
ran away 1t seems they are now going
to do "brisk work )" and, face the mu-
sic. At one thing they are goOd-big
talk and lofty promises.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

IT seems the anti.Cameron Republi-
cans in Pennsylvania show disposition
to continue the fight, and not quietly
submit to the action of their State con-
vention. 1t comes out that Cameron's
triumph was mainly attributable to the
treachery Of certain delegates of promi.
nence and influence, who had been in
struCted for Blaine. The names given
are Gen. Reeder of Northampton, scran-
ton of LaCkawana, Bloss of Crawford,
and others. They were Winnebago
spies in the camp of the "plumed
knight" We know of no State where
corruption runs and rules so barefacedly
and arrogantly as in Pennsylvania. A
large meeting was held in Chester coun.
ty on Saturday to protest against the
transfer of the State to Cameron and the
third term scheme. A committee of five
was appointed to take steps to call a
State convention to select delegates for
the Chicago convention, to contest with
the Cameron gang.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

TIE Cleveland Herald Columbus cor.
respondent, under date of the 9Th, says
that Conrad, the member from Stark,
has discovered there was "little DEM
ocratic deficiency" of $l7 900 at the I'M
beetle Asylum. Mr.. Conrad should have
discovered that the ImbeCile Asylum
was not reorganized during Bishops ad.
ministration, and continued, and is yet
in the same Republican hands, and we
believe good hands. The Herald man
calls Mr.. Conrad "far seeing" But,
"optlcs sharp It needs, ween,
To see what is not to be seen."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

FOUR REPUBLICAN, JUDGES OF
ELECTION SENT TO THE PENI-
TENTIARY.
No State in the Union can parallel
Pennsylvania for fraud and effrontery ;
and no city compares with Philadelphia
in evil and illegal election practices.
There they have it reduced to science,
and they use the registry lists with sim
gular regularity and with established
success. Few of the guilty rascals have
been punished in that State and city.
But week or so ago four election Off
GERS of the thirty first ward in Philadel-
phia were sentenced to prisonment in
the Penitentiary one year each, for con-
spring to make false return of the
election of CounCilmen. The election
officers were in the interest of the Re-
publican candidate, who it seems needed
more votes than had been cast for him,
80 after the polls we're closed they took
the registry list, and beginning at the
top, they marked every elector who had
not really voted, as having cast vote
for the Republican candidate. Going
down the list in this way they had added
forty.one votes by the time they had
reached the letter G.. This was about as
much as the division would stand, 80
they stopped at this point, made out
their returns, giving their man forty one
more votes than he had actually receiv.
ed, signed it in due form and sent it in.
This Republican process is certainly a
simple one, and should cause Democrats
to realize that "eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" Even in Stark county
after the ballots are cast, the result lie
not secure unless closely watched. Ev-
cry ballot should be legally cast, and
should be watched in the counting that
one tally (no more or no less) should
mark it. These Philadelphia men were
voucbed for by their pastors, on oath
that they were good citizens, regular at
tendants at church and Sunday.school.
But can this be wondered at when the
party leaders stole the Presidency pro-
cured and sanctioned fraud and forgery,
on which to base the to 7 count2 1t
would really seem that professed piety
and political villainy sometimes go hand
in hand in the Republican party.
We are surprised at the conviction
and sentence of these "loyal" Republi-
cans in Philadelphia. 1t is rathera good
sign. Belknap, Babcock, the whisky
thieves, the Credit Mobilierites went
unpunished under Grant. We were dis
couIaged at the triumph of fraud in
Maine, hut this incident in Philadelphia
revives our hope for the country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

TIE Pennsylvania Republicans, in the
platform adopted last week, declared in
favor of "a free and pure ballot" in ia
vor of "honesty in elections" and
above all, in favor of IAN honest count
of all votes legally cast, and an honest
return of whoever is elected, free from
all attempts to defraud the people Of
their choice through teChnicalities, or by
an arbitrary rejection of their votes"
This reminds one Of the manner in
which several States were manipulated
in 1875, in order to count in Hayes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

A FACT probably but little known is,
that the United States nickel scent
piece furnishes key to metric measures
and weights. This coin is two centime-
tres in diameter, and its weight is FIVE
grammes. Five of them placed in a
row gives the length of the decimetre,
and two of them will weigh deca-
gramme. AS a kilolitre is cubic metre,
the key to the measure of length is also
the key to measures of capacity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

Two thousand negroes have been
shown to have invaded Indiana, and the
end is not yet. The females are said to
have been provided with baskets, and
morning, noon and night invade kitch-
ems and back entrances for supplies, the
bucks keeping we'll in the background.
"Jayhawker," in the Enquirer, says
"the red'eyed fact is, that that portion of
the Constitution which prohibited their
coming to Indiana would have been in
force to-day, had not Indiana ratified the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu-
ton; and that ratification owed its pre-
tended official character to Colonel l. P.
Gray, the present Lieut. Governor of In.
dana" He then relates the modu8 Oper.
andi, and shows that the Senate record
in 1870, showing that Indiana's vote for
the XVIII Amendment was FALSE REQ.
ORD. The Democratic members resign
ed, and there was not a quorum, but the
false record shotUsd quorum Voted. 1t
would seem Presidential fraud was not
the first piece of successful fraud in the
history of the Republican party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

The First National Bank of New York
the pet bank of John Sherman, that was
started on very small capital, at time
when the banking business was not es.
peCially prosperous, has made so much
money that it has purchased the valua-
BILE site it now occupies, at the corner of
Wall street and Broadway, by the Bank
Of the Republic and the adjoining build.
ing, on which they will erect magniti.
cent structure,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
TWO PICTURES.
ls76-1s70.

ResolUed, That we declare firm and
unqualified adherence to the unwritten
law of the Republic, which wisely, and
under the sanction Of the most venerable
examples, limits the Presidential service
of any citizen TO two terms; and we, the
Republicans of Pennsylvania, in recog-
milton of this law, are unalterably opp0.
sed to the election to the Presidency of
any person for third term.-Republican
State Convention, 1875 70.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

MANY Republicans hereabouts declare
they will not swallow Grant and third
term. They are not ready yet to swal.
low corruption and monarchy. Mammon
worship is bad enough, but when with
1t is added one man worship it becomes
Napoleonism or royalty. This means
the end, in fact, Of the Republic, or gov
ernment by the people.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

The Emperor OF China has seventy
wives, and their trousseaus are so expen-
-sive they are likely to bankrupt the de-
scendant of the Sun and Moon. Each
"good wife" wants to beat the others.
Fortunately, like Henry the With, the
Emperor of China has the power to
behead.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

Our Columbus correspondence in this
paper, signed "Pickaway," will be read
with interest, and no doubt appreciated
by the readers of the Stark County Dem.
ooRAT, We agree with Pickaway, that
Senator Thurman, as the Democratic
nominee for President, would carry Ohio
over Grant, and over Blaine or Sherman
aithnr
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

JEFFERSON lays down the following as
one Of "the essential principles" Of our
system Of government:
Absolute acquiesCence in the decis.
ions Of the majority, the vital principle
in republic, from which is no appeal
but to force, the vital principle and es-
sential element in despotisms. If.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

Gov. DAVIS of Maine, sent his first
message to the Legislature of that State
on Thursday oflast week, He strongly
condemns the action of the Fusionists in
the recent difficulties, and recommends
ian investigation Of the whole subject of
arranging, tabulating and counting the
returns, that the facts, as ascertained,
may be made public" That is right.
Let us have "the facts"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

A CANVASS of Presidential preferences
in The Wisconsin Legislature has result
ed as follows: For Blaine AZ, Grant 81,
Sherman 10, Washburne 8, Garfield 5.
Edmunds l, Hayes 1, Gen. Sherman L.
Democrats Seymour 10, Tildon 4, Bay
ard 8, Hancock /. Nine members refu.
sed to express their opinion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12

The editor of the Cleveland Leader
while at Washington some time back,
was written up by q. V. Boynton Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, and Mr.. Cowles called
it a "bogus interview" and went for
Boynton. We have long since thought
this interviewing business was being run
into the ground. Newspaper men may
find 1t itadvisable to let each other alone,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12
1880.

Resolved, That the delegates elected to
the Republican National Convention
from this State, are hereby instructed to
support General U. 8. Grant for the
Presidential nomination (for a third
term and to vote as a unit on that and
all questions that may come before the
convention. n.-Repabhcan Slate Convention,
1880. If.