Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-03-06

BE SLOW TO BELIEvE.-Be slow to
believe that the movement in favor OF
Gen. Grant is to be abandoned without
a prolonged and fierce struggle.
The men who want Grant President
again have plenty of money. They are
willing to pat great deal of money in
to his election, because they look upon
it merely as an investment, which they
will soon get back; with hundred fold
increase.
The plans to renomnate Gen. Grant
are too well laid to be readily relinquish-
eG. Many of his supporters are mer of
positive character, more accustomed to
overcoming opposition than to being
overcome themselves.
AS to the rumor that Gen. Grant will
soon peremptorlaly decline being can
didate, it strikes us as absurd on its face.
In the way OF declining General Grant
knows very well that he would be no
match for Horatio Seymour. Grant is
a man OF slow growth, and he is not
we'll up in the art Of declining. A man
who until he was over forty was never
known to decline glass of whisky is
not going all at once to take to declin
ing any good thing that is offered him.
real REFORM Charleston, w.
Va, Courier copies from the Chicago
Express the subjoned programme for
what its caption styles "Real Reform"
and gives it conspicuous place III its
columns without comment. The editor
is silent as to whether he adopts it as
the basis of his proposed reform cam
paign, but we judge that as he didn't
add to it or take from it, he is satisfied
that no plan of reform could be deeper
and broader. That is our opinion. 1t
is about as thorough and radical as a
political platform needs TO be. The only
thing 1t fails to abolish is His Fraudu
lency r. B. Hayes, and that is our Oh
lection to it:
The Government should
!. Abolish its army.
9. Abolish its navy.
3. Abolish its diplomatic service.
4. Abolish its internal revenue sys-
TEN.
5. Abolish It's import duties.
6. Issue fifty dollars per capita Of
greenbacks and pay lis bonded debt.
7. Fix the paper circulation at fifty
dollars per capita.
The income from the increase OF cir
culatior to cover the loss of notes and
growth of population, would pay all the
legitimate expenses of the government,
if the armies of useless taxrobbers
named above were mustered out
COOPERATIVE SroREs.-A meeting
was held in New York Thursday oflast
week for the purpose Of discussing the
question of introducing in this country,
the English system of cooperation
among the working classes, or such 9th
er system as promises to reach the OBJ
ject desired. That object is to enable
the working classes to purchase nearly
all the daily necessaries of life at first
cost price, and to give them an oppor-
tunity TO save something besides. Park
Goodwin, d. G. Croly, Fred. Law. Ohm
stead, Rev. Robert Collyer and others
delivered addresses and several English
men, who have been engaged in the CO
operative system adopted in England
and Scotland, explained the workings
of that system. After very full dis
cussion it was agreed that committee
should be appointed to consider the diff
ferent plans of cooperation and report
to a future meeting the one which, in
their opinion, shall be deemed best
adapted to be put into practice in that
city. 1t was also agreed to take meas
ures to circulate full information among
the people, SO that they might see for
themselves how much benefit the peo-
pie of Boston, Philadelphia and other
cities have derived from cooperation.
SENsIBLE-Chauncey Slater, a. fore
man at the shop OF the Elastic Frog
Company, in Mansfield, Conn, has
fallen heir to 100000. a few days
ago he received check for nearly the
whole amount. He put it in his peck
ct, aud kept on at his work. He tells
his fellow-workmen that he intends to
remain at his work, wearing his work
ing clothes, and not initiating in any
way the behavior Of Coal Oil Johnny
and the great caravan of which he was