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The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

to saw who was the honestly elected
candidate to the high office OF Presl-
dent of the United States. That right
was Yesterday taken from me. Thank
God, it was not given up by me.
1 did not permit, by my own act,
miserable continuance to take from me
that power. So much for that. On
paper l cannot say all or half what
ought to be known.
I should say this, however, for will
not knowingly wrong any person: The
Senators (Denocratic) who supported
that act, L doubt not, believed it was
for the interest of the Democratic party
and the country. That several of them
doubling the constitutionality of the
measure, but believing it was in the
interest of peace and government !:
and, further, were, by some means and
in some way, convinced that it would
tend to procure the declaration of Mr..
Tilden as the fairly elected President
of the United States.
In that, in my judgment, they will
be deceived when it is too late. The
game which they have been made to
believe will be successful will result in
the most utter defeat. I pray not, but
do not so hope. One week ago I be-
lieved that MIR. Tilden would be de-
clared, rs I believed he had been
elected, the next President. To-day ]
have no such opinion. He will be
counted out, and we shall be com.
pclled to submit to defeat without the
poor right to even complain.
So mote it be! So ought it to be
There has never been, in my opinion,
such rank foolishness-sucha a misera'
bic abandonment OF Il good cause.
But, as that wise old woman said
awe shall see what VIC shall see."
pray 1 may be mistaken, but I have nc
such hope. My love to all. 1 am sick
and disgustcd, and We're the Legisla
turc Democratic, l would resign to
morrow. Good-by. God bless you.
EATON.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
SENATOR EATON'S EENrNEEY.
From tho Now York sun. I

Mr.. Eaton, of Connecticut, was the
only Democratic Senator who voted
against the bill creating the infamous
Electoral Commission of 1877. On tho
day after that bill passed the Senate,
and before il went 10 the House, he
wrote To II friend in New Haven the
following remarkable icttcr, whirh is
now for the first time published:
WASIIiNCroN, Ianuary 2G, 1877.
Mn DEAR .----: l need not say that
Il letter of this character is, to Il certain
extent, always confidential. Net l
shalt say many things that may we'll
be posted at the stree! corners OF your
city
Before this the telegraph has told
you that / alone OF all thr Democratic
Senators have voted against 4 bill
which is fondly called Il ''compromise
mcaSrrc.'
l would not submit to what l re-
gardcd rs personal uishonOr. ! would
not consent to vote FOR y public act
which, in my solemn Judgment, was
in direct violation OF the Constitution
of the United States, and Il direct
Abandonment OF The powers conferred
upon mo as one OF the Senators of Il
sovereign State.
| Connccticut-Gu bless her .--shall
never be dishonored by me. / will
stand alone always, if il he necessary,
in defence of her rights when invaded,
as l apprchcnd. they were by the bin
which was yesterday passed by the
senate of the United States. To me,
: us one OF her representatives, were
| conhded her rights. In my hand was
her honor. AS one OF her representa-
hEeS L have, ar rather had, the right
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
THE FASTING DOCTOR.

New YORK, Aug. 3.-Dr. Tanner
has experienced no nausea since mid
night, and his stomach is in an inn
proved condition. His features are
still pinched and drawn, and his eyes
look hectic. His temper is irregular,
and a crowd of spectators annoy him.
His usual drive failed to benefit him,
and he says he will give up, going out
until the end of his fast. During the
morning he drank at intervals less
than half q pint of Croton and mineral
water. He is now on his 35th day.
The record of DIR. Holbor, who was
one of the watchers last night says !:
81 don't yet find anything alarming
in DIR. Tanners condition, and believe
from the strength developed, when he
walks, moves and speaks if he abstains
from irritating drink, like mineral
water, that he may fast four or five
days more, that is up to Saturday.
His strength seems to leave him
during early morning hours, and nj
this timc his watchers arc doubly care
full lest signs of collapse should begin
to show themselves. At one time
during the night there We're no less
than ten physicians in the gallery.
Tanner seemed to wish for all the air
he could possibly get, and had all the
windows open. \ refreshing breeze
during the night was enjoyed very
much by him.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL.

We the undersigned Democratic
voters Of ward i, Ouachita parish, in
answer to Il protest published in the
Monroe Bulletin of July IS, denounc-
ing the proceedings of a meeting of
tho voters of said ward, held July 21,
1880, do heartily approve and unhesi-
tatingly endorse every word and ac-
ton of said meeting, and we feel as.
surcd that our delegates elected by said
meeting will have showing in said
Congressional Convention, as they
come directly from the people:
David Faulk, j. S. Faulk, +. l..
FaulIS, l.. +. Faulk, w. J. Bowman,
| w. l.. DeGratfenreid, w. II. Chambliss,
w. IL. DeGraflenreid, w. f. Kinlow,
w. Y. Smith, d. G. Brown, p. L..
Faust, Thompson Wood, sr., Allen
Coy, "A. G. Bowman, r.. w. Faulk,
Thompson Wood, jr., Mathew Wood,
G. M. Wyatt, w. McNab, r. S. Will
J. A. McSween, Willis Tillman, Oliver
Page, Charley Smith, Edmond MaXill,
Tom Dyson, Rubin Williams, Jack
Jackson, Ben Peeply, Nick Many
weather, jr., Henry Owens, Sampson
Green, Abram Gardner, Nick Clark,
Caroline Hill, G.. w. Tillman, J. d.
Manyweather, Wash Fastncr, Charley
Anderson, Anderson Fastner, George
Hawkins, Dan Wilkins, Cicil Taylor,
Prmus Gray, Webster Culpepper,
John Parrot Wisner Smith, Allen
Sanders, Nick Manyweather, ST., James
Manywcathcr, Afford Holmes, Church
i'll Tut1il, Peter Gibson, Peter Jones,
Anthony Lloyd, Rev. Richard Clarke,
Patrick Anderson, Scott Anderson,
Anderson Chambers, George Taylor,
Sprig Smith, James Smith, Abram
Harris, Lewis Jackson, Soloman But.
Ter, William Donlcy, Jack Robinson,
Alick johnson, Robin Payne, Caleb
Smith, Jno. Wilson, George Simmons,
George Pratt, VIM. Blackwell, Harri'
son Powell, Frank Downs, Joe Ed
wards, Rubin Kutcn, Tom Robinson,
lsubin Armstcad, James Baycr, Baticc
Cross, james Curry, John Gray, Nick.
less Brown, J. M. Goyne, Stafford
White, james Underwood, Frank
pascy, Peter Underwood, John Rainy
Wilson lIunah, Morris Jones, Ian
Scott, iIugart Powell, Prince Nc
2uinc, Charley Adams, VIM. Mccoy
Gilbert Dolphin, Ephram Tatum, w
NJ. Davenport, Sanford Mcl.ane, Hal
Crate, Daniel Jones, Foster Williams
sam Ntct.anc, Phillip Moore, Charley
I;lossmln, Sam Henderson,, Dock
Evans, ELIAS jefferson, Jack Edwards
Henry Robson, Andrew Jacob, Rcasor
Underwood.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
A SIMPLE MATTER.
To the Editor of tie ,Stt,1 :

TO the Editor of the SIN:
SIR The De Golyer pavement case
arose as follows: The Board of Public
Works of Washington City called for
contracts to have certain streets in that
city. Various persons and associations
offered to the Board their several pave
ments, or material for the same, in
which they were respectively inter-
ested. Among them De Golyer and
Mcclellan offered theirs. The Board
was to select from those offered. If it
did its duty it would select the best
pavement or material. Which was
only question honestly before them.
Gen. Garfield was ostensibly en-
ployed by De Golyer and Mcclellan to
secure the selection by the Board of
their pavements over all others. Gen.
Garfield was chairman of the Appro-
priation Committee, through whose
favorable action any of the pavements
so selected must be paid for.
Now, what legal question, of law or
of facts, could have been involved in
the matter before the Board? The in
quiry as to which of the various pave
ments was best certainly did not re-
quire the skill end learning of Il law
yer they cannot be presumed to be
experts in paVcmcntS or the material
thereof. Then what could Gen. Gar
fields brief discuss ? 1t could only be
to give the comparatively worthless
opinion of Gen. Garfield that tho
De Golyer pavement was the best of
all offered, if he had any knowledge of
the subject. If he had no such knowl-
edge, then his services must consist in
using his Influence to procure the Dc
Golyer pavement to DC selected and
paid for.
In no view of the case could any
legal question calling for the learning
or skill of !: lawyer arise.
Now, as the pretended brief Of Gcn.
Garfield is lost, I suggest that Mr..
Evarts, or Stanley Mathews, or Ed
wards Pierrepont-if Gen. Garfield is
unwilling to do it-write out any argu.
ment that could possibly have been
made in favor of the De Golyer pave
ment and submit it to the people, that
they may judge whether Gen. Garfield
was employed as a lawyer to present
to the board any legal question, and
whether such services could be worth
So 900. r. NJ. w.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
MIR, TILDEN HEARD FROM.

At.the recent grand ratification meet
ing in New York, Gov. Tilden pre-
sided, and addressed the immense
audience as follows:
ss1 thank you, my fellow citizens,
for the cordiality of this greeting. l
have come down this evening from
my country home to join with you in
expressing and declaring the purpose
of the Democracy of the city of New
York to sustain the nomination of
Hancock and English. EGreat ap-
plause.1 have come under the stipu-
consequence of my hoarseness of
voice, I should not be expected 10 make
a speech to this vast audience. What
1 have to say will be but briefly to
touch two points. The welfare Of the
people of the United States demand a
change of administration of the Fed
eral Government. Immense APP
plause.1 Reform is necessary to remove
abuses which have grown up during
twenty years of continuous power,
prolific of false principles and bad
practices. CCheers and voices, "Good,
good."l The Republican party, sitting
it's conscience, has made itself responi-
BILE for the intrusion, under color OF
laWs lutO tUO CDlCl NAdSlSlANCS VA oAaA
great country of fifty millions of peo-
pie, of a man who was not elected by
the people. [Thunders Of applause,
and cries of sThat's it, 'That's fact ]
Unless condemned by the people, and
signally condemned, il will subvert
the elective system of government OF
which we are so proud, and substitute
in its place the rule of a dynasty OF
officeholders holding over against the
will of the people. [Applause.] The
complete overflow of the Republican
party at the election in 1850 will be
retributive Judgment; it will prevent
the repetition Judgment; hereafter OF
the crime of 1876 against the sover
eighty of the people. [Applause.1 Con
graduating you, gentlemen, upon the
nomination. congratulate you also
upon the auspicious promise of success
which see in every quarter, pro-
coed to the order OF business of the
| mecting."
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
AN UNFORTUNATE RECORD.

The world knows but little of Gen.
Arthur, who occupies the second place
ON the Republican ticket. He is a cit
iZen of New York, a friend of Senator
Conkling, and eX-naval officer. This is
all the general public knew about
him up to the time he was nominated;
and for what has been learned of him
since the country is indebted to Repub-
licans themselves. If the additional
light thrown upon him is unfortunate
for him, we cannot help it. Nor can
Mr.. Arthur complain, for the addi-
tional light comes from Republican
high sources too-and
he has no alternative but to stand it.
Mr.. Arthur was naval officer at New
York-appointed by President Grant.
He did not resign the place neither
did his term expire. He was removed
outright by Mr.. Hayes, on the recon-
mendation of Secretary Sherman.
mitted, but the reasons given for the
removal make tho matter still worse.
You have made the custom house a
centre of partisan political manage
ment," says Mr.. Hayes; and "with a
sense of my obligations under the con-
stitution, 1 regard it as my plain duty
to suspend you in order that the office
may be honestly administered" This
implies that tho Office had not been
honestly administered under Gen.
Arthur and tho implication is fortified
by Secretary Sherman's letter recon-
mending tho removal. Said the Secre-
tary:
"Gross abuses of administration have
continued and encreased under his in
cumbency. Persons have been reg
ularly paid by him who have rendered
little or no service; the expenses of the
Office have been increased, while its
receipts have diminished. Brides, or
gratuities in the shape of bribes, have
been received by his subordinatcs in
several branches of the custom house,
and he has in no case supported the
effort to correct these abuses"
If it be asked why the Chicago Con-
vcntion nominated Il man with such a
record for Vice President, we can only
ask, in reply, why did it nominate a
a man with such Il record as Gen. Gar
fields for President ?-[S. Louis Re
pnb/icon.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

punity. 1t will give future elections
in this city the character of properly
representing the will of the majority,
and will put an end to the disgraceful
farce that has heretofore been enacted
under the name of an election by the
people and which has so disgusted
every decent citizen as to deter him
from going to the polls, while it has
brought the Democratic party, in
whose name these outrages are perpe-
trated, into odium.
The officer now in charge of the reg
istration of voters, by his official con-
his high integrity and strict compli-
ance with the law. In tho present sys-
tenn of registration, devised by him.
self, he has taken every precaution to
prevent fraud, deception and error.
The form of certificates is so printed as
to defy counterfeiting and the safe
guards thrown around their issue are
such as will effectually check all at
tempts at fraud. Mr.. Cavanac has
expressed his firm determination to
see that there is legal, fair and full
registration of every qualified voter in
the city, who may desire to exercise
his right of suffrage. In his appoint
ment of commissioners he will select
from tho best citizens, thereby insur-
ing an honest election and correct
count.
We believe that under his admins
tration the people will have such an
election hereafter as will give general
satisfaction and make them feel that
thcy have had an opportunity of fairly
expressing their preference through
the ballot box. A knowledge of this
fact will inspire every one with conf
dence, and all will feel that the duty
and right of voting will not be az
empty formality, to be used according
to tho whim and caprice OF political
wireworkers, ward bummers and man
ipulators of a ring, for the accomplish
ment of personal schemes and the
aggrandisement of a select few.
When such Il popular feeling of con
fidcnce in the purity of elections ant
. in the integrity of officials shall pre-
vail, an outpouring of the voting pop
ulation will he seen that will success
fully contradict the almost universa
expression that our people had los
r interest in their government, in public
affairs, and had become apathetic and
Indifferent as to the future welfare O.
the State and city. The people will
vote when they know their ballots
will be properly deposited and cor
rectly counted. They have failed in
their duty heretofore in that respect fol
the reason that their votes have beer
treated with contempt and an homes
suffrage denied them. Under the new
regime we hope for a better condition
of affairs which will more compor
with the honor and dignity of n re
spectacle community.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

When reform spelling becomes uni
vcrsl, a dime novel hero can write 81
kumuv Il prowd and hotty race" with
out giving himself dead away as re-
CARDS his carly education.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

a young Western lady, who is partly
deaf, is in the habit of answering "yes'
to everything while gentleman is
talking to her, for fear he might pro-
posC to hcr and She not hear it.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

VIM. Tappan Thompson sold the
copyright OF his first book, "NIajor
Jones' Courtship," for $3.50. He is now
6S years of age, and for thirty years has
been the editor of the Savannuh-N Ne,rS.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06

Ifa Ounce is short of some faults, he
only did not know how to acquire
them.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-08-06
T r. NS:rEEL,
Dealer in all kinds of
lIOU : T. III . LID Il L II N 1T u II T.

COFT1NS, t-t5FF1N TFTN NUS, Nc.
Furniture repaired, or made to order, and
satisfaction guaranteed. All orders for
Furniture promptly attended to. Collins
supplied at short notice, with services of
undertaken, if desired.
I have also hand full stock of
Childrcn's Carriages, which / offer for
Salo at low prices.
Store and shop on G rand street, opposite
McFCG's drug store. An inspection of
work and furniture is respectfully invited.
january /, 1850. 1y
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

A Clowns RELIGION. - The funeral Of
Patrick Hay, better known as James Cooke
the clown and equestrian, was held yesterday
afternoon. When Cooke knew that he waa
about to die he was asked by priest, who at
tended him, to renouncs the principles of Ma.
sonry, to which he had been ardsntly attach.
cd from his boyhood. He refused to do this,
saying that Masonry was as coed to die by az
the Catholic faith, in which he had been ed.
uoated. He then requested that none but
Masonic ceremonies should be held over his
body and his request was fulfilled to the letter.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

TIE Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal dsvotss its
leading article to ''the Internal mosquito, "
closing its invsctive thus: "The ant is indus
trious; the bee is skillful and useful to man;
the Hea has been taught amusing tricks; spi-
des have been made the pets and relieved the
tedium of solitary prisoners; but the Internal
mosquito was never known to perform ner-
itorious act; all his energies are devoted to
making an unmitigated nuisance of himself,
and he has been eminently successful
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07
HONOR AT WEST POIN T.

The trial of cadet Whitaker is showing up
the calibre OF the cadets at West Point in a
way which must by this time have made the
country thoroughly ashamed of most of them
On the question of "honor" of this despicab!e
class of snobs the Stockton Matt has the fol-
lowing sensible remarks:
We are hearing. in connection with the
Whitaker affair at West Point, good deal
of talk about honor General Scoeield would
seem to think that the cadets are endowed
with particularly fine species of it, and &C
tually issued an order the other day express
ing his unshak and unmisa kable confidence
in them, their honor, and all the rest of it.
We are told that such thing as lying is never
permitted at West Point and that the cadet
who lies is Immediately sstrscised by his fell
lows. Unfortunately all this fine business is
shown, by the evidence of the cadets them
selves, to be a mere hollow sham, a miserable
aping Of the old code of honor which we all
admire 80 much and by which 80 few of lis are
ruled. The truthfulness of young gentle
men is shown to be of much the
same quality as their chivalry.
They were officers and gentlemen, bat they
snubbed and ill-treated, in a cowardly, pro-
longed deliberate and brutal manner a el
low cadet, as good as they in every respect,
and in many respects better. They would
never tell lie, but they were in the habit of
evading the officials who trusted them, break
ing the rules of the nstitation, and stripping off
their uniform for the purpose of visitina for
hidden haunts outside the Academy and their
sense of honor is SO high that they feel con-
strained to betrAy the saloon-keeper who shell
tered them their midnight forays and kept
their DISCUSSES for them. Such are too often
the honor of the lips and the honor of the
hands and heart; So it begins to be that the
man who stickles most for outward points of
honor is most likely to be at heart black
guard and a coward
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

ANoRwEe1AN, Ernest Frolich, thinks he
has found in the Indian rice of American
swamps living proof of the truth of Snorre
Sturlsens history of Self kricsson's visits to
this country nearly nine hundred years ago:
The voyagers reported finding in vialand not
only an abundance Of wild grapes but also q
kind of grain, which Mr.. Frolich believes to
have been the Indian rice, or wild rye.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

THE proposition to inpeach Mayor Kalloch
Of San Francisco, meets with the endorse.
ment Of all law abiding and honest people.
The man is disgrace to the city he presides
over; to the profession he makes mouth.
piece Of and to the coast he lives on. San
Francisco can only redeem itself by kicking
him out of Office As e1peditiousy a. the law
will allow
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

THE TRIBUNE REFORMED. - There was a
time when the Tribune believed that a daily
newspaper had the right to make public prop
erty of private character. 1t spared neither
age, sex nor condition but abused all within its
reach without the slightest regard for conse-
quences. To enumerate the list of hearts that
have ached, to tell of all the tears that have
been shed by reason of the brutal and malig-
nant libels that have from time to time ap-
peared in the Tribune is more of task than
We care to undertake. During the years that
Deacon Parkinson has sojourned in Carson he
has delighted to trample upon the feelings
of his neighbours and taken pains to abuse
most fOully the parties to whom he was the
most indebted for klndnesses. Most of the
citizens whom he libeled were men who had
advanced him money to save him from bank
ruptcy or disgrace. The only man who
was safe from his attacks was Sen
ator Jones, who purchased immunity from
his slanderous pen by pulling his nose. 1t is
and commendable did not bring an array of
imitators to the fore When the APPEAL set
about reforming its sin-besotten contemporary
it did not expect to make any marked impress
sion upon it inside of six months Already,
however, We see fAttering signs of change
for the better, as the following, written by
the junior proprietor in last evenings paper
shows:
THE SLANDERzR. The character slayer is
worse than the man slayer, for the former
kills his victim at once, and that is compare
lively the end of it, while the other inficts a
lifelong misery and woe. He is also nohler of
the two, if any degree of nobility can be pre-
dicted of either, for he braves the penalty Of
the law he violates, while the other is a sneak
ing, lying villain, thoroughly saturated with
quality of meanness from which even the
sneak thief who steals into your hallway and
approprlates your property, would shrink with
disgust.
The Tribune has for years preached sermons
on faith, on purity of living, on charity, and
on gratitude until its conspicuous hypocricy
its readers. Now it breaches a
sermon (the first in its life) which falls upon
our own ears with a sounding resemblance of
sincerity. 1t is cry of anguish from the in
aer depths, the vail peecavim,ls. A good deal
Of this controversy might have been avoided |
had our word of warning been needed, good |
1sal more had the solicited apology to the |
of Henry r. Mighels been promptly
made. 1t is not too late to make it now
When it is too late, let no one say that we did |
act present the opportunity. The Tribune
ixed the time for this fight, selected the
Weapons and chose the ground. All we ask |
8 to dictate the terms Of peace. 1t seems only
air that We had something to say it the mat
er
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-07

SECRETARY SHERMAE has given orders to
the San Francisco Mint to stop the Mint's
subscription to the Daily Stock Report, on &C
count of its illusions to the assinine public
performances of John Sherman. This shows
Sherman to be more microscopic in his char.
acterislics than his most cOntemptuous hatsrs
ever supposed him to be.