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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

In July, 1877, Garfield fully COM
mitted himself to civil service reform
in an article he wrote for the Allan
TIC Monthly. That article contained
the following passage:
sTo reform this (civil) service is
one of the highest and and most i'm
peratiye duties of. craftsmanship.
This reform can not be accomplish
ed without complete diUorce between
Congress and the Executive in the
matter of appointments. +
The present system invades the in
dependence of the Executive, and
makes him less responsible for the
character of his appointments.
1t degrades the civil service. itself
by destroying the personal indepen-
dence of. those who are appointed;
it repels from the service those high
and manly qualities which are so
necessary to a pure and efficient ad-
ministration, and, finally, it de-
bauches the public mind by holding
up public Office as the reward of
mere party ZEAL"
1t remains to be seen whether
James will divorce himself from the
control of Conkling, Logan, Cameron
& Co.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The New York Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children
made q record for the year 1880, of
which they may well feel proud.
During the year the society prose-
cutcd 1874 cases securing 1S1 convic
tons, and relieved and placed in in
stitptione S55 children. The good
people engaged in rescuing the little
ones from degrading associations
may we'll claim, as applicable to
themselves, the words of Him who
said: 'Inasmuch as We have done it
unto one of the least of these, my
brethren, ye have done it unto Me-"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Catholic Directory for 1881
gives some Interesting statistics con-
cerningt the condition of the Catholic
Church in the. United States. Ac-
cording to it there are IL archbish-
ops, with. 48 suffragans, 8 v~icarates
apostolic, and l prefecture apostolic.
There are 6,402 priests and LILO
ecclesiastical students preparing for
the priesthood. The churches num-
Der 1856, and, the communicates
about 6,4OO, 900. The number of
parochial schools is 1888, and the
number of children attending them
423. asa.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The New York San says: The
pitiful and venalnominations of var
ious sorts which Hayes has been
sending to the Senate during the last
month of his career have opened the
eyes Of many who had been his
friends. No occupant Of the White
House ever did more in this way to
demoralize the military, the naval,
the diplomatic and the consular ser
vices. His late nominations, where
they have not been routine promo
tions, have been, with q few notable
exceptions, unfit to be made.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
A Republican paper SAYS:


The objection is made that the
Whitaker court martial will cost
$4,000. Not too much to pay for
justice, if wrong has been done q
friendless black boy.
Certainly not; justice is cheap at
any price. But it is just as we'll to
remember that Whitaker is not a
"friendless black boy.' He has had
more and better friends than any
other boy that V e attended West
Point, and these friends have done
for him what never was done for any
boy before at that school or any 9th
er. They have made his alleged
wrong a national affair. They have
enlisted in his behalf the entire Re-
publican press of the country and
the whole power Of the federal ad-
ministration. They have, in his be-
half, secured the removal from the
superintendency of the Military
Academy of one of the most distin-
.guished generals in the army, and
the appointment of a successor who,
but for this case, would never have
been thought of as superintendent
of that institution. And they have
crowned their labors by obtaining a
court-martial for the already convict
ed youth. To appreciate the extent
to which Whitaker is "friendless,"
we have only to suppose a white CT.
Diet the victim of a similar alleged
wrong. Does anybody imagine the
Republican press of the country
would have rushed to the rescue?
that the federal administration would
have stepped forward III his defense?
that Schofeld would have been re-
moved and Howard appointed on his
account? and that a $1,000 board of
inquiry would have been supple
mented by a $4,000 court marital?
These questions carry their own
answers. More has been done for
this "friendless black boy' than for
oil the boys who have worn the ca
Diet uniform from the foundation of
West Point to the present time. No
more could have been done for him
had he been the Prince of :Wales, re-
ceiving a military education at the
expense of the United States; and
we should be very glad to believe
that half or quarter as. much will be
done for any white boy who may
hereafter be similarly situated.-St.
Louis Republican.
This Whitaker business is an in
suit to ev cry man who ever gradual
ed at West Point; and taken all in
all it has been the worst piece of
politico-sentimental tomfoolery that
ever happened in this country.
There are two forces at the bottom
of it: One consists of those peop.e
who grow long hair and run to lu
macy on the negro question per Sc;
the other consists of demagogues
who sniff political advantage in it.
In any event, however, it seems to
us that Whitaker must be the loser.
The miserable fayoritism forced
upon him has disguised all sensible
people, a great many of whom would
have been ready before to go out. of
their way to do a good turn for a
colored person, but who will hereaf-
ter emphatically demand hat the
black race shall hoe its own row like
white people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

1t is stated on excellent authority
that Columbus is swarmed with paid
agents of the school book monopoly.
They are active in their efforts to
defeat any measure tending to crush
them out, and it is @ well-known
fact that up to the present time their
efforts have been crowned with sin
gular success. There is now pend
ing two bills aiming at this monopo-
~, the first, by Judge Patton, of De
fance. 1t provides that the State
shall purchase the copyright and
print its own school books, a thing
perhaps impractical. That nothing
will be done in this direction is al
most safe to predict.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The public ear is again tickled
with the "~oficial statement" that the
public debt has been reduced the
past month $7,3S2,167. If every
published statement of the dimuni
ton of the debt had been true, the
debt would have been wiped out
long ago; but it, is still over ST.,
1856. 900. 900.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

To test the bearing qualities of the
leading varieties of wheat, the Su
perintendent of the Ohio Agricultu-
raj Farm sold wheat to farmers in
various sections of Ohio and other
States, requesting a report of yield
from each. The results are shown
in the 70 SLOWING comparisons: Fultz,
"a reports, average, 258 bushels;
Clawson, 20 reports, average, 234
bushels; Silver Chat, Is reports,
average, 264 bushels; Velvet Chat,
IL reports, average, 26 bushels; Gold
Medal, II reports, average, 218
bushels; Sandomicka, Z reports, ave-
rage, pa bushels.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
The Cabinet business is settled

The Cabinet business is settled,
thank the Lord. The "mountain
has labored and brought forth a
mouse" and here it is:
Secretary Of State-James G..
Blaine, of Maine.
Secretary of War-Robert t. Lin
coin, of Illinois.
Secretary of the Interiors. t.
Kirkwood, of Iowa.
Postmaster General-Thomas L.
James, of New York.
Attorney G eneral-Wayne Mac
Veagh, of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Of War-W. II. Hunt, OF
Louisiana.
Secretary of the Treasury-Wil-
liam Window, of Minnesota.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Elk Boss Kelly looked in upon the
labors of the Statesmen at Washing
ton during the inauguration, and
promulgated the theory that a Dem
pcrat would certainly be elected to
fill the Vacancy caused by the death
of The late Fernando Wood. The
ex.Boss further deposes that there
would be no more discussions among
the New York Democrats and other
wise appeared in the character of a
man chastened and hum bled by ad-
versity. 1t is said the ex-Boss him
self aspires to the vacant chair of
the late Mr.. Wood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The editor of the Register, who
comes to Eaton to "boss" the politi-
cal destinies of the Republican par
ty; demands that party lines be
drawn in our Corporation election
that politics and party be made an
instrument even down to the School
Board. 1t is simply absurl, even
disgusting, to run politics into these
small positions, and it must be a
narrow andebigot3 d creature who adj
vocates IL. Politics has a proper
field, and ample arena in which to
deploy and demonstrate, in national,
State aud county affairs. But we al
ways have advocated that the church,
school and municipality should be
held aloof from the commissions and
bitter animosities of a political con-
test, ard since. we have been con-
nected with the DEMOCRAT, have
used its influence to keep politics
out of our local affairs. There is
nothing to be gained by it, and we
hope the sensible and liberal portion
of the Republican party in Eaton,
will pay no attention to the advice
of this old political mountebank, who
has ran the rounds of the political
organizations of the country, and
cares nothing for the quiet and socia.
bility of a community if he a sue.
coed in his party plan. We want
good, honest, careful, practical citi.
zens to fill the different local posi-.
tions,-men of social aud liberia.
qualities-men who will enforce the
laws, and who will not recklessly
waste the public. funds for the ben.
eft of friends or their own private
property, and it is to the interest O.
every taxpayer in Eaton to see thai
such men are selected. The draw
ing. of party lines will not furnish
them. Mark that.
1 Ia
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
Last Days of the Democratic
Congress-.
New York Sun (Ind.) Feb. 20.


New York Sun (Ind.) Feb. 20.
On, Friday next the Democratic
party become a minority ina The
House of Representatives, and its
majority in the Senate will be so
small and precarious as TO be almost
powerless.Ss
On the whole, the party has made
a good record in Congress since the
tidal Of 1S74-that great reaction
provoked by the -corruptions of
Grantism-which swept the Bour-
bon Republicans under and lifted
the fair-promising Democrats to dry
land. IA.
At the last Presidential election
the candidates of this party received
a majority of the popular votes, as
they did four years age. These
votes we're not bought, nor were they
the result of persuasion and intimi,
dation. They represent the honest
convictions of the men who cast
them, and it is clear that the party
which is thus sustained after twenty
years exclusion from the spoils oi
executive power has no reason to
despair. . a.
But the Democratic party can ex
pect success only upon one condi
tion: it must never again yield al
inch of its own ground to the enemy
1t must stand by the principles upon
which Jefferson founded the party.
and Madison, jackson and all his
worthy cesso built.
Bills for a system of free schoo
education at the national expense
subsidies and so called public i'm
pIovements involving millions wrung
from the people by taxation, and ap
preparations swollen out of all pro
portion to those of the Forty-fourtt
Congress, are not within the limits
of any reasonable construction of the
Constitution or any Interpretation O.
the Democratic creed.
|. If the Democrats wish to recover
the House in 1882, let them be very
careful not to abuse the power they
have held with credit for six years
in these last hours of its duration.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Is there a citizen in Eaton, except
the editor of the Register; who wants
to run our School Board into poll
tics? If the parents of children in
Eaton want to protect and preserve
the prosperity and Gee of our
schools, they had better set their
faces against any such little bust
ness.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
As We Expected.

SPRINGFIELD, ONO, March 4-The
rumor comes here to day by way of
New Carlisle that the prospect of
the proposed Indianapolis, Bloom
ington and Western Railroad extern
sion from Indianapolis to Columbus,
through here, will be abandoned on
account of a reported agreement be-
tween that Company and the Pan
Handle as to through freight. The
rumor causes intense regret in this
county, and it is hoped it is not
trnn
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The editor of the Register wants
party lines drawn at the Corpora
ton election in April. We hope he
will succeed in persuading the Re
publican Committee into the bust
ness, and also in introducing that
game of draw that he is
SO jealous about.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
5000

What on earth will the Eaton
Democrat do now for something
about which to yell ".fraudY"-Ger-
mGntoUn Press.
As long as the Republican party
runs the Government machinery,
there will be plenty of fraud all the
same to yell about, even though the
great fraud of the white House has
stepped down ard out.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Taken altogether we are rather of
the opinion that all church property
ought to be taxed. If not them, the
Masons, Odd Fellows, and all such
benevolent organizations ought to be
on the free list. The New York In
dependent takes the ground that it
is good policy to tax church proper
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The old political weather cock of
the Register is still braying about
what we wrote over a year ago, o
corning the support the DEMOCRAT
received from the party. 1t must be
getting monotonous to the average
intelligent reader of that paper.
Get something fresh for a change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The newspapers of Ohio, almost
without exception, are opposed to
any radical change in our Common
School system, especially to abolish
the sub districts, to establish graded
schools in townships, and to- have
county Superintendents. Our Com
mon Schools are the pride and glory
of the State, and it is well enough to
let them alone. J..
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
Notice to Landowners.
To CHA FOLCHT:

YOU are hereby notified that the
Viewers and Surveyor appointed by
the Commissioners of Preble County,
Ohio, in their order of March 18th, 1881,
to lay u and survey the CouneS Road
petitioned for by the undersigned and
others, will meet at the point where
the Middletown and West Alexandria
pike crosses the section line between
sections 81 and 35, in Township 8,
Range 8 east, in Twin Township, Pre-
BILE County, Ohio, on the 18th day Of
April, 1881, for the purpose set forth
in said order.
Dated this 18th day of March, A. D.,
1881. M, JACOB FUDGE,
miO-4l Principal Petitioner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The pomp, show, circus, toadyism,
sycophany, t~omfoolery and "slush"
about the President-elect, who once
drove a canal boat, will now cease
among the coat-tail correspondents
of the dailies. 1t has been spread
on a little too thick for the stomachs
of the "sober second thought" PEG
ME.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

When the Greenback party sprang
into existence, the present editor of
the Register was as clamorous and
wild for that party and its doctrines
as he was a few weeks ago for 'rota
ton in Office" 1t won't be very
long until he will deny he ever ad-
vocated "Prohibition."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The hocks and herds of Kansas
cover a thousand hills, and are now
numbered by the millions. The
statistics show that there is one
head of stock for every man, woman
and child, a proportion which can
not be shown by any other State.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Mr.. SHULTz al in Washington
city last week, fighting against
Statesman STUBS for the Collector
ship. He is for WILLIAMS holding
on to the sop. Mr.. SHULrz will have
fun when he runs for his second.
term.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

1t would be a good thing if there
was 8. Constitutional law in Ohio to
choke eff the existence of the present
worthless Legislature. 1t should
have done all that was necessary for
the good of the peoples month ago,
adjourned and gone home.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Ohio Senate has passed a bill
which seeks to authorize the super
visors of the several road districts in
the State TO plant fruitor shade trees
along the public highways, and to
commute labor for road tax for that
purpose.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

We believe the Taxpayers of the
Corporation of Eaton are ready for
q "new DEAL" and it matters not III
der what name or head they get it,
the wind of the old political wealth
er cock" of the Register, to it
into party to the contrary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Register OF last week was
mild on the game of "draw.". We
hope our old friend will not give up
in his idea of holding a Republican
Convention in hat way. 1t is new,
novel and original, and we have a
strong desire to see il tested.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The new p~rohibitory liquor law in
Kansas makes no exception in favor
of druggists preparations, cider and
wine made in the state, or wine, for
sacramental purposes. 1t is thought
that the statute is so strict that it
will prove imperative.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Inauguration show is over,
and it is to be hoped the American
people will not make such fools of
themselves over the next President
elect. A real, solid, hard sense
statesman would turn from such
toodvism in disonst
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Wayne County Democrat says
that Logan county gave Garfield l.
271 majority over Hancock. The
recent Grand Jury of that county
found so indictments for unlawful
liquor selling.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
The New York Herald, in an edi-

torial-aThe New Senate"-says:
The retirement of Mr.. Thurman,
from Ohio, is q national loss. Mr..
Thurman is one of the half dozen
great men who have sat in the Sen.
ate in the last generation-a nan OF
courage, originality, patriotism and
onviction. And although Ohio
sends in Mr.. Sherman a strong man
to take his place, the loss of so good
a Senator as Mr.. Thurman to the
opposition is irreparable.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Very little faith should be put in
the opinion of a person who has been
by turn Wing, Republican, Demo
crat, Grecnbacker, Communist and
Prohibition, unless he breaches the
doctrine that a wise man changes
often, but a fool never.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

@Bayonets in the Capitol" and
ssmembers of the House stopped by
soldiers on attempting to enter" is
a glorious scene in free America
What is the future?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

If rotation" in the Eaton Post
Office was such 4 sublime thing, why
isn't it equally SO in the Collector
ship? viii the great apostle and
advocate of rotation in post Offices
please rise and "humiliate" himself
once more?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

one-half Of our valuable Legisla-
ture was junketing to Washington
city last week, and the other half
'dead heading it to the Mardi Gras
at New Orleans. The people pay
them SIS per day for their fun.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
Notice of Appointment.

Estate Of Hannah Whipple, decd.
NOTICE is hereby given shat the I'M
IN dersigned has been duly. appoint
ed and qualified as Administrator of
the estate of Hannah Whipple, late of
Preble County, Ohio, deceased.
JAMES CARROLL.
J. V. CAMPBELL, Atty. [mar3-3
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The "irrepressible conflict" for
the t'loaves and fishes at Washing
tor viii now commerce. The. fight
of the "ouss" against the Gins" will
be sanguinary and bloody.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

There is no question but small pox
prevails to an extent in the
large cities, especially New York
and Chicago, to an alarming extent.
The reports that almost daily come
from these cities in regard 10 the
prevalence of the dread disease are
ominous. "An ounce of p~reventa-
tive is worth a pound of cure"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The voiceo of the great "rotater"
has not been heard in the conflict
between Stubs and Williams for
the Collectorship. Why?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Guerilla MosBY is talked of as the
Republican candidate for Governor
of Virginia. Why don't JEFF DAVIS
come out in favor of the Republican
party2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

A local option bill has been de-
feated in the Indiana Legislature,
which is also Republican. The
promises of the Republican party
amount to nothing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The Presidential term of Mr.. Til
DEN expired last Friday, for which
he had the honor of being elected
while Mr.. HAYES drew the salary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

President GARFIELD's Inaugural
Address viii be found on our outside,
together with other matters concern
ing the great inaugural circus.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Gen. HANCOCK was. the most dis
tinguished and popular visitor at
Washington city,, during the in
auguration of the new President,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Health Commissioner De Wolf. of
Chicago, has issued an order that in
view of the possibility Of a spread of
small pox in that city every person
who has not been successfully vacci-
mated within a period of seven years
shall submit to an operation within
five days Or suffer the penalty of the
city ordinance, which is a fine of So
to $25.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

You must PRONOUNCE it Arlansdw
in the future, because the Legisla-
ture OF Arkansas have so willed it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

After a mar has "boxed the politi-
cal compass" humiliation is good
for the soul. That is what he most
needs.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Mr.. HAYES is mentioned as a
probable Republican candidate fer
next Governor of Ohio. We hope
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

SAMUEL j. TILpEN didn't save a
dime of his Presidential salary. Mr..
HAYES saved il for him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

The colored persuasion didn't mix
much in the Inaugural Ball. They
will do 10 vote only.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Since the first of January nearly
1000 people have died in the city of
New York.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Well have a rest o.. the Cabinet
now.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Mentor will be little heard from
for four years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10

Where is the "posish" in the Cab
met for The colored population?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-10
FOR SALE!
Valuable Tobacco Land F!
Adjoiningthe Corporation.

H1HE undersigned will offer at public
L sale, at the door OF the Court House,
in Eaton, on
Saturday, March 18Th, 1881,
The 81 Is acres of valuable bottom land
adjoining Eaton and the New Paris road
on the west, and the o., H. Sc D. Rail-
road on the north. 1t will be sold in
lots of from four to six acres, running
west with streets and alleys of the Cor
poration. The land will be valuable
for raj ing tobacco.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash, the
residue payments to be secured by
mortgage on the land with 8 per cent.
interest from day Of sale.
SAM'L NJ. GRIFFIS.
Eaton, Feb. 2f-w3