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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
GARFIELD,S BODY.

Placed Quietly i'm u New Casket.' i
AT q late hour Wednesday night
Gartield's remains were transferred
very quietly from the casket in which
they came from Elberen to an alright
case made of sheet bronze.
Mayor Herriok received . letter
dated September 90, stating that on
the representations of the Union
League Club and prominent citizens
OF New York, the body was not plac-
ed in a proper receptacle. and the Me-
ialic Burial Case Company, OF New
York, Offered caeket which was made
especially for the occasion.
Mrs. Garfield and DIR. j. III. Robin.
son were summoned by telegraph, and
came here TO see the caskei, which was
sent on by a syecial car. Mrs. Garfield
was very much pleased with the gift,
and in accordance with her wishes the
transfer OF the remains was made.
The casket is of sheet bronze, elab.
orately ornamented with gold trim
mings. A solid gold plate, to be fixed
on the top of the cssket, will be in.
scribed as Mrs. Garfield directs. The
remains were in an unexpectedly good
state of preservation, and now that
the proper casket has been provided,
it is probable that the plans Of the
monument committee will be changed,
and instead OF the body. being put in
the ground, crypt will be erected
and the casket exposed to view
ICleveland Leader.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

BLooMINGToN is one'of the richest
and most important cities Of Republi.
can Illinois. When q throng OF 5000
people, encouraged by the leading res
idents and cheered by women, hang a
prisoner with the declaration "Justice
and the courts are rarcei I" it Is about
time for Radical papers like the Chi
cage Tribune, which is perpetnally
shrieking about "the lawless and
murdereus SOUTH" to turn it's atten-
tion nearer home, and explain why
law and the courts are farce in one of
the greatest, richest and most enlight-
ened of American cOmmonwealths,
and State too that is Republican TO
| the core. And while it's hand is in,
the Tribune should also explain the
recent lynching of two men in Mich.
Igan, the home of the late Zach. Chan.
dler, "gone, but not fergotten," who
built up reputation as Stalwar'
statesman by furieusly waving the
bloody shirt.-[Pitts. Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

WAsHINGToN, October S.-Guiteau,
the assassin, says he is satisfied that
the law the Lord and the facts are
on his side. He thinks the bitter feel
ing of the public against him will be
mltigated when they are satisfied the
deed was prompted by the Lord. He
says he felt divine inspiration to do
the deed, and he would have done it
il he would have been killed the next
moment Gniteau refused to talk on
the legal points of the case, but asks
the publication Of the following from
him: 1.-The press generally through
out the country has viliified and ira
duced me from the beginning 10 the
present time. 1 still repeat, the coun-
Try will soon acknowledge the death
of President Garfield to have been a
political necessity, which, if mis- death
had not occurred, the country would
have been precipitated into civil
war. The Republicans will soon see
the benefits they have derived from
the Presidents death. Otherwise the
party would haye gone to ruin"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
THEsENATE EXTRA SESSION.

n. -
Bayard Elected speaker Pro TEN.
The United States Senate convened
on Monday in extra session, pursuant
to the proclamation of President Ar.
thur, and after being called to order,
Senator Pendleton offered resolution
providing that "Thomas F. Bayard, a
Senator from Delaware,is hereby cho-
sen President pro tenn of the Senate"
The Republicans endeavored TO defeat
the passage Of the resolution, and to
that end, Senator Edmunds, Of Yer
mont, presented the credentials of the
new Senators from New York and
Rhode Island, and moved that the oath
of office be administered to them by
Senator Anthony; but the motion was
voted down, and the resolution OF
Senator Pendleton adopted, and Mr..
Bayard was elected Speaker pro tenn,
and conducted to the Speakers chair.
And now the Radical leaders are
standing right up on their hind legs
and bowling outrage and fraud with
all their might. Yet, does any one
believe that the party that, by stealing
the votes of Florida and Louisians,
defrauded the people of their choice
of President in 1876, if they had held
The cards would have hesitated to
play them?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

The Massachusetts, Democrats held
their State Coz yentien at Worcester
on the 5th inst, and unanimously
Hon. Chas. p. Thompson,
of Gloucester, as the candidate for
Governor, and Hon. Jas II Carlton,
of Haverhill, for Lieutenant Goyer-
nor. A committee was appointed 10
nominate the balance of the ticket,
and the Conyention took e recess.
The ticket was completed as fol-
lowe: Secretary of State, General
Michael L. Donahue; Treasurer and
Receiver, Colonel Francis Parker t;
Auditor, Charles Il. Field; Attorney
General, General Patrick A. Collins.
The pla' form adopted sets forth ad-
herence to the principles Of Jefferson
and Madison; favors the honest pay
msnt of the National debt as speedily
as possible, aud to that end ADVISES
frugality and integrity in public ex-
penditures; regards the defeat of the
Wood Funding Bill in the last Con.
gress by the influence and under the
menace of organized money power as
a triumph Of private seifishness over
public interest, and a financial loss
only partially repaired by the unlaw-
full expedlent TO which Window re-
sorted demand that the frauds in the
postal service and other departments
of the Government be fully ins estiga.
ted, and that the guilty officials shall
be punished for their crimes and made
to disgorge their plunder, and such
reforms instituted as shall prevent
cons piracies in the future; assert the
importance of an intelligently bold
revision of the tariff laws, now con
fessedly ill-adjusted and in fact bur
densome, by which several industrie'
now Disseminated against may obtair
relief from invidious injustice; M,
nopolies be arrested in their spolia
tions, and incidental benefits and bur
dens be equiiably proportioned 10 al
as may consist with need OF revenue
our national policy and legislation, tt
be Democratic and just, must discear
age all monopolies aud do equal jus
tice to each one OF the various indus
tries which engage the enterprise ant
labor OF the people. The platform
further advocates the abolition of tn
poll tax and regulation of the liquo
traffic, since prohibition has failed
Resolutions were also adopted ex
pressive Of feeling of the Convention
on the death of the President. Th
Convention then adjourned.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

The Republicans of the Empire
State held their Convention in New
York, and now the Half-breeds are
boasting that they have the hide OF
the lordly Roscoe hanging on the fence,
The proceedings were rather tame, the
Stalwarts, seeing they were eutnum-
bered, made but little fight. Chauncey
M.Depew was made permanent Chair
man. He made a speech in which he
eulogized Arthur, and said that all
factions would support his admi mis-
tration. Resolutions long-winded and
gushed good deal about Garfield in
form Arthur that the New York Re-
publicans consider him a Republican
and a patriot and will support him.
Republican party eulogized in the
usual style, Governor Cornell endorsed
and free canals called for. General
Joseph B. Carr was unanimously nom.
mated for Secretary of State.
Ira Davenport was nominated for
State Comptroller in place of James
w. Wacsworth, who declined the
nomination. Leslie w. Russell was
nominated for Attorney General in
place of II. Ward, the present incum.
bent. The vote stood Russell 253
Ward 23l.
James w. Hustled was nominated
for State Treasurer.
Silas Seymour was nominated fol
fafa Epn III .t
for Judge of the Court of Appeals, botl
by acclamation.
The state committee was reorganizeG
and peace arranged between The Stal
warts and Half-breeds. The latter will
not ltagonize Conk.;ng.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
Pension Frauds.

WAsHINGToN, October 7.-Col. w
w. Dudley has been for SOME weeks
investigating ring in the pension
Office. The fact that there were fraud
ulent pensioners on ole rolls has been
known, and the claim agents under
previous commissioners bore thebruns
of the blame for these frauds. Col
Dudley early became convinced thai
many of them were the work Of those
inside the effice, and started quietly
but vigorously to ferret out the un-
faithful clerks. He is almost ready te
make arrests. When the blow fails
his prosecutions will vie with those
of the Postmaster General. 1t is moi
yet known how many are implicated
but the number under investigation
now is about thirty. The amount OF
money involved will reach into the
millions, when the amounts paid and
to be paid are considered. Or course
the prosecution will extend to those
who haye fraudulently received pen.
sions. The Secret Service here has
under surveillance more than 2CO per-
sons in various States, whose arrest
will follow closely upon that of the
clerks.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
Orson Pratt Dead.

SALT LAKE, U. T., October Cor
son Pratt, one of the first members of
the Mormon Church and the oldest
Apostle, died yesterday morning, be-
ing seventy years of age. He was
about the best educated theologian in
the Mormon Church, and by far the
ablest preacher ever in the Church.
He was also the author of many books
and pamphlets in the advocacy and
defense of the Mormon doctrine. He
also published some works on the
higher mathematics and astronomy,
in bo:h of which he was professor.
1t was he who had the famous discus
sion with DR.. Newman, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, some years
ago, on the question, "Does the Bible
sanction polygamy? He was dearly
loved by the Mermons, with the ex-
ception of the leaders, who feared him
someWhat on account Of his learning.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

Moses has come to grief. He f1eeced
New York hotel keeper out of $25 by
stale confidence game. and has been
placed behind the bars of a prison.
Most people have forgotten who Mo ses
is-except the citizens of South Caro-
lima. In the Palmetto State his MEM
ory is kept green and fragrant. Moses
was one of the" loil' governors of that
commonwealth after the cruel war
was over. lie and Chamberlain and
Scott and KimptOn went down South
in the early days of reconstruction
with a clearly defined and comprehen
sive scheme to enrich themselves by
wholesale robbery. They carried out
their designs to the letter. La collu
sion with the negro legislature of
South Carolina they plundersd that
State of millions of dollars. They held
the offices of governor, auditor, treas
urer, etc, in turn, got the necessary
legislation adopted to put the entire
control of finances into their hands,
apd then proceeded to refund the debt
of the State, adding as much to the
principle as they saw fit. They got
everything ready, including blank
bonds, and went up to New York to
fill out, sign and seal the bonds and
sell them. They had little jolliflca-
eAoh WV ChO ooSSCoo Va tllOIl plans. IL
was held in a superb assignatiOn house
and was superb affair. In the wild
hilarity of the occasion happy con-
ceit came to one of the party. The
blank bonds were brought forth, the
signatures of the proper State officials
| were affixed, and the seal of the State
of South Carolina impressed upon the
parchment by the hand of one of the
frail beauties of the establishment
Then the bonds were put upon the
market and sold.
| people of South Carolina got control O.
their own affairs, and Ex-Governor:
Moses, Chamberlain and Scott left
They got away none too soon for theil
personal welfare. The authorities o
the State Indicted them for their auda
ciOus crimes, but could not get hold o
them. A requisition was sent to Mass
achusetts for Chamberlain. but tn,
Governor (Rice) of that State refused
to honor it. He was too IOir' 70
that. So Chamberlain escaped pun
ishment. Scott went back to Ohi'
where he committed a murder q yea
or two ago. Moses, as we have seen
is now in Jail for swindling. Kimptol
has relapsed into Obscurity. imptol
is a Pennsylvania man, and is the au
thor of that felicitous watchwOrd O
Republican councils, " addition, divis
ion and silence"
Gentle reader, this is history-no
campaign palaver. The men men
toned above are fair specimens o
Southern Republican leaders. The,
are the types from which the Southern
people derived their Impressions o
Republicanism. They are the clas
who bankrupted nearly every South
/ Il L.
terial interests of those states at
standstill for ten or twelve years. 1
is facts like these, we beg to suggest
rather than grief for the lost cause
that makes the South solid agaiL st tn
Republican party.-St. Paul Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
England,s Friend y Ii p for A m rica.

LONDON, October 5. = Benjamin
Scott, Chamberlain of London, writes
to the Times, suggesting practical
method of giving enduring proof of
the English good will toward Ameri-
ca. There is in the Bishop of Lon
don's library at Fulham, manuscript
in the handwriting of Gov. B. Brad
ford, enc of the leading Pilgrim Faith
ers, who in 1920 landed at Plymouth
Rock, Massachusetts, giving a diary
of the proceedings of the Pilgrims,
containing compact or constitution
out of which arose the Federation
now termed the United States. The
document was captured as loot by a
British soldier during the American
war of Independence, from the old
Dutch Church in Boston. Mr.. Scott
has suggested that in token of the
deep sympathy of England with
America in her National sorrow, and
England's desire to forget the conflict
of century ago, now attracting much
attention at Yorkto wn, England sho'd
present the document in the name of
the Queen and Nation to the United
States.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
Treasury Frauds.

A Washington special says: "The
formidable character of the Treasury
ring is illustrated in the restoration
of Pitney to official position. Pitney's
friends boasted on the streets that he
knew enough to compel his restora-
tiou, and that it was put him back or
tell. They put him back in place again
in very quiet way as soon as the
public clamer was over, and the in
vestigation was suddenly stopped. 1t
is asserted by President ArthHr's
official friends in the Treasury that he
will make a clean sweep of the rings
which have grown up in tho various
departments. They do not claim that
Arthur is any more virtuOus than was
Garfield, but that his methods are
more radical"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
A Kansas Crime.

Ellsworth. KANSAS, October o.
The bodies of Andrew Ware, and his
little son. II years old, who were mnr.
dered in this county September 2lst,
were found yesterday on the farm OF
L. A. Rose. Mrs. Rose has made o
confession to the effect that her hus.
band had grudge against Ware, and
that he shot him on tho day mention.
ed above, then killed the boy with the
but of a gun, to prevent his tes,ifyins
against him. Rose buried the bodie:
in a field near his house, plowed The
field, then fed the country. Grea
excitement exists among the people il
this neighborhood.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
TIE minds of Republican politi,

TIE minds of Republican politi.
clans are exercised by alternate hopes
aud fears as to the course OF policy
President Arthur will pursue, or ratb-
er as TO the political associates he will
take into his confidence and counsels.
The Stalwart leaders are exerting all
their powers to get control of the new
administration, and, it is confidently
asserted, with great certainty of sue
cess. 1t makes little difference what
policy Arthur may-pursue, the greedy,
clamorous place seekers will stand
ready to fall down and do him rever-
ence.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
A wealthy Woman's Will.

ITHACA, N. Y, October 6,-The will
of the late Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske
bequeaths to her husband, Professor
Fiske, $500, 900; to her mother, $780,
OOO, and like amount to each OF FIVE
cousins. Several other relatives re.
ceive $4,000 each, Cornell University
$290,0GJ tor library, hospital, ano
the care of the McGraw building
After some other liberal bequests are
provided Cor, the residue OF the estate
goes TO the Cornell Library fund,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
Preside nts Who Have Died in
office.

Gen. Garfield was President only six
months and fifteen days. Three years
five MT n hs and a half of the PI Q siden-
tial term remain for Gen. Arthvr's In
cumbency.
ALI the Presidents who have died in
office have died in the early part of the
term. Gen. Taylor lived sixteen
months after his Inauguration, leaving
two-thirds of the term to be filled by
Mr.. Fillmore. Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated one month and eleven
days after his second Inauguration, and
Andrew johnson therefore held the
office three years, ten months and a
half. Gen. HarrisOn's term of power
was the briefest of all. He died in ust
one month after his Inauguration day,
Tyler was three years and eleven
months in office.-GN. Y. Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
Men Killed and Injured.

PITTsBURG, Pa, October ga Post
special from Greensburg, Pa, says :
+" A terrible accident at the old dock
on the West Penn. Railroad, near
Livermore, Pa, yesterday. resulted in
the death Of two men and the injury
of three others. The men were Ell.
gagged in taking out stone, when the
three arches gave way, and the men
were precipitated into the river among
the large stone. William Siegfried
and James Waddle were instantly
killed; Thomas Crookshank, John
Hallenbaugh, and William Mcintyre
were injured, bat not fatally.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13
HONOR, gloly, patriotism, principle,

HONOR, gloly, patriotism, principle,
etc., are beautiful in theory and in the
abstract. But the talismanic touch,
the inimitable and incompatible mag
net, which will draw the average man
away from all the cardinal virtues is
The Almighty Dollar. Under its SOW
ereign sway, its universal omnipo-
tence, the Christian and the infidel,
the silent and the sonorous, the grave
and the gay, the old and the young,
serve side by side. Its banner is over
all the world, and its power is every
where, at all times, Irresistible. Great
is the army Of 5.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-13

GEN. GRANT now has six living
grandchildren, since the birth of a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J lessee Grant
last month. The latter couple have
taken fiat in an apartment house In
New York for the winter and are now
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses Grant
Jr., are with her father, Mr.. Chaffee
at his elegant house in New York
Col. Fred. Grant will spend most o
the winter in Texas. His wife anC
chileren will remain with his parents