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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23

The weather has been cool, clear,
and dry for several days past the cot
ton has opened rapidly, and the picking
has correspondingly increased in guam
tity and quality. Quite . number Of
new Eales have come in since last
Saturday morning, selling at II to II !
cents per pound, and the business
season may now be said to be fairly
opened. We hope the damage by the
rains will not prove as great as was ex-
pected a few days ago 0Petoasas
Courier.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23

Warren Allen, weli-known to many
Of our citizens, whom report said, soint
time ago, had been killed At Uyalde
has al last been killed at SSn Marcos
BY tile sheritfof Hays countye--Laredt
(7erqsl Times.
The wonder is that he Lived 50 long
He that sbedeth mans blood, "
man shall his blood be shedp
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Rcadjusters of Virginia, under
Maiione's leadership, are in high
spirits in view of the coming elec-
ticn. They say that a recent survey
of the field has convinced them that
the election will be q walk over. Not
less than eight of the ten Congress
men are claimed by these hopeful
fellows, with 3 majority for Wise, as
Congressman at Large. ranging from
10000 to 10000. Mahone's leader
ship, if his supporters are to be full
y believed, is one of the wonders OF
our politics at the present day
Either that or something else has
preserved a degree of harmony al
most complete where nothing of the
kind was to be expected. A blood
ed Confederate Virginian command
ing the following of the great body
of the negroes of the State, and at
the same time of the true-blue sons
of the Mother of Presidents, is some
thing noticeable, to say the least. To
people outside of Virginia Mahone's
popularity is hardly understood. 1t
must be assumed either that Ma
hone is much above the common run
of political Adventures or that his
incongruous following are the most
easily led of any in the country. The
Roadjusters say that henceforward
till the fall election there will be hot
times in old Virginia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
THE FRAUD OF Is7s.7.
The Late Gen. Garfield said to have
Bitterly Repented Of It.
New Orleans

New Orleans Times-Democrat
A strange story comes to me from
the deathbed of the late President
Garfield. It is to the effect that
while yet in his full senses, but con-
WINGED that he could not recover, he
expressed not only regret, but deep
contrition, for the part which he had
borne in depriving President Tilden
of the Office to which he was elected
in 1876. 1t will be remembered that
MI. Garfield was one of the "visit-
ing statesmen" who thrust them
selves into the canvass of the vote of
Louisiana in that year, bringing out
"evidence" of "bull-dozing'' in some
of the rural parishes, and in particu-
lar that of the old colored woman
whom Mr.. Garfield examined, "not,"
he said, "as a Judge, but as a law
yer"
1t is o related that, feeling that
he could not recover, that his death
must take place within a few days,
he talked with his attendants about
his public career as well as his per-
sonal affairs. It is said, on;authori,
liz. thatsI have. no reason 10 donhE
4tRat helsshewed himself sincerely
Hpehftadf ffos the part which he took
hin theigfeat fraud Of 1876. He re-
garded that Is the n great stain
upon his public career, and he made
some reference to documents which
he felt sure would serve to mitigate
the judgment of posterity upon him.
He expressed the greatest apprehen'
sion that at no distant period an
avengiDg Nemesis would visit upon
his party and friends a terrible re.
.avenge for that wrong. Those who
listened to him were his personal and
tEpolitical friends; they regarded the
'1words and emotions of Garfield as
the effect of physical weakness ant
long suffering, and agreed to be 81
; Elent regarding them.
i, But in the quarrels that have arts
, en- between the Stalwarts and tn,
Half Breeds they have been repeat
j ed, and are at length the subject o
discussion in private circles. At n
distant day some authorized publ
cation on the subject may be expect
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
En- Shape to Live.
[Indianapolis Journal

Disguise the fact as we may, but il
still remains a fact that the Germans
have abandoned our party in this
State and in Ohio almost to q body.
How long they will act with the DEM
ocrats is another question. If they
remain with them, the whole political
lines must be r~e-arranged.. We must
look to the South for help in 1884. If
we lose Indiana we must have have
Virginia, and if Ohio goes, we must
secure Tennessee, Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi. There is no longer
any use 10 rely on the bloody shirt.
The country has entered upon a new
era of trade and traffic, and the South
buys millions annually from the
North. Our next ticket and our next
platform must be solely upon bust
ness principles. Another thing, we
warn every Republican in this State,
to beware Of the deceiying lie, SO Of.
ten repeated, that the Democratic par
ty is dead. 1t is more powerful and
formidable to-day than at any time
since 1861, and if there was q nation
al election this year in either Indiana
or Ohio, we would shudder at a con-
temptation Of the result.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
The Camden Gazette fellow

The Camden Gazette fellow is
either stupidity ignorant or eager to
falsify US, or he would not attempt
to mix Mrs. Garfield, who never done
military duty, with men who did do
military service, to made us say that
call pensioners are paupers." He is
to be pitied, and we leave him in his
stupidity, as any further explanation
would be useless. "Where ignorance
Is bliss, tits folly to be wise" We
probably as many miles near
the front as Charley Foster-he sold
calico in support of the war, and we
traded in groceries-that was the
only difference. Those who wanted
to go to the front had our permits
sion-we have never been very anx-
ious to test our power to stop bull
lets or a cannon ball. We didn't
know it would insult any one to say
we never "robbed q hennery." Elk
cuse us. Bye. bye, Bubby.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Boston Advertiser says: ga
cash basis for votes is fascinating,
and political assessments encourage
the country to expect a steady mar
ket for ballots, but better would it
be to have every ballot-box thrown
to the winds than to have the prin-
ciple established that the patty in
power at a given period, by extort
ing $40 from each ofliceholder, can
bind States and the Nation fast to
its machinery, and work its will in
the Republic. If the Republican
party, which formerly had no trou.
BILE in getting votes honestly, is oblig
ed to offer cash terms for States and
individuals, and the assessmentlooks
like it, it is time it made an assign
ment and retire from business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

An exchange called The Hour,
gives this history of the Republican
leader of the National House of Rep
resentatiye:
MI. Robson was a poor man when
he drew the first installment of his
salary of $4,000 a year as Secretary.
Seven years afterward, when a Dem
ocratic committee of Congress put
him through the fire of investigation
and overhauled his bank account in
five different banks, it was shown
that he had in this short space of
time deposited the enormous sum of
1857, 1868, or more than eight times
his salary for the whole s~esensyees
It was also proved that, onesd his
intimate friends had made IN com
missions alone on the purchase oil
clothing for the navy the sum OF
$4,000. The records show that
this favored speculdtor made Mr.
Robson a presenter a Long Branch
cottage without one cent of consider
Eation. Hundreds of thousands OIL
dollars were squandered i'm foolish
Experiments testing so called guns:
Focal contracts proved to be morexal
[uable than. gold mines t.. theiflspSs
SCISSORS, and alleged ship builaars
made fortunes in repairing andbafld
ing vessels which asdistinguishee
tnayal officer said could neither figh'
lnorhrun awaysfrom the enemy,in thu
event ofwar.
The doings of Robson is part o
the record.of the Republican party
to which q contemporary "point
with pride"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The "dear HubbelI' who managed
the finances of the Republicans in
1880, and who is now chairman oil
the Republican bleeding committee,
is a native of Michigan and a large
owner of the celebrated Calumet COP.
per mine in the Lake Superior re.
gion, from which he derives an in.
come of $4,000 a year. Just think
of this mar with his large income
coolly and deliberately assessing the
poor Republican Office holders. 1t
was supposed that the assessment of
the "schoolmarms" at the Indian
school was the meaness specimen it
would be possible to find of Hubbelps
committees work, but the New York
Herald contributes the following ri
val cases:
One of these Republican assess
ment circulars requires $500 from
a little boy twelve years cid employ
ed in q navy yard at 81 per day
This little boy, whose name for OBJ
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Cincinnati Enquirer.1

We thank thee, Arab, for that word.
Since the fall of Alexandria we see
where we can enlarge our ~vernacular.
For loot our statesmen live. The peo-
pie are being rapidly looted out of
their uttermost dollar. The Star
Route statesmen stand high as loot
ers. By looting they have covered
themselves with fat and possess meas
u~reless tracts of fertile land, where
their cattle feed ON q thousand hills.
BY loot they have gotinto courts, and
nothing short of loot, judiciously dis
tributed, will save them.
The passage of the River and Har-
Dor bill is a fair sample of looting as
practiced upon the people by the Unit
ed States Congress.
Howgate was a looter of great ex-
pertness and high degree. Expert
ness, however, is not essential to sue
cessful looting under the United
States Government. All that is nee
cessary to operate successfully upon
the United States Treasury is to be
in the political ring and know how to
use a garden rake.
MIR. Jay Hubbell is practicing q pc
CulfdE hIiu VI lOOlluS upon INC ell
ployes of the Government. He "holds
them up" and asks for a. voluntary
contribution, assuring them hat no
objection will be made in any official
quarter. This is equivalent to saying
that this is q Government by the loot
ers, for the hooters, of the looters.-
Perhaps it is, and perhaps it is not.
There is a sentiment growing silently
and steadily through the busy hours
of the day and the quiet watches OF
the night which is against the loot
ers. Some time in the near future
this sentiment will fill the heart of
the people, and the hooters will be
swept from place and power. No
ghost need come from the grave to
make this prediction.
Until this time comes the watch
word of every one should be. GLANDS
on your pocket-books, the hooters are
abroad,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The longest congressional conven
ton eyer held in this country was
that of the Fourteenth Ohio district,
held recently, in which 500 ballots
were taken. The choice at last fell
upon Mr.. R. II. Horn, who is now a
state senator. He is a twin brother
of Congressman Horn of Michigan,
and they resemble each other Sc
much in form and features that it is
difficult to distinguish one from the
other.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The argument of q "small fry jour.
nal' that because the Democrats al
some time away back in the early
part of our government made a few
assessments for political expenses,
the Republicans are now justified in
assessing millions for corrupt pur.
poses, is the thinnest thing we know
of. "Oh, Hypocrisy Thy name is
modern Republicanism!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Much surprise was expressed in
Washington over the failure of the
grand jury to find an Indictment
against Senator Kellogg for compile
ity in the star route frauds. But
there need not be, for it is stated as
a fact that he drove to the White
House and calmly informed the Pres
ident that if Col. Bliss caused his in
dictment on the testimony of Walsh
he would resign his seat in the Sen
ate and leave the Democrats in con
troll. That settled it. Anything
to keep the Republican party in pow
er.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

-
/. We have q coutcmpeFahahat "a
short time ago was pocifsroussen the
Lords side, who whooped and howl
led and threatened for more Sab
bath; but nov he shows no: signs of
sorrow over the death of the st.
Smith Sunday law. His field of la
Dor seems changed, and his pious
mind is turned to the Christian (?)
business of writing columns of argue
mentative articles to excuse or Jus.
tify Republican robbers in plumber
ing the poor female clerk and pages
at Washington city of their hard
earned dollars, to corrupt the ballot
box and keep the Republican party
in power!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

A short time ago a "small fry jour.
nal'' was moved to advise sour Ger
man friends to pack up and go back
to Germany if they didn't like the
laws the Republican Poker Legisla.
ture made for them. AS nothing
has been said about the order of GO
ing lately, we suppose our neighbol
has concluded to allcw them to re
main until after the October cleo
tion.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

vious reasons we decline to give Mr..
Hubbell, is al orphan, twelve years
old, employed rs an errand boy, and
whose small pay is the support of a
widowed mother and one or two chill
dren. The other of Mr.. Jay Hub
bells circulars calls for 81. 1t is
directed to an old man over eighty
years of age, also employed in a navy
yard and receiving 1925 per day for
such light work as sweeping and 9TH
er matters which a man of his age
can attend to. This poor fellow does
not even have constant employment
He averages about one hundred days
work in the year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

A colored barber at Devall's Bluff
Ark, voted the democratic ticket
and a republican darkey attacked
him with a brick and broke up his
shaving apparatus, for which he was
shot through the heart. This is q
specimen of the Stree ballot" the Re.
publicans give down south.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

A contemporary is pointing with
PRIDE TO the record of the Republi-
a party as a guarantee for its future
usefulness to the country. Within
six year it has stolen a President
bought another and ''shot in" the
third one! 1t has piundered the pub
lie treasury of millions of dollars and
stolen five seats in Congress belong
ing to Democrats. Gaping the eli
max with the sixth, giving it to a
negro Republican not long out of the
penitentiary for bribery! Truly, the
people ought to be hopeful over such
a brilliant party record, and rush in
support of it by the millions!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

We will venture the prediction be-
fore seeing the Eaton Register, that
our cranky neighbor will be dissat-
isfied with the Democratic doings at
Columbus and the platform adopt
ed. He will get his cue from Deacon
Smiths Cincinnati Gazette. Watch
il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Don Cameron tells his friends at
Washington that it is better to make
a straight fight now, with a certain
~ of defeat, than to patch up a com
promise and be beaten. He will
therefore make no more o~vertures to
the independents.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Democratic party of Ohio met
in Convention on Thursday last, or
ganized, made a ticket, adopted a
platform and adjourned in o good
healthy condition sanguine of sue
cess, much to the disappointment of
the disgruntled Republican party
and it's bosses. The ticket is Il
that will give entire satisfaction to
the party, and the platform m that
we feel sure will meet the approval
not only of all Democrats but of all
good citizens. 1t is briefand to the
point. It deals with living issues,
ard not distractions or matters of
no consequence. 1t does not evade
any question of political Importance
nor is any part of it susceptible of q
double meaning. 1t is a plain, hon
est presentation of political truths
The party takes its stand in favor
of equal rights to all, special privi-
leges to none, protection of the weak
against the encroachments of the
strcng, equal taxation, free speech,
free schools, and, first of all, free and
incorruptible ballot" What more
than this a any good citizen ask?
1t will be found in full on Dur out
side, and we ask each reader to look
at it carefully, because it will NOT be
acceptable to Republieanssand will
be persistently mIeaepreseHtgd and
lied about. The ticket nominated
is acceptable to the party, and was
made without bitterness. sThat
LII will be aecfed we have every reaa,
sAp to belrss&ivis as followst
!OHkr, dominated for Jus:
4tice, of:tEe jsnpreme Court, is the
Epsseent Chief Justice, and the eonly
,EDsmocsatie ;5astice, now on the
.kBeiieaa.. He Mas elected in 1877 and
bias made oieaofthe best Judges the
state has everShdd.
JAMES w. NEWMAN, the nominee
for Secretary of State, is editor ofthe
Portsmouth, Ohio, Times and has
represented his county worthilv ir
the Legislature. He is a man o
ability, of political experience ant
fine personal appearance.
HENRY WE1BLE, of Van Vert, nom
mated for member of the Board o
Public Works, is a gentleman wei
known through the northwestern par
of the state, and whose business ant
experience especially fit him for
place on the Board which has charg
of the public works of Ohio. He j
of German birth, and is a recogni
ton Of the Germans on the ticket.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

1t is only asked as a voluntary
contribution, just as our churches
take up hat collections, and dismis-
sal does not follow refusal, but it
ought to.-Register.
The apologists and defenders of
"dear Hubbell's' "stand and deliv-
er" measure profess to see in it moth
ing but a call for voluntary" contri-
buttons. They are either very stu
pid or very dishonest in their yer.
sion, because the language of the
circular is explicit by the committee
and those higher in authority. The
amount expected is expressed in
each circular, and is carefully pro
portioned to the salary the victim
draws from the Government. This
certainly would not be the case were
the circular merely a solicitation oil
"volunteer'' offerings. The amour,
expected Of him is named, and is &C.
companied by the information that
the heads of departments not only
do not object. but expect favorable
response. What could be more ex.
rlicit or emphatic to the understrap.
per who holds his place at the will Of
his superior?
Our neighbor asserts that "dis.
missal does not follow REFUSAL" How
does the recipient of the circular
know that? No such assurance is
given in it, but on the contrary it is
significantly menacing if not re.
sponded to favorably. It is the lit.
tlest and most contemplate mode
ever resorted to by any party to keer
itself in power, and we are not sur
prised at the attempt of ''small fir,
journals" to put a decent gloss or
the highway robbery.
1t "is just as our churches take ur
hat collections" says our neighbor
Who ever heard of such a redicilou,
assertion, such an unkind and pro
fame slap at church collections? Blu
we opine that there are very few
truly good church members who
will not see e wide difference, ever
if the same, between the cause O.
Christ and the cause of the treasul,
robbing, President stealing, Sta
Route thieyihg Republican party.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Democrats Of Preble county
are well pleased with the ticket and
platform made at Columbus last
week, and will give them a hearty
support in October.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

There are 254 townships in Ohio
that show a reduction of population
from 1870 to 1880. Seven counties
also show a decrease of population,
to-wit: Carroll, Geauga, Harrison,
Knox, Medina, Morgan and Nor
row.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Wonder how many SIS it required
from Shnltz to suppress the weak
"kick" at "deputy bossism" in "Pre-
bui" county?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

It isad that the liquor inter
e& Mfsaukee has been boycotting
temperance advocates, causing the
.icanceling of a $4,000 order for fur
liture and the withdrawal of insur-
ance risks of $500, 900 from a OBJ
.snoxious agent.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Advertising frauds have become
so numerous and bold that a well es-
tablished newspaper a not afford
to take the risks incurred from this
source, and are forced into the rule
cash an advdnce. Even old estab-
lished houses, such as Drs. Swayne
q Son, Philadelphia, resort to sub
terfuges and petty excuses for de-
laying. lessening, or beating a bill
outright. Every good newspaper is
fairly and safely independent of for
eign advertising, and it should allow
only good paying foreign advertisers
the use of it's columns. Hereafter,
The Meas will invariably enforce the
rule-cash in advance.-SpringJfeld
NeUs.
More than a year ago the scoun-
.drelly firm of S. NJ. Pettengill & Co.,
of N. Y. beat US out OF SIS, since
which no foreign advertisement goes
into the DEMOCRAT without the pay
in advance.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Saloon keepers Protective as
ISOLATION of Cincinnati regards the
dismissal of the cases for violation of
the Sunday liquor law as a confes-
sion that the statute is dead.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27


The Cincinnati Enquirer is abus-
ing Pendletcn. 1t could oe in q bet
ter business. However, it makes
but little difference. The young
"snob' who owns and controls the
paper has lost his prestige with DEM
ocrats, and cannot influence or pre-
judice a %corporal's guard either for
or against any man or measure OF
the party. The Democrats of Ohio
are in favor of civil service reform,
and it will make no difference to
them whether the measure to bring
it about comes from Mr.. Pendleton
or any other man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The editor of the Register defends
the Hubbell robbery of poor pages,
poor women, poor clerks and one leg
ged soldiersi Next.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

Hon. GEO. H. PENDLEToN was
President of the Democratic State
Convention.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Cleveland Plnin Dealer.

The ugly temper of the Republican
leaders toward the Germans crops out
all through the Republican press. On
every hand there seems to be a dispo-
sition to threaten and scold the Ger
man Liberals and say hard things
about them. AS long rs these men
kept in the party ranks and voted the
Republican ticket, they were "our
German friends" and were treated
with the utmost degree of condescen-
sion. But when they began TO protest
against the foolish and fanatical leg
islation of the Republican party and
show signs OF leaving the party, they
come in for no end of abuse and
threats. The Cincinnati GAZETTE
threatens them with a still worse dose
than the Pond law. The ONO STATE
JOURNAL, the central Republican Or
gan, tells them that if they don't like
the laws the Republican party makes,
they can pack up and go back to Ger
many, and suggests that perhaps they
had 'sbetter have renamed there
The Cleveland LEADER sco!ds and
threotens, calls them 'delirium tre-
mems manufacturers" and says ifthey
don't vote the Republican=tieket-th they
will get their beer taken from them,
Another Republican organ calls them
"Hessians," and declares that they
ought to be "strund up" And so OF
all along the line.
Women Everywhere use Parker,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27

The Democratic State Convention
meets to day in Columbus. Will
they dare to resolve THAT all laws
upon the statute books must lie re
spected and enforced until repealed
by legislation or abrogated by legal
authority ?"-Miamt Helmet.
Ofcourse not. Such asinine bust
ness is left for the 81 am going to
the Lordy" party, Bro. Morris.