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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25
Tho Ohio Revolution.

The Republican rout in Ohio can.
not be attributed to the liquor ques-
ton, or any other local issue. Moth
ing Of the kind entered into the can
vass to a material extent. fit had,
and had any effect whatever, it would
have been upon the State ticket alone.
and certainly not in the Compression.
al districts, where the Radical defeat
is even worse than on the State tick
ct. EhG more the Ohio revolution is
studied from the inside, the clearer
it is that the cause lies in the dissat-
isfaction of the people with the Re.
publican party-with its extrava.
gance, corruption and political boss.
ism. They are tired of its jobbing
legislation, its career of riot and rock-
lessness. The lesson of Ohio seems
to us the lesson of Republican de.
structiOn. People begin to ask them.
selves everywhere wha, has the great
Republican party ever done, and
what is it doing for the country
They know for two years it has been
divided in a faction fight which be.
gan over the public plumber, and
neglected every public interest; they
recall that under Hayes it did little
else than carefully conceal the steal:
ing which it fostered, and that with
loud and interminable professions of
virtue in the last dozen years it has
only produced scandal after scandal
until the whole history of the party
in this period is made up of-Belknap,
Robson, Pacific Mail, Star route,
whisky fraud, Presidential fraud,
carpet.bag, salary grab, and multi.
tude of other jobberies of the basest
and most vulgar kind, mixed in with
the most abiect subsection to railroad
and other corporation Influences
And in all that time no one can re.
call without an effort u solitary pub
nc service the party has rendered.
1t has resisted every reform; it has
prevented the repeal of every bit of
the obsolete and obstructive war leg.
islation. it has maintained every bad
law on the statute books; it continues
in time of peace the burdensome tax
alton of war times, and wantonly
wastes the surplus revenue; its legis
latlon has been almost wholly mi.
quitous and oppressive, and what.
ever public opinion has pressed it to
DO at least some trifling good, it has
adroitly used the electrifying power
of the bloody-shirt to engage the at.
tention of the people and draw their
minds away from public interests
and real questions.
The Republican party has in the
opinion filled its mission. WHY
should it not go to pieces? Why
should any one of its honest voters
mourn over its disappearance 1t is
thoroughly rotten. tits the creature
of railroad and other corporation and
monopoly influences. It's most init.
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Foreigners Threatened.

II the citizens of foreign birth de-
sire TO array against their nationali-
ties the solid native American vote
the best possible way to bring it
about, is to make a practice of doing
as they did in Ohio, at the recent
election. When it comes to that,
"let the hardest fend off, Wellsbwg
Herald.
Be itremembered that the Herald
is a rabid Republican paper, publish
ed up in Brooke county, this State
1t means something by this threat.
Foreigners must either vote the Re.
publican ticket, or be prosecuted by
the Republican party. The above is
enough, and ought to turn every for
eigner in the land against the Re,
publican party.
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mate relations are no longer with
the people, but with the railroad and
telegraph kings, the Jay Goulds, the
Huntingtons and others Of that kind,
who own and control its managers
and its chiefs. To say that such a
party, which deliberately chooses
Dorsey as one Of its public manipu-
lators which has protected and hon.
ored Robson, which proudly justifies
Jay Hubbell's assessments, which
openly courts the friendship Of public
plunderers, which during four years
sheltered the great unconvicted Bra
dy in his Star route jobberies, and
took part of his gains for its cam
paign fund after his exposure in
Congress; TO say that such a party
which scarcely conceals its relations
with a dozen Hobbies and many Of
whose public men hive by jobs-to
say that this purity ought to live or
can live much longer, is to affirm
that the people care not for honesty,
economy and good government.
The defeat in Ohio is d rebuke to
the Radical organization, and we be
lieve it precedes its disintegration.-
The honest and incorruptible people
are asserting themselves. They
mean to abandon it. Democracy is
steadily growing and strengthening.
Taken with the probable Democratic
victory in New York, Indiana and
Pennsylvania, the people look to
Democratic control in 1854. Ohio
has simply started the tide Of Repub
lican defeat, which will sweep the
country. Only the grossest blunders
on the part of the Democracy can
cause reaction in public sentiment
that will defeat it.-Fairmont Index.
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Political Assessments.

Ex-senator Thurman in his re-
marks at Columbus, Ohio, on Satur-
day night before the election, set
forth in strong and earnest language
the danger to popular institutions
from the use OF vast sums of money
in carrying elections, money extorL-
ed from office.holders and furnished
by those in control of the public
treasury. More than a hundred
thousand fice-holdersare assessed by
the party in power, and the money
thus collected is used in perpetual,
ing the official life of the party which
uses it. The distinguished speaker
emphasized the inevitable truth that
this practice of assessment was only
an indirect mode Of taking the mon
ey from the common treasury, as sal.
aries subject to uniform taxation BY
committees would be adjusted accord
ingly, and graduated to make up the
rebate going to the party under
which the employees hold.
Following up the subject, the ST.
Louis Republican suggests the only
remedy for the evil. by saying:
There is no rational ground for
hope Of relief till the party in power
is turned ohtand allthe departments
Of the government are placed in 9th
er hands. 1t is not believed or urged
that the Democratic party is fault
less and without evil in its prece-
dents; but it is a perversion of all
truth, and triAing with credulity to
cite its action in the days of its pow.
er. Then the offices were as one in
a hundred Of those now filled by ap.
pointment, and the patronage cents
where dollars are now disbursed.-
What was of little consequences then
is vast matter now. The Democrat
ic party proposes to take the govern.
ment under pledges which will in
sure an immediate and wholesale
reversal Of the methods which now
threaten the very foundations Of
government based on the free con
sent Of the people.
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The Republican Defeat in Ohio.

The latest, and most reasonable ex-
PLANTATION of the Republican defeat
in Ohio is that general disgust Gre
aled general dissatisfaction and gen.
eral dissatisfaction led to general de.
feat" The Cleveland Herald says:
The temperance question was not
alone accountable. The mass of Re.
publican voters, says our contempt
rary, "tind nothing in the present
situation to encourage them. They
have been disguised anddemoralized
by the scramble for spoils at Wash
ington, the dictatorial insolence and
selishness of leaders, and the ruinous
party quarrels in New York and
Pennsylvania. The shadow of i'm.
pending defeat in those States,
through the insane obstinacy of men
who are determined either to rule or
ruin, threw a chill over the Republi.
cans"
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Horrible Outrage-The River
kailrOad.

PAREERsBuRG, W. VA, October 81.
Our city was this afternoon the scene
OF great excitement over an attempt
ed outrage on the person Of q child
eight years old. A burly negro, nam
ed Rolla Elliott, on u promise Of a
new dress to little Ella, daughter Of
Henry Frost, succeeded in enticing
the child into an old stable In the
rear Of the American House, where
he attempted tiendish outrage on
her person, but the screams Of the
childish victim attracted the atten-
tion of some one In the vicinity and
the iuhumau wretch was frightened
away before fully accomplishing his
hellish purposes. The tiend was
promptly arrested by officer Hogan
and lod ged in Jail, and owing to the
state offeeling existing during the
evening, il was not considered safe
to give him hearing, as strong talk
of lynching the brute was INDUCED,
but ut this hour all is quiet and a dis
position is manifested to allow the
law to take its course. The child is
not dangerously injured, but has sus-
taiued a severe nervous shock from
the bTule's attempt.
The steamer Kingleft here tonight
with Major McConnell's engineer
corps for the vicinity Of Wheeling
for the spprposeof doing some work
there IN 4 q lfP.- & C. r. R. The
mossfagorable'reports have been re.
ceised from the syndicate which will
build the toad, and further impor-
tant developments may be looked for
soon.
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Completing a DiseputaDle Re.

The history of the Presidential
campaign of 1876 would not be com
plete without the final entry Just
made in the income,tax suit against
Samuel J. Tilden.
1t is only one of the incidents-but
not the least signiicant-of the most
disreputable political contests in the
history of the Republic.
The dismissal Of the suit is tanta.
mount to the declaration that it was
commenced and carried forward sole.
ly for the purpose uf affecting public
opinion against the candidate Of the
opposition to the party temporarily
in power. 1t is n confession that the
law department of the Government
was used Indignantly during the nd
ministrations Of Grant and Hayes,
not to secure justice, but to allix u
stigma upon a Leading citizen.
The Chicago Times, Ind, says:
"An attempt was made some time
ago to place Mr.. Tilden in the saline
attitude of justifying the suits by
representing him as eager TO com.
promise and willing, if the Govern.
ment would move in the matter, to
pay all costs. This was wholly I'm.
authorized by Mr.. Tilden, and now
the Government dismisses Of its own
motion. Incidentally, the Attorney
General read Mr.. District Attorney
Stewart L. Woodford lesson in pro
fessional decency aud common justice
which that official richly deserved.
The snit was commenced during
Grants term, when it was seen that
Mr.. Tilden would be n candidate for
the Presidency. 1t was not pushed
to an issue and it was not designed
by the Government to reach a settle.
mcnt. The dirty work that Taft be.
gan Devens continued, upon the sup.
position that Tilden was q contlnu.
ing Presidential candidate and that
it was desirable to hold this suit open
in order that the Government, con-
trolled by his opponents, might, by
moving in it, again direct attention
TO the allegations of Tilden's delin-
quency. 1t was tyrannous and
dastardly use of the enginery of
free and powerful republic to strike
down confidence in the leader of a
party which the election of 1876
showed led the popular vote. by
quarter of a million.-Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25
The Next Congress.

The next House will certainly be
Democratic. So much has been de.
cided by the Ohio election. The Sen
ate will certainly be either squarely
Republican or anti-Democratic. So
much was decided by Virginia in
1881 and Oregon in 1882. The next
Congress will, therefore, consist of a
Democratic popular branch, and an
anti-Democratic Senate and Stall
wart President.
1t seems idle for the Republicans
to hope to recover from the Ohio dis.
aster in the election of Congressman.
The present House consists of 1875
Republicans, including Republi-
can, Greenbackers and 2 Republican
Malone Readjusters; 1856 Democrats,
and 2 Independents. The Republi.
can margin, counting all sorts of al.
lies, is very narrow, even after ad.
hitting all Republican contestants,
and that whole majority is swept
away by Ohio. There will be a few
Republican gains in the South, but
they won't reach half score in all,
while the great Northern States and
Texas must greatly increase the Dem.
ocratic membership. Illinois now
has 6 Democrats and 10 Republicans,
and there must be Democratic gains
if any, in that State. Indiana has
Republicans and 5 Democrats, with
the certainty of a Democratic gain Of
from 2 to 4. Michigan, Iowa, Kans
as, Minnesota and New Hampshire
have solid Republican delegations, SC
that no Republican gains are possible
there. New York has 20 Republi
cand 10 Democrats, and 5 tnS Demo
cratic gains may be confidently ex
pected in that State. Pennsylvania
has 10 Republicans and s Democrats
and of the % to be chosen In Novem
Der not less than IA will be Demo
Gratis, with chance for several more
New jersey now has 4 Republican,
to 3 Democrats, and any gains mus
be Democratic, and Massachusetts
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
are each likely to give one or more
Democratic gains.
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5Fl,e Noyen,hcr Nfngcs.

Unless the Republican party can
plunge the country into financial px.
element and panic before the No
yeiIn6er' elections, New York, Penn
sSylyania and Indiana will roll up
large Democratic IMPURITIES. which
cannot be overcome before the cleo.
ton of President in 1884. This. how.
ever, the Republican party is now
making strenuous efforts to do. It
Is the last shot in their locker. II is
intended to alarm the Bankers and
M"nopoils:7 of the country and keen
them upon the Republican side, and
the Republican party would much
rather have them than al! the labor
organizations in the country. In
1880 Hlancock's election w.s assured
I'll the election Of Pluisted, the Green.
hacker, in Maine. Hancock, in n
thonghtlcsS moment, sent him Il tel.
egram, speaking in the most enthus.
laStlc terms of his election. The mo
ment that this became known, in
Wall street and at the various stock
exchanges of the country these bank
eTs and monopnliSts looked one at the
other andin bated breath said: Han.
cock congratulates Plaisted, who is a
Greenbacker and opposed to the set.
Element of the currency question, {"
and they at once put their hands in
their pockets and raised such sums
OF money az was never seen i'm any
campaign before, and Hancock was
defeated. a large proportion Of these
rich Republican voters and contrib
ntors have made up their minds now,
however, that their purity must be
chastehed and it will take some con
siderable scare to make them change
front till they have achieved their
purpose Eagle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The'polilical balfis now against the
Republicans, and that is fatal in all
close contests. With the bulk of the
Congressman to be chosen just on
the heelsof the Differentiation, there
is little to give promise of Republic
can gains and much to warrant the
belief In general Democratic gains.
Judging from the present outlook. a
Democratic majority of not less
than twenty is a reasonably safe es,
'timate.-Phiia. Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The Republican defeat in Ohio
will be heavy blow to the hopes
and spirit of that party in the No
venber States. 1t is deeply signif-
cant of the changes occurring in the
public sentiment of the country. 1t
is indeed cheering omen to the. De.
mocracy of New York and its vital
izing effects will be felt in every
county in that State. 1t should brace
the heart Of every Democrat with
new hope and resolve and prepare
the way to brilliant National vic.
tory.in 1884.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

AT the Presidential dinner in Bos-
ton, the other day, there were fifteen
kinds of wine upon the table.-Er.
Fifteen kinds of wine! Think Of
this ye God-and. Morality-Temper.
ance-Republicans Of West Virginia!
How can you expect to wage a sue
cossful warfare against beer, or cheap
whiskey, when the head of the ma.
tion and his suite are treated to ff.
teen kinds Of wine, not to mention
the stronger drinks which must have
graced the occasion? The Republi-
can clamor for prohibition" in West
Virginia or throughout the States is
not sincere. 1t is base hypocricy, a
fraud and a cheat to catch votes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

We told DR.. Barbee all the time
that the Republican element in his
party would betray him-would sell
him out. He would not believe us.
however. His vote in this county
and throughout the district, forces
him to admit that we were right
H. P. Register.
We had almost lost sight of the
genial Greenbacker, DR.. Barbee. We
remember now, that he had a corner
in the the Fourth district contest,
but his votes don't seem to have been
cOunted-the returns emitting his
name. Nevertheless the Hattery
which Republicans showcred on DR..
Barbee when the Greenbackers made
him their candidate was as sweet as
taffy itself, But DR.. Barbee, who
had a chance Of election, was unceri-
moniously kicked overheard, like
Kitchen in the Second district, to
give place to Republican who had
no chance of election, but whoallord-
ed the Republicans chance to throw
up their hats during the campaign,
and use the Greenbackers to enhance
their chances Of success Weeling
Register. :
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The Meaning OFT.

Would you know the meaning Of
the political revolution which struck
its first blow in Ohio three days ago,
and will sweep through Pennsylva-
mia and New York three weeks from
next Tuesday?
1t means these four things:
|. Reduce the expenses Of every
branch of the Federal Government TO
a basis of simplicity, economy, and
honesty!
II. Abolish the internal revenue
abOminationl
III. Make the tariff simple and
rational, aud just sufficient to pro.
vide for the wants of an honest and
economical Administration in time
of peacel
". No stealing, either by the Ad-
ministration and its agents, or by
Congress and its employeesI
This is the meaning and the pur-
pose Of this mighty overturn.
Is the Democracy wise enough to
execute this preemptory mandate
with fidelity and courage? We shall
see. The occasion is great. And we
are happy to add, the future is hope
fal-NeV York Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The malicious income tax suit
against Samuel J. Tilden has been
dismissed at last, the istigators of it
now feeling sure that he has retired
to private life.
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EiduciaCies.

The following Fiduciary Accounts are
before the undersigned, Commissioner of
Accounts, for settlements
James B. Menager Administrator OF Jas.
Hogg, deceased.
David Roush Administrator of Henry
Rickard, deceased.
j, Morgan Long, Executoroi Alexander
Long, deceased.
Given under my hand.this 18th day Of
October, 1882.
= JOHN Z. TNGMS,
octlo-2@ CJn'r oil Acc Is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

In Shelby county, Tenn, the Dem
ocrats have nominated three white
and twocolored men to represent the
county in the lower house Of the Leg
islature-thus effacing the color
line.
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JNo. L. TIMMs, Comm'r
NOTICE no LIEN noLpERs.

To all persons holding liens by judgment
or otherwise on the real estate or any part
thereof, Of Enos Smith.
In Pursuance Of decree OF the Circuit
Court Of Mason County, made in cause
Therein pending, to subject the real estate
OF The said Enos Smith to the satisfaction
oil the liens thereon, you are hereby reqii,,
red to present all claims held by You ana
each Of You against the said Enos Smith,
which are liens on his real estate, or any
part OF it for adjudication, to me at my
office, in the town OF Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, on or before the 22d day OF No
ycmber, 1872.
Given nndur my hand this 18th day oil
October, 1852, JIM. +. TlAlMS,
Couch, Sol Commissioner
LOctl3-4w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

1t is estimated that 500 colored
men, heretofore Republicans, voted
the Democratic ticket in this city
yesterday. Thirty of them stood at
the polls all day and peddled the
straight Democratic ticket.-Cincin.
natl Gazette.
What is the Republican explana-
ton Of this detection? The colored
men are not enamored of lager beer"
Then why was it, that the "colored
troops fought nobly" for the Demo
cratic party-thirty of them distrib-
uting straight Democratic tickets all
day? Was it not general disgust Of
the doings Of their Republican asso-
ciatcs?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The Boston Herald says that local
causes for Republican defeat also ex
list in New York and Pennsylvania,
"and those States will be carried by
the Democrats"
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BLACKSMITH WANTED.

A GOOD Blacksmith can find steady
n employment at good wages, by apply.
ing to j. K. GARLAND, Beech Hill. Ma.
son County, West Virginia. \ man with
small family preferred. [octll-4w.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The political contest in Indiana is
being waged with great earnestness
on both sides, all the home speaking
talent having been brought into
requisition, and this is now being
supplemented by imported speakers.
The result in Ohio has given the
Democrats renewed confidence, and
such leaders us Voorhees,, Hendricks
and Mcdonald confidently predict
the election Of the Democratic State
ticket and gain ofseveral Congress.
men. A correspondent of the New
York Tribune, who has been making
u tour Of Indiana, comedies that the
outlook is not encouraging for the
Republicans and prophecies Demo.
cratic Congressional gains. The
question uppermost in the canvass
IS whether the people shall have the
opportunity to vote upon an amend
ment to the Constitution prohibit
ing the sale of spirituous Liquors, the
Republicans favoring the submission
OF the question and the Democrats
opposing il. The Legislature to be
chosen will be called upon to choose
Il successor to Senator Voorhees,.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The largest vote polled was for
Congressman-1627. There are not
less than 2200 voters in tie county
This is q wicked showing for some.
body.-Putnam Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

The Republicans pronounce the
Democratic victory in Ohio, victo.
ry produced by'"lager beer" Why?
Because the Germans, who usually
vote the Republican ticket, general
ly voted the Democratic ticket this
year. If then, the German vote af.
fixes to the Democratic victory the
faint of beer" the past Republican
victories achieved by the aid of the
German votes, must have been faint
ed in the same way. Why should
the Republicans claim monopoly of
that element, while protesting to
pose as temperance reformors? That's
"the question before the meeting.
house2"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-25

Hon. VIM. NJ. Lowe, representative
in Congress from the Sth Alabama
district. died at Huntsville on Thurs
day of last week. He was seated in
place of Joseph Wheeler, DEM, who
was elected BY the returns.