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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

1t is announced by Senator David
DAVIS that he will at noon on March
Sd resign the presidency of the Sen
ate, SO as to permit the election Of a
successor who may hold over during
the recess of Congress. If President
Arthur were to die after adjournment
of Congress, there would, as matters
now stand, he no one authorized to
take the necessary steps for the cleo
ton of a successor. The term of Sem
ator DAVIS expires on March 4th, and
not only would he cease to he presi-
dent of the Senate, but would cease
to be member of it. Speaker Keif-
er is also functus officio on March 4th.
There would thus be no person COM
petent to take the executive Office,
even to perform the duty of conyen-
ing Congress. For this reason Presi-
dent DAVIS resigns during the present
session, so that a successor in the
presidency of the Senate may be cleo
ted whose term does not expire en-
March 18th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

The duty on bituminous coal has
been increased from so to rs cts. per
ton, and this through the efforts and
votes of Senators German, of Mary
land, and Davis, of w. Va. This is
good thing for coal mine owners,
but poor thing for consumers. Both
theSenators claim to have acted with
in the creed of the Democratic party
"a tariff for revenue only" There is
nothing like being orthodox.-O0k.
land Democrat.
The present tariff bill does not in
crease the duty on coal, when has
been rs cents per ton for some years.
The editor of the Democrat, though
verdant, is certainly not green enough
to suppose that there is any consist
ency in the Democratic party. Sen
ator German made public confession
in the Senate, the other day, of
the inconsistency of his Democratic
brothers by saving: "There is not a
Democrat on this floor who has not
voted for the highest possible pro-
lection within the revenue standard
for the interest of his State, and the
lowest possible duty upon every ar
ticle that his people consume and do
not either raise or manufacture"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
The People for Protection.

Philadelphia Press.
An invitation to ride is not neces-
sarily permission to drive. Because
the country consented, for the sake
of rebuking and checking some Re-
publican follies, that the Democracy
should temporarily share the seat on
the box, it does not follow that it
meant to have the Democracy seize
the reins and lash the Nation on to
disaster. 1t is assumed in some guar.
tiers that the election of Democratic
House was an endorsement of a DEM
ocratic tariff policy. Nothing could
be farther from the truth. and any at
tempt which is made under this false
assumption to press the Democratic
assault upon the nations industries
is as clearly in defiance of public sem
timent as it is in hostility to the pub
lie interests. In 1880 the people
overwhelmingly pronounced for pro-
teCtion on the distinct issue, and not
for single day since have they ever
wavered from that decree.
The election of 1882, when a Dem
ocratic House was chosen, turned
upon entirely different questions.
The serpent of machine power,
scocthed but not killed in the Gar.
field triumph. had reared its Shiny
head again; the arrogance of boss
rule had once more uplifted its often
sive sceptre the swollen jobberies
and plumber of the River and Har-
Dor anaconda had scandalized the
country the brazen impudence of
the repeated and unblushing Hubbell
highwayman's demand of stand and
deliver and affronted and outraged
the moral sense of the nation in
| short, the dull reign of stolidity at
Washington and the high carnival of
boss politicians in Pennsylvania and
New York had reused a revolt which
meant that its voice Should be clear
ly understood. The tariff had moth
| ing to do with it one way or the
other. 1t was an uprising against
palpable abuses party management.
1t was rebuke of Republican per-
versities, and not vote of confidence
in Democratic principles or policy.
The people felt that they must calls
halt and this was the best and safest
time to do it. 1t was midway be-
tween the Presidential elections; it
would not sacrifice the gains of the one
J that had passed or risk the promise
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

Referring to the talk among DEM
ocrats of again nominating General
Hancock for the Presidency, the Gin
cinnati NeaoS says: at may be re-
marked that lightning seldom strikes
defeated candidates a second time.
Mr.. TIlden had the stronest case any
candidate, who was not also Presi-
dent, ever brought before the Ameri-
can people to entitIe him to a second
race, and the strongest card against
him was that he had been an elected
candidate and was not in the seat.
That idea of ill-luck and lost prestige
was the hardest of all to overcome.
There is another point; the Tiden
men who were defeated are the
stronger in their firm opinion that
Hancock ought not to have been SUBJ
stituted for Mr.. Tilden, that the sub
stitution was, or seemed to be, APP
proved a blunder by the election.
Still another point; General Han
cocks idea that the tariff is local
issue is not the less absurd that by a
mockery of fate those Republicans
who laughed at him for it have been
standing in Congress upon his letter
and treating it, every fellow for him.
self and the devil for US all, as a pure
~ local question, for every neigh.
borhood,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-President

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-President
arthur ventured upon little anec.
dote to-day. He does not often do
so. Representatives Barbour, Garri-
son and Wise, of Virginia, Mutchler,
of Pennsylvania. and Chapman. of
Maryland, called on him to-day to re-
commend the appointment of Mr..
VIM. H. Clagett, of this city, as Dis
trict commissioner. to- succeed Major
Morgan, whose term expired IN De.
cember last. Mr.. Barbour, who act
ed rs sDOKesman, told the President.
they represented the Congressional
Districts nearest to Washington that
they came as Democratic to receomend
Mr.. Cfagett, who was also a Demo-
crat, they having understood that the
appointment would begiven TO a DEM
oorat. Mr.. Chapman added that
Democrats as rule made the best
kind of officials, and that If the Pres
ident WAS not convinced Of THAT facv
already, he would be- if he appointed
Mr.. Clagett, who was the most DEM
oeratic kind of a Democrat, as we'll as
a gentleman in every way competent
to fill the position. The President,
in reply, said he had rot authorized
the impression WHICH was generally
believed that he intended 10 appoint
a Democrat for the position. ''You~
visit. gentlemen, said the President,
sis, however, very agreeable to me,
and will give your recommenda-
ton ITS proper weight. Your visit
also brings to my mind the prayer of
the old sailor: "Dear Lord. don't
trouble you often, and you ought to-
hear me this Time" In that view
of the case, also, your Endorsement
will have its inHuenee."-- Wash. Cor.
Bdlto. sam.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
An Interesting Express Parcel.

New YORK, February 24.-Mes-
senger Hesse, of the Adams Express
Company, recently brought over his
division of the route from Washing
ton an express package, which it
would have been superfluous to mark.
''handle with care" The package
weighed about 13O pounds avoirdu-
pois, and 1t was consigned to preach
er Of this city, living in green street ,
with &c. o. D." of S35. The pack
age had come all the way from Dial.
ton, Ga, and was nothing more nor
less than a young lady OF Is tender
years, whose parents had sent her to
New York by express in order to pre-
clude all possibility Of losing her on
the way, or to be able to collect dam
ages if she should he mislaid. Mes
senger Hesse was in something of a
quandry how t. pack his precious
freight when he received a receipt for
her at Washington. He thought the
only safe plan would be to put her in
the corner of a car and pile lot of
trunks on top of her, or to get a
crockery crate and cage her in that,
but he finally decided to ship her
through in passenger car, and get
the brakeman to watch her. One of
the necessities of this unique freight
package was an occasional meal, and
the brakeman was anxious to bring
the young lady's pIovender ON these
occasions. Messenger Hesse, how
ever, sternly babe him to stick to his
stove and his brake wheel. and not
to try to usurp other peoples duties.
The expenses of the fair express pack
ages meals were put on a tag and
added to the G. o. d. After a great
deal of mental suffering, lest his
charge should fall out Of window or
be spirited away at intermediate
stations, Messenger Hesse finally got
her safely to Jersey City. There she
was loaded into an express wagon
and brought over the Cortlandt street
ferry to New York and taken to the
Office of the Adams Express Com
pany, at No. SO Broadway, where
another agent signed a paper &C.
knowledging her receipt, and Mes
senger Hesse breathed sigh of relief
and went forth and drank whisky
cocktail to drown his sorrow at part
Ing. The express package was again
put in an Adams Express wagon and
driven to its consignee, on Greene
street, who paid all charges, and re-
ceived itwith open arms. Messenger
Hesse is anxious to have this branch
of the business developed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

said that the directors of road to run
from Eagle Pass westward to the
Pacific Ocean have offered Senator
Window the presidency. and he has
agreed to accept if the stockholders,
at meeting to be held Goth of March,
express a desire to have him. The
salary is to be $4,000 a year, which
he agrees to take in stock of the COM
pany for four years, which will be
his stipulated term if he goes into the
office. The company has already a
stock subscription of $500, 900. and it
is reported that the subsidy given by
the Mexico government is sufficient
in itself to pay all costs of construc-
ton. From the senate to such fat
place will not be 80 bad.
JUNIUs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
+ his mind to think that he belives

of his mind to think that he belives
his own sophisms, and hence his
criminality is all the greater. By
his specious reasoning and sophistry
he warps the judgment of the young
and the half educated. He rObs them
of their respect for sacred things, and
how can they after that respect world
ly authority, age or experience. He
makes the aim of the labor of life,
either sensual enjoyment or the gar
nering of money. Where does he
expect we will finish?
The fishermen on both the New
York and New Jersey side of the
Hudson River are getting ready for
the shad fishing season, which, begin
ming on March 10th, lasts until May.
and of course, according to the time
honored custom, there will soon be
the annual war between the Pilot
Commissioners and the fishers. Shad
fishing in these waters is done by
means of immense nets fastened to
poles in the river. BY law nets and
poles are allowed to be placed on the
New Jersey side of the Hudson to
the middle of the stream, so as not to
interfere with navigation which Of
course is very heavy on the New
York side. Now this middle of the
stream is always the bone of conten-
ton. The Pilot Commissioners fix
it, but the fishermen have never been
known to keep it. If they can only
set their poles a few inches further
they are happy. They are number
of ancient mariners among them who
can remember when there were no
docks on the New York side, when
what is now West, Washington and
Greenwich Street, was part Of the
river, and Canal Street was really a
canal, Now they wish the middle of
the river to be determined by the old
shores. Every year it is determined
anew that these marine lawyers are
wrong, but nevertheless they go be-
You'd their limits. The result is that
couple of boats are injured by the
poles. The owners complain to the
Pilot Commissioners, and they issue
an order to the delinquent fishermen
to remove the delinquent poles, of
course it is not done. Then the Pilot
Commissioners quietly fit out a tug
and start out on raid and pull up
every pole that is beyond the line.
The bowls, the protests, the prayers
and the threats that then ensue from
the mariners are simply awe inspir-
ing, but the Vikings of the Pilot
Board do not mind them. In fact
they rather enjoy them. 1t adds a
sort of zest to their work and man al
ways is at least cruel animal. /
took part in one of these expeditions
and confess it was quite an enjoy
ment. You felt like a bucanneer of
the nineteenth century, and gloried
in possession of might and right too,
The sense of cruelty was lessened by
the fact that the fishing season was
nearly over, and that of course the
fishermen were thereby saved the ex-
pense of removing their parapher-
MALTA
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
AS a sample of the Justification Of

AS sample of the Justification Of
history. look at the following from
the Richmond Wing: "The Demo-
cratic party is the party of progress
in everything that pertains to govern
ment. 1t is the party that has espous-
ed from the first the liberation of the
people from all the servile myths
and traditions and superstitions of
the past which degraded and ensIav-
ed their minds rs well as tkeiY bodies,
and though IT'S battle has been long
and arduous, and it has suffered con-
slant persecution and been subjected
to- every species of Insult and humili-
alton, yet it has never faltered in it's
faith or wavered in It's stFsightfor-
ward course toward the goal at which
it has aimed to arrive from the earliest
BIRTH of the grand principle which
aninates and upholds it i'm the belief
of Its final success. "-If the widows
and orphans of a half nGfflion men
were asked the cause of their woes,
they would make answer that their
desolation was brought on by the
loss of husbands and fathers who died
in fighting feY the liberation of the
people from the servile myths and
traditions and snperstitions" that
formed the corner stone of the Demo-
cratic party; that the Democratic.
party waged long and bloody var
on the life of the nation because it
was wrapped up with cursed system
that "degraded the minds as well as
the bodies" of millions of people
whose only misfortune was the color
of their skin. If there is anything
the Democratic party breads, it is
history. Talk about its being the
champion of freedomg A man who
will do that barely clears himself of
the law.--Erchdnge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
Toasting Senator DAVIS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Ex -Secre-
tary Blaine gave a magnificent din
ner last night in honor of Senator and
Mrs. III. G. DAVIS, of West Virginia.
Among those present were Senator
Camden, Senator and Mrs. Window.
Senator and Mrs. Harrison. Senator
and Mrs. Bayard, and others Of Mr..
Dayis' personal friends. Senator Win
dom has issued invitations for din
ner to Senator Davis on the 18th inst.
Among those invited are Mr.. Davis
Senatorial associates. No man retir-
ing from the Senate next Sunday will
leave larger circle of sincere friends
in that body than does the present
senior Senator from Vest Virginia,
and as a careful business legislator
his place will be difficult to fill both
on the Appropriation Committee and
in the Senate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

The recent foods in Ohio have de-
strOyed property valued at millions
Of dollars. In some of the rich bot.
toms along the Ohio and other riv-
ers the farmers were driven from
their homes and their fine houses,
barns and stock swept away by the
angry torrents. Some of these unfor-
tunate people, who before lived in
peace and comfort, have been render.
ed bankrupt, and the trials and suf-
fering which must follow will be very
great. And the cities and towns
have also suffered irTeparable losses.
Thousands of industrious people have
been thrown out Of employment by
the destruction of factories, mills,
machine shops. &c. But generous
American people are already liberA
ally subscribing money to save them
from actual starvation, and TO some
extent their sufferings are being nit.
igated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

of the one that was to come and so
the people struck as warning to the
Republican party, and not in any APP
prevail of Democracy.
The tariff, we repeat, had nothing
to do with the contest of 1882, but ii
decided the struggle of 1880. There
is not an intelligent man from the
Lakes to the Gulf but knows that it
was the pivot on which the Presiden-
tial battle turned. Until that ques.
ton was raised and trumpteted
everywhere, the result was doubtful,
with the chances against us. The
Democrats entered upon the CAM
paign with high hopes and brilliant
prospects. But with that fatality of
laundering which marks their party,
ii made the crazy declaration which
was at war with American indus
tries, and when it touched that match
it kindled a fire that consumed it.
The managers on neither side appre-
ciated the profound depth and ear
nestness of the popular feeling on
this subject. Until they are we'll adj
vanced in the campaign, the Repub-
lican politicians did not realize the
strength there was in the question any
more than the Democratic politicians
understood its explosive force. AS
soon as the battle was joined this
issue overtopped all others and turn
ed the course of the canvass. And
the virtue contained in the talisman
of protection was very faY from be-
ing confined to Pennsylvania. In
New York, brfstllng with manufac-
lures through all its enterprising
towns. it was as potent as here, and
right under the shadow Of the COM
mercial metropolis it proved, by the
concurrent testimony of all observers
to he the most effective weapon Of
Republican victory. 1t turned the
scale in Indiana, as it made itself felt
everywhere, and the signal success of
the campaign was the confessed
triumph and reassertion of protection.
The emphatic verdict of 1880, un.
reversed by any subsequent action.
stands as the deliberate judgment of
the people. Congress cannot disre-
gard it, save at the peril of all who
shall be res polsible for such a def
ance. The industrial interests Of
the country appreciate the advances
which have been made they favor
the correction of demonstrated in
CAPABILITIES they recognize the neces-
sity of revision and reduction of
taxes bat TREY insist that the pro-
tective principle shall be maintained
and the changes shall be of a conser-
yative character to which business
can adjust itself without disaster.
The Republican majority n'Congress
have the power, and they are bound
by every pledge to see that this pin
ciple is not sacrificed and the DEM
ocratic blunderers who are trampling
upon the lesson of 1880, are preparing
to bring down upon their heads an
other blow of their popular punish
ment they have so often endured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

Messrs. Moody and Sankey, assist
ed by Mr.. E. w. Bliss, commenced
their evangelical work in Belfast,
Ireland, on the 11th of February, in
Fisherwick Place Church and Ulster
Hail. The crowds were so great that
overflow meetings were held in sew
eral other places,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

The West Virginia Legislature,
which adjourned last Friday, passed
an act increasing the tax levy for
State purposes from 20 cents to 25
cents on the 500.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
rs private guarantee of good faith. Reject
d communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

Missouri acorns are shipped to Eng
land in large quantities, where they
are planted by societies for renewing
and maintaining the forests of the
country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03
SATURDAY, MARCH 8. 1888.
With this issue commences our
seventh volume.

Major Harry Gilmore, of Baltimore,
was stricken with paralysis Monday
morning and at last accounts his con-
dition was precarious.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-03

The Vicksburg Herald is respon-
sibIe for the statement that there are
forty firearms in Mississippi for every
plow.
, 1883-03-15

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turtle fashion, and remarked that L had
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, 1883-03-15

AN Iowa pig made his noon-lay meal
of a wallet containing $1,000. Every
grunt was worth $lOO