Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-01-02
POLITICAL.


daht ia dIminishIpg under the action OF the
National Treasury Department. All ex-
nar,ence has demonstrated that ooth. Win
the government and the people this poncy
ia irresistible. and is not likely to be aoan-
doned until the whole debt shall he extin-
guIsbed and the burden thus got rid OF.
A good story, and q true one, not
heretofore In print, Is told or the last eiec
tion in this State. One OF the lndepenoent
candidates for Congress did not receive
oven one vote In his town, and he wrote to
the DEPUTY Secretary or State TO inquire
n apother candidate had received any votes
In his town. The so-called Independent
movement was the most ridiculous anu
lauehable undertaking In the political MS
tory OF Maine, and IL is fairly illustrated
by the incident here related.
London newspapers are beginning 70
poiut to the United States as country
whose bonds stand higher than those OF
Great Britain-a thing which no HNibg
man can remember, nor his father, nor MS
grandfather, OF any country on the face oil
the globe. The same newspapers nave
been for twenty years kindly pointing out
how protection would destroy prosperity
In this country.
-Governor elect Cleveland OF Newly rk
Il not carried of his feet by the unprece-
dented majority given to him 10 the eiec-
ton. He understands and Acknowledges
that the result does lot indicate that 3d.
600 or 100, 900 Republicans have suddenly
become Democrats. He wisely adds that
the Democracy will only be able 10 retain
Al. ~ x.tctnrv nv nrnyinr To the
people that the change means "reform and
good government" The result in 1884 he
truly says, "will depend almost entirely
upon the conduct OF the two parties during
the intervening period"
bloomington Pdntdgrdph: II Is an in
disputable fact that the Democratic party
has saddled and csparisoned itself for ey-
erybody TO take free ride who wants it
liqnor dealers, free traders, hatists, high
tariff or low tariff, monopoly or antl-mon-
opoly, high license, low license or free H.
quor anything that will help get the offices
can 60 along free, providing, however,
that each faction that dances will pay It's
own fiddlers and the other incidental ex
penses.
The Democrat and sDti-St. John Re
publicans OF Atchison, kas., held meet
ing Thursday night 10 celebrate the cleo
ton OF George w. Click, Democratic can
didate for Governor OF that State. Nr
Click made a speech. In which he said the
election was neither political nor per-
sonal triumph. IL was victory OF the
people over prohibition, OF personal liberty
over fanatcism, of reason over crankism.
The people, he said had also sat down on
railroad mouopolies. Unlike many Demo
Gratis, Mr.. Click II too sensible To- attribute
his election 10 the growth Of Democratic
principles In that State. but candidly adj
mits that rum and railroad monopolies
did IL.
A potent argument IN favor Of the con
,inuauce Of the Republican party In power
remarks the Tribune. j. found In the pub
tic debt statement Tor October. The state
mcnt shows that the debt was reduced
during that month SIS G29, $50 81. Thr~"
figures come hons 10 every man who hy-
stake In the Government; and yet We
guarantee that at no one OF the many Dem
ocratic ratification meetings held between
November 1T and this date were they so
much n alluded 10. The speakers at these
meetings were too busy commenting
Democratic reform in the nebulous aD-
stract.
Pioneer Press Every man owes IL A. y
solemn duty 10 himself, 10 his neighDor, %
society, and 10 the state, To study political
affairs, To have a voice ia the selection OF
rulers, and the acceptance or rejection of
schemes Of public policy. IL is an obliga-
ton as indefcasible a. that OF the head OF
family 10 provide for that fimily's support
He who prides himself on holding aloof
from political struggles, and letting the
world OF ruled aud rulers wag along rs II
will, is something more than an insuiicr.
able prig, aud something less than bad
citizen.
A man was carrying coon he had
caught, when he met three little boys In
the road All OF them said excitedly,
Mister, give me that cooh, give me that
coon, give me that coon, misterl' Well, |
boys, I'll tell you what will do. II you
will tell me the party you belong 10 and |
why, I'll give 1t 10 the boy who gives the |
best reason for his faith" I'm Repub- |
lican, because that party saved the Union,
said one. I'm q Greenbacker, because |
that party is in favor OF plenty OF money"
When the time OF the third boy came, he |
said d" I'm Democrat, cause 1 want the |
coon"
The Louisville COurier-JOurHdi having |
remarked that life Is as secure In Kentucky |
as In Massachusetts,, its attention Is called
to the statistics OF DR.. Redheld, which |
show that there were in the States OF
Texas, Kentucky and South Carolina, In
1873, 734 homicldes, besides 522 persons
wounded with shots or stabs, and the au-
thor estimates that there have been 10. 600
homicides ut the South since the war. There
were more homicides in Kentucky in that
year than there were in the eight States OF
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut Penn
sylvania and Minnesota, with population
aggregating 10000 900. In the same year
there were more in South Carolina than In
eight Northern States with population OF
6 1000, 900.
The vociferous advocacy OF civil ser
vice reform which filed Democratic jour
nails before election has changed wonder
fully since that event; for instance, the
Augusta Age sneeringly says: 1.-The clerks
in the department at Washington are de-
cidedly in favor OF civil service reform,
that is TO say In favor OF the retention OF
their places indefinitely" There Is no mis-
taking the meaning Of that language. "The
clerks in the departments" will have TO
travel when the Democracy comes into
power, aud civil service reform may whis-
tie Far away may the time be.-Bdth
Times.
A striking evidence Of the efficiency Of
the revenue stamp division employed un-
der Mr.. Raum il found In the report OF
appointed by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, at the request Of the Com
TO examine the accounts from
Oct. %, 1876, TO July, 1882. In that tim,
the enormous number OF 2 55s DOC, 900
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