The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-15

The End Of the Forty seventh Con
gress.-Ihe Death KneU of Re
publicanism-A Manufacturer ON
the Tariff 4ct.-Ihe Retirement
of District Attorney Woodford.-
Jim Euiotfs Death.-A COWARD
and a Cur.
New York, March Q, 1883.
Congress has adjourned and with
its retirement closes one of the most
disgraceful chapters in the annals of
our National Legislature. In fact
during its session Republicans have
tolled the death knell of their own
party, and as it was carried to the
grave during those early morning
hours of Sunday last, there were
none so poor as to do it honor. The
Keifer's, the Robeson's and a host of
others whom public Nemesis has Wis
tied, were the ones to give it it's
deathstroke, and their indecent greed
of getting all they could before they
were turned out of the house where
the corpse lay. prompted them TO al
most carry off the winding sheets in
which the dead body was laid out.
But it is all over now, and a new era
is at hand.
The final passage of the Tariff
bill, and with such q decisive ma
jority was a surprise to some of the
shrewdest and best informed people
in politics, and shows what an amount
of log rolling must have been done
during the last hours of the session.
/ met a leading Pennsylvania manu-
facturer this morning ald conversed
with him on the effects of the meas
ure. sit is a bad law" said he. 1
ought not to camplain about it since
the branch that I am engaged in has
been we'll taken care of, but the re
suit will be that legislative action
like this will cause one industry to
look at the other with distrust. 1t
shows that the interests of manufac-
turers depend entirely on the good
will of those whom by poetic license
we call "public servants" and they
will do nothing except it pays them.
Do you know what is the action OF
Congress in this present instance
lowering the rate in some cases, but
actually increasing it in others, re-
minds me Of? The methods of the
skin gamblers, who let you win a,
first in order that you might come
back with more at stake and make
it more worth their while to bag you
Few changes in Office have giver
so much general satisfaction as thu
removal of United States Distriei
Attorney Stewart Z. Woodford, II
make way for Mr.. Ehhu Root. Wood
ford was nothing but a TurveydroI
and his knowledge Of law was NJ
more than the law allows, as the say
ing is. He prided himself or hi
manners, his amiable way of receiv
ing people, his shave mode Of shak
ing hands, and adobe all his diplo
!. bearing. His behavior at the ba
was frequently ridiculous. Hi
stronghold al the making pleasan
little speeches at college commence
ments and alumni dinners. Thi
! was his forte. In England wher
Z fox bunting is carried up to the poin
! of a science or a fine art, there ar
, men whose profession it is to be Ma
! ter of Fox hounds. The Unite
: States have advanced far enougl
that a new profession might be start
ed. Let it he that of commencement
orators. Mr.. Woodford ought Gel
$ tainly be made Dean of thelfaculty
$ and next to him ranks Mr. Pierre
G port Edwards Of teaketffe renowl
A funeral which took place thi
week was that Of jim Elliott, III
prize fighter who waskilled by Je.
: ry Dunn in Chicago. Inmy wor
). as q journalist I have come aero:
; deaths of cores Of people in h
sphere of life, but never in all m
experience have 1 heard such gene
q al contempt expressed over a dea
e man, and such general satisfactio
l. at his taking away as in the case
this a Why, he seemingly hi
IT not a friend in the world except b
l. mother, who says that he was alwa,
a good son to her although how OIL
.e who was such a mean thiefa as Ellio
IS could be a good o is past intel
Is gence. AS a prize fighter he ce
q tainly deserved the contempt Wi
a which every member Of the fami
1t treated him. 1t was only Saturd'
20 night that 1 was speaking to a Ca
Il tain of police about him. The ca
o1 tain though his uniform compels hi
Is to stop fistic encounters is yet gre
Is admirer of what is euphonious
termed the manly art. Elliott
E said he, sis the greatest u that
a ever ran across. SeIfe years ago
OF induced nee and another man to ba'
u him in a. fight he had with a ne
man somewhere near the Palisad
on the Hudson. The fellow foug
five rounds and was not hurt in t
e. least. Then he came up ard in
n whining tone said that he could fig
L. no more and was going to throw
H. his hands. eff you don't go in a
OF fight at least one more round, a
n make the battle a draw said t
re- other hacker, Il will take you a
pound your face to such a jelly, til
all the medical universities in It
RS world will not be able to bring
o, back into shape again. Idon't mi
losing my money, but l do object
le- throw it away on such ours as yo
1e Well that last round was positive
sickening in its faint heartednt
&c and said 1 to myself, if this is pr
a. fohtinp. I want no more of it."