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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

EVERY Democrat of the House Ju-
dietary Committee voted for the for
feiture of the unpatented, unearned
land grant of the Northern Pacific
Railway, while Messrs. Humphrey
and Reed of Maine, Willis of Michi-
gan, Briggs of New Hampshire,
Humphrey of Wisconsin, Taylor of
Ohio, and .McCoid of Iowa, voted
against it. One Republican of the
committee, Mr.. Payson, voted with the
Democrats, Knott, Townsend and 9TH
ers. Virginia, always Democratic
State, gave the Union its first great
body of public land. Then Polk's Ad-
ministration acquired California and
Texas, as did Jefferson Louisiana and
the new Northwest. The Union Is in
debted for it's. broad domains to the
party Of popular and not toathat of
aristocratic oligarchicAl progress, and
yet this latter party would lavish this
measureless wealth on individuals,
creating a landed aristocracy more
dreadful and insufferable than that
which curses England and Ireland.
Here, as there, class legislation, affect
ing alike land and manufacturing in
dustries, begets the two classes, the
very rich and the wretchedly poor.
For every Jay Gould begotten by Fed
eral policy a hundred thousand tramps
by the same process .::and at the same
instant are produced.-American Reg
lister.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

THE conference of representative
men proposed to be held in Washing
ton February Z, to discuss, first, promt
payment of the public debt; second,
the General Government to issue all
money, make it legal tender in pay
mens of private debts and public dues,
and keep its volume uniform with the
requirements of business on cash
basis third, railroads and telegraphs
to be regarded as public institutions
and their charges regulated by Nation
al and State laws, based ON fair return
on the amount actually paid by stock
and bond holders for the construction
and equipment of such property !;
fourth, the repeal of all class legisla-
ton and the enactment of laws com
pelling all property to bear its just
proportion of public burdens; fifth,
all public lands to be held for actual
settlers sixth, economy in public ex-
penditures, honesty in administering
public affairs, and the elective civil
service system; seventh, purity of the
ballot through laws adding disfran-
chisement to imprisonment for all who
sell their votes, coerce voters, or render
false returns of votes cast ,..a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
DON'T OverwOrk the Brain.

There is something more dreadful in
the consequence of working the mind
to exhaustion than in similar abuse of
the body.
DR.. Parker, of New York, delivered
lecture in that city, in which he
showed the evils proceeding from the
transgression of the limits of their
powers by literary men.
work faithfully for more than four or
five or six hours. If that time is ex-
ceeded all the phosphorus is carried off,
and the man becomes irritable, broken
down, and has softening of the brain.
81 have seen this overwork in law
yers doctors, ,clergymen and merchants
who have worked the brain for ten
hours.
"They have dropped under the bur-
den. You cannot violate the law of
God with impunity. Sir Walter Scott
did large amount of brain work in
his day, but be did not Overwork him
self. In his latter days, however, he
became peCuniarily embarrassed. and
resorted to his literary pursuits to save
himself; but he worked too hard, and
completely broke himself down.
lone of the best scholars I ever
knew broke himself down in his
younger days, but he lived on to 40,
though he could only work some four
hours a day. After these hours he
engaged in vigorous exercise to keep
himslf out of the house as much as
possible. and he continued one of the
best Professors in the country.''-
[ Youths Companion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

There is no country in the world
where corporations are so numerous
and so diversified as in the United
States, and as they have entered as a
controlling force in American politics,
the people have begun studying their
influence on the social condition of
the nation, and the methods by which
they are shaping all things to suit their
Own requirements; and this study has
been intensified by the discovery that
they are immortal. There is absolute
ly no limit to their existence, and ex
cept their political influence be de-
stroyed, and their power to centralize
wealth restricted, there is no telling
what form our government will as
sumo. They are working radical
changes in our political and industrial
systems, and in the very thoughts and
habits of our people. Their rapid
growth, their great wealth, their tre-
mendous power, their unity of action
aud their success in controlling legis.
Iation, have alarmed the intelligent,
and brought into the field of active
politics an antagonistic force which is
every day extending its lines, as if
preparing for an approaching struggle.
The corporations have arisen to their
present position by an unscrupulous
use of their wealth and power. They
stand unfiinchingly by the party which
favors their designs, subscribing hber-
ally to its corruption fund.-" and
making its candidates their own. Ex.
ecutives and legislatures are their crea-
lures. Many of our great lawyers are
their agents. They "control " news
papers to mold public opinion. They
hire lobbyists to corrupt legislatures.
There is today scarcely a legislative
body in the Union that is not in some
degree under their influence, nor q
Judge whose judgment has not been
biased by their attorneys. Even our
congressman take fees in their service
while voting on measures affecting
their interests. The nation felt degra-
ded by the discovery of the connection
of its law makers with the credit mo-
biiier, and how humbling to the intel
ligence to learn that they still maintain
a like connection with corporations
fully as corrupt and equally exaciing.
stock holders in national banks vote in
cong eSs t. increase he value of tn Dir
stocks-to put up the price OF their
bonus and increase the purchasing
power of their money-and the people
approve their action. Railroad stock
holders and holders of stock of other
corporations cast their votes to increase
the value of their property or multiply
their privileges. 1t is no uncommon
occurrence to see members of congress,
who are partners in manufacturing
establishments, arrange tariffs so as to
protect" their own products. In fact
the government has been made means
by which the people are taxed for the
benefit Of corporations. 1t has been
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
introduction of Paupsr Labor.

The other day Mr.. J. ). Moore re-
reived circular from Philadelphia
window-glass establishment, nlustrat-
ing with exceeding force the kind of
protection the tariff affords the labor
ing classes. The company issuing this
circular announce with pleasure that
after having been closed up for four
months by strikes among their opera
tives,. they had brought from France a
sufficient force of men to be able to
resume work. Their circular found
its way into the hands of Mr., Vance
and was read by him to the Senate
yesterday afternoon. MIR. Vance
coupled with it the account of similar
operation by DePauw, the plate glass
maker at New Albany, Ind. Mr.. De-
Pauw was paying $1.50 box for glass,
but imported three hundren glass
blowers from Belgium Oh three years
contract at 80 cents box, and then
discharge ed all his American blowers
because they refused to come down to
the figures of the pauper laborers of
Europe, from competition with whom
the tariff is represented to protect
them. OF course there was no reply
made to this on the Republican side,
and equally of course the recitation of
these facts by the Senator from North
Carolina had no effect. There is no
chance for discussion of the revelation
of facts to have any effect Every Sem
ator's vote for high or low tariff
was mortgaged before any bill was
brought in. The cases mentioned by
Mr.. Vance were the more noteworthy
because there are few things in the
whole long lists of protected articles
that have SO much protection as glass.
Window-glass is protected at the rate
of so and plate-glass to the extent of
l20 per cent. So that if the tariff is of
any efficiency in protecting the wage
receivers, the lot of glass blowers ought
to be particularly happy one. Mr..
DePauw is here looking after the in
terest of American industry, as they
are affected by the duty ON plate-glass,
and SO long as he can talk with Sena-
tors in their rooms he does not care
what may be said to them on the floor
of the Senate.-[ Pittsburg Post.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
At what Hour OF the Day n Law
Takes Effect.

Ghc9 G1EAtGts
Phe Supreme Court of the United
States has rendered an elaborate opin-
ion on a question as important as it is
curious. On the I'd of July 1870, the
town of Louisville, ILL.,, voted to issue
certain railroad bonds, but on the same
day constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting towns from issuing such bonds
was carried by popular vote and took
effect Immediately. The question as
to the validity of the bonds went to
the Supreme Court.
1t has been held in many cases that
the law does not recognize fractions or
divisions ofa day, and hence that a
Legislative or Congressional act or
constitutional amendment goes into
effect on the morning of the day on
which it was passed or adopted, and
consequently embraces the whole day.
Thus the United States Supreme Court
decided that President Johnson's pro-
clamation of June 13. 1866, removing
all restrictions on internal, domestic
and coastwise trade, took effect at the
beginning of the day and applied to all
the transactions of the day. According
to this principle the Louisville bonds
would haye been invalidated by the
popular ratification of the constitution
al amendment on the same day the
bond vote was taken.
But there are exceptions to this gen.
eral rule. :" 1t is true,h says the Su-
preme Court, that for many pur-
poses the law knows no division of
day, but when it becomes important
to the ends of justice or in order to de-
eide upon conflicting interests the law
will look into fractions of a day as
readily as into the fractions other unit
of time" If necessary the courts will
inquire at what hour of the day an act
was signed or proclamation issued by
the chief executive, aud hold that it
had no effect previous to that hour.
this principle to the Illinois
case the Supreme Court rules that the
amendment was not
adopted until the polls were closed,
and finds that before that hour the en-
tire vote on the bonds was cast. The
bonds were accordingly held valid
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
In his letter resigning the Secretary

In his letter resigning the Secretary
ship of the Republican National Com
mittee, Star-router Dorsey says:
"There was no act of mine, in re-
spect to the management of the Pres
idential sampaign,. either as to the
general scope, or as to any of its num-
berless details, that was not thorough
ly known to our candidates for Presi.
dent and Vice President, and by them
and each of them fully approved, both
before and after the election. IN the
very nature of circumstances [ was
forced to do many things upon my cl0T re-
sponsjbiHty, aud ye6 "a that entire tsm-
paign nothing WIS done by me tlat
was not most heartily sanctioned by
Generals Garfield and Arthur. The
only regret on their part seemed to be
that there was limit to my physical
endurance, and even this regret van
ished when the result was made known
ia November, 1SS0-when we all sup
posed a great victory had been achiev-
ed. Owing to engagements elsewhere
[ have not been able to attend the last
two meetings of the committee; be-
sides, L have been affected with dis
eased eyes ever since last May, and for
the last three months have been con-
fined to my house, compelled to remain
In a darkened room.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

cake, on one side of which, in gilt,
was 1888, and on the reverse 1883, the +
cake enclosed in a beautiful wreath.
Mrs. Geddes, basket of artificial
fruit-tomatoes, peaches, cherries and
trawberries-made of butter, and go
artistically formed and colored as to be
real work of art.
Mrs. Emma Scripture, photograph
of self and little frankie, in rich, gilt
easel frame.
Neighbors and friends, large photo
graph album and gold band chamber
set.
After a few preliminary remarks
Capt. Bartlett, on behalf of the donors,
made the presentation, closing as fol-
lows: t'These presents are useful,
many of them beautiful, and all have
an intrinsic value, but as token of the
esteem OF your neighbors and f"innis,
and as the assurance of the : - &Ld
affection of your relatives and children
they will to you owe their chief value.
We ask you to accept them in the
spirit in which they are given, and
may this day be to you golden MEM
CRY in the many peaceful years we
hope may be in store for you. And
tiuaiiy, may the sunset of your lives be
golden, and when the trials of life are
over may you together walk the golden
streets of the Beautiful City
Father Jennings, in &c. sell
chosen sentences, and with much feel
, ing responded thanking his friends fol
, these tokens of remembrance.
AS old time weddings were suggeat'
i've of cradle, piece of furniture now
. pretty generally out of use, Father
Jennings called the attention of hi;
guests to the old cradle in which al
', his own children and all of his grand
children have been rocked. It is in &
good state of preservation, and with
an occasional pair of new rockers, is
= coed for three or four generations
more, land may his tribe increase), a
least let the old cradle be preserved
What holy memories and associations
cluster around it.
The time passed rapidly, adieus were
: saia, and the only regret expressed
~: chat Golden Weddings were no
= more frequent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
The Census Report.

A Washington dispatch says: 1.-THE
work of collecting and preparing the
results of the census for publication is
in such back ward and confused
condition that it is not likely the
pending census deficiency will be rec
commended for passage until substan-
tial assurance is furnished that the
proposed appropriation will be em-
ployed to produce clearly defined re-
suits and bring the work speedily to a
close. Secretary Teller contemplates
recalling N-Superintendsnt Walker
to complete ths work, his successor
being prostrated with sickness. The
specialists identified with the census,
it seems. have been endeadoring TO
have tretises upon their own pet suo-
jects published at the expense of the
government
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
made . mere addendum to monopolies.

made mere addendum to monopolies.
When the government was organiz-
ed, "the fathers" were sedulous in
their endeavors to avoid laws of pri-
and entail, or other means
in the old country to hold
the property in the hands of the few.
They took great care that the property
should be divided equally among the
heirs at the death of the owner. But
corporations are accomplishing what
"the fathers" =" sought to avoid. IF one
who holds stock in the corporation
dies, his stock is transferred to some
body else, and the corporation lives on.
Corporations never Gle, and their prop
erty is never divided, but continually
Crews, increasing their power to cor
rupt and extort. They are piling up
the wealth of the country into few
great aggregstions much faster than
could be done by laws of primogeni-
ture and entail and it would be better
that it were left in the hands of indi-
vlduals, for they have sympathy and
charity; corporations have neither.
"They have no bodies to be kicked,
nor souls to be damned" They are
without single human attribute.
They exist but to extort. They are
the embodiment of monopoly, above
the law which brought them into be-
ing, subordinate only to the will OF
their beneiciaries. The creations OF
thought and skill are monopolized by
them. Progress is their slave. Inven.
ton, that would be blessing to the
whole people, monopolized by them
has almost become curse. How car
their power be broken ri -[Express.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

TINE Boston Advertiser (Rep) thinks
that in case Malone and Riddleberger
hold the balance of power in the Sen
1T, the Republicans should rather suf-
fer the Democrats.to contest the Senate
organization after March, rather than
disgrace themselves by a shameful
trade by which Mahone's vanity and
paid for notoriety and prominencemay
be gratified,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
Suffering in IreIand.

A letter from a Catholic priest in
Donegal, Ireland, gives the following
sad picture of the suffering in that Sec
ton: as % 7ss HsG
"No charity could possibly be great
er than that with which I am engag-
ed at present. Over 1000 human be.
ings are at this mement absolutely de-
pending for their existence upon the
aims sent me for them.sa Language
could hardly describe the wretched-
ness of many Of them. The two last
cases was called on to relieve this
merning before the dawn of day will
give you some idea of the unspeakable
poverty of the people, alas in too ma
ny instances. One was the case of an
old woman over eighty, with TIVE idi-
otic sons living with her. She was in
a dy ling state, brought on, / believe, by
defective nourishment. She had lit
orally ne bed-clothing to cover her,
and the little pile of hay upon which
she reclined was positively saturated
with rain drops coming through a
soOty, thatchless roof. Her name is
Barrett, residing within short dis
tance from Carrick. The other is the
case ofan old man bordering on eighty,
and living with his son, daughter-in-
law, and four grandchildren. He was
dying, l am quite satisfied, from want
of fproper nourishment, his only food
being limited supply of Indian meal
gruel-for months he had not tasted
milk. The other members of the FAM
lily had to live on the same kind of
food, but, being stronger, it did not
affect them so much. eueh is the mis-
cry have to encounter dailY.n
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

WHILE General Daniel l.. Sickles
was in Europe year ago his gas bill
in New York run on just the same,
Notwithstanding his house was locked
up and not used during his absence.
The Gas Company presented bill
which the General refused to pay,
whereupon the company threatened to
remove the metre. The General got
out an injunction to prevent them
doing SO. the company appealed, and
the general term of the Supreme Court
has just rendered decision sustaining
the injunction until the case has been
legally adjusted.-[Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01
MA RRIBD

AS5-Su20EDER.-At the Congregational
Parsonage. RavenBa. by Rev. 4 NJ. Hills
January 18th isg8, Mr.. Clayton Glass and
Miss Rose Shredder. both of Kent,
SMiTH-G GAYLORD.-At the residence of the
officiating minister, N. L. Streator. in Raven :
ma, January cath, 1881 Mr.. 4 usstus Smith, 0
Edlnburg, and Mrs SARAH Gaylord. .. Raven =
mao.
M-SHELBY.-JanU&ry 25. 1885, by Rev
Andrew W llson. at his residence. Mr. John
Baum. OF Elyria, o., and NJ ss Nellie Z. Shell
y.of Ravenna.
ER-COT-January %, 1925. BY Rev
Andrew Wilson. at the resi- esce of the
BRIDES mother Mr. P A. spencer ana Miss
Lille A. C0;t. both of 2haie.sy il!U.
HOOr-HOOV EE.-ruasday. January go, isS3
at the Catholic Church, Randolph, MIR. An
thony Eoot, lr., rad Miss Mary Hoover.
BAUER-CREQUE TUE day. January 30th
1873 at the Catholic Church Randoi,
Adam Bauer and Mary Crcque, OF 81 .'t'.'t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

The fellow who got the barrel of
flour for voting the Republican ticket
last fall, lives in this township, and
his family are reported to be in straigh-
tened circumstances. Perhaps he wo'd
vote most any way just now for anoth-
er bari. Won't some candidate for
Office in the Republican ranks look af-
ter this matter? 1t might pay Can
field Dispatch.
Doubtless the fellsw who furnished
the influence that secured vote for
'' the grand old party" will be found
as the next election approa ches belly
aching over the improper means used
in the South to tontol the votes of the
I" wards of the nation"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

THE Cleveland Masons contemplate
the erection of a Masonic Temple at
the corner of Bond and Superior Sts.,
in that city, at cost of 100000.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

E In considering the tariff bill few
days ago the Senate put on the free list
timber squared or sided, sawed boards,
plank, deals and other lumber of hem
lock, whitewood, sycamore, Eastwood,
and also all other articles of sawed
lumber; also, laths, shingles and pine
and spruce clapboards. That is move
in the right direction, one which be-
sides giving mechanics and laboring
men cheaper homes will tend to pro-
tect the forests of the country from the
devastation that has been going on for
several years as result of the high
prices of timber and lumber conse-
quent upon the exclusion of Canadian
products by high tariff duty which
threatened the utter extinction of the
forests of the country at no distant day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

In 1880 the people of the United
States paid tariff tax on the article of
tin alone of $23, ,905. $50; and now the
pres, L reform Cong '"ss propose TO
increase the tariff tex on that commod-
ity cNE HUNDRED per cent. Thus the
people are sought to be compelled to
contribute to some Infant industry"
nearly fifty millions of dollars annual
lv. 1t should be remembered that the
tax is levied not to enable the Govern
ment to obtain revenue, but to exclude
importation, which would defeat that
end. In what clause of the constitu-
tion does Congress obtain the power to
compel the masses of the people to
contribute to the favored few? Upon
what claim of right is such demand
predicated2
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-01

TE7f.l> WANTED.--Ry the Pittsburg. Cleve
/ iari & Toledo r.. II. FIFTY Thousand Ties.
II bc delivered on the Vine Of Road between
Kent and Newport. Fer contracts and speclh-
cations, call on wI'i tG 10
H. 4. ROW MAN,
T4S-4w* Ravcnna o.