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THE RIVERS.

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CAMPAIGN HUMOR.

John Kelly FIRST The good of our great
country next-New Orleans Picayune.
Blaiue's white plume looks as il it had
been used to clean out smokey chimney.
st. Louis Republican.
Mr.. Dana is spry enough TO carry water
on both shoulders and yet walk a chalk
mark-Philadelphia Times.
The anti-Tammany New York delegates
to the Convention were led BY bad fellows
so John Kelly says.-Washington Sunday
Gazette.
Now that Cleveland, the 25O-pounder
has been nominated, the Democrats, nc
doubt think they have fat thing of it
Baltimore American.
Gen. Butler says he has an army of 500,
600 workingmen at his back, His army has
grown since he had it digging at Dutch
Gap.-Philadelphia Record.
There is some satisfaction in knowing
that Gen. Logan is not an Anglomaniac.
His acquaintance with English is said to
be very hmited.-Boston Budget.
We violate no confidence when we state
that Col. Henry Watterson is anxious to
trade off his squiut-eyed goddess OF reform
either for baby elephant or Waterbury
watch.-Philadelphia Press.
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cIEvELaND,s vEroEs.
N J. Enld.


The opposition, such asit is. 10 Governor
Cleveland on account Of his veto OF the
Five Cent Fare bin can only be kept alive
By the most reckless demsgogism. His
act was one which must in time secure for
him the respect Of the people, for, however
desirable it may have been to have the
Elevated Railroad fares reduced, and how
ever polite as a measure Of popularity it
may have been TO sign that bill, his objec-
tons to ii are unanswerable. He seheyed
the bill was unconstitutional, and that his
duty as the Executive was not to sign 1t.
He therefore sacrificed whatever chance OF
popularity was offered, and held to the de-
termination to do his duty and stand BY his
convictions. This is one Of those acts
which the elamor of partisanship may OBJ
scure or pervert, but which the abiding
sense of the community sooner or later is
sure to indorse.
The intelligent workman knows, in spite
of poTtical,rhetoric, that the best safeguard
he can have in public servant is integrity
of purpose and the courage to withstand
the pressure Of vested interests on the one
hand and the idle elamor of class on the
other.
This is ably shown in the veto Of the Me-
chanics' Lien bill, which at the time was
believed to be strongly in the interest ofthe
workingmen, but which it is now known,
was wholly in the interest of lawyers and
court employees, increasing as it dld the fees
and costs for enforcing liens and leaving
out out of sight entirely the security Of
workingmens wages.
And yet the act Of the Governor in veto,
ing this bin was made by use of demagosues
at the time to incite the workingmen against
him
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Grover Cleveland.
Marptr,s HeskIy, Rep.


The nomination Of Governor Cleveland
defines sharply the actual issue of the Pres
idential election of this year. He is man
whose absolute official integrity has never
been questioned, who has no laborious and
doubtful explanations to undertake, and
who is universally known as the Governor
ofNew York elected BY an unprecedented
majority which was not partisan, and rep
resented both the votes and the consent Of
an enormous body of Republicans, and who
as the Chief Executive Of the State has
steadily withstood the Establishments and
the threats of the worst elements of his
party, and has Justly earned the reputation
of a courageous, independent and ethcien
friend and promoter Of administrative re
form. His name has become that of the
especial representative among our public
men of the integrity, purity, and economy
of administration which are the objects o.
the most intelligent and patriotic citizens.
The bitter and furious hostility Of Tamman,,
Hall and of General Butler TO Governor
Cleveland in his passport to the confdenc
of good men, and the general conviction
that Tammany will do all that it can TO de
feat him will be an additional incentive T.
the voters who can not support Mr.. Blaine
and who are unwilling not to vote at all, to
secure the election of candidate whom the
political rings and the party traders in
stinctively hate and unitedly oppose.
So firm and clean" and independent III
his high office has Governor Cleveland
shown himself to be. that he is denounced
as not being Democrat BY his Democratic
opponents This denunciation spring.
from the fact that he has not hesitatcd to
prefer the public welfare to the mere inter
est Of his party. Last autumn. when tn
Democratic district attorney of Queen,
county was charged with misconduct, thu
Governor heard the accusation and the de-
Tense. and decided that it was his duty to
remove the officer He was asked by hi
party friends to defer the removal until
after the election, as otherwise the party
would lose the district by the opposition Of
the attorneys friends. The Governor un-
derstoOd his duty, and removed the officer
some days before the election, and the par
ty did lose the district. This kind of cour-
age and devotion to public duty in the teeth
Of the most virulent opposition of traders OF
his own party is unusual in any public man,
and it shows precisely the executive quality
which is demanded at time when every
form Of speculation and fraud presses upon
the public Treasury under the specious plea
of rarty advantage
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CLEVELAND AND THE WORKINGMEN.

1t is now developed that most representa-
tons 70 the effect that Mr. CLEyELAND'S
course as governor has beea untriendly to
the interests of laboring men, and that Is
consequence they are unfriendly to him,
emanate from those who have no right or
authority to speak for workingmcH, but who
have some grievance Of their own against
the fearless governor. What are the facts?
Let Us look at them.
The workingmeu had asked for the es-
adjustment of Bureau of Labor Statistics
II was created with the prompt approval
Of Governor CLEVELAND and he appoint,
ed commissioner entirely acceptable
to the Labor organization. The demand
for the prohibition Of cigar-moking in
tenement houses came from the working
men. The governor cheerfully signed the
bill for that purpose. The act was declared
invalid BY the Court of Appeals, and another
was passed which was intended to obviate
the fatal objections raised, and this was
signed without hesitation. The working
men made loud demand for the abolition
OF contract labor in the prisons. That
measure was favored by the governor in
his message to the Legislature. The policy
of Governor CLEVELAND has been to keep
in view the general we'll being in which all
have a share without showing any special
regard to any separate interest. But if there
is any class to whose demandhe has exhibited
friendly leaning it has been to the working
class.
When the FIVE cent fare bill, which pro
vided for FIVE cent fares on the Elevate
railway at all hours, came before him he
concluded that in view of previous legisla-
ton and the contract Of the Rapid TranSi
Commission with the Elevated Railway
Companies, the fares could not justly or
constitutonany be reduced unless the net
receipts Of the companies were shown to
exceed ten per cent. on the capital actually
expended. His reasoning convinced such
an earnest and fair-minded advocate Of the
reduction as THEoDORE ROOSEVELT, and his
conclusions were subsequently acquiescei
in b. the anti-monopoly member Of the
Railroad Commission, Mr.. O'DOSNELL
Inasmuch as at such hours as the working
men went over the railway the fare was
only FIVE cents, the demand for a passage
Of the bill did not come from them, it was
not for their benefit, and was rot regarded
as a grievance BY them.
The other two trumped-up grievances are
the Governor failure to sign the Mechsn-
les Lien bill and the bill regulating the
hours of car drivers and conductors. The
Mechanics Lien bill was passed in a shape
that would have wrought injury to the me
chanics, and its veto was in their interest
The car conductors and drivers bill simply
required that twelve hOms should be a
DAYS work for this particular class of
workers without providing against CORE
spending reduction of wages or preventing
a reduction or preventing contracts for
overtime. In refusing to sign it the Gov
ernor said: Il cannot think this bill is in
the interest Of the wOrkingmen.'
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THERE is a story told Of laborer who
when warned by his employer not to vote
for HAxCocK, or he would get 80 cents per
day in wages, exposed the whole humbug
in the shrewd and true reply: Boss, il you
thought so, ye'd vote for HAScOcx your
self" If the Iron King JOKES and his
mouopOlist associates really believed what
they say, that Democratic success would
reduce wages, they would be the first ones
to contribute heavily to the CLEVELAND
campsign fund.
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a Wise Choice.
Mr. IorE Rsrali

General Ben Butler was reported from
Chicago as declaring that If the Contention
did not substitute his resolutions for the re-
port Of the Platform Committee (Which was
unanimous with the exception of his dis
Sent) the Democratic party would be
forced to rely upon God and not on Butler
for help in this coming campaign" Being
put to this choice. the Convention wisely
chose 10 accept the first branch of the al,
tentative and voted Buffers resolutions
down
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THERE WILL BE NOTHING AM
BIGUOUS ABOUT THE DEFEAT OF
MR.. BLAINE. HE WHO RUNS MAY
CLEARLY READ THE VERDICT IN
ADVANCE. A CANDIDATE UN-
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE, AND A
PARTY TOO CARELESS OF ITS OWN
HONOR To BE LONGER TRUSTED
WITH THE NATIONS" Y. TIMES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-17
rher Want q New Command.

The fact that the Republican primary last
Saturday refused to endorse General Gof
for Governor is not to be taken as evidence
that the party in this county Is NOT in favor
of him for that position. Neither is to be
Looked urOn as being favorable to Judge
Edwin Maxwell We believe that when the
Republican Convention meets a new candi-
date viii be placed in the field.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-17

The Third Assembly District Republican
Club of New York, composed Of working
men, has disbanded and reOrganized as the
Young Mems Democratic Club Of the Third
District. and has declared for CLEVELAND.
This looks as if the workingmen Of New
York know CLEyELAND to be their friend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-17
Oh, Coon,
PAaadelphid Press.

Congressman Goff, Of West Virginia, is
convinced that the Republicans will carry
that State. He gives as reasons the person
al popularity Of Blaine and the growing
sentiment in favor of protection. Mr.. Goff
thinks, likewise that Tennessee and North
Carolina can be made Republican BY proper
effort.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-17
TAMmaNY MEN FOR cLEvElaxD.

The Fourteenth Assembly District Associ-
ton Indorses the Ticket.
The FIRST gun in favor Of Cleveland and
Hendricks from Tammany Hall was fired
last night by the fourteenth Assembly Dis
trict Association amid great enthusiasm. A
call had been issued for meeting OF the
Tammauv Hall General Committee of this
district and promptly at 8 o'clock DR.. Mes
senior, chairman, called the meeting to- or
der. He urged all true Democrats 70 lay
aside personal feelings and work in COM
mon for the success Of the Chicago nomi-
nees. It was true that the fourteenth Dis
trict was only part ofthe great Tammany
organization, but their action was noble
precedent which in all probability would re-
suit to the advantage of Cleveland and Hen
d icks.
RegisterJ ohn Reilly followed in forcible
speech in which he showed that the unani-
nous selection of Cleveland and Hendricks
as the Democratic standard bearers for 1884
warranted all Democrats to work zealously
and faithfully for the ticket. He thought 1t
was the greatest convention that was ever
held and the nominees the most available
tha have been selected for many years. He
was loudly applauded at the conclusion of
his speech, and on motion the following res.
olutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Tammany Hall
General Committee and Tammany Asso-
citation of the Fourtheeth Assembly District
give the Hon Grover Cleveland, Democrat
ic candidate for President, and the Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Democratic candi-
date for Vice President the United States,
our hearty, honest, undivided and uuwaver-
ing support, aid, that we, the several
members Of this committee and association
pledge ourselves upon our honor and repu-
tation as Democrats, not only to vote for
the entire Democratic electoral ticket, but
also zealously to labor and exert ourselves
for its triumphant success at the ensuing
election.
Resolved, That we denounee as traitors
and unfit the association of honest Demo
Gratis any person who, protesting 20 be such,
fails of his hearty and generous support OF
the Democratic nominees.
On motion of Register Reilly, commit
tee of FIVE was appointed by the chair to
make arrangements for raising banner in
front of the committees rooms on First
avenue and Tenth street "Let it be the
most magnificent banner" said the Regis
ter that has futtered to the breeze in this
city since the campaign when James
Buchanan was elected President.
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Fill It Up.
". y. H0rid.

Now, Mr.. Blame. we are ready for your
letter Of acceptance. The blank space left
in your manuscript to be used in taking ad-
vantage Of Democratic blunders at Chicago
may be filed in with a chapter from the
book Of Job or an extract from Baxter $
Gall to the Cnconyerted"
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4 Pew Traders Cannot Speak for the Irish.

Your reighbor, the Blaine organ, with its
very large "giyeaway' circulation, is chuck
ling over the Irish Endorsement of Blaine in
New York yesterday. As an evidence Of
LOYALTY Of the Irish to the Democratic princi-
pies will You please remind them Of the fact
that the Irish population in New York City
is about quarter million, and that a few
dozen men who are now living on Repub-
lican pap, such as O'Meagher, Condor,
Kerwin and others, who composed that
meeting, is no indication Of the Irish vote
going the wrong yet awhile? Yours, ETC.,
RoBgRT EMMETT O'RETLy
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Cleveland's Advantage.
BaFHo C6uro

Mrs. Mcdonald waved her hand gracefully
and said: "Hurrah for Cleveland" That
is the advantage Cleveland has in being a
bachelor. The women viii all favor him.
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new ApvERrisEMEnrs.

proposals.
CLERKS OFFICE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ONO COUNTY,
WHEELING, w. Va, July le, 1884.
Sealed Proposals will be received at this office
until the 2gih inst, at 10 A. NJ, for the wooden
snpersu ucture Of a bridge, to be built over Short
Creek, on the Groggsville and Clinton road. at
Deans blacksmith shop, about one mile below Clio
ton Ohio county Clear span Of bridge 50 feet clear
WidIh II feet.
Bids must be by the thousand feet, board measure,
for lumber (all VII te oak, and by the pound for
iron - rods, bolts and washers. The right is re-
SCI we'd to reject any and all bids.
For further Information apply 10
R0DT. r. WOODS.
Clerk OF Board OF Commissioner.
W. C. SMITH, Engineer jylh
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ANOTHER VERDICT
IN FAVOR OF the CHAMPION.

Seeing an article IN the W neellnB papers VI VI
LIST inst, in which the writer states that ut con-
test on the farm Of Archie J. Goodhue, near Car.
ington, o., between the Buckeye Platform Binder
and the Champion Light Harvester and Cord
Binder the Buckeye was victorious, we feel II due
TO the representativesof the Champion TO say that
we were present at said contest and we do not hes
tate to say that prefer the Champion to the Buck
eve in the following respects: The draft being
lighter las The Buckeye has heavy side draft, doug
cleaner work in thin grain and binding the sheaye
tighter than the Buckeye. In fallen and tanSlei
grain, the Champion did rs good work as the Buck
eve Mr. GoOdhue had bought the Buckeye some
time before and it had failed to work satisfactorily
and couple OF experts were sent on TO regulate IL
and gel il 10 work II was operated by these men,
while the Champion was set up and operated by in
experienced men. Yet, with these advantages
given in favor Of the Buckeye could not see that
Il e1celled the Champion in any one point while the
Champion did excel the Buckeye in the above par
ticularS.
J. A. Sims, Thos. Reynolds,
Gideon SteeI, Z. K. Booth,
J. W. FankhauseT, Philip Letter,
J. D. Cunningham, Rudolph Zesiger,
James w. Watt, EDoch fost,
Toe6eld Rirenb1ch Frederick Stephan,
Jacob YOSt, Jacob A. fankhouscr.
CIARINGToS. o., July 9TH, 1884. NlLerd
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Why Cleveland Is Strong.

Kelly Pretty Well Sandpapered Down.
ChicdgO Herald.
The only scalp Mr.. Kelly carries back to
New York is the one on the top Of his head,
and even that is tied on with string.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-17

One Who Steps Into Clevelands shoes.
Buffalo Courier.
Probably the happiest man in the State
Lieutenant Governor ID. B. Hill,
\ Giddy Young Sister of Uncle Sam.
Baltimore IA 'ric1H.
Widow Butlers other name is Aunty Mo
aopoly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-09
JUSTICE FIELD

Judge Stephen j. Field, Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States is under
stood to be an aspirant for Presidential hon
ors. He, however, is not known to be con-
spicuously active in endeavoring to secure
a nomination. Certainly he has no especi-
ally developed following in that direction.
He is resident of the state of California, and
a delegation from that state waited on him
at Washington the other day, where he is in
attendance in the discharge of his judicial
duties, and asked him if he would accept a
Presidential nomination. His reply was
''There is no instance in the history of the
country where a nomination of a national
convention actually rendered has been re-
fused"
Clearly Judge Field does not wish to be
an exception to the general rule Should he
be nominated, the danger of his declna-
ton is not imminent. The N. Y. San wish
es to make Mr.. Tilden test case. 1t de-
sires to have the July convention at Chicago
nominate Mr.. Tilden, without any positive
assurance as to whether he will or will not
accept, and then pause in its labors, to ex-
change Geographic messages, to ascertain
Mr.. Tilden's pleasure. If nominated, it is
not likely that Mr.. Tilden would throw back
the nomination on the convention, with a
negative reply, any more than would Judge
Field, or any other eminent gentleman.
Judge Field though a Democrat, was APP
pointed to the Supreme Court bench by Mr..
Lincoln and adores the position by his great
ability, legal learning, and admirable fitness
for discharge of the duties of the high posi-
ton. His name has long been mentioned
in connection with the Presidency, and it
is not at all unlikely that he with others may
have his name presented to the Chicago con-
vention for consideration in selecting a
nominee. 1t is well known that California,
and other Pacific states are very DESTROYS of
having Presidential nominee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-09
PYROTECHNTC CUR4.

Advices from Cuba indicate that there may
be on that island, at almost any time, an up
rising, revolutionary outbreak, to throw of
the Spanish yoke. Probably no people on the
globe are more wretchedly governed, or mis-
governed and oppressed than are the Cubans.
The government of Spain itself Is worse adj
ministered, more corrupt and oppressive
than that of any European power. 1t is not
likely that its dependencies are better man
aged and governed than the home govern
ment itself. A Captain General is sent out
from the government at Madrid, to reign
over the Cubans, clothed with despotic pow
er, both civil and military
These Captain Generals are frequently
changed and each goes to the island accom-
panied by band of followers and adventur-
ers, whose object is to grow rich rapidly on
the spoils of the native Cubans, and having
accomplished their purpose, return to their
Spanish homes. Oppressed beyond human en-
durance, revolt has followed revolt on the
Island, only to fail and rivet the chains of
oppression the more firmly. The system of
slavery there, is the worst, probably, in OPP
preston, and cruelty, known to the history
of the world. At any rate a more terrible
state of suffering, produced by oppression
can hardly be conceived of.
The successive instructions in Cuba have
not been alone instructions but revolts of
the native laborers, against the expressions
of the mother government. The inhuman-
ity, the cruelty and the bloodshed melted out
to in surgents from time to time, are posi-
lively beyond the power oflanguage adequate
ly to describe, 1t is understood that if the
insurgents should succeed in throwing off
the Spanish yoke, the emancipation of the
slaves would follow. There would seem to
be, however, but little immediate hope of a
successful instruction. Adequate means
and power to conducta successful revolution
are wanting. Still the spirit of the oppressed
and plundered native population does not
seem to be entirely broken by former i'll
success.
The insurgents of 1868, though baffled,
still keep alive the spirit of revolt and reyo-
luton to considerable extent, and having
fed to the Businesses of the mountains,
keep their campfres alive, and await for
their opportunity to enter into new crusade
to wrench from their necks the oppressive
yoke of Spanish domination. The civilized
world we are sure would rejoice should the
Cubans secure their independence, and the
slaves their freedom.