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slndiflerence to Present Ropubli.
can Success"
Harpers Weekly, Rep.

81
"The nomination OF Mr. Blaine does
not change the views Of its ins xpedi
ency that We have freely expressed. Hsr.
per's Weekly has said nothing upon this
subject without careful consideration
and the fact OF the nominal on does NOT
change its conviction that the republi.
can campaign with The csndidscy OF Mr..
BIsine must be prolonged explanation
and defence The campaign OF this
year will be one in which the personal.
ity ot candidates will be more vlgor.
ously ecrutiniSed than ever, because
there is NO great supreme issue of nation
al peril or national policy which will en-
gross the attention OF the people, and
this scrutiny invites defeat
.Undsr such circumstances, which q
party appeals to the country for vote
OF confidence, il will naturally be judged
BY the representative whom it delbe.
rately selects. To him the country will
turn to see what the party honors and
what qualifications it holds to be essen.
tlal for the highest trust. It would, VIC
think, have been possible to name car
didate whose nomination, with the pres.
en-. feeling OF the country, would have
been equivalent 10 an election, candi.
date who would have aroused all the ole
republican enthusiasm by appealing tt
the desire OF pure and progressive poll.
tics, which was the animating principle
of the other republican campaigns
Originally the republican party was 4
reform party, and having achieved th,
greatest Of reforms 10 emancipation ani
10 an amended constitution. freed CO, 81
taint Of slavery, it is strongest when it
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THE WORLD AND MR.. TILDEN.
The Great Newspaper Declares His
Letter o Masterpiece.

New YoRK, June 1.-THE World Gays
OF Mr.. Tilden's decliDaiion: ut 10 .
masterpiece OF composition. No one
can read it without realizing its tiocerity,
and feeling the inspiration OF integrity
and the noble purpose which courses
through every line. However this docu.
ment may be accepted by the Democratic
party, it 10 certain to increase and inten-
sify the esteem in which Mr.. Tilden is
held, to warm the corner in the heart OF
the great organization in which be abides.
Great always, and wise. and far seeing.
Mr. Tilden's power and fitness as lead
er never appeared 10 better advantage
than in this letter. Aud il is in the
completest sense . justification of the
confidence reposed in him by his party.
Tue concluding lines are full Of pathos
and are tiDged with . sentiment which
will move all hearts. "Having given to
the welfare Of the Democratic party and
the r publicans," says Mr.. Tilden,
"whaiever OF health and strength pos
sess or could borrow from the future.
and having reached the term Of my ca
pacity for such lsbors a. their welfare
now demands, ! but submit to the will
OF God in 'deeming my public career for
ever closed " Tnese are words that will
live in history.
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Delegates 70 Chicago.

The delegates to the Democratic Con.
etessional Convention, to meet al Csld.
we'll on the 26th inst should exercise
great esre in the selection Of delegates
70 The National Democratic Convention
No ban should he elected delegate
who. ID public position, has in the past
disregaided the viii OF his constituents
in any l!articuIaf -hatsoever. Such men
are Ia the market; they are known by
those ishose business Il is TO look up
purchaiable material, and having beiray.
ed political trusts reposed In them 10 u {
past. should not be honored IN any man.
ner with even the most inaigni6esnt ap.
pointment In the future. Forewsrned Is
foreamed. Let the Democracy OF the
l7th District Of Ohio take notice and
govern themselves accordingly.
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young and ardent workers, the real
t..workers" OF party, feel that 10 is still
esseotislly progressive and aggressive
reform organization. and when they
knew that 1t is led in Presidential year
10y o candidate who is 10 character and
csreera true and fitting representative OF
political progress and reform. The fact
that candidate is selected who is not
such representative properly alarms
them and shakes their faith in the party.
REPUBLIoAN TRADITION.
| at is trus that the republican party is
ALWAYS strong in the weakness OF the
democratic opposition; bot that is q
negative strength. The democratic party
really stands for nothing but opposition
and q fepulsive tradition. The endeavor
to identify It with any definite policy
except that which lis known a. "general
cussedness" 10 ls: but that is not an ar
gument which can elect President. The
nomination OF Mr.. Blsine-slthough it
Is doubtless agreeable to the majority
Of the psrty, as shown OF Chicsgo, be-
cause q large part OF the apparent op.
position, as in the Indiana and Illinois,
and even In the Ohio delegation, Was
friendly to his nominstion-ought to
alarm honest republicans as showing
how dangerously for the republican
standard has fallen. The nominations
at Chicago, made against the most
friendly republican remonstrance, have
forced upon republicans the conviction
that The great objects OF the republican
psr,y-honest and economical admins.
tration. peaceful and honorable foreign
relations, the progressive publication OF
the public service at home, wise reduc-
tion OF the revenue, and that sense OF
general scrutiny which springs from the
moral elevation OF the administrst OH
are not to be expected from republican
success.
THE REPUBLICAN, CONSCIENCE.
To this statement il is no reply that
less 10 to be expected from the demo.
Gratis. Those who have aroused the
deep and general protest OF the repub-
Iican conscience must bear the respon-
sihil:ty OF the result. Fidelity to re.
publican principles requires indifference
to present republican success, and Har.
per's Weekly, which more than once has
not hesitated, 10 the interest OF the pub.
lie morality and OF party purificaticn, to
oppose other republican nominations,
cannot so stain the significant one against
which it has so earnestly protested and
which is practical abdication OF repub-
lean character. and purpose. The sad
and kindly face OF Lincoln. whose por.
trait hung In the hall. seemed to watch
the proceedings OF the Convention with
an air Of earnest solicitude and apprehen.
sion, and II had disappeared from its
place before the nomination WAS made T"
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1lLDi!s's letter will disappoint two
thirds Of the american people HE de-
termination 70 retire from politics. be
decIinstion OF the Democratic Presiden.
tial nomination which would have been
accorded him by scclamation, are moves
cslculased to capse feelings Of deep re.
gret Ia the hearts Of those who hoped
for tiompless reform in the affairs OF
the Government through his election and
Standardization. TiLpEN is revered as
he greatest and wisest Statesman OF the
present age.
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CHAlRMAm PAIaE. Of the State Demo.
cratic Committee, In issuing the call fos
the State Convention, gets in little ex.
ira judicial matter when be requests each
Congressional District TO report to the
State Convention two delegates for the
National Convention "for confirmation y
Just what the State Convention has to
do 10 the way OF confirming" these dis.
trict selections, or where Chairman Paige
gets his authority to so direct, is no'
made clear. The right to confirm
carries with It the power to reject. So
tar as the Ninth District is concerned
delegates to the National Convention vii
he selected without regard or respect fol
Chairman Psige's new tangled authority
We fsvor Home Rule up this way.
So they will be In the 17th District.
The delegates from each District are re
sponsihle 70 their own people and shoold
represent them. The State Convention
has no control over the delegates snd
will NOT be permitted to exercise any.
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imperative. ! ought not to assume
task which lshave not the
RDhwaeool CfranUfh

imperative. ] ought not 10 assume
task which Ihave not the
Physical Strength
to carry through To reform the I'D
min,stration of the Federal government
10 realize my own ideal and to ful6l tht
just expecta,ioDs Of the people. would
indeed warrant, as they could alone
compensate, the sacrifices which the
undertaking would involve. Bot in my
condition Of advancing years. and de-
clining strength. / feel no assurance o
my ability 10 accomplish those objects
] am therefore constrained to say def
nitely that cannot now assume the 10.
bors OF an administration or Of can
vass Undertaking in no wise that bes'
gilt OF Heaven the occasion and the
power sometimes bestowed upon 9
mere individual, to impart an impulse
for good. Grateful beyond all words to
my fellow countrymen, who would as
sign such benilicent function to me,
am consoled by the reflection that nef
ther the Democratic party, nor the Re.
public for whose future that party is the
best guarantee, is nov, or ever can bs
dependent on any one man for theiI
successful progress In the path OF no.
BILE des iny.
Having given 10 their Welfare what
ever of health and strength l possessed
or could borrow from the future, and
having rescbed the term of nv, capacity
for such iabors ss their welfare now de.
mands, bot submit to the will of God
in deeming my public career forever
closed.
SAMUEL j. TlLDEN.
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Mr. IioHL's wishdrawal from the Con.
gressior 81 race snould not be misunder.
stood. he says be steps down in the
interest of .'peace and harmony"
Peace and harmony we're no, suffering
the leas bIt-Mr. BoHL had not the
ghost ol chance Of receiving the nom.
nation. and that vas his reason. and
only rfason, FOR retiring. Mr.. BoHI
overrates his political standing. The
people do not.
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BLOODY MASSACRE.
The Modern Egyptian Lucknow at
B0rb0p.

CAIRO, June 1.-THE Government to
day has just received news confirming
the report Of the tall OF Berber. The
dispatch says that the garrison fought
with great heroism. They kept up q
deadly Ore on the rebels until their am.
munition Was exhausted. The rebels
discerning the cause Of the cessation oi
the fire from the garrison, charged the
works and fell on the Egyptian soldiers
in overwhelming numbers. A hand-to-
hand fight ensued, but the Egyptians,
being greatly outnumbersd, soon sue
cumbed. The captors then msssscred
all the remaining soldiers and nearly oil
OF the citizens OF Berber, only fifty per-
sons surviving the massacre. Hussein
Pscha Khalffaf the Governor, was bad.
II wounded during the fight, but bis life
was spared, and be 10 now held pris'
0aer By. Tie feheis. II is slso stated
that thirty thousand Arabs have started
for Dongola, determined on capturing
the place. t
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DER Herald. of Milwaukee, the most
influential sDd widely cireuiated German
Republican newspaper 10 the northwest
refuses 10 support BLAINE and LOGAN
The Germans OF the northwest are al
most solid in their opposition to the
ticket.
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IRvINe HALE, of Colorado, graduated
at West Point Military Academy last
week, and The published report says :
"His record surpasses any other cadets
that ever eraduated from this Academy" !"
That is big boom Tor young HALE.
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CAmsarpeE, O., June IL, 1884


- -
ST. LouIa, June 6.-Gen Carl Schurz
arrived here to-day. and in connection
with bis visit the Wesiliche Post, the
leading German Republican organ OF
this section. viii tomorrow publish the
following editorial paragraph: ..Yester-
day the ridiculous rumor came into cir
cula,ion that the purpose OF the visit Of
Carl Schurz TO ST. Louis Was to persuade
Us to support Blaine for President. The
exact reverse Is the truth Il Was long
before the Chicago Convention that Mr.
Schurz told Us that under no conceivable
circumstances would be support and Cd.
vocate the nomination OF Mr.. Blaine
What has happened OF late hiss rather
confirmed than weakened him in that in.
tention. The Republican party will hesl
IRON him very soonn
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Hon. e. ". MArraEws, OF Guernsey
County. has withdrawn from the race for
Congress In this District Mr. N is .
tried and irne Democrat and some day
IL the pear future will be remembered,
With rominstion. BY the Democracy Of
she District.
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Bellaite d. mocrat.

! FRon the present outlook Il appears
tha. Gen. WARsEK will probably receive
|tbe Congressional nomination by accla-
nation. The Democrats oi this district
could make no stronger nomination.
Election will follow his nomination.
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GovEREoR ST. john, OF Kansas, de-
clsres that the nomination OF BLAIsa
and LoaAN Is disgrace to honest men,
and calls on temperance people TO con.
demn j, end vote against them.
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tsuern.eY Jefsrsonian l2th in.t


TIE following letter has been received
by the Jefersonian announcing the with
drawal OF e W. MATHEWS from the
Congressional canvass in this district
Mr. MArHEw,, as candidate, had de.
velopei considerable strength, as had
Mr.. BoHL. Of Washington County, who
has slso Withdrawn; but the fact could
not fail TO be observed that Gen. War.
sER's wise course in Congress had suct
approval from the people Of the distric
ss to insure bis return as man Of expe.
rience to TIE halls OF legislation upor
the probable election OF Democratic
administration. Mr.. MATHEWS would
have been an easy victor over any lesl
formidable competitor
CAMBarDeE, O., June IL, 1884.
Editor Jeffersonian:
1t having become apparent that Il 4
the sentiment Of the Democrscy-of thil
distrsct that there should be no contes
fof the nomination OF candidate foI
Congress. bot our action should be uni
ted and harmonious, ], therefore, imits,
ting the example Of Hon. Henry BOIL
withdraw from the contest, believing tina
by 90 doing NAV be ALE TO contribut,
something toward the attainment o
these desirable objects. To my friend,
Who have been 90 cordially supporting
me ! desire to return my most SINGER,
thanks. e. w. MATHEWS.
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Little Less Than Revolution.
Snrinofieli 1 Renublican. June 4

4soYuUiACens juno Os
The list OF Independent and Republi.
can Journals which have promptly ranged
themselves aeanst Blaine is extsaordi.
nary and significant. 1, includes, besides
the Republican, the Boston Advertiser
and Herald, the New York Times, Even
ing Post and Herald, the satiric Puck
and undoubtedly Harper's Weekly The
dispatches from all the country indicates
unmistakably that these Journals repre-.
sent . serious disapprohation of the Re-
publican nomination., and they will eff.
cientiy voice that disspprobation. Ths
action OF no other Of these means ex.
actly what that Of the Boston Advertiser
does. II represents 10 its ownership and
in its traditions that staid, deliberate
conservative class often referred to Will
little derision as "Boeton respectable
ty"-a class OF men and OF habits o
thought not lightly moved, but whose
moving indicates little less than reyolu.
ton. Il means the revolt.of the chaEac.
ter OF the community against this m.
worthy work at Chicago. Men In pro.
fessionsl and businese life. with whom
honor is possession OF great price, and
To whom the National Chief Magistracy
is not prize for tainted smar' ness. are
not going TO tamely endure this gross
affront put upon them by the politicians
The Advertiser is sn old Republican pa.
per and has condoned the party errors
time out of mind in ite horror Of indie.
pendence, bat the limit has been reached
and 1t is itself an Independent newspa
per.
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Aanspojis cadets accused Of bszing,
hsve been ordered aboard ship. Tits 10
supposed to end the matter.
Western Union hes declared quar-.
terlv dividend Of II A surplus OF
$1,000 will be left after pa, ment al
the dividend
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TIE only daily Republican paper 10
The State OF Delaware has hauled down
the names Of BLAIsE and LosAx and de
clared /, cannot support them.
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sHERlFF's SALE.
catharins alasser 4 sno
s. misdalsns ssosas sss
order Of Sale In Parsls.s.


laS 53s
OY virtue Of . certain order Of sale IN paIti.
Il tion issued hon the courtof common pleas
within and for the county Of Mouros, and stats
Of 0hie, in aoase pending 10 said court between
the above named parties, and 70 me directed,
I will oFer for sale at public auction q the
east door Of the court house in woodshsld. ON
Saturday, he 2Stk day sf Jxne, 1884,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock .. N. and 4
e'cloch P. m. Of said day, the following de-
scribsd real estate situate in Monroe county
Ohis, 10 wit:
The northwest quarter sf the nosthvss,
quarter Of section two, township seven
range seven, containing thirty nine and forty
eight hundredth acres.
Also, the soushwss: quarter of thssouth
west quarter Of section three, township
seven, range seven, (except about one aess ip
the southwest corner thersof belonging tC
the B. G. Church, containing thirty nine
acres more OF less,
Said property 80 ordered to Be sold is ap-
praised At $s,2ss 50. and may sell for two.
thirds Of said appraisemsnt.
TRRNs OF SAtE-One third cash In hani
on day Of sale; one-third in one, and ose
third in two years from said day Of sale, dc
ferred payments TO be secured By mortgage
on the premises sold, and TO bear interest
from day Of sale, payable annually.
CHRIS. LUDR,
may27, SAWS. Sheriff M. C. O.
sfslass DaIses and PsARsos, Att'ys.
az
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TIE New York Tines. the leading Re
publican psper In the United States. re-
fuses to support BLAINE.
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THE Republican party is all split up
Leading politicians and papers are dali,
declaring that they cannot supper,
BLAINE and LOGAN,
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TEE Tribune is the only Republican
paper in New York City that supports
BLAINE and LeaAs.
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THE opponents Of Civil Service Re-
form are requested TO carefully peruse
On article on that subject Published on
our iirst page.
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Ma. HEHRY BOIL has Withdrawn from
the race Tor the Congressional nouina-
ton in this District
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GEn C H GRosvEsoR. OF Athens. re.
ceived the Republican nomination foI
Congress in the 18th District, last week
on .he 6rst ballot.
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TIE Springfield Repsbiican says
aThe Republican party for the trst time
since L was in power has invited defeat
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Samuel B. Gregory. commander in the
navy. died IN Boston Saturday. aged Il.
Theodore F. Dewey Of Osborne, o.,
hes been disharred from pension prac.
tice by the Interior department.
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THE Republican Independents all over
the country are emphatic in their oppo-
sition to BLAINE and LOGAN
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THE CHICAGO NOMINEE
Press op1n1Ons..

There will be nothing ambiguous
about the defeat OF Mr.. Blaine He Who
runs. NAV clearly read the verdict In ad-
vance A candidate unworthy Of conf.
dence, and party too careless OF its
own honor to We longer trusted with the
nation's-N. r. Times, Republican.
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TwErrr Frvs hundred Boston Repub-
licsns bolt BLAINE. and have signed .
call for meeting.
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B0sINEss men 10 the East are not en-
ibnsiastic in their support Of BLAINE and
LeaAN.
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THosnAs is ihe choice 81 the Pacific
stase No better nomination could be
made.
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A Revoaationary Nomination.

SfRrxerIELD. Mass, June 10.-Ths
Springfield Republican, after a,carefu
study Of the stuati0n, says:
"The nominations are revolutionary
They are such a. the Republican part,
hes never before presented, and will carr,
dismay and alarm to thousands Of mer
who have regarded this as the party o
safety, OF integrity. OF principle and q
high moral ends. They portend deserv
ed disaster and ldefest to the Republican
party and revolution 10 the nationa
administration" ei
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A movement is on foot to hold .
Worlds fair OF the WOOL growing inter.
lest at Fort Worth, Tex, In 1887.
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FoRzlok spccn'stors own 20.64F, ,o0l
aores Of land 10 ne United States.
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THs Spring eaeld, Mass, Rsprblican Is
desd down on BLArsr and Loeas.
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TaE New York Iadspeadsnt jumps
i6e fence and refuses 10 support BLAINE.
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days use II
onssrvsc
nd
u.
juns7,s4p5. Hannibal monroe County onio.
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New York Thrown Away.

AtOoAy tcDos AsoPt soAo
The Republican party-oc at lesst y
very large portion Of it--bas q candidate
it has wanted for q very long while.
And though he is thoroughly inbued
with its principles. snd hes proved bin.
self On able exponent Of them, still, 'un.
less many members OF that party can
sink their opposltion-animosity or pref.
udice-he will not get its full vote Here
in New York it 1. extremely doubtful
whether this will be done, and unless the
Democrats make serious blunder Mr..
Blaine cannot carry this State.
Unworthy of Republican Support.
BosroN, June 10 The Advertiser,
Republican, SAYS:
"The events Of the last few days have
given us no answer to the objections 90
often urged in these columns against the
nomination OF Mr.. Blaine and agains,
the course OF Mr.. Blaine as . public
man, and have presented no contingency
in which these objections could be waiv.
ed consistently With truth or political
honor. We have, then, nothing TO re
tract and nothing to modify. With IN.
abated devotion to the great purpose fol
which the Republican party was organ
ixed and has been maintained, we declare
our inability to support the nomination
either 10 the present aspect Of the polit.
ical 6eld, or in any which now seems
likely 10 present itself"
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Moral Standards

OF the people has been impaired. To
redfess these evils is work Of great
difficulty and labor, and cannot be &C.
ccmplished without the most energetic
and Efficient personal action on the part of
the Chief e xecutive ofthe Republic. The
canvass aud administration which 1t is
desired tina. ] shauld undertake would
embrace period OF nearly FIVE years.
Nor can I admit any illusion as to their
burdens. Three years Of experience in
the endeasor to reform the Municipal
Government OF the City OF New York,
and i've years OF experience in removals
ing the administration Of the State oil
New York, have made me familiar with
the requirements OF such work. AT the
present time the considerations which In
duced my action in 1880 have become