Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-02
REcoRD-UNIoN MELANGE.

There are no taxes levied upon church
property in Ohio, but under Republican
rule high tax was placed upon whisky
the Democratic staff of life-and Repub-
lcan Supreme Court sustained it. This
was grievous offense to the Democracy.
ana when that party came into power, with
reorganized Supreme Court, the Demo-
crauc members of that honorable BODY
promptly relieved the situation BY declar-
ing the tax on Democratic beverages to be
unconstitutional. That party points with
pride to this achievement, and now, having
secured free whisky, proposes to carry war
INTO Africa by imposing a tax upon
churches, and in this laudable enterprise it
mas secured the active cooperation of the
Kew. DIR. Leonard, Prohibition candidate
Tor Governor, and the late Presidential Pro-
hlbition candidate, the Hon. John P. ST.
John. ~
When the American lovers of yacht sport
get left in keeping on this side of the At
iantlc waters all the prize cups offered, cold
weather, indeed, will have set in, After
the successful race of the Puritan against
the Genesta had taken place the American
papers were very pronounced in their praise
OF the superiority of the American-built
craft over the style of the English-even
dlsparaging strongly the model of the lat
ter. Now, the Genesta having won the
Brenton Reef and Cape May cups, not by
superior English craft sailing, but by in
ferior American, the New York Yacht Club
has offered $4,000, and will give more if
necessary, to buy the Genesta. The secret
OF the purchase is that, under the terms
upon which the cups named were offered as
prizes, they will come back to the New York
club if the !Genesta is bought in. OF course
the New Workers have no use for the &C.
nesta, as she has been proved to be only a
second-class craft beside the Puritan but
they want the two cups which she has cap
tured, land propose to have them if they have
to buy an entire English fleet
The way the Administration " offensive
craftsmanship operates is exceedingly misty
and amusing to Republicans, but no doubt
very clear and satisfactory to the Demo-
Gratis. Henry f. Donovan, Superintendent
OF Letter Carriers in Chicago, and President
of the Young Mems Democratic Club of
that city, has rendered his resignation as
President OF that organization, las the
amount of adverse criticism to which he
had been subjected in accepting the posi-
ton made 1t seem advisable for him to re-
sign" In submitting his resignation he
was very particular to plainly state that
the propriety of his holding the position
H4u Deen considered by MS chlet-POSt-
master-General Villas, who could see moth
ING. Objectionable in his being President of
such club, and at the same time Superin-
tendent OF Carriers. There's richness and
consistency for you Here in Sacramento.
and all over the United States, worthy Re
publican Postmasters are being pitched out
of office upon the sole ground Of " offensive
partisanship,' who never held any office
in political organizations, and whose only
offense is that they are Republicans. It's
no wonder that the New York Mugwumps
who helped to elect this specimen of civil
service reform have denounced the pre-
lenses of the Democracy as gilded fraud
and sham.