The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-02

ArcnlStS De1or6 the 1lilnOlS supreme
Court.
The Democrats have good work
ing majority in the Lower House of
Congress, while the Senate will be
close, thus insurfng to the country
some wholesome legislation.
ERONIMo's band of Apanhes at
Fort Pickens, Florida. are said to be
dying at the rate of four per day.
This is more rapid defamation than
was ever produced by the United
S:a'es army.
MILLIoNAIRE TERRY; the richest
man in Cuba, who recently died, be-
gan business as peddler. He got rich
ut that, married more money, and
died worth $50, 0,OOO,OoO.
DOES a tariff that robs fifty million
of people for the benefit of IL few rich
capitalists protect the labor of the Ia
boris men? If SO, under our present
tariff laws, the laboring men have
prott ction in immensity.
The Democrats party is national
party. 1t is a party of the peoble.
Take the thirty eight States of the
Union by the recent election, and the
popular Democratic majority is over
2OO, 600.
THERE are only about $40, 900, 900 of
8 per cent. bonds outstanding. By
next June all will have been called in =,
and no more bonds are redeemable for
several years. What will be done
with the surplus revenues in the mean
time?
The present administration is on
record as having reduced the interest
bearing debt one hundred and seyen-
teen millions of dollars since it came
into power. There is still surplus,
and other bond calls will be made reg
ularly.
In electing members of Congress in
Ohio, $4,000 Republicans elect one
Republican member, but it takes Sc, ,O0O
Democrats in this State to elect a
DemocI attic member. And that's what
the Redublican howlers mean by
"honsst elections"
JUDGE SCOTT, of the Illinois Su
preme Court, has granted writ Ol
supercedeas in the case of Chicago
Anarchists, which will delay the exc
cution until the full Supreme Court
has passed upon the questions raised
upon q new trial, which will be March
or April.
The corn crop of this country this
year is said to be ,650. 200, 900 bushels.
The same authority gives the con-
sumption as more than this, namely
O,OOO,O 900 bushels used in human
food, 624 ,OOO, 600 for working animals,
10000, 900 for seed, loo. .9OO, 900 for the
production of spirits and glucose, TO,
OOO, 600 for export. and SOC, 600, 900 for
the food of meat producing animals.
THERE are now 20, SAT 900 acres OF
land i'm these United States owned by
foreign landlords and foreign syndi-
Gates. This is fact of the very great
est importance to the laboring man.
1t is not necessary to be an advocate
of Henry Georges land theory in or
der to understand that there is bot
tomless iniquity in the disposal of
public lands in this way.
The Louisville Courier Journal says
"The Pennsylvania protectionists
make a desperate struggle to answer
the question, why wages under the
biyh protection tariffs of Italy and
Germany are only about half what
thew are in "free trade England =?
So far, they haven't answered it worth
O cent"
THE usual preparations were mace
for Thanksgiving at the Day ton SOL
d;ers' Home. On this occasion the
hi of fare consisted of roast turkey,
2 300 pounds giblet sauce, 40 gallons;
ovster dressing, 80 gallons; mashed
notatoes, 54 bushels; Lima beans, 300
mounds; ; cranberry sauce. barrels !;
cslery. 200 dozen punches; tomato
cstsup, 40 gallons; pickles, 40 gallons;
bread, 900 pounds ; butter. 200 lbs !;
apples, % barrels; mince pies, 1850 i;
coffee, 500 gallons,