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Year: 1878

for example, even when the fever of in
fiation was strongest among them, were COM
PEELED to adopt, defend and mdorse Presl-
dents Grants veto of the Initiation bill.
Republicans in every State have found It
utterly impossible to escape clear responsi-
biIity as a party for the Resumption act, and
for the measures taken to enforce that
act and hence, if not strangely foolish,
have seen that encouragement OF Oreeh-
back heresies would be fatal. They have not
done all that they should have done, but they
have done enough to make 1t Impossible 10
stampede the Republican party by any form
of financial lunacy. Where they have yielded
defeat has quickly forced them into an attl-
tude at once more honorable and more saga
cious, and it is very probable that the recent
elections will greatly accelerate the progress oil
the Republican party in the western states
toward hearty, unreseryed, uncondltlonh
and unflinching championship OF puDhc lai'n'


The GTeenback vote does not appear from
the earlier dispatches to have been as large
as managers Of that party expected. They
counted upon nearly equal diversion from
the ranks of the two main parties, and were
mistaken. We suspect it will prove, when
the full returns are received and scTCtinized,
that the Groenback party did secure fully the
support expected from former Democrats, but
that it failed to gain from the Rcpuoilcan
parry, and even lost much OF Its strength III
1876 or 1877 by the return OF voters to the
Republican ranks. The wanderers have been
long enough in communication with Brick
Pomeroys party to know that 1t Is no place
for men who are not traitors
Year: 1878

Two grand victories have been achieved by
the Republicans of the West. The greatest
was victory over their own timIdity and
weakness on financial questions; they dared
to stand up for the right. The other victory,
over the Democratic party and the National
or Greenback force, naturally followed, for
the people of this country have not yet come
to regard with Indifference or approval as
saults upon the public faith. Whenever the
issue is fairly presented to them, Shall the
United States play the swindler, and cheat
" its creditors and Its citizens ~ they answer
as honest men must. The fault of the
Republicans of the West, in some States
and some campaigns, has been that
they were afraid to present the Issue bravely,
truly and squarely. They feared to trust the
people. They paltered with National dis
honor in equivOcal phrases. And they were
beaten, as they deserved, though greatly to
the harm of the country. In mere pecuni-
ary sense, it would have been worth hundreds
of millions to the people of the United States
if the Republicans of Ohio, in the campaign
of last year, and the Republicans Of Indiana,
in more than one past campaign, had
been as faithful and as brave as they have
been this year. They feared that majority
of the people woulf be found dishonest, and
lowered their standard to catch dishonest
votes. Il should have been plain TO them
from the beginning that they never cOuld hope
to compete with the Democratic party for
votes of that sort, and their only chance was
TO stand up like men for National honor, and
trust that a majority of the people would be
found intelligent enough to see and honest
enough to choose the right. This they did in
Ohio III 1875 and 1876, and victory rewarded
hem. This they have done again in Ohio,
and in Indiana and Iowa, this year, aDd vic
tory once more smiles upon them. Will not
Republicans in all other States take the lesson
to heart 7


1t Is not necessary to wait for full returns in
order to see that the prediction long ago made
by THE TRIBUNE is verified. The Greenback
movement does draw votes much more largely
from the Democratic than from the Repub-
lican party, because Democratic leaders,
speakers and journals have constantly pam
dered to the repudating and communistc
element, have sought to inflame the passions
of their hearers or readers against property
owners and rights of property. and so have
made the Democratic party in effect nursery
of communism and repudiation. II is en-
tirely natural that, after such education for
years, great numbers Of Democrats should
embrace the essential ideas of the Democratic
party. The consequence is seen in the final
abandonment Of the Democratic party by
thousands of voters.


0a the other hand, the Republican party
has been held to better course, even against
its will in some States, first by the intellect
and conscience of many of Its best leaders,
and of a great share of its voters; second,
by its formal pledges; and third. by the
official acts Of its administrations and ma
jorities In Congress. Republicans in Indiana,
Year: 1878

been Industrious steady and therefore succesSfu III


Is SGs one Of the most prominent and influential Re-
puDncans OF Otsego County, and may be reckOned AZ
one OF the sure members OF the next Congress-"


The prospect is most excellent for the re-
demptiOn Of at lean three Congressional districts nv
the Republicans, viz. Niagara District where Dem
oorat crept n two ago between two Republicans
and only 3S4 votes AZ that the Monroe District wbera
similar dissensiOns gave the Democratic candidate
majority OF ESQ., and the Erie District where there was
open division among the Republicans, but where tha
Democratic candidate by Of certain disaeetons
came out ahead by 300 votes. change OF less than
thousand votes In these three districts would mean
gain OF three Republican Congressman and IN tbs
change Is not made will be for lack Of effort


Ex-Speaker Sloan has deprived the State OF
an excellent Assembyman by peremptOrly declining 10
permit the use OF his candidate. His prvate
for this pressing that he has pub
lished letter saying that he believes hims = likely TO
be nominated in spite Of bis protests and feels obliged
at the risk OF seeming TO refuse nomination which has
not been offered to that be cannot possibly serve as
a candidate. Mr.. SOan's letter is very manly and
straightforward document and will increase the general
regret that man 80 worthy and Republican so zcal
GUS should not be found in the next Legislature.


An excellent commentary upon the sincerity
OF the Syracuse platform may be found in utterancr,
Ike these from SO conspicuous Democratic paper o.
The Etaird Gazette: In this emergency the nteigen,
supporter of the greenback will at least pause long
enough 10 consider where he can make bis ballot the
most effective The necessities of the situation pres
ent demand immediate concentration Of strength 20
continue the Of the egaltender currency cir
culation. We admit tho Democracy OF the East nave
been slow to appreciate the value OF the grecnbac but
at the Syracuse Convention the party declared in
Of Gold. silver and convertible INTO eOin the
will Of the holder the only currency of the country
and the West and South go further and insist upon the
greenback taking the place OF the National bank
rency. The Democratic party therefore, is the only
party whose strength In Congress and whose declaration
OF principles give promise of protecting green
back money from destruction by resumption. Every
vote for third party at least half vote for the Re
publican party, whose purpose to retire the greenback
Notwithstanding the disclaimers OF feeble minority -
unmstakable. There ia guarantee of safety bG5 IN
the firm maintainanee Of the supremacy OF the Democ
racy In the State and Nation"
Year: 1878

been eating away the solid rock on which it
was built, so that last year it was decided that
the old structure should give way to iofter
and larger one. There is reason to fear now,
as no light is visible from Plymouth. that
the sea has conquered at last, and sweeps
again in unchecked force oyer the Eddystone
rocks
Year: 1878

BILE for old admirers Of Mr.. Adams to make the
excuse for him that he was gullible and
had been gulled. But that excuse win not


last now and as a friendly act we advise Mr..
Adams to get out of his present predcament before
the next instalment.
Year: 1878

There are symptoms of an effort to make that
"bad young man, Governor Tilden's nephew the
scapegoat. Now against this we protest. Ii is not
our business to defend Colonel PeltOn, but this
much we will say He has no cant about him, and
humbug. He is not hypocrite, and he is at least
man of his word. Judging solely by the revelations
of the dispatches those still hands well as
those printed, Colonel Pelton is better man than
you could make out of the material in a ten-acre
field full of Marbles. And still we do not mean 10
say that be is good young man.
Year: 1878

The one man who comes out clear and clean and
straight, like the honorable gentleman everybody
knows him to be, is Abram S. Hewitt the chair
man of the Democratic National Committee. But
he delays that letter too long.
Year: 1878

1t will not soOthe Senator Thurman to remember
that there was a time when a victory for sound
principles Of finance not necessarily defeat OF
any honorable ambition which be might be cherish
ing 1t often pays in politics, to hold fast to
that which il good.
Year: 1878

not be at hand to prevent, and even whom


any got out in the Gay, the officers appoin.


'ed aid not care to meddle with them, be.


cause as they were all gricvously infected


70 DC sure, when they came to that height


SO they were more than ordinarily infectu.


ous' ana 1t was one of the most dangerous


'hings that could be to touch them. On


the other hand, they generally ran on not


showing what they did, till they droppod
down -daad- -sn-AilL


then die in perhaps half an hour or an hour:
and, which was most piteous to hear. thew
were sure to come to themselves entirely in
that half hour, and then to make most
srieylous and piercing cries and lamepta.
tlons iu the deep affecting sense of the con-
dition they were in. X After ,
while the fury of the infection appeared to
DC so increased that, in short, they shut up
no houses at all ; it seecmed enough that
all the remedies of that kind had been used
TIL they were found fruitless, and that tho
plague spread itself with an irresistible furv.
so that it came at last with such violence
that the people sat still, looking at each
other, and seemed quite abandoned to des.
pair. Whole streets seemed to be desolatcd
and not to be shut up only, but to be emp
tied OF their inhabitants. Doors were left
open, windows stood shatterins in the
wind in empty houses, for want of peoplo
to shut them' In word, people began to
give up themselves to their fears. and to
think that all regulations and methods were
in vain, and that there was nothing to be
hoped for but an universal desolation."
Year: 1878

and wouid run directly down to the river
and plunge themselves into the water,
wherever shey found it, 1t often pierced
my soul to hear the groans and cries of
those who were thus tormented This run
ming Of distcmpered people about the streets
was very dismal, and the magistrates did
their utmost to prevent it; but, as it was
always in the night, and generally sudden,
when attemps were made, the officers could
Year: 1878

MAcpoNALD's STATUE OF CUSTER.


private view given Saturday Al his studio
by Mr. j. Wilson Macdonald OF his full clay model
for his OF General Custer TO be ed at West
Point The statue, which Is OF heroic size, Is eight
feet IN height represents the officer stand
ing as II hghting foot HIS lett log is advanced
the foot resting small rise in the ground; the left
raised ana bent as ii to avoid blow, while The
hand OF the right arm extended down back at iu
length, is 10 hold the sword. The head is bare, with
In full uniform. with sgueltes the left breast and
with cavalry boots.


The statue is open to much criticism in The pose
OF The asure the unnatural strained position OF the
bent left arm. aod in the excessive size OF the head
THIS latter, though boldly aud well treated does
not seam TO be good likeness, and, though iorceu,
lacks in Gepiction the character OF the man. Tho
balanced, Tor with the sword held position IL
Is th Q lott arm would not be raised as II 10 ward
blow. There is feeling on looking ut the statue as


whole that IL Is wanting tn real energy there - Too
much = posed air


There Is good modelling in the figure and costume.
which, however, TITS TOO we'll TO be artistic and espc
ciay the carefully studied long boots The dress Is
made much use oil as possible 10 give picturesque
elect but it would seem hat the more unconventional
and decidedly artistic costume worn by the cavalry
leader the Plains would nave been more suitable
Tor the purpose


The pedestal will be ornamented bas- relets of bu-
falo and Indian trophies and by one represent
ing the brave cavalryman mounted with his eworc
pointing 10 The enemy and looking back at MS men,
Year: 1878

Twenty years ago a gentleman living
along the Tennessee line, not more than
thirty Eve or forty miles from Glasgow,
con included to move to California. The
proposition met the cordial assent of all
his fam ly. Everything was shaped to-
ward the removal. When the time came
The land was unsold and some bus ness
remained unsettled. 1t was agreed that
the mother and remainder of the family,
except the father, should commence the
move, which in those days consumed
months in making. The father re-
mained to settle up the affairs and sell
the farm, intending to start as soon as
he could wind mp. The gentlemen set
himself to work, but found it an uphill
business to adjust his affairs, and could
find no suitable purchaser for his land.
Two or three years passed in fruitless
efforts to get ready to leave, and eventu-
ally the muttering of war was heard,
and speedily the blaze of civil discord
caused all hope of family reunion to
vanish until the conflict should pass.
The war over things were in no shape
for immigration. Time passed on until
the gentleman has reached an old age,
and infrmities have taken hold of him,
and now the probability of the family
meeting beyond the grave is oil that
lights up the hopes of either wing of
the long separated family. The family
were bound together by the strongest
ties, and the long separation has been q
most painful one. 1t is certainly mos
singular history - Glasgow Ky. } Times
Year: 1878

A Pennington correspondent of the
Easport Sentinel writes as follows: "I
rode to the frst-class hotel it was a
covered frame ON stills, and barely par
titioned off inside with laths. Every
one washed from the same tin dish, and
wiped upon the same towel the fare
was tough steak and tougher biscuit |;
the beds were mere boxes on legs, and
filled with coarse meadow hay. No
doors to the rooms, nor nails to hang
coat, no stand or even chair to put
lamp on but mine host just dropped
some grease from his dip upon the floor.
into which he inserted his candle, and
bade me make myself comfortable. Now
had hired the "private room at an
extra price, with no understanding that
it was to be all my own for the night,
and, of course, the only safety for the
money was to put it to bed. So you
may imagine my serenity when at twelve
midnight in bounced a straggler in long
boots; the landlord had sent him up, he
said, as mine was the only bed with but
one i'll it. In the morning I
found that about forty persons had
been lying right across the long entry
between the rooms, with only here and
there blanket among them, and they
snored on as walked over them. After
breakfast the landlord told us all to
come out and square the house into
plaee-it had been moved on it's bed in
the night by the wind. Leaning on a
long rail as lever. we all bore our
weight upon it. and the frst-class hotel
came into place again. But now, mark
me, that place is a county seat, has a
court house and other fine buildings,
with churches, two newspapers, and
really more than one " first class hotel.
And this is sample of hundreds OF
places on the prairies.
Year: 1878

Recent observations on tho compare.
tive anatomy of this little animal, have
made known to us that just within its
mouth it is furnished with three little
jaws, triangularly arranged, on each
side of which are inserted row OF very
minute, sharp pointed teeth, much re-
sembling the teeth of saw. Each jaw
has it's appropriate muscular apparatus
for its peculiar action, and thus is ex.
planned the constant shape of the wound
observed after the application of this
very useful apimal, -Annals Of ohen'ts-
try.
Year: 1878

Were all the towns and villages of the
State sifted out, the rural increase would
be found to have been much less than
166 per cent. Ohio is a fair average be-
tween the old and the new States. After
scanning all the townships of Ohio, and
separating the village, town and city
population from the grand total of the
State, we have reached the following re-
cultc.
Year: 1878

vail. If there is TO be any Endorsement Of
the President and his administration II
should not extend beyond the question of
finance and an honest administration OF
public affairs relating to currency and the
honest payment of our debts. Outside OF
these there is danger Of friction and unta-
vornble results. Total silence in regard to
the National Administration would be ac-
cepted as q tacit Endorsement, for tho reason
that it could not in any degree be interpret
ed into condemnation, and that would, we
assume, be far more acceptable to the l'resi'
dent and his advisers than any expression
that would excite to difference and antago.
nism. If the Administration is satisfied
with its own policy, no Endorsement is
needed to enhance that satisfaction and II
1t is not, then its consciousness Of error
should not be vexed by the antagonism OF
an expressed approval.
Year: 1878

EX-DooRKEEPER FITzHUGHs exposure
of Objector HoLMAN's duplicity in the
matter of the appointment of one-legged
ex- Union soldier, has exalted him materially
In the estimation of the general public An
ex-Coufederate soldier himself, he was
honest and brave enough not to become a
party to a despicabe intrigue of which a
former honorable enemy was the intended
victim. He is most assuredly n bigger man
Lthan old HoIMAS"
Year: 1878

ID. y. SKILLINGs ex Butleriau Demo-
cratic candidate for State Treasurer in Mas
sacbusetts, evidently knew what he was
about when he declined the Worcester
nomination for that office. lie now &C.
cepts the Faneuil Hall nomination for the
same place, and is to be congratulated rs n
mau who has practically reversed the old
saying from the frying-pan into the fire"
He will nevertheless suffer from the cook
ing Of his political goose this fall.
Year: 1878

THE brazen impudence of the Confeder-
ate Democracy in parading the interes, ac-
count Of the national debt as charge
against the Republican party is having its
natural effects, and one that is not favorable
to those who make the charge. The people
understand that the millions of dollars ex-
pended on this account by the Government
are to be charged to the treason of this same
Confederate Democracy. The Republican
party has simply done its duty in wiping
out the debt created by these traitors, and re-
ducing taxation as rapidly as possible, while
preserving the integrity of the government
which they sought to destroy.
Year: 1878

1t is right that General BUTLER has rs
an American citizen to hold United states
or 3.65 bonds to,.nny amount so long as he
comes honestly by them. So of spoons or
any other article Of intrinsic value or vertu.
It was not, because General BUTLER is a
bloated "lecherous bondholder" that the
question of the amount Of bonds he holds
want0nly lied about them. He uttered q
speech in which he substantially declared
to the country that all his capital was in
vested in real estate and in business opera
tuus, when we were led to believe that the
Registers Office OF the Treasury contained
valuable evidence to the contrary. For that
reason We proposed 10 show that he had
, practised u fraud on public credulity by mis-
, representing the truth, if permission were
granted us to examine the records ol the
! Registers office III Then BUrLER, instead of
playing the man, put on the airs and Ian
guage of the blackguard, which perhaps
hest suits him, and sent TO the telegraph Of
fee what purpored to be an open letter to
, the Register Of the Treasury, granting the
desired permission upon such conditions and
| in such terms rs only q scurrilous sneak


would have resorted to. We have cause for
the belief that this letter was never sent to
the Register Of the Treasury, and hence
answered no other purpose than TO crafty
the promptugs OF very low nature that
centred in its author.


In referring TO this matter the Washing


ton correspondent Of the Baltimore S"" says


" 1t now appears that the Register OF the
Treasury has received no such permission
" from General BuTLER, although if it is
given he will have no objection to comply


" and it il asserted around the Treasury
THAT the examination can be made III
perfect confidence; that the ears will not
"be cut of" It is very evident that But


LER has lied about the Investment of his
grca, wealth that he has stolen majority
of the Democratic party IN Massachusetts
and is being guilty Of acts unbecom!ng
man of honor, a proper ezempIar of Ameri


can craftsmanship, the character OF good
citizen, and q pattern Of truthfulness and
Year: 1878

''Have you any light on the failure of the Glasgow city bank during the present week ?" 'It- was partly attributable to the sudden and vast change in the character of American deal ings with Great Britain. I will express it to you in the words of the president of the'bank of Leeds. He said: Good gracious! Mir Musgrave; what are you Americans going to do with us3 It is you that are giving us so much stagnation and distress. We have come to rely upon you for our bread stuffs and meat You used to deal it out on this side and take our goods in return. You take nothing any more, and are drawing the money from our bank vaults"
Year: 1878

The remains of man were. found near a picrnic ground the, other day and it is SUD- posed he must have been insane and looked happy on his way home and was ruthlessly slaughtered by the rest of the party, sl
Year: 1878

Some time ago my husband used to
complain that his linen collars did
not set nicely in front. There was
always a fullness, which, in the case
of standing collars, was particularly
trying to a man who felt good deal
of pride In the dressing OF his necki
as il tspOiled the effect OF bis cravat,
ana often left gap for the display OF
either the collar band Of the shirt or
q half inch OF the bare skin. While
talking with q practical shirt maker
one day he mentioned his annoyance,
and inquired IL there was any way OF
relieving it. "Yes," answered the
man, "the fault Is with your laun-
dress. While doing up your collars
she stretches them the wrong way.
Damp linen Is very pliable, and good
null will alter q fOurteen-ineh into
q fifteen-inch collar in the twinkle oil
an eve. She ought to stretch them
crOsswise and not lengthwise. Then
| in Strengthening out your shirt bosom
| she MAKES another mistake OF tue
same sort. They, also, ought TO X
pulled crOssWise Instead OF length
wise, particularly in the neighbOr'
hood Of the neck. A lengthWise pul


draws the front OF the neckbsnd some


what directly under your chin, wher'
il was never meant to go, and 0


course that spoils the set Of your col


lar. With the front of your meek
band an inch too high, and your col
lar an inch too long, you have mos
undesirable combination"


The speaker was right. As soon a
nv husband ordered the necessar
changes to be made In the methods
our laundry, a wonderful ditierenc
manifested itself in the appearance


that most important part Of his cla
. auatomy-hIs neck. Let noe con


mend the shirtmAkerIs hint 20 otht
5 distressed men.-NelO York EreIIH


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