Year: 1873

and correspondents for newspapers whose chief labors are lying. If God had not ceased to strike men dead for deliberate lying, there would soon be @ sweeping reduction in journalistic ranks. The miserable wretches are always scenting around for something bad, nasty and disgraceful, and fail ing to find it bad enough to suit their taste or on a level with much of their own conduct, they at once fabricate tales of falsehood for their readers. There is not an observant reader of current news and lies and nastiness who does not know our statements are true.

 Just now these foul blots of the press, are ibelling the Centennial Commission, and President Grants connection with it. They are charg- ing that the President is making partisan machine of it; that in con- sequence it must be @ failure, &c. Now we here present facts which the liars may deny but cannot possibly disprove: The President of the United States has no partisan in- fuence to wield over the Centennial management, hence. if disposed, he could not. The law compels him to commission two commissioners in each State and Territory upon their nomination by the Governor of such State or Territory. The President cannot appoint one of his own choice and is compelled by law to appoint only such as the several Governors name to him for appointment. Thus the President has commissioned two democrats in each of the States of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, California, Ore gon and others. Nevada's principal commissioner is a democrat and the other republican-but a democratic Governor named both and the Pres ident was compelled to appoint them. The commissioners from West Vir- ginia and Virginia are both very clever and able men, and they fought bravely in the rebel army, and other States have like character of officers in the Commission. The commits sioners of Indiana were both named by a republican Governor and the President appointed them. By and by the State elected demo- cratic Governor { Hendricks ) and he discovered that one of the ap- pointees had ceased to be resident of Indiana, and thereupon sent the name of a democrat to President Grant for appointment, and he was appointed, giving that State a representative from each party. So we might go into the details of the work to show how base the press Modocs are in this respect. In the formation of the con- mittees charged with the more respon- sible duties, members were chosen be- cause of their special fitness and for no other. Any member of the Com mission who has attended the meeting of the body will testify to these state ments.

 Right in the city of Philadelphia, there are number of these press Apaches and Modocs who hope to be quieted down by gifts or bribes-- either being what they labor for. The commission is in no sense parti- san. Any discussion or action of the kind at it's meetings would kill it dead as it should. Congress so legislated as to prevent partisanship in its man. agement. If it fails to get the warm support of the whole people, the press Apaches and Modocs will be chiefly responsible and not the President or Commission whose labors are earnest and without pay, and whose aim is to make the exposition grand success and benefit to the whole people. The extreme southern members are i o,,+bro;o ot;c in the belief that if will