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Year: 1876

Plain talk is always best, and we pro-
pose to indulge in some that cannot be mis-
understood The Democrats in Congress
insisted that seven hundred and sixty-five
of the employees in the Executive Depart
ments should be discharged. They called
this reform and economy" The heads
of the Bureaus and Departments declared
that no such reductions could be made with
out serious injury to the civil service. The
Senate protested against the action of the
House, but had finally to give way, and the
law requires that nearly eight hundred
officers, clerks and employees shall be dis
charged from The various Departments by
the 10th day of October.


A desperate battle is now being fought
by the political parties for the control of
the country. The Copperheads of the
North and the rebels of the South are using
every effort to obtain control of the nation.
They use every means to accomplish this
end. In the South force and intimidation,
rife and sabre clubs, are deemed the
most efficient weapons, and are used. In
the North misrepresentation, lying and
money are the means, but everywhere the
end sought is the same. 1t is a duty the
Republican party owes, not only to itself
but to the whole country, to defeat the
efforts of the Democrats and to save the
country from the domination of rebels.
Every legitimate means should be enlisted
in that cause. 1t is well known that the
Executive Departments contain numbers of
Democrats who are inimical to Republican
success and men who care nothing for
it. Their retention exerts bad influence
on the country. The Democratic party
forced the discharges that are to be made,
and these Democrats and "no party" men
should be first discharged. 1t is foolish to
talk about such discharges affecting the
efficiency of the service. There are thou
sands of Republicans just as capable to
discharge the duties of any position in the
Departments as any Democrats in the ser
vice, and the heads of the Executive De-
partments should weed out every Demo-
crat now in the service. We hold that the
greatest mark of incompetency in clerk
or officer under q Republican administra-
tAOA ID " DC d DCulOCIdl. 1AC DCAO-
cratic House set an example on that SUBJ
ject which should be followed by the Re
publican officials This process should not
be confined to mere clerks, employees and
laborers. The higher position Democrat
holds the more damage he can do, and the
official guillotine should reach high and
low alike.


We happen to know that q number of
gentlemen, well qualified by their politics,
their positions and their intelligence, have
been engaged in finding out who are the
Democrats in the Departments, and they
have already nearly enough to satisfy the
demands of Mr.. Randall and his colaborers.
We hope they will obtain q sufficient num-
Der, and that no Republican will have to
suffer dismissal because of the reductions.


We may be asked If this comedies with
the declaration in the Republican platform
aud with Governor Hayes letter of accept
Year: 1876

In OUR local columns will be found an in
teresting opinion by Mr. Attorney Birney
as to the construction of the exemption
laws of the District. Those who owe no
tax, but have received blank schedules,
will save trouble by making returns to this
effect and swearing to them. Otherwise
they will be liable to assessment by the
board of assessors according to the best
judgment of the board. Then the assessed
will have to prove their exemption in order
to avoid tax and penalty.
Year: 1876

snce on the subjatsof "civil service re-
form," and we say 1t does. We have no
doubt that Governor Hayes will hold that
the first requisite of any official will bethst
he shall be Republican, and then that he
shall be honest and competent Therefore
we say, let the Democrats be discharged,
no matter what influence they may have
to keep them in Office. This will be the
first and greatest step to thorough and
complete civil service reform.
Year: 1876

We PRESENT another batch of public
school literature this morning that will
furnish food for some reflection. 1t will be
we'll for our friends to be careful not to
sink the welfare of the schools in personal
CONTROVERSIES.
Year: 1876

ELSEWHERE will bel foundsa somewhat
amusing and highly instructive sermon by
"Blue Ridge" on the possible degradation
which may befall a high-born Virginian.
As "Blue Ridge" is himself Virginian it
may be said he speaks bY the book.
Year: 1876

Under the penny-wise- and pound -foolish-re-
trenchment system of the ex-Confederate
House, under the leadership of Back Pay Ran
dali, the Commissioners of the District have
been forced to notify the Board of Health that
the allowance of $500 for medicines and medi-
cal attendance of the poor of the District must
be suspended after the close of the present
month. Mr.. Randall and his party friends
place it out of the power of the District to
provide for the wants of its own poor, and re-
fuses dollar for the care of the sick poor
properly chargeable to the Government. They
cannot vote, and are, therefore, not entitled to
Democratic sympathy.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-House. Mr.
Morrison, chairman of the committee on
ways and means says in the course or 10
days he will ask the committee to formally
consider his tariff bill He is in no hurry
to press it, wishing first to elicit pub
lie discussion of the subject. He has
every reason to believe the committee will
endorse the bill substantially and that the
house will pass it.
Year: 1876

A few days ago the DEMOCRAT chron-
icled the fact that an ex-TaN Collector of
jefferson parish. A. X. Johnson. had
accidentally fallen overheard from the
drowned. It has since been learned
that MIR. johnson was sitting on hen
coop on the upper deck; the river being
considerably rough on the night in Ques-
ton. II Is supposed that the hen
coop broke loose and went over with
Johnson. striking him on the head as he
was drowning.


The Grand jury yesterday returned =
true bill against the ex-TaX Collector
for embezzlement Of State funds 10 the
extent Of $4,000.


It is to be hoped that diligent search
will he made for the body, rs there are
a number of people that believe the eX-
Tax Collector has not shuffled Off this
mortal coil. A recovery of the body
would set the anxious hearts at rest.
Year: 1876




CHICAGO, Aug. 81 noticed in TIE TRIBUNE
this morning short article headed By What
Authority" which surprised me. coming, Us it
did, from = temperance man. do not wish to
question authority, but will just give the reason
why the temperance society to which he refers
was organized on Sunday.


Now, Sunday being day on which more
morning men are relieved from
business than on any other day of the
week, it was thought best that the
organization and meetings should take place
on the Sabbath so as to be more convenient for
those who could not attend during the week.
1t seems rather strange that 2 temperance
man like the author lof Yesterdays article
should ask such a question. Why not give us
helping hand. Why put obstacles in our way
ny questioning our right to obtain a charter!
Better the day better the deed and why not or
ganize on Sunday us well as Monday, if 1t will
do good, and save only one poor soul!


WATER.
Year: 1876

Once in awhile some of our friends
ask Us, why don't you 90 for the
independent candidates ," Now the
fact is we do not knyw that there is
au Independent candidate for any Office
in the parish, for we as often hear It
disputed as asserted that there are
any, so we do not know which state
mcut to believe. If there are any
they seem to be very shy about il,
aud mus, be working un Ter ground
altogether. All we have to say about
such matters i, that if there are any
such candidates, they c4nao! calculate
on getting any support except from
the Republicans, and are in fact the
candidates Of that party for there is
No lndepcnden, party in the parish
are but TWO parties, Democratic-Con-
scrvative and Republican, and very
few of the lattcg-aud VIC caanCt be-
licve the Democratic Conservative
voters Of this parish will suffer them
selves led into an independent (D
movement for the defeat of their reg
ular ticket in such an important cam
pa;gn as this. which involves the fate
Of our entire state for wca' or woe.
1t is the old dodge of Republicans in
Democratic communities, which has
always failed and will fail again. If
they could divide the people on local
issues and personal preferences, end
thus defeat the regular ticket of our
party, nothing would please them
better; but we are confident they can
rot do il in this pariSh-we have
more confidence in the patriotism, in
tegrity and intelligence of the people
ihaI 10 helieve they can.


Since writing the above we have
been authorized to announce the name
of one independent, but he is not one
who Gains to be q democra. at all.
Year: 1876

NEw YORK doesn't respond to Moody
as Philadelphia did. The longer you
live in New York the better yor like it
The longer you live in Philadelphia the
more you want to go to heaven.-DstrOiI
Frcs Pres. or
Year: 1876

PEOPLE have generally three epoehs in
their confidence in man. In the lrst, they
believe him 10 be everything TINT is good, +,
and they are lavish with their friendship
ard confidence. In the next, they have
had experience which has smtten down
their confidence, and they then hnve 10 be
careful not TO mistrust every one, and To
put the worst construction on ever thing.
Later in life they learn that the creator
number of men hnve much more good in
them than bnd, and that when oven there
Is cnu.e to blame, there is more reason TO
pity than condemn; and then spirit Of
confidence again nwakens within them. --
Fredetfker Bremer.
Year: 1876

MARRIED LIFE.--Do not run much
from home one's own hearth is OF more
worth than gold, Many n marringe begins
like rosy morning, and thon fails away


Ikea snow wreath. And why ? Becauto
the married pair neglect To be MS well
pleasing to each other after marriage rs
before. Endeavor always TO please one
another. Consider, ye daughters, what
the word wife expresses. The married
woman is tho husbands domestic faith.
His honor and his home are under her
keeping his well ll-being in her hand
Think of this And you, ye sons, be
faithful husbands and good fathers Of
families
Year: 1876

An the show the other evening, n gen
leman sareastcally asked a man stand
ing up in front of him If he was aware
that he was Opaque ? The other denied
the allegation. Ills name was O'Bren.
Year: 1876

Lieutenant John Garland, Of company
B, Sixth infantry, writes to his friends
in Detroit:


Gen. Terry and the remaining officers
are feeling very badly, ! was standing
by General Custer when General Terry
came up, and as he looked down upon
the noble general the tears coursed
down his face as he said - go


.The flower Of the army is gone at


last"


Custer was supposed to be the first
one whod died, but though he fell first we
found seventeen cartridge shells by his
side, where he had kept them off until
the last moment. There can no blame
be attached to any one for this fearful
slaughter. If Custer had had the whole
regiment it would only have been worse,
as the Sioux were too many.
Year: 1876

except those Of the receiver, until he
had gotten intelligence Of his death.
He stated that in order to conceal his
identity be had assumed another name.
After reading the letter, the friend of
the writer glanced over the list of those
killed in the battle with the Sioux, and
perceived that the unfortunate outcast
from society had been slain by the
treacherous red men.-NashciUe Aage,i.
can. q s.sss
Year: 1876

Some OF Gov. Kirk wood g sanguine
friends are suggesting that gentle
mans name for the Presidency, evil
IDENTIFY believing that he has only to
be mentioned for an Office to secure
his nomination and election. These
over sanguine persons will find that
it is a harder matter to control a
nation than State, and Gov. Kirk.
wood will be quietly set aside for
stronger men. The Governor has
proven himself fitted for the place to
which he was elected last fall, and
he will, doubtless make good Sena-
tor, but 1t does not follow that he IL
the best man in the United States for
President. Geo. w. McCrary IL q
name that would arouse much
more unanimous Republican shout
of approval in Iowa than that of
Kirkwood. If Iowa Is TO present q
man to the Cincinnati Convention
for either the first or second place on
the ticket, let it be McCrary.
Year: 1876


the following is now the law:


SECTION. BE IL enacted 6y the
General assembly Of the Stae Of Torn,
That IL any person shall desire Ia
plant or make a hedge fence on any
line separating his lands, or incla-
sures OF any other person or persons,
he shall be- allowed To make or huild
Il fence sufficient to protect the hedge
and aet the same five feet beyond tho
line on the adjoining lands and keep
the same there, not more than five
years, and free from weeds, and then
ho shall bs allowed TO remove tho
same, and during which time he
shall be permitted TO cultivate the
land thus enclosed for the benefit of
the hedge; propided, he shall enter
upon the cultivation of said hedge
within twelve months from the time
said fence IL removed on the adjOin-
ing land.


SEC. 2. When any person bnilds
hedge on the entire line between
his own and unenclosed lands, when
said lands are enclosed the owner
thereof shnll pay one-half of said
hedge, the value to he nscertnined by
the fence owners, and the manner of
proceeding In this respect shall con-
form to the provisions of the law
now In force In relation to the asc"r-
tainment OF the value Of partition
fence with like remedies; the maker
Of said hedge 10 select his own half
thereof; prorided. this act shall not
apply to town lots.
Year: 1876




The Marion county Democrat SAYS
Belknap and every other prominent
Republican of tho present day were
honest so long as they remained
Democrats. Well, that Is they were
just like their associates, and being
M honest AS tho run Of their party
they were accounted honest, but
when they came out and stood among
Republicans, their dishonesty be-
came startlingly apparent. They
were honest while they were Demo
Gratis. only in the same sense that
you may say dirty shirt was clean.
1t might be pretty clean for gray,
hut Internally dirty for white, so
these fellows may have been pretty
honest for Democrats, but they made
most rascally Republicans.
Year: 1876

Last week Judge Ellis, of the Cir.
cult Court in the Davenport circuit
decided that church property of all
kinds is subject to taxation. THE
case came up on an appeal from the
Board of Supervisors of Scott county,
sitting as Board of Equalization.
A day or two afterwards similar
case was tried at Dubuque, aud here
the Court decided that church prop
erty was not taxable. Both cases
will go to the Supreme Court for
final settlement.
Year: 1876

It is reported that the President
IL very decided in the opinion that
the resumption act should not be re-
pealed saying that If Congress
should repeal the act he would veto
the bill. With a Democratic House
unable to agree on the currency ques-
ton and Senate almost entirely i'm
harmony with the President, 1t Is
hardly probable that the act will be
repealed.
Year: 1876

OF the sixteen delegates from Mis-
sissippi to the National Republican
Convention ten are for Morton, and
the colored convention has declared
that he Is the unanimous choice OF
the colored population of that State.


The Japanese government has
ratified the new postal treaty recent
ly concluded between the United
States and Japan.
Year: 1876

The vote In the House on the
Payne resumption bill demonstrates
the amount of harmony among the
Democrats on the currency question.
This bill was the Democratic caucus
policy bill, and out of the l67 Demo
Gratis on the floor Of the House it did
not receive the support Of half the
number.
Year: 1876

Washington was as high as 1922. We
submit this as the actual fact taken
from the record of the Treasury De.
partment, and we ask Republicans who
find themselves urged to vote for a
general change in order to get rid of
dishonest officials, to consider what
the change will probably result in.
Mr.. Tilden in his letter, avows that he
will reform the civil service by dis
missing every man in the public service
and replacing him with Democrat.
Considering that Mr.. Tilden is the
chief of Tammany Hall, and will owe
his election to that organization, we
submit that the honesty of the public
service whose losses are reduced to the
intinitesmal quantity Of 26 cents per
81 900 per annnm, can hardly be re-
formed by such a "change'' as will
be accomplished by the removal of
10000 officials, most of them men of
experience and undoubted integrity,
and the substitution of all equal num-
ber of polititions selected for their
''hard work for the party" We SUBJ
NIT these facts to the consideration of
Republicans who are asked to vote
for Tilden for the sake Of SO CHANGE"
Year: 1876

Gen. Merritt, who accompanied
Horace Greeley on his southern cam
paign tour, says in a card to the New
York Tribune


At Jackson, Miss, lie warned the
people of the danger Of permitting the
young of either race to grow up in ig-
norance and vice, and urged that the
wall of prejudice should be broken
down. lie went so far as to urge his
hearers to commend the noble exam.
ple of those Christian teachers who
had left home and friends to help to
educate the poor and unfortunate race;
and he also warned them not to be led
by demagogues against the true inter-
ests of their country. He feared a
condition of things which we now see,
a Solid South under old leaders, and a
revival of a hope that in some way the
verdict of the War may be reversed,
and he did what he could to avert it.
With his well-known opinion of both
Tilden and Hendricks as political lead
ers, and his outspoken opposition to
all oppression. can any friend or ad'
mirer of his doubt but that, were he
now in the editorial chair, he would
with his cd time and characteristic
vigor support the Republican candi'
dates as the surest means of ''promot.
ing the prosperity, the happiness, and
true glory Of the American people =
Year: 1876

The Democrats, sailing under the
false colors of ''Reform," are making
a desperate fight for life. 1t is recog-
nized and felt by the eX-Rebels of the
South that, unless they succeed in
gaining power this time, they can
never again be banded together on a
sectional basis, but that men will di.
vide up among the different political
parties south of Mason and Dixon's
line as they do at the North. 1t is
recognized and felt by the Tammany
politicians of New York that there will
never be another opportunity for them
to get an immediate representative
in the White House. 1t is recognized
and felt by the greedy Democratic
wolves in all parts of the country that
there will be left to howl in the will
derness forever unless they can break
into the doors of the government this
year. There is nothing in the record
of their past to which they can point
as an earnest of their professions of
good faith in the future, and there is
no important issue Of the time about
which they are not quarrcling among
themselves. But there is one unfail-
ing Democratic resource which they
hope to use in the present election
more extensively and effectually than
ever before,-;.n this is fraud. There
is scarcely a section or district in this
country which the Democrats cherish
the smallest hope of carrying where
they are not making preparations to
pollute the ballot-box in one way or
another.
Year: 1876

A PARAGRAPH in this journal Of yester-
day, referring to Doc Slater. the Bali


more gambler, as a Democratic supervisor
of elections under arrest appears to have
originated under a misapprehenslon of the
facts in the case We are informed that the
party arrested was not Doc" Slater atall,
but highly reputable merchant and Sun
day-school superintendent of the name of
Slater, who, in his capacity of Republican
supervisor of elections, had demanded &C.
cess to the registration records in order to
make lists for Republican use. This was
one of his legal rights, and for its assertion
he was arrested by the Democrats and
locked up. He was afterwards released on
bail after having been brought before the
court upon a writ of hG6eas corpus. We
regret the mistake into which we were led
by the similarity Of names, and hope no
real injury will result from the error. Mr..
Slater was victim to his devotion to duty,
and is entitled to the thanks of his party.
Year: 1876

THE first grand battle of the Presiden-
tial campaign proper occurred yesterday
in the outposts of Ohio and Indiana. Else
where will be found such returns and esti-
mates as were received up to the hour of
our going to press. They are far from
being full enough to show definitely the
result, although they furnish good grounds
for the belief that Harrison, Republican,
has been elected Governor of Indiana by
at least five thousand majority, and that
Ohio has certainly gone Republican by ten
to fifteen thousand Official retures may
vary these figures materially. The vote is
much the largest ever polled, and the can
vassing will occupy a good portion of to-
day. In any event the Republicans have
every reason TO he tisfied with the efforts
they have made, and we have every con-
fiderce that full returns will assure them
of decisive victory in both States. Such
a result will insure sweeping victory in
November.
Year: 1876

THE response of Governor Chamberlain,
of South Carolina, to the Democratic bar-
ditti committed protest has the ring of the
true metal. He plainly tells these bandits
that they must disarm and conform to the
law-and order system. The alternative is
a call for the aid of the General Govern
ment The case is thus narrowed down to
one of obedience to the laws and Constitu-
ton of the United States. The conduct of
Wade Hampton and his followers will show
beyond a peradventure whether they in
tend to be loyal in their submission to the
Constitution and the laws passed there
under, or whether their former professions
of acceptstion of the situation was merely a
trick by which to obtain amnesty and re-
habilitation as State, with representation
in Congress. If they obey the Governors
proclamation ordering them to disband
their clubs and yield obedience to law,
they will show some desire to maintain the
peace and foster the prosperity of the coun-
try. If they do not they will evince their
determination 10 rule or ruin at all hazards.