Year: 1871

| az A Democratic paper solemnly an.
nouuces that the party in New York this
fall "must be offensive, not defensive u
as though the party's offense wasn't rank,
and didn't smell to heaven pungently
enough already.


sF- The Ku-Klux trials in Raleigh
N. o., seem to have dispelled all doubt as
TO the existence in that region of the mur
derous KuKlux Klan. The Raleigh Era
says: "The evidence in the case of the
United States against r. A. Shotwell
and others was so clear and convincing as
TO extOrt from all a confession that the
verdict of guilty, rendered by the jury
was just and righteous one"


EE This is one way votes are made in
New York. The canvasser counting them
makes them up in punches Of ten, then
calls tally" and slips piece of elastic
around the bundle. Of course, he has
only to take five votes instead of ten and
call "tally" to augment greatly the
chances of his fayorite. In one instance
this was done so enthusiastically that the
Tammany candidate had received fifty
tallies, or SEQ votes, and had large guam
tity yet uncounted, when the poll clerk
felt it advisable to inform the c4nvassers
that there were only 459 names on the
registry.


EWe were taken in, like most of our
contemporaries, by the absurd and incredi-
BILE story of the man that seemed to live
for some months after his neck was broken.
We printed it-but of course we see now
that it was simply an allegory, represent
ing the Democratic party. The only signs
of vitality the poor creature gave were
those of eating and talking. He made a
great deal of noise with his mouth, and
was a terrible burden on his friends
That's the Democratic party. A man
with half an eye ought to recognize it in


EB- The old story comes from the Trea-
sury Department, but one the people never
tire of hearing. The reduction of the
public debt during the month of Septem.
Der was about $13,500,000. Add to this
the fact that 100000, 600 have been Dor.
rowed at per cent, to replace an equal
amount Of bonds bearing per cent, say.
ing two millions yeab in interest when
the transaction is fully consummated, and
the other fact that Congress will doubtless
reduce the annual taxation when it assem-
| bles from thirty to fifty millions more,
and the whole government financial situa-
ton is apparent. The nation is steadily
winning its way TO low taxes, and a rapid
extinction of all its pecuniary obligations.


GE Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, in
a recent speech, spoke as follows in regard
to his recent change of politics:


"a good deal has been said about my
returning to the Republican party. do
not feel that ever was out of that party.
l may have got one leg over the traces,
but was in the harness all the while.
[Great laughter If there was any crime
In kicking that leg out of the traces, my
defense will have to be that of the boy
who went fishing on Sunday. A preacher
saw him sitting on the rivers bank. My
son. said he, don't you know you are
commi ting great SIN to fish on the Sab
bath dayT WAL SAID the boy, it can't
be no great sin, for hain't cotched nuth-
i'm Uproarious laughter ran upon
6 the platform of Ignatius Donnelly.'
still regard it as good, sound, substantial
platform, but there isn't enough of it to
make party out of. Tumultuous ap-
plAuse, In fact, my friends, found that
the temperature was increasing at the rate
of one degree for every fifty-four feet de-
scended. 1t got so hot l concluded was
going to the devil. Laughter. Now |
don't think a ma. ought to go to the devil
simply to prove that he isn't afraid to go
to the devil. So took the back track. |
came up like half-drown gopher.
Tremendous outbursts of laughter