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Year: 1876

Editors of the Register:


A question vital to the very existence
of the Democratic party is To De decided
at St. LOUIS this week. and that import
ant question is who of the many distin-
guished Democrats that will be presented
to the National Democratic Convention
can beat General Hayes, the Republican
nominee for the Presidency? This We
regard rs necessity to the existence of
the party, because the disintegrating eff
tects OF another Presidential defeat will
almost render our party impotent as q
check upon Radical extrsvsgsncies and
corrupti.ns.


Personally favorable to tho nomination
of Senator Thurman, | regret TO say that
the nomination of Hayes by the Repub-
iicans, in my opinion, without going into
details, renders his nomination impractI
cable. Tilden's nomination would meet
with the same, if not u worse fate than
Seymour in 6S. Hendricks would be
bette, perhaps, than the aforementioned
out does not come up to the popular
standard that will be required to beat
Hayes


The Republican party will organize
the coming Presidential campaigh on the
Bloody shirt and issues OF the late war
platform. That will be their capital
stock, and their rallying cry,
and from indications, it will
be used with considerable potency
and effect, more go than we would sup
pose this enlightened age would tolerate,
but it Is nevertheless true; AID il becomes
the duty Of the st. Louis Convention, es-
pecislly in view Of the fact that they
make no compromise Of principle. to
spike thts g,a,, To turn this popular breeze
from their sails. TO destroy this their cap
ita4 stock; and this can be done success
fully by the nomination OF one of the
distinguished gentlemen whose name
will be presented to the consideration of
the Convention. And it is name that
will have peculiar chsrm ana power IN
this, the centennial year OF our coun-
try-one that will awaken a popu
lar enthusiasm that will sweep
the political field OF the Union like a
tornado. A citizen OF Pennsylvania and
connected with the distinguished names
that cluster around the immortal acts
of 1876 in that State, his nomination
will insure the old Keystone State to the
, Democracy thereby electing their ticket,
and that name is W. 5. Hancock, brave
soldier who has served his country with
distinction, with abilities and education
TO 6t him for any civil position, a con-
sis,ant and stauneh Democrat endeared
to the people of the down-trodden South
by his manly position on the Louisiana
question, and 10 sll the people by his de-
cided stand in favor OF constitutional
liberty. Let st. Louis give US Hancock
and we can beat Hayes. OBSERVER.
Year: 1876

Last night was the last on which
the Cantata of Esther was to be pre-
sented, but by universal request OF
both the audience and the singers,
Professor Hakes consented to repeat
the beautiful piece once more, and it
will be given tonight. We need not
say that there is much local musical
talent of high order in this city, and
Nnose who have attended the two per-
sormances of Esther all agree that un-
der she tuition of Professor Hakes they
have become so perfect in the roles for
which they have been cast that there
is little room for fault finding for the
most exacting. For the sake OF our
home musicians the hall should be
crowded this evening. The price oil
Admission has been fixed at seventy
five cents for researved seats and fifty
cents for general admission.
Year: 1876




a bill was fled yesterday for injunction
agaiust the collection Of the personal prop
erty tag, in which new argument is made
against the legality of the assessment. Tie
fri, who protest did not make any return,
but trusted most unfortunately to tho judg-
mcnt OF tho Assessor. They now allcge that
they hal no right to mako any return, hut
TINT by tho Constitution Of the State oil val-
uation for taxes shall bc made by officials ap-
pointed for that purpose, and that If they
had nado d schedule 1t would lavo only
servod rs guido for tho Assessor in making
his assessment They further lay stress on
the fact, Us tho grounds for the illegallity of
tho return, TINT the Assessor failed to ,so
Judgment and discretion, md also failed to
make I'LL itomizcd schedule. There arc thou
sands in tho city probably who hnvo failed
in like n,annor to mako a return, md who
will look with interest for tho decision on
this now point. It is doubtful, however, if
it can be sustained, as tho law imposes a
.luty on tho property -owncr, md lo cannot
maintain footing in court of equity to
ask relief when lie has failed in legal duty
himself
Year: 1876

This campaign is yours. 1t is for your
families, and your action at the polls in
November will give evidence o fthe fact
whether or not you care more for your
wives and children than for mere party.
What is your situation now? If you have
employment, does the mere pittance you
receive for your hard labor suffice to fur
nish you with the necessaries of life? Are
you able to raise money enough at the
end of every month to pay your rent
without depriving your children Of bread?


Now is the time for action. Let your
voices be raised for change; let your
votes be cast for change. Reform is the
watchword, and to effect reform a chnnge
in administration is the first step. Your
condition cannot be made any worse un-
der the guidance of Uncle Sammy Tilden
than it IS to day, and you have the assur-
auce of history that change Of rulers af-
ter panic always restored confidence and
brought good times in its train.


Can you longer hesitate? Look at your
fellow men, in great numbers, discharged
every day. Look at Altoona where the
Perna'a r. r. Co., has been compelled to
discharge over fifteen hundred men with
in the past two weeks, and the end is not
yet. A hard Winter is approaching, and
if the demand for change is not ratified
at the polls, woe betide the sufferer
During the past three years you have
hardly made money enough to keep soul
and body together, andif Hayes is elected
it will be but continuance of the present
administration, present hard times, and
thieves in office.


Laboring men give this matter your at
tention! Wives of ld6oring men, enlist IN
the fight; persuade your husbands to cast
one cote for you and yo,tr children. Give
them to understand that they have voted
for party, low wages and starvation long
enongh.
Year: 1876

The Bloody shirt Failure testimony of


the Leading Neutral Newspaper. u,
From the New York.Herald Of Sept. 1871


The sudden and general determine
tion to carry the campaign on the
Southern issue, shows uncomfortable
alarm among the Republican leaders.
They are panic stricken; they have
compared notes, and their conclusion
appears to be that on q fair canvass,
on the real issues of the year, they will
lose, and in desperation the word has
gone out to fling the 'bloody shirt" to
the breeze and make the appeal, not to
the reason, the honesty and patriotism
of the country, but to prejudice, hatred
fear and ignorance. That is the way
it looks to cool observers; and even If
this were not the correct theory of
their policy, it is still true that such is
the impression it makes. Shrewd
political calculators say, If the Repub-
lican manager were not badly frigh,
tened they would not force an obsolete
| and hateful issue upon the country.
II they felt moderately sure of winning
they would argue; it is because they
feel themselves weak that they take to
vituperation and denunciation.


The policy of denunciation; this ex-
clusion of reform and concentration
on the Southern issue is blunder of
the Republican leaders in several ways.
1t alienates large mass of voters; it
creates feeling of distrust and alarm
among the calculating or "loese"
voters. and it places the party in a
false relation to the living issues of the
day. 1t may exasperate and alarm
timid and ignorant voters, but it can
not carry the country. No thoughtful
voter believes that the country would
be seriously endangered or hurt if the
Democrats should come into power, and
that sort of nonsense excited as much
contempt in sensible men as the foolish


assertion of Democratic organs that
the country would be ruined if the Re-
publicans should succeed. If the Re
publican party is to be for another four
years a party of prescription in the
South, a party encouraging misgovern-
ment and trading on outrage there,
then it is by all means best. for all our
interests; North and South, that the
Democrats should come in; and this is
the opinion ofa great many thousand
Republican voters, without whom the
Republicans cannot succeed in No.
vember,
Year: 1876

A boy about twelve years old entered
a Michigan Avenue barber shop recent
ly, and asked the barber to cut his hair
down close. The barber inquired if he
wasn't afraid OF catching cold, when
the boy replied:


I've got to run the chances for there's
trouble ahead. Tomorrow is the day
sot for me and a Sixth Ward boy TO
meet over behind Goodhue's barn and
see who's the boss boy of Detroit, and
he's powerful at pulling hair. Cut 'er
right down to the sculp!'
Year: 1876

REMOVAL OF TIE WOUNDED.


a species of rude horse litter was
constructed of poles and strips of hide,
and on these the disabled were carried
twenty miles to the forks of the Big
Horn, where they were placed on board
a steamer, and last night they were
brought down to the junction with the
Yellowstone. Tomorrow the steamer
will convey the poor fellows to Fort
Lincoln.
Year: 1876

vassing board, and the Republicans are conf
dent that they can throw out several pre-
clncts The Democrats are equally confident
that they can successfully defend every return.
The county boards have with hardly any e1-
ception, canvassed the vote, and referred all
matters Of contest to the State board A
dispatch has been received from the Repubh-
can headquarters stating that Mr.. Cespede,
Republican candidate for the legislature in
Monroe county, protesting against the cam
vass of the vote of the third precinct IN Key
West on the ground that the ballot-boI was
taken away from the polls and counted by the
managers in violation of law This precinct
gave large Democratic majority. The pro-
test was not needed by the county board.


The Times's Tallahassee dispatch says that
as tar as the county canvassers have gone, it
becomes more and more apparent that Hayes
ran far ahead of his ticket. The Republicans
are sure that their State ticket is elected by a
good majority; but no matter how that may
be, there can be no doubt as to the success of
the national ticket.
Year: 1876

The Memphis correspondent of the Nash
vile Americdn, writing of the result of the
election here, says: "A large majority of the
merchants and solid business men of the city
voted for Porter. Not more than one Demo-
crat in five voted for Thomas, but these held
the balance Of power and gave Thomas the
county by majority of two thousand eight
hundred and twenty-five. Many of the men
who voted for Thomas are as strong Demo-
Gratis as any i'll the city, at least so they say,
and will not controvert what they say As
We have elected Porter by a large majority,
and have the legislature, and also a Demo
cratic President, | hope these men Will
hereafter act with us in supporting Demo
cratic candidates. We have been successful
and We can afford to be magnanimous. |
hope something will be done in regard to our
State debt, so that we viii never have it again
IN canvass to divide the Democratic party
A great responsibility rests upon the next leg
islature, and | hope they viii meet it man,
fully"
Year: 1876

ST.. LOUIS, November 15.-The question of
recounting the vote cast at the election last
August, for new city charter and plan for
dividing the city from the county, and which
has been before the circuit court for some
time past, was decided to-day by Judge
GOttschalk ordering a recount of the votes
and appointing a board of commissioners to
perform that duty in the presence of the
county clerk. The decision refuses an exam
nation into the fraudulent voting, and per
nlits only a recOuntO the votes.
Year: 1876

BOsToN, November 15.-In the city coun-
ell tonight the matter of the disputed cleo
ton for congressman in the third district
came up Oh the question as to whether twen-
ty-fve votes for Field, Republican, on which
were printed the words For congressman,
fourth district, should be counted. The Or
der was passed that in the certificate to the
secretary of state the whole number of votes
be included in the count, with the cxplana-
ton relative to the twenty-five votes, leaving
the governor and council to determine to
whom the certificate of election shall be
given. The counsel for Dean, Democrat,
submitted the proposition that the matter be
referred to the supreme court of the State,
and in the event of an adverse decision he
would not contest the seat in congress.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK. November 15.-The Method
ist missionary commission, in its annual
convention to-day, decided upon five hundred
thousand dollars as the limit to be spent on
mission work the coming year.
Year: 1876

the extreme Republicans have come to deal
ing with their duties as citizens that this ques-
ton should have arisen in a thick and thin
northern Republican State ltillustrates also
the complete control of the party by Office
holders great and small that a postmaster
should be at the bottom Of it.
Year: 1876

The climate of New York during
the hot, dry summer closely resembles
that of the holy land, and some at least
of our devices for mitigating our suf-
ferings under the heat are not unlike
the ways of the generations that lived
when the mummies were fresh. The
ancient Hebrews cooled themselves on
the housetops, and at certain seasons
lived there in temporary booths. The
Arabians from the Euphrates to Jeru-
salem sought the refreshing coolness
of the evening breezes on their roofs,
and the Egyptians habitually assembled
there; the Moors worshiped there,
with heads turned toward the setting
sun, and with them the custom of
using the housetop as favorite place
of family resort Travelled along the
African coast, into Spain, thence to
Mexico and South America. Perhaps
it even ante-dates, ON this continent,
the Spanish invasion, and the extinct
race of Yucatan may have aired them
selves on their lofty roofs when Ux-
NAL was in its prime.


During the last heated term in this
city the roof became the place of ref
uge from the close foul air of the mar
row tenement-rooms, and many were
the roofs on which slept the entire
population of one of these houses,
whose numbers rival those of a small
village, and on Sunday evening when
the sudden heat again beat down or
the city the roof was again the place OF
Year: 1876

THE Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, in the construction of their
branch line between Oakland and
Berkeley, have met with a show OF
opposition on the part of one or two
property-owners living in the vicinity
of the latter place. The objection
raised by the landholders has not been
to the formation of the line, but to the
compensation they have been offered
for the right of way. An elderly lady
is one of the ObstructiOniStS. The line
was laid as far as her property last
week, when it was brought to an
abrupt termination. On Sunday the
tracklayers stole a march on the oppo-
sition. They went to work early, and
by the afternoon the iron road was laid
in approved style over the unpurchasa-
BILE property. The lady was taken at a
disadvantage, and her opinion of the
encroachment was not modified by the
reflection that the day was not one on
which to obtain legal assistance. She
had the right on her side, however,
whatever the day might be, and had
mother-wit enough to offset the trick
that had been played her. In due time
the locomotive came putting along the
new line. The old lady went putting
out to meet it. She took up a position
on the track and faced the monster.
Several men who had come up on the
engine went to her and tried to per
suade her to leave. The woman re.
fused, and the engine backed down,
leaving her mistress of the situation.-
| San Francisco Bulletin.
Year: 1876

Mr.. SPICES, a fat man, of Summer
street, owed Mr.. Shrimp, the grocer
and provision dealer, bill, which the
latter gentleman was anxious to
collect, but which, for some trivial
reason, the fat man had declared he
would settle when he got ready and
not minute before. This saucy indie
pendence on the part of Spiggs irritat-
ed the grocer's nature to such an eX-
tent that, finally, he made the bold
statement to his book-keeper that if
he didn't mortify Spiggs into paying
that bill within the next thirty days he
would sell out his business to him for
so cents on the dollar.


The next afternoon Spiggs was pass
ing the store on the opposite side OF
the street when Shrimp ran to the
door and yelled:


"Come in here and pay that bill OF
yours, and don't go sneaking down the
street with your head hung down like
a sheepW


Spiggs took no notice of this demand,
which seemed only to heighten the
creditors Indignation.


The following day he saw Spiggs
down town in company with friend.
when he approached him and said:


YOU'RE pretty man to be wearing
a beaver hat, and here you are owing
me for the victuals you and YOU
family stuffed yourselves with las
Thanksgiving!
Year: 1876

THERE are two ways of doing an er-
rand. One is to go willingly and re-
turn quickly, and the other is to go
unwillingly and be as long as you can
about getting back. Some children
never want to do anything for any
body but themselves. If you call
them to drop a note for you in the
postbox, or run to neighbor's with q
message, they invariably scowl, and
say, Cant somebody else go? I'm
busy now" And then little sister or
brother, whose feet are always ready
to run on errands, steps up and says:
"Fllego; | can do it. What Il beau
tiful spirit the willing spirit is! And
is so lovely in little child.


'Let me do it, is the keynote of q
loving character-longing to be of use
to somebody. If you are wanted to do
an important errand, drop everything
and go. You need just such kind of
exercise. If you are not a volunteer,
you must be driven into the service; !;
but how much pleasanter it is to have
the heart enlisted in these friendly Of
fees, than to be sent off because it is
your dutyl Do you ever offer to do an
errand for anybody? Or do You wait
until you are asked, and then pOut and
shake your shoulders, and make your
self so disagreeable that it is seldom
one feels like soliciting faVor?-
DhSeTrPr
Year: 1876

Returning home he encountered one
of Sliggs' daughters on her way with
an associate to take music lesson.
when he said:


81 should think, young lady, that
you would rather go without knowing
how to play and sing till your father
gets so that he can pay for what you
eat"


a day or two later he saw, through
the window, one of Spiggs' SONS get.
ting measured at the tailor's for a suit
of clothes, when he opened the dool
and said:


"DOn't you trust him a day fol
those clothes. His father has owed
me $500 for sirloin steak and sucf
things for over six months, and / cant
get one dollar of it,"


Soon after this he saw Mrs. Spiggs
and her daughter chatting with some
ladies in the horse-car station, when he
| entered and said:


"This woman's husband owes me
for the soap that was used in washing
that collar she's got on her neck, and
l want my pay for IT.


About a week later he saw Spiggs
riding out with clergyman, when,
after beckoning to him to stop, he
said:


"You ought to be ashamed of your
self! Here you are passing yourself
off to this minister of the Gospel as an
honest man, when you are owing me
for the starch used in doing up your
shirt-boSom.


The next evening Shrimp called at
the house of Spiggs to see if he was
ready to settle his bill, but Spiggs was
away. Mrs. Spiggs was at home, how
ever, entertaining some of her lady
friends at the tea-table. Shrimp pushed
his way into the dining-room, and
said:


Ladies', the family whose hospitali-
ty you are now enjoying owes me for
the flour that those hot biscuits there
on the center of the table, are made
from, and I should like to get my
money for it most confoundedly well. )"


Passing out of the gate he met Mr..
Spiggs' oldest daughter in company
with a young man who he suspected
was her atfianced, when he said:


THAT girls cheek wouldn't look so
plump and fat if it hadn' been for me.
/ have been letting her have all the
fresh doughnuts and bologna sausage
she wanted for the past six months,
and the bill hasn't been paid yet"


rhe young man looked as though he
felt little ashamed to be found in
such company, and was commencing
to move down the street, when the
young lady gave wild shrek and fell
senSeless to the sidewalk. He came
back and assisted her into the house,
and that night Spiggs came in and
paid his bill in full, with liberal in
terest heretO.-Danb1Lry Ne1cs.
Year: 1876

All the Western aunts did not go
to Philadelphia to spend the summer
a few myriads of the little red kind
staid home and coIonized on the pan
try shelves of the vast, illimitable,
changing West, and their unerring III
stinct leads them direct to the sugar
bowl and sirup pitcher, just the same
as it did when our ancestors saw their
struggling forms rise from the dis
solving sweetness and float on top OF
the breakfast coffee 100000 years
ago. Home without a mother is desc
late and lonesome, but home without
red ants in the pantry is an impossi-
bility.-Bur1tngton Haaok-Eye.
Year: 1876

We have always thought that be-
cause men differ in politics is no
good reason why they should be per-
sonally unfriendly or hostile to each
other, and we are glad to note every
indication that better era is dawn
ing in this respect. A pleasant il
lustration at the recent Inauguration
of Gov Hayes, at our State capital.


After prayer, Governor Allen and
General Hayes arose, when Governor
Allen stepped forward and said:


'sFELLow-C -CITIzENs-I have the hon
or now to present to you General
Hayes, the Governor elect of this
State. He will now proceed to take
the oath of Office prescribed by the
Constitution of Ohio, and 1 have no
doubt that he will, in every particu-
lar, discharge the duties of his high
office. For myself, in retiring from
office, have not word to say"


At the conclusion of Governor
Hayes inaugural address, he turned
to Governor Allen and said:


"Before taking the oath of office,
1 desire to make my acknowledge
ments to my predecessor, Governor
Allen, for the friendly and consider
ate way in which he has treated me,
both during and since the recent
political contest in Ohio, and to ex-
press the wish, in which 1 am sure
you and all the people whom he has
served will unite with me, that, re-
turning to his beautiful home over
looking the Ancient Capital of our
State, he may enjoy for many years
to come the best blessings which be-
long to this stage of existence"


This was greeted with applause,
first by those who heard it and after
ward by those on the outer edges
who caught the contagion of enthusi-
asm.


Governor Allen shook Governor
Hayes warmly by the hand, and
Chief Justice MeIlvaine then admin
istered the oath of office.
Year: 1876

throw out this idea for the benefit of
all concerned, as one worthy of con
sideration.


We would also suggest to our eiti-
zens, in view of the probability of the
route via Fayetteville and HiIlsboro
being adopted, that it would be well
for them to take some public action,
to show that they feel an interest in
this important enterprise of our Cler-
mont neighbors.