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The Bainbridge Weekly Democrat.
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Volume V.
"HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS Vi TNTA IN, UNAWED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN."
I Two Dollar* Per Annum
BAINBRIDGE, UEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1876.
Number 42.
Illi; EIHTOKS TABLE.
File Weekly Democrat.
] . po u.-e to hide the fact—we are
to liave a harder fight in the Second
•„ngr^ssional District tiiis year than ever
. and it behooves.us ali to be pro- 1
p ir iiig for it. There 1ms been a great deal
| (if hard, ijuiet work going on within the
.set two years on the part of the Radicals,
•ail ii will he dangerous to despise their
lower or underestimate their strength,
j! 1! Whitely is a wily, dangerous politi-
j [s! fee. and. if a candidate, it will require
• in>teM man to beat him. We must
open our eyes to tiiis fact, and actaccorri-
gly. There must not be a single jar in
| tfic Democratic ranks, but work, hard
oik, must lie the order of the dai.
BEN. E. RUSSELL, - Proprietor.
Bainbridge. Georgia, August 3.1876
Mu. Jxo. I). Harrell is the General
Agent of the Democrat, and is authorized to
receipt for subscriptions and advertising.
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
liev. C. A. Kendrick requested the Ma
con Telegraph to publish a “vindication”
of himself, which he had written and pre
pared for the press. That venerable old
white haired journal, after carefully eras
ing the moisture from its specks, said
"no.” We regard this decision ns fortu
nate for both Kendrick and grandma Tel-
<graph, for, about the time that column of
“vindication” hud been completed, some
country editor would luive thrown a brick
and knocked a hole in it large enough to
drive a band wagon through.
Mr. Blaine has escaped. The decision
df the Judiciary Committee is that his
illness and his resignation from the House
p-movc him for the time from its jurisdic
tion. Thus ends the contest bet ween con
cealment and exposure, leaving Mr. Blaine
jn a worse position than when he opened
lib career of equivocation. Pity for his
sufferings under the illness produced by
constant struggle and anxiety cannot af
fect tlio stern popular judgment upon ihe
m .-,n who blustered and bullied up to tiie
moment of his pusillanimous flight.
We are sick enough of so much talk
from the Radio d press about “the old
flair.” A party that would deliberately
pul) down the American flag and substi
tute a miserably filthy “bloody shirt” in
it-; stead, had better dry up about the old
The Democratic party is the only
party that wears the stars and stripes
now.
The breach between the Florida Radi
cals continues, and, if anything, is widen
ing. Some one started the report that
DOiipTat STParfiS"TifffTeonie (T<iwn ! n fa
vor of Conover, but that worthy indig
nantly denies the report, and says, more
over, that he'll everlastingly be hanged if
lie don’t make the race. Governor Drew,
won’t sound bad.
Lamar knocked the “bloody shirt” off
the pole in Congress (lie other day. Ilale
mid Foster tried to catch the saturated
garment “on the fly,” hut muffed dread
fully, and just tiien Hartridge, who is
one of the hardest hitters that is, came to
the hut, and the Rads were “whitewash
ed.”
The Radicals of Georgia will hold their
Convention in Macon on the 10th in-t.
IVe don’t know what they intend to do,
unless it be to “endorse” some indepen
dent—provided they can find such a thing
to endorse. The mar. who would run ns an
independent candidate tor Governor of
Georgia has decidedly moie ambition
than judgment.
We notice that several papers ill Geor
gia support Gen. Colquitt because, they
sav “he is the people’s choice.” After .
’ -’ * 1 ., , the seventh district in the fortv-filtv on
dangling one foot on either side of the | „ :ll
Tiie Moore Brothers, of Thonrasville,
will make music for the excursion party
to Jacksonville.
Thomasville wants the Congressional
Convention held in that city.
The Georgia darkey who can get a pint
of bad whiskey and.half a dozen water
melons don’t care much for the elective
franchise.
Brooks county is having plenty of rain.
Old John Robinson’s Circus is making
its way Southward.
The health of this section of Georgia is
excellent. Never better.
Col. Virgil Powers has resigned tiie
Superintendency of the Southwestern
Railroad.
Quitman can boast of several tempe
rance organizations.
The freight and accommodation train
on tiie Atlantic & Gulf Railroad between
Albany and Thomasville,has been discon
tinued.
This is a sample of the electioneering
wads shot by the Colquitt organs; ‘When
General Colquitt was ordered to fall back
during the battle of Olustee, his reply
was, “send me more ammunition.” And
so the fight went on, and the victory was
won.’
Tiie regular old Western grasshoppers
are in ana around Atlanta, playing the
mischief with all manner of vegetation.
Judging from present indications, the
full delegation now representing Georgia
in Congress will lie re-elected this fall.
Crops in Baker county are reported ex-
Ceptionably fine.
The nimble catterpillar is frisking
around in Calhoun county.
The Cuthbert Messenger says Mr. Henry
Hays, of tln-t city lias now in his posses
sion, a handsaw, which has been in con
stant use in the Hays family for one
hundred and thirty years-, and he says
that it is now the best sawing saw that
-A»yVod5 CvcnCrw saw.
Decatur, • Dougherty, Clay, Early,
Baker, Worth and Mitchell, have already
spoken for Smith’s re-election to Con
gress.
Hon. Thus. Coleman, one of the most
prominent and highly respected citizens
of Randolph county, died on the 21st
ult.
The grasshoppers arc meddling with
things around Columbus.
The radical convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress in this District,
meet- in Albany on tiie Otli pros. Their
State convention lias been called at
Macon on the 16th.
In Savannah, on Saturday last, as we
learn from the Noes, “Mr. I W. Moore,
at a distance of sixteen paces, shot from
tiie mouth of Constable Frank P. Fox, a
pipe, twice in succession. In this L-at
there was skill displayed on the part of
Mr. Moore and considerable nerve on the
part of Constable Fox.
Constitution: Mr. Felton, says the Dal
ton Enterprise, lias written to a friend in
that city: “I expect to he ar. independ
ent candidate for Congre s 'to represent
fence for so long a time, that is a very
neat way to tell that you have found,
what you consider, the strong side. Go it
gushers !
Whidby, of the Atlanta Constitution,
and stranger in-law Harris, of the Savan
nah Xeirs, have been having a postal card
duel. We are glad to learn that an ami
cable adjustment has been made, and re
joice that the end came no nearer being
the result than it did.
gress.’ He further says that he will an
nounce himself publicly soon. Mr. Fel
ton is evidently getting rendj' to lie sat
on. This is ait off year for independents.”
Valdosta Times: Listen to no man who
attempts to breed discard in the ranks of
the Democracy. It is either unity or Radi
cal success. Choose between them.
The Waycross Headlight says that the
Okef nokee has been dry ever since it
was explored.
Mr. Willie Evans, of Thomasville, is
dead.
Tiie Agricultural Society of Berrien
county held its annual Fair at Nashville
last Thursday.
rhomasville Times: Prediction, No 1:
way of fighting rascality, except through
the agency of rascality.
General S. Bull says, and with a good
deal of logical reasoning: “When the
rascality about the Black Hills is settled,
then 1 will stop niv rascali.y.” The
ludian is not to blame if he sees no cither | jj qj White-lev will he nominated
at Albany on the 9th. Prediction No. 2:
That R. U. Whitely will be beat by some
sound Democrat five hundred votes in
October.
The Valdosta .Times says Lowndes
count) wants Turner for Congress.
Thomasville has organized aTilden and
Hendricks Club.
The Albatnbra base ball club, of Thom
asville, went to Albany last week, and
fanned out the Elite clui>,» of the latter
place, by a score of 19 to 3. The Tones
savs the Thomasvilie boys have their
Gnint has had 21 Cabinet ministers, cx-
c usve of Babcock, 2 secretaries of State,
5 secretaries of tlie treasury, 4 secretaries
of war, 2 secretaries of the navy, 3 secre
taries of the interior, 3 postmasters gener
al, 5 attorneys general.
A Tilden and Hendricks club has been
organized by some young ladies in a town
in South Carolina. Young men in that
neighborhood who are not for Lncle
Samuel la, had as well secure au outfit for [ backs up now, and it will take a strong
keeping “bachelor’s hall.” , nine to get away with them.
° I Federal Judges Woods and Erskine
We received a postal card this week I have issue d an order that “hereafter no
with this message written on it; “Please j Cominissioner 0 f the Circuit Court of the
send my Democrat to 7:3. Marietta street, j LTnited g tafes f or ^ Northern District of
Atlanta, Ga.” As there was no signature | Q eor; ,j ai s j w n i^ue any warrant or pro-
attached, we cannot comply with the j cc?s ” pfm any information made or filed
request, not knowing who to send it to. : by private p9 ' rson or persons belonging to
the ** ie ' ateruu l revenqe service, for violation
of the internal revenue laws, without first
laying such information before Henry P.
Farrow, Esq., the United States District
Attorney, or his successor in office, and
getting the consent of said United States
Attorney in writing ”
The Worth county Democracy passed
this resolution: Resided, That otlr heart
felt thanks are due and are hereby tender
ed to our honored and worthy Represen
tative in Congress. Hon. W. E. Smith,for
the faithful and efficient manner in which
be has discharged the duties incumbent
; upon his position. Ever true, honest and
i faithful, the batt e-scarred patriot, emi-
j nent jurist and lettered statesman, we can
truly say ‘Well done, good and faithful
servant.” And we pledge the Democracy
of Worth to him, again <tnd again, and
express the lion" that he be. unanimously
re-nominated for a second term, and here
by instruct our delegates to cast the vote
of Worth county for him in the Congres
sional Convention.
The Monroe Advertiser says: Mr. G. W.
Gardner, a gentleman and an old Con
federate soldier, living at Gogginsville, in
this county, says he shot and captured
Gen. R. B Hayes at tiie battle of the
Wilderness or Cbancellorsville. on the 6th
of May, 1864, Mr. Gardner was a member
of Co. A., 14th Georgia Regiment. Capt.
Robert Merritt, commanding the com
pany, confirms the statement of Mr. Gard
ner. At that time Mr. G. little dreamed
that he was capturing a man who would
become so prominent in the politics *of
the country.
Valdosta is having fine times pic-nick
ing at the Blue Springs on the Gulf Rail
road.
Dawson Journal: Elsewhere we pub
lish an article from this organization,
which is composed solely of ladies. It is
strictly an independent and secret society
but we learn that the first resolution
adopted by them reads, “Therefore, be it
resolved that ladies have as much right to
go in sinming as gentlemen.” We admire
independence in ladies. We want to join
that society as an honorary member, and
hereby present this as our petition.
Quitman Reporter: On last Thursday
morning a negro liviug in the vicinity of
the railroad bridge known as the “Little
Wash,” about a mile West of the Depot,
came to town and reported that there
was a dead man in the water under
the bridge. Sheriff Thrasher immediately
proceeded to the place, ami pulled the
body out, when it was found to he that
of William McLaughlin, who had left-
town in a state of intoxication the after
noon before.
Tne Clay county democracy has this to
sav: Resolved, That Xve feel under obli
gations of no ordinary kind to the Hon
Thomas Hardeman, jr., of Bibb, the pure
self-sacrificing patriot, who at all times
and upon ail occasions, in prosperity and
in adversity, in the midst of gloom and
defeat, in joy and triumph, lias towered
above ali the champion of right, and has
devoted his time and his money to Geor
gia and Georgia’s honor, who in the last
trying hour, lias been weighed in the
balance and not found wanting, hut wi*h
a magnanimity almost unparalleled, and
a devotion to his country worthy the
ancient Sparton, has retired from a
contest in which he had many followers;
Ulus giving to the World and posterity an
example of true greatness of mind and
genuine patriotism, which should witf for
Him the undying love and admiration of
his fellow countrymen.
THE TWO FLAGS.
The Democratic parly is marching
under the starry, banner of a reconciled
Republic, fraternal and free.
The Republican party marches under
the banner of I lie bioody shirt.
There is no question as to vvlii h flag is
preferred by the people of the restored
Republic. Tiny have had enough gore,
of misrepresentation, of angry and tumul
tuous conflict. They .emand peace and
order, prosperity and law.
The bloody shirt is the ensign of the
brigand. Tiie desperadoes who carry it
have lobbed.the South of many millions
of dollars, and the Republic of millions
more. And by their plots and conspira
cies, they have set the rabble of the South
quarreling with each oilier; and then used
the eonsequencies of tbeir own villainies
to fire the Northern heart into perpetuat
ing their power to plunder the people.
Governor Tilden will preserve law-
abiding liberty, will maintain orderly pro
gress, with Jacksonian firmness At the
same time he will clean out the pestiferous
I ro >d of public plunderers who have sto
len the people poor.
Hold high aloft the Flag of the Free;
push forward the standard of the avenger
of thieves !
As Gen. Kilpatrick truly remarked
at the Cooper Institute meeting, the
Republican party has no apologies to
offer. There can be no apology for a
record of insolent anil persistent thieve
ry—no apology for Roberson, Belknap,
Delano, Babcock, Shepherd and the
rest of them.—[N Y. Sun.
Heavy Fixe—In the United States Dis
trict Court at Sew York, on Tuesday. Judge
Benedict sentenced Dr. E. B. Foote to pay a
fine of $3,000 for sending improper publica
tions through the mail. He was liable to
teu year’s imprisonment, but owing to
certain mitigating circumstances, this part
of the sentence was suspended.
At Philadelphia a number of Orange
men who had participated in the parade
Wednesday congregated in a lager beer
saloon at Ninth and Vine streets at night.
They became involved in a- quarrel, and
four men were killed.
All gamblers are Democrats, says the
National Republican. Let's see, when did
our late Minister to England and the man
the President wanted to make United Slates
Treasurer join the Democratic party*—Hes
ton Post.
The witty Courier-Journal says
speeches on reform that Mr. Hayes didn t
®ake while a member of Congress would
fill as big a book as the compilation of
"hat President Grant doesn’t know.
V e want 900 campaign subscribers.
When a man sets his whisky down on
the bar. takes you affectionately by the
’.nittun hole and clears his throat, flee or
vonr life. He is a candidate, going to ex
plain his position.
Mr. Tilden has fairly earned the favor
of his party.—[Syracuse Journal (Rep.)
Some people are just like a buggy
wheel—always tired
0 3ITUARY—PROSPECTIVE.
Bunbriixie, November 2, 1874.
Mr. Editor :
To-day we witness the death of the
Republican party. To-day Radicalism
died. N$ bells toll out a nation’s sorrow.
No tears are sh.ed for its fate. No regret
fills any human heart. Joy and gladness
are the results of its decease. The muffled
drum pealed cut no sad requium. The
happy hand-Clapping of a people i^tnk
with joy ara bearA^, No gaartte* pi Vert
their co'nr-ugjeui#*.^)^) ”
are decorated with no sable tapcJSjy. No
human heart saddens at its fall. What !
does nothing mourn *
When Nero, the despot of Rome, fell
beneath as just a doom as ever the de
stroyer yet destroyed, some unseen hand,
unheeding the roars of a freed populace
yet echoing upon the air, strewed flowers
upon the tyrant’s grave. Ah, surely no
thing dies hut something mourns. But no
mourners are found for this death. In
life it was all glorious and all-pouferful.
I's glory was the glitter of vice ; it* pow
er the force of ignorance. Its kingdom
was as limitless as tiie land. Corruption
was its diadem ; coercion its sceptre of
might. Avarice and fraud were its min
isters of state ; ignorance and passion
were its henchmen. The crown has been
removed from the brow it fitted so well ;
the sceptre lias crumbled from its nerve
less grasp. The great King is dead- His
acts have been many and great ; they are
numbered with the past. The reward of
his actions shall he a nation’s detestation,
and for his fame the record shall be the
“Immortality of Infamy.” The united
strength of an injured people lias rolled
the huge carcass from its seat of power.
Its breathings are hushed ; its all-evil arm
is pulseless and impotent now. It smiled
on crime and protected fraud, even as the
sire protects tiie offspring. * It elevated
ignorance and dealt out blow after blow
fatal to the triumphs of intelligence. But
to-day the voice of an almost ruined and
determined people pronounced the death
sentence, and it sinks into oblivion.
The colosul form of Tilden appears
upon the scene. The hammer of reform
is in his hand ; its ringings are heard up
on the National forge, and sounds the
knell of Radicalism. He strikes off our
chains and letters °*4 v *‘k'
vrties are
heart a bright fl-tmA. 'fe the
fire of love—love for nr^-SJuttrjf, her
honor, and her right. Ignorance must
fly to her native caverns of darkness and
intelligence again occupy her legitimate
sphere. Shamed corruption must muffle
her brazon face, and the votaries ot tile
dead king fiee the hurtlings of a people’s
rage. Reform is our ruler and our kiug ;
the hearts of a nation exult in V-ve la Royl
Yes, Mr. Editor, the hydra-headed (non
ster is dead ; its life is extinct. iThe
beatings of its heart are stilled. The rec
ord of its life will stand ; we will not re
late its actions here, for “noble spirits
war not with the dead.” Let the dark
cloud of oblivion settle around and hide
it as totally as a nation’s anger has swepi
it from earth.
But who is this Reformer that Comes
in triumph, bourn'* by the people with
shouts of gladness ? The welling patriot
heart exclaims, “Our Hope !” ^
Yes, our hope of peace ; our hope .of
prosperity ; our hope of National honor ;
our hope of future sunshine : our hope of
brotherly love ; our hope of penonal
rights ; our hope of a purification of of
fice-holders ; our hope of the advent of
order ; our hope of the exit of crime. In
him we see the grand hope of a return of
those halcyion days that beamed their ra
diance around us when the pure spirits of
our Clays, our Jeffersons and our Taney’s
shed the bright effulgence of their virtue
upon our national councils, and b;ld in-
viol te the sacred trust of the guardian
ship of our rights. Yes, yes, in Samuel
J. Tilden we truly see Oar Hope !
DeCatob.
“HEARTY GRATITUDE AND COM
MENDATION.”
The Republican platform declares that
the Administration merits commendation,
and President Grant deserves hearty grat
itude : Foi what ?
For the Crooked Whiskey frauds.
For the Leec and Stocking-Murpby
custom house frauds.
For the post-office straw bid frauds.
For the navy contract frauds.
For the Freedmen’s Saving Bank swin
dle.
For the Secret Service frauds—paying
John I Davenport thousands of dollars
f rom the people’s treasury to elect the Re
publican ticket.
For the Schenck Emma mine frauds
and disgrace.
For the Belknap soldier gravestone
frauds.
For the Belknap post trader frauds.
For the District Ring “Boss Shepbeard
frauds.
For the Indian Ring fraud.
For the Safe Burglary villainy and Bab
cock and Harrington.
For the Credit M< biller infamy.
For the St. Domingo job.
For “Landaulet” Williams and his in
famy.
For Casey, Orvil Grant and Company.
For the fraud in the sale of arms to
France.
For corruption in every department of
the Federal government.
For increasing the salaries of the Presi
dent and other public officers.
For increasing the burdens of the tax
payers, and blocking every effort at Re
trenchment and Reform.
These are some of the reasons why the
people should commend the Republican
Administration and remember President
Grant with hearty gratitude, and stat^/y
Hayes and Wheeler.— Albany Argu*
THE EPISTLE OF ST- RUBE TO
THE REPUBLICANS.
THE PARABLE OF THE PRETTY
FOOT.
1. And it came to pass in the last year
of the reign of Elyses, the son of Jesse,
that these things did occur.
2. There was a valiant Captain of the
tribe of Belknap which dweiteth in the
regions of Iowa, who was a mighty man
of valor.
3- Yea, verily he did smell the battle
afar off, aud longed to plunge into the
thickest of the carnage, but was*always
prevented from doing so when the rebels
appeared in the field, by some duty at
home.
4. Now Belknap was a man after Uly-
ses’ own heart, for it was not written that
fllyses sprang up like a mushroom in the
night ? Yea, like a mushroom sprang he
up.
5. For Ulyses, the son of Jesse, sold
his cordswood and filled himself full of
jugorum, and became a spectacle to the
people of St. Louis, who dwell beyond
the father of waters.
6. But when the blast of war blew in
his ears, then rose he up and sent forth
his valiant soldiers by millions, who put
to flight the hosts of Jeff—the F. F. V’s,
the Tar Heels, the Gauleers, the Butter
nuts, the Sand Hillers, the Dagoes, and
all they that dwell south of Mason and
Dixon’s line
7. Then came forth Ulysses the son of
Jesse, from his seat, at.d the smoke of the
weed went forth from his nostrils, aud
his nose was red with the fumes of fire
water and he said let us have peace.
8. Now the people of Yankeedoodle-
dunt rej need exceedingly, and proclaimed
Ulyses, tiie son of Jesse, the Great Higlt-
cockalorum, to rule over the land of Un
cle Samuel for the period of four years.
9. And Ulysses went into the White
House and surrounded himself with ail
manner of plunderers, who gave unto hint
a portion of the spoils they had taken
from the people of the land of America.
10. And Ulysses, the son of Jesse, re
fused not the horses and the houses aud
the lands and the other good things that
were offered unto him by the bribers and
plunderers, save the bull pup sent by ex
press, C. O. D., which Ulysses would not
take until all the charges were paid. Se-
>kfc.
11. Mofeover, Babfooster, the scribe
of Ulysses, tiie son of Jesse, divided the
spoils of the crooked whiskey with the
St. Louisters, and gave not unto Ulysses
a portion thereof ; whereat Ulyses waxed
wroth and bounced Bab ; yea, in his an
ger did he bounce him from beneath the
roof of the White House.
12. And it came to pass that Belknap
the mighty map of va'or, did take to him
self a beautilul damsel in the land of Ken
tucky, of the tribe of Tomlinson ; hut the
Lord took her away as he did mourn ex
cecdingly.
13. And it came to pass that the sister
of the damsel, who was a widow with a
wonderful pretty foot did cleave unto ike
valiant captain, that she might comfort
him ; but the Lord waxed wroth that
such a sin should be done hr. fore the peo
ple of the nation, and g.eat was the pun
ishment of Belknap.
14. For the Lord caused Ulyses, the
son of Jesse, to appoint Belknap his
Scribe of War, which honor turned the
bead of his spouse who had the pretty
foot, and who was as poor as a church
mouse in the beginning.
15. But now sue yearned for the green-
bax, wherewith she might buy the shod
dy, the brown stone, the chariot, the glit
tering bracelets, and all that trash that is
so much sought after by the upstarts who
do sojourn in the capital of the nation.
16. Moreover, she wanted to give big
dinners, and would not be outgone by the
Fish, nor the flesh, nor the foul, tn an en
tertainment that aboundeth in the city
where lie who maketli the greatest show
in worship.
17. Bui the pretty spouse with the
pretty foot had not the greenbax where
with to purchase these things, and she
urged her husband that he might sell the
post-tradeships to the frauds who swin
dled the poor Indians out of their lands
and their lives.
18. And William did.
19. Whereupon he sank into the Marsh
of despair, and the rejoicing of the widow
with the pretty foot is turned into lamen
tations ; Ulysses, the son of Jesse, hath
bounced him, an all the lunchers have
eaten up the greer-bax that the post-tra
ders yielded ; yea, like a swarm of grass-
hopers have they devoured all and flown
way like the wind.
20. But the people do clamor to have
the matter investigated, and punish all
the persons who are concerned in this
great itiquity ; not even Ulysses, the son
of Jesse, who takelh presents, and bribes, i
and who drinketh the rum that is in the j
jug behind the White House door, and i
smoketh the weed of the devil, and who
driveth the chariots furiously with the
bull pup underneath the dust thereof.
21. So endeth the epistle of St. Rube.
The Bulgarian Horrors.—The Lon
don Daily New's Belgrade special says it
is stated that the Basbi Bazouks in the
Tabarhazadick district of Bulgaria boast
fully paraded a cart load of heads ofmur
dered women and children
RUTHERFORD B- HAYES-
How He Explained His Letter of Ac
ceptance in the Family Circle-
[New York World ]
Columbus. O.. July 10.—“Ruthy,
dear,” said Mrs. Hayes this morning to
her husband at breakfast, as she un
folded the Ohio State Journal, which,
] next to the World is he a favorite news-
paper, “so your letter of acceptance has
j come out !’*
[ “Has it i»y love ?” replied the Gov-
j ernor; “I understood that it would hard-
! ly be »eady before Tuesday night.”
! Mrs. Hayes read in silehce for A few
moments ; then, with a wild surprise,
as it appeared to your correspondent,
who had. with true journalistic instinct,
concealed himself beneath the breakfast
table. »aid :
“Why, Ruthy, what do yob mean by
saying ‘the resolutions are in accord
with my views ?’ You know as well as
[ do that when the platform was adopt
ed you told me yourself that the money
plank wasn’t a match with your inter
view iD the Commercial.”
“Hu.h! my love, bush I” said the
Governor, with uneasiness; “suppose
some of the servants should overhear
you. What I wrote was, ‘Most of the
resolutions are in accord with my views,
and I suppose the printers made a mis
take.”
There was silence, broken only by
the munching of toast, till the teapot
was set down with a violence that made
the table crockery jump. Then Mrs.
Hayes’ low flute-like tones, . as full of
melody as the murmur of a hidden
brook, were heard.
‘Rutherford, you say : 'If elected, I
shall conduct the administration of the
Government upon those principles, and
all constitutional powers vested in the
executive will be employed to estab!i>h
this reform.’ Can you sit in that chair
and look me in the face after writing
that ? Didn’t you promise me about
Brother Peter and Cousin Webb, and
your nephew Edward and Aunt Jeru-
sha's three boys, and all the family?
What did I hear you tell Mr. Schurz
about Madrid ? Why did Mr. Blaine
telegraph you that if he had the De
partment of the Interior he would not
prove a dead-head in the enterprise, and
to burn the letters, so there couldn’t be
■tny more Mulliganing? Whai did you
write to Ah. Cameron ? What did you j
promise Chandler ? And after all this
togo and write--"
“But. my angel,” expostulated the
compromise candidate, “I didn’t write
it. I shall make a point of telling Si
mon that he put that too strong. But
these letters are only matters of fo m ;
they don’t mean anything.”
‘•Oh. they don’t, don’t they?” repli
ed Mrs. Hayes, with, as the reporter
inferred, a sarcastic smile. ”1 eupr o;o
Mr. Hayes, this doesn’t mean anything,
either, where y;-u eouie out for a siugie
presidential term ? I suppose, Mr.
Haven, you didn't mean anything when
you told Mr. Crornble to try and find a
good tenant for the house for eight
years from next March ? I suppose you
didn’t mean anything when you ran
three times for Governor aud twice for
Congress ?”
“But. Libbie, mv darling,” said
Ohio’s favorite son. “you know as well
as I do that it was fixed a mouth ago
that I was to retire and cast the whole
weight of the Administration influence
for—”
“I know it. but didn't you tell me
that before 1880 you’d put up a job
on hint so that Iiis name would never
go before the convention, and that 80.'
000 Federal officeholders were a big
thing to buck against?”
“Dear, dear, how little women know
about polities,” said the great war Con
gressman ; “but, my dear Sam Bard
should not have been quite so unani
mous in inserting his one term view*.
I told them beforehand, ‘Write what
you please and sign my name to it, bu*
don’t say anything decided.”
There was silence for some time, un
til Mrs. Hayes remarked:
“Rutherford Birchard Hayes, didn’t
you say last year that this school ques
tion was ali poppycock, and that the
General Government hasabout as much
business to pass an amendment about
the school fund as it had to declare that
you shouldn’t eat beans on Monday.
And look at what yo i say here.”
“Madame.” was the reply of the Gov
ernor, in a tone full of suppressed pas
sion, “yon will not understand me. I
am just as responsible for that d—d
letter (here Mrs. Hayes put her tiny,
snowy, perfectly-molded fingers to her
shell-like, pink tipped ears, ornamented
with eimple but priceless soltaire dia
mond earrings) as I am for the Ten
Commandments ! I didn’t write a line
of it; 1 havn’t seeD it yet; I don’t know
what Simon Cam .-ron wrote about civil-
service reform ; and Sam Bard about
one term ; and Judge Kelley about a
sound currency ; and Grant, sfhn hasn’t
sure as Nebuchadnezzar eat bluegrass. it
I am pusillanimous I don’t want to be
told so by you in my own—that is, the
State of Ohio's own house. The presi
dential lightning doesn’t often strike s
man, and it very rarely strikes r. man
like me. If you want to receive com
pany in the White House you had b;
ter be prudent. It will only be because
you are the wife of President Hayes.”
Mrs. Hayes rose to her full queenly
height, and replied with a clear, metal-
ic voice, like the tinkling of a bell ia
frosty weather .
“And if you ever gel to the White
House, it’ll only be because you are t L
husband of Mrs. Hayes. Can’t article,
your record ? Of course not; barbere’
signs never cause chi rch acndaN
commit murder. Correspondents cou.t
here in shoals and go away and write
up my back hair and boots. Ruther
ford B, Hayes, if you love lit, say so,
but don’t step on my toe !”
“I didn’t step near your toe’s. ‘ here-
plied ‘and if 1 had that’s no rea.-.-ti ior
your kicking a bloody chasm in ruy
leg.”
Mrs. Hayes lifted the table-cloth,
and with an exquisitely modulated
shriek fell back in a swoon that added
a new charm to her expressive counte
nance. The governor hauled me out
by the collar.
“Who are you ?”
“A reporter.”
“Did you hear what I said ?”
“Every word ol it.”
“My dear fellow,” said the governor
shaking me by the hand, “the pre. s is
palladium of our liberties, and th- Arch
imedean lever that moves th" .,rld. I
knew you were there all the time, jnd
Mrs. Hayrs and I had all th".t conver
sation to fool you. A fraternal :t
of harmony should pervade you and me
at the beginning of the second century
of our existence as a nation that we may
make it permanent as an era of good
feeling, and a period of progress, pros
perity and happiness. Will you come
round and see nte at the State>house
before you send off your letter to the
World ? I shall be disengaged at 5:30.
You mi"ht like to add a brief descrip
tion of Mrs Hayes. You have an un
usual good chance to take notes now;
The Herald man admired her peculiar
ity when her countenance was lit up by
t ippling gleams ofemotion—a holocaust,
I believe, was the word he used—but I
myself prefer it a repose.”
We then parted Apprehending
that he may try lo play Jim Blaine ott
me I think it wise to mail this letter iu
advance. Paul Pur.
The fol’owing eoi; ;spo::dcnce and
extract will explain itself:
Columbus, 0„ July 10 fl:15 p. m.
—The World 35 Park row, New York:
Later advices render unnecessary the
publication of a letter about Governor
Hayes, which *1 mailed you this morn
ing. Please destroy it unread. Ill
health also compels me to resign my
position as a correspondent.
James J. Turncote.
33 collect.
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN IN TO-DAY’S
TIMES.
Colonel James J. Turncote will take
the stump for Hayes and (Vheelei;
Coloh;l Turncote worked for Greeley
and Brown in 18G2. and, until a few
days since, was an ardent Den, erat
and a correspondent of the New York -
World.
There should be no discouragement
among Democrats about carrying Ohio.-
It is possible to take Hayes’ own State
from under his feet. His letter is not
acceptable to the whole German popu
lation of that State by any means The
following, from a Cleveland corresp in
dent of the Albany Argus, is apt to
make Hayes a little sea-sick and incU 4
Carl Schurz to utter a fuw Teutonic ex
pletives.
“The nomination of Governor Tilden
for the Presidency was received here
and in Northern Ohio with great it-
siasm by the Gorman-Americau inde
pendent voters, and a great revet, it
public opinion has taken place in favor
of Tilden and reform. Carl Schurz can
not count, as his followers, a corporals
guard among the German-American
citizens of this or any other part of the
State. In fact, he has no more influ
ence as a leader. Here is an illustra
tion. A call has been issued by several
prominent German-American citizens—
who voted last year for Hayes—for the
organization of a Tilden Reform Club,
It met with a loud response. Four
hundred and fifty influential German-
American citizens, fully three-fourthe
of whom voted for Hayes at the last
State election signed their to
the call. Among them you wii 1 find
ex-Lieut. Gov. Jar b Mueller, wtoact
ed last year with the Republican p* r ty,
and who was Lieutenant Governor un
der Hayes’former administration. With
mnch education, or religion, or acquaint- the aid of the independent voters of this
ance with the Constitution, or regard
for it, about tfffe school question; or
district it was made possible for the Re
publicans to elect Hayes last year, he
Spencer and Packard about the South ; receiving 6.000 majority io this district,
or Babcock about the punishment of Th is. year the result wiil be far different,
all public officers who betray public
trusts; or Logan about frugality -in
public affairs ; or Morton about a fra
ternal spirit of harmony. But I want
vou to understand, madame, that as
The prospects are very good and e»-
couraging for the party of Reform.
which Tilden so nobly represents; and
I have no doubt th it this State will go
Democratic Ly a largp majority”
