The Portland daily press., 1873-10-13
Current Notes.

shipment OF foreign coin was reported.
Current Notes.
The Commercial Advertiser says the New
York Liberal Republican Convention spent
most of its time in abusing General Grant,
| and then placed two of his warmest support
ers on their ticket. Then in order to pre-
serve "perpendicularity of attitude" as the
crazy ''head-centre" of the party profoundly
| remarked, they took the remaining five from
the Democratic slate, and so sunk their iden-
tity out of sight, and made proclamation of
their weakness.
There appears to be a doubt as to whether
the big balloon was caught or whether it
still is careening through space in search of
the easterly current. Thank heaven, how
ever, we know where John Cochrane is
Rochester Democrat.
The Indianapolis Journal is enabled to
state on private information of trustworthy
character that the President has not ten
COnkling, nor in any way committed himself
| TO that gentleman on the subject.
''The third party is fixed fact in Ohio"
the Cincinnati Commercial says, and the
Minneapolis Tribune thinks it doubly-fxed
| fact in Minnesota. 1t is as unmovable as
| fixed star, and is fixed in the sense of being
used up and done for.
"C@sarism,'' whether by continuous
election of the same man, or in any other
way, is the last of all possibilities in this
nation. All the training of the past, all the
tendencies of the present, all the hopes of
the futuie must be reversed before self-gov-
eminent can be overthrown here. No
thoughtful man dreams of such a possibility /;
no sane statesman would hazard theperls of
such an attempt.-N. Y. Methodist.
Here is a criticism from Goodwin Smith
which all our school boards, and school
teachers, as well, should think about: 81
doubt whether more active or more viru-
lent poison was ever infused into the veins of
the American nation by such school hlsto-
ries as are used in the United States What
can be expected if people are fed through
their childhood on such stimulants of nation
al vanity and malignity ?"
The ST. Louis Republican once more ex-
presses its loss ofconfdence in the Democrat
ic party, which it led to ruin last year: If
the Democratic party were as unobjectionable
as some of its platforms, it would get into
power almost without an effort. But the
fact is-and it has been demonstrated over
and over again, till there is no excuse for the
most obtuse of Democrats not knowing it
chat the country has made up its mind not to
accept the best imaginable platform and the
Democracy together. 1t admits the excel
lence of some Democratic principles; but it
will not restore the Democratic party. 1t
will accept the Republican party with a bad
platform rather than the Democratic party
with good one. The most BourbOalsh
Democrat, who cannot understand why it
should be so, cannot fail to recognize that it is
so-even while he butts his hard head against
the harder fact at every regular election
The Albany Journal says the Liberal per-
formance at Elmira is as comical as it is in
consequential 1t was a small gathering of
played out politicians, desperately and appro-
priately trying to repeat the experiment Of
Mahomets coffin, and suspend themselves be-
tween heaven and earth. Undertaking to
stand between the two parties, they made mp
a ticket selected from the candidates of both.
The Chicago Tribune has "Hay-Fever
department." and correspondent suggests
that mass convention of the afflicted be
called, at some central point, early in 1874, to
denounce the. lack of public spirit and pro-
fessonal pride on the part of The medical fra
ternity in not seeking, more earnestly, cure
for the disease. 1t is also proposed to offer
large reward for the discovery of reliable
remedy, and to compare notes with reference
to the means of alleviating this most distress
ing afflction.
This is the section on stock-watering adopt
cd Inv no
sion: mo corporation shall issue any stock
except in consideration of money, labor, or
property actually received by it equal to the
par value of such stock: nor shall it issue any
bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, ex-
cept for money, labor, or property actually
received by it. All stocks and other fcti-
tious increase of capital of any corporation
shall be void"
An Illinois school district agent has en-
ployed a teacher for the winter because he
plays good game of cards. 1t is to be
supposed that the agent takes him to
board" Ifso, he displays remarkable fore
sight in securinga good partner at whist or
euchre during the long winter evenings.
The London News is very severe on the
Canadian Pacific scandal, and says that Mac
donald's acceptance of 5000 from Allan
"goes far to justify the worst charges against
the government" and is ga stain upon the
political character of the Dominion, which
can only be effaced by the sacrifice of the
guilty ministers"
About the first of December, look out for
new daily paper at Washington-run by
HerschelV. johnson, A. Ell. Stephens and
ind in md
the refunding of the cotton-tax Perhaps
you will see it and perhaps you won't.
The word "non-native'' is being used in
the Virginia campaign as an elegant substi-
tute for ''carpet-bagger."
Since Tom Kinsella was driven out of the
Democratic party he has been issuing triple
sheets of the Brooklyn Eagle, and it is be-
| lieved that he Kinsela heap more papers
| than ever before.
The Vandalia (Ill.) Union does not believe
| the people desire new party and saws /:
"When they need a third party to secure a
better administration of affairs, they will call
| 1t into existence, as they did the Republican
| party itself. When the movement comes
| from the people, tn ere will be no mistake as
| to its origin and necessity. 1t will come with
| the roar of the tempest, not the croaking of
a frog But there are no present signs of its
coming, nor will they appear as long as our
| party holds its officials to strict account for
| their public acts"
We once heard of quaint old clergyman
| who took for his text-"The world, the flesh,
and the devil" In commencing his dis
course he said he would touch lightly upon
the world, speak briefly of the flesh and has
ten to the devil. The Democrats vary this
| slightly, though the conclusion is the same.
| At their recent State convention they spoke
den, but all admit that thew are sRastening
on" to the last individual named in the text
with all convenient speed.-Rochester Dem