Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-31
That New PRDer.


somewhere from the 18th to the ,ist of Septem-
Der. 1t Is TO be called The Republic, and will be
about the size and shape of the Herald. The
corps OF attaches OF various kinds Is not vet fully
made up, but il is certain, We believe, that
Nessrs. NoTvell, Sedley ard Wight all lately
on the Tinss, and Copeland, late of the Jour7l =
al Of COms>Tcs, will be connected with il, and
other names of considerable prominence are
mentioned in the same connection. The new
Journal has not been able to get the Associated
Press news, but its friends claim that il has am
pie facilities for getting all the news from other
sources, and that Il hiss capital enough to run it
for at least two years without any profits from
the paper itself,-and il don't propose to be
mario" in The use Of money, either.
Under tbs head of 1.-The Notions of a De-
posed Governor" the Louisville COurisr-Jour-
val devOtes some editorial space to the lately
expressed views of Governor Shepherd upon
the question OF District government. That
paper "a inks those Who sre familiar with the
experience or municipalities in this country
during the last quarter of a century will readily
assent TO the proposition that ali these char
tered governments, as asserted by Mr.. Shep-
herd, are exceedingly cumbersome and ineri-
cient, and offer a wide Geld for improvement
The editor SAYS:
"TheTe Was more talk and less action, the
Governor tells Us, under the old government
than the world has ever seen; aud, after a
somewhat extended observation of municIp.I
government In general, we are quite read Il
believe him. IL ~ a fact nearly susceDtibIs oF
cenonlsustion. that il takes "a much machinery
and nearly - much money to govern a city OF
one hundred thousand people in this country as
~ does To run state with a million aud half
Inhabitants
Very naturally Governor SHEPHERD hasa pood
TOTdfor the late government. twas a success
at accom- p'ished more In three years than was
ever accomplished by any municipal govern
yAarsr Cit
Washington who declare that the amount of tax
nIostd upon their property-bys tax levied
ana by prospective taxes To meet tha huge dsbt
piled up in such short time-gas greater in
three years thar property holders in other cities
wculo have to pay In twenty years, and thus far
governor Shepkerds claim to surprising all
Other muEciP a,ies viii be slst aimed by the tax
RIDDEN people OF Wash ngton. But beyond this
the stranger who knew Washington As il was
snd who visit il as II is, will do Boss Snephsrd
The credit 70 ssy that Il ere Is far more to sho
Tor the oppressive three years taxation than
there = 10 show in most other cities for twenty
years OF taxation and improvement. The peo-
PIE may have been taxed nigh uatO ruin AMI
large fortunes Eay have been made in rnystsri
Gus ways, and there may have been bold
sWindiing and LIaia stealing but thers il
certainly something to shOX for it, for
washington hss. almost a. if By magic, be-
come Gle or the finest cities on the continent.
The steady going people nav have preferred
gong slower, and With a little more assurance
hat al Of their money was gong into solid pub
nc Improvements, but the fact remains that
Boss SheP heTd has converted a ragged and So At
tsTiDg village into a splendid city worthy 70 be
the capital OF great nation. We
have gwen q brief review of quite an elaborate
statement made by Governor Shepherd aud we
can not say that his defense entirely clears ayay
All tne DIRECTIONS which were urged against his
aCminlstTatlon; or that his Gggesti0ns are all OF
such a character as to convince US that he is the
IrHper person to be at the head OF affairs; but
This much We must again say in his behaIf: ne
has as much TO show for what he as d,,e AZ
any other man who has been in his situation
though Re has suffered some rough handling,
re las AT least 60 administered the affairs com
mitted 10 hi. charge that when he retired from
public POSITION, he lost nothing but his off &c;
and ms is saying great deal for his honesty
and quite IS much for his wisdom, con sidering
The Gre threats that were made against him by
some OF the Washington refOrmers."
Some OF the "members Who have served with
MI Hart, OF the late Board Of Trustees OF the
Fubhc Schools OF Washington" have signed n
Communication to the District Commissioners
endorsing his fitness to be trustee. Consider
Ing that Mr.. Hart uses such spelIinss as ter
Cool, tdctiets, iEdiritEalS, sujestiOn, imagenory
eg0rds, 9frslght, &c, and tb at these gentlemen
unanimously found him guilty lately OF IA akiug
Charges against bis fellow members that were
Gin no wise sustained" II would seem that
their estimate OF the requirements for q school
trustee are exceedingly tumble. 1t NAV be
sdded that the grammar Of the communication
signed by these trustees Is very nearly "a re-
maIksbie as Nr. Harris Orthography, and suy-
gss's the possibility that the document was
GTawn up by that efficient individual.
The telegraph tells Us that Mr.. MouIton
claims that ne had a right to attend ana yots
in the church meeting OF Plymouth Church
"an indefeasible right, legal and technical
hrst, because his wife Is a msmbar of thu
church, and he represents her; and secondly
because be is a member or Plymouth congre0a-
ton himself" Possibly 90. But why Mr..
Mention should retain and claim those rights
Why he should continue to be a eEaber OF the
copgregation,-and why he sheuld allow his
wife 10 receive the sacrament at the hands of
Mr.. Beecher II he knew him TO be the Kind OF
man be now alleges him to be~that Is what
puzzles people. We are afraid Mr.. Moulton
won't 20.
The newspaper people who were not invited
on the late trial trip CT the steamer CITY of
Pekin are virtuously indignant over the wicked
schemes the Pacific Mail Steamship COMPANY
are going to have before Congress next yiute-
iney consider such excursions Gil wrong and
thst the public men who availed themselves NJ
this particular opportunity TO combine a free
blowout with first rate article of sea-s,esness
are all sold out and delivered bound hand-ans-
foot, in advance. There is nothing like little
cisappointment to rouse the finer feelings in
human nature.
A letter nom ex-Secretary McCulloch on
the subject OF currency and taxation, is pub
Hshed to-day in the Cincinnati papers, which
lie sends in lieu CT going there and DELIVER
ing an address. Re Is represented as favor
ing IN this letter the withdrawal of legal ten
eers and granting Of free banking privileges.
ne argues that . coin basis cannot be reached
nnne eeAi tenders are ahoxt. He favors low
'Afin ior revenue only. and says coal and iron
or Pennsylvania and wooden manufactured NJ
the east need protection 10 longer.
III Beecher's lambs carry On that y,v in .
" prayer-meetins," what sort OF didoes wo I'D
hey cut up when I" on their muscle, in a sec,,-
lar meeting-say mass meeting In support OF
Hon Henry Ward Beeeher for the Presidency
We are indebted 10 Gov. Sam Bard, which Is
Postmaster at Atlantis, Ca, for marked copies
CT the Atlanta Herald, showing conclusively
that the post once 1t that point is the best
managed Institution Of the kind In the country.