The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-27
Currant Notes.

The Hartford Courant says that the pas
sage of the bill increasing the currency is the
worst piece of legislation since the Nebraska
bill-which in view of the amount of legis-
lation, is putting it pretty strong.
The Washington Republican declares that
the action of the House in fixing the amour
Of currency a. $500, 100000 is worthy Of all
commentator. The increase. of the current
cy will be objected to but it amounts to but
fifty cents per capita Of the population.
Great men will differ: Forney declares
that Eight is breaking because the House has
passed the S4OO, 1000, 900 bill. 1t may help the
Centennial appropriation but it really looks
as if it was too far gone. If not dead its eyes
are ''sot''
The New York Post says s'the first duty OF
the people is to suppress the democratic
party"
The action of prominent democrats in con-
gress in taking every opportunity to introduce
and press the claims of southerners for dam
ages received during the war, makes it appa-
rent that if that party should ever succeed in
getting into power, the north and west will be
saddled with the debts of the late rebellious
tates.-Hartford Courdnt
We oiO Sidu W CnlOuiClC tuC SATISFACTORY
result of the arrangements between the
Maine Central and the Eastern Railroads, by
which they will have unity of management,
and, doubtless, unity of feeling in the future.
AT least, this contamination would seem to be
assured for nine hundred and ninety-nine
years, the limit of the contract ratified, yester-
day. We DO not envy the housing Methu-
selah who should to look beyond that period
for the existence of any such nnpleasantness
as has been magniied in the past relations of
| these roads.-B0st0n Globe
| We have had the fire fiend, the lunch,fend,-
the drink-fiend-but, last Of all, the exchange
| fiend came also. He is known in every sane
tum in the land. He carries scissors; he
carefully culls out the choicest nlorceaur of
| news; he sits down in your chair; suggests
he W Se1 treat rs or ssas snsss and
| glides out as he came, on his mission OF mis-
erv to some other stabshment.--NeD York
| Commercial
Pa--sfrar fellows, those Springfield RepubH-
I can editors. After making all sorts of fun of
the Democratic corpse. they are now trying
to galvanize the Connecticut Democracy-the
worst type--into life for the April election.
If we have inteIligently read the New York
World, it has made this remark at regular
intervals the past ten years: ''The Republi
can party is breaking to pieces. Everybody
sees it. The evidence is manifest on every
hand" i3t1a5 nj. s 1r
Fortunately the regulation of the volume of
our currency is no. a political issue. Even
President Grant, ex-Sccretary Boutwell,, and
Secretary Richardson, to whom we are in
debted for interpretations of the law and
Constitution without which imitation would
not have been possible, pretend to be in favor
of speedy return to the gold standard.-N.
Y. Tribune.
At the ansi-infation meeting in New York
William Cullen Bryant said if the nation
continues to issue paper money it should blot
out the stars and erase the stripes on its ban
ner and "instead of those emblems, let the
Inner draw on the broad sheet the image of
razor huge enough to be welded by the
giant Despar-a gentleman with whom, if
this demand for more paper money be grant
ed, we are destined to scrape closer ac-
quaintance than we have enjoyed yet-and
OF the enormous blade let the words be in
scrlbed in staring letters, Warranted to
Shave"-and let the two supporters of this
majestic implement-the two razor bearers
be Morton Of Indiana, and Kelley of Pennsyl-
wanna, or perhaps Butler of Massachusetts,
may sustain the charge alone"
Ofcourse the New York bankers, brokers,
note-shavers of high and low degree, and
merchants having no interests outside the
importing trade, are in favor of returning to
specie payments at all hazards and at what
ever sacrifice of other business interests. Of
course, therefore, they desire further con-
traction of the currency, and are most hostile
to any increase of the circulating medium,
with its inevitable consequence of lower in
tereSt rate-P bil1deLDbi0 Press
The Boston Herald advocates Gen. Banks
for United States Senator. He was poor
general and good salary grabber.
The 'gentlemanly hotel clerk" has been
seen emerging from the tornidity of his win
ter retirement. He has ordered gorgeous APP
parei for the Sumner season, is getting the
bland smile well in hand again, and predicts
an enormous rush for the watering places.
Waiter, show the gentleman up TO Room
569"-N. Y. Commercial.