The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-24
Current Notes.

The st. Louis Globe says the illinois DEM
ocrats will adopt a free trade free whiskey and
hard money Platform.
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier
Journal, writing of Hon. A. FL. Stephens,
says: Sand thus ends. in all human proba-
bili;y, the public life of an American states
man which will adorn a page in our history"
To which the squib writer of the Boston Post
adds: Though small man, give him
page and half. Remember the length of
his own editorials and be generous"
Edward King drew these conclusions from
his trip through Georgia: Certainly, re-
construction is null and void in Georgia.
Out of the 10000 colored voters in the state
scarcely $4,000 vote to-day; free schools are
almost unknown outside of cities and towns,
and there has not been Republican inspector
of elections since the Democrats assumed
power. To judge from the testimony of
native Georgans who are Republicans and
who have never been suspected of dishonesty
or untruth, the negroes are very grossly in
Inundated. The Kuklux faction still exists as
kind OF invisible empire.
Whoever was second at Saratoga, Morrissey
was first. After the race it was estimated
that his bank, in one evening. took in from
100000 to $4,000. His tables we're splen-
didly laid. aud every temptation to the
appetite was offered; after hat the green
cloth was spread and the "Tiger'' appeared.
One young man from Cambridge, of wealthy
parentaee, is reported TO have lost $1,000;
ard .her from the same place, 81, 100.
Saratoga may be good for the development of
muscle-but where are the morals ?-Boston
Traveller.
The Democratic party may be said to suffer
from a surplus of contiguous talent. 1t has
has too many great men who are near neigh
bors. For Instance, it is only one hundred
and twenty-five miles from Pendleton, in
Cincinnati. to Hendricks, in Indianapolis, in
IN the West, and just the same distance to
Thurman, in Columbus, in the East, With
lesser lights of craftsmanship at all the inter-
mediate stations. The Republican party is
better off. Its talent i scattered. We know
of nobody worth mentioning between Nor
ton, in indianapolis, and Logan, in Chicago,
in the West; and between Conkling in Utica,
and Blaine, in Angus ia, in the East.-St.
Louis Globe.
The editor of the Aroos.ook Pioneer is in
dignant because the people in charge of the
hotel at Mt. Washington proposed to dine the
party at the usual charge of "a dollar and
half each, when the proprietor had agreed to
feed them for seventy-five cents each. He
admits, however. that the clerk OF the estab
lishment in the absence of the proprietor, of
fered to compromise at one dollar, but the
outraged tourists endured the pangs OF hum
ger until they got to the Glen House. Is this
the way to elevate journalism?
The Detroit Post reads Harper's Weekly
lesson upon its Ecarelessness and inexact-
ness in asserting that Senator Chandler has
sued Washington correspondent for $780,
900 damages, and has agreed to give the
damages to the District of Columbia,
which would be equivalent to offering bribe
to Washington jury. The Post affirms that
Senator Chandler is neither lunatic nor
knave, and that Hdrper's Weekly has been
imposed upon in being inGuced to believe so
manitestly absurd story.
The New York Tribune warns those Con-
gressmen of that state, who voted for inf1a-
ton that they cannot have its support. All
right. Let the issue be clearly made on the
currency question tor the next Congress. 1t
is what our side desires. Government cur
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our platform Dubuque Telegraph. Gem
Chicago journalism is a marvel to out
sders. The Tribune the other day, for In
stance, among a number of thoughtful. able
and elegantly worded edit >rial articles printed
one beginning thus THAT impotent news
paper, the Chicago Times, was yesterday
covered all ove1 with sore hollis. They had
broken cut in every DIT part ment Of the paper
but the worst specimens We're in the editorial
and city columns, while the aged proprietor
OF the concern was a complete carbuncle from
head to foot. 1t was all on account Of their
failure to get up decent report OF the fire.
The Hartford Courdnt estimates that the
Saratoga college regatta cost $295,000 or
enough to found ten "Western" colleges.
We suggest if the money will otherwise be
used in founding new colleges, by all means
let the regatta continue.
We continue to hear now and then from
foolish journals that our government ought
to do something about Cuba, or that some
thing decided is going to be done. or that
TOW we are going to take up the Cuban cause
IN earnest. Perhaps some OF these silly jour
nails are not aware that all the real feeling
that we ouoht to NEEDLE in Cuban affairs is
because of certain Cuban bonds which IL
earlier stages OF the Cuban guerrilla war were
JidCCu III tuiS WuSiO ~ V1o ohOuSoN
they would do the most good-tbat is, cause
the most outcry.-C Cincinnati Gazette.
1t is stated that Dudley w. Adams, master
of The National Grange, wants to go into
Congress A bad idea, being an agricultural
nan he probably would do no move than
rake up old political achers in narrowing
manner. Still he might be useful as scare
crow.-New York Commercial.
The Evening Post contains in every issue
a large amount of valuable matter and once
in a while something funny. For instance,
n an article showing the sentiment OF Maine
Oh the proposed reciprocity treaty, it states
that the Aroostook Pioneer is one OF the
leading Republican papers in Mr.. Pale's dis
trict! The Pioneer will scarcely claim tie
honor of being partisan paper and Mr.. Hale
will be surprised at the recent acquisition to
his district