The Portland daily press., 1875-12-24
Current Notes,

AS whole, the cast cannot be regarded as
a strong one, even taking into consideration
Inc detective material at the Speakers COM
mand.-BOston Journal.
Mr.. Kerr's committee is made ND more for
personal advantage than for the public good.
The South and Southwest are cared for az
the expense of the New England and Middle
States.-Commercial Adcertiser.
Mr.. Kerr does not seem to have acted on
any ineligible principle in making his selec-
tions, unless it be his own personal ideas of
htness and political claims, which will be
iound TO differ widely from those Of most 9TH
er people.-BoSton Globe.
The appointment of Mr.. Morrison as Chair
man of Ways and Means is, at least, sur
prise. 1t may be brilliant feat of wis dom
brt the brillianey and the wisdom are inscru-
table TO common eyes. The other prominent
chairmanships seem judiciously bestowed,
winch increase the mystery of Mr.. Morrison's
appointment.-N. Y. Herald
Although, the Speaker has made mess of
it, Mr.. Wood is not pleased because he is Sec
ond to the unknown Mr.. Morrison. Mr..
Randall is mad because Mr.. Morrison gets his
-RandalPs-rightful place. Mr.. Cox is dis
contented for the like reason. The Northern
Democratic members are vexed because SO
many Important chairmanships go to the
South.-N. Y. Ecentng Mail.
The constitution of the committees is yery
wonderful indeed, so much so that one is re-
minded of all the ancient jokes and parallels
that tell of great labor and small results. 1t
must be confessed that Mr.. Kerr did not have
the very best Of material to work up into
committees, but it is impossible to think that
he has used all he had to the best advantage.
His election OF leader of the House will
strike every one who knows what is required
OF leader as most markable.-Boston Ad-
uertiser.
The selection of Mr.. Knott for the chair
manship of the judiciary committee is quite
as good a joke as Mr.. Knott hmaelf ever per-
petrated, but that is not saying much. And
it must be said that in the whole list there Is
hardly single appointment that would lead
one to suspect that the Speaker possessed the
knowledge of men and the power of discern
ing their fitness for given position that the
gentlemen invested with such enormous
authority ought TO have in abundant meas
use.-Boston Advertiser.
1t may be that, from the legal point of
view, nobody outside of Mississippi has any
business to investigate this matter. But
from the political point of view, everybody is
interested in knowing the leading facts in the
case, because everybody is interested to know
what sort OF party it is that is asking to be
trusted with the responsibility of making and
administering laws for this nation. Every
body is interested in knowing whether it is a
party which in Mississippi deprives men of
the right TO vote, or secures votes by unlaw-
full or unrighteous means, and which through
such of its principal spokesmen as Thurman
and Bayaid, always opposes inquiry into the
methods by which 1t wins its yictories.-Chi-
cGgo Times
Professor Newcomb, in his admirable arti-
cles on finances in Harper's Weekly, makes
the following Illustration of the Kelley 3.65
bond folly:-The new plan of anchoring,
which is open 10 the world is this: dispense
with all such uncertain things as anchors, and
send out your ships in pairs. Then, when
ever your two ships-the Eagle and the
Ocean Wave-are in danger of being blown
on lee shore in a gale OF wind, lash the
Eagle firmly to the Ocean Wave, so that
the wind can't move her an inch. Then lash
the Ocean Wave firmly to the Eagle, so that
she cannot move either. Then the two ships
will bid defiance 10 the storm, and their
crews will look on calmly as they see those
unwise captains who trust in anchors drift
ing by them. You see the principles in
volved. The Eagle is the greenback, the
Ocean Wave the bond. The greenback is
based on the bond, as the Eagle is lashed to
the Ocean Wave. The bond is based on the
greenback, as the Ocean Wave is lashed to
the Eagle. And thus we have in navigation
as in finance, subtle principle which will
regulate the movement of finance and of
ships as accurately as the motion of the
steam-engine is regulated by its governor