The Portland daily press., 1875-03-31
Current Notes.

If any doubts have remained ia the minds
of our Connecticut voters as TO the real ma
ture OF Democratic principles and doctrines
at the present time, these doubts must have
been set at rest by the recent speeches of
Messrs. Eaton and johnson in the Senate.
Mr.. johnson was not particularly brilliant, it
is true and Mr.. Eaton repeated himself as he
always does; but the speeches were fair spec
linens of Democratic argument, and repre-
sent fairly tie ideas of the Democratic leaders
and politicians who are now asking the peo-
pie of this and the other states to restore them
to power.-Netu Hduen Journal and Courier.
1t is upon the Republican members that
the Governor depends almost entirely. If
he wins the fight, the victory will be per-
sonal one, so far as he is concerned, and one
of the Republican party, as represented in the
legislature. That large and powerful section
of the Democratic party Of which Chief JUS
tice Church is the ornamental hgure-head,
only brought out on great occasions, and OF
which Senator Lord and Speaker Mcclure
are the real leaders, is committed to the per-
petuation of the Canal Ring in power and
against any effectual effort to punish its past
robberes.-N. Y. Mail
Little Delaware, too, has been silly enough
to 90 into :he notification business. One OF
the bills passed at the recent session Of the
Legislature authorizes common carriers, inn
keepers, etc., to provide separate accommoda-
tions for "any class of persons obnoxious" to
their other passengers or customers. Mean
ing, of course, ''niggers." This is pretty
small business even for so small a state as
Delaware.-SprinQfe Republican.
Illinois also has one of those @reform" Leg
islatures. and the newspapers record the CO.
incidence that it has been running exactly the
same length of time as the Beecher trial, and
has developed about as much scandal. The
House of Representatives had regular orge
la Pennsylvania the other night.-PhiLd-
delphiG Press. f
The Democrats in Connecticut, like their
brethren in New Hampshire, managed dur
ing their short lease OF power to convince any
S;iEEpreudiced DC person that they were Of real
Bourbon typee;: that they had learned moth
ing and forgotten nothing. Their legislative
record was so unblushingly partisan, so utter
| ly neglectful of everything touching the ma
| teral and-moral interests of the state, that
| even the more sensible OF the Democrats ont
| of Office saw the blunders of their legislative
representatives and urged their correction.
| but in vain. In the Nutmeg state, as every
| Wnere else, Tue temporary succeSS U, Tue Oe-
| mOcracy scattered to the winds all the lessons
| of wisdom learned in adversely, the bummers
and spoilsmen eibOwed their way to the 'ront
and, pushing the more discreet leaders aside,
| took possession of the party and ran it in
their own interests.-CleueiGnd Herald
1t is said the execussrs of Oakes Ames
have discovered by his accounts that the
money he claimed to have paid to Mr.. Col
4, ox,I In far ol for
purposes at the time he was bard-pressed by
| his financial embarrassments. The friends OF
Mr.. Co,fax ought to probe the matter 10 the
bottom aud vndicate his good name, II the
| facts are as we believe them to be.-Hdrt-
| ford Evening Post.