The Portland daily press., 1875-11-30
Current Notes.

John Hancock, southerner from Texas,
hard-money democrat, represented able, is
the new name for the speakership.
The Boston Ne,os says there is good deal
of Imitation heresy" lurking about New Eng
land, and that the hard money men wouldn't
have it all their own way in Boston, if votes
were to decide the matter on direct issue.
There have been greater men born to this
nation than Henry Wlson--men intellectual
ly more largely endowed, with more prod!gal
gifts of tongue and pen, and with finer quail
fications, so far as education goes, for public
life; but none whom we recall surpassed him
in high moral qualities, and the sturdy virtues
of an upright and conscientious man.-Cin-
cinnati Commercial.
The New York World regales its readers
with tabulations from the robbery book kept
in the police Office of that city, which shows
that from April, 1870 to July, 1875, there had
been stolen at 10 precincts of the city proper
ty to the amount of $685., 1000, of which only
$21 500 had been recovered. Ia the same
time, from all the precincts below AID street,
81, 100000 of property had been stolen, OF
which fully million was not recovered.
Tho Palladium complains of Senator Ea-
toms "rhetoric, grammar and ideas as a dis
grace to the state" Mr.. Eaton may be defic-
lent is respect to grammar and rhetoric and
even ideas: but we should like to know in
what degree, either as a grammarian or
rhetorician, the New Haven ex-governor
excels him! If Mr.. Eaton should go down
early in a spelling match, pray where would
the ex-governor be when the word Connect
icut" was presented? There are very few
prominent democrats in Hartford who begin
that word with K.-Hartord COurdnt.
We are constantly hearing men who once
advocated initiation say: "Well, let us have
the worst and have it over," s'There Is moth
ing gained by cutting off the dogs tail by
inches," "Let US get the bedrock as soon
as possible, so we can know where we stand,"
etc. To put the whole matter in a
nutshell: If we are wiling to pay forty cents
year all round we can resume specie pay
ments without iDjuring any one, except Wall
street gold gamblers; and the practical ques-
ton is, Had we not better pay that sum than
have the present distress continued indefi-
| nitely ?-Manhattan Kan. )Constitutionalist.
In commenting upon the interview with
Senator Ferry as to his financial opinions,
published in the New York Herald, that
paper says: "Justice requires us 10 say that
they are not such as should set the country
wild with alarm in the event of his succeed
ing tos!he highest office in the government.
Although there are parts of his views from
which we dissent, there are other parts which
are reasonable enough to merit respectful
consideration. His prompt recognition of
the right of the country to know his opinions
in view of the new contingency which has
arisen is square and manly, and should ex-
empt him from captious criticism"
A braver or kinder man than the dead
vice president never lived. Though firm in
his convictions, and at times aggressive in
asserting them, he was both charitable and
courteous to others. He was essentially a
philanthropist. His private life was blame
less. During his visit TO Kentucky, six
months ago, he made many personal friends
among his political opponents. The circum-
stance attending his visit 10 the death-bed of
Breckenridge, revealing, as they did, the kind
ness of his nature, touched kindred chord
in the Kentucky heart, itself generous and
ever ready to respond to manly sympathy,
and nowhere among those who were personal
ly strangers and politically opposed to him
will his death be more generously regretted
than among our people. He fought us long
and well, but not Indignantly. In the Re-
publican caucus of 1857 his was the only vote
against the radical reconstruction policy of
Thaddeus Stevens, whilst his course, during
the lastwo years, has been marked by stead
ly increasing moderation, creditable alike TO
his head and heart.-L0uiSriue Courier
Journal.