The Portland daily press., 1875-12-03
Current Notes.

A Detroit despatch to the Chicago Tribune
says that within a few days the friends OF
Gov, Hendricks have taken series of adroit
steps which promises to secure him the Mich
igan delegation to the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
The Republican ring-smasher, Secretary
Bristow, has won new victories at Milwau-
kee, where most of the indicted swindlers
have pleaded guilty and are waiting sem
tence. Mr.. Tilden, who is supposed to be
making feeble efforts against New York
swindlers, will please take notice Hartford
Courdnt.
All the indications from Washington are to
the effect that Mr.. Samuel Randall Of Pensyl-
vania has captured the Democratic party.
The Republican party can ask no better poll
cy from the Democratic party than the nomi-
nation of Tom Scott's henchman, the Protec-
tive-Tarif, Back-Pay, Infation-Democrat,
Sam Randall. ll.-Chicdg0 Tribune
In large sense all things are religious, but
the schoo. must not be regarded as religious
institution. 1t is secular, and must be kept
secular, and should be defended against any
thing that should make it anything else than
secular 1t is not right for me 10 read my
Protestant Bible in a common school where
substantial fellow -citizens-Jews or Roman
Catholics-send their children, and oblige
them to hear read what they do not believe.
1t is not right fer the Roman Catholics to
read their Bible, and oblige US to listen to it.
Fair play is the doctrine, and it is not fair
play for the majority to rule the religious
| teaching of the children of the minority
Henry Ward Beecher.
Mr.. Randall is thorough-going Democrat,
but he is as honorable an enemy as the Re-
| publcans ever had in the House. 1t would
| be unjust to call him a partisan, for he is
not one in the new meaning of the word,
| being more for country than party. He has
| great ability and experience as legislator,
| and his integrity as man and Representa-
| tive is without question. Ifhe should fail at
| all in being elected Speaker it will be by rea-
son of his Protection principles, and not
| because he is not far and away the most
| fitted candidate for the position. 1t is under
| stood that the Pennsylvania delegation will
| vote solidly for Mr.. Randall. Philadelphia
| Inquirer.
The Boston Transcript says that the Dem-
ocrats of that city will probably support Mr..
Boardman, the "straieht-out', Republican
candidate for Mayor in opposition TO Mr..
| Cobb, who has been renominated as a nom
| partisan. In this way they expect to have a
| COluUludIiOh Dooiu VI 1AiuShhShs w. ~
larger representation of Democrats than they
| have had for many years. The Transcript
| says: SIT will be novel proposition for the
| Republican committee to nominate as can
| didate for Mayor on Republican grounds a
gentleman who depends for his election
| chiefly on Democratic votes, and on an
understanding by which the Democrats will
expect to gain materially in strength in the
most important branch of the municipal
| government"
| Connecticut is the first northern state
| which has been delivered over bodily to the
Democrats, so that they can name both sena-
| tors. The best they can do, it seems, in
their new and lively reform zeal, is to elect
one man because he could truthfully say that
he had never neglected to aid slavery, trea-
son and rebellion; never failed to curse the
| government and praise the rebellious states
never shrank from hoping and praying that
| the northern armies might be slaughtered by
''his southern BRETHREN" and the tyrant Lin
| coin brought to the scaffold for his crimes.
| Their other hero is the man who spent his
money lavishly enough to secure them the
| power to send him to the United States sen.
ate. Such is the party that proposes TO cele
brate the Centennial by introducing patriotic
feeling, reconciliation of north and south
purity, honesty, and ability into the admins
tration of the general government.-Detroi
| Post.