The Portland daily press., 1876-11-24

At game OF checkers, heard one saw.
you've got In the king-row and won't playa
Irecall his childishness to-day,
When hear powerful party say,
"You've got in the king-row and won't play,''
--At6dny Journal.
Chicago's comic paper, the Inter- Ocean,
lays the failure of savings banks at the door
of McCulloch, who contracted the currency,
and adds: "The business of this country
must be done upon credit"
A Democratic editor out West, who last
week expressed his "pride'' in the fact that
"Tilden had carried New York, the most
thieving city in the country" now has the
audacity 10 insist that he wrote striving"
The American people are troubled with
large amount of good sense, and this is an ex-
ceent thing for expounders of the Copstitu-
ton and nervous citizens just now to make
note of.
The average Democratic editor must live
on nitro-glycerine and drink Jersey lightning.
He is regular internal machine, exploding
at the slightest provocation. If the effect
were at all commensurate with the noise, the
destruction would be awful. The only possi-
BILE purpose for this empty uproar is that,
like the bass drum in the country band, it
may cover multitude of sins.
Adding the number of white male adults in
the dark spots at the North, we find that Mr..
Tilden's votes came from localities having
2,325, ,293 white male adults, of whom 617, ,313,
or 13 per cent, were unable to read or write,
But majorities for Mr.. Hayes came from To-
calities having 5,755,391 white male adults, of
whom only 1884, 1858, or 6.6 per cent. were un-
able to read or write.-N. Y. Tribune.
Ohio has not yet seen the last of the infia.
ton mania. A report comes from Columbus
that the banner of the rag baby is to be
raised once more this year. A tripartite agree
ment is said to have been made by Mr.. John
g. Thompson, Gen. Ewing and ex-Speaker
Converse, whereby the Democratic campaign
is to be run in the interest of Gen. Ewing for
U. S. Senator in place of Senator Sherman,
Mr. Thompson for Gen. Ewing's seat in Con-
gress, and Mr.. Converse for Governor. That
is one OF the livliest brood of chickens ever
counted before the hen was set.
The Democratic talk that the doubtful,
states have gone for Tilden is all for effect,
Its main object from the first was to cover the
violence that was contemplated. That is the
object now. But Republicans have had their
eyes wide open. They have not been caught
sleeping at their posts. They were wide
awake. They will have all legal votes honest.
ly counted, according to law, and if such
count elects Hayes, as we believe it will, no
power on earth can prevent his inauauration.
If any party should be foolish enough to Of
fer opposition. it would be brushed away like
chaff before the wind.-Cincinndti Gazette.
Are we to give any less credit and effect to
this law of Louisiana than would be given to
similar law of New York? Can the Louis
lana Law be set aside, and if so by what au-
thority? II is no answer to these questions
to say that Kellogg is corrupt man and that
wrong may be done under the law. Wrong
might be done in any election case; 1t is be-
lieved that gross wrong was done in the
Goode Platt case already referred to; but the
possibility is not sufficient to set aside the
law under which the case is considered.
Wrong might be done under a law simply
directing the returned votes to be counted:
it is believed that gross wrong would be done
were such a law in force in Louisiana; but
this possibility would not be sufficient to set
aside the law. Is it sufficient to set aside
the law as it is? Unless we are prepared to
overturn the state government of Louisiana
we must recognize her laws as we rec ognise
those of any state in the Union.-Ne,u York
Euening Post.