The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-02
Current Notes.

Referring to the proposed reductions in the
pay Of professors, cit will result" says the Tril
bune, Sin making West Point sort of pena-
colony for meritorious and distinguished Of
ficers, giving the lowest pay to the flower of
| the army"
Virtue, when carried to an extreme, oft be.
comes vice, and we are afraid that the ef.
| fort on the part of certain members of Con-
gress to reduce the expenses of the govern
ment by cutting down the salaries of the pro-
fessors at West Point illustrates the: :adage.-
Louisville Courier-Joarnal.
Almost the whole column of great names
stands upon the bedrock of humble proper
ty. Our statesmen, our thinkers, our wri-
tiers, our judges on the bench, our orators,
have all been born poor. In all the history
of nan the pursuit of gold has warred against
the development of self. The rock of power
ty seems hard and cold, but within it is jas-
per.-Dr. Stoing.
The Democrats of Congress are anxiously
and piteously debating among themselves
whether they can escape their constant blum
dering. 1t is hopeless task. They cannot
do it. The fatality is on them. Their Prone
ness to folly amounts to passion. 1t is
doubtful whether any party ever forfeited so
fair heritage and committed so many disas-
trous mistakes in so brief time.-Albany
Journal.
The Centennial bill affords the Democrats
from the Southern states an opportunity. to
say what they think about the war, the North.
the South, and state rights. Lamar of Mis-
sisipri favored the bill, but said that he be-
lieved in the sovereignty of the state. The
war settled nothing, so far as he is concerned.
Only one Democrat, Holman of Indiana, has
had the courage to denounce this heresy-
Cincinnati Gazette.
Mark Twain has been proposed as an inde-
pendent candidate for mayor of Hartford.
Punch, brothers, punch with care. Mr..
Twain is himself considerable property
holder. and would, it is intimated. accept the
nomination. A blue trip slip for an eight
cent fare, a buff trip slip for a six cent fare,
pink trip slip for three cent fare. The
Hartford people believe he would give them
decent police force, and would not be the
tool OF any caucus or set of politicians.
Punch in the presence of the passenjare.
Chicago Times.
Mr.. d. W. Bartlett writes from Washing
ton to the Independent: "The Northern
Democrats in both branches of this Congress
are literally dumb dogs before their South
ern masters; and to-day the state of things
would be unendurable here but for the fact
that the administration is Republican, and
the Southern members are held in check by
their intense desire to get control of the gov
ernment through the fall elections. No Dem
ocrat ventured to reply to Hill. None will
grapple with Tucker. The Southern men,
bers are used to governing, and they will
have no trouble in controlling the s.dough-
faces" of the North, as they did in the years
before the civil war.
A reporter of the Charleston, South Caro-
lima Neacs and Courier, was deprived of the
privilege of the floor of the South Carolina
legislature for having made certain charges
against members. To be readmitted an apol.
ogy was required, and the offending reporter
wrote as follows: 81 am informed that YOU
require an apology for certain language used
| by me in a letter dated December last. l am
charged with accusing certain members of
your honorable body with jobbing, corrupt
practices, etc. did make such charge. 1t
| is true, and l am sorry for it," For some rea
son the apology was not considered satisfac-
| tory.
One Of the doorkeerers on Thursday, upon
being requested by military officer of high
rank to take in his card to the colored men,
Der from Virginia, replied that he did not
know him, and that they did not take any
stock there in ''nlggers." In spite of his in.
sisting that the man should take his card in,
he refused, and the officer was obliged to
| leave without communicating with the meu
| ber he was desirous of seeing. Another
doorkeeper, when the floor was cleared this
morning, repeatedly insisted that Mr.. Haral-
| son, coored member, should go out, telling
him his place was in the gallery behind the
clerks. The whole thing was evidently in
tended as an insult. lt.-WGshington despatch
| Providence Journal