The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-08
Current Notes.

Current Notes.
Gov. Hendricks home organ has got new
name for his complaint. 1t is '.udicial equi-
poise" that ails the governor.
The surest and shortest W for the Demo-
Gratis to neutralize the political effect of this
Belknap exposure is to show an undue eager
ness to utilize it as party capital.-Spring-
field Republican.
The Chicago Journal has a report tha
leading Democratic politicians of Illinois hav
had private conference and agreed to in-
dorse Lewis Steward, the greenback candi.
date, for Governor.
The English papers which comment so
earnestly on American degeneracy appear to
have forgotten that Lord Chancellor West
bury was arraigned in 1865 for misconduct in
the distribution OF his patronage, and forced
to resign.
Good stories of Gen. Early continue to
turn up; here is the latest. 1t was during the
whrl up the valley. The late Gen. Breckn-
ridge was riding along, despondeut and silent.
Jubal rode up: swell, Breckenridge, what do
you think of the rights of the South in the
territories no,c?'
Tom Benton's aversion to paper money
earned him the nickname of cold Bullion"
Here is one of his remarks about it: SIT
tends to aggravate the inequality of fortunes; !;
10 make the rich richer and the poor poorer !;
TO multiply nabobs and paupers, and to deep
en- and widen the gulf which separates Dives
from Lazarus"
Judge Taft of Ohio put his finger on the
spot when he said, last fall: "This growing
I'M, IN tba ourropou If nraot;oohIo % oil x,,,.,
have precisely the same effect upon prices
and the relation of debtor and creditor as
contraction, depending for its intensity upon
the rate at which we grow up. The pressure
will be against the limit"
The resumption of specie payments would
cost something but it is the cheapest way out
of hard times. and a reliable currency will be
the great reward of those who earn it. We
hvae already paid the greater part of the pen
atty. The politicians who are trying to elect
president nnder false pretenses are in the
way. A rapid and equitable process for the
adjustment OF legal-tender paper is what
we want.-CincinRat Commercial.
In brief, the case is this: Uncle Sam gave
demand note to his creditor, ,solemnly pledg-
ed his faith in 1869 to pay that note as early
as possible, declared in 1875 that he could
and would pay within four years, and took
up the note payable on demand, giving in
steadone due Jan l, 1879, and now nearly
three years before the tine arrives, contemp-
later saying TO the creditor, 81 shall not even
try to pay that note, but will pay you when I
get ready.'~-N. Y. Tribune.
Bluff old Zach Chandler has good deal of
''horse sense' about him. When he heard
tho cha rres aoaipet RoILnan ba ,roo+ oad
asked him if they were true, and when Bel
KNAPP admitted them Secretary Chandler told
him that it was no time for hesitation, but to
resign at once. eff you don't resign 1 shall,'
said Chandler, and thus quickened to an ap-
probation OF his position, Belknap wrote his
letter OF resignation and carried it to the
President.
Our Democratic friends who are endeavor-
ing to make large political capital of the fall
of a Republican Cabinet minister who re-
ceived bribes from an army sutler, need to be
reminded that government has to pay annu-
ally nearly $1,000 as interest on $4,000, 900
of Indian trust funds which a Democratic
Secretary, Jacob Thompson, permitted to be
stolen while in his official custody, and which
have never been ecovered.-Pr0ridenc
Journal.
The Philadelphia Ecening Bulletin adds
another count to the general indictment
against Belknap. 1t says it was he who in
stigated the charges brought against Gen. o.
o. Howard, some years ago, accusing that
officer of perpetrating frauds in the manage
ment of the Freedman's Bureau. Belknap
appeared at the time in the character of
public officer who firmly persisted in sacrific-
ing his personal feelings to the performance of
his duty. Gen. Howard was acquitted, after
careful investigation, and now we learn
that, while he was spot!ess, as his friends
were confident he was, his prosecutor was
engaged in committing crimes of more in
famous character than those of which he ac-
cused Howard.
They say at the White House that when
the two Secretaries had left, the President
| rang the bell violently-unlike his usual quiet
way-and ordered that his fastest horse
should be harnessed Immediately. As soon
as it was ready he drove away as fast as the
| horse could go. 1t was noticed whenever he
came to vacant lot, where he supposed th at
he was not overlooked. that he urged the
horse TO greater speed. Anything-any-
where-to get away from men; to be CAIN
again, to conquer himself, to be able to con-
front his enemies as quietly as if he were
once more at the head of the army. Two
hours went by before the President came
back. His horse was covered with foam, and
every limb trembled. But the old soldier
looked as unmoved-as stolid-as if he were
an Indian chief He had conquered Since
then, with every one around him excited, he
has been as calm as he was when Lees le-
| gions were dashing waves of blood against
his army in the Widerness.-James Redpath
from Washington.