The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-06-01
Current Comment.

1t is said that John Sherman has the presi-
Dental fever, but his success is impossible Is
not his brothers wife Roman Catholic?-
Chicago Times.
The suit of the Packard state auditor
against the Nichols one, involving the whole
Louisiana controversy, has been sent by the
state supreme court to the United States su-
preme court, but decision will probably not
be reached for year or so.
Senator Bayard writes of the electoral COM
mission bill that it saved the country from a
"terrible moral and physical confagration,
which, if once suffered to get under way,
OF government, the public credit. and what
remains of property for it to protect"
The solcltorship of the treasury has been
offered to another person, Gen. Golf, Repub-
lican candidate for governor of West Virginia,
but was declined. This office and the Bra
lillian mission seem to be kept in stock to Of
fer persons who want something else.- Wash
ington Special to Boston Journal
History will be found to be more inexor-
able than law, and will point the finger OF
scorn and avoidance toward Mississippi until
generations have passed. The Chisolm mas
sacre is sign set up in tie face of all men
of condition Of society which might have
been little known now, and forgotten in the
future, and as such will execute its own ven-
geance.-Prouidence Journal.
The prospects of new party in the South
are not especially bright just row. The be-
levers in the revival of the Whig party are
few and far between, and their talk of disin-
tegration of party lines is much more tangi.
BILE than the disintegration itself. Mr.. Wat
terson argues that the Southern question is
out of politics, and consequently it is idle to
talk about building up new party on that is
sue. He thinks the voters will have to choos g
between the two old parties for some time to
come, and good many other people are
agreeing in the same opinion.
President Hayes in conversation said that
in stating the policy of the administration
with regard to the South, and in describing
the situation as the President found it, Sen.
ator Morton was exactly correct. But he
does not share Mr.. Morton's distrust of the
Southern leaders nor have the Senators ap-
prehensiOns as to their intentions. He does
not favor any new party organization. says he
has always been a Republican, is now Re-
publican, and that the Republican party was
never more necessary to the nation than it is
to-day.
Senator Morgan of Alabama has written
letter to the Attorney-General, very decided
in character, urging the dismissal OF the ir-
dictments against those who by ballot-box
stuffing defeated Jeremiah Haralson lcoored)
for Congress. His district was Republican
and gave him large majority. Shelley, his
opponent, and some fifteen others were dis
covered practicing the most shameful frauds
upon the ballOt-boxes, and were indicted.
Mr.. Haralson has been informed, so his
friends say, that he will be killed if he returns
to the district to prosecute his contest for his
seat, and that his life will only be safe after
he abandons the contest. Senator Morgan
now writes that if the policy of conciliation
means any thing, it must embrace pardon
for all political offenses. and that if the Presi-
dent expects any support from the Democrats
Of Alabama he must not countenance the
further prosecution of the matter in the
United States courts.