The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-05
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paper out in New York state nomnates
for next President the man who will make
shoes that don't squeak.
The latest guess at the majority Clerk Ad-
ans intends to give the Democrats in the
new House places it between eleven and
thirteen.
Ex-Minister Russell insists that the State
Department is responsible for his losing the
venezuela mission and ought to give him
another,-and it looks as though Secretary
Evarts would agree.
John Bright writes: "There is great and
universal satisfaction here, at the settlement
of your Presidential difficulty, and the good
sense of your people is admitted and admired
on this side OF the Atlantic.''
Tennessee has reduced the state tax from
four mills to one mill on the dollar. Four
mills having proved insufficient to pay all the
interest on the debt the alternative of none is
adopted. There is no legal remedy against
state that repudiates.
Major Burke is another gentleman who is
distended by secret which has been ferment-
ing within him ever since last February.
This is trying season for gentlemen who
contain secrets, and the Major ought to be
securely hooped or allowed to tap himself.
The New York Herald does not want Com
gress to do nothing but pass the army bill.
1t is for one-term constitutional amend
mend. a definite funding bill to lead to specie
payments, and special expert commission
to report from time 10 time on our commerce
and industry.
Ex-Gov. Brown has been cast into outer
darkness. Somebody-presumably Demo-
cratic pope, for the anathema appears in
sanctified organ-has formally excommuni-
Gated him from fellowship with Democratic
believers. Upon the whole, this is rather
worse for the believers than for Brown.
If Hampton is honest enough and strong
enough to fulfill his pledges respecting the
freedmen, and if, under his administration,
the state regain peace and prosperity, the
President will have little to fear from his own
party. These, however, are important pro-
vses. And If they be not forthcoming, his
position will not be enviable.-N. Y. Times.
Murat Halstead, in the Cincinnati CON-
mercial: Grant is the ex-President of the
United States, private citizen in a plain
coat, t,but. one whose name is as clear cut in his
tory. as that of Turenne or Marlborough, the
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| that his period as politician and his terms in
the Presidency are over, we again make our
respectful sautation to General Grant of
| Vicksburg and Appomattox.
| The South, for the first time since the close
of the war is placed upon its good behavior,
| and Governor Hampton's state is the one in
which the initial experiment is to be tried.
| Naturally the country watches the result with
some anxiety, and if the expectations Of the
| President and his friends are disappointed
the consequences will be disastrous to the
| South and to the whole Union.-N. Y.
| Tribune.
1t is stated that before ex-senator Key of
Tennessee was appointed Postmaster General
by President Hayes, the place was offered to
John Hancock Of Texas, whose political de-
| ceucy caused the Texas Democrats to set him
| aside from public life. Mr.. Hancock declined
the position for fear the Southerners would
think that he had something of that sort in
mind when he refused to join the fillibusters
in the closing days Of the last session.
Ifit is really true, as it appears to be, that
the Republicans of South Carolina, although
in majority, are not able to produce suffi-
cient evidence OF their right, Ior the power
to enforce it, the better course for them to
| pursue is to accept the situation and endeav-
| or to hold the actual government to its duty
| by united, vigilant and honorable opposi-
| tion until another election gives them a bet-
| ter opportunity to recover and reassert their
| rights.-Boston Adrertiser.
| The President does not decide between the
claims of Hampton and Chamberlain. He
| does not assume TO pass upon the election.
| A belief in the absolute right and justice of
| Gov. Chamberlain's position is entirely con-
sstent with his action. But he determines
| that the controversy is one which should be
| decided within the State, and that public pol
| icy does not justify the continued interference
| of the federal troops. The spirit and deter
| mination are right, and II is to be hoped that
| the result will vindcate their wisdom.-Alba
| ny Journal
Undoubtedly the most important political
contest OF this year will be waged in Ohio.
| A Governor is to be elected, and Legisla-
ture that will choose successor to Stanley
| Matthews. The prominence which the
State now occupies in national politics, and
the closeness of the vote at the last few cleo
| tions, lend an additional interest to the com.
| ing contest. The Democrats will make an
earnest struggle in the hope of breaking the
| line of Republican States and of establishing
| an advance line from which the Presidential
battle of 1880 can be fought. the Republi-
| cans have all the eclat of victory, and will 90
| into the fight With strong hopes of accessions
| from the Liberal and German elements