The Portland daily press., 1877-05-14
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Current Comment.

Thr venerable William Allen says the Whg
party is dead beyond hope of resurrection.
He ought TO know, for he was at its birth
and its funeral.
The New Workers are frothing at the
mouth again about the celebration of the
Centennial at Philadelphia. "Pure jealousy,
by the GODS"
The reduction of the number of pension
agencies will be followed when Congress
meets by a recommendation from Secretary
Schurz that the fees of the officers retained
be reduced.
The Ohio Legislature, which has just ad-
journed, has materially reduced taxation and
expended less money for legislative junketiDg
parties than any of its immediate predeces-
sors. 1t was Republican in both branches.
Some OF the Louisiana politicians are urg-
ing President Hayes to appoint Senator.elect
Spofford to Justice Davis place on the Su-
preme bench, so as to secure ex-Gov. Kel-
logg's admission TO the Senate.
An exchange aptly remarks that the anx-
iety of the New York Sun lest President
Hayes shall cripple and destroy the Repub-
lican party, is the most touching manifesta-
tion OF unselish and even sensitive patriot
ism that the public has seen for many moons.
The Nashville, Tenn, Democrats have in
dorsed President Hayes, Southern policy at a
mass meeting which was addressed by ex-
Gov. Brown and Others and resolution was
adopted inviting the President to come down
and see them.
Mr. Cox is sure the Presidential question
will be opened again, and hopes that the
"conspirators will let out their damnable se-
crets," or at least "some one will mutter in
Dreams" 1t would be good thing for Mr.
Cox if he did all of bis muttering in that
way.
JEFF Davis is old and feeble, but as rebel
lious as ever. He is now engaged in settling
up his brothers estate. Jefrs old plantation
is now owned by one of his former slaves
who employs thousand hands in cotton
growing. He gives his former owner cor
dial welcome when he visits him, and sup
plies him with money when he needs it.
Henry Watterson repudiates the dreadful
proposition to turn Hayes out and put Tilden
in. ''No back snatches for u.s." he says,
shut a broad look and strong pull for next
time" This is good-Stay! A strong pull at
what, Mr.. Watterson? Put down that Jug
and give us frank answer.-Ipocbester DeDa-
Ocrdt
Gov, Robinson of New York has vetoed q
bill authorizing the election Of women to
school offices. He says ''the God of Nature
has appointed different fields of labor, duty
and usefulness for the sexes" 1t is a good
thing to have governor who is in the coun-
sells of the "God of Nature" but we doubt if
Mr.. Robinson can keep the women out of
some of the fields that men work in.
l.. c.IiJ l:r.
the late Senator Sumner in the exhibition of
the National Academy of Design, New York
city, which has very small merit as work of
art, but is an unmistakable resemblance of
its subject. He is represented in the act of
delivering speech in a moment of great ex-
element; and, judging from the costume, it
may be imagined that the painter intended TO
represent him in the act of delivering his
famous speech in the Senate on the barba-
rism OF slavery, which caused the assaults
upon him by Preston Brooks. The owner o
the portrait, according to the catalogue, Is
''the State of South Carolina. ."-Independ-
ent.
Boston is sometimes amusing. Miss Clara
Morris, who is playing an engagement there,
is highly complmented by the pres, and has
won "a truly splendid triumph" in spite, as
one of the journals tells her, of 'the heavy
odds" of having won the admiration of "the
swell mob of shabby Union square and of the
floating, merely time-killing theatre-goers
from the hotels thereabouts, and from the
peculiar boarding.house society of the great
metropolis that have made the fortune and
cheap fame Of so many trashy plays and
| flashy, dressmaking actresses and tailor act
ors." Boston, the critic informs the lady,
piques itself on cooly differing from ''the
common American, and especially New York,
judgments in art" That is why Boston goes
wild over Miss Soldene and neglects Essipof.
It only appreciates high art.-Ne,o .:Hauen
Palladium.