The Portland daily press., 1878-05-16
Current Comment.

1t is understood that the clergymen of
Maine and Massachusetts, are going to me-
morialize Congress to pass general amnesty
law to protect them from Gail Ham ilton.-
Hartford COurant.
sGath" declares that he would interview
Apollo if be could hold him long enough by
the hair. As Apollo is gentleman some
what noted for striking the Tyre, the courage
displayed in this declaration cannot fail to
be appreciated, says the Chicago Times.
Lewis Of the Detroit Free Press has been
blown up In steamboat explosion, burned
out Of printing Office by gas explosion,
and no doubt he would survive the fall of
100 feet out of balloon. You can't kill a
live journalist unless you loaf in his Office
an hour or two every day, and persist in dis
cussing the finances. s.-Norrist0lon Herald.
The most prominent Democratic candi-
date for governor of Alabama is Mr.. Lang
don, an old gentleman of 73 years, who
achieved some prominence early in the war
by urging the confederate forces to take no
prisoners. The Democratic papers are ad-
vocating his claims, and urging at length
that no man "with southern heat in him."
should 60 back on the old man.
Happy thought! Let Congress oust Hayes
and put in JEFF Davis. The President has
something more than two years to serve and
Jeff's term he'd not expired by just about
two years when the great fraud ofAppomatox
was perpetrated. In this way JEFF will be
conciliated, Hayes will be ousted and Tilden
won't be put in, so that all the objects of the
Democratic leaders will be attained simulta
neously.-Chicago Tribune.
The Democracy of Ohio elected R. M. Bish-
op to the governorshp as "business man."
We believe it wasn't claimed that he had 9TH
er..demands upon the party. But when ''busi-
ness man" can't remember whether he did or
didn't take fund of SIG, 900 to the Kentucky
capital TO persuade the Kentucky Legislature
how to vote on business questio we begin
to think we haven't realized on our "busi-
ness" governor.-Cin. Inquirer.
Capital has been expressing labor cruelty
again. Citizen Megy, one of the leaders OF
the nasty Communist orgy, in New York
threatened to kill the New York World re-
porter for putting the doings of that meeting
into print, wherupon despotism laid its iron
hand upon Megy, arrested him and put him
under five hundred dollar bond to keep the
peace. What vile, slavish country that is,
wherein citizen caanot kill craven caitiff
when he wants to.-Cincinnati Commercial.
1t was breach of good taste for Republi-
can members of the House TO allude on FRI
day to the sufferings of Union prisoners in
Libby Prison and Anderson vile. The DEM
ocrats Of the South are sensitive on such
matters, and their feelings should be spared.
The member who mentions loyalty in their
presence should be taken in charge by the
Sergeant-at-Arms. In this era of conciia-
ton such disturbing issues should net be
raised. The Democrats can't stand It,
Globe Democrat.
In convention held tomorrow Thurman
and Hendricks would divide the South, with
Louisiana supporting Hancock. Thurman
always looms up prodigiously couple of
years in advance of the convention, but his
strength fails when the time comes. 1t is
evident that Hendricks will have a tremen-
dously active and devoted following if Tlden
shall be gotten out Of his way. Tilden sus-
tanned a great loss in Morrissey's death. You
remember Morrissey's efficiency at St. Louis
in Tilden's behalf. 1t is doubtful it Tilden
without Morrissey. can secure New York and
that state is the base of all his operations
d Prominent Southern Democratic Senator.
And now Mr.. ]. W. Littell of st. Louis is
out with card stating that he despairs OF
the republic and wants an empire. This
thing is becoming serious. Seven years ago
there was only one of these fellows, and now
there are three that we know of, and possibly
one or two of whom we have not heard. This
shows conclusively that the movement is
spreading. If the Government does not
throw aside politics for awhile, and deal with
this thing seriously, it may, in the course of
two or three million years find that the i'm
perialists have gathered together following
sufficiently large to enable them to carry the
State of Rhode Island. and then indeed it
will have bitter cause to regret that it did
not heed our warning before it was everlast-
ingly too late. We have said.-Ddn6ury
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