The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-11
Current Comment.

"Spook money! is a term which suits the
indianapolis Journal better than stfiat
money!" absolute money" "corned credit"
or "materialized demand" which are among
the names the Greenbackers give to the
fruits of their plan of making something from
nothing.
The Indianapolis Journal says the plat
form of the Nationals in that State is mod
elled after Jack Cade, as told by Shakes
peare: "Be brave, the-,- for your captain Is
brave and VOWS reformation. There 5n-L he
in England seven half-penny loaves sold for
penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten
hoops, and will make it felony to drink
small beer. There shall be no money; all
shall eat and drink on my score"
There is no longer any doubt that the per-
sistent agitation of the Presidential question
during the last twelve months has been in
spired by Samuel j. Tilden, and that Blair's
memorial and the Potter investigation scheme
had their origin in one and the same fertile
brain. If the old man would pay the gov
ernment the revenue tax out of which he de-
frauded it, and then sail for foreign shores
never to return, the country would be i'm
mensely the gainer.-Iad. Journal.
When man unused to labor joins work.
ing mans party, it is presumed he is working
for an otfice.-Neto Orleans Picoy,lne.
The Hartford Courant says that Senator
Bayard, in bis surprising letter to Tammany
Hall, meant ''that every Democrat in the
country shall have right to vote as freely as
he pleases, and in the South, to prevent the
voting OF as many Republicans as he pleases,
and that the result Of elections thus secured
Senator Bayard knows, as every intelligent
man does, that ''free election" would in
1876 have given the Republican candidates
the states of Mississippi and Alabama, and
that there could have been no distupte about
the result in South Carolina, Florida and Louis.
lana. There is no more doubt of it than that
Massachusetts, and Vermont are Republican.
But when Senator Bayard writes his high
sounding sentences to Tammany-the arch
corruptor of elections-he has no intention of
being understood as favoring such elections
in the Southern States as will be the actual
expression of thel opinions and wishes
of the citizens of those states. If he
were perfectly frank he would admit it or
would confess that he does not look upon the
as entitled to the privilege of expressing an
opinion"
Uuless the public opinion Of the country
is much less sensitive and intelligent than it
is presumed to be, the preposterous muddle
of public business which has been made by
the Democratic majority of the present
House should have very decided effect on
the result of the elections this Fall. To have
been a Democratic member of the existsng
House of Representatives ought to furnish a
| valid argument against candidate possess
| ing no exceptionally strong recommendations
| to the support of a respectable constituency.
There are but few members of the majority
| who could serve their country better than by
staying at home.-N. Y. Times. -
1t is hard to believe that the story that L.
E. Weber, while State Senator in Louisi-
ana, sold himself to the Democrats for twen-
ty-fve hundred dollars, and to the Repnb-
| licans for ten thousand. Both these figures
| are so far above the m arket price of Louisi.
ana politicians that the statement Is dread
fully suspicious, and we can't believe it unit
some Louisiana man or woman swears to it.
Philadelphia Times.
The statement which Mrs, Pickering, "the
medium" and her husband are publishing
indicates that they would be invaluable wit
nesses for the Potter committee. They wouli
come right up ito the Anderson standard
Boston Herald.
A little girl was giving testimony before
the court, when the opposing lawyer put on
fierce look and demanded if she knew
where liars went. "To the Potter commit
tee, l guess: that's what papa Says" replied
the sweet little lump of innocence.-Csncin
| natl Breakfast Table.