The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-27
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

advance. FellOW-cltlZenS! mere is your
dark horse. That man would make bet
ter President than all the rest of them put
together.
Chicago Inter-Ocean (Rep.): The Demo-
cratic papers have insisted there were no
Democratic rifle clubs in Arkansas But
the proclamation of Governor Miller order
ing such organizations to disband, is best
evidence that the bull doing movement
had become formidable
Springfield, en- Gazette (Rep.): Kearney
is d blessing in disguise What reasonable
argument and earnest persuasion on the
part of the press have failed to do, in con-
vincng workingmen, this bowling hoodlum
will accomplish by his outrageous attacks
upon common sense and common decency.
Chicago Daily News (Ind); Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams of Massachusetts,, who
never went without meal, and never had
occasion to stand his tailor off in all his
life, testified before the Labor Committee
| in New York yesterday as to what he
knows about the hard times-their cause
and cure The next witnesses will probably
be Jay Gould James Gordon Bennett and
Mr. Astor. These men know what hard
times are.
Washington Post (Dcm.): 1t occurs to us
that the spectacle of Butler in the Guberna-
torial chair and five or six Democratic Con-
gressmen from Massachusetts, would be a
much more edifying spectacle than that
presented by another Governor Rice and
only two Democratic Congressman. Massa-
chusets Democracy is of the finest grain,
but sometimes it is just as necessary to
stoop for ones country as it is to die for it
or live for it.
New York Sun Dem.): Both Blackburn
of Kentucky and Springer of Illinois have
been renominated for Congress. They both
deserved to be- They stood out to the end
against the Fraud worshipers in the last
Congress- Mr. Blackburn was the first to
say NO to the Burchard resolution when it
was sprung upon the HoHse, and few min
uteS later was the first to say No! to the
IIartrdge resolution. Mr.. Springer voted
No on both. The fidelity and courage of
these honest Democrats should be rewarded
with rousing majorities in their respective
districts on election day.
Boston Traveller (Rep): What kind of a
show would the Attorney General of Massa
chusetts have had twenty years ago (or
even now if he had gone to the Capitol
of South Carolina to tell the Governor of
that State what he ought and what he
ought not to do? On the other hand, thirty
years ago, if a requisitiOn had been made
upon the Governor Of Massachusetts TO re-
turn fugitive from justice (O his Excel
! lency would have jumped out of bed to
respond for fear of displeasing the powers
that were in the Palmetto State. Verify,
times have changed.
Memphis Appeal (Dem.): Keyis destined
to great and still greater honors Only a
few days ago he was waited upon by a num-
dered him the nomination for Governor as
an independent pledging him the support
of the Republican party in the State. He
has taken the matter under advisement,
and, strongly urged by Hayes, is likely to
accept. We hope he will. He will learn a
lesson in politics that will do him good.
He will be defeated, and as a sort of mar
tyr will be in good condition to run on the
! ticket with Grant in 1880. and be defeated
again.
Charleston News and Courier Dem }:
No candidate from the South for Vice
President would have, at this time, as much
strength as Governor Hampton We do
not think that it will be to his interest to
become q candidate, and we are sure that
he can do the State and the Democratic
party better service in the United States
Senate, during the canvassing of the Elec-
toral vote in 1881, than he can render in
any other capacity whatever. We prefer,
however, to re-elect Governor Hampton in
South Carolina, before talking of shelving
him by pressing him as a candidate before
the Convention of 1885, unless it be under
stood that he take the United States Sena-
torship in passing.
New York T-iolne (Rep.): The more
Thurman's recoId is examined, the more
amazing does his somersault appear In
one of his speeches in the Senate in 1874 he
protested against banishing gold and silver
and using paper currency only-paper not
only irredeemable, but depending for Its
volume upon the will and caprice of the
moment, or upon the views of members oi
Congress seeking reelection, or aspiring tc
higher place" He is now furnishing mos
emphatic evidence of the wisdom of his
own words, by giving a melancholy exam
pie of the astonishing things a statesman
may be capable of when he is aspiring to {
higher place"
New York Evening Post (Rep. j; Mr. Mar
BILE can write letter to the newspapers
he is skillful in this business-eXplaininG
his own dispatches, and if he is not the au
thor of the unsigned ones their author OF
authors can follow his example If this il
not done the Republican members of the
Potter Committee can assist in unravelinl
the puzzle. So far we believe that these
members have acted on the defensive. They
have summoned no witnesses, and have
been content with cross-eXaminations di
versified with occasional expressions o
opinion about General Butler. Let then
now submpna all the persons whose names
are attached to these dispatches. They have
full authority to do so, and quite as mucf
power to compel translation of the cipher
as the Democratic members of the Commit
tee have to demand the production of pri
vate letters. The testimony of Mr.. Marble
: and Col. Pelton will certainly be interesting
and the Republicans have no reason to feaI
any disclosures that they may make.
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Ladies, Delicate and Feeble.
| Those languid, tiresome sensations, caus
, ing you to feel scarcely able to be on you
feet; that constant drain that is taking from