The Portland daily press., 1878-01-31
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hibited such asfaculty for minding his own
business as Thomas Lord.-B0ston Globe.
1t is time for the patriotic citizen to stop
blushing, and get mad: when the United
States Senate follows the lead Of roaring
demagogue like VOORHEES,.
Happy Nevadal She has more money in
her State treasury than she knows how to
use, and her treasurer wants to have an ex-
ira session of the Legislature to reduce the
tax levy. That is a condition OF things
worth having.
"GoIn' to church this morning?' shouted
Amos to his neighbor across the way. "No,
SIR" "Headache?" ''No." "Children sickp"
mo" SCOT company9" sWhats the
matter?" ''KimballP' "'Nough said."-
Boston Transcript.
Secretary Schurz is indeed model reform
er. Having condemned and turned out the
superintendent of the Freedmen's hospital,
he afterwards condescended to make an ex-
animation of the institution. OF course he
reports that his inspection justifies his action.
But the wonder is that he conesnted to make
any nspection.-Springtiel Union.
Senator Barnum OF Connecticut thinks
that if he had been in President Hayes's
place he W w)uld have supported Gov. Packard
in Louisiana, ''if it took every man, woman
and child in my party" The Senator says
there is no room in the Democratic party for
the President, but that the Democrats "will
support him when he does right"
Mr.. Glover of Missouri is an uncommonly
noisy investigator, even for Democrat. He
spends most of his time in thrilling announce
ments of an intention to shoot, and in loud
warnings to everybody to stand from under.
He demands power enough to imprison and
fine the whole American public if it declines
to help him push on his mud machine. He
positively pines for some one to s'obstruct'
him, but is himself his only obstacle.
Another instance of Democratic reform is
furnished by the House Committee on Elec-
tions. They have decided to give the con-
tested seat from California to the Democratic
candidate. To do this they must overlook
the certificate of the Democratic Secretary of
State of California to the Republican candi-
date and the decision Of the Supreme Court
of California, with a Democratic ChefJus-
tice and a majority of Democratic justices,
also in favor of the Republican candidate.
This is on par with the Colorado case.
Perhaps it is good way to secure party SUI
premacy, but it looks as if there might be a
risk in it.
Mr.. Hendricks has been encouraged by the
silver vote in the Senate to descend from the
fence and side with the repudiators. He
talks with the fuency of VOORHEES, about
s'remonetization by STEALTH" about oppress-
sion of the masses through forced resump.
tion, and runs the whole gamut of silver
twaddla like an old hand at tho husinass
This accession is not hailed with exuberant
delight by Mr.. Halstead who seems to be in
clined to blush now and then at the company
he finds himself in. 1t will be an immense
relief to Hendricks himself, for it will enable
him to rest from straddle which has been
the most painful one in the whole of his long
experience. 1t would be unkind to whisper
in lis ear that it will not make him President
but it would be true.
The silver agitation is but one phase of
temper which chafes under the restraints i'm
posed by law, and demands that law shall be
made tributary to fraud and violence. Be-
meath all its forms, this temper will be found
uniform in its hostility to the fulfllment of
contracts and the honorable discharge OF OBJ
legations which events have rendered burden
some. Whether it succeed or fail in Con-
gress this session we are far from seeing its
end. Success will make it more exacting
failure will make 1t more desperate. The
logic which sustains reconciliation will by
and by be employed in attacks upon other
forms of capital. Senator Jones has fore
shadowed some of these attacks, and has not
deprecated them. Senator VOORHEES, has
plainly foretold more, and applauds while he
predicts-N. Y, Times,