The Portland daily press., 1878-03-25
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The Democratic House Is trying to shield
its bogus reforms by putting false label on
the tell-tale deficiency bills. Their pure souls
do so abominate fraud, you know!
Edward-You are mistaken; the silver dol
lar you sent us with the request that we ex
change 1t for good one at the bank, Is not
gnawed and defaced by rats. That is the
new design.-Burlington Hawkeye.
Linderman's eagle recalls the conversation
at the show: Daughter-"Law. ma, look at
that heagle." Mother-"Vy, you hignorant
gall hits howl" Snowman, politely "Axes
parding, mum, but hits 'awk.-Courier
Journal.
There seems to be lull in the talk that If
Whitaker is bad man he is good enough to
sit in judgment on so bad man as Auder-
son. Even louisiana court is able to ste
that prisoners badness doesn't cut him off
from lair trial.
This is an extract from the proceedings of
the Kentucky Legislature: "Mr. Spun of
Madison county called the attention of the
Speaker to the increasing practice of throwing
paper wads by the members, and demanded
its suppression"
They are going to have an artificial Niagara
Falls at the Paris Exhibition; but unless an
American is charged fifteen dollars for looking
at it, and has bis pocket picked by hack
man. be will fail to recognize it.-Norris-
toun Herald.
Democrats who have been hugging the de-
lusion that the path of victory led through
path Of roses may as we'll awaken at once to
| the reality. tits impossible to escape the con-
| clusion that the Republican party Is still a
tremendous power in politics.-Uticd Ob-
| seruer.
The painful intelligence comes from Wash
ington that some of the old senators do not
like the sprightliness of Mr Blaine, and fear
that unless he can be restrained the tradi-
tional dignity of the Senate will 90 all to
smash. S'tboy, Mr.. Blaine !-Springpal
| Union.
Elihu B. Washburne, late United States
minister to France, publicly announces what
he has before stated privately since his return
from Paris, that he does not propose to be
candidate for the succession to Mr.. Oglesby
as United States Senator from Illinois, and
moreover that his active political career Is
| ended.
Congress could make Secretary Shern
path perfectly easy by little judicious as
sistance. But If it cannot help him 1t ought
to let him alone. As the frontiersman said
when he was alone with bear, ooh Lord, II
i you can't help me, don't help the bear, and
| you will see the prettiest fight that ever was
known.-Hortord Couwant.
A New Orleans despatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial says: "The Legislature leaves .
miserable record behind it. Instead OF reduc-
ing taxation, it has doubled 1t. Instead of
reform, it has done more to paralyze industry,
and morality as well, than all other previous
| Legislatures ever did. 1t has disgusted both
parties, and it leaves strong smell Of rotten
ness behind it."
| A party of legislative shysters may withhold
the pay lawfully due the sailors. soldiers, and
officers employed under the laws of the
United States; they may refuse to appropri-
ate the money needed to carry the mails and
print money orders; but some day these de-
hciencies must be filled, and the final act OF
appropriating the needed funds Is confess
sion of dishonesty. This House is now en-
gagged in proving how false were the pretenses
on which the Democracy went to the count
try, in 1876, with the crv of "Retrenchmen-
and Reform."-N. Y. Times.
striking commentary on the government
OF New York has been brought out in re-
cent report. London has four times the pop
ulation of New York and covers about four
times the area. Yet New York owes three
times as much as London and spends six
times as much every year. The entire debt
which London has made in its whole history
is not as much as New York has piled up in
ten years, and the mere interest which our
metropolis pays on borrowed money Is twice
as great as the entire annual expense of Lon
don Tor all purposes. That is what the rule
| of Democracy does.-AL6any Journal.