The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


The Commercial processes to think that
Gen. Ewing will have to modify state
inent made early in the campaign that
there are no feuds in the Democratic party
to be healed in Ohio, as it alleges that there
exists the worst kind of feud between
Hurd and Steedman, which broke out in
the primaries held to elect delegates to the
Lucas County Convention. 1t predicts that
Lucas County will carry her dissentions
into the Senatoriali camp and fight it out
there, unless both counties are strong
enough to sit down on both factions. 1t
also calls attention to the fact that inhu-
ential Democratic newspapers like the New
York World, are making a bitter fight
against Tilden, hut claims that they will
support him next year for the Presi-
dency. 1t points to the fact in
support Of this prediction that
in 1876 before the st. Louis Convention,
the New York Express, Kansas City Times,
Cincinnati Enquirer and other Democratic
papers accused Mr.. Tilden of fraud, swim
ding and nearly every crime in the cata-
logue except murder and arson. Yet the
moment he was nominated all the papers
that had denounced him came meekly to
his support. Measuring the future by the
past, therefore, says the Commercial Mr..
Tilden can safely count on the support of
every Democratic newspaper in the United
States. The Commercial publishes COM
munication from Judge Hoadly setting
forth reasons why the Supreme Court of
the United States should be enlarged,
which it admits ought to have something
done to, bul thinks there is reason to ap-
prehend that if the States Rights party get
into power the Court would be so con-
structed that questions arising between the
Federal Government and the States would
be so interpreted under the Constitution as
to Justify secession.
The Enquirer undertakes to specify
"Some of the mistakes of Sherman" and
affirms that officers favortsm to one of
the New York banks is damaging to him
and his party 1t alleges that the First Ma
tional Bank of New York subscribed for
$37 900, 900 in per cent. bonds, expecting
to work them off at a profit. These were to
have been delivered on the 1st Of July, but
the money was not then forthcoming. On
the 1st of August $25,000,000 was still be-
hind, and it is now known that Secretary
Sherman has extended the time to 1st oi
October. 1t further charges that Mr.. Gill
iillen, Treasurer of the United States, drew
on the First National Bank of New York
at one time for $4,000, 900 Of this sum on &C.
count, and the Secretary interposed
to withdraw the check before il
passed through the Clearinghouse
which the Secretary claims would
have seriously embarrassed the Bank tC
have been compelled to meet 1t also al
eges that an average deposit of $40, 00(
has been shown to have lain for severa
months without interest III the vaults o
said First National Bank of New York, and
claims that the Secretary, after claiming il
Maine that his funding operations vert
closed, admitted while in Cincinnati tina
they were not, owing to the Transaction
with the New York Bank in question. Tht
Enquirer claims that the fullest publicity
should always be given between the Govern
ment and its financial agents, and recon-
mends the Secretary to take the people int
his confidence if he wants to enjoy theirs
The Enquirer says of the California elec
ton to be holden tomorrow, the 3d inst.
that the issues of the campaign, If ther
are any issues. are SO complicated that few
people outside the State undertook tt
study them until after the De Young
Kalloch shooting of ten days ago.
On vote by States Congress is now al
most on balance and is waiting for Cali
fornia to decisively tip the beam. The vote
of California's delegation in the Hous'
: may decide the next Presidential elec
ton The Enquirer thinks the actiol
of the Democratic Treasurer of Butle
County in promptly replacing in the Treas
ury the amount of money embezzled b.
his clerk is to be commended.
: The Gazette propounds as a conundrun
"Why should the Butler County Demo
cratic Committee declare vacant the plac
: of David Yeakle on the county ticket a
Treasurer for no other reason than that a
Deputy Treasurer he has been found to b
defaulter for $6,000?' and the
proceeds to affirm that "Yeakle wa
! regularly nominated and has don
nothing to cancel his nomination. Ant
judging by the uniform practice OF tn
party in Democratic Counties, he would b
elected with a Democratic boom. .'-Th
+, Gazette taunts the Enquirer with nov
giving tardy testimony to the revival
business that resumption has brought, an
: processes to remember that 1t was abou