The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-20
AS OTHERS SEE US.
The Way They Talk Of the Modest Ohio
Man.

[Philadelpha starl
T. Thomas of Cincinnati, spent Saen-
gerfest week in Chicago.
New York SUM-
Though full the bayonet bubble may be blown,
Ohio Democrats intend to prick ii,
And IL: its foul air mingle with ozone,
By voting for the stout three-legged ticket
New York S.arl
"Ricc and l on three legs" epigram-
maticaly remarks Gen. Ewing, "can
beat Foster and Hickenlooper on four"
That is the spirit that pervades the en-
tire Democratic party of Ohio, and
makes the bIoody-shirt swashbuckler
feel sadder than Nebuchadnezzar on his
diet of grass.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Andrew jackson Hickenlooper and the
Hon. Americus Vespucius Rice are can
didates for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
When the smaller papers of the State
print the names in full they issue sup
plements.
They call it "quinine" in Cincinnati
Down in the country it is know as "tan-
glefoot."
[st. Louis Globe Democratl
The Cincinnati Postmaster is suspected
of tendency to boom for Grant, and is
to be removed.
The Cincinnati Commercial promises
to "take to the woods" if Grant is nom
mated. Ii we recollect rightly, the Com
mercial "took to the woods" in 1872, and
the only damage was TO the woods
LCh cago Times.l
Ewing was in New York the other day,
possibly in consultation with the money
power, as that is always the mission of
Foster to New York, according to the
Bourbon journals. Being in New York
Ewing was seized upon by the interview.
ing reporter. He didn't say anything
particularly wise or witty save that "Rice
and on three legs feel that we can beat
Foster and Hickenlooper on four"
New York Tribunel
General Ewing skips merrily Eastward
to tap those bloated bondholders, against
whom he has been the foremost raver, fol
money to help him to carry on his wal
against capital and credit. Ewing's fine
Western modesty seems to be his best
"holt"
The Sangerfest in Cincinnati opened
very brilliantly and seems to have beer
complete success. There was an i'm
mense chorus and orchestra, and the pro
cession at the opening, which is said tC
have been very gorgeous, was witnessed
by something like half million people
New York Star
One of the most painful spectacles O.
the season is the war that is wsgng be
tween Deacon Richard Smith, of Cincin
natl and the gifted Henri Watterson, o
Louisville. Each appears to claim tha
the example Of the other accounts fo
the social decentralization that exists il
their respective States. The country wei
knew that these distinguished men wer,
all-powerful with their several constitu
ences, but the tendency Of their in
fuence was supposed to be somewhat diff
ferent from that which their revelation
imply.
baltimore Gazette
A bill has passed the Ohio Legislator,
making blackmailing penitentiary of
fcnse. This, it is supposed, will reach tn,
knaves in the Legislature who introduc,
bills every winter to annoy railway com
panies, sleeping-car companies, gas com
panies and school-book publishers, TIN
sole object being to collect a lobby a
Columbus and tax somebody for cxercis
ing repressive powers in committee
Blackmailers are reprehensible class O
persons, and some of the very worst mem
bers of the profession can be found iron
time to time occupying seats in legisla
tive bodies
Gen. Tom Ewing tells New Yorl
Tribune reporter that he thinks that h
and Rice, with three legs, can beat Fos
ter and Hickenlooper in Ohio with fou
legs. In the matter of legs Gen. Ewin
might have told with some appositenes
the anecdote related of President Lin
coins visit to State Prison. A notori
Gus criminal, looking through the bars
said: "Well, Mr.. LINCOLN, you and hay
been in about all the prisons in the coun
try" "Don't know about that" sal,
Mr.. Lincoln; M've never been in bu
three" "Well, Pve been in all the rest,
responded the prisoner. There are onl
three legs in the firm of Ewing and Rice
but Rice is the man who cuts down th
laverage.