The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-28

ments, to get rid of the most efficient Chief
Engineer the city has had in recent times.
So tie amiable Mr.. Rowland yesterday, in
an executive session of the Board, intro
duced resolution instructing its President
to ask for the Chiefs resignation, to
take effect November 1st, which was
adopted. The President, Mr.. Cald-
well, lost no time in conveying
to Colonel Anderson the senti-
ments of the Board; but no answer has yet
been made. We presume, however, Colonel
Anderson will comply with the request and
send in his resignation. Fortunately the
days OF this extraordinary Commission are
few, and are likely to be full of trouble.
The defeated and defunct Danenhower is
the only one apparently who will make
anything out of tive warn the manipu-
lators of money that the hard-money vic
tory in Ohio. the other day, was not gold
victory. We intend to have two monev
metals in this country; We intend to ad-
here to the contracts with the greatest ex-
actness and the utmost fidelity. The bonds
are all lawfully payable in standard silver
dollars. The fact is written upon the
face of each of them in the word coin"
and its relations to the laws of March
18th, 1869, and July 14th, 1870. The
question whether it would not be the bet
ter way to suspend the forced coinage of
silver, after reaching the full amount of
the legal-tender silver coinage before the
suspension of specie payments, viz, $685.
600, 900, should be dispassionately discussed.
The one way to revivify the soft-mOney
partisans is to attempt to put the gold
squeeze upon the hard-money party
The Commercial quotes the New York
World as saying that the machinery for re-
moving the Egyptian obelisk was designed
and manufactured at the American works
of the John Roebljng Sons Company. at
Trenton, and under the direct supervision
of Lieutenant Commander Gorringe, who
is now in Alexandria preparing to lower
and ship the famous column.
The German Papers.
THE Volksfreund.l
Garfield is making strenuous efforts to be-
come Senator from Ohio.
Butler is beginning to grow old and weak.
Governor Bishop from next January on
viii again be in the grocery business.
The Gas Company is too voracious. Its
wants ought to be stinted somewhat.
TThe volksblattl
The continued draught not only threat.
ems us with gold famine but also with a
failure of next years crop. 1t is evident,
that the winter seed must suffer severely
under the dry weather
Spectators in Washington propose to
ask Congress for the establishment of a ter.
ritoria government in Alaska under the
pretext that the present officials Of that
country could not uphold their authority
unless with the assistance of government
vessel of war. A territorial government fol-
Alaska would be a good thing.
The Freie Presse.l
The Gazette is in favor of taxing saloons,
and this according to their income.
| How desperate the prospects OF the Dem.
ocrats are for a victory in New York may
be seen by the energy with which the En-
quirer here is beating the alarm drum.
Yesterdays Abend Postl
The total vote cast this year in Ohio ex
ceeds by II ,14l that of 1876, which up to
this time was the largest.
Ex-Postmaster Gustav Wahle, of this city,
is, as announced from Columbus, candi-
date for Senate Postmaster, or Third AS
sistant Scrgeant-at-Arms of the Legisla-
ture. He does not lack the necessary quail
| ilications.