The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-19
SPIRIT UF THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.

The Commercial SAYS 1t is not known
upon what grounds the Governor and
Council Of Maine So changed the returns If
the late State election as to give the Demo-
cratic Greenbackers a majority in the Sem
ate and House and the State offices. The
meetings were held in secret and Repnb-
licans and candidates interested were de-
nied the privilege of inspecting the returns.
But some of the reasons for rejecting re-
turns from various cities and districts have
been made public and doubtless others will
he. For the most part they are frivolous.
Every man qualified tn vote and desiring
to do so went to the polls unmolesed and
voted whatever ticket he pleased, and
when the ballots came to be counted it was
found the Repub leans were largely in the
majority Their candidate was 400n0
ahead of the Greenback- Democratic candi-
date, and came near having majority over
both lis competitors. The Republicans
elected majority of 7 to the Senate, and
q to the House. All this has been re-
versed by the Governor and Council. Moth.
ing more unscrnpulous has ever occurred
in American politics. If it is not undone,
| the authors of the rascality, and any party
that sustains them, will be. They will not
be heard of in Maine hereafter, and will
take rank with other rocueswho are not in
the Penitentiary of the State.-It is a mat
ter of dispute whether the Nicaragua route,
recommended by American engineers
is better than the Panama, which
has the support of the celebrated
French engineer. De Lesseps. The Mica
ragua ls the longer of the two, and will in
yol\e g the construction of numerous locks
causing delays in the transit OF vessels of
several days each. The Panama route is
the shorter, and will cost more money, and
those who prefer the Nicaragua assert that
the Panama will be seriously affected by
the difference in tides on opposite sides Of
the Isthmus.-Putting the police in the
hands of Mayor Jacob would mean an hon
est and decent police service. There are
powerful interests opposed to this. The
backmail aud the blackguard interests are
opposed. The game now-as it is clear that
| the old Board must go-is a new Board to
be managed by the gang.-An Ohio
man has invented process of max
ing coal gas at cost OF something less
than 20 cents thousand cubic
feet, counting the price of coal ten cents
per bushel, and not counting the coke. or
coal tar, or the cost of distribution. When
Deacon Richard Smith snid at Washing
ton that he understood there were prom
ises on behalf Of the Cincinnati CONNER.
cial to support the nominee of the Nation
al Republican Convention, he had been
led to interpreta single remark as covering
too many degrees Of longitude. The re-
mark was that, as we expected to support
Blaine If he should be nominated, we
would do nothing before or during the
Convention inconsistent with that PROPOSE
ton. The point was that we did not in
tend to support him in 1876 II he had been
nominated.
The Enquirer says: We print this morn
ing an interview with Hon. Horatio Sey.
mour Of New York. concerning menti II
OF his name as candidate for the Presi-
dency. 1t is interesting, and at this
time important, though it says little. He
does not say that he will not accept the
nomination; he doesn't think that 1t win
be offered him.. He modestly says that he
does net believe that his name will be Sc
riously presented to the next Democratic
Convention. Throughout he carefully
avoids saying THAT he will peremptorily de-
cline the nomination II rendered him. This
is significant. The Democrat who carried
New York ION q splendid plat
form) in 1868 against Grant