The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-22
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning.
The Commercial SAYS: The publication

The Commercial says: The publication
in Yesterdays Commercial of the full par
ticulars of Edison's latest invention, the
electric lamp, excited extraordinary inter
est. Some think the story told too marvel
Gus to be true but the new thing is as sim
pie as an old-fashioned oil lamp. The cost
of it is 25 cents, or about that of a gas tip.
Certainly this looks like business As for
the current of electricity required, there
are many ways Of producing that. No in
formed person can doubt that it will be
found as easy to send electricity about the
streets through wires as coal gas through
tubes. 1t is probably a fortunate
hing for the, city that a
contract with the Gas Company
for ten years has not been consummated.
1880 expires Edison's new electric lamp
the city and private houses.-The teaching
that General Grant required the office to
be thrust upon him, and was in that respect
different from all other citizens, with per-
haps the exception of Horatio Seymour
who has an equally strong repugnance to
accept the Presidency, has been going on
about twelve years 1t will be seen from
General Grants Harry White letter that he
did not think the two-term tradition of
any importance, and that he would surely
have accepted nomination If he had re.
ceived it in 1876. Whether he is still Of the
same way of thinking is question open to
the conjectures of his countrymen.-Gen
eral Grant will accept the Presi-
dency OF the Nicaragua Canal, if the
friends of the scheme will put up $780,
OO0, ,OOO.-Mr. Blaine has made very forci-
ble presentation in speech at Augusta of
the case OF the Republicans in Maine. 1t
is indeed unanswerable. He says there
never was an election in which all voters
in the State better understood what they
we're about than that of last Sep; ember.
There were three tickets in the field, and
the Republicans lacked few hundred
votes on the State ticket OF o majority over
all; but on the Legislative ticket they had
an absolute majority OF 5000 of the popu-
lar vote. This was the official return. The
Republicans had a majority of in the
State Senate and 20 in the House, The
Democrats, on the most frivolous pre-
lenses, have used their position in the
: State offices to change this to Fusion ma.
jority of 8 in the Senate and II In the
House. In order to do this five Republi-
can cities have been disfranchised.
The Gazette says: It looks as II the
} light of the future was already here.
: The world will watch the success of the
experiment at Menlo Park New Years
Eve with lively interest.-The Bangor in.
dignation meeting, Saturday night devel-
oped disposition on the part of Maine
r Republicans to fight for their rights. They
would gain nothing by such a course.
, They occupy now the position OF moral
vantage From political point Of view,
they could ask nothing better than that
the Democrats should 60 on and inaugurate
the officers that were repudiated bv the
people. That once accomplished, the Re-
/ publicans will have no more trouble with
Democrats or fusionists-The appoint.
: ment Of Senate Committee 10 in.
vestigate the causes of the negro exodus
from Southern States is followed by fresh
) movement of blacks n0rthward. Hundreds
!. are passing through st. Leuis OH their way
from Mississippi to Kansas, and reports say
: that several thousand more are preparing
, to follow them. What has given this new
impetus to the movement at this unfavora.
BILE season OF the year is one of the things
that Mr.. Voorhees, committee can perhaps
, find out-But little can be expected from
,, the present Legislature of Tennessee in the
direction OF an honest settlement of the
, State debt. The 'low tax Democrats
(euphemism for repudiators) are strong and
active, and threaten to disrupt the De
mocracy If policy Of honesty is pursued
: The Memphis Avalanche says full dis
I cussion If the subject will develop the fact
that a very large majority Of the people Of
the State are in favor Of dealing honestly
8 with its creditors. and we believe it. The
people are always more honest than the poll
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