The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-10
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
The Rngli.h pepsr. Of rhi, Mornine.

The English Papers Of This Morning.
The Enquirer saws: The States of Ala
bana, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia
Kentucky, Louisiana Maryland, Missis
sippi, Missouri North Carolina, South
Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and
West Virginia have one hundred and
thirty-eight electoral votes. This is the
Solid South" These are the sixteen
former slave olding States which the Re
publican speakers and journalists have
been telling the people are indissolublv
banded together to go as whole for the
Democratic Presidential ticket in 1880
Only fortv-seven more votes are required
to elect. New York and Indiana have fifty,
three more than the required mum,
her. There are brilliant possibilities in
Ohio and other Northern States which are
now under Republican domination; but in
the present political asnect New York and
Indiana are the main Democratic reliance.
They must be carried. The Democrats
may do this and very much more; but with
these States lost. the chances of losing
everything would be startling. 1t is a mat
ter for future discussion whether the ticket
shall read Potter and Hendricks, or Hen
bricks and Potter. We are now simply en-.
gagged in getting out raw material. If the
States are to be considered in the order OF
their importance, then Potter's claims seem
to surpass t ose of Hendricks; if the NOM
nations go bv rules of personal promo
ton, then Hendricks marches to the front.
Potter's political achievements are the
latest, but Hendricks has the longest stand
ings as a patriotic Democrat. Potter has
been a champion of the Democrats in at
tacking the Republicans for their counting
in" tricks in 1876; but Hendricks was
himself one of the counted OUT
When the Sixty-fourth General Assem-
bly, and its coordinate fraction, the Little
legislature of Hamilton County, comes to-
gether some eight weeks hence, it will, of
course, have to ray attention to the wants
of Cincinnati first and to the remainder of
the State afterward. In the first place, the
Mavor's Office must be toned up with a
little more power and patronage. The
Mayor of Cincinnati is as much of figure
head now as the Governor of Ohio. Nearly
as much, we said. though not quite. Then
we must have some more ornamental
Brards to help spend the monev. The
Board of Park Commissioners might be re-
called to service and be given con-
troll of the parks and also the power to lew
tax independent of the Council
Besides, there is the old Board of Health
which will be asking for recognition. That
was, in its pamv days, rather high-toned
BODY. devoted to the discovery Of stagnant
poois in the bv-streets and CT dead cats and
dogs On the thoroughfares, and further still
to the auditing of bills for disinfectants
and drugs sold to the city by its members.
Then they must give lis Il Board of Water
Works Trustees once more. Under the I'D
regime the Water Works Trustees enjoyed
a plentitude of power, and ranked among
the most highly polished knobs OF our
municipal government. They issned
city bonds to buy reservoirs and improve
hem; bonds to lay long lines of pines in
suburban streets, and to build hopelessly
inefficient engines bonds to provide money
for all sorts of contingencies, and never be
held accountable to the City Council (
them. Further still. they have an opnor-
tunity TO restore the Bard law providing
for the election of Aldermen on the plan
of the minority representation. The origi-
nal plan of the Bard law. we believe, was
to have ten Aldermen and twenty-five
Councilmen, but it was marred somewhat
in its passage through caucus. and only ap-
piled t. the Aldermen. Then it was re-
pealed by Democratic Legislature before
an election was held under it, and conse-
quently died before it could be said to have
become effective. OF course it should he
re-eDacted now for the vindication of
the Sixtythird General Assembly if moth
ing else. All these things and more must
be borne in mind when the General As
sembly meets.
The Commercial says: We have under
taken to make prominent to the people of
Cincinnati the fact that the abolishment of
the Board of Public Works in this citv, last
winter. was for the purpose of promoting
schemes of plunder. and that Colonel An
dersOn, the Engineer, was especially obnnx-
ious, because he was honest and capable.
Public opinion has pointed Enthusiastically to
two things to be done by the Republican
Legislature with the least possible DELAY:
l. The restoration of the old Board of Pub
lie Works, that Colonel Anderson may
he replaced in the Office where he
has been eminentlv useful in i'm
parting to our engineering scientific intell-
gence. and in res raining reckless contract
ors. 2. The abolishment of the Police
Board, that the Mayor of Cincinnati NAV
have the power and responsibility that be-
long to his office, and carry out the reforms
that common honesty and common decen-
cy demand. The Government ought not
to be in the banking business. That
should be carried on under our free bank
ing system which is fair for all and the
best ever invented The huge heaps of
gold and silver now the property OF the
Government, should go into the pockets
of the people and the reserves of
the banks. If this is to be specie
paying country we must be specie
handling people. 1t is folly and false to
sav the people prefer paper. They prefer
gold and silver now as always, and las it
was in the beginning. is now and ever shall
be."-Much might be said in favor of hold
ing annual Industrial Exhibitions in this
citr. Even should they not prove as COM
plete financial success as that which closed
on the 11th Of October last, they '.pay" in
many other respects. They are held at
season of the year when business except
in the wholesale way. is comparatively dull
-after the summer season is over and be-
fore the fall retail trade has fairly set in.
1t is favorable time also, for excursions
from the rural districts, the harvest of oats
wheat, barley, ETC., being over. and the corn
vi r.