The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.

The English Papers Of This Morning.
The Commercial saws: Secretary Sher-
man does not favor Fernando Woods bill
to refund the six per cent bonds in three
and half per cents. This he does not be-
lieve to be practicable. 1t is the Secretary's
opinion that. the country is now in more
favorable condition to refund them in four
per-cents than it may be when the bonds
mature, and as it is impossible to pay them
off at the time they are due, principal and
interest, the wise course. in his opinion, is
to refund at the practicable rate of four
per cent, and save the differenceininterest.
I'm any contract with the Gas Company
the city should reserve the right to substi-
tute the electric lamp. The experiments
at Menlo Park are all favorable to the
conclusion that Professor Edison has hit
upon the true light for domestic uses and
for street lighting. There are some details
to be considered and perfected, but they
are not essentials. The divisibility of the
electricity, the measurement of it's flow and
the enduring quality of the carbonized
paper wick or loop in the lamp are things
tolerably we'll assured, and we have the in
ventor's word for it that the illumination
can be had at one-half the cost of gas.
Should all this prove true after experiment,
| a contract with the Gas Company even at
81 25 per thousand cubic feet would be ex-
pensve to the oity.-Having decided not to
submit the arbitrary decisions of the Gov
ernor and Council to the Supreme Court Of
Maine, Governor Garcelon is preparing for
war and has removed the arms and muni-
tions from the arsenal at Bangor to Au-
gusta. The Governor seems anxious to
have little blood-letting and is preparing
to order out the militia.
The Gazette says: As to the main issue
there is no dispute. Governor Garcelon
admits that the people elected Republi-
can majority. He pretends to regret that
a rigid regard for law formalities compels
him to disfranchise the majority. The
Democratic organs which have approved
Governor Garcelon's conduct are fully
aware that it is to subvert the peoples cleo
tion. That constitutes its merit in their
eyes. The rights of the people are to that
party things to be juggled with. The forms
of law which are provided to guard the
peoples elections are perverted by them to
means to cheat the people out of their cleo
tions. Governor Garcelon had the oppor-
tunity to prove to the world that in the
grave act of reversing the peoples
election he had been governed BY
a strict regard for law by accept
ing the proposition to submit the law ques-
tions to the judiciary. His refusal proves
that he meant to cheat the people Of their
election in defiance of law. Thus the re-
turns that are perfect in form count for
nothing, and there is no limit to their dis
cretlon to go behind them to search for de-
fects in previous proceedings; but on the
other hand. where the returns are imper-
feet in form, they ale unable to go behind
them to verify and perfect them by the
facts of the election. All this has stripped
this proceeding OF all pretense of regard for
law, and has exposed it to the country as q
contrived plot to steal the election from the
people. The roguery is made complete by
the circumstance that Governor Garcelon
and the officers that form the Executive
Council procured their own reelection by
the fraudulent Legislature which they have
| made.
The Enquirer says: If the CONSTITUTE ton
and laws of Name had committed the final
examination OF the returns to the Courts
Gov. Garce.on would not have interfered
with the finding of the Courts. 1t SO hap
pens that nearly all the returns that have
been rejected bv the Governor and Coun-
Gil have been rejected in obedience to de-
cisons Of the highest Courts of Maine.
Does Lot Morrill, hope that the Courts
would reverse their decisions to please the
Republicans in this hour? The
final decision as to these returns
is vested by the Constitution of
Maine in the Governor and Council.
They, in this case, are the Constitutional
Supreme Court. MIR. Blaine is defeated
in this Court of last appeal, and now he
wants to leave the question to somebody.
The Republicans, having lost, are anxious
to leave it to some referees, and determine
whether they have lost or not. This is the
trick of lS7677. They want some referees
they want a Commission. ."-Goyernol
: Garceion is freely mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination for th,
Presidency. There is disposition to la,
stress on the availability of man who Cal
carry his own State
The German Papers
, The Volksfreund says: That is an inter
, esting honeym on which was fixed for tn
recently married King and Queen of Spain
First the Ministerial trouble, which is no
yet ended, AID now the attempted assassi
nation by foolish boy of nineteen years.
: Grant tells his friends, after his return iron
his expensive tour around the world, tina
. hisfortune has asdwindled down considerably
and that he needs All appointment with a.
: income sufficient for allowing him to liv
according to his present manner. Unde
such circumstances man of sense woul
: hold ON to his money and avoid useless ez
3 penditures.
3 The Volksblatt says: We stand on th
julius Dexter platform, ,'Sell the Soutt
ern Road"-It can not be said that Geners
Grant is the favorite of the German K,
, publicans Mr.. Siegmund Kaufman, on
Of the most prominent German Republ
cans of New York. has issued circular t
his fellow politicians in which he give
his reasons for his opposition to