The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-01

backs be retired and destroyed. A cur
rencv that is more valuable than gold is
worth keeping in circulation. The Rag
Baby is too healthy to be strangled yet
awhile.
The Gazette says: Some person in
Washington stole copies of the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury and the mes
sage of the President of the United States,
and sold them to three newspapers by
which they were published in advance of
their delivery to Congress. This is called
ENTERPRISE; but what kind of enterprise?
The documents were printed in advance
for the convenience of the press OF. the
country. Otherwise the whole press would
be under the necessity of having the docu
ments telegraphed from Washington City,
and publishing them with the errors Incl
dent to telegraphic transmission. The
report of the Secretary OF
sage of the President were in this CITY on
Saturday under seal, to be delivered to the
several newspapers upon their transmits
sion to Congress. Had it been possible
for burglar to have stolen those docu-
ments and sold them to newspaper pro.
prietor, some people, perhaps would call
would be robbery and bribery. The theft,
however, was not committed here, but at
Washington City.-When School Trustee
arises in the Board of Education to move
the suspension of a schoolmasters salary
on the ground that the schoolmaster has
not paid certain debt, it looks like taking
high moral ground; but the act assumes
another phase when it turns out
that the School Trustee has bought up the
debt at discount and takes this method to
secure full ayment.-That beer will not be
sold regularly for less than cents glass,
may be regarded as settled. The retailers
however, ought to make glass more of a
reality, with less of false bottom, and less
of rice foam. To allow so large profit to
the retailer as he can make at Sc a barrel, is
tn enable law fellow to start a shop on a
keg or two day, and this multiplies these
too greatly To have go-betweens taking so
large bonus in the selling as to leave the
brew er 50 little that he has to reduce the
quality of the beer to make himself whole,
is not well. Therefore, let the consolida-
ton 60 forward, and let the Cincinnati
beer become as famous as the Bavarian!
The German Papers
The Volksfreund says: The Presidents
message is to be read to-day. In the natural
course of events it would therefore make
its appearance in the papers on Tuesday.
This time, however, the message is given,
either through theft or fraud to the public
before it's reading so that it has long since
failed to be attractive. Luckily now a days
people care but very little about Presiden-
tial messages, even if the President be an
able man, and less when the message is by a
man who was counted in as was Hayes.
The message is a colossal tape-worm but
contains notning of Importance. Special
mention should be made of his recommen-
dation tp suspend the coinage of silver, to
call in theI greenback and to paw the debts
by means of a tax on tea and coffee
The Volksbatt SAYS: The Administration
is sound on the money question. Brayis-
simo!-rhe suspension of the silver coin
aye and the gradual withdrawal of green
backs seems to be the policy of e Admin
istration, policy that we can only ap
prove because it comedies fully with oui
ideas.
The Free Press says The enterprise
shown by the Enquirer, New York Times
and Chicago Times, in publishing in ad
vance of the reading of the Presidents
and Secretary's messages, is of a spurious
nature. This coup by the papers named
could only have been effected by the base
bribery of an official, through whose hand
the papers had to go. They owe their tri
umph to crime, to which they gave theil
consent. Such enterprise can not be called
an h norahle one. Public opinion sees ii
it only a piece of rascalit", and as sucl
hands it down for universal contempt
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