The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-08
SPIRIT UF THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.

The Gazette processes to be in favor of an
investigation into the United States Court
officials here, but wants it thoroughly done.
and says the whole system of fees, as con-
nected with the United States Courts, is
WRONG and ought to be broken up. TO
this end there should be an investigation
that would enable the Attorney General to
recommend a change to Congress. An in
vestigaton by Il committee of Congress
would be still better. This fee system is
not the only great evil connected with the
United States Courts. People may not be
aware of it, yet it is fact that persons
tried for crime and acquitted are compelled,
if responsible, to pay the costs of prosecu-
tion.-Governor Bishop proposes to white
wash his dirty administration Of the
Governors office by a libel
suit against the Gazette for an i'm
posing sum. larger sum than this would
fail to do that job. But this strikes US as
very like pleading the baby act. He has
made, by universal acceptance, the meanest
Governor the State has had. He consented
to degrade the Office to do the work of an
infamous Legislature in converting all the
charity and penal departments into places
for party bummers. lie Oefouled his Office
and got nothing. His party used him, and
then cast him off as refuse. And now he
proposes to retrieve all this by libel suit
ior big sum. And by this he pleads the
baby act, and claims immunity from
the Just criticism OF public journals
on his official acts - But for the
Tammany detection in New York
Cornell would have been overwheim-
inglv defeated. This detection, it must be
borne in mind, was not through love for
the Republican party, but from hatred OF
Tider. The split in the ranks of the op.
position gave us the victory in spite OF our
own weakness We succeeded by reason
of the blunders of our opponents. Tilden,
caring more for himself than for his parry,
drove off seventy thousand voters from the
head OF the ticket. This blunder or selfish
ness was matched by Conkling. who car.
ing more for himself than his party, drove
off thirty-1ive til 'usand Republicans from
| the head of the ticket. Cornell, in him.
self, was not seriously Objectionable, but he
was treated as the representative of Conk
liugism-of policy that is unboundec
setisnness; that puts self above party OF
cause, and that means rule or ruin
Robinson was opposed on his side, not OF
personal grounds, but because he repre-
sented Tildenism. Rather than indOrs,
| tU,VUO bClHOSlutS 40 otiVhA pJ VIZ
figures, bolted while on the other side 35,
OOO Republicans bolted rather than indors
ConklinSism.
The Enquirer says: Careful calculation
regarding the amount of coal remaining il
the yards of the city show tnat it is proba
bly, sufficient to last three days. And ther
is ten inches of water i'll the river at Pitts
burg, with no immediate prospects of
raise. Coal was Yesterday selling at 50 pc
load, or thirty-six cents per bushel, ant
still advancing. With these chilling fact
staring us in the face, it bchooyes Cincin
natl to cast about to see what can be don
for supply of the needed fuel. In thi
emergency we insult look to the railroads
and from a careful inquiry it seems tnat i
spite of the unfavorable appearances Of
few DAYS since we need not look in vair
1t then proceeds to say that tn
Little Miami ana connections can in cas-
of an emergency bring to the city two hur
/ dred car loads per day. The Indianapoli
, Central & Lafayette can bring one hundred
the Ohio 4 Miss. from one hundred to on
t hundred and fifty car loads, the Marietta
t Cincinnati can supply from seventy y-five t
, one hundred car loads, the Cleveland, Go
umbus, Cincinnati Il indianapolis from fl
9 ty to one hundred, the Cincinnati, Hami
s ton & Dayton from fifty to one hundre
: loads per day. The grand total capacity {
, these roads is about six hundred car load
l or 1S0, 600 bushels per day. The deman
. fer Cincinnati is from 15O, 900 to 200, 900 pt
day. Coal from these Ohio and Indian
f mines can, it is estimated, be brought
). the city, basing estimates upon the presei
J. prices at the mines, and sold ,
q from seventeen and one-half to twel
q ty cents per bushel with ia
!. profit to all concerned, decided in
!. provement upon the present prices OF
i, cents per buslel. What is needed is con
Y bined movement OH the part of coal dea
v ers and railroad men.-Mr. Tilden is ju
: now the person chiefly under considerable
as corpse; but, taking his political hist