The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English PAPERS of rhi. Morning,

OF Hamilton County, outside the rings an(
schemes and strict party lines, want
l. That the Kirby Bill shall PASS the Hous,
without amendment and becpme a law
and OF all the amendments proposed th,
most odious is that taking from the Mayo
the power of the removal of policemen a
! pleasure. Rather than that amendment
| should be adopted, let the bill be defeated
| 2. TIE people of this county want tn,
Stryker Bill amended by adding the veto
power, so that when the Board of Publ,
Works is reur yanized il shall have the samt
power originally conferred upon it; ant
| then taken back to the House and passed
without the damnable delays that have
been contrived by interested parties to i'm
pede righteous legislation. 3. The Voight
Bill. which has passed the House, should
be Put through the Senate without amend
ment. This is the bill to rid the city OF
81. Hoffman as Auditor.-The streets oil
Cincinnati were never more deplorably out
If repair than at this time. Each week the
contractors for street work muster at the
City Buildings and get their money. The
amount we understand, exceeds $1,000 a
week, and nothing is done. The papers
are made out al right every time. The
Engineers certify that all is well.
The Commissioners go around Sc
renely, and the able-tcdied statesmen
at Columbus are going without the loss
OF sleep.-Dr. Davis is very troublesome
man. He wants to go into the investiga-
ton of he fuel contracts for school pur
poses, Has the Doctor no bowels? Because
he is virtuous, shall there lie no cakes and
aie-no jobs, contracts margins percent
ages?-MayOr Moore, who died yesterday,
nb al d., H.
everybody thought was right but he did
what lie believed to be right. He was a
kindhearted man who sympathized with
all sufferers, and never forgot the hardsnips
If his youth. He did much in kindness
and would have been glad to do more No
man was more public spirited, and if he
on account OF his humanity and good will
to all men.
The Enquirer says: 1t is not certain
that the selection of Cincinnati had any
political significance as to candidates. 1t
is almost certain that this city was selected
as neutral ground. This was the claim
which the Cincinnati Committee pre-
sented; and this is the fact. Cincinnati
was not chosen because the choice was
meant to indicate a preference of the Ma
tional Committee for one candidate for
the Presidency alb we another, but because
t WASH t. The assurance was given that
all candidates would receive fair and
just treatment in Cincinnati, and
that promise will be made good.
OHIO has a 'favorite son." and with
modest loyalty to him the Ohio
delegation will doubtless present his name
and give him it's support. Mr.. Thurman
is not the choice of majority of the Dem
"cratS of Ohio, 50 far as the Enquirer in
terviews indicate, but he leads all other
candidates, and he is clearly entitled to
Ohiu's support in the Cincinnati Conven-
ton. Setting ASIDE this pardonable par
atty, Cincinnati will give just and equal
treatment to each OF the Presidential can
dldates.-Mr. Voights bill to abolish the
office of City Auditor and Auditor Hoff-
man, provided for the app ,intment of a
Gity Comptroller by the Board of Public
Works to serve until April, 1851, when the
occupancy of the Office was to be submitted
TO vote of the people. On motion of Mr..
Bloom the bill was amended so as to pro-
vide that the first election under
IT should be held in April, 1880,
50 that the man to be appointed
by the Board of Public Works could only
hold till next April, unless lie should be
re elected. This is the shape in which the
hi Il passed the House and went to the Sem
ate. Mr.. Stryker's bill to create Board of
Public Works in place of the City Com
missioners is hanging fire. Owing to its
imperfections, it VIII have to play fast and
loose between the House and Senate time
or two before it can become q law. There
is danger tnat it can not be enacted in time
TO carry out he reorg nization programme
Until this bill becomes a law there can be
no Board Of Public Works to appoint a
Comptroller. 1t seems to take two bills to
abolish SIlas Hoffman. This would indi.
cate tnat Silas is not Of retiring DISPOSE
ton.
The Gazette says: The Democrats are
face to face with the fact that, " ith Tilden
as the nominee, they can not carry New
York. John Kelly has announced his ul-
tlmatnn, and every Democrat knows that
he means it,. TllIen must make way for
another man or the Tammany bot of las
fail will lie repeated. WIll Tlden with.
draw? He is not in the habit of being
overridden by oliiical opponents. bat TINS
is personal fight on which depend, the
last frai hope of the emocratIc party OF
SeLIllS pOSocSSlOl Oh luc IICoucuCy. IL ls
IA contest. therefore, in which the party al
large will find it necessary to take band.
If Kelly can not be clubued into
submission, the clubbing process must
be tred on Tilden. . 1t seems alto
gother likely that the claimant ol
rs will have tl:e sagacity to step
aside, and content himself with naming the
candidate IL is understood that Kelly
viii support any other Democrat who may
be nominated, even though it be Tilden's
candidate. Who Tilden would name can
only be guessed. d.-The feelings of the Gar
Just now can only be likened to those Of a
man Who, fastened on barrel of powder,
is waiting for the fuse to burn up t. the
explosive point. His personal attendants,
his m st conhdential advisers, may be high
in the circles OF the cons traitors. His wife
had just returned from tine Mediter
ranean in the last stages of
hopeless disease; the finances of the
country are in deplorable condition,
the circulation of greatly deprecated paper
currency having reached $50. 900, 900 rubles,
or about $3.50 001, 600. The income Of the