The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

member OF the Republican State committee
OF New York who favors the nomination OF
John Sherman for the Presidency The Sec
rotary q smasher OF machines is evidently
not n success.
The National Journal of Education ex-
presses the opinion that there Is no such waste
Of precious time and good money now, In
America. as In the inefficient, poorly-taught
schools Of inultltudes of the little townships
Of rural New England.
The Mobile Register dsapproves OF Senator
Bech's opposition to Mr.. Bayard's resolution.
aud says that there can be no more dangerous
theery advan edjthan that OF acqueeGence In
| All unconstitutional act simply because 1t has
long been ao1uiesced In.
Cen Badeau has not abandoned his Life
of Gen. Grant 1t Ia announced In London
that tho two volumes to complete the work
will soon he published After that the DEM
eral will DO able to return the documents
which he carried away from the War Depart
ment
The South Carolina Legislature recently
got q great deal Of credit for short session
Of thirty days, In which the business OF the
year was transacted; but 1t was not so eco
nomieal after all, for by an error In the tax
levy. which caused it to be declared uneOn-
stitutional, an extra session has been made
necessary.
| Gov. Fltkn, OF Colorado. expressed the
| opinion to the House Committee on Indian
| Affairs that 1t was an outrage upon indus
trlous and eDterpristng laboring men to keep
them ont Of the Tito reservation. which was
utterly useless Tor any other purpose than
| mining, in order that o few sayages might re-
main and hunt over 1t.
| The Cincinnati GaseHe says that several
villages In the Western Reserve are now pro-
hblting drinking and billiard saloons In q
shut them w. but compel them to close for
the night Mt p. M, thus preventing them
from doing business during the hours when
| the great bulk Of their custom would come In.
The Towanda pa, Reporter says that the
! Supreme Court Of that State has decided that
! the change OF figure on n note. rs to mark
an eight over the seven In the date, lmpairB
the validity OF 1t. Either new note printed
for 1888 must be used, or the whole date
written before the printed figures on the old
blanks.
Mr., Sparks of the House Committee on
Military Affairs. desires to know how many
officers are off duty or getting pay for SER
Vices not rendered In the preparation OF q
bill for the reorganization Of the army 1t Ia
| considered important to know how many
supernumerares can be dispensed with.
Asked to use his influence to prevent the
| proposed increase of the German army, Count
Won Moltke replies In effect that public sent1-
ment has not yet reached the point where
even victorious war 10 deemed q national mis-
fortune. and that. for the present. the huge
armies that are exhausting the best energies
Of Europe must continue to grow larger.
Tho appropriation by the House of 100000
for q monument Mt Yorktown Is severely
criticised by tho Radical press. The same
organs have derived profound satisfaction
from the expenditure Of millions for Radical
buldozers to elect Republicans to Congress
In Democratic districts. Millions for party,
but not one cent for patriotism, Is the Radical
motto.
st. Paul Pioneer Ffeaa. "Mr Springer, OF
Illinois, generally figures rs the active hind
hoof of the Democratic cow who kicks over
the party milk pail. He has conceived bill
,A,ak III
the extra session. and. If made party meas
IRE and pressed to passage. will cost the
Democratic party even dearer than their
blue-ribbon imbecility OF last year."
The Chicago Express, q areenback paper,
suggests a national mass meeting in that
city June 3 Of the ex-Union and ex Confed-
crate soldiers and sailors, to declare that
the hates Of the war are buried In the graves
OF It's dead, and that henceforth we are to be-
one people, equal In all the rights OF citizen.
ship and OF manhood.
Mr.. William IL. Vanderbilt has given $25. 900
to the University Of Virginia, the gift being
the result, says HWper's Weekly. OF Gen.
George D. Johnstons recent call upon Mr..
relation to Mr.. Leander j. McCormick's gift
of g. telescope to the institution. Mr.. VAN
derbllts gift makes Mr. McCormick's gift
available.
Senator Sharon Indignantly declares that
he has not yet drawn a cent OF pay Tor the
likely to draw q cent except rs he earns 1t By
attendance. The present official dlsbur8er OF
senatorial pay Is not q member OF Senator
Sharons party, and Is not likely to violate
the law In order to pay him for sessions from
which he WAS absent.
Tho monument TO the memory Of the cap
tors ofsMajor Andre Is to be renovated and
reset and the surroundings improved. This
, will be done by an Incorporated association.
The improvements are TO be completed by
September % next when the centennial OF the
capture OF Andre will be- celebrated. The
: monument was dedicated on September 20,
1853, by Gov: Seymour. and the Grafton was
delivered by the late Henry j. Raymond.
The st. Louis Post Dispatch went to the
trouble Of interviewing the clergymen Of that
, city on the subject OF too much kissing on the
part of members OF the cloth. 1t was novel
proceeding, but 1t seems to have been success
fully carried out, and it liz worth something
to know that while the clergymen OF st. Louis
regard kissing as o very nice thing, 1t lS pos
sible to do too much OF 1t and get caught at
1t and have u mess made Of 1t all. This is
unanimously condemned by the sensible
, preachers In the great Western city.
The Atlanta Constitution denies that the
. Democrats Of the South are hostile to Tilden,
and declares that, while individuals may have
their personal preferences, they are for and
will support the nominee OF the national con-
, ventlon, whoever he may be- without why
or wherefore. 1t says that our people per-
ceive that the main difficulty lies In electing
the Democratic candidate and installing him
In the White House, rather than In any choice
between aspirants, particularly when there
seems to be an abundance OF good material.
The owner OF the horse ST. Julian has writ
ten from San Francisco to Capt. Owen, Of
, Detroit, Mich, under date OF twenty-fifth ul-
timo, as follows; think can get to Detroit
and be ready to trot my horse st. Julian at
the summer meeting OF your club, IS intend
to leave here on the first Of May. Will want
$500 net to trot my horse against MS own
time z 1870, or against any other trotter You
may produce. This will be. II you accept my
terms, the first race st. Julian Will trOt on
} your side of the mountains.
The sick rnan had been brought back as II
by q miracle from the very gates OF death.
1T Is too bad too bad !" says the clergyman;
"ne'il never be half as ready to die as had
him this time. ! never took such pains with
sinner before"