The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-26
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning.

The Commercial says Mr.. Lewis Ber-
nard, cheered by the ecuniary considera-
ton bestowed upon him by Mr.. Julius
Refs and Mr.. Alexander Long, after the
failure of the prosecutions under the Seitz
law to keep man elected by 5000 ma ajori-
ty out of the County Clerks office, turns to
the City Council for relief, and becomes a
candidate for City Clerk-just as 81. Hoff-
man, when beaten for County Auditor by
Cappeller had little law passed to throw
the election of City Auditor into the Board
IT Public Works.-There is a bad odor in
the School Board, and the twelve
members to be elected by the
whole city should be good men.
The immense interest in the school
question will bring out heavy vote at tbe
spring election. Scratching will be in or
der-The true policy of the Board OF Pub
lie Works would be to take time for the
fullest deliberaion touching street railroad
extensions, and see that the people are
actually accommodated and not blockaded
by the proposed improvements-for in
stance that the Spring Grove avenue grant
should not be employed as a sausage suffer
to force the people through particular
thoroughfare.-It is related that the delay
Of the Terminal Facilities Bill at Columbus
causes the Trustees of the Southern Rail-
road to undergo heavy expenses, for, owing
to the severity of the restrictive legislation
imposed, the Trustees can not settle with
the contractors and discharge their corps of
engineers unless permitted to do so.-Hoff-
man has been in the place eight years, and
there are many reasons to believe that all
is not well. The bond account shows symp-
toms that would alarm people less habit
uated to mysterious misfortunes. Among
the items of information obtained was that
an assessment amounting to $12 900 had ex-
pired by limitation. IL is evident that
Hoffman is as negligent Of his duties to-
ward the Board Of Aldermen as with re-
spect to the Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Aud, after all, the Legislature, while gra-
ciously permitting (if the House concur)
the people to find a successor for Hoffma n,
have scrupulously guarded him from all
investigation until after the. election
There are good many Republicans who
consent to believe themselves capable of
public business, who would be the better
Of an infusion Of thunder and lightning.
The Enquirer says in a review OF the list
of Presidential candidates: The National
Democratic Convention will meet IN this
city three months hence. The names of
as many as eig It distinguished Democrats
have been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination to be made
by this Convention for the Presidency.
Like the shield in the story, each has his
golden and his silver side, his points of
strength and points Of weakness. The DEM
ocrats OF the country, u handsome maiorily
of its people, are anxiously looking for a
candidate who, with reasonable certainty,
can carry their standard to victory. 1t is
not too early to cast a judicial glance over
the prominent candidates who have been
named, looking at their golden and silver
sides, from the standpoints of their friends
and OF the friends of other candidates, re-
spectively. The shifting Kaleidoscope may
make names that are bright to-day color
less tomorrow. and change their hnes sew
eral times within the ensuing three months,