The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-07

thing more than one third of his party in
Ohio; Hendricks has the support of about
three fourths OF the Democrats of Indiana.
This pro ortion may change as the data
increase, but it will not be reversed. Our
reports yesterday also showed that while
Hendricks was the first choice of 12S Dem
ocrats in Ouio Thurman was the first
choice If but q Democrats in Indiana,
in the number reported respectively. We
are not making the facts; We are report
ing them. >S A'|f
The Gazette says: The Music Hall il to
be opened every sunday afternoon. begin
ming one week FROM to morrow, for relig-
ious services. The great organ will be used,
and large choir will lead the congrega-
tional singing The Rev. DR.. Pratt, one of
| the foremost preachers in the Presbyterian
Church, will occupy the stand. There will
be no charge for admission.-The floating
debt of Cincinnati is 500, 900, notwithstand-
ing the existence Of the Worthington law.
bonds-Capital punishment has been aboi-
ished in Wisconsin for over twenty years,
but the results Oh the prevalence OF crime
have not satisfied every one A bill is be-
fore the present legislature which proposes
atty for murder in the first degree
The Commercial says: At the death of
the husband, the law of this State gives
the wife the use of one-third of the COM
mon estate during the rest of her lifetime
| 1t is an absurd and unjust arrangement.
The use of one-third of the common es-
tate, without power to sell it, is particu-
| larly inconvenient to q woman. Suppose
the estate is little fifty-acre farm in the
rural districts, and the widow is seventy
five years old. Sne has the use of l6ss
acres of ground the rest of her life. She
can not eat it, she can not wear it, and it
will not keep her warm. Its not sufficient
to provide living for her in any shape or
form, for she can not plow and noe it her
self, and it is not large enough to
be worth anybUdy's while to rent it from
her. Instances are not unfrequent where
in aged widows, supposed to be well-to-do,
have really suffered for the necessities of
| life. The case becomes one of real cruelty,
when, as usually happens, the widows own
labor has contributed largely towards earn
| ing the property. To sum up briefly: In
such humane and enlightened State as
Ohio, widow should own her share of the
common estate absolutelvSand should be
the natural guardian of her minor children,
without being required to 20 through any
process of law to make her so.-While
there is an available militia force of over
six million able-bodied men III the
United States there are but 1885,
900 of them organized in all the States
combined, or an average of less than $500
for each State, not including the Territories.
In spite of Christian and civiiizing infu-
ences, the assertion that warfare is the nat
ural and normal state of the race still holds
good, and, for augnt we can see, will re-
main good for centuries to come. The
most favorable symptom of an era of peace
and good will is the disposition OF the Leg
isature of Kentucky to make more strin-
gent the laws frbidding the carrying of
concealed weapons and the willingness OF
two hot-headed young fellows in the South
to draw straws for the girl they went to the
field to fight about.
Tho German Papers
The Volksfreund says: The gas question
was again on the tapis yesterday in The
Board of Councilmen. An ordinance was
PASSED fixing the price of gas at 81 10, with
discount of per cent for prompt pay
ment That is not yet the right thing.
The ordinance of the Aldermen should
have been confirmed. Perhaps it would be
best to appoint Conference Committee to
unite the two Bgards. Otherwise the mat
ter might drag along to the end of the
year. setstr-
The Volxsblatt says: We don't want
the gas question settled until next April.
We waited this long, and can afford to wait
a few months longer.-Nearly every one of
the leading papers has its theory Of what
was the result of the Republican State
Convention of Pennsylvania. The fact is
that this Convention decided nothing at
all. The statu quo is far more undecided
and entangled than formerly.
The Freie Presse says: The statement by
the "ring" people that the people of Gin
cinnati do not want to know anything
about giving the sole control of the p lice
to the Mayor is all bosih. The people de-
sire it, but the ring" politicians do not
Let the Legislature make note of this.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: The al.
legged Grant victory in Pennsylvania devel-
ops itself more and more as the result of
the meauest and most corrupt wire-pulling
that has ever, even in Pennsylvania, been
practiced by the notorious Camerons. Will
New York, on the 22l inst, follow the ex-
ample? Grant will gain nothing by it, but
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