The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-24
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


The English Papers Of This Morning.
The Gazette says: The situation In
Maine has suddenly changed. 1t came to
the knowledge of the government last
night that the Fusionists have been secretly
enlisting and drilling men throughout the
State with the undoubt-d purpose OF taking
forcib!e possession of the State House and
installing theft candidates. There seems to
be no doubt fthis hostile and revolutiona-
ry intent. Gov. Davis learning the facts
began military preparations about mid
night, and before morning the State House
was filed with troops II the revolution
lists undertake an attack, it will prove a
costly business to them.-Mr. Campbell
saws that the city ordinance suppressing
vile shows is not worth the paper on which
it is printed. The remark is not original.
An experienced lawyer once made the re-
mark that you could never tell the value Of
q lawyer sOpinion until you heard from the
one on the bench. There never was case
50 good or so bad that lawyers could not
be found on both sides of it-that is, hardly
ever-The Weaver bill to make the pay Of
the soldiers of the war equivalent to gold,
measuring the greenback depreciation by
the shifting gold premium, is proposal to
perpetrate greater future wrong on the
soldiers and the whole people, under pre-
tense of partially and very imperfecny
righting former wrong 1t is made a
cover for an issue of $500, 600, 900 more
ereenbacks, in order to depreciate these
again and make another initiation in prices
thus perpetrating upon all the people
the. fraud of currency of ever shifting
value. The largest amount of green
backs issued in the war was $3.50, 900, 600;
but $5O,0OO.OOO Of these were specially
issued for temporary purpose, and
were soon withdrawn. Yet this bill pro-
poses to add five hundred millions to the
three hundred and forty-seyen millions
now existing. OF course it means to abo-
ish specie payment, and to make greater
depreciation than before. And this is to
unsettle all values and to turn money into
thing to juggle with, whereby sharpers
and gamblers will thrive, and steady in
dustry and regular trade be plucked. 1t
proposes to do a wrong which would be on
all the people, and which would be i'm.
measurably greater than that done to the
soldiers by greenback fnancing.-The con-
sumption of coal in this city and vicinity
is not far from forty million bushels per
annum. Few people who receive and pay
for this coal know whether they receive
what they pay for or not. That there is
cheating in this business we can not doubt
Coal dealers tell us that deception is syste-
matically practiced by many dealers, who
are thus enabled to nominally undersell
those who give full weight, and at the
same time cheat their customers. az
The Commercial says: There is hatred
against Germans in Cincinnati, is there? II
looks like it indeed. The German Sunday
has absolutely revolutionized the Puritan
like Sunday which was the fashion here
before the gallant '48-ers came. German
beer has monopoli2sd native American
throats till 10 has become Cincinnati beer
with worldwide fame. German love of
music has kindled fire in the souls of all
the population Of this city, till il is the favor
| ite home of harm ony in the country. Where
ever there Is place of honor or profit
there are Germans found, and no malignant
blue-nosed Yankee soul is so small as to
nYudge them sllsir well-earned laurels. III
the words Of the poet: "Mein Lebehen,
was Whilst du nooh mehrr' Still. for reas-
ons best known to itself, the insatiate Ger
man press raises the bio Nd-curdling cry Of
KNow-nothing perseeution.-Und exist
ing laws Congress has no more 10 do with
the Maine muddle than TIE British Parlia.
ment has. 1t might have been different If
the recent election had been for Members
Of Congress or Presidential Electors
The Enquirer says: There was demon
stration at Washington Thursday in honor
OF the election Of General Garfield TO the
Senate. The occasion was one which nat
orally attracted Ohio men who were at the
Capital. When Mr. ButterwOrth and other
speakers commended Garfield as o man
who would make a good Senator, the crowd
freely interpolated the opinion that Gar
field would make good President, and the
speakers were compelled to become sympa-
thetic parties in Presidential cleo
treal current In which Sherman sparks
were not emitted. Garfield discounts
Sherman in popularity in Ohio.-It should
be borne in mind that the Republican par
ty is the party Of the Money Power, the
party of National Banks, the party Of m0nop-
olists, but the shrewd leaders even OF this
party dared not 90 before the people as in
| dorsing the financial recommendations of
the President OF the United States. The
conductors Of the party of bondhoders and
National Bankers and gold-mongers did not
venture to go so far as this in the direction
of their unpopular beliefs The Republi-
cans, finding that the people would not
tolerate the financial policy suggested in
the message Of the President instantly
dropped the subject. s. q
Tho German Papsra
The Volksfreund says: 1t was fixed in
the trial of Rev. Lane, of the Methodist
Church, in New York, that minister may
kiss the handsome ladies of his" congrega-
ton when lie says he does it solely In q
professional" way and from "pure mo-
tives." He must, however, act t'dis.
creetly," otherw,se there might be trouble.
A German Lutheran preacher Of Hoboken,
named Gustav Haferman, did not fare so
we'll He had kissed his coDk.s This did
not please her. She talked of il. and so the
case came before the Trustees. The pastor
gave ., long explanation, saying that he had
acted purely out Of Christian motives. The
Trustees sad they were satisfied with his
explanation, but thereupon advised him to
seek a new feh for action. The Trustees
evidently were not standing on their hands.
The volksblatt says No more bonds II
you please. The Sinking Fund Commits
sion was created to gradually cancel our
city debt. that Is 10 pay itoff and not to in
crease it by issuing new bonds srag