The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English PAPERS of rhi. Morning.

The English PAPERS Of This Morning.
The Commercial says: The Common
Council should be divided into two Boards
meeting on alternate weeks The utillt,
of this system is found in the fact thai
there is between the Boards week for the
people to find out what the schemers are
about 1t is of great value to have jul
advertised By passage through one Board
for week before it can be completed. Their
a veto power upon ppropriations-upon
all jobs with money in them-is always
a good thing. We have never known
cinnati. We would go further and
lodge the veto power, as has been
done in this city, in Board OF Public
Works. There is nothing lost by combi-
nation of good locks We have sympathy
for the Russian Ninilists because they are
revolutipnists, whose object is to over
throw corrupt despotism. The Imperial
Government of Russia is rotten to the core.
The army is under drunken Grand Dukes,
and the palaces OF the Car are infested by
swarms of robbers There is neither press
nor parliament. Hence dynamite. As
for The so-called Liberals of England,
they are pretenders to Liberalism.
Their liberality consists chiefly in their
opinion that the outs should be in. The n
conservatism as to foreign affairs is cow
ardice.-It should be remembered that Mr..
ST. Hoffman was not elected by the people.
The last time he was before the people he
was defeated, and a special act was passed
| throwing the election of City Auditor into
the Board of Public Works. So MIR. Hoff-
man, put out at the front door, came in at
the window. The right thing now is to
pitch him out at the window.
The Enquirer says: The term of the next
President of the United States will expire
in March, 1880. five years hence. Before
that time there will probably be several
changes in the com osition of the Supreme
Court, and perhapsa majority of that tri-
bunal will have been newly appointed
| within these five years As the American
people love the Republic they should see
to it that the appointing power for the
next Presidential term is vested in
lover of the Republic. No
question is more important than this, in
view of the unprecedented and growing in
fractions of the Constitution, and the
indifference with which they are regarded
by Congress, by the people, and even by
the Supreme Court as at present constitu-
ted.-The Republican State Convention on
the 2Sth of April, the Democratic State
Convention on the 9th of May, the Demo-
cratic National Convention on the 22dAof
June, and a second Democratic State Con-
vention, possibly, early in July will make
four important political Conventions in
Ohio in the brief space of three months.
This will be busy year for the politicians.
The Gazette says: The visitors drawn to
Cincinnati by the Southern Railroad ex-
cursion, by the Musical Festival, the Mill
ers' Convention, the Democratic Conven-
ton. and the Exposition of next Septem-
Der, will find prosperous, busy, and grow
ing city, but alasl very smoky one. 1t
is too late for Cincinnati to greet the
Southerners with clean face, but her ap-
pearance could be much improved before
the latter occasions we have mentioned
above. The ruin of carpets and clothing
the frequent necessity of repainting, and
other sources OF expense all of which are
occasioned by our chronic smoke cloud, if
once saved would greatly enhance the val
ue OF many property holders investment.
The plan for the illumination of this city
on the night of tile arrival of the Southern
excursionists is an excellent one. Our citi-
zens should take hold Of it energetically,
and make it a success.-The bill finally
aSiCCu upoH loI t-C IcOlSaIIZdLlOu VI tl6
Cincinnati Board of Education is COM
promise. 1t provides for electing one
member from each ward and twelve from
the city at large. 1t is reform very much
diluted.-It is an embarrassing situation
for the Ohio Democracy. They can't hold
State Convention before the National
one without incurring the serious risk of
making platform that would be repudi-
ated at Cincinnati. They tried that in
1876, and know how it works.
The German Papera
The Volksfreund says: StiR more power
for Mayor Jacob. The Legislature has au-
thorized him to fix the pay Of the police,
until Council disposes of the matter. The
Mayor is being heavily burdened. john
Kelly has put the question whether the
New York Sun and Tilden will support
him in case he should get the nomination.
The Sun answers for itself that it would
not hesitate moment to do so. That is
very sensible. 1t is far easier to bear with
Kelly with four years than with Grant for
life.
The Volksblatt says: Our Congressional
Representative, Thos. Young, is always
found in that place in which the really
practical and business interests of his con-
stituents are concerned. This he has again
shown in the case of the necessary appro.
priation for our unfinished CustOm-huuse
He does not grasp for unnecessary oppor-
tunities for waving the bloody shirt like
his colleague, Butterworth; he is useful
active and watchful Representative, and we
would not desire better one.