The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-16
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
The English Papers of This Morning.


The Gazette SAYS: With reference to
the 81 60 gas ordinance passed by Council,
here is a little calculation that anybody
acquainted with the rule of three may in
dulge in. If in ten years the Gas Com
pany made profit of 13 per cent. with gas
at 50 20 net, whit would they make with
gas at 81 60 netP-A refunding OF the debt
of Cincinnati at s per cent interest would
save the city $500, 900 year. Push the
funding bill.-To put out Mr.. Washburn,
OF Minnesota, and seat Democrat in his
place, will make the Representatives of
that State stand two Democrats and one
Republican. And thereby the vote of the
State would be made Democratic in
case the election of President fell to the
House. Therefore do the Democrats in
tend to unseat Washburn, and to seat DON
nelly. By the same trampling on the elec-
ton are they going to oust Mr.. Orth, of
Indiana, to put Democrat in his place
Mr. De La Matvr, Greenbacker, now holds
the balance OF the delegation in that State;
out although the Greenback party in the
House humbly plays the part of tail to the
Democratic kite. the Democrats will not
trust it when they can steal State by the
simple process of robbing the people of
their election. All this shows that the
Democrats have no hope of electng Pres
ident. And all this open knavery is maxi
ing their ance smaller. 1t is making the
conditions of popular feeling which will
carry the election so decidedly that it will
not fall to the House, nor will fraudulent
counting venture to try to reverse the re-
suit.
The Enquirer says of the Music Hall
services begun yesterday: A congregation
OF 1900 people from the masses of Cincin.
natl must include people Of every shade of
CHRISTIAN belief, people to whom the the
ories taught at a mothers knee or around
the family altar are sacred, and of this fact
a careful consideration can not be too
highly recommended. The work as begun
as we'll begun and with prospect of success
!, There are Beechers and Bedells, and Cooks
and CoIlyers, and Simpsons and Swings
and Tyngs and Talmages, and Moodys
and Gileses, and many others in the
great cities of the land who would
ooubtless, give one or two Sab
baths inthe year to this great work, and
alternatlg with Dr. Pratt, mat erially aid
him in his great responsibility, and might,
; in their varied means and manners reach
ed and earnest worker single-handed could
President of the United States said that
we should declare any attempt on the part
of the European Powers to extend their
system to any portion of this hemisphere
as dangerous to our peace and safety. This
is called the Monroe Doctrine. The
essence of it is that the United
States will not meddle with the al
fairs Of Europe, and will not permit the
Powers OF Europe to meddle with affairs
on this side OF the Atlantic. The United
States steamers that have been sent to the
Isthmus in the midst of the discussion of
tile qustions that hang about the Isthmus
are sent to quietly assert the Monroe doc
| trine, and to indicate the intention of this
Government to maintain it.-In 88 l. cali
ties in Ohio 1921 Democrats are for Thur
man for President, ,097 for Tild en-, and so
on down till the 4,5S1 who have been in
teryiewed are all placed In the same ter
rtory 1924 Republicans have expressed
themselves. OF these 1885, or 456 less than
half are for Sherman, and Blaine has 1925.
In 1879 the United Kingdom imported
from the United States seven million dol
lars worth OF beef, ninety-thres million
dollars worth of wheat, twenty-five million
dollars worth of wheat, meal and -four, one
hundred and twenty-six million dollars
worth of raw cotton, grand total of neces-
stiles to the amount of more than two
hundred and fifty millions of dollars in
these few articles. In case of war ith the
United States, whence would England get
victuals and clothing? The United States,
in the meantime, would be absolutely in
dependent in these respects. This people
would neither become hungry nor naked.
But the Englishman would become exceed
| l.. A EV,r,. Il ,n<
seventy million bushels of wheat and we
export more than one hundred million
bushels of wheat-perhaps an hund, ed and
thirty millions-and more than fifty mil
lion bushels Of corn.
The Commercial says: The history of
the PENNSYLVANIA Convention is now fully
known. Cameron had some county dele
cations appointed by standing committees,
so that the people had not the slightest
chance to be heard. He carried the Phila.
delphia delegation by personal appeals,
though there was but one Grant man in it,
Money was used freely. The whole power
of the Cameron machine was employed,
and yet on the decisive vote there was but
a slender majority. This may possibly be
called victory for Cameron, but it was
defeat for Grant 1t showed that with
| CaUcrou OuL VI IHe way, DIalDe WOulQ
beat Grant in Pennsylvania ten to one
The New York Herald's Relief Fund,
headed by Mr.. Benefits noble subscrip.
ton, amounted in the first week to $685..
900. 1t looks like very large benefac.
tion, but if there be, as estimated three
hundred thousand persons in Ireland on
the brink of starvation, it would amount,
if distributed equally, to about 60 cents for
each person. Millions of dollars will be
needed to supply them with the simplest
and cheapest necessaries Of life before an
other harvest can c. me to their relief
The total representation of States and Ter
ritores in the Republican Convention of
1876 was seven hundred and fifty y-six, nee
essary to choice three hundred and sew
enty-seven. That will be the representa-
ton at Chicago.
The German Papers
The Volksfreund says: Coroner Carrick
has been in St. Louis and inspected the
Morgue there. He is highly pleased with
it in every particular. and is Of the opinion
that Cincinnati ought also to have one. We
believe the Coroner Is right 80 many acci-
dents occur here in which the deceased can
not be identified because there 10 no public
institution IN Cincinnati where the public