The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-26


notice are-mentioning them in a certain
geographical order-Tilden, Seymour,
Jewett Hancock, Bavard, Thurman,
Hendricks, Field. These take us from the
Atlantic to the Pacifc.-Just as the anti
third term organs in the Republican party
think the Grant boom has died out it flies
up and hits them in their faces with blind
| ing torce. 1t Is an upmanageable element
in politics Republicans in the Sem
ate will now hold the Hoffman Bounce
| Bill until after the spring election. 1t is
part OF their little game to get rid of an
election.
The Gazette SAYS: The General Assem-
bly, of Ohio will easily perceive that the
first step of any real reform in the govern
ment of Cincinnati is to reform the city
legislature. The legislative is the fuunda-
tion of representative government. Plans
which let the legislative sink, and have re-
course for safety to arbitrary power over
the legislative, in the hands of one or two
men, are nothing but C@sarism. That the
City Council of Cincinnati does not repre-
sent the average of the intelligence and in
tegrity of the citizens has been notorious
for many years. This confesses the failure
of our city government We might
go further and say that it has
been notorious for many years
that corrupt combination con-
trolls the Council; that grants of valuable
| franchises, or privileges, or contracts, have
to buy their way through the Council; that
no grant of privilege or franchise, how
ever beneficial to the public, can get
through the Council without bribery, and
that with bribery the city is constantly ex-
posed to monstrors grants and contracts
Because of the established bad character
of the Council, recourse was had to another
Board, called the Aldermen. 1t started out
with some improvement in character. Most
of our reform shifts start out with better
men. But. elected by the same constitu-
encies it soon became mercy double Of
the other. The election of one set of
Representatives to watch another set,
elected by the same constituent
cies, is an absurdity. There is no sense in
second branch, unless it represents diff
ferent constituent body. The case is bad,
but there is plain remedy, and the Gen.
eral Assembly is committed to it as an in
fallible remedy. 1t is to elect the Alder
men by a general ticket, say one-third each
sear for three terms, or one.fifth each year
for five terms. The General Assembly, by
its acts, has pronounced our city legislature
of sixty-eight members so unworthy to be
trusted that an absolute stoppage of all
legislation involving money and grants of
franchises must be placed in the hands of
two men. On the otuer hand it has de-
clared the remedy by general election SO
complete that any two men oftive so elected
shall have absolute power TO stop all such
members chosen by wards and dis
triofo SnOh rnndo nf o1ootipu
the Aldermen will give us city leg
islature with a rational constitution, by
which each branch shall be a check on the
other. And we have to remark again that
without a measure to reform the consttu-
ton of our legislature, the General Assem-
bly, will Lave done no work of real and
positive reform in our city government
The Legislature having passed bill reor-
ganizng the Board of Education to tine ex-
tent OF electing twelve members from the
city at large, it will devolve upon the Re-
publican Convention which assemblies to-
day to make the nominations. The reform,
in our opinion, is not near so radical as it
should have been. We believe the Repub-
llcan party is strong enough to carry the
city, but We feel quite confident it is not
strong enough, to elect inferior men to the
Board OF Education. Party lines will not
be drawn closely in this election, and the
aim of the people will be to choose the best
men, regardless of party lines.
The German Papers.
The Volksfreund says: Grant is saved.
Had he been lost, would that have meant
the downfall of the Republic? Many
Grant enthusiasts seem to believe 60. They
are, however, in error.-The temperance
question will gradually cease TO be party
question. Tuere are now in the Demo-
cratic party more teetotalers than is good
for the same.
The Volksblatt says: The Republican
City Convention is called for 10 o'clock
this morning, 1t will be held in the rooms
of the Hamilton County Republican Club,
corner of Vine and Allison streets. Be-
sides the twelve School Board candidates
the Convention will undoubtedly nomi-
nate candidate for the new office of
Comptroller. The latter bill, which
ton at the spring election, still needs the
vote of the House of Representatives, and
as this will be given, the Convention, to
avoid the necessity of another meeting, will
make the nomination to-day.
The Freie Presse saws: Yesterday was
an unlucky day for the Democrats One
of their ablest and most daring managers
had his official head laid before his feet by
the Legislature. 81. is no more.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: Bismarck
has, according to to-day's dispatches quit
beer drinking and Gambetta cigar smok-
ing. An actual Franco-German Abstinence