The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-15
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


The English Papers Of This Morning.
The Enquirer says: The Communists OF
Cincinnati are only dangerous with their
Notwithstanding Sherman returns firm
New York very much encouraged. "Mr.
She man is kind en- ugh to give some OF
the details of his encouragement He de-
pends upon "break in New YORK and
Pennsylvania" This is not good ground
for him t" stand on. If break in New
York and Pennsylvania is to be tolerated,
Ohio mi ht split wide open with impunity.
There are mid symptoms of revival
of HAY es as a candidate for President. The
Columbus Journal tells a Sunday school
story about Hayes poslponing for one day
the pardoning of a convict to keep him
from votirg, through gratitude for the par
doning lower, for President; also, about
Hayes refusing on high ground, when
pressed, on the day of the November elec-
ton, 1876, to vote for himself Columbus
was the scene Of this thrilling exhibition
of propriety. Hayes was citizen of FIRE.
mont, and might have been arrested had
he attempted to vote in Columbus.-Bain
started in Cincinnati with two hundred
and eighty-five votes in the Convention of
l876-ninet' -four ties behind a nomina-
ton. On the sixth ballot this number
was increased to three hundred and eight.
On the seventh ballot Hayes was nomi-
mated. Had Blaine received as many
votes on the first ball as he re-
ceived On the last, he would probably
have been nominated. He goes into this
Convention with about one.half the votes
he had at the opening of the Convention
foar years aGo. He appeared then to be
| the second choice Of few delegates. 1t does
| prnhah1a tbott ! tLo g., @,Ln -. !
the second choices and the third choices for
Sherman added together would n inmate
that gentleman. Grant will enter the Chi.
cago Convention with more than enough
votes to nominate him, or with enough
| votes to nominate him, or with almost
enough to nominate him. Even in the
event last named, who is most likely to
garner the fruits of the second choice of
the Convention?
The Gazette this morning publishes a
FESTIVAL edition, and devotes most of its
space to matters connected with our great
least OF music.-lt says of the Hatch peti-
ton, an old San Domingo scheme: Hatch
was residing in San Domingo working
some mining or other privileges which he
held by contract with the government. He
charges that when Babcock and the Others
came into the field, to work up the annexa-
tion scheme, they found him in the wa
and conspred to put him out. They ir-
stigated the San Domingo adventurer, who
was then the nominal President, to seize
Hatch and try him by court martial for |
son ething or other. The court |
martial sentenced him to be executed. |
but this was commuted to BAN
ishment. Hatch charges that after his sem |
tence OF expulsion Babcock intrigued with |
the San Domingo farce of government |
and procured the detention of Hatch in |
prison five months, lest he should tell facts
that would ihjnre the annexation scheme.
The charge is probably true 1t corresponds
with The rest of the high handed acts of
that expedition, which, from beginning to
end, was illegal. After the San Domingo
scheme had collapsed under the courageous
attack of Senator Sumner, Hatch memori- |
allied Congress for redress; but his petition |
was under the cloud of the reflection that
the case was damaging to the Adminstra. !
ton, and that because it was damaging
this was the purpose in presenting it.
The Commercial says: The Sherman boom
is more solid than it was MIR. Washburne
can not control his Illinois friends and |
wouldn't control them wisely if he could. |
Though Washburne is II ia candidate for |
the Presidency, he knows the benefit of |
travel when contest is on in his own State. |
He leaves Logan alone to run the Grant |
boom into the ground.-General Mcclellan
cln have one vote from Massachusetts NJ i'm the
Cincinnati Convention if he wants it; but ne
should make up his mind about it at once.
But the mos potent argument wi h the
Germans viii be the Thlrd-term. 1t will re-
quire more eloquence and ability than thew
have yet heard to convince them that it
would not be pernic o IS precedent to sci
up in the Republic. Th ,nsands of them
have had an experience that the native
American knows nothing about, in the in
sldious growth of power and dynasty, ulti-
mating in imperialism. They are Jealous
OF anything that smatters of it. They be-
lieve in the limitation which Washington
and Jeffer on set to the tenure of the Presi-
dental Office and will not be persuaded by
any argument to assist III its successful yio-
lation. They will not vote for Grant.
The German Papers.
The Volksfreund says: Grant will not
Withdraw. He will risk it either to be
nominated or defeated at Chicago
,rilden is as healthy as he was four years
ago. Let him, who will not believe it,
ask Bill Bishop.
The Free Presse says: Don Cameron,
and Logan, the three chief lead
ers of the Grant trops, are still secure of
victory. They claim Grants nomination
on the first ballot and are also sure of his
election. There is no lack of confidence
in the so-called luck of the ex-President.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: Wash
burne is Sid for Grant and so are Chicago
and Milwaukee. Queer. - Hayes abb
Grant wants third term at any price.
Hayes gave us the cleapsst administration
of the past fifty years and Grant exactly
the contrary.