The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-22


absolute necessity to the telegraph system.
Those In auth .rity should lose no oppor-
I tunity toencourage modern Improvements.
. The attitude of Congress toward the
Federal Election Laws, generally known
as the Deputy Marshal Laws, is awaited
with renewed interest in view of the re-
cent decision of the Supreme Court affirm
ing their constitutionahty. The character
} OF the laws is well known. They clothe
: reprobates, graduates from the Penitenti-
ary or Work-house and men fit to be In
the Penitentiary or Work.house, with the
authority Of the United States They le-
galize corruption at the polls. They make
the Federal Government a stupendous
briber They are nothing but partisan ma
chinery. They are statutes for the relief
OF Republican minorities. An investiga-
ton OF their operations in New York, st.
Louis and other places has shown this to
be the nature of their workings A ma
1ority OF both branches Of Congress believe
these laws to be wholly unconstitutional,
but majority of the Supreme Court Of
the United States have decided other
wise.
The Commercial says: The first through
train over the Cincinnati Southern Rail.
way arrived at Port Royal, s. c., yesterday
afternoon. Time between the two cities,
thirty hours. rs.-Georgia will export some
thing over thirty million dollars worth ol
cotton this year If she has no bad luck.
She is great customer to have at the end
of railroad, especially as she requires an
enormous supply of the articles we have
on hand.-The so-called reign of Louis
Napoleon affards an excellent example of
that continuity" in administration which,
in the Imagination of Henry Ward
Beecher becomes so desirable. The favor
ties of the monarch hold their lucra-
tive positions as long as they live; they
form court; they become ceremonious;
they drive about in glittering equipages
with four-in-hands; they must steal to
shine; whisky rings, railroad rings, Indian
rings, army rings, tariff rings, smuggling
rings are needful to provide abundance of
money. History repeats itself in these
things.-The Hon. Thomas Ewing's silence
COuntenances the melancholy story that he
has had run of luck and is a bloated
bondholder. But if Mr.. Ewing has become
a capitalist, should that fact affect the ex-
preston of the immortal principle that
your true money must consist of something
that possesses no intrinsic value?
The Gazette says: The Board OF Trade
OF Boston have appointed committee to
request Hon. John Lowell, Judge of the
United States Circuit, to draft bill for a
National bankrupt law, which shall obviate
the objections to the lately repealed sta
tute Notwithstanding the three bank
rupt acts of Congress have been found OBJ
jectionabe and have been repealed, yet
the several times made these clearances
absolutely necessary, and there is stand
ing need of National bankrupt law,
operative alike in all States and Terri
tories. The Constitution makes the enact
ment of bankrupt law the duty Of Con-
gress and the need is now 50 generally fel-
by business men that numerous petitions
are sent to Congress from different sections.
The remarkable statement was made in
Congress, Saturday, that the present rate
Of paying the National debt, il continued,
would wipe out the whole two billions in
fifteen years. The payment for this fiscal
year will diminish tie permanent interest
account by more than $3,000,000 1t would
he good stroke of policy, and at the same
time an act Of JUSTICE. to repeal
the duty on wood pulp 1t would
help paper manufacturers and paper
consumers. This would hurt half
dozen millionaire monopoists, while it
would help forty millions of people.-The
Monroe doctrine does not enjoy the respect
OF the London Times, which declares in
effect regarding the Panama Canal, that it
is the place of the United States either to
build the Canal itself or let Others do it;
in short, to put up or shut up. Captain
Eads, the jetty man, proposes to carry
ships over the isthmus at Panama by rail-
road. His engineer principle is that the
Mississi ppi jetties are successful, and that
, some things can be done as well as others.
Let us reckon what his scheme
proposes. A frst-class steamship,
such as are now thought most economic.
al, is as much as 400 feet long, and the ten.
dency is to more, length; As feet broad, 4(
feet high; draws from "a to 2S feet, anc
weighs with cargo 5000 TONS A car tC
. carry such ship would weigh as much a.
1000 tons. He proposes to distribute thi
weight over IL rails, with wheels fee
, apart This would be say 80 wheels to eacl
rail, and $50 wheels in ALL This woulC
place wei ,ht of 10 tons on each wheel
8 provided the car were on plane so tina
Q the bearing would be equal the who'll
e length The Lesseps numbug scheme of
: sea level canal gives his still wilder scheme
some countenance. - ""N5 t7'at. H
The German Papsfi
The Volksfreund says: Four candidates
1--we would not be surprised If there wer'
flour candidates in the field during th,
next campaign. In all probability Gran
and Tiden will be the regular nominees
]Would it not be possible that tile anti
Grant men in the Republican and the anti
Tildenites in the Democratic party eacl
| nut IN their own candidateS2
The Volksblatt says: The next attemp
by the Commercial at REORGANIZATION viii
probably be directed against the Police
, Judge. Too much reorganization is un
healthy. The Democrats have found thi
out to their costs. 1t is to be hoped tina
the Republicans are not anxious for sim
liar experience. ,f. ge, u.
The Free Presse says: 81. Hoffman ant
his consorts were jubilant too soon. HI
and those who held in their hands thu
threads which had for its object his reten
tion in the Office have overstot tn,
mark. And then those Republican Sena
tors who were used by 6i. and his friends
in his dirty doings, are disgusted with
the role they played and the brazenness o
the ring, and they are now wishing tina
tney might repair the wrong by passing