The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-19
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.


The Commercial SAYS: A special dispatch
from Syracuse this morning declares the
Anti-Tilden delegates to be in a majority
but the machine is In the hands Of Tilden s
friends, who will count in enough contest.
ing delegates to capture the Convention.
But the 1ildenites are of the contrary
opinion. They claim majority, and are
confident and aggressive. 1t is also denied
that Tilden has written letter withdraw
ing from the contest All these conflicting
statements will be put at rest tomorrow.
Meantime we venture the prediction that
the astute old politician Of Gramercy Park
will have his way at Syracuse, what
ever it may be.-Every possible griev-
ance we complain Of. no matter
what, in our Republic. seems
to exist in greater degree in Great Brit
ain, even to fraud and corruption in public
funds Every grumble honest people here
utter over Encouragement is echoed in a
deeper growl over there. The outs among
politicians, particularly just before an elec-
ton, are apt to make much over our enor-
nous government expenditures in this
country. The expense of carrying on our
government amounts to some $200, 900, 900 a
year, interest on the public debt and all.
Our population, meantime, must be at least
45,0O0,0 ,0O0 A great sum, that seems, for
the mere privilege of reading reports OF Con-
gress and scandals about Senators. But
what will the political outs say to the fact,
in Great Britain, with population OF "a,
100000 the annual cost of govern
ment is rapidly approaching $5Oo,OOo,-
600 yearp Verify this Repub-
lie, with all its semi-annual teapot tenn
pests of elections, with all its being turned
upside down and shaken inside out every
four years. wien President is chosen, is
better than that. A strong government
costs mint of money.-One thing is GER
tain: there are tens of thousands of sound
Republicans who do reverence the unwrit-
ten law and intend to make it respected,
Aho will never consent by their votes to
its violation by General Grant or any other
man. If he is nominated at Chicago they
will either stay away from the polls or vote
for the Democratic nominee, if the Ciucin-
natl Convention exercises wisdom in the
choice of man of moderate views, and
who, If elected, would put the Presidency
above the partisan. In either case, their
action would be fatal to Grant He might
be nominated; he would not be elected.
The Enquirer says:s At the last meeting
of the Board of Council, the Board of Pub
lie Works had to be appealed to, and the
City Solicitor called in, to determine these
questions: l. Was there an officer in Gin
cinnati known as Civil Engineer? 2. If So,
was he under the control Of the Council or
the Board of Public Works? 3. Could the
Council order the removal of lamp-post,
with the assurance that the order would
be obeyed, or must the business be referred
to the Board of Public Works? Every
point was decided in favor of the Board of
Public Works, and to contemplative
stranger 1t looked as though eighty strug-
CLING statesmen were handicapped by five
autocrats, and didn't know what they were
there for.-Mayor Jacobs in his message 10
the Common Council, says: Gambling has
| been substantially suppressed, and those
| OF this city have left for parts unknown"
The exodus .has not been SO extensive or
rapid as to attract general attention. There
is a question as to the accuracy of the
Mayors information. - The Legislative
"elnn" went out yesterday without any.
thing special to mark its expiration.-In
pursuance of custom of many years
| standing, but which probably has no war
rant in law or justice, the Legislature yes
terday voted extra pay to number of its
officers and employees. 1t is expected that
| the claims will run against a constitutional
obstruction when they are presented at the
Office of the Auditor of State. 1t is time
for the practice Of extra compensation to
be broken up. The law provides for as
much compensation as the service is worth,
and when 'extras" are voted there is usu-
ally no discrimination between the deserv-
ing and the undeserving.
The Gazette says: Unless the statistics
of the last few months shall fail to be par
alleled during the remainder of the current
year, 1880 will be memorable for the num-
ber of its immigrants to our shores. 1t is
believed that our population will be in
creased by at least 100000 from this ,nrce.
In 1854, thus far the champion year, 319,-
900 Europeans sought new homes within
our terri ory. The hard times OF 1857, and
the political dissensions eliminating in
civil war, greatly lessened the number of
arrivals during the next eight years, and
the tide had hardly begun to swell again
when the panic of 1878 broke out his was
followed by so marked and pro tracted de-
preston of all branches of industry that
considerable number of our foreign resi-.
dents went home again, while the annual
arrival so diminished that in 1877 the total
linLulBTdIlOH Itll DelOW oo,UuU. lne revival
of business has shown. however, that null
titudes are only awaiting sufficient op-
portunity for seeking new homes. In 1878
the 55, 600 of tie previous yearro to 75 900
and in 1879 this number nearly doubled,
the immigrants reaching total of 1856, 900.
In several of the New Engl,nd papers
there has recently been reproduced large
part of the celebrated Mulligan business,
Credit Mobiler gossip and Fort Smith &
Little Rock transactions, which de-
feated Mr.. Blaine's nomination in 1876
and thereby saved the Republican party
from defeat. 1t may be said, and no doubt
will be said, that it is bad policy to refer to
these matters now in view of the possibility
of Mr. Blaine's nomination at Chicago.
There might be force in this suggestion were
the reports not part of tie history of the
couAtry, and if this part were not as easy
OF reference as any portion of tue records
of Congress. The worst possible policy,
therefore, would be for Republicans to at
tempt to suppress it. 1t can not be ignored.
The Democrats are quiet on the subject at
present. This Is their policy, and it is a
good one. But if Mfr. Blaine should be
nominated they would then open their
batteries and add very largely to what has
heretofore been published. Blaine