Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-05
Editorial Notes.


The Washington Post thinks that q
census that will be implicitly trusted
by all citizens of all parties in all Sec
tions cannot be taken by small calibre
partisans, whose integrity is ever ready
to subordinate itself to the fancied In
terests Of party. The country expects
the Senate to sit down with emphasis
on all nominations of this sort.
The Courier-Journdl says the jetty
system has been introduced on the
Sacramento river, CAL, to protect tho
banks and secure owners of property
and cut out sand bars. The result has
been far In excess Of expectation, and IL
shows what beneficent results would
follow the introduction of the same
system on the Mississippi iEiver.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:
"Ex-Senator Howe claims to have dis
covered that the fathers were not OPP
posed to the third term. The acts Of
the fathers in declining q third term
upset his theories in regard to them.
If they had been i'm favor Of third
term some of them would have accept
ed a third election. But however the
fathers may have stood on the ques-
ton, the sons are clearly opposed"
This is the way that it appears to the
New Haven Register: "The Republic
cans propose to steal three of New
Jerseys Democratic electoral votes by
trick. That the same scheme will be
laid before the Connecticut Legislature
cannot be doubted. The Republican
leaders have conspired to steal the next
president. They stole 1t in 1876 by mill
itary force, fraud, d,perjury and by throw
ing out thousands of Democratic votes.
The Rochester Express displays n
"level head" when 1t says: 1.-THE gov
ernment now has outstanding obliga-
tions, bearing interest Mt @ per cent,
amounting to S273,6sl ,3l5, and at per
cent, S5OS 44O, $50. These bonds are all
redeemable after July l, 1881. Consid-
ering the late popularity of 4 per cent,
the bill to refund these bonds at low
er rate seems quite feasible. The saw
ing i'm interest to the government, IL
they are refunded at per cent, would
be $40, ,55s ,O3O; at 81 per cent 1t would
be S14, ,46S, $751;"
The New York Times does not ap-
prove of the anti-C Chinese bill which the
House Committee oa Education and
Labor has decided to report, and says:
1T is pretty clearly established that
everything which is sought by this bill
in violation of the spirit, If not the let
ter, of the Burlingame treaty can be Sc
cured by negotiation with the Chinese
government, and 1t would certainly
be more fair and more dignified to try
this method of procedure first, as would
inevitably be done with any foreign
power capable of defending its own
treaty rights or enforcing our treaty
obligations"
The st. Louis Times gives the follow
ing hopeful view Of prosperity In that
city: "The real estate boom still con-
tinues in st. Louis, and IL is gratifying
to observe that though the market Is
unusually active holders are not exor-
bitant i'm their demands. The advance
has been only slight, and for the first
time i'm years buyers are becoming
numerous, and, as a consequence, there
is q large daily increase in the number
of transfers. This betrays healthy
tone in the market, and already q
strong impetus has been given To ma
terial improvements in vacant parts Of
the city,"
Whatever may be said against tho
people of Cincinnati, IL will scarcely be-
denied that they are well posted on the
presidential question. Accordingly,
when the Commercial refers to the
subject it may be regarded as speaking
from the card. 1t says: 1T Is becom-
ing palmer every day that the candi-
date of the Democratic party for the
Presidency will he found I'm an Eastern
State. The favorites to-day are ex-Gov.
Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden, IF New
York and Senator Bayard, of Delaware,
were Mr.. Seymour TO say frankly that
he would take the nomination IL would
be given to him as the highest assur-
ance Of securing the thirty-five elect
oral votes Of the Empire State. In an,
event the presidential nomination will
be given to the East. 1t is a question
then, who shall have the second placs
on the ticket. II is easily within th,
reach of ex-Gov. Hendricks, Of Indiana,
but he has said he would not accept it.
The first place or none Is his motto,
and his Western friends are likely to
sustain him In that position. With
Hendricks out Of the way, the nomina-
ton for Vice President will become
bone Of contention among q number of
Western mediocrities, and ex-Gov.
Bishops chances are at least Mt par
with the others. Though his party
was defeated at the late election Bishop
was not defeated, and IL Is seriously
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