The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-21

raj fragrance OF the divine flower OF poesy;
but Mr.. Lowell has enriched English liter
ature. He has written too seldom and too
little. He is not the most popular of
American poets, but il is not easy to say
that the country has produced greater
than he. 1t is interesting to recollect that
the men eminent in our literature who
have been sent to the Court of St. James
have been sent by Western Presidents,
though the scholars were Eastern.
The Gazette says: In the report of the
proceedings OF the University Trustees in
Yesterdays Gazette we read that the total
receipts we're SOL ,6S6 20. included in which
was $16,871 8S from taxes for university
purposes. Thus over 25 per cent of the
whole income is derived from taxes upon
the people. This is the tax the Gazette is
in favor OF abolishing. The university as
managed. is of no public advantage, and
even If it were, we insist that the people
should not be taxed for the maintenance OF
a university. The common schools and
high schools are supported by taxation.
This Is enough. 1t is too much. There is
the Cincinnati College, with net income
OF $50 900 year, that it was intended to
unite with the McMicken University.
The Trustees of the college will
not touch the McMicken enterprise because
OF its mismanaeement The same is true
OF the Ohio Mechanics Institute. Thus
liberal university fund Is frittered away, or
Is partly idle, because there Is no conf
dence in the management OF the McMicken
bequest There is money enough. If prop
erly directed or worthily attracted, to sus-
tain university without collecting dol
lar from the taxpayers, but rather than
put the University into proper shape the
Trustees fritter away its income and rob
the taxpayers besides.-If the head of the
police will not suppress the gamblers, he
ought to be suppressed. The whole sub
ject is respectfully referred to tue Board of
Police Commissioners. far as Cincin-
natl is concerned, there can be no serious
objection to the temporary triumph on the
Louisville system over the Cole system
Atlantic is held by Col. Cole and
q Nashville corporation secures control of
that the advantage remains with the Gin
cinnati Southern.-The Mayor signed the
that the Mayor made a mistake. 1t gives
to a company yet to be formed and un-
known the privilege of tearing up the
streets for the purpose of putting in pipes
without compensation. This is wrong. For
all privileges of this kind royalty should
be paid to the city. The fact that this out
rage upon tax payers has been practiced
heretofore is no reason that itshould not be
stopped now. The Mayor made mistake.
The pretended Fusion Legislature
in Maine and its elected State off,
GERS have taken apartments and
are going through the several mo-
tions of a Legislature and State officers.
The Legislature which these admit was
chosen by the people, and the one which
BY the decision Of the Supreme Court is the
legal Legislature, and the State officers
elected by it. are in possessi n of the
legislative halls and executive offices in the
State-house. The pretended Fusion organ
ization is utterly incapable Of doing any
thing, and its existence has come to be
comedy. Yet it does not dissolve. 1t even
talks Of long adjournment The reason
is plain, The plot was to furnish pre-
text for making two sets of returns of the
Electors of President, and thereby give q
Democratic Congress preiext for counting
the vote of Maine for the Democratic can
didate. The Fusion Legislature and State
officers are impotent as to any State legs
lation or administration, but they may suf-
flee to give the Democrats in Congress
pretext to play out their original game.
The German Papers
The Volksfreund says; The Fusionists
in Maine have NOT yet given up their case.
They have gained IN strength since Messrs.
Knowles, Strickland and others, on whose
election there was no doubt, have not been
denied admittance to the State House.
The Volksblatt SAYS: The temperance
people are bestirring themselves Petitions
for the execution of local option law are
being circulated in all parts of the State
and are being extensively signed.-The Re
publicans in Maine are now Sin" and the
Fusionists are t."-Nothing remarka-
BILE occurred yesterday in Maine, Both
Legislatures were in session. Battle and
blood-shedding are no longer to be feared.
The war is being carried on by the law
yers only.
The Freie Presse says: The German
voters of Cincinnati ARE just as positive
against an incapaHg unworthy and cor
rupt School Board as is the Gazette, but at
the same time they insist OH having Ger
man tauvht in Iii q uuh1ic srhno1a