The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-02
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.


break down in the midst of the ordeal of
despair. The spirited become spiritless
when hope is done. John Sherman has
been regarded as strong man; a man of
pride and spirit and tenacty; an overbear-
ing man rather than weak man; man of
unconquerable purpose; man OF great
will-power and of llmitless confidence in
himself. He has been man to take rather
than to ask" 1t then quotes his speech
where he says unless the Republicans of
Otio give him support Of substantial
unanimity he will not be candidate be-
fore the Convention. This the Enquirer
pronounoes "a wall of DESPAIR. THE
Representatives from Cincinnati and Cleve-
land all voted against the Local Option
Bill. The defeat of the bill is likely to be
charged to metropolitan wickedness.
The Commercial says: The. people of
Cincinnati are in luck that so good man
for the.position as Eshelby was nominated
Comptroller. If he is elected, the Ring is
broken "A history OF the Treasury Depart
ment is John Sherman's platform. And it
is one that every business man between
Maine and California can understand The
project of depriving the National Conven-
ton of the Democracy of such ample
telegraphic facilities as it would enjoy in
any other city is the meanest and small
est enterprise of which we have heard
MIR. 81. Hoffman has been for wears the ef-
fluent pipe with mysterious valves leading
from the CITY Treasury to the pots of the
Ring. Republican rascals have had their
share. That is what was the matter at Co.
lumbus, and is the trouble here at this
time. If it were not for treachery among
Republicans, there would be no difficulty
or doubt about the overwhelming defeat of
Hoffman. If Gen. Grant is close observer
he will have an opportunity, while Jour
neying to Galena, of relieving his mind of
the idea that all the people in the country
except few on the outskirts, are clamoring
for his election to the Presidency, with all
that it implies.
The Gazette saws: The Democrats in the
Ohio House are playing the role uf obstruc-
tlonists, but so far with Indifferent success
The maj Irity should stauei No nonsense of
that kind.-The first white man who has
Uttered the death penalty in Kentucky
lBr ten years will be hung in Louisville to-
day. 1t will hardly be maintained that
there have been NO murders by white men
IN Kentucky during the past ten years-If
MIR. Es1elby, one of the candidates for
Comptroller, is not known to everybody
now, three months In the Auditors office
would vastly extend his acquaintance, and
make him one of the most popular men in
the city. This is our opinion of
Mr.. Eshelby, and we know the
man pretty we'll The people who
vote for Mr.. Eshelby will never have cause
to be ashamed of him or regret their ac-
tion.-lf the tax payers of Cincinnati per-
init the election of Hoffman, the Office of
Auditor ought to remain in confusion /;
there ought to be duplicate coupons afi jat,
and the Sinking Fund Commissioners
ought to be unable to straighten up the
bond account. All this and much more
would serve the tax payers right. For a
failure to properly discharge their duties as
voters, people deserve to suffer, and the
sooner and more the better-A newspaper
is chronicle of events, and ordinarily does
not make its news 1t would he pleasant
if society in general were conducted on the
principles of the Golden Rule, or
at least according to the nor
NAL practices of well-bred peo-
pie. Unhappily, however, it is not. Crime
is prevalent as well as virtue, and its acts
must be recorded. There are details which
should never be put in print, and it is OBJ
vlously wrong to give sickly fascination
to deeds which should only inspire horror
and disgust, but there are many disagreea-
BILE cases which mast be noticed. We are
not aware that newspapers constituents
fail to discuss these in conversation, though
they may practice the restraint which
types can not, of only cnveying the in
formation to those whom they think it will
not injure. Reticence here must be at
tanned by a limitation of the sphere of a
| journal. A newspaper must print the
news wherever 1t finds it.
Tho German Papers.
The Volksfreund saws: The day after the
| Republican Convention the Gazette, Conf.
mercial and Times declared that the nom.
| nations for School Board were failures.
Now these papers demand that the Repub.
licans shall vote for part of the ticket.
If the nominations were bad at that time
they are still so to-daysoLThere is great dis.
sension on part Of 'Hlsl. Republicans in
regard to the School Board ticket. The
Gazette pub shes mixed ticket and the
Commercial another. The Times is correct
in saying that under these circumstances
t whole Republican ticket will be de
| feated. The mixed ticket of the Gazette
contains seven Republicans and five Demo.
Gratis. On the Commercials there are six
Republicans and six Democrats. Strange
to say t ere is not a Catnoic on either
ticket. Neither the Gazette nor CONNER.
cial want to know anything of Catholics.
These two therefore have NJ right to com.
plain if the Catholics will not know any.
thing of them. 1t is sausage against sausage
and none for nothing.
The Volksblatt SAYS: Several of our local
papers are busy at ticket fixing and mixing.
In regard to us we will leave that job to
our readers who know best themselves how
they will vote.
The Free Presse says: On the mixed
School Board tickets, which appeared in
Yesterdays Gazette and Commercial, the
German element has only three represen.
tatives. The Germans will take care not
to prescribe themselves by voting the
mixed ticket
Yesterdays Abend Post says: He, who
in the approaching School Board election,
does not vote for the best men, regardless
of politics and religion, commits high
treason on the coming generation and prob
ably on his own children.
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