The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-29
SPIRIT Of THE PRESS.
III. English Papers Of rhi. Morning.

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The Commercial says: The School
Board has been running down In character
for several years, and, as usual in such
cases, the movement has been steadily
gaining until, of late. the descent has been
rapid. In few words, our schools are dis
graced by their intimate association with
the worst phases of ward politics If the
tendency of which we speak can not be
checked, the ruin of the system must fol-
low. The ticket made up by the
Republican Convention is disgrace
full failure. There. are two or
three good names on 1t but as
a whole, it represents the very rottenness
OF which there has been complaint. We
can see soon whether the Democrats will
do better. The chances are they will be
equally at fault Then the time will come
to test the ability of the friends of the
common schools of Cincinnati to save
them.-That several large blocks of Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton stock and
small lots have recently changed hands,
and that the buyers have had extensive
views of combinations to take place when
they obtained the control, is no news. But
those best informed do not believe that the
pool-makers and all they represent have
more at most than one-third Of the stock
of the O., H. & D. If they obtain control
it vill be through purchases not made or
alliances not announced. The re
cent dividend which seems to have
interfered with some nice calculations, was
made from cash in the Treasury. Business
has been good. Mr. Shoemaker's work put
the road into good shape. The arbitration
wiped out the arrears; and behind all this
looms the fact that the prosperity of the
country is real, and that the roads have a
share in 1.-THE Herald Irish famine
fund, ON the 26th, amounted to $315, 1877 49,.
That doesn't seem to furnish a sufficient
reason to abuse James Gordon Bennett
During the past year the average daily re-
ceipt of dead letters at the Post-office De-
partment at Washington was thirteen
thousand. The principal reasons assigned
are misdirection and badly written or un-
decipherable addresses. es.-The Afghan war
has given the English greater reputation
in Asia than the Russians gained
by the conquest of Armenia. 1t was una
voidable if the Empire of India is to be
maintained. The South African war was
not Tory war. 1t merely happened in
Tory times, and two black Kings bagged
are the trophies Upon Cyprus Mr. Glad
stone lavishes his invective, but if he
would give up Cyprus, he could not logic
ally hold Malta and Gibraltar. The ap-
proach of the Liberals to success would
have tendency to increase Irish agitation
without suggesting the possibility of a rem
edy for the troubles of the island The
Liberals themselves could hardly have made
so apt a selection of Minister to Russia as
Dufferin, himself a Liberal, or as the Mar
quis of Lorne for Governor of Canada. Lib
erty has nothing to gain from Liberal
victory in England and English imp erial-
ism would lose much in the defeat of the
Tories.
The Enquirer says: One thing ispretty
we'll established: that under a good. care
full management the Hamilton e. DAYTON
is good property, and can be made to pay
dividends, even with the Dayton Short
line running parallel to it less than half a
dozen miles distant. Nor does it seem
necessary in the interest of legitimate rail
road business that either one of these roads
should swallow the other. The pooling
arrangement now existing between them
gives each one fair revenue. 1t is safe to
say that each gets its proportion of bust
ness, and that business, it is also
fair to predict, will continue tc
grow from year to year. The
Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati
Road is not in need of any additional facll
tiles to get into this city, because it car
command the services of both the lines tc
Dayton now. Itwould be rather an expen
sive thing for it to wreck either one at this
time, besides leaving the question still un-
solved of what good was accomplished in
ibid the Directors of the Cincinnati
Hamilton g. Day ton Railroad act in bat
faith by the bondholders when they com
promised the interest which was past due
and in less than three months after de
clared dividend on the stock? The an
: swer to this question varies as the persol
who answers it is stockholder or bond
o holder.-The Republicans Of the Legislature
should be slow to answer the call of M
Halstead. His mallgnancy demands tn
!, slaughter of Hoffman. What guarante
has any one that he will not sell his pape
to the Democratic party should his whim
be disregarded at Chicago?-Senator Hol
lingsworth's bill, now pending, puts al
Cooperative or Mutual Aid Association
under the supervision OF the State Super
i, intendent OF Insurance, the same as othe
Insurance Companies 1t provides that tn
, condition of the Associations shall be re
ported to the Insurance Department within
ninety days after the bill becomes law
= and Annually thereafter. 1t provides tina
tile Superintendent shall investigate tn
affairs Of the Association, and may requir
answers from the officers to such question
r as may in his judgment be necessary to al
rive at the real situation, and that he sha
have substantially the same authority owe
! their business in this State that he ha
over the business of regular insurance CON
n panies.
The Gazette says: It occurs to us to sa
that there should now be halt at Colun
bus in the work of reorganization of of
' GERS. The first step to real reform of ou
, city government is to provide diAerer
mode of electing the City Legislature. Th
o people are getting dsgusted If they are nc
:. already disgusted, and the Republica
members of the Legislature, with the el
perience of the o. Connor body before then
!, should take warning and 60 slow. To
: much time has already been wasted OH
Hoffman. He ought to have been bounce
/, long ago, but to put him out now and VI
/ der the circumstances would be
make a martyr OF him. Besides,
/, the vacancy should be made, ths
: disgraceful and incompetent col
. vention which did the Republican part