The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-20
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
Tho EnRlish PAPERS Of This Morning.
The Commercial saws. All the stuff
that has been published about the injunc
tion to be procured to prevent Ramp from
taking the Office to which he was duly
| elected, is mere twaddle, o bit of thai
same idoov that fourished for while af
ter Mayor Jacob was elected. 1t has ceased
to be sensational is a pretty good
showing of Southern Railroad business in
the figures presented yesterday. There was
a total of 426 lat 78 earnings to $136. 800 0s
operating expenseS-The right of the Con.
sOlidated Street Railroad Company 10 run
its cars under the renewal ordinance of last
February was sustained yesterday in de.
cision rendered by the General Term
of the Superior Court. 1t was
held that the city, under Its gen.
eral powers, has the right to renew
| its permission for the continued operation
of an existing street railroad for period
not exceeding twenty-five years, and that
competition is not required as in cases OF
the construction of new road. The OBJ.
| lection that vested right was given was
not regarded as entitled to consideration,
where it was not made exclusive.-It is
| begging the question to assert that the
Fusion legislature of Maine has the excll.
sive right to judge of the qualification and
election of its members. A legislative
body must have legal existence itself be-
fore it can exercise the right. And when
this legal existence is denied, as it is in
| this case, it raises question for the Courts
to decide. The Supreme Court of Maine
has decided that the Fusion Legislature is
not legal body, consequently it does not
have the right to exercise the functions
that the Constitution confers upon law
full Legislature. 1t is not q coordinate
branch of the State Government, under the
decision of the Court, and, as a body pos
sessses no rights the people are bound to
respect.
The Gazette SAYS: The versatile Board of
Police Commissioners yesterday resolved
itself into new elements by accepting the
resignation of Mr.. Dorsch, the last of the
commission appoin ed by the Governor
After the Darwinian theory of the survival
of the fittest was thus exemplified, the re-
manning members, who have been evolved,
as it were, from the appointed board, Or
dered the closing of the Vine-street Opera
house. 1t is true that the fair escutche N
of the new board was blurred slightly by
t e removal Of all efficient patrolman be-
cause he had worked against a defeated
candidate for legislative horors who is now
Police Commissioner; but then, how are
the fttest to survive if those who strive to
cut short their career are permitted to pace
the sidewalks of the CITY, wearing emblems
of authority and power2-The c'nstitu-
tional right to the pursuit of happiness
was yesterday infringed and abridged in
the State of Maine by denying to the Fusion
party the use of the legislative chambers
in which to play at being Legisla-
ture. Consequently the two houses had to
hold their sessions on the sidewalk in front
of the State House. In this situation the
Speaker Of the curDstone House directed
the Clerk to date the journal las near to
the State House as they could get" How
ever, the validity of the acts OF this gutter
Legislature will not be impaired by It's
! place Of session, nor would it be If 1t should
adjourn to the moon. 1t talks Of going to
some other place where the local police
will protect it. This is we'll 1t should stand
not on the order Of Its going. If 1t should
be nomadc, like tribe Ut gypsies, earning
living BY the sweat Of their brows, from
the henroosts of the vicinage, it would be
as honest as its original intention, and its
| acts would have as much validity as ever.
That which began as a crime has lapsed
into q comedy.-A curious instance OF
the facility with which the German jeal-
ousy OF our German fellow citizens can be
worked up into o solid and unanimous
TO ce, is given in the attitude taken
by the German papers OF this city un
Senator Fleischmann's bill to make the
members OF the Board of Education elec.
tive by the whole body of electors. To start
this cry il enough. There is no use In
reasoning. We are for the election at large,
but we have never thought that this had
any bearing on the German part OF the
schools. Furthermore, our observation OF
the working of the best government the
sun shines on has found that class Of
voters which can be managed by clannish'
ness of nationality, race, or religion. SO as
to be moved as solid mass in voting,
ALWAYS gets more than its share OF offices
and political power. As examples, we point
to the very small share which is lett To
native Americans in all the large munich
palities and to the greatly disproportionate
share held by the Germans and Irish. The
more inordinate share held by the latter il
by reason OF the division OF tile Germans
BY religion, while the Irish are kept In
solid, unthinking mass by race and religion
The Enquirer says: The Fusionists In
Maine still say they have hope. But they
are likely to learn that even men with the
| Constitution and laws on their side mus
also have some intelligence, some sense
some promptness, some distrust. See wha
the Republicans have done without laws OF
Constitution!-The owners of shares ir
Electric Light Companies and the gamblers
in Gas stocks owe an everlasting debt O
gratitude to the gentlemen who doomed 81
violently for the Edison lamp . few week
ago. II
The German Pspera
The Volksfreund says: The South is M
longer poor. This years cotton crop is es
timated at 1921, 100000. The value OF tn
previous wears crop was $193, ,000, 600. l
was not resumption, but the good crop
that bettered business. Still we neet
another good crop to bring matters In thei
old course.-Grant as far as Ohio is con
cerned, is not SO weak candidate as man!