The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-31

the Convention to be held this afternoon,
but our confidence is. not unlimited
Should England persist in nosing about
| in the negotiations between the American
Commissioners and the Chinese Govern
ment to defeat the conclusion of treaty
| favorable to cur trade and commerce with
the Empire, she may have the useful organ
which she intrudes into the deliberations
unpleasantly snubbed. England is entirely
competent to make her own treaties, but
she ought to be given to understand that
she can not exercise supervision over those
which our own Government makes with
foreign nations
The Gazette says: We have labored to
get up reasonably good ticket out of the
twenty-four candidates presented, and we
have done the very best, in our opinion,
possible under the circumstances. But
before publishing the result of our labors
we have suggestion to make in the inter-
est of the schools and the Republican
party, and that is that the convention,
when it reassembles to-day, proceed at
once to reconsider its action of Friday,
and make new ticket, composed of the
best men to be found in the city.
This might be simplified and made
very easy If the twelve candidates
now on the ticket would resign in
body. Half of them have expressed a
willingness to do this and if the other six
would join it would be creditable per-
formance, and one that the Republicans of
Cincinnati would not soon forget.-The
Democratic Convention yesterday detied
public opinion by nominating Silas Hoff-
man for City Comptroller. This office was
created to take the place of City Auditor,
which Hoffman now holds and has held for
the last six years. Hoffman was elected
by the City Council fora term of five wears.
When his term was about to expire he and
his circle of supporters took the extra
ordinary course Of procuring the Lesisla-
ture to take the appointing power from the
Council and give it to the Board of Public
Works. There was still Democratic ma
jority in the Council; therefore it appeared
that Mr.. Hotfmans official situation had
become such that he was unwilling to trust
the chance of reap continent to Dem acrats
in so large number. The three Demo-
Gratis in the Board Of Public Works made
maj rity of the Board, and it appears that
he had become certain of these. But the
desperate means resorted to by Hoffman
and his ring to keep him in his office, and
all the signs that we have alluded to, give
ground for the suspicion that the ring is
afraid to have the affairs of the city funds
in the Auditors office looked into. Exam
Piles in the offices of the County Treas
urers in many counties have made the rule
to be accepted that where Democrat has
long been custodian of public moneys there
is defalcation. In all the exposures of
+ 6afa laa tinns IL w found ~,
of Democratic managers was sharing the
abstraction OF the public money, and that
these formed combination that managed
need not wait for proof that the public
funds have been unfaitfully managed in
the Auditors office, before ordering a
change which shall examine the affair
Upon the Republican Convention,
now to meet for this purpose, de-
wolves the duty to nominate
a. candidate who will have the confidence
of the citizens in its integrity and capac-
ity. A Hoffman on the Republican side
will not excite any enthusiasm to elect
him over the Democratic Hofman.-The
excess OF the value of the exports of mer-
chandise during the first eight months of
the current fiscal year amounted to $152,-
Gil ,224, as against a similar excess of the
value Of exports over imports during the
corresponding months of the preceding
year OF $2o4 973, 927. Prosperity induces
lnxury, and luxury goes abroad to crafty
it's tastes.
The German Papers,
TIE Volksfreund says: When we speak
of the ticket We of course mean the School
Board ticket In regard to it the Demo-
cratic Convention has surpassed itself. To
be honest, we must admit that we did not
expect so much as was done by the Con-
vention; in fact, that we expected nothing.
We thought that the Convention would
put up a ticket similar to the Republican
one. We say not too much when We assert
that at no time has so good School Board
ticket been put up as was done by the last
Convention.
The Volksblatt says: 1t can not be dis
puted that the City Convention yesterday
put I'D very good School Board ticket
which, in many respects, is far superior to
and stronger than the Republican one.
The Freie Presse says: The "Halt" item
in the Gazette, I'M regard to the 81. Hotf-
man bounce bill. did not have the desired
eileCt. ~ uau diIOStIHcT al oppOSllc Vell-
dency. Instead of defeating the passage
of the bill, it fastened the same. The
Gazette would have been wiser had it kept
quiet instead of wasting its powder.
Yesterdays Abend Post says 81. Hoff-
man was put out yesterday, and to-day tries
to get in again. Messrs. DR.. Bruehl, Rothe,
Rattermann, Fechhemer, Grueter and
Landman, the German candidates for the
School Board, are at least as good men as
the German Republican candidates, if not
far better ones. On the whole, the Demo.
craticratic ticket, il we would speak the
truth, is better and stronger than ours.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following are the transfers of real
estate from noon yesterday to noon to-day