The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-01

Church's influence. Methodist ministers
are devoted to their Church and their
work. None are more so. But mote of
them than either the body of preachers or
of people are aware, grow increasingly rest
less every year under the primitive timer
ant system of the Church Diff
ferent notifications of the plan have
been suggested, such as lengthening the
possible time of preachers stay in one
place to ten years, or permitting him to
stay as long as he and his congregation are
mutually pleased. 1t is probable changes
of some sort will be made in time.-There
is no occasion for apprehension as to the
health of the candidates on either side.
They may die of disappointment as Web
ster did, failing to get the nomination, or
sink under defeat, as Horace Greeley did
after double nomination. But they are,
as the saying goes 'all right up to the pres
ent time"
The Enquirer says: Harmony, for civil
liberty under the Constitution Of this Re-
public of States, seems to be the Demo-
cratic need of this hour, and the Democrats
of Ohio should periodically contribute to
this splendid result Let it be emphatic
ally understood that the candidate OF the
Ohio Democrats for the Presidency is the
nominee of the Cincinnati Convention.
Let the Ohio Democrats act as a
unit so far as possible, but let
them not quarrel. Harmony is con-
tagious, as is quarrelsomeness. Ohio can
exert gentle and controlling influence
over the Cincinnati Convention, with ut
aiming for Estate pride" or 'sms." The
Ohio Democrats may, and should, insist
that respect be paid to their opinions, and
can still exhibit 81 irit of harmony. 1t is
within the power of the Democracy of this
State to set an example of harmony for the
Democracy of the country that ought to be
useful. No State hulds Democrats filter
for the Presidency than Ohio holds. The
Democrats of no State have preached more
humane and democratic doctrines.
The Gazette says: Yesterday the annual
meeting OF the Woman's Missionary Socie-
| ty of the Presbyterian Church closed its
three days session in this city. To-day the
Methodist Conference representing that
great body of Christians in the United
States, opens its session, and will remain
five or six weeks. In the midst of the
Methodist gathering we shall hold our great
Musical Festival, which will attract great
numbers of people to the city, Close upon
the Musical Festival will occur the opening
of the Millers' International Exposition.
This will last four week, and will
prove a great attraction. On the 22d
of June the National Democratic
Convention will assemble, and occupy at
tention for week. This period of activity
will wind up with the 4th of July, after
which those who survive and are able,
financially, will rush to the watering places
to gather strength for the Cincinnati Ex-
position, which opens in September. Alto
gether we. shall have lively times in Gin
cinnati.
The Gazette says of the meeting of the
Methodist Conferences: The gathering in
our city of the largest organization of Prot
estants in the country is an event of much
more than ordinary interest. We say
Protestants, though If all the members
of Methodist households were included in
the count as every infant born of Roman
Catholic parents is enumerated, the Metho-
dist membership would very decidedly lead
all bodies of Christians without exception.
1t is tue Methodist Episcopal Conference
that meets here, but the same faith and,
in some instances, the same policy, are
shared by the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, the Free Methodists, the Wesleyans,
the Methodist Protestants, etc. These d.
Visions generally originating in issues now
wholly forgotten or fast becoming obsolete,
are fast disappearing, and the prevailing
force in all the branches of the great Meth
odist family is strongly centripetal.
The German Papers.
The Volksfreund says: Key, the Gen
eral Postmaster, retires from Hayes Cab
met. He gets position as Judge in Ten
nessee. He takes tiuie by the forelock, for
Hayes' term will soon expire, whereas the
|judgeshp is for lifetime.
The Volksblatt says: The election OF
delegates to the Democratic State Conven-
ton, No. l, takes place next Monday. The
The machine politicians are divided among
Thurman and Tilden. The principal fight
therefore will be among the friends
of these delegates In few wards,
however, there are Groesbeck dele.
gates in the field, and they have
a good show of being elected, If they would
The friends of Thurman should save their
labor. Their man will not be nominated
and could not be elected. So would TiIden,
iudping from all appearances, be defeated
candidate, even in case of Grants nomina-
IlOu NY tnc hCpuDiiSoho' 1huCh 10 per-
haps the only candidate that could and
would be defeated by Grant. In some parts
of the State there is talk about Jewett, who
was once a resident and Representa-
tive of our State; but Jewett is a railroad
magnate, and would never be elected as
President. If the Democrats, in case of
: Grants nomination, would hold trump
card, they must elect Groesbeck delft
egates But we would not dare to
credit so much sense to them. The Den O.
cratic party has never yet in a decisive
moment chosen the right means and they
will again this time lose the game.
The Freie Presse says: General Post
master Key is about to leave the Cabinet,
as he yesterday accepted the position of U,
s Court Judge for the Eastern and Gen.
trail Circuits OF Tennessee. Who is to be
his successor is not yet known.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: Colonel
Fred. Dent Grant, the son of our Ex-Presi.
dent, declares that his father has the mis-
sion to destroy the superstition that a
President of the United States burst not be
elected for the third term. ."Tempora
mutantur, ct nos mutamur in ills"
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