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

! sge OF silver should be stopped until there
is an International adj istment Of the silver
question.-There should be established
cheap postal order system. 1t is an out
rage that our people have to pay 10
cents for a money order of 81. This
heavy tax is a discrimination in
favor of the use of small notes.
With cheap postal order system and
plenty of small gold We would not require
small notes any more than fractional cur
rency; and with the small notes and trade
dollars out of the way, the country would
absorb quietly and comfortably all the
silver dollars that have been minted and
that could be made out of the trades and
the surplus subsidiary.-Secretary Sher-
man is said to be Of opinion at if tie
Government redeeped trade dollars in law
ful money the trades would be shipped
from China to an embarrassing ex xtent That
can be avoided. Let the trades be re-
deemed in greenbacks, gold or standard sill
yer dollars for period of fifteen days We
shall then be rid of them forever.
The Gazette says: The ring Of specula-
tors who ntroi the stock of breadstuffs.
which is enormous, are making bread dear
er, and thus levying forced tax upon the
whole people, for bread is necessary Of
life. Without taking into account the
stocks in the interior, the excess of wheat
, in sight, Us compared with one year ago, is
20, 264 900 bushels At the same time the
stock of wheat in Great Britain is 8. 400. 900
bushels greater than year ago; and not
, withstanding the increased wan of that
! country, SO high are the prices maintained
by the rings that not bushel can be
shipped from this country except at loss
, and thousands of people, we are told,
are starving in Ireland for food
Blaine developed surprising strength at
Harrisburg last night A caucus in his
, interest showed nearly 0ne.half Of the en-
tire number of votes to be in his favor.
His friends, however, rel ing upon the
probable withdrawal Of Grant from the
!. contest and the promise Of Don Cameron,
in that event, to suppurt' Blaine, will en-
deavor to avoid test of strength, and
the form of instructlng for The Ex-
President will be gone through with.
The furty-six delegates from Philadelphia
are, with one except n, opposed to Grant
That member uf our estlIuable Board Of
, Education " ho suggested the prOprlsty of
, cutting cut the heart of the Chairman of a
. committee investigating $ NE OF the rot
tenness of the Board has been put under
bond to keep the peace.-The President is
r getting liberal abuse ut the hands Of GER
tain Republicans for appointing so largo a
proportion OF Census Supervisors from
7 among the Democrats On the other
a hand bitter con. paint is made BY Demo,
era ic Senators that the spirit of the cell
' sus law, winch intended that the Super
visors should bs selected equally FROM the
two parties, has been violated By the Presi-
dent, Senator Morgan wants the whole
list set back Oh this account
: 1t is the desire of the women, and they
have 50 mrmorialized the ClaniDer of LoIn-
, merce, that MIR. Powers shall execute a
statue of Mr.. Springer to be placed in the
: vestlbu!e Of tie Muse Hall, 81 that, ever,
visit r may gaze upon the man wAose gem
erosit, rendered the erection OF the editice
possibility. The idea IS happy one,
combining the mos. refined taste and the
surest permanence. When Reuben Spring
er, and ali who have seen his face; shall
3 have passed away, his all but living pre-
sentiment will remain to impress upon the
G. public his features, anr to inolte them tO
y initiate his example.
Tie German PapsrA
The Volksfreund says: III Ohio Sher.
man can huriiy count on one-half OF the
delegation.-Grant is still on top in PENN
sylyania. Don. Cameron is master Of the
z situation. deserves no credit fos
Hayt's discharge. He dismissed him only,
then, when lie could not, under any oir-
cumstances, keep him any lonyer.-Hal-
stead will soon again 20 to Greenland, and
8 Hassaufek to Germany, for every child
knows that Sherman will not be nomi.
j, mated.
o The Volksblatt says The news Of The
failure of the Arbeiier Bund is eVeryw he RI
. being received with regret.-Gas. stocl
= went up 81 per cent, yesterday. and il
IL now ut 1917. What is the reason OF thi
gas boom? has the fear OF the electric
Il light ended or has the stiff manners of til,
% gas men in the B ,ard Of Cuuncilmen Gre
ated such q feeling OF security that a re
), duction in the price of gas is considered
y all impossibilityf
The Freie Presse saws: The Republican
State Convention at Harrisburg. Pennsyl
" vania, to-day, will decide the fate Of man
N Presidential candidate.
Yesterdays Abend Post says Ex-Goy
" ern,r Bishops many pardons have SO ia
in horne bad fruit. Very few of the dis
charged sinners have been changed fror
r Sauls tb Pauls t. tae ninety-nine fold ja
in Of the angels. but seven OF them hav
70 already found their way back to the Obi
Penitentiary. As many more have take
to their old occupations in Indiana, an
N are now in the jeff, rsonville Penitentiar,
h. Poorly applied mercy. III
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Missions of the Protestant Episcop'