Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-10

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acknowledgements. June 10, 1854.
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The Evening star has a regular, ,ermaneu,
bena nde daily circulation more than treble
that Of any other daily paper published IN
Washington. and eaual to that Of all the
ether daily papers here added together.
TIE sTA1 once Il connected with ths Telephone
fxehangs Advertisements. orders for the paper By
Eau and otherwise news or any information or bust
itHesn be ssnt day or night. free Of charge
The Independents now ind themselves the
center Of attention, and their position will not
lessen that bump Of self-approbation with which
n many cases they are literally provided. So civil
nave the democrats become to them, indeed, that
the New York Sun finds 1t necessary to remind its
party that democrats should nominate the demo-
0aeac candidate, not men who are sulkfng because
they have failed to nominate the republican candi-
date. At the same time, the preferences OF the
boilers win, no doubt, be much regarded, nom the
tact that, while their strength throughout the
country Is scarcely large enough be perceptible,
they are. as It happens, massed in localities where
success Will tell very sharply on the general issue.
As yet the independents have not outlined q
Policy, and they may not do until after the demo-
cratic convention, -possibly not even then. But
&C present they show an inclination to support
Cleveland, with Bayard as second choice. Tflden
D not favorite among them,-a fact which has q
tendency TO cool the ardor of democrats
TO some extent the coming campaign promises
70 furnish test OF the political influence of news
papera IL has been claimed By many thinkers
OF late that while the newspaper as a vehicle of
news has Immensely improved, as an organ of
opinion 1t has declined In power The Blaine vote
In New York state will shed some light on this
question II he wins In that state the great
metropolitan newspapers must "hide their dimin-
ished heads" for with the exception OF the TIT
oUne they are all against him. The list on paper
Is formidable one,-Tin,es, Herald, Sun, World
Post, Commercial Adrerttser, Journal, Truth
Telegram, Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslies and
Puck. II this battery has no material effect on
the vote, 1t VIII serve TO take some Of the concet
out Of the New York newspaper Thunderers, who
suppose that they dictate public opinion In the
country.
The House spent yesterday over the river and
narD0r bill, and made good progress upon It. The
bU Itself calls for large total expenditure but Is
less obnoxious to criticism than some Of its prede-
ceasorS The committee have proflted by criticism,
and confne themselves mostly to recommending
appropriations for works Of national utility. Out
or the E6s00 appropriated for 1a5 rivers s. 500
given TO seventeen streams, the navigation Of
which benefits wide tracts OF country.
With Blaine in charge of the campaign we may
expect dramatic element to enter into it which
shall keep II from any possible dulness 1t Is said
this morning, for instance, that the Orangemen Of
Pittsburg are going 70 oppose Blaine Now this, If
uue, may be az attack which, like boarding house
knife "a sharper on the back than ON the edge for
Blaine could artfully stir up little Orange op-
osttaOn TO him in a sure republican state like Penn
sylvanta, he might win some very useful Irish SUD-
port In New York, where he will most need votes.
Ben Butler, as the friend Of the negro and q
Democratic candidate for the presidency urges the
colofed men to obnterate the color Hnen by voting
with their white neighbors. AS Butler hopes to be
nominated by the white neighbors this advice how
ever 1udicous can scTcely be called DISTINGUISHED
Blaine rhymes with again, brain, bane cane or
Cain, .ane. deign. drain, fame, fain, gain, grain
Jane, Ian :. lain Maine, name. main, insne pane
PAIN pla1 rain, sane, stain, strain, Taine ta'en
thane, train. vain, vane, vein, wane and several
hundr other words So the political poet VIII not
have to scratch bis head for rhyme this year. - i
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Young MI. Roosevelt defines his position In way
Which ought TO be satisfactory to democrats He
says: 81 have been called reformer, but am
republican" II the republicans can afford to draw
this distinction the democrats can afford to let
them
In the death Of ex-Justice Swayne, full Of years
and honors, the city and community at large loses
character Of old-fashioned integrity combined
with solid learning, type of which, nowadays We
have not TOO many examples
Gen Bufords career was q diversified one-a
general, q turfman, a convert and member OF two
churches, and finally suicide His ''troubled
brain" and "bew1ldered soul' now, let US hope
at rest.
Dorsey IL out with another snartly written letter
vuffytng respectable witnesses who have recently
testified against him, but there Is the customary