The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-09

TIL e p r e s 8.
SATURDAY MORNING. FEB. 8.
We do nor read ANONYMOUS euers snG communi
cations The name aud address OF the writer are III
ali cases Indispensable not necessarily for puohea
ton hut Ms guarantee Of Coca Iaith'
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munieations that not used
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"For h.av,n sake, do pay up" is the
frantic appeal which one of our rural ex-
changes makes 80 us subscribers.
1t is alleged that money was rec used
ia the Senatorial contest in The KENTUCKY
legislature aud that as high as $4,000 was
paid for votes.
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The New JeIsey legislature have quickly
responded to q Y. Abbrtts sugg, slon AID
p 'sseG a az making it peual OFF. Ice for a
cemetery corporation 20 refuse buIal 10 any
person on account Of c, lor, There vas bul
one disstn ing vote.
"The election of John j. o. b. len as Presi-
dent OF the new r publican county commit
tee OF New York 10y the pronounced vote OF
1853 TO A is proof that reconstruction has not
impaired the viriliIy of the party organiza-
tion," is The neat way in which one Of the
''machiuc" organs puts it.
An appropriation for the civil service
commission is pretty certain to be intro
du,ed in the House aud passed without
much opposition. Many Representatives
q express themselves privately as opposed 10
the appropriation; but they are TOO much
afraid Of public opinion 10 vote against it,
New York Tribune reporter the olht r
day wro'e long de crplion of NJ. Beecher
as he appeared at y bios Garden lislt ming
TO Mrs. Laugtry in "a Wife's Peril" Ii
turned out subsequently that Mr. Beecher
was not in the theatre at all. but in Boston.
Ii further appears That The reporter was I'M
posed upon by lhe manager who was in pUr
SUI Va Sutp p dhftIllSlbS.
The United ireland Expresses The hnpt
that Gen. Gordrn will be killed and The
False Prophet reach Cairo. United ireland
is one OF TIE organs of The National IrisI
party. 1t is this kind OF talk which lends Il
discredt the Iiish cause among all deceD
people. The same spiri, underlies it a, un
der'ies the blowing up of railroad train:
filled with iDnoc M men women.
The enthusiasm of the Republicans Of
Pennsl lvania for Mr.. Blaine for President
seems To be i'll no wise ablted by the tacr
that he is not candidate. The county com
mi'tee of Indiana county reported at NEE,
ing the o.her day that eight-tenths Of The
R-pnbl cans of that county weIe for MIR
Blaine. The committee of b adford met OF
the same day and were found to be fol
Blaine in the ratio of TO /. An informa
vote IN The committee for Bedford showed
Is for Blaine, for Edmunds, l for Logan
aud no choice.
The last time Gen. Gordon was hearC
from he was al KproskO, town on the Nil,
about midway between the first aud second
catalacts. From KUrosko it was his purpose
10 make bis way ACROSS the desert to Abot
Hamned, journey which, under the mos
favorable circumstances would require
five days. Aboo Hammed is two humid
red aud twenty miles from Berber
and TOUR hundred and twenty from Khar
toum. Tue probability is that at the pres
ent time Gen. Gordon is somewhele between
KJrosko and Aboo Hammed.
Mr.. Morrison's pr gramme was to hav,
the consideration If his tariff oil fiuishe,
and the bill reported back next Tuesday
The ways and means committee have, how
however, destroyed This by determining ts
give hearings 10 be various interests affect
ed by the bill A week has been assigned
to this business. and it is altogether probable
that the time will have to be extended Mr.
Morrison has expressed fear that thu bill
might pc talked to death in committee.
There seems to be fair prospect that bis
fear may be realized.
The controversy Which sprung up in The
Brunswick Telegraph some weeks ago as to
witch was the proper instrument to eat with
the knife or the fork-has called out sew.
eral culnmns OF essays o. good manners, bul
is apparently no nearer settlement than
when it was brgun. The most practical ad.
vice ON the subject com.s from man who
says be is ''safey cornefee in a nook in the
Rocky Mountains" who tells the champions
OF both instruments that they had better re
tire from the arena aud in the privacy O
their own homes handle whatever utensl
will fill their mouths the quickest.
The Fllz John Porter bill passed the las,
Senate by vote of SO to ga majority Of
six. 1t is believed it will receive the assent
of the present Senate by vote of 80 to "a
The only Republicans who will favor The
bill are Mtssts. Sesell of New Jersey and
Hoar of Massachusetts,. Messrs. Malone
and Riddleberger will not vote There is a
rumor, which however is deemed im0roba.
Bile, that several Democratic Senators will
vote against the bill. for the purpose of con-
cllating the soldiers Of the West, large
majority of whom are said TO be opposed to
the bill.
The decision of the Railroad Commission
ers will undoubtedly not prove agreeable 10
the projectors of the franklin and Somerset
Railroad, and the citizens of the several
towns which il was expected to benefi'. But
experience has shown that neither the pro.
jectors of railroad enterprises nor the towns
which expect to be benefited by them are al
ways safe judges of their merits. A lail-
road that has no reasonable prospect of
doing business enough TO pay It's expenses
aud fol Unfair. nm oa.t o,,ol,4 -. I.