The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-20
CURRENT COMM EMIT.
AN AMERICAN EPIDEMIC.

AN AMERICAN EPIDEMIC.
New Orleans Pcayune.
1t is said that John Bright has restless
desire to re-enter politics. If this is Bright's
disease lots of Americans have it.
THIS IS OFFICIAL.
Washington Post.
Should the Democratic party lose New
York next month, the consequences will be
injuriously felt by the Democratic party all
over the country,
JUSTICE TOO WELL BLINDFoLDED.
Savannah News.
Not single bank defaulter has died Of
small pox in Canada so far. The small pox
is almost as derelict as the average American
detective. 1t never catches the right person.
NO TRUST ON EITHER SIDE.
Chicago Times.
Mr.. Thurman says that the Democrats can
cannot trust the Mugwumps. From the
present situation in the state of New York,
it would look as if the Mugwumps could not
trust the Democrats.
FIRING THE CHINESE WITH A VENGEANCE.
Boston Transcript.
ssFiring out the Chinese has assumed
new phase in some Pacific coast towns where
the firemen have been warned not to re-
spond to alarms of fire from the Chinese
quarters"
THE CAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES.
Lowell Courier.
The changes in the New England federal
officials are beginning to come little faster.
Several were announced Friday 1t doesn. It
look as though Jones and his kind had lost
their grip at Washington to any great ex-
tent.
THE MORAL is OBVIOUS.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hoadly was elected in Ohio two years ago,
after aicampaign in which he took very little
active part, being under the care OF physl-
clans most of the time. He was beaten this
year after campaign during which he made
speeches every day.
MIR. HILLS LETTER.
N. Y. Tribune.
Mr.. Hills letter of acceptance is a charac-
teristic document. Recognizing his ewn
weakness as a candidate, he endeayors to
show that the President is running on the
ticket with him. Altogether, this letter
reads much like the plea of a lawyer address,
ing an unsympathetic jury, in the expecta-
ton of verdict of guilty.
THE FOREIGN SERVICE AND THE SMALL BOY.
Ny. Tribune
Mr.. Villas Is willing to give eight cents to
his small boy special delivery messengers to
carry letter a quarter of mile, and five
cents to steamship company to carry one
end of the country to the other comes cry
from the small boy that he is i'll paid
A ACQUISITION FOR THE SENATE.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
What was simply war between rival tele-
phone companies over the validity of patents
worth many millions of dollars has now de-
veloped into something little short Of agigan-
tic political scandal. Here Is something for
Congress to investigate, especially the Sen
ate, which confirmed Mr.. Garland's appoint
ment as Attorney General without, we be-
lieye, dissenting voice,
JOURNALISTIC RELATIONSHIP.
Waterville Mail.
The town of Winthrop supports two pa
pers, the Budget, weekly, at the village, and
a semi-monthly at East Winthrop. Brother
Stanley of the former, we claim as grand
son of the Nail, thus-he was educated in
the Office of the Portland Advertiser, whose
editor, III. w. Richardson, learned the rudi-
ments of the art in our office-and is there
fore son-see?
AVOID THE TREADMILL.
Cincinnati- Commercial Gazette.
Our advice to young men is to stay away
from Washington. Plough, sow, reap, work
at the forge or the carpenters bench, or at
any other manly employment, and leave the
fatal clerkshipS alone. Build up from your
selves and within Yourselves with the chanc-