The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-10-01
CURRENT COMMENT.
WHAT THEY NEED.
N. Y. Graphic.

WHAT THEY NEED.
NY Graphic.
what do Nihilists want?" asks an ex-
change. They want blowing up-that's what
they want.
SEND HIM TO NEW YORK.
North American.
Maine has produced another great man.
Samuel Day, of that State, kills twenty bears
year. He would be useful on Wall street.
CALL THEM HOME.
Boston Herald.
The Maine Democratic politicians need
another sitting down on for borint the life
out OF the President about the Portland col
lectorship.
IT WELL APPLIES.
Boston journal.
Mr.. Roosevelt's phrase "fossiliferous
statesman, as applied to the Vice President,
is appropriate as well as neat. Mr.. Hem
bricks, besides being fossil himself bears
loads of them to Washington to get places
for them.
WHICH DEMOCRAT IN PARTICULAR DO YOU
MEAN?
North American.
The civil service plank in the Democratic
platform In the State of New York reminds
one. of the favorite old Chestnut about the
Maine politician who was warmly in favor
OF the prohibitory liquor law but decidedly
opposed to the enforcement of it.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
Boston Record.
Mr. Cleveland wrote to Civil Service Com
mission Eaton your intelligent perform
ance of duty has been of inestimable value
to the country"
The New York Democratic convention SOL
EMMY resolved: "We condemn the actual adj
mlnistration of the civil service law
That's all the difference there is
A NEW HAMPSHIRE VIEW OF THE ADMINS
TRATIoN.
Nashville Telegraph.
disquisition on civil service reform by
President Cleveland and long list of de-
capitated postmasters- turned out of Office
not because they were not faithful public
servants, but because they are Republicans
newspapers last night. The administration
appears to be of about two-thirds hypocrisy
and one-third stupidity.
THIS DOES NOT AFFECT NEWSPAPER MEN.
Kennebec journal.
The best medical authorities contend that,
while the government is giving its attention
to the fumigation of the mails going out from
Montreal, the TACT that paper money is a
more dangerous medium for the transmits
sion OF smallpox, appears to have been lost
sight of. 1t is now generally believed that
through this channel the disease has been
communicated to several other cities of the
Dominion, in which it now exists.
ILLITERACY IN THE SOUTH.
Colfax Na) Chronicle.
Our experience is that about one teacher
out OF ten employed in the public and pri-
yate schools OF this parish can write correct
ly sentence of two or three dozen words.
Until we get teachers who can construct a
grammatical sentence, and who know how
and will teach the children how to spell and
capitalize, our communications will continue
to need 'doctOring. If we published CORE
spondence as written our readers in the
great majority of instances would think we
were poking fun at the writer.
1T LOOKS WELL IN VIRGINIA.
Richmond Wing (Rep.).
We never before had accounts so reliable
and encouraging of gains for our party all
over the State. The general and unanimous
assurance everywhere within our bounds is
that we are receiving large accessions from
the ranks of those who heretofore have fol-
lowed and supported the Bourbons without
being Bourbons; and now it is certain that
II all former and present Republicans are
true to their +, name, their party and their
mense vote and grand majority Stand
fast!
A MEASURE WORTHY OF IMITATION.
Springfield Republican.
The appointment of small pox medical in
spectors on railroad trains entering Vermont
from Canada is an excellent measure, but
ought to have been put in force when The
Republican called for it about six weeks
ago. Then it might have prevented the i'm
portation of disease which has already prob
ably become well scattered in New England.
The treasury department might make up for
red tape by promptitude in inspection on the
Maine frontier as Hantsport, n. S., is suffer-
ing from visitation of filth disease resem-
bling Asiatic cholera 1t is thought to arise
from the stencil of the half-buried carcasses