The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-15
CURRENT COMMENT.


SUGGESTION TO MASSACHUSETTS.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The CHILEAN congress convenes one day
and breaks up in riot the next. Fortunate
Chiliansl
A DEMOCRATIC OPINION.
Chicago Herald.
OF the ehairmanships, however, there is
every reason for Democrats to complain.
Manifest inefficiency, cheeky self-assertion,
financial unsoundness, and party treachery
have all been rewarded.
ALL TRUTH AND NO POETRY.
Henry Watterson.
President Cleveland is silent, eyasiye or
hostile on the three great questions In which
the South and West are concerned, namely,
the Mississippi river, the tariff and the fscal
policy Of the Treasury.
NOTHING BUT DEMOCRATIC MANNERS.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Nothing but Democratic meanness could
place any obstacles in the way of the pas
sage of a bill to admit into the sisterhood OF
states territory SO admirably qualified in
every particular as Dakota.
ALL HONOR TO THE LIFE SERVICE.
Boston Transcript.
The life-saving service made good its name
during the great storm of the past few days.
There is quiet heroism is the life-saver's
work which is as well worthy of bard as
charge of the light brigade.
FOOLISH EVEN TO THE DEMOCRACY.
NY. Sun.
BY refusing to go into expla nations to the
Senate why certain Republican officeholders
were removed, the administration can do
much toward relieving itself of the useless
embarrassment resulting from the foolish
doctrine of offensive partisanship.
TEE SKATING Kinks
Lewiston Journal,
With the ministers. the doctors and the po7
licemen against them, the skating rlnks,J
cautious parents will prefer some otneT T,, ~
version for their children, this WINTER. WIN
experts like Mayor Deering TO Watcn me
rink, perhaps it can be reformed. but VINO
will watch progressive euchre.
THE NEW HANDS AT THE WHEEL.
Boston Traveller.
VIM Chandler has had his turn at running
the Navy Department, and II would pc more mod
est not to say decent n MN 70 stand N me paeK ,
They can't make verse failure than the Re
publicans did.-Heraid.
The 'snew hands" have already made one
bad failure, at least. Their attempt to dis
credit the new cruisers was not simply
sfailure"-it was also a most discreditable
attempt to use official power for party pur-
noses. The Herald evidently does not agree
with the old proyerb, that boasting is not for
the one who is putting on, but for him that
is putting off the harness.
MR. BoUTELLE's RESOLUTION.
North American.
The resolution Of inquiry introduced in
Congress by Mr.. Boutelle, Of Maine, in re-
gard to certain alleged proceedings in the
United States Navy-yard at Norfolk, Va, is
one which will command much attention.
and which must be explicitly answered. 1t
seems almost incredible that any subordinate
officer of this government should on his own
authority undertake to remove inscriptions
and tablets commemorative of historical
events. Yet it will be still more surprising
if it shall be found that he had any instruc-
lions to such effect. The dismissal of loyal
Union men who protested against such work,
and the appointment of ex-confederates in
their places, has, however, a very ominous
look. Secretary Whitney has evidently a
very delicate task before him.