The Portland daily press., 1886-02-26
CURRENT COMMENT.
BUT NOT BY HIS OWN PARTY.
Florida Tlmes-IJnion.

BUT NOT BY HIS OWN PARTY.
Florida Tlmes-Union.
The Presidential chair is occupied by
man who is bidding for denominations.
TOO MUCH SETTLING" AND TOO LITTLE
PAYING.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
1t would be great deal better for Virginia
if she would pay her debt instead of making
so many efforts to settle" it.
IT is SO HOPED.
Boston Record.
The Maine Democratic State committee is
to move its headquarters to Portland The
sea air may make the brethren less malari-
OuS
WORTHY CANDIDATE.
Benton Journal.
The Republicans of Portland have, in Mr..
Charles j. Chapman, a candidate for Mayor
worthy of their support, Mayor Deering APP
peared to recognize the fact and refused to
be candidate.
NO HATCHETs AT THE BAY STATE DINNER.
Boston Journal
The speakers at the Democratic banquet,
Judging from the drift of their remarks, are
practically ignorant of George Washington's
great virtue 1t is well; George Washington
was not a Democrat
HE NEVER WORE HIS HEARERS.
Boston Traveller.
Joseph Cook says that no orator ever wore
so we'll as John B. Cough, as he was forty
years on the platform. The secret of his sue
cess was that he did not wear out his hear
ers. Cough and his hearers were alike in
this-both he and they knew what be said.
THE LEE FAMILY AND THE CONSTITUTION.
Philadelphia Press.
Gov. Lee of Virginia, may succeed in his
obvious determination to enforce settle
ment of the State debt on terms antagOnlstlc
to the Federal Constitution, but we doubt it.
The Lee family of Virginia has never been
Overwhelmingly successful in antagonizing
the Constitution.
WHAT WILL THE FARMERS SAY?
Manchester Mirror.
When Mr. Morrison has his way every Ca
madam will be at liberty to sell potatoes in
competition with our own farmers, and 1t
does not take a very cOwardly man to get to
the conclusion that when that time comes
there will be an end of potato raising in
New England. for while the abolition of the
duty on potatoes would net reduce the price
to that extent, it would put it into the power
of the Canadians to fix the price at point
just below the cost of production here, and
thus drive our own growers out OF the buSl-
ness.
THE SENATE AND PRESIDENT MONTGOMERY.
Supreme Judge.
have examined the case very closely, but
i am cOQIQ6Qb Tile 06ildb6 Has Lu0 IlSub "
call for all the official papers on file in the
| departments and that the President has nc
| right to withhold them. These papers are
matters of public record They contain in
| formation which the public should have the
| right to know, through its authorized agents
| | do not think the President will be sus-
| tanned in his refusal to send the papers. %
| course | agree with the President that pri
| vate papers and suggestions relating to ap,
| pointments should not go to the Senate Bui
| neither should they go on tue records in the
| departments.
THE TOWN OF MEMPHIS.
| N. Y. Sun.
| The town of Memphis, Tennessee, is IA
| yorite home for the yellow fever pestilence
| it appears also to have been the breeding
| place of the Pan-Electric nuisance:
| Senator Isham G. Harris, director and vice
| President.
Ex-Congressman Casey Young, director, secre
| tary and treasurer
| sale of local rights.
| J. Harris Rogers, director, supervising electrl
Dr.. j. w. Rogers. general promoter and stocl
| dispenser.
| All of these are Memphis men except In
| dian Commissioner Atkins, who halls from
| town of western Tennessee not FAR away
| Yet the Memphis Pan Electricians had to g
| to Honiny Hill, in Arkansas, for lega
| opinion that would enable them to sell STOOL
| and dispose Of local rights for cash.