The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
GENERALLY UNPOPULAR.
[Lubec correspondent of the Machias Republl

GENERALLY UNPOPULAR.
| [Lubec correspondent of the Machias Republl-
can.l
The fishery treaty is quite unpopular here
among both Republicans.and Democrats.
RANDALL CARvEs THE CROW.
detroit Tribune.]
Your Uncle Sam Raddall is whetting his
carving knife, and the free trade bill is going
to be carved.
TAMMANy's CRY.
New York SUM-
With the three years, we are glad to say,
great many thousands OF Republican Office
holders have gone. One year still remains,
and so does Postmaster Pearson.
isEvERE ON THE DEXTER OFFICIALS.
[Springfeld Republican,
The verdict of murder in the second degree
in the Stain-Cromwell case at Dexter, Me-,
Saturday, falls with quite as much severity
upon the officials of the Dexter bank as upon
the criminals themselves.
A FAIR TRIAL, CERTAINLY.
Hartford Courant.l
The conviction of those fellows in Maine
for numbering Cashier Barron of the Dexter
bank is yindication that those who believe
in fidelity and heroism will hail with real
pleasure. A trial conducted by Chief JUS
tice Peters of Maine may be safely reckoned
a fair one. He is one of the ablest men ON
the New England bench. The trial finds
these men guilty OF numbering Barron, and
the stain on his character, and the reflection
cast on all honorable men who have money
entrusted to them, Is at last removed.
NAMES EMINENT LAWYERS.
boston Herald.]
While everybody in New England is testi-
fying to the wonderful skill and ability OF
Atty. Gen. Baker of Maine displayed in the
Stain-C Cromwell trial, there is this to be re-
membere He is the latest of long line of
as able lawyers as ever held office. Since
Maine became State twenty-five men have
held the Office of attorney Look at
the records they have made: For four years
Nathan Clifford, who sat for twenty-three
years upon the bench of the supreme court
of the United States, was one. For two
years he had been preceded by Jonathan p.
Rogers, great lawyer in his time, but for
gotten now, as all great lawyers are after
their speeches and their work have grown
twenty years old, and as cold as II the work
had been done thousand years before, and
the speeches had never been made. Who
else? Judge Daniel Goodenow Of Alfred;
Wyman b. 5. Moor (Seayey Moor they called
him Of Waterville; Sam Blake, the three
millionaire of Bangor. who died in Boston a
year or SO ago, universally lamented, as
they say. Who came next? George Evans,
the greatest and best loved Wing the State
ever say in Henry Clay times: John 5. Abb
bott who moved to Boston and there pros
pered. And then the men of this generation:
First, George w. Ingersoll, early cut off,
father-in-law of ex-Gov. ID. II. Chamberlain
of South Carolina; Josiah II. Drummond,
than whom there is no better known Mason
in the East; John A. Peters, ex-congress.
man and chief justice of the Supreme court,
who presided over last weeks trial at BAN
gor ;.Senator William p. Frye, who convicted
Frank Murphy, the great temperance adyo-
cate, OF having killed Murray in Portland;
Thomas b. Reed. of whom nothing need be
here said; Harris NJ Plaisted, general, con-
gresham and governor; l.. A. Emery, now
Mcclellan of the Garcelon period, able a
man as any of them; Henry b. Cleayes, who
is likely to be Names next Governor, and
now Mr.. Baker. If there is State in the
Union which can show a list of attorney
reserve) where is the State?