Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-04-09
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

in need of u statesman for the foreign
service, Mr.. Adams was deemed o
good enough Republican for the
highest position in their gift. After
the intimate and, at times. confden-
tial relation be had held with both
these administrations, with the ap-
prova' If he whole country, and es-
pecisllv of Massach usetts, it ia la,e to
swing he party whip 10 that quar-.
ter Boston AdUocdtc.
Last NJ nday the House of Rep
resen atives bo very decided 20 g,
passed a bill i creasing the amount
of currency to $780, 900 900. We be-
lieve that the business interests of the
country would be carried on much
more readily and would be greatly
Increased II the currency should be
unlimited in quantity except by the
business wante of tho public. A man
might as we'll try 20 carry on big
farm with yoke of steers and a
two-wheeltd cart as the American
people can try to conduct their i'm
mense business interests with the
amount of cprrercy which one Sec
ten elone could profit ably employ
- White,cnter Register.
We are not of those who imagine
that legislation is a papacea for 81
the abuses of railroad management ;
but these abuses have become 30 ia
grant that the people feel the neces-
sity of and are justified in using all
the means wi hin their power to at.
tempt to secure relief. If restrictive
legislation will not acc' mplish that
end, then government railroads and
gen.r, ~ stem of improvement OF
the water sources of he country will
&c tried But in the mean time there
will be found organs of capital that
will use all their Influence to induce
the people to submit to whatever ex'
actions may be made upon them. OF
traduce all their Efforts to devise q
remedy. -JanesvWe Gazette.
appointment of Railway Com
missioners. The objection appears
to be raised for the purpose of ed
fa'ing the practical operati of the
law, an to give the RAILROADS he ex-
cuse for non compliance with il. We
presume, however, tbut the appoint
ments will be made and that e. ii.
Brodhead or Sat Clark will represent
| the railroad interests, Andrew
Proudfit will repres Mt the 'party."
Will some person having no rarticu-
lar qualifications for the position will
be t1lown in "a sep II the Graz gers
20 be manipul ted by the other wo
able experts. An extra session OF
the Senate is suggested to confirm
the nominations but of this there
would seem to be no necessity. -OSh-
| k0sh Northeastern
- 1t would be but little better
than suicide for Wisconsin temper
anoe vot. rs to form a Prohibition
party now Such step would inev'
i'ably put the state permanently IN
the hands of the Milwaukee beer
lords, and their political vassals,
Messr-. Block, Palmer, Cotzhausen
and Company WHAT this class OF
politicians would do for the state
may be judged by their past actions
and prc tessions. If they carry ont
those professions, Sunday liquor-s' J.
ling will soon be legalized in Milwau-
kee, as it has been by their fellow
politicians 10 Chicago. The same
thing would follow in the whole
state, ehould the Repu' lean party
be- beaten at the next, ction. as IL
surely would DO il the temperance
:, | ment were to leave its ranks. We
sheu d thus lose all the ground won
during the past two years. = Chris
t5an Statesman.
Among the things which the
Democratic Ref 'rm party sought to
do in the recent session of the Legis-
Iature. but failed to accomplish be-
cause of he Republican Sena' e, wa
the repeal OF be registry law. The
so-ca i'd R formers would gladly
open the doors for perjury and bal
lot box sluffing. if by so doing they
could perpetuate the mHelv in pow
or What care they, the old Drmo-
cratic aders of the 'R form" party,
tor purity of the ba | box and legi'-
innate cleo ions, if by giving free
license to repeattrs and perjured
voters, it il known they can overcome
the vol g of the people and rerpetu-
themselves in power? The facts
IRE that the people of the rural dis
tric,s are protected more than they
could imagine, had not the facts been
full, Demonstrated by experience, by
reason of the registration of voter.
They can afford 10 suff r the incnn-
venlence of registration, if thereby
they can prevent the enormous swirl
dies perpetrated in other states by
the gang of repeaters, who. in large
ci,ies, vote so early and so often bat
il ia mposs bic, aim at to hold
legal true election. In fact, II is not
the peog /. Of the country, but the
seedy politicians, who will stoop
very low TO conquer, that oemahueo
The repeal of the registry law, chiet
among them and a suplient DOL, il
the Governor, who went as tar as be
dared toward recommending such
Monroe Sentinel.
Reform legislation is talked
ab u by the Democratic Rrformers
al h me, but in congress the Demo-
cratic vote is against the measures
calculated to cheaper transportation.
IL is a vague theory with hem
and the free banking proposition IL
now pending, with on evident inte.-
tiol on the part of the Republicans
of both branches to work strongly
tor it's adoption. If these measures
sinai become laws, it will be The du-
ty of r pui leans to defend them
upon the hu-tings; and if the two
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