The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-27


AantOwOc, viii be held in the city council room
On Saturday next, AZ o'clock p. NJ.
TEACHERS, congressman and presiden
tial electors may defy the world when
they are in possession of certificate.
.JUsT at present the war in the Zulu
country is not being very vigorously pro-
scented Another chief has attacked the
British troops,
BEsBEE should have taken counsel of
Bradley. That acrobat would have
taught him how to vault over the gov
ernor's certificate.
AS earthquake in northern Persia last
week totally destroyed two villages and
badly damaged another. The loss of
life is reported at 600
Ir is said that gold has been discover
ed near Wichita Kansas and the people
are greatly excited. One farmer was
offered $50, 900 for his farm and refused.
TIE Chicrgo Times starts rumor
that an effort is being made to induce
eX-Gov. Palmer of Illinois to be the
democratic candidate for the presidency.
Chill and Peru it is believed will soon
open hostilities. A war between two of
these petty South American republics
seldom disturbs any nation but the COM
batants.
STRANGE that the mandate of the SUI
preme court of Florida should receive
unquestioning obedience in 1873 and be
disregarded in 1876. 1t is probably be-
cause the latter was leap year.
THE plague has again broken out in
Russia. The government has ordered
the destruction of several houses. And
great efforts are being made to prevent
the spread Of the epidemic during the
spring.
IT appears that the bill making county
treasurers ineligible to a third term,
though defeated in the senate, was en-
rolled and received the signature of the
governor and now appears among the
laws of 1879.
Ben Hut and the ranter Blaine had
spicy debate in the senate last Monday
I'LL managed to get the actor in a corner,
by persistent questioning. Blaine makes
a great display of fist shaking but there
his bravery ends.
HUI must think that the precedent
established by the ELECTORAL commission
is what the country long stood in need
of. But Bisbee prefers that ingenuity
which avoided the certificate of the
governor of Oregon.
WELL, the greenback party in Wash
ington seems to have been absorbed by
the party known as republican. This is
the point at which abuse of the green
hacker by republican journals will cease.
For one. we are glad they have found a
lodgmcnt there.
THERE was a great deal OF sarcastic
humor in the saying of Congressman
Springer anent the counting in of Hull
from Florida, that it was not competent
for the house to take evidence aliunde
the governors certificate. It is a poor
rule that won't work both ways.
AMONG the new papers on our ex
change list is the Milwaukee Sunday
Telegraph. This paper is one of the
brightest and most ably edited papers in
the country and after two weeks acquain-
lance we feel as if the Sunday Telegraph
was necessary to our happiness.
The Inter Ocean some days ago highly
commended the selection officers made
by tie United States senate; speaking
Of them as very efficient and of ire
proachable character. Now it takes q
different tack aud insists that the senate
has disgraced Itself by selecting men
who are notorious for their corruption
and dishonesty.
1t n meeting Of The stalwart republi-
cans in Milwaukee Monday ezening, E.
Gordon epitomized republican argument
10y saying she did not favor partisanship
in the supreme court. but he wanted a
republican there" 1t viii require
good deal Of ingenuity to divest that
statement of its prominent partisan fea-
lures. It is detestable cant of this kind
which has caused two judicial tickets to
be III the field this spring,
Il 1864 Judge Cathren WAS q candi-
date for Judge of the supreme court of
Wisconsin. His opponent was Judge
Dixon. In the state Judge Cothren had
majcrlty of 1892. The military gave
majority Of 1855 to Judge Dixon.
giving him a majority of 2.S0I in the
total vote But ii Will be seen that in
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