Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-09


The Iowa County Democrat admits
that IF a political Judge is to be elect
ed, Mr.. Clementson is not inferior to
any" That win do. Stick pin right
there. As the gentleman especially
favored by tie Democrat has been dodg-
ing about in politics for the past thirty
years the inference is that Mr.. Glenn
entson is as good as he, which for the
Democrat is doing very well.
The speech of Senator Hoar against
the Chinese bill was listened to with
great interest. 1t was in the nature of
a rigorous protest against ostracizlng
any subjects of foreign powers who
chose to come to this country. The
speaker called attention to the fact that
some twenty five years ago movement
in opposition to Irish immigration was
attempted in the same manner
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The Dodgeyille Sun rises TO explain
that the line at the head of the report
of the presentation proceedings read
ing, reported expressly for the Sum-
should have been stricken out. OF
course it should; everybody knows that
copies were sent to every paper where
there was a ghost of q chance to get
the tragedy published. The explanation
is all right, but the people would have
understood it just the same.
''Filled the ideal expectation" is the
way local paper puts it in speaking of
Judge Cothren. To quote the words of
Mark Twain Ideal expectation are
good words. They have u pleasing
sound. We hate to break into the sweet
illusion, but really must inquire if that
ideal was not set rather lowp Did
Judge Cothren ignore partyism''
when he beat jackson. Did he '.ignore
partyism when he ran for Congress two
years ago on the Democratic tickt. If
SO, how.
The House naval committee. after in
specting two or three piles of old iron
by some legendermain of photography
called monitors, are of the opinion that
they should be finished even if it does
cost 100000 TO do it. Such idiotic
decisions as this is what keeps our navy
below the rank of that possessed by Or
binary fourth rate powers; S4,0o0,000
expended in light armored, fast sailing
cruisers, would place fleet of eight yes
sells armed with guns of the most power
full description, afloat. rt
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Congressman Pound, of this state, has
prepared u bill which is intended to re-
lieye the pension bureau, but more es-
pecially to furnish a means for a recon-
sideration of pension cases which hay
ing been rejected by the commissioner
ofpensions, possibly on technical flaws
in the evidence and which now burden
the calendars of Congress. AS in many
of these cases the applicants are deserv-
ing Congressman Pound proposes to es-
tablish board of review, to consist OF
four members, which will have appellate
jurisdiction in such cases.
The project for removing the capital
from Madison to Milwaukee has been
once more brought forward by Milwau.
keeans possessed of more ingenuity than
sound sense. The former is displayed
in their invention of plausible argu.
ments to back up their plan, the latter
by the scheme itself. After having
spent a million or two dollars in i'm
proving the present site of the capital
building the people Of the state win not
care to invest like amount elsewhere,
not even to please their Milwaukee
friends.
This is the ingenious way in which
the Shullsburg Free Press puts it. "Al-
though a life long democrat Judge
Cothren has respected his high office SO
much that all political Influences and
questions, by him have been set aside,
while discharging his sacred duties on
the bench" How about that run for
congress two years ago Were political
questions set aside then. Or that other
run which he would have made just after
being elected to the bench had not that
obstinate fellow, King, refused to with
draw. Somehow these always appeared
like political questions but we may be
wrong, if SO we are open to conviction
After having coquetted for nearly a
week with the nomination and kept the
whole American people, figuratively
speaking, at his feet, Lord Roscoe has
condescended to announce his deelina-
ton. This could just as well have been
done within few hours after the nomi-
nation was made, but that would not
satisfy the inordinate ambition of his
Lordship. There is rumor connected
with his declination to the effect that
Folger will now be elected to the
supreme bench and Conkling placed in
hecabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.
This report has been in circulation be-
fore and is hardly worthy of second
thought, as the President would not be
likely to SO insult the feelings of the
country. Should such change be
made it would be evidence sufficient
that the recent nomination to the
supreme court was but q move to test
the present drift Of public opinion.
win Wait for a Rise.
BosToN, Mass, March A special
dispatch from Fall River SAYS The
question of shutting down the mills for
a certain period has been agitated for
some days past. the outlook in the
print cloth market and the general feel
ing of depression in all business con-
neeted with the manufacture of cotton
leading to this result. The manufac-