The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-27

lngton during the holidays.
Arthur retires from the White
House one year from next March.
Governor Biernan will be the next
congressman from the first district.
Diphtheria is prevailing. according
to the st. Paul papers, to an alarming
extent n that city.
ita recent wedding in st. Paul,
the bride declined check for twenty
thousand dollars from her father.
Mr.. c. f. Kindred does not disguise
the fact that he will tackle the
"bloody fifth" again one year hence.
Montana claims an eighty thousand
population, does not owe dollar, and
does not desire to be admitted rs 4
state just yet.
Judge IIoadly who is soon to he in
augurated Governor of Ohio, has taken
every occasion to discourage the dis
play common OH such occasions.
The news is almost too good to be
tru", that that nauseous nuisance the
Milwaukee "bad boy is to helped
out Of the disgusted public's gaze.
Mayor O'Brien illustrates the fact,
that man with principles or preju-
lices is not the sort of man that st.
Paul wants for it's chief magistrate.
Malone and Riddleberger have been
formally taken into the bosom of the
happy family. They are natural sons
-illegitmate, to be sure. but thel.. etc.
The question of Free Trade or
Protection in Minnesota will depend
largely on what the Saltwater and
Minneapolis industries think they
want.
The President wants new Navy.
would be real clever in ademocratic
congress. on the eve of presidential
election. to place the surplus revenue
in the hands Of w. T. Chandler to
build-a new navy.
Gen. Logan besides his Indian ori.
gin, is distinguished for three things.
his opposition to Fitz John Porter,
his abuse of the Queens English, and
bis presidential aspirations.
1t will really he too bad, next fall,
if the exigencies of the occasion
should oblige the Pioneer Press to
support Gen. Grant. as the Republican
nominee for the presidency.
When are we to have an end of
money-bags Sabin 1t is all very
well for eastern papers to allude to
his promotion rs recognition of the
great Northwest. but that is not the
sort OF recognition we want out here.
Carlisle is said to be tired and dis.
| gusted already with the amount of
hard work his position entails. He
isn't near as much disgusted rs some
of the big heads in Congress were
when the committees were announ-
ccd.
Gen. Butler is to be the combined
working mems, woman-suffraga,
prohibition, anti-monopoly. and any.
thin else that may arise. candidate
for the presidency. 1t win keep that
one eye of the General busy to see
that none of these issues get away.
1t is claimed that to the "wealthy
and aristocratic classes who hereto.
fore, have deemed it somewhat vul.
gar to vote, is Boston indebted for
her first Republican mayor in many
years. Voting is trifle vulgar, es.
pecially when performed for Repub-
lican candidate.
Senator Sabin is the head of the
| Republican National Committees.
but he is not at head of any of
the Senate committees. The
frecbooters from Virginia crowd.
ed him out perhaps. Each of these
political mongreiS has Il Chairman
| ship.
There seems to be a wonderful una
nimity of feeling on the other side of
the house in favor of John \. Logan,
all at once. The sly old campligners
including the willy man frcm Maine
know that the only way to do away
most effectnally with Il rival, is to
make him the confident favorite in
the beginning.
General Baker, Mnnesota's elo.
qnent and poetic railroad commits.
sioner. was gallivanting along the
Manitoba line the other day with gen
eral manager Marvel. We would
suggest that the subtle influences,
always at work in a general manager s
special, are very dangerous breathing
for railroad commissioner. Keen
in out of the malaria, James.
The rapiiity of the incraese in Min
nesotas population is remarkable. :.
| When admitted as territory in IS49
its population was 4,940. In 1850,
6,O777; in 1860, 172. 1928; in 1865, $50 900:
in 1870, 43o, ,407: 1878, 5a7, ,407 in 1880,
7S0.S07. Its present population is at
least 100000, and at the next United
States census in 1885, it will number
very close to two millions Of inhabi.
tants.
The democrats propose to carry
civil service reform to the extent of
examining all clerks in the various
departments. This measure will
bring CONSERVATION to the republican
camp. The people or the legislatures
may elect uneducatad men to the
United States Senate anil House Of
representatives, but the departments