Morris tribune., 1883-02-17
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, TLL.,l

JOHN QUlNCf ADAMS.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, TLL.,l
Feb. II, 1883.
Mr.. EDITOR, AND DEAR FRIENDS:
I see by your good paper that the
weather is q topic Of conversation still
in Morris, but we have weather down
here to be talked about too. "Never
such winter before that ever knew
some say. The thermometer stood for
three successive mornings %, q and
10 below zero, and people say it was
the coolest they ever knew it. We
smile at it and and think that if they
would only once see full grown win
ter then they would not think that
this baby winter is anything. But [
suppose it is quite u remarkable win
ter. Since the first snow in December
the ground has not been free from it,
and there has been fair sleighing all
the time, which is remarkable for ILL.,
nois. Now the snow is about one and a
half feet deep and sleighing perfect,
and thermometer down about zero all
the time which appears severe WIN
ter. There is no doubt that if the
snow should 60 off with heavy rain
there would be very great damage
done, and the Chicago Tribune has al
ready raised the note of alarm by re-
counting what happened in 1S49 when
q heavy snow did go off in just that
way. Railroad travel has been very
uncertain during the past three weeks.
Almost no train on time, and the
freight trains entirely abandoned for
days, sometimes they have all they
can do to get the passenger trains
through. Business men who go into
the city every day have been put to
much Inconvenience by the irregular
ity. Three broken rail accidents have
occurred near here and OH Saturday
as we were coming from the city our
train went humping over one break
which was not bad enough to throw
us off. Our breakman went back and
tagged the train behind, and then a
gang of men was sent to repair it.
Another topic of comment has been
Minnesota's senatorial contest and
election. The people seem to be
watching to see if Minnesota, although
a young state, knows enough to know
a good man when she sees him. The
conclusion now is that she doesn't,
The comments on the stupidity of
Minnesota's legislators have not made
us feel very comfortable when we de-
sire to see her rise in all good power.
The Chicago Tribune not only had an
editorial upon Mr.. WINDOWS career
while the contest was going on, but
lately remarked to the effect that it
did not look very well to reject such
q man as Mr.. Window. A Boston
paper has the following COMMENT
Minnesota has one statesman Of
large national repute; and but one.
And, all in all, he has no superior in
the present United State Senate. But
the legislature of that state, after
protracted contest, has just refused to
re-elect this man, Senator Window,
for another term. In so doing the
state does not show itself to good adj
vantage" see it is remarked that
Mr.. Window is now retired to private
life. I think it yet remains to be seen
whether he retires or not. One thing
is very certain, viz: That Minnesota
has retired herself from her foremost
place of power in the counsels of the
nation which she has held because of
the experience, ability and integrity
of Mr.. Window. For there is no man
who can jump at once to the position
that he has held, no matter how much
of a genius his successor may be.
Able and tried men are not SO plenty
in the nation that one with Mr.. Win
dom's record will be spared. 1t is the
old adage over again, IA prophet is
not without honor except in his own
and among his own kim" 1t
is handed around the papers, too, that
Mr.. Window was defeated with money
from the whiskey ring because of his
stand on the bonded whisky matter.
/ do not know their authority, but if
that is the case, it is more honor to be
defeated by Minnesota Legislators than
elected.
There is a strong movement now
setting in in Illinois in favor of high
license. Those who have not only
been Indifferent on the subject of tenn
perance, but actually hostile to any
positive action on the subject, are
comprising sea and land for license
of $500 as the minimum for the state.
"Saul is among the proph-
ets'' again. Well, we say, let him
if he will do it to such effect
IS that. A curiosity is, that those
who are SO very DESTROYS for this high
license just ridicule the prohibition,
Ists, and rejoice at the downfall of the
Iowa amendment. f really seems as
though they saw that the temperance
wave was coming and they must do
what they can to keep off the clean
sweep of prohibition by the half sweep
thigh license. But we think that
prohibition win be helped much in all
essential arguments by the benefit
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