The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-06

The Presidents message meets
with general approval.
Reports from the money centres
Indicate stringency in the money
market.
Slugger Sullivan Of Boston, pounded
few heads in the highest style of
art, at St. Paul and Minneapolis, last
week.
There has been considerable dis
| cussion as to the desirability of rails
ing CANE. Sugar cane of the amber
quality.
Public Examiner Knox will be kept
busy explaining the operations of the
| new amendments to the various coun.
ty officials.
Col. Aleck Mcclure, the political
prophet, says that General Grant will
be the next Republican nominee for
the Presidency.
Window and Dunnell having been
laid on the shelf, the Minnesota del.
egation at Washington comes very
near being nonentity.
A verdict of $4,000 damages was
found against the Manitoba r. R. Co.
last week in sui. brought by lady
who was injured at crossing.
Cariisle's election was glorious
victory for the revenue reformers,
for the masses, for the West and
South. and for the true democracy of
the entire country.
Hannibal Hamln was never
known to have worn an overcoat." :"
| It is needless to add that Hannibal
never remained all winter on a home
stead in Minnesota.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts,,
has shocked the pious citizens of that
commonwealth with an >irreverent
tumble of Scriptural quotations in his
Thanksgiving proclamation.
Mr.. Blaine has a scheme by which
he proposes to dispose of the surplus
revenues. We have one too, but do
not claim any originality for it. It
is: do not let US have any surplus.
| O'Donnell is sentenced to be hanged
December the 18th. There is a gen.
eral movement among the Irish
Leagues to ask for communication of
the sentence to imprisonment for life.
This country has never yet elected
as President to succeed himself, a
vice-President who attained the pres.
idency through death in the office.
Will the rule be suspended in
Arthur's casee
What with biennial sessions of the
legislature and biennial elections, the
people of Minnesota are fast being
bound hand and foot. AS it seems to
be voluntary performance, however
they probably need no sympathy
We chronicle the facts, merely.
| We learn that this great and glori-
Gus land, with millions of surplus
revenue, is in arrears with the des'
cendants of Revolutionary officers for
pay due them. Let this debt of honor
be paid.
The first genuine s'tramp," we
know of, fourished during the reign
of Adrian, the 18th, Emperor of Rome
who died in the year A. D. 1873. His
name was Demonax, and he lived 9e
years, the average age of the tramp
of the present day.
Vanderbilt. it is said, wants to be a
United States Senator, and with the
grand and reverend Senators stand,
His qualifications for the position
are quite as apparent as those of any
Silver king or Pacific slope million.
aire, and will very likely get there-i1
he desires it.
Roscoe Conkling, owing to his sar
castle and caustic tilts with profes
sional bretheren, is exciting the ire
of his victims, and it is predicted fol
him that his "front of Jove" will
some day in the not remote future
experience pounding. Roscoe is
"handy with his dukes" though, ant
his antagonist may get the worst Of
it.
Sixty days in ten years-and on
half of those to be devoted to organ
ization and the moulding of commit
tees-seem to be few enough durin'
which to effect any reforms of legis
lation. Those few men who honestl,
represent their constituencies will b
but feeble minority again nst tn
multitude who owe their politics
: being to railroads. rings and steals
Taking it altogether. there is littl
too much Capitalization going on.
The Chinese are betraying Yanke
Ingenuity in their evasion of th
anti-immigration treaty. Traders
merchants, students and those desi
ing to travel, by clause in the ire;
ty. are allowed free access to th
country. AS certificates for any {
these positions are disposed Of b
Il the Chinese officials for sums rangin
l. from two dollars to five, the "moo
eyed leper" is investing to an extel
which renders the citizens of tt
~ Pacific slope uneasy.
A movement should be organize
.. at once to secure to Stevens county
, large immigration next year. If Il
business men of the county will di
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