Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-08


| away with the idea that he must change
his manners and become more of a
man of address if he would sue
coed in Washington life. Men from
different parts of the country, who enter
the Presidents house, expect more
than sort of nominal audience with
remarks in monosylables, and asterward
n certain duh tixedness of prejudice or
purpose. For awhile the people can
be fed on the idea that rough Presi-
| dent must necessarily be an honest man
but We have passed the time when -
merely honest man, if u heavy or coarse
one, can receive the appreciation of a
we'll nation On the other hand,
the public questions coming forward,
at this time especially, require in the
executive chair man of a sympathetic
nature, with some OF the quality of
imagination, who can leave his desk
| and local surroundings and make the
leap to islands and continents he has
not seen. Imagination is, after all,
only the quality of seeing what exists.
The way the Presidents receiving the
office seekers makes it plain that he is
taking up new lesson and learning it
in installments.
The Democratic party is not pre-
pared to have easy sailing, filled as it is
with cranks who came out of the late
confederacy, and who expect to cork
screw into public policy their old vaga-
ries which they got ont of the ash heap
and slop barrel of Calhoun. One comes
ulong with cast-iron railroad bill to
make man charge SO much Il mile,
however long he may carry parcel.
1t flour is carried ten miles out of town
for twenty-five cents. our crank wants
that rate kept up, if it is bought from
California, which would make the flour
cost more than silver bullion. These
coagulated and competing cranks, some
of whom have got patents on old,
threadbare ideas like free trade, and
are reading the riot act TO Northern
Democrats who cross their State lines,
as ifit was matter of trespass to come
in with counter idea, might receive
correction and lucidity from fine ex-
ecutive who knew political economy
well. and who had clear views of what
he meant by going into office, but the
probabilities are we are going to have
another experimental administration,
which will commence by being the
wonder, and end by being the laughing
stock, not only of foreign observers,
| but ourselves. There are some things
a man cant buy nor get by being
elected; for instance, brains, court
illness, and really fine feelings.
Villas is surer to go into Cleveland's
/ No hipat ha apu M hav .aYcnn (sfava-
land admires and likes him.
Mr. Bass, of Buffalo, who once was
Clevelands law partner and a Republic
can member of Congress, took part in
the examination of George Ii. Pendleton
IN the Bowler-Belknap case, where
Pendleton was shown to have got a big
government claim and kept great
part of it himself and perhaps divided
with lady. This matter has been
brought to Cleveland's attention, it is
believed, as check on the civil service
| lawgiver.
Bayard's desire to get into the
Treasury Department, where the policy
has been made and the work ended,
and drop the real labors of the State
| Department, is represented to Cleveland
as laying pipe IOr the Iresiuency.
Bayard wants the New York Custom
House and New York to be for him in
| 1888.
The dudes have quarreled, and
Beecher and Godkin are working
against Schurz getting any office.
Schurz is on the tramp again. Nobody
wants his life and works. Beecher
wrote letter to Cleveland against him.
Bcecher ought to get an Office for
Mrs. Tilton, whom he got out of a job.
He ought to send Iilton on a foreign
mission. The devil will get him and
make tough steak of him unless he
does justice to those people. GATH.