Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-01

WkBsraHs DbIosAAT - being re-
sisssi. GsoFgs William Curtis aaay be
snpectsd b bay the dfst oopy - see
.hsfbsr -muzNump" 10 ia Il % bot
Tar Pt.ila.lslp pbia Record remarks that
a - quite likely THAI 4 Mr.. Ferdinand
Yard had aot involved General Grant
Ia financial ruia the military history
ehieh xas the last work u bis Afs would
never have besn written. The zrim tea
aeity - purposs shieh sas aconspieaoas
feature II his career as a soldier again
dsvelOpsd ,tself ia the literary labor be
forced upon himself Notwithstanding his 4
physical prostfatlon.
MAYoR 0aArz said the other day that /
undoubtedly the name 0f Riverside Park ..
would be changed 10 Grant PARK IA def [
srenee a. the hero memory. IL may bo
qasstioned whether this Il desirable.
Rlvefsi,le 10 pleasant name and the
presence - Cien. Grants remains there
slll sanctify Il 80 that Il vii be regarded
With equally as much regerence as Mt-
Vernon. IL sill not % necessary 10
change the name % make the people
know that it 10 Grants resting place.
There Is hardly q man or a woman IA
America to-day Who does not know where
Riverside Park - and for what purpose
il - - be used The charac or, not the
name of the place should be changed.
IL the ProhlbitiOnists have heretofore
hesitatsd % believe that ex-(iOy. ST John
has been tTifing with them and playing
them for the mo0sy be gets the letter re-
csived by State Senator sutton, of Iowa,
from James q. Thrower the leader OF
the Prohibition movement IN Georgia
ought % De sufficient 10 satisfy theu-
The letter is ln marked contrast with the
position assumed by 1t. john here IN the
North where there Is political Prohibi-
tan party. The following statement Is
male by Mr. Thrower over his own
signature. az Atlanta. the path INST:
'sWhen Gov. John T. ST. John was in this
city last March / was with him, and
visited with him and rode over the city
with him and discussed with him the adj
vantages OF non pan tisan local option over
other methods. and be said both publicly
AMI private that the method adopted in
the South. and especially IN Georgia,
"a proc,Uiag prohibition under local OPP
ton snmired rfth party politics, was the
best that possibly could be adopted, and
II he hved here he would 10 Just as the
temperance reople here are doing.
Ex-PRESIOsNTS AS SENATOR'S
The Century ior August contains among
It's open letters one concerning ex-Presi-
dents which II worthy % some considera-
tiou. It suggests the proprsty Of two
Amendments to tho Constitution, one
making provision that persons who bave
served % the close of term IA President
or acting President shall become Senators
sor hie. and another providing that leach
President Senator shall receive for his
compensation a sum equal % one-hsf Of
the salary which has been allowed a. him
while President" The suggestion 80 Far
as the first amendment ia concerned Is
not altogether new one. but it Is one
which ~. nevertheless. worthy 81 some
thought The line % argument in favor
Of the change suggested Is this. Under
ths present Constitution the President
upon has retirement drops from the posi-
ton of sbe most conspicuous man IN the
Nation 20 that - ons Of The most power
less private citizens tie sinks INTO pri-
vats Hfs without tbs slightest recognition
of tha Nations gratitude and takes with
him valuable experience and qualificr
tious bat no opportunities He IS con
demned by the emDence from which hs
descenis % extraordinary expenses foi
which the State makes M provision tc
meet or escape with dignity. Should he
be made a senator 1or life. he would be 70.
uiovei from political Influence aud would
~ a counselor and protector % All parties
The writer in tbs Century gives table
snNWinN thta NHfhneF ot eA-t lr~iti~tiA- -
who have been hving st one time since
Washington retired. and shows that The
average cost per year SINCE that tims
would have b-en a ,rifie less than fifty
two thonsand dollars. which the WRITES
thinks rouid be cheap e. impaired with the
valne ~ the services Winch TouAd - rem
dere.l ~ such men as Washington. the
Adauases. IeiTersou. Madison and 'hs
rest of she AK Presidents Washington
eoul3 have served TIVE yssrs. John Al
ANS more thsn twenty FIVE Yesrs. letters
son seventeen resrs Madison nineteen
ysars. John Quincy Adams sightesn
ysars. jackson siRhf years. Van
Bnren twenty- -ooe years ard Grant
fftasn vesrs Tn oonci1sion the
writer suggests that nuti some
such prov,siun - maia it caunot "a
expected that Presidents vii ~ ~ m