Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Political Points.

Political Points.
Philadelphia Times: The persimmon
hung high, but Logan's pole reached il
after many jumps.
Inter Ocean: Manning, Rigging and
Villas may possibly regard General Lo-
gan as an offensive partisan
Boston Beacon: .'You don't mean.to
say that your boy is seriously in love,
MADAME? "Weil-he goes to church. :"
Inter Ocean: Morrison is left ..hori-
zontal,n but ''the gang are left stand
ing upon their heads with their eyes
protruding.
Boston Post; Another murderer has
confessed that he killed man wears
ago, thereby destroying the clew which
the detective was working up.
Inter Ocean: An exchange queries:
rs the Democratic party a party?n In
Illinois the Democratic party is a party
that did not hear the bell ring, and GOT
left.
Chicago Evening journal: The Of
ice does not find the man in the DEM
ocratic party, for the Democrats are all
at Washington when it is seeking for
them at home.
| New York World: The last trouble
with the Dolphin was heated journals.
The trouble with John Roach is that
the journals of the country are max inc
it hot for him.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Some weeks
ago Mr.. Deuster said he hadn't made
up his mind to accept consulate. It'll
seems the administration hasn't made
up its mind TO offer him one.
Troy Press: When the Old Testament
is revised and modernized it will prob
ably state that Adam, after eating the
apple, received word that his resigna-
ton would be accepted.
Inter Ocean: George William Curtis
says: "Civil-service reform has come to
stay He ought to have added that il
is stopping with one Pearson, of New
York city, and is kept in the basement
Cleveland Leader: Illinois is quite
likely to send solid Logan delegation |
TO the Republican National convention
IN 1888. He is more popular now and |
stands better with the people of his |
state than ever before.
Cincinnati Gazette; 1t would be in |
teresting to know just what the Presi |
dent OF the United States meant when |
he said to the Mormons, with "his face
breaking into smile,' 81 wish YOU out
there could be like the rest of u.s.
Detroit Free Press Book pirates of
the Bedford, Clark & Co. style are driy-
ing the old publishing houses into bank
ruptcy. When you can steal something
worth 81 and sell it for twenty cents
you have got the bulge on honest men.
Judge Thurman, of Ohio, SAYS he is
not a candidate for Governor. and viii
not be. He would not serve if unani-
mously nominated and elected. The
Buckeye Bourbons will have to march
under some other banner than a red
bandana
Chicago Herald One of the first
copies of the revised Bible was present.
ed to the Prince of Wales, who found
on examining the commandments that
1t is going to be just as hard for Prince
to get along without striking against
rough corners as it ever was.
Milwaukee Journal (Dem.): We do
not know how arduous are the duties of
Col. Bryant for which he receives 81
600 per year in Washington under Col.
Villas, but they do not seem to interfere
with Mr.. Bryant's work as editor-in
chief Of The Madison Democrat
The Lever: A friend asks: ''Whv is
this unjust crusade against Polygamvp |
Why not regulate it by high license? A
high license on polygamy would create
revenue for the government and help
the taxpayer. Why not regulate polyg-
amy the same as saloon keeping?'
Sure enough! Why not?
Chicago Evening Mail: Vice-Presi-
dent Hendricks is charged with being
one OF the most persistent Office beggars
in Washington. This charge has been
repeated and reiterated so often that
there must be some ground for it.
Perhaps Uncle Tommy doesn't know
how bad it looks. Somebody ought to
tell him, and tell him pointedly.
Lowell Courier: The Republican pa
pers have been wont to say that the
only shortage discovered by the Demo
Gratis was that two cents missing from a
package of copperS. They forget, how
ever, that there was found particular
~ big shortage in that immense .ssur-
plus which existed in Mr.. Hendricks
and other unreal places.
Sunday Telegraph Beecher now
proposes throwing the light of the evo-
luton theory upon all his studies and ,
sermons. As the great preacher
advances in years he rises to a higher
plane of philosophy and theology. The
theory of evolution may be wrong, but
its scope is all-embracing, and this at
tempt of Beecher will prove the crown
ing effort of his great mind. II
Inter Ocean: A fellow down at Gin
cinnati visited newspaper Office to re-
dress his grievance with club. After
the conclusion of the exercises he was
carried to the nearest drug store for
arniea and sticking plaster, and re-
ported to all lnquirers that he chad
been kicked by mule" The editor
stuck the usual sign next on the
door and went on with his leader.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mr.. Hig-
gins is simply an honest and conscien-
tious gentleman and a blue-true Demo-
crat. The duty that Mr.. Higgins is at
present engaged in is highly creditable
to him and the party he represents.
He is going through the books and
wherever he finds the name of Repub-
lican gambler and ballot-box suffer he
draws across it deep blue lead pencil
mark.