The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1885-04-25

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the meeting at Helena. Particu-
lars will be announced later.
Invitations have been mailed to-
day. It is the intention to send
one of these to every newspaper
published in the state. II any of
the press fail in due time to re-
ceive one they will be supplied by
notifying the secretary, j. r. Bet
tbs, of Little Rock.
Miss Sweet, the pension agent
at Chicago, with a salary of g.
900 year, has been invited to re-
sign by Commissioner Black and
the sweet girl has her back up and
tells Glen. Black that she is not
that kind of a hair pin.
The New York Sim says Gone
thing is clear about President
Clevelands Administration. 1t is
not commonplace. 1t is not a
thing or routine, whose eete o-fory-
body can predict. IL is independ-
ent, original, guided by its own
purposes, and not by those of any
outside force, To the philosopi-
cal observer it is the mostinterost-
ing administration that we have
had since Gen. Grant first became
President"
Manifestly the swooping chang
es in the clerical force in the sew
eral departments that were ezpeo-
ted, have been indefinitely post
poned, and for good reason. The
heads of the department could not
if they would endanger the public
Eservice by suddenly depriving it
of the experience SO necessary in
proper conduct of the government
and they have very sensibly come
to the conclusion that the inter
ests of the government are para
mount to those of the expectant
.ofiice-hunter-Er,
There were 100 Democrats in
the late logi&ature and 10 mem
bers - Other parties. Senators
Jones and Berry each received 70
votes on the final ballots, The
vote for Jones showed 60
Democrats, enough to have elect
cd him by one majority without a
single anti-Dsmocratie vote, 125
votes being cast, to members alb
sent. Gov. Berry received hut So
Democratic votes-while he re-
ceived II anti-Democratic votes.
Had. Gov. Berry received these
! So votes in democratic caucus
as no would certainly have done
had Il caucus 6aen held-he would
have been entitled to the full
Ds.aooratic vote in the Legislature
Boyh senators wFIv elocto,-hJ -
majority of their Party.-W Wash
ingtoR (Arb.) Press.
The late legislator will pass in
to history rs one remarkable for
its relatively largo enough of no.
toriously unfit members. Hudg-
ing of Polk, whose proper place
was in a Georgia penitentiary for
house burning; Millsaps of Van
Buren,, whose ignorance and hypo-
crisy unfit him for Intelligent
company; Baker of Benton, q good
hearted old fellow, who, by his
lack of both intelligence and edu-
cation became the laughing stock
of the assombly-all are living
monuments to the weakness of
human nature as exhibited by their
constituency in eleoting them. IL
shows how men may be swayed by
prejudice or blinded by single
idea Ii shows how men may be-
come absorbed in questions that
are not issues and how ready they
are to measure men by any rule
that the demagoguo may offer.
Those counties that have forgotten
the Jeftersonian test of applicants
for Office, or regard that 81
as too high, should at ledsSea Wv
affirmative answers to the questions
"Has he got any sense? lie he
properly outside of The peniten-
tinrV?N DalIanella Post