Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-07-09


iaais Grand haDAls nisn
Itst.srsd at lHs poatsffioe ia tne eits % .
80. Ia ns4lli. - seColll-gilt mater,
Tas excuse gwen oy the Mormons Tor .
~. iias1ng tle American hag ga INDIE +
s.snee Dag Is leciisdiy gaazf The
la .tafal1eut ~ ihe ease they meant
.eaalt the Government because lass
,,o.f..ful e. tile mstflll saints ~ tan
s. r. being enforced
Tax Iowa C,feeabackers have followed
example of thelr Michigan brethren
-. f..,,ss committed the folly * fusng
siH the Democrats. The fusion oasi-
t.ess vii sork smoothly enough az long
..s ,he Democrats can use them adyan-
laseousiy. and then uo oireenbaekers
aesd apply
GovzeSoa OaLEsaT, u Illinois. lad
not veto single bili passed BY the
Legislature tie signed al the bills Out
lour. anl these were allowed % pass The
Tea day hmit ana became laws without
las signature. fhis Is regarded as re-
a.srkable thing iu legislation, a. most
Governors hks to try the effect % the
veto power If they possess e.
'raH report ~ T. q. Dun & Co.'S Mer-
cattle Agency. for the first half Of ieSo'
-h.,Ws the number of failures IN tho
Tinted States tc have beeI 6,oU4. as com
pared With 55l0 for tho same period of
lS.t. an increase Of l94. The liabilities,
Aawever. for iss5, show marked decline,
amounting % only s7LO0OOO, az com
pared With sI21U0.O0O for the rirst half
of 1884 Messrs. Dun q Co. see hope
Ia Indication ia this great diminution Of
liabilities.
JuDar FoaAKER and Gen. Kennedy,
the Republican nominees for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor of Ono, have
,legelof ed unexpected strength since their
usmnation. and the opinion prevails
among those best posted IN the politics
a the state that their election IL toie-
esna conclusion. Judge Hoadly viii
,,f.,bably DO nominated by the Democrats
r he Will agree to Accept. and the Prohl-
bitionists vill ire away IN the interests OF
the Democracy.
How the ofiice-holding Democrats viii
wish. four years from now, that the
offensive craftsmanship dodge had never
hsen invented II We read the political
ls,roscope Alright tho Republicans viii
hive chance % use the machine then
Ths, best thing for Democrats 20 DO who
want 20 hold office after ISIS, Is To provide
themselves with a balance pole anal stand
uil the political fence otherwise they will
certainly be offensive partisans' within
the meaning of tue term.
A coLoKED citizen rs candidate for
the position of surveyor of the port OF
Memphis, Tennessee. and rumor says the
President VIII probably appoint HIM
Great Scot, \ nigger really 70 De ap-
p.anted 70 Office Ard a hundred thou
sand hungry Democratic colouels and
brigadiers standing with their cbns on
The fence looking over into the Federal
pastnre Il this q white-mans 3 govern
meut OF IS 70 not2 Is Cleveland q Demo
rfat or does he belong to the genus Mug
wump2
TINS hot weather has fearfullv depres-
sing effect ON Democrats who visit Wash
fgtou Y0u can tell a Democrat who
hes been tbsre two squares away by ms
tired and care worn appearance. Only
hs' week q squad q them returned To
tine city utterly undone and tired ont,
and now it Is reported that " B. Wilson.
os Muskegon. candidate FOR Collector OF
Customs. who has been IN Washington
ar several days is very much exhausted
tsd il signing Pr the refreshing hreezes
~ home.
TIVE striking car drivers ~ Chicago
silonld aot he held responsible FOR the
noris and acts ~ the vagahouds who
have been advocating the rise mp and XIII
smedy and advising a march ~ destruc-
SON dowu the boulevsr5s and highways
~ the purse proud aristocrats. That
alass ~ talk comes from men who 40 not
p'ant 20 work bnt hope 20 live ofT those
t'ho DO Taey are probably ss heartily
iespise,l by the honest ear drivers as they
sben.d be by al mankind
EV-PREsTDFSr WHrrE. ~ Cornell Uni-
versify. declines to be a csndidste FOR the
fiuhernst0rial 0omDasi-n In New York.
siviug ~ resson that he mas arranged
his business with reference to another
course of he While Mr White wouid
sftsinly make q stroag candidate. has
aecision Wi net ieava New York with, ut
.uhernstorial timber TIE state has
esther a superfuitv of that article. but it
.st ~ --,,r..,~fsuf -,..f only - tnn Earnf.