Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-06-18
Madison Matters.
From Our Reeular corresnonde J,

From Our Regular Correspondent.
The two games Of ball played here
this week have closed the N. w. College
League games for this year, leaving the
University of Wisconsin nine the CON-
piete champions of the field. In their
game with the Evanston nine, Monday
afternoon, june s, they defeated the
Evanstons by a score of 20 to 9. This was
one of the greatest victories ever gained
by college nine. And had it not been
for two wild throws to first base on the
part of two of the University boys, they
would have undoubtedly shut the visit
ing nine out of a single tally. The
game with the Beloits on Saturday last
was a very close contest, 1t being neces-
sary to play ten innings to throw off
the tie of five to five which showed up
at the close of the ninth. On the tenth
inning, however, the University of Wis
consin nine scored one tally, thus gain
ing the game.
A carload of tents and camp utensils
has been shipped to ID odgeville for use
at the reunion. The cannon and artil-
lery harnesses at the capitol aro being
repaired for the use of the Milwaukee
battery lately organized at that city
Last Wednesday morning the body
of Mrs. Amberg, German lady Sc
years of age, was found floating in lake
Monona. where she had evidently
thrown herself the night before for the
purpose of ending her days. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
Gen. Chapman is busy at compiling
the army records Of his department.
The latest step of the reform" DEM
ocracy affecting Madison is the APP
pointment of Col. Parkinson in the
place of Gen. Harnden as revenue col
lector. One of the thinnest public pol
icies of our political parties. one of the
most peculiar excuse-seeking admins
trations, seems to be found in that party
which for fifteen years had attempted
to make the people believe the country
was sadly in need of reform, and which
at last succeeded in indicating about
its standard all the dissatisfied Repub-
lican factions and with a Prohibition
stool-pigeon to aid them at last dragged
their great REFORM statesman into
the White House. If one-half the cor.
ruption in government existed which
the Democracy prated about so loudly,
the new cabinet must be very dumb not
to have been able to expose any of it
yet. The Treasury department has
spoken for itself; and now the ''great
reform statesman and his cabinet,
who were going to do so much to purify
the civil service, have at last yielded to
the pressure for spoils by removing all
offensive partisans3 and framing their
own definition of that term-being es-
pecially careful to make it broad enough
to not overlook any good Democrat out
in the cold. No matter how loud he
howled for Cleveland and Hendricks,
how far he marched in professions, how
many caucuses he presided at, SO long
as it was in the name of reform
They who labored for that cause by
contributing money OF by saving the
air, could not be considered offensive
partisans; but on the other side, poor
cross-road postmaster who presided at
a meeting, or posted hand-bill for one
of his party rallys, laid himself espec-
tally liable to public condemnation and
now falls under the crushing wheels of
this great reform chariot. That brill
liant craftsmanship which would check
the unlawful leak of millions from the
federal treasury, if the people would
only for once give them the opportun-
ity, has started forward with the great
est problem upon Its tables, Elbow to
get hold of the spoils?" And instead
of taking what is within their power,
like men should, they drop down here
and there upon men who were guilty of
standing up Tor their party in cam
paign in which the American people
seem to have played upon themselves
the biggest joke of the nineteenth CEN
fury. YANKEE.
Madison, Wis, June Is, 1885.