The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-02
TIE FUEL GRIEVANCE.


The old complaint is heard again
this winter, that the railroad compan-
les are disregarding orders fer wood
for fuel in favor of other freights, and
in consequence. no dry maple is to be
had just now. Our country friends
WHO have wood to sell will DO we'll t.
rush it in. In this connection, we
think that among other railroad regu
lati"rs to be looked after by our next
legislature, is law compelling the
companies to fill orders for fuel trans
pOrtatiOn without unnecessary delay.
The consequences of 4 prolonged
blockade after last weeks blizzard
might have been tragical to some of
our western prairie towns. and would
have caused much inconvenience here.
Owing to the rush Of wheat business.
the coal sheds all through this country
have been permitted to get empty
Redwood Gazette.
This grievance is general on all
roads. Our fuel dealers tell us their
orders are 4 to 6 weeks behind. Wood
dealers from above write that they
will send wood just rs fast rs they can
get cars. If Prof. Fosters two week s
snow storm should come, the people on
the prairies would have trouble to get
fuel.
President Cleveland is said to be &c
superstitious that he will not enter the
depot in which Garfield received his
death wound, and it has been noticed
that he will not walk under the black
draping in the White House as tokens
of mourning for Arthur. II the Presi-
dent be so superstitious as all this. he
must have had cold perspiration
when he read the late election returns
Sioux City Journal.
Well, this is the first intimation We
have had that Cleveland is a "great'
man. Great people, you know, are al
ways what dull people call ''supersti
tious," that is. they have present.
ments, or visions, or dreams, or stars
or something of the kind in which
they believe and which toa great tx
tent governs their action. Just in pro
portion us they have genius, or fine
temperament and imagination, they
impinge on the spiritual realm and art
easily impressed with ideas, visions
prophecies. presentiments, etc. Lin
coin saw his double reflection in a mir
ror, and had also certain dream
which always preceded disaster. Ill
was never free from the cloud Whict
these cast over him. Garfield had his
superstition concerning the number
''37," we believe it was, and always
carried a prophecy of his fate in mind
But history abounds in such ex-
amples.
-theway, Clevelahd's fears re-
mind US of the prophecy made by :
man named Taylor. Of East Tennessee
during the war. lie was 4 preacher
medium, and local prophet, for lunatit
to his neiyIbors) lie for, told Lin
coins assassinal ion and Cleveland
election, and said lIat the government
would be changed during Cleveland'>
time and the capital removed to tic
Mississippi valley.
Some ni the newspapers are cri;iciZ-
ing Hon. Iynatius Donnelly for taking
the ground that the legislature must
meet oftenrr or have longer spssions.-
They will find afttrawhile that Dunnel
ly is right. hi ennial sessions wer,
adopted by the constitution Of Ohio i,
1852 ard yet the legislature has had tt
hold an adjourned session every othc
winter, SO that it meets every winter
AS your st ties grow this will be th'
cas-. AS long us men are law-mat
and think there must be law for ev.
erything, SO long will these frequen
Legislative sessions bc required. Their
ought not to be half us mauy laws a
there are, but the people will hav
them as long rs the present system pre-
walls.
Blythe way, speaking of Donnelly, l
always amuses us to see how the small
fry politicians pooh him down tn
wind. Donnelly is one Of the bright
est men in the United States today,
genius as an author and as All orator
and in politics is a leader and far in ad
vance of the ordinary politicians. An
they can't keep him out of the legisla
ture, though he has not yet made Con
gress.
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