Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-15

Canada.
II now appears from a Washington
diepatch that Hon. A. X. Delaney sent
the president his resignation as soon as
he was nominated for congress and with
il a letter stating that he would prepare
and try at the October term of the fedeIal
court all the cases before him if it was
the wish of the president that he should
do SO. 1t seems therefore that Mr.. De
laney has in this matter acted the gentle
man toward the administration by at
once relieving 1T from any embarrass-
ment in regard to his case. Now what
will become of all the slush, slander and
lies Of the Sentinel on this subject?
TnE newspapers that have for month
fired falsehood and ignorance at General
report of the unconditional surrender of
Geronimo, go off into some secret place
and hate themselves for month. Gen.
Miles was as successful i'll this Indian ex-
pedition as he has always been in what
ever he has undertaken, and the criticisms
of the newspapers are sample exhibitions
of ignorance.
WIEN the Confederate General French
sent the Union General Corse, who held Al
laetoona Pass with brigade, demand for
n surrender to save the useless shedding
Of blood, Gen. Corse replied, "Let the
shedding proceed" A frightful sIaugh-
ter IT once took place but Gen. Corse
with one side of his face shot away held
him when the Confcderatcs retreated.
The president has just made Gen, Corse
postmaster of Boston and according to-
republican papers he is wicked, partisan
spoiIs seeking democrat.
Gov. HrLL, of New York, has commuted
the sentence of half dozen boycotters,
who were sent up for from one to three
years, To- one hundred days and that re-
leased them ON Tuesday morning. These
are the men who forced Brewer Thesis to
pay large sum of money TO secure the
removal Of the boycott upon his beer, on
the ground TINT the sum cxtortod had
been expended IN prosecuting the boy
colt Gov. Hill makes the point that
these men did not know they were violat-
ing the law in doing as they did, such con
struction of their acts never before hav-
ing been laid down by the courts; that
they did not demand this money secretly
or for their own use; that the money was
actually expended in the boycott, and
that when collected from Thesis it.yas re
The application of the law having been
established and the governor having AS
surances both from the prisoners and
from tho Central Labor union that they
will hereafter implicitly obey it and re
frain from exacting damages for the ex-
ponse of prosecuting boycotts, the ends
of Justice have been attained; hence the
communication, which he grants stipulat-
ing distinctly that future viOlNtors of this
statue need expect no clemency from
him. Under communication the terms of
the prisoners expire to-day.
TIE PRESIDENT SOLID WITH THE PEOPLE.
Judge J. c. Mckenny, of Ohio think
of it, mn ohio politician says President
llsvalunI IA Fng hRrnn,i aAl iI with
the conservative business people of the
country, and he adds, if he continues on
III his present course he Will be reuomi-
mated i'll 1888, whether he wants to be or
not Mekonny says:
The erection by the government of
postotlice buildings i'll several of our les
ser Ohio cities was proposed in the last
session Of congress and the president We
toed every one of them. This, OF course,
created some local dissatisfaction, but the
action was founded on the plain common
SENSE principle that would lead the pri-
vnte citizen To pay S25 month rent for
n house that would answer his needs rath-
~ than build for himself at cost of
$4,000. That was practical economy,
and the people the taxpayers are
not slow to see and to appreciate
it. The president has not gone rs
fast i'll the matter of removals from and
appointments to office rs the politicians
or members of congress would have
liked, and II Is perhaps only natural that
class should be somewhat dissatisfied.
hut it is the people of whom | am speak
ing, and not Of the politicians, and |
know the people are not dissatisfied.
II. 1.
in presidential years, but if Cleveland
we're candidato this fall he would stand
IN excellent show to carry il. He has
many friends among the republicans, and
has not lost any of the rank and
file strength of his own party.
This Is because there is faith i'll his
sincerely Of purpose TO do what is right,
and So long Ms the people have that faith
they will not lay to his charge errors in
unimportant matters of administration,
nor will they HC influenced by the dissat-
isfaction of those who have nothing in
view but a life interest When the para
graph in the Ohio state platform approv-
ing the administration was read before
the committee, each member arose in
turn and gave his views. There were
twenty y-ono of us, one from each congress
sional district, and there was not dis
sonttug voice to the adoption of the rCSo-
luton. Il is not often that there is such
unanimity in a committee room on any
subject as was then shown, and the mem
hers of that committee certainly repre-
Sented the sentiment of those who sent
them to the convention.
If such is the sentiment in Ohio now,
what is It likely TO be two years hencey
There Is just no doubt at all about the
feeling of the masses of conservative,
non office seeking people of this country.
Some mistakes have been made. No
body knows that better than the presi-
dent. Fewer would have been made if
the president had taken the Judgment of
Grover Cleveland oftener and that of some
body else less often. However no serious
mistake has been made, and the reforms
that have reduced the annual cost of gov
ernment So 100000, while the cost of
pensions have increased S7OO0,oO0, can
not fail to be appreciated by the Ameri-
can people. The politician may below,
the sore-heads may growl, and the party
organs may lie, but there will come up a
demand for Cleveland's denomination and