Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-19


WILLIAM b. BAKER.
For Treasurer,
JOHN W. PARSONS.
For Commissioner,
JAMES FOLEY.
For Infrmary Director,
GEORGE ALT.
SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 10. 1885.
The business prospects of the country aP-
pear TO be- Frightening. daily.
The next Gilbert and Sullivan musical
craze will be called The Khedive.'
We regret to learn of the death of the
Naharaiah of Indore. An old friend of
ours
The small politicians of England should
keep out of Gladstone's way. He might
step on them
1t is likely that Frankie" will prove to
be the wife of Mr. Cleveland and not of
the administration.
Mrs. Cleveland will not write a book.
neither will she contribute 10 the quarterly
reviews-or the public journals.
ParusIl Is the uncrowned king of Ire
land. and Gladstone is likely to prove the
uncrswned king of England and Scotland
Bob Kennedy is to DE congratulated on
Ni.a ia
mocracy hates him with an ungodly hatred.
We are not only to have fine, abundant
crops in Clark county, but likely, also, To
have splendid weather in which to harvest
them.
Elizabeth Cleveland made Sl2, 900 out of
her first book but the pending question now
is whether she will make authorship pay
'.Inthe Long Run
Col. Charles b. Flood. the veteran Ohio
democratic journalist, has just entered his
18th wear. and although little ''shaky on
his pins is in fair health.
4 contemporary speaks of Hon John
Little a. proper person to return to con
gress from the Eighth district. He had
better try his own district first.
1t is a democratic paper which intimates
that the ohio club" people and their fol
lowers. who are opposed to Doodle frauds.
could be crowded into one omnibus,
Pittsburg boasts pretty plethoric de
linduent tax list. filling nearly eight pages
of the Di>pntch. but She should wait until
she sees Chicago'S exhibit before she puts
on airs.
Gov. Dave Hill. of New York, was forced
to adurit at Boston that Grover Cleveland
WAS good democrat But he didn't add
that he wa> a good democrat renOminate
for the presidency.
From what the English say about Blaine
one would suppose that he was parlia-
mentary candidate. But he is not being
only a man 50 large thai he spreads freely
over both continents
RGrpcr's Weekly has a cartoon represent
ing Nova Scotia under full steam. sailing
into Boston harbor. The British lion is
represented a. standing on what is left Of
Canada and lashing his tail furiouSly.
Gladstone is on ''the home stretch" and
will make the grandeSt campaign of his
whole career He will have the next most
powerful man in Great Britain to help him
namely. Charles Stewart Parnell.
L. altaY Ia N in y
at Chicago. a. they are doing al Cincinnati.
but they are trying 10 swallow it whole.
But Chicago is beginning to kick. 1t
doesn't wish Ia be ''dOwned'' in that way.
Proctor. the English astronomer, conf
plains of the atmosphere Of Missouri a.
being too dry" He should try that of
Kentucky. In that commonwealth it is
ouly the people who are dry" but they
hardly ever stay dry long.
Beecher will have personal boom. on
the other side Of theoream especially after
he has preached few sermons and got of
a few lectures. He Is quite old, it is true
but even I'm his present condition, he will
find no rivals in his line in Europe.
The imperial government has whispered
over to her daughter Canada TO GO just a
little slow ia measures looking tU the yO-
lent enforcement of treaty-prOvisionS IA 10
Us And Canada is row much less ran
tankefUuS than she Was about capturing
American fiShing-VesNels.
There are no marked developments a To
congressional candidates in the Eighth dis
trict. a set Each aSPirant evidently i
waiting for some other asPiraut To make a
move. The woods are fuli' Of most eN-
cpilent timber. and there is possibly littl,'
understandable lumber left in the board
yards.
The French senate would not concur in
the chambers proposal To eNpel the dudes
who are playing prince, duke. and SicI in
that republic. The French senate is itself
a sort of house of lords. the members be
ing chosen for life. There may come a time
when it will he thought necessary TO eXpel
the senate.
A writer in the eCnmmcrciGI-GdzGttc says:
"It is notorious among athletes that in
individual contests the much-vaunted Ger
man Turner has to succumb nearly every
time to the powers Of the native American.
the Englishman. Irishman, or Scotchman.' .
And he warns against " the Drawn which
comes Of beer"
The ovations given Gladstone on his Scot
tjsh campaign testify that the old man is
Yet sovereign in the hearts Of the British
people, and that the home rule Of Ireland,
which he is championing. is the most pOpu-
lar thing he has ever projected. We believe
he will carry the next parliament on the