The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-12-12
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Illinois Sate Jofs1ap Sir. evelaud calls
sackviUo-Westa person. Could malign-
iy ~ further
Cleveland Leadr Not a word about the
o. Dakoio in ihe message. This
i,a notable omission.
New YORK TaJaae The settled air ofmel-
aucaoly p%er,ading ihe Presidents message
leeds touch ofgenuine panios to American
politics
New York Her4}i- Il IS a happy cir
cumstance that the miilcu Mum comes IN
witA every President-elect. The only trou
Die is e goes oct again soon aherthe inausu-
ration
Atlanta Natala. Those Of our friends
who are Rushing around with petitions FOR
Office at the hands ~ Genersl Harrison had
better 20 q li,,le slow just now. Sometimes
when the yeast Is put IN the dough % soon
the Whole batch SOUS.
Philadelphia Ameoiorn General Palmer
pre,cnds 70 be shocked by alleged partisan
ship IN the Grand Army, and then tries TO
form a really partisan body but the cid sol
diers arr not to be decciyed SO easily as that.
TIE Grand Army Is good enough aud non
partisan enough for them. and they are no,
SLOW about saying 50.
omaha Repr5toqa According to. Mr..
Henry Grady the South is confronted by a
dilemma. Ht remains solidit will becrush-
ed by a rapidly growing solid North IL Il
divides it accepts negro domination. Under
these circumstance the thing for the South
10 do is to Be honest, obey The laws Of the
land, and take ils chances.
Chicago Mars La5 Secretary Endicott
again calls the attention Of Congress 10 the
need Of coast defenses. Il a few thousand
American fathers would h!low the example
Of the Secretary Of War and marry their
daughters to prominent statesmen Of other
countries. coast defenses would be unneces-
sary. The ladies would make foreign war
impossible.
lows state Ragiac- There can 10 the ma
ture ofthings be but one Grand Army II
ii should be divided on the lines of politics,
it might as well divide on lines Of creed or
color of thc eyes and hair, Instead it Will
stand tHl tie last veteran has been mustered
out by he hand Of death a glorious witness
to the gallant achievements of the Union
soldiers, and a hithfui pledge Of protection
TO The Republic
New York Trbue lie who soolds sixty
millions OF people for failing to appreciate
his t-ransccadeut wisdom devoted patriotism
offers no new arguments in self classification,
bui not unnaturally borrows foom the an-
archistsQnd communists Of Paris a phrase,
the commamism Of capital and by com
parison ius,ides the bomb-thrower who at
tacks with Wild disorder the ciudel Of rule.
Most conservative and digniiiea, these sag-
gesd0us, But they move the Nation to re-.
fleet witIsstishctio that it nos only declined
90 re-elect such q Chief Magistrate butneyer
would have elected him had NOT the voice Of
the people been suppressed in certain States.
The attempt 90 stir up anarcly IN this coun-
try. by raudcrug TO ignorance and passion,
by inaaming employed against employer
and poor against rich, is not worthy of any
people ia a self governing state. but il is
nevertheless the only resort ofthe free trader
in debate when confronted With evidence Of
tbe harmonious progress and unexamnlel
prosperity of an classes and ali industrie.
under the protective system.