Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
PRESS OPINIONS

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The Utah legislature has ad-
iourned. The Lord takes pity
even on saiuts.-San Francisco
Post.
The man quick to condemn
the sins Of other people is nat
urally very easy on his OWL
Picayune.
Mr.. Ingalls, needs no platform.
All he wants is a flagstaff aud a
piece of linen dyed to an appro-
pirate hue.-Omaha Herald
The trusts rob the people and
the politicians blackmail the
trusts. This is American poli.
tics.-Philadelphia Record.
Old parties are like old build
ings. They must be torn down
that better ones may be built, II
cities are to improve. -Picayune.
The New Tribune says that
Blaine's popularity has depress'
ed the mugwumps. II depress-
ed the entire republican party
in 1684.--Constitution.
If Mr.. Cleveland is again the
candidate this year he will be
the platform all by himself.
There will be no other issue in
sight but hmself.-Times,
The reason we have nothing
to say about the tariff and inter
nal revenue is because we know
as little about II rs the rest OF
our exchanges.-Georgia News,
IL wish m, name was Notori
ETY." sighed the 30-year-old Mt.
Washington maiden. "Whys'
asked her mother. because
so many men court notoriety.'
Exchange.
Kansas republicans will not
use Ingals speech as a campaign
document. We hardly thought
they would. 1t is too good a
maker of democratic votes for
the republicans to use it, Free
Press.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York,
is not favorable to Mr.. Cleve.
iaBd's denomination. lie refus
es to tell the reason, but every.
body knows it. MIR. Hewitt
wants the nomination himself
Pittsburg Commercial.
We learn that a large colony
in Wisconsin have written to d
gentleman of our acquaintance
about lands in the South, their
object beng to purchase and
settle i'll a body. They will be
directed to Kinds county Ray
mond Gazette.
The albany Times processes
to have found an active demand
among republicans for the nom
nation OF MIR Cleveland by the
democrats. There is every rea
son TO believe that the republi.
cans will be accommodated -
Savannah News.
Gen. Lucius Fairchild. the
great American palsy hurler, is
again trying to make the coun
try tried. At meeting of the
Wisconsin club he denounced
President Cleveland and said
lie was elected by force and
fraud. r--Yazoo Sentinel.
= young man proposed fol
the hand OF beautiful girl. AS
she hesitated, he said 81 await
your answer with bated breath
The girl, who is a deal of humor
list, said "Well. Mr.. Blank you
will have TO bait your breath
with something besides whisky
to catch your humble servant
-Yonkers Gazette.
Powderly's advice TO the
knights OF labor TO have no
more strikes, bat use their or
ganization for self improvement
Is sound aud sensible, but it
will not be obeycd. Strikes will
20 oh, and the strikes will suit.
fer for them; but P~owderly's
common sense is indicated
He Will lead the Knights to the
most glorious kind of victory if
they will let him.--Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette cOolly announces that
if a republican president and
congress are elected this fall.
whatever force is required will
be used to enforce the terms
upon which the rebel states
we're reconstructed. In other
words the South IN whites will
be forced to submit to negro
domination. We as coolly an.
nounce that the southern whites
Will have something to say
about ihat-Summit Seminal.
Editor Grady's reply to Sena.
tor Ingalls, was not necessary.
aud in view of the fact that Sen
atOr Black burn covered the
ground so well that no,hing|
could be said, the country is led
to believe that Grady merely
sliced the opportunity to air his
rhetoric and let the people