New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-16

Another week. and no pension COM
missioner. Well, take your time to it,
and make good selection.
Montana is not so surely democratic
as was expected. The official count is
playing the part of an eye-opener and
the legislature may yet be republican.
Only eight jurors have been secured
for the Cronin trial. The mills In she
Cronin case grind slowly, awful
slowly.
The legislature of South Dakota as
sembled yesterday. United States sem
atorships are the plums they will give
away, and G. G. Moody and R. T. Pet
tigrew seem most apt to get them.
Bailiffs have been arrested at Chicago
for buying up jurors in the Cronin MUIR
der case. Should not this have the eff
feet Of creating public sentiment against
the jury system.
The next democratic candidate for
president in order to be successful will
have to carry all the 1884 states lnclud-
ing New York, New Jersey, Connect
cut and Indiana, even if Montana goes
Democratic. He wont do it.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ar.
kansas, says the democrats will be fair
in the next Congress and will not throw
a single obstacle in the way of rational,
unsectional legislation by the republi-
cans. Does Mr.. Breckenridge repre-
sent the Democratic party or is he only
spokesman for himselfP
The New York World promises in
advance that it will..give its readers the
details of the Kemmler execution, al
though the law, as in this state, pro-
vides for secrecy. We do not know
who the unfortunate John Day Smith
of that state is, but we can imagine his
feelings.
Mrs. John A. Logan, the widow of
the soldier and statesman, entertained
twenty thousand Knights Templar and
their ladies at her Washington home
last Thursday evening. It must have
been a magnificent affair, and the mem
ory of this good American woman will
no doubt live long in the minds of the
guests. She is indeed worthy of honor.
In looking about for candidate for
governor, who could conduct clean
campaign, free from Doodle and from
bribery, someone has hit upon Jim
Hill. Well, perhaps he might fill the
bill, but it is not impossible to imagine
that, if pitted against Bill Merriam,
s'Yim Hills bulls would be scattered
around quite promiscuously.
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AWhile all the talk is being made as
to who will be our next governor, we
do not think it would be out of place to
look little after the other offices.
Look to the supreme court for instance.
Although we do not approve of frequent
changes in any judicial Office, still there
are cases of too long service, or perhaps
cases of dissatisfaction, where it is well
to give place to others. There are also
frequent removals from other causes and
it is not indiscreet to have a man be-
fore the public who can step in and ill
the positson with credit and with honor.
If ever such an emergency or opportu-
nifty should arise, we want to mention
the name of Hon. b. F. Weber, the
present Judge of this district. He is a
man who would we'll grace a seat on
the supreme bench of our own or any
other state and it would afford eminent
satisfaction to his Southern Minnesota
friends to see him advanced to the
honor.
Although we don't take much to the
law which provides for punishment by
death from electricity, still we are
glad to notice that the New York
cOnrtS have taken action thereon
and decided that Kemmler, the muir.
derer. must submit to the test. The
struggle which has been carried on now
for months for the life of that criminal
has at no time since his sentence APP.
peared q reasonable one. The injus-
tice of the death penalty was never ap.