The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-08-27
PRESS COMMENTS.

7 rom kAe fllllQelf flill 4-clstf
The Prohibiti0nists OF tie State made
brave show in their State Convention at
harrisburg. having $50 delegates in their
seats, representing. il is said, every county
in the State. They are more enthusiastic,
too, than their rivals, who meet in congen-
tion with the hope that they will be reward
ed for their partisan efforts by public Office
or prefsrment
From the NorTistovn Herald
One Of the most striking features OF the
vetoes Of Robert E. PAftisOn was bis mani
fest antipitby to any and all measures de-
signed for the relief or benefit Of the veterans
Of the war 1t is astonishing how quickly
the discovery was made in all such cases
that the bill under consideration was clearly
unconstitutional in this respect Psitison
was fully up 10 the Cleveland standard OF
refusing all encouragement TO survivors Of
the war or their dependent relatives. 1t is
not remarkable that this class Of voters
should look with little favor upon his can
didAcy FOR another term in the office.
Prom the New York Press
They have the absundest development Of
spoils politics, or rather hog politics in the
rural regions Of Pennsylvania. In a Con
gressional district Of several counties each
county gets the Congressman for two terms,
and then, no matter how useful his expert
ence may be making him, be has 20 stand
aside and give the politicians Of the next
county a chance. The underlying theory OF
this rotation custom is that public Office is
swill. and that the hogs must let each other
put their feet in the trough. It is fair play
to the hogs. bat not to the people. This is
why you never hear of the country districts
OF Pennsylvania developing Kelleys and
Randals by accumulated experience.
PORN the New York Tribune.
You haven't q pension ," queried the
assonished Henderson Of the legiess veteran
who was scrubbing the marble floor of the
corridor OF the BanguP building. NO,
haven't no pension, and don't expect to
get one neither answered the veteran as
he bent TO his work How can you expect
man with no legs aud oae Of his eyes most
gone to hustle round with men in perfect
health to get pension | tell you a man
who Is going to get a pension in the rush
has got TO be in first class health and strong
as an OK"
Prom the Tolc5o Blade
The farmers have been well cared for by
Congress, and the vast majority will be per
fectly satisfied if the taniT bill, embOdying
the principles Of the Republican party and
carrying out the pledge male in the last
National platform, be passed They don't
want any compromise with the free trade or
tariff advocates, and none should be made.
There Is no reason for any compromise. The
farmers will stand as firmly by the Republi-
can party as will the manufacturers Of the
country. The interests of both are equally
involved in the protective principle, and
both besire that principle to be honestly and
courageously maintained"
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Wednesday was Charles 5. Wolfe's Dem
ocratic day but early yesterday morning the
Prohibitionists got hold Of him, and it was
not long before his regular daily letter ap-
peared, this time announcing that be had re-
nounced Democracy and all its works and
would kenceiOrth fight under the Prohibition
banner. Tbs announcement did not Occa-
sion mnch surprise. for Mr.. Wolf has been
slipping and sliding around for some time
trying to End some place to cling 10 for
week OF so, and there will be no surprise if
he SHOULD tomorrow print that he is again
back in the Democratic camp This State is
prepared to hear anything about Wolfe-but
that Wolfe is consistent.
From the Detroit Tribune
In 1874 Senator Hoars father, Samuel
Hoar, was the commissioner sent by the
Legislature Of Massachusetts, to South Caro-
lima TO test the constiiionality ofthe laws Of
that State authorizing the imprisonment Of
free colored people who should enter it, For
this constitutional proceeding Samuel Hoar
was grossly ill-sreated al Charleston. and. by
an act Of the South Carolina Legislature.
was expelled from the State The son, then
Is years old, is not likely to have forgotten
the indigIities and insults offered to bis
father and through him to his State. Then.
too, Mr. HOar was named by Senator Sum
ner. as the man best fitted to carry on a
work for the eolored man tbst had been
shortened by the wanton attack Of The bully
Brooks. Thus both by inheritance and by
appointment Senator Hoar has been called
upon TO carry on the struggle Tor the suprem-
scy Of constitutional law aud order at the
South.