Telegram-herald., 1891-03-13

into hls dotage. Il be ever had sense
enough fer dotsge 10 fasten upon.
HIS utterly senseless inspadence IN IN
terrupGlng Senator Mines yesterday.
when the latter had the fiocr on a
question OF privilege based on eoasttu-
tlonal provisions, hIs motion 70 table
Senator Al.nes' protest before be knew
Its eont<ats, aad h!s objeeilen to hay
ing the protest read preliminary to its
entry On the journal cannot be sc.
counted for on any other ground than
that he nas lost what little reason ne
had when be left Grand Rapids. lie
seemed 70 have an idea that Lieuten-
ant-Governor Strong would tolerate
anything from q Democrat, however
gross his violation OF deceney and
courtesy, but even Lleutenant-Goy-
ernor Strong was ashamed OF him and
would not hear him.
Senator Doran's attempt TO contest
the leade rshipof The Senate with the vet
eran. Senator Wisner, disguised hiso
party, IN the first instance. and his con-
tiaual impudenee toward Republicans
during the last two weeks has disgusted
them. The results is that his useful
ness in the Michigan Senate is przetic-
ally ended. His great schemes OF re-
form are fast vanishing into the thln-
nest OF air, and are already the laugh
ing stock of the Senate. 1t is safe 10
say that his advocacy or opposition
TO any legislation desired by Grand
Rapids Will be viewed with equal indif.
ference oy the Republicans. His true
nature-that bullying disposition which
IS always associated with q weak mind
was so conspleuously exhibited yes
terday, that il alIenated what little re-
spect for HIM the Republican Senators
still retained.
No very great amount of such re-
spect, however, remained over from
Wednesdays proceedings. Immedi-
ately after his helping TO add insult to
injury to Republicans on that day,
Senator Doran called up his bill amend
atory of the act to provide for an addi-
tionai Judge for the seventeenth cir
cult. The bill had been recalled for a
technical amendment. No sensible
man would have brought it up at such
a time, when Republicans were still
-smarting under indignities, but Sem
ator Doran's proceedings can seldom
be made to square with reason. He
was allowed to reconsider the passage
OF the bill and 10 make the amend
ment, but when the vote was being
taken on the re-cassage OF the bill
there was great scarcity in the num-
Der OF votes coming in and Senator
Doran rushed back and forth pleading
with Republican senator's whom he had
just aided in insulting, to vote for his
bill. 1t was pitiful sight TO see him
begging Tor few votes, but he got
none except Senator Toan's and Sem
ator GaryelInk's. The secretary was SO
afraid he would not secure enough
votes to pass the bill, that he recorded
brevet-Senator Frldlender as voting, al
though he had rushed into the Lieu
tenant-Governor's private sanctuary
for criminals long before that. SEN
ator Doran was SO frightened that he
made no attempt to give the bill i'm
mediate effect and it has been waiting
ever since. That shows the disposition
of the Republicans toward the over
bearing, self-important senator from
Kent. If his usefulness to his district
is no: utterly destroyed now, it is so far
gone that it needs skillful wet nurse
to bring it back to q semblance of vi
tally.