Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-10


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The quesslsa OF shs coutisut Quality
At The Miasr iav mnss ssessuArlly -
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epsnssn- Beth General cassnssa aud
Mr.. rasgsss lllussrats Asv iasquitable
The lac say become In . state vhsrs
the csngrsssioaal districts have been
''gsrrymandsrsd. Mr.. TAggart says
ITO cencsdss - dess the learned pro-
fessor. that gsrfymandcr cannot be DE-
fssdsd b bat " esnosds that THE nsw
nsthed easaos b defended. although
he reaches the opposite CONCLUSION"
II . state 10 "a gerrymsndsssd that the
will Of the majority 10 not expressed la
the election Of representatives. - waA
the cass 10 OHIO. where in spits Of 70.
pablicaa majority OF twcasy thonsAad,
nftssn out OF twenty one 'congressmen
elected we're democrats, Il cannot Be
claimed with any show Of reason that
presidential electors. chosen from these
ssme dissslcss. will represent the voice
Of the people Of the state. Yet that IL
prsciseiy what the supporters OF the
Miner electoral Law do clam. Mr..
Tagxsrgs article in the Law Journal u
very interesting and instructive upon
this phase OF the discussion.
TEE shooting Of the officers who At
tempted the arrest Of several notorious
negroes in Memphis WAS avenged in .
most ghas,iy manner the next MORN
log. The three most desperate char
actors were taken from the jail aud
shot 70 death. IL can be with no other
than feelings of horror that the horr,-
BILE deeds Of murder are read through
out the country. Christian men aud
women are devoting time and money.
aud graphing this race question
with an earnest desire to recon-
cile the two. races. That they
have accomplished much il is
their due 10 say, but that much more
remains 70 be accomplished 10 owl
dersd with each new outbreak. And
these outbreaks will continue until the
better or more psacsbls disposed citi-
seus arc educated out Of the control OF
dirsputable and v,llsinous leaders.
the Chicago Tribune's investi CATION
Of the Interstate commerce Law made
in FIVE states reveals the gress violations
which arc practiced by many leading
roads. Favored shippers are rebated
and given advantages over the less
favored. This has often before been
charged, but never before % clearly
shown. Remedies are suggested, but It
may be questioned if Lord Cokes' terse
comment on statutory law to the effect
that, the statute had never been framed
he could not drive through with .
coaoh and four. would not apply es-
pecially to laws OF this kind. Certain.
~ railroad managers experience no
difficulty in running whole trains right
through, and over and all around this
law. !.
Jusr how congressional opinion on
the constitutlonality Of the Miner law
can correct it, partisan purpose or rem
der it less odious to the voters of this
state is not explained by Judge Chip
man. and though the combined opinion
Of the Fifty-second congress was con-
centrated and delivered with Webster
ian force. the simple facts still remains
that it augments one mans vote and
robs anothers. that the position OF the
state in the Union u negativsd, and
that the sovereign will Of the majority
10 made subservlsnt to the will of the
minority.
IT certainly could not have been for
want Of good American citizens that
the Fourth warders placed in nomina-
ton for supervisor On alien. That in
this case the nominee had announced
his intention to do 20 and did take out
his final apers yesterday, 10 no excuse,
nor is il an excuse 70 plead the fitness
and character Of the nominee. Such
cases are not without precedent, and on
this ground may be excused. out the
precedent 10 dangerous and should not
b encouraged.
Tns Catch license bill has passed the
Iowa senate. This 10 step In the d.
rect,on Of good government, though .
pretty hard blow ct the average Iowa
drug store. OF course saloons properly
branded - such will now open and
dispsnss liquid damnaticn, but there
will b . noticeable Absence Of hypoc-
riy and The thin excuse Of sickness Of
naksbits will net nssd - b rssortsd
70.
PoRr TOWNSEND, washingtou, eitissna
have msmoriaiized congress on the
Behring ssa dispute and pray that the
contention may be ended By thu United
states abandoning it, posston. Wash
| ingtog climate has bssn - highly ex-
| tslled that u viii BE- with much SUE
prise that people learn Of their need
Tor zeal skins.