Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-01


sisd.; far Wednesday,.
WHrrriER's frss printed poem vas
written when he vas seventeen. He Gays
ofnimseIf: II vs. eallow youth when
] hrss began toryms-a:msrs STRIPPING.
who loved the sosg Of the bird while I
WAS hossng in shs corn ilsid. and often
paused in my work Of planting potatoes
to think Of the far away east" IL
may encourage struggling ssnius TO
recall that the poss Whittier Paid bic
beard and tuition in school Tor time
1T most unpostic srads-making slip-
pers. Not many young men snhiieus
for education IN the present. s1Ats Of
society. who would eonsidsr that just
the thing. They want 70 secure their
education in luxury. with brain power
furnished BY the teachers.
LET N ascertain II ~ ean legally
redress our wrongs, II not let us resort
to" Now the question sgitatng
the public mind 10 what word did Mr..
Powderly have in mind when be COM
pleted the above sentence With . blank.
Mr.. PowderIy being . christian could
not have thought OF . profane word.
Being member OF the order Of ''gsr-
ment cu,ters' he would nos have bean
sangulnary. Presumably then he
meant ''common-sensc." This would
complete the sentence. and beat iiius-
trate the quality moss lscking IN the
declaration Of the conference.
GENIAL JAMES II. WEAVER Of Iowa,
whose name 10 prominently mentioned
In connection with the third party q .
possible candidate for presidential hon.
ors, says the 81. Louis conference "waa
. perfect lore feast" He forgot to
add. however. that IN the hilarity Of
the occasion Miss Willard and her CO.
terie Of female nurses, with their
charges. the prohibition" and "fe-
male suffrage" infants, were bodily
and unccremoniously "iised." and the
"key OF lore" he expects to uss % en-
caciously in the east, turned in the
door against them.
THE New York republican state CON-
mittee, which met Yesterday at the
Fifth Avenue hotel. New York City
says unoficially that the state conven-
ton for the election Of delegates to the
Minneapolis convention will be held in
the last week in March. FIattermg re-
publican gains in recent county cleo
tions have served to inspire condolences
in New York republicans, and il pres.
emit harmony Be "A augury Of future
success. Cieveland's 200 in 1884 and
Flowers $4,000 last year will Be sunk II
the maelstrom of republican success.
A pEcrsyox IN the Saywa I'd case VA
also handed down Affirming the de-
cision Of the Alaska judge and setting
at rest the question OF jurisdiction.
This case, it will b remembered, Was
brought by the Brtish gosernmeat q
the insrgation of Canada, the conten.
ton being that the United States bad
no right TO seize . poaching vessel out
side the international three mile limit
II 10 Of interest ~ bearing upon tho
the Behriug sea dispute now pending
between Great Britain and this coun
try.
The test case brought by Marshal
Field of Chicago. to test the constitu
tioualisy of the Mckinley act Was de
cided BY the United States supreme
court yesterday against Mr.. Field
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice lamar
dissenting. Thus one BY one the hopes
Of democracy fall. The law il here 4
stay. Il ~ "a American institution, and
not until conditions change. not unit
pauper European labor is raised to ths
Americas standard will it be repealed
wrru the publication Of Mr.. Blaiue'i
explanation concerning the marrisgs
Of HE son and its unfortunate ending
is 10 10 be hoped that the last act hal
been played and the curtain rune
down: that sspirstions Of Mr.. Blaine
will cease, that James Jr. may b 81
lowed 70 quietly work out out has owl
destiny, and that Marie Nevins. che
divorced wife, viii IN the quiet, bul
emlnently respectable seclusion o
vomauhood. find relief from public
espionage.
sroRxy Jonpox, the incorrigibls -
loon-ksspsr Of ostumvs, lows, h
closed bic "eosn exchange" What I,
picturesque figure stormy has bscn il
the liquor nght which lowsns hav
wassd ssncs 1854, of recognised ability
very popular and ever defiant. hs ha
zen repeatedly elected 10 sldsFmsct
sonors, and ~ the same sinse main
aimed his saloon against odds which
would ions ego have Discouraged Iss
determined nan.
THx PRepxSrfAI IxsunAscs sompan.