Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-06-11
The Qrcat Convention.


Whilst tho ConsIition of the United
States does not even recognize the
political convention rs any part of the
machinery of our national elections, II
is yet apparent to every thoughtfuI
person that ii is the greatest factor in
politics by all odds.
The people have littlo to say in
nominations, and it is very important
that they should send good and wise
men to these meetings.
The Minneapolis Convention is still
in session, but there aro us yet ne
nominations, and it Is, at this writing,
about as difficult to say who tho noni-
nee will he as il is TO foreteli the
weather.
Leading Journals think that Harrison
will he the man, and many we'll posted
people think Blaine will certainly re-
ceive the nomination, while u very
large aud we'll read contingent OF pol
iticians believe that it will result in n
''darkhorsc, and that The said SOM
ber-hued-quadruped will he Mckinley,
Rusk, or Alger.
We feel us IL we could tell better
after the convention ndjourns.
An exchange says: This will be a
political season. The campaign lie
will be unclaimed and will roam about
seeking whom it may devour. Hur-
rahs and torch-light professions will
be fashionable and your summer coats
will be slncared with kerosene.
No matter whom the convention
selects rs the standard bearer of the
great Republican party: no matter
whether we arc Harrison, Blame, Sher-
man or Mckinley men before the con.
vention, VIC must drop all individual
preferences and work for the principles
represented by the nomincc.
y new postal card for use in foreign
correspondence will be introduced in
the postOtIires throughout the country
on July next. II is really double
postal card, and the principal object of
its introduction is to enable cUrrcspon-
dents TO prepay answers by post. This
could not be done with letters and
stamps, as those of the latter issued by
this government cannot be used in send
ing mail from other countries TO this.
Queen Victoria has issued an order
that all her horses shall be relieved of
check rcins and the unnatural, painful
refining up OF the horses head, totally
prohibited. When will the humane
societies Of America be able to have
this cruel practice prohibited? Ii men
who rein up horses in the manner T. many
persons do, were compelled TO wear n
bit in their mouths to keep their heads
in an unnatural position, they would
soon learn by experience wherein
comes the cruelty.
It's getting awfully tircsome, this
meeting fellow on the street, and
having MIN greet you thusly: SIS it
wet enough, for your" or, !"it's raining
again" or "wet weather we're having"
Great guns. but its getting monotonous.
Does anybody suppose we don't know
enough to appreciate the dampness Or
the weather without having it pound
ed into us by every fellow we meet !?
We hope the next person who gives us
such a crack will fall asleep on tho
roadside and not wake up for four
weeks and it will rain on him every
minute during his slumber.
! II you wish for an aid to a proper
appreciation OF the worlds rate of
progress, contemplate for moment
the vast fleets of steam vessels now
ahoat in every navigable quarter of the
globe, under the flags of every civilized
nation, and then know that there has
just died, at Evanston, ILL.,, James
Goudie, the man who built the first
steamer TO cross the Atlantic Ocean, in
1888. Nearly every community has
men who can remember when neither
railways nor telegraph lines were in
existence. 1t is almost within the
recollection OF schoolboys when the
telephone was unknown. The world
does move.
! An exchange makes this observation
which is quite pertinent: "The warm
spring days and the return OF the birds
remind us to again call the attention o.
our readers to the fact that many O
our most beautiful birds are rapid,
becoming extinct on account of the
demand which is created for theil
plumage by ladies wearing them OF