Grand Rapids herald., 1892-12-31

zenship. Soon hs Will Do called upon
u direct the machinery which shall
completeiy change the personnel Of
the government. In the presence OF
sach = solemn and momentous mission
NJ. Cleveland betrsYs . selfish anc SIN
steE desire 10 dictate the workings or
saberd .asts, inferior ana almost con-
tensptible machine ponties- Hls astl-
tude has alarnied his confidential ad
vlsera. Whitney protests against II,
while Dickinson stands mute Dana
fires the furnaces Of his Indignation
and declares it 10 pe an unwarra1taole
piece OF othclous impertinence. Tue
office-seeksrs ,remble aud quake with
fear. As president-elsct. enjoying
TIE full aud undivided confidence
OF democracy at large, Mr.. Cleveland
would better Afford % keep nls hand
of petty state contests and with the
dignily OF q statesman await the final
determination of the New York legIs-
Iature. lie has disgraced himself by
getting down TO level with the Tam
many tricksters and is exposed TO the
charge Of playing for cheap applause.
NEXT Wednesday the legislature will
meet in joint session to hear the re-
ports and messages of tho outgoing
and incoming state officers. In the
evening each branch OF the legislature
will hold csucuses to select permanent
officers On Thursday both houAes
will meet to rstfy the action of the
csucuses, after which the standing
committees will be announced by Lieu
tenant Governor Giddings and (prob-
ably Speaker Tateum. Then the com.
mlttees will meet to appoint the vari-
Gus clerks, after which = recess until
the following Monday will be in order.
No business OF any importancs will be
transacted until the second weeks ses-
sion.
Is the discussion over the question
Of whether the vote for q constitution
sl convention to revise the constitution
IS sufficient to carry II atfirmatively
the dlsputants seem TO have overlooked
the fact that the state board of can
vsssers has declared it carried. Inss-
much as there IS no person to contest
the result, or apply for q recount, it is
probable that this decision will stand.
Meanwhile the disputsnts may con-
tlnue to split hairs on constitutional
distinctions so fine and improbable
that the point in issue is wholly OBJ
scured.
FRANCES POOLE OF Evanston had q
wild, irresistible, uncomfortable appe-
tite for chocolate creams. Consequently
she has been expelled from the Back
Lot society, an educational organiza-
ton. Evanston is all torn up over the
matter. If Miss Francis had hankered
for peanut candy there is no telling
what her punishment would have been.
GOVERNOR FLOWER has consummated
the most notorious political deal in
years by reappoIntIng Judge Maynard
an associate justice of the court of ap-
peals against the protest of every de-
cent democrat in New York state.
Maynard prostituted his judicial powers
to seat 8 contesting democra. senator
and this appointment is his reward.
II appears that The Detroit Tribune
and Journal cannot agree on political
points any better than The News and
Journal agree on circulation state
ments. 1t is a decidedly cold day in
Detroit when the rival newspapers do
not empty the vials Of wrath from one
upon the other.
UP TO date the banquets given
directly ana indirectly to further the
interests of the worlds fair have been
quite as elaborate and expensive as any
like entertainments gwen within the
century. The banquet bill alone would
"bust" almos, any bank.
FROM the testimony offered in the
Wilson case before Judge Burlingsms
It appears that there is . vigorous
effor; being made to establish case OF
mistaken identity moro perplexine
than tho identity of the man thai
struck Detective Smith.
GRovER's obduraoy is being most
painfully emphasized IN his stubborn
refusal TO retrsct MS Murphy inter
view. Pride goeth before destruction,
VIVA. an awful drop Grover will take
when Murphy rules the state"'
CHICAGO is kicking because th,
( worlds fair grounds are surrounded
bv gamblers, blacklegs, saloonmcn and
abandoned women. Probably thsy
were driven out OF the city by the high