Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-28

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teen cents 10 see a negro that Is as tam
a. the rast.
Politics Is active here. Much talk IS
heard regarding the late congress Here
IA North Carolina and elsewhere the
opinion prevails that congress has had
too many men in II who have been 50
busy watching the ''home paper that
they have had no time t. devote To legls-
lation, and thus they claim Incidence
and timidity have been the chief char
acteristics Of the session.
IN 1879 Gabe Bouck. Of Wisconsin,
was seen pacing up and down the foyer,
or whatever Il Is called, which surrounds
the desk where the primary department
Of congress sits. tie was a member %
the house, and seemed % have stepped
out into the entry "a swear little over
the arrears Of pensions bill, which was
evidently about 70 pass. a set OF
Did cowards-contempn id
cowardsr' he was heard TO calculate
ever and anon.
But Why don't you stop it, said an
ex member who came ia just then.
"Stop IL" he replied. How can
stop il when I'm one Of the id COW
ards myself
Congress, however. is hardly to blame,
for it Is too large body TO act wisely or
we'll Just as our presidential conven-
tons are lately. and if We continue at
the same rate, the great national fight
hereafter viii not be to see who viii be
elected president, but what town viii
have the convention.
Those who have not read the open let
ter written this summer by Andrew d.
White, Republican, 10 Patrick A. Col
Inns, Democrat, OF Boston, ought TO
get it and read it, Dove hold presiden-
tial conventions for the purpose of nom
mating the best man or for the purpose
of farming out the lemonade privileges
TO herd Of yaps and yahoos who can
yell down the wisest sentiments. and APP
plaud and expectorate and delay the
convention, and then go back to the
asylums again 70 wait for another con-
vention?
Four or FIVE pure minded men, with
no political principles, should get TO-
gether and talk this matter over.
could get away during the month of
October. Prior to that shall be busy
here on the place.
Alabama has just had very heated
fight over the governorship, and the fol-
lowing, printed during the campaign in
the Birmingham Age-Herald, shows that
s man in Alabama without a lineage
has no business TO run for governor:
ACTIVITY, MONROE COUNTY, Ala.
am a Jones man. but having heard our no
BILE governor the issue of German rail-
road engineer and Italian fruit woman OF
Charleston. and being unable To answer such
an argument, weak a. it Is, for God knows
such an Issue could Dc as honorable any
other. provided IL was legitimate, write you
To give me the facts in the case.
50 please give Is full and complete sketch
OF Governor Jones up 10 his thirtieth year
possible. stating antecedent OF both his father
aud his mother in full, who they were and
where they came from. Some say they came
from the mountains OF Tennessee. 1 am going
10 try 10 make some votes in here where the
Alliance, however. Is very strong. One-haf
column OF Governor Us geneaolOgy would
make hundreds OF votes Yours for the belt.
SUBSCRIBER
How Governor Jones ran il. Activity
I have not yet heard, but if Subscriber"
got in half column of genealogy no
doubt hundreds of votes were made
there.
We should try this fall to keep poll
tics pure. l believe we can. The disa-
greeable things were said before, when
the same candidates were before the