Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-07-08

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made ripple at the White House. The
president is believerin the observ.
ance of official courtesy, and will not
express any opinion for publication
but your correspondent happens to
know that Mr.. Harrison was very much
gratified at the nomination of Mr..
Cleveland, aud very much more so at
the adoption of the tariff plank in the
platform, which tears the mask from
the democratic face and tiscloses the
hidious features of free trade.
The rumor that Judge George v.
Messy, of Delaware. had been tender
ed the vacancy on the bench of the su-
premc court is again revived. It can.
not be verified, but it finds many be-
levers. Delaware is part Of the dis.
trict from which the appointment will
probably be made, and Senator Higgins
is known to have been working hard to
secure the appointment for Judge
Messy.
1t would be difficult to find more
woe-begone looking lot of men than the
returning democratic congressman.
They privately swear at the convention
the ticket and the platform, but try 10
assume q pleasant smile when they saw
to the newspaper men. "Oh yes, 1 like
the ticket, and 1T will he elected" I"
Their manner gives them away, how.
ever they cannot conceal the listlessness
they feel over the outlook for their
party.
Comn1ander-in-ch Palmer of the G.
A. 4. has been here for several days
looking after some congressional legis.
lation relating to Mount nj. Gregor and
after the arrangements that are being
made for the encampment in Septem-
Der. speaking of the cncampment he
said: II will ventu the prediction
that there will bo FIVE hundred
thousand people in Washington and
there will be seventy-iive thousand old
soldiers in line Oh the day of the par
ade. You may put that down as my
forecast and you will see when the
time comes that l will not be far
wrong. The approaching encampmcnt
will be the high water mark in the
gathering of old soldiers of this country
and the like of it will never be repeated
in our day"
Ex-senator Ingalls,, when he passed
through Washington several day ago
on his way to Europe where he will
spend about two months in travelling,
told a personal friend that there was
not the slightest probability of his &C.
cepting any appointive Office, if it were
rendered to him He is confident that
Harrison and Ried will win and will
take an active part in the campaign
from beginning to end, not only In
Kansas, butln other states.
The house has again been suffering
from the no quorum fever, owing to the
absence of such a large number of dem.
ocrats, some of whom have not been in
their seats for two months. Here it is
almost at the beginning of a fiscal year,
and ha,dly any of the regular appropri-
alton bills, all of which should be avail
able on the first day of July, have be.
come laws. AS do nothing body the
present house has never been excelled
and its record alone should be sufficient
not only to elect the republican presi.
dental ticket, but to restore the control
of the house of representatives to the
republican party. 1t is only when the
house is republican that the public busi-
ness is promptly and properly attended
to.
1t was surprising here that Stevenson
should have been put on the ticket with
Cleveland as it is well known that the
feelings between them was anything
but cordial during the last year or two
of Mr.. Cleveland's administration.
Stevenson's favorlte method of speak
ing Of Mr.. Cleveland among his inti-
mates was "that mugwump in the
White House." The fact is commented
on that Mr.. Cleveland sent no congrat-
ulatlons to Stevenson.
Secretary Elkings isjustly regarded
as one of the shrewdest political observ-
ers in the country, and his opinions are
opinions are always given careful con-
sideration, even by his political oppo-
nents. He says of the situation: .The
republican party is entitled to and will
succeed on the platform of the demo.
cratic convention and the action of the
convention leading up to it. The plat
form in itself as adopted is the nearest
to free trade this country has
ever see except the out and out declara-
ton for free trade in the confederate
constitution. The business public will
take no chances; it will prefer to be
satisfied with sure thing which is a
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