Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-05-11
PENCIL POINTERS.

PENCIL POINTERS.
The professional weather prophet
should be throttled. To begin with, he
knows no more nor he tell more about
what the weather will be week hence
than the man who never gives thought
to what the weather will be to-mor-
row. Yet in spite of any mans inabil-
ity to successfully forecast meteorological
conditions, the weather prophet goes
on guessing that there will be cyclones,
tornadoes, hail storms, extremes of heat
and cold, ETC., and he does not stop with
predicting for one week or one month,
but forecasts for year, and the funny
part is that many people believe what he
says. The weather prophet causes more
distress among timid people by his pre-
dictions of terrible storms which never
come, than was caused among Republi-
can officeholders by the election of Cleve-
land. If storm comes, people say
Hicks predicted this" and if storm
does not come the same thing is said.
The fact is, that the word storm is very
general term, and is applied to any
meteorological condition outside of fair
weather, and when we consider the eX-
tent of this country we see what latitude
Hicks has in his predictions, and how
easily attention can be directed to some
other locality if the predictions are not
fulfilled as to some certain locality. The
truth is, that the popular belief in wealth
er predictions is silly. The weather
prophet on the whole is nuisance and a
fraud.
There is some talk against the practice
of the County Central Committee select
ing delegates to the State Convention.
There are some reasons why it would be
better to have the delegates elected by
the county convention, but as it is the
custom in this county not to hold the
county convention until some time after
the State convention, the selection of the
delegates by the Committee is simply
matter of convenience. Usually there
are few persons that want to go even If
chosen delegates. The matter is not OF
sufficient Importance to demand that
special convention be called, and the
people are doubtless satisfied with the
present method. Care however should be
had that the delegates be chosen from
the whole county, and not from favored
localities.
Grover has notified the Office seekers
that he will not see them unless he sends
for them. But won't those sent for-if
there are any-go quick.
Col Poorman proposes an agitation OF
the question of biennial sessions of the
Legislature and strict adherence to the
letter of the constitution in that regard.
THE CHRONICLE has heretofore expressed
its views on the evasion of the constitu-
ton, and is heartily in sympathy with the
plan. Some three or four years ago Hon.
A. T. McKelvey. then member of the
lower branch of the General Assembly,
introduced resolution with that end in
view but it made poor headway in a
body, the great majority of whose mem
bers wanted to stay in Columbus as long
as they could. There is no more sense in
having an adjourned session than there
is in taking two weeks to do a job that
requires only one week. By all means
the Republican State Convention should
declare in favor of biennial sessions, and
let us get back to what the constitution
intended.
Postmaster General Bissell locked horns
with the entire South and went back On
one of the cardinal principles niger
domination"-of the Democratic party
when he declared to two "Southe'n ,gen-
tlemen, sah," that color was not suffi-
cient cause for the removal of the colored
postmaster at Fayetteville, N. c. The
President has been appealed TO and what
if he should sustain Bissell's viewl
1t seems to be the prevailing idea that
there is no necessity for holding the Coun
ty Convention until late in the summer,
probably about August. This would
make the campaign of sufficient length,
and yet not long enough to become
wearisome.
IT is easier to preach than to practice
has striking illustration in the fact
that the mother of Carlyle Harris, exc
cuted at Sing Sing, on Monday, was once
a favorite lecturer on the subject, GLOW |
to rear children properly"
County candidates are beginning to
come to the front, and some good men
will be before the Republican Convention.
When only good men are before the peo-
pie no mistake can be made in the nom.
nations.
Paderewski gave seventy concerts in
this country, and received therefor $780,
600. He said his visit to America was a
most pleasant one. That much money
~,o,,l6 ,,,oke most any visit pleasant