Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-11
DOLLAR OF OUR DADS
Proctor Knott Still cIings to the
Silsss cart~hssl.
he SILL fAyoRs Bl-nE1AlIsm


lucky was : guest in The Morton for .
short time yesterday. For . uaaa
u yesp q sgs the picsursssus
Blus Cree slstssmaa looks renafk.
ably we'll His eye - bright
and hio step elastic, though HE hair and
mustAchs are q bright - the silver dol.
Lar u which he y N expoosnt HIS
kindly, ruddy.tinted face would brand
him a. kentucky gentlemen wherever
he might b sesn. I'm out Of politlc&"
SAID the governor 70 reporter for THE
HEaALo yesterday morning. But then
the governor 10 . humorisi and proba
bly, wasn't really In earnest. The idea
Of ksnsuckian Who hss held ONCE for
twenty fiye years retiring from politics
10 absurd. almost prepoeteroua Ken
tuckisns are not built that way.
Yes. I'm out a politics and
trying TO earn 40 honest
living practicing law continued Mr..
Knott. I've devoted enough al my life
to politics- There isn't any money in II,
and it's about time l earned . little
something fog my old age. The Sher-
man lawy Yes, believe it will 10 re-
pealed. So far az know think most
Of the Kentucky members q congress
VIII vote TO repeal the purchasing clause.
have not talked with any q them. but
that il my impression. The Sherman
law was q mistake. 10 never ahould
have been passed in tho 6rst place. IL
Mas bad business tor the government OF
the United States 70 90 into the market
and begin buying silver. It was worse
for il 10 continue to do 90. Personally
am q bi -metaIlist. l believe silver de-
serves place IN the monetary system OF
the country. but there Is TO
reason why the United States
should carry on brokerage busipees
in il. ! believe that silver should 10
taken to the mint and coined under Ger
tain restrictions the same 40 gold 10
now. Whether this u the sentiment OF
the south or not. cant say; but the
opinions Of the southcru men in regard
to the monetary question have under
gone radical changes during the past
few years"
Governor Knott has had a. pictur.
esque q political career - any noted
man in the country. In 1858 he was
elected to the Kentucky legislature and
was made chairman OF the Judiciary
committee. During this session articles
OF imp. chment were prepared against
him. Pending the trial. he was APP
pointed attorney general OF the state.
In 1850 he was elected to
thu same Office. At the beginning
Ct the civil war he was arrested
by Gen. Nathaniel Lyon for refusing to
take an oath. which he regarded ~ too
stringent. he was sent 10 the St. Louis
arsenal. and remained . prisoner tor .
time. In 1861 he refused to take the
test oath. and his o6ics was declared
vacant. He was elected to congress in
loG6. but Mt first was not allowed 70 take
his seat. He was reelected in 1868.
He served IN the 18th, 18th and 4Ith
congresses. and declined denomination
in 1867 In 1853 he Wa elected Cover
nor Of Kentucky. One OF his most Ia
nous oratorical efforts was the Duluth
speech. in which he referred to the
hustling. booming metropolis 20 The
Zenith city Of the unsalted eeas." He's
a master Of satire and invective and .
democrat OF the Jacksonian school.
A large instsllment Of furniture men
reached the city yesterday. Among
those quartered in The Morton are: r.
j. Close. Of Dauler. Close i Johns. Pitts
burg. Pa; T.. A. Brockway. OF G. A.
Brockway 4 Co.. y. u; Z. Rich. OF
Atlanta. Ga; w. L. Elder. Of Indian
apolis; w. II. Russell. OF the Mitchell
Furniture company, Cincinnati. o.; l..
A. Wiedcnburn, OF ST. Paul; Fred W.
Kiesker, Jr, Of kiesker 4 Co..
Louisville. KY; z. z. johnson.
representing SeAgle 4 Cooper. Of
Chicago; John A. Thompson. Of
Chicago; w. p. Day Of Peoria, Illinois;
r. Ii. HUH Of Bethlehem, Pennsylva.
MIA; Il. j. Work OF Akron. Ohio; Martin
Lammert Of St Louis; T. A. Cook Of
Webster. Clark 4 Co.. Boston; Samuel
Willis Of Pinkham x Willis. Worcester.
Massachusetts,; b. s. Briggs Of Saw
yer. Walbridge 4 Briggs Boston.
Among the arrivals in Sweets were
the following: Adolph Roth Of Chicago.
A. G. McAlllster Of A. G.. McAllister 4
Co. Columbus. Ohio. and John H.Mohler
Of Columbus: John III. Bell Of Ale
gheny. Pennsylvania
NJ. p. Gale. Of Big Rapids. president
of the Northern National bank. which
closed its doors Saturday. 10 . guest in
The Morton. Tho hank IL now In the
hands Of United States examiner. |"
said Mr.. Gale last night We can't tell
how We shall come out until h. finishes
his work But the deposifors will not
lose anything. Whether the bank will
resume business again must be deter
mined by the stockholders. and they
have bad no meeting yet
I The failure Was due 20 the
fact that We couldn't realize on New
: York real estate which Ne held. II was
I taken some tune ago az security for cer-
tain paper. We couldn't dispose u IL
without making a suicidal racrifice.
For the past thirty days there has been
a continual drain u dc posits. and . con-
T dltion was finally reached which could
not be met. 80 we closed up The
Northern National vas the oldest ban X
( IN Big Rapids having been doing bust
ness there fof about twenty two years
F, c. L. Whitney. secretary Of the West
Michigan Fair association. is IN the city
+ in the interest Of The prize squash and
( the gian, rufa baga. HE is gnsst 10
/ The Morton
Roberto Metfyer, furniture buyer
from ~. Petersburg. RUSSIA. arrived AZ
+ seets yesterday. and 10 looking Of The
superb exhibit which Grand Rapids i
making.
Mrs Iouis Ssnds. wife q one q,
Nan..tess miilionaife lumtermen Vas a
guest The Morton last night She
~ss accompanied By her daughter. Miss
Ssnds
Ri potis. the veteran newspaper man
ard 81 round ernius VA snserg The
Nlcbiesu arrivals IN The Nes Living
F sion yesterday