Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-22

to be given before the jury. Owing -
a legal technicality. brought out by his
application the action of the coroners
jury during its first four days sitting
was declared void by the court. and
yesterday the inquiry had to be started
fresh. An army court of inquiry will
also investigate, but not until after the
coroner's inquest is concluded. The
intense excitement has been beneficial
in pecuniary sense TO the families of
the victims. II has kept the matter
before the public constantly, thus add
ing largely to the subscriptions to the
popular fund for their assistance, which
now amounts to $4,000 and is still
growing. Nearly every one of the
killed left dependent families.
1t is remarkable how prone the dem
ocrats are to do things for which they
have for many years abused the repub-
licans. For instance, it is stated at the
Navy department that the L. S. S.
Dolphin has been dry-docked at the
New York navy yard, in order that she
may be put in thorough order. as she is
to be placed at Mr.. Cleveland's person
al disposal during the time he spends
at his Buzzard's Bay cottage this sum-
mer. Personally your correspondent
believes it to be perfectly right that the
President of the United States should
have Government vessel placed at his
disposal whenever he travels by water,
it adds dignity to his movements that
is in keeping with the exalted office he
holds and really costs nothing extra to
the Government, as the vessel and crew
have to be maintained anyway, but the
democrats have as a rule taken, or pre-
tended to take, an opposite view.
An ante-election pledge made by
chairman Harrity of the National dem.
ocratic committee was cancelled when
MT. Clevelsnd this week appointed
Daniel r. Murphy U. S. District Attor-
ney for Oregon, in spite OF hundreds of
democratic protests from that state
Murphy was chairman of the democrat
&c state committee of Oregon during the
last campaign and the work he did was
to throw the democratic vote to the
Weaver electors, although the entire
democratic state ticket had to be be-
trayed and sacrificed to do it.
Col. A. l.. Conger, for some years
Ohio's member OF the republican Nat
ional committee, brings good news
from that state. He says: "All differ. |
ences among Ohio republicans have
been forgotten and every element of
the party is united on Mckinley, and
believe he will be again elected"
Secretary Morton isn't inclined to
give the cabinet of which he is a men,
Der any credit for the slight improve
ment in the financial outlook, which is
this week perceptible. He thinks it is |
all owing to the fall in the price of
wheat, and says: ut would seem that
we have reached the price at which
foreign market will purchase our wheat,
and it is now going abroad. Instead,
therefore of gold shipments, there will
be exchange for cereals and the tinan-
cial problem will be easier.
Congressman Wilson of West Virgin
ia, who is credited by many with being
Mr.. Cleyeland's mouthpiece whenever
he wishes to sound public sentiment,
has just given, while pretending to
speak in its favor state bank currency
q blackeYe, and now the question is
being asked, Ibid he do 1t purposely,
and at Mr.. Cleveand's request?" 1t
certainly looks that way. He was
speaking of the probability of repeal
of the 10 per cent tax on state bank
when he said: 81 do not
believe that is would be a dangerous
Their notes would not be
a legal tender, and no one would be
compelled to accept them unless they
so desired" Could a stronger argu-
ment be presented against such cur
rency? What man wants to be paid in
money that he may or may not be able
to pay his own debts with