The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-18

self or allow some one else 20 bring his
measure into the courts. So the case OF
Pingree. governor versus the auditor gen
eral and the Tecumseh Telephone Com
panS versus the same was argued IN the
supreme court.
The governor was placed In the position
OF having to hght his own work II was
announced that the case on this account
must not be q mock trial on the part Of
the plsintin. and 70 the credit OF the gov
ernor Il may be said that his side went
into the matter most exhaustively Jest
rs n he wanted 20 win. when he ana not
But he did win. and the Atkinson law
might es well have been killed In the leg
islature in so far as its effects are CON
cerned.
Governor Pingree was engaged more
than ever. Judge Grant. now chief JUS
tice OF the supreme bench Of Michigan.
was TO be renominated soon. and the gov
ernor made q vow TO bring the Ire of
the voters down upon the Judge. II was
a memorable election. too. Many OF the
Pingree people, Il Is true. supported tho
Judge, but over half went against him
after his nomination More than this.
Judge Grant had engendereI the opposi-
ton Of the labor party by rendering De-
cision saying that boycotts were Illegal
lit was also believed TO be a man op-
posed 10 saloons. and all these were urged
mighty hard before the people. But
Judge Grant won the day BY q handsome
majority. What Governor Pingreo thought
OF this defeat. no one TO a certainty can
say. Then the McI.eid decision was an
nounced. It was the fourth instance OF
teIng baked by the supreme court. and
the governor made no bones about call
ing the members Of the court ''old fogiea."
who were controlled by Jim Mcmillan,
even as that senator was declared TO
hold the legislature In the palm % his
hand.
50 much for the governors pronouncea
hostility TO the members Of the supreme
bench. He appears 10 be like The man
who has played a mighty hard game.
stood pat at every turn and then found
his undoIng. People who viii turn against
the governor for impeaching the honor
and honesty OF the bench cannot fail 20
recognize that 20 the man Of Intense am
billion opposition IL a hated thing. OF all
men IN public life today u n claimed that
Governor Pingree Of Michigan can endure
with least grace defeat OF opposition.
The politicians with an ear close 20 the
ground are looking over ell Of these mat
tiers, and In view Of the governors pres
ent street railway connections are won
dering u he Is digging his political grave.
They know and feel that politics IN Mich
Ill N
felt on all sides that the governor -
the prey OF false friends. One Of the
sharpest political writers IN the state saia
the other day: THE governor IL sur
rounded by a pack OF mercilsss gaBEstsrs
who are using him for their Own ends.
lie has been wheeled ana Sly advised.
All Of the time be has been assured that
ne ls on the right track: that the people
are with him: that he can make no mis-
take II he Goes e. they wish. and that
he should have no fear Of being openly
IN favor OF such measures for which they
seifshly ses ~ % urge his indOrssmsnL
The governor has fslIen. II r. too bad.
He Il a remarkable man IN many ways
a ciear-headed man. who follows OF .
prescribed course through thick and thin.
But he has been pulled and twisted 20
such . 6sEres that tbs results p0s him
in an almost pi,iful plight The day mast
be AZ hand when these things VIII snd
II is an even question IS % whistler the
governor II going 20 win or lose. but
things look black for him nov
This puts thu present political ssp~ct IN
Misunderstanding the AiEef and MCMILLAN
feature. wbich f. not thoroughly settled
in an unbiased light