Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-30
Editorial Notes.

The president didn't strike oil; he
struck coal.
The Commoner is getting com
moner.
David B. Hills jackass brayed too
soon.
We love animals and therefore
cannot subscribe to the doctrine OF
metempsychosis.
Mr.. Bryan says he is fighting to
preserve the work he did for his
party IN 1896 and 1900 He might
accomplish this task without upset
ting the world.
When President Roosevelt Sc
cured a settlement of the coal strike
he buried the last ghost of demo-
cratic hope.
Ohio is experiencing democratic
single tax-ism; New York, demo
cratic-socialism; and democratic an
archy is knocking at the doors Of
several states.
The democratic campaign book is
proving as great an obstacle In the
democratic campaign as would dem
ocratic legislation to the prosperity
of the nation.
With the coal strike of 1902 set
tied, the Smolenskis, the Striffskis,
the Alllzickskis, the O'Flarhaties and
the Fahays will now proceed to in
augurate the basis of another strike.
Mr.. Bryan says he would rather
be right than be president. An ex-
change adds that he runs no risk of
being either. Mr.. Roosevelt is try
ing to be both right and president
at one and the same time.
Probably the reason that this
country is free from revolutions is
that all the revolutionary spirits find
their way into the democratic party
and become lost in the mazes Of in
ternicine conflicts.
Some papers think they can make
a funny supplement by q Ii LIBERAL use
of colored ink and a few pointless
legends attached thereto They are
right; their supplements are funny
but they are far from being humor-
GUS or witty.
William Allen White writes that
Pres. Roosevelt is the first president
since the civil war that has conduct
ed his office and has done things
about as the average man believes
he would have done them /had he
had the chance.
The CommOner's Macedonian cry
to come over and help up by send
ing in subscriptions at once is get
ting a little urgent. In view of the
scarcity of fuel, perhaps one might
do worse than subscribe for Mr..
Bryan's paper.
David Bennett Hill acquired lit
tie power before the New York state
convention and then promptly COM
mitted political harikari. An up
to-date version of the old adage
would be, "Give that democrat
more rope, ETC."
Ohio's choice lies between Senator
Hanna " 10 is devoting a fortune,
honestly acquired, and knowledge
Of business principles gained from
experience, to the upbuilding OF the
state, and Tom Johnson, who is de-
voting fortune honestly enough
acquired, to the propagation of
chimerical theories and the demoli-
ton of the state.
The best characterization ever
made of the democratic party is
that by which it is usually depicted
in the press, as q jackass, but the
next best may be attributed to a
Minneapolis paper which refers to
the democratic party as THE polit-
ical grave robber" and illustrates it's
meaning by cartoon showing the
jackass paving up dead issues from
the political grave yard.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie took occa-
sion, when the freedom Of the city
of Perth was presented to him, to
reiterate his well-known views on
the subject of arbitration and said
that it was "a shame and disgrace