Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-06
Editorial Notes.

Editorial Notes.
Mr.. Bryan says he is coming East
to give the Democratic party another
.'good start" In which direction,
Mr.. Bryan?
If all the pictures of Prince Henry
are good likenesses we are forced to
the conclusion that he is not only
Prince of Prussia, but also the Gar of
Russia and was formerly the Prince of
Wales.
Sending coal to Newcastle" is a
thing that the United States does
every day. Not only that but we are
sending tinplate to Wales, cottons to
Bennington and Leeds, and California
fruit is making such a Roadway in
Spain that they take our grapes at
Malaga and eat California oranges IN
Valencia.
Music as a medicinal agent has been
urged IN manysoccasions but there is
q well-authenticated report from East
St. Louis Of a violent smallpox pa
tient who was effectually soothed by
the strain of a violin when all other
methods of calming him had failed.
The Congregational Record, not
content with being an illustrated
sheet, has developed a poets corner;
now it needs a pugilistic department.
And yet they say it is necessary to
try to increase the circulation.
A " estern member of congress re-
ceived word from his cadet appoint
ment at Annapolis that the academy
authorities were starving him. AL
ways eager to right such wrongs,
particularly after the recent expose
at West Point, the congressman made
an investigation in hot haste and
found that his protegee was sleek and
well-fed and had gained 20 pounds
since he entered the academy in the
fall.
The only opposition in the senate to
the resolution calling for a change in
the date of the Presidential Inaugural
ton was by Senator Stewart of Ne
vada who thought that the pleasant
April weather might attract too large
crowds to Washington and cause too
much military display. possibly lead
ing to revolutionary demonstrations.
The prompt censure by the senate
of the participants in the d~isgraceful
scene which violated it's dignity on
the 22nd instant and the immediate
intimation by the president that one
of the senator's, who had been invited
to dine with Prince Henry, was no
longer persona grotG at the White
House, is a gratifying evidence of a
higher standard of decorum in the up
per chamber of congress than pre-
vailed in the ante-bellum days. No
such prompt %retribution was melted
put to the participants in the Foote-
Benton imbroglio nor to the assaiIant
of Chas. Sumner.
N. l.. Chew, assistant auditor of
the treasury for the Postoffice depart
ment, obtained his position partly on
account of his name. He spends most
Of his time signing warrants and the
shortness of the name is quite a fac
tor. He can and does write it at the
rate Of about 5000 times q day. Con-
s~equently he can earn more pay for
the government than a man with a
fine long name like Stanislaus Mellow
doff Won Augenguggenheimer.
The news from South Africa is be-
ginning to have a hackneyed tone.
DeWet is either about to be captured
or has Just escaped capture.
1t has been remarked that General
BE | is ringing the kneil of the Philip
pine rebellion. And the evenue bill
looks after the tolls.
The trusts have learned that they
must give good values ia order to re-