The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-03-14
decided unpleasantness with eve

decided npleasantness with every
forty miner in the pack
The ancient and brutal adage thai
children should be seen and not
heard finds it's fulf1ment in the
young daughter of neighbor Roose'
welt, Miss Alice. Her picture is
seen in all the illustrated papers
and magazines, and in the social
world she is assuredly cit. " Wheth'
er such an avalanche of nonsensical
adulation and sycophancy is good
thing for young giIl is not at al
question, it certainly isn't, but
then possibly her parents keep most
of the printed gush away from her.
Already flower has been named af'
ter her, waltz likewise and the so.
cial world is waiting to see he1
spring hat.
Such are the penalties of great
ness. AT one time nearly every
male equine and bovine in the coun-
try was called General Grant" and
President Arthur is known to fame
by cigar. Every third colored boy
is named George Washington, and
the Gear is a standing collar. Well,
as Josiah Aliens wife so wisely re-
marked, Cpd as lief be burgled as
appeared to" when apprehensive of
burglars or ghosts in the garnet, and
we won't care what breed of live
stock is named after us a hundred
years from now.
The president finally signed the
bill creating permanent census de-
partment, and after July LIST all EN-
ployees of that. office will be under
the civil service law. In fact, all
those in the employ of the depart
ment when he signed the bill are
covered by the blanket. In it's
practical effect, it would seem that
the act is very unjust. Hundreds of
these clerks were on the temporary
rolls, never had been examined and
were entirely outside the civil SER
vice. BY the act they all now take
precedence of the hundreds who
have passed difficult examinations
and have been on the anxious wait
ing list for months. Is this right?
In the rapid wbirl of events the
Til1man- McLaurin episode is past
and forgotten, and everybody has
shaken hands and made up again.
All but McLaurin and Tillman.
They will remain mortal enemies as
long as both are above ground, and
it would not be at all surprising if
finally b1oodshed resulted. The
press clipping bureau to which Till
man is a subscriber has since had
it's hands full, and every day sees
bulky packages of extracts from the
newspapers of the country delivered
to the one-eyed sage of the Palmetto
state. Very frequently the nature
of the comments is not such as to
show him up, and it seems as if he
must pass many a bitter half hour.
If he doesn't, then his skin is thick
er than that Of any other American
in public life.
AS 1 write, the republicans seem
to be dangerously near trouble in
the matter of the Cuban tariff ques-
ton, but very likely the matter will
be safely adjusted before this is in
print. The republican party can
scarcely afford to assume the ancient
role of the democratic party and
commit suicide as often as anything
is left lying around loose to commit
it with. This is entirely a demo-
cratic prerogative, won on many
hard fought field and handed down
from generation to generation for
century. A democrat of national
fame once disgustedly said that the
democratic jackass would rush
through a ten acre lot of clover to
browse the thistles off barren past
ure sidehi1l, and statistics seem to
bear him out. The republican e1e-
plant has heretofore chosen the c1o-
yer. Let this be no exception.
AS I stood in Napoleonic pose and
wrapped in grand and gloomy soil
tude last Friday, who should amble
in and bring me to earth but my an
cient friend Hays of the Essex typo
graphical syndicate. Lyn resembled
a combination of daisy and rose in
pervasive effulgence, and mentally
and physically bears every aspect of
health and prosperity. When 1
asked him if he was travelling for
pleasure or was his wife with him,
he said he was. 1 thought so. He
looked it. He allowed that he was
on his way to Charleston to look at
the Exposition or something. He
will surely find it. Well, LYn is a
mighty good fellow, a most success
full newspaper man, and knows how
to take comfort. Let him.
What the coming week will bring
forth Excepting weather. nobody
without wings can tell. The wealth
er is certain to be varied. Congress
probably will be, if it continues as
at present. Therefore, 1 will not
predict. will content myself with
simply recording the more promi
nent facts in the case. Meanwhile
let us hope for happiness beyond,
and a good sugar season.