Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12

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For the first time in the history of
the country two brothers will have
seats in the House of Representatives
at the. same time. The brothers are
Charles B. and Frederick X. Lands,
of the 9th and 18th Indiana districts,
both strongly Republican.
What is French literature coming
to? Daudet is not the author of ella
Belle Nivernaise, f." considered by many
his best story; and Rostand plag lar
lied "Cyrano de Bergerac," which
brought him worldwide fame.
Let the average man stop to think
a moment that on account of the sue
cess of Republicanism the taxes of
the country are on a peace basis
while the army is on war footing.
The Republican party, as early as
1890, placed on the statute books the
Sherman antitrust law, and subse-
quent to the enactment of this law,
the Democratic party, asserting it's
opposition to trusts, assumed control
of the government and passed no
measure aimed at monopolies. On
the contrary, in financing the govern
ment it played directly into the hands
of trust, while the war loan nego-
tiated by Republicans was put into
the hands of the people.
When Prince Henry was here one
of his generals remarked casually
that he would like to see certain
American generals present at the an
nual German maneuvers, and these
gentlemen took the invitation in earn
est. 1t was later learned that the En-
peror alone has the privilege of issu-
ing such invitations and there was
some confusion until Wilhelm made
the invitations good by confirming
them.
The new Mckinley postal cards
will be ready July 1st. In making
the plates two unsuccessful front
views were tried, but blurred in the
printing on rapid presses, SO the new
plate shows profile view.
The end of the Boer war and the
terms of peace show England to be a
magnanimous foe. The festive spirit
Of the coronation will be increased ten
fold because of the fortunate outcome
of the South African trouble.
General Grosvenor says that the
vital question that confronts the Re-
publicans is, "When, how and by
whom any important revision of the
tariff is to be made?" He answers
the first question by another: els it
right to tamper with the tariff that
brought us there when we are at the
height of prosperity"
u. S. Consul Albion w. Tourgee, at
Bordeaux, France, who was at one
time editor of the brilliant but short
lived "Our ContinenJ' and author of
ga FOOLS Errand, by one of the fools"
writes from his post that some of the
agricultural implements in use near
there are SO primitive that he is ire
sistably impelled to search for the
trademark of '.Tubal Cain & Co. :"
American machinery is beginning to
supplant the o forms, but the prin-
cipal drawback is that the French
peasantry is not educated up to it.
The death OF Lord Pauncefote serves
to recall the episode which cut short
the diplomatic career of Lord Sack
vile West, his predecessor as British
Am bassador to the United States. An
Englishman in America wrote to MIN
during the campaign of 1883 asking
him which party voter IN this coun-
try should favor in order to further
the interests of England and Sackville
West answered, '.the Democratic. ."
The letter was made public and the
Ambassador was hurriedly recalled.
The Democrats who are advocating
'scuttle" policy for the Philippines
after so much money and American
blood has been spent there are like
the Irishman, who, entering rail
road bar, confdentially remarked to
a fellow passenger, "Oi've played a
good joke on tn company. Olive
bought a return ticket but OF don't
intend TO come back. -
A remarkable engineering feat was
performed recently when the Penn
sylvania railroad moved one of it's
hridUes 15 feet TO one side The brid ore