Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-02

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of steamboats,. AS long ago as
1902 he wrote to Capt. Brink, who
commanded the first steamboat, the
"Clermont." s'It is not sufficient
to tell men to do thing, but stand
over them and make them do it,
If this had been the case with the
Gen. Slocum, there would have
been no perfunctory poking Of life
preservers with a cane, and then
calling it an inspection"
1t is all very amusing, and
perhaps instructing, to keep con-
stantly reading in the Democratic
papers that delegates to st. Louis
have been instructed to vote for
Judge Parker. And suppose they
all do vote for. Parker, what thena
If no stronger candidate car. be
found to oppose those nominated
at Chicago, then the Democratic
goose is already cooked.
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Already. there is a scramble out
in Indiana by the men who are
willing to serve the United States
in the Senate in place Of Senator
Fairbanks. The race is between
Gov. Durbln and the following
members of Congress: Charles B.
Lands, James A. Hemenway and
Edgar d. Crumpacker, with the
odds in favor of Lands, famous as
an orator.
Senator Fairbanks will take the
stump in Indiana and number of
good speeches are expected from
him. He has the grit, for only little
over thirty years ago he was a
farmers boy in Ohio, bending his
back to the really useful strenuous
life which has made so many Of
our great men. From that to law;
from law to wealth; and from
wealth to politics and the Senate.
He will make a very dignifed
presiding officer when he becomes
Vice President.
The Democrats are telling the
world that Judge Parker has
formidable laws" "big fiat teeth. :"
and is man of immense strength. !"
physically speaking. This is all
very well as far as it goes, but the
strength he needs is in the ST. Louis
convention, and then if the tighten
ing happens to strike him, he will
need immense strength" at the
polls. He thinks it is undignifed
for judge in silk robes to seek the
presidency, there fore he has been.
politically mute for more than
twenty years. There may be no
mystery about Judge Parker;
that will come later when he is
relocated to his present silent and
contented mood.
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Much alarm and newspaper
discussion has resulted from the
fact that immigrants can now cross
the Atlantic for $40. It has been
given out that most of the poor
people IN the old world would at
once embarksfor America, the land
of prosperity and high wages. AS
a matter of fact the immigration up
to date is little less than that of
last year when the passage cost
more. 1t is estimated that the
total for 1904 will not exceed
1000
AS usual Kansas farmers are
crying out for help to gather the
harvest, Notwithstanding they have
had year of cloudbrusts, floods
and cyclones. But there are those
who remember how some har-
vesters who went to Kansas last
year were treated. They were
laughed at, jeered, worked to death,
poorly fed, and some of them
could not collect their wages, and
were turned out to find thei1 way
East as well as they could. This
sort Of things is not soon forgotten.
The few days harvesters would find
employment in Kansas would not
pay the fare out and back. People
who are well off will stay at home.
1t doesn't take a Democrat long
to make up his mind to accept a
Cabinet position when it is offered
to him by Republican president.
Mr.. Paul Morton was supposed to
be deeply engaged IN the railroad
business, at salary considerably
larger than he will receive as a
member of the presidents official