Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence to the Herald
from the Nations Capital.

lual III Is running care with a oar
attached. If the directors keep on"
they will find out all about their
own business after while.
A scarcity of words is reported
in the eastern market Grover
Cleveland has just finished giving
his full and unbiased" opinion Of
the woman suffrage question.
New Jersey scientists claim that
the race, eventually will die of
thirst. This will not cause CON-
sternation among Kentucky Colonies
for it is the lakes and rivers, that
are to dry up and not the dis
tillerles and breweries.
FL. Caine says he would rather write
the story Of the American mil
lionares than he president of the
United States. We would rather he
would, also. Let Hall calm his fears
no one will chloroform him while
he is in this country and thrust the
presidency upon him.
While it is right that stockyards
should use all-products in the manu-
facture of useful objects, Chicago
offers polite objection when they
propose to consider her little river a
''by product
After feasting on ''fried whale,
Taft should be in prime condition to
come home and tackle ''roast
octopus" of the Congressman
Littlefeld style" L. E---,a Sssl5ss
That mine mule in Ind, which
was the object of sympathetic
strike on the part of the miners,
has received so much fame that
probably he would go on the
lecture platform if he only had a
more melodious voice.
Some of the people who are
boosting Rockefeller may secretly
hope that the rumor is true that he
patronizes clipping bureau"
1 Let us be optomists and not be-
lieve word about those hoop
skirts" until we see them.
1t does not make much diff
ference whether Panama should an
mex Costa RIGA or whether Costa
RIGA annex Panama; but their
union would lessen the number of
irrepressible brats by one.
Secretary Bonaparte seems to be
about the only person who has not
learned that he is to become AT
torney General next spring.
The Gar is in a position to re-
new his universal disarmament pro-
position and to show that he is now
| ''practic1ng what he breaches"
Tt would be interesting to learn
what the working zen of Chicago
do between strikes.
Secretary Wilson says that corn
is now safe from frost. That leaves
it nothing to fear except John w.
Gates and the grain pit gamblers
When you read Of the number of
bullets that are stopped by corsets,
you will probably wonder why only
200 Chicago men wear them.
| Norway and Sweden are probably
trying to attract attention by bring,
ing about a peace without the aid
OF either President Roosevelt OF the
Kaiser.
The assertion that graft" is a
Dutch word. meaning CANAL. ought
to call for a few remarks by Presi-
dent Shonts on the Panama job.
This railway war in the North
west between.Hill and Hartman IS
exciting no interest among the
shippers, who would as soon be
gouged by one as the other.
John D. Rockefeller says he
never took a drink of whisky in his
life. 1t is about the only thing that
he has not tried for that dyspepsia.
It is just as we'll to abandon plans
for a homecoming reception to
Secretary. Il would puzzle us to
know what to prepare for man
who has been dining on roast whale.
President Morton announces that
the Equitable will close up the Cafe
Savarin aud quill dealing IN intoxi-
cants.r. This is another indication
that the Equitable is going to sober
up.
Tom Taggart may have gone to
N. Y. solemnly to assure the pal
pitauing investigation committee
that he didn't take any money from
any source whatever, that he