Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence to the Herald
from the Nations Capital.


Jess Bryan is in the way" The hot
weather must have unfavorably af-
.ected Francis, who ought to know by
this time that Bryan lis always in the
way.
1t is to be hoped that Mayor Dunno
was cautious enough to keep his
fingers crossed while in Milwaukee.
Mayor Dunno is perhaps the last per-
son to be suspected of graft. Still,one
cannot be too careful where the mic
robes are so thick that they have to
hang to the car straps. Besides graft
germs are sociable and they might en-
ioy hobnobbing with the immediate
municipal ownership germ which al
ways travels on the same ticket with
his honor. For these reasons we hope
the mayor was careful. While he pro-
badly is immune, think what havoc
would result should the graft germ be
brought there and get a foothold in
Chicago. But does not that protesta-
ton of Chicago's innocence jar you?
1t is cheering to learn from the
Fiala- Ziegler explorers that the ice
crop at the north pole promises to be
record breaker again this year.
Having ruled that frog legs are
poultry, it will be interesting to know
how Secretary Shaw will classify a
presidential boom imported from
Manila.
The Indiana youth who kissed two
young ladies, got ten days in Jail.
That seems to be cheap considering
the attractiveness of Indiana girls. He
probably thinks it is worth it.
AS soon as La Toilette decided to &C.
cspt the senatorial toga, plans for an
extra session of congress we're prac-
tically abandoned.
"We miss the work of those Chefoo
and Shanghai correspondents" says a
Peoria paper. It's your own fault If
you do, as they are sending daily re-
ports from Portsmouth.
After the peace ENJOYS at Ports
mouth have completed their labors,
they may have to submit their agree
ment to j. Pierpont Morgan for ratifi-
cation.
Some of the Philadelphia editors
have the yellow fever all the year
round.
A Kansas man is lecturing on "Why
Am A Bachelor" 1t is probably the
reason why Kansas girls have such
HVo foeko oYl o;,,o +;oyo
Styles change with seasons. This
time last year we we're paying as much
attention to Esopus as we are now
giving to Portsmouth.
Indiana and Illinois may have to
colla6orate on a little navy in order
to thwart their saucy gamblers.
Time brings its changes. Chicago
preachers are defending the money
changers, instead of driving them from
the temple.
A trip in atsubmarine boat is being
planned fort the president. Some of
the presiden tial aspirants are schedul-
ed for simil ar trips later on.
This ate mpt to prove that Vermont
belongs to, Canada, seems like scheme
to put Mr. Shaw out of the presidential
running. He was born in Vermont.
1t would be an awful shock, if the
governments special commissioner
should report that President Castro is
right al I'D the asphalt trust wrong.
One Of the preachers at Oyster Bay
blamed the immigration laws because
they ''do not permit sufficient num-
Der of heather to come in and so we
miss the chance of converting them"
Even the churches we see, join in the
uemand for "free raw material"
District Attorney Jerome says he is
a man of peace. One of the kind that
is ready to fight for peace at any time
snow let it be understood once for
all that no just, and orderly govern
ment on this continent, has anything
to fear from u.s. says the president.
And at the same hour the navy de-
partment ordered the c. uiser Calves
ton to hurry down to Venezuela to
impress" Castro
tuberculosis fete" is the latest at
Newport, but will probably lead TO the
appendicitis luncheon" and the
"bright's disease breakfast"
Before fixing the amount of the in
demnity, Japan may desire to have
Russia look around and see how much
it can raise among it's friends.
Only modesty will prevent Iowa
from claiming that it saw reciprocity
first"
There appears to be field for the
publisher of "Fads and Fancies" in
the U. S. army.
John D. Rockefeller is practicing
the Kneipp cure as method of mix
ing oil and water
The unhappy condition of Russia is
emphasized by the fact that the as