The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

- A~SoA W
On his vote alone hinged the success
or failure of the impeachment pro-
ceedings for which SO much had been
staked.
Slowly the roll crawled down the
alphabet to his state and name.
Senator Ross of Kansas sang the
clerk.
The eyes OF the crowded galleries
were upon him. Banked in the rows
nearest him were visitors from his own
state. many OF them powerful in the
influence that made and broke mon
at home.
Ross rose slowly. as IL to explain.
he hesitated only m~omentarily. Then
he sail: clearly and without quaver:
Andrew johnson remained presi-
dent Of the United States. In Kansas
the pot Of enmity and chagrin cooked
over. Ross began to receive another
nux OF the most frightful communities
lions ever sent to n public man. Some
examples are given hereafter for what
they may represent to present-day
critics of what a man in high office
ought to be. ~
The Kansas delegation at the Re-
Chicago in 1865 passed this com.
ment:
Resolved. that We. the delegates to
the Republican national convention
from Kansas. also other citizens from
that state, regard Senator Ross as re-
creant t" tho high trust imposed on
him. unfaithful to his oath OF office,
and unworthy Of the trust and conf
that will forever be associated with
that Of Benedict Arnold.
L~eavenworth Register: '"The honor
OF Ed Ross! A half-civilized BUSH
whacker would spit in Ross face If
he dared speak to him about it. = .
Wherever he lives or {" that
record will follow him. 'Tlnn, Ross
men Will say with contracted eyebrows
as the doomed man tremblingly writes
his name on the hotel register"
The Salina Herald recalls Napoleon
that he is fallen His treachery re-
pudiates the idea that he ever pos
sessed an honest heart, but that he
has always been what he is nova
cheat. an unmitigated hypocrite. a
wolf in sleeps clothing-he has sunk
as low as humanity a sink-you.
the said r. G. Ross. have proved your
dirty dog" ~
From the Oskaloosa independents.
On Saturday last Edmund G. Ross.
united States senator from Kansas.
sold himself and betrayed his con-
stituents. stultiied his own record.
basely lied to his own, friends, shame
iuliS violated his solemn pledge--and
to the utmost of his poor ability signed
the death warrant Of his country's IL
serty: This act was done deliberately.
because the traitor, like Benedict Ar
mold. loved money better than he did
principle. friends. honor and his coun-
try, all combined. Poor, pitiful shriv.
eied wretch! with a soul so small that
a little pelf would outweigh all things
else that dignity and ennoble man
hood" a
A message to Senator Ross on the
same day from Topeka, and signed
]. d. Bailey is unequivocal: Probably
the rope with which Judas hanged
nimself Is lost, but the pistol with
winch Jim Lane committed suicide ia
at your SERVICE"
Nemaha Courier: "He has an itch
ing palm always open and turning ali
ways. He may come to Kansas and
piow his brains out, but we doubt II.
it," '" ~" "eii 10 90
"kniRht Of Five Chamber April tx.
1865. Senator's Fowler. Grimes. Ross
and Van Wrinkle: You are hereby
notified that IL you vote against i'm.
peacnment we will murder all four OF
YOU. n II you don't vote for inn.
reacnment We will murder you also.
Secretary" - -~ee
philadelphia Daily Press: Rome
had her Caliban. England her Charles:
america was founded in spite of
Snase. Irunlbull. Fessenden, Fowler.
crimes. Henderson, Van Wrinkle ana
Philadelphia. May 1e, 1sss-E. G.
te e by your action in the senate
todayy you have shown yourself to be
y OF the --- that ever disgraced
.ne american senate. Your name will
go down to posterity as a traitor Of
the deepest dye.
to your vile den with your
cursed master. the tailor Of Tennessee.
VINO has made himself the Laughing
s.ock or the world and the recipient
OF the e~Xecrations of every tsue Amer
a Wrap yourself in your robes
u NTH SIT down and contemplatc
the filthy lucre by which your vote
vas bought. ~ '''e
every true American here TODAY
couples your name with that of len
Jaws n Benedict Arnold.
way you be struck down by the
West diseases known to Providence
and. when your life has departed. be-
!aken to the place where such black
ana perJured soul as yours are CON.
demned to roll in torment eyerla stinr
unit! your soul Is torn to pieces
"Adieu. you double-dyed, infamous
- May your Sons be hung and
your daughters -. Yours. r."
All OF these comments are taken
ron a scrap book kept by enator
Ross himself n from letters in The
hands OF his daughter. There always
VIII be a feeling of shock about on
templatins this pitiable fate of a man
SAVING the mementos Of his undoing.
E'cn as ms ~detractors said. Ross
was dead politically. With the ex-
Kansas. to be greeted with tannts
obloquy and Islander. Years OF eTnr,
to r~e-establish himself in the cnns
munitv which once had so honornd
MN were utilities. At last, in the
long evening Of life, he moved from
kansas to Albuquerque, N. NJ. where
ne continued to work as a printer AZ
the case. generally in the most evident
ana oppressive poverty. He sank ont
of the world, but not out of mcmnru
Neither should an ardent lover xii,
a girl Just because she won't marry
him; that's nd way to show devotion.
Woman's refining influence ba.
never enabled her to whip the london
police department very long at a time.
This is an enlightened ountry h,,t
not SO much credit IL due the hook
agents al they would lead you to be.
lieve.
We are also inclined to question
the theory that q so,nna huliat a on