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Show SOMETHING OF A FLOP. Judge Goodwin's paper this morning j prints a special dispatch from Washington, Washing-ton, in which the sender presumably Judge Goodwin himself tells of an interview which he had yesterday yester-day with President Cleveland. When we call to mind some of the very mean things which this same gentleman's paper said of President Cleveland at or about the time of his election, and compare them with the statements he now sends over the wires, it makes us "larf." Only a few short months have passed by since Judge Goodwin's paper declared that President Cleveland was "a dull man," and slur-ingly slur-ingly referred to him as one lacking in morals in fact, hooked him up in a team with Henry Ward Beecher, whose morals it was pleased to represent as anything but bomb-proof. But, presto, change ! In the dispatch to his paper this morning, he says : "As to the polygamy question, I can sum it up by saying that he (the President) sincerely believes that one wife is enough for one man. He en courages morality in every phase of life, and hence will not veto any such legitimate legiti-mate enactment as the Woodburn bill," etc. Eighteen months ago, President Cleveland, according to Judge Goodwin's Good-win's paper, was a man of loose morals, from whom the law-defying Mormons might expect aid and comfort in a greater or less degree, but to-day "he encourages morality in every phase of life," and will not veto the Woodburn bill if it shall be sent to him. I Another interview or two, and Judge Goodwin, perfectly oblivious of all his paper has hitherto urged against Mr. Cleveland, will be fully prepared to proclaim pro-claim him one of the best Presidents the country has ever known. With what ease and grace some Republican editors can execute their flops, to be sure. |