Show SPEAKING of the proposed compulsory com-pulsory retirement of army officers at the age of 02 the San Francisco Post says General McDowells retirement re-tirement will produce no dissatisfaction dissatis-faction on the Pacific Coast On the contrary quite the reverse The Post gives the reasons for its assertions asser-tions and says it is very well understood un-derstood in the army that PopeI in view of the fact that McDowell I himself had been overslaughed two or three times Hancock and Scho field being promoted over his head i consented to the promotion of McDowell over himself upon the express understanding that he would retire at 62 and make way for his Popes promotion But McDowell instead of retiring at the conventional age has not only not offered to retire bu t has moved heaven and earth to prevent being retired In conclusion the Post says that should the President recognizing General Grants eminent emi-nent opportunities know the two men and his unquestionable impartiality impar-tiality and fairness see fit to substitute substi-tute Pope for McDowell recent dispatches from Washington indicate indi-cate that Grant advises the Pacific Coast will acquiesce in the dents action with almost unanimous unani-mous approval = A CHICAGO clothier has offered Sergeant Mason i a salary of 81500 a year to become salesman in his store This is shrewdness on the part of the Chicagoan but argues a degree of lunacy on the part of the Chicago people generally Of course the clothier expects Mason would be a great attractioc and draw thousands of people to his establishment all of whom would be proud of the privilege of shaking hands with the soldier and buying something from him Guiteau is an assassin in fact and Mason is one in heart The latter is not a coldblooded murderer mur-derer simply for the reason that he is a bad marksman and it tells of something wrong in society when I half a million people will sign petitions for his pardon and release from punishment A murderer is a murderer whether he kills a President Presi-dent or a hodcarrier and we know of no law of the republic that lessens the crime in one case and increases it in another |