Show goico to law with tho devil in a court held iu adeol is something like the job undertaken by tho democrats in west virginia scores of indictments have been found against republicans for illegal voting stimulated by manufacturers rs fat which produced the horribly muddled situation in that state but the cases are tried in the united states court and as happened in indiana there are influences at work too potent to permit convictions IT is said the railroad and large coi po rations will fight the appointment 1 I judge gresham to succeed the late matthews if that is BO mr gresham will not be appointed for it was this influence according to the chicago tribune which to be good republican authority that secured his defeat as a candidate for president at the chicago convention every lover of good government would be pleased with the appointment of judge gresham THE oklahoma district opened to settlement by president harrisena Harr isona proclamation cla mation was acquired by cession from the muscogee or creek and the seminole nations of indians the final releases and ratifications in reference to which have been executed within the current month april has been fixed as the date for the opening of the district to settlement and no person entering upon the lands before then is to be permitted to enter any of the lands or to acquire any rights thereto the ands are declared to be a part of the public domain and atto sections of each township are reserved for the use and benefit ef public schools with the exception ot these sections the lands are to be disposed of to actual settlers under the homestead laws the issuance of this proclamation has been awaited with much interest in the portion of the country immediately adjoining indian territory where no small degree of excitement over the prospective opening of the district has existed for some time already townsite and improvement companies have been formed in order to improve and promote the rapid settlement of the new district ane appointment of col fred grant can be safely set down as envoy extraordinary the mathematical problem however to be solved is this can a nonentity fill a vacuum RUSK may know more about hoeing potatoes than does secretary windom but the latter can give him lessons in watering stock THE washington correspondent of the pittsburg dispatch an independent republican newspaper bays that whan senator sherman was asked the other dayto sign a letter a friend for office he said 1 I am not making any recommendations to just now if the president should honor me with his confidence I 1 would very gladly biye him my advice but I 1 shall not volunteer it THE bew york world says that the missionaries captured by the zanzibar natives were released on the payment of missionary roast is prized very highly by the natives of that country and they put a high price upon it |