| Show for a democratic monarc in is certainly very promising of abe holdover hold over senators the democrats ibid republicans have each twenty five of p feted or to bh elected thirteen aruti party the bereut iii states aca dja vart georgia kentucky louisiana debt virginia mississippi north carolina south caroline Cn roline tennessee texada with virginia will civo the demo rats tina twenty hold exactly thirty eight votis ona half of the genatt to have c majority they iiii it elect another benator from illinois iowa kansas M aine maa michigan i ka new hampshire nev oregon or rhode island or if tafv el e l a itco president or carry ey alliy would have a clear majority michigan will leavo to send a democrat to the senata next time just even up you know A deal of comment is being made by the press with but faw exceptions regarding the propriety of pensioning the widow of tho late chief justice waita the kalamazoo michigan gazette says senator steward of nevada 1 little borough eliat casts but few more votes than some congressional districts of the county lias introduced a bill in the senate to allow of tho late chief justice waito n pension of per year it is time tho people demanded that their representatives in congress ceased voting away their money without authority of law or rea I 1 annable excuse chief justice waite had a good position with a liberal salary under the government for twenty years or moro and that is about all any man or his family have a right to ask of the people SENATOR STAFFORD the millionaire of california has announced himself as a candidate fur the enc in an article reviewing hi possible chances for such an exalted position the omaha berald sizes him up in this manner stanford is an anomaly lie presents the spectacle of a burglar tasking to be police judge A horse thief soliciting the position of corral boss yet there ie DO doubt that if the republicans thought stanford capable of winning they would chose him as leader and about as lustily and vote as heartily as though every ballot ere not against all dawg of decency and right ane boston herald emphasizes the historical fact that scarcely a man who deliberately sought the presidency and shaped his political action with that end in view ever attained his object it mentions clay webster case douglass beward chase conkling and blaine as among the unsuccessful from this the herald draws the forcible inference that the people will not allow even the most eminent talent to overbalance the strong disinclination they have to give the pies to theao who importunately ak it at handa nest july alie country will be confronted by a surplus of if the democratic representatives in the house fail to pass a bill to reduce this enormous amount and freo tho whole country from the danger of hoarding what should be in circulation it will condemned if the republican senate shall stop any just measure approved by the house it will be condemned indeed it is condemned already by alio evident hostility toward any tariff legislation RECENTLY there seemed some prospect that gould would bo punished for one of his numerous crimes evidence was secured seemingly sufficient to convict but the grand jury ignored it and refused to indict it is strange that a aau like gould who has robbed right aud left for years cannot bo checked or chastised if ho cannot is something as wrong with the machinery of the courts as with gould crimes of one man become a discredit to a whole community THE ENQUIRER has just received a book entrusts on Trusts written by william W cook of the new york bar and published by L K strause co 95 nassau street bew york the book contains an ac the recent combinations in trade their character legality and modo of organization and the rights duties and liabilities of their manageri ma and certini cate holders it also contains the standard oil and sugar trust agreements and the result of the new york investigation price 50 cents THE movement in favor of the international arbitration has borne its first fruit in the introduction of a res alution by senator allison of iowa authorizing thor izing the president to open negotiations with great britain and france arith the view of creating an international tribunal to which all disputes between the various countries may be referred the scheme thus proposed is a noble one and we aeo no reason why it should not succeed IT i the opinion of the new that grover cleveland will bo renoma aa the candidate of the democratic party for president by the st louis convention by acclamation without sufficient opposition to call for the formality of a ballot it does have that appearance the democracy of tho southwest is practically solid for him xo other candidate is talked of tnie bill now before Con grasa for the preservation of the forests on the public domain is a measure that deserves the hearty commendation of intelligent citi xen the bill provides for a commis ioner of forestry who shall have charge of permanent forest reserves at the heads of streams and regions best fitted for forest growth all cutting to be done under the eye of a govern ment IT is said that emperor Frederic Te wanted to extend amnesty to all social itta and to recall those who had beon banished but that prince bismarck dia him from doing so |
