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Show THE SPOONER RESIGNATION. Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, after sixteen years' eminent service in the Senate, of his own volition voli-tion resigns. It is said that he is to be employed by Mr. Harri- man at a princely salary. That ought to be a notice to the country that they cannot expect the very best services of the very best men in the country without paying for them. About all that counts nowadayses money, and a man as eminent as Mr. Spooner cannot keep up an establishment in Washington on the salary paid a United States Senator, and most men have children or other responsibilities of a kind that they cannot ignore a chance to make a larger amount of money. , If Mr. Spooner goes into Mr. Harriman's employ, it will be another proof of Mr. Harriman's shrewdness. shrewd-ness. If, when the Government is after him, trying to make a case against him for his management of certain railroads, he goes out and gets one of the foremost Senators to act as his friend and attorney, it only goes to show that Mr. Harriman is a bright man. It shows, too, that he knows who to select for special work. |