Show IN GOOD COMPANY GOVERNOR GRAY of indiana lost the nomination which he coveted for vice president of the united states the old roman and the red bandanna were too much lor for him sl since ince his defeat his enemies have continued to assail him and give reasons why the st L louis convention did a wise thing t h I 1 ng in dropping his name among them is a disclosure made by col maynard the former superintendent of printing of bis State witti with whom he be has had a quarrel to the effect that a number of addresses and documents supposed to be governor grays were written by the 01 colonel ol for which the governor paid him in all it if this is to be urged against the indiana executive what prominent public man will be free from reproach it is well known that most of the written speeches which burden the pages of that lively periodical the congressional record and of the brilliant ices sages ages with which presidents and governors and other officials enlighten the country are the work of comparative ly obscure individuals and are paid for far by the pa page ge when they are paid for at av an speeches on any public question can be bought at the seat of government at reasonable rates as sermons can in i the large cities of the world and many a proud statesman and grandiloquent preacher has gained popular applause for the brain product of some poor private secretary or unknown scribe who writes for a bare living it col maynard furnished governor gray with certain matter at a stipulated I 1 price and received his pay what has he to complain of he should think himself lucky that he has received compensation and that the gray matter of his brain has not been worked for nothing the governor of indiana is in good company and his bis enemies must be reduced to small re so arces for missiles to fling at him if they can do no better than this 40 |