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Show POLITICAL TEMPEST. Senator Kearns' valedictory on Tuesday to the Senate of the United States has stirred up a hornets' hor-nets' nest. Its merits and demerits as viewed from two different standards set forth in the Morning tribune and Evening News are very different. Both, as intellectual gladiators, claim the prize. The press of 'the country, assuming the right of umpire, will not agree in their decision. There will be many pros and cons, which will, to a certain extent, mould public opinion. But they who ride the whirlwind and direct the political storm must in the end abide the decision of the people at the ballot box. It has been so in our neighboring state, Colorado, where for two years political rivalry led to the most disastrous results. Election day settled set-tled the difficulties of the contending parties, peace followed, and though rumblings of discontent were manifest at the decision, yet a spirit of good will reigned supreme in the hearts of the people, and a new advance to the progress of that prosperous state followed. We do not apprehend any such political storm in this commonwealth. The progress prog-ress and prosperity of the state will not be retarded or, if at all, only for a brief period. Our miners, who arc contributing to the wealth of the country, are content; our farmers arc too much occupied with their spring preparations for summer crops to be in-the least disturbed by political agitation. .Merchants, bankers and professional men, who are concerned more about their personal interests than political squabbles, assume an indifferent attitude to the political aspect of the case. - Their only regret re-gret is that it should disturb or interfere in any way with the business interests of the state. When the crisis is past, "the inaudible and voiceless foot of Time" will adjust matters, and peace and prosperity pros-perity will follow. |
