At a meeting of the Normal school
regents, held at Whitewater, last week,
Mr. (Gardner succeeded in having
$!),()(M I added to the SIO,OOO appropria
ted by the legislature for additions to
to the Platteville normal schools, and
like aetion was taken in regard to the
Normal school at Whitewater. There
will therefore be expended for im
provements for these two schools the
sum of $:10,000. hi reporting this
good news to its readers, The Platte
ville News feels constrained to remark:
“ Verily, it does seem that instead of
tearing down the little school houses,
the democratic administration is in
clined to build additions to the big
school houses and increase their facil
ities tor instruction.”
Hon. Neat Brown, in The Wausau
IMot Review, thus aptly describes the
“reciprocity" scheme of Secretary
Blaine;
“To trade freely with the breech
clouted natives of the tropics by
treaty is “ reciprocity,” and nothing
more. It is a cure-all even if the
natives have nothing to buy from us
with. But to trade fairly wilh the
French, who have means to purchase
of us. is bad and wicked free trade,
and poisonous to the agricultural
system. When you pronounce it, Mr.
Blaine, it is “ reciprocity,” when I
pronounce it, it is “ free trade.” You
are a quack, and you have to hide the
sweetened rain water and the bread j
pills that you give your patient under!
liigh sounding names.”
Favorable to Religious Bodies.
