The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-03-17
PITHY, POINTED AND PERTINENT.
Hill is going south, but what i
Cleveland going to do?

Hill is going south, but what is
Cleveland going to do?
The advertising agents Of the prize
fighters have begun their spring cam
pa,gn early, and the editors of the
big newspapers seem as anxious as
ever to give them free space.
There is at least one place in Iowa,
and one in New York where speech
isn't free, if the newspaper reports OF
the mobbing of the Free Methodists
at Corning, in the former state, and
the dragging of a preacher from the
platform at Yonkers, in the latter
state, may be relied upon.
That race war ia Tennessee is some
months ahead of schedule time the
presidential election will not be held
until November.
Charles A. Dana, has come out for
Hill. Poor Hill.
Great is the American heart. Ship
number two has sailed for Russia with
a full cargo of provisions for the
starving citizens of that country, in
spite Of the refusal of the democratic
majority Of the house Of representa-.
tivas to allow this government to aid
in the noble charity.
"Leap year democrats is the new
namc given 10y the Hillites to the sup
porters of Dir. Cleveland, who, by the
way. Was recently referred TO by a
member OF the national committee as
"Dcnnis" Cleveland.
A Washington newspaper man was
rash enough, recently, to try to locate
Senator Hill on the free coinage ques.
ton, by esking him point blank
whether he would y2te for or against
the bill should it cone before TIE sem
ate. u will not cross that bridge
until / get TO H." was the senator's
diplomatic reply.
Would that the country had more
failures like reciprocity, winch has in
nine months increased our exports TO
Brazil ID per cent. in four months
increased our exports to Porto Rico
more than 50 pee cent, and in q single
month increased our capGrts Of flour
10 Cuba more than 700 per cent.
1t Is Just rs well for the Hill boom.
ers. to remember that Tammany ne Ter
named 4 winner in a presidential
race.
Ex-Rcprcscntative Wcaver's book,
ga Call to Action" is q straight bid
for the third party nomination. One
e@perL2nce in that line is evidently
not enough for Neayer.
Five cent Holman tried 10 dcrail q
little appropriation hill from the COM
mittec on agriculture, but engineer
Hatch put on a full head of steam
and opening the throttle wide carried
his bill through witt Q rush, leaving
Holman to pick himself mp as best he
might.
The United States is about the only
civilized country Sitbout stringent
laws against the adulteralion of food
still congress shows no snXiety TO pass
the Fadd jck pure food bill.
A number of presidential booinlcts
now wandering aimlessiy around the
country might be either galvanized
into something life-likc, or killed, by
being placed in an electric chair and
having a current Of several thousand
volts turned through them.
The man who can find signs of q
republic in the recent disturbances in
Germany has microscopic eyes.
Representative Bailey, of Texas.
the skid Of the house," is evidently
jealous Of the reputation enjoyed by
his colleague, Representative Kilgore,
as a kicker, and he proposes 10 kick
continuously against the house legis.
lating without a quorum, as 1t has
been doing. Bully for Bailey.
Chicago never ''gets !cf.," whether
it be in Worlds Fairs or dynamite
cranks after its miliionaires. 1t is
bound TO have everything that is 60.
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