Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

"The administration will enforce the
Geary law', "the administration will
not enforce the Geary law". These
statements have been following each
other with Il regularity calculated to
impress upon the public the lack of
knowledge, as to administration inten-
tiOns, of the purveyOrs of Washington
news.
Congressman Geary says American
missionaries occupy the same position
in China [ in the estimation Of the
people that anarchists do in the
United States and the bulk of obtain.
able evidence seems to bear out the
statement.
A Chicago ring is said to be prepar-
ing for another corner in the wheat
market. 1t would be an almighty
good thing if all the spectators in
foOdstuffs could be got into a corner,
and the corner be sunk into the depths
of the sea.
The administration did everything it
could to make the visit to Washington
of the delegates to the Pan. American
Medical Congress pleasant and interest
ing, going even to the extent of having
a birth in the White House.
Claus Spreckles is credited with hav-
ing a desire to sugar Congress before
the Hawaiian business is settled. If
he wishes to tickle the Congressional
palate he will have to add several other
ingredients.
American editors would save them
selves considerable wear and tear if
they would leave the duty of abolish
ing the British House of Lords to the
British, and no delay would be caused,
either.
Perhaps the economy" practiced by
some managers, in the shape of reduc-
ing salaries and working force, may
have something to do with the cpl.
demic of fatal railroad accidents.
New York calls Chicago "the windy
city, forgetting that their long con-
tinued blowing about the Grant MOnu-
ment and rapid transit gives their town
an equal right to the title.
The Irish never had much cause to
love or admire the British Peerage and
they have less than ever since the vote
on the Home Rule bill was taken in
the House of Lords.
As a death-maker the toadstool is
becoming a rival of the didn't know.it
was-lOaded gun. Mushroom eaters
would do we'll to cultivate a taste for
something else.
That army of unemployed men has
not arrived at Washington yet, but an
army representing numerous boards of
trade is now there, demanding Iegisla.
ton. ,. ... ....tt 10 .-
There surely ought to be some way
to punish the New York bankers who
sold money at premium while decin-
ing to cash the checks of depositors.
Arbitration might be made to guide
the Senate out of the silver labyrinth,
but it cannot be used while Mr.. Cleve-
land flies the no compromise flag.
Every attempt yet made to compel
the Senators to listen to the financial
speeches of each other has been fat
failure.
II an individual cannot meet his obi.
cations he is compelled to fall. why
should it be different with banks?
Poor Baby Ruth She has gained a
sister, but has lost what SO many
people spend their lives struggling for
fame.
Is The tower of Babel must have been
a sleepy sort of place compared with
the Worlds Fair Congress of Religions.
Some of the United States Senators
should be more temperate in their
language as in other things. ~ 4 + =
Perhaps after all the time-keepers
beat more records than the ocean
steamships do.