The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18
Exchange Con, ent.

Somehow or other Marcus A. Hanna
has grip on the neck Of the new ad,
ministration that means submission OF
protruding tongues and purple counte-
nances.-Yincennes. Ind, Sun.
In his testimony on the Jameson raid
Cecil Rhodes summed up a great eco
nomic truth in few words when he
remarked: Protection means bad fac
tories and bad articles, for the benefit
OF few."-St. Louis Republic.
GoverOr Tanner asks $4,000 for re-
pairing the Governors mansion. 1t
looks as though that was about $13,0W
more than the mansion would be worth
after Ii was thoroughly repaired.-Pe-
Oria Herald.
Under the new tariff foreigners will
get American articles cheaper. while
American consumers will have to pay
higher prices. The American consum-
err will have no friends in the new ad-
ministration.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Wilson act. MANNED as it was
by Republican and monopoly influ-
ences. provides abundant revenue for
the needs of an economical government.
But the Democrats cannot bring in with
a spoon as fast as the Republicans
throw out with a shovel-New York
Times.
During the campaign. it is said, Mr..
Mckinley greeted 1.OOO.OOO persons.
Notwithstanding his impaired health. a
large proportion of this 1,0OO.OOO insist
on greeting him again in order that he
may be enabled TO perceive their fitness
for places under the new administra-
tion-St Louis Post-DiSpatch.
Mr. Alger, the gentleman with a
plethoric purse who Is TO be Mr.. Nc
Kinley's Secretary of War. has arrived
in Washington. and declares that the
financial situation can be materially
improved by the passage of Il tariff bill.
Mr.. Alger's views have been thorough
ly Cantonized.-New York Journal.
The old Mckinley tariff reduced the
revenues of the country and the Re-
publicans promise that the new Nc
Kinley tariff which they hope to enact
will increase the revenues. A McKin-
ley tariff is apparently a magician's
bottle out of which you can get any
kind of liquor you call for.-Buffalo
Courier.
There are still good many Rcpub-
licans, who. like GroSvenor. cannot I'M
derstand why Democrats should be al
lowed to hold office under Republican
administration. and they promise to
make life pretty uncomfortable TO Ma
ior Mckinley when the flowers of
spring begin to bloOm.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The suggestion of Il mugwump organ
that Vice President Hobart should re-
form the United States Senate is i'm
practicable. Mr.. Hobart will be too
busy taking care Of his coal trust. If
he has any desire to reform things he
can begin at home. where his efforts
will be less dangerous and more effect
ive-Kansas City Times.
In the recent Investigations of the
coal trust it was admitted that the price
per ton had been advanced 81. but with
out any increase of pay to the miners.
The increase in price was accomplish
cd by four successive advances of %
cents each "in order to obtain fair
remuneration. in which nobody shared
but the trust.-St Louis Globe Demo
crat.
The true way in a time of profound
industrial depression to help distress
ed business is to tighten the burden
of taxation by cutting down taxes to
the limit of a safe economy and by cut
ting down expenses to the measure OF
revenue But the Congress has not
even considered Il decrease of taxes,
and only one man in Congress has Ia
bored effectively to cut down expendi-
ture.-Philadelphi Record.
The heaviest man whose weight is