The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-07
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The British ambassador to this coun-
try refuses so attend social dinners un-
less ne has frst rank and firut plSce' II
might be interesting to know n he In
slats on having the menu submitted 70
him beforehand by the hostess ana i
he has hrst choice OF white or dark
meat.-chlcagO News.
The Hon. Joseph Bailey, Democratic
leader OF the house OF representatives.
declined to attend a white house dinner
bcause he never has worn and never
will wear q dress suit. Texas Will no
doubt be panied TO learn that the 1uve-
nile congressman has permitted dress
suits 70 scare him away from a good
dinner. He should have stuck his pants
IN his boots and waded in.-Bahimore
News.
Rev. DR.. RainSford. Of New York, ex-
actly hits upon the cause of the Cretan
outrage In one phrase, the money
power" ''rpe great powers have their
pockets crGmmed with Turkish bonds.
Cease to uphold the integrity OF the OF
toman empire and who will pay the
bonds held 10 Paris and London?" That
d pretty nearly the whole story
Springfield Republican.
Senator Jones, or Arkansas. wishes
Democrats to celebrate Jefterson's
birthday anniversary on April 10. A
good way to do II would be for certain
followers OF the level-headed Thomas to
recant such antI-JeffersOnian heresles
as they imbibed IN last falls campaign.
All Democrats should be jelfersonian
Democrats and while the lamp holds
out to burn the vilest Jonesy may re-
turn Philadelphia Record.
At present there is no duty on wool;
the DluEley bill proposes duty of
eleven cents a pound, Now. u this elev-
en- cents a pound DO added to the cost
OF suit OF clothes II will be needful
to put rather more than forty-iiVe
pounds OF raw wool into a suit in or
der To add IS to its present price. But
very few men. perhaps no man except
those who write tariR articles for the
Record" wear suits that weigh for
ty.fiVe pounds Most men wear suits
that weigh between four and five
pounds exclusive OF lining and pad
ding. These men will pay between
forty-tour and hfty-ive cents more
than now for their clothes II the Ding
lev tariff be "a tax paid by the con-
sunler"-Which Is a dlsputable propo-
sition More amusement may be e1-
pected as more Is written upon tariff
and taxation in the pages OF our estl-
mable contemporary.-Chica Inter-
Ocean.
Now the Greeks said nearly every
thing that Is to be said: and what they
forgot 20 say was supplied by the Eliz-
abethans and Montaigne. Tho chief la
Dor to-day should be in the field OF
expression. This is why we hold Alr
John L. Sullivan in high respect as
writer. He Ii original. He Is frank
Frankness surprises. II confOunds. II
lrrttates. To the SNUG It Is like unto a
slap in the face. And so rare Is frank
ness that the man who writes without
thought OF conceaiment or the conyen-
tIouallties Is at once accused OF ahec-
tation; he is called a poseur.-BoSton
Journal.
The PopulIsts are broken up on the
tariff question. One of them voted for
the DIngley bill, and many OF them re-
fused to vote one way or the other.
Probably some Of these favored the
measure, but were deferred from de-
cIarinE for It by fear OF their cOnsd-
{uents. IL is clear that the protection
cause is gaining In strength all over
the country. It IS splitting all parties
except the Republican. which solidiy
fayors list Louis Globe-Democrat
There Is amusing naivete In the be-
lief, credited 90 Japanese IN Hawaii:
that the Japanese consul possessed
more authority than the Hawaiian gov
ernrlent. The Japanese consul has
something behind him that Is In truth
more than all the power OF the Ha-
WRIlan government. The island repub-
lie appears unequal 10 the struggle with
Japan. which IS slowly but surely,
peaceabIy or otherwise, increasing
Japanese influence upon II. The treaty
between Hawaii and Japan Is already
too favorable to japanese immigration
and even its tax provisions are difficult,
Il seems, Of enforcement. Annexation
would solve this problem. We could
make a treaty with Japan that would
keep her coolies on the Islands and We
could enforce it.-POrtland Oregonian'
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