The Advocate and news., 1897-12-01
IN
GENERAL.

dCAh W PAOVOAJ OOh5AOpo lOSOOhiNihD
the Cuban rebellion. The popular mind
is convinced that autonomy, II not a
sham, Is utterly repugnant to the Gu
bans, and cannot possibly restore peace.
Galveston Tribune: MIR. Lincoln is
not showing good taste In Objectng 10
his son-in-law because OF his humble
station. Mr. Lincoln Is himself the
product of a most humble station which
his father exalted by individual merit
and not by brilliant alliance Dis
respect to the common people is disre-
spect to his fathers memory,
Farmers Voice. Nine hundred per-
sons were interested in and benefited
from the "Pingree" farms in Chicago
this season. Though no figures are OBJ
tainable as to the actual value Of the
crops, 1t Is known that many families re-
coived their entire subsistence from
them. Verify, If Mother Earth and
her children were but able to get to-
gether everywhere poverty would soon
disappear.
st. Joseph News: It is a mistaken idea
I'VE think-the young Kansas editors
entertain that 1t rs necessary for sue
cess in their profession to get the
preachers down on EN- In the long run
they will find out it Is more profitable
to have the sympathy of the preachers
than the promised support Of the poll
ticians. The Kansas preachers gener-
ally mean well; the Kansas politician
seldom does.
Baltimore News: 1t is easy to point
nVNf dtHAOVu1tfnn In thn nR tha
ceptance of any thoroughgoing scheme
of currency reform by the present Con-
gress. But those who argue that, on
this account, nothing should be at
tempted, forget the essential conditions
Of reform Of this character. To wait
until we get Congress which can be
counted on to reform the currency be-
fore urging such plan upon Congress
would be much like waiting on the bank
OF river for the stream to run by. Ic
other words, Congress will continue to
be shy of the currency problem, so far
as positive reform Is concerned, uneil
such reform has been made a definite
Issue; and the only way to make 1t
a definite issue is for the President to
commit the administration to 1t by an
unequlvocal and urgent recommends
ton In his message.
Garnett Agitator: If man die, yet
shall he live, and his works do follow
him. Henry George Is dead, yet speaks
and Is better known to-day than when he
was alive The tribute of praise is al
most universal, and yet George was no
great warrior, or statesman, or lawyer,
or divine-just plain unassuming citi-
zen. OF the people he lived for the
masses, and In sense yielded up his
life fighting the peoples battle. George
has not lived in vain, mainly, because he
lived an unselfish life. In knowing
George We have more faith in humanity,
and feel surer that our institutions are
still safe, and will be perpetuated down
TO the latest moment. That the death
OF Henry George should have elected SO
much praise from the men who op-
posed his theories Is abundant evidence
that an honest man Is still esteemed as
the noblest work Of God.
Prof. George D. Heron, in the Chicago
Commons should say that the labor
movement OF England Is every year
becoming more socialistic. While the
extreme or materialistlc socialism has
less and less influence, labor leaders,
such rs Burns, Hardy, Mann, Crooks
and Burrows are standing upon what Is
practically socialistic program. Views
that would be regarded as radical and
even dangerous in America are common
place In England. John Burns is
respected and trusted man by even men,
bers of the house of peers. Yet have
heard him speak his mind in Trafalgar
Square that would cause his immediate
arrest in Chicago or New York. I was
surprised to find that our American no.
tiOns of private property seemed obso-
lete In the English Parliament. No
man In the recent discussion of the Lord
Penhyn strike was Tory enough to as
sert that Lord Penhyn had right to do
as he pleased with his own.