The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-12-17
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America nAe set new pace Tor the
diplomatic world, by ignoring all of the
historical eircnmlocution methods and
conducting our diplomacy on an every
day common sense business basis.-
Nampa Leader.
| While We are bothering about the adj
mission Of Mr.. Roberts, the Utah polyga-
mist, to c seat in the house, how about
( the two senators that are under indiet-
ment for crime in their respective statesH
Minneapolis Times.
On the whole, the Sentinel feels justi-
fed in declaring its faith that the mes
sage will be found eminently satisfactory
by its author. and all that was expected
by the remainder of the country.-In-
dianapolis dem. Sentinel.
The movement to secure legislation to
prevent the use OF the United States dag
for advertising purposes or it's deseera-
ton in other ways, ought to succeed.
Congress should pass Law for that pur-
pose.-SpOkane Chronicle,
General Ayers report shows that the
government would hare saved a great
many dollars in cable tolls by keeping
General Shafter in Washington, where
the state OF his health could he reported
by telephone.-Dstroit NeEs Tribune.
And now comes the expected cry,
"Ratify now, debate afterward" 1t is
from New York organ OF the admins.
tration. The fatuity OF the lingo aggre-
CATION is only exceeded by its impru.
dence.-Springfeld Mass Republican.
1, may not have been exactly right
from a military point of view for Shafler
to subordinate everything else to desire
to please his civilian chief, and hence his
conspicuous absence from the front has
been severely criticised. 1t must be ad.
mitted, however. that any other line
OF conduct would have looked like per
sonal reflection on one to whom firing
lines are believed to be exceedingly OBJ
Observation-Disclosures Times.
General Shaiter boldly makes the
statement that nobody suffered from lack
OF food during the Santiago campaign.
Men who held the trenches when the gen.
eral was miles away are laboring under
the delusion that two or three DAYS with
out a crust of bread might be called sui
fering. General Skaters suhordinates
agree that the latter conditions existed,
and it will be difficult to convince the
public at large that General Shafter is
not laboring under misrepresentation
Review.
Messrs. Smith and BanaisteF, while
boring for aPtesian water on Sucker
creek, a tributary OF Little Willow, about
25 miles above Payette, strurk hot water
at depth OF 500 feet, which spurted up
IS feet from an inch and a quarter pipe.
At depth o. 300 feet the drill passed
through four foot vein Of what ap-
Peared to be a good quality OF coal.
These gentlemen were in Payette Mon
day, and had J. A. Lauer order 2O0 feet
more pipe. They propose going to a
depth OF 200 feet.-Payette Independent.
In his history OF the war which takes
up so murh space in the message OF the
president, he gives An account OF the sew
eral months preceding the war, and says
that AL these things carried conviction
to the most thoughtful, even before the
finding Of the naval court, that crisis in
our relations with Spain and toward
Cuba was at hand" And yet when war
did come it found that the war depart
ment had hardly made one intelligent
preparation for it. The president should
refer this part Of his message to his Alger
commission.-Louis
Courier Journal.
Everybody knows that i. wonld lie
worse than suicidal to turn our new de-
peDdencies over to spoilsmen. Whether
our administration be military or civil,
everybody comedies that the work mus
be performed by men CT proven ability
and the highest character-men who will
not be subject to the displacement in any
OF the shifting phases OF domestic politics
II the Civil Service Reform League seizes
its chance promptly, it can become four
fold the power that it has ever been be-
fore. And these reformers who are clear
Of vision should even now be thanking
the stars which have brought to their
cause such great, good DECENTRALIZATION
Journal.
Secretary Alger has supplied an issue
upon which the democracy can appeal
with confidence to the national judgment.
By asking for over sl6S, 100000 for the
support OF the regular army in time Of
peace, he has raised two questions that
touch the heart and the pocket Of every
American citizen who does not profit by
legaIized injustice and oppression. These
questions are: Shall the United States
be more heavily taxed for military pur-
poses than any other country on earth?
Shall this unheard Of burden Of taxation
be carried almost exclusively by people !
Of small means, while the wealth our
protect goes iree?- New York |
Journal.
II the loss Of ioFty.one members Of
10 a republican victory, how !
many such victories can the party stand? /
The prompt announcement OF Senator
Hanna that the republican headquarters
would be Immediately opened and the