The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
The State Press.

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Now the railroads have another
grievance in that the long distance
telephone has the effect of diminishing
their passenger traffic. Between the
bicycles, the telephones and the scalp
ers railroad managers are having a
hard time of it-Racine Journal.
The German emperor's abnor a
affection for the pronoun, /, together
with the fact that he knows more than
all the scholars in his empire, and has
frankly confessed his inability to make
mistake, would seem to indicate That
William, " old man." is the author OF
" The Man About Town" column In
the Oshkosh Observation-Disclosures
Breeze.
When a nation grows enfeebled, the
great powers gather like vultures to q
feast of carrion. For many years
greedy eyes have been cast upon Tur-
key and quarrel for the choice por-
tions has long been imminent and is
sure to take place upon that nations
demise. Japan disclosed the weakness
of the Chinese empire and the expected
dissolution has whetted the appetite OF
the great powers for additional terri
tory. War in such case is ADJUST pun
ishment of greed. -ManitoWoc Pilot.
"Oshkosh is boasting of a nineteen
pound baby. This is characteristic
modesty because there are, according
to our observation, lot of babies in
Oshkosh any of which weighs a good
deal more than nineteen pounds. Some
of them have whiskers. "-Appleton
Post.
Unlike some people we know of, our
whiskers do not turn around and go
back when they see what they are
growing on.--Oshkosh Enterprise.
Gen. Manager Mcleod, of the Wis
consin Telephone Co., makes the
statement in the Sentinel this morning,
that the company is only asserting it's
rights and is. on the defensive. Mr..
Mcleod considered that the telephone
company's rights consist of the com
plete ownership of the streets of the
city, the common council and other
constituted authorities being sort Of
vermiform appendix. If his position is
correct, the sooner the city knows it
the better. -Sheboygan Telegram.
By the time billiard room, bowl
ing alley and a chuck-a-luck lay out
have been added to the proposed city
council bar in Chicago, the aldermen
of that body will feel justified in in
dulging in council sessions every night
in the week. Racine News.
A Connecticut man has scheme
which he says will improve the pension
question. We don't care what the
scheme is; it can3help tbut improve a
pension plan which provides pension
for more " survivors" of the var than
there were soldiers. Madison Journal.
The treasury department has decid
ed to call in all Of the $1OO silver GER
tificates because of the discovery that
dangerous counterfeits are in circula-
ton. The ordinary newspaper man is
not running much risk of being" stuck"
bv having bills of such magnitude
concealed about his clothes.-Sheboy-
gan Telegram.
The unkind newspaper photographers
will please take notice that the new
coffin factory to be established here is
not for the exclusive use OF Green Bay.
It is for other towns in the state rs
well.-Green Bay Gazette.
The Green Bay Advocate thinks the
Democrats can win the state election
next tall on the NAL; administration of
the Republican party. The Advocate
seems to think that because there has
been no roster or any other scandal to
smirch the Republican administration,
the party has been derelict in duty
Oshkosh Commonwealth.
The difference between the Wilson
and the Dingley bills is simply this,
that while the former proved itself in
capable of raising money enough to run
the government, even while sapping
the life of it's industries the latter is
showing it's ability to square all the
nations bills and foster its Industries
besides. Menasha Breeze.
Without prejudice to any body con-
cerned in the charges against the
management of the state prison at
Waupun it may be said that prison
managed to meet the satisfaction of all
the convicts was not the purpose of the
state in establishing the institution.
Milwaukee Sentinel.