Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-12-13

fer rt-rHl'e-n camo.;Bn a2pe1sos.
some Republican Congr"Ssmen arc
doing considerable squirming IN their
efforts to show their enjoyment OF the
Mckinley gag.
England now fully realizes that
carrying the war into Africa" was not
slcn an easy thing as might al hrst
have been supposed.
1t needs only prizeGght to bring
out the latest sayagery in human ma
ture. This is particularly true IN the
case of the man who bet on the wrong
tighter.
The first man to suggest General
Henderson for Speaker is now hesin-
ming to pour into Washington and
throw up entertainments in his cam
paign for something in return:
The T;n-plate Trust has closed up
one hundred and six Of two hundred
and eighty eight mills under its con-
trol, ana thus thrown thousands OF
woramen laso an enforced idleness.
Alfred Austin has at las. written an
Official poem on he war in South Afr'-
ca. 1t is limited that some one stole
it out Of lis wastebasket. If that i
true, the maa who stole it should k
promptly indicted.
The Republican party. with control
Of both Congress and the Executive. is
now in a position to redeem thep'adSes
it made IL behalf of currency Ieforo,
and will Justly be hsld responsible t it
stall fail to do its duty to the county.
Last year according to the fgaraa O
tho director of tAe mint, the United
States produced gold worth $64,443,-
OOU. Australa's yield was almost al
tie, SG4 8GO,8OO The South African
mines gsve a total of $79.213,9 53 ano
the entire world S20S, 537;753, TIE
increase Of 1897 was $48,G16,600.
The Presidents secretary, MIR. Por-
ter, is IN favor of flying the Presidents
flag from the White House instead Of
the Stars and Stripes, because the lat
ter fly from all the department build
ings, and Mr.. Porter thinks that the
Presidents colors should distinguish
the White House.
BY the death of Vice-President Ho--
bart the Republican party ia northern
New Jersey has lost a counselor who
was always called on to arrange and
settle all kinds Of political troubles, as
well as to make suggestions on local
political affairs. Upon more than one
occasion LIE poured oil On the troubled
waters.
In Ohio the Republican candidate
for Governor at the recent election,
who represented the gold standard and
was against the Free Silyerism OF
Bryan and Mclean; was in a minority
OF 900 in the total vote This is a
strong contrast with the result two |
years ago in the Buckeye state when
Mckinley, who represented the gold
standard, had a majority OF 1859
over all opposition.
Fighting On electoral yOtts in adj
vance of the national conventions
would be fantastic if signs Of the times
favored the Democratic party.-New
York Sun. The results Of the elections
this month show decreased Republican
pluralities in all recognized Republican
states, gains in all Democratic states
except ne, kentucky, with the Presi-
I'd nt's ate showing bare Replbli
ca ulalahty against big Republican
maiyril5 ilroa years ago. What doe,
.tus po.ot to-aepublican success?
e,s ant Mckinley is an early rise
i.s yora ia the N orning aud takes ID
U, AFTER luncheon, which he take,
aboat one o'clock, usually inviting some
of pis callers 10 share it with him. This
3og d the most interesting ieatlros
OF t-e Mckinley administration. Tb
P 81 emit is always delighted to have
'ome ne joia him, and the visitor
taxes "potluck," as there are no ageeiol
preparation made.