The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-30

publican policies. They have had quite
enough of that. Des
Now it Is announced that Lawton and
Macarthur will do the fighting in the
Philippines and Otis will devote himself
to the formation of civil governments in
the islands AS there will probably be
no civil governments to form under the
Mckinley style of doing business, Otis
might be put where he belongs, at the
head of an asylum fer INDECENT grand
mothers.
Really the Republican campaign in
that Republican landslide in that
state will save thousands Of American
lives in the island of Luzon. 1t is a
trife different to follow this remarkable
deduction, but. at any rate, 1t is a body
blow to Gen. Otis.
When congress has convened and for
mally declared war against any nation
then it will be time enough to urge the.
people to rally around the president and.
hold up his hands. Up to date con-.
gress has done nothing of the kind.
Philadelphia has entered the list for
the next Republican national convention.
The state of Pennsylvania, boss-ridden
by Matt Quay, would certainly seem the
most appropriate place in which to hold
a national Republican convention.
Dick Croker has threatened to with
5ro froy,1 Naur VorIy conia+xr tn, ~,
event he might go to Chicago, gain the
entree there and, possibly, crowd out
Bathhouse John and Hin1y Dink, with
their bottle green dress suits.
Teddy Roosevelt has at last arrived
at the stage in his political career where
it is difficult for him to open his mouth
without putting his foot in it. And with
those teeth, too. this is a trife danger
Gus.
Gems. White and Yule are In touch, "
says the Boston Journal. Now it be-
hooves Gems. White and Yule to get in
touch with the Beers and let the benevo-
lent work of extinction go merrily on.
A fellow named Chestnut has written
for one of the magazines a story en-
titled "a Bouquet" Now it would be
sad if Chestnut should turn out to be
a bouquet and the bouquet chestnut
Gen Otis stock company, under the
command of Gems. Lawton and MacAr-
thur, appears to be playing return en-
gagements in number of one-night
stand towns in IuZOn
According to recent reports our noble
executive does not intend to allow the
Philippine question to come before the
next congress. One more turn of the i'm
perialistic screw.
How do we know that there does not
exist an American-Eng1ish alliance?
News is quite as f>equentIy censored at
Washington as it was erstwhile in the
Philippines.
Mayor Kiefer has not exactly hauled
down the old flag, but he has made the
red. white and blue, in the shape OF
BARRIERS poles, take a back seat.
Judging from the elocutionary tones of
cur noble executive, all those people who
are opposed to the-un- American imperial
istic policy are 'outlanders.
Quite a number of people are taking
as lively an interest in the dismember-
ment of the Vanderbilt millions as though
they were vitality interested
When it comes to ultimatums Billy
Mason can give Dom Paul and Joe
| Chamberlain quite variety Of points.
| The resignation of Senator Billy Ma
| son would not necessarily secure him
an invitation to Three Oaks, Mich.
| Lo. the poor Indian, now his heart must
pine;
He cannot pose in st. Paul as sign.
RilIy Mason appears inclined to become