The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-03-18
CURRENT COMMENf.

Admiral MonteIo is probably eon-
WINGED, by his incarceration in Madrid
prison If not by the havoc OF Dewey's
guns, that nothing fails like failure
Spokane bathurst.
The secretary OF the interior has pro-
mnlgated regulations for carrying into
effect the act providing for the settle
ment OF controversies betNe cen the North
ern Pacific and settlers within its grant.
He holds that the act applies not only
where the act has been adjudicated but
to land in which the company claims
title.-Tacoma News.
A Vienna professor OF economic scienre
declares that American exports threaten
the commercial life Of Europe. II our
products and manufactures are better
and cheaper than can be obtained in
Europe the Austrians will ne apt 10 order
them II they get . chance. In some
lines OF production the Americans are
unrivaled.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
From q matrimonial point OF view,
Idaho is the hest state in the uuion, for
1t is estimated that there are II, 564 bach
elors in that state, and onlv l,426 Made,
each unmarried women, therefore, hGs
ten or eleven bachelors available as
husband, and to make the ratio still
more uneven, several Of our Whitman
county young bachelors are casting long
ing eyes over in that direction Pull
man Herald.
/ The only success that England has
ever scored in the government OF colo
mics is where che has turned over the
government to the people who lived in
the colonies, as for instance in Canada,
New Zealand and Australia. Let rs fol
low that example, not the example she
has set in the government Of India where
800 years Of that kind OF colonial policy
has only wrought famine, death and
universal poverty to all except the Office
Observation-Disclosures Independent.
Ex-Governor Merriam, director gener.
al OF the census Of 1900, shows great
moral courage in bis announcement that
appointments in his bureau are 10 be
free from partisan influence. He ex-
hibits that spirit OF Americanism which
is TO be expected Of man Of his stand
ing in his own state and In the nation at
large 1t is long step toward 6rmer
establishment oftbe merit system which
must obtain II this country 10 TO xpa nd
in greatness 80 it has in territory
Spokesman Review.
Political affairs in Cuba are chaotic.
Indeed it is difficult to see how they pos-
siblv could be otherwise. The Cubans
Themselves are beginning 10 chafe and
throughout the island there 10 much IN.
rest. Capital 10 particularly timid and
business men realize that money in large
sums cannot be invested there until the
form Of government 10 settled. Congress
pledged that the United States shall
leave the island upon the establish ment
OF staple government. As far - known
thsTe 10 no intention Of violating this
pledge. Bpt one does not have iar 10 70
to see that stable government 1iII
never be secured in Cuba until il Is an
nexed to the United States. This may
: not come at once, but it will come with
the years, Cuba can never alone be :
power. 1t Wonld be bnrdensome for II
10 maintain an independent apng, nav
and police fierce. 1t could have ahsoluts
home rule under the sheltering wing o.
} the United ststss. The ITuest friend q
r Cuba 10 not be who shouts for absOloGl
independence, even with the cost Of val
= with this country; the truest friend 10 h
who realizes that her governmental in.
, terests and those Of the United States
lare one.-spokaps Chronicle.