Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-01-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.


1900, but he is vigorously pushing il.
Our flag has bean formally raised
over Cuba, but it will be hauled down
IS soon IS Cuba has q stable govern
ment. -
"lt has been the boast OF our nation
that light makes might. Shall we
abandon the motto of the republic and
go book century 10 The monarchial
motto. which asserts that might makes
rightv-Col. Bryan.
Our nation has mission, but IL 10
to liberats those who are in bondage,
not to place shackles upon those who
are struggling to be frse."-Colonel
Bryan,
It seems that Br'er WanamAksr's
last political investment was in the
:'als0 ran class.
John Sherman il a millionaire. but
IS he no longer has IN Office or an
prospee ct Of getting one he is miserable
Political tickets and platforms srs
just az liable TO suffer from too much
previousness a. anything else.
T. Thomas Foriars. the negro agi-
tatoy, should be regarded as q misfor-
tune by the rest Of his race.
Other things in the conduct Of the
war were rotten but there arc thous-
ands who can swear that much Of the
beef issued to our soldiers was rotten.
The pull Of the beef on Secretary !
Alger, not to mention bis desire to
humiliats Gen. Miles. will be sufficient {
to protect it from official condemnation /
as long as Alger remains at the head
Of the War Department.
We trust that Col. DENLY Was right
when he said that the report Of the
War Investigating Committee would
not be whitewash Of anybody. |
"Joe." Blackburn says he surprised
Mr.. Mckinley by telling him that be
could not he reelected.
The Illinois Legislature, which is
Republicans going TO give the county
a revi'alof the old game Of gerrymaA, 1
dering Congressional districts. r-, |,
1nasmuch as Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis I
led the ticket by 5000, it 10 o waste Of !;
time, as well as very unjust. to charge
him with responsibility for fusion de- g
teat in Washington. H.
Gen. Miles seems to have succeeded o
n stirring up both the War Depart o.
nent aud the "smbalmed beef contrse- o.
orr, if he hasn't done anything else. 81
Judging by what has been done we Oh
hould say that Dewey is capable Of tr
ealing with any Philippine conditions nj
ithout the advice of any Of our
Professional statesmen. He may be ss
10 first sailor-statesman we have had, Sp
ut he has proven himself just thai.
til,
There are also wicked beef contrsc- -,
RS in England. Each year Queen ~
Gloria las beef distributed among ~
9 poor Of Windsor. This year tho ~.
strbution committee condemned
my quarters and compelled ths con- rh,
ctors to replace them with good Il,
at,
The law and common sense do not ~"
rays gee. II they did, the Penn. ss
vania undertaken who was awarded a
nagss against a township for in nVe
es his hesrse reserved by reason Of Terri
rolling down an unprotected en- pres
kment, while he was flirting with q ner
on the other side Of the road, in ''rri
d Of looking after his horses. tam
.ldn't have received a cent pr
or di
I Congress needs a temptati.n to proc
'avagance, it. would be furnished right
he present pietboric condition OF mere
U. s. Treasury. Owing TO heavy resp,
ipts from the sale Of the Pacific plical
road, the issue Of bonds and the Ar
nal revenue was taxes, the GOV tsrrit
rent starts the year with cash ON quial
amounting to 29O,OOO,OOO, which be 80
,eh more money than should 10 rsligi
ID up in government vaults at any AIT
anne. in tn,