The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-29
COMMENT ON THINGS AMER CAN
ElectroeutiOB. Firefr~ Pa and Trade,
Frons the British View

fire and thf execution OF Mrs. Place fur
nish the Speaker with material for dis
sertadon on American temperament, in
which the paper warmly defends Governor
I Roosevelt 1t says:
THE execution excited an indig-
nant clamor; but. why anybody should
sympathize with the woman it is dificuit
| TO imagine. We do not hear any clamor
against the keepers of death traps. and
| the victims of the Windsor hotel do net
arouse that passion Of pity which was be-
| slowed upon the wild human beast justly
! punished for her crime. Men and woman
who rave because murderess has an
/ electric rwie attached to her bare leg
| cannot see that II is criminal to build a
| hotel which, when curtain ignit IS, burns
| like tissue paper. We should be glai If
| Governor Roosevelt and a few reSoI,ite
! hard-headed men Of the same type force
| the municipal administration of New York
10 close hotels which cannot stand a Zee
sonable test Of security. Then the -efcIm-
| ers might await the ruin of their political
careers with ecuanimity."
The French deputies are now agltated
over the question of raising their salaries
A proposal was introduced in the chamber
| yesterday to increase the senators and dep
uties from 5000 to 1900 francs. The So
| cialists who are poor warmly supported
| the measure. One deputy. NJ A,ia5ide
| Boyer frankly supported the proposal on
! the ground that it would place the denu-
ties out of the reach of corruption. which
| brought adverse rebuke on his head from
| the president Of the chamber II appears
| that the proposed increase was set on foot
| by the wives of struggling legislators, who
| looked forward with CONSERVATION to an
| UPWARD bound of prices during the exposi-
| ton OF 1900. While the debate was pro
ceeding. one of the deputies, NJ. Charles
Ferry. Republican. protested against the
proposed increase, pointing ont that nc
monarch ever raised his own civil list. and
another deputy, NJ. Lasiss. anti-Semits,
| rose to a height TO which his colleagues
were una bic to follow him. by ouixotIc
emotion to abolish salaries, on the ground
that the deputies ought not to he ashamed
of poverty at a time when so MANY people
have cause to blush for their wealth The
motion was Overwhelmingly rejected.
The representative of the Associated
Press has had an interview with Mon
Cardinal Vaughan who has just returned
from Rome and who had an audiences with
the pope a week ago. They conversed at
length on important topics, his holiness
displaying his usual acuteness and ami
mated and varied thought HonsiEnor
Brinde says the pontiTs eyes are NE
those Of a boy in brightness and that he
certainly is not suffering from any mental
deterioration. The pope sat down at mass
as usual and intends to take part IN the
celebration OF April II. A playful evasion
OF hi3 Doctors wishes is the occasion for
much amusement to the household and
adds to the view of the vatican and Of
Cardinal Rampolia. the papal secretary OF
state, and others surrounding. that Leo
XIII will live ten years longer. when
questioned further on the subject Of tie
pope's views. Monsignor Brindle said fis
holiness looks upon the domestic differ
ences In the church in America as a sign
Of immense nervous vitality, but IN no
way alarming. He regards the future OF
the church in America with hope IN It's
unity and as being tower OF strength ir
the councils of the universal church
Considerable opposition Ia developing
against the approaching opening Sunday
edition Of the Daily Telegraph and Daily
Mail. The government was questioned on
the subject in the house Of commons last
evening. a member asking whether II gas
intenled to exchange against such newspa-
pers OF cause the postofice torestrict their
advantages of transmission, so as TO Dis
courage the practice Of seven-6ay papers.
The government leader. A ]. Balfour. re-
piled that her najssty's government had
no intention OF interfering IN the matter.
he pointed cat that Sunday papers had
existed for long time past. The oppo-
nentz Of seven-day newspapers. however,
do not intend % 1t the matter drop. Col
onel Duncan Vernon Pierce. a veteran.
who organized the relief OF the WOUNDED
in Greece during the late Greco-Turkisa
war from the fund raised By the Daily
Chronicle. has announced his intention %
Introduce a bill % prevent sevea-day pe-
pers. On labor grounds. while other o7po-
nents a. such paDers ara agitatlng against
them OF the ground that s. wIll be a desc
cra.lon q me Sabbath % pm. them-
Tnls latter contention furnishes the no
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