Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-25
POINTED COnnENT.


Shall it be Mckinley and Bliss VS.
Bryan and Hogg?
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And still new cotton mills continue
to start work in South Carolina, and
still the expansion feeling in that State
continues to grow proportionately.
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Mr.. Addicks, of Delaware, would
like to know what business it is of any
body's whether Senator Clarke, of
Montana, bought his office or not.
This subject is a tender one to Mr..
Addicks.
1t really looks as though the Demo
Gratis might have to resort to chloro-
form in order to secure some one for
the Vice Presidential nomination this
fall. Hypnotism has failed completely.
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The attack of Governor Tanner, of
Illinois, on Senator Cullom, of that
state, is said to have made certain the
latter's reelection. 1t is hoped that it
and an unusually able and intelligent
man.
Attorney General Griggs has notified
the world that Spain's obligations to
private companies in the Philippines
were paid off once for all by the $780,
1000. If they want any satisfaction
they must 60 to Spain for it.
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Mr.. Harrison, of Chicago, has de-
He evidently thinks that the signs are
against Democratic success this year
and fears that he may be carried down
in Mr.. Bryan's ruin.
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The primacy in the House, so long
possessed by Maine, has drifted over to
Iowa. Besides the Speaker, the names
of Hepburn, Cousins, Lacey, Hull and
Dolliver are almost as well-known
throughout the country as were Reed,
Boute(e and Dingley.
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1t IS an outrage on public decency
that such murders as occurred in Ken.
lucky recently should be permitted to
take place. 1t disgraces the country
both at home and abroad and steps
should be taken to prevent the constant
recurrence of such affairs.
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If Secretary Gage is really to be
turned out, the President out to be
informed. Why doesn't Mr.. Pulitzer
send marked copy of his paper to the
White House, with an explanation that
it is really an important journal OF
civilization.
According to all reports, Mr.. Bryan
is dissatisfied with the gubernatorial
situation in Kentucky and has called a
halt in the revolutionary tactics of Mr..
Goebel The trouble with Mr.. Bryan
is that everybody knows that he does
everything only as matter political
eEpediency. He is not moved by
sympathy with the insulted laws but
only by fears that he will lose the state
this fall.
There are some differences of opinion
IN regard to the form of the shipping
bill now pending in Congress- In its
present shape it gives subsidies for
speed and capacity and as such it
would inure principally to the benefit
,o& The great Atlantic passenger lines,
already rich and prosperous. Another
form proposed, however, is to give
premiums for the number of tons of
freight carried. This would produce
slower ships but it would enormously
increase our foreign trade and our
merchant marine.
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The letters sent by Secretary Gage
to Congress show plainly that the ad-
ministration does not shrink from let.
ting the country know all the facts in
any case. A less verile man than the
Secretary would have concealed some
of the letters on the ground that they
were confidential and thus avoided
placing weapons in the hands of un-
scrupulous foes. Not that there is the
slightest reason to suppose that the
Secretary was influenced in the least
by these letters. Anyone can write to
anyone.