Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-06-25

Senator Beveridge is a young man Of
80 many accomplishment that the Re-
publicans can use one Of his speeches
for campaign purposes while the Demo-
Gratis circulate the other.-Chicago
Record.
"Our flag" says President Mckinley
In an address last August, docs not
mean one thing here and another thing
in Cuba or Porto Rico" Have we
changed our flag since then?-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The law says, Thou shalt not steal
horse,' and the punishment Is con-
finement In the penitentiary. The law
says. Thou shalt not form a trust"
and the punishment is confinement in
the penitentlary. But II a man steals
horse they hound him with blood
hounds; II he organizes trust. they
give him banquet.-W. ]. Bryan.
A literally attended entertainment
In West Virginia the other day was a
fight between a wildcat and bulldog
The animals were confined in a wire
So6O ~ hCCe oQuuiO. ftL thC Ohu VI oV
minutes the dog was dead. but the cat
was uninjured. II Is pleasant to know
that cock fighting has been stopped in
the Philippines in the interests Of CIV
ilization.-Boston Transcript.
When American free traders sought
a peaceful alliance with England
through the channels of civilizing
trade. nothing was more obnoxious to
the tribe Of Mckinley than the Brit
ish flag; but now that an alliance for
wars of conquest Is on the diplomatic
stocks the British flag has become
with the tribe Of Mckinley almost as
dear fetch as "Old Glory."-The
Public.
Why do we redeem our pledge to
extend equal rights to Hawaii and not
to Porto Rico? Why do we open our
arms to the islands of the Pacific and
turn our backs on the Islands of the
Atlantic? Why do the Republicans In
congress thus stultify the nation? A
bare handful of lobbyists, representing
the sugar and tobacco interests, and
these interests alone, have demanded
this sacrifice of the nations welfare
and the Republican party's future
1nter-Ocean. Chicago.
A young man out Of work has writ
ten the superintendent of Bellevue hos
pital, New York. saying he has been
reduced to want by enforced idleness
and having pawned all he has. even to
his wife's wedding ring. he would sell
his blood to some patient in need of 1t.
The superintendent wrote that there
were no patients with empty veins that
would patronize him. There are, evil
IDENTIFY. some spots where the overflow
OF our supposed prosperity has not
reached.-People's Advocate.
The drug people want the revenue
stamp duty taken off their products.
The bankers are moving to have It
taken off Of checks. the lawyers think
It ought to be taken off legal documents
and the insurance people off of policies.
The only classes who don't seem to
care continental about It are the tel
egraph and express companies. and
they hustled around and bought up the
federal courts and saddled their share
OF the war tax on their patrons. so
they can afford to be Indifferent about
it.-Bradford Argus.
In regard to drunkenness In the Phil
| ippines. 1t is unfortunate for Bishop
Potter. OF New York, that Just as we
get his assurance that he saw no
drunken men In Manila In his brief
visit there the court martial sentences
on major and two lieutenants to dis
missal from the army for appearing
drunk In the streets of Manila should
have been made public. II officers are
drunk In public, what can be expected
OF the men. especially when the bars
are let down. and there are 450 saloons
In Manila now to 30 when the Span
iards held sway?-Norristown Register.
From the time when George Dewey
shot the Spanish tubs in Manila bay
full Of holes up to the day when mil
lions OF people cheered his passage up
the streets of New York he could have
had anything In America for the ask
ing. He didn't want a thing, not even
the presidency. He refused everything
except house and the Widow Hazen.
Having acquired her. he has decided to
accept the presidency. You may bet
Mrs. Mckinley has informed her sweet
| William that that woman is Just
scheming. tricky old thing, and that
it's pity about George. And so 1t Is.
| -Venango Spectator
| Now, man to man, what are we plain
people to think of such a man, who
does not seem to know his own mind
for two consecutive hours, and who
asks Mr.. Sperry to vote in opposition
to his message to congress? In the last
quarter of century there has not been
an occupant Of the presidential chair.
from Rutherford B. Hayes, who ve-
toed free silver bill passed by Re-
publican congress. to Grover Cleve-
land. who forced the repeal OF the
Sherman purchasing clause. who ever
displayed such uncertainty In leader
ship. such absolute subserviency to the
will of others.-New Haven Register.
Those arguments that are made,
that tho inferior race are to be treated
with as much allowance as they are
capable of enjoying: that as much Is