Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
Bunch of Cosby Topics Brightly
Treated.
TROUBLES OF THE TITLED MAYORS
Findings Of the Hospital Investiga-
ton ValueIess.
THE HERO DINING SEASON
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


becoming more and more intelligent.
You no longer see in the English news
papers statements and opinions betraytng
ths writer's ignorance of things American.
To be sure. there are occasional lapses and
and statements that may take a wrong view
of the political or economical situation but
nothing very glaring. One reason for this
improvement is that many Americans now
write for English papers, and another is
that American subjects far more stud
led by English writer's nowadays than be-
fore Professor Bryce wrote his famous
book. The American Commonwealth"
This years campaign has not been so,in-
teresting to English people as that of 1896,
because then the personalities of the cand-
dates were to this side and there was
strong fear that the silver issue might win.
The campaign was. too, far more lively
than the present one. The apathy at home
was reflected here, and the papers through
QUE the country printed little about the
coming election for the American Presi
dent As the campaign drew to a close in
tereSt revived, and recently columns have
been cabed over and written here on the
subject Indeed, the Canadian elections
have been quite Overshadowed. and many
papers hardly know that general elections
are pending in Canada and that the politi-
cal fate Of E.usland's most important col
Of years There is nothing surprising in
this. however. for the English press sys-
trmaticaIIy Ignores colonial affairs.
Today the LoEion press blossoms out in
Cn.UmUS of cabl"d matter and We know per
hans better what happened yesterday in the
United States than You do, because our
new i filtered and our columns contain
the c1Uct uirated essence of the voting re-
turns up 10 date. accounts of rows, So
sl.!ed riots etc. etc Many papers got out
sec nd and late editions after , this morn
ius with the latest results obtainabie at
tn hour of going II press The cables have
been worked extensively. and III most cases
,cill arrangements were made to get
good accounts and sharp bulletins of re-
suits ! cannot recall similar preparations
before for a presidential election in this
country. We are told infinitely how Mr.
bryan went to the polls and was obliged to
swear in his vote owing to his omission to
register We are also told how the by
ISLANDERS uncovered their heads while the
democratic candidate voted for himself
We also know how the President voted
and how many negroes were killed in Den
Although this increased interest is shown
in lhe results Of the election. there has been
10 stir. There have been occasions in tins
country when feeling has been greatly
stirred. and the result of the polls avail, ed
with keen anxiety. This time, however,
NEST people have taken Mr.. McI<inley'S
reelection for granted. and they have GER
taiuly desired that he should be. If there
had been 4 real probability that Mr. Bryan
and free silver would have gained the as
tendency matters would doubtless have
been different.
Times hav,. changed since Mr.. Mckinley
was regarded an enemy of this country
owing to his tariff ideas, and he has proved
wiser and more enlightened President
than the English generally expected.
The official world is heartily glad that the
election is over. as IT is believed that the
Washington government will be able to act
more freely in China.
Works for Glory.
Attention is being drawn 10 the fact that
n the post of lord privy seal which Lord
Salisbury has assumed with the premier
ship carries with it neither salary nor Of
fetal quarters. The latter difficulty is east
~ got over. Room. il seems. Is to be found
tor Lord Salisbury and his secretaries at
thu foreign uttiCc-a fact which seems TO
confirm tn. impression that the premiers
Influence will continue 10 be very largely
felt at the foreign office. There is some
fpIlbt. however. on the subject of Lord
Salishury'S salary. The premiership. of
course. carries nothing with it at all. Lord
cross. who was lord privy seal in the last
administration. received L..bW a year from
grateful country. but that was by way of
persion. not salary Modern legislation has
deprived the office Of all but the most
uinal duties, and though the holder Is
fifth great officer in the state. salary
has Of late attached To it.
Lord Salisbury would doubt willingly
dis pens" with any remunC ration for his pub
Ii service. but the precedent is not one that
g, ntncnds itself. and it is thought not i'm
probable that when the estimates are pre-
-euted they will include item for the
salary Of the lord priVy seal.
New Occupation for Peers.
The number OF dukes and peers who have
been invited TO act as mayors of provincial
towns has increased of late years, ard now
he movement has extended to London,
where likely to have three live
dukes and an earl to act as district mayors.
London, as many Americans know, Is still
politically divided into nearly many dis
trictS as the number of original towns that
Z" II max" it up. Westminster. though
a part of London, is a city by itself. and
.arge one. 100. 1t embraces four square
miles ard has a ratabe value of over So.
r"o.C'H. which is about s4t.pO0e more than
the famous city of London grouped
around the Bank of England. The new d.
vision of London gives tWenty-seven bor-
uughS. and each borough has Its council,
the president of which is local mayor The
Duke Of Bedford has been asked to become
mayor of Holborn; the Duke of Westmin-
strr Of Paddington: the Duke of Norfolk,
Of Westminster. and Earl Cadogan, of Chel-
These have consented the Duke OF
Norfolk promising devote small por-
ti"u OF his time TO his duties mayor
An attempt to foist a peer on the East
End resulted in the strangest kind of OBJ
lection on the part Of Wh!techapel. which
wants a business man and not figurehead
10 be mayor.
The titled mayors have to pay for the
honor sometimes. not altogether to their
taste. and the world and his wife expect to
b. invited TO the numerous receptions and
functions Of all kinds that the lordlv mayor
IS III duty bound to give
An Entertaining Witness.
The South African hospital commission
closed is public sittings yesterday amid
splitter of fireworks. After an absence or
some months the commission has returned
home from South Africa prepared in ac-
cordance with the presidents PROMISE 20
hear further evidence, If any were forth
coming. The only witness of weight who
presented herself was Mrs. Richard Cham
berlain, who had some experience OF the
hospitals in South Africa. and incidentally
gave the authorities and doctors generally
rather lively time.
Mrs. Chamberlain is the widow of Mr.
Richard Chamberlain. brother to the colon
tal secretary. She is the daughter of ST,
John kinloch. Her indOmitable spirit IL
shown by the fact that it required a special
order from Lord Roberts To exclude her
from the hospital at Wynberg after she had
disregarded request to cease her visits
in answer to complaints of her disregard of
iTa1 rapII Ia no VIZ