The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-07-21

neeesssry 10 make use 81 6enerAl Bal
isE's language in beginaing oos ol his
Dispatches Little Bots" seems 70 have
ioand il impossible N avoid saying, II
FeErsG TO say.7-ChieagO Inter Ocean
The troops ol the foFeea sa Tea Tsin
are hamP~red BY the absence Of any alb
sOlute e-ntrAl Authority, They 60 oper-
ate By eS0riesy. no one having any
authority TO order any command bot his
OuH 10 do anything Ii 10 an awkward
situstiOa and 10 likely TO cost the lives
Of great many Of the troops Of the
international eolumn.-Ssatssman.
No~ ladies. as you have gotten on to
the swing OF walking up to the polls
and exercising yo0r rights il this great,
Curious and progressive state, zee that
every mothers daughter Of you il reg
istsred and on hand With your ballot
when the proper lime arrives. Il is yoo
that We depend upon 10 keep corruption
ont Of polities.-DelAmaY Nugxet.
The British var oHSee has lately re-
ported that the total loss Of lie armies in
the Roer var number $3.50. This in
elsdes those killed in aetiOn, died OF
wounds, missing and prisoners, died Of
disease and invaded home. Truly John
Boil Is paying that price which, - Oorc
Paul sAid, would "startle the world"
Tor the pleasure Of crushing the South
African repnbliea-IdAho Leader.
Whatever . man NAV think Of the
soundness OF the policy OF the public
ownership OF public utilities, il he il Of
sound mind be certainly does not sane.
ton the private ownership Of public
OfneiAls- The Ownership Of Mckinley
passed With the $4,000 mortgage into
private hands, and has remained there
ever since. Notwithstanding the TACT that
ne was elected to his present Official
PoeIIion--SebFaska Independent.
1t has been sAid that any nation which
collects an indemnity from Turkey
ought to receive additional compensation
for the time lost and the etrain on the
nervous system. The delay in paying
for Losses inflicted upon our people in
the Armenian massacres lie entirely in
keeping with Turkish traditions. The
approved theory in the sultan's domains
seems to De that "be pays twice who
pays promptly -"-Blaekioot News
The Beers left everything in excellent
order when they evacuated Pretoria, and
the reason for it 10 now apparent 20 some
Of the London newspapers. They did
not calculate to be away very long and
are even now exhibiting symptoms Of
bOmesiekness and desire TO return.
The way they are displaying their feel
ings in the matter 10 not doing much
to remove the general gloom overspread
ing the Britinx capitaL-ChiesRo Inter.
Ocean.
The StateFman is bemoaninR the fact
that W. J. Bryan has accumulated some
money through lecturing. The Boise
organ seems 10 think il is = crime for a
democrat to get pay for honest labor,
but forgets. evidently. the fact that the
republican campaign committee started
out and subsidized . large number Of
papers Of the country in 1898, and the
further fact that it will endeavor To re-
peat the dose again this year.-weiser
Signal.
Spokane has one church where the Ia
dies take oftheir hats. There are about
forty more here they should adopt the |
same custom. II it 10 right and needful
to take down the feathers and flowers AZ
the Auditorium where the seats rice tier
above tier, should they not lie removed /
IN the churches where, as rule, the seats /
are all on one level? And if it is i'm
portant when people 60 to a theatre that
they should zee the actors, do not church.
goers believe it 10 u far more importance
that they should lie able TO fix their eyes
On the preacher dunng the sermon
Spokane Chronicle.
There is cumulative peril in fighting
the Chinese. Every time they 20 to
var with civilization, they become
harder fighters and are supplied with
better arms and equipment. Twenty
fears ago, IN American or European
lrmy Of ZOO men might have marched
rom one end Of China 10 the other. It
8 different now. The Chinese learned /
much in their war with Japan. They
sill learn more in the present war with
he allies. They may yet learn the IN.
ire trick Of modern warfare. Then,
nth their enormous mum bers and their
'roved courage, there will be troubIe.-s i
'pokesman-Esview. I
Japan is In q position to act promptly
n China, and II ought t. be allowed TO
10 % under guarantee that the Chinese
eTritory which would be occupied would
'ot be held. Before the European ma
ions and the United States car get
nough troops on Chinese soil 70 do Fl /
ective work many lives Of foreigners
nay be sacrificed. Japan, II the other |
overs permit it 70 act. can cavtors
'eking long before the rest u the nations
ouid accomplish that object. ADsriea
, in favor Of giving good deal Of la,i.
ide 10 Japan IN this matter on the
ledge, which japan IL said 10 have
iVeD, that the captured territory would
evacuated alter order was restored.