Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
HEARD IN PASSING

Secretary Long has announced him. self in favor of the general extension of woman suffrage.
 The senate committee on relations with Cuba is giving an excellent ex- hibition of how not to obey the order of the senate for the investigation of Cuban finances.
 AS there is limit to the amount of money in the treasury, it is alreauy evident that some of the jobs waiting for a congressional appropriation will not get provided for this winter Hanna's o. K. was probably too free cash for the campaign.
 If it be true that General Kitchener is under orders to adopt the same methods in dealing with the Boers which made Butcher WeyIer's Cuban record enough to arouse the horror of the civilized world. England has added another to it's long list of crimes against humanity.
 When a candidate eXpends in the campaign and about the polls more than the salary of the office, it is q legitimate inference, either that he highly appreciates the honors of of ficial position or that he expects to re- coup his outlay by improper methods. Whichever or whatever the proper eX- planation, the effect of the custom of heavy expenditures is to bar the man of but modest financial condition from running for office Bridgeport Farmer.
 American machinery holds it's own against the rivalry of any country American inventors have equalled or surpassed the achievements of the greatest or artiticers of all ages. Neither the British nor the German en- pire can cope with, the genius of this republic in originality and ingenuity of mechanical devices for, securing the largest results at moderate outlay. The big. broad feet of millions of Eng lshmen are now covered with shoes made by machines devised by Ameri- can inventors. This nation not only feeds less prosperous countries with grain. meat. fruit. and other, things. but it supplies ideas for their intel lects. In addition it looks after the footgear. Therefore 1t has the bulge from top to Stoe.-New Haven Union.
 How is it that Aguinaldo and his bandits are still in opposition? We had supposed that the news of the choice of Mckinley would have result ed in an immediate cessation of hostil- ities. At least, it was so said before GleCliOll---NeW DIltdlu l16TIlu. It leaks out that the recent certii. cate of the usefulness of our field artil. | lery in China by General Chaffee, tc which wide publicity was given, was q part of the old game of doing uI Miles, in which the bureau officers of the war department have so long | been playing. The chief of ordnance General Burlington, who fails to agree with General Miles concerning a mum Der of ordnance questions, appears tt have thought out this new way o1 checkmating his superior officer. Gen eral Miles having suggested that tht | field gun now in use might be i'm proved on, Burlington induced Adju tant General Corbin to telegraph t Chaffee in China and obtain a lon; telegraphic, reply backing up the gul which the army ordnance officer originated. The correspondence prot ably cost the government $100. bu
 what's a little matter like S100 be
 tween bureau chiefs in the war de
 partment. when there is a chance t
 put a spoke in the wheel of tn
 lieutenantgeneral commanding (mor
 or less) the United States army?-
 Hartford Times.