Fair play., 1900-01-06
Wall Street thinks that il Las
good thing in Secretary Gage.

good thing in Secretary Gage.
The liou.s will he lucky If Il can
recognize lite gold standard bill when
the Senate gets through with IL.
How the British must feel at hear
ing that Alger claims that their
sroables vindica,e hia errorsi This is
worse than all their defeats.
The Republicans say that the D m.
ocrx,s have no issue for next yes,.
Wfnng! If they have nothing else,
Mark llama alone wonId be sutficieni
From the fact that the Bri,ish have
eri1ed our four ships destined fer
DeisgOa BAY, would aerm TO indicate
that they believe il might be eSsicr 10
siarve the Boers than TO whip them.
From recent experience, it would
seem to be in order to move the
Treasury Department Of the govern
MEN, OF New York City, and place it
Ia charge of the National City Bank.
How much better off has this pros
petty made the lnboring man with
his wages raised 10 per cent. aud the
prices of ever, thing he buys raised
thirty to forty per cent. by the trusts
Our great and good friend, the
; iltan Of SuIu, is said TO object 20
having his salary paid IN Mexican
dollars, while his sovereign, William
Mckinley, s,ipula,es for gold or its
equivalent.
Senator Cullom Of Illinois has
ma.ie himself solid with the bounty
Jumpers, deseriers ana pension Al
iorn-ys, ny his bill pardoning all de
seriers aud making them eligible TO
pensions.
A plank in the next Democratic
platform in opposiiion To the gov
ernment going into the banking busi-
ae.s, and the National banks taking
part in the business of governing the
country, should be Incorporated.
Commissioner Chamberlain OF the
Navigation Bureau hits the protec-
tive tariff hard blow when he ~, q
in his annual report that the extension
of our merchant marine il required
far the carr, ing of American gocds
abroad.
Great Britain ia likely &c meet with
sad di-appai"I,ent it she relies IN
having the United States "a an ally il
the worst cnmes TO the worst. The
Filipinos might give her adv,re as 10
che rick of banking ON William
NcKinle,.
lie is not a true patriot who swears
by his "cOuntry, right or wrOng,"l
hut rather he VIII" tries TO Keep his
c.,uniry's flag unsnlIied aud her honor
bright and who does his beat TO re-
strain her when he thinks that she is
E"i'g wrong.
Isn't il about time for the hi month
" announcement that the Philippine
war is almost at al end Alter a
year Of fighting, the 'ebei ii"e haa
been pressed back fifteen miles from
Manila. This proves that the war is
approaching it's end
How does the number of factory
operatives, whose wages have been
raised by "pr"sperit, >" compare
with the number who have been die.
charged altogether Ivy the closing
auwa by the trua,s Of factories
wherein they worked?
II Hanna il not careful he snay And
that McKiniey's personal popularity,
on which he has been trading, may
fail before the next election. lmper.
iaIism, even in par'y politics. has be-
fire now been resented by the MEN,
bore of ihe dominant party.
Mckinley evidently regards I'll"
IS and.rd OIL crowd" es =. pretty
R""d friend 70 have, when a difficult
and expensive campaign is coming "n.
indging from the way his S crrtHr.
of the Treasury Ia fav"ring the Ma
tional City Bank in the matter Of de-
pusiting the internal revenue re-