The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-11-22
LIVE POLITICAL NOTES.

I. LIVE POLITICAL NoTEs.
In view Of the emphatic voice OF
the people, the Democrats in Con-
gress viii hardly feel justified in op-
posing at the coming session, legisla-
tion for the proper increase Of our
regular army
Senator Mason has announced his
intention to push the project for pre-
|liminary legislation, at the coming
session of Congress, to enlarge the
Chicago drainage canal into ship
canal and extend it, 80 as to connect
the great lakes, the Mississippi and
st. Lawrence Rivers and the Gulf of
Mexico. This is big project, but
this is . big country and able to carry
it out.
Democrats who bet their good
money on the word of Boss Croker
would shed no tears if he would make
his coming visit to England perma-
nent one
There is no probability that Mr..
Bryan will have to break his pro-
mise not to 60 TO the Senate from
Nebraska. The state will have two
Republican Senator's.
Jerry Simpson says he's disgusted
with the Populists, bot didn't they
get. .disgusted with Jerry first?
That traitorous utterances are pun
ished by the public was shown by the
defeat of Senator Pettfgrew and
Representative Lentz.
Senator Hanna is excusable for
having said: eff find the man who
started the report that I was csndi-
date for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 1904, I will kill him.
1t is too absurd to be discussed"
Senator Hanna has done great work
for the Republican party, but it is
just that which makes his nomination
for the presidency an impossibility.
Hcre's General Joe Wheeler's ex-
planation OF the Mckinley landslide:
''There are two things the American
people reverence-frst, their God,
and second, their flag. A word
against either will bring down their
condemnation. There never was a
president defeated for election who
had. conducted a successful war.
Batavia, Ill, is entitled to a medal.
The town did not give the Democrat
ic ticket single vote.
Senator Wellington will not find
the remainder of his term q pleasant
experience, but it will doubtless be
his last appearance in public life as
MARYLAND is pretty well securely an
chorcd in Republican waters and Re-
publicans never forget renegades.
In calling attention to tho fact that
he is still young man did Mr.. Bryan
mean to serve notice on other would
be candidates of his party that he
would still be in the ring in lso43
Those who were sure that tho peo-
pie would never re-elect smother
President are keeping very quiet just
now.
|. Hon. Arthur P. German is no more
over the scheme to turn
the Democratic party over to the
Cleveland gang, by reorganization,
than he was over Bryan's chances
to win.
South Carolina has 100000 regis
tered white voters, but the total vote
Of the State in the presidential cleo
tion was not half that many. which
indicates that Mr.. Bryan's ssisms" are
not popular in that state.
A Spanish-American Congress is
in session in Madrid, but there are
no delegates from the u. s. The
idea, . Spanish one, is to try to
bring about q political and CONNER
cial union between Spain aud. the
Spanish-American republics, For
various reasons it is what the late
John j. Ingalls called IN iridecent
dream. IN the galaxy of na,ions
Spain Is 4lead one.n and nobody
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