Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-21
HEARD IN PASSING

The Carnegie armor trust gets a contract aggregating S17,0U0, ,0Uo, and the Midvale Steel colii.,.ny, which un- Gerbid the trust, in the first place, gets left. That is the sum and substance of Secretary Longs dickering with the steel trust for a price on armor. for our new warships.
 Paris is to turn out en masse to wei come loom Paul. Kruger. and it is predicted that he will be given q re ception unprecedented since the days of Napoleon. l. is not that the French love liberty more. but England less. Will Great Britain regard the eXhilar- ation of the Parisians as due cause for war?-New Haven Uniop.
 A statement was this week officially given out denying that this government was iii any way hampering the nego- tiations with China. as charged by American cofrespondents of London papers.5 and asserting that Minister ity to act in Itheif discretion upon. all matsIF of detaiI connected with. the negotiations
 THe Chinese qllestfon is a scrappy one. There seems to be no doubt that
 
 business. Chancello1"-No Bueiow de clared yesterday in the reichstag that Germany is ready to fight in Europe. He asserted that by sending troops to China. Germany has in no way inn paired her readiness to do battle in Flu rope. We are on our guard" he said. Bridgeport Post.
 There is not now any concealment of the administration plan of govern ing new possessions as colonies. al ways provided the supreme court does not decide that the constitution follows l the flag Should the decision be that | the new possessions are part of the | United States, the Philippines may, ac- | cording to Chairman Ray of the house | judiciary committee. be abandoned, Q policy declared impossible during the | late campaign. Bridgeport Farmer. The United States supreme court be | trays evidence of a weakness for cig- aretteS in it's recent decision. and of | tobacco one of the justices goes on rec l ord as saying that mo other vegeta- | ble has contributed so much to the | comfort of human kind as tobacco. 1 Cigarette smoking is prohibited in the | office of the clerk of the court, but the traffic in cigarettes is pronounced le- gftimate and the law of Tennessee which prohibits the sale of cigarettes | is not constitutional.-Hart Post.
 Is it not preposterous to announce as the imperial authorities at Wash 1 ingtOn do to-day. that the sum ot S1. .5OO, 600 of Filipino money is to be appropriated for the maintenance of schools in the Philippines? We are told that Mir Atkinson, the Springfield 1 man who went out to Superintenu the Filipino schools has submitted "a bill' of that import to General Mac Arthur who will pass it over to Nh NrcKinley's commissioners. who will "enact' it. Meantime. as General Macarthur tells us. the people of the Philippines are unit in maintalning their hostility to United States rule What earthly chance is there to estah fish a school system under Yankee di rection in the Philippines while pres ent conditions continue?-HartforC | Times.
 There was every reason to eXpec the renomination of MT Bryan this | year. When it is considered what It stood for four years ago, and the Ire mendOus opposition offered him then the vote he secured entitled him to an other trial When it is now consid cred how in spite of four years Of un pracedentpd campaigning which mad it impossible for even the dPnsest sou to escape the knowledge of what NJ
 Bryan is the representative. he wa defeated worse than any candidate fo the presidency was ever defeated. i is sheer folly to expect a great part to try him a third time Men are no made that way. Mir Bryan had hi chances and he made thorough use o
 them. They will now turn to anothe
 in the hone ard confidence that victor, will result He must be man. how ever. who can reclaim the masses
 whose opposition removed Mir Bryal
 from serious political life.-New Havel
 Register.