The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-21
PUBLIC OPINION.

PUBLIC OPINION.
Opinions From Various Sources on
Questions of Public Interest.
II William Mckinley would resign
he presidency at once and accept that
college professorship, which 1t is said
IS awaiting him. 1t would probably be
veil for the country Atlanta Journal
Senator Beveridge is a young man OF
70 many accomplishments that the Re-
publicans can use one of his speeches
'or campaign purposes while the Demo-
rats circulate the other.-Chicago
Record.
"Our flag" says President Mckinley
n an address last August, docs not
mean one thing here and another thing
n Cuba or Porto Rico" Have we
hanged our flag since then?-Louis-
lille Courier-Journal.
The law says. Thou shalt not steal
horse" aud the punishment is con-
fnement in the penitentiary. The law
md the punishment is confinement in
he penitentiary. But If a man steals
horse they hound him with blood
hounds; IL he organizes trust, they
give him banquet.-W. J. Bryan.
A literally attended entertainment
n West Virginia the other day was
light between a wildcat and bulldog
rhe animals were confined in a wirs
age Is feet square. At the end of 30
nMutes the dog was dead. but the cat
vas uninjured. 1t is pleasant to know
hat cock fighting has been stopped in
he Philippines in the interests Of civ
nzation Transcript.
When American free traders sought
peaceful alliance with England
through the channels of civilizing
rade, nothing was more obnoxious to
he tribe of Mckinley than the Brit
sh flag; but now that an alliance for
vars of conquest is on the diplomatic
'tocks the British flag has become
With the tribe of Mckinley almost as
lear a fetch as "Old Glory. The
Public
Why do we redeem our pledge to
Xtend equal rights to Hawaii and not
o Porto Rico? Why do we open our
rms to the islands of the Pacific and
urn our backs on the islands of the
ltlantic? Why do the Republicans in
congress thus stultify the nation? A
)are handful of lobbyists, representing
he sugar and tobacco interests, and
hese interests alone, have demanded
his sacrifice of the nations welfare
md the Republican partys future
,nter-Ocean, Chicago.
A young man out of work has writ
en- the superintendent of Bellevue hos
oital, New York. saying he has been
'educed to want by enforced idleness
md having pawned all he has. even to
his wifes wedding ring, he would sell
his blood to some patient in need of it,
rhe superintendent wrote that there
we're no patients with empty veins that
would patronize him. There are, evil
fently, some spots where the overflow
" our supposed prosperity has not
ieached.-People's Advocate.
In regard to drunkenness in the Phil
ppines, it is unfortunate for Bishop
'otter, of New York, that just as we
,et his assurance that he saw no
lrunken men in Manila in his brief
rfsit there the court martial sentences
IN major and two lieutenants to dis
nissal from the army for appearing
Trunk in the streets of Manila should
ave been made public If officers are
Trunk in public, what can be expected
q r. .,1I -,
re let down, and there are 450 saloons
n Manila now to 80 when the Span
ards held sway y?-Norristown Register.
From the time when George Dewey
hot the Spanish tubs in Manila bay
'ull of holes up to the day when mil
ions of people cheered his passage up
he streets of New York he could have
lad anything in America for the ask
ng. He didn't want a thing, not even
he presidency. He refused everything
Except house and the Widow Hazen.
Having acquired her, he has decided TO
tccept the presidency. You may bet
Mrs Mckinley has informed her sweet
William that that woman is just a
,cheming, tricky old thing, and that
t's pity about George. And so it is.
-Venango Spectator.
Now, man to man, what are we plain
,eople to think of such a man, who
loes not seem to know his own mind
or two consecutive hours. and who
SKIS Mr.. Sperry to vote in opposition
his message to congress? In the last
quarter Of a century there has not been
n occupant of the presidential chair,
rom Rutherford B. Hayes, who We
oed a free silver bill passed by Re-
publican congress, to Grover Cleve-
and, who forced the repeal of the
sherman purchasing clause, who ever
.isplayed such uncertainty in leader
hip, such absolute subserviency to the
viii OF others.-New Haven Register.
Those arguments that are made,
hat the inferior race are to be treated
With as much allowance as they are
apable of enjoying; that as much is
be done for them as their condition
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