The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-27
POLITICAL COMMENT.

While Historian Maclay would be alto
gether useless as witness before the
schley Board of Enquiry as to the facts
or the Santiago campaign. yet he might
give some useful information If he can
.eii the truth as to who gave him the
stun ne put in his alleged history
| Chattanooga Times.
Why all this fuss about the alleged fact
| that Admiral Howison is a Sampsonian?
| 1T doesn't matter what the verdict of the
| Court of Enquiry may be. We all know
that 1t was Schley that destroyed Ger
| vera fleet and that exploit amply atones
Tor whatever he may have done previous
| iy-Chcasc Journal.
The announcement that only II GOO fight
| Ing Beers are left leads to the belief
| that Great Britain will not need more
| than few hundred thousand more men
| to put the finishing touches to the tedious
/ process of ending the war.-Milwaukee
| Sentinel.
! If Secretary Long really did read the
proofs of the Maclay history, it will have
to be admitted that he is one of the
poorest proofreaders that ever toyed
with proof slip.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maclay continues to insist that Secre-
tary Long read all the proof sheets of
his alleged history. and Secretary Long
continues to deny the statement Per-
haps Historian Maclay now wishes he
hadn't blown into the muzzle of the gun.
Cincinnati Commercial
Comparative peace broods over the
State of South Carolina. Tillman and Nc
Laurin have failed to call each other
names for a week.-Savannah News.
Clerk Hackett is having good deal of
fun during the absence of Secretary
Long.-Atlanta Constitution
France Is looking its fercest toward
Turkey, but it is not likeIy that Europe
is ready for its general war.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A Massachusetts, clergyman suggests
that an attempt be made to cure drinking
by depriving the drunkard of his vote.
This may be well enough so far as it
goes, but how about the ballOt-bOX get
ting Illegally full ?-Philadelphia Times.
1t has been suggested that the real
basis of opposition to free trade with the
Philippines on the part of gang politi-
clans is the fear that it would cheaper
the cost of hemp.-Philadelphi Record.
Turkish barbarities in Armenia do not
get so much attention as they did before
the Philippine Instruction and the
Boer war.-New York World.
Uncle Sans Navy is surely not on a
peace footing.-Mexican Herald.
Representative Littlefield evidently does
not expect to do much practicing before
the United states supreme Court in the
next few years.-Chicago News.
Germany has overplayed her hand and
is combining herself in a tariff war
n gainst everything in sight--Detroit Free
Press.
Gen Fred Grant is authority for the
statement that the Filipino is full of fun
and knows how to take joke. The ex-
quisite humor of what is called civil gov
eminent at Manila will not be lost on him.
then.-Chicago Chronicle.
Has it never occurred to the Antitrust
League which is making such a hard
fight on Attorney General Knox because
OF his indifference toward prosecutions of
the violators of the antitrust law. that
he put in the Cabinet to exercise
that indifference? What did these VIOLA
tors of Uncle Sans law contribute their
money to Mark Hanna 5 corruption fund
for? 1t certainly wasn't to have At
torney General appointed who would look
after the interests of the people as a
News.
The death rate among the women and
children in the concentration camps in
South Africa is $50 per 10oo and in one
camp, according to British official re-
port. % per cent of the prisoners died in
three months. At that rate the Boer pop
ilation Will be eXtermlnated in a year,
and England will have an unobstructed
field for her missionary labors in extend
ng the blessings of civilization to South
Observation-Disclosures North American.
1t is Copenhagen, not Washington, that
confidently expects to consummate the
sale of the Danish West Indies within the
present year.-PhiladeIphia Ledger.
None of the documents important to
SIMPSONS side of the controversy have
urned up missing as yet--Houston Post