Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-08-14

was not fitts d for the role.
Boss Hama isn't so busy forming
new trusts that he cannot take time to
sprinkle fcw tscks ahead OF Teddy's
revived boom.
Cubans are also confronting negro
problem; they object to the Importation
of negro laboaers from the U. S., q
practice said to be growing,
II the Democrats who wish to win
and who intend to deserve TO win con-
tinue to increase at the present ratio,
the next President will be Demo-
crat.
The opinion is growing that what
ever may be the result of the Schley
Court of Inquiry, Congress ought to
investigate the naval campaign against
Spain.
Secretary Long may discover that
he is wrong in assuming that because
no Senator or Representative is imph-
Gated Congress will not look into those
naval scandals.
Adiutant General Corbin says his
official tour of the Philippines has
broadened his views. That might be
strictly true and still leave his views
quite narrow.
The FIRST National Bank, of Austin,
Texas, was an humble imitator of the
New York Seventh, in loaning Its funds
without proper security; also in having
its doors closed.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press is to be expelled from Germany
for having written that the Kaiser
was bee ming paretic, partly through |
indulgence in intoxicants.
-
Senator Foraker gave Secretary Long
a hint that good politics should have
made unnecessary when he said tina
historian Maclay should be kicked o..
Of che job he holds under the Navy
Department.
The Schley medal that will be pur-
chased with the popular fund that is
being raised by a Memphis newspaper
will mean more and have much greater
value than the Sampson medals issued
by the Navy Department. |.
Fighting Bob" Evans. dosen't seem
to be worrying over the angry
scintllations Of ':Little Billy" Chandler,
but "a Sailors Log, which contains
the matter that "riled" "Lit,le Billy"l
IS selling faster and faster. /,
The government at Washington is
ust now being run by assistant Sec
retaries, and that fact is not favorable Il
10 Admiral Schley, although it is Ger O
tain that the country will resent any
hing favoring of unfair treatment of t
hun. Id
Admiral General Corbin, as the first I
esult of his junket through the Philip. I
lines, endorses the dual government I
yer there; but Corbin v i'll have to GET
n endorsement from some one who
njoys thu confidence of the public
efore anything he says will count.
One the leading Ohio Republican
spers-the Cleveland Leader-makes
he fat-footed charge that legislation
, Ohio is bought and sold. 1t Is
robable that the editor OF the Leader
nows and some of the buyers and
oilers could doubtless explain why be
ellis.
Because some women had sense
nough not to laugh at his hoary :
hestnuts, Chauncey Depew gets of
be hoarjest Of them all-"women have re
o sense OF humor" ami expects it to} W
% greeted with laughter. If Chauncey R
osed't mind he will be accused Of re
acking the sense OF fitness. ei
The scneme to get Congressional
'gis!ation for the pensicning of civil N
srvice employees, without expenses to Il,
10 government, sounds innocent 10
aougb, but there it probably trick n,
'mewhere in it tsst would cost tue p
oyernmsnt lot of money if put into re-
ffect If the civil service employees IL
ish to contribute PERCENTAGE of their n,
alaries to peuSi, those incapacita.ed r
or work, by age or other reason, they h,
an DO so without Congressional legls- ~,
alion. uN'