The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-01-10
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lease?
Those Mississippi lynchers might
| resolve to lynch no more innocent
men, but that wouldn't bring their
latest victim back to life.
We take it that it would not re-
quire much persuasion to get Grover
| to assume the role of the twentieth
century Democratic NJ Moses.
Mr.. Bryan has not vet received Mr..
Cleveland's subscription, but he is
under obligations to him for valuable
editorial comment.
MIR. Cleveland's resolution to try to
regain the leadership of the Demo
cratic party has not been enthusiast
icalIy received by tue Bryauites.
If congress begins the new cen-
tury as we'll as it ended the old there
| will be no ..kick'' coming by the
country.
President Mckinley and the
country have every reason to look
back to the closing years of the nine
teenth century with pride aud for
ward to the twentieth century with
confidence.
| Secretary Root was right III saying
that the flag would be disgraced if
congress did not promptly provide
soldiers to take the place Of the vol
unteers in Philippines.
News from the Philippines is bear
ing out the predictions that peace
would prevail on the islands as soon
as the reelection Of President McKin-
ley was understood by the rebeiliously
inclined natives.
Now that the powers have agreed
to the demands to be made on China
and have submitted them to the
cnly accessible representatives Of the
Chinese government, no time shall
he wasted in seeing that they are
complied with.
Preparations for making the sec
ond Inauguration of President Nc
Kinley the memorable event it de-
serves to be are being rapidly pushed
III Washington. "A guarantee fund
of nearly $4,000 has already beer
subscribed.
Nobody knows, of course, that the
decision of tue Supreme Court will
uphold the coustitutiouality of prcsi
dent Mcl\inley's policy toward Porte
Rico and the Philippines, bu, the fac
that this policy was entered upon by
the advice OF some of the country
ablest legal minds makes the pro
liabilities all lean that way.
The height of impertinence wa
reached, and passed, when Il Wash
. ington correspondent telcgraphed hi
paper how each member of the y.
Supreme Court, except the Chief Jus
tice, would vote on the cases invoIv
ing the Constitutional status Of POr
to Rico and the Philippines, the de
Z cision in which will probably not b.
made for weeks.
IF the present management or tn
: Military Academy at West Point ISM
3 strong enough to enforce the regula
2 tions against hazing, one should b
! substituted that will be. While tn
& charge that Cadet Eooz died as til
! result OF bazing has not been SUI
stantiated, it has been fully prove
that hazing of a Disgusting and dis
graceful nature is practiced amon
The cadets. Common decency de
! uands that an end be put to it.
President Mckinley declined t
pardon the notorious Capt. w. II
2 Howgate, whose prison sentence 70
embezzIement of government fund
expired December %. aud the Pres
dent was right. Howgate escape
deserved punishment for many year
through "pull' with those who pro
= badly shared in his stealings, an
when ut last he was put on trial wa
h clearly proven guilty. lie has n
Just claim for restoration to citizen
. shin.