The Washington times., 1901-08-05
POLITICAL COMMENT.

! Shaffer is commander of the forces,
while Schwab is first lord of the treasury.
Atlanta Constitution.
! Ex-President Kruger promises his sol
| diers in the fed that if they will only
keep on fighting 'alleviation will be sent
when needed" That is a new and some
what pleasing name for the "sinews OF
war: But If report be true the thrifty
old Boer has a goodly supply Of .'aIlevia-
| ton. amounting to several millions We
| shall see hDt. ag 1t will persuade the
! burghers to ket - up the fight--New York
| Tribune.
| 1t may turn out yet that Neely will
sue the Government for false imprison-
| ment.-lnd!anapoli5 News.
The Navy Department appears to know
that Schley is guilty withoue-the formal
| ity of q tria1-Chicago News.
| If Alabama may establish hereditary
suffrage. on the peculiar basis of white
| illiteracy, why may not New Jersey. for
example, establish a hereditary right to
vote in the slature?-Pittsburg Des-
| patch.
Why doesn't the War Department fol-
low suit and ourt-martiai General Miles
| for his brilliant conquest of Porto Rico?-
| Chicago Journal.
Another dent in the neck OF the COM
mon people. The price of autos has been
raised s1oo.-Chicago Tribune.
The Gar is naturally worried because
he is growing fat. He Will be an easier
| mark for the anarchists eto hit.-Boston
Globe.
The failure of Mr. Mckinley to continue
the work OF removing the civil service
from politics and making it business-like
and economical. is we'll known to all who
follow the history of the country. He
has yielded to the pressure of politicians.
but he Is not by temperament or habit
fitted to advance reform of this kind.
His natural sympathy Is with the old sys-
item which provides places for political
friends and let's others whistle for them.-
Hartford Times.
Should Gen. r. Estrada Palma secure
the Cuban presidency. there may be some
question to the policy he will pursue.
but there cannot be any doubt as to the
name which the next popular genuine
Havana tive-cent cigar will bear.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
1t must have been by the work of a
far-reaching hand that a little matter of
spoils distribution. a s4-a-day job. was
awarded by the members of a Chicago
board to a favorite of Vice President
Roosevelt on his recommendation. By
what process of reasoning does ideal
civil service reformer gather the spoils
of a Chicago official body under which in
fluence and not merit prevails?-Chicago
Chronicle.
Lest they forget, lest they forget. Rud-
yard Kipling is resding the English peo-
pie another lecture on the necessity of
exterminating the Beers and wiping their
Government off the face of the map
Anaconda Standard.
The formation of a Roosevelt club in
Kansas City will probably operate to pre-
vent that city from securing the Repub-
lican convention in 1901 Roosevelt is
doubtless strong man, but Senator
Hanna is acquainted with others.-Peoria
Herald-Transcript.
If England gives $4,000 to every British
soldier who, like "Bobs.'' did not whip
the Beers 1t will be necessary to cut down
his Majesty's allowance of card table ex-
penses.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Fellows like Titus. who go to West
Point and scale the walls of Pekin on
their merits, do not get the big head The
troublesome cadet at the Point is the fell
low whose fathers pull pushes him in,
and who. having no other qualifications,
cannot forget his father and the pulI.-St.
Louis Star.