The Washington times., 1901-08-20
POLITICAL COMMENT.

| Another session of Parliament is ended
but the Boer war still goes on--New York
World.
| If the Yonkers (N. y man who lives
| with broken spine expects to derive any
| notoriety from the circumstance he will
be disappointed. There are too many
politicians in the country who get along
comfortably without any spine at ALL
Baltimore Herald
The latest news from the scene Of the
Armenian atrocities is to the effect that
the Kurds have given the Armenians an
other wheyling.-Chicago Journal.
Considering that he is no common crimi-
nal. it is taking Neely's attorneys a long
while to get him out of prison.-Chicago
News.
The circumstances which require the alb
sence of Admiral Sampson from the
Schley investigation are even more dis
tressins than those that made his pres
ence impossible at the Santiago affair
Detroit Free Press
The Sugar Trust is to invest $4,000 600
In Cuba and Porto Rico. In plantations
or politics2-1ndianapo news.
Bad government" said Mr. Montague.
the nominee of the Virginia Democrats
for Governor. is due not so much to the
energy or ability of bad men as to the in
activity or neglect of good men," When
good men are moved to move together
good government is aSsured.-PhiladeIphi
Record.
The political boss is the bubonic plague
of American politics.-Chicago Chronicle.
The plain fact of the matter is that the
Republican party has been Hannaized,
and In this condition will never lift
hand in sincerity and truth to stay the
course of monopoly or drive the syndi-
Gates out of the Government at Wash
ington-Springfield Republican
The Internal Revenue Bureau follows
the example of the customs service in
Selling every pretext for refusing to reA
fund taxes Illegally collected or ordered
by Congress to be refunded 1t appears
to be the settled policy of the Treasury
to consider every American citizen a ras-
cal until he proves himself otherwise
Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is now said the charge will be pre-
ferred against Admiral Schley that he
was intoxicated during the Santiago bat
tie. Aside from the fact that Admiral
Schley does not drink. this charge is like
ly to recall the reply of Abraham Lincoln
to the charge that General Grant was
drunk upon another important OCCASION
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Both sides of the steel strike are conf
dent. but neither is making any money
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
1t is said that Admiral Schley is not
popular at Newport. 1t is to be feared
that this Will endear him all the more to
the plain people.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The British soldiers in South Africa
must have become bullet proof. General
Kitchener reports a battle nearly every
day, giving the number of Beers killed
and wounded, but says nothing of his own
OF course, II any of the Brit
ish Were shot General Kitchener would
let the public know the number.-Balti-
more World.
Suppose more of those New York police
men had to wear prison suits. Wouldn't
1t be a terrible combination of the stars
and Observation-Disclosures Times.
The session of Parliament just ended |
appears to have met with about as much |
public approval as the average session |
Of the American Congress. Philadelphia |
Ledger.
The Republican leaders are now prepar-
ing to engineer the ship subsidy steal |
through the next session of Congress in |
spite of the protestations of the people.
When first submitted to Congress Presi-
lential campaign was pending and the
eaders did not dare invite the verdict of
he public Their decision to hold the |
;teal over until after the election was a
sign of cowardce. Now another effort |
vii be made to push it through. There
5 no doubt of its passage. 1t will be hur- |
led through early in the session in the |
rope that the Indignation of the people
nav cool off before the be ginning of the |
OF l912.-Indianapolis Sentinel.