The Sunday globe., 1901-08-04

with rapture on the number Of cases
submitted and the number of errors
committed, the great and mighty Jo-
siah leaned back in his luxurious arm
chair, a slight flush suffused his bronze
cheek, while sweet smiles chased each
other around the corners Of has capa.
CiOus mouth and up through the snowy
whiteness of his Jersey mustache. He
was picture of perfect contentment.
And ever and anon as his pale eye rest
ed on this beautiful work Of his brain
and hand, he seemed to say to himself:
CAS- long as |, Josiah Shaw, live the
republic is safe and the monthly re-
port viii appear on time"
But when his deformed optic rested
on the sluggish countenance and un.
couth form Of his assistant Stoddard,
the sweet smiles died and a look OF in
tense disgust and hatred overspread
his countenance. The thought that
one Of his greatness should be officially
connected with Stoddard always infuri.
ated him. but never had he shown such
venom as on this sultry July after
noon.
Never mind JOSIAH you are thing
of beauty and joy forever, or, at least,
as long as this generous Government
forks you over 81 500 per annum for
producing an absolutely worthless
document styled "The Monthly Re.
port
John p Altgeldt is aftF the people
who dodge their taxes, How about
those who dodge their Americanism q"
The Washington Post
Those who dodge their taxes, that is,
those who attempt to evade the pay.
ment Of their just and honest share
for the support of the Government un.
der which they enjoy their inalieniable
rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness, have no AmeriCanism to
dodge, and it's dollars to doughnuts
they never had any
It would be difficult to conceive Of
anything more humiliating to a great
nation than the refusal Of the Imperial
Eeomanry to accept medals Of honor
from the royal hand Of King Edward
VII for the reason that what was law.
fully due them remained unpaid, and,
in consequence, their families were
starving.
A medal of honor is a poor substi.
tute for a square meal, when hunger
honor that comes from an avowsd
royal thief must be inconceivably
small.
And still it is hard to have anything
but feeling of contempt for a man
who leaves his family to starve in Eng.
land while he goes away to engage in
the atrocious business Of numbering,
burning the homes and subjecting to
every outrage that a brutal and cal
lous mind can conceive, Of people who
have never wronged him, and the sum
of their offending is the love Of lib.
erty.
The regeneration Of the Democratic
party must commence at the top. The
rank and file need no regeneration.
Chairman Jones should be relegated
to the limbs of political dereicts, and
Chairman Richardson should receive
the same treatment.
What Senator John Lowndes Nc.
McLaurin was to the Republican party
in South Carolina before he was hurl-
ed out Of the Democratic party neck
and crop, spur and snafFle, bag and bag.
gage, Democrats like Pete Blazer, jim
Fritts, OCOnnell Roberts, Walter B.
Pettus and w. P. Mac Greal are to the
clique that runs the Pension Office
But as sure as there is a God in Is
rael, there will come a day Of reckon,
ing, a day when political traitors and
contemplate hypocrites will receive
their just desserts. Every political
sign Of the times portends the election
Of afDemocratic President in 1904, and
his Inauguration will be followed
forthwith by the kicking of those crea.
lures from the positions they have
held by virtue Of party perfdy.
For size, utility and influence, the
District Democracy can create more
disturbance and discordance than any
other political body on this mundane
sphere.
A tariff war is the very height of alb,
surdity. II Injuries all concerned, and
benefits no one. 1t increases the cost
Of consumption to the people whose
government imposes it, and retards
production among the people on whom
1t is imposed,
If Commissioner Evans will read
The Globe he will learn some things
about the Pension Bureau that will
surprise and enlighten him. He will
discover that his administration is
national disgrace, and that it can not
be reformed too soon.
Commissioner Evans-The first max.
i'm of a republic is that the laws be
made by one set Of men and admins.
tered by another.
The civic degradation to which Phil.
adelphia has been reduced by the Quay
machine with the assistance Of the
Ryan-Donnelly gang, is deplorable
The participation in election debauch.
cry of Ryan and Donnelly is evidenced
by the vote in the 18th division of the
Seventh Ward where the ballot box
was fraudulently stuffed by Samuel
Salter, with 200 Republican tickets,
which were also marked in favor Of
Thos. J, Ryan for city commissioner
In the ward there were counted for
Ryan 2165 votes, and for Wm. T.
Greasy for State treasurer, 627.
And vet tho paW p{tV chairman Roht