The Washington times., 1901-08-25
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The order summoning the Schley Court
of Enquiry to sit in the gunners' work
shop will doubtless be protested against
! by Admiral SIMPSONS friends on the
ground that one of the guns might acct
dentally go off while the admiral is there
which, of course. would be contrary to
| ;.it nreceGents in his case made and es-
t:inlished.-Chicago Journal.
fne laws of the United States provide
for fine not exceeding 1000 and i'm
3'is.5 ament not exceeding one year for
: Az, person entering into a contract, trust.
rr nbination. or conspiracy in restraint of
ade; yet Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. Nor
, gan go and come as freely as the most
| unonending citizens. and they are not
| paving out anything in fines.-St- Louis
| Post Dispatch
The business of pension brokerage in
Washington is one of the largest and most
profitable of American industries The
persons so engaged exert a powerful in
| fuence not only upon Congress itself and
upon officials. but upon the fortunes of
| politicians generally throughout the Unit
ed States.-Chicago Chronicle.
Since the Navy Department was so
prompt in censuring Rear Admiral Evans
for the structures upon Secretary Chand-
Ter. which he embodied in his book. it is
a little strange that something In the
way of a mild reproof at least has not
been sent to Mr.. Maclay the laborious
historian who charged Schlev with COW
ardice.-San Francisco Cali.
All indications point to desperate
move in favor of Federal ship subsidies
when the next Congress shall have as
sembled for its long session. There is
an increased American ownership of
steam vessels, present and prospective
interested In the projected raid upon the
treasury, and there is also a well settled
al hall Coil =.
will fail for good.-Philadelphia Record
Four river gunboats built in Elizabeth
port for the Russian Government have
Just been finished; yet our millionaire
shipbuilders will soon resume begging
Congress for a ine-million-a-year subsidy
to enable them to build ships for America.
New York World.
Evidently General Sickles has decided to
postpone the discharge of Commissioner
of Pensions Evans.-Baltimore Herald.
Attorney General Knox wants it gem
orally understood that he has no more
than a bowling acquaintance with the
trusts.-Chicago News.
The American Government is so busy
these days prosecuting the men who
whipped the Spaniards three years ago. in
the interests of Cuban freedom, that there
is no time TO bring to justice the men who
looted the Cuban postal department-Pe-
oria Herald.
What is an American? Well. he is a
good many things these times. He may
be a Porto Rican negro or a Hawaiian
Chinaman or an Alaskan Indian. The
proud boast. 81 am an American! needs |
some additional explanation nowadays
Boston Herald.
If all other charges fail Mr.. Longs |
Navy Department might be able to con- |
Wet Admiral Schley of provoking HOSTILE |
ties with SPAIN The Spanish fleet rushed |
out of Santiago for the purpose of es- |
Gaping. and 1t would have succeeded bat !
for Schley's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. !
World.
1t is evident that GU. naval officers can |
refrain from talking when the voice of
authority commands them to refrain. |
Up to the present time too. they appear
to have refrained from alluding to Sec
rotary Long as an insect.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The London Standard remarks that
there will be a European coalition against |
the United States If there is further OPP
position to legitimate expansion in South
America But ii is only to the illegit-
mate expansion that Uncle Sam objects,
and Ii Europe doesn't ike his programme.
the sooner 1t straddles its coalition the |
sooner will its understanding be i'm
Commercial.