The Washington times., 1901-07-19
POLITICAL COMMENT.

| Those who are familiar with the oil
garchy which dominated the Republican
| party during the Grant Administration
must be impressed with the analogy pre-
| sented by the present clique which COM
pletely controls the policy of the party.
We would advise every Republican poll
| tician with lofty aspirations to make him
self solid with that oligarchy of which
Mr.. Hanna is the propelling power.-ln-
! dianapolis Sentinel.
Now that Uncle Sam has got his In
| demnity money out of the Grand Turk
it will be the turn OF the mission boards
| to get it out of Uncle Sam-and they say
] in Washington that this will be the
| harder task of the two-Portland Argus.
| The Pennsylvania who pinned Jewels to
| his skin had perhaps, after all. simply
been taking practical lessons from the re-
cent happenings at Philadelphia-Balti-
more Herald.
| Pat Grove is in South Africa. Kitchener
| had better be careful with his army or 1t
may get kidnapped.-Atlanta Journal.
| But remembering our own possessions
and their treatment 1t is hardly safe to
| criticise the British policy in South Africa
| lest the mote and beam rebuke be
quoted in reply.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The conditions of the steel workers
strike are so peculiar that 1t would mani
festly puzzle the traditional Philadelphia
lawyer to find the something to effective
ly arbitrate Observation-Disclosures Union.
Not few intelligent Cubans are realiz-
ing that the way to be happy and free
from most forms of political interference
is to become State in the American I'm
ion. Then the Cubans can marry, get
divorced. lynch or be lynched, sauce the
Federal Government, etc, like free and
independent citizens, and, besides, have
their votes eagerly sought for.-Mexican
Herald.
One hears not of the appearance of sea-
serpents this summer. Maybe it is be-
cause the octopus is SO much in evidence
the sea serpent has ceased to be remarka-
ble--Nashville Banner.
The Governor of Missouri has designat-
ed next Sunday as a day of prayer for
rain, hut how many of the people will
wear their rubbers to church in anticipa-
ton OF a flood before they get home?-
Boston Herald.
1t is said that the average life of an
American horse in service against the
Beers in South Africa is only nine weeks
If this be true it appears how quickly that
war would collapse II England could not
obtain horses in professed neutral coun-
tries.-Augusta Tribune.
While noting that one town run by
women has been failure, it might be
well to remember that several towns run
by men have not been dazzling successes.
-Des Moines Leader.
South Africa is fast becoming the grave
yard of British military fame.-Richmond
Dispatch.
Some of the Census employees who have
finished their departmental work might
be given the task of figuring out how long
4.
ippines. il the surrender of forty Filipinos
is forced each week.-Concord Patriot.
And so Senator Hanna was at Canton
advising the President about u few ap-
pointments. Mr. Hanna is still the power
behind the throne.-Wheeling Register.
Some recent events have produced quite
strong sentiment against the free and
unlimited coinage of Chinese mission
aries.-Philadelphia Times.
Those who fail to get an Oklahoma
homestead under the new system of dis
tributing them by lot may be expected 20
take dark view of the Governments
g a m b ! ing proclivities. = Philadelphia
Ledger.
Meantime the Steel Trust and the
Labor Trust are heavy losers. Probably
the loss in profits and loss in wages are
nearly equal. But there is this differ
ence: While the loss of the Steel Trust
Is not final what the workingmen lose is
gone for good.-Philade,ph Record.
The man who attempts to impugn the
bravery of Admiral Schiey and detract
from the honor due him for the naval
victory at Santiago only makes a monkey
Of himseif--Baitimore World.
1t must be some satisfaction to the
Pennsylvanans that. though they were
beaten, they scared the British nation
so badly. There's amusement enough
in that to pay for sending half a dozen
crews across the AtlaEtic.-Philadelph
North American.
Seventy-four thousand strikers are per
suading. We wonder If seventy-four
thousand iniunrtions will be issued by
Judge Wing.-Camden Review.
Secretary Wilson has been prophesying
that America will at no distant day lead
in the manufacture of macaroni. What of
it? Just as soon as we are able to get
macaroni in unlimited quantities to sat
isfy the Italian part of our appetite a
trust will come along and control the out
put.-Galveston News.
The pen is mightier than the armored
cruiser, in the opinion of one Crownin-
shield.-Charleston Gazette.
When Evans wrote the description of
the Santiago fight, in which he ignored
Schley. he was doubtless working TO get
his face on the other side of the medal
Houston Post.
The Italian custom authorities have
raised the duty on American plows as
works of art. Then 1t is likely they would
look on American mules as genuine old
Observation-Disclosures American
The Federal Government finds it neces-
sary to take a census of lepers, not be-
cause their number is great enough to
justify alarm. but because hospital rec
ords, carefully guarded. disclose the
alarming truth that leprosy is common
disease in what are euphemisticaiiy called
our new possessions. We are not COM
ing into blessings exclusively with doubt
ful acquisitions--Chicago Chronicle
The yacht Indt pendence is in good COM
pany, even if She is permanently third
She is in the position of the lawyer who
said that he wouldn't object at all to be-
bar consisted of himself and Daniel Web
ster.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
This Southern President idea,
like the KeeIy motor, would be n good
thing if it would work.-Atlanta Journal.
At all events NJ. de Whites offer pre-
sents very strong reason for early ac-
ton by Congress wiping out the entire
scheme of countervailing and retaliatory
duties conceived and enacted in the in
terest of the Sugar and Petroleum Trusts
-PittsburS Dispatch
The position of the United States in the
event of the annexation of Cuba in rela-
tion to the worlds consumption of cane
sugar will be that of dominance. Con-
trolling the sugar output of the Philip
pines. of Hawaii. of Porto Rico. and