The Washington times., 1901-07-10
POLITICAL COMMENT.

When the cubans see an account of the
bullisht that was held recently in Oma-
I ha they viii doubtless come to the con-
clusion that they are rapidly civiizIng the
ATnericans.-Peoria Herald ldTranseript.
II Mussolino lived in the Philippines, in
stead Of Sicily. he might not only be
pardoned. but be made governor of pro-
vince.-Buffalo Express.
1t is to be hoped that the United States
VIII ere long formaitg give in It's adhesion
10 the international edict abolishing priva-
teering. War is sufficiently terrible with
out the added horror OF the destruction
or eonisc2tion alton OF private Droperty.-Min-
neapolS Tribune.
Now. after Speaker Henderson has GER
tilted to King Edwards friendship. no
rude Congressman can have the temerity
10 jar him by making an anti-English
speech in the Record. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Independence struggles hopefully in the
rear OF the Constitution. both OF: Newport
and in Cuba.-New York World.
According to Governor Yates. of Illinois.
Theodore Roosevelt is the choice of the
peoile in the West for the Republican nom
ination for President three years hence .
The more strenuous Mr. RooseveIt's DO
| litical friends become in booming him for
the Presidency. the less likely is il that
ne VIII receive the nomination. The coun-
( try can afford to receive philosophicaIly
such utteTance. as this of Governor
Yates, rather than to view it with ALARM
Boston Transcript.
1t has been pointed out that no man has
ever been elected President OF the United
! states while he was a member OF the
Federal Senate. But so many public ira
ditions have been relegated Of late to the
limb Of 81
too, may not escape. The Boss Is In the
Senate. WI should his followers hesi-
tate to install LIN in the White House p
Philadelphit record.
Sooner - ~, the people of the Phil
ippines a4i .T ~ real taste of Ameri-
can hber-f oppression Is not American.
II is cor TO the spirit that pervades
the American people They will gradually
gain as the South won back its rights
after the civil war. and some day-maybe
years, maybe decades Ia the future-the
Islands will be controlled under the
American flag by their own people
Jacksonville Times Union.
There is no doubt that the Republican
party is the friend u the trusts. II is
not stretching the truth to say that the
trusts own that party.-Savannah News.
Tie protected interests have a good
thing in the sacred tariff. and they know
/ il. The people. hopever-and notably
some of the people who have heretofore
helI ed TO build up protection-are- -becom-
ing alarmed at the result of their work
Philadelphia Record.
The distinguished Britishers-conhrmed
expansionists and imperialists that they
are-eyidently found nothing to conflict
with their own principles in the celebra-
tion, with representatives Of the deveI-
oped Western empire. of an expanded
construction of the immortal Declaration
OF independence, which admits of its ap-
piication In the East on the lines OF their
own imperial and Christianizing policies
in Afrlca.-Charleston News and Courier
mo lodge of coIored MasOns in the
United States is legitimate is the verdict
from headquarters. So it would seem that
1t is easier for a negro to be a free man
than F'reemason--Boston Herald.
The people of Omaha are mad because
the Mexican bulIfghts they paid to see
did not produce fatal results If the
Omaha people want to see cattle killed
why don't they get up excursions 10 our
stockyards?-Chicago Record-Herald.
The wireless telegraph is not as great
a success as supposed. "Our Chauncey"
public while on his way 10 Paris.-St.
Louis Republic.
Freedom, justice. fairness. and liberal
ity as understood in Pennsylvania will be
found in large type in our protective tar
iff and subsidy Iaws.-Chicago Chronicle.
Dowie. having rigged up a set of wings,
is now staying in nights through fear
that a committee may come forward and
furnish the feathers.-Des Moines Leader.
Congressman Sulzer has sailed for Alas
ka and this looks like a good time for
Horn Joe Chamberlain TO rush in and
capture America.-Denver Republican.
1t is pleasing to remember that the new
Governor of the Philippines is an Ohio
man. But, of course we are getting cal
loused to these Buckeye honOrs.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.