Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-28
Editorial Notes.


and, as a consequence, has been
figured on as an administration
man, but he sets all speculation at
rest by announcing that he is for
Nebraska and Roosevelt, beet sugar
or no beet sugar.
The Navy Department has &C
cOmplished a work of saving to the
Government and Of thoughtful care
for sailors and marines who need
transportation between New York
and San Francisco by securing the
very advantageous rate Of $2o.75 Per
man, as against a regular fare Of ST
instead of the regular $50.
1t is possible that the President
will convene Congress IN extra
session in November unless a solu-
ton is forthcoming Of the troubles
that confront Cuba and our own
country over the proposed issue of
Cuban bonds and the causes it is
believed make their issue a necessity.
Senator HI addressed an
audience Of 1910 people recently
on Labor and u ital." He handed
the subject as ma .ter and not as
it has heretofore been handled by
the partisan friends of either.
Among the pertinent things he said
were: 1.-The laboring man is entitled
to greater share of the profits of
industry;" workers are right in
more than SO per cent of the Strikes; y
organized labor and organized cap
ital are here to stay"
There is no suggestion Of fake
about the struggle for supremacy
between Representative Griggs and
Senator Carmack in democratic
national headquarters.
Col. Clarence Edwards, Chief OF
the Insular Bureau of the War De-
partment, says he can and will pre-
pare a REPUTATION of all the charges
made by the anti-imperialists at
their Lake George convention, and
when completed will publish them
in parallel columns.
The new proposed Cuban loan is
agitating the agitators, who are de-
sirOus making Democratic campaign
material out of it, but it will not be
successful, for the pilots on the
Republican craft will see to it that
the new ship of state is not wrecked
by sunken rocks, sand bars or dense
fogs.
The care with which the presi-
dent has guarded the interests of
the country in giving his consent to
the laying Of the new Pacific cable
shows high grade of craftsmanship
backed by the fr1nest kind OF
loyalty and patriotism.
The ocean trip by Secretary
Moody, Representive Cannon, and
the Members of Congress who are tc
witness the sham battles on the
coast, will not be at Government
expense, and here is another oppor-
tunity the opposition press will lose
of being made temporarily happy
The harmonizing of the various
factions at the Iowa state convent
ion and the determination OF all tic
work for the good of the party and
the country is worm wood to demo.
Gratis.
Among the interesting items pub
lished in the Hand Book" sent out
by the Republican Congressional
Committee is this one item of dranks
''the drank bill of the United States
last wear amounted to 1925, 504, 167.
of which 1913, 432, 274 was paid to the
trusts, which includes all wines,
beers, liquors and beverages OF
every kind"
The Chancellor of the British Elk
chequer announces defect OF
15,000,OO pounds sterling, $45,
900, 600, and that that amount must
be raised by loan to meet current
obligations of the government.
Charlie Carnegie, a twelve-year-
old nephew Of the great philanthrc-
pist. was the leader of strike OF
special-delivery boys in the Pitts
burg post-office recently.
Commissioner Of Pensions Ware
has assured an order that none of the
employees of his office shall indulge