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when the chorus girls are properly or
ganized they will be able to strike with
dramatic effect. Their labor wars will
have "A piquant interest. Audiences can he
expected 10 be Informed I'm the very mid
die OF a performance that the chorus has
delivered an ultimatum which Will pre-
vent the continuance OF the opera. The
effectiveness OF a strike can be assured
by beginning In the middle OF a scene. IL
at the very moment when the soprano is
waiting for her sentiments 10 be approved
by the sopranos and altos the chorus de-
termines 10 remain silent the sympathy
OF the audience can be counted on."-Mll-
waukee Sentinel.
1T seems likely that we are not to hear
the last OF the Venetian row for some
time 10 come. Tho Italian Minister In
Washington has gone TO the unusual step
OF complaining OF the terms OF the report
OF Admiral Crowninshield I'm the matter
The state department had 10 refer him
10 the secretary of the navy, and that Of
ficer had to confess that he had only just
received the report OF the admiral: that
he had neither permitted the publication
OF the report nor approval OF such action,
and consequently the minister had 10 go
homo nursing his wrath. Here's n state OF
things. and mighty unpleasant one at
that We suppose that the matter had
been settled, but II now seems that the
Italian courts released the accused only
on the promise that the officers should be
court martialed. We do not know who
made such a promise but whoever took
that responsibility will have something
10 answer for. since court martials are
a matter OF strict regulation and in ac-
cordance with a procedure that must be
followed 10 the letter. No one could prop
erly promise that the men involved would
be thus tried ed"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
There seems to be a very marked dis
position among Democratic leaders TO
bring about the reunion OF the party on
the clear cut, powerful issue of tariff re-
form as opposed 10 the favoritism OF pro-
lection and the abuses OF the trusts, but
the advantages OF even such a potential
question may be fatally compromised by
minor policies for which fair minded, SEN
sible people cannot stand. kansas City
Star.
'"rhe hubbub raised over the letting OF
contracts by the new commissioner Of
immigration suggests a more vigorous In
vestigaIon OF the conduct OF business at
Ellis Island. New York. than has yet been
given. The talk about high profits derived
by contractors who are able TO carry their
claims even to the president certainly
sounds suspicious us"-Philadelphia Ledger.
President Roosevelt Claims that the
anti-Cuban tariff plotters are repudating
the policy of the late President Mckinley.
and not that OF the present administra-
tion. but the humiliation OF defeat was
plainly intended for Teddy. all the same"
st. Louis Republic.
why, then. II Is asked, should there be
any need of subsidies for American ship
ping? Nobody proposes direct bounty
on shipbuilding. The object OF subsidies
is to have American-built ships used by
Americans in their own trade and under
their own flag. thereby making a market
for the domestic article. The difficulty is
not so much, now that our steel resources
are 80 fully developed. what II costs 10
make a ship as what II costs to run II
with American seamen One big concern
may be kept busy building for the coast
ing and inland water trade and doing re-
pairs, and II II can really produce as
cheaply as the Clyde shpyards IL may
sell vessels 10 foreigners. including for
eign companies controlled by American
capital. York Mail and Express.
Every burgher can win the heart OF
the new government by right conduct
That Is General De Vets advice TO his
fellow countrymen. II Is Just such sound
counsel as one would expect from a SOL
dier OF DeWets courage, sense and eXpe-
rience. e."-Philadelphia Press.
Dispatches from Rome indicate that
the Pope, on the advice OF a committee OF
cardinals who examined into the Ameri-
can propositions concerning the frlars
and their property In the Philippine ISL
ands. will accede TO the plan or the United
States government. The proposition In
cludes the removal OF the friars from the
archipelago and the purchase or the lands
held by them. This government should be
pleased that its proposition commends It
self 10 the Vatican. thereby facilitating
the solution OF a problem which present
ed difficulties not a few'-Pittsburg Ga
zette.