The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-05-08
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Some people cannot do things grace.
fully. They sIobber.
Rev. G. Lowther was deposed from
the ministry, but not expelled from the
church, reads the conference reports.
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In Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
the April rainfall was above the average.
In Kansas it was below the average.
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The consumers in the cities are trying
TO bring the meat trust TO terms. They
are not eating much NEAR The beef
eater has also checked up on chicken eat
ing. The boycott may bring down prices
of meat.
The President has told General Funs-
ton to keep his mouth shut. Like a good
soldier, Fred obeys orders General
Miles was silenced some time ago. .tThe
shallow murmer, but the deep is dumb y
Kansas City women wear larger shoes
than country women, says a Chicago
drummer. He says it is because city
women want their feet to look long and
narrow, while women in the country buy
short, broad shoes
In several Southern States many coun-
ties are voting for prohibition of the
liquor traffic. The movement is spread
ing. We expect the South to be the first
TO adopt the prohibition standard There
are obvious reasons in this, the principal
one being the political control by the
white people.
Andrew Carnegie intends buying up
lot of newspapers and going into the
newspaper business. He could only be
nominal publisher editor, ana he would
find no time to give his personal attention
10 the business. We imagine that Mr.
Carnegie's great mind is running into the
literary cult. The great steel maenate
might get up newspaper trust; it would
beat the ordinary newspaper trust.
These are kind of resolutions the Sam
ner county Republicans have passed:
Resolved, that we condemn that prac-
tice in our courts of lawyers making ND
lawsuits for the sole purpose of obtaining
fees and procuring verdicts by means of
perjured testimony and then be allowed
TO escape punishment on the ground that
it is professional. That we condemn
intelligent, fair minded men,
The British army in South Africa is Sc
we're on horses and mules. The losses
aggregate 10000 to Il, 900 month. Last
September there were 241 900 horses and
mules in the service at one time. In one
year, according to this rate, the half
would be wiped ont. Night marches of
from 30 to 40 miles more than any
horse can stand for any length of time.
however great the care bestowed upon
them
Dodge City people remember Evangel-
list Taylor who conducted revival meet
iugs in the Nj. E. church few years ago
He was known as the dakota Cyclone,
for the part he took in the prohibition
movement in Dakota. All professional
evangelists about alike-they want
reputation. and they are not shy about
asking newspapers to help them along
with it. Among Taylor;s personal lug
gage was gun. IL might be asked what
use has evangelist with a gun? To
kill innocent birds, we suppose.
ID. w Blaine, the well known impIe-
nnent dealer of Pratt. says the wheat
growers of Kansas are threatened with a
binding Irvine famine, OWING to the fact
that the Warden of the State pc nitentiary
viii sell convict made Irvine at a less
cost than that manufactured by free la
Dor. The dealers Will not buy large
quantities fearing that the penitentiary
output will meet the demand. Warden
Jewett supply the farmers direct
from the penitentiary stock. He certain
Iy will not contract more than he can
supply.