The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-04-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT.


EDITORIAL COMMENT.
VIM. j. Bryan has been presented with
a heifer, which was sent to him by some
western admirer. Even some of the
Democratic press suggest that Bill Bryan
stick to farming, make no more speeches,
and let his calf do the bawling.
There is still hobby in Missouri. 1t
IS a mule trust, camp, where mules are
purchased for use in the British army
against the Beers. As Missouri is Dem
ocratic State, under Democratic control.
the violation of the nnutrality laws is not
considered. A shipload of 1850 mules
left New Orleans for South Africa. And
the stable door is still OPEN
The Chinaman looks with feelings of
mingled pride and envy on the man who
has whiskers. In China whiskers is a
mark of distinction. But the Chinaman
has his queue and his pride is centered
on his pig tail ornament. In all phases
of life we do not possess what we admire
the most. We can. however, like the
ChInaman center our affections on those
things we possess, and be contented with
pig tails instead of whiskers. Now, the
Chinaman wouldn't look well in whiskers.
He looks better in pig tails. Did you
ever think of that? Nature knows best
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The Scientific American says San ex-
pertinent is now being made by the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railroad on the
new Overland express which will be
watched with much interest both by rail-
road men and the public at large. The
express in question is equipped with tele-
phones, which connect not only with the
several cars, but can be connected with
local and long distant wires at any sta
ton along the line. If the experiment
proves successful the company will prob
ably install a service, which will enable
passengers to telephone from a moving
train.''
Republicans in the House have been
divided from the first over the bill al
lowing special tariff concessions to Cuba.
About forty have opposed granting any
concession whatever. They for the
Dingley law exactly it has stood ever
since its passage. Members from states
in which the beet sugar industry is estab-
1ished are specially firm in this position.
But the majority of Republicans in the
House have favored a tariff conce ssion of
20 per cent to Cuba, and, with the assis-
the Cuban concession bill. In order to
defeat the bill in the Senate the beet
sugar, no tariff exchange, Republicans
in the House, took their turn at acting
with the Democrats Friday and
amended the Cuban concession bill, SO
that it goes to the Senate carrying, with
1t the removal of the differential on re-
fined sugar. This was done as far as
the Republican votes are concerned, to
preserve the DIngleY tariff unchanged.
Many Republicans oppose the idea of
making Cuba or any other country a
special tariff fayorite. Beet sugar pro-
ducers claim, and logically. that their in
dustry is entitled to the full protection
embodied in the Dingley law. The first
proposition to modify the present tariff
came from the advocates of the Cuban
concession. They do not get the bill in the
shape they anticipated, 1t is good time
to get back to the solid Ding
ley basis and stop tinkering with special
tariff concessions to anybody
Democrat.
The Scientific American contains the
picture of railroad train-an ssinstan-
taneous photograph of an express train,
taken by itself when running at full
speed.s' The illustration is perfect mall
details. Tho feat was performed on the
Chicago, Burlington 6 Quincy Railroad.
esThe electric current was employed to
secure the picture in ingenious man
ner. The camera was equipped with a
very rapid shutter, estimated to move at
a speed of IL 900 of a second in cover
ing and exposing the lens. One of the
rails over which the train was to pass
was connected with the camera by an
electric switch which operated the cylin-
der, furnishing the compressed air to
move the shutter The photographer
who essayed to get the picture calculated
that when the train was running at full
speed it would pass over about eighty
eight feet in one second, and made
engagements accordingly. The electric
switch was placed in position about si1
feet back of the place where it was de-
sired to catch the photograph, in order to
aIIc.z FOR: the Inozement of the electrica