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"The younger Tillman. in the matter
OF the sword presentation. seems 10
have acted as impulsively and as much
on his own motion as the elder I'm his
senatorial misconduct Ii remains TO
be seen how much APPROVAL AID sup
port either will receive In South Care
lima. and until this has been learned
II would be well for the country TO Aus-
pend judgment, and not hold the state
accountable for all the folly OF her
representatives" - Philadelphia Led
ger.
Miss Roosevelt shared equally with
Prince Henry the honors of the day
and acquitted herself with the consum-
mate grace and dignity of the Amcri-
can gentlewoman. May many years
pass before the friendship typihed by
yesterdays ceremonies. and by others
preceding and To come is broken
Minneapolis Times.
'The hearty recognition by the
London Times that nowhere are good
natural manners and good nature more
highly appreciated than I'm America
comes I'm most appositely at this time,
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and when Bishop Potter has taken
us all to task for faults that we
cannot but acknowledge. e."-PhflaGel-
phia Press.
There is reason 10 believe that the
Nicaragua project is more popular in
the United States than the Panama
project, though the people are per-
fectly ready TO waive this preference
be the better IL the Frenchmen In
perts determines the Panama route TO
be the better. II the Frenchment in
interest are bound 60 destroy their
only chance for a partial reimburse
ment for their expenditures at Pana-
ma. we have excellent engineering
authority tor the eentire practicability
of the Nicaragua caaaL New York
Mail and Express.
"one cannot help wondering whether
the people who talk so loudly and so
ignorantly about the alleged duty
which the United States owes 20 the
Cubans. and about the obligation
which this country Is said TO be under
10 provide market for Cuban
products. even at the detriment Of it's
own industries have ever stopped 10
consider the magnitude OF the benefits
which Cuba has already derived from
the magnanimity and generosity and
administrative ability OF the American
people. philadelphia Inquirer.
"Our tariff, in short, is the main
factor in preventing the great increase
of manufactures which our natural ad-
vantages so much favor. High duties
on many Of the raw materials OF our
manufactures necessarily cause them
to cost too much TO permit their COM
peting under all circumstances with
the products OF free trade countries
or OF countries which make raw ma
terials free of duty. At present we can
enter the foreign market largely only
when Europe's prices happen 20 be
extraordinarily high."-Baltimore Sun.
"By latest accounts Lord Rosebery
has finally spoken and written himself
out of a party. He is a statesman at
large, without followers and without
a program. philadelphia Record.
"It Is easy 10 conclude since the an
nouncement OF the broad mining con-
cession obtained from China by Ger
many that this largely accounts for
the apparent indifference OF the latter
power TO the continued presence OF
Russia in Manchuria. ."-Philadelphia
Times.
''why does Secretary Hay refuse to
supply the documents demanded by
those who would settle the question
as to who our friends were or were not
before the war? As an exchange
points out, II that incident were not
closed Mr.. Hay could plausiblv allege
that public interest requires that the
documents he held I'm reserve Since ~
Is closed there can be no defensible
reason why the people OF the United
States should be deprived Of the pleas
ure Of perusing their official papers
and the papers drawn out thereby i'm
that interesting incident. Whom is
Mr.. Hay afraid Of hurtingT'-Galves-
ton News