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because he urged tariff reform and anti
trust legislation as the only issues before
the country Mr. Cleveland Is apt 10 be
much nearer right than is Mr.. Bryan on
what will constitute the Democratic poll
cles In the presidential campaign Impe-
tlahsm ana free silver are dead, and
there really is nothing left for the Demo
Gratis TO talk about except trusts. But Il
does not appear that Mr.. Cleveland Is
either an aspirant for presidential nomin-
alton honors or would accept them, so
that he Is not considered. ."-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
''It may be maintained that, since rail-
road combinations are In the nature OF
trusts the effect of the Dingley bill in
this case is only 10 protect one trust at
the expose of another. and. furthermore,
that TO strike a blow at the railroads is
indirectly 10 hit all the trusts which pat
ronise IT, But the tariff has no such ef-
feet upon trusts generally. Railroad COM
binations are the vehicles of trust are
made in the interest Of trusts and are
dominated by them. Determinations In
favor of trusts necessarily folow."-St.
Louis Republic
'No poor man In New York can AFFORD
hereafter to be accused of murder when
he learns that the defence OF Molineux
has cost his father over 500, 600. ."-Phila-
delphia Record.
The United States has loomed up so
large In the worlds affairs since the war
with Spain. that the press OF Europe take
an enormously enhanced interest in Am
erican affairs. The nature OF our govern
ment Is receiving much study, and the
discovery has been made tha. while the
chief magistrate OF the United States has
none OF the trappings OF royalty. he has
more real power than royalty."-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
The Coal Trust protests against the
honest weighing of mined coal and asserts
that the fictitious ton OF 5000 pounds or
more demanded from the miner ia barely
sufficient to produce 2240 pounds of pre-
pared coal Even II that be true, Il is not
valid excuse for refusing to pay the mi
ner for all the coal he produces. "-Phila-
delphia North American.
THE expulsion of q workman from a
labor union In Schenectady, N. Y, and his
consequent discharge. under compulsion,
by his employer raises a very serious
question: Is the attitude OF organized la
Dor one OF hostility to law and order 7Thls
certainly Is the attitude of the Schnec-
tady painters union, which expelled Will
liam Potter because he did duty In the
I>htional 1uaru regiment Wnlcn was call
ed upon to maintain the peace during the
recent strike on the Hudson Valley rail-
road New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
THE enrichment OF European art gal
leries and museums by contributions of
paintings and other art treasures from
Americans is one OF the direct results OF
our barbaric tariff upon art importa-
tions. s."-Philadelphia Ledger.
THE problem OF restoring the produc-
tive energies of the3 Transvaal and the
Orange River Colony demands immediate
attention and liberal management. 1t will
require the best OF diplomacy TO recon-
cile the so-called ioyalists and those who
contended for the independence OF the
rs."-Kansas City Star.
THE discovery of a marriage syndicate
in this country will probably not stop any
International alliances Heresses with
European ambitions would as soon Sc
cure their titles through a syndicate as
any other way."--Denver Republican.