The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-23
NEWS AND NOTES.

1t will not be comfortable for
Republican candidate in a close dis
trict to try a defense of the 2711
per cent tariff on beef.
The Philippine Islands are be-
coming the graveyard not only for
many yonng Americans, but for the
American reputation for honor.
benevolent assimilation" finds
it's later aspect revealed in an echo
of famous order in our frontier
Indian wars: "Kill everything; nits
make lice"
The Republican party has again
resorted to the old expedient, when
cornered, of bringing the 'bloody
shirt" from its hiding place and
waving it aloft.
Republicans endorse the economic
rule that in 'pacitying" the F1llip-
inc infants by removal" there will
be no trouble in the future with the
full-grown warrior,
A few years OF republican policy
will make peace negotiations in the
Philippines easy to cary on, if the
present plan, to ''kill first and ne
gotiate afterwards. is persisted in.
A Vienncese physician cautions
against careless use OF the X-rays
lin medicine as they have a danger.
Gus effect on the tissues they strike
or pass through, particularly IN a
case of "over exposure.
The library erected by popular
subscription in memory of Mr..
Gladstone, is nearly completed at
Hawarden, the residence Of the
Grand Old Man." where it over
looks the estuary of the river Dee.
The only effective way to hit the
trusts is by reducing the tariff
schedules. Taking cases to the
courts after great hardship has
been occasioned is like locking the
barn door after the horse has beer
stolen.
The professor of Roman ph1lolo
gy at the University of Copenhagen
has written a book on "The Kiss
and It's History" He catalogues
thirty distinct kinds and devotes a
ponderous chapter to the probable
origin OF the rite.
Trusts and tariff revision have
come to be live political issues anc
elections will go as public opinion
goes III these matters. 1t is GER
'tainty that the statement OF the
people is against trusts and for the
abolition of tariffs for trusts.
'Lloyd's Register" the worlds
authority on shipping, has giver
away the secret of the ship subsidy
bill. 1t shows that the Un1tec
States Steel Corporation is the
largest owner of vessels in this
country, and the fifth largest in the
world.
The $50 Observation-Disclosures
waiting at the Italian court have
''struck" because they get such poo
board in King Victor Emanuer'
household. The cook says he is do
ing the best he can with what little
money he has to use for the roya
kitchen.
A "leak" in Russian army secrets
whereby the details of all her iron
tier posts were made known to Aus
tria and Germany has cost the gov
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alter the Notifications in order t.
make useless the data in the hands
of the neighboring governments.
President Roosevelt declares tina
he is qualifying himself to "speal
on his feet" which may account for
some indiscretions in public utter
ances. 1t is a dangerous expert
ment to speak "off-hand" on mat
tiers of national import, especially
so for the President of the Unitec
States.
Secretary Shaw evades the issue
when he says that he will give bet
ter custom-house treatment whe1
the steamship companies provide
better places tor baggage examina