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The endowment OF colleges and
me establishment of free libraries bv
ths t niIu are likely 10 be .overdone il
me fashion be not abated. ALREADY
.nefe are more colleges I'm the Tnited
Ss1tts than there are students who can
AFFORD 20 attend them. In the libraries
~ tie lhhu are shelves upOn shelves OF
ldit Docks waiting for the time 20 come
When the people shall have opportu-
nitN anu leisure To read them. Kan
sas city Star
Both results will be unfortunate
Inc longer help for Cuba is DELAYED
the less efficacious IL will be And N
h MI pe a matter OF regret IL the feeling
shal be Increased that the housa and
It's nrst committee do not move for
Nard with events and that reliance
must rest on the senate for sound and
Pprosressive legislation. ."-Phlladelphla
"Pinkerton. the present head NJ IN.
detective agency OF that name. de-
clares mat in no country on earth do
W,uilien ,, nanitest So much maudlin sem
umentallty for criminals as i'm the
lnited states. Even when the men
nave no pronounced personal charms
ne SAYS, they are not without their fe-
male admirers inF this country. who
send them flowers and other tokens of
esteem. The problem seems TO be one
Tor psychologists TO study and ex-
pain. Buffalo Courier.
The senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals Is dillydalIying with ths
canal subject What Is the use OF hold
ing long sessions and taking all sorts
or testimony about harbors and cost OF
construction and all that sort OF thing?
We know All about n now. The canal
commission has given the iigures
Everybody who has read the report OF
the commission knows that the cheap
er route is by Panama. All that the
In a
whether the Frenchmen can make
good their word and hand over a clear
ute. There IS no necessity for any
then-act. .'-Philadelphia Inquirer.
according 70 Governor TAFT. thers
arc three political parties ia the Phil
ippines-nsmelv. the federal. the con-
seryatiye and the peace party. Is that
all? What about that portion OF the
DO ulation which has been conducting
pretty vigorous offensive and defen-
sive hostiliti's against the United
whom tho old Spanish government was
never able TO subdue? in his state
mont before the senate committee yes
tcrday. Governor Taft favored more
severe war measures. IL anything
severer Is required than n policy or
subiuga ton that has killed more OF
the natives I'm three years than Spain
killed in three hundred. in the names
OF N ryier and BELL what must Il be?''
New York World.
The appropriation asked for the cx-
nenSes OF senators who attended presl-
dent Mckinley's funeral Is S64l5. II is
asked In a lump sum. proba bly, because
An itemized account would not look
well In print How did the senators
manage 10 spend 80 much money on
such journey Philadelphia Ledg-
er.
prince Henry will he cordially vel
coined To this great country by its
great people. They feel friendly toward
him and toward the German govern
mont: just as friendly as the attitude
" the German emperor. hts oounser
ors and his army and navy onicers
ustifles. There is a strong and in
reasing German strain I'm the Ameri-
AN blood and this naturally tends 70
riendliness for Germany. When the
Prince OF Prussia comes 10 see us we
will do our best TO entertain him 10 his
'ntire satisfaction. This will he
pleasure 10 us. st Louis Republic
THE new secretary OF the treasury
nodestly hopes that he will have as
aueh success as his able predecessor r--
{ would be gratifying TO many peo-
lie II he could attain a greater degree
4 success In preparing the way 10
nal redemption OF the legal tender
ebt bt.'-Philadelphia Record.