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Aght Mr.. Roosevelt---perbaps a liz.
tle sOooer---as obey him.. He has
received the order, but he has not
obeyed u.
Very surprising, ism II, that
Governor TAFT should have nothing
hat good words for the government
over which be presidss. The dew
u would dobtIess testify shat hades
was . pleasant place.
The haste Of some Of nv. ROose.
yeIrs friends in declaring that this
government would not aid Holland
ip trying to end the Boor war vas
suspiconsIy like Tip to him.
Fbs Dowager Empress Of China
10 tears is a new role for her. Her
specially has been putting others
In tears. ~
81. Louis has indicted officials as
we'll as . prospective worlds fair
on iis hands. Same old cause
street railway irapchises.
II took the republicans Of the
House Ways and Means committee
a whole year 70 catch up with the
democratic position--the repeal of
the whole bunch of war taxes--and
COW they have the nerve TO claim
the bill for repeal as party
measure.
Caesar Roosevelt has up TO tbis
time eopsented li.nsef with deprv-
ing those ppoa the goser0ment pay
roll Of Constitutional rights; butyhe
Is liable TO make the attempt on
private citizens at any time.
Republican Senators are threat
ening to the bill for the repeal of
the war taxes. Let them do so If
they dare. Nothing would more
certainly elect . democratic major.
ity of the pext House,
The trial of the Cuban postal
thieves is quite as slow IS the pro,
ceediDgs for getting them to trial
were.
Senator Tillman bae not lost the
faculty of stirring up the animals
OF the Senatorial menagerie at will.
Mr.. Shaw managed to assume
charge of the Treasury department
without causing panic. How be
will manage the Treasury is yet to
be ascertained.
Mr.. Roosevelt has put in Y bid
for the support Of the cattlemen by
announcing himself as one OF them.
"Joe" Manley is solid with the
Washington correspondents, If not
with MIR. Rooseyelp they are "men'
tioning" him for Secretary of Com,
merce and Labor.
II is dollars to peanuts that Mr..
Roosevelt does not select labor
ing man or O merchant for Secreta-
ry Of the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
Secretary Hay is . master hand
at sending undeserved congratnla-
tions. His latest was to the Pam
American conference and the gov.
eminent of Mexico, upon the sue
cess of the conference. He should
now inform an ignorant public
what that success was. If the news
papers correctly >feported the con-
ference, and there is no doubt they
did, The only thing the conference
succeeded in was wrangIing.
The republican members of the
Seoate Philippine committee are
trying to make that Investigation
of Philippine affairs a bOquet
throwing match, but the democrats
of the committee insist upon toss
ing 10 0 few ugly facts whenever
they get the opportunity.
Democrats would ask nothing
better than that the votes of repub-
Iican Senators be cast for that pro.
posed salary. grab of s2,500 y year
for Senators and Representatives.
The biggest of the season are the
Gchley oystions, but Mr.. Roosevelt
doesn't appear to bave heard of
them.
Ignorance of American affairs 10
the natural and expected thing
among even the prominent English
writers, but the limit
would seem TO have been reached
when one ofthem-a contributor TO
The London Saturday Review-rc-
Frrs to senalar Teller as aMr. Sen.
ator Tell, Of the U. 5. house efeleo.
led lords,