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cause and does not seem to have Jared
loose majority of the senators who
VIII doubtless stand for Il. If they do
they will prove themselves wise by
strsining few points and passing the
Hepburn bill as Il came from the
house. They should risk no changes.
The nail should be hit on the head and
driven home without delay"--Galves-
ton News.
"Signor Zanardelli has a dihicult
task before him, and IL Is not made
less difficult by the fact that his pro-
gram includes the enactment Of a di-
vorce law, a subject upon which there
is wide difference OF opinion, and
whose discussion Is likely To provoke
a bitterly acrimonious discussion. But
the young king is popular. the indus
trial condition of the country Is i'm
proving. the feeling OF the people is.
more hopeful and contented and IL
may be that Zanardelli will rival the
achievement OF the astonishing wal
deck Rousseau. The situation is
analogous and there is some resem-
biace between the men."-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
1.-THE decision OF the Supreme court
that the Illinois antitrust law is ur-
constitutional invalidates also similar
statutes I'm II other states. Each OF
these laws exempts agricultural pro-
duets and live stock I'm the hands OF
the farmers, and also organizations
of labor, from the Inhibition against
combinations TO control prices or to
destroy competition. Justice Harlan,
speaking for the court, declares that Y
this discrimination violates that clause
of the lfth amendment to the Constl-
tuition which ordains that no state
shall deny to any person within it's
jurisdiction the equal protection OF
the laws. In simple terms the court
decides that manufacturers and rail-
way corporations cannot legally be
forbidden to combine in the form OF
trusts or otherwise so long as other
producers and trafilckers--fs rmers.
stock raisers. etc.-are not forbidden
also. New York World.
Certain is IT that the Republican
majority in congress has not moved
forward with Mckinley or with Roose-
vclt and the direct issue that Is raised
by the Cuban tariff threatens sdivi-
sion that may have important political
restlts. s."-Philadelphis Times.
''If in return for reduction OF
duties on imports from Cuba. Ameri-
can products are admitted 10 Cuba az
rates 20 per cent less than those levied
on imports from other countries. there
is little doubt that European interests
Will etaf Wi hC
rope, but II does not concern the
United States, except so far as Il af-
fects our commercial relations with
European countries. This is an age
In which all nations are hustling for
trade. If we can advance our inter-
ests by adopting a policy of reci-
proclty we viii make a great mistake
TO turn away customers merely be-
cause Europe doesn't approve our
methods" Baltimore Sun. ~.
"If the Beers had captured General
Methuen at the beginning OF the war
IL would have been fortunate for the
English AT this late day IL is a mat
ter of less consequence to either side"
Philadelphia Record.
view.. the most discouraging feature
OF this engagement is the fact that
IL took place I'm a part of South Africa
that was supposed TO be pretty
thoroughly swept and protected with
the blockhouse system; but IL the
Beers can congregate enough troops
10 defeat British force OF 1900 men
i'm the centre OF the Orange River
Colony the sweeping process, IL must
al fD
Boston Herald.
"The story is that over again OF the
embattled farmers OF l115, save that
the burghers in South Africa are bet
ter armed than were our patriots at
Lexington and Concord. IL was
well for our Union that the civil war
was not deferred forty years. still,
however the case Is viewed and what
ever the outcome, the Boer defence
earned eternal glory. There Is moth
ing finer told in the classics. ."-Buf-
falo Courier.
''The prince's visit was merely Q
visit OF courtesy, as the German gov
ernment knows full we'll that our
Presidents do not have the power TO
swerve national policy at VIII after b.
fashion of the Tsar. A representa-
tive of the German nation came TO the
United States on a mission OF friend-
shin. ard everybody can see that the
mission was successful. "-Fhiladel-
phia Ledger.
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