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worthless Isle of Pines. The truth is
that all the jobbers in the country de
sire q war with Cuba and that we shall
take and bold her as a conquered PROV
ince in order that We may have some
excuse for large standing army, The
sons Of senators are crying fog sof,
1ertils mot 1.-THE sapient sons OF saint
ed sires,' as Governor Lon Y. Stephens
once dominated o certain job lot Of
governors ~ ~. the lazy sons Of thrifty
sires.
That great reform movement AMI. !.
the Republicans Of the New York leg
islature which was to land Hon. Thorn
as G. Plat, "the easy boss,p in the
soup tureen and to clothe Governor
Ben Odell's form In senatorial toga
did not eyentuate or materialize.
Hon. Booth Harrington, novelist. OF
Indiana is trying his hand at politics.
There was novelist once named Ben
jamin Disraei who cut tremendous
figure in politics. It may be that Booth
Harrington will rival him, but few
men have rivaled that marvellous
Jew"
An Enigma.
There is one mystery In American
politics that ought to be explained, and
that is why purists and reformers are
forever bowling about Tammany and
its corruption while saying precious
little, II anything, about the Republic
an ring in Philadelphia and its corrup.
ton. Is 1t force Of habit, is il. peryersi-
ty Of spirit, or is 1t a deliberate attempt
on the part OF the self styled purists
and reformers to deceive the plain peo-
pie and to lead them into the Repub-
lican party, as the Irishman who had
taken the temperance pledge, but who
still had consuming thirst, wanted
the doctor to give him the whisky ""un-
knownst to himself?" No doubt Tam
many does many things which were
better left undone, but the Philadel-
phia Republican gang does things.
which Tammany never dreams OF do
ing, vet the reformers split their threats
and the welkin also in denunciation Of
Tammany and preserve a marvellous
silence when 1t comes to the Philadel-
phia corruptionists. It really looks as
though the professional reformers, men
who live by reform, are mere recruit;
ing agents and exhorters for the Re-
publican organization. Mayor Seth
Low and District Attorney jerome
William Trayers jerome are thinly
Yeneered Republicans
When, for instance, did Tammany
perform such a brazen piece Of boss
ism as the Philadelphia Republicans
have performed as to their next may
or? -Four or five petty bosses have se-
lected Mr.. Weaver for that high posi-
ton. They announced his selection by
telephone to the hundreds Of thousands
OF citizens of that great city, and,
while nearly all were astonished, none
has had the courage to protest, none
dares to contest the nominal ton, and II
any man, no matter how strong and
meritorious, did pluck up the courage
to contest it would do him no good, no,
matter how many votes he received,
for the ring would count their candi-
date in anyway. The reformers have;
not opened their mouths about this off
fensive bossism, but II Tammany were
guilty of such caper all space would
be vocal with their Mutations, and
folks who know no better would think
that all Democrats ought to be hanged
and that all Republicans are 80 pure
that they live In imminent peril Of be-
ing translated in o chariot OF fire q La
Elijah.
Professional Reformers Mute.
It Is a well known fact that Senator
Matthew Stanley Quay dictates all the
principal appointments OF his cousin,
Governor Pennypacker, from Wash
ington aud that Senator Thomas Col
Her Plat, ''the easy boss" dictates to
the Republican legislature in Albany
what laws it shall enact. Nevertheless
the professional reformers are mute as
mice.
Hon. William A. Clark Of Montana
was driven into resigning seat in the
senate for spending too much money.
The sum proved was about $4,000.
Yet the notorious Addicks boasts that
he has spent $3.50, 600 In making Della
ware Republican. Yet when he pre-
sents his credentials not Republican
senator will object Wherefore? Be.
cause he Is q Republican.
Z 1t is really q wonder that decent
people do not become SO thoroughly.
Disguised with Republican duplicity
and hypocrisy as to rise in their might
and hurl them into that outer darkness
where there is weeping, wailing and
crashing Of teeth.
In Re Nelson a. Miles.
VIII not some Republican authorita-i
lively explain to an expectant world
why the administration has SO sudden.
ly.-taken q new tack In Its treatment OF
Nelson A. Miles, lieutenant general OF
the army Nothing appears to be too
good for Miles now, but for the last
two or three or four years in fact ever
since the beginning Of tile Spanish war
lit has been the administration habit
to snub Miles, to lambast him, to cross
him, to reprimand him. to insult him,
% humiliate him. YIN has tits change