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The country never had a president
who was more strenuous than the present
chief magistrate for an honest pupnc
service and yet seldom In our history mas
there been so much grating among fed-
eral officials. Galveston News.
There are journals in the United
States which have made speciality Oh
horrors and scandals with the view OF sc,
curing the patronage of morbid mlnaen
persons. When crimes do not occur with
sufficient frequency they do not hesitate
TO invent them. They invade the sanculy
OF the home and. on the himsiest pretext'
make free with the regulations or prl-
vate citizens They dish up to their read
ere all sorts OF salaclous gossip touchlng
pilded society II their pages were MIR
ror OF all humanity, instead OF only the
decadent elements of mankind, the pessl-
mist would be warranted In clapping his
hands with glee and asserting that the
world is given over wholly TO wickedness
and that his Satanic Majesty Is the pa
tron saint OF the universe. Baltimore
Sun.
Perry Heath will no doubt at once ap-
point all his old political cronies TO those
fat jobs in the administration OF his new
coal mines Chicago Record Herald.
Mis- Todd was postmistress at Green
wood. Del. She was Republican In prin-
ciple. but, being a woman, took no active
part I'm politics There seems TO be no
question that she performed her duties
we'll Postmaster General Payne-selected
by Mr. Roosevelt for position In the
cabinet because OF the political service
he was expected 10 render-recenty re-
moved Miss Todd from office. Pressed for
an explanation. the postmaster general
bluntly stated that she was dismissed be-
cause she was personally and politically
obnoxious TO Senator Alice at whose in
stance an Addlcks Republican has been
given the position. This Is a nice business.
indeed going on while the president
crates TO church and other societies on
civic virtue and good citizenship. '-Buffa-
10 Courier.
"As Christians and humanltarians we
should like TO see the Turk kicked out OF
Europe. but are fully aware that II is no
part OF our business TO undertake or as
sist at the operation. If Europe chooses TO
tolerate Abdul the Damned as a neighbor
and to sit selnshly by protocoling and
palavering over paper reforms while he is
turning section OF Christendom into a
shambles. why. that is Europe's affair.
not ours. Milwaukee Sentinel
The attempt that is being made to be-
little the whole business and 10 ridcule
the administration for its prompt action
will not gain any support from Admiral
Cottons account OF the situation. Tur-
KEY is now the danger point OF Europe and
that is where our European squadron
should be. The prompt action taken by
the administration will have a Thoroughly
good effect in enhancing respect for Am
erican nationality. "--Pittsburg Gazette.
1T Is a pity that the Kearsarge was re-
called so speedily from England At least
half a dozen vessels should be sent TO
take her place, and TO display our flag In
every Turkish seaport Orientals are i'm
pressed by what they see with their own
eyes rather than by what they vaguely
hear. IL Is not the potentiality OF American
military and naval power that will lead
them 20 respect the persons and the prop
erty of our citizens. What they need Is an
actual sight OF the ships and the sound Of
the guns to teach them the limits beyond
which they must not go."-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
III Carter Harrison does try to capture
the Democratic organization I'm Illinois he
viii he exempt from one criticism which
the minority party In Missouri has never
been able 10 dlspel He cannot he accused
or trying TO capture the postofflces. st
Louis Republic