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come DER the spirit Of the adminfstra-
tons dreams? 1t is rumored that the
reason is that the administration wants
to cOddle Miles into seeking retirement
some eight months before he can be
forced upon the retired list in order
that two or three administration favor
ties may be promoted from major gem
erals to lieutenant generals, SO that
they may be retired with the higher
rank and larger pay. Will General
Miles dance to their music? That's
an interesting question. He can block
their game IL he will, IL he is not Sc
duced, for they will not dare to retire
him forcibly before he reaches the age
limit. He has too many friends for
.hat experiment to be considered safe,
though 1t was undoubtedly considered
seriously at one time. Flattery may
win the grizzled old warrior over, and
he may at last let two or three OF his
tnFetafate enemies reach the coveted
rank OF lieutenant general when he can
easily prevent such eepsamlm.lat is,sn.
Graceful oratory.
When Mr.. Secretary Of State Hay
does not talk politics, he is a most In
teresting orator. Few things have
been more gracefully spoken than the
following, which he uttered at the Ohio
society of New York:
A distinguished American some time ago
}eaped INTO uamerited fame by saying.
..soms men men ars bern sFsati others are
This is mere pleonasm, fox man WIG
is born IN Ohio ~ born great. can shy
this, as the rest Of you cannot. without ths
repreach Of egstisN, fer I kaye sunereq
-. n - ia that fortunate comaei,-
ing been ~. - issk back on the
wealth. Indeed wny.. " - aSa mat
shifting scenes of my life, a. s.
altogether deplorable Creatures ma.
without q country, am, when 1t comes
to pull and prestige. almost equally be-
reft. as am a man without q state.
was born in Indiana, / grew up In ILL
nois. was educated in Rhode Island, and
II is no blame to that scholarly community
that know 80 little. learned my law In
Springfield and my politics in Washing
ton. my diplomacy in Europe, Asia and
Africa. have q farm In New Hampshire
and desk room in the District of Columbia
When I look to the springs from which
my blood descends. the first ancestors I
ever heard Of were q Scotchman who was
half English and German woman who
was half French. OF my immediate
my mother was from New
England, and my father was from the
south.
In this bewilderment Of origin and ex-
perience can only put on an aspect OF
deep humility In any gathering of fayorite
sons and confess that I am nothing but an
y
lived a little while in Ohio and was
very happy there; but. obeying call
which seemed to me imperative, went to
Washington some twenty years ago. 4.
might be pardoned for thinking had not
left Ohio. for every great department OF
national activity and power was under
the direction Of q citizen OF that master
full state. -, - h
The president was an Ohio man equally
distinguished in character and achieve.
ments; the finances of the country were
in the strong and capable hands of John
Sherman: the army gladly obeyed the or
ders OF TecMmseh Sherman. with Phil
as second in command, while at
the head Of our august supreme court sat
Chief Justice Waite. the purse, the sword
and the scales of Justice all in the hands
Of men coming from a state which natu-
rally breeds men who know how to make
war. to make money and make laws
What roll call of great names is found
In the presidents from Ohio! The two
Harrisons, old and young Tippecanoe;S
Grant, one Of those simple, great men for
whom history has 80 sure Partially;
Hayes. the ideal Republican citizen, and
those twins in fate and fame, SO like in
dasfinv and diffaronf IN, TOM ,oyov,
and in methods. Garfield and Mckinley
all Ohio men by birth or adoption, all IL
lustrious in peace and war, citizens and
soldiers, TOO. without reproach.
Amazing Journalism.
The Kansas City Journal regards IT.
self as great paper. Thousands Of
in Missouri and Kansas
read 1t with the same reverential feel
Ing with which deyout .Mussuiman
peruses the Koran. Truth to tell, gen.
orally when 1t discourses upon any sub
ject save politics or about anybody ex-
cept a Democrat it is quite readable,
sometimes instructive, but surely 1t
has the Queerest idea Of wit and criti.
cism ever entertained in this world.
Its idea Of wit is to put into Demo
Gratis mouth words OF precisely the OPP
posite meaning from what he did say
and then to larrup him for saying what
It says that he said. Its idea Of criti-
cism Is to wrench sentences and parts
Of sentences from this context, tumble
them together and represent this het.
mass as what somebody
said. This may be up to date Journal