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bitterness in his composition, ana he
will be writing concerning things
quorum pars fuit "a part of which he
was). Though past eighty, Mr.. Grow
is vigorous and well preserved. Let
us all hope that he may live to give us
his views of half century of great
deeds.
A Growing Gar.
In his immortal grafton nominating
General Grant, Roscoe Conkling uttered
this extraordinarily splendid sentence:
"His fame rests not so much ON the
greatness of things written or things
said, but upon the arduous greatness of
things DONE" That would make a
magnificent epitaph for Grant, and II
Nicholas of Russia keeps up his pres.
ent lick it would also be fitting cpl
taph for him. His great ancestor, Peter
the Great, Judged by what he did
rather than by what he said, was one
Of the greatest men that ever lived. He
took a savage people and placed them
far on the road to civilization. The
most remarkable fact in his remarka.
BILE career is that while he civilized
others he remained savage till the
day Of his death. He laid broad and
deep the foundations of Russias great.
ness and planted in his peoples minds
and hearts the ambition of one day
possessing Constantinople, perform
ance which they will achieve. From
Peter the Great to Nicholas few of the
cars have done anything worthy Of
remembrance. Perhaps the greatest
single act was the emancipation of the
| serfs by Alexander. Truth to tell, the
Romanoffs are cranky, violent set.
Most of them have been murdered.
Some of them were crazy. Even Peter
the Great suffered from epileptic fits
all his days. Since Peter no car has
approached Nicholas in the benefcence
Of his deeds, and he is young yet and
there is no predicting what beneficent
things he may accomplish for his coun-
| try. The Hague conference was a
great conception and will undoubtedly
hasten the time when swords will be
/
into pruning hooks. BLESSED are the
peacemakersv But the recent acts of
Nicholas in granting religious freedom
and even rudimentary constitution
upon Russia will have far greater
immediate effect upon his subjects than
The Hague conference. Most assuredly
he is strange autocrat and is really
doing better than many rulers who are
| not denominated autocrats.
LlttIefieId's List.
| A Democratic paper says:
"It will be difficult for the Republic
ans to run away from the trust issue in
future or to deny, as did Senator Han
ma in 1900, that there are any trusts.
One of their leading congressman, Hon.
Charles E. Littlefeld of Maine, whom
the administration last year selected to
| present the simon pure antitrust bill in
congress, has settled this discussion In
his party. Mortified perhaps because
his bill was shelved by the trusts which
| controlled his party, he resolved to hit
them and their agents in congress a
back handed swipe which would make
them gasp for breath. He got together
and published in the Congressional Rec
ord list Of trusts'-not corporations
simply, but real trusts = which fills
more than six pages Of the Congress
sional Record. He says Of this list that
1t contains the grand total capitaliza-
ton Of nearly $14,O0O,000,OO0! These
totals are fully SO per cent larger than
those Of any other list hitherto pub
lished.'
"This list puts in the shade any list
published by the Democrats or in any
almanac or yearbook. 1t must make
| Senator Hanna's hair curl to see this
list put into the Record by great Re-
publican. Had the list included rail-
roads, practically all Of which are now
merged so that they do not compete
( with each other, about $11, 1000, OOO,O 900
more Of capital would have been add
ed, making total of $25,OO0 0OO,OO of
capital in trusts and monopolies.
"As the total wealth of this country
is about $90,OOOOOO,0O0 and as about
two-thirds of all this is in real estate
and improvements and farm animals,
implements and products, it is evident
that the trusts have nearly completed
their work, SO far as the manufacture
ing and the natural monopoly indus
tries are concerned. Hereafter they
must turn to the farms, the water and
the air II the trusts wish new worlds
to conquer
1--WE now understand why the cost Of
living is going up and is greater than
ever at this season Of the year, accord
ing to Dun's index number Of COM
modify prices for Feb. i. The trusts
are gradually putting on the pressure
and giving us all we will stand. They
have the power and could screw prices
up higher, but they prefer to proceed
cautiously and judiciously. Give them
time, and they will squeeze the last
dollar out Of us and have US mortgaged
80 heavily that our children, If they
submit as meekly and supinely as we
do, will be hopelessly bonded and COM
PEELED to pay tribute to the trusts, which
will own all on, above and below thu
surface of the earth.
eve do not need fieldglass to sec
that Littlefield's BOO trusts hang like
an ominous cloud on our political and
industrial horizon"
Two Senators.
At the opening of the extraordinary
session Of the senate of the United
States the observed Of all observers, the
cynosure Of all eyes, were Reed Smoot, |
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