The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-05-13

How. does organized labor like that?
1t is almost hcartrending (v) to view
the debris of busted trusts scattered
an oyer the country, wrought by the
IeglsIatlon passed by the late Republi-
can Congress (?)
the only trust in this country now in
q pad way, is the anthracite coal trust.
1t ls In q hole with the sides soaped
and no ladder in sight, and it wae NOT
dep0sited In this cavity by the republi-
can administration. but by good
democrat, viz: William Randolph
Mr: Hearst's attorneys have proved
Commerce Commission. They have
backed the trust up in q corner and the
The courts will be asked to compel
them to produce them. Those con-
tracts will provo them innocent or
guilty OF an infractiOn of the law regu-
latlng interstate commerce. IL they
we're innocent what sane man believes
tney would hesitate To produce them
ana confound the man who is after
them. Remember, this is not being
done by Republican administration
sworn to execute the laws, but by q
temperate member of Congress who
IL doing II in the interest CT Lew and
order and the pockets of tho people.
III IL believed here that the President
mas arrived ut an acute period of his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
.ion. He has got to the baby kissing
stage OF the game. Next on the pro-
grammo will be the trust-hugging
stunt.
Everybody interested in the al dminis-
tratlon is beginning to shy rocks at
General Miles for his report of t. con
ditions existing in tho Philippine Is
lanos; lie recommends in that report
that the army in tho Philippines be fed
on beef on the hoOf killed fresh, be-
can, cause !! ne ascertained that the army is
stiil living on embalmed beof. The
war Department pays no attention to
his recommendation for the reason that
the beef trust could make no profit out
or the government if Gen. Miles, sup-
gestion were complied with. How long
Will tho people stand it?
IL the President will return and make
as close a study of the workings of the
civil service here as he made of the
animals in Yellowstone Park. he will
f1nd some game that has crept in under
the civil service tent more worthy of
his gun.
In trust batting, publicity seems to
be one OF President ROosevelt's strong
cards. Why does he not try some Of
the publicity medicine on the scandals
OF the War and Post Office Depart
ments of his own administration.
The Amphitheatre donated to the
University Of California by William
handolph Hearst, mentioned in NV
last letter, and in which President
ROOSEVELT will epeak when he goes to
nerkley, seems to be superb gift.
As everybody knows, Mrs. Phoebe A.
hearst, the mother OF Representative
nearst; mas given one MiliiOn dollars
to the University of California, and is
plans and details in the deyelopmant
of this great institution. Ars. Hearst.
ny the way, is the only woman Regent
in the United States. Mr.. Hearst's
Amphitheatre is modelled after those
OF the ancient Greeks. 1t will cost one
hundred thousand dollars when com
pieted. 1t will contain nine sections
OF seats, each section to have more
than twenty tiers. They will be on
thousand persons. A.ound the TOD q
broad walk will furnish standing room
for two thousand more persons Be-
low the tier seats will Be O platform
level with the stage provided with
seats: TheAmphitheatr will accommo-
date in all fourteen thousand persons.
:, "COnsiderations of moment not CON
a1cu " IoItO hlcO, nave caused the
,ption Of officers down there W5o are
aecpseQ of Smuggling. The American
District Attorney already had q lot of |
.he natives 0f Porto Rico in the peni.
entiary. Tor tho same offense, and was |
)roceedingagalpst the eAmericanofficer |
yhen he vas stnnnnnea by the above
elegram from the Attorney General. |
?oes that mean that the .aaHae condi-
liting Of the Porto Ricali matter wop1d
,recipitate the prosecution OF mog in
he PhilippinesS That all this E0ttcl.
Isss comi1g to tue sl;s::.cce s.s: cce at cue Time
you'd awamp the administration ard |
mock out the nomination of Roose. /
eli That certainly is Considerations
3 moment" Where. oh where, lis that J
universal panacea, PUBLICITY7
Charles A. Edwards.