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Especial Washington letter.

DS there such thing as excruciat-
ing humor? There surely must
be, for the following squib APP
peared recently in the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat: Colonel Bryan has
thistle patch on his farm. He is ar
ranging to go into the Angora goat
business. AT any rate. he is trying to
butt in" Clearly the first two of those
side splitting sentences were written
to make excuse for working in the
third.
A Tale Of Two Cities.
For some weeks the mayoralty elec-
lions at Cincinnati, in southern Ohio,
and at Cleveland, in northern Ohio,
have attracted national attention be-
cause it was understood that if Tom
johnson won in the city by the lakes
he would be a candidate for governor
of Buckeyedom this year and, success
full in that race, candidate for presi-
dent next year, and that should Nell
Vile E. ingalls,, president of the Big
Four railroad, win in the mayoralty
race in "the Queen of the West, in her
beautiful river" he would be candi
| date for governor of Ohio this year
| and, successful in that race, candidate
for president next year. Well, the day
big with the fate of Cato and Of Rome
lin fact, of two Catos-came. Tom
was triumphantly reelected mayor Of
Marcus A. Hanna's town, very much
to Uncle Marks chagrin, no doubt and
Mr.. ingalls, was showed under. So he
is out of the running, while Tom is
strictly and largely in it. He is most
certainly and most emphatically per-
sonage with whom all aspiring Demo
cratic statesmen must reckon. The
prestige of two mayoralty elections is
not to be sneezed at or poohpoohed out
Of the way. His enemies call Tom q
mountebank, fakir and other pei
names, and they disturb him about as
much as gentle April shower dis
turbs full feathered duck. His
friends and admirers denominate him
statesman and the friend Of the peo
pie, and, Judging from the election re
turns, his friends are increasing while
his enemies are fading away. Evi
IDENTIFY his star is in the ascendant, and
Uncle Mark will have to bestir him
self or Tom will sit in the White
Gle Marks heart
The strange thing about these two
city elections was that nobody seemed
to care anything for the Republican
candidates. Not one intelligent man
in fifty can tell at this moment who 1t
was that defeated Mr.. Ingalls, In Gin
cinnau and not one In a thousand cur
recall the cognomen Of Tom Johnson'i
latest victim!
There is one Republican statesman
up in northern Ohio who is no doubt
busy congratulating himself, and that
is Hon. Theodore q. Burton, represent.
alive in congress from one of the Cleve
land districts. Burton is capable and
ambitious as Lucifer. Some two OF
three months ago the Republican lead
ers on the lake shore took Theodore
up to the top of high mountain and
offered him the dominion of the polit
ical world, mayoralty, governorship
senatorship and presidency, If he would
, only run against Tom johnson and d.
him in the municipal election. 'Twa!
a great temptation, no doubt Burton
. considered, hesitated, cogitated and
declined! He knew on which side hi
!. political bread was buttered. A grea
a noggin has Burton! 1t is not know
. whether Senator Hanna was at thu
4 bottom of the Burton movement. Their
!. is no love lost between them. Quit
= the contrary, and 1t may have beef
that Hanna, seeing that Toms triumph
! was inevitable, made up his mind tina
1t was golden opportunity to rid him
a self of Burton, who has long been {
> thorn in his side; but Burton did no
,, take the bait, and he did well. Tit
chances are that he would have re
ceived more votes than the man who
tackled Tom, but the chances are ter
) to one that he would not have beer
elected.
OF One Mind.
First and last at least three distin
guished men have agreed on one propo
sidon = Sancho Panza, George Wash
J. ington and Theodore Roosevelt. Sanch,
= naturally led of. He declared tina
J. "Peace lie the time to prepare for war.
J. Washington elaborated the idea some
8 what, and now comes President Roose
welt and clothes it in language as fol
lows:
It is too late to prepare for war whe,
war has come. and II we only prepare SUI
dctently no war will ever come. We wisl
q powerful and efficient navy, not fo
purposes OF war, but as the surest guar
antee of peace. II we have such a navy
II we keep on building it up, we may res
assured that there is but the smalles
chance that trouble will ever come to thi!
nation. and we may likewise rest assured
that no foreign power will ever quarre
The president also delivered himself
of the following philosophical remarks
well worth remembering and ponder
ing:
This last point my fellow citizens, is al
important and Is one which as a peopl
we can never AFFORD to forget. believ,
IN the Monroe doctrine with all my hear
and soul. I am convinced that the i'm
mense majority OF our fellow countrymel
20 believe In 1t. but would infinitely pre-
Ter to see US abandon 1t than to see US pu
1t forward and bluster about 1t and We
fall to build up the efficient flghtin,
strength which in the last resort can alon
make 1t respected by any strong foreig,
power whose interest It may ever happe,
to be to violate 1t.
Boasting and clustering are as objec
tionable among nations as among indi
yid 6I and the public men Of a great ma