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Topeka district of Kansas in congress,
is one Of the most popular Republicans
In the house; consequently all his fell
low representatives will be glad il the
following dispatch turns out to be true:
Kaw City, Okla, April 2s-Representa-
tive Charles Curtis, who is member Of
the kaw tribe Of Indians, has drawn his
allotment in the law reservation. He
and his three children received 1000 acres
of as fine farming land as there Is in
Oklahoma. 1t is worth at least SIS an
acre.
II press reports are true there are
also two other statesmen who are to
be congratulated on their good luck
lately in financial matters. 1t Is re-
ported that Senator Joseph W. Bailey
Of Texas has received fee of 5000, 900,
while Colonel ]. Hamilton Lewis, once
Of the state of Washington. but now Of
Chicago, has received one Of 500 600.
In the spring fuller crimson comes upon
the robins breast; II ~ a
In the spring the wanton lapwing gets
himself another crest;
In the spring a livelier iris changes on
the FURNISHED dove;
turns to thoughts of love.
So. sang Alfred Lord Tennyson in
sLocksley Hail." and Tcnnyson was
correct. To this William Randolph
Hearst, editor of three great Demo-
cratic dailics, will make his "alfer
dayy." In fact, he has just demon
strated the truth thereof by taking
unto himself wife. All persons what
ever, male or female, old or young,
Democratic or Republican, will wish
the brilliant young editor and his
wife health, happiness, prosperity and
length Of days. IA touch Of nature
makes the whole world kim
Now It Is Miles.
The newspapers are busy bringing
out candidates for the Democratic
presidential nomination. No sooner
does one disappear or lose step than
another. is placed upon the course by
our fertile scribes. While Hon. Mel
vile 3. ingalls,, president of the Big
Four was candidate for mayer Gl
Cincinnati he was everywhere herald:
ed as a possible president, If he won;
but he lost, and his presidential pros
poets went glimmering. Now comes
lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
with a repart.4 confidential report-as
to the situation In the Philippines, .c99pp .
timing much of criticism. wheFcupon
he is acclaimed presidential POSSIBLE
ity. Nous yerrons.
What idiocy will we get at next?
Our whole career in the Philippines,
except Dewcy's victory, has been one
OF unmitigated nonsense. But surely
we have reached the climax at last.
The following dispatch, which will
make the judicious grieve and which
was recently sent out from Washing.
ton, needs no diagram to explain the
asininity which It describes;
WashIngtoa, May A.Fhe Fhtlippstn IS
mony by making an increase OF fa6 1g9ldl
per month in the salary allowances eE
married officers Of the constabulary, The
There are many bachelors on the force
Third Parties In 1904.
A great deal is being said about the
disappsaTanee of the Populists from
congress, and 1t is ASSUMED that the
campaign of 1904 will be fought cut by
the two old parties, the Democratic
and the Republican, without any inter.
ference by ANY third party. Those
who mako tiiat assumption are also
making great mistake perhaps, Moth
ing in last years election was more
astonishing than the growth Of the
| Socialistic vote. 1t may be the con
trolling factor in 1904 just as the Biz
ney vote defeated Henry Clay in 1884,
and the Peter Cooper vote in Oregon II
1876 gave that state to Rutherford B
Hayes, thereby enabling Zach Chan
dler and other Republican freebooters
to steai the presidency from Samuel
Jones Tiaaep BY means means Of the eight te
seven commission. There are also
signs Of a resurrection OF the Pnahibi
ton party. A recent dispatch from
Evansville, Ind, says that the most
Surprising feature Of the spring city
elections In Hooslerdom was the large
Prohibition vote. In this day OF tele
graphs and telephones q new party
may grow like Jonah's gourd vine.
For Vice President.
Nobody ever commissioned the writ.
er hereof to select vice presidential
candidate for the Republicans. hui
were he called upon to do SO in the
present emergency, when the g. o. r
is splitting to pieces on trusts and tar
fff, he would pick Governor Van SAM
bf Minnesota. The backdown Of the
iHaWkaaiSiee lsgpYlRlicans as to "the Iowa
idea" completely eiialf1ates Governor
Cummins us vice presidential capatI:
date. as his chief stock in trade was
that same sidea," which was largely
exploited until President Roosevelt
and Secretaries Shaw and Root sat
upon it heavily and simultaneously,
yipce which both Governor Cummins
and .'the Iowa idea have been as fat
M the. provetbiar pancake. Thus is
David Premner henderson, eksspeak,
er OF the house OF tepfesen iyes
avenged on Cummins OF i'd genus
;onne. II the Republicans propose ia
pose MS trust busters next year they
cannot afford to ignore Governor Van
SAINT, for he 1t was, SOLITARY and
alone" to use Thomas Hart Benton's
pleonastic expression, who set in mo-
ton the Jaw machinery which busted
ehe great railrpad merger. To ignore
him is to confess to hypocrisy alb initio,
which will prove fatal to them. Van
SAINT is entitled to the lions share OF
the praise for the proceedings which
ended in Judge Thayer's opinion-an