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by suggesting that statue of Queen
Victoria be erected in the city of Wash
ington. That preposterous caper ought
to be worth two or three dinners at the
kings tables for Joseph AS a tuft
hunter he not only takes the cake, but
the entire bakery. He ought to ex-
patriate himself Ia William Waldorf
Astor and become a citizen of perfidi-
GUS Albion. But perhaps the sugges-
ton is Mr.. Choate's latest and lamest
joke.
Better Late Than Never.
Honor to whom honor is due" is an
ancient dictum worthy of acceptance.
Certainly the place of honor in all the
proceedings touching the Louisiana
Purchase exposition should be given to
Thomas Jefferson, though certain per-
sons have been doing their level best
to squeeze the immortal father Of
Democracy out of the celebration and
bestow all the honors upon a few living
men. At last movement has been
started to do something like justice to
the one man without whom there would
never have been any Louisiana pur-
chase to celebrate. There is to be a
Jeffersonian exhibit. 1t Is rather late
to think of this plan, but better late
than never. The Jefferson Memorial
association of the city of Washington
seems to be the prime promoter of this
laudable undertaking. A location has
not yet been selected for the exhibit
but w. S. Mexican, secretary of the as
sociation, has been authoritatively as
Sured that some sort of place some
where will be permitted for the Jeffer-
son exhibit. That nook or corner ought
to become the Mecca of all Democrats
in fact, of all American citizens
visit the exposition, for Jefferson's
wisdom, prescience, courage and tact
doubled the area of the republic. A re-
vival Of Democracy has already begun.
Next year it will be in full blast, and
the redheaded Virginian is the patron
saint Of Democracy. They who honor
him honor themselves at the same time
Uncle Marks New sobriquet.
What's in a name? That which we call
rose
BY any other name would smell as sweet,
is a famous saying of Shakespeare. If
Senator Marcus A. Hanna reads the
editorial page of the ST. Louis Repub-
lie it may be doubted whether he
agrees with the Bard of Avon in that
declaration, for in its issue of Wednes-
day, July Is, it eharacterizes Uncle
Mark as the Empress An Of the Re
publican party. Hitherto many nick
names, epithets and sobriquets have
been applied to the senator, all more
or less descriptive, but until the date
aforementioned they all Indicated that
he was of the male persuasion. Now
he is likened to an old woman.
When General McCook was, in. an
early day, in command at Denver the
Indians frequently became trouble
some, and as they were quite numerous
in that vicinity they were somewhat
dangerous. They had not only to be
treated courageously, but also tactfully.
Among their chiefs Colorow was the
most pestiferous. One day, having
filed his tank with fire water, Colorow
rushed upstairs with a pistol in hand
into the room where General McCook
was writing. Walking up close to the
general, Colorow abruptly remarked,
''McCook cowardp The general con-
tinued writing, made no sound, uttered
no word, but out of the corner of his
eye watched Colorow's pistol hand
The chief, thinking perhaps that Nc
CnOly hod ap1 II I'm sold ttAT0CnoIy
ID cowardr' Still the general wrote,
watched and made no sign. Then Colo
row yelled, "McCook heap id cow
ardv' Unfortunately for the big In
dian, he dropped his pistol hand In
stantly McCook seized him by the
neck and unceremoniously kicked him
down the stairs, where be fell sprawl
ing among his followers, who were
dumfounded by the idea of any mortal
man applying violent hands and feet
to the person of their chief McCook,
realizing the situation, shouted: "Colo-
row old womani Elect you a new
chiefw which they proceeded to do
straightway The Republic has called
Uncle Mark an old woman! Will he be
deposed?
That Washington Statue.
A good deal of discussion is going on
over the proposal of some Englishmen
to put up statue of George Washing
ton in London. They may be doing
this because they indorse some Of the
later acts of Washington's life, such as
the capture of CORVALLIS, but great
many people will believe it to be mere
ly diplomatic play to further arouse
on the part of America a feeling of
sympathy and friendship for England.
While this nation was young all the
other countries were willing to take
whaek at her, and old England led
the van, but now that she is the big
gest factor in the commercial world
and the richest nation on the globe
they are climbing over each other to
gain her friendship. 1t seems safe to
assert that no large portion of the
British public rejoices in the separa-
tion brought about largely through the
operations of Washington and his
army. 1t is true that Washington and
HIS Df6tuEen Ill dIiI1S taught tic IlliS7
lish some salutary lessons in the gov
ernment of colonies, but human ma
ture doesn't often expend its feelings
in erecting statues to those who teach
good lessons at such tremendous cost
to those taught. 1t looks very much as
If it is merely part of the large game
England has been playing for several
years to win an alliance with the Unit
ed States.
Public Ownership.
It is a remarkable fact that three
men mentioned for the Democratic
presidential nomination are openly ad-
vocating public ownership of public
utilities William R. Hearst. Tom L.
Johnson and Carter H. Harrison, the
first named being owner of three great
Democratic newspapers and the last
two being mayors of great cities.
Mayor Harrison's last message occu-
pies a pamphlet of sixty-two large
pages, and l have to thank him for
copy of it. It is an able document, and
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