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THE FIELD OF POLTTICS-GOSsP. VIEWS, AND INCIDENTS.
Iowa.
San Any-H in New

ment, for it has leaders throughout the
West and Northwest. and even in New
England
While il may be true that Iowa is
perhaps most conspicuous In this move
ment. it is only due to the activity and
determination Of Governor Cummins and
his following. which now has complete
mastery over the affairs Of the Hawkeye
state. During the coming summer Iowa
convention. and Governor Cummins will
be renominated to succeed himself, and
the platform upon which he will be
candidate will be a more radical ex-
preston OF demand for a revision of
the tariff than the Republican party ever
dared TO take before IN any State or
any campaign. 1t will contain some
thing more than the shelter" plank.
which frightened the timid souls. and
made such stubborn fighters as Speaker
Henderson take TO the woods.
The Cummins rule is supreme in the
State. and Cummins is the chief OF the
revisiOnists; he will have a platform
built after plans designed by himself.
Two years ago there were twenty daily
Republican newspapers in the State
hghting against him and his doctrine OF
revision Today the number has
dwindIed to four. and these are mild in
their criticisms of the revision policy.
This is but an evidence of how the re-
vision idea has taken hold of the party
in Iowa.
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Lord LudlOw's Engagement.

Lord Ludlow. whose engagement to
the widowed Lady Howard de Valdez is
announced. is not. as has been asserted
by the English newspapers. a scion
of one of the Oldest and most blueb blood
ed families Of the west OF England, put
is OF relatively modern Semitic origin
His family name is Lopes. and the
founder OF his family. old Manasseh
Lopes. the West Indian Hebrew money
lender who made his fortune and ae-
0uired his baronetcy by lending money
To King George ". when the latter was
still regent. The baronetcy was given
bv way OF part payment as soon as
George came 10 the throne ola Lopes
thereupon assumed the Christian relig
ion transforming the name Of "Manas-
sch" to Massey
At his death he was succeeded Dy MS
nephew. Ralph Franco. who assumed the
name OF Lopes. and of whom many funny
tories are told in the west of England
pe was very cautious in money matters.
and is said TO have been the hero of the
squib illustrated by John Leeeh In the
pages OF Punch" years ago.
A coachman and footman dressed in
new Hveries are overtaken by a heavy
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IN THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD
Iq@ Family

shower OF rain while driving in the park
in London. Suddenly the master pops
his head out OF the window and ex-
claims: Good gracious, how it rains.
Here. you fellows hand me those new
topcoats and hats inside"
Sir Ralph had several sons, one OF
whom is the present Sir Massey Lopes.
married 70 a daughter Of Lord Churs-
ton, now dead. Another son OF Sir
Ralph became a famous judge, and for
his services OF the bench was created
Lord Ludlow In 1897. II is his son and
heir. the present Lord Ludlow. like his
father. a lawyer, who is marrying Lady
Howard de Walden.
The latteT's first husband was one u
the blaekess OF black sheep OF the Eng
fish peeraRe. was subjected TO several
public horse-whippings for his ill-treat-
mcnt OF her. until she was finally com
PEELED by his brutality and blackguard-
ism to seek a separation His death was
a relief to all hts relatives. and happy
release TO his wife. still a very beauti-
rCi woman.
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sympathy with the movement and ready
to cooperate to bring about the cleo
tion OF a delegation to the next Republi-
can convention which viii vote TO sup
port the Iowa proposal. Wisconsin Is
also In line, and all over the Northwest
the sentiment is said TO be growing.
Coming East the revisionists hope TO
obtain aid even in New England and
there are good reasons 70 believe that
their expectations may TO some extent
be realized. New England manufactur-
ers desire free raw material and to this
extent they are willing to join in an
effort at revision. Their opinions may
be said TO be represented by such men
In Congress as the Hon Ernest W. Rob
erts OF Massachusetts, a Republican.
but nevertheless an advocate Of free
raw material
II will be remembered also that the
Hon. E. N Foss. a brother OF the dis
tinguished chairman OF the Naval Com
mittee OF the House, made his canvass
last November upon a platform favoring
revision OF the tariff. While 1t is true
that he was not elected. that fact does
not dispute the statement that even in
New England there is a sentiment for
revision. His defeat was largely due 10
a factional fight, and the popularity OF
the Democratic candidate, but his nomi-
nation showed that the revision element
was in majority in his party.
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In Washington's Time.
We Stand Appalled, at the Slowness
With Which News Travelled Then.

win W u4Cn NEWS LIdN6ASO 4Hcu
Amid 50 much airing of what we
think about George Washington,
which the anniversary of his birth
naturally causes, it is not bad idea
10 reverse the process and consider
what George Washington might think
of us.
Perhaps nothing would astonish
him more than the CELEBRITY with which
news travels today compared with the
exasperating slowness that was COM
pulsory in his time Washington's
death took place at Mount Vernon,
December IA, 1899. but Boston did
not hear of it until the 18th, seven
days after the funeral and burial.
At that period the sailing vessel, the
stage coach, and the horseback rider
were the Mereuries that bore the It'd
ings, and there was nothing to beat
them.
The treaty Of Client. which ended
this eountry's second war with Great
Britain, was signed December "a,
1914 A sailing ship, bringing the
news, reached New York February IL.
and messenger, using a relay of
horses. gave the peace proclamation
TO Boston and Washington thirty-six
hours later
Yet we Of today grumble if an
ocean liner j. a few hours overdue,
and we expect that the Marconis viii
turn the entire world into whisper
ing gallery. while the Langleys send
steam and trolley roads TO the mu-
seams by the advent of aerial freight
and passenger lines.
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A Notable Figure.

The deaIh at Budapest OF old Coun-
tess George Karolyi at the age OF near
II ninety. recalls some OF the most dra-
matte features OF the great Hungarian
revolution OF iS4s. In this struggle she
cDd her sister, Countess Louis Batthy-
any, played an active role. The two
women raiseI and equipped at their own
expense an entire regiment Of hussars
for the insurgent army. and afterWard,
when CONT Louis Betthyany was cap
tlired and sentenced 10 be hung for hav-
irg as premier OF the insurgent gov
eminent been one OF the leaders OF the
revolution. il was Countess George Ka-
rolyi who. BY means OF bribery and dis
guise, managed 10 reach her brOther-in-
laws cell. and 10 give him a small knife
so that by cutting his throat he might
escape the infamy and disgrace OF the
snlIows He did not succeed in bringing
his act OF sclf-destruction to a success
ful issue. however. being discovered and
seized when in the very act of wouuding
himself. The wound. however. was OF
such a character as TO preclude any pos
sIbility OF hanging him. and accordingly
ne was shot The countess. l may add.
after years OF exile, returned 10 Buda-
pest, and became one OF the most hon
ored and powerful leaders OF society
MARQUISE DE FoNTENoH-
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See Success Ahead.

Should the reyisionists succeed. as they
are now confident they will be able 20
do, the result OF a declaration in favor
of a revision OF the tariff. which. Of
course. can mean nothing more than .
reduction OF certain schedules. will be
to take the wind from the sails OF the
Democratic ship.
There are a dozen reasons FOR believing
that the Democracy is planning to make
its next national campaign with tariff
reform as its battle cry. as its para
mount issue. with the trust question a.
an adjunct. allowing anti-imperialisn 10
trail on behind and cutting loose en-
tirely from silver.
But should the Republican conven-
tor make a declaration in favor OF tariff
revision. which the people would not dit-
ferertiate frcm tariff reform. this action
would keep within the Republican party
the voters OF the West and Northwest
Who favor reductions in the duties. and
upon whom the Democrats are relying
for support.
OF course il is not to be expected that
the high rrotectionists, who regard as
profane any suggestion that the Ding
ley schedules might be amended with
advantage. aiH not be idle. but so strong
Is the sentiment for revision that It's
friends believe that by beginning early
they will DC able to realize their pur-
pose OF controlling n majority OF the
delegates to the convention. and not only
declaring foi revision Of the tariff. but
also for reciprocity
Al any rate. they will make the ef-
fort. and are already laying their plans.
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An Embargo Lifted.
The Senate Frees Itself at Last From
the Statehood Incubus.

The Senate Frees Itself at Last From
the Statehood Incubus.
Mr.. Quay's grip on the Senate has
at last been broken. For this session,
at least, the farce of Statehood legis-
lation has been played out. Realizing
his inability to crowd that legislation
down the threats of the responsible
Republican majority in the Senate,
the Pennsylvania statesman has con
sented to a compromise which carries
the whole subject over into future
Congress.
Whether or not that Congress will
ratify the terms now struck is imma-
terial The vital point is that Mr..
Quay has capitulated and that the
Republican organization in the Sen
ate has indicated its right TO direct
and control the Senate's Legislative
policy.
BY effecting an alliance with the
Democratic opposition and blocking
for ten weeks the orderly transaction
of business, Mr.. Quay seemed to think
he eould checkmate and overrule the
powers that be in the upper chamber.
But his effort. like many a similar one
in the past, failed. And it failed not
because II antagonized a few stubborn
leaders or very strenuous or deep
seated hostile sentiment, but because
it FLASHED with all the traditions by
which the Senate has elected to guide
and govern itself.
1t was Mr.. Quay's personal dash
and personal leadership against the
inertia of an established system. and,
as is almost inevitable IN conflicts of
this character, the inertia of the sys-
ten won.
We have never seen good reason for
creating additional desert States We
want no more Nevadas-no more III
aedged, hating, dwindling Common
wealths lifted to equality Of privilege
within the Federal Union. We should
have regretted the passage of the
House omnibus bill, or-at this ses-
sion, at least-of the two-State com
promise bill on which Senator Quay
and his Democratic allies have now
split.
But we should have regretted still
more than the creation of two more
unripe desert Commonwealth the
overthrow at Mr. Quay's hands Of
that system Of government by party
of fixed and recognized political re-
sponsibiIiiy-whieh, such as it is, has
been observed and honored by the
Senate through all its history.
We find in the fiasco Of Statehood
legislation no cause for grief. Mr.
Quay's ''hold-up" had nothing to jus
fifty or to commend il. The lifting of
the embargo is a triumph for sober
Judgment and for settled order in the
Legislative branch.
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Lent and journalism.
Fearful and Wonderful Tales Provided
for the Amusement of Readers.

Now that the Lenten season has be-
gun it behooves our esteemed contem-
poraIies to furnish in slightly modi-
fed, form that amusement which IN
different eHise many of their readers
feel II incumbent upon themselves 10
give up for forty days. And an ex-
cellent start our esteemed contempor-
aries have made of it, to be sure
Here is the first days record, for in
stance:
An American syndicate has bought
Popoeatapetl for S5,G00,0O0- an
nouncement which must fill every pa
triotie heart with pride and satisfae-
lion. If the Mexicans are so stupid
rs not to want any volcanoes IN theirs,
we know better A syndicate, a COM
binc, a trust, not only sitting ON a
volcano. but actually drawing, as it
were, its fangs by extracting sim
mense sulphur deposits" from its
bowels-the metaphor Is somewhat
mixed, owing 10 the excitement into
which this piece of news has thrown
us-is a picture worthy the steel
(pen) of the greatest word painter
this country ever produced.
A California dancer has had placed
at her disposal by admirers in Ber-
lin the sum Of S2jO.0OO with which to
build temple 70 her art" The wife
of the imperial chancellor Is among
her patrons. il Is said, while the rest
OF the ar;stocracy worship her IN front
OF the fU0tiiehis nightly a. prices
greatly exceeding those obtained by
Coquelin and Bernhard. The @lcad-
emicians~ see Ler lat reduced fig-
ures." Ono man only in all Berlin
declines to pay her homage, because
he is not willing to encourage inmor-
atty. Noble but supplemented
German But. ther, it's only the
president.of the Artists Society.
From far-oh Chicago comes news
of the discovery that the Dinosaur
had two brains--~one in the head and
the other sixty feet down the spinal
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Robespierre OF Louis XVI.

RO0eSD1eIIe ANl-
Indeed. there is very considerable rea-
son to believe that they are those of
Robespierre Dictator Barras relates
in his memoirs that after the decapita-
ton OF Robespierre he personally super
intended the latter's inhumatiOn. Being
Of a cynical disposition. he thought that
II would be amusing to bury the body OF
the leader Of the Terrorists on top Of
that Of the guiliotined King. Accord
ingly. he caused the latter's grave TO be
opened, a quantity of quicklime TO be
thrown on the royal remains. and then
placed the corpse of Robespierre in the
same grave.
After 1915 and the Bourbon restora-
ton the remains believed to be those OF
Louis XVI we're exhumed. IL was no
ticed that while the buckles OF the shoes
were of silver, those OF the knees were
OK gold. Now, 81 IS weii known thai
R06espierre always made a point %
wearing knee buckles OF a different
metal from those-of his shoes, and more
over the quicklime must have caused q
complete disappearance OF the King S
remains The bones, therefore, which
are entombed beneath the altar in the
Chapelle Expiatoire, where worthy
Legitimists are wont to pray for the re-
pose of the guillotined monarch's soul
on the anniversary OF his execution. are
presumably those of his executioner
Robespierre.
Means were taken during the reign OF
Napoleon III TO confirm the statements
Of Parras and 0ufte a large number OF
corroborative proofs were secured. But
at the urgent request Of Empress Eu-
genie. who has always been particularly
devoted to the memory OF Queen Marie
Antoinette. the matter was hushed up.
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General" Booths Criminals
Incredible That He Should Contemplate
Turning Them Loose on Society.

Press dispatches from Boston re-
port General William Booth, of the
Salvation Army, as having declared,
in the course Of a speech delivered at
a "rally" In fremont Temple;
We have in our shelter At this time more
than 1900 criminals and If tho rich do not
give us enough funds 10 carry on our work,
we will turn loose the 1900 men and give
them the addresses Of the rich.
We refuse to believe that the gen
eral7 ever said such a thing, or any
thing like il.
The methods of the "army" have
never appealed TO MS; but, such as
they are, they mdeniably reach a
class of people who otherwise would
never come under religious influences
Of any kind or description whatso-
ever. And it is probably better that
we should have the "army." with all
its giotesque and uncouth features,
than none, or one at any rate, unable
to do the peculiar work this one per-
forms.
Between mere innocent grotesuue-
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Mission Work in the SOudan.

Lord Cromer's enthusiastic common
dalton Of the American missionaries or
the Sobat River. on the occasion OF his
visit 10 Khartoum the other day, Is so
difficult - reconcile with his maiHt ?
nance of a stringent veto of missionary
work in the Soudan. that IL nav Just
as well to explain that this prohibited
enforced nv the Anglo Egyptian authori-
ties. relates only to the Moslem popula-
zion OF Central and Northern Soudsn,
and that far from forbidding, Lord CroLi-
CT is on he contrary disposed to encoGT-
age. American missionary enterprise
arlong thu PAGAN tribes OF the southern
PROVINCES. Lord Cromer, while at Khar-
TOM, did not hesitate 20 declare that, in
ais opinion. as we'll as in that OF the
British govern ment, the time is still far
distant before Christian missionary work
can be allowed among the Moham1edaD
reputation OF the SOudan-
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Hope for Tariff Revisionists.


There is a movement in progress. and
one which gives promise of increasing
in strength as the days go on. whereby
the Republican tarifr revisionists hope to
be able TO control the next national con-
vention Of that party and dictate its
platform.
Should events so shape themselves
within the rext year as to indicate that
the effort to overthrow the high tariff
element in tho party will meet with sue
cess, it may be set down as a certainty
that at an opportune time il will re-
ceiye the Endorsement and support Of
the Hon Theodore Roosevelt.
In the lexicon OF partisan contest there
is wide difference between a tariff ere
yisionist" and a tariff "reformer." Tho
former is 4 Republican who holds TO the
doctrine of protection, maintains that
nc principle is all right. but who be-
lieves that from time to time. as condi-
tions produce change, they should be
met by notifications in the customs du-
ties.
On the other hand a tariff reformer is
described as a Democrat who is actually
in favor of free trade who would assail
the goddess OF protection, whose plea
for reform of the tariff is but a sub
terfuge for the abolition of the tariff
| What is really wanted is not a reform
Of The tariff; In the opinion of the re-
! vislonists. the tariff is a good thing,
and does not need reforming; but the
| thing demanded is a revision of the
/ tariff.
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A Married Mans Musings.

married man can't always remember his
first quarrel with his wife. but ne generally has
pretty vivid recollection OF the last one.
When We reflect that in ancient times there
were neither newspapers nor faney-work parties
it's wonderful how news got around.
fellow his wedding tour can't help
thinking that he's halt q the biggest show on
earth. Neither can the spectators.
Nothing makes a girl madden than. after
worrying fos fear she's encouraging fellow
too much, 10 hear that he's gone and got
engaged 20 somebody else
No woman feels perfectly al ease in society
until she say 80 happy 20 meet YOU IN
tone that freezes the water In she ice pitcher
PittsbuTg Dispatch
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Our New Industry.

The hesthens Of the Far East eagerly
irving out Give MS American idols We
PERISH and the idol factories Of this country
are going 70 MI this want. Outcries against
..thc American invasion and unjust tariffs
upon American idols will not serve in this case
to cripple our trade. People who have tested
the qualities of American idols going 10
have them in spite Of all Obstacles that may be
placed in their way by the outclasSed idol
makers OF Europe and Asis--Chicago Record
Herald
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Father of the Movement.

Father of the Movement.
The presence of the Hon. Albert 3.
Cummins in Washington at this time has
among the politicians in the declining
hours of Congress. Governor CummiGs
is considered as one OF the fathers OF
this movement, If not actually the par
ent of the whole effort TO revise. As
was made evident in the last campaign,
however, this is not a one-man move
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Malangos and Vans.

The Secretary Of the Treasury and the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture have combined their knoVl-
edge Of vegetables, with the result that de-
cision is announced from the Treasury De-
partment that a ''malango" Is not yam.
just what q malango is. II IL il not a yam. the
two Secretaries have not yet decided and I'M
less another question is RAISED in the contro-
veIsy between the yam and the malango this
interesting classification IS likely 10 be left m
profound darkness--N ashineton Dispatch TO the
New York Tribune
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There. nowl

William is rigidly orthodox. He be
iieves in the Lord a special Providence
20 Williams imperial grandpa and him
self. and 10 maintain this belief William
is ready TO make war on any nation or
any two nations. The Emperor is as one
born out Of due time; he should have
led crusaders, or, devout Mussulman,
waved his scimitar and shouted for God
and His prophet. But in that case the
life OF today would be drearier; for
William is as "amoozin" as Artemus
Wards kanagroa-
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Iowa as a Model.

Iowa as a MODEL.
The Iowa platform will be a model
from which other States will be expected
10 pattern II the sentiment for re-
vision increases as its friends hope and
expect it 10 do.
The Iowans purpose taking the lead
But there are already indications that
the idea is becoming impregnated in the
minds of other Republican leaders in
the Northwest.
Governor Van SAINT Of Minneapolis.
for instance, is said TO be in hearty
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the revisionists to control the conven-
tiOn, President Roosevelt will no doubt
profit by f.. as there is good reason for
believing that he stands ready TO give
II the seal OF his approval
or course. he Is too discreet 10 come
out in advocacy OF the plan at this early
day, as no one car with accuracy fore
tell what Is going to happen in the next
year, which may change the whole as
pect OF thu Is.
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Looking After Platform.

The activity OF the revisionists, while
not as great now as II will be little
later on. may truthfully be said to be in
the interest OF no particular candidate
either for the Presidency or the Vice
Presidency 1t is well known that Gov
ernor Cummins is candidate for cleo
ton to the United States Senate. He is
not an aspirant for the Presidency 10
any greater extent than any other man
IN public life.
The reyisionists simply say Let US
write your platform. and we care not
who your candidates are II the move
ment grows to such proportions as to
give evidence of being able TO enable
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Not Eliminated.

Not Eliminated.
The WORLD does not suggest, much hess adj
vocate the nomination Of Mr.. Cleveland. It
does not know that he would accept the can
didacy. though it strongly suspects that he
would not decline tho nomination If it came
to him in the right way. We only say that,
as issues and events are now shaping, it is
premature and illogical to count him out
New York World.
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A Mysterious Refusal From Rome.

This ChapeIle Expiatoire indeed seems
to have had no luck. For when the
French government OF the Restoration
erected the chapel in 1916 the Vatican
declined to allow IL TO be consecrated
unless the name OF the Dauphin. that
is the son of King Louis and Queen
Marie Antoinette. was removed from the
slabs of marble bearing inscriptions 10