The independent., 1903-12-03


again go through the same suffering
that We endured in all other seasons
following booms and overcapitaliza-
tion. That full dinner pail will be
very empty for millions before many
months.
The city of Butler, Pa, is swept by
a typhoid fever epidemic, there be-
ing more than 1000 cases in the town.
Five of the physicians in attendance
upon the sick have become exhausted
and compelled to take to their beds
from. overwork.. Corps Of nurses and
a large sum of money have been sent
from Philadelphia. The water sup
ply in some manner became contain
mated. The deaths average 20 day
1t would pay every town in the Old
settled parts of the country to employ
bacteriologist. At least typhoid
fever could be prevented.
The cry all over Ohio was that. il
Mark Hanna was not reelected. that
the mills would close and we would
have the Cleveland soup houses over
again. Well, a legislature was elected
that will return Hanna to the senate
and banks began to fail, trust conlpa-
MES default, stocks started down the
toboggan slide, wages were reduced
and hundreds of thousands dis
charged. All this every one knows.
Did the election of Hanna produce
these disasters? Have the daily pa
pers that circulated the Hanna stories
heard Of the things that have hap
pened? Do the editors ever read the
news columns of their own papers?
II they do, there is no indication of
that fact In their editorial columns.
One OF the greatest exporters OF
New York has at last gained courage
enough to remarks that trade fol-
lows prices" He is evidently one OF
those abominable little Americans
OF whom we heard so much year or
two ago, when all the republican mo-
guls were shouting: "Trade follows
the fag," and every mullet head was
then answering back: "Yep. That's
so."
Mr.. Bryan has been the center OF
interest in London during the last
week. All the great dailies in this
country have been printing cable
grams about his doings. He was the
guest OF honor at the American
Thanksgiving dinner and as happy in
his remarks as usual. The lord mayor
of London gave dinner in his honor
as did also the mayor of Belfast, Ire-
land. Mr.. Bryan will go from Ireland
to Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland,
and after that to France.
There is good deal of interest
among all classes concerning the con-
tinued talk of running Hanna instead
of Roosevelt for president. Hanna
denies that he is candidate and says
that he is o. friend to Roosevelt. But
Hanna is doing all that is within his
power to defeat the confirmation OF
General Wood which the president
has set his heart upon accomplishing.
Again the statement that the presi-
dent gave out with the Bristow report
concerning the postoffice scandals,
has a severe arraignment of Hanna S
particular friend, Perry s. Heath.
The president goes into particulars
concerning Heath's raseality. Platt
of New York has been considered fay-
orable to Hanna, and Platt quarreled
with Odell. Then the president sent
for them and had harmony dinner
The next day after the harmony din
ner, Hanna and several of his partic-
ular friends turned up in Wall street
and the New York situation did not
seem as clear afterwards as before,
II Uncle Remus should give his opin-
ion on the situation, he would prob
ably say: you watch out. Brer
Hanna he lay low and say muffin"
There are Sc bands in the United
States army. Their pay amounts to
$780, 0.556 q year. A new bill has just
been introduced into congress 10 raise
the pay TO $4s6.S00 The army bands
are not a useless institution by any
means. Barrack life without them
would result In nostalgia, desertions
and mi existence 10 uncomfortable that
II would be hard to get men TO enlist
at all.
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