Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Press Comment.

Indiana Republicans are living a
hypocritical campaign. They refuse to
dress like rough riders. Are they tired
of the principal rough rider?-St. Louis
Republic.
Openings in administrative bureaus
are plenty. But tue administration
heads will not fill them till after cleo
ton. 1t is better to have lot of
Office seekers at the polls than one
office holder.-Seattle Times
While the Republican candidate for
second place has been branded as a
"forked icicle," it must not be over
looked that the candidate for first place
is a 'hot number Dallas News.
hypocritical cgkf34$ .UN*.. M g
Country Life in America shows by
figures that it would cost S4,ovv now
to build a house which could have been
built for $500 in 1897. That publica-
ton is apt to lose the subscriptions
cf Prof Wright and Secretary Shaw,
Albany Argus.
Judge Parker sinks the partisan in
the patriot and confidently appeals to
all with a faith in their rectitude as
absolute as his conviction of their in
telligent realization of the purity of his
own spirit and purpose. His are no.
BILE, simple, arousing words which
should find a response in the hearts
and minds of his countrymen.-Broo
lyn Eagle.
Cortelyou's gum-shoe method of do
ing campaign business at national
headquarters is becoming a trihe
wearying to some of the older politi-
clans of the brass band order, and one
of their number is reported to have ex-
pressed the wish that "some human
being would get human jag on and
come up here and break some of the
furniture. Portland Eastern Argus.
In 1896 the September election in
Vermont resulted in a plurality of 3S,-
POI for the Republicans; in 1900 it
was 31,312, and this year it is about
81 900. In 1896 the September eiec-
ton in Maine gave the Republicans a
Nuality of 4S,377; in 1900 il was a.
132, and in 1904 it is $1,000. One can
draw his own deductions from these
tigures.-Memphis Commercial-AppeaI.
At last we get the Roosevelt idea of
! economy In his letter of acceptance
President Roosevelt declares that 1.-The
expenditures have been managed in a
spirit of economy" The expenditures
of the Roosevelt administration were
S211, 100000 more than McKinley's and
$SS3,000.000 more than Cleveland's.
Does the country banker after more
of this sort of economy Portland
OIe) Eastern Argus.
Statistics reliable and indisputable
show that under Roosevelt's admins
tration there have been more business
failures, more wage reductions, and la
borers laid off. and more mills shut
down than under Cleveland's admins
tration. In face of the record the
Republican party claims to provide ev-
cry man with good job and such big
ray that the cost of living is a matter
or moohshlle'- W liLuiiStoh ". ~
Star.
The Republican campaign book of
1904 is. perhaps, the. greatest collection
of political yarns ever put before the
American people. It's $50 pages con-
tain more fables fairy tales, ghost
stories and exaggerations than are con-
tanned in arabian Nights" "Aesop's
Fables" and Baron Munchausen. .
Were the tales told in an interesting
way and had their various authors
mainly government employees better
sense of humor, this collection of Re
publican yarns might soon become one
of the most popular story books
Mount Vernon Eagle.