The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-16
AMONG our EXCHANGES

school Land recently sold 10 Idaho
county E4s ole third higher than tbs
average price AZ the sale q the sane
eiass n lands 10 Lztah county. three
days later That's not 30 bad for
Idaho county -tiraBgsTiiIe STANDARD
Fifteen railroads esntraiizinR ia
general management ~ Chicago report
the discharge u eighteen th0usand
employees within the past three
months A. . matter d economy 10
hedge against the possibility Of
financial failure. This means eight
ecu thousand more dinner pals which
Mark Hanna cannot claim are non
full Idaho Eagle.
The Steel Trust did not declare
dividend this year on it, common
stock aud it, net earnings show
failing Of Of over half a. compared
With last year. A report from New
jersey says that forty -fivs corpora
lions which last year paid taxes %
$50, 900, 900 Of stock have burst.
With liabilities fourteen times their
assets. II seems pertinent for some
one 10 rise and remark. What l. the
matter With the trusts?''--Lswiston
Teller.
Andrew Carnegie owns = lot on
Fifth avenue, New York, around
which IL high board fence. The
other day little Tommy O'Brien
attempted to climb the fence 10 re-
cover bis football, when be fell and
sustained such injuries that be bad
70 remain 10 bed three days. Upon
learning Of the accident Nr. Carneigs
wrote Tommy q letter and sent him a
check for $500. News Of the In
cidsnt spread through the nsighbor-
hood rapidly, and noz it IL said
every day there are crowds Of small
boys who are trying to see how hard
they can fall of of Andrew Carnegie
fence. -- Wood River News, Miner.
There never was better combine.
ton in American politics than il
now being made In behalf of Senator
Hanna. Ia the first place, Marcus
Alonz0 Hanna himself IL one Of the
big men Of America. His method.
may be repreheusible, bis uncou
seionable antocracy may be utterly
at vari4nce With the Ideals: bat be IL
a force fearless aud true 10 his
friends even unto death. In the
second place, he has ths unlimited
confidence Of the business interests
and real politicians Of bis party.
without a word from tbs inside and
simply knowledge Of the men. one
can easily argue what forces would BE-
brought TO this support Of Hanna
candidacy. All New York finance
would be at his back; Plat, Bsve
ridge, Quay, Ksarns and many other |
senators would devote themselves to |
his success; beneHciaries Of his kind
ness, like Perry Heath, are at his |
Instant command to go around the
country either whispering or shout
ing a. the occasion may require.
Against his tremendous ability and
the people who are allied with him.
stands the accidental president Of
the United States, full Of zeal aud lts
attendant indiscretions and supported
by men who give themselves 10 his
ease, not because they love him more,
but bscasue they love Hanna Less. II
Senator Hanna Ii really sitter the
nomination, he will get II. The
Roosevelt rabbls cannot Withstand
Tho Hanna host. - Ogden State Jour.
nal.
We wonder what Gooding. and
and Shoop. aud Charley
sweeney, and POcntello Brady are
aging to themselves and writing 10
heir Chief Hepburn since the Nor
non church has squared itself with
Borah, and selected him a. their
Idaho representative aud pct. Borah
IS to be sent 90 Washington TO clear