The daily sentinel., 1905-05-25
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1905.

Business Office, 113 S. Fourth st.
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1905.
It is a little thing and men will
say that to enforce such an order
would be Pecksnirfian,- but we think
that TO enforce the order regarding
the eNpectoration on the sidewalk is
one of the most important on the or
dinance books.
From all sides come grateful ac-
acknowledgement to the members of the
city council in their attempt to clean
up the streets If the public will
join in the movement to maintain
the alleys in cleanliness, It will not
be very hard to get the streets in
shape.
IT'S rather a ticklish matter for
the writer to talk about mayors OF
municipalities having backbone, but
we are glad to see that Mayor Wea
yer Of Philadelphia is developing
some stiffening in his vertebrae. Ger
tainly If anything could give him this
quality It should come from the
mighty prayers of the Methodist min
listers who invaded his reception
room few days ago to invoke Di-
vine aid upon him to stop the gigan
tic steal being perpetrated by the
republican aldermen of that city and
the republican official family of the
mayor.
There is some grace to the failure
of a bank when 1t has left in its
vaults considerable sums of money,
the failure being attributed to bad
investments When. however, a bank
fails after being looted of its every
dollar as was the case in the Gold
field Bank & Trust Company, there
being found but SIG in its vaults and
So gold piece on the floor where 1t
had ben dropped. il lolts very much
as II the robbers We're inside and not
outside of the bank. There is an
other very ideal way which seems to
find favor with cashiers in looting a
bank and that is to withdraw large
sums of money. placing in lieu of the
cash their individual LO.U.s The
latter way takes the hide with the
flesh, as it is a neat way of saying
to dcpositors: ~ got your money;
what'n ell is it to you. See!"
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There is no class of individuals in
the world quite so oyerbearing as
the petty official who. clothed with
a little brief authority, believes he
is immune from obeying the laws.
You can deal with a man OF power
and holding large Office and not find
him so; but the whippersnapper the
lean-headed individual who repudi-
ates all restraint, forsooth because
he holds some petty oflice-heaven
forfend association with such.
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We have been waiting anxiously
for James A. Garfield's report on his
investigations on the beef trust.
Much was promised and but little has
come TO the surface anent these in
vestigations And now II is said that
young Garfield. in compliance with
the peremptory demand of his su-
perior officer. made funk white
wash report Well. because OF the
great name of his father for integri-
.ty OF purpose, much was expected of
the fathers son. To be woefully dis
appointed as the public has been, Will
make that young man appear in
smaller roles hereafter in the minds
of the public. II was chance in
thousand. and young Garfield should
have availed himself of IL.
1 ne l'tiNtl press II udNluE HuCll
fun with it's. society matrons and
buds over an operate skit being
played at the Broadway. called The
Court of Hearts" Male appendages
this play has none; but In lieu of the
noble man Is the lady in tights and
boots Oh, my oh, me! but the la
dies are cartooned and lampoonedi
The satirical pictures of some Of the
ladies would, in our judgment. be
advanced grounds for suit for dam
ages against the newspapers, Such
ankles! and, mercy on u.s. such
shanks as have those Denver ladies
would put anything to shame, We
oplne that Grand functions society
buds and matrons would make a bet
ter showing in tights and boots than
their sisters in Denver. But. of
course. this is only a guess on our
part.
II Powell Clayton. the American
ambassador, rests under the charge
made against him by the national or
ganization of Railway Conductors
and does not disprove it. he is unfit
to M that exalted position. Il makes
us mad Just about as mad as any
thing we have run a-foul of-to re
allie that an American engineer or
trainman in service in Mexico. II so
unfortunate as to be in an accident,
is imprisoned and maltreated by the
officials of the Mexican government
And there is still something else
that contributes to arouse our Amer
lean blood and that is that every
other country obtains redress at once.
while the greasy. dirty Mexican Off
cial laughs up his sleeve nj our pro
tests Aud he has maintained this
attitude for years of ignoring our ap-
peals for justice. simply because our
have been weak-kneed.
pusillanimous individuals, all bound
up in their own importance. The
reason other countries are so power
full Is that It makes it n business to
care for the complaints of its hum
blest citizen in foreign lands. Seem
ingly with us, our sole duty. as 1t is
represented of Minister Clayton. is
to take care OF those who are sufii-
ciently powerful to care for them
selves.