The leader., 1905-08-26
BRIEF AND BREEZY.
(BY OUR AssocIATE.)


leave Boies Penrose alone. They
lare now talking of selecting Mr..
Frick ito fill the vacancy" from
Pennsylvania in the US. Senate.
/ That Pittsburg pie-making ma
Ichine is no novelty. Every poll
ltician knows that the supplies at
1.-THE counter are machine made.
The bakers strike in New York
lis diverting attention from the
man behind the gun, and focusing
it on the man behind the bun.
Secretary Shaw has quit talking
about the treasury deficit. 1t
speaks for itself.
! Norway disill1sionists won
their election by a vote of 5000:
to /, or about the same as the Re-
publican majority usually return
ed by the machine counters in
Philadelphia.
Speaker Cannon may be called
upon by his standpatter associates
to explain how he happened to al
low reciprocity convention to be
held in Illinois.
Senator Depew must feel that
he is still the country's leading
humorist. Everybody laughs
when he talks of his vindication.
The Washington Post, COM
menting on New York's four mil
lion population, says, this in
cludes indicted, convicted and
suspected life insurance men, ("
which is rich indeed, when you
lrefect that it is the voice of the
mecca Of grafters.
/ An Indiana woman who has
just been married for the ninth
time is not particularly proud of.
the record, except for the fact
that she made it without getting
any of those Indiana authors on
the list.
Jim Hogg, former governor of
Texas, is throwing boquets at
President Roosevelt. Trying to
Eget his feet in the trough.
Secretary Shaw would be hap
pier if he could have the Taft
Presidential boom ''interned" at
Manila until the close of hostili-
ties.
We are panied to find Senator
Depew spending portion of the
summer at Newport. He already
has enough to apologize for and
explain.
A medical journal says that yell
low fever is making its last stand.
la mastery retreat or two on its.
part would make more Of a hit.
''Mr. Roosevelt was still talk
ing when the train pulled out, "
says dispatch from Easton, Pa.
[Gee! but that sounds familiar.
Printers used to keep the sentence
standlng in type when Mr.. Bryan
was making his famous invasion
of "the enemy's country" in 1896.
The Union Pacific has discharg-
led all its negro cooks from the
ldining car service. Color line!
| No; dirt line.
] In conceding the next Presiden-
tial election to the Republicans
Editor Watterson must have an
idea that the Democrats are going
to nominate Judge Parker again.
| Secretary Shaw. Vice president
Fairbanks, Senator Foraker and
others who nurse newborn aspi-
rations, would do we'll to remem-
Der that the second summer" is
hard On other things besides "ba-
bies. y
| Senator Stone told the Missouri
dairymen that he had shaved off
his mustache in order to make it
easier to drink buttermilk. He
can use the same jolly when he
addresses a brewers convention.
/ Cotton is advancing in price,
but it will never become as valua-
BILE as cotton statistics in the Ag-
ricultural Department used to be.
/ In proof that the yellow peril is
real, Witte can point to the posi-
ton of Linevitch's army.
| As a summer-resort attraction,
Hotel Wentworth is able to testify
that a pair of diplomatic delega-
tions is better than the sea ser
pent.
i When he reads about the bears
and wildcats that roam in the land
where Elihu Root is hunting,
/ Teddy realizes that being tied
down to Presidential job has its
drawbacks.
The battleship Kansas is the
water wagon of the navy.
! Our modern CRATER will get
after Prof Shepardson, if he tries
to class them with the grafters of
q century ago., who were mere
pikers at the game.
/ One Missouri statesman walks
and talks in his sleep. Doubtless
Iothers Of them would like to con-
vince the jury that they took
brides that way.
| While Korea and China are both
innocent bystanders, the indica-
8ltions are that Korea is much more