Chicago eagle., 1905-08-19


present heirs to the Napoeonic dynas.
ty are grandsons of the Sccretary's
grandfather, and his second half-cous-
ins. Secretary Bonaparte's grand
mother lived until 1870. and fought to
the last for her rights. His father was
born in England, lived abroad most OF
the time. was never an American citi.
zen. His brother was an officer in the
French army. One Of his second
cousins. Louis. is majorgeneral In
the Russian army. and two others are
living on the reputation of their ances.
tors. The Secretary Of the Navy Is
the first of his immediate family to
identify himself closely with Ameri-
can life, instead Of clinging to hope
some day Of ruling over France. 1t is
DOT too much to say that he Is the
worthiest surviving descendant Of the
Corsican family. But is 1t not curl.
ous that Nnpoleon's grandnephew
should be at the head Of the American
Navy Department?
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II YOU want drink of old we'll
favored first.class rye whisky, call for
Napper Tandy. 1t Is excellent In every
respect, and there Is not headache in
a barrel Of It.
Perhaps 1t Is not a popular thing to
say, but 1t Is true thing to say. In
the opinion of the Chicago Chronicle,
that the concessions which are made
to religious and charitable institutions.
schools and hospitals in the way CT re-
mitted or reduced taxes are altogether
unjust to taxpayers In general. Such
concessions are. In fact, a forced con-
tribution from the great body Of peO-
pie who pay taxes. II Il church or a
school or hospital does not contrib.
ute Its share toward the maintenance
OF the water department, for instance,
II Is certain that the deficit must he
made up by people who cannot escape
the assessor. In effect, therefore, these
people are paying just that much
money to the church or school or hos
pltal whether they want to do SO or
not The money is contributed under
duress. so to speak. This custom Of
remitting taxes to religious and chari-
table institutions Is, Of course, a phase
Of legislative prodigality Of the peo-
pies money. 1t is easy to be generous
when somebody else has to foot the
bills, and the average state or national
or municipal legislature Is fond Of
making benefactions with free wave
of the hand, ignoring the fact that the
sweating taxpayer Is the person who
in the end has to find the money for
these benefactlOns. Churches and
schools and hospitals are worthy lnsri-
tutOns. They deserve support. hut It
should be free and ungrudging sup.
port, not the enforced donations
of people who may have other
and equally worthy use for their
money. People should be allowed
to choose the charity upon which
they wish to bestOw their cOntribu.
tions. 1t Is altogether out of the prov.
ince of the city or the state to point ont
certain charities and say: "You shall
contribute so much per year to the sup
port Of these charities, and to make
sure of it will collect the money from
. you in the form of taxes" This Is state
socialism in its most oppressive and
offensive form and 1t ought to be dis
couraged.
If you want u fine drink of excellent
champagne at n moderate price, try
! Napoleon Sec, 1t is as good as the best
and most expensive of imported
brands.
Nothing in this country has been
touched by trust" declares William
lravers Jerome, that has not been
caused to grow and improve" How
about the pocketbooks;
~SA
The saloons are closed in Norway
on pay day. An attempt to Introduce
an innovation of that kind in this
country would probably result in the
abolition of pay day.
~~
In Boston the people are stringlng
live wires on their back fences for the
purpose of keeping the cats off at
night, The :. l., &. a. has not felt
called upon TO act.
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The Chicago actress who gave up II
bequest OF Sl,GOO,OOO rather than leave
the stage has an unconquerable love of
her art and wldeawake press agent.
South Carolina trust magnate COM
mitted suicide after stealing $4,000.
Any ordinary man who had annexed
that amount would think that life was
Just beginning to be worth living.
~SA
| II lawyers success depended
wholly upon the gift Of CAB there
would be more woman lawyers.