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, first is impossible History proves that.
Some things Republicans can do. To
cconolniZr Is not one Of the things.
Notwithstanding their efforts to re
TRENCH the bills still mount higher and
higher The third | have already dis
cusS,.,l This leaves only the second.
a contemplation! Of that must give the
Republican statesmen Il bad case OF
MulliyrulS. for it, too, has its dangers,
fOrprnrtically there are onl"twOS sources
| from which they can increase their In
| come 10y raising internal revenue taxes
tobacco in it's various forms and Spr-
ituouS and malt liquors. The persons
engaged in those departments Of hu-
| man rndeavOr constitute a powerful
| and thoroughly organized class, who
| fight for their profits couragrously ana
| effectively. DO the Republican lead
| ers dare to offend them? Hardly, for
| they can hurl them from power be
twixt sun and sun. SO the Republican
chieftains are, poor things. betwixt the
devil and the deep blue sea. If they
[ tax coffee the coffee drinkers will swat
them. If they raise the tax on beer
and whisky and tobacco and cigars
those interested therein will pull them
down. If they issue new bonds they
| will at once become the laughingStOck
for men and angels. considering what
| they have said about G. c. and his i'll
starred performances. They seem to
! be doomed-a delightful prospect for
| honest men.
Senator Warner.
l have no disposition to gush over
Major William Warner, the newly
elected United States senator from
Missouri. | leave that to those who
desire federal Offices and to those who
think that any man elected to high
position becomes ipso facto a great
parsonage. But it is sober truth to
say that he is to be congratulated, and
inasmuch as fate had for some inscru-
table reason decreed that the state
should have Republican senator for
lated that a Republican of such re-
spectacle talents IS Major Warner
should be elected. There were so many
chances that an obscure nincompOop or
mere moneybags would be selected
that it is pleasure to know that the
Missouri Republican senator will meas
ure up very well intellectually with the
other eighty-nine senators, for from the
beginning Missouri has sent to Wash
ington senators above the average. OF
the twenty-three men whom she has
commissioned to represent her in the
less numerous branch of the national
legislature some We're great; most were
a credit to her; only two or three fell
below the intellectual level desired.
Major Warner has had much expert
ence in public affairs. He is said to
have been a good soldier He ranked
as an able representative in congress.
He has been city attorney and mayor
of Kansas City, circuit attorney and
United States district attorney. He
was once nominee for governor. Con-
sequently he is no tyro. Personally
he is an aniable gentleman, and he is
an interesting and 'forcible public
!! speaker. Everybody wishes him well
in his new position, the securing of
which Is the realization Of a life dream.
All this does not change the fact
that be Is the child of luck. He twice
| represented Democratic district In
congress by reason of Democratic
| Kilkenny cat fight Now he goes up
| higher by reason Of another Democrat
ic fluke.
Together with all other good Demo
Gratis, mourn the defeat Of General
Francis Marion Cockrell, Missouri's
grand old man, who carries with him
the love and respect Of all Missourians
whose love and respect is worth hav-
ing. The Democrats in the Missouri
legislature are to be congratulated on
staying with him to the end and for
withstanding the Vaccinations Of a
lot of aspiring mountebanks who
| sought to humilsate him by taking him
out of the race and substituting some
one else In his stead. He was the most
useful senator in Washington, and Ma
jor Warner will have a hard task to
I'LL his place.
In Hot Water.
Tho ofhor dow Govornor r Hu1l