Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-20
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the market for tainted money
Wall Street Journal
The wizard that we are looking for
IS the man who will invent the bang
less fire cracker.-New York Mail.
How can the Car pay an indemnity
to Japan when he has to spend all his
money in building new jails to hold
his people?-New York Mail.
DR.. Wiley has gone into executive
session to pursue an investigation Of
limburger cheese Science also has its
martyrS.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Of what statesman before Mr. Hay
has it been said with such significant
unanimity in all parts of the world,
eve trusted m:'-Providence Jour
nal.
Still there were some fairly capable
men in the early day cabinets, al
though they didn't step into 100000
jobs when they retired.-kansas City
Journal
1t may be said of the late Secretary
of State Hay that he never belittled
his position by holding it as a steplad-
der by which to climb to party nomi-
nation-BOstOn Post.
President Hadley's idea that a man
may be too good is not an original
discovery Several Equitable celebri-
tiaS, In boon antinfy
time.-New York Mail.
Mr.. Justice Brewers remark that in
in the future Philippine government
there is danger of too little Taft and
too much graft, is as suggestive as it is
grammatic.-BOStOn Herald.
A Massachusetts man of 80 is en-
Through an oversight. perhaps. the
Dress reports neglected to state the size
of her fortune.-Colorado Springs Ga
Zette.
1t is said that the commission ap-
pointed to try General Stoessel has
found that the surrender of Port Ar
thur was justifable The Japanese
have thought so all along.-New York
Evening Sun.
A Kansas paper wants to know If
there is something about Congress
that spoils a man. Not at all. But
there's something about some men that
tends to spoil Congress. - Florida
Times-Union.
Engineer Wallace is frankness itself.
He says he has left the Panama Canal
in such excellent shape that anybody
can do the engineering, the digging
and the incidental details.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about the life of the late General Go
mez is the fact that he lived almost
without being the principal of an in
estigation.-Des Moines News.
Notwithstanding her crime was one
Of the most cold-blooded and revolving
murders in recent years, it now ap-
pears almost certain that sentimental
lists have won and Mrs. Rogers will not
hang.-Wheeling CIV. Va Register.
James J. Hill has refused to rush to
the defense of his chauffeur who ran
over and killed a woman in New York.
If the rich owners of automobiles fol-
low Mr.. Hills example the scorching
will be materially diminished at once.
Chicago Record Herald.
Three and a half million eggs from
York County, Pennsylvania. alone are
in cold storage until prices advance.
AS improved machinery knocked out
the labOring man, so cold storage is
designing against the American hen
and farmers wife.-Iryington (Va.)
Citizen.
1t would have been more pleasant If
Mr.. LOOMS could have avoided going
abroad under Il cloud. but distinguish
ed men with important business await
ing attention in Europe cannot sit
around waiting for a dilatOry and IN
certain weather bureau.-Butte Inter-
Mountain.
The resident administrators of the
Philippines. having heard of Secretary
Taft's ability as an offhand letter
writer, will probably be careful dur
ing his presence in the islands to avoid
saying or doing anything calculated TO
invite the attention of his typewriter.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
If President Roosevelt can establish
like real business system
in the performance of government
work in Washington, and if this re-
form. once established is made per-
then this will be even greater
than the other Roosevelt achieve
City Times.
There is one very important obsta-
Gle in the way of government regula-
lion Of insurance companies. The
United States Supreme Court has de-
dared at least five times that insur-
lnce is not commerce in any meaning
If the term. Hence, it cannot be inter-
state commerce and Congress cannot
make laws to govern it.-BuffalO EX-
press.