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graft?" Why, an honorable term in the
penitentiary.-New York Evening Mail.
Marshall Field was not the richest
man In the United States. He was
merely the heaviest taxpayer.-Chicago
Tribune.
Poultney Bigelow forgets that only
Standard OIL magnates are privileged
to handle legal questions fippantly.-
Birmingham Herald.
Now they say the Chinese want a re-
public. And yet 1t is doubtful IL the
average Chlnaman could pronounce the
word.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is rumored that Grover Cleveland
isn't enjoying the $4,000 salary he Is
drawing from one Of the big insurance
companies.-Memphls Commercial-Ap-
peal.
II France and the United States were
to combine against Venezuela 1t is be-
lieved that they could eventually whip
the South American nation.-Indlanap
oils Star.
The world lost one Of its bravest,
knightliest souls and the United States
one Of its most patriotic citizens when
Fighting Joe" Wheeler went out
Chicago Tribune.
Former President Cleveland is weary
of his job as rebate referee for the big
insurance companies. The question OF
what to do with our ex-Presidents has
not yet been solved.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., is
great admirer Of the friend Of Poti-
phar's wife. Why not dedicate the
Sunday School to est Joseph OF the
Egyptian corn T-New York
Evening Sun.
Marshall Field achieved distinction
not by being the richest merchant in
the world, but by being its greatest
taxpayer. A more substantial concep-
tion Of probity is not posslble.-Cum.
berland News.
Young Mr.. Rockefeller tells his Bl.
BILE class that lie is never justifiable.
When his turn comes in the Standard
Oil investigation the public may look
for some interesting testimony
delphla Inquirer.
Senator Depew's colleagues gave him
hearty hand-shaklng "vindication"
when he appeared in his seat the other
day. This may encourage Senator Bur.
ton to venture inside the chamber
Augusta Chronicle.
If Commissioner Garfield wasn't cot.
ting Information from the packers for
prosecution purposes, why then get II
at all? Was It to satisfy his curiosity
or to supply material to magazine writ.
ersl-Dallas News.
The victims OF the "gctrich-quick"
systems are not all poor. superstitious
and ignorant men away from our cities.
Take the fren2ied financiers and see
how they, too, are swept away in the
whlrlpool.-Louisyille Post.
Summing up the press dispatches. we
might say that If he is not killed In
the hazing process, the modern fighting
man in either arm of the service stands
a reasonably good chance Of dying from
old age.-Portland Oregonian.
Senator Clark's feat Of building n
railroad without bonds marks the ex.
treme Of simple as opposed to frenzled
finance, and also discloSes an idea
which should make it easy for the Sen.
ator to dispose of the $iO.OOOOOO stock
adyantageously. There are more wavs
than one Of killing that amiable dog
the investing publlc.-St Louis Repub.
lie.
Forty years ago Robert f. Lee was
offered the presidency OF a .orthern
insurance company at a salary large
enough for those days. He wrote thar
he hadn't the ability or the experience
TO command such a salary. He was
told that his name was worth II
What influence | have with the
Southern people is not for sale" said
Lee. That ended the negotiations
New Orleans States.