The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04
POLITICAL OTE
ohio in the Indian language means
THE beautiful river"

'ohio- in the Indian language means
The beautiful river"
Mayor DUNES administrator Of the Police
Department Of Chicago has suggested talk OF
Rrming women In that city with convenient
weapons charged with q solution OF ammonia
and cayenne pepper, to be used in encounters
with touRhs and thugs! The objection to
the revolver Is that they might shoot them
selves instead Of the thugs.
Woman suffragists affectionately and re-
spectfully speak OF Miss Susan B.. Anthony
as The grand old woman Of America
Representative Nicholas Longworth's bill
appropriating e5, O0o.o 900 TO buy foreign en-
bassies recalls that for years many have said
that the salaries of the United States Am
bassadors, Ministers and Consuls should be
first increased and afterward. in accordance
with the custom of many foreign nations. per-
manent homes could be established for
Americas diplomats.
Abraham Lincoln indicated In speeches
and letters that no was chock full Of senti-
ment. Here Is ono Of his utterances: 4
want II to be said Of me by those who know
me best that I have always plucked a thistle
and planted a flower In Its place wherever q
flower would grow"
or thirty Italians In O night school In Kan
sas City, only two last week knew the name
OF the President OF the United States,
Representative Nathan Wesley Hale. Re-
publican. Second district OF Tennessee. tells
his friends that he lie not yet ready to sub
scribe to the following suggestions In order
to become a successful Congressman:
That legs are needed as much as brains.
That long service counts more than ability.
That impudence measures more than In
telligence.
William M. wins. Republican candidate for
Mayor Of New York city last fall and author
OF the phrase We are suffering from the
contagion OF luxury" is reported to be worth
81 ,000, 900.
United States Consul Edward H. Ozmun
at Stuttgart. Germany, in a report to the
State Department at Washington comments
on a building boom In Stuttgart and says:
Building lots are dear and rents are high.
On one OF the best residence streets not far
from this Consulate an apartment house OF
four stories has been erected having apart
ments OF eight rooms. each OF which were
readily rented as soon as finished at the
rental Of 81 900 a year each. without heat"
1t Is asserted by others that the average
yearly income OF a citizen of the German
empire is far below that OF the average Ameri-
can citizen. which is less than 81 900 a year.
Is there any connection, It Is asked. between
the small average income OF the German
citizen and the fact that Germany heads
the list OF European countries In the number
of suicides' During the last ten years the
number of self-murders in Germany has been
1883. This is almost three times as many
as there were soldiers killed outright in the
Franco Prusslan war In 1901,
Representative Charles Henry Grosvenor,
Republican, Eleventh district OF Ohio. who
is TO be retired this fall to private life after
q lifetime In the House was a Connecticut
boy. having been born at Pomfret. Windham
County.
John p. Miller. a Washin gton authority.
In Twenty Years in the Press Gallery" says
OF New York city's Mayor:
Mcclellan is always amlable. without
being weak, and has a sense of humor which
Is apt to bring out all the amiability there is
In his associates or his adversaries. He
does not have TO get mad in order to be firm
and he does not have to offend the other
fellow In order to make himself understood.
He knows himself too well to be always afraid
OF contamination. and can min gle with all
sorts OF men and deal with any sort of a poll
tician without either making more than the
average number of enemies or sacrificing
his integrity"
Elmer Dover. secretary Of the Republican
national committee and right hand man to
the late Mark Hanna in two great national
was formerly a newspaper man.
Il think, " Mr.. Dover says, "a newspaper re-
porter obtains the best training in the world
In some respects. At the start he Is drilled
in getting the truth. While others are run
ming about in noise and confusion he balances
one statement with another and out Of the
orgy of excitement and exaggeration. walks
way with the facts. Moreover. he is some
times lied TO by the foremost citizens. And
No he develops the sense of proportions, and
being tempered like hard steel. his ed ge is
keen and sure"
Certain inconsiderate Republicans In Rhode
Island. II is stated. are already planning to
defeat United States Senator George Pea
Wetmore next fall.
Representative William r. Hearst's cohorts
are said to be great at "honk -honking and
Interpreted. this means. noise
and plenty of II.
The salary of the Speaker Of the House
II Representatives Is s,0O0 q year, 5000
more than that of his fellow members Of the
House. The Speaker OF the British House
OF commons receives Il edlaTy OF S2U,ODU q
year, with a commodious furnished residence
at the end of his official service Is usually
-ewarded by a peerage and receives a pension
If $50, 900. Members of Parlia ment receive
40 salary from the British Government.
United ST ates Senator Reed Shoots case
before the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections will end. 1t is predicted, with
The Senator's term, March =, 1909.
Nearly ten years ago 100000 was con-
in this country for a statue Of Lafay-
to be set up in the Place du Carrousel.
Paris. 1t was to be a gift by the American
people to the people of France. The bronze
statue should have been finished in 1900 and
on July 1 OF that year, The in
luiry is now heard, What's become of the
The declaration OF the well known negro
Bishop. H.. VI. Turner, at Macon.