Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-04-06

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fore they have been used, do not
always have as good an appearance
after the opposition lawyer is through
punching holes in it.
1t must be pleasant to be public
official in Russia. Whatever he does
he gets letter threatening him with
death either from the reactionary org
anizations or from the revolutionists.
Railroads should get for train dis
patchers, some of our dime novel de-
tectives, who never sleep.
Vice-President Fairbanks is perfectly
willing that Secretaries Taft, Root
and Shaw should all be sent to the
bench. 1t would make the shedding a
little easier in 1908.
Representative VIM. Alden Smith
has purchased newspaper, and he can
now relieve his mind without straining
the columns of the Congressional
Record.
A singing evangelist recently
appeared before the Iowa State Senate
and rendered number of selections
They must be making desperate
efforts to reform their legislators.
The shortage of funds in Zion City,
does not seem to worry the people
there, since they continue to- talk as if
they only need to draw on their
imagination.
The American people, it is said,
spend So, 900, 900 more annually for
chewing gum, than for foreign mis-
siors. And the figures would make
one piece last a whole week.
A Youngstown, Ohio, woman left
her husband two months ago after the
wedding, because he talked in his
sleep. Some women seem to be de-
termined never to give man chance.
On the grown of excessive, Judge
Wright of Chicago, set aside verdict
6 awarding Mrs. Wright Lilly Davis
. 81, 200 for a stolen kiss. 1t may be
that the thief is entitled to damages.
Some residents of Lincoln, Neb.
$ are wondering if Mr.. Bryan will be
, satisfied to live in that town after
viewing the wonders of the big world.
n They are not worrying just wonder
n ing
Surely the friends of Tom L. John
son will not contend he has the epose
e and possibilities of protacted silence
S indispensable to the ideal vice presi-
e dent.
y Possibly also Mr. Taft is aware of
% the fact that presidential nominations
: are more or less certain.
If the Taft boom is withdrawn, the
Fairbanks and Shaw booms which il
e has blanketed, may also be able to gel
7 little wind in their sails.
:, They are going to have big time il
~ Pittsburg when Mayor-Elect Guthrie
is inaugurated. They do not often ge
chance to install a Democratic
;, mayor in that town, so it will be ex
cusable to make plenty of noise owe,
e it.
The Democrats of Pennsylvani;
seem to be standing around waiting
! or coal strike for some other 'tunfor
,v tunate thing" to cheer them up.
is Prominent men in New York hav
20 been drawn into the insurance scan
I'd dals so much that they find it usefu
If to keep an inexhaustible stock of de
malls on hand.
Judge Parker thinks that the Demo
N cratic nominee should come from tn
Id South. The judge and Mr.. Bryan ar
IN at loggerheads again.
IS If sentiment remains what it is, tn
I outlook would seem to be that Mr.
"a Roosevelt will to continue to be presi
n dent until Buster Brown comes o
IL age.
After their experience with judg'
Parker, it is quite natural for tn
leaders of the Democracy to feel tina
;, a candidate from the South would b.
- spelled "aigs,,
A man arrested on the streets O
Dayton, Ohio, for selling shamrocks
:" was brought before judge Sullivan
= The rest is easy to guess.
Without free seeds and free passes
- and with the franking privileg
-, curtaile1, some Congressman will
= take gloomier view of the nation
e destiny then ever.