The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
POLITICAL r

washington 10 u laVOTltO Guy WIZ AhohS
widows who had distinguished husbands.
The political-social atmosphere Is attractive
to them. Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna has sold her
home In Cleveland and is to become q perma-
nent resident OF Washington. Other women
who either live entirely In Washington or
spend most of their time there are Mrs. Garrett
A. Hobart. Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mrs. Henry
c. Payne, Mrs. Stanley Matthews, Mrs. John
Hay, Mrs. Philip Sheridan, Mrs. Matthew STAN
ley Quay and Mrs. John A. Logan.
Peace In polltics?" whispered Samuel J.
Tlden. why. you might as well expect aar-
mony In hell"
Philadelphia school authorities are agi-
tated over the "nefarious traflo' OF peddllng
popcorn and pretzels at the doors OF the pub
lie schools
The bills introduced In the Iowa and Ohio
Legislatures authorizing physicians 10 put
an end to the lives Of the hopelessH mcuraple
are criticized as 'curiosities, not symptoms.
Of the age" 1t Is commended that human
suffering has a ministry. 1T has much,
it Is added. ito do with the perfection OF
character. It chastens and refnes. With
out suffering there would be little OF sym
patty or pity. There is a grandeur IN the
bravery that makes the best OF life ana nents
to the end, and there is value In the sympathy
that Is aroused by pain"
'Coin" Harvey. whose name was familiar
in the first Bryan campaign as q ierocious
and vociferous Sixteen to One-er Is now
running a summer resort In the ozark moun-
tains. Harvey and the late John r. Altgelo
Of Chicago, Bryan's political creator. chung
tena ciously to their gold coin and gold notes
in that campaign. Altgeld Is German 1or
OLD money.
Many politicians, Republicans, Demo
Gratis and so forth and so forth look upon the
City Club Of New York city as the Sanheorlm
of MuRwumpery. Andrew Jackson az the
father Of the Observation-Disclosures
idea In American politics was prooaply
the most peridious character In our nations
history" proclaimed an important member
of the club several evenings ago. 1here
was much more on the same line.
jackson beat Henry Clay In 1882 oy an
~electual vote OF 2ls to 40, and part OF the Demo-
cratic national platform on which jackson
was so overwhelmingly triumphant read:
"Resolred, That the indiscriminate re-
moval Of public officers for a mere dlnerence
Of political opinion is a gross abuse OF power,
and that the doctrines lately boldly preacheo
In the United States Senate that to the Victors
belong the spoils of the ~vanquished is detri-
mental to the interests. corrupting 10 tne
morals and dangerous to the liberties Of the
country"
The Chinese Imperial Commissioner who
have been inspecting about everything IN
the country say that they like our lager beer
better than our cocktails. Several years
ago China's Emperor had an Ambassador
at Washington who was frequently enter
/ tanned at the Lotos Club, New York. The
representative of The Continuation OF Splen-
dor, the EmpeIor's Individual name. always
wound up his speech on those festive occa-
sions by beamingly saying:
ct lilo tn coma here | like Won. Won have
such nice things to eat and-to drink.
Germauy's population. according to the
newly completed census, had in 1905 reached
80. 6Os. 1873.
The candid and didactic remark of a mem
Der of tho Woman's Political Study Club OF
New York the other evening was kissing
is overdone.' She hastily added, with marked
earnestness. Not that speak from experience.
you know"
Johann Most's last printed words were: To
hell with law"
"A professional mugwump politician" said
James j. Martin OF Tammany yesterday.
reminds me of an old woman in Syracuse.
who once said: Now they have got up Il big
fuss and fight here on prohibition and divided
this community. ] am not going to take any
sides at all. lam just going to be a nuisance
Norman T.. Mack. Democratic national
committeeman for New York. puts butter on
his pie.
Talleyrand. believed by many students Of
politics to have been the shiftiest of all French
statesmen, used to say: Beware Of too
much zeal on the part of subordinates."
japanese statesman, speaking of the des-
tiny of the Corean, nalvely remarks:
David Harum said that feas were given to
- l---. L.-. 800, w,,,.N tn ,tNp ~ thA anN
that he was a dog. Why not leave the Corean
with his unenlightenment and a worry or two?"
Former State Senator James G. McCune Of
Virginia, author of the famous anti-kissing
bill, in now being sued for divorce.
1t Is stated that Lewis Nixon believes that
Russia needs a Tammany. or. in other words.
that Russia needs the counterpart of a politl-
cal organization which for discipline and con-
centration has perhaps never been equalled in
the annals of political organizations. Mr..
Nixon was leader of Tammauy a few days.
Richard Croker was Tammany's leader for
sixteen years and retired of his own v%Olition.
II has been frequently said that only an in
telligent despot" can be a successful leader of
Tammany.
The Rev. DR.. C.. T.. Locke of Brooklyn. in an
address delivered at the Philadelphia Metho-
dist Episcopal conference, said:
81 don't want to see women vote and mix In
politics, but I would like TO see a United States
Congress made up of women. They would
abolish that atrocity In Utah within a week"
The gentle politicians Of Berne in the gentle
Republic of Switzerland have l,7s5 varieties
OF sausages for their gentle .stomachs TO
digest.
The tariff plank of the Roosevelt Fairbanks
Republican national convention OF 1904 reads;
Protection, which guards and develops
our industries, is Il cardinal policy of the
Republican party. The measure OF protec-
ton should always at least equal the differ
ence in the cost of production at home and
abroad. We insist upon the maintenance
of the principle of protection, and. there
fore. rates OF duty should be rcadiusted
only when conditions have so changed that
the public interest demands their alteration.
but this work cannot safely be committed
70 any other hands than those of the Repub-