Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-03-08
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! penitentiary.-NewY 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 fiippantly.-
Birmingham Herald
1t is rumOred that Grover Cleveland
isn't enjoying the $4,000 salary he is
drawing from one of the big insurance
mpanies.-Memphis Commercial-Ap-
peal.
If France and the United States were
to combine against Venezuela it is be-
lieved that they could eventually whip
the South American nation.-Indianap-
|. 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.
When he decided to surrender one of
his two big salaries, Mr.. Shonts again
manifested his prudence and foresight
by surrendering the smaller one.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Miss Tarbell refers to lying as a ma
tiOnal vice. There is really very lit
tie excuse for lying when one may SIM
ply refuse to answer ION advice Of
counsel."-Kansas City Times.
The novelists are making such vio-
lent efforts to get into the House Of
Commons as to make one think that
there is a streak of Indiana in modern
/ England.-New York Evening Sun.
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 D. Rockefeller, Jr, is
phar's wife. Why not dedicate the
Sunday School to "St. Joseph of the
Egyptian corn corner?"-New York
Evening Sun.
Marshall Field achieved distinction
not by being the richest merchant in
the world, but by being it's greatest
taxpayer. A more substantial cOncep-
ton of probity is not possible.-Cum-
berland News.
Young Mr.. Rockefeller tells his BIZ
BILE class that a lie is never justitiable.
When his turn comes in the Standard
Oil investigation the public may look
for some interesting testimony.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Senator Depew's colleagues gave him
a hearty Misunderstanding "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 get
ting information from the packers for
prosecution purposes, why then get it
at all? Was it to satisfy his curiosity
or to supply material to magazine writ
ers?-Dallas News.
The victims of the "get-rich-quicl1"
systems are not all poor, superstitious
and ignorant men away from our cities.
Take the frenzied financiers and see
how they, too, are swept away in the
Whirlpool 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
reasonably good chance of dying from
old age.-Portland Oregonian.
Possibly Mr.. Shonts is simply holding
on to his $4,000 railroad job as a soft
place to fall in the event that public
sentiment compels the President to Sc
lect new head for the Canal Commits
sion.-Kansas City Journal.
A bill is now pending to pension all
ex-Presidents at $4,000 a year. Why
shouldn't they earn their living as we'll
as other folks? The reputation the
Presidency gives them will secure twice
as much for the articles they write as
the articles are worth.-Raleigh On.
c. News and Observer.
Senator Clark's feat of building a
railroad without bonds marks the ex-
IRENE of simple as opposed to frenzied
finance, and also diScloses an idea
which should make it easy for the Sen
ator to dispose of the $40,0OO,0O stock
advantageously. There arc more ways
than one of killing that amiable dog,
the investing public.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Forty years ago Robert E. Lee was
offered the presidency of a Northern
insurance company at a salary large
enough for those days. He wrote that
he hadn't the ability or the experience
to command such a salary. He was
told that his name was worth it.
What influence I have with the
Southern people is not for SALE" said
Lee That ended the Negotiations
New Orleans States.