The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-13
Current Comment from
Mr.. Bryan'S COmmOner

shortage prevents them nom market
ing their grain. Mr.. Hartman and
his colleague are not complaining
about any inability to maket water.
Speaker Cannon says the proper
policy TO pursue is to monopolize the
nome markets and then capture the
trade OF the world. And William Nc
kinley scarcely six years dead,
The price CT a battleship like the
"Dreadnaught" would pay for the con-
struction OF $4,000 box cars. and the
country needs box cars much more
thar it needs new battleships.
The SmoOt case, tariff revision, the
discovery Of the assaiIant of Billy
Patterson, the component parts of the
moon are matters that seem to be
running neck-and-neck race for per-
petuity.
The Wisconsin railway commission
purposes knowing why trains are not
on time. If this sort of thing keeps
up the railroads will wonder IL the
people really intend demanding their
rights.
Admiral Evans ordered American
battleships to do rescue and relief
work at Kingston. The newspapers
will not print what Admiral Evans
said when he heard of Governor SWEET
tenham's action.
The grand jury that indicted John
r. Walsh was negligent. 1t did not
apologize for its action like the grand
jury did that indicted George W. Per-
kins. This is discrimination that is
reprehensible.
The chaplain of the Colorado legis-
lature returned thanks in the morning
invocation that 1--WE are alive, sober
and out of Jail" But what have the
people to be thankful for along these
lines?
When that forty-siX story New York
skyscraper is completed Mr.. Rookie
teller should take Office room on the
top story. He would have ample time
to escape before a process server
could mount that high.
Mr.. Cortelyou has received the sem
ate committees 20. K" The insur-
ance magnates who diverted stock
holders money into Mr.. Cortelyou's
hands may now come forward and de-
mand their vindication.
The railroad managers point with
pride to the fact that no single rail-
rail wreck has ever killed as many
people as either of the three earth
quakes OF recent date, San Francisco,
and Kingston.
President Roosevelt wants two war.
ships Of the "Dreadnaught- type as
peace makers. What he means is
pacemakers. But the pace threatens
to grow TOO swift for the people who
have to put up the money.
In Russia the imperialists kin all
the candidates for the douma who are
popular with the people, and the ter
rorists kill all candidates who are
popular with the imperialists. The
new douma will be the survival OF
the lucky.
The Nebraska reporter who found
the skulls of some prehistoric men
and is writing stories about them is
fortunate in one respect. The men
be is writing about will never come
to the front with the complaint that
they were misquoted.
The powder trust seems 10 have
made the mistake OF charging this
government more for powder than it
charged foreign customers. 1t should
have confined itself to robbing the
people as individuals and eontrib,it-
ing to the g. o. p. campaign fund.
Owing to increased volume of work
and increased cost OF living, railroad
men have been granted an increase OF
10 per cent. in wages Having tie
power to fix their own wages the COLI
yressmen went the railroad employees
10 per cent better.