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THE LOST OPPORTUNITY
1
PART kiiwin i:ri-: ick. HART
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There was a period of peace in Wall
street following the last cucount -r
! w'n the iliiuiiiiil ive Napoleon ami
I Mitch I tan. But nfter a few months
the fight resumed. Greener was de
sirous of "bulling" his storks gener
ally an. I his pet. Federal Telegraph
'ompany, particularly. Just to show
there was no need to hurry the 'hull"
or upward movement. Dan sold the
stork "short" every time Greener triMl
to aIvan- the price. Four times oM
Greener lii try. ami four times Dltten
hoefTer solil liiru a few thousaml
xhari-s-Just enough to check the ad
vance. Up to a certain point a man
ipulator of stocks is successful. His
manipulation may comprise many in
genious ami complex actions ami de
vices, hut the elemental fact in bull
manipulation is to buy more than the
Gresner was in desperate straits.
other fellow can or wishes to sell.
Greener was willing to buy. but Dan
was even more willing to sell.
Greener really was in desperate
straits. He was committed to many
important enterprises. To carry
them c;ut he needed cash and the
hanks, fearful of stock market possi
bilities, were loth to lend him enough.
Besides which, there was the desire
on the part of the banks" directors to
pick up fine bargains should their re
fusal to len I Greener money force him
to throw overboard the greater part of
his load. Greener had despoiled in
numerable willows and orphans in his
railroad-wrecking schemes. The mon
ey lenders should avenge the widows
and orphans. It was a geod deed.
There was not a doubt of it in their
minds.
Federal Telegraph, in which Green
er's commitments were heaviest, had
been slowly sinking. Successful in
other quarters of the market, Dutch
Dan decided to "whack the everlast
ing daylights out of Fed. Tel." He
went a'wmt it calmly, just as he played
roulette selling it methodical'-,
ceaselessly, dcpressingly. And the
price wilted. Greener, unsuccessful
in other quarters of the Street, decid
ed it was time to do something to
save himself. He needed only $3,000.-
00. At a pinch $3,000,000 might do;
"Very well. Sell 50 000 shares of Fed
eral Telegraph Company for me."
or, for the moment, even $2,500,000.
But he must have the money at once.
Delay meant danger, and danger
meant Dittenhoeffer. and Dittenhoef
fer might mean death.
Of a sudden, rising from nowhere,
fathered by no one. the rumor whirled
ar.out the Street that Greener was in
difficulties. Financial ghouls ran to
the banks and interviewed the presi
dents. They asked no questions in
order to get no lies. They simply said
as though they knew: 'Greener Is
on his uppers."
The bank presidents smiled indul
per.tly, almost pityingly. ' Oh. you've
j ist heard it, have you? We've knowo
it for six weeks."
Hack to the Stock Exchange rushed
JJ ?
Sad
the ghouls to sIl the Greener stocks
not Federal Telegraph, which was
really a good property, but his reor
ganized roads, whose renascence was
so recent that they bad not grown int.
full strength. Down went prices and
up went the whisper, "Dittenhoeffer's
got Greener at last!" ,
A thousand brokers rushed to find
their dear friend Dan to congratulate
him Napoleon's eonquerer, the hero
of the hour, the future dispenser of
liberal commissions. Hut dear Dan
could not be found. He was not on
the "i!or" of the Exchange nor at his
office.
Some one had sought Dittenhoeffer
before the brokers thought of con
gratulating him some one who was
the greatest gambler of all. greater
even than Dutch Dan a little man
with furtive brjwn eyes and a
squeaky voice, also a wonderful fore
htad Mr. John F. Greener.
"Mr. Dittenhoeffer, I sent for you to
ask you a question." he squeaked
calmly. He stood beside a garrulous
ticker.
"Certainly. Mr. Greener." And Dit
tenhoeffer instantly had a vision of'
bumble requests to "let up." And he
almost formulated the words of a
withering refusal.
"Would you execute an order from
me?"
"Certainly. Mr. Greener. I'll exe
cute anybody's orders. I'm a broker."
"Very well. Sell 50,000 shares of
Federal Telegraph Company for me."
"What price?" jotting down the fig
ures from force of habit, his mind
being paralyzed.
"The best you can get. The stock"
glancing at the tape "is 91."
"Very well."
The two men looked at one another
Dutch Dan half menacingly. Greener
calmly, steadily, his furtive eyes
almost truthful.
(To be continued.)
-BRASS TABLES' A FAD.
Are the Latest Addition to American
Country Houses.
One of the latest additions to the
country houses whose chatelaines are
thoroughly up to date are their "brass
tables." These pieces of furniture are
not made of brass, as one might imag
ine from their name, but are the re
ceptacles for collections of brass ob
jects made by the master or mistress
of the house. These tables are always
made of mahogany, and, to be abso
lutely correct, must be the work of one
of the great English cabinetmakers
like Chippendale or Sheraton. They
are placed, preferably, on the landing
at the head of the main stairway,
though sometimes the brass table is
to be seen in the entrance hall. On
the polished top is placed every va
riety of brass candlesticks that the col
lector can find, brass cups, snuffers
and trays. Russian wine jugs and ash
trays. Nowadays, of course, they have
no practical use aside from that of
their interest and beauty. They are
an American adaptation of the old Eng
lish custom of having a table in the
lower hall of country houses, where
the bedroom candlesticks are kept
ready for use to light visitors upstairs
and into their sleeping chambers.
Dog Had Done Him a Service.
There is a resident of the Thirty
ninth ward who follows the business
of exterminating rats, and keeps dogs
as well as ferrets. A neighbor living
opposite came over to see him one day.
and pointing at one of the dogs, said:
"Do you know that dog hat bitten
my mother-in-law three times?"
"Well." asked the owner cf the
vicious animal, "what are you going
to do about it?"
"Why," returned the other. "I came
over to buy the dog." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Young Professor.
The appointment of Mr. Alexander
W. Mair to the Greek chair at Edin
burgh, in succession to Prof. Butcher,
has excited some criticism, inasmuch
as the new professor is only twenty
eight years old; but he had a most dis
tinguished career at Aberdeen and at
Cambridge, he is a highly accomplish
ed scholar, and has acted as lecturer
and assistant professor of Greek ii
Aberdeen and latterly at Edinburgh
with conspicuous success.
The Money Was Recovered.
Fireman Thomas Callahan's goat
ate the pocket off a pair of trousers
btlor.ging to another fireman that had
been carelessly thrown down ii the
engine house in Louisville. Ky., a few
days ago. In the pocket were twelve
silver dollars. The goat did not have
time to die of indigestion, as he 'war,
put to death with force and violence,
and the twelve silver dollars were recovered.
WHEN KIPLING WAS HUNGRY.
His Unique Method of Calling Atten
tion to the Fact.
Ttudyard Kipling once visited the
latu Cecil Khodes at I-kk rwijn. one
of his fruit farms at Paarl. Sr:h Af
rica. One morning Rhodes went
around h'.x farm before breakfast,
leaving his guest, who was not fcu en
ergetic, behind. Time went on and
Rhodes did not appear. Hunger soon
roused Kipling to action and in a short
while he was very busy on his own
account. As Rhodes returned he
found his trees bearing a new kind of
fruit la the shape of placards Inscribed
in huge black letters with "Famine!"
"We are Htarvlng!" "Feed us!" etc.
On reaching the front door he was eon
fronted with tne following, in still
larger type: "tor the human race
Breakfast tones the mind, invigorate?
the body. It has sustained thousands;
it will sustain yon. See that you get
it." Then, in the house, on every
available wall, he came across othel
mysterious plac ards in more and mora
pathetic appeal: "Why die when 8
little breakfast prolongs life?" Iargei
and larger grew the type: "It is late;
it is still later." hading at last inU
the little breakfast room, where ht
found Kipling reading his paper in
peaceful innocence but very hungry
It did not need much ingenuity to
guer.s the author of these broadsides
WHERE WE GET MUSK.
Articles of Commerce Is Obtainec
From the Muskdeer.
Musk in the raw looks a good dea
like axle grease, and smells worse
The popular notion that the musk of
commerce is obtained from the musk
rat is a mistake. A somewhat similai
perfume may be obtained from the
muskrat. but most of the supply come?
from the muskdeer, a creature that ia
cafefully reared in India for the sake
of the secretion. The secretion is
shipped in the crude state, and is
used not only in the manufacture ol
the liquid perfume sold as musk, but
also in very small quantities to give
strength and staying power to many,
perfumes made from the essential oils
of flowers.
Curiously enough, the blossoms of
two native plants have a noticeably
musky odor. One is the well-known
small yellow blossom. Its odor is
marked, and is counterfeited in the
commercial perfume called musk. The
other is the bloodroot.
The pure white blossom of that
early spring plant has a distinct,
though delicate musky odor. A bean
known as the musk bean is a cheap
substitute for animal musk. London
Tit-Bits.
To Light Tunnels.
Phosphorescent tunnels and sta
tions are now suggested for insuring
public safety in the Paris tube. A
company has offered to paint luminous
bands on the walls, on exit doors, etc..
which would obviate all danger from
the sudden extinguishing of the elec
tric, petroleum or other lamps in case
or fire or any other accident. The
phosphorescence is produced by a
coating of calcium monosulphide, ob
tained by mixing sulphur and oys
ter shells, or calcined cuttlefish bones
and therefore costing very little. Be
sides lighting tunnels and stations
sufficiently for emergencies, the phos
phorescent paint could be used for in
scriptions by engraving the latter on
glass and filling the lines of the let
ters with the calcium monosulphide
Thus indications as "This way out,'
would become luminous in the event
of failure of the ordinary lights. Th
paint remains phosphorescent for a
considerable time. as oxidization
transforming the substance into non
luminous sulphate of lime, only sets
in very gradually. Pittsburg Press.
Merely Mothers.
When Johnny, and J'.mmie and Dolly
Are asleep in their little beds
Their mother goes softly anions them
And picks up the broken threads.
She mends a torn apron for Dolly:
Then, scanning the broken-up toys.
She wonders if any more mothers
Have any such troublesome boys.
Then a little brown paw is unlifted;
'Tis Johnny's a vision he sees:
"Teach teacher!" he gasps. and his
mother
Is down by the boy, on her knees.
"Hush! Mother is here, love; you're
dreaming;
'Tis mother, my darling; no harm
Can come to you here, my own Johnny;
No teacher can hurt or alarm."
And he opens the eyes that resemble
The ones looking into his own:
"Aw. there! Is it you. dearest mummy'
Don't g'way and leave me alone."
'Tis written that God made the mothers
To help where he couldn't trust man
That he needed their goodness and pa
tience To linish his wonderful plan.
M. L. Rayne.
Smart Man Was Fcoled.
"There is less in a name than mosl
people think." remarked big "Jim'
Kennedy at the Old Guard fair the
other evening. "I have a friend whose
mania is the subject of names. He de
clares that if you put six men in from
of him and tell him their names
without saying to which man eact
name belongs, he can fix the right
name to the right man in five oc.t oj
six cases. He boasts of this so mud
that I was glad the other evening tc
turn him down. We were sitting at i
table in a cafe when a tremendouslj
big. husky looking chap came in.
scribbled six names on a paper anc
passed it to my friend.
"That big chap's name's on the
list," I said. "Pick it out."
" 'The name is Sullivan,' he saic
promptly, after scanning the list.
"You lose,' said I. "He has th
most fragile name that ever happened
That's Glass, the great ex-guard a
Yale." New York World.
Pitchforks at an Election.
Extraordinary scenes occurred at
the counting of votes during a renni
cipal election at Florenzac, near ilont
pellier, France.
It was stated that the presiding of
ficer and two of the assessors had ex
tracted ballot papers and placed them
in their pockets. Upon the fraud be
ing denounced by the opposition,
several hundred pea3ants. armed with
pitchforks and other weapons, at
tempted to break into the school
room where tne counting was going
on. and threatened to lynch the offi
cials concerned.
It took 100 gtndarmes all their time
to repel the infuriated crowd, and
several times they had to charge with
drawn swords.
IKMOIlY OF A KISS
OR A BOY'S ATTEMPT TO VOICE
THE IDEAL.
The Poetry of Life Condensed Into
One Short Story of a Summer Even
ing Comments of the Older Men
Who Listened.
The boy was telling the story to an
intimate. He was cot exactly a boy;
ntt exactly a man. He had the sensa
tions of a man with yet only a boy's
experience. The boy's story was an
attempt to voice the ideal, as he knew
It. Thus it ran:
It was one erenlnp in summer. The
un was setting, bull ling fairy temples'
In the sky, painting its domes and
minarets with shimmering irold. It
cast a shaft of light on the darkening
sea, which stretched to my feet like
a golden stairway leading to the tem
ples in the sky. The summer sea
whispered a song to the sweet, de
parting glory in the west, and tumbled,
aimlessly as it sang, like a drowsy;
lrViil! lint Imfiirn the e.i noiiir the
universe seemed standing still, listen-'r
ing to its own whispering melody.
Suddenly along the golden staircaso
there came a woman lightly tripping.
She was of thv stuff that dreams are
made. Softly in a garb of clinging
white she moved toward me. Her
face was shining like the sun. Her
glowing tresses gave back the glint
of the sky with subtle, answering
fires. Her eyes gleamed with the per--fection
of woman's eternal promise.
Her lips, soft, sweet and warm, were
parted with a glad, happy smile. She
came to me radiantly, eagerly, with
white arms outstretched. She came
to me. She came to me.
As she drew closer in the golden
evening light I saw all the glory of
her face. Her face shone on me.
Her eyes gleamed for me. Her lips
smiled for me. I looked into the face
in proud humility; it made tears in my
heart to know such a face was clad in
radiance because of me. It made hun
ger in my soul because I knew it could
not be; was too good to be.
She came to me as a lover and a
mother might. She held me tenderly
as if I were very young and she kissed
me, and the music of it was like the
tireless sea. Then I awoke.
There was no sea. There was no
anything, only a London morning.
Only breakfast, and the coffee was bit
ter and the bacon cold. The land
lady's head bore crimpy curls horribly
jangling, and she talked of dead rela
tions. From that day I have not
dreamed and there is something want
ing in my life.
That is the story. On the whole it
is a silly story. If a man told such a
story in a club, his head would get
broken with a soda syphon. Men do
not tell such stupid tales they think
'em. Else, they are old.
The man who listened broke a coal
on the fire and said: "H'm." And an
other older man, to whom he told the
story, said: "Adam dreamt that way
the night he lost his rib." Black and
White.
BRAVE IN FACE OF DEATH.
Heroic Conduct of a Famous Bull
Fighter in a Spanish Arena.
One of the most thrilling incidents
ever witnessed in the arena Is re
called by the recent feat of the Span
ish toreador Reverte. It occurred at
Bayonne. After disposing of two bulls
Reverte had twice plunged his sword
into a third, of great strength and
ferocity, and as the beast continued
careering wildly the spectators began
to hiss Reverte for bungling. Wound
ed to the very quick of his pride, the
Spaniard shouted, "The bull is slain!"
and, throwing aside his sword, sank
on one knee with folded arms in the
middle of the ring. He was right, but
he had not allowed for the margin of
accident.
The wounded beast charged full
upon him, but the matador, splendid
to the last, knelt motionless as a
statue, while the spectators held their
breath in horrified suspense. Reach
ing his victim, the bull literally
bounded at him, and as he sprang he
sank in death, with his last effort giv
ing one fearful lunge of the head
that drove a horn into the thigh of
the kneeling man and laid bare the
bone from the knee to the joint. Still
Reverte never flinched, but remained
kneeling, exultant in victory, but
calmly contemptuous of applause, till
he was carried away to heal him of
his grievous wound.
A Relic cf Nero.
The government has undertaken ex
cavations on the site of the Campus
Martius, and has discovered remains
and foundations of the monument
erected by the Roman Senate, 13 B. C,
under the consulship of Nero and
Quintilius, in honor of the Emperor
Augustus after his victories in Spain
and Gaul.
The remains now discovered, to
gether with those collected in 1850
and preserved in museums, are suffi
cient to allow of the reconstruction of
the monument, which is symbolic of
peace, and it is hoped to complete the
work on the occasion of fhe Czar's
visit. London Mail.
Not in His Line.
Two merchant travelers met in the
reading room of a hotel one evening
last week and over their cigars fell
into conversation. One carried a small
line of novelties, which he insisted
on showing to his newly made ac
quaintance. "Fine goods, don't you think?" he
asked.
"Very good," said the other, "but
you can't hold a candle to the goods
we make."
"Same line, eh?" the other asked,
his temper rising.
"No; our house makes gunpowder."
A Twenty-One Party.
A Southend young man has just ar
rived at his majority, and he had a
"twenty-one" party. There were
twenty-one guests (thi ladies giving
on demand twenty-one kisses to the
hero), twenty-one dances, twenty-one
songs and twenty-one games. The
menu consisted of twenty-one articles
oi food, and the liquids were also of
twenty-one kinds. His father gave
him a cheque for 21, and he has
with this started off on a twenty-ona
days' holiday. London Tit-Bits.
6 I
Commoner
"HEDGING. '
In its issue of Wednesday. Septem
ber 9. the New York World had an
editorial entitled "Is Wall Street
Hedging?" In that editorial, the World
said:
"Some time ago Senator Piatt re
marked that of course President Roose
velt had 'friends in Wall street.' and
that If he had not he might as well
throw up the sponge, or rords to trial
effect.
"From the tone of a conspicuous
editorial in the Sun yesterday the pub
lic will conclude that the president's
friends among what he calls the "prop
ertied classses are multiplying."
Experienced men must understand
that Wall street seldom "hedges." The
question is: Has Mr. Roosevelt
"hedged?" We are told that Senator
Piatt, who is Indeed an authority on
republican politics, has remarked that
if Mr. Roosevelt has no friends in Wall
street, he might as well throw up the
sponge, and when we are told that from
the tone of a conspicuius editorial in
the New York Sun, it is reasonable to
conclude that the president's friends
among what he call the "propertied
classes" are multiplying, then we are
reminded of a dispatch printed in the
Chicago Record-Herald of Monday. Au
gust 24, and sent by Walter Wellman.
the Washington correspondent of that
newspaper. In that dispatch Mr. Well
man said: "The important point and
the new point is that President Roose
velt Is behind this currency reform
acheme, pushing as only he knows how
to push. He organized and promoted
the effort." And then Mr. Wellman
asked, "Why is President Roosevelt so
much interested in currency reform?"
Replying to his, own question Mr. Well
man, who is generally understood to
be very close to the Roosevelt admin
istration, said:
"Mr. Roosevelt's masterly skill as a
politician has been employed so suc
cessfully that no one suspects he is a
politician the best test in the world.
Having become the most popular man
in the United States and having won
the enthusiastic approval of the masses
in his fight upon the trusts and the
corporations. Mr. Roosevelt not long
ago began to cast about for methods
by which he might even up. He had
the people with him. but the trusts, the
corporations, the financial leaders, the
bankers, were hostile. This hostility
was centered in New York. It chanced
that in New York and among these
very people there was a general and
earnest desire for the reformation of
our currency system. The president
has gone in for that reformation with
his accustomed ardor and energy, and
it will not be his fault if the financial
people of New York do not soon look
upon him with more favor."
In the light of theee statements, it
would seem that comment is unnec
essary. It seems that the Chicago reception
to Mr. Cleveland was planned, exe
cuted and delivered by Mr. Eckels. The
attendance was small, but the papers
said that 300 millions were represent
ed at the table. This was a delicate
observance of the proprieties. Mr.
Cleveland feels more at home with
money than with men.
We are informed by the administra
tion press that it is "unlikely that any
senators are involved" in the land
frauds. However, this may be only an
other way of saying that it is unlikely
that any of the senators will be ex
posed. The wily Turk is quite well aware
that his dreams in his guarded tent
will not be disturbed as long as the
guards quarrel in low tones about the
division of the prospectice swag.
It has been several days since Mr.
Postmaster General Payne "just
laughed." Is it possible that Mr.
Payne has amputated his abnormal
sense of humor?
Of course, if a democrat occupied the
White house now the republican or
gans would have othe- reasons to ad
vance why so many banks are being
closed.
People who advocate letting the
trusts alone until they swamp them
selves overlook the fact that many of
the victims are unable to swim.
The supply of dummy directors is
still large but the promoters are ex
periencing increasing difficulty in find
ing dummy investors.
The "let well enough alone" cry
does not appeal to the coal mine op
erator. He wants more.
"Stand pat" and "stay put" are the
arguments of those who have no real
argument to advance.
Under the circumstances no one is
surprised at the charge of "graft" in
tLe navy department.
"Paying the Fiddler,
Comment.
BUT HE FORGOT MILES.
When an order was b:sued transfer
ring General H. C. Corbin from the war
department to the command of the
eastern division. Mr. Roosevelt took
occasion to pay a high tribute to Cor
bin. Recently Captain R. B. Bradford,
chief of the bureau of equipments of
the navy, gave up his bureau position
to go on sea duty, and Mr. Roosevelt
took occasion to pay Captain Bradford
a high and tloubtless entirely deserved
compliment.
But when General Nelson A. Miles
retired from the head of the army af
ter forty years of faithful service, he
was permitted to go into private Ufa
without one word of commendation
from the president. He was dismissed
with a cold-blooded order issued and
signed by one of Generel Miles' sub
ordinates. It is not surprising that
Mr. Roosevelt is being severely criti
cised even at this day for his evident
ly deliberate snub to one of America's
greatest soldiers. It is strange that
Mr. Roosevelt places so Fmall a pre
mium upon the intelligence of the
American people that, after his friends
had undertaken to explain Miles' snub
on the ground that the euetomary or
der had been issued, the president goes
out of his way to pay a high tribute
to two other officers neither one of
whom performed service at all to be
compared with that rendered by Gen
eral Miles.
It is not difficult to understand the
statement made by one Washington
correspondent, who said: "Among old
soldiers the language used in criticism
of Mr. Roosevelt is bitter. They regard
Bradford Incident as proof that it was
personal enmity alone that prevented
the president from saying something
commendatory to General Miles when
the latter gave up command of the
army after forty-two years of honor
able and distinguished service."
Sultan Abdul Hamid's naval man
ager managed to steal $100,0i)0,0o0
which the sultan thought was being In
vested in new battleships. But there
are some gentlemen in the depart
ments at Washington who could per
haps eqaal the record if they had equal
opportunity. Several of them seem to
have made a good start.
What this country needs is an open
door to each of the federal departments
while a strong democratic broom is
sweeping out the aforesaid depart
ments. And the doors should be unusu
ally wide in order to permit of easy
egress.
Mr. Knox seems able to prove that
there has been no fraud in his depart
ment. The legal department of the
government makes no attempt to con
ceal its purpose to let the trusts go
right on with their robbery.
Mr. Chamberlain's tariff speeches are
listened to over the telephone wires by
hundreds of people. Mr. Chamberlain
is not wise. Over here the tariff ad
vocates also use wires, but they pull
'em, instead of talking over 'tm.
Congressman Curtis says that cer
tain Indians have leased the same land
to nineteen different people. This is
what comes of permitting the Indians
to associate too intimately with officials
of the land department.
"We must uphold President Roose
velt and his policy." shout the repub
lican bosses. But not one of them can
tell us what the "president's policy"
now is.
If Mr. Carnegie is still determined
to die poor he might trade those steel
bonds for steel preferred at par.
Mr. Bristow's report does not spe
cifically mention the name of Perry
Heath, but undoubtedly Perry Heath
knows that Mr. Brlstow bad him. in
mind.
When Captain Kid wanted a subsidy
for his ships he took It without any
pretense of doing It for the benefit of
the public. Even Captain Kidd hesi
tated at some things.
Mr. Cleveland says the day of op
portunity is Dot yet past. Is it possi
ble that Mr. Cleveland is anticipating
another chance at a bond deal?
Mr. Schwab's part in the shipbuild
ing trust seems to have been to. fur
nish the water while the other fellows
furnished the ships.
Secretary Hitchcock "admits thre
have been frauds in the land depart
ment." And Secretary Payne is won
dering why Secretary Hitchcok didn't
"just laugh."
Perhaps that Baltimore and Pitts
burg bankers did not wi-wag to Mr.
Shaw in time.
Ducks and chicliens are rip?.
Couitesy of The Commoner.
TELL THE SENATE.
Senator Redlield proctor delivered
an address nt the fortieth iiununl re
union of the Vermont civil war veter
ans. Referring to the colonial policy
of the United States, lie nald: "Tim
government of a people of a country
not contiguous is at the bent experi
mental and temporary. "
Senator Proctor declared that
"Sueh a condition may last a long
time, but It ,an not be permanent with
train ami development. It Is the God
given human nature of rill people to
wish to gov rn themselves ami Lot
owe allegiance across a sea.
"If I could make the future geog
raphy of the American Union I might
be a little uncertain about the nation's
northern boundary, whether to niakw
it Canada or the An tic oeean prefera
bly the last, In (Jod's good tlmo but
the proper lines would be fixed eiiKt
by the Atlantic. wckI by the lucll!c
and south by the republic of Mexico
and the gulf, and within those bounda
ries may the future government of our
country remain."
Mr. Proctor, as an American states
man, may have something to do with
the making of "the future geography
of the American Union." If he would
boldly take a stand against the policy
of imperialism which his putty has
foit-ted upon this government, if In tin
senate chamber be would speak uh
boldly as he spoke before the civil
war veterans at Rutland, Vt., then It
may not be doubted that his words
would have great effect in hastening
the day of readjustment of the nation's
policy with respect to the Philippine
islands. If Mr. Proctor was sincere
in his statements at Rutland, and wj
have no reason to doubt his sincerity,
he should, at the earliest opportunity,
express similar sentiments in the Unit
ed States senate.
Perhaps President Rootevelt Is
averse to exposing all the rottenness In
the departments at once because It
might result in leaving the Janitors
with altogether too much to attend
to.
Count Cassini says that. Russia and
Japan will not fight. He also said that
Russia would evacuate .Manchuria.
These statements indicate that lh
count is a genuine diplomat.
While the cutting down of the trot
ting and pacing records goes bravely
on, the cutting down of the grafting
record of the government department
seems to be at a standstill.
Attorney General Knox decides that
a republican maintains his party stand
ing and honor providing he can keep
out of jail until the statute of limita
tions operates as a bar to prosecution.
Now that it is over perhaps Mr.
Hanna's friends will admit that hU
"notes of warning" were what they
would call "calamity howls" if uttered
by their political opponents.
Mr. Knox would have us think that
Congressman Llttauer is innocent of
Intent to milk the government be
cause th statute of limitations oper
ated about a year age;.
It seems that wh'-n a trust fails to
secure injustice in a court of law It
closes its mills as a warning to the
people not to Interfere with trust graft.
The Dress reports tell us that "Sen
ator Allison was visibly agitated." The
senator must have found himself Jew
ing his exquisite balance on the fence.
Doubtless Mr. llanna howled "calam
ity" when his attention wad called to
hat lobby article in Frank Ltlit-'s
Monthly.
Is there any department of the gov
ernment that dare step forward and
declare that it is free from "graft?"
It seems high time that the people
sent a few more senators to Washing
ton to "lobby" In the Interests of the
masses.
Mr. Knox's opinion In the Llttauer
case Is about as peurile as his boasted
attacks on tne trusts.
Now if Texas scientists could noly
discover a method of grafting the yel
law fever onto the boll weevil.
An Englishman named John Iever
announces that he will make an effort
to pry the America up loose.
We all start on life's Journey
wrapped in the traveling rug of self
esteem, but it is Ktxjii torn aside by
shaits of criticism.
In olden times the heroine
That creatine of surprises
Would loudly shriek and cry for help.
But row she advertises.
If everv man kept his own cyi;n?r-I
there wouldn't Le enough lawyers to
go around.
When U comes to an uphill fight the
rolling tor.e Isr.'t there.
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