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Republicanism Lo Siecle, the great Paris
In France and newspaper that lias persistently
America. championed the cause of Great
Britain in its fight against the
South African Republics, has failed and will he
Bold at auction. The editor of the paper de
clares that its policy was repugnant to French
sentiment and failed to find sufficient support
to make it pay.
There are within the United States a num
ber of newspapers that openly espoused Great
Britain's cause, and yet these newspapers are
prosperous. Can it be possible that republi
canism in France is stronger than republican
ism in America?
nayor Johnson Tom L. Johnson, the new
flakes a Good Mayor of Cleveland has begun
Beginning. the discharge of his duties in
a business like way. He or
dered an intoxicated office seeker from the city
hall and announced that drunken men need not
apply to him for place in the public service.
He insists that every city employe shall give
value received to the city. He proposes to es
tablish a 3 cent fare on the car lines of Cleve
land. He has also secured a copy of the tax
valuations and is now engaged in obtaining the
actual money value of all corporations doing
buisness in Cleveland. He will then demand
that these coporations be made to pay taxes ac
cording to the value of their property exactly
aB is required of the individual citizen. Mayor
Johnson has started out well. He is nn able
and conscientious man and the students of mu
nicipal government are warranted in expecting
some very practical reforms under his admin
istration. Representative At the unveiling of the monu
American ' inent to General John A. Lo-
Woman. gan, the widow of that fa
mous soldier and statesman
met with a cordial reception. Mrs. Logan is
03 years of age, and while not in the best of
health, she insisted on attending the ceremo
nies. Mary Logan occupies a very high place
in the affections of the American people. She
is an accomplished woman, who, while keeping
informed on public affairs, was devoted to her
home, her husband and her children. The vet
erans of the civil war who fought under Gen
eral Logan have a deep and abiding affection
for her and she has on many occasions demon
strated that that love was reciprocated. It
would be difficult to find a more thoroughly
representative American woman. It is to be
hoped she will be spared for many years.
Why rir. Knox "Why was Mr. Knox ap
Was Appointed, pointed to the office of Attor
ney General" is the very per
tinent question presented by the New York
World. The World observes that Mr. Knox
has no public record, has made no public
speeches, has given no public service, and has
done no service for the republican party. "The
theory and the practice, the precedents of pol
itics and of parties," says the World," require
that members of the cabinet shall be represen
tative men in the party sense, representative
The Commoner.
men in the political sense representative of
some principle, of some policy, of Bomc inter
est." Then the World inquires "what interest,
what principle can Knox represent unless il is
the interests of the trusts and corporations,
unless it is the principle of their protection,
their security, their immunity?"
The World has given the answer to its own
question. The interest is the interest of the
trusts and the corporations; the principle is the
protection, the security and the immunity of
the trusts and corporations that provided the
fat for the republican campaign committee, and
now insist upon controling the law department
of the administration.
Who is on A London dispatch says that
DeWet' s Side? General DeWct's intellect has
been weakened to the extent
that he is not responsible for his actions, and
that he has lost his influence over his forces
who are rapidly dcBerting him.
When the London literary bureau sent out
this dispatch, it overlooked a point or two. If
we are to believe this statement, then the fact
does not advance the credit of the British sol
dier. If DeWet is insane, if his influence with
his men has been destroyed, and his forces are
rapidly forsaking him, how does it happen that
he is yet able to hold his own against Kitche
ner and his legion b?
How does it happen that the trained sol
diery of Great Britain, the well paid and. well
fed generals of the King cannot prevail against
a hapless, deserted and insane warrior?
Somebody must yet be true to DeWet, else
he could not fight as he is fighting today.
Can it be possible -that jinthis instance God
is not on the Bide of the strongest battalion?
Plague for In Michigan, the authorities
Han and Beast, are fighting a case that resem
bles the description of the "bu
bonic plague." The dispatches also bring the
intelligence that Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son is taking precaution to prevent the intro
duction of "rinderpest" into the United States
and Hawaii. Hinderpest is a plague peculiar
to oriental countries. Its ravages are directed
towards bovine animals, and in Africa where
this disease has visited it has killed about 90
per cent of the cattle. It is reported that
"rinderpest has broken out in the Philippines,
and Secretary Wilson hopes to prevent the in
troduction of the disease in Hawaii and the
United States, but is fearful lest it may be
brought with the animals carried on the gov
ernment transports.
There are many disadvantages connected
with a policy of imperialism. The people of
the United States have been singularly free
from epidemic diseases affecting man and beast.
This has been so because whatever diseases we
have had to deal -with were known to us and
understood by us. But if, in addition to tho
other enormous expenditures in treasure and in
blood involved in the policy of imperialism,
we are to be confronted with the "bubonic
plague" among our men, and the "rinderpest"
among our cattle, we will, at a very early day
be brought to a realization of the enormous re
sponsibility wo have assumed and the serious
perils we have voluntarily brought upon our
selves. Endorsing The St. Louis Globe Democrat
the Witness vfmlH a dispatcli from St. Paul
to the effect that Editor Rico
was refused a hearing at an Anti-Imperialistic
meeting because he said he "could tell only the
truth."
It is fortunate for Mr. Rice that tolling tho
truth is not an offense in the states. It has not
been forgotten, however, that because Mr. Rico
"could toll only the truth" at Manilla he was
deported from the Philippines and sent back to
the United States by way of punishment forliis
offense and to prevent future dereliction in that
line.
As a matter of fact men who object to
imperialism do not want Mr. Rice or any other
man to tell anything but tho truth. If ho can
say anything to the American people to the ad
vantage of the administrations Philippine pol
icy lie should lose no time in saying it. But
if the administration press persists in parading
Mr. Rice as an eminent truth teller when ho
upholds the policy of imperialism, the admin
istration press shall not denounce Mr. Rice as
a cheap liar when he says he was sent out of
the Philippines because he exposed the dis
honest work of an administration representa
tive and would not agree to close his eyes to
iniquities in the future.
The World Those who are inclincdtbc.
Does Move. pessimistic will find encour
agement in the proceedings of
the various legislatures. The resolutions'
passed even by republican legislatures in favor
of electing senators by the people, the bills re
ferring to the initiative and referendum, hon
est primaries and more just taxation, all these
indicate the force and progress of public opin
ion. Probably no better illustration can be found
than that presented by the Minnesota legisla
ture. The bill taxing railroads upon their gross
earnings has passed the senate of that state in
spite of the protests of the railroad attorneys.
The Minneapolis Journal, a republican paper,
calls attention to the fact that a similar bill
was rejected two years ago, whereas it passed
this year by a vote of fifty-three to eight. Of
course in all such legislation some allowance
must be made for the fact that some votes are
cast for the bill whioh might be cast against
it if a few votes would change the result, but
the majority in this case was so large as to give
positive - proof that there is an, awakening,
among the people.
The Supreme court of the United States has
decided that a divorce is not good unless one
of the parties is a bona fide resident of the
state in which it is granted. This is not only
a righteous ruling, but one conducive to mor
ality. Some of the states have made their di
vorce laws so lax as to reflect upon the intelli
gence and character of the state
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