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Congressman Littlofleld says that "congross-
mon are cowards." Mr. Llttlefiold was warming
his feet when ho said it.
Congressmen now havo private offices, '-but
every two years they have to emerge from tho
bomb-proofs and take their chances.
One advantage of being- a federal judge is
that if you do not know what the law is for
tho caso in hand you can make one to suit
you.
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' .'The millionaire is touched as never be
fore," said Mr. Fah'banks in his Chicago speech.
""What, is the g. o. p. committee frying tho fat
this early in the game?
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"Tho gap botween Aldrich and Vreeland
is something more than alphabetical," says tho
Birmingham Age-Herald, Yes, but it is plenty
big enough for tho people to fall into.
The depositors who promptly received their
deposits from that defunct Oklahoma bank are
prepared to offer convincing proofs that the
LVmiyfleposits is a most desirable
JJs.?,. janL jTpubtlosr l
Patorson, Now Jersey, is going to institute
libel suits against newspapers that accuse her
of harboring anarchists. It is so much easier
rrVXE I . iMrJa and Punishing the anarchists, you
passed tho aLt
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Among otKef "amusing things is the annornnin
of a republican congressman who dare not call
his congressional soul his own talking about
tho incapacity of the Filipinos for self government.
; "Onco more," remarks tho Salt Lake Herald
-'we rise to inquire as to tho whereabout of ono
Leslie M. Shaw." Gracious, is tho Herald un
able to accumulate enough grief without goinr
out and looking for it?
Tho Boston Herald says the failure of tho
Anti-injunction bill leaves tho country at the
mercy of the law. That is not true. It merely
leaves tho country at the mercy of federal
judges appointed for life.' "
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Mr. Forgan of Chicago is overduo with his
explanation of that Oklahoma bank deposit
guarantee object lesson.
However, Mr. Forgan would insist upon tho
enforcement of tho law if some outsider got
away with tho bank's money.
Perhaps Senator Burrows was selected as
chairman of tho Chicago convention as a sort
of sly dig at tho "nature fakirs."
Russia wants to borrow $400,000,000 for
tho extension and improvement of tho Siberian
railroad. Harriman or for sure?
Mr. Littlofleld of Maine, who resigned rath
er than face the American Federation of Labor
again, says "all congressmen aro cowards."
Presidont Mellen of the New York and New
Haven railroad now knows what it is to be
considered in White House circles as a "prac
tical man."
With the congressional directory in front of
us Senator Piatt's use of the word "old" in his
admission was tautological, redundant and unnecessary.
Walter Wellman is confident that the north
polo will be discovered some day. When it is
the friends of the tariff will use it as a summer
resort while they aro engaged in the strenuous
task of tariff revision.
Tho New York judge who issued an injunc
tion against a couple of goats deserves a few
thanks from organized labor. Organized labor
has been tho "goat" in this injunction busi
ness about long enough.
Tho dispatches which conveyed the news
that a Brooklyn recluse willed ?10,000 to Presi
dent Roosevelt omitted to explain whether it
was in real money or republican prosperity
money in the shape of cashlar's checks.
Noting that a New York judge 'has enjoined
a couple of goats from eating" a cherry tree, the
New York Tribune remarks that "Mr. Gompers
may now count on the support of tho goats for
his anti-injunction bills " And Mr. Gompers
may also continue to count on the opposition
of other four-footed and longer-eared animals.
Representative J. Warren Keifer of Ohio
also doprecates tli3 treatment the negro receives
in the south. Mr. Keifer is a republican and
believes in reducing southern representation in
order to protect the negro. Mr. Keifer also
lives in Springfield, Ohio, where, it will be re
membered, negroes were so warmly treated a
year or so ago.
Noting a report from Washington that there
is hard feelings between Senator Aldrich and
Speaker Cannon, the Chicago Record-Herald
wonders if it can be possible that Aldrich has
expressed tho belief that there may be things on
which tho tariff is too high. Of course not
Probably Speaker Cannon expressed the belief
that there are things on which the tariff is too
low.
VOLUME 8, NUMBER. 21
PARAGRAPHIC PUNCHES
There is such a thing as misgovernment by,
injunction. Charleston News and Courier.
That Is a pretty hot fire they aro building
under Uncle Joo Cannon to make him move. i
Chicago News.
Woodrow Wilson wants to "revitalize tho
states." Mr. Wilson resides in New Jersey.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
However, it should bo easier for Prince
Helio to change "his religion" than to change a
$6 bill. Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Many things are coming Speaker Cannon's
way, but he feels it necessary to ' dodge most
of them. Philadelphia Press. ,! ft
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Winking in the direction of 'tether end of
Pennsylvania avenue the Speaker sniilingly ob
serves, "My house is my castle." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
At last a nugget of gold has been discov
ered in a vermiform appendix. This must be
what the ardent surgeons have been so long
looking for. Boston Herald.
Another evidence of the return of confi
dence is shown by tho way the rubber trees are
once more venturing to stay out all night on
the front porch. Indianapolis News.
Fossils are reported to have been found on
the Columbia University campus. Well, it is
better to have them there than in the profes
sorial lecture rooms. New York Tribune.
Senator Aldrich lets a fairly obvious cat
out of a very gauzy bag when he announces
that if the-Dingley schedules are revised at all
they will be increased. Nashville Tenneesseean.
The Standard Oil company is now reported
to be extending its ramifications into Central
Africa. Carrying the kerosene light into the
"dark continent," as it were. Washington
Herald. '
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James J. Hill, who says the forests are fast
diminishing, is a practical man. Joe' Cannon,' .
who says it does not matter a tinker's dam if
they are, is a practical politician. Louisville.
Courier-Journal.
From the way the congressmen are clam
boring upon the Taft bandwagon, it looks as if
the Ohio man has promised not to send in a
daily message to congress if he is elected.
Washington Post.
It is said that the steel trust lobby earnest
ly supports tho jresi.dent's demands for more
battleships. Is a lobby all right when it sup
ports my policies and only wrong when it rebels
and conspires? Florida Times-Union.
There are some streaks of lean and somo
streaks of fat in the "pork barrel" just com
pleted by congress. For instance, Danville, 111.,
gets $275,000; that's one of the streaks of fat.
By the by, who is it that lives in Danville?
Washington Herald.
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