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The Kaiser has
MORE WORK ordered "a torpedo
FOR WHEELER , boat in the Gorman
navy christened
"Alice Roosevelt. " Will" ! the audi
ence please face towards Wheeler , of
Kentucky. When he indulges in an
other anti-flunky speech , will the
gentleman kindly tell us who is the
flunky now ? It really looks as though
the humble Hoheuzollerns were toady
ing the mighty Roosevolts.
Speaker Hender-
DAWN OP son , a protection-
REASON. 1st of the old
school , must meet
opposition in his district for the first
time in ten years. This proves that
some republicans in this part of Iowa
have so far progressed in the study of
economics that even the possession ) f
the speakership in their district does
not tie them to the policies which the
republicans are rapidly repudiating.
With McKinley's death message still
ringing in his ears , it seems strange
that Henderson blindly adheres to a
policy which works harm to the
country , and threatens to result in
his own downfall.
It is done. Gen-
MILES. eral Miles has had
his slap at the
president , and given the newspapers
another excuse for printing his per
trait. Of course he might have given
congress and the people the benefit of
his army experience , without intimat
ing that the passage of the army re
organization bill would place the
country under a military despot. His
assertion that should the bill pass he
could now name the men who would
receive promotions , and the sly hint
that favoritism would be shown in
making the appointments , were cer
tainly not privileged communications.
Miles may have suffered indignities
during his service as commander in
chief of the United States army , but
it seems hardly fair to assume that in
all cases he has been free from blame.
iii It is not probable that each succeeding
administration singles him out as a
target for censure , unless there is
something in his composition which
attracts censure. Whatever opinion
one may hold with regard to General
Miles' qualifications as an army or
ganizer , it is difficult to see in his
recent tirade anything less than an
attempt to even scores with Roosevelt ,
and at the same time lay by a store of
political ammunition to be used to
further his own candidacy in 1004.
Mr. 0. V. W.
RETRIBUTION. Neely , the gentle
man who jovially
discussed the charges preferred against
him in connection with the Havana
postofflco frauds , will no doubt be
able to restrain his mirth by the time
he has served his sentence of ton years
behind prison bars , not to mention
the flue of $50,701 which was also im
posed by the court. It will bo re
membered that at the beginning of
the prosecution of Mr. Neoly , he was
inclined to think that he had the bet
ter of the government , and claimed
that he could not be convicted. His
face beamed with a smile of triumph
whenever the case was mentioned ,
and he seemed to think that he was
in a position to sneer at the govern
ment , and the law ; but ton long years
in a dungeon may give him time to
get his laugh over with , and pause
to reflect that Ouba , under American
guardianship , is a different Ouba
from'that unhappy isle which in the
days of Spanish rule was openly de
spoiled by every officer connected with
the insular government. W. H.
Reeves with a sentence of ten years
and a $30,516 fine , and E. G. Rath-
borne , who will be incarcerated for a
term of HKO duration and whose fine
is fixed at $35,324 , furnish additional
testimony that things have changed
in Ouba. The cases will be reviewed
by the supreme court of Ouba , but
there is little reason to believe that
the findings will be reversed.
Oeoil R h o d e's
WASTED LIVES , builded a great-
empire , but never
lived to see it blessed with peace and
contentment. An Omaha hack driver
hoarded a fortune of $65,000 and
starved himself to death in the effort
to acquire more. Both the industrial
giant and the thrifty reinsman devot
ed the best years of their lives to that
which they most adored , and neither
enjoyed the fruits of their labor , nor
have they left behind them many who
will deeply mourn their departure.
One life was as wantonly wasted as
the other.
Horace's rule ,
CHARITY. ' ' concerning the
dead nothing un
less it is good" has been pretty gen
erally observed by publicists in their
treatment of the character and works
of Governor Altgeld. Silence ishow
ever , all that may be expected of
those who sincerely believe that it is
the brainy orator , not the violent , ig
norant fanatic , who harms a country
by advocating dangerous principles.
At least it cannot bo out of place to
suggest that if Mr. Altgeld had de
voted his talents to the upbuilding of
his country and sustaining his govern
ment , it would not now be necessary
for men to measure BO carefully their
comments upon his official record.
Herein is a moral to be applied , .
Because a man
NO HALO. lives in a barn , do
not let that give
you the impression that lie was born
in a manger. This barn is not a low
ly , thatched building , but a $6,000
modern structure with stained glass
in the gable windows , and a green
and yellow cupola on the ridge all
paid for out of the profits of campaigns
against the moneyed class.
No fusion i n
FORTUNATE Kansas. No ,
KANSAS. thanks , Ransasjhas
been there ; has
seen it all ; has adopted every insane
idea that a diseased brain could pos
sibly conceive ; has followed every
freak politician who has come for
ward and asked for the leadership ;
has had her sockless representative at
Washington and her own state house
barricaded and besieged. Like the
mother whose flock has passed through
mumps , measles , chickenpox , whoop
ing cough , etc. , Kansas now has
nothing to fear. She is immune , and
Nebraska well Nebraska is conva
lescing.
Ouban sugar
AS PER must come to the
PROGRAM. United States ,
tariff or no tariff ;
it has nowhere else to go. Consequently
quently American sugar interests
have little at stake in the contro
versy. The volume of sugar trade
with Ouba will be about the same in
one case as in the other , the great
difference being that under a free
trade arrangement the Ouban planter
can sell his wares at a fair profit , and
consequently live in peace and con
tentment ; while with an excessive
import duty levied , his profit will be
practically obliterated , and he will feel
sullen and revengeful. The duty wilt
merely lessen the planter's profit , an'd
cause financial depression , uneasiness
and possibly rebellion upon the island
in which America is supposed to take
a neighborly interest if nothing
more. This is according to the pro
gram , which is to be carried out as
advertised. The wording of a repub
lican exchange's editorial this week
sustains The Conservative's conten
tion that justice is not denied to Cuba
out of respect for our own agricul
tural interests , but in order to force
her into the union. The frank editor
' ' There bo of
says : can no danger
Cuba's starving , so long as she has
the alternative of joining the union.
Annexation will at any time furnish
the solution of her difficulties. ' ' Yes ,
indeed , Onba can bo ravished , forced
to a union with us , starved into hu
mility , but will she ever become a
willing mistress ? Can there ever be
peace in such a household ?
