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Show t " . ' . , ..... it. ! y, ; : ; 'v. ) !iw ; i-.i! v. ,!i :'' ''f :'ms i ourr"-a'ami ourr"-a'ami tins sort of a tiling. Commissioner Pensions Raunt will not resign, says a new paragraph; Of course ho will not. He will wait to be kicked Owt, and up to the pre sent time Mr. Harrison has lacked the. backbone to . do kicking, although al-though hi friends say that he would willingly; ?.ye gladly accept Raum's resignation. Those states that are r.ot represented repre-sented at the World's Pair by the fullest possible exhibtt of their products pro-ducts and attractions wjll simply be like the ancient individual that bit off his nose to spite hit face. It will be an opportunity for world-wide advertising at a moderate cost that will not be again given to thq present pres-ent generation. Nepotism, wf.icli has don? s0 much in the past to make the re publican party obious, is again on top at Washington. Commissioner Raum, in appointing one son and two daughters to office, has only followed a long line of republican precedents. There will be a change when we have a democratic administration, ad-ministration, and unless all present indications are false that time is not far distant. If the administration isn't care- ful we shall have a war upon our hands, and it will not be with the puny CTiillan insurgents, hut with powerful John Bull, who is the possessor pos-sessor of the strongest navy afloat. Chasing foreign vessels upon high seas is a pastime which should never be indulged in as lontr as there is a doubt of our right to do so. We do not profess to i'e sufficiently well versed in the intricacies of .international .interna-tional law to sav without qualification qualifica-tion that the United States lias or has not the right to seize, the Chill-ian Chill-ian insurgent vessel, Itala, wherever she may be found; but a there is an admitted difference of opinion on the subject among eminent international interna-tional lawyers, it strikes us that it would have been wisdom to have tcken no chances. Editorial Notes. Public office is a family snap in tl e eyes of the republican administration. administra-tion. It is possible that Mr. Blaine's goute is a part of hit diplomatic outfit. out-fit. Had the Czarowitch followed the adage "When ir Rome dq as the I the Romans do" he would not have been clubbed by a Japanese cop. |