Show SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS Washington Star On the question of currency reform Mr Gage goes further than does the president but has not issued is-sued an ultimatum If he cannot secure from congress what he suggestsand the chances are all against his proposition why should he not accept what the president presi-dent proposes provided congress will grant that But If congress will make no change in the status of the greenbacks at all why should he not abide as much as the president even by that result Chicago Record The keen edge of Mark Hannas enjoyment of the day is ikely to be rubbed off by the painful neg lect of Mr Charles Kurtz to wish him a happy new year and make it evident that his she is sincere Pittsburg Dispatch Supremacy in the iron markets of the world belongs to I Pittsburg and will be attained by it thouKli there is no disposition here to crowd our English cousins entirely off I the face of the earth But between Great Britain and the United States there will not be much for the remainder of the world to do but consume the iron and steel produced by these leaders Louisville CourierJournal A few months ago congress appropriated 50000 to the aid of suffering Americans in Cuba The last published report which we saw accounted for tho expenditure of about 1QOGO of that sum What about the other I 40000 Somebody predicts that we shall open communication with Mars in 1SSS and if we do we shall doubtless find suffering 1n I1I1 J I ss ssw fering Americans in Mars to whom we can send relief If the government can swap its Klondike reindeer for wild geese to do the hauling San Francisco Call Nevada will never tone local morals up to the proper pitchy > pitch-y sending anonymous letters to any body giving warning to leave the country I coun-try That state is understood to sustain a system of courts largely for the purpose of conserving order If a mans offenses is not such as to entitle these courts to deal with him he has a right not only to remain but to load a shotgun and greet with tho contents thereof any gang of intruders who may visit his premises with such crude and unhealthful Implements of reform as whitecaps usually carry AtchIson Globe Some one should pro side the thieve of Kansas City with city directories They entered the residence of Linman Goldman yesterday and stole considerable jewelry In the evening hey called at Goldmans pawn shop and tried to pawn what they had stolen from hIm |