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Show SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Election of Senators. New Orleans Picayune. There has for years been steadily growing up in England a prcdjudice against "the Lords" as an unprogressive and useless obstacle obs-tacle in the way of legislative reform, ami there have been made repeated threats to abolish it. It is plain enough to see that a like prejudice is growing up in this country against the United States senate. This department de-partment of the government is regarded us aristoeratie, composed of rich men, representing repre-senting rather great financial corporations and commercial syndicates than the general interests of the people at large. It is objected ob-jected that senators not beinir directly elected elect-ed by the people, arc not responsible to the people, and such a body is out of place in a popular government. So great is the prejudice preju-dice growing up against, the senate, that at some day not distant, the senators will be elected directly by the people, or its governmental govern-mental functions will be abolished. A Mugwump Ouarrcl. Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. The quarrel raging between those eminent mugwump exponents of political virtue, the New York Time and the Evening Poxt, is very amusing to the Gotham sinners. The Tinus supports the Tammany ticket, though it has been but a few years since it ridiculed Flowers' Flow-ers' ambition as preposterous. The Eniuxg Post opposes the Tammany ticket and refers to the Times' lapse as follows; "The descent de-scent of that paper into peurility since the death of Mr. George Jones is the talk of the town." A Simpson Idea. Kansas City Times. Jerry Simpson's idea of basing a curency upon the gold and silver in the hills which has never been mined, if carried out, would be a great labor saving scheme. The miners could stop digging. Their wages could be paid with the'eurrenoy issue. 1linc owners could declare dividends with the same money. Carried a few steps further, farmers might live upon the richness of the soil w ithout raising any crops. Punishment for Kane. Omaha Republican. The proper punishment, as well as the proper remedy for rape is emasculation. This should be provided for by the statute and done according to law. The justice ol it would be generally admitted and tin guilty would rarely escape punishment. Moreover, it would have more effect in pre venting this hind of crime than any othei punishment, however vigorous. |