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Show SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Western Patriotism. Omaha Bee. The spirit of western patriotism was very well indicated in the remarks of ex-Governor Adams of Colorado in response to Governor Thayer's address of welcome to the members mem-bers of the trans-Mississippi congress. The jvople of the west believe profoundly in the jjreat destiny of their section, and feelintr a jiist pride in its development and in the splendid contributions it lias made to the wealth anil material rower of the. nation. I hey are ecrm-stly determined that the march of progress shall not liult. The wtt feels i no jealousy of any other section. It jrlories in the prosperity of the east and in the industrial in-dustrial progress of the south. Jt is proud of the rapid advance o the nation to commercial com-mercial supremacy i:i the world. It seeks nothing except that which will increase its abilit- to contribute more lursrely to the rowin wealth and power of the country. But it demands that it shall have such fair consideration as is. warranted by its vast possibilities, and that no prejudice, or jealousy, jeal-ousy, or scllishness shall he permitted, to obstruct iis progress. It asks only that it shall be sdvcu an equal chance in national legislation ar.d in the l.ivor of the general government, and for this it is able to assure a return of immeasurable value. To "Michiiiu" loiva. Philadelphia Press. Governor boies, of Iowa, has thought best to deny that he knows anytliiug alx.ut, en I intention of the democratic party t: "ilich-iganize" "ilich-iganize" thai state if it gains control of the legislature at the election next month. Unfortunately Un-fortunately Governor Boies either does not know all the designs of hi jmrty or else he tim's it convenient to shut his eyes to its intentions. in-tentions. The purpose of the democrats to gerrymander that state and then change the law so that presidential electors will be chosen by districts has been openly proposed, pro-posed, if the testimony of trustworthy men is worth anything. .4ml Governor ISoies himself has not shown during his administration adminis-tration that he is made of the' sort of tiler necessary to stand up against any proposed rascality of his party, 'the way to prevent all danger of Iowa being ''Michigauizcd" is to defeat the "Michiganizing" democrats. And from the indications the Iowa people propose- to adopt the only safe course. Americanization of Kus-sian Jews. New York Sun. The HlIiicv.s who arc trying: to Americanize Ameri-canize the Russian and Polish immigrants report that the latter pre much more ready to insist in this work than had been expected. ex-pected. Reeentlj' the Declaration of Independence Inde-pendence wes translated into the jargon and published in pamphlet form, together with explanatory notes. The pamphlets have lieen widely distributed. The second reiteration of these immiifrants evidently tuke to English better than to the paternal jargon. The J'irish (ltr.ttt which appeals to the Russian and Polii-h Jews of the cast side exclusively, announces that it will add anF.nifiL-h department for the young Hebrews He-brews "who cannot read the Jew ish-(Jerman jargon." Facts About the Crops. New York Times. Some weeks ago it was estimated by conservative con-servative authorities that the wheat crop amounted to about 535,000,000 bushels. Calculations based upon the latest reports of the agricultural department show that this estimate must be enlarged. It now seems to be a fair estimate that the crop is 580,000,000 bushels, with a probability that even thi3 enormous quantity falls below the actual yield. The harvesting of so large a crop permits the sale o at least 250,000,000 bushels to foreign , consumers. Our exports ex-ports of this staple have not heretofore exceeded 186,500,000 bushels in nny yeor, but the demand in Europe this year is extraordinary. ex-traordinary. Supercilious virtue. Kansas City Times. A spasmodic attack of supercilious virtue has come upon Pittsburg. Blue laws, for- gotten for a hundred years, have been brought out of retirement snd made to do service in closing all public places on Sunday. Sun-day. Fool friend thus do all they can to bring a good cause into dispute. For the McKiniey Liars to Study. Cleveland Leader. There is not an article in the food market that is not cheaper or quoted at the same figure fig-ure that it was before the McKiniey tariff bill was passed. Claiming More Than They Can Cite Off. St. Louis (ilobe-Democrat. One of the chief duties of the democratic editor this year is to suppress tl e fact that tin plate is made in the United States. |