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Show Tie conference storm arrived on i schedule time; it began early in tho morning, too. "Investigation comes high." says an Eastern paper, as -we all know. But the people pay. And so the Colonel is off on his South American trip. Good-bye, old man; don't hurry back. More judicial tyranny: Ono Kentucky man has been fined twenty-five dollars for killing another Kentucky man. hot the decision bo recalled. Three weeks from today Is Prcsiden-tial Prcsiden-tial election day in Mexico unless President Wilson calls it off on moral k grounds, as a Sunday sacrilege. Tennessee has discarded hanging for electrocuting; and doubtless many en-raged en-raged Tennesseeans would bo glad to see their legislators occupy tho chair. Even so soon bb this, a Pittsburgh firm reports an order for steel delivery via Panama canal. That seems liko rushing things, but it's actual business, and memorable President Joseph P. Smith joins tho ministerial clamor against tho "immor-ality" "immor-ality" of women's dress. But will tho conference "sustain" him as director of women's dressmaking, as well as "prophet, seer, and rovolator?" Manuel of Braganwi is the champion loser. .He had a kingdom and lost it; then he had a mistress, and lost her; then he got him a wife and is about to lose her. But ho can console himself , with the Kcutuckian's philosophy, "them what hcz, must lose." B That promise of beef from Peru at Hj ten cents a pound when the Panama canal gets into operation is illusive. B Those who import beef from Peru will ask and got as much for that beef as it will bring. But maybe Peruvian beef is the sort that wouldn't bring more than ten cents a pound in any market. A ruction is on in Texas because an official took down the portrait of Sam Houston from its place in the State House, and put it in its place a portrait of former Senator J. W. Bailey. It was a tactless tiling to do, and Bailey him- fl self would no doubt opposo it. And it is stirring up a wave of hot rcsent- B ment. B That is bad news which tells of tho capturo of- American missionaries and B their families by Chinese brigands. It B ought not to be necessary to call upon our State Department to exert everj-energy everj-energy in behalf of those unhappy cap-tives, cap-tives, for their cruel fato is sealed un-less un-less extraordinary efforts are put forth to save them. . The specially objectionable feature B of the bill abolishing the Commerce B Court is that it was made a rider on an appropriation bill. This, so far as B it goes to prove a case, indicates that Congress consents thus to legislate through sheer impotence in efforts to legislate straightforwardly and .on gen-B gen-B era! principles, each proposition stand- ing on its own merits. Boston Globe: "The Zulu Prince B who is touring this country in the in-terest in-terest of his people says he plans to marry a Southern negrcss before rc B turning to Africa, bocauso if he mar-B mar-B ries at homo his father will be obliged B to give 25 or 30 cowb to tho bride's B parents. Bominds us of tho man who said he had been married three times, once for love and twice for general B housowork." B Tho question has been asked, "What will happen when the Bix months' per-aniBsion per-aniBsion for our warships to remain in Mexican waters has expired, and Mox- B ico refuses to extond tho timo?" That answer is easy; the warshipB -will got out of those waters, unless the adminis-tration adminis-tration deliberately intends an armed invasion of Mexico; for it is just as clearly an act of war to invade Mexican "waters with our navy as to invade her land with our army. Tho partisan Democratic programme, besides exempting the newly created incomo tax officials from tho civil B service laws; also takes out from tho protection of those laws deputy, IT. S. marshals and deputy internal revenue B collectors. By tho time the Democrat- ic partisan programme is fully com-pleted, com-pleted, no doubt pretty much every po- H. Bltion under tho civil service laws will be taken out, until all positons are filled by Democrats, and then tho ciil service lid will be put on again and scrowed on bo tight that Democrats in offico can novor bo disturbed. |