Show I THE PRESS KNOWS ANYWAY IT GOES THE PACIFIC CABLE From the Louisville Journal Courier r The proposed Pacific cable has actually actually actu actu- ally l majority report and and yet the minority ity present thes these condO condO- conclusive sive objections t that at the Government Government has no valid right to to get down into the merest commercial commercial competition with Us Its own citizens that that Itcan It can obtain a all the advant advantages g s of governmental ownership and avoid the risks and disadvantages of governmental ownership by allowing a private corporation n to lay ay and arid operate operate this cable and that it is not sot right for forthe forthe forthe the Government to lay such a a. cable table after private capital has s started a ted to d dothe do JQ the work There Is added tot to the e minor mtnor minority ity report the contract which has re recently recently re- re been filed flied with the Attorney Attorney- General General by th the Commercial p Pacific Cable Cable Cable Ca Ca- ble Comp Company ny This contract contract makes as asa asa asa a basis of f consideration the Government Govern Govern- ment lease to the cable company of an office in the general postoffice building at Honolulu KINDNESS KINDNESS TO KINGS 1 From From the Chicago Tribune Tribune The Washington Post has made a convert of Wayne JIa a gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man who does does does' not change his mind easily or often It has convinced him that sending of special embassies to at attend attend attend at- at tend royal and Imperial ceremonies in Europe is not In accordance with Republican Democratic principles It seems clear to Mr Mr MacVeagh that It Itis Itis itis is alike aUke undesirable and and undignified In Inus InUs Inus us whose fathers lathers fought seven years to be rid of ot Kings and crowns to send persons to pay homage to a gentleman who calls caUs himself a King and who i Is putting on his head what he calls a crown RECIPROCITY From the New York Tribune The leaders have good reason for not wanting to open the tariff question and there is Js no way by which they can throw I it wide wido open more surely than by stubbornly stubbornly stubbornly stub stub- I refusing to do the obviously right thing by Cuba The American people are Interested In this Cuban matter They feel that a a. moral obligation rests upon them Their good faith their generosity their reputation before the world as a beneficent power dealing wisely and Justly with Its dependents are arc at stake If Ir Congress does not promptly respond to their desires great popular Indignation Is sure 19 t be awakened Free traders will take advantage of It to stir up opposition to th the ta tariff at lff tf in general TRIAL TRL BY TELEPHONE From the Minneapolis Times A Kentucky magistrate tried a a. case of ot disorderly conduct and fined the accused 12 We Ve believe bellevo a Judicial proceeding Of f that Sort to be contrary to public policy polley and not conducive to the administration of ot equal and exact justice justice jus jus- tice A magistrate who is attached to a telephone for a a. few minutes is likely to become so angry that he will be under sore temptation t to te fine a a- culprit about eight times as much as he should |