Show THE rifE PRESIDENTS DECISION I President Roosevelt's eH's decision t to decline absolutely the tile of arbitrator between ll Venezuela and the Powers must be e of immense satisfaction to patriotic Americans To Eo assume such an nn office would mean the possibility of an nn awkward ard and lO n abl ably ly a dangerous embarrassment The United States is not so bi big and independent nt that we can bluff a 1 nation like England or Germany However fiercely we might ht bluff luff neither of those Powers would calmly accept it We e avoid the thc necessity of compelling respect l' for our decision as ns arbitrator by bJ bypassing bypassing passing the whole subject up to The Hague tribunal The rhe Hague international court is the proper place for the trial All the parties to the controversy vel jwill j- j will ilI abide by r its judgment If any party dissents and chom chooses cs to mn make e a row over oyer it that party panty must answer er to all the nations The wis wisdom om of President dent Roosevelt's determination ought to commend itself to every e American S An And so Lily Langtry of malodorous name is in New York nga again n where she so scandalized her good father the dean by hY taking up with Freddy G GOb GOb- li hart of the tile Four Foul Hundred It is to be bc hoped that same Four Foul Hundred will not forget what Henri Watterson recently said about their morals morals or or rather lack of them If the Kansas mob lynched the wrong man it wont won't make much munch difference Mobs are made up of murderers and that class of criminals are not particular particular particular par par- as us to the justice of their doings If K Kansas has a Governor worth anything he lie will see to it that the whole of the Pittsburg mob gets behind the bars Chicago's new whiskers ordinance providing among other things closed lips on the part of talkative talkative talkative talk talk- barbers barbel's is recommended to Salt Lakes Lake's Cit City Council Mummy Many a man who now goes with stubby face would have a shave every other day were he lie liesure sure the HIe bar barbers barber's mouth month could be kept closed I New York have started a spirited auti crowding anti crowding street car campaign in New Kew York City Every er woman in Gotham has joined in the demand for adequate trolley accommodations Give us a seat or 01 no fare is the war cry Why not agitate this question in Salt SnIt Lake It is well that England Germany and Venezuela agree to let the Monroe doctrine alone It is very certain that President Roosevelt would not permit an any of them to fracture that fundamental principle of our om sovereignty even en if he lie had to have haye an in international inter inter- tel national scrap over oyer it The Thc remarkable le increase in the time amount of dividends dividends divi divi- to be paid in New Kew York in January is convincing convincing con con- proof of tile the fact that the tIle country was never nevermore nevermore more prosperous When hen Gotham enterprises boom the rest of the country follows suit If E. E II H. Harriman succeeds eds in making it too hot for fOl Secretary Root Hoot over oyer the tin latter's s transport order Elihu should call in reinforcements in the shape of J. J J. J Hill The Great Grent Northern man is just itching for a chance at Harriman It is the proper timing thing for The Hague tribunal to settle the thc Venezuelan Ven row now but under no consideration tion ion t the Monroe doctrine enter cutel into the question ques pies tion of oJ arbitration That is la a distinct American iu institution r |