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Show ) ' The Wrong Men f ""p HE satisfaction of England over the prospect I of making American coasting vessels pay toll for passing the Panama canal is finding expression expres-sion In curious ways. The last proposition is to ' erect a monument to Lincoln In London, and to ! place a statue of Washington in Westminster Ab bey. That is all very touching, but we suggest that I it be changed to a monument to Mr. Wilson in the big city and a bust of Mr. Secretary Bryan in the sacred old Abbey, for it is England's way to honor those who directly serve her. The proposition as put out ought to be a reminder to Englishmen of the late Senator Tabor's remark when he saw the picture of Shakspeare In his new grand Opera House in Denver: "Who is that feller?" asked Tabor. When told that it was a picture of Shaks-I Shaks-I peare, Tabor muttered: "Shakspeare, Shaks- R peare, what the h 1 did he ever do for Den I ver?" |