Show BATTLE OF railroads there Is a contest being waged on wall street over the union pacific nd denver rio grande railroads no authoritative statement ot course has ben made as to the object 0 the contending forces but there are some signs of the rould people having de i to wrest control of the union pacific from B II 11 harraman Harrl man and of the harriman interests retaliating by bc curine as much stock la goulas western road as possible tho struggle may end in a corn gould may bo made to see of bis policy of entering into railroad building in biar territory and the latter might 60 induced to open the central pacific to gould A of that hind would bo to the advantage of interests gould would cancel he contracts for the building of abo pacific and hla trains would IQ allowed the same privileges over be present load from ogden to san ghen union pacific traffic those financiers will not long continue to inflict injury upon ach other but with the acumen of ordinary business men they will get fl gether make concessions and harmonize their differences western railroad men aro perplexed when they contemplate tho paralleling af tho central pacific through miles of desert country while far more promising fields arc open to the allread builder in the west they all of one opinion on this point that he central pacific will not be paralleled it harriman and gould can ar ivo at an amicable understanding of heir differences it president roosevelt is anything be b strenuous it more strenuous upon one thing than upon another it is on the subject of absolute and unqualified honesty in the public service the following article from tho provo en bits the nail on the head it says there Is one thing that may always be depended upon and that is the president stands against graft and dishonesty la public fi orvice no matter what party suffers thereby during the roosevelt administration there have been more men in high places brought to grief than during any other administration within the decol of the present generation hardly a department of government his escaped his reform methods he began with abo department then took up the land frauds and in fact tackled everything which had a suspicious look to it the result of president Roosevel ts courageous courage oua honesty has bad a good effect on the country at largo and yeara now drawing to a close baa been conspicuous for its fuves of reform even staid old philadelphia thought well to do a little stable cleaning while missouri elected a reform governor wisconsin another and district attorney jerome swept away all opposition la new york naturally with such sentiment in government circles the sweeping investigations be ing made of the insurance companies would follow public sentiment nor baa the wave of reform yet spent its fury there are a fe men who do not neeta to sense the situation and tx governor odell of new york is one of them lie got caught in the of the new aorl insurance tion and the showing was made against him by his receipt of a seventy five thousand dollar check dated the very day when senator depew last year announced his election reelection re to the senate fosnot io snot sit aeu with the reform elements of the empire state mr odell is simply a dead one politically and he cannot hold abo reins much longer his splendid machine or thorough party organization ia slipping from his grasp and in his desperation pe ration ho cries out against president roosevelt tha president Is accused of wrecking the patty and oaring nothing but tor personal ambition the president is constantly for honesty m the public service and the great american people supreme in their opinion along the same lines will back the president in his good vork he has their confidence and tho politicians will have to goow to his honest program eren the mighty railroads of the country will have to respect him in bis program of reform and though we believe the president Is honestly in favor of retiring at the end of his present term there may be such a popular demand for him to stand tor election again that he cannot retire |