Show PITH OF THE PRESS GREAT ITALIAN it Is stated that with the exception of naples milan and now york Is now the chief italian city of the world the new york sun makel au estimate 0 froin to as the actual italian population of new york and contiguous territory this will be enough for one city to assimilate although the philadelphia press dc dares that the beconi generation 0 italians in this country responds to american influences as do few of our immigrants oakland enquirer HIS OBJECT let no one laugh at any speed general kuropatkin makes in his retreat he may be inspired by patriotic feeling to get as near as possible to the heir apparent of the russian throne santa cruz sentinel TWISTING THE LIONS TAIL the russians have been the chief players at the pleasant little game of twisting the lions tall tor many a year past the japanese are playing what seems to be a variety of the bamo game in a portion of the defenses ot port arthur that the russians do not appear to enjoy quite so much we read that the final stand Is likely to take place at the tigers tall or mountain or both santa barbara press FICKLE FORTUNE the favors of fortune are not equally distributed one southern oregon man kicked a dog and uncovered a gold ledge another tried and got kicked within a inch of his life by the canines master bols news TOM HAS NO REASON TO KICK the tribune refuses to support the state ticket recently nominated by the republicans the refusal la based on tho ground 11 that the nominations were dictated by apostle reed smoot n the criticism may bo well founded but it comes with grace from the organ of senator kearns to show ith talons because one man not in bar mony with the park Is in control of the stale machinery the position which mr smoot now occupies ise the one which was coveted by mr kearns and had the senior senator been able to defeat the junior in the rare tor the republican dictatorial throne there would have no such peevish wall from the supposed organ of utah republicanism both mr kearns and mr smoot a personal machine in s stale by which each expected to gain ho supremacy but mr kearn in clash with senator smoot wag signally defeated at his own game he should take hia defeat graw tully the declination of the to accept the ticket nominated by the republicans in tho recent state convention merely shows that the paper never was entitled to the designation of republican organ but that ft wa merely a personal vehicle solely subservient to the ambitions mr keama and solely consecrated to the aileo cacy 0 ho personal of senator kearns without respect to whether or not tho ot the party were involved in the wholly ua and sinister campaign athla attitude of the Is and without basic support not because there la any palliation for mr smoots apostolic but for the reason eliat mr klarna Is equally culpably and was vanquished by methods no lese worthy than hie own judge goodwin in goodwine weekly |