Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1900 — Current Comment. [ARTICLE]

Current Comment.

Meantime, Neely is in the United States and Rath bone is in Cuba. —Washington Times. The diagnosis of Hon. Don M. Dickinson meets with a few objections.—Baltimore American. Mr. Hanna indicates that he does not care to be President in name, but only in reality.—Atlanta Journal. When Grover Cleveland pulled the hole in after him we hope he nailed it down on the inside. —Toledo Bee. Secretary Gage says he is not going to resign. Hanna says he is. The odds are against Gage.— New York World.

By promising the voters a full dinner pail, Mr. McKinley coaxed them to hand him over the pie.— Kansas City Times. Woolley, Barker and Debs didn’t need rubbing down after the race. They didn’t perspire enough to turn a hair.—Denver Post. Next to Mark Hanna and his President the happiest man over the election results appears to be Lord Salisbury . Boston Traveler. ’Mark Hanna wants the address of tl#e man who started his Presidential boom, ostensibly to kill him, but more likely to send him a box of cigars.—Chicago Record. From Mark Hanna’s point of view there is not half as much enjoyment in being President as in commanding the forces that elect the President.—Chicago Tribune. Salisbury, conqueror of the Transvaal, praising McKinley, would-be conqueror of the Philippines, recalls the line, “A fellowfeeling makes us wonderous kind.” —New York World. Mark Hanna has had a brilliant ovation in New York. Now if be should extend his trip to England we doubt not that his reception would dnzzle the entire universe. —lndianapolis Sentinel. French papers are alarmed over reports of the retirement of Secretary Hay from McKiuley’s Cabinet. Mr. Hay has made a very good Secretary of State for foreign countries —Baltimore World. We don’t mean to revive campaign insinuations, but it would be realy„interesting to know what General Otis thinks now of the “crushed rebellion” in the Philippine Islands. —Cincinnati, Enquirer. Mr. McKinley and his foreign associates ought to refrain from publicly gloating over the humbuging of the people long enough to let the latter catch their breath after a heavy fall —Washington Times. Mr. McKinley will please bear in mind that he has voluntarily taken the responsibility off Providence, and is, therefore, in honor bound to give us good crops for the next four years.—Atlanta Journal. The beef trust put up the price of beef one cent a pound the day after election. And on Monday of this week the salt trust, thinking Armour and Bwift were getting a little too fresh, sent salt soaring. There was a rumor in stock exchanges that the lattef'rise was caused by the great demand occasioned by democrats requiring additional accommodations up Salt Creek. But this is an error — n trust fabrication, and unworthy of notice. —Lafayette Journal.