Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1900 — CURRENT COMMENT. [ARTICLE]

CURRENT COMMENT.

These is apparently a disposition to scuttle Mr. Harms's ship subsidy bill.— Richmond (Ya.) Hews. Mark Hanna evidently regards himself as ifke umpire of the p his Cummercial^Appeal. Rumors are unreliable, but it should not be forgotten that .Aguinaldo must die sometime*. -Milwaukee Sentinel. On the whole, we fancy that Mr. Hanna will #et his way, as he generally manages to in the iong run.-—Washing-ton Timt*. By the way, what ihas become of the frosecuuam of Ratfibone and Neely? )o they siillknnw too much?— itkfianapolis Sentinel. Before he writes histaext message. President McKinley should do some work for a short story syndicate.—Memphis Com-mercial-Appeal. Sir Alfred Milner graphically describes the situation in South Africa as hat-tug “all the horror with none of the dignity of war.”—New Y ork World. When the President becomes an Emperor it is to be presumed his annual message will be published in serial form.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. If Mr. Lease is divorced from Mary Elizabeth he will have a chance to move that he be restored to the position of head of a househ jld. Denver News. Nobody seen s to know where the Prestd-nt’s Thanksgiving turkey came from, but nobody thinks it was sent fiom Lorto Rico.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The poisonous beer scare in England is causing Hon. John G, Wooly to reflect that he overlooked a good thing in the way of a campaign roorback.—Denver Republican. Mr. McKinley could hardly be expected to hud much fault with the condition of a country that Had just re-elected him by an overwhelming majority.—Detroit Free Press. Some one should inform the Filipinos of McKinley's re-election. Up to date there are no surrenders worth mentioning, and General McArthur is tired of his job. —Denver News.

Secretary Root's recommendation of an army force-of about 100,000 men is not extravagant, provided we are to adhere to our policy in the Philippines.— Brooklyn Citizen. As Mr. McKinley has caused an overproduction of corn, he should now devise some means to raise the price or to preserve the grain until there is more demand for it.—Baltimore World. Young Mr, Phillips may imagine that he has had something to do with fiftycent corn, but as sure as eggs are eggs the Hon. William McKinley will blandly appropriate the credit therefor.—-Chicago Chronicle. Mr. McKinley thinks that peace and good government in the Philippines under our sovereignty were also setßfcd by the election. Alas, no such news has come from the seat of war.—NewYork Evening Post.

And now we are told that Cuba's independence is to be “delayed/ Of course it is. Mr. McKinley never intended to keep faith with Cubans, and if he has his way China never will attain independence.—lndianapolis Sentinel. Hon. Mary Ellen Lease has sued Mrs. Lease's husband for divorce on the grounds of desertion. Yet Mrs Lease's hi'aAtand was at home attending to the drugstore and minding the children all P'e time.—New York Evening Sun. No one can rcuionahly hope for good health unless his bowels move once each day. When this is not attended to, disorders of the stomach r.rise, biliousness. headache dyspepsia and piles soon follow. It you wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowels regular by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver I ibleis "when required I'hev are so <• .» '.u .k ■ ai.ti hum and gentle in eo ct. loi sale by V. Lars'.