The mayor's program in reference to the ...

The mayor's program in reference to the saloons seems tobe to close them at 10 p. m. local and strictly enforce the laws after that time. The council will struggle with the ordmance at its next meeting. The sympathy of Americans will be with the Greeks as it has been with the Cubans. Both represent nearer our ideas of liberty than their oppossers. The Spaniards are the Turks of the Western hemisphere. Both nations are implacably cruel. Buth represent decaying civilization or barbarism and both in the present instances are pitted against much weaker poWers. Mayor Hiscock in bis message speaks up for permanent improvements of streets. So say we all of us. The practice of hauling clay on the streets is an abominable one. For instance South Fifth ave., is a natural gravel bed and the road bed was formerly an excellent one. Now it is one of the muddiest streets in the city when it is not dusty and it is clay mud at that. The clay came from outside and is one example of how money may be worse than wasted upon our streets. The Dingley tariff bill is built on the theory of making some people rioh by taxing others. This may be right in the eyes of the favorecí few, but as regards the toiling niany it is the greatest injustice. Some of our public spirited citizens have petitioned for free pictures, on the ground that there should be no tax on the cultivation of correct taste in art. But free food and free clothing come bef ore free pictures or even free books and justice should come before any of them. It is not just that many men should be taxed for the benefit of the few, and henee the Dirjgley bil! should not pass. Wlien the Courier keeps patting any class of democrats on the back editorially it is a pretty good sigu that they have been doing or are expected to do some work for the republicans. The Courier is always patting the gold democrats on the back and telling ■what good fellows they are. They are the very same men the Courier has belaboied so hard for years. VVhy the change ? Is it not because the Courier clearly regards them in the role ofassistant republicans, depri ving the regular democratie party of the votes necessary to defeat ihe republican policies, which the gold democrats have been opposing for years. Let the gold democrats think of this. What we want is a united democracy.