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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
Entered at the postoffice at Lincoln, Nebraska,
as second class mail matter.
Mr. Perry S. lleatb. can now revive tlie
llanna presidential boom.
By having one justice who -is continually on
the move it is possible atall tinles to secure a
majority.
, yA. readingof the supreme court's decision
wiji 'demonstrate that irresolution followBtho
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Will Gen. Grosvenor say that McKinlcy
as he said Washington did declined a third
nomination for xfcar of defeat?
Those republican organs that have grown
into the habit of making flippant allusions to
tho constitution have been amply vindicated.
As tho country understands it, taxation
without representation is wrong when wo are
tho taxed, but quite proper when wo are the
taxors.
It is barely possible that Attorney General
Knox's plan of abolishing the trusts is to allow
them to die of indigestion brought on by over
indulgence. According to tho Supremo Court decision
congress has a constitutional right to pass un
constitutional laws whenever manifest deBtiny
demands it.
v Now that Bowie claims to be Elijah the re
publicans should consult him in regard to "des
tiny." They; have felt the need of some moro
rccent authority than tho Bible.
As "times are good" tho failures (188 last
week as against' 103 for tho same week last
year) must be only excuses given by the bus
iness men to secure a chance to rest
The contributions sent to tho people of
Jacksonville, Florida, have been strangely
small considering the great damage done by
the fire. The readers of The Commoner are
urged to share with their unfortunate brethren
of Florida. Donations can be sent to, or in
formation secured from, the mayor of Jackson
ville. A reader of The Commoner writes that
the minister by tho namo of Pullman reported
- as making a caustio criticism of tho trusts was
not related to the Pullmans of palace car fame.
Now that tho President is out of the race -The
Commoner is at liberty to renew its sug
gestion that Mr. Ilanna is tho proper person
to receive the republican presidential nomina-
tion.
By comparing the crookedness at Manila
with the embezzlements at Havana we are able to
formulate a rule for carpet bag governments '
the stealing increases as the square of the dis
tance increases.
It must bo mortifying to cx-Postmas tor
General Wanamaker to learn that oven $2,
600,000 is not enough to induce the mayor and
council of Philadelphia to protect the interests
of the people of that city.
Butte, Montana, is threatened with a land
slide and great surprise is manifested, because
no administration organ has announced that
the danger is due wholly to the fact that Mon
tana caBt its electoral vote for Mr. Bryan a
couple .of times.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean points out to Tiie
Commoner that "Emperor McKinlcy has not
yet been crowned." The Inter-Ocean's pre
tended argument is not good'.' Edward VII
has not yet been crowned, cither, but ho is
none the Icbb a king.
Thoro was but ono Dred Scott, but tho
famous decision in his case brought about a
revolution. The Supreme court of the United
States has decided that all Porto Ricans are
Dred Scotts, and the nation will not long suf
fer the injustice to remain.
The Cuban Convention has accepted tho
Piatt amendment, but as the Cubans had fo ac
cept it or fight, tho action of our nation has
not inoroascd their love for our people. But
tho republicans think love is unnecessary as
long as we have a large army.
When a minister begins to receive tho ap
plause of tho worldly-minded his usefulness as
a minister is over. And when a. man who
calls himself a demoorat finds himself sup
ported by men who thrive on anti-demo cratio
policies his democracy may well -bo called
into question.
The "Frcie 'Press of Chicago takes excep
tions to a paragraph in a recent number of The
Commoner wherein Kaiser Wilhelm was rep
resented as punishing editors for indulging in
hostile criticism of the government. Tho
Frcie Presto is authority on anything that in
terests Germans or German-Americans and
The Commoner accepts the correction,
There is no excuse for a New York or
Pennsylvania mechanic remaining idle. "All ho
has to do is to invest about $00 in a round trip
ticket to Kansas and get two weeks' work
in the wheat fields at about $2 a day.
Dr. Sen Vet Sen must not expect any sym
pathy from the republican party when he starts
to establish a republic in China. It would en
danger tho military situation in the Philip
pines to have a republic so near Manila.
Mr. Bryan will visit the Pan-American Ex
position the last of this week, and before his
return to Lincoln will 6peak at a number of
places among others at Watortown, N. Y.,
Philadelphia, Norfolk, Va., Montcaglo and
Union City, Tenn., Bowling Green, Ky., and
Madison, Indiana. Ho will be glad to have
readers of The Commoner make themselves
known at any time or place.
The trustification, republican izatipn and
subsidization of tho democratic party is making
progress only among those who have been dem
ocrats when there was neither campaign nor
election on hand. Men who have been demo
crats in season and out of season because tho
principles of' demooracy were their principles,
are not demanding any retreat from advanced
positions taken by tho party.
On another page will be found an account
of some more stealing which has lbeen discov
ered in Manila. It will probably fte' necessary
to visit some punishment upon tho offenders,
but it looks a little inconsistent for tho admin
istration to send officers over there to assist
carpet bag officials in stealing civil liberty
from the natives and then punish the officers
for stealing a few dollars for themselves on tho
side.
Some queer things are happening these
days. It seems that tho constitution does not ;
follow the flag to Porto Rico, but that tho
Chinese exclusion act does. But it seems
quite probable that if tho interests having con
trol should decide that Chinese cheap labor is
what they want in Porto Rico they will find '.
that the Chinese exclusion act "is fit company
for the constitution several thousand miles in
the rear of tho flag.
Ex-Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
has just forwarded to Senator Lodge, a check
for ono hundred dollars as a reward for having .
inserted in tho republican platform of 1890 the
pledge of tho party to promote international
bimetallism. Among the items of interest will
bo found a more extended reference to it. .
There is a suspicion of sarcasm in tho conclu-"
sion of Mr. Ghandler'a letter where he refers
to the efforts made to 'fulfill the promise. Mr.
Chandler ought to offer another hundred dol- -lars
reward to tho man who invented the scheme
whereby tho republican party could deny im
perialistic intentions during the campaign and '
then olaim a victory for imperialism after tho
election was over. Senator Hanna deserves a
reward also for his, withdrawable campaign
promise to exterminate the trusts.
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