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IV 1 Those who insist that the chances for young
1 116 OHlIH011Cr men are as great as they ever were, should
pause long enough to tell us if they believe
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Editor and Proprietor, '! : ' : for Uncle Sam to pay the price and then operate
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oce Yr business failures last week were 188 as against
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sinEieCopy-AtNewfltndortthio(flce . lines declared that business was booming.
Sample Cople Free. Jt jg b(,en fi0 ong Bince Mr. Hanna dc-
No Traveling Canvassers are Employed. clined a presidential nomination that the Fair
Subscriptions can be sent direct lo The Com- banks-Koosevelt-Beveridge booms have fallen
loner. They can also be sent through newspapers 0fj SOyeral points in the political market,
which "have advertised a clubbing rate, or through ktv-cv-o
precinct agents -where such agents have been ap- 'vo"n
pointed. All remittances should be sent by postoffice Doubtless J oseph Cannon bases his predic-
S53M.S S t!?n that tlie comine oow will Bot-tbker
money. with the tariff on tho supposition that tho con-
AVamLloo "". aPPliCati011, S'CSS Wil1 n0t te 0f a breach 0f trUflt'
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
. Entered at the postoffice at Lincoln, Nebraska, .At a meeting of Plow manufacturers held in
b s second class mail matter. Chicago recently, it was decided to raise the
price of plows. This will enable the republi-
Kitchener should try talking "plain duty" can farmers to study the trust question without
and "currents of destiny" to the Boers for a leaving the furrows,
while. "'.. v -
s . Mr. J. A. T. Hull feels that he was not
' -Mr; Babcock seems to be surprised that the welf treated in Luzon. The trouble with Mr.
country so quickly accepted his proposal of a Hul j iB tliat he has been getting what he wanted
reduction in the tariff duties. ' ' for B0- long thati ho has 00m0 to "believe that ho
. 2xy-y should bo the recipient of all tho concessions.
Those army doctors who are experimenting cv
with mosquitoes and yellow fever germB are T iri. i, i. xi.
. , . J . , ,fa Lord Kitchener regrets to report that a por-
provinc their theories entirely too often. ' .. , ,, B ... , .. ,
r tion of the British army was surrounded on
Czar Nicholas wants it distinctly under, -"orable ground" and captured by "a su-
stood ?that when he gives a wedding feast Poforce." It is rather unkind of the Boers
he reserves the right to select his own guests. . take a dubl advantaS of the KlnS's Bo1-
: . y . dlcr8.
The administration politicians are so busy -y
claiming credit for the big wheai orop that A St Louis physioian claims that he can
they have no time to make mention of the short permanently cure any case of insanity not due
potato crop. to physical injury or idiocy. He ought to
yQySy try his remedy on those deluded citizens who
A pair 'of cyolones whirled things in New think that a private monopoly is a good
Jeriey recently. At last something has been thing,
discovered that cannot be organized under tho ... ycy-
laws of that state. - D uring, the Spanish-American war the news-
m, . "fT x. , -rr , papers were fond of referring to the times as
The suspension of tho National Watchman maki hi But w
14 a matter of sincere regret. It was ahly cd- bcou mado iu iot ot department
ited and was over a cadfast m its advooaoy of officea Binoo thcn haB oroated abou). M
Demooratio principles. citoment. ' -
The foundations of St. Paul's cathedral, mi i .
T a 1,. mt t x The workmgmen are to bo commended for
London, are crumbling. The Boors continue A. . ., , - ..,
their work of pulling an occasional stone out of the f m W haJ .carried on the
other English foundations. nUf stnke; Th f seno of vlolonco aPd dia"
-xx ' order speaks well for both officers and men.
It is reported that "Admiral Schley's coun- ublio sympathy is with the laborers in their
gel is entirely dissatisfied with tho -position of unelual struggle against monopoly.
Admiral Howison,'as disclosed in his letter to i
Acting Secretary Hackett." . ' , Walt Butler, tho Iowa Democrat who pre-
My seritcd the resolution endorsing tho Kansas
Mr. Knox may not know of the existence of City platform, seems to bo as useful in state
& steel trust, but it is certain that the steel conventions as he was in congress and that' is
trust knows of the existence of an attorney saying a good deal, for ho was a very useful
general named Philander Knox member of tho fifty-second congress-
Admiral Schley has been chosen First Vice
Commander of the Veterans of the Porto Rican
campaign. The organization has a commander
(General Brooke), four vice-commanders, a
secretary, treasurer, registrar, chaplain and ad
visory board, but Admiral Sampson's name
does not appear among the officers.
General Grosvenor has returned from Europe
and is telling us what wonderful strides we are
making in the matter of Belling goods to all
tho world. In a few weeks Mr. Grosvenor will
be on the stump begging the voters to stand by
the old theory of protecting homo manufactur
ers from the competition of foreigners.
Having been dubbed "Tho Boy Orator of
the Platte" for a decade, Mr. Bryan recently
made a trip to the Kooky Mountains to learn
more about the source of that stream. He is
now prepared to have the republican papers
suggest that he received the appelation, not be
cause of the pure and limpid rills that consti
tute the head waters of tho Platte, but because
of the wideness of its mouth.
Lord Kitchener might add to his income
by selling some of the autograph letters which
he is receiving. Steyn writes him a long letter
saying that he will continue the fight; Dewet
writes him a short letter to the same effect,
and Botha closes the day with a third epistle
informing him that the war -is only fairly
started.. These, throe. letters are worth a good
deal; to the cause of liberty, if nofctp IjCitohener.
According to the president of one of tho
mills the managers of the cotton mills of South
Carolina have agreed not to employ any union
labor. The operatives will, he says, be re
quired to sign an agreement that they will not
belong to a union. By what logic can an
employer join an association of mill owners
and then object to an association of employees?
If the unions, are destroyed the employees -will
be at the mercy of the trust magnates. . ? '.
According to the Nebraska State Journal
"Senator Millard sat on the stage during a part
of the convention, but was not invited to take
any part in the proceedings, probably because
he waB not recognized generally by the dele
gates." It would seem from this that the cor
porate influences which dominated tho last Ne
braska legislature selected a senator with whom
even the republicans wore unacquainted. It
tfo&d bo different if senators were elected by
a direct vote of the people. '
Mr. Joseph Battell has a just grievance
against The Commoner. He has written a
very interesting book entitled: "Ellen, or tho
Whisporings of an Old Pine" (published by tho
American Publishing Co., Middlebury, Vt.); in
acknowledging receipt of this book, The Com
moner, by an unfortunate typographical error,
made the word "pine" read "pipe". The cor
rection now made may sooth tho wounded feel
ings of the author, but he cannot bo blamed for
being somewhat irritated by tho mistake.
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