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readers a Happy New Year.
'The usual amount of paving material is being
prepared' for January 1 delivery. ; , ...
Up Jto date no one has heard of a trus( suc,
cumbing to the terrific Cannonading. ' f
Attention is called to The - Conmtoner'st 1903
announcement elsewhere iri this issue. -,
"' The Hereford republican party in. the south,
shows the disintegrating effects of an antr-ple diet.
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Up to date the strenuous administration chief -has
not brought any of the trusts to a cotton bat
ting Santa Claus finish.
It appears that General John S. Mosby's fence
destroying crusade had a regular republican-re-form-of-the-tariftflnish.
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It seems that those "agents of providence"
do not hesitate at an attempt to deceive the com--
mission regarding wages.
A sniff at Mr. Clarkson's game-bag would
convince the sniffer that Mr. Clarkson is getting
what' he went gunning after. '; '
It must be admitted that this government's
stand on the Venezuelan matter 'lacked a whole
otof the "By" the eternal"' spirit heeded in such
emergencies. '.
Considering the whys and wherefores of Ne
vada's' admission the pious attitude of the admin
istration towards New Mexico and Arizona is cer
tainly freakish.
One pleasing feature of the Venezuelan situa
tion, is that there is no seeming possibility of a
Whftelaw Replication thereof.'
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There appears' to have been ,a lot of jMqle St.
Nicholasing abou,t the republican promises .to curb
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' Republican reformation of the tariff- 'looks
I suspiciously .liue a made in. New Jersey corpora-
tn APcrantvorl honoflt fho niihlin.
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TheJ Commoner's clubbing offers, 'which' ap--pear
elsewhere, provide .a means of securing the
best literature at a minimum outlay. ,
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The gentlemen who insist upon a premature
burial of Tom Johnson are likely to find them
selves with an empty coffin on their hands.
Mr. Rockefeller has just given Dr. Harper an
other million for Chicago university. We knew
he would from the way the lamps smelled.
Hon. J. S. Clarkson, collector of the port of
New York, is down south earning his salary;
Mr. Addicks declares that all he wants -is
fair play, arid that's what he has been getting.
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"Perhaps congress figures on waiting until the
president sends in his lists of good and bad trusts.
"The trusts arc taking to the woods!" shrieks
an impressionable administration organ. Well,
that's true concerning the fumber trust
The Boni de Castellanes have bought a $100,;
000 country placeT Gould stock" must be looking-
up. '
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Well, Secretary Shaw got Wall street past the
election, anyhow, and the party can thatrik him
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for that.
Secretary Shaw .helped Wall street jso.much
during the campaign that he has .no money to
spare now.
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If Castro should declare free trade forVcne
zuela, what would Germany and Great Britain!
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x While advocating a more thorough course in
'spelling we have a high regard for the man who
. knows enough -to spell a word mbre than one-way.
.r Not thd most unpleasant feature of the yene-t
auelan incident is the fact that up to date no
acceptable rhyme has been found for "Castro."
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.' The president's talk about the colored vote
in the south is not helping the negro much,
but it is helping Mr. Clarkson bag the delegates.
Senator Tom Piatt's prediction that a yellow
dog could be elected governor of New York .on the
republican ticket came awfully near not panning
out. H '- ' V ;;4'
Mr. Knox, .wants an appropriation to enable
him to go after the trusts. ' It is possible' that Mr.
8 Knox ' contemplates trying to hire them to be
good., ; .. .
rn date the coal operator have hot made good
their w6rcV by'Bhdwin'g miners 'who havepianos
t It must be admitted that, Mr. Baer aTipears to
much better advantage since the Markpls lined up ' their wOrd' by'Bnowing miners wno nave-pmuoa
hV his side. ,'J?1 A ! rlntheff front rooms and bruB3elsycarpetsonaheir
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The downward trend of silver" keeps pace' with",
the republican promise to' revise' the tariff and
curb the trusts. ', ....?, . t
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ft must b'o admitted that dehefaJ,?Mdsby has
as many wire fences ' as 1 thJe oresTd'nt' has
cut as many wire fences ' as Hire presYddnt' has v
shackled cunnlng. - - '
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After a considerable experience 'Wth' their .
Sethlcrwlsh reform" tue citiz6ns4oNew'Ydrk, show
a disposition to take another. chance, with .Tarn- '
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many.
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s. There is a tendency under .this, administra: , question
tion to allow the Monroe doctrine to acquire a raiiure. ,
The. news that, ".the present congress will not.
, take any hasty or precipitate action 'on thp trust
Mr. Littlofield's remedy for trusts .fs "public
ity," also. et the trusts expend a' lot of money
every year buying that very thing" in the sh'apo
of advertising. .,
The '"Subscribers' Advertising Department,"
recently established, has mot with ' insthnt favor.
It affords an opportunity that small advertisers
are quick to ,seize,
Those Hamilton (O.) ministers who -barred
Santa Claus1 from' their churches must have for
gotten a great 'ipany 'pleasant things .that hap
pened in their younger days.,.
Those confiding persons who expect tariff re
vision by this congress would believe the man who
told, them that' on. the morrow it would rain marsh
malos and chocolate caramels. .
'in 1903 democrats who are democrats from
principle should organize to thwartf the designs
of democrats who vote the republican ticket when
the party refuses tq be republicanized.
Chairman Grayof the arbitration commission
expresses a doubt as to the accuracy of some of
the statements made by the operators. This is a
savage swing at Mr. Baer's divine rights.
President Roosevelt in his exuberant rejoic
ing over the condition of Porto Rico forgot to say
that, according to a New York judge, a citizen of
Porto Rico is not a citizen of the United States.
As"' wo gather from an extensive reading of
republican organs the difference' between Con
gressman Roberts and Senator-to-be Smoot is, that
the latter is a republican. And that's enough to
land Smoot , "7 fi
' The Hon. Joe Babcock we came perilously
near saying Joey Bagstock has been for several
weeks halting between tariff revision and letting
.well enough alone. The Honorable Joseph must
be planning for something about as satisfactory
as the speakership.
Senator Clark offered and gnye a million dol
lars for his first grandson. We know a gentleman
who didn't, get a cent for thp grr adson he pre
sented .to his father, but who wouldn't 'take 11
of Senator Clark's millions for him.
The republican organs are dilating on Thomas
Bi Reed's ability, honesty arid courage. These
qualities are among those that prevented Thomas
, B, , Reed from achieving the height of his ambi-
' tibn the presidency at the hands of his party.
Owing to their small salaries the mail car
riers and postal clerks found that they could lay
off a day or two and throw things into Mr. Loud's
jCongrssfonal boom. They did not lose much
jnoney by laying off, thanks to Mr. Loud's pe
culiar ideas of economy.
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moth-ballish flavor.
. Great Britain is well aware that there is an
'other humanity staggering blow concealed in that .
Venezuelan matter. , '''.
"Will congress do anything?" queries an ex-
change. iThisqpngress was elected foe t the ex
press purpose of doing nothing.
Every time Mr. Rockefeller gives a big slice
of money to a college or a church, one Is Inclined
to wonder if Mr. Rockefeller is getting the. 'same
rebate out of It that he gets from the railroads.
Hugh MacRea & Co., bankers, of Wilmington,
t. S" ave PUto'tened an Interesting article by
L. H. Thwalto, giving an English view of the
xuuiuu invasion of England and Europe.
Senator Quay voted with the democrats on
the statehood bill. Now that the senates knows
how to' do the right thing Jet us hope that he will 1
:. persevere. -, , '! . ;
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The John Maynard Harlan mayoralty boom is
- ohce more loking for terminal facilities..ln Chica
go. John is the man who offers to fight any man
who does not agree with him- if- you want: to be-! 1
lleve the Chicago organs of republicanism and
mugwUmpery. ' .
The Philadelphia man who engaged in a leglti
jnate business during the day and burglarized
houses at night should, declares the Washington
Pos.t, 'be credited with remarkable versatility.
BUt should he not, rather, have credit for hia
'unique method of training for the Philadelphia
common council?
The house committee has decided to report
favorably the bill to create a cabinet office to bo
known as the department of commerce. The
name of the man who will fill the place is not
khown, but he" will not be any more of a terror
td, 'the trusts than Mr. Knox, and that Is certain.
This is not a compliment for Mr. Knox, either.
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President Baer says: 'fWe.will surrender the
government of the state of Pennsylvania to no
one." That is why it is necessary for the federal
government to act. If Baer and his associates,
would only surrender the Pennsylvania itate gov
ernment to the people of Pennsylvania they would
soon attend to the coal trust
. , ..Senator Mason promises to introduce a bill
providing that when a coal mine is- not being
operated by the owners it maybe taken in charge
by a government receiver and operated for the
benefit of the public. The senator seems to over
look the fact tht his interest in the public's wel
fare is the thing that has arrayed his party's
bosses against him.
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