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t --'"n ' wfir"w 4fl y' 'V lll?W'W5p5l1W gatww'wr The Commoner. i ! ISSUED WEEKLY. Entered nt the pofitoflicc at Lincoln, Nebraska, m econd claei mall matter TERftlS-PAYABLO IN ADVANCE. One Year Si.eo I I Three Honttis. ......,.. 350 SUflontha 50c Single Copy 5 Sample Copies Free. Foreign Postage 52c Extra. w ' SUBSCRIPTIONS can be sent direct to Tho Commoner. They can also be sent throiiRh newspapers which have adver lUcd a chlbblnjj rate, or through local agents, where such agent! liave been appointed. All remittances should be sent by post flice money order, express order, or by banL draft on New York or Chicago. Do not s;iid individual checks, stamps, or woney. RENEWALS.-The date on your wrapper shows when your stib?crlptlon will expire. Thus, Jan. 02, means that payment has been received to and Including the last Issueof January, 1903 Two weeks are required after money is received before the date n the wrapper can be changed. CIIANUB OP ADDRESS.-Subscrlbers requesting a change f address must give the OID as well as the NHW address. ADVERTISING rates furnished upoa application. Address all communications to TtlE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. ' . In thorough organization thoro is strength; also victory. If trusts were bronchos they might bo broken with less delay. Dr. Crum soems unablo to find that small partlclo of comfort. However, tho beef trust has not found It hard to overlook Kb federal Injunctions. Tho "executlvo sessions" of tho senate havo alwayB been subject to "publicity." 1 Victory may bo won by compromising wrong, but Buccoas Is won only by fighting for principles. A glance at tho pay roll of the Kansas legis lature will bo sufficient proof of Its republicanism. Speaking of got-rlch-quick concerns, the ship subsidy champions anticipate something in that lino. , Millions of bacilli are said to fatten on bank notes. Quito a number of bankers have dono tho Bamo thing. Tho indications aro that the trusts will wear tho El kins shackles as ornaments and do it pridefully. Another victory liko that of 1892 would set back tho work of true democracy a quarter of a contury. Mr. Addlcks was careful to keep safely In his hand ono end of tho string attached to his with If thoro is anything that can cure it Poultnoy Blgolow should tako something for that case of Kaiseritis. Speaking of "gct-rlch-quick" concerns, what is tho matter with a nico little bond deal like we had a fow years ago? It may be that Mr. J. P. Morgan based his objoction on tho ground that it was unconstitu tional to assess water. Mr. Littlofield seems to havo gotton his prom ises on the loft and his performances on the riEht side of tho decimal point It appears that the Addlcks era of prosperity has made it unnecessary to havo tho Delaware peach crop winter killed. , v Mr JFay 8hould havo boon made secretary of labor. Ho seems to bo the most easily worked diplomat npw in public life. wornou Tho fact that over 400 passongers were "killed last year in accidents 0 American railroads, while not one passenger was killed during that timo on British railroads, demands that AmSican ?ai road managers adopt safer methods. The Commoner. Thoso patrons of the bankrupt get-rich-quick concerns who aro now complaining so loudly aro referred to in Proverbs 27:22. Among tho get-rich-quick concerns might bo mentioned tho coal trust. And tho oil trust. And "The Book of tho Presidents." It should bo borne in mind that trust mag nates do not uso wires to send messages to tho senate. They merely pull them. Tho president has just opened a canning ex position. Practicing up on tho work of preserv ing tho negro voto for future use? "And if 'manywhero,' why not anywhich?'" queries tho Chicago Tribune. To bo suro. And why not "ovoryhow" and 'aftersoon?" . It is barely possible that Mr. Addlcks is prac ticing on Delaware with an Idea of trying to work his game in some other and larger state. Tho "Subscribers' Advertising Department" is meeting with favor, and thoso who have tried it testify to its efficacy as a means of publicity. Tho gontleman who said that the average life of a bank note or greenback is two years must bo one of those theoretical statisticians. It will bo some time ere Mr. Baer Is tendered a reception liko the one tendered President Mitch ell and Mr. Darrow in Chicago the other day. His negro pension bill was a good bid, but Mr. Hanna stands ready to raise it if the fine work of Mr. J. S. Clarkson makes it necessary. It would bo well for Americans to quit dis covering gold in Alaska until after Mr. Hay gets through dickering with Great Britain over that boundary. Chicago Is about to lose the Thomas orchestra. With neither tho Thomas orchestra nor John Alexander Dowie Chicago will bo a tame and uninteresting place. Thoso St. Louis fake investment companies once more give emphasis to the fact that work Is the surest method of getting rich, although not always tho quickest. General F.coth prayed for the national senate tho other day. The general has accomplished many great works, which gives basis for the hope that he accomplished something there. Patti is coming over for another farewell tour. Tho Patti farewell is a reminder of the lusty industrial infants that have to be petted and pampered always with us. Professor Buck says forty languages are spoken in Chicago. This does not include the lan guage used by Chicago people when they find the bridges turned or the cable broken. A subscriber who asked for the information is informed that "Footprints of Time" was writ ten by Charles Bancroft and published by R. T Root of Burlington, la., in 1880. " Mr. Rockefeller, junior, says tho giving of money is not the greatest kindness we can be stow on uur fellows. Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller is thinking most about the cheapest kindness.. i??!i,tel;BraPh TGports a few days ago con tained the pleasing information that Senator Mor gan had sat upen Senator Beveridge. There are several ways of earning a senatorial salary. unhoKv SST" IS ?P&ng th0 Passase of the ship thaf Mr tLU? the house- U ls saf0 to state ihRMv wn S a mr, interested in the ship subsidy bill than he is in his negro pension bill. A change in the expiration date appearing on ers6 ffiSiTS b evideico to renewing subsfrib ers that their remittance has been received Tho change, however, should not be expected uttil the second week after renewing. Lxpeciea unm mQ mninatr?lect Anlceny declares that he did not make a pledge or a promise to secure election Somehow or other this reminds us 10 ' BoTs?o Brander's explanation of the election of father, Maverick Brander, to coVis- ?w hnvl MadohSo,?mlJeS,h OVOiy Vte he sot VOLUME 3, NUMBER 6. . Mr. Addlcks is not tho worst example of re publican political methods. Ho is merely tho most conspicuous at this time. The horrors of famine are on tho increase in Sweden and thousands of honest and hard-working people are on the verge of starvation. The re sponse to their call for aid should be prompt and liberal. mtC Judge Grosscup's injunction against tho beet trust was too late for a comic valentine and too early for an April fool joke. This being the caso the beef trust probably will pay no attention to it. Senator Depew vigorously attacked Mormon Ism tho other day. There are no Mormon's, we be lieve, connected with the great corporations so ably represented by Senator Depew in tho upper house of congress, The Milwaukee News is authority for tho statement that New Jersey has a "publicity" law after which the new "publicity" law passed by congress is fashioned. Think of it a New Jer sey model for curbing the trusts! The H. C. Frick Coke company has ordered the vaccination of all 6f its employes and their families, numbering in all about 300,000 people. The company does not intend that its employes shall take anything they do not earn. We aro now hearing of the men who will "make" the university baseball teams this spring. When the commencement programs aro out we will be able to ascertain the names of the young men who will "make" their diplomas. The paragraphers are making much of the fact that a Connecticut firm has just shipped a consignment of idols to the orient There are a great many people in this country who worship an idol. It is not Buddah, it is Dollah. When gentlemen who paid $1,000 per copy for General Grosvenor's book desire to havo a little thing like the ship subsidy bill shoved through the committee, of course General Grosvenor cannot decline to assist them, being himself a great shouter for reciprocity. The battle for the preservation of the party's integrity cannot be won in a week before the na tional convention of 1904. It must be won by long and arduous labor. The thing for loyal demo crats to do is to organize now and perform syste matic work until the victory is won. Many inquiries have been received from sub scribers in regard to Volume 2 of "The Commoner Condensed." We are now able to announce that the book will be issued in similar form to Volume 1; details as to date of issue, price, etc, will bo given soon in our advertising columns. Tho editor of a republican exchange admits that one of his ideas was strengthened by the in telligent compositor making a mistake in one of the words. With a full knowledge of the facts it Is impossible to consider this in the light of a compliment to the intelligent compositor. rt Jhomas K,inney of Greenspring, O., is anxious to hear from his son, T. H. Kinney. The son is 22 years old, and when last heard from by his nanrlrL7aS at Hartland, Minn., in the employ of a tho Si Cnma ,Any formation concerning the son will be thankfully received by the father. The Philadelphia Press says: "Mr Brvan HWh,B rgan' The Commoner that he is in favor of the nomination in 1904 of Gov- orthePhihSZ,6 I,Sland'' Th29Shl22Stt Mr Brvan fcfw Pss Pagraph is its falsity. naiionTn i9S0?Ot namig 'favorite" tor the nomi- the reason fnaUIC?e Zenln snsin cannot seo thSt mriv hi? tt,ng the territorIes, knowing harborinrrLn m ?Mneed of more senators and imrDoring grave objections to any course liiiv in kSX ssssnSrsg st manases to Z: toZvV? porte M In,0,ther wnq o-,,m ,I0Prts that Major Glenn WH prisoner nnlHy The ? hT". n0t ",?" tlon presents some's? Sgo cobKonaT