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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. '
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The Brooklyn Eaglo appears to bo passing
through the molting period.
Thorough organization, not reorganization, is
what tho democratic party needs.
Tho doctors of Europe seem unable to mako
tho "Sick Man" take his medicine.
If tho foreigner pays tho tax how comes It
that tho tariff-fed barons wax so rich?
Judgo Grosscup's beef trust Injunction shows
symptoms of boing equipped with velvet fenders.
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Tho time to organize is right now. To wait
until a few weeks beforo election day Is political
folly.
President Eliot Ib about duo for another out
burst that will add greatly to tho gaiety of nations.
Mr. Knox thought tho" original anti-trust bill
too drastic. Tho people think that Mr. Knox is
too plastic.
A democratic platform cannot bo framed by
men who think more of personal profit than they
do of principle.
Mr. M. E. Ingalls is said to bo harboring polit
ical ambitions. If he is ho should tako steps to
securo a robato.
Mr. "Gas" Addlcks should retire from public
gazo for a timo and ponder on tho awful sin of
being found out
Perhaps ono reason why tho post check cur
rency system was not adopted by congress is that
tho people wanted it.
It is quite generally believed that Mr Knox
can ignore anti-trust laws oven faster -than con
gress can onact them.
It seems that Mr. Littlefield drew hia anti
trust bill under tho hallucination thai President
Roosevelt was in earnest resident
... While Mr. Rockefeller is advertising for a
now stomach ho should insert a paragraph con
cerning a now conscience. i"epn con-
nr iMC, J s- Clarkson might revive tho old
'forty acres and a mulo" proposition as an offset
to tho Hanna ponsion bill. M oiraet
Tho republican orators at Lincoln hfrni
rank and fllo of tho domocraoy. accOBtaWo to
aftor ttaqr 4lwMl5BJBm
The Commoner.
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If Germany persists in refusing to accept
borax treated meat from American exporters it
can bo stored until another war breaks out.
Tho people should congratulate themselves
that this is not leap year. If it were congress
would have been in sesion just ono day longer.
Senator Aldrich may not havo earned his sal
ary, but ho certainly has won tho approbation or,
tho special interests ho represents in congress.
Recalling a certain senatorial investigation of.
sugar speculation tho idea comes that perhaps Mr.
Rockefeller's coachman sent those telegrams.
It was quite wrong for that White house at
tache to reprove Mr. Depew for laughing too loud.
Certainly some ono should laugh at Mr. Dopew'0
jokes.
Tho indications are that tho next timo Mr.
Baer will not declare there is nothing to arbi
trate until after he has made a second examination.
"Tho Subscribers' Advertising Department" is
proving a great success. Those who have used it
express themselves as highly gratified with tho
returns.
It having been announced that the endow
ment of tho Rockefeller Medical Institute Is to bo
increased tho people should prepare to deodorize
their coal oil.
Subscribers ordering "The Commoner Con
densed" should be careful to state plainly whether
Volume I. or Volume II. is wanted. See announce
ment on page 16.
If Now Mexicans, Oklahomans and Arizonians
are disappointed it is because they were so fool
ish as to put their confidence in the sincerity of
republican platforms.
Young Mr. Rockefeller appears to be one of
those philanthropists who believes in giving two
shirtless men collars rather than to give one hun
gry man a square meal.
Mr. Hanna has given his permission to several
Ohio gentlemen who yearn to run for governor on
the republican ticket In due time Mr. Hanna will
nominate the candidate.
Tho New York Tribune asserts that "Goebel
ism is still rampant 4n Kentucky." The Tribune
should take note of tho fact that one Taylor is
still rampant in Indiana.
Of course those recalcitrant republicans in
congress came to tho scratch in time to pass tho
appropriation bills. Nothing could prevent a re
publican from appropriating.
Owing to tho fact that the senate is over
whelmingly republican Senator-elect Smoot can
afford to keep silent in all known languages and
attend strictly to his fuel heap.
If the date on the wrapper shows that your
subscription to The Commoner has expired re
new without delay and ask a neighbor to subscribe
when you send In your renewal.
MWThilToKtol? World Is fearful lest Canada be
given tho worst end of it by tho boundary com-
?i lat c?nflrmel Pessimist tS7ed?tor
of tho Toronto World must bo.
n, Mr David1B- Henderson doubtless retires with'
the firm conviction that ho made a very i?b22
5Elflu to PreVGnt hIs party frSm loing lomf
thing it never contemplated doing.
.VOLUME 3, NUMBER 7,
The holiday habit is growing so rapidly that
we may confidently expect those who still believe
that the foreigner pays the tax to ask that April X
be made a legal holiday.
Abdul Hamid, sitting on the Bosphorus, cannot
understand why President Castro yielded to those
ultimatums. Abdul knows from experience that
ultimatums are made for picturesque purposes
only.
We congratulate the country upon the fact
that up to date no paragrapher has stood up to
remark that the trusts seem to be thoroughly in
knoxulated against prosecution by the attorney
general.
It will be noted that the newspapers so bus
ily engaged in selecting a candidate for the demo
cratic party in 1904 are the newspapers that sq
cordially supported the republican ticket in 1896
and 1900.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat says: "The
country will observe that the republican party is
once more carrying out its promises;" to which
the Louisville Courier-Journal very aptly .retorts:
"On a shutter."
Of course Mr. Quay and his fellow lawmakers
from Pennsylvania, especially those "'from Phila
delphia, are terribly exercised about the frauds
committed in Mr. Butler's "congressional district
in St. Louis.
In asking that the address of your paper be
changed, give theold address as well as the new.
It is impossible to look through 140,000 names to
find the old address, and it must be had beforo
proper change can be made.
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The If d law prohibits the giving or tak
ing of rebates. There is, however, a wide chasm
between enacting law and enforcing law, and up
to date Mr. Knox has not shown any disposition
to go into the chasm bridging business.
In spite of the fact that Senator Hanna and
other republicans assured the American people
that "There are no trusts," republican papers are
now boasting of the "anti-trust" legislation that
has been passed by the republican congress.
A reader of Tho Commoner asks: "Is there
any constitutional or statutory law prohibiting
a president of the United States from holding
said office for more than two or any number of
terms in succession?"- There is no such prohi
bition. -. "
The New York World overlooks the fact that
tariff reform was "repudiated" by the people at
the ballot box before bimetallism was "repudiated"
by them at the ballot box. But the New York
World has a habit of overlooking the kinks in its
logic.
,5 last peek's issue attention was called edi
torially to Tom Johnson's account of his fight for
d-cent fares in Cleveland. Through an oversight
t? Sm ?alje-uP M,r- Johnson's article was omitted,
worth readta elsewhere in m lssue and is well
,!, ii Presidet Roosevelt is satisfied with tho
shackles manufactured by the recent confess he
IhreatpS'lr the interts he once
shacklcf t tfacMe' They l00k P the
tarkmSnsmpbeIng rnaments of rare desI and
foreto3?navCRa?horf nuthat stI11 that "the
WsoLTm?8! S.ays tbat President Cae
wS Z increasInS duties 30 per cent will be
Srt does thiTCfS, doins business in Caracas!
tafi paysTheta be G th
lishman'seS iZl "
Littlefield thought thS SJSi 1? .See a joke- Mn
When he talked ? w S?81??' really In earnest
gentleman froSno toLrannln&M The
Joe Miller's Jest TJ a copy ot
cSis'n states ha been
Ply the militia with "Hn Jf ,! ready to SUP
governmont would be AK8, Tho genral
to its utmost extent to Sv! l business it tried
miiro of justice tim? 3&e the people a
Lnowiu -Jusuce tnat rits would become un-
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