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THE COMMONER, Llaceln, Neb.
Ohio democracy lost no time in making it
known that it is democratic.
Sir Thomas Llpton will have to continue
drinking out of a gourd.
, 5as tj18-0 Yrk World any assurance that
Mr. Cleveland would not do It again?
Up to dato Mr. Bristow has not received any
lengthy commendations from Oyster Bay.
n Jfc see?3Sithat the president saved up in order'
to have plenty to bestow upon Mr. Root
Mr. Taylor did not "stand pat" until after ha
had reached the north bank of the Ohio river.
wAJarge numljor'of postofllce officials insist
Wnnn?aKmuf?ed 'sound from thoeast is only Mr.
Hanna throwing up his hands and calling for
One thing in Madame Humbert's favor in thn
Lou Dillon trotted that milo almost as rnntii-
nuesUon 8 PreS'dent taclte1 ay &
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Ha3.tJ Now Yortc 'World yet received formal
son! Sievhe?aS0lUtl0,1 th " ta"
Under the new army management of coursa
every, soldier has a right to sten a 'VonnJ SXi 2
protesting against tn? grub. d robIn
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o, A .Seuinely democratic platform means tho
same n Now York that it does in Nebraska- thS
same in Now Jersey and Louisiana. 8 the
The rapid promotion of General Wood would
seem to presage tho establishment of a mSSd
annex to the West Point academy. me"cal
The Nashville American is now defending ,
J2. SSSPSSL. S J ow to note
republlean ornVus doZsc"1"0'811 H
The nostnl nonta ,i,..j i., . .
liS iS 1? "nL.Z"".. CarS'
pere is not enough FuZlJSZ
tJ- wmne, cheerf"y admitted that Secrstary
of War Taft knows as much about war as Secret
tary of War Hoot did, and Secretary Taft dWt
SSU wLen he Saw lt Iedidhewuldnot
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The Nebraska democratic platform is a model
of brevity and conciseness. The committee con
tained two good democratic newspaper men.
Democrats who are discouraged by two defeats
in battling for principle might study with profit
tho persevering qualities of Sir Thomas Llpton.
.
It seems that the president was saving up all
the good things to say to Mr. Root Mr. Root
may deserve them less, but he. needs them more.
The pretender to the throne of Morocco .is
dead again for about the ninth time. He JsH?till
a f6w laps behind the money question, however. .
Ex-Governor Taylor will hardly launcti a vice
presidential boom as long as Governor Durbin has
one on the way. It might complicate matters for
Taylor.
The "Subscribers' Advertising Department"
affords a wide field of publicity to Commoner sub
scribers who want to buy or sell some meritorious
article.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Pulitzer's new
school of journalism will have a chair devoted to
teaching aspiring genius the virtue of always giv
ing proper credit.
The democracy has less to fear from republi
cans than it has from men who claim to bo demo
crats, but put in most of their time boosting re
publican policies.
Mr. Taft is another gentleman who is of the
opinion that the battle of San Juan Hill compre
hends all there ever has been of war in tho
history of this republic.
Governor Pennypacker has discovered that it
takes more than a subservient legislature and an
enacting clause to secure the Tsi Aniflcation'of
the Pennsylvania press.
An Illinois man insists that he is daily re
ceiving communications from the dead. Let him
prove it by giving us something from Mr. Re
publican Tariff Revision.
Can it be possible that the persistent Wall
street booming of Cleveland is actuated by a
knowledge that republican management is to again
end in a forced bond issue? -
Attention is again called to The Commoner's
educational offer. This offer should be carefully
noted by young men and women who desire to
secure a college education.
Up to date the administration has sent no bat
tleship up the raging Wabash to demand sum
mary punishment of a man implicated in the
assassination of Governor Goebel.
Our great and good friend, Abdul Hamid, sul
tan of Turkey, is afflicted with failing eyesight,
but he can still distinguish the difference be
tween an ultimatum and a warship.
The Ohio democratic platform does not please
republican organs and their assistants. The Ohio
democratic platform was framed largely for the
purpose of displeasing the aforesaid organs.
thA ?nSa? .Ay of thQ RePuMic Is still of
f p ??? that there were a few Httle crushes
in the civil war worthy of being nientioned in tho
same day with the terrible batUe of Kettle Hill.
What would It profit democracy to have its
.TU!eWSpap?rs dGVote a11 tteir time to exposing
republican rottenness while disloyal democrat
were working republican schemes under cove??
i1?6 adminlstratIon is so worried about get
ting -the money back into circulation among the
people it might begin by adopting measure? cal
culated to stop taking it away from them by ex
cessive taxation. y ex
The Nebraska republican convention cheered
ofttS?ei S cKinley. but the commit??e on res
olutions killed a resolution declaring in favor of
reciprocity the declaration being & almSJt the
exact words of McKinley. " l iao
iTwCSr!cnS? Chronicle. driven from its asser
tion that Mr. Bryan bolted in 1892, says that ho
SS!Siii1T0b0ltea lr1896 tt thQ WW men had
controlled the convention and declares that he
was "potentially" a bolter. This coming fr0m one
who voted the republican ticket in 1896 and 1900
is truly interesting.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 33,
's- The victims of -Madame , Humbert need nnf
'feel lonesome. Over -here in the United Stat
there aro several millions'of men who continue tn
vote for "protection to infant industries."
Mayor Reed of Kansas City delivered a speech
before the Nebraska democratic convention and
, an abstract thereof will appearMn the next 'issue
. of The Commoner. Mayor Reed'rspeech is desert
ing of the widest publicity. -
Those eminent republicans who were horrified
k .at the idea of providing the people with an in-
creased volume- of real money are now laying
awake, nights trying to frame up' a scheme for giv
ing them a token money based on intangible se-
curitieg.
The Aldrich bill provides for depositing gov
ernment money in favorite banks. Mr. Rockefeller
owns the favorite banks. Senator Aldrich's son
married the daughter of Mr. Rockefeller. The
administration's financial policy is quite a neat
little family affair.
The Nashville American says: "As a news
paper there is nothing in this neighborhood that
approaches the American." This is a handsome
compliment to the other newspapers In "that
neighborhood," and an unlooked-for admission
on the part of the American.
After recalling Limon, Leavenworth, Spring
Valley, Evansvillo, Danville and aNfew other lo
calities to the north of the Ohio river, perhaps
the south would be willing to let us settle our
race problem in our own "way.
Dr. Shaw's failure to promptly provide an
adequate remedy for that case of undigested se
curities was not due to lack of uesire. "It was duo
wholly to lack of transportation facilities at a
critical moment He could not get the medicine
to Wall street instantaneously.
Borelli's comet is headed for the earth and
traveling at the rate of 3,000,uuu miles a day. As
it is something like 'steen billion miles away it is
not likely to arrive sooner than a republican ad
ministration busts a trust This fact should re
lieve all fears of tho present generation.
Mr. Aldrich is reported as announcing that
there will be no effort made to secure a.i asset
currency at the coming session of congress. What's
the matter? Scared out? The republicans do not
dare to meet the currency issue. They are pre
paring another confidence game on the people.
Mr. Machen is showing symptoms of laying
profane hands upon the pillars of the republican
temple. -This is an indicai on that the" prosecu
tion of Machen will consist largely of editorial as
servation in the columns of the administration
press that does not .sever much congealed'moisture.
Senator Hanna has discovered that money
is being collected from southern negroes for the
pretended purpose of aiding the passage of the
ex-slave pension bill introduced by Senator Hanna
"by request." He would probably be willing to
withdraw the bill without waiting to be requested.
4.-U iTheman wlth a plan for an elastic currency
that will benefit the financiers is warmly wel
comed at Oyster Bay. The man who has a plan
for emancipating the people from the yoke of
financial bondage to the trust3 mdets up with
tiie secret service officers before he gets within
sight of the surf.
Mr. Cleveland has assured Mr. Eckles that
a n-,fc talk PQlItIcs at Chicago in October,
ana Mr. Eckles has assured the public that tho
club is merely showing its appreciation of tho
great service" Mr. Cleveland rendered at a time
pr great business peril to the nation." As tho
only service rendered was to the financiers it is
appropriate that the appreciation should be shown
Dy them rather than by the people who were tho
victims of his Wall street policy.
Tn?IjorClharles H SmIth better known aa
am Arp, died at his home in Cartersville, Ga,,
on August 24. The news of his death brought
saaness to thousands of homes that had beea
brightened by his genial counsel, his homely
Philosophy and his ready .wit "Bill Arp's" humor
?S hQA?rf fc ray ot HSM tnat pierced the gloom
that settled over the south at the close of tho
?ii wa and lt ave kPQ and courage to mil-
, ii T,h!i wo?d is better because Malor Smith"
has lived therein,