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--fPr,'iipT!r v1 '4 The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. Filtered nt llio poslolllcc nt Lincoln, Kcbrnbkn, db second cJufB mnil matter. One Year $i,eo Six Month 50c In Cfub5 of 5 or more, per 'r 75c Three Months aBa Single Copy 5c Sample Copied Free. Foreign Foliage 53c Extra. SUBSCRIPTIONS enn bo sent direct to The Commoner They can aho bo sent through newspapers which have ndvor lUcd n clubbing rntc, or through locnlnccnta, where suclingcnti hnvo been Appointed. All remittances should be Bent by post office money order, express order, or by bunk drnit on New York or Chicago. Do noteend Individual checks, BtompB,or tnoucy, RENEWALS. The dote on your wrapper shows when your lubicrJptJon will expire TIiuh, Jan., 'CM, menus thnt payment has been received to and Including the InM Issue ol January, 1C(M. Two weeks are required alter money lb received bcloro the date on wrapper can bo chunged CHANCE OF ADDRESS.-tubicrlbcrs requesting a chango ( address hiust give the OLD as well as the NEW address. ADVERTISING rates lurnished upon application. Address nllcommuulciitlousto THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. Somehow or other the technicalities seem al ways to work in favor of the defendant. Perhaps ltussia and Japan have decided not to light until tho American beef trust eases up its grip a little. We've whipped you twice," say the reor ganizes, "and now we'll let you win if you will follow our leadership." Mr. Taft says the Filipinos are growing more tranquil every day. They will all be tranquiiized In time, if tho ammunition holds out. Secretary Taft is already jabbing large holes injiis presidential boom. This shows that Secre tary Taft knows why he is secretary. Mr. Knox might tako advantage of his vic tory over that littlo salt trust and use some of its product upon tho tails of bigger trusts. Porhaps somo members" of congress would find no opposition to their collection of mileage if they did their traveling away from Washington. What, $500,000 for an army gymnasium! What athloto in civil life can show a jumping or vault ing record equal to that of either Wood or Mills? Tho now secretary of war was escorted from the depot to his ofllco by a gorgeous cavalcade of cavalry, which is sufficient evidence that wo have "dovelopod sorao." Tho Kansas City Journal remarks: "Tho nS10 u ?" Yal1 stroet ls PP8l to President Roosevelt is not unreasonable." No- it is aim Ply unbelievable. ' s sim Lotter postage in Japan is soven-tenths of a cent per ounce. This leads us to infer that either Japanese railroads ask only fair rates or postal grafters have slim picking. L "How long will it tako to dig the canal'" asks a reader It depends on how long the money ' holds out with the eminent commercial glntll mon who are now in chatge. h A white man has been appointed postmaster at Indianola, Miss., which reminds us of the emi nent king of France who marched up tho hill and then marched down again. Tho difforonco between cyanide of potassium ana a legal technicality is that tho atter Cm tho culprit to go right on, while the fomer sfo, s ovory thing but the funeral procession. p Some of tho bolters have been siven nnsitinnB by tho party for harmony's sake, bit nSSrty 5! of thorn are working tooth and toe-nail to turn tho party over to thoso who have knifed it. Senator Forakor is seeking to amend th qw man anti-trust law so as to givo thTcorrat ons' mpro leeway. Tho senator is developing w rare joker. Just as if tho corporations did not fizss&s&x witUout any The Commoner, The republican press experiences considerable difficulty in finding argument to bolster up its claim that the receiver of stolen goods is a model of honesty when compared with the thief. This is Lincoln's birthday. Notice the col umns of tho papers claiming to represent the party of Lincoln and see how little they dare to reprint of Abraham Lincoln's speeches and letters, President Harper of Chicago University Is talking about the "ideal university professor." Can it be that the venerable Dr. Harper is look ing for an educator with an increased financial pull? Dr. Harper says Chicago University is "no longer Baptist," having "outgrown ienomination alism." This may be taken as further proof that oil and -water will not mix, save in Standard Oil company barrels. Senator Dietrich has demanded an Investiga tion by the senate. As the court decided that Dietrich was not a senator when the ac's charged were committed, what right has the senate to in vestigate them now Harmony" seems to be especially popular with two classes, those who are trying to gain a secret advantage and those who aic willing to be duped. An honest understanding is the oilv basis of a lading harmony. From tho bitterness which characterizes the utterances of reorganize like Pulitzer, Watter- bon, et al., those, who vote;l the ticket in 189U can maglno what the arrogance of the bolters will be if they ever get in control of the party. Governor Odell has refused to honor Mis souri's requisition for Mr. Zeigler, the baking pow- PerhanT ' nT to a flaw lA the ufsiUon. H?r . Pi e ?aw was seen by Poking sharply tades a P f campaiSn contribution spec if An? nowi.co1mGS the New York Herald and sug gests. August Belmont, the bolting gold bmr commit01' CIfiat!;man f ? ocrafiealiot! committee. If the reorganizes control the com mittee he would be next to J. Pierplt Morgan ?n onesT'LSTw11"111115 ne how t0 ptect eve -hand LVlf' SayS: "lhrust wnich" ever nand is free against your assailant's nose " That's all very well, but how about tne ern'mmV hut far distant gentlemen who are stealing 5 pocketbooks by legislative enactment? S it no? fn,7S deiY fredom t0 others deserve it not for themselves. And under a iusi rn cannot long retain lt-AlSLjfiS &, ,. ,A,R,ussian general is quoted as saying- n.,r who aro JTtoTSr1 b' th0S xvuieri Pittsburg . . a lictator xvhr, ,ii u ut Sulci. SoXaofS'?" will reiPof T 1 it nese states to which they arc Tasked Lift of suice "autocratic fiat o a dictator ' 1?! h Wn the appeal of a democrat whr? i?2L Is, the earnest ciples of Jefferlon ami o? Tbelieves that the prin the moJXZty It ilTn Sh0uld co-ol pno who loves Ms party tha tTe appeal to its principles by remain w Jhat ?arty be truo It is the protest of a SSSSS U, ? tlle peoPle tho hopes of the people SS110 believes that cratic party's fldelltV tc ita 2n, n,Pn he dem republicanizatlon of tto n!Jl dpl?4 aBaln8t tho of tho party.a affairs iStntin' and the deivery of the represeS at ives if wlf? keopIne advise the democrat!? partv ti V lnte,reflts. To tll Pep,eS couCnsPeai saTn ' ' VOLUME4, NUMBER 4, gesting the only plan whereby the party can nh tain new life and new power and ultimately wfn a victory that will beworth having, becauV 5 will be a victory that will bring substantial re sults to the people. 1(J Commenting upon tho showing relating to th large increase in gold production, the Cincinnati Enquirer says: 'The gold men Why aro of course delighted with tho Abandon present showing, and the free it Then? silver men find in it no rebuke ,0,- 1 of the Position they took in 1896 when so many thousands of men presented .a picture of earnestness that may not 'be S cated in many a year. 'Plenty of money to lo business with' was the cry. The. silver remedv was rejected at the polls after a hard fight and then the gold discoveries did -the business. ' The s tuation does not, however, preclude further study of the question of finance." And yet the Enquirer is among those newspapers that would have the democratic party utterly abandon tno Kansas City platform, because in that platform the party declared for bimetallism. While ad- S!SlnStt sItuatin does "not preclude further 5;nw0f e q"estIon f finance, the Enquirer ffes ,very strongly when any bimetallist in- I Sw- at,,1li?1esSon is sett"led unt'n tt settled right, and that it would not be wise for the democratic party to abandon its position on the money question. ttysrz Why Try to Defeat it Then7 The Brooklyn Eagle says that "Mr. Bryan as sumes that the voters are wrong while he Is --o-v. j.xlv vutors piucea rne republican party in power in 1896 and again in 1900." Were they right then in giving sup- JUtoewp?blica,n fr rsr&sr k TX nomlnat1 insiSt that the SSSS party nominate some man of its choosing because 0 theTfeat'of'tt131 pinion' is eSSr? is wnHntt 1 the republican party. The Eagle prov de3Stfh,H0 repubiican Party defeated, candliR? S , M5Ult, Pan be accomplished by a whos J adSfiSSiSff16 S choosm& and a candMote with resnfof ? atin, 'V0,uld act no differently w tn respect to special interests than the re- ftJto'SSS'1? ,deS- But tV den 0. Zhll D ty does not choose a candidate unon mayelf UiJnTrffr13 0f special eS5 Snf l?!7 I n thxd Eagle wil1 he found giving cor dial support to the republican ticket. nt Sf,1 Witl1' but tneso are not Others. eviig peculiar to us, for all na- We are still in the SSSh8 t0i dea: with them a future ahead of !" w Tl and we 1,ave ideals whether new or 111 T k?eOUT hifih decline." IB it not Srn,' if Ye don fc W(J will lege President Cn in f-tha! wllile this col archy Ind socialism STT t0 Speak o au' demnation fo? he Till words of cou men who wtwW placP. those Push buttons in wttaf11 conSress, may promptly iumn vfiinf H!te? &tates senators authorities? If Pr&Iden? w laW and defi' tho genuine aid to thf ni?nrf 1?,lB0n.expects to ,vo ideals, he wil do well to it0 ,maIntaln our high tion of the wealthy !5 b.lows In tbc dlrec- vigorous as ttSreXS'ff, "i0 ,j!1St aS rags. uueccea at the anarchists in Papet rneL0trUttl55"0n Post ' that ,. . siv'i.!?!?'' na? ever 'W S . v? popn!I" is not thaHJ?.ei also' Is !t 'a tact that Mr. Roosevelt is on iwnrrt voice of the neonlA iD avInl asserted that "the devil." The Port BaveTn?0,?? tho Voico of llio and believes that fnn 1 .U has been formed Catholic universltv n V delivered a tho heen assured ho safr-J i lta correspondent has it or not, we na LT QlJler Mr- Roosevelt said republican coition iLnn g?aTlted that if the nBomeonaoKtnn5?i,1inappon to spUI at least think even S? ' Roosevolt, he would that m ttta lnXSr1lidW150fc openly sa spired .from on high PU U WSls not lm" When It Is not Vox Del. IJ s. "a im-'