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TUB COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
That European wnr cloud is now slightly
larger than oven the mailed flst.
General Liefastovich and Admiral FableiB
thuma seem to bo working overtimo in the Orient.
Perry Heath has resigned, but it is believed
that ho did so In order to keep from being
shoved.
Mr. Sliafroth Is a native Mlssourian, but it is
feared .that a lot of republican officials will not
profit from his showing.
Tho difforonco between Shafroth's resigna
tion and Heath's reslgna.inn is that Shafroth re
signed because ho was honest.
Mr. Cleveland says tho geographical location
of tho candidate does not matter at all. And
Now Jersey is still in tho Union.
Tho "vitch is vltch" joke Is as much of a
chestnut as tho old one about President Roosevelt
boing dotoriniuoj to bust tho trusts.
Korea is "tho land of the morning calm," but
Korea will feel differently after a night out with
tho bold soldiers of Russia and Japan.
By owning her own trans-Siberian railroad
Russia manages to keep from paying excesBivo
faro for tho. transportation of her soldiers.
Tho New York broker who caught a thief and
then lot him go, probably held him long enough
to loarn any new pointers tho thief might have.
Detween tho boll weevil in the cotton grow
ing sections and tho graft microbe in tho official
sections, tho country is boing held up at a lively
rate.
Tho Chicago Chronicle has sounded tho "knoll
of unionism," but tho wage-workers wink their
optics overy time they hear the Chronicle's false
alarm. '
A Massachusetts judge has decided that a
labor union cannot pay strike benefits. And still
people complain that there is a growing contempt
for tho judiciary.
Tho corporation senators will probably ex
plain their conduct by Baying that they aro not
acting in an official capacity when they vote
with tho corporations.
The democratic party has for eight years been
opposing "government by injunction." it may
isoon find it necessary to begin a crusade against
"sonatorshlp by demurrer."
Tho Washington Post says: "Mr. Bryan says
democratic victory is in tho air. That ip whero
ho left it." But does tho Post still prefer a vic
tory dragged through the "mire?
Eight American soldiers wore Doloed In the
Philippines the other day by pacified Filipinos
This would Beem to call for another speech from
ex-Governor Taft.
The Commoner.
This is the season of year when the hum
blest constituent is swelled with pride at the , latt
that ho has been remembered to the extern 01
"five varieties of seed" by his congressman.
Mr. James Eckles is giving the democratic
party some advice, and doing it all the more
freely because that is all he ever did give dem
ocracy, unless it was the benefit of his prolonged
absence.
A number of newspapers that arc denouncing
tho wood pulp trust and demanding free wood
pulp, aro still trying to convince tho farmers on
the prairies that a tariff on lumber is a good
thing.
Tho canal treaty has been ratified and the
grafters will now "arise as one man" and reach
for tho money. There is ground for the belief
that under existing conditions Uncle Sain is the
original E. Z. Mark.
When Washington's farewell address was read
in tho senate recently it must have sounded
wonderfully like treason to a number of gentle
men who sit on the republican side and throw
things at the constitution.
It is clear enough now clear enough why the
New York World praises Mr. Cleveland and
throws stones at Mr. Bryan. The World ex
plains it in an editorial in which it says that
Mr. Cleveland started out on a "projected secret
sale of bonds to a Wall street syndicate at an in
adequate price," but that he corrected the mis
take when the World organized a group of seven
thousand bankers and offered a higher price. It
complains that Mr. Bryan, on the contrary, re
fused to listen to the World or to th6 groilp of
bankers or money magnates for which the World
speaks. Of course, the World prefers some one
who will obey it.
Tho New York Sun should have an agri
cultural reporter for the collection of news from
the farmers who visit tho metropolis. Mr. Bryan
passed through tho city recently and in the
course of a conversation with a number of news
paper men said that the failure of the "reorgan
izer" newspapers to agree upon a platform would
save him the ?100 reward offered, and added that
the sum saved was about equal to the value of
five good Poland-China pigs. The Sun reporter,
doubtless a city bred young man, wrote "hogs"
for "pigs," apparently not knowing the differ
ence between a pig and a hog. It is a shame that
country people visiting the city should' be sub
jected to such misrepresentation, even when tho
misrepresentation is unintentional.
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The ratification of the Panama treatv has
been accomplished, and the country is committed
TK ri to tllQ panama route. For fifty
i no ianal yearg tlle peoplo mve
Treaty manding the construction of a
Ratified. canal to connect the Atlantic
. . , and Pacific oceans, and 'raanv
honest and possible opportunities were offered
It Is to be regretted that after all of these delays
the country is committed to a canal propusl ion
that is smirched by utter disregard of tta JK
of a sister republic, with cotlSn&
chicane The people have been insisting 0n a
canal, but they have never insisted tin n,! l
buiided by means that are in " ? contrast whh
American ideas of Internationa honor t 4
mains now to be seen whether the canal will t
constructed with no further ov dences of V
honesty, of disregard forjustlce and of corrupt?;
Tho push and pluck of tho American bnsi
man was never better fc illustrated thafin Sfea
Some NewsGnfn,a.tLm0rQ NeWR" Th
Newspaper TCr5 bit
Hustle. the 1 News never missed an issue
from Washington aVin tL8 K was lssue
Grasty was hustUngi e went Ti ManaS
contracted for the mmnriHto i ,New ork aD
carloads of ma erVl and h deHTy of a
owner of the Ph ladefn I"?, ,?allSd upon tb
was also owner of the iw nlio oLed?or' w,
adelphia Times, withij L h ?bSbeJ Fhil"
Plant was purchased L ann tmlDUtes tha Times
work of prenarin U 2?d iV tUIn two hours the
was begun PSe of trwShipmfnt to Baltimore
the News was being issued WfrokS ?top tuo fi
on its own presses S V m lts 0Wn office
similar lines T endeavor and Vl rGCOrds in
titled to congratulafe en-
.VOLUME 4, NUMBER 7.
If there arc any members of labor unioius
who believe that "government by injunction" is
no longer an issue, their at
Government tention should be 'called to an
By Injunction recently issued by a
Injunction. udS of the Massachusetts su
perior court. Boston printers
and pressmen are on strike for shorter hours and
increased wages in certain offices and shops, and
tho printers and pressmen who remain at work
are cheerfully paying assessments in order to
pay strike benefits to their striking companions.
The judge in question has issued an injunction
restraining the working craftsmen from paying
strike benefits. This is, In many respects, equal
to the order issued by the federal judge in Penn
sylvania restraining a minister from praying for
striking miners. Organized labor's attention is
called to this Boston injunction for the purpose
of emphasizing the fact that government by in
junction is by no means a dead, issue.
If reports aro true Mayor Robb of Lima, 0.,
is an unique dispenser of justice. A man accused
r of aDUSmS uis family was ar-
A Daniel raigned before Mayor Robb Te
Come cently, and the man's wife and
to Judgment. four sma11 children appeared in
court as witnesses. The proof
was complete, but Mayor Robb hesitated to pun
ish the man. The prisoner had no money, and
the only punishment possible was a jail sentence.
But if the man was sent to jail his family would
have no support whatever, and would therefore
suffer more than the prisoner. Mayor Robb final
ly said: "I'll fine the prisoner the price of a
good dinner for his wife and four nhildren, and
loan the price of the meals." He then compelled
the prisoner to go with him, but would not allow
him to eat, but the wife and little ones were given
a hearty meal at the mayor's expense. The man
was so thoroughly ashimed that he hustled
around and had a job at good wages inside of an
hour, and declared that he had learned his lesson.
Two
Contest
Ca.ses.
Mr. Shafroth's refusal to hold a congressional
seat tainted with fraud seives to recall another
uuiuest case recently decided in
congress. The bhalroth case
reminds us of the other one be
cause it was so different. Mr.
on an independent ticket in a Pennsylvania dis
trict defeating Mr. Connell, the machine repub
lican candidate. Conned began contest proceeu
ings and was seated by a vote that was almost
partisan one republican from Pennsylvania
and two republicans from New York
w n? ,thi h0esty to vote to retain HowpII. The
ro . !8Sia 0rtu Araerican thus speaks of tne
case: "Howell's election was not only a fact,
but it was a distinct triumph for independent
aSamst ma?aine trickery. Connell, a republican,
SXJ!?610 pr.GVGnt Howell's receiving mo
wLgn fde,m0C1?,tic aomination, yet was fairly
beaten at the pol s. And though his methods aro
well known, and though Howell is a poor man, he
SSii?rCOnsrc?. and accuses tne successful
candidate of corruption. The testimony did not
Wv invnni;iS,Ufy chanse to the result. But
wSi y.r ? y ,LriumPnea over decency, and the
iSLmfnif i GI? was defeated by a dishonest
judgment in the house of representatives.
i,ncSJeliCn?dler1Harris' than whom the south
has produced no keener observer or more force-
The Rnn fi!1 writer as contributed to
Pm , Ihe lalphia Saturday Even
Problem is lug Post three interesting ar
NotNew. tides on the "negro problem.'
cto nrnhlfim" n T,hSe ,wbo talk about the "ne
liUcal ranTnl Z lG DUrD0SG mafcing P0
toread Sf USf .thG nation would do well
tne suMeof WaftUdiaCt,Upon Mr- HarrIs l
W?rahlPm.d,flarly Sh0we that the so-called
'SlMndlvSnS IS, mrely thQ ?roblem wbich
tend w 1th n I 1nd a11 racea have ha to cou"
solutioi li T timG or anotuer' d there is no
Harr s nofnto WOrk and rlht 1IvinS." Mr.
ffllon n tsfl,outana Proves-that the negro'3
m the no?th efSUtn.,Is notbinS !" so bad as
earn ng Hiv,n JT WhilG , Southern n'0GB aro
calE V lEFJ31"8"11 various trades and
northfrn p Jn Ich tho whitG3 are algo ongaged,
the whitpf f es aro not allowed to compete with
Proflffi immy but thG moat menial and un
Suestion brllngSu Mr' HarrIs suras "P tb-0
heSoZJ Jlu? hGn be declare8; "The trouble
insisted nVieth educatod. negroes ig that they havo
Sit uS tn1?1 int0 Plltlc or ln?0 tno
1 inS of Jim datG thy havo made. tho poorest
ceptioSs Pvnl iC T ,and' T'ith a fe notable ex
ceptions, very inferior preachers."
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