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THE COMMONER. Lincoln, Neb
This time Maine did not go in the old-time
"bent" fashion.
The president's spelling reform .was soon
Bowened, not Mortoned.
Mr. Littlefield says it is a vindication. It is,
however, more of an indication. . ' ,
' ,- t
"-J ) n-PulA sm.?that Philadelphia, iad.. been
jolted, enough. of late to thoroughly arouse.it.
Those Russian revolutionists seem to behav
ing a regular South American republic sort of a
time.
The time has arrived when a political party
is known .by the men it selects to manage its
affairs.
Secretary Shaw has been severely admonish
ing the banks, and at the same time tipping them
a wink.
"We hustle too much," says Mr. Rockefeller.
True. We simply have to pay .for the oil or go
without
TiiB.Jnor Stensland can speak six languages.
His victims find one ample for the purples of
condemnation.
Speaker Cannon may well feel satisfied that
rttTSFL&ST" deS n0t d0I,ena u
m ?iterr,We,Ininn lms Postponed his dash for
auA"tiS!etB a seat aear tte baaebl"
.,No Vat the coal mai about due a lot of
nBrATS,e1tiltlvoLltU(!'fleId " Samuel Gom-
?.oroohoeftd Zom he"'ed hte t0 l0se
to occupy "top of column" position contmue
Georgia Is boasting of a "bumper cron" nf
SomiUctinthIS,,year- Sira,lar cond exist in
politics in quite a number of other states.
Secretary Wilson's sejeret investigation of
the packing houses was such a surS to the
packethat they had everything in readiness for
it naturally follows that as soon aa the cash
ier elopes with the money the discoverVis made
that tho management
"rotten."
of the bank has been
Wo really ought to send over a few tariff
beneficiaries to row against our British cousins.
Our tariff beneficiaries seem to have tho greatest
pull on earth.
The attention of various republican journals
Is called. to the fact that at no. time has Mr.
Gompers declared himself to be a "guardian of
national honor."
According to Speaker Cannon, labor has a
right to do .anything it pleases .save unite . to
further the industrial, civic and political interests
of the worldngmen.
Speaker Cannon has just purchased 600 acres
more of Nebraska land. We cheerfully admit
that Nebraska land is a very good thing to
"stand pat" on.
Secretary Shaw is going south to sound a
few administration keynotes. The disclaimers
from Washington are doubtless all rea"ay for the
telegraph operators.
, The result In the Littlefield district Is cal
culated to make Speaker Cannon streak for the
Danville district and set to work propping up some
wobbly political fences.
People who are not familiar with the causes
of the Cuban revolution should take note of the
fact that the Cuban treasury Juas a surplus of
something like $25,000,000;
It appears that the National City Bank of
New York is not going to take any more chances
with men with postage stamps in the 4 little mat
ter of profit on bond deals.
The next time Secretary Taft makes a key
note speech in the south he will doubtless have
some southern republican edit the paragraphs re
ferring to the race question.
rAddicks says .he -will be a -candidate for. the
senate to succeed Allee. It seems that the only
way to escape Addicks is to give the present sen
ators from Delaware life terms.'
The Kansas City Star says that President
Roosevelt is fighting the Standard Dictionary as
well as the Standard Oil company. Quite true,
and with about the same effect, too.
If soap goes with the whole 6,428 Immunity
baths to be given the Standard Oil company, we
may expect to see the soap market cornered In
the Immediate vicinity of Wall street.
Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker is now engaged in
giving girls some good advice on the subject,
When to marry." We opine that the time is a
few weeks after the right man proposes.
Maine elects republican congressmen by ma
jorities decreased 80 per cent. If this is a "po
litical straw" the standpatters are welcome to
watch the direction it is wafted by the winds.
. The jGobe-Democrat says that Mr. Gompers
has carried nothing so far. It seems tha? Mr
Gompers has carried, a lot of consternation into
the immediate vicinity of a lot of congressmen
who -are always subservient to the SSSSSSSSS
4 n?Wlng t? he sreatly reduced republican ma
jor ties in Maine the administration .organs .win
nsist that the campaign was fought T BSe
Issues although spellbinders were imported to
Eineshe MStand Pat" nd "S?and oselelt"
It Is quite evident that the railroad managers
shrowedly refrained from declaring tW lS
dividends until after they had succeeded Jn do
torJng .the freight rate bill .to their saUsflcU
wTT,dem,ands that Mr- Littlefield now
go into Ihe Danville district, but discretion SJ
mands that Mr. Littlefield remain quieUy at homt
?heVcan'he DaVi,le disWct Kt
., Up, ? date WG haven't heard any particular
demand for the people to "stand bRooseveit"
Zilf r-ef0rm- And h,s Position on the
SSSwrtS" " wel1 taken " his posltion
.VOLUME 6; NUMBER 3
A lot of tariff beneficiaries who always seek
to punish a congressman who is not subservient
to their wishes, are denouncing worldngmen for
opposing congressmen who refuse to accSrd fair
treatment to labor.
Within forty-four years we shall have to
Tvm 5? B f imm People," says James
J. Hill. Wrong: If Mr. Hill and other railroad
magnates wil give the people half a show they
will meet their own wants.
A Hedrlck, Mt. Sterling, 111., desires infor
mation concerning the whereabouts of Christo
pher Costello. Mr. Costello is entitled to a por
tion of a- small estate left by his .uncle. When
last heard from he was employed in the car shops
at St. Louis.
COINCIDENCE
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: "When
a political party is on its last legs it is coincid
ences which confound and condemn it most." Is
it possible the Globe-Democrat had in mind tho
coincidence of the Ohio republican state conven
tion, endorsing, in one platform, the president,
who stood for certain policies, and the senators
who opposed these policies?
JJJ
FREE COINAGE OF ABUSE
The Kansas City Journal says that Mr. Bryan
, "is still for free riot without let or hindrance
from the courts," because Mr. Bryan is opposed
to government by Injunction and the abuse of
the injunction writ by subservient judges. The
Kansas City Journal is opposed to the free coin
age of silver, but it seems to be a very ardent
advocate and practitioner of the free and unlim
ited coinage of abuse and falsehood.
JJJ
0 ULTIMATELY?
Referring to the proposed reduction of the
- tariff between the United States and the Philip
, pine islands the Wall Street Journal says: "UJtf-
mately the .freest -possible exchange! relations must
prevail with all portions of the world over which
the American flag floats." Some old-fashioned
people think that question was settled by tho
fathers when they provided that all duties, im
, posts and excises, shall be uniform throughout
the United StateB, and prohibited the laying of
an export tax.
JJJ
CLEAR AS MUD
The Ohio republican platform declares: "Wo
favor just and liberal laws to promote labor's
truest interests, and we favor the lessening of
the hours of labor whenever reasonable and prac
ticable."
"Labor's truest interests" are to be defined
by labor's most bitter foes; and whether the "les
sening of the hours of labor" is "reasonable and
practicable" is to be determined by those who
are striving to obtain the largest amount of labor
for the smallest amount of cash.
JJJ
"SOME DAY"
Referring to tariff revision, Senator Poralcor
says: "Some day, my fellow citizens, we will
want it, and we will have it, but that is a ques
tion for the republican party to determine."
But can the people trust the determination
of this question to a party that derives its cam
paign funds from the tariff barons?
When tho American people actually deter
mine to have tariff revision, they will secure it
in spite of the republican party, and after the re
publican party .Bhall have been driven from power.
JJJ
STURDY DEMOCRATS
Nebraska recently lost three faithful old time
democrats, all of whom had a wide acquaintance
throughout the state, hese were Patrick Gleesson
of Oakland, Burt county; Dr. J. H. Peabody of
Omaha, and Dr. Harvey Link, of Millard, Neb.
Mr. Gleeson was 74 years of age, Dr. Link
was 82 years and Dr. Peabody was 73 years.
Everyone of these men had grown gray in the
service of the democratic party. Each was loved
and honored by all having the pleasure of hia
personal acquaintance; and for his patriotic ef
forts, and his loving services to his fellows each
of these sturdy democrats will be long remembered
by the many who were the beneficiaries of their
good efforts.