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The Commoner
VOL. 22, No. 10
The Commoner
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THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NED.
"It was a welcome relief to the representatives
and senators to get away from Washington, "
runs a dispatch commenting on the adjournment
of congress. It is not always that congress does
something whoro both the members and the peo
ple generally are equally well satisfied and free
to say so.
Tho newspapers have been carrying stories tb
the effect that somebody or some group is
cornering diamonds, as there is a scarcity of
thorn in the market and the production of the
mines does not apparently meet tho demand. It
certainly will take a lot of them to' supply the
needs of the coal profiteers aftor they have taken
this winter's gouge out of tho people.
Last, May tho federal supreme court told the
manufacturers of this country that they must
stop lying about the merchandise upon which
they place their labels. It said that the federal
trade commission was right in requiring that
such labels tell nothing but the truth. Which
rominds us, have you noticed any changes in the
labels of any prosecutions of manufacturers
since that date?
Despite the efforts of attendants to prevent it,
an insane man who had escaped from the Lin
coln hospital, lay down on the railroad tracks in
front of an approaching train and let it cut off
his head. Tho incident created a sensation.sYet,
as we recall it, not a single person seemed
alarmed or terrified last July, when the Republi
can party of Nebraska deliberately endorsed the
civil administrative code, equally as deliberate
an attempt at suicide.
Every time we soo a dark cloud mounting the
sky we start to wondering if it isn't a sign that
another thirsty wot has just discovered that even
if congress should vote to amend the Volstead
law to provide for the making of light wines and
beers it would bo still unlawful to majce or sell
any light wine or beer that contained enough
kick to intoxicate. The biggest crop of boobs is
that which was gathered by the various anti
associations when they started selling member
ships in a light wines and beer campaign combination.
Did you know that in making his income tax
return the owner of coal lands or oil wells is per--'
mitted to deduct for tho depreciation of capital
that results from tins extraction of the minerals,
and also that there is nothing in the law that
permits a farmer to make a similar reduction for
the soil plant food that each of his yearly crops
takes away? Dr. H. J. Waters, agricultural ex
port, says that this amounts to $10 to $12 a year
for corn produced. Why was one class of busi
ness men exempted and another not? Do the
farmers believe that such things just happen ?
DILL FOR SENATOR,
Tho Democracy of the State of Washington is
fortunate in having ex-Congressman Dill for its
senatorial candidate. Ho won distinction as a
congressman and just tho kind of -man the neo
plo of tho west need in the Senate.
Worshipping the
Beer God
Tho New York Democrats are again worship
ping an idol this time it is the Beer-God. They
havo declared for wine and beer, knowing that
the constitution will not permit the manufacture
and sale of any wine and beer that will intoxi
cate. They are impotent to get what they ask
for, but they can, if successful, put the great
state of New York on the side of lawlessness. It
is a bid for the vote of the underworld. They
are doing what they can to discredit the Demo
cratic party in the nation, as they have in the
past by worshipping Wall Street.
W. J. BRYAN.
ARIZONA'S GREAT TRIO
The Democrats certainly 'ought to carry
Arizona this year. They have Senator Ashurst,
a candidate for re-election; Congressman Hayden,
a candidate for election, and ex-Governor Hunt,
a candidate for re-election. It is a great trio.
Ashurst has made a remarkable record as a"
senator. Hayden has won high distinction in
congress and Governor Hunt has endeared him
sdlf to the voters by his fearless defense of th.e
people's interests. Would that our party were in
as good position in all the other states.
A TYPICAL DEMOCRAT
Ex-Congressman Ayres of the Wichita district
will be returned to the House this year. He is a,
typical progressive Democrat sound on . every
subject. He led the fight against universal com
pulsary military training in 1920 and urged the"
payment of the soldiers' bonus out of war made
fortunes. He ran sixteen thousand ahead of his
ticket in 1920 and was defeated by only one hun
dred by a candidate who spent twice as much as
the law permits. He will be elected this year.
WHITE'S POOR APOLOGY
What would the Republican party do with
out Wm. Allen White to apologize for it. In pic
turesque language he pleads for mercy on the
grouird that "it wasn't so bad." "It might been
a lot worse."
But could it have been "a lot worse"? How
could it have done more that was bad and less
that was good?
White resigned from Judge because he could
no,t stand for its wetness and yet he continues
with the Republican party. He is straining at a
knat and swallowing a camel.
THIRTY-EIGHTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
On the 1st of October, Mr. and Mrs. William
Jennings Bryan celebrated the 38th anniversary
of their marriage informally at the home of their
daughter, Grace (Mrs. R. L. Hargreaves), 1520
Ogden Drive, Hollywood, Los Angeles, W J
Bryan, Jr., assisting. Mr. Hargreaves is mana
ger of one of tho branches of the Hollman bank
and their son, William, is practising law in Los
Angeles. Mrs. Bryan has been spending the
summer with Mrs. Hargreaves; Mr. Bryan went
to Los Angeles after finishing his Chautauqua
season.
About a hundred friends called to offer con
gratulations, among whom were ex-Secretary
and Mrs. McAdooi, Mr. Marco Hellman, Mr. and
Mrs. Isadore Dockweiler (Mr. Dockweiler is a
"memb'er of the Los Angeles bar and Democratic
national committeeman), Dr. and Mrs. Von
Kleinsmid (Dr. Von Kleinsmid is president of
the University of Southern California), Captain
and Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson, Dr. and
Mrs. S. P. McLennon of the Hollywood Presby
terian church, Dr. and 'Mrs. J. H. Nash of the
Hollywood Congregational church, Dr. and Mrs.
Benjamin S. Haywood of the Hollywood Metho
dist church, Dr. and Mrs. Montgomery of the
Anti-Saloon League, Mr. Will D. Wood, Dr. Hill
and others interested in the temperance cause,
Judge Anderson, Mr. T. H. Pickford of Washing
ton, Mrs. John Vardaman of Mississippi, Mr.
Harry Berger and daughter, and Miss Nellie
Allen, a classmate of Mrs. Bryan's. Their young
est grandchild, Evelyn Mary Hargreaves, was
christened just before the reception.
Mr. Bryan left the next day on a campaign
tour which will take him into eight states
Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois,
Minesota, Wyoming and Utah in six of' which
senators are to be elected. On October 28 Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan sail from Los Angeles to Miami,
Florida, via Panama.
THE LIGHT IN NEW MEXICO
Senator Jones of New Mexico seems to be
making a winning fight for re-election. His per
sonal popularity and his deserved prominence
have brought great prestige to the state. New
Mexico can not afford to lose such an asset. The
Democrats also have excellent candidates for
governor and congressman. The tide of reac
tion against Republicans in power promises to
elect the entire Democratic ticket.
KENDRIOK OP WYOMING
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming is a candidate
for re-election and should be returned. Few
senators have made so good a record during the
first term If he had done nothing else than
share in the preparation and passage of the bill
to regulate the packers, he would have earned a
second term, but he has been prominently iden
tified with many measures.
PEARSON FOR THE SENATE
Every California reader 0 The Commoner
should work from now until the polls close to
elect Pearson, the Democratic candidate to thS
Un ted States Senate. He is sound on the prohi-
Vo!2nfnaJ1?f n a,nd n aH the onomic issues
Vote for him and urge others to vote.
KANSAS TAXES DEVOURING FARMS
Tax
JJ1J $30,988,121
J2f$ 30,849,566
JJJS 38253,735
IHI 43,645,103
JJJS 47,106,519
1S1J 58,483,777
JJJJ 68,026,738
1921 75,962,537
Taxes now twenty per. cent of
Candidate Davis.
Farm
Production
$376,297,713
342,843,467
371,188,476
507,483,787
592,017,250
746,619,135
699,170,341
, 351,121,242
farm products.
EULOGIZING THE BAR-MAID
On another page will be found a wet woman's
tribute to the Engish bar-maid. "NOWHERE"
we are told is "woman's refining influence so
acutely felt as behind the saloon bar." This was
the language of Mrs. Gladis Marshall, "speaking
for the 1,100 members of the organization who
havS taken up the fight to keep the age old in
stitution of the rose cheeked English bar-maid
from going into the discard."
"Can you beat it?"
"" M'KELLAR OF TENNESSEE
United States Senator Kenneth P. McKellar
has been re-nominated by the Democrats of
Tennessee. He should be elected by an over
whelming majority. His high character, his
soiund Democracy, and his faithful service to the
people of that state entitle him to the support
of the voters of all parties.
A FARMER FOR GOVERNOR
The Kansas Democrats are running a farmer
for governor. He is a sure enough "dirt
farmer" and' has a university education. He has
served in the Kansas legislature for many years
and is just the man to lead the farmers out of
bondage to plutocracy.
CANDIDATE O'CONNOR
The division in tho Republican ranks in North
Dakota makes possible the election of O'Connor,
- the Democratic candidate. He has behind him a
united Democracy and receive the support of
many Republicans.
MR. BRYAN AT WICHITA
Four thousand persons, ono of the largest
morning audiences in Wichita history, filled tho
Forum this morning to hear William Jennings
Bryan, in a political address.
Mr. Bryan delivered his entire address, with
tho exception of a moment or two at a climax,
sitting in a chair, and so effectively was it done
the audience forgot the situation, completely. He
-suffered, he explained, a painful accident the
other night when a porter let fall a Pullman
' berth ladder on his toe.
Applause, and at times cheers, filled the
Forum at frequent intervals as the orator, who
is no stranger to Wichita, approached and passed
climax after climax in his address, and hundreds
of persons went to the stage following the pro
gram to shake his hand.
Mr. Bryan came, he told tho audience, in the
interest of W. A. Ayres, who is the Democratic
candidate for congress from this, the Eighth Dis-trict.-rWichita
Beacon, Oct, 7.
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