THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
January 24rl801
THE COMMONER
Reproduction of All the Editorial flatter and Current
Comment That Appeared in the First Edi
tion of Mr. Bryan's Paper.
The Commoner, Mr. Bryan paper,
appeartu ye$trday. It was eagerly
sought for by ail clashes of people. In
ix it ! Uht pe. 11x14 incites. It
contain co atfrertUements. but the
feliwin notire is printed at the head
of Jhe editorial columns: -Advertising
rate funiifad on application.
Betides the matter here reprinted
there is a coiarrn and a half of humor
and poetry Ly Will Maupin and about
two pages of clippings from the Buf
falo Express. North American. World
Herald. Manchester (Eng.) Guardian.
Springfield Reiter. Chicago Tribune.
The Futile extracts from Senator Tel
ler's speeches. Prof. McVey'a work on
political economy and a half column
of -Borrowed Fun taken from the
hnmeroua columns of various papers.
The editorial matter is printed in Ions
primmer and the clippings in brevier.
The firt column begins with the head
ing: -William J. Bryan, Editor and
Proprietor. and the matter follows in
the order here reproduced:
THE COMMONER.
Webster defines a commoner as -one
of the common people. The name
ha fceea elected for this paper be
cause The Commo?T will endeavor to
aid the common people in the protec
tion cf their rights, the advancement
of their interests and the realization
of their aspirations.
It Is cot Eccesaary to apoloflre for
the use of a term which aHtinguisher
the great body of the population from
the comparatively few. who, for one
f eaeon or another, withdraw thcm
eclre from sympathetic connection i
with their fellows. Among the Greeks !
"Hoi polloi was ued to describe the
many, while among tb Romans the
word -plebs" was employed for the
same purpose. These appellations,
like "the common people. have been
assumed with pride by these to whom
they were ippHed, while they have
been eted ns terms cf reproach by
those who counted themselves among
the aristocratic e!ase. Within re
cent years there ha ben a growing
tendency in some quartern to denounce
as demagogic any reference to, o:
praisa of. the common people.
One editor in a late isue of his pa
per takes exception to the phrase and
says:
"Tii"s expression Is an ill-chosen cut
and fchoaid have r.o ledgment in ths
vocabulary of aa American patriot
and statesman. If we sought its crigia,
we would look for it in that specious
demagogy which has evolved the pro
fessional poHtielzn. arrayed country
against townthe farrnr. cj his sons
nd daughters against the business and
prof e&ai oca 1 atn and-their sons and
daughter capital asainst labor, and
btdlt Bp against neighbors the im
pregnable barriers of prejudice and
hate. , .
This quotation Is reproduced be
cause It fairly represents the views of
those who criticise the expression. It
has. however, an eminently respectable
origin. Ia the same chapter in which
Christ condensed man's duty to his
fellows Into the commandment: Thou
fchalt love thy ce'ghbor as thyself;
is the same chapter in which he de
no a need those who devour widow'
house and for a pretense make lot:,;
prayers In this same chapter, it :t
said of Him: The common people
heard Him gladly. ,
No higher compliment was ever paid
to any class.
The term, the common people, is
properly used to describe the large
majority of the people thos who
earn their living and give to society a
fair return for the benefits bestowed
by society those who in their dally
lives recognize the ties which bind to
gether the biu of the pxjple who
have a common lot and a common
hope. Sometimes they are called "the
middle classes" because paupers and
criminals are excluded on the ocs
hand, while on the other hand sorut
exclude themselves because of wealth
or position or pride of birth. The com
mon people from the Industrious, in
telligent and patriotic clement of our
population: they produce the nation's
wealth In time of peace and fight the
Kte fcelf-reUatit and Independent; they
.sk of government aothing but Jus
t and will not be satisfied with less
Ta.T are not seeking to get their
haact fnto other people's pockets, but
are cxkt'-nt If they can keep other peo
ple hAJPds out of their pockets.
The common people do not consti
tute aa title sive society they are not
of the foui 'hundred; any one can be
come a mcmWr if he is willing to con
tribute by br."a or mtcie to the na
tion's strer.fi! 3 aid crettne. Only
the are barm." ard they are barred
by their own choice who imagine
themselves made o a superior kind of
ciay and who deny.se eqealJty of all
before the law.
A rich man. who h honestly c
qut'td his -stealth and t. not afraid to
lr.tr t Its care to laws made by his
fellows, caa count himselt among the
rommoa people, while a pcor man Is
not rally one of them If he ,wns be
fore a plutocrat and has no higher
azr bitioa than to be a conrtie-'or a
sjcophant. v..
The Commoner will be satisfied I, by
fidelity to the common people, it
proves Its right to the ame which L--
been choeea.
When the people are recognized as
the source, of power the government
Is perpetual because the people endure
forever. The government then re
sponds to their desires and conforms
to their character; it can be made as
good aa they deserve to have and they
are satisfied with it because it is their
own handiwork. If it has evils those
evils are endured because the people
recognize that they themselves are to
blame and that It Is. within their power
to apply any needed remedy .:; j
A government resting on "force is,
on the other hand, ever unstable be
cause, it excites hatred rather than af
fection and is continually at war with
human nature; it is ia constant antag
onism to that universal sentiment
which is defined as the love of liberty.
All history sustains the self-evident
truths which form the foundation of a
government deriving its just powers
from the consent of the governed. All
history condemns a political structure
which appeals only to fear and relies
upon bayonets for Its support.; ,
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY.
It has been intimated ' that Vies
President-elect Roosevelt is desirous
of receiving more consideration at the
hands of the president than has, as
a rule, been given to those occupying
his position. Whether or not the re
port la true is not material, but the
ambition, if he does entertain it, is
an entirely worthy one.
Why has the vice president been so
generally Ignored by the chief execu
tive in the past? It is said that Mr.
Breckenridge was only consulted once
by President Buchanan, and then only
in regard to the phraseology of a
Thanksgiving proclamation. This In
cident was related to a later vice pres
ident who was noted for his skill at
repartee and he replied, with a twin
kle in his eye: -Well, there is one
more Thanksgiving Day before my
term expires.
According to the constitution the
vice president succeeds to the office in
case the president dies, resigns, is re
moved or becomes unable to discharge
the duties of the office. The public
good requires that he should be thor
oughly informed as to the details of
the administration and ready to take
up the work of the executive at a mo
ment's notice. The vice president
ought to be ex-officio a member of the
president's cabinet; he ougM to sit
next to the president in the council
chamber. Receiving hfs uuminatlon
from a national1 convention and his
corrmJss'on from the people, he is able
to furnish the' highest possible proof
that he enjoys public respect and con
fidence. and the president should avail
himself of the wisdom and discretion
of such an advisor. While the respon
sibility for action rests upon the occu
pant of the White house he is entitled
to, and of course desires, all the light
possible before deciding on any question.
Congress can by law impose upon
the vice president the duty of giving
such assistance to his chief, or the
president can of his own volition es
tablish the precedent and it would in
ail probability be observed by his successors.
Many public men have avoided the
second place on the ticket for fear it
would relegate them to obscurity;
some of Colonel Roosevelt's friends
objected to his nomination on that
ground. A cabinet position has gen
erally been considered more desira
ble than the vice presidency, but the
latter in dignity and importance is, In
fact, only second to the presidency,
and the occupant deserves the promi
nence and prestige which would come
from more intimate official association
with the executive.
A LIVING FOUNTAIN.
Jeremiah gave to literature a beau
tiful and striking figure when, in
charging the children of Israel with
. apostasy, he said:
-They have forsaken me, the foun
tain of living waters, and hewed them
out cisterns, broken cisterns, that caa
hold co water.
Ote ia reminded of this forcible sim
ile today whea a large number of our
people seem inclined to turn back to
th once discarded doctrine of em
pires. To compare self-government
with an arbitrary form of government
. . Is lik comparing a living fountain
jari'a a broken cistern.
QUESTIONABLE APPOINTMENTS.
The recent appointment of Justice
Harlan's son to the attorney general
ship of Porto Rico and the appoint
ment of Justice McKenna's son to the
office of Inspector general of volun
teers are, to say the least, very unfor
tunate. It Is not necessary to discuss
the general fitness of the appointees
for the positions which they expect
to fill. It is sufficient to say that there
were others equally qualified against
whom no objections could be urged.
The fact that the supreme court is
now considering the most important
question submitted to It In recent
years if not in a century; the fact
that the administration Is relying upon
a favorable decision to support its im
perialistic plans; and the fact tht the
appointees are sons of, judges whose
opinions may determine the position
of the court these facts should have
been sufficient to prevent the consider
ation of their names for appointment
at this time.
Suppose the case was being tried be
fore a Jury instead of a supreme court,
and suppose one of the parties to the
suit had given lucrative positions to
the sons of two of the Jurors after the
Jury was Impanelled and before the
verdict was rendered, could he have es
caped prosecution for contempt of
court? A Juror whose son had already
received such an appointment would
be challenged for cause and the giv
ing of such an appointment during the
trial could not but impress an impar
tial court and the public at large as an
attempt to inCuence the Jury. Is there
any vital difference between the mind
cf a Judge and the mind of a juror?
Can human nature and family ties be
t'iaregarded Jn the one case more than
in the other?
X view the subject from another
standpoint, would the republican na
tional committee have been willing
to ha n these appointments made dur
ing the campaign? If not,-why not?
It is cer.ain that such appointments
would hav excited widespread criti
cism. It It- surprising that the an
pointing powtr would be guilty of such
a flagrant violation of official prop
riety, and scarcity less surprising that
the sons of such nonored sires would
ask for, or eTen a'Sept, appointments
under existing circumstances.
In 1836 the repu'canis expressed
great indignation because the demo
cratic platform suggested, in language
much more polite than that employed
by Lincoln In 1860, a possibility of the.
reversal of the income tax decision.
And yet no criticism of the court em
ployed by any individual . or party
could do a tithe of the Injury that has
already been done by these appoint
ments. They are direct blows at the
dignity and .independence of. the court,
and the silence observed by members,
of the dominant party shows how im
perialism "and; commercialism are par
alyzing the conscience of the republi
can leaders. ; i ,
Would the International Navigation
company be willing to split the de
sired subsidy in half and recognize the
farm wagon and the city dray?
; ANOTHER ENDLESS CHAIN.
Secretary Gage recently appeared be
fore a house committee and urged the
enactment of a law specifically requir
ing silver dollars to be redeemed in
gold on demand.' He .argued that, as
the legal tender law mates silver the
equivalent, of gold,, the r government
might as well offer to furnish gold in
exchange for silver as to ,allow silver
to be presented--In .'payment of rev
enues. To use his own expression:
"The government; might just as well
face the situation and meet this silver
with its right hand at the front door
as to take it' with the left hand at the
back door." ,
And this Is the reasoning of a finan
cier! He sees no difference between a
credit money and a standard money;
he thinks it a matter of no moment
that his plan reduces the quantity of
basic money and increases the quan
tity of redeemable money or, in other
words, contracts the foundation .and
expands the super-structure.
But of this later. It is worth while
to point out at this time that the argu
ment now made by Secretary Gage is
similar to the argument which led to
the custom of redeeming treasury
notes in gold, although the practice
of redeeming treasury notes in gold
simply surrendered the government's
option to select the coin and did not
convert a standard money into a credit
money. After the custom of .redeem
ing in gold was established the finan
ciers pointed out that the redemption
and reissue of treasury notes formed
what they called an endless chain for
the draining of the treasury. This ar
gument was used with great effect in
securing the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law. As soon .
as that legislation was accomplished"
the financiers set to work to secure
the retirement of the greenbacks as
well as the treasury notes on the
ground that the greenbacks also con
stituted an endless chain when re
deemed and reissued. Now that the
greenbacks and treasury ! nates are ia
process of retirement an " attack Is to
be made upoa the silver dollar.
The argument that worked-so well
against government paper is now to
be used against coin. The present law
does not require the redemption of sil
ver dollars; a bill containing such a
provision passed the house a year ago
but a republican senate was not will-"
ing to go on record as favoring such a
measure at the beginning of a presi
dential .campaign, so the matter was
left to executive construction.
Now that the election is over the re--
publican leaders are a little more bold
and will probably make the law spec
ific in requiring redemption.
Next will come the demand for the
retirement of silver dollars by an issue
of bonds, or for a withdrawal of their
legal tender qualities. As a reasou
for retiring silver we will be told that
a silver dollar redeemed and then re
issued forms another endless chain.
It will be pointed out that there is no
limit to the amount of gold that may
be drained from the treasury if silver
dollars are paid out again after they
are once redeemed. The same argu
ment made against the greenback and
treasury note will be repeated against
a redeemable silver dollar.
The redemption of the standard sil
ver dollar is the first step toward its
ultimate retirement and those who are
opposed to its retirement will not be
induced to aid in making it redeem
able. When the gold standard is com
plete, gold will be the only legal ten
der money and bank notes the only
paper money. Until this end is reached
the financiers will deprecate any agi
tation of the money question during
campaigns and will spend the years
between campaigns urging legislativa
enactments in furtherance of their
plans.
THE BOERS GOD ' BLESS THEM.
' The reports from South Africa re
vive the stories of ancient heroism.
That a force so small should be able
to hold the British army at bay and
even re-take some of the surrendered
cities seems too wonderful to be true
Millions here and throughout the
world, who believe in self-government
and deny the right of a strong natiori
to cast its sovereignty like a net over
a weaker people, are watching with
intense interest the unequal struggle
of the Boers in defense of their inde
pendence. If they succeed in forcing
a recognition of their republics, their
victory will mark the turning point in
the recent trend toward imperial ideas
and their sacrifices will be of incal
culable value to the human race, if,
however, they fail and are compelled
at last to submit to the English yoke,
their valiant resistance will have fur
nished innumerable themes for poetry
arid song, and the lovers of liberty for
centuries to come will find inspiration
in their courage and patriotism.
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
The supreme court has decided that
Cuba is foreign territory, held in trust
by the people of the United States for
the Cubans and to be turned oyer to
them as soon as r.hey shall have estab
lished a stable government by their
voluntary action. .Doubtless an X-ray
photograph of the mind of Senator
Beveridge while he was reading th
opinion would have afforded ample
ground for the infliction of the usual
penalties for contempt of court. - ?
EDITORIAL. '
The Commoner enters the newspaper
field with an issue of thirty thousand.
The latest reports from Manila are
to the effect that General Veracity has
not yet assumed command.
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General Kitchener is not in any im
mediate need of-a garter. What he
wants is a supply train 'that is Boer
immune. ; '
Blood-bought commerce may be
profitable for a time, but the average
will show a preponderance of red ink
entries. . . .
Sending captured Filipino leaders to
Guam may necessitate an increased
army in order to' preserve the peace
in Guam.
The Krasr-Joreensen and Lee-Met-
ford attachment of "Christian ciriUza
tion" appear to be running hot in their
bearings. .
The trusts . and corporations feel
amply able to . provide all the "income
tax they need upon the Incomes of
the consumers. ,
Since the "redemption" of Kansas it
appears that . fire, is being used to
cauterize some of the bleeding wounds
of fifty years ago., ., ;
, The men most interested in the en
actment qf a shipping bounty law can
not make even the argument that they
need the money, . .v , f,.- ....
In the Colorado legislature Edward
Wolcott received. 8 votes for United
States senator, while Thomas Patter
son received .91. . Yet it must not be
believed of Colorado that this repre
sents the proportion of citizenship that
believes in the repudiation of solemn
pledges andi traflicking . in the hopes
and aspirations of a people. The Wol
cott vote was abnormally large. .
The chief trouble with that asphalt
controversy in Venezuela is that the
warring companies , are not to be left
to fight to a finish. . ,
.. : It is not difficult to believe that Paul
Kruger's name- will . be remembered
long after the world has forgotten why
General Roberts was made an earl.
It is passing strange that no watch
ful guardian of our Infant industries
has "demanded protection for the Bel
gian hare industry. The Belgian hare
must be protected. f
The wise man who declared that oil
and water would not mix could, by
returning to earth and visiting Ohio,
gain some valuable information on
that point.
It does not take an eagle eye to see
that the men who were loudest in their
ridicule pf the farmers' alliance sub
treasury plan are foremost in their
advocacy of a ship subsidy.
Rousseau says, "There is in liberty
as in innocence and virtue, a satisfac
tion one only feels in their enjoyment
and a pleasure which can cease only
when they are lost."
In the estimation of the gentlemen
who so ably managed the republican
campaign there are no bad trusts, un
less it be one or two that, failed to mail
checks In time to be available.
who have sent in their subscriptions
(many subscribing for others also) be
fore even a sample copy issued from
the press. , , .
The Chicago taxpayers who protest
against the order prohibiting expec
toration , on the streets should., with
draw, their protests and. be thankful
that the street railway and ? gas mag
nates who own the streets, allow, them
to walk thereon. - . .. -.J"
It may be that they call thenv 'in
fant industries" because the people
seem never .to grow old enough to take
notice of how. nicely they are being
plucked. -r - i i - - -. - - -
It' is more than likely that Francis
Drake, were he given an opportunity,
could make some important amend
ments to his famous poem, "The Am
erican Flag." f
Men who are quickest to give the
people cause for , entertaining . doubt3
about the integrity of the courts are al
ways the . first ones to cry but against
the expression of those doubts.. ,
"Simultaneous journalism" Is by no
means a new idea. The truth of this
assertion may be demonstrated by re
viewing the editorial pages of the g.
o. p.-organs during the last campaign.
A $60,000,000 river and harbor bill
is not unexpected. High water and
corroding tides have weakened several
congressional levees and they must be
properly reinforced before November,
W02. .
, The subsidized college definition of
free speech Is:. Permission to say what
one pleases - provided one says what
"the one", is pleased to have him say.
Time, was when this definition was not
accepted, , but times have changed.
While The Commoner expects to re
ceive a large number of subscriptions
through the. aid of the friendly news
papers with which clubbing rates have
been arranged and through precinct
agents, its main reliance must be upon
the readers who feel sufilciently in
terested to bring the paper to the at
tention of others. The Commoner acr
knowledges wit hgrateful appreciation
the kindness already shown by those
The Commoner is not a rival of the
weekly papers which have a local cir
culation. Every citizen should sub
scribe for some paper published in-his
town or county and if he.. can only
subscribe for one such paper it -should
be one which supports the policies in
which he believes.
Neither does The Commoner sup
plant the National Watchman. That
excellent paper, published at the Na
tional capital and chronicling .politi
cal events from that vantage ground,
is an indispensible adjunct to every
democratic household. v
As a collector of general news The
Commoner will not compete with the
weeklies, semi-weeklies and tri-week-Iies
issued by the great dailies, but as
an exponent of democratic sentiment
and as a defender of Jeff ersonian prin
ciples it hopes to make itself useful.
If the reader does not find in The Com
moner everything he want's it is hoped
that he will find enough to justify him
in welcoming it to his home. .
' CAPE TO CAIRO.
' Cecil Rhodes; "Cape to Cairo" .rail
road may be realized in the future, but
present indications are that when it
is It will embrace several hundred
miles of aerial transportation because
of the pernicious activity of a few,
thousand Boers, . who are foolish
enough to believe that the land they
found, rescued from the wilderness
and cultivated belongs to them and
their children.
TOWNE'S MAIDEN SPEECH.
Mr. Towne of Minnesota made his
Initial effort in the senate a few days
ago. His speech -was an eulogy of
Senator Davis, and while it did not af
ford him an opportunity to discuss
those questions which have made his
name familiar to the reading, public
and given him . a warm place in the
hearts of .reformers, it displayed his
extraordinary powers of oratory and
rhetoric and showed his ability to rec
ognize merit in a political opponent.
A GREAT RAILROAD TRUST.
The recent consolidation of railroads
indicates a fulfilment of the prophecy
made by the interstate commerce com
mission, when that body predicted that
these combinations among railroads
would soon become "more extensive,
more permanent, and more far-reaching
in their ultimate results than
those of any other department of In
dustry." It cannot 5 be doubted that
the dream of the railroad magnate In
volves the combination of all the rail
roads of the country Into one great
system. This is the tendency of the
times, and yet the advocates of such
a combination do not realize what
they are doing. Nothing will so hasten
government ownership of railroads as
the combination of the railroads of
the country into one great concern. Of
all the trusts, that would be the moat
disastrous to business interests,' and
of all the burdens imposed by the
trusts, that burden would be the larg
est. It-may be that there are many
people In this country , who, like' the
Missourian, must he shown.; It is not
difficult to see that there are many
railroad magnates-who are willing to
show them. . .
AMERICAN GOODS ABROAD.
'American farm machinery Js shippoi
by water 3,000 miles an by rail from
500 to 1,000 miles and sold to English,
and Scotch farmers for lesa than the
American consumer must pay. . Oce&n
and railroad charges must be added
to the article sold the Englishman and
the Scotchman and the machinery sold
in competition With English machin
ery. If American implement men caa
pay all these freight, bills and com
pete on the foreigner's soil,, why
should American consumers . be deT
ceived by their plea for protection
against foreign competition; .
. LOOKS LIKE ARISTOCRACY.
The editor of Burke's Peerage, Lon
don, says that he receives more In
quiries about questions of precedence
from the United States than he does
from England. This is significant be
cause it reveals a tendency toward tie
forms and flummeries of aristocracy,
TEEL RANGES
' AT HALF, PRICE.
"Thft Oneem" onlr air.ML
'Other ranges, store, furniture,
to.. muIIt low from "I'll. Hotua thml
Saras ton Mod. jr. ' Don't fmU to mtt our V.
big tsteloy. F.T.rythtaj for tht mmm amd
tsrm. t rat oar otb.r tdi t. lb ! pfm,
WESTERK KERSANTtlE CO.,
Dept. OmahsuNstb.
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