February 28, 190a
The Commoner
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Nebraska City (Neb.) News: "Co
lonialism" may not sound as bad as
"imperialism," but it is just as un
American. Staunton (Va.) Spectator: Our de
parted friends, the gold bugs, are bur
nishing their wings in the hope of an
early flight into official paradise.
Albert Lea (Minn.) Standard: Lib
erty, freedom, independence and self
government are becoming lost words
among , republican newspapers and
statesmen.
Lewiston (111.) News: The worship
of r;.nk should never be an American's
failing; it is; nevertheless, and that
trait alone sinks them to the level of
those they strive to imitate.
Covington (Tenn.) Record: The
democratic party has no right -to exist
unless it has principles to live for.
It 'is because it has principles that
the republicans qng goldbiigs hate it.
;-.Keyser ("W Va.) 'Tribune: When Mr.
Roosevelt declared that he wouU
.carry 6u,t the policy of Mr. -McKinley
ha evidently had reference to the pol
icy Tvhich in his wisdom 'he thought
ought to . be McKinley's.
Ramsey (111.) News-Journal: The
democracy', can do nobetterhan ftdJiere
JpJipqcjqticipVncips,, .win or. -lose
Nothing was" over accomplished for.
permanent good by a policy move,
simply to get into ."office.
Lansing (la.) Journal; ' Why revise
only the war revenue schedule? There
is anurgent demand that the govern
ment should abate some of the tribute
that the people pay to support some
very lusty "infant' industries." '
. Omaha (Neb.) Quill:' .If Paul Kruger
cornea to Chicago on King Edward's
icoronation day, .the .demonstrations in
London will loolclike thirty-cents com
pared with the reception in Chicago,
given by the great American people
to that grand old Christian gentleman.
Ottawa (0.) Sentinel: Lincoln
loved liberty for libeiiy's sake and
demanded it for all men, for all races
and for all nationsv.,Have we as a na
tion become so saturated with com
mercial greed and the" "glory" of being
a world power as to repudiate his prin
ciples? Blooming Grove (Tex.) Rustler:
Boer sympathizers of Chicago have
decided to Invite Paul Kruger of the
South African republic to visit the
United States. The old man would re
s ceive a hearty welcome among those
of our people who- love "life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.';
Towson (Md.) Democrat: Those
who think they see discord and 'dis
affection in the demopratic ranks, and
therefore predict further defeat for
the party nationally should remem
ber that there have been many demo-
cratic victories won through the dis
satisfaction of the people ,at republican,
high handedness.
Lincoln (111.) Times: England has
her South Africa, America her Philip
pines. This fellow-feeling makes us
"wondrous kind." The positions arc
very similar, and upon this common
ground the king of England and the
Goddess' of Liberty" are flirting, over
dust that is as sacred as freedom itself.
Beardstown (111.) Enterprise: Th?
beet sugar people, fighting a reduc
tion of the' duty on raw sugar from
Cuba, threaten to retaliate on tha
sugar trust by asking a reduction In
the tariff on refined sugar. Let the
good work go on. It is when the g'o
ernment pets fall to quarreling that
the consumers may hope.
Newton (la.) Herald: More and
more are we drifting into the sea
of imperialism whether we would or
l t. No man is there to put on a
brake. We could not take pains to
conceal our liking for the pomp and
pageantry of royalty. We confer title?,
of nobility even on a Sulu profligate
and we buy people like hogs.
Michigan City (Ind.) Dispatch: The
republicans who are so wise in their
condemnation of free silver at the
present time forget that the repub
lican state platform of 1892 commend
ed the silver purchase act as "a long
yet prudent step toward the free coin
age of silver." What was meant by
that if it did not mean that the re
publicans of Indiana were in" favor
of free silver?
Ashland (0.) Press: This country
is about to dip into royalty pretty
deep. Sending four emissaries to King
Edward's coronation, the president's
daughter going there to be recognized
as a princess, and Prince Henry of
Germany bringing one of the royal
emperor's ships here to be christened,
also by the. president's daughter, is a
little-, more than Jeffersonian demo
cratic simplicity can stand.
Freepdrt (111.) Bulletin: The re
publicans in congress, as usual, are in
f.-vor of repealing the taxes on wealth,
while the trust-protecting taxes, whicli
are levied upon the goods which the
people must have, are not to be re
moved but to remain and burden thp
people as much as ever. But then
thd trusts and campaign contribute:-.?
must be favored though it cost the
people millions of dollars every year.
This is republicanism.
' Eugene (Ore.) Journal: Like the
man who stuck to-his opinion that
the world was round when every other
person said it was flat, we' feel con
fident that bimetallism is right and
will yet in time prevail in the United
States .and throughout the civilized
world as it did since the dawn of civ
ilization and commerce until England
fell under the curse of its heartless
moneyed aristocracy, who are now
butchering the Boers and destroying
republics to get gold, and until the
UnitedrStates fell under the.cur-se of
the Hannaites who are engaged in the
same business in another part of the
world.
North Vernon (Ind.) Sun: A bur
glar has been arrested in Chicago who
wore a silk hat and evening dress.
While this chap is in "durance vile"
there are many other thieves who
dress just the same way yet at large.
So keep an eye on them. Whilo this
fellow is called a burglar, the others
are known by the more euphonious
name "patriots."
Muncy (Pa.) Democrat: At any
rate it might bo well to arrange a few
large Boer demonstrations on corona
tion day so that the true sentiment
of the people may be made known tc
offset the demoralizing influence of
the president's act. When the redl
feeling of the people is expressed the
president may regret the concession
he has made to the monarchial and
aristocratic ideas which have devel
oped with the progress of imperialism.
St. Mary's (W. Va.) Oracle: Th3
sentiment in favor of tariff revision
is gaining in spite of the herculean
efforts of a few party leaders in the
republican camp to keep it in the back
ground. The pernicious system of pro
tecting the giant monopolies with their
accumulated millions, is so grossly
wrong that a revolution must shortly
,set in. tha,t will demand a revision o
the whole protective system. The
principle of the protective system is
grossly misrepresented under our pres
ent tariff laws, and instead of afford
ing protection to our industries, per
mits and encourages a "community of
interests" for the restraint of legiti
mate trade.
Massena (N. Y.) Forum: The men
who sold out democracy in two cam
paigns may organize, reorganize, and
disorganize, but the fact remains that
ithe money question will -still be the all
important and living issue with the
people until the issuing of all money,
g Id, silver and paper, is taken out of
the hands of the national banks and
given back to the government (the
people) where it belongs. Any reor
ganizing fool democrat who under
takes to relegate this question to the
rear will find himself relegated to the
rear when he comes up lookingfor an
office.
Lexington (N. C.) Dispatch: The
United States senate is the busiest
body of men one most ever heard of.
From the days of the great Sanhedrim
to this good hour no set of legislators
ever had so much to do. And what
are they doing? They are sweating
over subsidy schemes and canal pro
jects and high tariffs and imperial
ism and the reception of princes and
the subjugation of far-off islanders
and a whole lot of other things which
will result in no good to the toiling
and struggling masses whom they
misrepresent.
Hot Springs (S. D.) Times-Herald:'
This nation seems to become more-un-American
each vy ear -and to -wander-farther
away from the good old r-
pul'Ican ideas. Royalty and truckling
to royalty has apparently become the
fad in Washington. The proposition
to send special envoys to England to
tako part In the coronation of King
Edward should bo condemned by all
lovers of our republic. Wo want no
kings nor particIpation in kingly ceremonies.
Our Special Embassy to England.
The sum of $G0,000, wo learn, will'
be recommended by the senate com
mittee on appropriations to defray thj
exponses of the special embassy ap-.
pointed by the president to represent
the United States on the occasion of
the coronation of Edward VII. next
summer. Mr. Hale had already re
ported the item for the urgent defic
iency bill, but the matter was deferred
"for further information." The un
derstanding is that it will come up
again when this further Information
shall have been secured. ,
Meanwhile, we venture the asser
tion -that neither Mr.-Hale nor any
other member of congress will be
able to produce a precedent for this
proposed expenditure. The amount is
not large on the contrary, it is triv
ial. The people pay that much any
month in the year to bury a congress
man. The question remains, however,
where is the authority-or the exam
ple for expending $60,000, or $60, or
$60, or $6, or G cents to equip a spe
cial embassy to go to Europe and pay
tribute to the coronation of a mon
arch? Certainly, the founders of thi3
great republic never had such an idea
in their philosophy. In fact, they of
fered up their lives and freely sb?rt
their blood in protest against thrones
and crowns and kings. Many sov
ereigns have been installed since th&
American union threw off the 'British
(yoke when have American - lawmak
ers authorized a special mission of
reverence and congratulation?' . . .'
But why need we organize sumptuous
delegations and send them abroad to
celebrate and applaud institutions of
which this republic is the antagonist?
What have we to do. with kings and
coronations and mincing pageantry,
save to look on at them indulgently
and with courteous respect? Our reg
ular embassy is established in London.
Mr. Choate and his subordinates can
attend sufficiently to this projected
pageant. They know .what to wear and
how to wear it, and their sense of
humor will never display itself to the
interruption of the solemn anachron
isms they may be required to con
tribute to.
We are glad to know that "further
information" is needed We shall le
still more glad if that want be left
unsatisfied. Washington Post.
Give the boys and girls a good light
to read by at night, with plenty of
trooni around the table. The' sitting;
room table xian never be too large- and!
mo member of 'the family ohbuld feel
crowded out 'from 4t. Farm Journal.
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