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THE COMAIONER, Lincoln, Neb.
Give us the truth about the Philippines!
Herod deserves some credit. Ho did not couplo
the torch with tho sword.
It appoars that Mr. Rathbono has a strenuous
friend or two in Washington.
May, 1902, will go down in history as a month
of almost unparalleled horrors.
It required a Mount Peeleo to cope with Gen
eral Smith in general destruction.
Gonoral Funston's silenco right now is his
only marked similarity to General Grant.
I Justice .to, Cuba demanded independence,
T7hat does justice domand for tho Philippines?
If Mr. Hanna can prevent there will be no
eruption of tho Cuban postal thievery volcano.
If Mr. Eugene "Ware wants a real nice and
juicy foreign consulate ho knows how to get it.
By helping to extend tho influence of The Com
moner you are also helping to spread democratic
principles.
Mr. Neeley is quite sorry that ho Is not in a
position to lay violent hands upon tho pillars of
tho temple.
Tho Philippine debate in tho senate discloses
that Mr. Lodge has something besides ice water
in his veins.
About 99 times a day the average republican
editor wishes he had never mentioned General
Orders No. 100.
Tho "lots of five" plan opens a way for tho
distribution of democratic literature. See explan
ation on page G.
The Mount Pcolee disaster was horrible
enough, but there has also been some Toss of llfo
In the Philippines.
Before President Palma takes hold the Cuban
laws must be Rathbonetlzed in order to preserve
the roof of tho temple.
Come to think of it, General Miles was mis
taken in calling it "marked severity." His defini
tion was entirely too mild.
It Is for a few paltry millions in trade that wo
are undergoing the humiliation brought upon us
by events in tho Philippines.
Herod Is fortunate in ono respect, He is 'so
dead that ho will not have to submit to an in
vestigation for political effect.
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. Jhn BuU is greatly frightened and virtuously
Indignant because tho Boers have applied the torch
in Capo Colony, John thinks it is crimo to uso
the torch anywhere but In the Transvaal, and even
thoro ho Insists upon -doing it himself. ,
Governor General Wood is the president's close
personal frlond, but oven personal friendship can
not stand in tho way of ambition.
Since Captain Clark's resignation Mr. Roose
velt has boon examining his mail every morning
for an onvolopo postmarked Now York.
Mr. Morgan says ho is in Europe for tho pur
pose of securing recreation. Goodness alive! Is
Mr. Morgan going to capture that, too?
It Is to bo hoped that it will not be necessary
tp postpone the coronation in order to give Mr.
Roid further time to upholster his legs.
The activity of Mount Peelee is easily, ex
plained. Mount Peeleo did not propose to bo out
done in slaughter by General Jacob Smith.
Tho next time Mr. Lodge undertakes to field
tho democratic charges ho will insist upon being
equipped with a big mitt and a catcher's mask.
The Cubans thank tho United States for favors
received. This fact should enlighten the admin
istration concerning our duty to tho Filipinos.
President Schwab has just given a banquet
costing $100 a plate. Each plate must have been
greased with the suet from a porterhouse steak.
Actions speak louder than words, therefore
"I am a democrat" is not as good proof. of dem
ocracy as actual battling for democratic principles.
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Mr. Rathbone's hand has been stayed in its
course toward the pillars of the temple. Mr. Han
na is not yet out from under the threatened roof.
Loyal democrats cannot afford to trust men
who pose as democrats, but who are willing to
sacrifice democratic principles for the spoils of
offlco.
. A democrat is not ono who votes the demo
cratic ticket when he feels like it and supports
republican policies at all times through selfish
interest.
The greatest danger to the beef trust just now
is" that It will laugh itself td death at the spec
tacle of Mr. Knox trying to pose as a trust-smasher.
Just as man comes to the conclusion that he
is master of nature something breaks looso and
makes him look like tho remnants of a church
donation party.
Mr. Charles G. Elawes did not land a senatorial
indorsement, but ho has organized a four-million-dollar
trust company, which puts him in line for
the next senatorial race.
Tho small bankers are opposing the proposed
branch bank system. Is it possible that the small
bankers no longer are concerned about the "pres
ervation of tho national honor?"
We helped the Cubans and then gave them
their freedom. The Filipinos helped us and wo
make return by subjugating them. Something
seems to bo out of joint somewhere.
The republican organs denounce Tillman for
giving a blow oud Carmack for making an apology.
The democrat who seeks to please a republican
editor is guilty of a criminal waste of time.
The New York Tribune is greatly interested in
tho efforts of Russians to secure liberty. The
czar doubtless shrinks at administering the "water
cure," even to enforce his views of "liberty."
Perhaps Mr. Root will claim a vindication on
the ground that later information proves that In
stead of "marked severity" the war in the Phil
ippines ha3 been conducted with horrible atroc
It seems that Mr. Bryan's remarks concerning
Moses has led a considerable number of g. 0 p
editors to read the Bible. If the aforesaid g. o. p.
editors will profit thereby much good will have
been done.
On April 30, 1902, American beef sold in Lon
don at 14 cents a. pound, which was 10 cents a
pound less than tho price in New York on the
same date.' The beef trust benefits by "protection
to American industry" and the people at large foot
the bills. .
Over 100,000 miners are on a strike for better
wages. They deserve tho increased wages, but' a
strike at tho ballot box might help.
President Simon Sam; of Hayti, has resigned.
Mr. Reld, of New York, still hangs on and holda
cut his underpinning for the coronation up
holsterer.
The captains of the steel trust industry held tf
$100-a-plate banquet a week or two ago.' The
steel trust is one of the weak and helpess infant
industries that must be protected. -
Mr. McLaurin will not be a candidate for re
election as senator. He has earned something
"equally as good" from the administration he has
endeavored so faithfully to assist in its assault
upon democratic government.
Jacob Gould Schurman, who was once a great
and good patriot in the estimation of tho admin
istration organs, is now merely a "little Ameri
can" and "traitor." Mr. Schurman should not
have been convinced of the errors of imperialism
when he saw them.
After spending a few weeks in denying that
Filipinos were tortured tlio republican organs aro
now defending the practice of torture on tho
ground that., the Filipinos engage in it. If a
g. o. p. organ keeps discussing a thing long enough
it invariably gets tangled up with itself.
On page 7 will be found an article, "The Phil-,
ippines Again," by Jacob Gould Schurman, presi
dent of Cornell college. Mr. Schurman was presi
dent of the first Philippine commission and. Is
therefore qualified to discuss the Philippine situa
tion. The article will repay careful reading.
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By killing all over ten we are enabled to take
fresh young minds and train them up to actually,
believe they are blessed by being taxed without
representation and governed without consent, but
they will not believe it very long, and the work
of killing all over ten will have to be repeated.
At Washington tomorrow a statute to Rocham
beau will be unveiled with fitting ceremonies.
Rochambeau was a Frenchman who helped our
forefathers secure their independence and then did
not seize the opportunity to grab our forefathers'
country on the plea of "benevolent assimilation"
and "destiny."
As a mathematician John Bull Is a wonder.
When the South African war began he asserted
that the Boers could muster but 20,000 fighting
men. Since then John claims to have killed and
wounded 333,331 Boers, or about that number, and
now admits that the Boers have more fighting
men than when the war began.
If the earnest friends of democratic principles
will lend their assistance, the circulation of Tho
Commoner will be more than doubled before tho
campaign of 1902 ic at its height. The "los of
five cards are now ready, and The Commoner
asks the cordial support of its friends in the ef
fort to reach the voters and place before them tho
principles of democracy.
Imperialists who have never been in the Phil-
n P !eScSa7 that the FIPinos are savages. Jacob'
Gould Schurman, president of the first Philippine
commission, who has been there and has studied
the Filipinos, says that they are Christians, in
telligent, capable and industrious. Men not
hp5?ne n aH(ie and Partisanship will not long
hesitate in choosing between the two opinions.
0fThflSryas "put" in Canada, but it didn't
stay put." It was "put" in Tripol but it didn't
"Kff' ll'TV; in CubaSuitdldn'
at tU hw WfaSr ?Ut lin, sectIons of Alaa, buff
at the behest of John Bull it didn't "stav nut "
The American flag will not "stay put" where it is "
an emblem of tyranny, and all tho f oMe-roi and
fustian of strenuous men will not alter the ?acl f
portunUyotSnuft tT P affrds a sPlendid Q
friends It afforfiTho Comm,ner in the hands ofi
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