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The Commoner
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2.
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Emirtettsburg (la.) Domocrat: Tho
trust problem' will novor bo solved
by Its friends. To liopo for tbo con
trary would bo to lgnoro tho lessons
of history.
Bolivar (Mo.) Herald: Tho fact of
tho business Is that democrats woro
right on overy question onunclatod In
tho platform oX 1890 and time Is vin
dicating that fact as rapidly as possi
ble Easton (Md.) Star-Democrat: If
tho senators woro olectod by tho peo
plo they would not daro to pursue
thoir prcsont dilatory tactics in tho
hopo of preventing anti-trust legisla
tion. Exotor (Nob.) JUntorprlso: The Bur
lington railroad scorns to havo knocked
out tho Union Paclilc-Elkhorn mergu
for tho control of tho houso, but got
loft in tho sonato. Tho rest of ,tho
lntorosts of tho stato got knocked out
In Novombor, so honors are itearly
oven.
Tipton (Ind.) TImos: Tho demo
cratic argument that tho nocossarles
of lifo should hot bo taxod Is very ap
parent now. Tho tax on coal and
fuol which has enabled tho coal trusts
and barons to squeeze tho people is a
lesson in taxation which all should
lieod.
Ponnsboro (W. Va.) Nows: Dreams
that tho Philippine transaction would
pay havo boon disturbed. Undo Sam
Is now coughing up threo millions to
rollovo conditions said to bo as bad as
thoso that rocontly prevailed in tho
WoBt Indies. Ninety per cent of their
draft cattle will die.
Travis (Tex.) Domocrat: Onco only
slnco tho great rebellion has tho dem
ocracy stood enthusiastically for what
It bolloved, and tnen it made tho most
romarkablo showing in its history. It
was in 1896, when tho third party had
tremondous following; when socialists
and independents and social democrats
and a half dozen othor parties had
organizations which, woro to bo reck
oned with.
' Lamar (Mo.) Leader: As tho an
niversary of tho Battle of Now Or
leans, tho 8th of January, comos
around each year, we naturally think
of Old IUckory, and especially do we
wonder this year how that truly stren
uous president would deal with tho
trusts. Doubtless tho old follow would
say, "By tho eternal, I'll choke tho
lifo out of them," and then proceed
to do It.
Fremont (Nob.) Leader: Whenever
oiro of your republican friends begins
to complain because "monoy is tight,"
and a wholo lot of them aro beginning
to complain, just tell him that "there
Ib plenty of monoy in tho country to
do tho business of the country, and
it's only confidence that wo want '
He'll rocognlzo tho familiar song. Ho
sung it to us day and night a few
years ago.
Santa Fe (N. M.) Now Mexican: J.
Piorpont Morgan will glvo his clerks as
a Now Year's present a small per cent
tZ tho $41,000,000 of profits his firm
mado during tho year. In other words
hi is trying to steal the halo from
Robin Hood who gained his fame not
so much by robbing people as any
common robbor, but by giving part of
his booty to the poor. But robbery
is robbery nevertheless, V
Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentlnol: Teddy
unds that tho trusts havo closed all
tho shackle factories.
Durango (Colo.) Democrat: Mr.
Roosevelt's attorney general will nev
er harpoon a trust, assault a merger
or antagonize a combine.
Rolla (Mo.) Herald-Democrat: Tho
president says, in his message, that
some corporations "often with a ten
dency to monopoly" aro not really bad.
Monopolies not bad! How white black
is, sometimes.
Tarkio (Mo.)" Independent: One
Grover Cleveland is grooming him
self for public notice again. Grover
has been dead politically ever sinc-D
ho sold the democratic party to tho
republicans, and his periodical parade
In grave clothes is one of the political
jokes of tho times.
Broken Bow (Nob.) Beacon: And
why not ah income tax? Take the in
s'anco of a man whoso incomo is a
million a year, and wo have scores of
them whoso incomo is more, he is
unable to make use of it or any consid
erable part of it In England thoy
tax thom. In this country it is uncon
stitutional. Tipton (Ind.) Times: Those who
desire high taxation expect some spe
cial privileges by which they can en
hance thoir own wealth. Taxation
limited to tho legitimate expenditure
of an economical administration is all
that is necessary in any free country,
and it is all that a burdened people
should tolerate. .
Blue Lake (Cal.) Advocate: From
these admissions it appears that the
ropublican framers of tariff bills, and
republican platforms are a set nt gip
pery fellows. We have suspected .is
much for several years. Ever since
tbo slippery trick by which they de
monetized silver in 1873 we have bePi
convinced of their "alertness" in put
ting up jods or deceptive trickery.
Indianapolis (Ind.) Standard: The
Indiana reorganizors woro cock sure
that the biennial elections would
show a less republican majority than
uio one or iyuu. in past elections, this
lias always held good. If the result
had shown them to be right they would
havo said, "See! wo can do better
without tho Kansas City platform,"
but, "the best laid plans of mice and
men gang aft aglee."
David City (Neb.) Press: Prnspnt
company suits us verv woll. w n
an advocate of pure, anti-trust, JeC
forsonlan democracy, with no politi
cal axes to grind. Whoever believes
in tho Kansas City platform is our
brother, and smells sweet as attar of
roses and new mown hayif a good
man otherwise. If he is opposed to
the now democratic spirit, ho may
back to the copperhead mummeries of
tho past and welcome.
Medicine Lodge (Kas.) Index: The
trusts havo the American people by
tho throat so effectually that by one
twist of tho wrist thoy can paralyze
business throughout tho length and
breadth of the country. And yet thors
are multitudes of people in this coun
try who will go on worshiping at th.-.
feet of a party boss and keep voting
to perpetuate that sort of a social and
governmental systomT The wild
boasts of the forests have bettor nrnn
than that.
Buffalo Lake (Minn.) Nows: Recent
statistics go to show that it costs 25
per cent more to live in these times
than it did five years ago. This i3
one of the penalties of trust prosper
ity; it means simply that tho differ
ence between the cost of living now
and five years ago is the amount of
tribute which the trusts are exacting
from tho people.
Batavia (O.) Sun: Among other
highly important news which comes
to use from Washington is the state
ment that the army regulations for the
firing of salutes have been amended
in several respects. An ex-presldent
of tho United States is now entitled
to a salute of twenty-one guns. Noth
ing so far has been done looking to
the repeal of tho tariff on anthracite
coal, which according to high repub
lican authority was smuggled into the
Dmgloy bill.
Batavia (O.) Sun: It should be ob
served that there is an almost unani
mous opinion among republican states
men in Washington that it is in no
wise necessary to reduce any tariff
rate in order to reach the trusts. The
emphasis with which this "is repeated
justifies a suspicion tnat oruers nave
gone forth to resist it in concert. Our
friends, the enemy, ever have a ten
der solicitude for the welfare of those
who furnish the stuff to achieve vic
tories for sound money.
Lewisburg (W. Va.) Independent:
It's a pitifully small and narrow spirit
that gloats over the apparent vindica
tion of a policy instead of weeping
over the constant decline in value of
one of the world's great money metals
and one of the chief products of our
own country, as the Journal suggests.
The "howl of joy," too, is singularly
out of place when it is borne in mind
that the chief cause of the decline in
the bullion value' of silver is un
friendly governmental action.
Malone (N. Y.) Forum: Monopoly
has Intensified the need of strenuous
measures to preserve even a semblance
of tho people's rights. They can ex
pect no help from the republican par
ty since that party accepted a con
tribution of $20,000,000 from the trusts
to regain power. Monopoly now owns
the republican party and tho people's
only hope is in democracy. Under
these conditions the so-called democrat
who would model his platform on that
ot the republicans is a traitor to his
party and to the people.
Chambersburg (Pa.). Valley Spirit:
If the people want relief thoy must
look to tho denlocratic party and rem
edy proposed by It, namely, removing
tho tariff from all articles manufac
tured or produced by tho trust. With
out tho protective tariff trusts could
not exist, but without the money of
the trusts to corrupt the individual
voter and buy entire states the republi
can party could not exist. So protec
tion must not be interfered with and
tho people will continue to pay these
heavy exactions until they make a
change at the polls. The remedy is
with them, and if thoy elect a demo
cratic president and house of repre
sentatives In 1905, then will relief
come, otherwise the trust will con
tinue to live and fatten while tho
people, the real producers of. the
wealth of the country, will crrnw nn
Jer overy day.
Lisbon (O.) Patriot: Trusts arejno
better than highway robbers. They
are formed to stifle and destroycom
petltlon and in that way to levy tri
bute at will on the masses of the
people. If wq are required to mako
obeisance to the American Tin Palate
company before thd tin mill startsup
Gabriel's horn will blow often before
the wheels of tho mill begin their
turning. . If combined wealth -is de
termined to rule or ruin the sooner
we know it the b'etter. We are de
voted to the interests of our townbut
we will not deviate frgm the right to
please a selfish trust which might tem
porarily help us.
Eureka (111.) Democrat- Journal r
We are told from Washington that
"Senator Hoar's anti-trust billys not
at all satisfactory to the president -and
the attorney general." Of course not.
It is too dangerous to the trusts. It is
to be defeated, and that eminent em--bodiment
of civic virtue, Matt ,Quay,
is to lead in the opposition. In point
ing out his fitness for this task, tho
Washington correspondent notesthat
"Quay represents tho coal trust atfd -steel
trust, and the industries of his
state which are protected to any(ex-;v
travagant degree." But why should':?;
Illinois citizens vote upon themselvjB'''
burdenB to protect Pennsylvania trusts
and to keep such men as Quay in .pow
er? 4
Buffalo (Wyo.) Voice: The demo
cratic party is now a hundred years .;
old. It was born of human,demands
of the opposition to the alien and se- "
dition laws limited monarchy, and so
many ideas in common with the alma
and purposes which now controls the
movements of the dominant party. -One
hundred years ago the masses. won
that broader conception of liberty
which fostered in the brain of Thomas
Jefferson, and grew to full fruition
under his direction as head of the
government It was the first relief
from vassalage a dreary world had
known since Caesar made himself!
master of Rome barring the littlere-,
public of Switzerland. It is the -party
of the people and will continue to
live and grow in the hearts ofs'A'meri-
ca's millions. ,r:
Sherwood (O.) Chronicle; ;'If -the"
Durbar Is an act of statesmanship so
wise and so true, why not have Robse-
velt, and Secretary Hay, who is quite
English, mako arrangements fpr a
Durbar in the Phllinninfin fnr mitahiYi-
ing in splendor and pomp the recent
English doings in India. We should
not be wanting in statesmanship
which the Blade editor calls lhewis
est and truest We should have in
the Philippines a great ceremonial
with which to impress-the natives of
our power and determination to gov
ern them, by force. We should have
a great throne on a most richly ca
I'uitaumiu uais emoiazoned with arms,
jewels and most costly gems. Then
we should invite the chief3 and native
rulers in the Philippines to' assem
ble on a "great day" before our des
potic and Imperial governor general.
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