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mqWir "W Tr ic Afr 4 the Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. tr .. M- ' Ktitcred nt the postofficc al Lincoln, Nebraska, aa aecond tlaM mail tunttcr. TERA1S-PAYABLB IN ADVANCG. One Year $1.00 I I Three flonths as EtxneHtliit fioc J Single Copy 50 Sample Copies Free, Perclgn Postage 53c Extra. 5UBSCKJPTIONS can be flent direct to Tlie Commoner. They can also be sent through newspapers which have adver lined a clubbing rate, or through local agents, where such agents have been appointed. All remittances should be scut by post ffice money order, express order, or by banL draft on New York or Chicago. Do not send Individual checks, stamps, or Money. RENEWALS. The date on your wrapper shows when your subscription will expire. Thus, Jan. 07, means that payment ban been received to and Including the last issue of January, 190a Two weeks are required after money is received before the date a the wrapper oau be changed. CHANOE OP ADDRES5.-Subscribers requesting a change f address must give the OID as well as the NKW aldress. AJJVURTISINCI rates furnished upon application. Address all communications ta THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. It appoars that it docs not suit tho coal trust to bo smoked out Tho coal barons asked for the earth and were given indictments. Tho Knox toll how is in much better -working order than tho Knox show how. -Tho man who profits most by special legisla tion is tho most strenuous "aland patter." It doos not roquiro a Shorlock Holmes to ponotrato tho disguise of tho latest Fowler bill. Mr. Addlcks $250,000 senatorial investment .v continues to bo moro of a liability than an asset ,A. : .-" Tlin Snlr. T.nlfn fllfv Trthlino afintvn nvTrfnTTia . of Buffering from a sovcro attack of SmootiQcation. Mlnlstor Bowon is in Washington and will oxporionco difficulty in living up to his press cotlcos. Senator Aldrlch talks like a man who can already hear tho satisfying sound of tho sizzling fat. Those indicted coal dealers havo -a right to chargo discrimination. Tho beef trust was enjoined. Not enough cunning is being tied up to mako Jt necessary for the shackle factories to work oYortime. It appears that Governor Murphy believes in 'standing up for Now Jorsoy," but it is hard on ' tho rest of us. . Commoner subscribers should look at tho" ad dross on tho ir papers and renew their subscrip tions boforo thoy expire. Whon senators aro elected by direct vote of tho people tho people will stand at ' least an equal show with tho (rusts. 1 tTh? "PwMcan senators who oppose koepinK their platform pledge to tho territories are victim! of ingrowing sense of honor. victims 1. ??W York Town TPlcs says, "The silver dol lar is now worth 38 cents." But Town Topics is a Now York society paper. P . J . Tho arrival of the belated steamer rtv nt df omnfbrXLCd8 sa. "TI5,ts2oBh vho applied to tho bill providing fnr Z, h,n3. beon The Commoner. r Somo enterprising g. 0. p. organ should inter view ex-Governor Taylor of Indiana-from Ken tuckyon tho Tillman-Gonzales shooting. It is said that Mr. Rockefeller has offered one million dollars for a now stomach. This may do another excuse for increasing the price of oil. It appears from tho testimony beforo tho striko commission that the Marklo press agent ad vertised tho Marklo kindness a few weeks too long. In view of certain Ohio and Pennsylvania senatorial elections the republican cry of "fraud" In Colorado would be more pathetic if it were less funny. Tho Kansas senato has employed three "as sistants" for each member of tho body. Puzzle:' Guess tho politics of the majority side of tho Kansas senate. Having pulled off a guessing contest for the people, Mr. Perry S. Heath has one for himself. At any rato ho has another guess coming on tho Utah sonatorship. ,v. Senator Aldrlch is not the only beneficiary of tho protective tariff who is moro concerned about tho good nanTe of tho dead than "he is about tho rights of tho living. Recent events prove that tho average repub lican congressman pays about as much, attention to a platform promise as the average baseball player pays to a contract Senator Dolliver should be made to understand that any opposition to a Dingley tariff schedule is sacrelige according to the code of those who profit by those schedules. J RENEWALS. Tho subscriptions of those who be came subscribers with tho first issue of Tho Commoner and renewed at the close of the first year, expire with this issue. In order to facilitate tho work of changing and re-entering the addresses upon our subscription books and mailing lists and obviate tho expense of sending out personal statements announcing that renewals wero due, subscribers are ur gently requested to renew with as little delay as possible. The work of correct ing tho stencils entails an enormous amount of labor and the publisher asks SUbSCrlbol'3 to assist flH Tnnoh ns nnsaihln & by making their renewals promptly. The $ corrected address usually appears on the wrapper of the second issue after renewal t is received. S & ,3 S & je & s S j tf : & & $ J J J Senator Aldrlch is one of those fine old pro tectionists who believo that the Dingley tariff law will grow a fine crop of wool on the back of tho iron-clad- ram Kahtadin. A Reader" asks The Commoner to define 'democracy." If "A Reader" means to ask for a definition of democratic principles he is referred tu mo uiums vjicy piatiorm. f It will not be difflcult? for Teal democrats to get together on real democratic principles. Tho trouble will come when an effort is made to set real democrats togethor on republican principles. w r?mvI?S tj10 coal tariff will cripple tho coal trust and reduce the price to a more rea- !!!? 1 I ' hY may not thQ samQ endbo sades? amoving tho tariff on other neces Commoner subscriptions cro being renewed at a most gratifying rato. In order to avo?d de lay subscribers should, however, not wait until renewals PUS GXPire before SS n their J ost f tllQ democrats mentioned for the hnvidln"a1 n?mlniltIon by republican organs have earned tho recognition of those organs by assisting them in bringing about the triumph of republican principles. "' ' p-tt or .VOLUME 3; NUMBER 3. That republican New York legislator who voted against Piatt may bo conscientious, but for , a republican ho is woefully indiscreet. Senator Mason allowed his sense of right to prevail over his sense of duty to his party, with the result that his party turned him down. His defeat was ono of tho highest compliments even paid to tho junior senator 'from Illinois. Tho republican congressional majority is sd anxious to do a lot of things not mentioned in the g. o. p. platform that its members are very mad at Senator Quay for insisting that they keep tho platform promise of statehood for tho territories. Tho Imperialistic papers are so enthusiastic in describing the riches of the Philippine islands . that it is easy to understand why their editors believe in the doctrine that this nation has been providentially selected to exploit, tho FiliV pinos. " The Indianola, Miss., incident suggests tho propriety of allowing each community to elect" its own postmaster. Certainly this would be more5 satisfactory than to have a president ignore the wishes of a community and appoint postmasters, according to his whims. Walter Wellman, the Washington correspon dent of the Chicago Record-Herald, tells his paper that the trust magnates have been to the national capital and reached an agreement with republican leaders whereby the sting will be carefully re-j moved from any proposed legislation. Attention is again called to the "Subscribers' Advertising Department." This department was established for the benefit of Commoner subscrib ers who are not regularly engaged in a business that needs constant advertising. Quick results may be obtained by using this special department In addition to saying that he would accept tho republican nomination for governor of Ohio, Mr. Herrick says that the main thing for Ohio repub licans to accomplish is the return of Mr. Hanna to the senate. This looks like it ought to be good for a little reciprocity on the part of Mr. Hanna. . v Champ Clark tells the story of a western hunter whose grave was marked by a stone upon which was 'engraved the line: "He whistled for the grizzly, and, the grizzly came." Gentlemen who strenuously vociferate about shackling cun ning as we have shackled force will not need a diagram. Congressmen who are shivering because of tho coal tr,ust hurried to relieve themselves by tak ing the duty from coal. They snould remember that some people are hungry, 'some thinly clad, somo without lumber and some unable to securd medicine. Tariff removal would help along other lines than coal. The Washington Post, which ably defends tho doctrine of protecting American industries, re 3oices at the destruction of an American industry, that once added many millions of dollars yearly to tho wealth of tho country. Like most protection organs the Post manages to telescope its logic every time it starts out , Mr. Bryan' is being quoted as favoring, tho nomination of this man or that man for the presi dency, some of the persons mentioned being con spicuous because of their silence in 1896. When ever you see it stated that Mr. Bryan favors tho nomination of any person not openly and notor! false yU CaU denoun the statement as. The editor of The Commoner is always- cHd' to a tfRfaniCftrrerCtl0n when his attentCis caUed Jnrna LStaike' In a reCent i8S "0 Said that' SO' LaLenandeWevenr ZSSTSS & provisions of thl awman RnTf f1?8 lriminar been onforced An oSl? .tr.Ust law had not task for tbJg siteminV f tho edItor to Foraker, in his mSSS and says that Senator - paign last ; fall-tho speech Tn S 0hI cam" pat" phrase was used-ald "Lt ? "Staixd are some of our wTiVL se tnist raasnates put them in jail to ilf we wlu not would seem Hi e a suflfp& M Bryau'" tho reader above reLLOXplanation' and if the trust magnate Two FeSt that .even Please Mr. BryanltiiBhafm1 ?ut In ail to' them in jail becauq , ? Sti11 be wlse to unit" be put there. W th law that they shSuSJ ' 31 m gi'j.ni num. 1 lily. tej !.:?.-Ahiu ..-