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It appears that the "Easy Boss" is hard to
pry looso. '
Tho shacklors of cunning seem to be follow
ing up a cold bear trail.
It takes something moro than talk to enforce
tho Monroe doctrine.
Tho isthmian canal is going to bo built again,
tnileBS another wobblo appears.
Tho coal tariff has boon remitted. Itobbery
nndor tho guiso of other tariffs is still permitted.
Tho Jones bill prohibiting tho "guessing con
teat' Bhould bo enacted into law without debate
or amohdmont.
Mpasurod by our present stato department
standard Colombia seems to have a fow diplo
mats of hor own.
Tho reports of a widespread famine in Sweden
Bhould bo enough to open tho hearts and purses
of tho Anioricun people.
Senator Dollivor should study tho case of
William E. Mason and bo careful how ho poses
as a stickler for principle.
Tho people of India now know who is em
poror of their country, but do thoy know where
their next meal is coming from?
0n?lmJrman Gray scems t0 lmvo discovered that
some of tho coal operator testimony before tho
Btrlko commission is badly Doblined.
Porhnps tho president will noxt vonturo tho
assertion that there are "good trusts," hut' thoy
havo hoon hypnotized by tho bad ones. .
,. P.!" (,on'?cratl0 Pafy will not nominate a man
for tho presidency whoso democracy must bo certi
fied to by tho republican organs and loaders
mSWr,I?oaJ B?ya tho President has no busi
ness to bo Intorforing with tho affairs that nron
orly belong to tho sonato. Somo ono should take
s&ms ssr asMo and xiiain
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The Commoner
" TI10 republican organs that still claim "tho
foreigner pays tho tax" have not explained tno
reason for remitting the coal tariff.
Governor Pennypackcr of Pennsylvania be
lieves that the newspapers should be muzzled. So
do other men who find tlielr schemes exposed by.
tho press.
There scorns to be an evident intention on the
part of Mr. Hay to have a "Made in Germany
tag attached to a new edition of tho Monroo doctrine.
Frco trade under the name of "rebate" is all
right, but it is a sad commentary on the honesty
of thoso who still insist that tho foreigner pays
tho tax.
Tho Cuban reciprocity bill, so lately wearing
tho huo of health, now seems to be suffering from
another attack of sugar beet in its vermiform appendix.
Tho Monroo doctrine appears to be suffering
from an acute attack of Hay fever, but it -will re
cover as soon as Dr. Public Sentiment takes hold
of the case.
Letters received from subscribers who have
patronized the "Subscribers' Advertising Depart
ment" prove that tho department is profitable to
thoso who use it.
Giving Great Britain a slice of Alaska and al
lowing Germany to violate tho Monroe doctrine
seems to be tho measure of John, Hay's brilliant
diplomacy up to date.
Delaware refuses to be Addicksed and Colo
rado refused to be Wolcotted. It is rough sled
ding. for Addicks and Wolcott, but it is a predit to
Delaware and Colorado.
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without unnecessary delay. v
Tho Salt Lake City Tribune declares that "Mr
Bryan should forget somo things." Mr. Pyanis
trying to forget what a sorry figure Mr. Per?? S
Heath cut In the Utah senatorial conflict.
The Littlefield anti-trust bill also provides
for criminal prosecution. If enacted into law the
criminal section should bo printed in twEllM Dh
?nf etestght " f PW1 g
Mr. William R. Day has decided to accent the
lllf Jffid0 fr. lim on thQ sPreme bench? How
ever the reputations of Jay, Rutledge, El sworth
The Lincoln (Neb.) star, a republican ori-i
"tF ?vLincoln. Blalno and McKinloy, says-
It must bo .remembered hownvnr iiniii-T
Blalno and McKinloy arodead" Wl th ?reu?'
danger that the people will forest thnr t inL,"
Blaine and McKinley arodeai Lincoln
VOLUME 3, NUMBER-
The trust situation continues to exnibit, ita
moat Knoxious feature.
Perhaps those republican senators could per
suade Senator Quay to send the statehood bill
over to Tho Hague for adjudication.
It appears that republican love for the negrxs
always exists in the same locality wherein is lo
cated tho "milk eiciiuess" -always over in the next
county.
The torpedo boat lobby made a mistake In
offering to bribe a congressman. It should havo
made a contribution to the republican national
campaign fund.
Wanted The address of the publishers of
"Footprints of Time." Any person knowing tho
address or having a copy for sale will please ad
dress Box 121, Wimbledon, N. D.
The Sultan of Jolo comes forward for his reg
ular monthly installment of salary and denies that
he is dead. Abdul Hamid Wolomol Kiram ex
pects to draw that salary as long as he can suc
cessfully work the dodge he worked on Bates.
A Lincoln republican organ explains that a
duty for revenue is paid by the consumer, while a.
duty for protection is paid by the foreigner. The-,
average of intelligence possessed by readers who.
pay for that sort of information is scarcely a mat
ter for conjecture.
The ratio of silver in the Philippines is $2.61
to $1 of gold. Now if ever is the time to sub
scribe for The Commoner. Sioux City (la.) Jour
nal. Quite true, if you want to learn how to pre
vent the undue appreciation of gold or the utiduo
depreciation of silver.
Count de Castellane has been re-elected to tho
French chamber of deputies, from which body ho
was ejected on account of political crookedness.
The indications are that the electors in tho
Basses-Alpes district are having a good time
with Gould money.
The Omaha World-Herald declares that "tho
admission of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
the Indian territory at this session would be an
act of simple justice." Quite true, and in that
fact lies the reason for the opposition manifest in
certain congressional circles.
As a result of tho war we came into the pos
session of Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippines," '
declared President Roosevelt at the McKinley
birthday anniversary banquet. This rather dis
proves the oft-repeated claim that the Philippines
were tossed into our laps by Providence. .
Tho democrats of Wisconsin are fortunate in
having In their chief city a paper like the Milwau
kee Daily News. When so many of our metro
politan papers are worshiping the golden calf and
attempting to lead their readers into the traps laid
EL"5 "'i1 is freshing to find a paper
like the News which makes an able and cour
ageous fight for the interests of the plain people
It is b rong enough to resist both the threats and .
the bribes of organized wealth. tureais ana
A Jeder of The Commoner asks for the au. ''
thor of the following lines: "
"Thy day has come, not gone: ' ' ' :
1 hy sun has risen, not set;
Thy life is now beyond ' -
Tho reach of death or change, " -r
Not ended but begun, v
' trlwen ?' gentl hGart! HaI1' and '
aafiS!3SS?w s .;
probably find that h ?ni?A Ut.uMr Sulzer U
than the intention of S SWe?,the words rather
bill eSlrlISl ra made his
Sulzer bill was enaotpH l? uit tho trusts. If tho
in intersitrcomme ,
about their capita? stock ?i bave to tel1 a11
their net earning thl . 2L?oiI F0SB eaings,
ers, and, worst of ill l? 0f tboir stockhold-.
thoy baiirwDital0 stato ther '
monopolize trade Thia ?? iLworo tryInS to "
the repubUctadIr?careP1togbo!y ""
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