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Sonator Aldrlch will adjourn March 4.
Tho omporor of Germany has recalled hia
Kipling oulogy for revision.
Mr. Quay appears equal to maintaining a
poacoful blockade of his own.
Honduras is experiencing great difficulty in
crowding Venozuola out of tho slug head position.
Thoso reciprocity senators might Induce Mr.
Oxnard to submit tho case to Tho Ilaguo tribunal.
Mr. David M. Parry of Indianapolis should
tako something for his case of ingrowing pessimism.
'Tho allies may have the warships and the
disposition, but Uncle Sam has Minister Bowen
.and tho cash.
Tho allies aro advised to ponder over tho fact
that prestigo Is about tho cheapest thing they can
loso in this hemisphere.
A Pennsylvania legislator has drafted a bill
prohibiting caricatures. Tho caricaturists are tak
ing advantago of the fact
Of ono thing Mr. Doblin may bo sure ho did
not display enough neryo to warrant his employ
by any of tho really big trusts.
Sonator ElUins offering antl-trus bills sorae
liow or other recalls tho historic incident wherein
,a certain individual rebuked sin.
If reports from Tangiers aro to bo bolievod
Colonel Bu Ilamara, tho pretender, is havinc a
regular "Gas" Addicks of a time. '
Tho Doblin explanation is not a whit moro
gauzy than tho average republican explanation of
how ''tho foreigner pays tho tax."
It appears to keep Undo Sam busy remind
ing his European friends that there is such a
thing as The Ilaguo arbitration tribunal.
Somo of our most prominont citizens expend
moro energy in defending the Amorica cup than
thoy do in defending American traditions.
.fRenowing -subscribers wh0 haVQ changed their
postofflco address should give OLD as well as NEW
address to insuro correct entry on our mailing
Perhaps Mr. Hanna was asked to accept tho
presidency of tho Golden Rule association because
to oteS?o it8" a SPlendId eXampl 0t W
nf?TQ, t(llosrftP1,1 informs us that "Mr. Morgan
Action 8diM -CU IttSt SlIJldny and Passed th
lection plate." A great many men who attend
church pass the collection plate, but tho press
associations do not see fit to make a note of it
Mr. Taylor from Kentucky has read the latest
news from his state and proceeds to hurriedly
adjust his gubernatorial friend and got him on
straight again.
Tho. reports from Fez aro enough to givo
basis to tho belief that some enterprising American
theatrical manager is working up the plot for a
now comic opora.
Tho three bids for the new guns for tho navy
department were -precisely the same. The steel
tariff was put on "with the excuse that it would
stimulate competition,.
If your address has been changed please re
member to give us your OLD as well as NEW
postofflco when renewing your subscription or,
ordering your paper discontinued.
President Roosevelt has employed an Italian
fencing master to teach him tho art of single
stick. Singlestick is a strenuous sport, but it is
not in the same class with trust fighting.
Thoso republican organs that had so much to
say about Mr. Richardson's book publishing busi
ness will keep silent in seventeen languages about
Mr. Grosvonor's venture in the book market
Those who charge Mr. Quay with obstructing
legislation should bo thankful instead of critical.
And they would be if they were cognizant of
the average kind of legislation transacted by tho
senate.
As soon as the Mexican sugar combine was
formed the Mexican government put sugar on the
free list. Yet there are those who shiver every
timo they think of "Mexicanizing" this government.
A reader of The Commoner desires to know
whether Attorney General Knox is now receiving
any salary from any corporation. The question' is
asked in order to know whether tho attorney gen
eral has any private reason for not enforcing tho
law against tho trusts.
Sonator Hanna has introduced a bill to pen
sion all ox-slaves freed by the emancipation proc
lamation. The indications aro that Mr. Surveyor
of tho Port of New York Clarkson will find his
delegate bagging work rather more strenuous
during- the next fifteen months.
Mr. "Gas" Addicks has withdrawn in tho in
terests of tho election of two republican senators.
It would have been better had he withdrawn ia
J st3 of publIc decency, out, under the cir
cumstences no particular objection will be made
to the grounds for his withdrawal.
Yori 5S?!?n nobleinan sent to jail in New
York city for expectorating on the pavement
Some friend should inform him that it appears
to bo much safer to expectorate in the direction of
the Monroe doctrine. Tho foreign noblemen who
JSbltJlte."0 n0t SGnt t0 JaiL They Mtodto
The response to stricken Sweden's call for
help should be quick and generous Thousands a?e
starving and relief must be given speedily All
?bVti0ns may b0 SGnt to Mrs B Wernstadt
ancc thLlnC0n' Neb" with aTSS
JSSW! remitted to the
SuUf every sTb Viblr'woufd tftfJ!11011'
names, as this ono well-w slier hL ,len& new
Per would soon o" Ton' t &
stemfSuy ?ay g,ld Stowed to SuTOr
fir ituii tis tho powers
ATZuXl gr0ounPdPs0tSha? & K
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sormQnVhoVe?1S StartlinS ct that Se are
rXoaS n0t appreciate tHe humor 0! tho"
.Volume 34 Number 4
Mr. Grosvenor has quit estimating republican
majorities long enough to attempt an explanation
of a very questionable book scheme. When tho
average republican politician is not estimating
he is explaining.
Senator Depow is calling for an "emergency,
currency." This is a phrase calculated to appeal
to a vast number, but tho stock gamblers may be
depended upon to provide tho emergencies and
grab the currency.
David M. Parry of Indianapolis denounces
John Mitchell as "an apologist for dynamite and
property wrecking." This language indicates that
Mr. Baer is in danger of being called upon to di-
vide his divine rights. ,
Senator Elkins' anti-trust bill provides a fine
of $1,000 in case of giving or accepting rebates. Of
course a fine of a thousand dollars' would prevent
the Standard Oil company from accepting rebates
amounting to millions every year.
Having discovered that Romulus did not found
the city of Rome tho scientists may be expected
to come forward with the announcement that
Schley was not present at Santiago or that Crun
shell never steered a battleship on a mudbank,
Those Montana and North Dakota citizens
who want to make a new state and name it M6n
tague are going about it in tho wrong way. They
should offer to name it Now Newjersey if they ex
pect to get any consideration at the hands of this
congress.
If Emperor William arises in the morning
and finds in his mail a lot of letters bearing Eng
lish postmarks, he should toss them into the
wastebasket Tomorrow is St Valentine's day
and the English people are just a little sore about
the alliance.
A Pennsylvania reader reports that the edi
tor .of The Commoner is accused of being "tho
president of tho cotton trust," and asks whether
it is true. Mr. Bryan is not interested, as officer
or stockholder, in the cotton trust or in ' any,
other corporation. "
A New York reader suggests that with a coal
famine on hand and the industries monopolized
in the interest of a few, it would hardly be wise
to put tho whole monetary system of the country,
into the hands of "the same unscrupulous stock
jobbers who now control the Industries of the.
country. in this the New York reader is en
tirely correct
A Colorado reader aska sever! question
which are answered as follows: First, Senor
Palma is president of Cuba; second, he was in
augurated May 20, 1902; third, fifteen amend
ments to our constitution have been adopted, the
first ten were Bubmltted ,n 1789 th eloventh'
tponf l1Qil th tweIfth ln 1803. the thir
Snthnin818569.the fOUrt0entl1 18G6 tb
Rvn?m Cvfetary ?arlislG' ex-Senator Lindsay and
arl nL0tS if -d?mocrats w well as ex-officials.
Sflmni studiusly ceased in picking out a
democratic nominee for the presidency who can
finTnciere TT f ,J'. Plerpcmt Morgan and SS
S! It ntfl opinion of tuese clistinguished
Port ?S fnl nLln0t necessry to have the sup
port or any one else, and it is nnf miv fim r
candidate aelectcl by tftan Voul be abfo to bo-
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