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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
Thorough organization Is the road to success.
It appoars that tho Addicks' withdrawal was
meant in a Pickwickian sense.
There- Is no lack of harmony among thoso
who sing in tho democratic key.
Tho organization df democratic precinct cluba
. is a duty that democrats should perform.
Tho time to organize for tho campaign of 1004
Is nowright now. Put none but loyal democrats
on guard.
Germany appoars bent on a little "benevolent
assimilation" mado familiar by recont experiences
of our own.
Mr. Rockefeller should hereafter bear in mind
the old adage: "If you want a thing done, go:
if not, sond."
If the foreigner pays the tax," as good pro
tectlonlsts all declare, why was tho coal tariff re
moved instead of doubled? ' '
Roports from Washington Indicate that Mr.
Oxnard is having great difficulty in getting s'o
eral senatorial minds made up. btJLUnS Bv
It appears that tho Smootiflcation of the son-
XonTS Mtll bom1' ThIs wlu account for a sad
den subsidence of republican indignation.
Mr. J. S. Clarkson of Now York is another
thnfV1;0 ,slyly WInU a "imsolf whoSeve?
tho subject of civil service reform comes up.
r,M?UBtia8 long as Mr- Smoot can keep his re-
S h TiBm 0n stfai8llt hia admittance to he re
publican senate will not bo seriously obstructed!
remaps! fttSSTi ,C(m8M
tariff reformation
nwIr; X PlorPnt Morgan Insists that he is nor
liable for personal taxes in New York V
Morgan insists that a merger is a good thin ft
consumers Who are compelled folaySfgher
Mr.' Carnegie will recognize The Hague tri
bunal by giving it a library. This f.aouW impel
thoso European monarebs to treat it more ten
derly. Mr. Doblin told just enough falsehoods to
provo himself unworthy of public confidence and
not enough to show his ability to hold a good job
with a trust
Mr. Morgan says ho does not owe it but will
pay on a!a assessment of $400,000. Tho Morgan re
lief fund seems destined to bob up in the very,
near future.
Governor Cummins of Iowa finds himself thor
oughly disliked by those republicans who merely
advocated tho "Iowa idea" because it looked like
a vote getter.
Canada once claimed sovereignty over terri
tory as far south as the Ohio river. This may in
dicate another diplomatic move on the part of
Mr. Hay.
Tho loudest demands for "harmony" among
democrats come from those gentlemen who claim
to be democrats, but who sang in the republican
key in 1896 and 1900.
When senators are elected by direct vote of
the people it will be impossible for men like Aid
rich to block legislation calculated to do justice
to the people at large.
The harmony that depends upon allowing de
sorters to guard the democratic citadel is not the
kind of harmony that will bring about tho triumph
of democratic principles.
It takes something moro than a thurabmark
on a ballot to provo a man's democracy.
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It appears that tho republican anti-trust
groundhog saw his shadow and promptly retired.
Democrats who have remainod true to demo
cratic principles" have never been out of harmony.
As a collection agency Emperor William is .
oxporiencing some difficulty in making his bluffs
stick.
President Roosevelt is learning how to fence.
He will find some of them down in the south, not
withstanding the herculean efforts of Mr. Sur
veyor of tho Port of New York Clarkson.
Tho davenport (la.) "Democrat" says that the
Kansas City platform spells "d-e-f-e-a-t." The
Davenport Democrat should take notice of the
fact that it does not spell "d-i-s-h-o-n-o-r."
A Rochester man has invented a machine that
will count coins and wrap them in packages. Mr.
Rockefeller will doubtless test the machine by
raising the price of oil and watching it work.
Mr. James J. Hill is again suffering from an
attack of ingrowing pessimism. This means that
Mr. James J. Hill is trying to hammer down the
price of stocks in order that he may load up
Ambassador McCormick's new uniform is
"black cloth with gold braid and short sword,"
according to newspaper reports. But what the
world really wants to know is whether the trous
ers are Whitelaw Relded or not
Secretary Hay assures congress that the presi
dent in asking for authority to aid China and
Mexico is not contemplating the restoration of bi
metallism. Of course not; ev.on the platform prom
ise of the republican party in 189G to help restore
bimetallism was never taken seriously by those
who understood the. financial power behind the
republican throne.
. . h. Hereford republicans of the south have a
Jhm t0wmmSaIn f tho dlscrimination against
them. With Surveyor of tho Port of New York
Clarkson earning his salary by bagging colored
delegates for Roosevelt and Sehator Hanna flirt
ing with them through the medium of an exl
notr8BoPtSSming bU1 Hoord wwMlcSi are
not getting a square deal.
A Denver younglady received a nrize from n
cooking school. Then she won a raaU priz in a
literary contest and immediately annouhced that
tVffc ult rtGoaft,?nr i8?8, SitaS
u is umicult to understand whv she ontPrPri n
field where the competition is To keen and thS
rewards so small, when she might have remain
a cook and demanded her owe Tprlce remaIned
averytWm?1 turning
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5.
The senate's refusal to confirm the appoint
ment of Byrne cannot bo construed as a rebuke to
Addicks without being construed as a rebuke to
the president.
The Chicago Chronicle's opposition to Mayon
Harrison indicates that the mayor has balked
some of tho financial schemes of a certain Chi
cago publisher.
Secretary of War Root intimates that negro
suffrage has proved 9a dismal failure. This is
calculated to seriously handicap Mr. Clarkson and
discourage Mr. Hanna. This southern delegato
situation is growing alarmingly big.
Mr. Hanna Is reported as saying: "Ohio is
an incubator of presidents and the industry still
thrives." Can it be possible that Mr. Hanna has
treasonable designs and intends to permit his
name to be used against that of Theodore Roose
velt in 1904?
The Burlington (la.) Gazette says: "There
is evidently a warm fight on in Washington be
tween President Roosevelt on the one. side and
the trust leaders on the other." The editor who
can see anything of the sort should hasten to
have t his eyes examined by an expert oculist.
Senator Knute Nelson objects to the admis
sion of New Mexico and Arizona on the ground
that they contain too many citizens of foreign
birth. Senator Nelson should study the Minne
sota census returns. His reason reminds one of
the man who kicked down the ladder by which he
had climbed up.
The democracy of the nation has suffered a
loss in the death of Hon. Justin R. Whiting of St
Clair, Mich. He was for many years a congress
man and member of the ways and means com
mittee. More recently he was candidate for gov
ernor and chairman of the state committee, but at
all times and everywhere he was an earnest and
loyal advocate of pure and unadulterated democ
racy. He was a man of presidential stature and
had he lived would have been among the eligibles
for 1904.
Tho Des Moines (la.) Register and Leader has
an editorial headed "Democratic Surprise." In
this editorial it calls attention to the report sub
mitted by tho minority of the currency committee.
This minority report presents a bill that is fully,
as obnoxious as the republican bill, because it in
dorses the principle of bank paper. The Register
and Leader is justified in speaking of it as a sur
prise. It is a surprise that any democrat should
indorse the bank control of the money of the
country. When this question is submitted to the
people the democrat who favors turning over the
money of the country to the banks will ha-vo
to represent a republican constituency if he rep
resents any at all.
The president has referred to congress the
joint request of China and Mexico that this na
tion use its influence to give stability to exchange
between gold and silver-using countries, and he.
has asked that he be given authority to do what
ever 1 es ra his power. While this looks like a
SEX? u0n 0n. the part of thQ President to aid
fiZ ' , mu?fc be construed in the light of his
tory, and history shows that silver is one Ameri
can prdduct that republican protectionists do not
?n Sr0t?ct: ?eIubUcan legislation has con
stantly discriminated against silver and constant
ly depressed its price. There is How before .the
senate a bill which, if it becomes a l!w wUl take
this country out of the market for a c ntu y o
far as the purchase of silver Is concerned The
bill authorizes the treasurer to melt sUver dol-
iary Sthat0!811 V newsubsl
sa7himdr mSSJ bQ,needed. As we have some
Probably be an hunSd
government would have to buy any mor sflver
No other country has done as much durinthfl 11S
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