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THE COMMONER, Llocrio, Nab.
Tho "Jokesmiths Combine" is one of their
vory best.
In organization lies tho promiso of triumph of
democratic principles.
It is doubtful if that college can stand it any
better than Delaware could.
Doubtless Admiral Crowninshield would now
like to loop that resignation.
As a matter of precaution Sir Thomas Lipton
Bhould begin figuring on a Shamrock IV.
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Next time Mr. Addicks may profit by certain
Ohio experience and depend more upon tho tele
phono. The Bacilli Prodiglosi of oxtravagn
to have taken complete possess"'- '
istration. oyca now have another
- ponder over tho evils of govern
."uy Injunction.
It must bo admitted that tho Sublimo Porte
has instituted fully as many reforms in tho last
decado as the g. 0. p.
Tho Ohio river is ton miles wido between
Kentucky and Ohio, but Taylor still puts bis trust
in Indiana's republican governor.
Perhaps tho sonato takes tho same view of
Its "plain duty" that tho administration did of its
plain duty to Cuba and Porto Rico.
Adbul Hamid might use Borne of thoso
notes" as guides to a fow concerning certain re
forms necessary in tho Philippines.
Despite tho resignation of Admiral Crownin
shield tho country should not give way to tremors
of fear. Lieutenant Potts still waves.
Tho righteous indignation at the Butler meth
ods always manages to expend itself before It
reaches a Hannafied or Quayatized case.
Tho Hanna ex-slavo pensioning bill is to bo
commended for ono thingit omits providing spe
cial ponsions for "Original Undo Toms."
Before some organs and men undertake to
read other organs and men out of tho democratic
party they Bhould first read themselves In.
"Wall street is bo busy now trying to scrape
up enough money to do business with that it has
no timo left to boom a tight monoy candidate.
v P.!5.feM0I. Natnan,el Schmidt of Cornell says
that "the nations should get together." Just now
tho chief need seems to bo some method of keon-
Ing thorn apart .v
Those democratic legislators in Delaware kava
again learned tho futility of negotiating with re!
jto boCrigBht, WUld mher b "WMtaw than
It is to be presumed that the portrait of
Speaker Honderson which is to adorn tho capitol
building will represent him as "standing pat.
But did you ever hear of a federal judge re
straining a lot of railway magnates from getting
together to refuse a demand for better wages?
Dr. Lorenz asserts that American women can
not cook. Tho good doctor will learn that they,
can roast if ever he comes back to this country.
Tho mam who is afraid to trust the people
generally has some scheme that he is trying t
foist upon tho public for his own selfish interest.
Thorough organization of the democratic party
will prevent its republicanization by the would-be
disorganizes who work undor the guise of re
organizers. There are some men claiming to be democrats
who seem to take more interest in "crushing"
democrats than they do in supporting democratic
principles.
Tho esteemed Atlanta Constitution may not
have learned much from that letter, but it cer
tainly did work tho publicity feature of it in truo
newspaper style.
Tho Fifty-seventh congress appropriated ?1,
554,108,514.48, not because there was any need of
appropriating that much, but because it was a re
publican congress.
A Now York man's neck was broken recently
by reason of falling upon his collar button.
Many a man has broken a commandment by drop
ping his collar button.
The difference between turning down a man
and turning down a principle is great, as some
eastern gentlemen will learn to their sorrow when
the proper time comes.
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Mr. Beveridgo may deem thjux
too small, but the fact reu-
tlemen much largg- "
find it unet reports intimated that there was
6er of a panic unless the Aldrich bill passed.
Well, it did not pass. Now let's see whether
it was a threat or a prophecy.
Candidate Graeme Stewart of Chicago certain
ly should have the support of the Maes, Kittyes,
Maymes and Jessyes, as Weil as others who take
liberties with good, old-fashioned names.
Dr. Crum says the failure to confirm him
closes the door of hope to tho colored man for a
generation. It may be, however, that Dr. Crum
merely takes himself too seriously.
Now that it has given us some election figures
from Mr. Butler's district perhaps the Chicago
Tribune will favor us with some figures from two
or three Philadelphia congressional districts.
Scientists now declare that fish can both hear
and smell. If it is truo that they can hear It is
well that they cannot talk. They might learn to
teDbit a l0t f thlngS thy hear When refuso
? 0fi th0 tbings thafc thoughtful citizens
should ponder over is the fact that several Phila
delphia republican organs are horror-stricken at
tho idea of so much political corruption in St
, 4 w0r? is hed," is the head-line over
tho wS8WnBt0?, P0St s account of the demise of
ed? Jr rfnV011583' The Post's Humorous
toriaT pair PPd 0Ver from tne edl
Labor is so contented and hannv and nrnq-
ttaeVht?10 f ner,al SovemmoTfor tteTm
time in history has deemed it necessarv tn riin
"I did not know that anyone thoueht ahnnt
silver, nowadays," said Grover Cleveland in ah in
tqrview at New York the other day. Mr cUe-
te th5Ef Aght l? Stir about more an learn a
row things. A great many people who have never
had an opportunity to assume a public office poo?
and emerge from it rich, are thinking abSut sSI
ver, and other forms of money., r
.VOLUME 3, NUMBER 9,
Before making any further remarks deroga
tory to March just consider .tho fact that March
is tho month wherein congress adjourns sine die.
It is reprehensible to speak evil when it is possi
ble to say something good.
When confronted with the duty of making a
choice between getting a new otomach or giving
up a million dollars, Mr. Rockefeller chose just
as the people knew he would. A million dollars,
covers a multitude of gastric qualms.
"Senator Hanna and Senator Foraker ap
proached the president's desk arm-in-arm," says
the account of the opening of the special session.
Is it possible that each was afraid to let the othei;
go with arms unencumbered?
Ithaca people show a disposition to profit by,
their recent lesson in the private ownership of a
public, utility. Ithaca's typhoid lever epidemic
was directly duo to the filthy methods used by tho
private water company in repairing its plant
If Mr. Baer's foresight had been as good as his
hindsight certainly is, instead of " posing as a
trustee of divine providence he would have hast
ened to the nearest federal judge and secured an
order restraining the miners from striking.
The Sioux City Journal wonders who will take
the comedy part in the senate now that "Billy"
Mason has retired. The Journal should not worry.
With an overwhelming republican majority ero
will be no dearth of candidate for the'place.
Mr. Cleveland says he is out of, politics save as
an advisor. Tho democratic party would land in
tho republican camp if it followed Mr. develop
example, and the example a man seta." "v
better index of his character J&eclares that tho
, . . irempty pretension." Own-
rrot5s!a should be careful when-the pro
MonrQg'about He talks like a man who is likely,
.i0 "blow down the muzzle to see if it is loaded.
Subscribers will doubtless bo glad to know
that the second volume of The Commoner will bo
published in condensed form, as was done with
the first volume. Our announcement concerning
the book will be found on another page" of this
issue.
Press dispatches announce that a law school
professor at Harvard has been selected as legal
advisor by the king of Siam. Let us hope that
tho professor is a man who is sincerely attached!
to American, principles and whose conduct and
ideas will giv the king and his people a proper
conception of American civilization and American
institutions.
Mr. McKinley charged in 1891 that Mr. Cleve
land, during his first administration, triqd to
"make monoy scarcer and therefore dearer money
tho master and all things, else the servant1 " If
that terrible indictment was true then, it is true
now, for Mr. Cleveland has never announced a
change of purpose.
To ask a Kansas City platform democrat what
he will do if the reorganzlers obtain control of the
party is as absurd as it would be to ask a man
what he would do if the moon turned to green
cheese and fell to the. earth. If by any possibil
ity the moon ever undergoes that change we will
nnafVple?oftIme t0 decido whether we will
cat that kind of cheese.
imHnn Zu7 Shaw Is etching the financial sit
ffj. deeP concern, but talka hopefully.
MDorS mJ?83 from tbe Washtastpn news
Shaw A W4 h?n the money market gets tight Mr.
nionVw a lew milli011a wrung from the
caS hArJnw fthem 1 the banks ad tho Pe0Pl
SnLnW fr,m th0 banlcs- Thia relieves the
Snf y and Pvldes the people with tho
Tr tha ZaLmre taxes lnt0 tlw tESiiS in or
tho ESU f government may loan more money to
to the SySnSf0, th Seople t0' Pay more taxes
may havn nent in order that the government
Kfftote L3 ? S?ney t0 lend t0 the banks t0
a man Whn V- ls calculad to make dizzy
to mv t!lu ?, borrow from hank In order
be Seated for? the trea8Ury tba a suus may
in "time offiSn50.8? of lendInS to the banks
have to bnrrancIal agency when the people
1 for ?mney to pay more taxes into the
may bo WmLT? 03of creaUnS a pHw that
peonlo-. c?nror0ed by the banks to lend to the
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