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The Commoner.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER
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THE COMMONER, Ltaeeta, Neb.
The congressional contractor is becoming a
'menace to public morals.
Race prejudice Is not a matter of geography,
but attempts to profit by it are.
The "Iowa idea" seems to have been very suc
cessfully grafted on a trust magnate stem.
Mr. Payne's troubles are not causing any sor
row in certain republican elements in his state.
Instead of "hot air" Postmaster General
Payne is experiencing some nervous chills of apprehension.
Organize a democratic club in your precinct
and make a good fight for the supremacy of demo
cratic principles.
Is it possible that Governor Cummins Is less
interested In tariff reform than he is in holding on
to a good job?
It was very Icind of Miss Tarbell to give Mr.
Rockefeller an opportunity to recuperate during
the warm season.
Mobs and riots are jaot unexpected in a state
whose chief executive persists in shielding fugi
tives from justice.
The postouice department idea of-making good
the losses incurred through thieving officials Is to
reduce the pay of honest employes.
Among other f'get-rlch-qulck" schemes is that
of getting a "pull" in the g. o. p. and selling any
old kind of junk to the P, O. D.
That Evansville affair came just In time to af
ford Mr.. Postmaster General Payne an opportun
ity to take a long breath.
Perhaps the hot spell was caused by a meeting
of telegrams going round the world betweenSen
ator Hanna and Senator Foraker.
Organize a 'emocratlc club in your voting
precinct and promote the good work of. spreading
and preserving democratic principles.
In view of certain senate investigation com
mittee reports it is not strange that Mr. Hanna
should reiterate his cry of "hands off!"
Postmaster General Payne will rusticate In the
Adirondack mountains, where he may be able to
uscape a goodly portion of the "hot air."
The g. o. p. might show Its dislike for Ken
tucky disregard of law by nominating ex-Governor
JCaylor as President Roosevelt's running mate.
The Pittsburg Post punctures a huge pretense
when it declares that Mr. Hanna's motto seems
to bo: "Let me settle the strikes of the country
and I do not care who administers the laws that
cause them."
Senator Beveridgo went down to Oyster Bay
the other day to have a "little talk" with the
president It must have been a strenuous session.
If the man who wrote "In the Good Old Sum
mer Time" will call around in these parts he will
receive an enthusiastic and perhaps fatal reception.
The "Iowa idea" seems to be to make the
closest possible connections with the man 'who
disburses the receipts of the frying pan expedi--tions.
Aa a "get-rich-quick" scheme, getting next to
the P. O. D. and selling It some useless contriv
ance seems to have the turf and mining schemes
"beaten to a frazzle."
The pressure brought to bear upon Mr. Hanna
i3 an indication that Mr. Roosevelt's backers feel
the need of proper and close connections with the
"frying pan" department.
A rat In the Philadelphia postofflce was the
means of exposing the crookedness of two officials
in the office. Here is a hint that Postmaster Gen
eral Payne should take.
Germany serves notice that she has several
claims against tLe Cuban republic, but owing to
circumstances there Is not likely to be' any effort
to collect them with warships.
The "Subscribers' Advertising Department"
should be used by all subscribers who have some
thing meritorious to sell, or who may be desirous
of obtaining something.
Iowa republicans may interpret their tariff
plank as they will, but the real meaning of those
who have the running of things Is that there will
be no revision unless it be "up."
People who have taken note of the old say
ing that "blood Is thicker than water" have some
grounds for believing, if they take note of current
events, that it is also cheaper.
Iowa republicans have been served with no
tice that they must not again dare to think un--til
Mr. Allison has had a chance to tell -what
the tariff protected industries want.
It remained for a national republican conven
tion to cheer a fugitive from justice charged with
murder and protected by the republican executive
of another state in defiance of law.
Perhaps, if Uncle Mark Hanna would promise
to give just as much to the campaign, anyhow,
there would be no further effort to foist the vice
presidential nomination upon him.
The Joplin Globe insists that those Iowa re
publican tariff straddlers have beaten the Col
losus of Rhodes by a block, and the Globe seldom
makes the mistake of wrong diagnosis.
"Say .the postmaster general just laughed,"
said Mr. Payne when asked about the postofflce
frauds. "The smile that did come off" seems to
have played a very successful engagement.
L T!5e f nc! aSound -thQ st- Los exposition
grounds wil be six miles long, and there are sur
face indications that St Louis landlords are pre
paring to elongate the legs of visitors to match.
nffn!TfTh0?l?IptO11 Is about t0 make M "Mr
attempt to lift the cup with a Shamrock. The in
dications are that the cup will remain while Sir
Thomas returned home with a three-leaved Sham-
?,? ?I?;s!dont Is eoins to prosecute the official
Sll haTe beon nibblicS at the postofflce ap
Ki atjnI 5ut ttat 8Decial train thistles so
,.? ? he ,cannot hear the large railroad
lat that is gnawing away at the department with
extortionate charges for carrying the mail.
MMlTti"Bob,CoU8ins of Iowa dId nt let a little
w ?s, e mok subserviency to the tariff barons
interfere with his fiery invective against tlio pro
ponents of the "idea." The honorable "Bob" fired
his regular "died-in-the-last-ditch" speech at 'em,
and then subsided until the palladium of our lib
S!?? vnco Tre threatened. By self-appointed?
d nonorable "Bob" so custodian of the
Not the least interesting of doHHpm ,
tacles is the strenuous manner in wh ich Emf C"
Charles Emory Smith is defending the official Jl
ord of ex-Postmaster General ChaiTEmory
It now appears that certain congressmen wera
interested in contracts to supply gloves and other
articles to the war department Secretary Root
should be preparing to denounce a few "hot iiS
stories. L uu
It is a natural presumption that the renubli.
can executive of Indiana, who is shielding ex..
Governor Taylor from justice, is terribly outraged
by the disregard for law shown in Breathitt
county. Ul1
Several Nebraska republican organs are com
plaining that their state conventions are too large
Is it possible that the corporation agents are ex
periencing difficulty in handling so many dele
gates ?-
The Mad Mullah is reviving in John Bull's
memory thoughts of other sad but glorious days.
There is the usual "I regret to report" flavor
from the Mad Mullah's bailiwick, and Mr. Mullah
is not making the reports.
Mr. Hanna denies that he will retire from
business and devote his time to politics. The de
nial may be based on, the fact that Mr. Hanna will
have to do an unusual amount of business if he
succeeds himself in the senate.
Senator A. Jeremiah Beveridge avows ana
avers that "the cosmic lessons of nature should
be the decalogue of national living." Is It pos
sible that the senator from Indiana is striving to
present something equally as good as the "Iowa
idea?"
Mr. Hay feels quite down-hearted because
trade was not allowed to take precedence over
sentiment in- that little Russian protest affair.
But Mr. Hay should not despair. Trade is over
hauling sentiment and principle at a very rapid
pace these days.
The charge that Secretary of State Hay ia
disgruntled about the protest to Russia and think
ing seriously of resigning should, not cause a great
deal of worry. There is no danger that King
Edward VII. will seriously consider the reslgna
tion if tendered.
When such papers as the Chicago Chroniclo
and Nashville American' commend the position
taken by the Iowa democrats It is high time for
the democrats of tlie Hawkeye state to get over
to a position where republican confederates will
find only something to condemn.
Mr. Rockefeller, says that whenever he wants
anything he prays for it This recalls the storyj
of the darkey who prayed for a Thanksgiving tur
key, but in vain. Then he prayed that he mighg
be sent out to get a turkey, and there were feath
ers in his back yard before sun-up.
It is no comfort to know that "friends" have
consented to the ignoring of the Kansas City
platform. A friend who can be fooled by the
enemy is more dangerous than, an enemy, because
such a friend may be placed on guard at a criti
cal time while the enemy Is always watched.
Secretary Moody favors a federal law provid
ing for the punishment of lynchers. This sounds
very well as a campaign appeal, but will Mr.
Moody kindly erplain why the republican execu
tive of Indiana refuses to hone a requisition foe
a man charged with the crime of murder in Kentucky?
Secretary Moody's Fourth of July speechi
abounded in pleas that the public service
be honestly conducted, and made especial refer
ence to the postofflce department. The secretary
might find plenty to occupy his time by Investi
gating the transport purchase frauds In the navyj
department.
A Chicago minister lias delivered a scathing
arraignment of -he ice trust. Well, that is all
right as far as i' goes, but the trusts will never
be killed so long as the people content themselves
with the denunciation of those trusts which hap
pen to bo hurting them at the time. The flghtl
must be made against the trust principle whereven
it manifests itself.