The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, August 07, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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Subscribers requesting a change of address must give the OLD as well as the NEW address ADVERTISING rates furnished upon application. Address all communlcMtions to THE COMMONER, Llacela, Neb. Cain was the original "standpatter." The Mississippi bear and the Russian bear appear to be president immune. Some of those Manchurian stories have a familiar Mole St Nicholas flavor. Congressman Cousins' mention of "feet wav ing banners" was also quite a feat . It does not require close observation to not that Uncle Joseph Cannon Is rapidly becoming bridlewise. Doubtless If English monarchs had visited Ireland oftener in the past conditions there might now be different Wall street Is now in a position to realize what Kansas went through during the rainy sea son of last spring. The beaches of Long Island provide plenty of material for the kind of shackles this administra tion has put upon cunning. By the way, why do we not again hear those old republican organ remarks about Wall street concerns "going democratic?" It is quite apparent to unprejudiced observers that the Chicago Chronicle mistakes its selfish in terests for genuine democracy. A large number of gentlemen operating In Wall street have had to use pontoon bridges in order to reach their offices lately. Perhaps the race question has come home so closely to Uncle Joe Cannon thrt he opines he has no time to consider the currency question. Of course the republican national committee would be sadly hampered by lack of funds if the protected interests decided to "stand pat" Of course the labor that is "protected by the tariff" need not worry about the million or more of immigrants pouring into the country each year. The democratic party does not need reorgani zation. It needs to work to prevent disorganiza tion at the hands of those shouting for reorganisation. Tho 1903 maple sugar crop would have been woefully short had It not been for the fact that maple trees are no longer necessary in producing that luxury. The Commoner. Among those who are shouting loudest for an nasset currency are the gentlemen who alternate by shouting most strenously that the money ques tion is settled. Tho indications are that a prominent citizen of Danville, 111., went all tho way to Oyster Bay to have his mind changed on the India rubber cur rency for the benefit of Wall street Wo are assured that the Evansville lynchers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law but we are reminded that a similar promise was made concerning another Indiana affair of like nature. Up to date Indiana "whito cappers" have not crowded the penitentiary. Speaking of misdirected zeal, what would you call going right tnrough Indiana and Illinois in order to reach an oriental country and do mis sionary work? t It Is reported that the wheat fields of the west are not yielding according to promise. This is another way of saying that tho wheat prospects went republican. Reports from Oyster Bay indicate that while the Aldrich-Rockefeller asset currency bill will be side-tracked something equally good will bo handed out to them. A prominent Nebraska republican says his party needs no platform in 1904. Presumably he means that his party has no use for a platform after the election. Renewed attention Is called to "The Subscrib ers' Advertising Department" The opportunity afforded to those having bargains to offer should not be overlooked. Colombia Is acting like a nation that has been led Into the mistake of believing that the asset currency scheme has been pushed through the American congress. Kentucky republicans denounce assassination, but they also cheer the name of a man who is afraid to return and face the charge of being an assassin's accomplice. x Several republican vice presidential boomlets have collapsed owing to the supreme need of sav ing all possible g. o. p. wind to keep the Wall street bubbles inflated. Before proceeding any further in that Man churian squabble the czar should recall the fact that he was instrumental in providing that peace tribunal at The Hague. The anthonomus grandis is being pursued by the Texas authorities. This would seem to call for sympathy from Mr. Rockefeller, who has cut Texas from his visiting list Kentucky republicans denounce assassination "whether in Servia or Kentucky." Of course this platform meets with the hearty approbation of an Indiana citizen named Taylor. The republican nominee for governor of Ken tucky will have the morar support of ex-Governor William S. Taylor. Owing to circumstances this is about all Mr. Taylor can give. The Nashville American finds great difficulty in simulating enough anger to offer as an excuse for not giving answers to some pertinent questions recently asked by The Commoner. Recent events In Danville, 111., indicate that Speaker-to-be Cannon will be slow to recognize southern congressmen who desire to make a few remarks anent the "race problem." - Not long ago President Roosevelt proclaimed that Congressman Littauer of New York was his most intimate friend. Recent developments, how ever, go to show that the president does not mean to intimate that he and Littauer are "hand in glove." If Perry Heath Is compelled to retire from his position as secretary of the republican national committee it will not be because the managers de plore his connection with the postal scandals, but because they are afraid the people will resent his remaining in the position. The Nashville American averages about one column per day devoted to abusing The Com moner and its editor, but it strenuously avoids any reference to a few questions recently pro pounded by Tho Commoner, although they could be answered in a ten-line paragraph. Tho Ameri can is profiting by the wisdom of- the gentleman who discovered that language is given to some that they might conceal their thought. VOLUME 3, NUMBER 29t A republican organ likens Joseph Foiir Theodore Roosevelt But where is the resembtanS between a man who says little and does much m a a man who says much and does little? Mr. Hanna ascertained the wisdom of "stand-. ing pat" when he declined to return to Ohio whila in danger of being called to account for certain transactions connected with a senatorial election! By the way, if every man in the east is em ployed at good wages, where did those 25 000 eastern men come from who went to the .rvansaa and Nebraska wheat fields, and why did they go? The Chicago Chronicle of July 30 says: "Mr Bryan bolted in 1892." Annanias was struck dead for prevarication. The gentlemen who write lead ing editorials for the Chicago Chronicle draw good pay for it Count Casslni says he did not guarantee open ports in Manchuria, and our state department in sists that he did. Thus does our state department score another of its justly celebrated diplomatic triumphs. That New York congressman-elect who re turned a railroad pass because he felt sure It was tendered with a view to influencing him has set a good example, but doubtless he will continue to be very lonesome. The Commoner's offer to young men and wo men desirous of acquiring a college education offers unusual opportunities. The Commoner in vites correspondence with young men and women concerning the offer. The money question has been settled so ef fectively that the midnight oil is burned at Oyster Bay in an effort to frame an asset currency scheme that will satisfy Wall street without alarming the people who foot the bills. Bristow continues to push the investigation of the postal scandals and is" being roundly abused. By a strange coincidence the abuse comes from re publican organs that are sadly afraid that the exposures will injure the part'. A Harvard student who slept for forty-four days at last woke up and Is now all right This gives grounds for hoping that those who be lieve that "the foreigner pays the tax" will re turn to consciousness in due time. Thirteen of the fourteen convicts who es caped recently from the California penitentiary were sent up for highway robbery. This Is an Indication that tne "standpatters" are able to re joice over a baker's dozen of new recruits. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says that "Mr. Bryan can see more Benedict Arnolds and Judas Iscariots on a clear day than any other man in America.1' But this might be obviated in a measure by the Commercial-Appeal ceasing to obtrude. Justice Brewer does not add to his reputation for judicial wisdom by confessing his belief that any man or set of men desire to abolish the writ of injunction. It is the unconstitutional use of the writ of injunction that is opposed. Justice Brewer has wobbled in his decision. A little energy, a fair measure of determina tion, ambition and a goodly amount of work will enable young men and women desirous of ac quiring a college education to realize their de sires if they will take advantage of the offer The Commoner is now making. Correspondence invited. Instead of criticising us for our inability to solve the "race problem" our European cousins should commiserate us. We are so busy looking after tho welfare of a people ten thousand miles away that we have precious little time to devote to graver problems at home. This is one among a number of fruits of imperialism. Those republican organs that are so anxious to build up the democratic party by assisting in the nomination of a Cleveland or a Whitney are likewise engaged in the task of trying to prevent Tom Johnson from being nominated for governor because they fear it would result in Johnson's political demise. Such regard for democratic well being is especially touching, owing to Its sourc But it deceives nobody. T. i- aj.tr fiite