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;imr? "" The Commoner. P P I 1 1? HN 4 The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. Entered nt the poBtofllce nt Lincoln, Nebraska, as accond cluBfl mnll mnltcr. One Year $1.00 lxJV ontlis 50c I Clubs ol 5 or more, per yr 75c Three A'onths 2c Single Cepy 5c ban) pie CoplcH Free. Foreign Postage 52c Extra. SUBSCRIPTIONS can be sent direct to The Commoner. They can also be sent through newspapers which have adver tised a clubbing rate, or through locul agents, where Biichngenta have been appointed. All remittances should be sent by post ofllco money order, express order, or by bank dralt on Now York or Chicago. Bo notBend Individual checks, stamps, or money. RENEWALS. Tho dato on your wrapper Bhows when your ubfccrlptlon will expire Thus, Jan., '0-1, means that payment has been received to and Including tho Inst lame ot January 1G04. Two weeks are required alter money Is received beloro tho dato on wrapper can bo changed. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Bubscrlbcrs requesting a change of address must give tho OLD as well as the NEW address. AbVEkTISlNO rates furnished upon application. Address 11 communications to THE COftlAlONER, "Lincoln, Neb. Sir Thomas Is not much of a cup winner, but he ia a good "jollier." Read The Commoner's educational offer and learn how to Secure a college education. By this timd tho trusts have discovered that the big stick is only a" very softly stuffed,, club. Western farmers, are hoping that the corn will play Reliance to Jack Frost's Shamrock III. Organization is the best remedy for demorali zation. Organize a democratic club in your vot ing precinct The 2:00 minute trotter arrived far and away ahead of the trust busting rep blican administration. The "unspeakable Turk" always manages to find his voice when apologies and promises are in order. Tho man who originated tho expression "The Sublime Porte" must certainly have meant it "sarkas tickle." Presumably Mr. Pulitzer's school 'of journal ism will not teach its students to keep track of their own editorials. .- Secretary Shaw has stretched a point for tho banks, a thing he lirs not yet shown any disposi tion to do for the people. Admiral Dewey says our navy isk deficient, and Spain may be pardoned if she believes that Uncle George is merely joking. Doubtless Mr. Root would have thrown a ter rific strain on his "Ready Letter Writer" if Mr. Roosevelt had quit first A great many republican organs are trying to find some other explanation than demand for the increased price of silver. . The "shacklingcunningaswchaveshackledforce" portion of Mr. Roosevelt's 1903 Labor Day speech seems to have been omitted. Defeat in a manly fight for principlo wjll be more profitable in the long run than victory, in a dishonest scramble for political pie. Turkey and China must understand that they aro the most available material upon which to try tho blg stick" flourishing business. Agulnaldo's advice to his countrymen to quit gambling is. all right, and it is the kind of advice that should be heeded In Wall street. The Chicago Curonlcle manages to keep itself Su biy tellings what Mr. Bryan has that it has no, time, to explain how Mr. Cleveland got it TheLingley airship has again postponed its punching., The race between tho Langley launch jngvanu the Cleveland boom is becoming very ex citing;, . . ,;- ' ' "- ' f - . j Wo aro of the opinion that some English sportbinuu will vin the cup long before a repub lican administration rids itself of tho grafters. It is not ill health that prevents Mr. Hanna from engaging in a joint debate with Mr. ClarK. Mr. Hanna's bump of discretion is growing larger every day. m Why blame Mr. Secretary Shaw? How is he to know what kind of currency legislation to ad vocate when even Wall street has not been able to agree? The republican organs aro predicting victory in Ohio with the inflection and emphasis and vituperation that indicates their disbelief in their own predictions. Tho Massachusetts theory that some men are too big to be elected to a small office often re sults in electing to large olhce men who are en tirely too small. Tho Ohio democratic platform is being se verely criticised by a lot of democrats who' never lose an opportunity to vote for republican candi dates and policies. We gather from some Ohio republican ex changes that Mr. Rockefeller was mortally in sulted when the democrats nominated Monnett for attorney general. . Lieutenant Peary announces that he is about to make another dash for tru pole. This will stir up those whose duty it is to dash after the dash ers for rescue purposes. Mr. Quay says he has heard of no opposition to Roosevelt But Mr. Quay has long been in the habit of closing his ears to a great- many things justice, for example. Owing to the fact that it permitted a display of big stick flourishing the president acted hastily in the Beirut affair. He is much more leisurely in tho trust smashing business. Mr. Secretary Cortelyou has been conferring with the president concerning the. coal situation. The trouble Is, howe-er, that the conferences be tween the coal barons amounts to something. The "SubscriDers' Advertising Department" brings results. It was inaugurated for tho espe cial benefit of Commoner subscribers and they are invited to seize ti. opportunities it affords. The agricultural department recently adver tised in a Washington paper for a "first-class grafter." However, the chancer in other depart ments were so good that no one sought a change. The Chicago Chronicle says: "Mr. Cleveland would poll every democratic vote in the land." la the Chronicle still ' figuring that the 140,000 men who voted for Palmer and Buckner are the only democrats? ; .. ,-VOLUME 3, NUMBER 35, t "The Houston Post remarks that Tom John son's, speech of acceptance in no wise justifies tho republican press in dubbing him a socialist. Doe the Post really think thai the republican press ever stops to look for a justification? It seems rather odd, when you come to think about it, that republican financiers never think of "remedial financial legislation when it is the people who suffer, but always create a great com motion when Wall street is the patient. Coal mines are being shut down because tho market is "glutted," and prices aro being hoisted because there is a "famine." Tne presidential method of dealing with the coal question seema to have been quite agreeable to tho operators. Is it possible that Mr. Miller is to be sacri ficed after all, just for the purpose of correcting what promised to be a huge political blunder? Somehow or other the boasted independence we have been' hearing about seems to be badly bat- , tered. Sir Thomas Lipton's hope of winning the cup appears to be as futile as the hope of the American people that an administration that owes its existence to the trusts, will undertake to curb trust rapacity. The Ohio supreme court threatens to send Tom Johnson to jail for contempt If the Ohio supreme court goes into tho jailing business it will have to make some very extensive additions to the" jail facilities. Attention is again calle'u to Tho Commoner's educational offer. A college education is within tho reach of any energetic and ambitious young man or woman who will take hold and hustle. Correspondence is invited. A great deal of the ridicule aimed at Con gressman Baker because of his refusal to accept a . railroad pass comes from the eminent gentlemen who are never caught without the pasteboards, but sadly fear that they may be. s : The announcement" that Mr. Rockefeller Is short $80,000,000 by reason of the late drying-out of Wall street may be taken as an Indication that the- price and the smell of tho oil will bo in creased contemporaneously. . Chicago physicians are astonished because a man in that city is alive after having his heart severed. Did thege physicians over gtudy the cases of the wnolly heartless men whlo traffic in the,. bodily comfort of- the people? ;, '., Improvement in the consular service is the order of the day. The consuls are a long ways off. What's the matter with a little improvement in the postoffice service? And the Indian bureau service? And in other departments' operating right here at home? Secretary Shaw has loaned a lot of the peo ple's money to banks on chips and whetstones. He would, however, throw a financial fit at the suggestion that he might loan the people's money to the people on the security that is the founda tion of wealth. "The good old name of Sullivan" is quite prominent in American affairs today. One Sulli van has been elected head of t z Fraternal Order of Eagles, another is running for governor oC Iowa, and another is a candidate for re-election to the supreme bench in Nebraska. The Chicago Chronicle says that ivlr. Cleve land is the man to restore tin old-time condi tions." That is why the people will have none of him, but it may explain why the bond gamblers and those who profit by special privileges are so enthusiastically supporting him. . v Several esteemed exchanges want to know what excuse the coal barons can offer for advanc ing the price of coal. They do not need to ad vance an excuse. Indeed, they are so busy ad vancing the price of coal that they would have no time to advance any excuses. The wily Abdul Hamid is quite well awaro that he will not be disturbed until the powers can agree as to a division of his territory. And as such an agreement is not at all likely to be reached Abdul will go .right ahead doing what he pleases and apologizing as often as may be necessary. It is difficult to decide 'Whether Mr. Parry is trying to out-Chronicle the Chronicle on the or ganized labor question, or whether the Chronicle Is trying to out-Parry Parry. Betwixt flying foam and inoperative ink the two worthies manage to keep up a highly entertaining, I it indecisive competition. A vigorous enforcement of tho Sherman anti trust law's criminal clause "would render unnec essary so many conferences between Mr. Cortel you and the president. Bui it would necessitate a whole lot more between the official fat-fryer of the g. o. p. campaign committee and the treas urer of that organization. If Abdul Hamld wants to perform a coup he will surreptitiously anchor a few rocks and reefs along his coast and then invite the American navy to come on. For several months past our war ships have been engaged in discovering unchar ted rocks by 'butting them hard enough to tilt tho earth over sideways. . , The confidence men havo been at work again this time near Boston. A man, described as 'an honest old fellow," was induced to put up $2,000 in the expectation of reaping a profit of $10,000 or $15,000, and of course he lost, as he deserved to lose. The world is full of people who are trying to get something for nothing and they usually wind up hy getting nothing for something. Just as foolish are those democrats .Who expect to win a victory over the republicans by any other course than the open, honest and constant one , in behalf of tho "public on all ques W1U11B. .,. . .'..,. t 1.. . J'Vi, ,JPV ' 4 c V x :.