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K 4 4 .VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3c. f The Commoner; ISSUED WEEKLY. Entered nt the postofllce at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second clnssmall matter. One Year $1.00 iixA onth gOc bI Cluba ol 5 or more, per year 75c Three Months aB Single Cepy B Sample Copies Free. Ferelga Pottage 52c Extra. SUBSCRIPTIONS can be sent direct to The Commoner. They can jiIho be sent through nowBpnpcra which have ndver tlEcd a clubbluc rnto, or through local agents, where Buchagcnta have been appointed. All remittances should be sent by poBt ofllce money order, express order, or by bank dralt on New York or Chicago. Do not send individual checks, stamps, or money. , RENEWALS. -Tho dato on your wrapper shows when yoar subscription will expire. Thus, Jan., '04, means that payment has been received to and Including tho last issue ol January 10W. Two weeks arc required alter money is received beiore tho date on wrapper can bo changed. " CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Subscribers requesting a change ol address must give tho OLD as well as the NEW address. ADVEkTISlNO rates lurnlshcd upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. Senator Alleo of Delaware seems "to have learned hlB ideas of politics in the hack streets. Proceedings in tho postofllce investigation portend a decidod advance in the price of white wash. ' . The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald admits that Mr. Cleveland is tho greatest living dead democrat Mr. Roosevelt's explanation of that yacht, club dinner Incident seems to be in need of an ex- planation. Turkey is safe until the members of the, Eu ropean concert can agree which shall have tho white meat. Civil service reform receives a sad jolt every time it comes within reachh.g distance of sena torial courtesy. Thero is quite a difference between a postal crook under indictment and' a postal crook be ing put behind the bars. Mr. Taylor from Kentucky seems to be per fectly safe as long as he refrains from engaging in the horse-stealing business. Paradoxical as it may neem, Mr. Hanna, who Is suffering from ill-heaun, is not engagod in the Ohio campaign for his health. Foreman Miller seems to have missed a golden opportunity by not looking around for a few weak pillars in the republican temple. It is to be hoped that Sir Thomas Lipton's good nature will not be amputated contemporan eously .with his appendix vermiformis. If Miss Todd and Miss Taylor ever meet and talk, it over, a stenographic report of tbf convor-" sation would make interesting reading. A comparison of what Civil Service Commis sioner Roosevelt said with wrat Presicent Roose velt has done would be very interesting. A democratic club in every voting precinct would enable loyal democrats to lay the founda tion for a substantial victory for democratic prin ciples next year. Owing to tho fact that Wall street has not agreed upon what it wants 'n tin way of financial legislation, Mr. Secretary Shaw has not been able to determine just what the country needs in the way of currency reform. The San Antonio Express declares that "the hand that Is rocking the cradle at Gray Gables, is not rocking any democratic loat" Perhaps. It is difficult to rock a boat while boring holes in it bottom. Ex-Socretary Smith's partiality for Cleveland Is possibly due to his pleasant recollection of hia catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with the Wil son tariff bill during Mr. Cleveland's second administration. The Commoner. r It Is now possible to announce that the second volume of "Tho Commoner Condensed" will bo ready for delivery about October 15. If all the republican speaker's invited to Ohio to do a little spell-binding will remain and vote it may bo that Tom Johnson will suffer defeat It seems that the civil service is good for getting uncongenial people out, and quite ser viceable when needed to fore somo pliant tool in. Colombia seems to be laboring under the im pression that Uncle Sam is as "easy" as a pro tected trust when tho g. o. p. frtfryer calls around. The election of Monnett to bo attorney gen eral of Ohio again would mean another bonfire of ledgers in the head offices of tho Standard Oil company. If Mr. Rockefeller is tolling- the truth when ho says he prays for what he wants, it wouldseem that he is putting in overtime with, his petitions. Mr. Carnegie is talking like man who ex pects to be right on the spot if Joe Chamberlain's protective tariff policy is ever tried in Great Britain. Tho Bulgarians seem to be fighting a hopeless fight, in view of the fact that they havo nothing to offer the exploiting trusts in return for a little financial help. It seems that Miss Taylor and Miss Todd made the inexcusable mistake of thinking that tho civil service really meant something to a re publican administration. The president might gratify his love for mili tary display by sending a few warships after tho trusts. Thero is water enough In most of them to float our entire navy. The trouble with the investigation in the post office, department is that up to the present tirao the indicted officials seem to be wearing their In dictments as ornaments. "Frog eggs are always transparent," says an exchange. This leads one to believe that the re publican pretension of hostility to trusts has a very frog-eggy appearance. That Addicks district attorney in Delaware has resigned in order, as he says, to "relieve the president of embarrassment" The official takes himself altogether tc seriously. The White house is to be tho: oughly cleansed this winter. The departments will not .bo cleansed, however, until the White house has a new oc cupant of the democratic faith. The Chicago Chronicle says that Mr. Cleve land is "the greatest living democrat" Mr. Walsh means that Mr. Cleveland is the greatest living democrat of the Chronicle kind. A republican contemporary refers to Mr. Hay as "a greater secret-ry of state than Blaine." This merely shows ho- little g. o. p. organs think of great republicans who have passed away. Young men and women who are desirous of securing a college education would do well to read The Commoner's educational offer and then write to the publisher for full particulars. One of the proofs that Ohio democrats are democratic is the fact that the Ohio democratic ticket and platform have had the effect of crimp ing the column rules of the Chicago Chronicle. 'Mr: Payne declined to appear as a witness when Mr. Machen was hauled before the judga. Is it possible that alr. Payne feared being caught when tho pillars of the r. o. p. temple b-un falling? 'Radium is said to bo capable of restoring tho eyesight Will somo one plerse pass the radium to the administration leaders who are looking for the rascals in the postofllce and Indian land dc partments? Mr. Roosevelt's last Labor Day speech was about the largest aggregatioi of .words not backed up by deeds ever sprung by a public official who is in a position to do something if he really wants to. ' The spirit ofNick Biddle seems to be run ning tilings financial in and about Washington. Tho trouble is that thero is nothing like the spirit of Andrew Jackson discernable in or about tho White house. Tho statute of limitations having operated, Mr. Heath should soon begin showing symptoms of pushing on the pillars of the templo unless given something with a large salary attachment, Scientists tell us that radium rays Impart new energy to things" upon which they sMne. This may be a good hint as to what should be done to the legal department of the administration. Tho publication of Volume II. of "The Com moner Condensed" lias been delayed for some time by unforeseen contingencies. It Is now possible to announce that tho book will be ready for de livery about October li. Purchasers will find it a valuable political reference. Senator Beveridge says there will be no radi cal or revolutionary financial legislation iby tho next congress. This is merely another way of saying that a vast volume of wcras is not to bo followed up by deeds. The "Subscribers' Advertising Department" contains ono of many letters received from thoso who have used it with satlbfactory results. The department is a valuable aid to those who want to reach the buying'public. President Roosevelt delivered an address on the anniversary of the battle of Antietam. Antie tam, it will be remembered, was a little skirmish that took place abdut a third of a century be fdre the terrible battle of San Juan hill. The transport Kilpatrlck arrived at San Fran cisco from Manila a week or two ago, having on board thje bodies of 302 American soldiers who died in the Philippines. The trade of the Philippines is costing vastly more than it. is worth. ' The republican candidate for governor of Ken tucky is denouncing crime and lawlessness. The republican governor of Indiana is protecting a man who is charged with one of the most dast ardly crimes in tne anna'.s f the country. Congressman Overstreet now says that cur rency legislation is "not necsssary, but desirable." But Congressman Overstreet may not -be talking with authority from the gentlemen who think it is necessary and are quite sure it is desirable. it i The republicans of Nebraska cheered the namo of McKinley and then refused to indorse the Mc Kinley policy of reciprocity. This is an indica tion that in a year or two McKInley's name will bo as seldom heard as Abraham Lincoln's in a re publican convention. If the people will submit to paying enough taxes Mr. Shaw is quite sure he can scrape up enough ready money to loan te banks when they need to be tided over with money enough to lend to tho people -whq must borrow in order to have money with which to pay their taxes. Some of the gold democrats of Wisconsin aro finding fault with La Follette because he is at tacking corporation rule in politics. One of thorn is quoted as saying that La Folletteism is a dis ease that must nnjts course. A man's sympathy with corporate wealth and with organized greed is generally manifested by the attitude which he takes toward ay remedial legislation. La Follette is in error -when he advocates republican policies but he is everlastingly right when ho protests against the manner in 'hich the corporations are running the republican party. If Senator Hanna will clearly outline what ho thinks ought to bo done on the Philippine ques tion, or state his opinion on the trust question, or define his position on tho asset currency, or pro pose a system of just state taxation, or show why the railroads should -not be required to give a 2-cent rate to the public, or explain why homo rule should be C niea to th cities of Ohio if he will do any of these things he can get upa con test that will draw his attention away from his illness. The trouble Is that Mr. Hanna's "let well enough alone" policy is morel; an excuse for not meeting the Issues that are rresented. He is lilce the boy who, when being led toward the wood shed, suggested to hi father that they talk about something else. y