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The Commoner.
OCTOBER 9, 1903.
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The St Louis Dispatch "'gays: "Perhaps Gen-'
oral McClellan's real abilities as a commander,
which were undoubtedly very
great, will become generally
known and acknowledged. Mr.
Roosevelt's extraordinary lapse
of memory at the Antietam cele
bration has refreshed the memory of thousands
who are able to measure the little man's caliber
with something like accuracy."
Not
Entirely
Forgotten.
It Don't
Want
Harmony.
o Once upon a time the Chicago Chronicle had
much to say about harmony in the democratic
party. In a recent Issue, rd
ferring to the differences in the
party, tho Chronicle said: "Men
who busy thomselves with at
tempts to harmonize these hos
tile parties waste their., time. They undertake to
prolong the agony. They endeavor to unite irre
concilable organizations and to compose warring
ideas."
"This
Dishonest
Game."
Tho Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier says: "Why per
sist in classing as democratic papers such as do
not support democratic plat
forms and tickets? This dis
honest game no longer fools
anybody." The same thought
has occurred to a great many
democrats, and it is sincorely to be hoped "this
dishonest game no longer fools anybody." But
the simple truth Is that the dishonest game has
in the past fooled a number of people.
The Chicago Tribune says that It Is not the
policy of the United States steel corporation to
sell to American consumers at
NJL reasonable rates. The Tribune
tho adds, "it will exact at home
Policy. about all tho traffic will bear
and just undersell its competi
tors in foreign markets." .. The Tribune might
have added that it is not the policy of the republi
can party to require the steel trust or any other
trust to deal justly with the American consumer.
A movement is on among the leading federal
veterans from several southern cities to induce
Colonel ' McCluro, tho federal
Lincoln veteran of Philadelphia, to visit
in the. the south during the coming
South winter and deliver his famous
Lincoln lectures. Commenting
upon this proposition,. tne Atlanta Constitution
says: "It Is to be hoped that Colonel McClure
can be induced to ma'U'e a southern tour. There
can be no doubt that mucn interest would be mani
fested In his lectures." '
Mr. Roosevelt cast 'reflections upon Admiral
Schley, the hero of Santiago Bay, permitted Gen
eral' Miles to retire after forty
"Atone years of faithful service with
In no more recognition than a brief
Cuba." an( formal order Issued by a
discredited subordinate, and in
his address at tho Antietam celebration, ignored
the name of General McClellan. Can it be possible
that the reputed author of "Alone in Cuba" Im
agines that the candle dip can be kept burning on
San Juan Hill only by obscuring the blaze upon
mountains?
The New York American t the nail on the
head, but did not improve its standing with the
trust magnuiea wiiuu u num.
"That the convicts In a Penn
sylvania penitentiary should
take to counterfeiting is deplor
nhiA n? poiirRR. hut. reallv not so
remarkable. When the legislature of a state, aid
ed and abetted by its foremost statesmen, and. co
operated with by mayors and councils, deliber
ately steals street railroad franchises by whole
sale, it can hardly be expected that the morals of
convicts will not be affected."
Governor Durbinof Indiana recently deliv
ered an address at Atlantic City. The governor
said: "The law should Indeed
Durbln D8 'freed from every vestige of
and technicality and delay;' not as
Tavlor a concession to elements in our
3 ' A civilization guilty or capable of
a resort to riot, but because the loyal and Taw
abiding people of this country deserve, better pro
tection against doers of crime, whether operating
singly or ingroups." If the loyal and law-abiding
people deserve protection against doers of crime
whether operating singly 'or in groups, why does
the governor of Indiana ref . - t J surrender to the
Kentucky authorities former Governor Taylor, who
is charged with being an accomplice with the as
sassins of Governor Goebel?
Examples
for
, Convicts.
The Creston (la.) Morning American Is a bit
sarcastic when it says: "Of course wo have tho
best banking system the world
ltl over saw,' after saying: "Soc-
Best retary Shaw has Just doposited
Ever." frty million with favored banks
for the ostensible purpose of
moving the crops, but now comes tho news from
Washington tuat sinco Soptcmbcr 1 the banks
nave made application to rotiro $7,800,000 of their
circulation and tako up their bonds so thoy can
sell the fbotids and mako a big profit on the
The Indiana Sentinel says: "Tho suggestion that
II tho state of Panama should revolt on tho canal
question tho United States would
n elve its aid and comfort in or-
uishoaorable dor to socuro good terms for tho
Scheme. canal should not bo entertained
. . for a moment We want tho ca
nal, but we cannot afford to obtain it at tho cost of
sacrificing national honor or playing a treacherous
part toward a weak state. This government is
under every obligation of international honor to
maintain a friendly attitude toward Colombia, no
matter what may bo tho outcome of tho canal
treaty."
An
Ideal
Democrat.
General Buckner, who was tho Cleveland can
didate for vice president in 189G, has taken tho
stump m Kentucky in favor of
tho republican nominee for gov
ernor. General Buckner in
sisted that ho was a democrat
in 1896. although he refused to
support the democratic national ticket. General
Buckner has been referred to by tho Clevelandites
as an "ideal democrat." Perhaps by giving his sup
port to the republican nominee for governor in
Kentucky, General Buckner is making a desperate ..
effort to live up to this reputation in a way that
will be eminently satisfactory to the Clevelandites.
"For a practical politician of national promi
nence," says tho Pittsburg Dispatch, "Postmaster
f General Payne is exhibiting rc-
Fayne s markablo propensity for corn-
Many mlttlng irretrievable and most
Blunders. damaging political blunders. No
sooner Ip he through explaining
his premature characterization of the scandal
which has already resulted in a dozen Indictments
as 'hot air than he finds himself involved In a
scarcely less compromising complication over tho
use of tho spoils system' in Delaware." And as in
the department investigation, with each attempt
at explanation htf manages to enmesh himself
more deeply."
The Emmettsburg (la.) Democrat says: "The
Chicago Chronicle still continues its assaults on
Mr. Bryan, but it refuses to say
Then how much of the stock in tho
Why Is It company that owns the paper is
Silent? controlled by John R. Walsh, a
republican." Commenting upon
this statement the Des Moines (la.) Capital, a re
publican paper, says: "Tho inference from tho
above that the Chicago Chronicle, one of the most
radical democratic papers published, Is controlled
by republicans, Is on par with most of the logic
used by tho democratic press in this state." If
the Chicago Chronicle is not controlled by a na
tional banker who has repeatedly voted the re
publican national ticket, then why has the Chron
icle failed to remove the very general impression
that John R. Walsh controls that publication?
A number of Filipinos who have been sent to
this country to work upon the Philippine village
at the St, Louis exposition, have
been uet'dined at San Francisco
by the immigration officials.
The Atlanta Constitution asks:
"Do the immigration laws of
this country exclude the Filipinos from coming
to this country to exercise the blessed privilege of
obtaining work? Are the inhabitants of those
Pacific Islands over which the American flag flies
extended no greater consideration than that given
paupers of Europe who seek admlpslon to our
shores? Is that the law. or Is all this trouble due
to ignorance or incompetent 3 on the part of some
Immigration officials?" Under the republican pol
icy the inhabitarts of those Pacific Islands over
which the American flag flies are subjects and not
citizens. They must be content with whatever
form of government we chocse to give them; and
Vnile we will insist upon implicit obedience to our
authority, we do not give them the rights which
we claim for ourselves, and which are conferred
unon the American citizen. To be sure that is not
American doctrine, but It Is one of the features of
Imperialism.
One Feature
f
Imperialism.
The Chicago Record-Herald, a republican. p
per, says: "The one vital fact, which has become
- , perfectly clear as tho result of
Several the discussion of Miss Todd's
Vital case, Is that, whatovcr advances
Facts. &m merit system has otherwise
made, the 70,000 fourth-class
postmastorshlpe are still used systematically and
unblushlngly as 'spoils.'" Thero aro so many
vital facts dlcredltnblo to tho republican party
and becoming perfectly clear to newspapers like
the Record-Herald that it Is difficult to understand
why that publication adheres to a political organi
zation that long ago forfeited all claim upon U10
support of nowspapers that hopo to deal fairly
witu tno people.
5om9thIng
Go'hr oa
Im Ohle.
Pointing to tho fact that in 1002 tho republi
can plurality in Ohio was 90.4G5, tho Sioux City
journal, a republican paper,
adds: "Nevertheless thero Is
something going on in Ohio this
year; but it is well to keep in
mind tuat tins is not an excep
tional year In Ohio. Some one has said that
'Ohio Is the greatest political experiment station
In tho country.' Tho stato has long occupied- Uiat
distinction." There Is something going on in
Ohio this year, and that republican leaders in the
Buckoyo Stato fully apprcciato tho situation is
shown by tho fact that they declino to accept tho
proposition made by tho democrats that both com
mittees submit thoir campaign expenses to tho
peoplo prior to election day, in order that tho
peoplo might be assured that monoy had not been
used corruptly In tho campaign.
In an address delivered at Atlantic City,
Governor Durbin of Indiana declared that tho
time has come for wider rcc-
uuroin ognltlon r? tho fact that gon-
or uino patriotism consists "not
Fulfillment. merely in careless acceptance of
our constitution and passive
compliance with our laws, but that tho complete
fulfillment of the obligations of citizenship means
the exertion of an active influence in behalf of tho
laws and tho Institutions which give to citizenship
its value." What about tho complete fulfillment
of tho obligations of the executive? Docs that
not mean "tho exertion of an active Influence In
behalf of tho laws and the Institutions which glvo
to citizenship its value?" Then why does tho
governor of Indiana exert an active Influence
against the laws and tho Institutions which glvo
to citizenship its value, by refusing to surrender
Taylor, Kentucky's notorious fugitive from justice?
sy2s
Tho two following dispatches appeared In the
newspapers of tho country under tho same date:
r. 1 1 "New Yorlv-Tho United States
Drinking army transport Kilpatrlck
the passed the bar and steamed be-
Polson. neath the cnadow of the statue
of liberty to a place on tho Jer
sey shore. She brought back to their own coun
try tho bodies of 302 soldiers, officers and men,
who died doing tneir duty in the bullet-swept jun
gles and tho fever-laden swamps of the Philip
pine Islands." "Des Moines. Capt. F. L. Ely, in
charge of the local recruiting station, has been
Instructed by the war department to disregard
previous orders curtailing enlistments and to re
cruit men as rapidly as possible for immediate
service. It is stated that there Is the greatest
need of men for infantry service In tho tropics."
The Des Moines News says: "These two dispatches
succinctly tell tho whole story. New men aro
needed to drink the poison of tho Philippine cli
mate and to fill the pine boxes awarded the patriot
dead."
Speaking of the so-ca'lled currency reform, the
Wall Street. Journal says that we should leglslato
"solely to create a system that
Masana shall most quickly adapt itself
and to the changing conditions of
Manana. business without any sacrifice
of that security which must bo
the corner stone of any sound financial system."
In this .the Journal docs no . make Itself quite so
vi ell understood as it does when it says: "Of
course there aro some things which might proper
ly be done now, but any large measure of reform
might better be postponed until after the presiden
tial election. Then we should bo in the proper
financial and political frame of mind to approach
the subject calmly and without prejudice." But
why. If legislation be necessaryUfvid It be post
poned until after tho electj Vbat reason Is
there to believe that after'tlpresldentlal elec
tion the dominant party will be "im the proper
financial and political frame of mind to approach
the subject calmly and without prejudice"
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