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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
' ''Steel preferred'' has a slightly sarcastic
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Th'o '.'head' liunters". are being chased In Luzon,
probably&by the :"place hunters."
Speaking of "calamity howls," have you been
reading the Wall street reports lately?
Postmaster General Payne's laugh is emerg
ing from the other side of his face just at present.
In thorough organization there is complete
victory. Organize, and do it without further delay.
Russian evacuation of Manchuria has a de
cidedly republican-revislon-of-the-tarlff appearance.
What President Roosevelt needs most is some
copious doses of the old P. Davis remedy in his
cabinet
In any event Mr. Balfour will have to admit
that ho is being saved from his friends at a very
alarming rate.
Have you enlisted in The Commoner's "Lots
of Tive" subscription campaign? ,If not, now is'
the time to enlist
Secretary Shaw shouts "stand pat," but it Is
noticeable that a very small shove from Wall
street will move him.
The wise "night editor" will keep the ru
mored assassination of King Peter of Servia on
the "standing galley." - -
If the coal barons are not careful their con
tinued extortions will make the people so warm
that coal will not be needed.
On second consideration Mr. Hanna may decide
to admit that what he means is that he will
do "well enough if let alone."
Senator Allison has given his views on finan
cial legislation, but he has unfortunately forgotten
.to submit the key to his views.
Now that the Ohio republicans have secured
a tent for campaign meetings they are strangely
quiet about "Tom Johnson'p circus."
Of course Russia will have to remain in Man
churia in order to see to it that Russia properly
and promptly evacuates Manchuria.
The "Subscribers' Advertising Department" is
profitable to thee who use it This is the unani
mous 7ordict of all who liave tried it.
It seems that Governor Cummins is once more
Able to meet the "Iowa idea" on a public thor
oughfare without growing red in the face.
The administration stems to have two "classi
fied lists." Miss Todd belongs to the one classified
as "unable to render proper political service."
This "let well enough alone" policy is calcu
lated to drive western cattle raisers to the ex
jtremity of demanding a cattle raising subsidy;
The Commoner.
Secretary Shaw should snatch a few momenta
between campaign speeches and write a book on
"Offeiisivo Partisanship."
Miss Hulda B. Todd has discovered that any
kind of a reason is sufficient when a renowned
party worker wants a job for a trusted lieutenant.
. It appears now that wliile.we were worrying.,
about Charles Schwab's health, Charles was en
gaged" in looking affer something besides his
health. . ; .
Sooner "or later it will dawn upon Mr. Rocke
feller's mind :tnat he can getvat Uncle Russ Sage
only by forming a trust in the cheap clothing
market. ...
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Speaking of "guessing gntests," hayq . you. w
'guessed yet what Secretary Shaw is figuring on ,
doing next for the .poor and friendless barons of.
Wall street?
The pie wagon drivers of Chicago threaten
to strike. The pie-biting brigade in Washington
is too well satisfied with the present plan of
indicting only.
Now that Secretary Shaw has assured the
voters of Ohio that we have prosperity, Messrs.
Morgan and Schwab ought to, make a few speeches
showing how to keep it.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 40,
. 'President Roosevelt talked to workingmen nn
Labor Day. But words are good only when bacC
up by deeds, and up to date the number of trust?
that have been shackled corresponds with th
number of times Sir Thomas Llpton has won thn
cup.
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What Senator Allison really means is that
there will l?e no financial legislation that will
compel him to take a definite stand for or against
Senator Allison does not Intend to endanger his
exquisite balance on the top rail of the fence at
this late day.
Schwab and his companions made $20,000,000
on their investment of $10,000,000 in the ship
building trust, and on top of that they wanted
Uncle Sam to give them a subsidy," Uncle Sam
has earned the reputation of being an easy mark
among the financial "grafters."
Our exports io and imports from the Philip
pines during' the last ten months amount to about
$16,000,000. Even if the profit amounts to 25 per
cent this is only $13,070 apiece for each of the 306
dead soldiers brought over by the Kilpatrick.
But human life is cheap when measured by the im
perialistic standard.
The inventors of airships and the inventors
of submarine boats should get together and dicker
a bit The airships won't stay up and the sub
marines cannot stay down.
Perhaps it would, be easier to denounce the
sultan of Turkey for permitting so much blood
shed ia his domains if we could temporarily forget
the fact that the transport Kllpatrtek recently ar
rived from Manila with 3J)6 dead American sol
diers on board victims of a policy contrary to the
spirit of our free institutions.
The automobile can. overcome almost any
thing but a sea of mud. And reports from Ohio'
indicate that Mr. Hanna is trying to throw enough,
of it to stall Tom Johnson's "red devil."
We may expect the Russian government to
haul down its flag just abou the time a republi
can administration announces some definite policy
on the financial or Philippine questions.
The administration organs that strenuously
criticised Tom Johnson's "circus methods" in util
izing a tent for his meetings are just now boast
ing that Mr. Hanna has to use a similar tent in
order to accommodate the crowds. A Virginia
"snake fence" is a straight line compared with
the torturous course of the average republican
organ's logic.
Doubtless those thirty indicted postofllce offi
cials are busily engaged in selecting the republi
can temple pillars they expect to pull down in
case this sort of thing goes much further.
The telegraph informs us that six inches of
water fell in New York city within twenty-four
hours last week,, but we are left in ignorance
whether it was a'stoclt burst or a cloud burst.
One of our South American consuls has dis
covered a plant which he claims will supercede
cane and beets as a source im! sugar supply. This
may be true as to the saccharine matter with
which we sweeten our morning coffee, but the
managers of the g. o. p. 'mvea ce of "sugar"
supply that is not likely to be equalled in this day
and generation.
x, Mr. Shaw will be satisfied with the present
currency laws If he is permitted to violate their
spirit whenever his financial friends . t)iYc sen
street feel the need of more help from Unui sxsr"
The supply of "ladrones" having been ex
hausted the Philippine authorities are now draw
ing on "head b,unters" for an explanation of the '
continued need of troops in the pacified provinces. -
It is reported that Mr. Rockefeller has lost an
overcoat valued at $100. The theft means that
while the overcoat cost Mr. Rockefeller - $100 it
will probably cost oil consumers $3,435,872, or
thereabouts.
It is customary to accuse the average En
glishman with being slow to see the point of a
joke, but the average Englishman is quick to see
the point of the joke about "the foreigner pay
ing the tax."
Major Glenn whose name appeared some time
ago in connection with certain atrocities in Luzon,
declares that the race wants war. Major Glenn Is
evidently bent on taking advantage of the verdict
in his court-martial.
According to Senator Allison the republican
tariff song will read:
"Go, tariff reform, go thy way,
Some more convenient day 1 j ..
On thee we'll call."
A reader of The Commoner asks where "Coin's
Financial School" and "The Tale of Two Na
tions," by the author of "Coin," can be obtained.
Mr. W H. Harvey of Monte Ne, Benton county,
Ark., can give the information desired.
The Sioux City Journal says that in 1896
Mr. Bryan insisted that "the gold, dollar was
worth more in exchangeable value than the silver
dollar." The trouble with the Sioux City Journal
is that when it tries to dlscusu the money question
it draws upon its imagination for ita facta.
There is one faint hope that all the rascality in
the governmental departments will out There are
faint indication tested grafters in the postal
VoJt-oi"- " - e thought that the grafters
.3s'iS&Tior department made-better hauls, will
"6nd their aid to exposing the land deals, and
that the land grafters will retaliate J by aiding in
the exposure of the postal grafters'."
Secretary Shaw made his first speech in the -Ohio
campaign at Akron on October 10, and ac
cording to the Sioux City Journal he "spoko
lucidly on the tariff." How did he speak on the
money question? Or was he bo busy thinking
about how he could help the money changers
without arousing, the enmity of the people that
he just killed time talking tariff? The average
republican spell-binder can Iways talk tariff while
thinking about something else. '
The Commoner has received a notice of the
death of one of its most loyal readers, Mr. Eleazer
Blackman Baldwin, of Sharon, Vt. He was born
in 1818 and leaves seven children surviving him.
Ho was always a staunch supporter of democratic
principles and was honored with official position
by his fellows. He was once a candidate for lieu
tenant governor on the democratic ticket. Ho
was a man of high ideals and his death is a
distinct loss to the party in his section of the
country.
Mr. Wilbur F. Wakeman, secretary of the
American protective tariff league, is gathering
the names of the members fcf the senior class in
the various colleges for the purpose of sending
out literature in favor of a protective tariir.
When the people understand that the money used
to carry on a protective tariff propaganda is sup
plied by the people who secure an advantage from
high import duties, such literature will be value
less. The protective tariff league oht to"
a postscript to each document saying: U"
document was paid for by Mr. , who manes
enough money out of the tariff laws to enapie
him to contribute to the treasury of the protective
tariff league, which in turn is trying to secure
legislation that will turn the people's money bac
into the pockets of the contributor." .
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