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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nb.
. ,71l0.t!Bta feel amVy abJo to make tho rest
of that $500,000 fund look like 30 cents.
Mr. Hanna says ho does not know where tho
phrase "stand pat" came from. Perhaps he was
too excited to notice who said It -
John Mitchell has refused an Increase of sal
ary, which shows very clearly that Mr. Mitchell
is not cut out for a "trustse of providence."
ii JhG VTfBidenVa injunction to Mr. Hanna to
fish or cut bait" is not of especial interest. If
Mr. Hanna becomes hungry ho will fry the fish.
Foraker 8ay8 tho fight in Ohio is to the finish
W!lLcV8 t no-78 to those who are acquainted
.with tho situation. They can see Foraker's finish.
v, Tho trouble with most of Mr. Depew's good
stories io, that tho newspapers generally wear
JeaTth hG flDd8 an OTrtn'Sy to w.
n,iTh .Kans?sMclty Journal says the Dawes com
mission is a fa lure. This will be stoutly denied
ri tSSiSS ers wh0 havo een enJoyIns th
While preparing for a full investigation of
tho charges against him, doubtless Senator Bur
ncanfy rDOya haV Carcful!y elected thS tech-
The action, of that St. Louis grand iurv i
tnnMehft0f ma,k0 Mr W,11Iara AllonTOte Jump
with 'iSLStS asa,n 8hrlek' "What'8 thG ex
znoAo$ ua thinXirftsS
reacedtrSo erelt SSLST for
Governor Cummins says ho ami pn 4
Roosevelt agree on tho tariff question ??fWe.?f
tho governor notice tho water bucket nn ?i
other shoulder of tho president? n tho
"Bpreld S'lLuSSl tho
disposition to correct the evils that nr. hWs no
bio for tho growth of sociaHsm reSp0USI"
OTlM me?hinmn0y "
valuable. Ho'left 1 is memoindenh?1UC? moro
upon tho hearts of MtUo "hlfdron. ly Stamped
23hrgZ& SL25? Mr-Ro
it necessary onco more To 1 sen thn L?ay , render
and brother to hi scu LTcSj '? ntnen(1
tho prosident should be arnlv , haPl)ens
denly wig-wag General Ru Abler.'0 SUd"
The Commoner
In view of various disclosures in the post
ofilce and land departments the wonder is that
Attorney General Knox still has ?475,000 of that
$500,000 fund on hand.
Discriminating readers will note that the re
publican organs are exceedingly sorry that the
reorganizes are not allowed to take full control
of the democratic party without a struggle.
Of course the proposition that those Pana
mans show their patriotism by turning the canal
bonus over to Colombia will result in their "ris
ing as one man" and reaching for the money.
Recent events in Nebraska and Kansas sen
atorial circles indicate that in future the republi
can "redeemers" should furnish suitable techni
calities with every redemption.
The New York World seems unable to dif
ferentiate between "sanity" and -expediency."
According to the World anything that promises a
victory is "sane," whether honest or dishonest.
A number of eminent gentlemen who devote
their time to speculating in government finances
are very much outraged because a Cleveland bank
cashier speculated with bank funds and lost
?170,000.
The spectacle of Mr. Hanna showing fright
at the growth of socialism reminds one of the
small boy who was frightened at the sight of the
burning barn he fired while playing with matches
in the haymow.
If the bill to give every citizen eight acres
of land becomes a law there will-doubtless be a
Prey fight for possession of the eight acres im
mediately surrounding the corner of Wall and
Broad streets.
The republican organs are boastfully pointing
to the Price of wheat. But they refrain from
pointing to the fact that the high price did not
come until the wheat was out of the hands of the
producers.
. In tho new rep xblic of Panama a jury will
consist of three men. This is not by way ot iurv
reform, but because of necessity. While three
men are acting as jurors, another man will of
ficiate as judge and the remaining portion of the
male populace will officiate as bailiff.
The Commoner this week gives space to an-
nr?nnOnrreftl0n of,the ChicaS Chronicle's many
erroneous statements, not with the expectation of
inducing the Chronicle to tell the truth but
SiSJ r th? P?1?0.88 of forclnS tfle Chronicle in
to another entertaining fit of prejudiced prevarica-
. Government statistics show that our com
merce with the Philippines last year gave us a
Z3 tQUa t0b0Ut X per cent the cfst of COn-
nnFfrT1 thMives of 5'000 American soldie?s
out of the accounting. This is the sort of mil
Vmerce!"1111 '" StandS fr in the na
, T Washington Post says it cannot imagine
the democratic party repeating its mistake of ?S72
tho nr tS Ptottel candidate one o?
the most influential members of the remihMnn
party." However the Post is intSffng1
will continue to insist that the democrat ic nartv
nom nate a man who has been giving acUve aid
Iwelt yreCr HCan U "S
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3.
against the trusts, independent business men
undertake to enter into com petition. with the ft?
magnates are not able -eadily .to obtain the verV
ordinary privilege of hr.ving their meats 12
Bpected under federal authority? a
The Washington Star goes "to considerable
trouble to assure its readers that Mr. Cleveland
Will Tnlr W0UH accep,fc the nomination for
Will lake -president at the hands of the
It If Ho party he deserted during two
Can Get It. Presidential contests, and whose
. . . , Pinciplas he repudiated dur
ing his second administration. The Star saw
that the New York World has given its promise
that Mr. Cleveland would accept, and that it
could not conceive of the refusal of such a nom -.nation
by Mr. Cleveland. 1'he Star adds- "Nor
can anybody else of sound mind and disposing
memory." if there are any people in the demo?
cratic party who are anxious to nominate Grover
Cleveland for the presidency, "they need not bo
restrained by the fear that he will decline. Eveiy
one who is at all acquainted with the situation
and the man knows that Mr. Cleveland would take
the nomination if he could get it.
Not
Ashamed
Of It.
The New York Commercial says: "Saith Boss
W. J. Bryan: 'The Kansas City platform was
mjuua m every pianft, and the
first act of the next democratic
convention should be to reaf
firm it in its entirety, and its
TJPvf oof oliniil.1 !. XI . 1.1.
nf no iov 1 T" ouumu e tue addition
One oT tt J,n narmny with it' Certainly,
one of the planks of the Kansas City platform
for example, was a declaration of sympathy with
wiwf5 n thdr Strug wit G?eat BritaTn."
Well the democratic party need noc b2 asnamed
that it expressed Sympathy with the Bcersm
their struggle with Great Britain; and it will re-
?o rfseTn8 trhrble """fP on tne'part of any one
tha? thi? 1 e 1delocnitlc convention and propose
that that plank be repudiated, even though there
be no occasion for its express reiteration.
savsAhPi? 2ryan' ihQ New Xork World
says. As he lacks the modesty to subside, and
Principles 11 Tm? be,nt "Pon mischief,
x-xmcipies the democratic party will have
May not to put him down with a firm
Budge. nand if it wishes to retain the
New York WorlcT '" W6re aea by the
Cents on our 'money-changed' IfLJl
the Dollar, whom Mr. r? ,
for a dollar as he tZa to do 'J? T 5.Cents
cept the statempiif.. i i If We a"e to ac-
World's news cSumLi th3 New York
building trus? affa"? theJe T?' in the 8hi'
would be very glad nrlw?an3r peoP'p wIl
dollar they LrLT1 S? centB .'or every
"money-changers." uu lo lue care of those
Under date of Kansas City Mo jnnnr,' o-, Hanna's newhraSfCioP?ual,d Bys: "Senator
tho Associated press, carried a dfs'iaftS"?? ?' uVf F.l a the a.J and he
Ordinary SSLgS JigJ? && f
Privllege Kansas City, Kas wnf l
Denied. forced to raopXItloSs
unless they are ihio ns
government inspection of thei? men? H ?ecure
nounced that these independent n fc is an
been notified that thev win 2 crncerns have
sell their product unless theiJ mSF7itts t0
stamp of government approva tS . GarS tho
some of these slaughter Wi,,?e 0wners of
cation for governmfS t inspectU?n Z S,ade app11-
to be some delay in indnoTn 2: bn thfre seems
agriculture to act Theft tnt deP?r nt of
able to undersell the big SactaS??8 ,haVe been
own killing since the rewnt S? y .d01ng their
of packing house prodS i uanc? In tne Wee
with all of MrLt
Why Not !?" ' 'ie course of un ar
rive ESg J'!'?-" A
Accs7 aerstana j& 7B TanZ
Phrase was used toSjaSSSf11" . " th,s
position as the nlii J ., .with suel1 a Pr
have saU? XAXt sho""1
Tllfi Motrr V1. en. .. .. .
wait to be licked : down S-T M' Bryan "mfy
wonT lrl aemoerate who.
m -" wiive tue trouoje io
aisserab.e their love." This
statement by the Sun may not
be important, btit it is mtercst-
acter of nrm,,a s l ,Way of showing. the char
right of 2SVV icllJth03fl ho flcny the
tolly Ldu8 t0 thIn!c themselWhab.
Very
Strong
Argument.
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