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Subscribers requesting a change r address must glvo OLD as well as tho NEW address. ADVERTISING rates furnished upon application. Addrcw 11 communications to THE COA1MONER, Lincoln, Nab, ' It really 'looks as If the Russian ovacuation of Manchuria had begun. Nowsless news seems to have crowded tho wireless news out of sight over in tho orient. Mr. David B. Hill's political gold bricks have lost too much of their gilding to be attractive. Judge Parkor Is beginning to realizo the truth of the old adage that "a man is known by tho company he keeps." Mr. Crum remarks that he can stand it. just as long as the president holds open the door of opportunity with his foot. Anything advocated by August Belmont is pretty sure to be worth opposition from those "who bolievo in real democracy. Of course the republican leaders decline to Jot any 0110 inako an effort to ascertain where the g. 0, p. slush fund wont in 1890. A labor journal reports that "typewriters are forming a union." The typewriters have been forming unions for several years. Mr. Cleveland insists that democracy become Bane. Perhaps Mr, Cleveland uses tho word "sano" as a synonym fr "subservient." ., Of course tho Now York World believes that August Belmont has changed his political ways of making profit from government jobs. Mr. Carnegie might admit that ho got it by unjust laws onacted in his interests, and thus earn' a goodly slice of that "hero fund." Somehow or other the "eastern situation" rather forcibly reminds us of tho two boys one of whom was "afoerd" and the other "dassn't" Perhaps congress adjourned thus suddenly for fear it would havo to appoint a committee to in vestigate the g. 0. p. slush fund expenditures in 1890, There is a rumor afloat that tho republicans In congress hastened to adjourn In order to escape for a season the daily lambasting of Congressman Baker. There seems to be something doing at tho west end of the Eads bridge. But it is a "mum" affair compared to what is going to happen along in July, Mr. Knox politely informs congress and tho public that ho will prosecute the coal trust just as soon as he has to, and he rather- thinks ho don't have to. The Minneapolis Journal .says tho practice of having United States senators absolutely control ing republican national conventions is wromr in theory and dangerous in practice. This eive grounds for hoping that tho Journal will some day see something dangerous in having corpora tions controlling republican senators The Commoner, Franz Von Lenbach, the famous historical and portrait painter, is dead. Mr. Von Lenbach was president of the Munich Artists' association. ' A reader of Tho Commoner suggests that the New York platform is not a platform at all, but a trap door to let the candidate down into tho Wall street pit. The publisher who says that no first-class Action is being published these crays certainly failed to note the explanations made by Judge Parker's boomers. Perhaps it Is only a coincidence, but J. Pier pont Morgan happens to bo In Paris just when that $40,000,000 of canal money is to be paid over to the French stockholders. A scientist declares that the apple Is a sure cure for the tobacco and liquor habits. Perhaps Eve discovered this and therefore called upon Adam to take a bite. The fact that New York City is to have a new postoffice may mean that the New York City bank is preparing to engage in "another real estate deal with a secretary of the treasury. Congress adjourned early because it thought . it would help the g. o. p. to do so. In view of the character of the congress it must be admitted that it did the wise thing once just once. Rubber ribs have been found practical, but that is not strange. Thousands of rubbernecks havo been stretched out to see the g. 0. p. revise the tariff in the interests of the consumers. Before Speaker Cannon picks up the gavel as permanent chairman of the repuoilcan national convention he will doubtless show the scar of his vaccination against the vice-presidential nomination. Congress adjourned without deciding the Smoot case. This may be due- to the fact that tho administration loaders wanted to wait and see if they would need his vote after the next election. The list of appropriations indicate that rough riding is not in it with rough spending of the peo ple's money. The sum of $2,640,000,000 in less than three years is rather steep, even for Theo dore Roosevelt. The Lincoln (Neb.) Star says that it was timjB for congress'to adjourn when it had disposed of all necessary business. Perhaps tho Star meant to say that congress adjourned because it was in disposed to transact necessary business. A contemporary says that the indications are that the New York Sun is preparing to return to tho democratic party. Well, the democracy has survived some awfully hard afflictions, and it may be able to survive even the return of the official organ of Mr. Morgan. "Where is Old Whiskers Peffer?" queries the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Mr. Peffer is not dodging indictments, taking advantage of tech nicalities' nor pointing with pride to republican "redemption," as evidenced by recent political events, thank you. Happily for the democratic party," says tho Houston Post, "no one man has a monopoly of its conscience and honesty.' Quite true, yet the Post must admit that there are some men who are trying to stifle its conscience and destroy its honesty. Owing to the fact that a majority of its mem bers had to hustle out for re-election, congress adjourned before it could appropriate the rest of the money in tho treasury. However the president may attend to it, having assumed now era of legislation and appropriation The Atlanta News is coming to tho fiw a splendid shape. While some or Ite southern roi r assss eS SzrB John Temple Graves as editor iTohtef,!! VOLUME 4, NUMBER 17, , 1 - Chariest-Daniel as managing-edjtor, the News ia destined to- take a position of increasing import ance among the newspapers' of the South. ' President Roosevelt is quoted as expressing a desire for a "short platform."' But why have any w m a Platform at all? The republi no Neea to can party never pays the slight Adopt est attention to its platform a. Platform. after lt wIns an election, it is an expert at making promises that sound well, and 'deceive many people, but it never keeps a promise that political expediency bids it break. Its only excuse for adopting a platform is that it is customary to do so. But it will adopt one full of platitudes and fair prom ises, and harp on it for months merely to keep the people, if possible, from scanning its odorous records too closely. , Cannon on "Uncle Joe" Cannon will probably be called upon to make a few explanations to Senator Fair banks. "Uncle Joe" is just now busily engaged .in throttling a handsome little vice-presiden- M-m: " tial boonK for he is pretty well satisfied with his present job and wants to hold it. "I'll go out ana raise corn before I'll go over on the senate side and be a nonentity," said "Uncle Joe." Then he added: "Senator Fairbanks is just the man for the place." Doubtless "Uncle Joe" hit pretty close to the mark in naming his choice for the "nonentity," but Senator Fairbanks may be expected to demand full explanation. The "political pull" is responsible for many crimes, but none of greater magnitude than tho one comprehended in the acci- Tho Criminal dent to the battleship Iowa. Political Two of the Iowa's big guns blew "Pull." ou their muzzles, carrying death and destruction in their wake. The forgings of the guns were defective. These forgings were made by tho Midvale com pany and were twice rejected. 'But "political in fluence" was brought to bear, and on the third trial the defective forgings were accepted.v Then followed, the horrible accident. The men respon sible for this accident are not only criminals, but traitors to the republic The republicans seem to be about as much afraid of the silver question as the reorganlzers are. They are so much afraid Dodging of it, in, fact, that they would is Their nt oven discuss the question of Best Hold. securing silver for subsidiary coin. Some were in favor of buying silver for that purpose, hut the more out spoken of the gold mer were in favor of melting silver dollars. On the whole, they decided they had better not do anything at all,- so they dodged the matter entirely and put it off until the next session. As the next session comes after the elec tion they can proceed with their schemes with out fear of being called to immediate account. The congressional session just closed was re markable for two things for the important busi ness it did not transact, and tho A Riot enormous expenditures. The of total of appropriations made ExtroLvarftv nni and obligations incurred reach nce'the enormous total of $800,000, 000, and all this in one short session. Tho presi dential office alone during the Roosevelt occu pancy has cost the country more than any two full administrations in the country's history. Either taxation will have to he increased or tho government will have to borrow money within two years to carry forward undertakings already authorized by the present extravagant congress. Ex-Secretary Gage is quoted as saying that "it is no crime to be rich." Thoughtless people will applaud the assertion as Depends one wholly truthful. The fact on the of the matter, however, is that Means Used. ifc depends v on how tho riches were acquired. A few years ago Mr. Gage took part in a little transaction that netted the Rockefeller bank in New York a hand some sum of money. The transaction involved the sale of the old customs house to tho bank, and it was a deliberate swindle perpetrated upon the people. Will Mr. Gage, havo tho temerity to say that tho riches tlfus acquired by the men who engineered that deal aro honest? Is there nothing criminal about that sort of thing? , UCu i