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THO COMAIONER, Llncola, NK
Tho Russo-Japaneso war may now slide up to
tho, spot light once more.
It is to bo hoped that tho fishing will con
tinue good at Buzzard's Bay.
Of course Mr. Oxnard of California feels amply
able to sugar his Way into tho senate.
Justico Steele of Colorado talks like a judge
"who really believes that the bench should deal
out justico.
Tho Chicago convention merely emphasized
tho fact that the trusts havo the republican party
thoroughly Raisulized.
Mr. Fairbanks says his chief joy is in looking
over his farm. The chief joy of his party is in
overlooking the farmers.
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The delegates to the republican national con
vention manifested all tho enthusiasm of a man
approaching tho gallows.
Just as soon as Kansas can swim out she will
again take up her complaint against Colorado tor
stealing her water supply.
Mr. Dooley's comments upon the Carnegie
hero fund are calculated to make wearers of tho
Carnegie medals turn them around.
Why talk about limiting southern represen
tation? Up north the trusts are represented out
of all proportion to their numbers.
Tho republican platform's silence on the ques
tion of polygamy was merely the payment of tho
last installment of tho Smoot bargain.
Tho republican managers always make just
enough of a play to secure tho negro vote with
out giving tho negro anything in return.
Miscreants having slashed Santos-Dumont's
gas bags it is incumbent upon tho g. 0. p. man
agers to guard thoir spoil-binders with groat care.
When Agulnaldo and Funston meet at the
exposition wo trust that Agulnaldo will not ask the
natatorial hero if .ho secured admission on a
forged pass.
Having undertaken to Handle a boycott against
the Denvor News and Times, tho 'citizens' alli
ance" is wondering where it can find a good salvo
for its blisters. J
The twelfth national irrigation congress meets
stt. El Paso, Tex., November 15 to 18. Tho execu
tive committee, of which Mr. A. W. Gifford is sec
rotary, hopes to make this the most successful of
the congresses yet hold. Any person interested in'
tho matter can secure information by further cor
respondence with him,
The Commoner.
Now that Prophet Dowie has declared for
Roosevelt tho. voodoo and conjure vote seems
solid for the Oyster Bay man.
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Apostle Smoot and Prophet Dowio have de
clared for Roosevelt. Now let the country breath
lessly await the declaration of Bill tho Bunk and
others of lirtb ilk.
Apostle Smoot wired his congratulations to
Roosevelt. This would indicate that a certain
political bargain has been sealed. Roosevelt will
get the Mormon vote and Smoot will continue to
Wear his toga.
Just read the republican platform's fulmina
tions about injustice to the black man in tho south,
and then recall that there was not a negro dele
gate in the convention from a state north of the
old Mason and Dixon line.
The attention of a large number of northern
administration organs is called to the fact that
it has been quite a while since anything happened
in tho democratic south quite like recent happen
ings in republican. Colorado.
Secretary Shaw says that wages have kept
pace with prices. The -man who has to work to
keep the dinner pail full can prove by his own
experience that Secretary Shaw is talking for
votes, not telling the truth.
Governor La Follette's friends say that he is
not wealthy enough to be a United States sena
tor. Doubtless what they mean to say is that
Governor La Follette is not wealthy enough to
secure a senatorship in the modern way.
The Denver -"union wreckers" have shown by
their actions how much' they fear a free and un
trammeled newspaper. They have also disclosed
the reason why corporate interests havo been
quietly obtaining control of the metropolitan press.
Men who toil ten hours a day in the hot sun
are asked to have some sympathy for the over
worked government clerks who are compelled to
toil seven hours a day in the breezes of an elec-.
trie fan and refused more than sixty days' vaca
tion on full pay each year.
If we had not forgotten the name of the
bandit chief who hold Miss Stono for ransom we
could suggest a good -man for chairman 'of the
republican national committee. He exhibited won
derful ability as a fryer of fat But there's
Raisuli.
The Chicago convention met merely to re
pudiate a great deal that it formerly advocated,
advocate a great deal that it formerly denounced,
and indorse a platform and ticket previously made
out by x the official representatives of the trusts
and corporations.
President Roosevelt informs us that Mr. Knox
never took a vacation while attorney general. If
he had some underling might have taken the presi
dent seriously and undertaken a real fight upon
some of the trusts. Mr. Knox knew why he
didn't take a' vacation.
An administration organ declares that Presi-'
dent Roosevelt will handle tho trusts without
gloves. This is calculated to hurt the feelings
of "nry closest friend" Littauer. Mr. Littauer,
it will be remembered, has something to do with
the manufacture of gloves.
Look For
The
Motive!
Tho San Francisco Argonaut merely reflects
what numerous other newspapers have charged
wiieu it says, speaking of the
dynamite horror at Indepen
dence station, near Victor, Colo
"One thing is certain, however
uiuugn miners- unions of Colo
rado do not, we firmly believe, sympathize with
the murderers, the murders were beyond shadow
of doubt union sympathizers." Tho Arcronai r
dogmatically reiterates what corporation controlled
newspapers are charging, but thoughtful peonlo
will reflect a long while before accepting the
statement as true. In such cases tho motivf
should- be sought. Who would profit by sTh a
dastardly crime? Certainly not the labor unlrL
because it would natural enlist sympathy upon
tho sido of the non-unionists. Why ahoiiM im1?
sympathizers kill non-union WffiSf fn'Stf
erenco to members of the "citizens? a?Lnce" or"
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2,
militiamen? Public sympathy is a noworr,,
weapon, and oven the most ignorant union 5 !
would hesitate to give such a weapon in?nn
hands of his enemy. Who gained hv tw the
Obviously the parties to whom pubHc sLf
-turned. Who was that? The answoJ tffl
tion may be a clue to tho solution of the cE
Certainly no one who knows that certain in e
ests do not hesitate to sacrifice human life in !'
Jer to. save a few dollars will hesitate to boHew
that those same interests would sacrifice Tul
lives in order to secure tho greatest Von ,
known in labor troubles -the syathy TfTho
Mr. Walters, editor and owner of the London
Times, has refused a peerage, giving as his rea-
Prizes f ? that h0 prefers t0 retaln his
frizes ndependence. This independence
His is traditional in the Walters
Independence. family, his father and grand
father, wlo were in their time
editors and owners of the Times, having refused
the peerage. Mr. Walters says: "No outside in
fluence of any kind or of any origin will be al
lowed to affect the character of the great institu
tion my great-grandfather founded 120 years aso"
Mr. Walters' declaration is commended to a largo
number or American gentlemen who own great
daily newspapers.
Champ Clark's convention speech was bristlinc
with sharp points, and none were sharper than
ri,ftniB , . those ho thrust into the preten
Chmp Clark tions of the republican piitfoVm
Punctures He defied republicans to define
A Pretense. wliat their platform calls "the
president's Philippine policy,"
and showed that neither tho president nor his
party had ever dared to make a definite statement
of what its "Philippine policy" really is. On the
other hand, Mr. Clark pointed out that the democ
racy had defined its policy, and that policy is, in
brief, that "American liberty, American law and
the American constitution should follow the flag
wherever it goes."
"Tobo.cco
Hea.rt
Common".
It is estimated that 20 per cent of the young
men recently applying for admission to the naval
auuuoxuy at Annapolis failed in
tho physical examination be
cause of what physicians call
"tobacco heart." This disease
, . , s Drought about by excessive in
dulgence in smoking and is of very gradual,
though not less dangerous, growth. Its symptoms
are not apparent to the victim, and it is only
when he applies for life insurance or admission
to the naval or military school that he becomes
aware of his disease. "Tobacco heart" means a
weakened organ. A well known Englishman who
recently visited in America declares he has never
seen smoking carried to such excess as in America.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago is deserving of
tne thanks of all good people for his earnest and
Wa.. o successful fight against the pool
ttk rooms in Chicago. Betting on
The the races became vastly more
Pool R.ooms. of a mania than policy playing,
and its evils permeated all
branches of society. Mayor Harrison began by
annulling the licenses of saloons that permitted
pool selling. Then he secured the co-operation
of the Western Union Telegraph company and tho
Chicago Telephone company. These corporations,
after much solicitation, agreed not to carry in
formation beneficial to the pool sellers. As a re
sult of the mayor's crusade pool selling has fallen
off wonderfully, and with the further co-operation
of the people it is believed that it will soon bo
completely abolished.
The Convention's Dramatic Close
(Continued from Page 3.)
real issue of which the democrats would march
proudly to victory was Imperialism.
While Mr. Carmack was speaking, Mr. Bryan
was making his way to the platform. When Car
mack ceased Mr. Bryan brushed past him and
attempted to speak. Carmack interrupted him
rudely and said: "Mr. Bryan is going to read you
a telegram purporting to have been received by
me from Judge Parker. I never received a tele
gram from Judge Parker In my life." At this tho
Parker people applauded enthusiastically.
Mr. Bryan began with great earnestness:
"I want you gentlemen to know that if there
is discord at this convention it is not my fault.
We have not forced any issue, but this issue xia
been forced upon us."
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