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But Mr. Fairbanks is not so sure of the other
office.
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. It will ho cheerfully admitted that Bishop
Potter isf d good press agent. , l
It is baroly possible that the Russians are
trying to run tho Japanese to death.
Tho czar is able just now to give evidence that
thore is no dark cloud without a silver lining.
Mr. Cortelyou is figuring like a man who has
studied at tho feet of that grand old "figgerer,"
General Grosvenor.
Bishop Potter seems bent on fighting the devil
with lire, regardless of the fact that fire is the
devil's favorite weapon.
The coal trust is also making faces at the
"shackling of cunning" proposition. The coal trust
Is not so easily frightened.
The Joplin (Mo.) Globe is eight years old, and
there is none better for its years. The Globe is
democratic and knows why. .
Uncle Joe Cannon has been making speeches
in Vermont. Is it possible that the g. o. p. is
afraid of losing Vermont, too?
From "shackling cunning" to "compromising
with cunning' is a long and vociferous cry that
BcomB to havo been accomplished
Tho gentleman who first ' referred to "the un
speakable Turk" evidently never heard the afore
said Turk making a lot of promises.
Ex-Attorney General Knox evidentlv knew
what ho was talking about when he said the ad
ministration would not run amuck.
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Referring to President Roosevelt the, Milwau-.
keo Sentinel says; "His record speaks." More
than, that; it is absolutely boisterous.
When the judiciary is responsible to the peo
ple" instead of to tho corporations, tha judiciary
will be more careful of public interests.
There is a grave suspicion afloat that Mr. Car
roll D. Wright obtained his figures from men who
had a personal interest in- giving out figures of
that kind.
The republican national committee will not
j&nd out Mr. Rodsevelt's "Life of Benton" and
"Ranch Life and the Hunting TrailM as campaign
literature.
It is all right for Carroll D. Wright to worlc
for tho republican party, but it is all wrong for
Mr. Wright to draw pay from the publio treasury
for doing it,
Radium has dropped in price nearry a million
.dollars a pound since May 1. f Statistician Wright
;aliould take notice and iso the fact to prove that
(living expenses havo not increased in nroDortlon
jjfith tho increase in wages. . '
The Commoner.
The Igorrotes presumably t6ok dinner at a
restaurant ' while visiting in Washington. The
press dispatches contained no reference to a white
house luncheon.
Tho treasury conditions are becoming so had
that Secretary Shaw may yet have to call upon
Carrol D. Wright to figure out an "average" that
will look good.
The Sioux City Journal says: "Mr. Parker
will find the water pretty chilly before the cam
paign is over." But Mr. Roosevelt will be in hot
water all the time.
General Bell disapproves Governor Peabody's
withdrawal of the troops. We live in daily expecta
tion of seeing General Bell deport the governor as
a "military necessity."
General Kuropatkin will have to hustle along
without the help of the czar for a week or two.
Nicholas has some important matters at home
to look after just now.
Every careful housewife in America has
hanging upon the grocery bill hook incontestable
evidence that Carroll D. Wright's figures are
worthless because of their falsity.
In the meanwhile Senator Fairbanks shows no
signs of letting go of a sure thing in order-to
chase a phantom. The senator is no phantom
chaser. He will "freeze to" his toga.
Diplomatic relations with Turkey may be sev
ered, but the availability of such things for cam
paign purposes has been discounted by reason of
too much strenuosity along other lines.
It is only natural that the men who control
governmental affairs by reason of their railroad
connections should strenuously object to having
the government control railroad affairs.
It is reported that something just as good
as beefsteak can be made from cottonseed. But'
in view of some beefsteaks we have met this
statement As nothing of a compliment to the cot
tonseed " , ,
The Colorado excursion train horror would
have been prevented had a "pilot engine" been
run ahead of the heavily loaded train. It is high
time that the safety of the pubjic receive more
consideration.
By constantly decreasing the size of the din
ner pail the trust magnates who invariably sup
port the g. o. p. hope to make campaign profit by
reason of being enabled to point to the continued
fullness thereof. , .-
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- JThe mine owners suspended operations for a
week because they had too much. coal on band,
and the day operations were suspended coal ad-
vanced 25 cents a ton. The coal mine owners are
riding to a fall.
The president turned over to Mr. Morgan's
firm the business of arranging the details of the
Panama canal transfer. The 'commission was
1 per cent, or ?400,000. Mr. Morgan is not op-
posing the president.
Secretary Morton has buckled down to work
and is now cruising around in the Dolphin and
earning his salary by sweating away in the cool
breezes of the sea. The secretary of the navy is
a vastly overworked man.
Judges who would not accept a suit of clothes
from a tailor having a case before, the court have
no hesitancy in accepting a more valuable annual
pass from railway corporations having cases in
court.
Speaking of a recent phenomena at sea a ship
captain said: "Tho sailors fell on the deck and
prayed." This is somewhat 'different than tho
case of the trust phenomena. In the latter case
tho trusts fell upon our ne"cks and preyed.
The republican organs pretend that they are
having great fun with.TJncle Henry on account of
his age. Perhaps they are, but Uncle Henry is
old enough to know better than to do a great many
things that have been done under sanction of the
present administration. , ,
YOLtJME 4, NUMBER 3L
The republicans are consistent in one thin,
at least. Thoy say that tho tariff must h?
formed by its friends; that the trusts muM T
regulated by the friends of the trusts, and that th
corruption in the departments must be discovers
and punished by the friends of the official to S
.prosecuted. m
Judge McKoon, the aged New York lawyer
whose mysterious disappearance a few weeks aco
has caused his friends no little anxiety, has writ
ten a letter to his son saying that he is in El'
Paso, Texas. Tho letter was poorly composed and
rambling, showing that the man s imna must ho
affected.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Cleveland will ho
kept off the stump in tho doubtful states. His
friends are sure to vote for Parker and Davis. The
telegram Settled thatfbut a few speeches from Mr.
Cleveland might alienate some of the rank and
file who, to get rid of militarism, imperialism and
the race issue, expect to vote the ticket in spite
of the telegram.
There were a number of notable things con
nected with the recent-athletic contests In which
Harvard and Yale universities
and Oxford and Cambridge uni
versities participated, the con
tests being held on English soil.
Yale and Harvard won six out
The Americans showed superior
skill, the Englishmen superior endurance. Amer
icans won the hurdle, lOthyarcw ana quarter
mile races, the high jump, broau jump and ham
mer throwing contest. -The Englishmen showed
superiority in the long distance races. This was
the third contest of the kind, and the honors are
with the Americans by a total score of 17 to 10
points.
Skill
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of nine events.
A Worthy
Shepherd
Of Souls.
The disaster to the steamship General Slocum
is still fresh in the minds of the public. In that
disaster more than a thousand
people perished, most of then;
belonging to one church in New
York city. The pastor of the
church was among the drowned.
Among many other evidences of sympathy shown
by the world at large is the act of Rev. E. P. Pfat
teicher of Norristown, Pa. Rev. Mr. Pfatleicher
was granted a vacation of one month by his con
gregation. Instead of seeking some cool retreat
in the mountains, or inhaling the fresh salt
breezes of the ocean, he went to New York and
is spending his vacation in ministering to tho
spiritual wants of the stricken parish. The Phila
delphia Press well says ihat "tho man who elects
to spend the weeks, given to him for rest in the
hot and toilsome labor of visiting among the peo
ple in a crowded New York district is worthy to
be a shepherd of souls."
Among the many -communications received
since the St. Louis 'convention, all of which have
' . been encouraging, none has been
Support more appreciated than the fol
Theu is lowing signed by one hundred
Appreciated aild twenty-five citizens of York
, and York county, Nebraska:
"York, Neb.- Honored Sir: We, the undersigned
residents of York and York county offer to you
our warmest congratulations upon the noble fight
made by you at the St. Louis convention in sup
port of the principles of true democracy. Wo
recognize in you, as we always have done, an ideal
leader of the great masses of the common people
of our beloved country, In the future, as in the
immediate past, upon you above all other men
the honest democracy of the country must de
pend to continue the fight for popular government
and the perpetuation of., democratic institutions.
We take this occasion to pledge to you anew our
undivided sympathy and unflinching support for
the future battles which the exigencies of the
times must soon force upon you and upon tno
country. In these coming battles you must taue
the lead, and when the fight is thickest and hot
test, remember that away back in the column
you have a few humble but valiant supporters in
York county. Wishing you godspeed and a long
and useful life, we -.have the honor to subserve
ourselves." While one ought to perform his duty
as he sees it regardless of censure or praise, suu
it is gratifying and helpful to know that so many
are actuated by the same purpose and
for tho same end. While the editor of The com
moner is not vain enough to regard the Jnnuiy
words as entirely deserving, still as Franklin saio.i
"It is necessary that one tin public life snail do
sometimes overpraised inf order to compensate i
.the. "undeserved criticism which he receives.
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