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'WP ' -lfV fl"( TJ .- i- fc r i h, r :W ' . ! the Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. atred at the pottAe4i at Liacola, Kcbraaka. m itcoad KlaM Mil aattr. ."J'. fl.M yJlie Months 00c In Ctu t et 0 er more, per rw . 7JJC Three Mentha ag 2liltS Cepy 0 Smpl Cop leu Free, Perelxii Pestage sac Extra. ' SUBSCRIPTIONS can be sent direct to The Commoner. jOCheycanalsobsient through aewapapora which have ad ver tkd a clubbing rate, or through local agents, whore sack egenta have been appointed. All remittances should be Dent tijr postofflce money order, express order, or by bank draft on New York or Chicago. Do not send Individual checkn, stamps, or money. RENEWALS. The date on yonr wrapper shows wh'enyonr tubscriptlon will expire. Thus, Jan. 31, '0&, means that pay ment has been received to and Including tho last issue of Jan ary, 1&05. Two wcckBare required after money has been re ceived beforo the date on wrnppor can be changed. ' CHANdB OP ADDRESS. Subscribers requesting a change f addresa must give OLD as well as tho NEW address. ' ADYGRTISINO rates furnished upon application. Addresa all communications to THE COMMONER, Lineal, Nafc y However, thoro is a worse use for straws than tho merp taking of ballots. The Brooklyn Eagle should quit shedding its feathers so -near winter time. The republican campaign has already gotten far Into the false .statistical stage.- : Mr. Root continues to' decline tho nomination for., governor of Now York. Mr. Root is not look ing for a set-back. About the nearest Missouri' republican's" can come to electing a governor is to vote for Folk as they should do. . " ' 'It is barely possible that Governor Herrlck waxed wroth because Lincoln "Stefflns" question called up painful facts. If Candidate Davis continues to rap the pros perity argument the republicans may conclude that he is not so old after all. For a dead question tho money question seems to be giving tho eastern politicians and eastern papers a great deal of trouble. Horse fever" is causing considerable appre hension in Wisconsin,but not nearly so much as the. republican horse play in reference to curbing the corporations. Mrs. Henry B. S. Taylor, South Wilton, Conn., wishes to know the whereabouts of her brother James J. Thomas, who; when last heard of, was in Beatrice, Neb. - - . 0 Perhaps the g. o. p. managers thought the nom ination of Mr. Fairbanks would congeal the Ohio river and thus permit those Kentucky negroes .to okato across on election day. . 9- Mrs. Goelet ventures the opinion that tho newspapers are injuring Newport as a health re sort. These -testimonials of ' tho public benefits conferred by the press are always welcome. ' Tho czar's baby boy Is already a colonel. The indications are that ho will be old. enough to lead tho regiment beforo Russia succeeds in driving the Japs back and dictating peace In Toklo Immigration rates are now so low that the g. o. p, leaders will have to make extra talk about "protecting American labor" in-order to call at tention away from the invasion of cheap labor. : John k'narn "WilHamn f Vminn- mAi,. i .-, by tho republican press because he "talked sarkas tiklo" .while notifying Mr. Davis. Mr. "Williams however, has long- since ceased trying to please the republican press. , Commoner. Government control of corporations, or cor poration control of government which? . When will the republican leaders regard tho Filipinos "lit for complete self-government"? When thero is no moro money to be made out of them. Candidate Davis is , not saying much but he points to the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 as evi dence that he is not afraid to trust his accumula tions to laws made by the people arid 'for tho people. ... ' V ' A circus man declares that an elephant only sleeps Ave hours ajnight in its prime' and needs less and less as it grows older. This may explain why tho republican elephant opposes an eight hour day for laboring men. By sailing about in the Dolphin for a few weeks Secretary Morton is quite sure to learn that thero is a great demand, for. an increased navy among the gentlemen who manage to garner con tracts for building - battleships. Tho president says: "When the need arises there should bo fc. readjustment of tariff duties." Messrs.. Frick, Carnegie, Morgan and other trust leaders will doubtless consent to notify the presi dent of the arrival of the need. ' Tho Springfield (111.) Register says that "What Russia most needs now is a Schley-arid the Reg ister is.no, longer persona grata witlnthe gentle men who boss .our navy from their sumptuous' offices in the army and navy building. It really amounts to nothing now, but the fact still remains that the democratic leade'rs and organs that are sh&utlng so loudly for harmony now are tho leaders and organs that took par ticular pains to be inharmonious four and .eight years ago. The Globe-Democrat says that the Filipino commissioners haye completed their tour of the United States and "will be able to report to their neighbors that this is a country Avorth belonging to." That is about tho value that some of the republican leaders place upon liberty. To "be long to" somebody is enough to satisfy their am bition. - -s The Commoner does not urge Judge Parker's election on the ground that he is "the regular nominee." That argument lost. much of its force' eight years ago when so many distinguished demo crats bolted. The Commoner presents a stronger argument. It urges his election because his elec tion will insure some reform while Mr. Roosevelt's election promises no reform whatever. The Kansas City Journal recently published an editorial under the caption, "Why Crime Is Un punished." We started to read it in the hope that it would tell us why President Roosevelt failed to enforce the criminal clause or the. Sherman anti-trust law, but soon found out that the Journal has no intention of ceasing to be republican and becoming right. The Pittsburg Dispatch, with righteous sar casm, exclaims: "Let us hope no one will tell the Igorrotes how uncivilized our nation Is down about Statesboro." So say we all of us, but let us add that it Is to be hoped that no ono will toll those dishonest southern republics how dishonest certain leaders are in Pennsylvania, nqt&bly in Philadel ?5S ani Harrisbur& There is much in our public affairs that would be better kept quiet when talk ing to foreigners. n St enrage 'of Pennsylvania has earned the bi.tter hatred of every republican congres sional candidate and his backers. Tho ctmm has asked each one. of them this question wfn you, if elected, assist in passing lS?ln; JY"1 will .enable American citizens to biv AnSSCh products as cheaply at home iV w Amercau abroad?" Such a question i? calculated to'? ?ld nervous prostration when put tol?a r, ,UCe congressional candidate. reuWlcan 4 i ' A A i ' , -" : AiVOLUME 4, NUMBER 34 Elsewhere in this' issue will be fonmi teresting article under'tho captton, SS KlJSi TK of er-grow-old." The Cm? Tho ffioner recommends it to - Beautiful man and woman who Kingdom this paper, for it appeals to the best there is in evorv wT e heart Like most things that contain VoS calculated to uplift humanity it deals IhW8 simple little things of life, and its pathos Inf ih timent will appeal to nl Those who dw?n "?" manently, or even, temporarily, in th?s dXniT kingdom are always made better by -it and III able .to encounter with greater hnnn A arc the dally toils of this busf life! P" fr SUCCess The language usedby -Judge Parker in ha speech of acceptance, was fiardly. open to 'miscon! Jiidrfe P.rir ftruction, but some critics hav- Judgo Parker w queatlon ,hrs -meaning, he on takes the opportunity of setting Imperialism the matter at rest and promises , , . ' to. deal with the matter exniirit nn ?I,mtl netterr The udSe standi sXely on the plalform and his election will be a Sreat victory for constitutional government, it will re . lieye the country of the greatest menace of recent years and put us in a position to look the world square m the face again, Every man who be lieves in the Declaration of Independence should see in Judge Parker's success a chance to vindi cate the principles of; popular government. An Unselfish Strike ,,Te'p?clcins house strike was ca"ed by tho skilled and organized workmen" jn , the great pack- is nuusea 10 protect and benefit the unskilled and unorganized workmen. This fact should be borne in mind by those" who in- Rfflf fliof loVinn ,, ..11... and self-seeking. Th$ skilled workmen were ? 1 isra,r wages and- working full hours. The unskilled workmen were drawing starvation wages and working short hours1. It is claimed by the strike leaders that the unskilled workmen averaged less than $7 a week. It was to compel better treatment of the unskilled that 'the skilled declared the strike. The history of labor unionism con tains few brighter pages than the one which re cords the efforts of the Butcher Workmen's union to benefit the unskilled helpers.' Honesty and Intelligence The Chicago Chronicle, which, once upon a time claimed to be democratic, , but became republican in lact as well as in name when it. discovered it could not. deceive thinking men, says that "tho democratic party has no longer a. claim to the favor of honest and intelligent men." ut course, in the opinion of the Chronicle, "govern ment by the consent of the governed" makes no appeal to honesty and intelligence. Of course, in the opinion of tho Chronicle, "equal and exact justice between all men" makes no appeal to ? ?S yand Intelligence. Of course, in the opinion .or the Chronicle, the principles laid down by Jeffer son and incorporated into the creed of democracy, mfe no appeal to honesty and intelligence. But all this is interesting only because it reveals tho wonderfully wierd ideas the Chronicle has con cerning "honesty and intelligence." Fanners who are compelled to sell their prod ucts in the open markets-and buy -their supplies T. x In a, restricted market should i He Gre&.f carefully study .the boastful Gold Brick statements of the republican or Game gan-which says: "In the three .. months of May, June and July of the present year this country exported $120,789, 769 worth of manufactured goods." This is at the rate of $40,000,000 -a month, or over $480,000,000 a year. Yet these same manufacturers raise the cry of "infant industry" and" insist that they have a high rate of "protection" against the European competition whjch they so much dread here at home and so blithely meet abroad. As long as they can charge tho Ipcal ppnsumer two prices and meet the; foreigner in competition in foreign lands, the Jnan,ufacturers naturally contribute liberally to .the, party that makes shib-bglQth of protection in order to secure funds' to' Keep itself entrenched In, power. The wonder is- that the average Amer ican ..citizen has not long '.since awakened to a full realization of tho gold iSrfclc game so often worked on him. ,"-;", , ' , -irr-' J o.r7