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A reader of The Commoner submits the fol
lowing inquiry: "Pilings from my gold brick "are
brass, what do you advise me to do?" Answer:'
Don't mention it, but don't buy any more.
Maine and Vermont need no longer claim to
bo tho republican pace-mafcers. They were over
taken and passed before the end of the second
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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neh.
The Pennsylvania man who has just patented
an endgate did not get it on the market in timo
to keep a whole lot of supposedly democratic
states from spilling out.
Lot us havo peace!
Tho "slloi., vote" was unusually vociferous
this year.
The phrase "saf- and sane" has now passed
into "innocurous desuetude." They were inventad
by a New Jerseyite, but no one will be indicted
for infranging on the patent.
Naturally enough the state profiting most
from an iniquitous tariff and practicing political
corruption to the greatest extent, gave the larg
est majority for the republican national ticket.
Now that the election is a thing of the past
we trust that the New ork World and the Brook
lyn Eagle will amicably settle which is Judge
Parker's personal organ without occupying so much
valuable newspaper space.
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The first thing for tho democratic party to do
is to "got democratic."
The reign of tho "political boss" is rapidly
drawing to a close.
It is quite possible that the gentlemen who
so insistently demanded that democracy become
safe and sane" will now admit that safety and
sanity must be backed up by honesty and fairness
before they will become effective.
The reorganizers had their way, and "there Is
no doubt about the result.
The tar..i. will e revised by its friends. at
the expense of tho general public.
Secretary Tafr end his party will sail from
lampa for ianama in a government vessel pre
pared especially for them, and carry the republic's
message of good will and amity to the Panamans.
The big stick will be stowed in the hold in case'
of contingencies.
The trusts naturally look upon the election as
& license to continue their depredations
Douglas of Massachusetts won because he
stood for something. The same is true of Folk.
The shipping on Salt River is a little crowded
these days, but tho weather is good and the pilots
all amiable.
Candidate Cornwall cf West Virginia made a
splendid race against heavy odds and but for the
Influence of th- national election upon the state
would have won an easy victory. He could nol
stand up against the landslide but he will be
heard from again.
The next national holiday is Thanksgiving.
Tho man who has nothing to be thankful for is
in a bad way. -
President Roosevelt has finally decided to visit
the St. Louis exposition, doubtless for the pur
pose of seeing Missouri In the g. o. p. column.
J. lie spectacle is certainly strange enough to at
tract attention, but so evanescent that it must bo
seen at once or not at all.
The administration may not have made prom
ises to the trusts, but it is evident that the trusts
were quite sanguine.
Peabodyism received its deathblow in Colo
rado, despite the efforts of the trusts and union
crushers to prevent it.
Missouri is still democratic. A man Is not a
loafer because ho takes one day off in the course
of thirty or forty-years.
Tho stentorian voio of General Grosvenor
exclaiming "I told you so," is one of the really
painful .things of these calamitous times.
William, emperor, and Theodore, "big , stick
er," have exchanged telegrams. Subjects under
the American ilag may exchanga glances.
Perhaps it was only a coincidence, but the
day after Mr. Morgan's preferred candidate was
'elected steel took an upward shoot in the market.
Democracy has faced defeat more than once
and came up stronger than ever. There is encour
agement for democrats in the returns, strange as
it may seem to those who do not" look below the
surface. This is the time to begin the work of
preparation for the battle of 1908.
George W. Berge, the fusion candidate for
governor in Nebraska, made an excellent campaign
and demonstrated the. wisdom of his nomination
Under normal conditions he would have defeated
the republican candidate by many thousands but
he, too, was overwhelmed by the republican wave.
Governor Folk was victorious for the simple
reason that a Folk victory meant something; not
only to Missouri but to the country at large.
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The constitution has been stored In Co j
rado, why deny it tonger to the Filipinos?
JVIIssouri will not realize how much she lost
by going republican until some man like Richard
Kerens displaces Senator Francis-Marion Cockrell.
It appears that the republican machine in
Philadelphia did not stop counting the votes until
all the rest of the country had been heard from.
Russia refuses to heed tho Japanese intima
tion that intervention would be agreed to, and
Japan is loudly insisting that she never said it
The esteemed Washington Post, after jauntily
liovering a few rods in the air during tho cam
jpaien, has once more gracefully alighted on the
administration side of tho fence.
The defeat of John vV. Kern, democratic can
didate for governor in Indiana, would not have
occurred excer for the high tide that ran against
the national ticket. Mr. Kern made a gallant hght
and the fact that the plurality against him was
14,000 less than the plurality against the na
tional ticket is an indication of his hold unon
the party in his state. He will be a tower of
strength to the party in its future fights.
The passage-at-arms between Judge Parker
and Presidert Roosevelt a few days before the elec
tion is still the subject of com-
A Little ment.' Judge Parker charged in
Flurry That effect that the trusts were being
Subsided Jel,d "P" for contributions by
t , Chairman Cortelyou, who was
using the knowledge gained while secretary of
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. commerce ,and labor, and that this wan w
with the knowledge and consent of "5flb?ng1d
President Roosevelt's Tejoinder Was emnhnH ,dlnt
it will be noticed that he did not dSy ?hat '
trusts were heavy contributors. He onh 1 ho
that any inducements had been h2d on ? t
trusts to secure campaign contrihnfinno , tho
sisted that he had made no SSSS, !?"
one will undertake to deny that tte truS'No
tributed heavily to the republican campaln C
and those who have any knowledge of triXFiSX?'
ods will hardly admit that the trusts ?"
liberally unless they felt assured tha C SS
get something m return. The controversy ceS
Sd mre excItement than !t waily vS!
There may be something significant in the fact
that a rumor is afloat to the effect that Japan has
T. unofficially made representations
The Hammer towards Russia looking to peace
And ' Rumor has it that Japan mado
- The Anvil the offer unofficially, so as to be
, , able to officially deny it in ca
Russia refused. Russia has refused, and there is
greater probability than ever that the war will
continue until one or the other of the participants
is subdued. Up to date Japan seems to have had
all the best of the fighting, but Russia's refusal
to consider a peace proposition is ominous. The
czars realm is vast, its resources wonderful and
his subjects of military age are numbered by mil
lions. It begins to look like the case of thG ham
mer and the anvil, the hammer,.. represented by
Japan, smiting the anvil, represented by Russia
until by the very force of its' own blows the ham
mer may.be broken.
The morning after election it was announced
that J. Edward Addicks had finally secured control
of the Delaware legislature, and
"Gas" Addicks that his senatorial ambitions
AgeJn were about to be realized. AN
Defeated though Addicks is a republican
and contributed largely to tho
republican victory, the news was a shock to all
honest republicans and tempered the feelings of
triumph over their victory. But now comes tho
good news that Addicks' rejoicing.: were premature,
and that his "union republican" members of the
Delaware legislature are not more numerous than
they were two years ago. It now appears that
Addicks is again defeated in his. efforts to break
or buy his way into the senate, and the wholo
country will breathe easier in consequence.
An interesting case under the anti-conspiracy
laws of Wisconsin has just been decided. Four
Milwaukee newspapers, the Jour
. Interesting nal, the Wisconsin, the News
Conspiracy aud the Sentinel, were involved.
Ca.se 'rne Journal increased its ad
vertising rates and tho other
papers entered into- an agreement that no adver
tiser in the Journal would be allowed to use tneir
sp&ce except at the Journal's advanced rate, while
those who did not use the Journal were allowed to
use their space at the old rates. The Journal at
tacked this agreement in the courts and the anti
conspiracy law was fully ventilated. The law was
upheld and the Journal was successful in its contention.
Several metropolitan, journals of alleged inde
pendent leanings profess to see in the victory of
W. L. Douglas, governor-elect of
The Dougl&s Massachusetts, nothing more
Victory than the results of advertising.
F.xrirrl It is true that Mr. Douglas
li.xpie.lned Js & advertiser) and
doubtless true that he profited politically by his
efforts to secure publicity for his wares. But there
is another and a better explanation for his great
victory. Mr. Douglas stood for something more
than a mere desire to secure political advantage.
He is a man of convictions and has no hesitancy
in announcing his position on any question. He :S
a successful business man who is interested in
politics because he is interested in secuwng needed
reforms. And, further, he is recognized by tno
laboring men of the country as a friend who jS
willing to treat them fairly and givo them fair
pay for fair work without forever trying to maKO
huge profits at their expense. Mr. Douglas vic
tory is a victory for honesty in politics.
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