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THE COMMONER, Lmceta.Neb.
That Formosan earthquake wasn't even a re
spectable encore.
Tho true democrat is not discouraged,
the contrary he is already at work.
On
Havirg failed to find use for their roosters the
democratic editors of Jie country need not run
short of Thanksgiving provender.
Tho tariff certainly is in the hands of its
friends. But what about the people who have to
pay the tax instead of spending it?
In a short time General Bell of Colorado will
have ample leisure in which to boast of how he
waged war on women and children.
No one, however, expects Mr. Cortelyou to
publish a list of his campaign contributors to
gether with the amounts contributed.
.That slight rustling sound from the extreme
east may be President lioosevelt preparing some
thing equally good for Senator Spooner.
If the turkey trust will have the effect of
putting a quietus on the turkey hash Thanksgiv
ing joke a great many of us will not complain.
One of the greatest compliments paid to Judge
Parker c:me from "Prophet" Dowie's Zion City.
Judge Parker did not receive 'a vote in that place.
Davla B. Hill is ajout tho most successful
political prophet, in tho country. Long before
election day he said ho would retire on January
1, I905. J
The bandits who held up and robbed th'e min
iature railroad at the S't. Louis exposition must
have felt like they were taking candy from little
children.
Tho czar intimates that he has not yet begun
to fight. Some 25,000 or 30,000 of the private sol
diers at the front, however, have quit fighting, and
quit forever.
"There Is but one Grover Cleveland!" shouts
the Brooklyn Eagle. Tho Eagle is entitled to
thanks for digging up something for the demo
crats to ue thankful for.
Having admitted that the Philippines havo
cosf us over $180,000,000, perhaps Secretary Taft
will pause long enough to tell us what the returns
on the investment have been . .
The St. Louis exposition has discharged its
dpbt to Undo "Sam. This means that Secretary
Shaw will havo to hunt up something: -else to ex
plain the deficits as they appear.
' The mere inentica of Senator Spooner for at
torney general is evidence that the trusts knew
what they were about when they secured the re
tention of tho present administration.
Tho Brooklyn Eagle It another of those demo
cratic organs that won by losing. That brand of
democratic organ, does not appeal,- however,' to
the rank' and file of the 'democracy.
Within thirty-six hours after the election of
Roosevelt the Standard Oil company increased the
price of crude oil 4 cents & gallon. The trusts aro
quick to recognize a great opportunity. .
Only $474,000 of the $500,000 appropriation for
trust busting" purposes remains in tho. treasury.
And it is likely to remain there until it can bo
used without seriously injuring tho trusts.
Tho Nashville American's attempts at explana
tion are almost as sound and logical an its re
publican editors editorials in support of the Nash
ville American's peculiar brand of democracy.
Young Mr. Rockefeller continues to warn his
Sunday school class of tho folly of seeking riches.
This may be an intimation that the senior Rocke
feller has no intention of letting go of a bit of it.
Mr. Schwab says that confidence has been re
stored by the results of the election. To; be sure.
The ship building trust, the steel trust, the "oil
trust, and eVery other trust feels much better over
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The Philadelphia Ledger is. complaining about
the enormous election frauds practiced- in that
city, but the men who practice them are both
complaint proof and masters of the legal depart
ments. -
v. rumored ttat Mr. Shaw will retire from
the cabinet in order to incubate his presidential
aspirations. We greatly fear that' Leslie M. Shaw
d3 d l0Utb WaStb al0t f valuabIe time on a china
A lot of administration organs, referring to
tho elect on of W. L. .Douglas in Massachusetts,
a V, lt pays t0 adverse." Of course it does!
And it also pays to stand for principles and hon
estly advocate them.
Pension Commissioner Ware has resigned and
will return to Kansas to practice law and wrico
poetry. Mr. Ware is much better at writing poetry
than in managing the pension department. This is
Intended as a compliment to "Ironquill."
The returns from 'Pennsylvania do not Indi
cate that democrats are growing less in numbers
They merely indicate that tho republican machine
never stops counting fraudulent ballots in Phila
delphia until it is time to return the poll books.
The .,uffalo Evening News says: "The gen
tlemen who figured out that Mr. Roosevelt is not
a vote g- ter would better buy republican load
pencils." That's the only kind tLtTan be Sought
ganized apnIte trust or-
The vice president-elect, Mr. Fairbanks, made
a neat speech when the Liberty Bell was parted
on its way back to Philadelphia from St Louis.
In fact it was a beautiful speech. "It stands for
liberty as the cross stands for Christianity," said
Mr. Fairbanks. "A million mes would shoulder
muskets and fight if necessary, to preserve this
relic." Beautiful thoughts and sentiments! But
they-are not intended for Filipino ears.
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The politicians will do -well to study carPluiiv
the vote in' Massachusetts.. Some , explanation
ww mtiu cue popularity of Mr.
Douglas must be offered for
that gentleman's substantial vic
tory, and it may be found in the
low c M;iii;r": -V " H-caie- union
1 ,., "wu5 m Massachusetts, and
in additio-i to being a largo, employer of union
labor, Mr. Douglas had the advantage of runn nS
against a competitor who had earned the enmit?
of the unions. Governor Bates vetoed a bin seek
ing to prevent the employment of children n
large factories at night, although tho laborfS
classes of the state deluged him with neMuZ I ,g
ioiff? m bil1- B iSWS
to veto it at tho request of the influential "hilt
ness interests; that think more 01 pSA
human life and comfort. As a resnlf 3, J 0t
to this, Mr Douglas mad a splendid camnaiS
in favor of Canadian reciprocity, which is of
Tho Labor
Vote
Solidifying
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moment" to the majority ot Mainiiiiii.ii .
But it was tho labor vote thatwtH "
to v cfory ana i the soIidiUcaUo" '
Effi lesson that,tha BoUtw-
Secretary, Morton, at a banquet a few m u
since, remarked, that this nation now ml K8
white house a pre jiden tih
Another see to st that this nXtt!
Endless Chainlargest navy in the world n !
Scheme- w long will it remain tlm
largest navy after it it m
such? omo other nation, viewing our
.strength with alarm, win build one a litu iJT1
Another nation will build one still la vL
then we will, have, to add a lot more to m! ' m
Thus the "enaiess chain" will be cont nied XoTh
eternity, unless tho common sense of th S.U
comes to their rescue. Secretary Mo, 2
mont recalls the story of tho western Tavmjlt
wanted more lahd so he could raise more corn to
sel for i oney with which to buy mere hnd
raise more corn to sell itfr money with which 0
buy more land to raise more corn to sell for mow
with which to buy more land to raise more cor 1
etc., etc., and so on, until the Almighty interferrei
and put a. stop to his greed. The story an
a ? it; "bis stick" advocnoniy
' Something
Good For
Spooner
The more fact that Senator Spooner should bo
mentioned in connection with the attorney general-
o " me new Koosevelt cabi
net is sufficient to expose the
pretended anti-trust sentiments
of President Roosevelt. S'ena-
TOT S'nnntiAx ... i...
prominence in lare mere ST corZaZX
fnTf ' "S hiS, bUSlnesa lnterest" W certain?;
influence him in the discharge of the duties or
attorney general. The voters of Wisconsin havo
expressed their disapproval of Senator Spooner
and his defeat for re-election was practicaU?
sured when he showed ais inability to defeat Gov-
and chief backers are interested in providing him
with something ."equally good," but to even men
tion.him in connection with tho offlce whose in
cumbent is charged with tho duty of enforcing tho
antt-trust laws is an affront to the people.
One greatjroublo with the eastern press is its
provincialism. The great editors of the great east
ern papers too often exhibit
Some gross Ignorance of all the coun-
EducatlonoJ try lying west of the Allegheny
Figures mountains. Even Harper's
. . , . Weekly, which has for years
boasted itself a "journal of civilization," has not
yet grasped the bigness and broadness of this re
public. In its issue of November IS it under
takes to draw some conclusions from the popular
vote, and In a comparison between Missouri and
Massachusetts says "Missouri's educational quali
SH0,? are not so distinguished as Massachu-
setts ." Perhaps not, when it comes to posing and
self-gratulatlon, but the figures and facts show
otherwise. Out of a total population of 856,684
of voting age, Missouri has G0,327 illiterates, or
14 in each thousand of voting age. Massachusetts
with a population of 843,465 of voting age, uas
53,694 illiterates, or 12 in each thousand of voting
age. Taking into consideration that Massachusetts
has only 10,0u0 negroes, while Missouri has 46,
000 of votjng age, and the further fact that Massa
chusetts bad colleges, universities and a public
school system beforo Missouri was even dreamed
of as a member of the sisterhood of states, tho
average man will experience difficulty in believing
that Massachusetts' "educational qualifications"
aro entitled to especial distinction over those of
Missouri. Perhaps Harper's Weekly would Hko
to make comparisons between eastern states and
western sta New York and Massachusetts with
Nebraska and Iowa, for instance. Or between
Connecticut and Vermont and Wyoming and Colo
rado. Missouri is doubtless willing to be compared
with Massachusetts, and Nebraska is willing to
stan'd up alongside any or all of her sisters and sub
mit to tho educational test. By the way, does
Harper's Weekly know that the. public library of
Kansas City circulates more books annually thaa
the city library of Boston? In all kindness The
Commoner suggests to" Harper's Weekly that
stand upon its tiptoes and pqep westward over tiio
top of the Appalachian range. Artist Bem,gt"J
pictures aro very pretty, but they are not typical
of the west toaay :
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