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THE COMMONER, LlacelR.Nak
Mr. Addicks doubtless feels he can stand it as
long as lie gets the money.
The, gentlemen who hope to profit by a ship
subsidy bill are entitled to rejoicings.
Tariff revision is in the hands of its friends
that is, in the hands oi the friends of the tariff.
Mr. Morgan has returned the stolen cope.
However, ho is keeping plenty for the future.
The lesson of 1904 seems to be a duplicate of
the lesson of 1894, with the natural increase due to
age.
The eminent politicians who spoke of "gen
eral apathy" seem to havo mistaken something
else for it.
, The Colorado supreme court, doubtless looks
upon. the election of Adams as a great disrespect
for the court.
What would President Roosevelt do if the
canal strip should secede and set up as a republic
on its own account?
"Tariff revision is in sight," says the Philadel
phia Ledger. "Will the Ledger please pass its tele
scopeor microscope?
By defeating Governor Garvin for re-election
the people of Rhode Island lost a great deal more
.than Governor Garvin.
Governor Peabody has the. poor satisfaction of
knowing that he issued his Thanksgiving proclam
ation before it happened.
; The. mere fact that J. Edward Addicks ,ever
had a fighting chance to secure a senatorial seat
ia a disgrace to Delaware.
AJarge number of cities aro willing to 'hold
expositions, providing Uncle Sam will guarantee
them against financial loss. ;
Every time a Filipino gazes upon the Liberty
Bell some one doubtless calls attention to the fact
that the ell is badly cracked. .
Do you want to buy your son a Christmas pres
ent? Send for a copy of "Under Other Flags' See
advertisement on another page.
Among those who rejoice over tho results of
the recent election, one Taylor from Kentucky
now of Indiana, is not tho least mirthful. '
"Wo are tired of defeat!" exclaimed Senator
Daniels at the St. Louis convention. Let us hope
that Senator Daniels is now completely rested.
,v JS;in0il saya that Massachusetts legislators
' ?r ? Bht lllie t8auBaees- Perhaps that is because
the Massachusetts voters too often vote like sau
sages. u
The Commoner.
'A thousand boys and girls can make Christ
mas monoy selling "Under Other Flags." Address
Tho Commoner, Lincoln, Neb.
English and Russian diplomats feel that they
can amicably settle that littlo fishing smack epi-.
sodo if Alfred ustin will postpone writing verses
about it.
Mr. Lawson calls his story "Frenzied Finance,'
but a careful reading of it tends to confirm tho
opinion that a better nam would bo "Rotten
Finance."
Mr. Rockefeller, Jr., still insists that money
will not buy happiness, but ;up to date he has not
denied that it buys legislation and has consider
able influence in court.
Those Minnesota .republican managers will
probably never again ui-dertake to def-at a demo
crat by charging that his mother took .n washing
to support her little ones.
A Maryland man laughed himself to death
over the result of the election. No prize is offered
to. the one who makes the first correct guess as to
th6 ticket that man voted.
-"Hopo only is left!" exclaims Marse Henry
Watterson in agonized accents. If Marse Henry
had a little more of tho old faith ho would not
feel so lonesome and blue.
After claiming to favor tariff revision a lot
of administration organs are now talking about
"mild revision, By that they doubtless mean
"perfectly harmless" revision;
Perhaps tho Missouri building on the" exposi
tion grounds concluded that it were better to
vanish in smoke than to live longer under the
changed conditions down there.
The author of the book entitled. "Tho Man
Roosevelt" has been appointed Indian commission
er at a salary of $4,500. Who is it dare deny, that
literature holds out great rewards.
The New Haven Union has an Interesting edi
torial upon "the blueness of the sky." it has no
reference to the election returns, but is merely
a scientific discussion of the subject.
Since returning to Washington and resuming
his official duties, Secretary Shaw's eyesight has
improved. He is now able to see the deficit of
$26,020,210 for the fiscal year to date.
"Much has been given to us, and much w.ill he
expected from us," said President Roosevelt in his
Thanksgiving proclamation. Doubtless Chairman
Cortelyou could prove it by submitting his books.
Mr. Lawson's revelations of bribery in the
Massachusetts legislature came a li le late for the
campaign. Had he written a month .earlier a dif
ferent tale might have been told in the Old 3av
state.
i": During the campaign the bureau of corpora
' "ons d industry denied that it had any deal
ings with the trusts. Isn't it about time that .he
bureau employes hustled out and made some show
of earning their salaries?
nnM m ?ith? r-ePublican papers are now advo
cating tariff reform. That is all right. We are
?h V f fc an tarIff reform from this adminis-
2&0Jut, T ?ave a chance t0 t another ad
ministratis in four rears,
Attorney General Moody says he wants to re
main in office for a while longer in order to do
something starUing in regard to the beef t?ust
There's nothing startling any more about getn
out injunctions that do not enjoin. g
Mr, Burnett Tiffany declares that no man can
la g,enteman wii $18,000 a year. We ta?w of
several who manage to be quite' gentlemanly with
that income. It depends altogether upon the man
Has Mr. Burnett Tiffany ever tried it?
Th? Na?hvilI American, which claims to be
pre-eminently conservative, declares that radLi
S? SS .0t WiD' aDd P0int8 to 1896 Proot wl I
fA?eICaV0W ldndly oInt to 1904 as proof
lare rceSasnfuI?8alle', -ns-vatIsm.:is.YeS
LTJMEriniB
Algernon Sartoris, grandson of rn ,
opposes the introduction of the tt8? Grat,
the PhiH1Pines, saying that th &JI ?m lnl
too easily corrupted. Algernon shonhi i?tIves aro
of those "lower natives- sen ovl . aV0 a lot
the jury system is so beautifully w, whcr
gether incorruptible, and let Ibenl u alto
Referring to the fact that crude on
four cents the day after election the M fJ
Journal asks: "Is it possible that th i?in"eapolla
crowd bet on Parke??" We have n ?dard 0il
knowing whether the Standard on crowdw8 r
Parker or not, but there is ample evident bet, u
that the Standard Oil crowd knew wha?l,t(sh(w'
sibiinies tho election of noofZtTLZ
The republican electors recently select t
Missouri are talking of going to Washing on In ?
b0dy. inmJdei; t0 slnalke their unexpected tw
umph. They had better make the mos of uS
victory, for it will be a long while beore iS s 0
goes repub ican again. They may ride to wSJ
ington in great style, but if they stay there iSX
, toJSZ&SSr they wiu in alf proba ss
envo,6 Milwaukee Wisconsin, a republican paper,
says of the Colorado election: "Outside of Pnin
rado there has been much interest in the Co
rado election and a widely expressed hope that
Peabody would win." "Widely expressed hope"!!
very good. It is a revelation concerning the asso
ciations of the Wisconsin's editors, and recalls tho
story of the fly that alighted on a big wheel just
before the wheel began turning.' When the vAeel
started the fly exclaimed: "Gracious, but I'm Ret
ting wonderfully strong!"
Another gratifying sign of the growing inde
pendence among voters is offered by the returns
Mr M,.r.ii n T, .tne Blgnth congressional
Mr. McCall Randistrict of Massachusetts. Con
On His gressman McCall, republican, has
Own PIatformrePresented the district several
-h, u, , terms, and has iaore than onco
shown his independence of caucus rule. Ho favors
Philippine independence and tariff reform, and
during the campaign contributed to the Atlantic
monthly an article which his republican colleagues
complained of- as being "a plea for the election of
Parker. But Congressman McCall made his cam
paign on the lines laid down by himself. He re
ceived 21,551 votes, as against 18,G2G for Roose
velt in the district.
An
Independent
View
The London Spectator, in speaking of our con
troversy on the subject of imperialism, says, "a
great and virile constituency nev
er really dread? expansion"
This is an imperialistic view and
is in line with the attempt that
is constantly hairier marifi to ren-
resent the doctrine of self-government as the "doc
trine of weaklings" and the harsh, cruel and un
just doctrine of colonialism as tho strong, manly
and progressive doctrine. It implies a lack of con
science, for certainly a good conscience ought to
be able to control a man however "great and
virile" he may be, and j good national conscience
ought to be able to restrain a nation from wrong
doing, however "great and virile" the nation may
be.
In his last installment of "Frenzied Finance"
Thomas W. Lawson makes serious charges' against
the legislature of Massachusetts,
Mr, L&wson and declares that Massachusetts
Is Not legislators are' "bought like sau-
Frlrfhtaned 8&SeB." He also gives some in-
8 l,nw side information concerning tho
Addicks-Morgan gas deals In Boston, and his reve
lationa of bribery are shocking. It is announced
thrb several of those implicated in Mr. Lawson 3
article are about to bring suit for libel, but tho
author declares he is not only willing, but oven
anxious to be sued. Tho Commoner ventures the
prediction that Mr.' Lawson will not bo sued by
any of those whom he has pilloried in his articles.
Having been on the inside Mr. Lawson is doubtiesa
familiar with the subject under discussion, ana
having considerable discretion which is always
the better part of valor the 1 'ust magnates win
content themselves with having their subsidized
organs denounce Mr. Lawson. as a reckless, unnrlJ
cipled, adventurer who is attempting to blackmau
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