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ADVERTISING rates furnished upon application. Address all commuulcallous to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. The Delaware legislature has once more turned down the "Gas." It Is time to organize. Victories are won by thorough organization. Mr. Garfield's report on the bee trust would Bccm to indicate that ho boards. Tho public continues to take more interest in Lawson's charges than they do in Lawson's record. Then, too, there are somo senatorial vindi cations that would look much better after being burned. Of course Mr. Rockefeller is willing even anx iousfor Mr. Garfield to investigate the Standard Oil trust. Tho Commoner's subscription offer on another page is liberal, and hundreds are taking advan: tngo of It. Will somo kind gentlemen please move to talco up a collection for the benefit of the poor beef trust? Mr. Rockefeller is - of the opinion that his Kansas prospectors struck a "gusher" of the wrong kind. Has tho president the courage to fight the corporate interests massed behind the railroads and tho trusts? Senators elected by legislative vote doubtless may securo an endorsement of the method from Judge Swayne. Tho public official who rides on passes and follccts mileage from the public treasury certainly lias a strained idea of honesty. Tho people should not expect any particular roforms from tho senate until after there has been a general reform of the senate. Tho chief trouble with the "liberal decrees" ? tho czar is that the grand dukes usually assume tho task of interpreting them. Mr. Garfield's report will bo taken by the eminent gold brick artists as full directions as to whore another sale may bo made. Thoro are two classes of citizens who can not iccept Mr. Garfield's report as final those who sell tho live stock and those who buy tho dressed product. Political reforms, like all other reforms becln it home. Each individual must perform his civic luties before he can become a reforming force in ais community. Mr. Rockefeller has not heretofore paid much Utention to legislative attempts against Standard Oil s welfare, but ho is billed to gain a now ev perienco with Kansas. cx The Commoner, Tho Nebraska legislature has indefinitely post poned a direct primary bill. The Nebraska legis laturo is overwhelmingly republican. A majority of tho American people are ready to believe hot Mr. Garfield can sit in his office and report on (ill the rest of tho trusts. Tho "constructive recess" seems to be an in finitesimal fraction of time used as an excuse for doing things that should not be done. No one doubts that the senate rate investigat ing committee will "sit" during the congressional recess. Palaco car seats are very comfortable. General Stoessel fs now having trouble with those whom he tried to serve. The successful Japanese officers will have their innings just as soon as the trouble is over. If the darkest hour is just before the dawn the numerous exposures of 'corruption would seem to justify the hope that tho public is about to begin the purification of politics. The only trust scotched by the late unlamented congress was the trust of those individuals who really thought congress would revise the tariff in the interests of the consumers. Adrain C. Anson is the democratic candidate for city clerk of Chicago. A lot of his western friends are hoping that "Cap'n" Anson will ham mer out a home run when the bases are full. In Tom Watson's Magazine Dr. Girdner presents a new view of the franchise question and W. J. Ghent shows that the interstate railroads kill near ly twice as many each year as were killed at Gettysburg. The refusal of congress to appropriate money to pay for the use of the old New York custom house will not worry the present owners. They will simply raise the interest rate on the money they paid for the building and kept in their own control. They had a "divorce and alimony" dinner at Chicago recently, attended by a number of per sons who have been prominent in the divorce courts. If the character of those present can be judged from the tone of their remarks about mar riage, the "absent half" of the company might, with propriety, hold a celebration on Thanksgiving Day. The re-election of Comptroller John B. Larkin by the democrats and independent republicans of Pittsburg is not only a tribute to an honest and incorruptible official but is a sign that even in Pennsylvania there is a civic conscience that can be successfully appealed to when things are at their worst. The Deseret Evening News says: "Nebraska should join Kansas in her fight against the Stand ard Oil trust if for no other reason than that a historic association may be preserved." The trou ble is that Kansas has no Standard Oil temple on her state university grounds, and the asso ciation can not be preserved unless Kansas se cures one. The North-American (Philadelphia) calls at tention to the action of the ministers of that citv in praying for the mayor. The very fact that religious exercises are being held for the purnoao Sf taSS?Sl heart,of thG city's cWe sssss !? tedl! oviImce of a spiritual awakenintr ami Philadelphia certainly needs it. Whether the DraV ers are answered by the interposition o 'the AU mighty, they may be answered in the arous inof MAI?0??? fc aTns the voters Mch will manifest itself at the polls when election day arr vS Tho prayers ought to react on the dMert Margin of cattle and the prices 0fbeel of Profit ar,o themselves no indic-iti pronto 0 the 1ST.?rsy VOLUME 5, NUMBER J get a satisfactory idea of what Mr. Garfield mi by that statement There is a general imnretwrt that the difference between what a man pavs f an article and what he sells it for has a verv S portant bearing upon the margin 0'f profit h makes. Perhaps Mr. Garfield figures as did th old German who engaged in business and fWpi on making 1 per cent that is, if he paid $1 an? sold it for $2 he made $1 or 1 per cent. Be S as it may, the idea that the difference between th price paid the cattle raiser and the price charted tho beef consumer has, no bearing on the margin of profit made by the packer will not find manv supporters outside of the office in which Mr Gar field does his figuring. Mr. Neidringhaus claims that Mr. Kerens has "killed his chances for becoming senator," and Mr Kerens admits it. Then Mr Groat Kerens claims that Mr. Neid' Service to ringhaus'has "killed his chances Missouri J;01", becoming senator," and Mr. Neidringhaus admits it. This is interesting because it proves untrue the assertion that neither of the gentlemen referred to have ever done anything beneficial to their state. When Mr. Kerens made it impossible for Mr. Neidring haus to become senator he conferred a great bene fit upon Missouri, and when Mr. Neidringhaus made it impossible for Mr. Kerens to become senator he, too, conferred a great benefit upon Missouri. The Commoner submits that the people of Missouri owe to Messrs. Neidringhaus and Kerens a debt of gratitude. Governor Vardamann of Mississippi does some thing more than talk about suppressing the lynch ing habit and the word "habit" Vardamann is used advisedly. When a mob OLid surrounded the jail at Jackson, the Mob determined to lynch a prisoner charged with a crime all too common in the south, Governor Vardamann made an appeal to its members to let the law take its course. When the mob, aroused to frenzy, refused to heed his appeals, Governor Vardamann called out the local militia and the mob was beaten back. Under the personal direction of the governor the militia performed its duty, not acting as did the militia at Statesboro and .several other places. Governor Vardamann has set his face against lynching, and his example is having a good effect throughout the country. i , i. , Louisville & Nashville railroad announces that with the beginning of the present year it inaugurated a 'new era in tho I he Po.33 matter of issuing passes, and an Indirect that from now on it will dis Briba continue the practice of issuing , , passes to public officials, city, county and state. General Counsel Stowe, who is cleaned with the new order, says he is desirous 01 breaking up the system of influencing public officials by means of passes. If Mr. Stowe is cor rectly quoted he has given proof or the contention that passes are given to public officials for the pur pose of influencing their actions. In this respect a pass is a bribe, and it is difficult to see how any public official can otherwise consider it. The pass evil has been responsible for a vast amount of cor ruption in public life, and if determined to abolish it, then that railroad will be doing the general . J i ? Fcat,favr that other railroads should be quick to imitate. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland never minces his words, and it is pretty generally believed that when he makes a charge he is m Prepared to substantiate it. Johnson's Mayor Johnson orally charged Way bribery by the Cleveland Electric riiio,! f Illuminating company, and when v mw wm fr, specifications, said: "I charge that conmin an?; B' Dewar members of tho city nanca n Fbruary 6 voted against the ordi- did ?n LTe the vIllaSQ of s'"th Brooklyn, VOtes MavnlTJ187 PaId t0 them f0r theIr flfSSi nfMn y Jhnson then went on to charge inflimnnr1? 1 mmh? al republicans, with being WUko ami & contrlbution from tue company, mn Jo d T?ewar arG democrats. As the mayor c?mm?rti t I ?romIs0d an investigating tl wl lY ai work- With m hnson in thatmaI florin?;61,6 Is every rea to bellevo 3 out nd no "wllH0 'k i T.T" kj 1 -v,j Tsxivia lAAaMuinii.n-ii mnmiM-ii1t-'i"'i