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TriE COMMONER, Lin cola, Neb.
"Shirt sleeve diplomacy" seems to have
Bcored another triumph.
The Commoner."
Immediately after Mr. Ingalls charged that
the Equitable gave rebates of large policies to
well Known men, Mr. Morton was appointed gen
eral manager. This is an exhibition of consist
ency entirely unlooked for.
Somehow or other we can not help looking
for tho African in the fuel heap when we read
about a man paying $5,000,000 for a block of stock
worth at par only $50,000 and capable of earning
only 7 per cent on the par value.
Henry James is saying some very severe
things about America and the Americans. This
is very unkind in view of all the efforts Ameri
cans have made to refrain from saying severe
things about Henry and his novels.
The young man who recently held up a North-'
ern Paqific train explains that he did it "just
for the fun of the thing." As he - is now safely
behind the bars there is nothing to interfere with
his' having a long series of -hearty laughs, if he
still feels like it.
Governor Vardeman has declined to accept
a state university library from Mr. Carnegie.
Governor Vardeman seems to be one of those old
fashioned gentlemen who cling to the idea that
the state's schools should remain . in control of
the state and not pass under the insidious control'
of eminent financiers.
At all events it is much better to be a peace
maker than a would-be pacemaker.
'..It seems that Mayor Weaver also met and
sunk quite a few gas-equipped privateers.
, After having been introduced properly King
Oscar may be able to recognize a Norwegian, republic.
The American advocates of a big navy are
pointing to Japan's recent victory as a vindica
tion. Russia's defeat is due more to her internal
troubles than to Japan's preparedness. Russia,
under constitutional government, would present a
very different fighting force from that furnished
by a hated despotism.
Mr. Shaw may yet have to insist upon a pro
hibitive tariff on sandbars if Mr. Taft keeps on
cutting up that way.
Several eminent gentlemen who missed out
on the presidency of tho Equitable might apply
for the Norwegian throne. .
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The dispatches report that the premier of
Greece has been assassinated by a notorious
gambler. The premier angered the gambler by
enforcing the law and unless the people of Greece
differ greatly from other people the death of the
officer is likely tc do more than the officer him
self could have done to drive gambling out of the '
country.
Equitable after the fashion he set of mutualizing
street railway properties.
The new Equitable arrangement looks very
much like another case of hiding the public's medi
cine in some beautifully colored jelly.
Japan's demand for a huge indemnity is cal
culated to make the sultan take a second look
at his statement of account from Russia.
Owing to certain constitutional restrictions
Secretary Wilson is not allowing his work to be
hampered by the buzzing of presidential bees.
An outbreak of yellow feveiMn the canal zone
is not at all strange. There has been a great
dea of "yellow" work in the whole el this canal
business. v,au,u
Having heard much of Russia's boasted "un
limited resources," -Japan shows evidences of be
ing willing to try to put a crimp in them with
ft war indemnity.
Secretary Wilson is complaining of a "leak"
In tho agricultural department's statistical bureau
Ho would confer a favor by transferring the leak!
age to some of the industrial stocks.
San Francisco is endeavoring to legislate
steam whistles out of existence. Too much should
not be attempted at once. Bettor begin with those
that persist in blowing about 5 am
When Senator Beveridge wrote hln hnov
"The Russian Advance," ho did not antiriE?
that he might be called upon to ttow n t
chronio of a crab with every copy soidT
Senator Elkins says ho is goins to talr iv
months to study tho railway rate question It
hard y possible that tho rate and rebatf fixers will
require so much time to get their reports reS!
After conferring with Mr. Schwab about tim
price of new battleships Russia conclucfed to lis
ten to peace proposals. This is calculated
make Mr. Schwab think less of onSnnV J?
men who "butt in." orainent Gmtlo-
Several esteemed republican contemporaries
that point to Mr. Cleveland's appointment on the
Equitable board as calculated to restore confi
dence, are the same esteemed contemporaries
that have long pointed to Mr. Cleveland's acts as
the causes leading to the loss of confidence sev- '
eral years ago. This, however, is only another
sample of the extreme sinuosity of g. o. p. logic.
The Washington Post suggests that Senators
Foraker and Dick might debate for the purpose
of determining which can offer the better dia
gram and explanation of the Ohio republican
platform plank on railway rate legislation. The
chief difficulty about such a debate would be that
Messrs. Foraker and Dick might not bo able to
refrain from laughing while addressing the yoters.
Year after year, about this time, the news
papers are filled with demands for "safe and
sane" celebrations of tho
pJt.rfT 1 1 Fourt? of July' and the SUP'
n uf;J,y P881011 thb deadly dyna
Deatn List mite cracker and blank cart
, . .. , uge. But each succeeding
celebration brings an increased death list. Tho
American carelessness of life and limb is anmii
ing. The list of dead and injured Sllowinfoir
Fourth of July celebrations equals that of many
battles set forth in history as "bloody engage-
?X fn dy the public Slves "tile op no heed
to the death harvest. Enough laws ha S
enacted for the suppression of deadly explosives
to fill a huge volume, but the laxity of enforce,
ment renders them useless. Young Americaand
older America, too, who should kW better
go right ahead killing and wounding themselves
It is one of the strange symptoms of a qS
Germany is still experiencing tho rrm,hi
a civilized nation that mUes waf onYseniMvl'
lized people in a country who
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South Africa fulLT Unt 0t clImatio "
Africa moons .The war in Southwest
for a rer of yotLTiXt
entailed in tho attempt to KoT ttVana
the end is not yet in sicht Tii iiV ,
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 23
A short time ago the entire German garrison nf
Wambad was destroyed by the natives. During
the Boer war tho German press was filled with
criticism of the British plans and it was claimed
that German commanders could have brought tho
war to a close In less than half the time. Yet
Germany Has been five times longer at war with
a half-savage and numerically weak tribe in South
Africa and the end is not yet in sight.
With the addition of Mr, Bigelow to tho na
tional banking, colony at" the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth the col-
-.The ony now uumbgrs six, all of
.' .Colony , ; whom .have been assigned to
, Groyvo clerkships. It Is said that Big-
j elow will be assigned to a
clerkship in the hospital which is hardly to be
construed as "h,ard labor" according to the ac
cepted, definition of that term, although it may
be hard for Bigelow. The, Milwaukee bank wreck
er was given the maximum penalty of ten years
on the one count in the indictment of ten upon
which he was tried. He was sentenced by Judge
Quarles, a life-long friend.
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A few days ' ago a memorial tablet to the
victims of the Slocum disaster was unveiled in the
little chapel of St. Mark's, New
Echo of York City. The Slocum disas-
the Slocum ter was responsible for tho
Disaster death of upwards of one thou
sand people, a majority of them
being children. The awful accident was the re
sut of .gross carelessness and utter disregard of
law,, calculated to safeguard life, and although two
years have passed no one hasbeen punished for
the crime. The failure to punish those respon
sible for this accident adds one more to the long
list of acts of criminal neglect on the part of
American municipalities.
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