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VOLUME 5, NUMBER 30
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PULITZER'S FIGHT
Joseph Pulitzer's shadow may bo
lengthening in tho westering sun, his
oyea may no longer servo him in tho
details of his strategy, but in the light
ho has been making on William J.
Bryan during tho last year or more
there is no moro suggestion of im
pairment of his journalistic general
ship. In fact there- is in it the old
flash of flro that characterized his
early career. Mr. Pulitzer has been
fulminating against Mr. Bryan with
uncommon persistency for nearly two
years. He has watched the Nebraskan
with a sort of owl's vision. At his
every appearance he has pressed the
button and there have been simultan
eous detonations in the east and cen
tral west It cannot bo denied that
. the reports have been somewhat deaf
ening. Mr. Pulitzer's batteries were put in
condition last spring, just prior to .the
democratic national convention. He
foresaw that Mr. Bryan would have
. to be reckoned with In the conven
tion. He returned from abroad in or
der to be nearer tho scene of action
and to he able to communicate more
readily with the firing line. He dis
covered Judge Parker, a man who
wad the personification of his own
opposition to the Nebraskan. It was
Mr. Pulitzer's Influence, more than
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any other's, that brought about Judge
Parker's nomination. It was a tri
umph for Bryan's antithesis. The erst
while demigod of his party bowed to
his party's choice. He assented to
hi own repudiation for tho sake of
his party. He didn't sulk or skulk,
but he told the convention ho would
give up his principles if his party de
manded. And he did.
Apparently Mr. Pulitzer is not satis
fied. He now attacks the Nebraskan
upon his Iroquois dinner utterances
in espousing municipal ownership and
national control of railroads and of
other interstate utilities. It is quite
evident that Mr. Pulitzer believes
Bryan has struck a popular chord, one
that is liable to again reach the ears
of the multitudes to whom he has
been eclipsed. It can be reasonably
inferred that the Ner York' pub
lisher hears afar off the thunder of a
campaign which may find Bryan again
in the saddle. The resumption or the
attack at this time would indicate
it. But it hardly requires a Journalis
tic seer to divine popv.lar magic in
the program Mr. Bryan is now enun
ciating. Mr. Pulitzer may crucify Bryan up
on a cross of silver, but he can not
run him down beneath, the wheels of
an unregulated common carrier. St.
Louis Chronicle.
majesty" would like to confer the ap
pointment the 'kaiser replied, curtly:
Oh, confer it on Satan himself if
you like!"
"Very well," replied the old minis
ter, with a twinkle in his eye, and
then continued in his most suave aim
courtly manner. "And shall I allow
the patent signed by your majesty in
that case to go out in the usual fornL
'To my trusted and well beloved
cousin and counselor?'" Tid Bits
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A CALL BACK TO BOYHOOD
Maybe you think now you will not
go to the circus, but the chances are
you will.
There's no getting around the fact
that it will be hot and stuffy in the
"big top." It is true that a strip of
carpet doesn't make a very effective
cushion for hard board. Two hours is
a long time to sit, even in a "reserved
seat," with an alleged back, and rub
elbows with other sweltering mortals.
And the performance is likely to be
very similar to the one you saw last
year." It's all right for mother and
the children to go if they enjoy that
sort of things. They can go with the
neighbors and you devoutly hope
they'll have a good time. '
That's about the way you feel this
morning isn't it, staid man of busi
ness? But you haven't yet got a whiff
of the circus day atmosphere.
Wait till you get down town and
see what an early start our friends
from the country have made on what
is to oe a solid day of emoyment.
Wait till you bump into the man with
the red and blue balloons, the man
with the lemo and the man with the
wienies. Wait till the sound of the
bands draw's you to the window and
holds you there while the glittering
gorgeousness of the parade goes by.
That's the time that many sensible
resolutions on the circus proposition
go to pave the hot place. The whole
business is a call back to boyhood. It
is a call that always thrills. Wow!
Just listen to the calliope.
One can almost see you hastening
home to lunch and telling the folks
that the crowd is going to be so big
that you guess you'll have to go
along and look after the children your
self. And it will not hurt you either.
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