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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nob.
Naturally enough the republican cure offered
for tho deficit is more taxation and not less
expense.
Togo's salary is $3,000 and Rojestvenshy's
is $50,000. But just think how easily Togo
earned his.
Department of agriculture experts seem to
have mistaken the soil culture microbe for a
graft microbe.
The number of senators who are losing inter
est, in the subject of an extra session of congress
is still growing.
Doubtless Havana citizens appreciated the
luimqr.-of it when they ordered a quarantine
against New Orleans. .
, vi It seems that the Delmar race' track officials
could npt run fast enough to get away from a
determined governor. .
Lieutenant Peary says he expects to find the
north pole next February. But "who wants the
north pole in February?
Now that Equitable salaries have been
pruned the policyholders are waiting for some
similar action as to premiums.
. Senator Mitchell may extract some comfort
from the fact that it is an awfully long while be
tween sending senators to jail.
r,, Pe' government de2cit for July was $13,
C80,000 quite large enough for Secretary Shaw
to see without the aid of spectacles.
When we have. settled a few weighty prob
lems in this country it will be time to throw
frenzied hysterics over -the Chinese boycott.
Japan says she would not accept the Philip
pines:' as" a. gift. We wouldn't either if they had
not been "thrown into our laps by providence."
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- Itr must seem to Mr. Morton that he has
jnoro dirt to dig-in cleaning out the Equitable
than the government has in digging tho"Panama
canal.
. By this time Secretary B,onaparte has been
.given to understand that all references to white
wash are unpopular at both ends of Pennsyl
vania avenue. J
The Kentucky Gazette, published at Lexing
ton, Ky and edited by E. S. Kinkead, reproduces
the primary pledge form and urges its-readers to
participate in tho work.
If Mr. Taft expects to take charge of the
Panama canal when he returns we can not
ttame Mm for trying to make the most of the
good time he is now enjoying.
Mr. Watterson says that "it is with systems
and not with individuals that we Sat Sea?5
Well, why not deal radically with tS "yitem"
by sending a few of its promoters to jail? ": .
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The Commoner.
It is stated that Mr. Rockefeller has. become
morbidly sensitive to criticism. And the people
have become morbidly sensitive tp being gouged,
and that makes us even on the sensitive business.
Secretary Bonaparte says there will be no
whitewash in his department. Is it possible
(hat he can not secure the handling of the brush
because it is in constant use a little further, up
the line. '
The agricultural department seems to fur
nish more than its share of the, leaks. There is
the cotton leak, the nitro-culture leak, the label
printing leak, and the "official paper" leak are
there any more?
The protracted silence of Mr. James Garfield
sliould not be taken as a sign that he has dis
covered something wrong with the Standard Oil
company. It may be that Mr. Garfield is busy
pondering on the fable of the unlucky' parrot.
"Will there be a Russian constitution?"
queries the Outlook. The Russian constitution
gives evidence of possessing remarkable vitality,
having survived a lot of everything that is bad
in government.
The czar intimates that he will sacrifice
every subject he has before he will submit to a
disgraceful peace. By sacrificing a few grand
dukes be will be able to conclude other satisfac
tory things than a graceful peace.
Perhaps you have made note of the fact
that every man connected with all the insurance
graft you have been reading about lately were
men who stood in the front ranks of those who
talked about "rep'udiationists" and "dishonest
money" a few years ago.
The Commoner had an editorial- recently
suggesting that every dollar contribution would
help a college. The first response comes- from
England to " Illinois college. The donor is op
posed to corporate domination of colleges and
contributes his mite. Thanks.
The people believe that "Tama Jim" Wilson
is as honest "as they are made, but occasionally
an honest man buys a gold brick. Secretary Wil
son has been mistaken in his friends, but he has
not made the mistake of trying to cover up his
mistakes with a coat of whitewash.
The czar declares that he will not consent to
a disgraceful peace. This would be given more
consideration were it not for the fact that the
czar has been permitting the continuance in his
realms of conditions much more disgraceful than
any peace terms that could be enforced against
him.
Those indicted beef trust ina&Hg! can not
understand why the grand jury incited tbm in
stead of returning true bills against, a rw s;&go
factories and an abaittor or two. The mag
nates should fiend an exploring cxyaciitfon sOanir
the Morton route and ascertain how it waa
done.
wnnnnnS loSps ? somebody is stealing
30,000,000 gallons daily of Washington's water
supply, and the Kansas City Journal points to
this as an evidence that there is something doing
!Lyas?i,?gton' even when congress is not in ses
sion. But no one ever entertained the Idea that
congress could possibly have anything to do with
the-stealing of water. "
The Rockville (Indiana) Tfibme, edited by
Isaac R. Strouse, says: The Tribune would uree
upon democrats the necessity of organizing for
the campaign of 1908. We can win if we 6 our
duty by the people, which is merely doing the
duty we owe to ourselves. Mr. Bryan fc con
s antly kept the primary pledge in view since that
Plan of organization was adopted. Do not ho?d
back by thinking you are "all right" and don'?
need to be enrolled in the army of democrats
that it k? hoped will turn out on all occasions
It is your right to have as much voice iHhe 1
rection of the party as any other man If you
fail to exercise this right and candidates are nomi
nated and platforms framed that are repulsive to
the great body of democrats, you have contributed
to that event. Wo have at this office several
hundrdd blank pledges which when signed will be
sent to The Commoner office, where they w be
SS? one c,aB''lfied-. Every democrat Should
OLUME 5, NUMBER
. The Cedar Rapids, la., Gazette nw
once in a while the government mako .
of itself, and -ii,u f,ectac'-ft
An Evir crusade aga nst hi u hat th
That Should Be post cardT01 f n '!fr
Abolished casions. WhileSj
erusade, the Gazeoef "S J&
government's failure to organize a cruS ,the
newspapers that day after day pullis 3m "? ,nst
advertisements, pictures and readinu 15J,1
of. which goes into the family and iHlS ,
evey member thereof. Doubtless L S by
of the illustrated post card have wi&TfX
limits of propriety, but has anybody ve seen !
of these cards that is as indecent as admrt
merits that are to be found in a majorUv o
daily newspapers of the country? "StraininV,5
a gnat an swallowing a camel" may be e&i
to a few, but Uncle Sam need not expec I J
the feat will be hailed with loud appaui b
thoughtful and pure-minded people. y
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