injvpe miwi'i'ioJWW 5fwwrriw ' The Commonero m WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Vol. 5. No. 34 Lincoln, Nebraska, September 8, 1905 Whole Number 242 CONTENTS . Peace at Portsmouth TnE Bennett Estate Settled ' Sounds Like 1896 Another Doctrine Appropriated Why Not Keep Bristow? Peace-War Record" op the Eastern War A Kindly Act "Peac;g" ' A Practical Study op Poverty Comment on Current Topics The Primary Pledge News op the Week f nwwwrftwamw jiww 'OPEAGEQ Uj ., v - - .-j i-. .-.-' . T-v i-.,-.., nrfc WtoMM&A0toWIAMtyUtmfufiilAtyfyPMMAW4 Hushed is the nofse of battle, the cannons' roar is stilled; Furled is the flag of carnage the world with peace is filled. And over the plain and mountain Where lieth the sleeping dead, The Angel of. Peace 'now hovers, Her ' snow-white wings outspread. And forth from the earth there springeth The blades of the waving grain To nod to the welcome harvest O'er graves of the battle slain. And, joyful, the nations gather, and man on the harvest looks, For swords are beaten to plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks. Stilled is the tread of armies armed for the deadly fray, And birds build nests in the cannons that belched death, yesterday. For men in the heat of passion il . Gave heed to the voice of peace, , - And sitting 'neath branch of olive Have ordered that war shall cease. The wives and children singing y Now welcome the warriors home, And laughter and joy are flinging Their echoes to heaven's dome. And joy- is the lot of nations as each on the grand scene looks, For swords are beaten to plowshares, and spears into pruning hooks. Gone are the hates of' passions, tumult and striv ing ceased. And man made in God's own image from the blood-lust stands released. The shock1 of contending armies Gives way to the harvest song; And Right, with a palm branch waving, Is the victor over Wrong. The roar and the -crash of battles, The moans of the dying cease; And over the plain and the mountain Is the clear sunlight of peace. The husband returns to the fireside, on the faces of loved ones looks, ' For swords are beaten to plowshares, and spears into nruning hooks.. WILL M. MAUPIN. WlrfcWWfffW"VWaWuPlWWMWWl wwjMawnuwwivMmao, Wtl WPH0ff$ Jm : m .- . -r wmtSKmmv"i. - tjt cawr?. - . - .i' '''1 'E f - &' lT -'" ' I ' 1 Mf" :j Hftjwftni HwsiStmwwtHm0M JMyk&JMytMtottdriMMrfttJMVtV In Which Character Does He Cut the Better Figure? Peace at Portsmouth "A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for thca both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser." The demonstrations In the town of Portsmouth when it was announced that terms of peace had been agreed upon, but reflected the sentiments felt throughout civilization. Men are turning from the spirit of war. "As on the sea of Gallilee, the Christ is whispering 'peace'", there is grow ing in the hearts of men the conviction that wars must cease, that arbitration must replace force, and the wish Is entertained as the hope seems justified that the time is soon coming when "the bugles will sound the truce of God to the whole world forever." The results of the Portsmouth conference are creditable to all participants. Witte, one of Rus sia's strongest men bore a large responsibility and he bore it well. It was hfs duty to secure for his country, the best possible terms and he secured terms such as few men believed could be obtained. Japan showed great magnanimity in yielding the hotly contested point of Indem nity, but Japan will profit by her generosity; in deed she is already receiving some of her reward in the compliments bestowed upon her by men of all nations and in the prestige she has won by showing herself foremost in peace as she proved herself powerful in war. And last, but by no means least, Theodore Roosevelt, president of tho United States Is entitled to the grateful thanks of the American people for the conspicuous part he played in bringing order out of chaos. He i entitled not only to the thanks of the American people upon whose nation his successful efforts to secure peace between Russia and Japan have reflected credit, but there are due him the thanks of the men of all nations, who have learned that peace, rather than war, concord, rather than tur moil, justice, rather than force, provide the sub stantial foundation for civilization and make for the real progress and greatness of governments. We need not expect that the nations will dis band their armies at once; we need not expect that all questions will be taken before the court of arbitration, but we have reason to believe that tho light of a better day is dawning, and that we are about to enter upon an era In which conces sion will assert its supremacy over brute force, and the crown of victory be awarded, not to-tho nation that has the largest army or the strongest navy, but to the nation that sets the best example and contributes the most to the welfare of the world. When Elijah was fleeing from the wrath of wicked Jezebel and believed all the prophets to have been slain, the 'Lord commanded him to stand upon the mountain, and as he stood there, a mighty wind swept by him and rent the rocks asunder, but God was not in the wind; and after the wind came an earthquake, but God was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake, a fire. j. Attiii &i at r-trft tji