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Subscribers requesting a change of address must give OLD as well as the NEW address. ADVERTISING rates furnished upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. And; shall it be the last great war? 'VI , t7 After all, the dove is a very beautiful bird. ', T - . . - ..... 'f Now leE the Dove of Peace be the emblem of civilization ' v. - The beef trust cases continue to remain in the "also are" class. 1 Secretary Wilson seems determined to bore out all the grubs in his department. - , 'Portsmouth now seems to be "several laps ahead of The Hague, and still gaining. . The Panama canal managers are considerably better at framing mottoes than at throwing dirt. ..;..The stdjijttsfin,(yiteces"safy"'to"dO' some lrvoly -dodging around the reciprocity Issue these days. . Before it adjourns it is hoped that the peace commission will tell us the correct spelling of that island. ' Mr. Depew seems to be spending a' great deal of time on those extemporaneous replies "to re cent charges.' When the president sees how much more popular he Is -when he -works for peace than he is when he talks for war lie may; become less warlike in his utterances. The "yellow peril," in the opinion of the stand patters and tariff barons, is the refusal of China to trade unless given a square -deal. The square deal is exactly what the barons do not want. At the Toronto convention, of the International Typographical Union a delegate who criticised the union officials in his labor paper was unseated and his union ordered to take up his card. The spec tacle of printers, who more than any other class of men profit directly from a free press, under taking to muzzle the press, is not at all gratifying, to say the least The eminent editors who have been poking fun at Walter Wellman's peace conference correspond ence now have an opportunity to admit that Well man made some good guesses. .- It is announced that congress will not be called together in extraordinary session this fall. It is well understood that congress can do nothing in five months just as easily as in six. The reciprocity convention revealed the strange and startling fact that the gentlemen who put up campaign funds in Teturn for tariff laws still realize what a good graft they have. ' One Mr. Hyde has gone to Paris to live and the other Mr. Hyde has returned from London to face charges of irregularity. A Hyde for a Hyde instead of an eye for an eye, so to speak. Having won honors as a peacemaker in the Russ-Jap trouble, President Roosevelt should now undertake a similar line of work with the stand patters and revisionists within his own party. The Parisian suggestion that- Mr.r Rockefeller pay Japan an indemnity'for Russia would seem to indicate, & cooling of French friendship towards the' "American people. Weare paying about all we' can for kerosene. Senator Burkett of Nebraska refused to speak at an old settlers' picnic because his place on the program was precqded by a vaudeville Stunt. Being a strong advocate of protection because il fosters home competition", Senator Burkett should have carried out .his share of the entertainment. '"After all President Roosevelt went to the bot tom; of the ocean much quicker than he went to the bottom of the beef trust. 'i .'- , r Pending reciprocal relations between Secretary Shaw and Governor Cummins what is the matter With a modus Vivendi pending arbitration? r ' , If Norway will struggle along without a king for a few weeks longer,. she may realize how easy it is to get along without one for all time. But perhaps if they have as much trouble with these democratic planks as the democrats have had the republicans will hrlng them back. t .A,Having successfully gone to the bottom of the ocean President Roosevelt should now go to the bottom of graft in the departments at Washington. Equal Pay For Equal Work Referring to the fact-that several women oc cupy positions in the Brown' county court house, the Liawatha, Kas., World says that "anything a woman can do is better done than a man can do," and argues from this that it would be well to elect women to all the offices they can fill. Then the World concludes by saying: "Women are not only bet ter public servants, but they work cheaper." But if women are better public servants than men, why ask them to work for less wages? Equal pay for equal work is simple justice, and if women can do the work better than men, then In all jus tice give the women better pay. The idea that because a wage earner is a woman she should be paid less than the male wage earner doing similar work is erroneous, unjust and calculated to befog the industrial issue. And if the Hiawatha World is unable to see the justice of this contention it should at least have chivalry enough to demand that the woman receive equal pay to that given the man doing similar vork. The Kansas supreme court's action in nullifying the state refinery laws adds a considerable sum to Mr. Rockefeller's belief in the integrity of the courts. The Norway-Sweden method of settling dis putes 'will put the campaign hat and "rought rider breeches" out of business as campaign material.- Horrors of Mr. Shaw writes tartly, but certainly he is npt angry with Gov, Cummins. The Incident gives Wr. Shaw an opportunity to temporarily forget ;hat deficit of $24,000,000. t b Pubh the beef trust indictments this yean? . Of course not. Next year? Perhaps. That is confess onal campaign year and a good time to manufacture political thuLder. .i The horrors of "modern warfare sink- into insignificance when compared with the horrors or- moaern railroading in the United States. An army" larger than the Union forces at Gettys- - burg is killedand wounded ery year on, tne railroads of the. United States. During the year ending June 30, 1904, there were 10,046 people killed and 84,155 people injured by accidents on American railways. Of the killed 441 were rassengers, and of the the Injured 9,111 were passengers. The number of employes killed was 3,632, and the number of .Injured employes was 68,'067. Six thousand of the slain were neither passengers nor employes, probably the greater number being killed at grade crossings or while walking the tracks. This shocking causaulty list would cause a shudder of horror if it occurred in a modern battle but as the casualties occur In small numbers every day we have grown callousv But is It not time that .VOLUME 5, KUMBER ,4 the public take an interest in the matter - mand-greater safety for employes and tJS?8i George P. Baer, who recently nns, .,... trustee" into whose hands had been tfven th Baer' Unfortunate Citation. management of ip i k..."16 of thiscountry, says citaS? the first striker. He killed be because Abel was the mos prosperous leilow." Mr ' is unfortunate in his parallels. Cain was nor striker. He was the first advocate of the -own shop." He insisted on being allowed to manage his own sacrifice business in his own uav and refused to make or4 abide by any agreement or compact There being no militia to call out Cain took war measures on his own account, and find ing no federal judges to issue an injunction he smote Abel and killed him. Since his unfortunate citation of scripture we have come to the con clusion that Mr. Baer's credentials as a "trustee of the Almighty" are. forged. CONGRATULATIONS. The following telegram explains itself: Janesville, Wis., August 29. President Roose velt, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Accept congratulations. Your successful efforts to secure peace between Russia and Japan reflect credit on the nation WILLIAM J. BRYAN. GOOD WORK Taking advantage of the special subscription offer, The Commoner readers send subscribers in numbers as follows: Patrick W. Ryan, Chicago, III., 6; E. Lievsay, Durant, L T, 8; F. M. Smith, Leap'er, Ohio, 5; J. A. Muncy, Big Stone Gap, Va., 8; H. C. Prewitt, Linneus, Mo., 5; S. S. Lemley, Burton, W. Va., 5; T. J. Bevins, Canada, Ky., 5; John R. Beard, Fredericksburg, Ind., 5; S. S. Dixon, De Beque, Colo., 5; D. M. Dicker son, Athens, Tex., 5; George G. Rock, "Waynes boro, Pa., 5; James T. Buchanan, Brooksburg, Ind., 6j Calvin Turner, Bangor, Me., 5; J. A. 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