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!SBfl'MrjT :i "-. 4 "& The Commoner. VOLtlME.'G; NUMBER 10 ijV. vy aiT' The Commoner WASHINGTON CITY LETTER ISSUED WEEKLY WlLUAM J. UllYAN Kdltor nnd I'roprlctor, Hioiuitu h. Mktoaltb Associate IWItor. OlUULKS W. 1311YAK Publisher. Editorial Rooms nnd Business Onicc 821-330 So. 12tu Street. Entered at the r-ostofllco at Llocoln, Nebraska, as second" class mail mutter. One Vflar $1.00 Three Months ,..25c Six Months 50o Slnrflo Copy...... 5o aixnoniM..,, a wo Samplo Copl-s Free In Clubs of 3 or more Foreign Postage 52o Ex- per Year 75a lr. SUBSCRIPTIONS can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. TJiey can also bo Boat through newspapers which have advertised a clubbing ruto, or through local agents, whore BUb-aguntB havo boon appointed. All remittances should bo sent by postolllco money ordor, oxpross order, or by bank draft on Now York or Chicago. Do not Bend Individual checks, stamps or money. 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Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb "Tho peace of. tho gravo" has been secured again, in tho Philippines. Senator Tillman says the - purest whiskey made 1b moonshine. "Moonshine." XJp 16 dato about everything has been done towards digging tho Panama canal except got ting ready to dig. fa President Roosevelt might try the roranants ?rUdsCinliowab.Urati0,1 Mh0mo U h'S reimbl,can The two most strenuous standnatterq n iim Peace has again been restored in Jolo inn sorao Idea ot uS vlnt 1,? ?? cit!es raay sot chises tor. taxing Upwes? DUt UI,on tma- now; Snt wnds t monoy moans that "wo" editorlni w i, ff, J0 secretary 't in U,o p.ural h?ffgfffc ulnal tt ho mema Let us see! T?nf u- Springfield, Ohio, whS is L inCclnPe.ssman fr01 down tho congressional rSS8 wnt on cuttinS south because that lection fH8?atl0? from th negro? section is so unjust to the "BheXg nitl no bo as This republic Zm o well Sr,Cfn republI." or the new lights tha? hve Sjftffi "-J as S teffilft that as long really no reason why a sena S?lato7, there pncea by any such lif tie lS101lU1 1)G infl intorests. ule si(le issues as public Washington, D. C, March 19.- While the sit uation in the senate as regards tho railroad rato bill is not entirely satisfactory to Senator Till man and the other democrats leading the great fight in behalf of tho shippers of the United States, they feel confident, at least, that in a few weeks tho upper branch of congress will dispose of this important measure. As previous ly pointed out in this correspondence the friends of the main proposition aro not a unit as to the extent tho bill ought to bo amended. Tho ques tion, however, will bo weighed carefully, and there will be abundant opportunity between now and the time the voting begins for the democrats and the republicans acting with them to confer and agree upon changes tho reform element think should bo made to perfect tho proposed law. No careful or accurate poll has yet been mad by the democrats for the reason that a great many of the senators on both sides of the cham ber have not. desired to make it They are wait ing to hear more of the speeches on. the en grossing subject. As much as the question has been discussed within the past three years, with the thousands and thousands of printed pages of testimony taken at tho various committee hearings, and the pages that havo been written by the brightest men connected with the press of this and other countries, it would seem that there is little more to be said. And yet nearly every prominent senator who takes the floor manages to hold the closest attention of his audi tors. New arguments aro constantly being ad vanced. The interest of the public in the de bates is simply intense. The seating capacity of the galleries is not largo enough to accommo- Rinr? cfnn01111?8, w daIIy aPPly for admis ii ?iv s.?nators of bo" Parties are free in the distribution of tickets to the reserved sections. U? n Ways lAle, ca,se durinS session of con ?m h Capi city is owded with visitors nercenSnf 10n,f ? C0Untry' But a small percentage of the favored ones are able to earn access to the chamber on the days that the bS guns are to be fired in the discussion, ana It to arl mteresting sight to behold handsomely dressed ladies entering the capltol an hour or two before the senate Is called to order. The women an- pear to take the keenest interest in the debates and men and women both seem more than Prepaid for remaining hours if Senator Tillman hannera to enliven the proceedings as he has LmfenOv done since the leadership in this remark fight bffie?rsenaSKmAnl?,b3r tUe mtled and uanieu benator Aldrich and other rpnnhiin-n ThTSoruthf,,in,ters!fte co" SSSSSS ine bouth Carolinian has surely buckled on bSK bee" ready r &WteE the toAtaE InSs toff T Pre 0e friends Jlho bUI say tte IZT Coffer is construed to mean that M?. AWrloli ami wJ thTLmeers ,and aS. 3USt where a11 Hv55 onththeab S S$e that La en de Culberson; of ?tSm imf p Were by Senators These speeches on 'accounfSeS,.?f ,MaryIand brilliancy, as well as thp LL ?l?Ir f?rce and be very largely clrontl?eW Pints ralse(1 wW naicn wlS ywo ulated in thQ coming cam ? iLJl ossrs Rayner and Culberson are ranged fiscato or Cffl tneTrp! v S tn n tent. Senator Ravner TnTi -7 to any ox" interested in 'iferiSS, Sf his argument all the more noworfifl nSiima?? six years' service in the L, Z DurIn his Mr. Rayner was a meml r ?f rePresentatives torstate and forefgif mLrL hQ imP?rtt in has always made a ,e?a '? ?mmitteG- He affecting the roramU i?Ud7 of meures bis legal pracUco has had tl ??imty' and itlenMos? SttlSjS A CllGntS meQ here, aro in a perturbed state of mind over tho recent turn of events. As published in the daily papers a Roosevelt republican, club was recently organized at Cincinnati. The president-and sec retary of war were unanimously elected honor ary members of the organization. Judge Taft writing for the president and himself, threw a big bomb into the camp of the dominant , faction out in the big Ohio city. In plain language the secretary told the reform element in his partv that if that old combination of republican trick sters persisted in maintaining the machine and nominated objectionable men for office it was the duty of honest, sincere and fair-play repub licans to bolt. This thrust was aimed directly at Cincinnati republicans who train under tho banner of Senator Foraker. Boss Cox and Sen ator Poraker, through force of circumstances, have been compelled for years to have a close political alliance, even if it was not agreeable to all concerned. On occasions, too, -in -the past when Senator Hanna was living arid at the head of political affairs in Ohio, Boss Cox, Senator Foraker, General Dick, Goneral Grosvenor and the rest of them had to make a semblance of getting along harmoniously. . .,Tw,. Publican conventions have been held in the Sixth Ohio district that is now represented m the house by Congressman Thomas Edmund Scroggy, of Xenia. This is normally a democratic district and the democrats would ordinarily carry it without a republican bolt The chances are ThP fwSiW111 Sae bas tnat seat tbis yr. aL urnnf down of General Grosvenor in the of n dpmnSrifCt, Tl not resuIt m tbe "election of a democrat, but the republicans are apt to" cet saooSnaforetP f W o uDeinocratic visitors from Ohio to the nation's capital bring the information that Hon Tom L bfSSl8 inT!ncIb,Ie mayr of CieveiandTwni nai ? 2l3LaiCtir in this year's Political cam- ef thHe6 Sff meS 5 Sftfe 8fleCt" sra?J!Stsr,' out of the measii .?,! aUB?,Ul6 senate lmoolted territories ofmiS7NVeXDe 1 ? heretofore been mpntinno,i v C0, As has. wanted to drag AnloZ dJj n if3 they the union as one stZ 5 ew MexIco lnto spite of the 10! om,t0Sether in tions of the great west T?im me, fr0m a11 por acting with him wTif LiThe fPfaker and those eventLllyVey'w p'nt1 tHhe1e1theThFSf " ceive more XbIS " senate amended the house fin It1the day the insists that the senat? Jt '" ,?peaker Cannon of congress too often S"!68 ?e lowep branch to such pVacSces ' He Wants to Put a 6j to prevent a union of L?? m,ontns more Mexico, and whirh f ! eir t3rrltry with New of demoemts mtrXmT alm8fc e with the situation Thiv are we11 satisfied the house managers mSS JG J, c?nfldent that if tude the senate wnia th.eIr stubborn attl the Foraker amLdmentthnf5 Indefln"ely for bill by a tarSSJff ta th crats and a numbe? of rfl!,Sween the demo democrat favored tho Wnm8?bl!cn?s- 0nIy o "$?& ArlSas!011 Stateh00d bni a favorabrop?oar& have such sure on Speaker Cannon SndhTi, tbe pres' cease their opposition ? imi? Is follwers to and telegrams are iRlm?ly terriflc- "Letters the states offteoeSS tJt SSFffc ?nr0m h0UT"Cr ? nsSder?160"011 .?.-? repoSed to Gththho0useIn S" Sn be orabl -prepared by a sub Li? measure is being means coxSmitte cSSStiif 2 th& ays New YorifTwiii c"Blsl;lne of Messrs, Payne of AVArf"- ..; 'HtVof jr-. X 2-m- iijyiii.-W-ii.