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The Commoner.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Vol. 6. No. 24
Lincoln, Nebraska, June 29, 1906
Whole Number 284
CONTENTS
Mb. Bryan's Letter
The Guilty Party .
- "Vote Buying by Good Men"
"Why is John R. Walsh Protected?
Abolish TnE Imm unity
Fortunate West Pointers
The Mysterious Cromwell
A Terrible Arraignment
Washington City Letter
Comment on Current Tones
Home Department
Whether Common or Not
News of the Week
HOW HATH HE OFFENDED?
The Kansas City Journal says: "The an
nouncement of Senator LaFollette Miat he will
holt if Fairbanks is nominated will cause many
voters who have not thought much about Fair
banks to wonder if he isn't a mighty good man
for president, after all."
What has Senator LaFollette ' done to make
his presence in the republican party obnoxious
to republican editors? He seems to stand very
high among men of all political parties in all
sections of the country. The republican national
convention undertook to read him out of the
party and refused his delegation a seat in the
convention; but, appealing to the people of Wis
consin, he was vindicated by an enormous ma
jority, re-elected to the office of governor, and
then elected to the United States senate, since
which time he has steadily grown in public
favor.
Senator LaFollette seems dependable when it
comes to a question between right and wrong,
to a contest between special interests and public
interests; yet some republican editors and lead
ers seem very Anxious to read LaFollette out of
their party. The extreme anxiety of the Kansas
City Journal on this point is shown by its will
ingness to go so far as to nominate Mr. Fair
banks in 1908.
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WHERE ALL IS CALM
The Wall Street Journal says: "It must
have been great relief to the New York life in
surance companies when the glare of publicity
began to fall upon the Standard Oil company.
The Standard Oil company in turn had reason to
rejoice when the revelations of graft on the Penn
sylvania railroad turned public attention from its
secret rates and oppressive methods of destroy
ing competition. And. now interest in the Penn
sylvania railroad is swallowed up in the over
whelming publicity given to the beef trust
methods."
It is worthy of note, too, that while the man
agers of the insurance companies, the managers
of the Standard Oil trust and the managers of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company are more or
less disturbed because of the revelations con
cerning their misdeeds, the managers of the re
publican party are wonderfully calm. They make
no effort-to restore to the policyholders, and other
helpless victims, the several hundred thousand
ioliars embezzled by trusted officials with the
aid and assistance of the republican party man
agers and for the benefit of the republican party's
treasury.
Why Does He Bar The Way?
- WESTERN INDIA
Mr. Bryan's Twenty-fotirth Letter
There is so much of interest in India that I
find it difficult to condense all that I desire to
say into the space which it seems proper to de
vote to this country. In speaking of the various
cities, I have been compelled to omit reference
to the. numerous industries for which India is
famed. Long before the European set foot upon
the soil the artisans had won renown in weav
ing, in carving and in brass. It was in fact the
very wealth of Indus that attracted the attention
of the western world and turned tile prows of
merchant vessels toward the Orient. While India
can complain that some of her arts have been
lost since she has 'been under the tutelage of
foreigners, enough remains to make every tourist
a collector, to a greater or less extent, of attrac
tive souvenirs.
Benares is the center of the plain brass man
ufacture, and her bazaars are full of vases, trays,
candlesticks, bowls, etc. Lucknow is noted for
her silversmiths, but her products do not com
mand so high a price as those of southern India.
Delhi leads in ivory and wood carving, and one
can find here the best specimens of this kind
of work. Several of the addresses presented to
the Prince of Wales upon his recent visit were
encased In ivory caskets richly carved and
studded with gems. Painting on ivory is also
carried to a high state of perfection here, and
sandalwood boxes can be found in all the stores.
At Agra one finds rugs woven in Turkish and
Persian, as well as in original, designs. Agra
-is also renowned for its inlaid work, many of
the designs of the Taj being copied. The Taj
itself Is reproduced In minatures at prices rang
ing from one dollar up Into the hundreds.
In all the cities of upper India, Kashmii
shawls may be secured, Kashmir itself being far
north of the line of travel. The3e shawls are
of goat's hair, and some of them are so delicate
that though two yards square, they can be drawn
through a finger ring.
At Jalpore the chief Industries which attract
the attention of foreigners, are enameling on gold
and brass, the latter being the best known. Few
who visit the bazaars can resist the temptation
to carry away some samples of this ware, so
graceful are the vessels and so skillful is the
workmanship.
Jalpore, the first of the western cities and
the only one of the native states that we visited,
is deserving of some notice, partly because it
gives evidence of considerable advancement and
partly because the government is administered
entirely by native officials. The Maharaja Is
one of the most distinguished of the native
princes and a descendant of the famous Rajput
line of kings. He lives in Oriental style, has a
number of wives and elephants, camels and
horses galore. Ho Is an orthodox Hindu of the
strictest type and drinks no water but the water
of the Ganges. When he Went to England to
attend the coronation, lie chartered a ship, took
his retinue with him and carried Ganges water
enough to last him until his return. He is very
loyal to the British government and in return
he is permitted to exercise over his subjects a
power as absolute as the Czar ever claimed.
There is an English resident at his capital, but
his council is composed of Indians, his judges
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