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JMPW m qpwuwifl' ' tyljrw-T"w-r 'dWi The Commoner. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR - Lincoln, Nebraska, August 10, 1906 Vol. .6. No. 30 Whole Number 290 CONTENTS Mr. BltYA2f's ItETTIOt 1 Iowa Refuulicans Message to Illinois Dkmocbats Is This a Squaee Deal? Corey telk "Defender" Illinois Contest at St. Louis Destroying Evidence Evolution oi' Language Pertinent Political Pointers Comment on Current Topics Home Department Whether Common or Not News or the Week " "STAND PAT" DEFINED TheXincoln (Nebraska) Journal (Rep.) says: "Thus it comes to pass that a 'standpatter in Iowa and in other states as well is now generally understood to he a man who opposes any radical ' change in existing institutions. Because of inertia, or ingrained conservatism, or his personal rela tions, he is willing to allow Interests with a cinch to hold on to their advantage indefinitely." But what about the "stand pat" edict from Oyster Bay? "Stand pat" is the republican policy for 1908. How may one "stand by Roosevelt" without "standing pat?" Yet this republican paper tell3 us that to "stand pat" means to show a willingness "to al low interests with a cinch to hold on to their advantage indefinitely." This is a valuable hint. It is a complete definition by republican authority. JJJ A "DOLLAR PUT IT BACK FUND" Mr. Roosevelt has forwarded one dollar for the republican campaign fund. Republican news papers are pointing to this as an excellent ex ample. It is an excellent example when the presi dent seeks to encourage his party to depend upon campaign funds provided by the people rather than by the corporations. But the president may set another good ex ample. Let him call upon Postmaster General Cortelyou, who is also chairman of the republican national committee, to state just how many hun dred thousand dollars of money embezzled from the insurance policy holders found their way into the coffers of the republican party. Then when the sum has been determined up on, let Mr. Roosevelt suggest that the republican party "put it back" and call upon the rank and file of the party to contribute dollar donations to that end. It might be called "The Dollar Put It Back Fund." Republican leaders certainly do not expect the people to forget these stolen funds. JJJ WHO? Newspaper dispatches announce that Secre tary of .War Taft and Speaker Cannon will go to Maine to take the stump in favor of the re-election of Representative Littlefield against whom the American Federation of Labor is making a vigorous fight. Taft and Cannon will speak for Littlefield on the labor question, but who will speak for Taft and Cannon? , nL ' WffiCJPR0Cmr Q-rKjHy ' "; - "WE STAND PAT!" GALILEE Mr. Bryan's Thirtieth Letter The boat schedules and they can not bo ignored on the Palestine coast compelled us to reserve Galilee for the conclusion of our tour, and it was not an Inappropriate ending, for while Jerusalem was the scene of the crucifixion and ascension, the greater part of Christ's life wa3 spent in Galilee, and it was there that "most of His mighty works were done." Nor Is its history confined to the New Testament, for It has its Carmel, associated with the life of Elijah, and Mount Tabor where Deborah's victory was won. Haifa, the seaport of Galilee, is built along the front of Carmel on the edge of a bay which the mountain helps to form, for Carmel instead of being a peak, Is really a long ridge, but a few hundred feet in height, jutting out into the sea at tfiis point and extending several miles to the southeast. A Roman Catholic monastery is erected over a cvq overlooking the Mediter ranean, where Elijah Is said to have lived. To thn north of Carmel lies the plain of Esdraelou through which the Kishon river flows. The road to Nazareth follows the south side of this valley to a point some seven miles from the shore where the hills of Galilee approach so near to Carmel as to leave but a narrow pass for the river. Here the road crosses over to the north side of the valley, and for the remainder of the distance winds upward over the hills giving a commanding view of Esdraelon. The upper part of the plain Is as beautiful a country as can bo Imagined well watered, fertile and thoroughly cultivated. The land is not held in severalty as in America but by communities. The cultivators live in villages built at intervals around the edge of the valley, and the land is apportioned each year by the village chief, no one receiving the same tract two years In succession. As wo looked down upon the valley we could distinguish the different allotments as they lay In long strips of equal width. Wheat is the chief product of the valley, although there are a few olive orch ards, and the mulberry tree is being planted. Oxen are the animals usually employed in cultivation, but we occasionally saw a horse and an ox yoked together or a camel and an ox, and onco a camel . and a donkey, Jezreel is on this plain, at the foot of Mount Gilboa where the middle plain connects with the plain leading down to the Jordan between Gilboa. and Little Hermon. This Is historic ground, for it was here at a great spring which flows out from under Gilboa that Gideon selected his gal lant band. The village of Nazareth, nestling among the hills of Galilee, must always be a place of su preme interest to the Christian. Its locationfas--' probably determined by the presence her. i .M ! '' 1 14 1 I rri 8 rl U u