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"Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May"
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J' THE COMMONER. Llrieeln. Neb
Now for 1908.
titer, Oklahoma has vindicated her right to state
hood. Pennsylvania, like Bphraim, is joined to its
idols. , .
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Si Representative Pollard of Nebraska "has "nut
lt back."
It was a lively little skirmish and we-had
tnein badly scared. ,
AA?fc ,was a fairly' livey skirmish, but the big
-battle is dated for 1908. Get ready for it.
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Missouri democracy was watching this time,
and made sure of no more sad accidents.
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The Iowa "standpatters" received a couplo
of deep dents on their congressional front.
n? hn?aY likely. however, that Mr. Cortel
you will point to the returns as a vindication
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' to UveeunGthlMarl0,;0Ugh Beems very anx
: to Uve up to marital traditions of the house.
Mr. 'Rnrrf mnrln Vl V.I4.A . .
mica, ana inSSSiSSSrSSS.
The bitterroot speech at Utica seems to have
had a great effect in that city. Hearst carried It.
nwrnSLi?1?1 f ai self-restraint The Commoner
of battle." F m mentioninS the "smoke
. hmS! onwed to
ported HaT" tV"e Pntnropist, sup-
reStrItS(J!!rl0"C,rhas ? for
navln "" MV " cowumeps of oil are
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There is so much water in railroad stocks
that the passenger who can not swim should carry
a life preserver.
In the meanwhile Senator Warner of Mis
souri has about five years in which to express
his official regrets
, .. John Weaver of Philadelphia left one spot
in his spino unstarched, and Weaver is again back
in the "gang" column.
The canned editorial" industry will now take
a vacation until the g. o. p. managers are ready
to enter another campaign.
If the beef trust has any soft berths one of
them should be made ready for occupancy by
Representative Wadsworth.
If Mr. Hughes is proud of many of his sup
porters Mr. Hearst has a right to be proud of
some of the enemies he made.
After all, William Randolph Hearst polled the
largest vote ever polled by a democratic candi
date for governor of New York.
The people seem inclined to "stand by" the
president, but they have refused in several in
stances to "stand for" his friends.
Democrats will write the constitution of the
new state of Oklahoma, which is a guarantee that
it will be Jeffersonian, not Hamiltonian.
Query: Has the Interstate commercial com
mission the power to enforce just and equitable
rates for carrying the United States mails?
It seems to be an iron clad rule that'a matri
monial blank goes with every venture an
American girl makes in the foreign title market.
Sir Thomas Lipton has decided not to chal
lenge for the America cup this year. Sir Thomas'
judgment is quite equal to his jolly good fellowship.
Ten of the sixteen recently awarded Carnegie
hero medals landed in Chicago. This is calcul
ated to spread the Impression that they are nerve
medals.
That nine millions grafted from the taxpayers
of Pennsylvania seems to have been judiciously
distributed by the management of the g. o. n
campaign. - '
iti rePublica ranta will have to close up a
little to cover up the huge hole made by the
sudden disappearance of the" "Mysterious
Stranger."
Now that the election is over the administra
tion officials may quit campaigning and begin
telling us when work on the Panama canal will
really begin.
It will strike a great many red-blooded Amer
JSIfil i"& whatllCo2nt Bon e Castellane most
XBoAvtion ot a Iarse' athletic A
Sign the primary pledge and then get a few
of your neighbors to sign it. The way to win
the battle of 1908 is to begin the work of thorough
organization right now. orougn
The republican members of congress whn
voted to admit Oklahoma on thetreS of that
territory's having elected a republican delegate
ore now at lc!r.,ro to ai,c tlo po tin Tg'ld
If it takes seven days to find the Standard
Oil company guilty and fine it $5,000, howZj
decades will if h Q fj, ..nA '. ' uuw .many
give up an it has stolenf " CmpeUcd to
In the meanwhile bear in mind that the kind
of rate regulation that is satisfactory to To '
railroad magnates is not calculated to be of m
mediate benefit to the people.
"Wizard" Burbank offers a thousand dollars
for an ounce of horseradish seed. Congressmen
l? ,n0t barred- but of courso they would not
think of accepting the money.
Many letters have been received from Okla
homa expressing gratification at the victory won
there. No one appreciates the Importance o '
that victory more than Mr. Bryan does. It was
a great contest and a great triumph for the
people.
Mr. Harriman has succeeded in ousting Mr.
Fish from the presidency of the Illinois Central,
but he has also increased the demand for a little
less of "high finance" -in railroad management
The Harrimans are riding for a fall.
Missouri is no longer the mysterious stranger.
She has taken her place in the democratic ranks
and she is welcomed back. No fatted calf is largo
enough to do justice on this occasion of the prodi
gal's return.
It is stated that the president bagged a fine
turkey gobbler on his way home from Virginia.
A lot of us have bagged our ducks, chickens and
quails that way. And most of us have caught
our fish at the Banie stage of the trip.
Postmaster General Cortelyou Informs postal
employes that they must not organize for thir
own protection. Having been denied the consti
tutional right to petition for redress of grievances
the postal clerks who contemplate retiring from
the department would do well to take steps to
ward securing naturalization papers.
The New York Tribune has recovered suffi
ciently from its recent scare to say "the demo
' cratic party has ceased to be a factor in national
affairs." But the Tribune has said something like
that before and its present day opinion is not
sustained by the indications plainly to be ob
served in the returns from the recent elections.
In practical results no democratic victory sur
passes the one in Oklahoma. The republicans had
carved out the districts for the constitutional con
vention so as to give the republicans a great
-advantage, but the splendid campaign has resumed
In such complete victory that the democrats are
not only sure of Oklahoma in the next presiden
tial campaign-but are sure of a fair districting of
the state, and a fair districting will give tho
democrats two United States senators and nearly
all the congressmen. Good for Oklahoma!
As this copy of The Commoner may be read
by some one not familiar with the details of tho
primary pledge plan, It is necessary to say that
according to the terms of this plan every demo
crat is asked to pledge himself to attend all of
the primaries of his party to be held between
now and the next democratic national convention,
unless unavoidably prevented, and to secure a
clear, honest and straight-forward declaration of
the party's position on every question upon which
the voters df the party desire to speak. Those
desiring to be enrolled can either write to Tho
Commoner approving the object of the organiza
tion and asking to have their names entered on
the roll, or they can fill out and mail the blank
pledge, which is printed on page 15.
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