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The Commoner.1
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THE THANKSGIVING SEASOM
established our school systems, public and pri
vate; to our parents who,, knowing the advantages
of intellectual training, sent us to school, -and.
to. our teachers, who gave us the benefit of in
struction and discipline. y - '" --'
Were we reared in Christian Tirnnrfn a m
As The Commoner reaches thn auhsnrlhnr thl
.'week, his thoughts will bo occupied with the
..Thanksgiving season and much reason have we
all to be grateful.,. No doubt ebych reader o Tho
Commoner has had during thorpast year more or
less of joy and sorrow. tQopd cflpps have come, to'
most o tha toilers upon the farm and reasonable
prosperity to those who, labor la the factory and
tho market place, ftlost of th readers of The
Commoner have hadood heajjpi. for health is
the rulo and sickness the. exception Into some
homes sorrow has come; into0 few death has
entered. Whilo the grim reaper; is never a wel-
wih. JTf w ' "w wus;rw' tue posst- repaid as a loan of money can," for those who
SiSifSfCf we recon- ' save us free government arV Sad. OuKacS
cflo ourselves .to. fh&.tesa of .laved ones. rjlneins- m-A tw na ,i ..m. JL .?:, W7A, .Ledranr?..
tho delights ThioT. tYim -hvn ;f f , .r ;T r" "T " Al"? wAuulu.UUi Ieacu -inose wno
tl,P. W?nf nnnc.u, T, ' ."; T "i:"" ZL "" " " US
o--...' -. wjr ouui, utKUAUi.tt -LTUIH US. - TTOnG th their l
"ItN tor o TbcCom-i Majority of tha readers of'The ComnToLr W
. .IRn Vioon rtnllorl linmn U-.lh I ih A'I i' ,. !
congressional' contest.' In three' of the ronnwi
districts the successful candidate had le f tS
400 majority and in another district the renl
lican majority was less than 1,000, and in tl
.others less than 1,600. If the trend toward tho
democratic party continues for the next wo 12?
Indiana is a demonmUn iot .,.- years.
WAdently spect to win in from eight to ten 0
vvoro we rearea m Christian home's or 'In .wuEreBsiona uistricts. ...
homes where hicrh Irlpnla -mom- c4-i 4.-.. . Take the Ipsrlslntivn j. i T. ,.
i..y2USl.T3Ef S lc us estimato thejinfluenoa , reSVW .almost equally encquraging. w
which birth and early training have had iipqn Le representation in the state' senate lias S
ouplivea'imdwewlllrtcb'fcffiowefepIy-SglP' off , 0' iWbeing fourteen to-tairty-six in iJS
gated wo are to parents and to friends for tho' 'andx thirteen to thirty-seven this year the down
concentions of lifri whlnh 'Hnwo vioKiQ;i.i i.-. r. ratic reDresentfitinn i ., , i.' , mu
ptfove our opportunities. -.U
How can we. repay the debt? It cati'not hte
repaid as a loan of money oan,:' for those who
ratlc representation in-the hoTn',Z,ZT:
ftom twenty,one democrats and seventy-nine re.
publicans in 1304 -to forty-seven democrat and
fifty-three republicans .in i906.. As a result of ho
iroseiit-election. the. democrats "are within four
. ,6, juajwiiy 01 tne tower, house.
-..-,w.-"v onn iwiuer evidence ot dom-
3 by high 'ideals ' are i most ca'&es r ' Lets examine still another- evidence of dom-
reward and the parents of"fe'; -..Qcratio.grQm, President .Uaosevelt carried In
readers ofhe Commoner liave' ''niana by..p3,944 while the republican state ticket
ticket
a gain
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tne sriei.causea Dyeir departure from us. irone tn thor
-oJK'SM Si-rim whue ViSSJSSSr ,
!& be maartHh 5SZ iVoT S8r:UUB " by leS3 tha- 31:000'
telfes this onrSrtun JnS 5Ute received benefits' lfc e' made to those a&ut' ' " When it is remembered that this is the-state
'SSSi a -to lely at large-' We can help those' "'ice President Fairbanks and tha he as an
ought to excite ta eacS a t StaofiStoSS haV ?ee?, overcom&by Misfortune andthus: ' - v candidate for the presidency, stumped tho
-? A T;r , r- a leeiin. or grautude ap- . Trove our eratihifin fnr iMi AArv,fvw -ntr:. . xrrA. . state of Tnrlln.Tin i-n tho r.annnt- ' ,. l . .
.. f"if is, juajr, i ,- can labor to nrnfnoh thh o-rttroTimfttif jo,Mx..iif. annarent .tnanvrmn fimf ,.. 'i... ?
ica.whfnTi.iihw. .;tM ; ' , :r r dV r.rv.u"m flB"U11?.. ii j., : "..w . v" . tuu uuuwcra navo
-TTAbuxu cio wii its imm nRsniiira rTrT - wit-Hz-ni Jku.ii jaiiitjn si mionr vm-rttw -nT;fi. i. i.
menc growing as it is in favor of democratic
aeans'Jur'Prty can confidently count on Indiana
in 1908. if an. honest, straightforward fight is made
for democratic principles. . . - .. . .,
SPEAKING OFrl.SSUES ..
"When we senarata thf tliinrro xrun-u i,v,
come .to us without eifprt or even Volition upon-1
ua prni. xrorn ime uiings- we 'have done
far ourselyes, we, find littler ground for, vanity
we are -so largely the- creatures of environment'
sand so greatly indebted to others for what tvo.
.have and are that .reflection teaches humility.
WeG we born in. tho "United States? It
was a kind, providence that cast pur. lot here and
gave us a heritage and government formed by
the forefathers and JianflPii. rin-nm t o ..
m - v ... vv m.u (w cv vijaiajr
tuu jl iinceiess treasure
We can strive to keep It' a government of the
people, hy the people and" for the people. We'
can contribute to the maintenance of Schools and'
-to the encouragement of teachers, and we can'
devote ourselves -to the wise' solution' of the prob
lems that confront our generation. f ' ---
There is no lack Of work tw ho Ann wiinte
.!Kn j r in ..- ., . . T:.
ui ih u. win TO UO It. lQVeVV rtftv rirfisnntj"nc " ot-j i . . . . .'
opportuniti and with its'- 'bpWtunities -it bW -nudno Ct'2L "8UrS?fr of tne .campaign of
Lies. He'whdie hear to'i-reta: x "" ,,-raso t Texas ) Times says: . "Mr.
sents rean6ihRiiSiHt!A.cs Tio rtrTrAin wAnw - -.i-x.i.-x
will never beadle for the willing hand can always
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Were we born in omnfnrtaKin immaaf t .t -, . '
. . - - - .w,.MiW ivvitustjj. juou. Jiuu KinDiovmfinr .
Now It Is Something
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Else
- h? followille interesting bit of 'literature is
F ttJ pounds of the daily press under the'
flSr63 and CompetiUon' and is credited
to Tall Street Bulls and Bears." The article
itself may be taken as representing the views of
tho average Wall Street financier as well as tho
jiverage.mpnfacturer who is very insistent on
toeing "protected against foreign' competition:"
'Tft is a nice thing to read in 'the papers
every morning that some body of industrious
workingmen are to have a raise in wages.
It is good to note that the fruits of prosperity
alike, but there is one feature about this in
crease, in wages that should not be over
lookea. Thiscountry has reached a position
where it must seek out for a greate?Thare
d the world's foreign trade. The only way
we can wedge our way into the world's mar
Vf by weeUIng the foreigners. We
can not underseU the foreigners unless we
can manufacture as cheaply as they can We
lutvo a great advantage over them inis rl
S5? tSb no y- . Wages art
to too hirh i 1 r .. wuou wages rise
ShSSrSf cSataSi tWs country our man'
of BnchTnf Ur USe
tte diflerenco inTa Sua &Uhe
Wgher wages go in this country e 2
SSS M2 seUtos S .
Trust the average beneficiary of a protective
tariff to look out for himself, even If. he has to
twist his logic in, order to make out.his case. . '
, , A few, years, ago he asked for protection
against foreign competition in order that He
'might make enough profit to pay good wages to
..the American employe. Then, when the tariff
wall was so high the foreigner could not. get
his work through it or over it, the American em
ployer reduced wages whenever he saw fit and
raised prices to suit his own pleasure. By the
time the trades unions wore strong enough to
secure some measure of justice, the employer had
S? ??neyto warrant him tat looking -for
further fields to exploit. He discarded th old
home market" cry which had performed valiant
2!2 a. ?ears' and is now shrieking about
"extending our foreign trade." But in the new
order of things ho has reversed himself. Instead'
? 0UIVlIn? hIs case on the Plea at he want&
to be able to pay the American workingraan gopd:
SSL f S noweclarig that wages must.L.
reduced in order that AmeHcan made goods cdfi
be sold in foreign markets In competition With
foreign made goods. It is a beautiful , scheme rby
,t0 inake, a conquest of the foreign moVke.'
Says he: "Let us have a high tariff in order that :
We maV Onftrirft tha linmn nnr.... Ti lt. i..--X.'."
will bear, and then let us reduce wages to the'
starvation point, then we can .undersell any and: -ail
competitors In the foreign, field and thus be "
come masters of the' world's trade." n-.-n.
is Rnf?,evIOUS W of the nIgIi tariffi advoca'to"
ls something wonderful to behold. ,. .
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Bryan says, that -government and municipal own-
ersmp win. ne .the.. dominant issue in 908. It is
possible that the distinguished Nebraskan's ex
pectation of being the d.onMplnt ?acfortintk( democratic-party
may'not'maferi'allz 1n which event
the dominance of his views will also : fail ofmatcr
rializaUqp.".' ' r,:r . ' '
The El Paso Times also; says- a great deal
more of t- similar nature. But as Mr. Bryan has
never said that government and .municipal owner
ship would be the dominant issud in 1908 it may
not be deemed necessary to -dwell at length on
what the El Paso Times says in that connection.
But when a newspaper claiming to be democratic
.proceeds to give advice to the democratic party,
It may not be considered improper to ask it to
explain just what it means. The El Pasb 'Times
says. "On the contrary, if we may 'judge by the
results and tendencies of republican policies, the
sensible thing for democracy to do, the thing
which it will do, is to turn its face to the old
landmarks-in its history and the oldtime doctrines
of its faith and got as far away as possible from
republican doctrines, republican innovations in
economic measures, and as near to simplicity and
to the people as possible."
Will the El Paso Times do its democratic
readers the favor to explain just what it means
by turning its face "to the old landmarks in its
history?" Will it kindly diagram a few ot those
landmarks? Will it kindly outline a few of the
'old doctrines" of which it speaks and by infer
ence declares the present day democracy to have
abandoned?. It is all very well to criticize and
.generalize,1, but just now democrats are ina mood
to demand something specific. -
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THE SARCASTIC SENTINEL-
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. Ab Silas' Wegg occasionally dropped "into
poetry so does the Milwaukee Sentinel "snealc
-satkastik" 418 washe habit of Artemria Ward
Referring to the New SWk pfodeptpdenS Scent
eulogy of Elihu Root the Sentinel opin J that
ftnS811' T?3 of RooMnfconnec
?v..S ?B.1,d??al. nonatlon in. UA&.and
v.. xiui ttvuimunay TllRrA'a th nh nf-
"-mwunA ic GAINS IN iNnVAiviA -, ' r' 'T- v i i ., r.-.-'"" , iurea me rUO. Mr.
"As , Mmn, 7 INDIANA eleven districts leaves a net republican mtftoWrr" R0t' 5 F$ a lawyer has nad retaiJLsfrom
mi,i? ..C0mpl.0t0 returna come in' the demo- Jj 7.3'391- to the credit of. tkev;.;'? Abraham LIncotaSd
the"Sr8Z??m. fr Take. can SSnSJ 7 W
publlca mZZTX "Wee: X904 the re, ..but bv maloPiHrJSS."?8? distHcts
majority in th 7. ,Z me &:hte
PubllcanR nftSZ, -7 "i i"acacel m 1904 the re
ional districts and In thLl .1 TV cons
Mcan candidates hfl (1'stricts the ropub
78 905 SST: Ujld. an aS?rregate maloritv of
coStoSanT'184 tW Uriels yandC
S.514. Subt?SnS thaa,ia5regt0 maMty of
two districg Z -SSSS5SS Sajori
majority in the nlno 7iZ cts was onf-
The democrats carried four diitrfnf 5X lwrY
gregate majority of 9 71ft wlon tf W th atl a&"
tto state, the victory la to, be meawreS I on tit
Surely? no one will raincmr t, .aai ' a
that this is tho acme o& sarcasm, Biitha Sen
tinpl overreaches itself. , Its comparison, of . Root
and Lincoln and the corporations which paid them
retainers' is very unfortunate. : rV::"
' There is just as mu'ph difference between
Elihu Root and Abraham liiricoln as there is be
tween the corporations which retained Lincoln
and those which retain Elihu Rootwith Lincoln
at the hig end of one combination and 'Root at
the little end of tho other. ,
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