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The Comimioner
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THE COMMONER. Lincoln, Nob
Volume Seven, Number Ono.
Uomb throwing ut bankers is another 'Town
Idea."
Senator Drydon's hold on the scnatorshlp does
i.not SGein to havo the strongth of Gibraltar.
Ordorlng (ho colored troops to the Philippines
is merely putting off the question.
A little match nppllcd to a certain tariff
schedule might explode the powder trust.
But will pure food save life fast enough to
make good tho losses In railroad accidents.
"With this issue Tho Commoner enters upon
its seventh year, feeling quite chipper, thank
you.
Willi railroad wrecks and thirty-seven legis
latures in session, the now year started off rather
violently.
Civilians should also stand at "attention"
when they hear a band playing "Star Spangled
Tin mini'."
The .laps having cornered tho potato mar
kot they will be ablo to keep more eyes on our
movements.
Iho Foraker safety valvo registers about
forty pounds, but it is on tho second or third
timo around.
A great deal will bo forglvon tho man who
Is thoughtful enough to sprinklo ashes on a
sleety sidowalk.
During his odd moments Ambassador Bryco
can busy himself with an appendix to his "Amer
ican Commonwealth."
It seems quite evident that something will
imntfi? n110i t0 P!'otect th0 blocks that con
stitute the "block system."
Here's hoping for a Happy New Year to the
n?1!, n ron;Gmb0,;ea to warm his horses' hi s
on a cold and frosty morning.
The Chicago packing houses claim that 190G
was thoir most prosperous year. Lot is luipe so
It may induce them toclean up a little more
The republic of Panama may be pardoned for
complaining that tho "big stick" used tails c-wo
was the possessor of more knobs aid p rotubei
'lipan " G "e bmmlishe1 dliSct Ion of
The Commoner.
The eminent financiers who loaned Japan tho
money for tho late war are the gentlemen to
siiy whether Japan will bo allowed to grow too
chcHty.
It seems that Mr. Harriman, is forming a rail
road merger in a somewhat now manner, but it
is still the same old enemy of the rights of the
people.
Does tho pure food law take cognizance of
the gentleman who approaches and grows confi
dential shortly after a lunch of onions and lim
burgcr? Human life must bo considered cheap when
thousands of human lives are daily entrusted to
the caro of seventeen-year-old boys employed at
$'10 a month.
An American offered $200,000 for a picture
that has since been adjudged worth $25. That
particular American should look about him and
invest in a scnatorshlp.
The senate has appointed a committee on
"ventilation," and Senator DuPont is chairman.
There arc several things about the senate that
should bo thoroughly aired.
Those acquainted with political conditions
in Colorado will cheerfully admit that Mr. Gug
genheim is not seeking a place in the senate
because he needs tho salary.
The Nebraska legislature has made a great
parade of firing out tho lobbyists, but up to date
tho hotel managers have not been heard to com
plain of decreased patronage.
Mexico is progressing. Troops have been or
dered out to discipline workers who havo had
the temerity to refuse to work until they have
been guaranteed a fair wage.
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received.
airs. Wilcox says a wife should put love into
every kiss she gives her husband. Quite so,
quito so. And also into the bread, the steak
the soups and the apple sauce.
The attention of Representative Williams Is
called to the very evidont fact that the dampness
of tho White House has not rusted the bearings
of Mr. Loeb's trenchant typewriting machine.
Dr. Judson of Chicago University informs
us that Mr. Rockefeller represents the type of
tho American of tomorrow." Which -reminds
us that "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
x, Th0,?hIp subsidy promotors are now calling
it rounding out the policy of protection." That
sounds good, but what the country needs is to
havo tho protection policy trimmed off on the
square. 1C
The new president of the Pennsylvania rail
road parts his hair and his beard in twiddle
But the time has gone by when men are judged
bear? W y Want t0 wear thcir hail' d
Iho Washington Herald is amazed that i
couple of eggs should be worth as much as th
hen that laid them. The Herald l n i, n 1 V
on the fact that it is possible tict U eg wh
The government is printing President Roose
velt's researches in Panama in book form and
selling it at 60 cents per volume. Poultney Bige
low is of the opinion that the price is 40 per
cent too high.
Of course the western representatives in con
gress should favor huge naval appropriations.
We must not risk having our western cornfields
all torn up by having some foreign battleship
plowing through it.
In view of what has happened in the state
house at Denver during the last two or three
years we can not find it in our heart to criticize
Governor Buchtel for wanting to take the oath
of office in a church.
Mr. Harriman indignantly denies that he con
trols more miles of railroad than any other man.
He merely controls the men who control more
miles. It is only fair to Mr. Harriman that the
press make this correction.
The people who applaud the wisdom or a
railroad company that invests a million in a
block system to protect its passengers, will hard
ly applaud thc parsimony that employs a cheap
boy to attend to the signals.
Really it would seem that if the railroads
impose a fine on shippers who delay in unload
ing cars, the shippers should be allowed to im
pose a fine on a road that delays cars that the
shippers are anxious to unload.
A cablegram to the New York World asserts
that the Parisians are having lots of fun with
Mr. Rockefeller. Must be that they burn only
gas or electricity over there. It is difficult to
see any fun by the light of his oil.
Judge K. M. Landis was just the man to in
terpose an obstacle between the Standard Oil
company and the pockets of the people. His full
name is Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and Mr. Rock
efeller will find him hard to climb.
A mining expert says there will be more
digging for gold in 1907 than ever before. Sure.
fhVpvyhoiy t11,1 haVet0 dis mo .all, thai
they have to buy. The price of everything- but
work is going up by leaps and bounds.
A woman journalist is now writing articles
telling women how to write letters. What the
women are most interested in is securing infor
ma ion concerning the matter of how to remind
their husbands to post the letters already written.
Mr. Guggenheim of Colorado is the latest
8S2 th?a5 Wh, takGS refuge behind claim
that the "reporter misquoted" him. It alwavs
appears that way to some men when they see
their boasts in cold type. It looks To different
the ?mriS?n8t f! Roosevelt has considered
he ht mn fVhat eT time he has done
,vt; ir s he has been compelled to relv on
ac-mocratfc representatives and senators to reiS
attacks of antagonists within his own HZ
Commoner readers everywhere will h
PkC Kan thIS diSPatGh ate "of T
proaoij the most prominent democratic nolitu
ticket at the recent state election V01001"0
candidate for BoVeraT aTs wel taown
as a lawyer In Kansas and neighboring states
Ho was born In Ohio aiul m, , i states.
DePauw TJnlversityTt grlSle? Ind '
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now and the next demote naHo'nat onvenTion"
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