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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
That little IllO 1 Mormon deal scorns to have
received its ollHnl "O. K."
PV I,ocl l,,,n,? bot e "unwritten law" is
that it is unusually free from technicalities.
Successful battles arc mapped out in advance
ami won by thorough organisation and propnratloiL
The last insanity expert questioned bv Mr
jjeronio seems to have posted up befoS taking "no
That "Hrownvllle conspiracy of silence" went
Joyces as soon as it was tnfesfemld to Wash-
Poet laureate Austin is writing an ode on tho
norKg? 1U ' JU8t lf senham0nwSS
Great interest is being manifested in the do-
sHSS ""-"'
rSS'ssw:
he sleeping sickness in Uganda is said in ,a
produced by the bite of a tlv I i .,,. .
around Washington late y' "y bimi,1
cent for congressional hot air. L U lor
U appears from the cable rennrl n..n rt
feror William tooka hand in Snan m,U1"
out' enough to jolt the socialists ,)olll,a
The Japanese papers are making d, r n
tain Hobson. Lot he ,7 ,s SI wn i.f Cap"
possible to goad t.s into X)lii& l8 m
ion Jhat it JilZZ:hC "
-Hieh may be used asaK SnaK,S
lo.uls. ' vu",u 0I1C Willi lioavy
Thirty years ago the electoral commission was
dividing eight to seven, and ever since the su
premo court has been dividing on about the same
basis.
Secretary Taft wants ?30,000,000 to "continue
Panama canal work." Gracious, haven't they yet
secured sudicient amusements for the canal employes?
The presidential Japanese war scare seems to
have fallen almost as flat as the wiping out of
the merger or the punishment of the packing trust
magnates.
A movement is on to have eggs sold by weight
instead of by the dozen. Kggs now on the market
in this section of the country should be sold ou
the hoof.
A Pittsburg astronomer reports the discovery
of another sun spot. But he may have had nis
telescope trained on the reputation of a Pittsburg
millionaire.
.Senator Warren's bill to provide for an army
of volunteers is not needed. The volunteers will
be ready when the need comes, regardless of
statute provisions.
The president had the new Santo Domingo
treaty telegraphed to tho senate, with a view,
probably of giving the senate more time in which
not to consider It
Representative Champ Clark recently gave a
dinner to the congressional "Down and Out Club."
Several eligibles were not present, owing to the
forgetfulness of the people.
Either ihc agricultural appropriation, the river
and harbor appropriation or the army and navy
appropriation will have lo be cut. Guess which
of the three will feel the knife.
Uncle Joe" Cannon is disposing of his boili
ngs of Nebraska real estate. Men who own" Ne
braska real estate are inclined to think that
"Uncle Joe" is becoming childish.
Tho junior Mr. Rockefeller says it is easier to
toll the truth Jinn to tell a lie. The young man
must be so busy making money that he has no
time to exercise his imagination.
"Americans and Japanese are both proud and
sensitive, declares a representative in congress.
Perhaps it may truthfully be said some day that
they are both proud and sensible.
Before squandering too many millions on big
battleships of the Dreadnaught class, congress
might well ponder for a while on what the little
Monitor did to the big Merrimac.
I he Washington legislature is considering two
bills which am to establish a censorship of. the
press. Such bills are usun.Ty Introduced by gen
tlemen who are averse to publicity.
nf MmoVanSini,G' IJls- bank was recently robbed
of JM.OOO and the fact was telegraphed all owS
the country. Tbe news feature cons sted I of i
fact that it was robbed by outsiders
chf a b?nfc
outertained by men MtlilnR0 ? ,,3? vested
fight to grab and maintain everything
K.lll11T- nS U,a
from lumber, lie over ooks thJ rlFn, ? uty
IB .01 of sleal noctodwSA SIXT
General Kuropatkin's history of tho t?q.
made the "widow and rnii.i . llns l)Gon
control of iiionSoH &"t
"deserving college" argt ment ? R?"?1 1)y tU
transporting the mails Son e 0 f thoSo T Er
people will engage in a oTniooiw efe (1,lys tl,ft
Hiule. and wheit it. s over i .LbTthlK cni
mere convenle.ices tov the ge iti 1 Tl, w,n l,e
own them. fctnuemen who now
VOLtfME 7, NUMBER 7
Sea accidents are endeavoring to keen nmft
with railroad accidents. v ! aco
The chief argument for the ship subsidv ia
that the promoters o tlie scheme want the money!
Gentlemen who insist that the Missouri rivov
is no longer navigable may base their arirump ni
on the fact that the western' railroads have annn
priated most of the water fc-Y stock irrigation pari
It is hardly possible that there is truth in tho
report that no foundation can be found for the
Gatun dam. Uncle Sam has sunk enough monov
down tbeije to make a firm foundation for almost
anything.
Senator Hey burn's resolution calling for an in
vestigation of the Northern Pacific reorganization
in 100G seems to be a covert insinuation against
the claim of tho administration that it "busted"
the merger.
The gentlemen who are making lightest of the
threat of Japanese coolie invasion are the gentle
men who represent the interests that import sev
eral hundred thousand pauper laborers from Eu
rope every year.
Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dryden, Mr. Guggenheim
and many others will, of course, advocate the es
tablishment of a press censorship such as im
posed by President Roosevelt and the congres
sional postal commission.
Many railroads are experiencing trouble n
their traffic departments by reason of iloods. The
people who pay the freight have been experiencing
trouble on account of too much water in the rail
road stocks, and the trouble has existed for many
years.
Now if Mr. Jerome had gone after those in
surance grafters with one-half the vigor he bus
displayed in digging up the unfortunate history of
a misguided and badly advised young girl, the
New York penitentiary might now be even more
badly crowded.
Last year the people of this country consumed
six and one-half billion pounds of sugar. Of this
amount they produced a billion and a quarter
pounds. They paid the sugar trust tribute on
every ounce of the remaining five and three-quarter
billion pounds.
rnnew .Yo..rk, mnn has secured judgment for
dSif ' J,e, ?ew York Central ilroad for
thSg?mU?t,lll,,Cd,111 nn accidnt. This sort of
mvl mt aintuinef! wl" ,nduce the railroads to
lomnnh V. ? 0J'? at1tentlo to safety and not quite
&o much to dividends. '
The assertion that the filling up of the. Salt m
SStInriS8Pr11?IWe,f0P UU incrse of ralnfiUl
Tho iaonvnvegim; sll?uU1 not be taken seriously.
lrnvri?ntWUler(?1 St0ek of tlle railroads that
rnSUngTg WU,d haVC Pl'v0ked 'm
Uvnun i wd manaeT1' Protesting against a 2-cont
Si?'i nnl?10.1110 Nebrka legislature, insisted
that the cost of operating his road had been
dSfnX luT!?Ca h! tWG1r years He failed to
2?th rnnSSS1? T eaniInB8 on the original cost
of the road had shown a decrease.
nonSw?1?1 San Fl,aclsco, who is de
?q S.rSSnyrinibillcnn 0l'sans as a demagogue,
o S ?e 0nly ,llay1, wh0 wa big enough
tbP X Mtl T " in,48,dct ot the United Stated
Ann f8rl ?,, flftme a lrGaty with a foreign power.
And from the owner of the "big stick," too -
7 nan foot? JiXi cnJei,dnr1 year 1900 we exported
T hS tS IT ? f, "jerohandise to the Philippines,
no nav oVnn? nVGdf ft'0 the exportatious would
ng our nLPi SSXi? 1C ,ycur,y Cost of mnlntaln
PoTinv tin i hillI)pm8' ,md yet that is tho
mado it Zvi?i yenrs ng0 th0 battleship Oregon
Todnv Jim nJla la,,U0U8. trl "roiiiid the norn.
mmioLi nt n T? !5 Ut of date d will be ra
I ?od0IGlaLa cost of ovr one million dollars. If
Hon dollars CT I tlesZ W "J1
type, make the m n S?1 llp oL the DroaduaugUi
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