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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nob.
Mr. Rockefeller says he Is In favor of federal
control. Of or by?
A man must be awfully ignorant to know less
tliaii pome "export witnesses.''
The railroads continue to contribute largely lo
tho vital statistics. f
Mr, .Rockefeller says the people ought to save
inor6"than they do. What's the use?
When will tho railroad presidents carry out
their threat of abolishing the states?
It seems that graft circles in San Francisco
offered no good place for a mollycoddle.
The fall in the price of stocks never seems lo
affect Uie price of meat and potatoes.
San Francisco's "graft" exposure is shaking up
the city worse than the earthquake did.
Senator Cullom says Mr. ITarrlman ought to
bo in Jail. Becoming avcII nigh unanimous, eh?
Chicago's all night bank has been closed. Tho
streets of Chicago are bad places to save money
ut night.
News dispatches indicate that Mr. Harriman
would do well to prepare for a Stuyvesant Fish
come-back.
Don't know what "brain storm" means? Why,
Just look at tho comic supplement of the daiiv
newspapers.
A few more perversions of the "unwritten
law" and somebody will write it, with needed
amendments.
The Porto Rican assembly has appropriated
$150,000 for a capitol building. Pennsylvania
thinks it a great joke.
Having emerged from the tall timber with
safety, Senator Depow declares that he is in favor
of forest reservations.
"Ilarriman has been dethroned!" exclaims n
hysterical contemporary. Dethroned, nothing H
lias merely been spanked. '
Wo just know that if those South American
revolutionists kept on evolving long enough one or
two of them would get hurt.
Ohey are explaining that Chicago sub-treasury
theft by saying that a clerk hid it in a lit of mental
aberration and cannot now locate the spot A
penitentiary sentence might produce a brain storm
that would result beneficially tfXuncIc Sam
The Commoner.
The news that a negro has won ' a Rhoades
scholarship in Pennsylvania may be claimed by
Senator Forakor as a vindication.
A republican organ in Pennsylvania must have
an Iron nerve to hold organized labor responsible
for tho "graft" in San Francisco.
United States Treasurer Treat says there is
now $J ,000,000,000 of gold in this country ,.Funny
where tho possessors keep it hid.
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If it is true that souls can be weighed the scale
makers will have to make some improvements be
fore they can meet all requirements.
The report that the Sultan of Turkey is a skilled
chess player may explain why it is so dilllcult to
make hi in move when it is his turn.
Wall street is talking about the "storm it has
just weathered." Storm? We didn't see even a
cloud out in the grain and grass country.
The comet slated to hit the earth in a week or
two may change its mind when it comes near
enough to get a glimpse of the "big stick."
The railroads will experience difficulty in post
poning tho digging of the canal if they must trust
to hiring all the army away from the work.
The news of the imprisonment of a coal trust
magnate in Omaha would be more interestiiig just
at this time if he happened to be the ice-man.
It seems strange to men of the Ilarriman type
that the people should bo angry after learning how
thoroughly they had been bilked by the railroad.3.
Pittsburg was almost submerged by a river
flood a week or two ago. It must have made the
old town feel funny to wake up with a washed
face.
Wanted Tho average man to inquire what
benefit he derives from the trusts or from a tariff
on goods which ore sold abroad cheaper than at
home.
Probably the railroad presidents decided not to
visit the white house because they saw a green
flag flying, indicating a second section of "reform"
following.
The New .Terscy man who laughed eight hours
without stopping probably heard some republican
spring that old joke about the tariff being revised
by its friends.
. The managers of tho Sage fund for the reUoi'
of poverty announce that they will deal only with
hard facts. And poverty is tho hardest fact they
will meet, too.
Two New York men tell a wierd story of bat
tling for their lives against a thousand rats. They
ought to have asked the Typographical Union for
a few pointers.
Mr. Jerome's 15,000 word hypothetical question
is about the same length as the explanation of the
republican who tries to tell us why the tariff should
not bo revised.
Senator Cullom wants to jail Mr. Harrimnn
If Uncle Shelby lives long enough he 'may yet be
able to get over on the side of the people on a
few other questions. p e ou a
James J. Hill snys he is willing to sell his rail
roads, watered stocks and all, to the government
Is Mr. Hill mindful of the fact IhatXeTnSe
Sam purchased the Philippines he tests all of h q
sold brick offerings with acid? JlS
Mr. Depew says there is only one man in stent
for the presidency, and his name is Roosevflt
Up to date, however, the Roosevelt Third Term
League headquarters in Chicago, has not used
the Depew statement for advertising purposes
The Atlanta Journal says that all it takes to
organize a railroad these days is a roller top desk
in a New York office and a little nerve Thnt'a
only two-tliirds of the requirements, however
There must be a hydrant somewhere near at hand!
4hoi,?an,?Ieg0 (Californi) democrat complains
that his city was not mentioned in Mr. Bryan's
account of his Western trip. No cities wefeum
tloned except those visited and the pleasure of r
visiting San Diego had to be reeerVSntS anotlS
Chancellor Day says there is no such thing as
"tainted money." Possibly the chancellQr grabs
it so quick that he shakes off the microbes.
Sixty congressmen have landgd in the canal
zone. Now is an elegant time to make them earn
a portion of that 50 per cent increase' in salary.
It doesn't pay to sit up nights to figure out
what will be done with Mr. Rockefeller's $32,
000,000 donation that is if you hnye to use a light
to figure by. .. "
Mr. Harriman, Mr. Mellen and other eminent
railroad financiers arc now loudly declaiming their
belief in federal control. "BewTareof the Greeks
bearing gifts."
Having become accustomed to heading "relief
expeditions" Secretary Cortelyou might safely
head one in the direction of Mr. Perkins, who re
cently put it back.
Mr. Cleveland deprecates public attacks on
railroad corporations. By the way, when was it
that Mr. Cleveland deprecated railroad corporation
attacks on the people?
Wall street says that "Cortelyou saved- the
day." Wrong. The people saved the day Mr.
Cortelyou merely handed their money over without
asking them about it.
A London murderer was tried, convicted .and"
sentenced in less than nine hours. The defense
was insanity, too. Seldom hear of a lynching in
Great Britain, do you?
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is always jQgJi't
ing for a free bridge. Will the Globe-Dem'ocrat
kindly tell us why a toll bridge at St. Louis does
not protect and foster St. Louis industries?
Senator Spooner resigned his seat in the senate
because he could not afford to retain it This is
a refreshing change from the sight of men -who
retain their seats in the senate because they can
not afford to relinquish them.
Down in New York they have furnished a
python with false teeth. By the time the people
have finished with the Wall street wolves they'll
have to ask for the same tiling.
Now comes the rumor that President Roose
velt has picked Cortelyou as his successor. It will
be admitted that Cortelyou could give his cam
paign manager some valuable pointers on how to
make the fryingpan produce the most satisfactory
results.
State Treasurer Berry of Pennsylvania made
the first charges of "graft" in connection with the
state's new capitol building. People who criti
cized him for being so extravagant in his charges
are now wondering how he could have been so
. conservative.
The Nebraska railroadsH are going to punish
the ministers by withdrawing their half-fare per
mits for allowing the people to reduce railroad
faro to 2 cents. Well, the members of the congre
gation can afford to make up the loss, and hen,
perhaps, a few good strong sermons against the
grand larceny practiced through watered stock
would be forthcoming.
Noting Uie fact that Mr. Harriman offers tx
sit all day by the president and give him advice,
the Washington Post says it would like to have
a? S1 PintinS of Theodore Roosevelt taking some
of Mr. Harriman's advice. And we would like to
have an oil painting of Mr. Harriman after he had
spent a day sitting by the president
Some Chicago crooks steered a man up against
an electrical machine. When he grabbed the
handles he couldn't let go and the crooks robbed
him. But that is not a new scheme. The ben
eficiaries of tho tariff tax regularly steer a lot of
people up against the tariff schedules, and whon
the people cannot let go the beneficiaries go
through their pockets with neatness and dispatch.
How much have the railroads saved in rebates
since the anti-rebate law passed? And how much
have they saved since the anti-pass law was en
S L irSV" ttey einS t0 Se the pub
! J5 T,en flt oftl,1ese creases in railroad earn
ings? If the rate law is going to help the rail
roads only its net benefits are small. Nebraska
Jrl ?etil.nParLof her 8bare by the two-cent ratfc
but she did not get it from congress. ut,ruw
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