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"VP . 6 The Commoner VOLUME 7, NUMBER W vwyH ' The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. Wlt.t.IAM J. IJllYAK OlIAHLKS W. UllVAM Kdltornmll'roprlotor. " Pullllior. ' IticiiAiti) I. Mrtoai.v-k JCrtltorlnl Jlooms nnd Buslncwi AHHodnU) Kclltor. Onicu 324-330 South 12th Btruot. Entorcd nt Uio Ponlofllco nt Lincoln, Neb., aa Hccond-clnwi innttor One Your - - 91.00 Tliro Months - 5o Bix MontliH - - .50 tilnelo Copy - - 5o In Cliilw r Five or inoro, Bamiilo Copies Frco. TorYcnr - - .75 ForolRii TohUiko 52 Cents Kxtrju BUItSOJlirTIONS ban bo BontrtlrecttoTjiKCoMMONini. Thoy am nlflo bo nont through nowfijmpors which Jmvo ndvorUfiod n club bing rnto, or throiiRh locnl nonta, wlioro mib-nKontT hnvo been nnpolntftil. All rotiTUtnncoH Hhoulil bo nont by poatonico nionoy order, oxprww order, or by bnnk draft on New York or Chicago. Do notsond Indlvldunl chcckH, Htninps or inonoy. DISCONTINUANClSS.-lt'iH found tlmt u largo mnjorlly of our flubscrlbora prefer not to Imvo their Bubserlptlons Interrupted and tliolr lllcs broken In awo thoy full to romlt boforo oxplratlon. It utheroforo nwmmod that cpntlnuanco In dcalrcd unlcm BubscrlborH order dlflcontlnuiiuco, olthor when BUbscrlblng or at any Uino during tho yenr. 3'jumjcntation Coi-nyj: Many persona Hubscribo Tor friends, Intending that tho papor filiall stop at tho end of tho year. If Instructions nro given to that olTect thoy will receive altontldn at tho propor tlino. HVN JSWAI. TJio (Into on your wrapper Bhowa tho tlino to whlch-youi subscription is paid. Thus January 31, '08, incaiw that paymont Iirn boon received to and Including tho last Jjiauo of Jan. uary, 1008, Two wooka aro roqulrod after money has been rccolvod beforo tho dato on wrappor can bo changpd. CHANGE oi' AlIKESS.-SubscrlberH requesting n changp of addresH must glvo OLD an woll as tho NEW address. ADVlSKTISING.-iuitcs furntshod upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, L'ncoln, Neb. David was general, but Theodore .scorns beat on being specific. The "Ohio Idea" seems to be to grab the posi tion in, tho spot light. " f y - (. - i m ., Mr.Xarncglc owns the' 44maglc lamp."' and Mr. Rockefeller owns the 6(1. k Every congressman walked up and receipted for tho increased pay. This is not a news Item; Johnson had Ills Boswell, and Roosevelt has his Jake RIIs. It' this bo treason, make tho most of it. The peace congress and the Daughters of tho American Revolution might profitably effect a merger. The railroads arve experiencing difficulty In hypnotlzlugJeglslntures. Their "passes" no longer take effect. Tho Sioux City Journal is thirty-seven years old, and in all respects save ono is a mighty good newspaper. b 'A little armorplate and a twelve-inch rapid lire gun will be among the necessaries of future peace conventions. If Mr. Ilarrlman called at the White DTouso after election Secretary Loeb forgot to make pub lic mention of tho fact. The peanut crop has been" cornered again. The same old- corner in "goober politics" is still in con trol in Washington. "Get busy and do things!" exclaims Chicago's mayor-elect. But isn't tlmt a rather harsh name to apply to Chicago taxpayers? By the way, Mr. Roosevelt, did Mr. Ilarrl man accept your invitation .to call after the elec tion and talk over some matters? If Colonel Harvey will call at headquarters he will be given a nicely engraved certificate of membership in tho Ananias club. A supply of porch swings having been or dered by the canal commission we mW expect the work to proceed without further delay. Mr. Carnegie has been (lecorategfey tho French republic. But he got JUs first one from Uncle Sam, wrapped in neat, clover tariff schedules; 0e New York Waitorfyio struck John. D., Itocketeller for a ten-cent Upland got It merely cost tho rest of us about 'steen million dollars. Teary says $100,000 must bo forthcoming be foro ho will start for the north pole. A whole raft of men will start for half tho money. lit A former "Rough Rider" has been appointed governor of Now Mexico, Tho battle of San Juan or was it Kettle has been terrible in its results. ' The report that Secretary Taffc will not de bate with Senator Foraker is another evidence thai Secretary Taft Is considerable of a diplomat. By the way, Abraham Reuf of San Fran cisco and Edward II. Uarriman of New York were delegates to tho republican national convention in 1 004. Just as soon as the president 'can grab off enough adjectives he will probably- tell us what kind of a prevaricator Colonel George Harvey reully Is. Mr. Ilarrlman breaks silence long enough to say that he Is a railroad man, not a politician. This Is calculated to sound to Mr. Roosevelt like an Insinuation If Senator Borah is indicted he will not worry about the fact that his case will be tried beforo the judge who was appointed on the Borah endorsement. Mr. Harriman is now pondering over the iruth of tho old adage that there are- only two poo' paymasters tho ono who pays in advance and the one who pays not at all.. I, have seen three kings and two queens," said Mr. Stead at tho peace conference. That is a sight calculated to make men mutter to themselves. An order has 'been Issued to the effect that newspaper reporters must not call at the White House after dark. Might get the same results by pulling down the blinds. The Birmingham Age-Herald says VGlt'S friend ft niV I'flllvliirr nrnnnrl mn. "" jj ( ia.vuai& JLiVL "Roose- Tf fhnin are enough to go around thq Taft boom certainly juu uutiiu on mrge proportions. A Johns Hopkins professor has proved that starfish may be taught to turn somersaults. A lot of republican leaders have been doing the educated starfish stunt of late. Congressman Tawney says the Panama carial can be completed In five years. Prebumably with the porch swings and rocking chairs recently or dered by the canal commission. Boss" Cox of Cincinnati was robbed of ,$0,000 by New York crooks recently. Men who could turn that.trlck would do well to begin some "hlch financing" stunts on Wall street-. " The Washington Herald Insists that the pres ident Is not the ruler of the United States. Funnv how a great newspaper occasionally overlooks a 'big Item right In its own bailiwick. OJho Panama canal commission has made e qulsltlon, for 4,700 gross of pens. It certainly takes a lot of correspondence to keep the annro prlatlons coming through fast enough... Tho Age-Herald says that Birmingham has' a Greek waiter who make figures backwards and ups do down., What an excellent advocate of the protective tariff that waiter would make! The Ohio 'Penitentiary News" has suspend ed owing to the fact that there aro no nrlnters incarcerated in the "big stir." There arc plenty-of opportunities, however, to start bank there. . Tho presidential Tacation begins May 12 and the telegraph operator at Oyster Bay is lookhi" up his .'code book for signs for "liar," "poltroon" and other much-repeated words, . . r "The Wisconsin legislature will have trouble In, finding a man who can fill Spooner's shoes" says a contemporary, Perhqps,- but there are number of men in Wisconsin who can fill Spooner's hat. All the mirrors have been removed from the government printing office. It is claimed tfiat fhe women employes lost too much time- "prlniphw before them. The .use of mirrors In other depart ments would be a good thing if it,rcsulled in the chiefs. seeing themselves as others see them. Paragraphic Punches J The Root resignation rumor can also h,o char acterized by a shorter term. Boston Herald. Tho shortage of tho peanut market may bo partly due to tile demand caused by Forakera political methods in Qhio. Louisville Post Pessimists who think the Panama canal will never be finished probably forget that the Chicago postoffice has been completed.-Chicago Record-Herald. The "discharged stenographer" who sold that Harriman letter to the newspapers seems to recog nize a hot document when he gets hold of one. Washington Herald. If the court should impose fines against the Standard in the aggregate sum of ,000,000,' we believe it will be a sign that the price of oil is going up. Houston Post. Former Governor Odell of New York refers ' to political reformers as grasshoppers. They seem to have done a good deal of damage to lila crops. Chicago Record-Herald. : ' Former Senator Patterson of Colorado paid . his fine of $1,000 and remarked that the Colorado ' supreme court was worth just about that amount ' of contempt. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Rockefeller will probably refuse toworr7 over the charges that he is a party to a polltinjil -conspiracy, inasmuch as the offense alleged isii't " indictable. New Orleans Times-Democrat ' ', Revised returns show that Chancellor Day has not quit smoking, but lias stopped smoking -cigars. His public utterances are proof that he still occasionally hits the pipe. Omaha Bee. x Ex-Governor Swe6tenham Js to take a lone tour, and will visit Canada. He probably will not come to the United States, much as the United States would like to see him. Sad!-oston Gl6b V "Gypsy" Smith is conducting revival meetings in Philadelphia, and the papers of that city say he is arousing the people. If this Is true he must possess almost superhuman powers Chicago Record-Herald. b -Atv From the silence which emanates from Chan cellor Day's corner since sthe, .Standards recent conviction, we infer that Mr. Rockefeller has not been mailing checks to Syracuse university lately. Houston Post. ;-" ;T' John F. Dryden has fully recovered from the" illness which suddenly made him retire last win ter from the senatorial race. .Anyhow, It saved him .tne trouble of standing up and being'beaten. New York World. . - --" The secretary of war has furnished enough dope to the Cubans to keep them on good be-' havior for five or six weeks. Their amiability will; " last only till they discover that they are not to have spoils. Cincinnati Enquirer. senator Stone says he will not assert the ' president told an untruth, but he does declare that Mr. Harriman's letter was "very convincing " The Missouri statesman is following Mr. Roosevelt's " '. injunction to "walk softly."-St Louis Republic. The worst relic of barbarism remaining in ' the American system of administering criminal law is the treatment of juries. If the Thaw" trial , results in some sensible reforms, it will - have kBCT"su "" uuu purpose, at least Buffalo Et-Dress. r The ivill of Silent Smith, which disposes of $75,000,000 dollars that eminent Inheritor lef to be hind him is to be shredded in court, as a matter of course. Every man who leaves $75,000,000 la of. unsound mind, on the face of It St. Louis That same force which pushed up the rocks and dirt that forms the Rocky mountains Is now shaking tho continent as it used to do long ajro There-is a range of volcanoes along that ranee that at times destroy cities, and sometimes slnics an island, or raises one. It is tho old earth hav ing a spasm, and that great range of mountains . shows what it can do whei it tries. Birmingham Age-Herald. . . :. ' r - v N 1,""""WWS1 pWWMM iltW lHwuHpl MHWwiiW