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THE COMMONER, L'ncoln, Neb.
days.
"Old Madrid" is feeling very frisky these
If William January is entitled to a pardon
in July, why not in May? -'
The "Ohio idea" seems ,to be to work 'em
both- ways from tho middle.
The Foraker-Taft truce in Ohio looks very
much like a "peaco at any price" stunt.
So the Carolina republicans want to fur
nish a vice presidential candidate. Dark horse?
"The warpath" at the Jamestown exposition
is still playing a bad second to the Ohio "warpath."
Tho Ananias club is tho result of presiden
tial failure to follow the advice to "speak
Boftly."
Having f ailocl of election lo the senate Oolonal
Colt of Rhode Island doubtless feels like a "23"
calibre.
Mr. Kipling's latest poem, "The Sons of
Martha," is not calculated, to sell any of 'his
books.
"Secretary Taft has Ohio in his pocket,"
says a republican exchange. And Boss Cox on
his conscience, too.
When asked if Mr. Roosevelt would again
bo a candidate Senator Penrose said: "I don't
think." .Quite correct.
a Now there is a demand for an investiga
tion of the watch trust. Something wrong with
tho works in the case?
Tho silence following the Roosevelt-Harrimun
incident may be the result of a little dinlomacv
on the part of Mr. Taft. y
V Mr. Bryce says America has no poets. That's
what a man gets for depending on the'maga
zineByor his information.
Rhode Island is worrying along .with only
one senator, but New York has a couple it will
doubtless be glad to loan.
Mr. Ryan has a mortgage, on tho James
town exposition, but tho chances are that not
enough will be left over vto interestMr. Cor-
Eight years beforo tho canal will be com
pleted. Plenty of time to pick out your porch
swings and 'rocking chairs.
John W. Gates admits that ho has lost a lot
of monoy, but doubtless feels that ho has one big
bet loft in his pocketbook yet.
Tho treasury surplus is . growing rapidly,
but a hotter salaried congress knows a thing
or two that it can do with it.
"I raroly meet an American gentleman,"
says Boni de Castellano. They must have him ,
spotted.
St. Louis thought she had a million until
she counted them. That's what she gets for not
counting during the big exposition.
Mr. Taft refused to increase wages in tho
canal zone. Why didn't we mjnk to put con
gress in the zone a few months ago?
Tho governor of North Carolina is a .pro
hibitionist. So is tho governor of South Caro
lina. And it is still a long time between.
In view of the lateness of the spring, the
man who appears with the first Panama hat is
clearly entitled to a Carnegie hero medal.
Five thousand cases of palm leaf fans ar
rived at San Francisco from Hong Kong one
day last week. There is optimism for you.
"QAqaz WSXwsx cybnm," remarks the
Cincinnati Enquirer. And we were told that the
republican differences in Ohio had been settled.
Chicago's ox-chief of police is under in-
' dictment for having collected campaign funds.
The secretary of the treasury is still at large.
Insanity experts testified that a Boston
man did not know where all of his money went.
But why tho need of expert testimony along that
line?
Nikola Tesla says he has the power to in
vent anything he pleases. Wish he would
please to invent a forward, spring that couldn't
hop backwards.
A successful flying machine has not yet
been invented, but tariff reform comes pretty
near it. Tariff reform has been up in the air
for a long time.
The eminent politician who talks about
running Speaker Cannon for the presidency on
a tariff revision platform is due for examina
tion as to brain storms.
Secretary Taft says the canal will be fin
ished in eight years. This is long- enough for
the manufacture of porch swings to make a big
haul from the commission.
The unparalleled reign of graft in the build
ing of the Pennsylvania capitol, now being re
called by the investigating committee, ought to
make the state democratic.
Mr. Carnegie continues to talk peace, but
the interest on his gold bonds in the steel trust
comes largely from the profits of armor plate
made under government contract.
Tho Sioux City Journal says: "It is an in
dication of alarm whon Mr. Bryan's Commoner
spits question." The Journal might go into
hiding until it gets over its scare.
"Digging is all that is necessary," remarks
Speaker Cannon, referring to the canal job.
The commissioners will see to it that Uncle
Sam "digs" frequently and deeply.
The Pennsylvania legislature has appro
priated $25,000,000 for .good roads. In Penn
sylvania that good roads appropriation is likely
to lead to another state house graft.
When President Mellen submits the proof
that his railroad owns property in excess of its
outstanding stocks, bonds and mortgages, will
he accept the statement for taxation purposes?
The Pennypacker libel Jaw passed in 1903
by the Pennsylvania legislature has just been re
pealed. This ends the' first attempt made In
recent-years to muzzle the press of a state. An
other democratic principle has been vindicated.
"Error is harmless whu-e reason is left free to
combat it."
Paragraphic Punches
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White House etiquette for 'Visiting Wall street
magnates calls for hands up and both hip-pockets
turned inside out. Cleveland Leader.
The man who died after a visit to the theatre
must have been u vastly better critic than most
of the patrons of our theatres. New York Sun:
If John Temple Graves has not several gold
bricks among' his curios, he has enjoyed miraculous
luck for a man who talks like he does. Houston
Post.
There Is something significant for Uae city In
the fact that the new mayor of Philadelphia was'
sworn in on All Fools Day. New York Evening
Sun. - :
It must jar the Filipinos, Cubans and such
to see Taft, who is sent to them to bring peace,,
sent into his home state to bring war. Buffalo
Times.
Mr. Loeb may become a street railway man.
Somehow it would seem natural to hear him .re
quest the people to step lively; Philadelphia
Ledger;
It is evident that the Cubans are rapidly be
coming Americanized. Policemen were called in.
to protect a baseball umpire in Httvana the o.ther
day. Ohio Sun.
Once upon a time a Charleston man called on
the president and that night had a horrible night
mare. He dreamed that he was a liar. Charleston
News and Courier.
If, as Mr. Watterson says, Governor Hughes
is "the Tilden 0 the republican party," the demo
crats may yet gain the presidency by kidnapping
it. Washington Herald.
If the automobile manufacturers are making
good their claims it's a cinchto find out-wherfe
most of the nvallable supply of money has disap
peared to. Springfield Union.
One of the most thrilling points of these reve
lations is as to tho country's narrow escape from
having "Jimmy" Hazen Hyde as its diplomatic
representative in France. Washington Star.
That Mexican earthquake was far enough
south to make people think a little -about what
would happen If one like it strikes the isthmus
after Uncle Sam gets his big ditch dug. Detroit
News.
Says H, Bt. Rogers, reproachfully: "Outside
the Christian religion petroleum is the greatest
boon humanity has ever known." The naan nct-
u'ally seems to think he created petroleum and"
bestowed it' on mankind. . "-
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is printed on page 15 of this issue. " v-
Says Mr. Taft: "I ask -what is it that a Porto
Rican does not enjoy that an American enjoys?"
Why, the sense of, being an "American citizen, Mr.
Secretary. Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Some day the president" will hurl the lie at'a
fighting man, and then the country will perceive
Why the constitution provided for a vice-president.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The alarming news reaches town from the .
Potomac that "Uncle Joe" is the victim- of a vir
ulent presidential fever. We await a denial with
inxiety. Philadelphia Telegraph.
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