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aimmammw mmmmmtmmu' . i in .....toiVi ny ng u- v .ffftjyw f S The Commoner. VOLUME ."NUMBER 21 v tyr ' h 5 U 7. ! ' B : v r J1 : I The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. WlIiMAM J, 11 II YAK Illtor and rroprlotor. KlCHAIU) L. MKTCAM'K A&ioclaloKdltor. OnAItl-JJJ W. MltYAK Publisher. Ktlltorlal Ilooms nnd Huslncss OHIco 324-330 South 12th Street Entorcd at tho ro'stomco nt Lincoln, Nob., as second-class matter On Year - - 81.00 'Six Month - - .50 In.Clubs of Flvo or nioro, Tor Year - - .ff Tliroo Month - 2o Slnglo Copy - - 5o Bamplo Copies Free. Foreign rostnuo 52 Cents Extra. l(:h 1 1 J,' SU1JSCK1PTION3 enn bosontdlrccttoTtiKCOMMOmm. I'hoy can also bo sont through newspapers which hnvo advertised a club bing rate, or through local agents, whom nil-agcnts have boon appointed. All remittance Bhould bo Bent by postoOIco money order, express order, or by bank draft on Now York or ChicaKO. 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ADVJHRTISING.-ilatca furnished upon application. xAddrcsall communication? to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, ,Nobl W Thero aro growing evidences that Mr. Wat terson's "dark horse" is a chestnut. ,c The Fairbanks autobiography appears to bo official only in what it does not disclose. .The renublican road to harmonv, in Ohio rfsoeinB badly In need of tho split log drag. The American Protective Tariff League is , again giving its annual exhibition of bigotry. , . King Alfonso wants a larger navy. The 'fc. cradle industry is tho thing Spain most needs.. ' .. ' , The , "undesirables" will please move over k a. little and make room for Rev. William J. Long. ftu '1 ' ' &bfu Ireland, it seems, is quite old enough to Id toll the difference between a political plum and h"W'fi",lQmoii. ?&. ,- y.v The weather conditions this spring indl sry cate that the Fairbanks boom is maintaining a v. steady growth. Surely tho Houston Post's rabbit-fattened-:basB would makeoxcelloht-' bait -for suckers north and south. .a - - Several esteemed contemporaries aro dis cussing the "ten best things to eat." Wo sug gest hash, that contains most of them. Curiously enough a lot of legal gentlemen who are opposed to the Initiative and referen dum are strongly in favor of a court of appeals. Collior's Weokly seems Inclined to throw a little discredit upon Mr. Fairbanks' chief claim upon precedent, that of having been born In a log cabin. Mr. Root says the nation's moral standard is higher than it was. Yes, th& people are rap idly tiring of the advice and counsel of corpora tion lawyers. Perhaps tho cold weather this spring Is duo to the fact that the north pole has started down this way to discover what has become of Walter Wellman. Mr. Carnegie says Ambassador Bryce knows more than any other man in the world." But does he know how to avoid the discomforts of housecleanlng time? President Rodsevelt has gone after the nature fakirs," which means the rapid 'dis appearance from public view of "undesirable citizens" and Ananias clubs. The king of Spain celebrated, his 21st birth day the same week that he became a father. Tho crimson atmosphere in the vicinity of the Madrid palace is excusable. The Washington Herald proudly boasts that the capital city has a tobacconist named Plugged .Huh I Lincoln has an undertaker named Guile and a collector named Dunn. It will be generally admitted that a wolf ?S aiieas.t kil1 a carlbou as effectually as the Big Stick" knocked out the Northern Securi ties merger and the beef trust. Abraham Reuf is by no mean's the first man who forgot about his family relations' until they were recalled to him by-'force1 of being . caught with tho goods on him.T' . -T-k . A Michigan woman daubed -the mayor of her city with several kinds of paint. -Just like a woman s ignorance of politics. A man would havo made it a coat of whitewash. Tho absorbing question now is, "Are we to have a shivery, woolen-blanket, fire-in-the-mornlng June?" -" - "Is piracy lawful?" -queries the Pittsburg Gazette. Some species of piracy seem to have been legalized. When a man begins to denounce "yellow newspapers" the first Inquiry "is, "What has ho vbeen 'exposed In doing?" The Harrisburg, Pa., Telegraph has an edi torial department under the bead, 4iHeard on Capital HilL" It is much more readable than a column of "Smelled on Capitol Hill." - The California statutes provide the death penalty for train wrecking. With defective rails and defective management, however, it is almost impossible to locate the blame. - " One of the amuslrig features of recent graft revelations is the 'spectacle of Harrisburg Pa newspapers expressing surprise at the wide- 1 spread reign of graft in San Francisco. Perhaps Governor Frantz of Oklahoma is opposing statehood under the new constitution because .he realizes that under statehood he never would havo been governor of Oklahoma. The supremo court has decided that dredce- . men engaged on government work are seamen. It is now up to the court to decide that' a mule .with-a mountain howitzer on its back is a battle- snip. The chief objection to the Oklahoma con stitution is that It was made for the people and not for the machine politicians. It seems that Governor Hughes has his legislature trained so well that It will walk right up and eat out of his hand. i Vo republican politicians are opposing vtho adoption of the Oklahoma constitution on the grounds that Jts framers ' preferred making lican B 9 t0 tKe PePl0 rather than repub- One result of the frost-bitten spring is that uie goou nousowire is "nearer" thai the canned fruit she put up last fall. .. Al ... ucuim- uiuu over witn The National Association of Manufacturers went on record in favor of-tariff revision, The "standpatters" must look upon this as a stab underlie fifth rib from a member ot the household. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is still throw ing fits because the republicans of Oklahoma were hot given the last gerrymander. Tlie Buffalo Times says -that if tidal waves make presidents, Senator 'Foraker won't even get his feet wet. Wrong. He'll. get tangled up with the undertow that always follows a tidal wave. The Philadelphia Public Ledger says that Sau'Franci8.co's method ot conducting a -strike vies, in meanness with theraethods of its graft x exs..jt. would be Interesting to note -what a lot ofBhiladelphia strikers would do if they tried .".toivie in meanness with tho methodsof Quaker City grafters. If they succeeded they would certainly show the, country some new kinks 'in the strike business. Paragraphic Punches Wdn'fc somebody please sic the Teddy Bear on tho George Baer? Philadelphia North American. N Henry Watterson's dark horse has a mous tache. Good' material for an, animal slory.- Buffalo Courier. , i " The next president of the steel trust should ' be too old for either gambling or marrying. Atlanta Journal. - It is a safe bet that the insurance com panies will not pick the 'democratic standard bearer in X9 08. Buffalo Times. Let us thank Heaven that the Haywood trial isn't about something that ex-Pittsburg peo ple have been doing. Grand Rapids News. Europe may pass restrictive immigration laws if some of our- rich continue to select it for their honeymoons. New York American. An Ohio man has walked from, New York to Zanesville in search of.'health. fcAnyhow, the defective rail peril didn't get him. Milwaukee Sentinel. ,- President VanCleave of, the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, who iavors child labor, should be waked up with a kick: In the shins. Minneapolis Journal. v There is a law, In" Delaware making it a misdemeanour to drink whisky on' a .train in that state. That doesn't make it very "long between drinks." Cincinnati Enquirer. Schwab says the recent slump in Wall Street served to bring about a healthy check. Evidently Mr. Schwab was short in several lines that were affected. Chicago Record-Herald. Mj Carnegie is reported to -be suffering from a cold "caught by sitting.ln' drafts of cold air ,at the peace conference." Thenuhe certainly caught tho cold during an intermission between speeches. Washington Post. If anybody can make the devil look less black than he has been painted, who should be able to do It as Secretary Root? Hasn't lie been the ablest trust attorney in the country for many years? Portland Journal. According to reports Mr. E. H. Harriman has resumed activity as the general manager of the sprinkling cart and is freely irrigating some more railroad stocks, although he does not really need the money. Birmingham, News. '"1 Protest has been made that too many heroes of modern novels are represented as using alcoholic beverages. Worse than this, some of them have a tendency to drive the brain-wearied reader to drink. Washington Star. The time has come when- the administra tion should have a quiet, candid conference with Hon.-. Joseph G. Cannonr 'What is tho purpose of the speaker in allowing all this presidential talk to go on? Cincinnati En Something of tho appalling character of New York life insurance business is revealed by the fact that a Chicago man has' refused to accept a position as trustee of a company in deference to his conscience. Butte Inter auJuntain. - Oklahoma democrats insist that every so called radical provision in their- new state con stitution is supported by the-public utterances of President Roosevelt,. 3ut what about 'those seven democratic electoral votes that are caus ing so much anguish in Washington? New York World. 9 Poraker scores' most every time he strikes out and his latest is his reply to President Wooilrow Wilson of Princeton. He trjes.to glye that gentle man tovnnderstand that, "while the framers of the constitution might not now recognize it if they saw it, that they Tvould not bo niiyavoitir off than the president, who knows so little about it that He does not- recognize its limitations. Will Taft be coached to reply to this? Kansas City Post :