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mWtr, W VOLUME 7 NUMBER t - - .." 6 j The Commoner. little matter to Mr. Baor and other self-appointed trustees. - 3K The Commoner. - ISSUED WEEKLY. Wll.T.IAM J. JfllVAN OlIAItMCH W. UllYAM Kdltor and Proprietor. Pnhllflh'or. HiCitAimIi.MitTUAi.KK Editorial HootiiH and Himhcs ABSOdrtto Kdltor. OIIIco 324-330 South 12th Street. Knteicd at tho PoHtofllco nt Lincoln, Neb., oh Hccond-olawj matter OnoYciir - - Hl.OO Six MontliH - .no In Clubs of Vivo or more, Per Year - ' - ,V!i xr,o 50 Tliroo Monlliu Kltiirlo Copy Sample GoplcH Krco. ForolKii PoKtiiKO 52 Ccntfl Extra SUIIHCJllI'TIONH can be pont direct toTunCoMMONKn. Thoy enn also bo pent through nownptipcra width have advertised a club bliiR rate, or through local agents, whoro Fuli-agonls liavo boon appointed. All remittances should bo sont by postolTIco money order, express order, or by bank draft on New York or Chicago. Do not Bond Individual checkp, Htamps or money JI.SCONTINUANOI2H,-lt'l8 found that a largo majority of our subscribers prefer not to havo their subscriptions interrupted and their illes broken in caso thoy fall to remit boforo expiration. It is therefore awuuned tlmt conllmianco is desired unless subscribers order discontinuance, either whan subscribing or at any tlmo during tho year. Phkhkntation Conies: Many persons subscrlbo Tor frlendp, intending thai tho paper shall stop at tho end of tho year. Tf instructions oro given to that cITcct Ihoy will receive attention at tho proper time. lllSNlSWAIits.'rho latn on your wrapper shows tho tlmo to which ycur piibhcrlption Js paid.' Thus January 31, '03, means that layincnt has been received io and Including the lost issuo of .Ian. unry, ifiOC. Two weeks aro required after money has been recolvcd before tho dato on wrapper can bo changed. v CIIANG15 OF ADimUSS.-Subscrlbors requesting a chango rl nddrcFF must give OLD as well ob tho NEW address. ADVlfltTlSINO.-Hntcs furnished upon application. Address all communications to f . THE COMMONER, L'ncoln, Nob. Hnrry Orchard seems to have been a reg alar hotbed of crime. We are now enjoying some very nice spring weather this summer. f Tiro weather bureau often, hits it. "Low, mean temperature" seems about right.' il( Mr. Knox's "favorite son" boom should not be judged by the Pittsburg millionaire class. Mr. Richard Crolcer seems a much easier winner than the English sportsmen are losers. The beef trust seems to be framing things up to got another real hard slap on the wrist,. The first thing we know Dr. Wiley will havo us all eating alfalfa and drinking boiled lemon 1uico. ' By making defective rails that break easily the steel trust has managed to keep from going broke. Pennsylvania also has some well known sons who are not favorites, either at home or elsewhere Dr. Wiley has accomplished great things, but now that he has declared against pie we can see his finish. The delogcabinization of the Fairbanks boom has aroused considerable interest in po litical circles. The Knox boom in Pennsylvania will have to go some if it keeps in sight of the state house graft developments. Henry James' latest novel is called "The Prevaricators." Must be a story of railroad and caual construction. Things must be awfully bad in Korea if the Koreans are forced tc flee to Russia to Detter their condition. Texas having fined the Standard Oil com pany $1,600,000 the rest of the country will now proceed to pay it. Tho solar plexus blow administered to the beef trust scorns to have meroly started its norves to working overtime. A lot of newspapers that thunder against socialistic government seem well content with government by commissions. Henry Watterson says his candidate -wears a mustache. Hist! Have you noticed Marso Henry's facial adornment? In attacking tho pie habit Dr. Wiley merely makes exhibition of the fact that he 'judges solely by tho hotel product. Talk about saving the twine in the 'post office department! Wo have too many strings tied to tho department as it is. The popiilaco would be delighted to have President Roosevelt give sonfo official attention to those Georgo F. Baer stories. Tho English horsemen are throwing rocks at Mr. Croker and his Derby winner. They are not throwing shamrocks, either. , Honestly, now, you pert paragrapher's; "did you over hoar a sweet young graduate discourse on "Beyond tho Alps lies Italy?" President Roosevelt says a soiled hand looks as good to him as any other. How about the soiled campaign contribution? Noting that it cost more to live in 19 06 than in any year since x9a)0 the Buffalo Times says: "How to keep wages up to the advanced cost of livinc is. the vital question."' Strange that the Times did notysuggestleaviiig such a It seems that Mr. Harrjman was not so awfully unwise in taking the witness stand. He made it act as an immunity bath. Typographically the Chicago Chronicle was a beauty, editorially it was brilliant but per verted, and financially it was a loser. t I I n I ! The defective conscience seems to be re sponsible for the many broken steel rails that are responsible for so many railroad accidents. It is reported that Mr. Addicks has gone'to Russia to secure -a new fortune. Tho grand dukes will have to hustle if they keep in the game. . , The"1 railroads rotaliaie for the two-cent fare by slowing up their trains. But most of us would prefer getting there a. little later if all at once. The president has warned employes In the classified service not to become too active in politics. Tho cabinet officers are ,not in the classified service. The ladybug is a sure destroyer of the greenbug, but we dare Secretary Wilson to claim that the ladybug kills its prey by biting behind the foreleg and lacerating the green bug's heart. " In three years' work on the Panama canal one-twentieth of the dirt handling necessary has been achieved by an expenditure of thirty per cent of the total amount alloted for the entire construction of the waterway. The money seems tobe flying much more rapidly than the dirt. HELEN M. GOUGAR Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, of Lafayette, Ind., tho noted orator and lecturer, died suddenly at her home a few days ago. As a platform speaker Mrs. Gougar had few equals. For years her services have been in demand during campaigns, and between campaigns she has spoken at gath erings where the rights of women were under discussion. She was a democratin politics, and Tho Commoner joins her multitude of friends in sorrow at her death and sympathy to the hus band who. survives her. xxo THE PRIMARY PLEDGE As this copy of The Commoner may be' read by some one not familiar with the details of the primary pledge plan, it is necessary to say that according to the torms of this plan every demo crat is asked to pledge hmself to attend all of the primaries of his party to be held between now and the next democratic national convention unless unavoidably prevented, and to secure" a clear, honest and straightforward declaration of of the party's position on every question upon which tho voter's of the party desire to speak. Those desiring to be enrolled can either write The Commoner approving the object of the or ganization and asking to have their names en tered on the roll, or they cati fill out and mail tho blank pledge, which is printed on page 12. . Paragraphic Punches Won't somebody take Baer to the Buffalo Bill tent and turn him loose? Philadelphia North American. -- -" . . - x . When the Now York Times gives advice to the democratic party It is time for the horses to laugh. Buffalo Times. Golf would be more popular if a man cojild break his leg or sustain a few internal injuries while, playing it, Topeka Capital. -, Dr. Long should have asked Judge Parker whether he ever got a presidential apology be fore asking for one himself. Atlanta Journal, Now and then some man succeeds in be coming famous without being made so' by the president; but it is a slow process, Chicago. Record-Herald. Penrose is getting better as a ieader every, year. Once his candidates couldn't be elected Now they can not be nominated. Philadelphia North American. The only thing upon which the newspapers appear able to agree concerning Marse Henry's dark horse is that it isn't Booker Washington. Washington Herald. The apple that ruined Adam's family and the apple of Sodom were respectable compared with the product of the Tdaho Orchard. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Spelling reformers might make more head way if they could penetrate the secret of why the baseball language gets along faster than Esperanto. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mergers are monsters of so frightful mien that to be hated need -but to be seen; but when they're seen, despairing of a cure, the public has to whistle and endure. Boston Globe. Nathan Straus, the milk philanthropist of New York, says that raw milk is "only a diet of germs." What successful germ-resisters the calves of the country must be! Buffalo Courier. The idea of sending a woman to Panama to find out whether the canal employes are well x housed, well fed and properly amused is good. Housekeeping is naturally woman's business. Boston Globe. Possibly the president Insisted upon adding another inch to the stature of West Point cadets because he learned that a good many of our army officers are chronically "short." New' Or leans Timds-Democrat. Washington, according to an authority, is the greatest baseball town on earth. This should settle all questions as to the right of that city to remain perpetually the capital of the United States. Louisville Courier-Journal. As it would hardly do to relegate a rev erned doctor to the Ananias club or the Unde sirable Citizens' league it would seem that President Roosevel will have to start another organization. Sioux City Journal. t The German workingman who has been sen tenced to nine months' imprisonment for stick ing out his tongue at the emperor has reason to complain of so severe a sentence for a mere lapsus linguae. New York Evening Pqgt It is announced that the beef trust accuses the pure food law of causing the higher prices of meats. Does that mean that before the pas- . sage and enforcement of the new law the .meats .were bad and could be sold at a low price -and-a high" profit? Cincinnati Enquirer. . One difficulty is that if everybody who did what Mr. Harriman did should be criminally, prosecuted our railway industrial corporations, would-be deprived of the services of most of their .responsible- offlcers.-Sioux City Journal. The New York supreme court has decided, that husbands can live where they please, if the wives don't like it, they can keep quiet or tag along after the man. This, according, to the court, is the law. But, alas-, most married men realize that the question is-one .of fact, not reviewable by the courts. Denver News. $ ii jjMfojflusy