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tv t Mr rr- tye fc v- 6 The Commoner. .t Jt ' VOLUME 7, NUMBER n - 1 "i'.i ' 'M.. , i. V - : ta.'i :?. ; Nlf ' X m '. -1 . ( !-r i. ; li !' r.'i MiI:2 4 f , 1 U V8 ,.' I V" M t ' i.i,i : . ' ,ii I f i ui' 'n nfl " ' . u VI i m iff! &' i it i '-" MMLtmsm WKmBWT" The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. It is estimated, from the returns, that "president Roosevelt has killed three more Louisiana bear than he has criminal trusts. rrt 'WI.I.TAM J. IJllYAM ., Editor nmt Proprietor. KiciiAti) L. Mktcai.fk , i vUsoelnto ICtlltor. Cu aiimcs W. niiYAM PubllMicr. KdltorJnl noomn and IJiifllnfwf Offlco S2i830 Soulll 12tti Street. Perhaps the railroads would not be suffer ing from car shortage had they been a little more careful about preserving the cars thoy had. Entered nt the Postonlco at Lincoln. Ncb.t as BccQiid-clnw mnltor ti'neVcnr - - Sl.OO Tlirre Mouths' - o Hx Months . . .SO fchiclo Copy - - So li. flubs oJI'Jvo or moro, Snniplp Copies Free. Per Year . .75 Foreign Posing'? CSGcntPExtrn. 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Up to date not one gas bag has soared as high in the airms the St. Louis free bridge appears to be at this date. Now the New York World is "demanding proof.". When it suits its convenience the World can make a virtuous demand for tho proof of an axiom. The gentlemen who are compiling the re publican campaign text book will doubtless feel the need of a stimulant when they "come to the Oklahoma statistics. . Having about exhausted the protection af forded them by federal court the railroad man agers are trying to get next to the -power that makes federal judges. iC THE COMMONER, L ncoln, Neb. . Standard Oil is making "up the fine, not by increasing the price of the oil, but by hoisting the price, of the barrel. We'll be called upon to pay for the bunghole next. , i. Those Louisiana bears evidently belong to the "mollycoddle" species.. '"..'.', y. Perhaps the Pittsburgers are proud of the' smoke. because it .hides so many. things. , . : u f .-Mrs, .Chadwick paid the -penalty of her high financiering. But what about the men who furnished her the money belonging to others in the hope of- making a whole lot for themselves? Secretary Taft is so often and so vigorous-. lv lunln-Hno" Vio4- Vi -ov.jii.i :- j - M& Physician declares that Mr. Hqckefeiler. , sale that there is a growing suspicion that he wlff live to be 100. But what's the use? " has resorted to the "protesting too much" dodge The Lemuel Eli Quiggification of Gotham transportation seems to have been complete. , .Detroit is often called t the. "City of Straits." It was four straight the last time. . It has been lecallv uroved ttxtit tho finnfn Fe is rebating, but whether again or yet is not suown. , . The Lusitania burned a thousand tons of coal a day on its fast trip. The screw propeller and; wireless telegraph outfit alone differentiate between the Lusitania and a furnace we know about. j M t !- ruurDhoBe Louisiana bears so.cwn Hn bnvoVio fveryMittle consideration for the feelings of Sec'-' AVLU1J JUUUU, i -u ,Colonel Henry Watterson declares that he is done with politics forever." O, well; just wait until the Star Eyed Goddess winks her off eye and then note Marse Henry jumping back into the fray. , Perhaps President Roosevelt would like to Mississippi river pilot that electibn;nightv procla'i ' mation of his. . i't- ..-; . , Secretary Taft has gravely informed the Filipinos that the Philippines will not be sold And for the very same reason that a man could notsejl a hay ..fever .even if it w.ero. possible to The best recomTnmirlnt'frm nf tiio Sf(in1oi.fl''0 lubricants is the effect they have had on. the system's wheels. :' . system's wheels. Count that day lost whose sun across the blue shines not upon some price of food shoved up a notch or two. r Dr. Polls of Germany is in the United States with a view to studying our weather bureau sys tem. If. he learns anything about it we hone he willitell.it to the people who. have been pay ing for tho system. l J Those Louisiana bears would confer a favor on .their Wall Street cousins by tellimr them how; it is done. ' ': "' ' ?v "b The Washington Herald lias rushed to the defense of the watermelon rind preserve Tho young are ever rash. ,- JfLot justice be -done the railroads!'? howls a railroad manager. And he is perfectly willing to appoint the judge, too. wuung VinA "!ha11 We klss Sie brlde?' asks the Nash ville Tonnesseean. Out this way the question is, "Daro wo kiss the bride?" uuion There is every reason to believe.that the Louisiana canebrakes are infested only-bv mnliv coddlish and milksopplsh bears y f ;mo! The republican organs seem to have suddenly-discovered that it;is hotter to suffer Te exactions of .the. paper .trust than it is dmit the error of their .protective tariff arguments Colonel Itaisuli, the Moroccan Jmndit, is now trying to secure a ransom from John Bull. Raisuli is destined for a finish similar to that one administered to some former bandits by one Commodore Decatur. A federal court at Los Angeles has just convicted the Santa Fe of giving rebates. Paul Morton confessed it several years ago, just be fore being appointed secretary of the navv bv President Roosevelt. y uy Having reached the "liberal construction" idea concerning tho constitution it will be but a short step for the president to the "what's the constitution between friends" viewpoint of the historic Mr. Flannigan. Noting that a Mr. Loser is a candidate for offlco in Pennsylvania the Washington Herald remarks: "He must be a democrat." There upon tlie Birmingham Age-Herald says "He must bo a cheerful Loser." And in view of the expose of .Pennsylvania's corrupt administration we heartily agree that almost any Pennsylvania democrat is a; cheerful loser. Paragraphic Punches If flour goes much higher, the ordinary citi zen wjll have to cultivate a cornmeal appetite Philadelphia Ledger. - The canebrako bears may be lying low but the Wall Street variety seems to be un'nmi doing. Baltimore News. p ana ' Mr. Roosevelt will find plenty of game if he goes gunning for the Teddy bears in the tov-store- jungles. Baltimore American. !1 sha11 never Bel1 the Philippines," says Mr. Taft. . Would anybody buy them if thev were for sale? St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There isn't the least doubt that Secretary Taft has put an end to. Richmond Pearson Hob son's war with Japan. Philadelphia Press. The president's heart may be in the deep waterway plan, but most of his words are for a big navy and more federal power. Pittsburg JrOSLt 'Harriman orders roads to cut expenses." Harriman is the most costly item they carry Why not begin by cutting nim out? New York World. Stamboul, from whence come the bulletins of the president's war on the bears, is not on the Bosphorus or the Golden Horn. Nashville American. Cortelyou has made his way into the lit erary magazines, but in 'justice to him we must say that he isn't writing for any of them. At lanta Constitution. Wall Street hopes that the president's mind wll be diverted from it for awhile. Experts have published some 'new idea's' for, lawn tennis. New York Herald. ' ' ' ' ' Mr. Wu should be turned loose "on John D., for he would easily and naturally bring' out the bottom facts just for curiosity's sake. Bir mingham Age-Herald. i 'Bees are beiner sent to t.Tio PMHrmirmc notes the Deseret News. Well, the Filipins are so used to being stung that they won't mind. Washington Herald. JOSEPHINE GERTRUDE VIFQUAIN Josephine Gertrude Vifquain, daughter of the late General Victor Vifquain, died at her home in Lincoln, October 14. Miss Vifquain was .an employe, of The Commoner for five years. Richard L. Metcalfe wrote for the Lincoln (Ne braska) Journal this tribute: I am asked by some of those who loved Josephine Vifquain to write .something that may serve as a tribute to the memory of this peculiar ly lovable girl. The world can not know what a great honor has, by this request, been conferred upon me. But the old friends of that fine char acter Victor Vifquain that left its impress in the hearts of men, as in the history of nations the old friends who were drawn closer to the Vifquain family after the rugged old soldier's death will understand. And those who were the daughter's companions in the home and her asso ciates in the offle'e employers, fellow-workers, friends they will understand. And these will know that no idle bit of rhetoric is meant when it is said that earth was considerably poorer and heaven considerably richer when Josephine Vif quain passed into the valley. If affliction was her lot, patience was her heritage. As she had so often smiled away the tears from other's eyes so she stood up bravely beneath her own burden; and, "conscious to the last, she strived to lighten the grief of those she loved. ff But that is really the story of her life. She gave much more to the world than the world ever gave to her. She carried-sunshine wherever she went; and if sunbeams could be gathered and locked in wreaths as emblems for a life of love, her's would he the largest offering ever laid upon a tomb. ;: ir ' I- know' that I express the sentiments of all who knew this gentle girl,- when I say that everyone to whom she did some loving service were to Jay-a blossom. on,hergi'ave;'She.would sleep tonight beneath, a wilderness of flowers." i, X r U ) '."L. 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