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The Commoner.
ISSUED WEEKLY.
It is estimated, from the returns, that
"president Roosevelt has killed three more
Louisiana bear than he has criminal trusts.
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'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.
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The people who pay the freight have been
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"proxy" recently played by Mr. Harriman and
Mr. Fish.
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Some of these ,days the New York World
will , bite itself while thinking of Mr. Bryan,
and then it will have to hasten to a Pasteur
instituted .
Tho balloon races have begun in St. Louis.
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.
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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.
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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. ,
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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.
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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
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'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.
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'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."
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