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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
A growing question: "What do you want
for Christmas?"
, That constant buzzing from Ohio is evidence'
that one certain "Fire Alarm" has got its wires
crossed. - "
By some oversight the blame for the finan
cial flurry has not yet been laid at the door of
Secretary Loeb's office.
Speaker Cannon was re-elected without op
position, probably with a view to having the
tariff revised by its friends.
And, again, the democratic party is so built
that there is never any question as to the direc
tion in which it is traveling. ' '
Tt vRrnnlnn t.n lift sftftn wli fttli rr o flffv'nor
&cent increase in salary means a- fifty per cent
juvtcivoo iii wujiicoBiuutii uuiuiuuuy.
The management of the Seattle exposition
is determined to make it a unique affair. No
government aid will be asked.
Great campaigns are won because of organ
ization and definite planning. Enlist in the'
"Million Army" and help organize and plan,
The Panama canal is floating a loan all
right. The indications are, however, that it
will be a long time Gre it floats anything else.
Now that Captain Richmond Pearson Hob
son is a proud father we suppose that there will
be another Hobson up in arms most of the time.
Tho Pittsburg Gazette-Times gravely dis
cusses "The Outlook in Pennsylvania." What
Pennsylvania needs is a serious and protracted
in-look.
Recruits for the "Million Army" are coming
in thick and fast. Let every new recruit im
mediately become a recruiting officer. There is
plenty of work for all.
The attorney general of Minnesota is con
structively in jail for contempt, having violated
a federal order not to enforce a state law that
was declared constitutional by the state supreme
court and which he was sworn to enforce. Per
haps some one can untangle this snarl without
reviving that old cry about "state's rights" hav
ing been "shot to death on an hundred battlefields.
The Commoner.
It is not a question of the currency reform -that
congress may desire to establish, but the
currency reform that Joseph Cannon is willing
to allow, if any.
After undergoing the inconveniences of the
recent financial flurry the people will now under
go the tortures of having the magazine writers
explain all about it.
Owing to a press of important business,
and other things, a number of congressmen ac
customed 'Co spend the holiday recess at home
will spend it in Washington.
The injunction writ is a valuable remedy
at law when properly applied. The trouble with
the use made of it now is that ik sends work
ingmen to jail and keeps trust magnates out.
The money market having eased up we
may expect the reappearance of the opponents
of the quantitative theory if they haven't suc
cumbed during their enforced retirement.
It will be noted that Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker is not allowing his boom to be left to
the tender mercies of friends while the owner
is putting his feet under imperial mahogany.
We refuse the Filipinos self-government
because they fought us, and we refuse it to the
Porto Ricans who welcomed us with open arms.
The lamb always muddies the water when' the
wolf is hungry.
The Houston Post, complains that outside
papers do not tell the. whole truth about Hous
ton. One of the delights of reading the Houston
Post's clever paragraphs is that they tell so
much morevthan the truth about Hustling
riouscon.
A'u
The day before-the West Point-Anapolis
football game the Boston Herald told us that
the West Pointers had a new yell. After read
ing, the result of the game the conclusion was
reached that the new yell must have been.
"Ouch!"
One of the gratifying signs of the times
was seen when the daily newspapers gave con
siderable space to an American heiress who act
ually married a young American whose fore
bears have achieved fame by great deeds. This
is better than marrying the bearer of foreign
title made notorious by his misdeeds.
The man who killed himself because tie
had seen thirty-six Thanksgiving days without
having anything to be thankful for, at least gave
the rest of us additional cause forthankfulness
That kind of a man is better oft where that
-man is now-1 wherever that may be.
WHY NOT FOREVER?
The Houston (Texas) Post prints an edi
torial entitled "The Stock Exchange Peril." In
general The Commoner agrees with the' Post
on this subject, but where the Post says "close
the stock exchange for awhile," The Commoner
moves to amend by striking out the word
"awhile" and inserting in lieu thereof the words
"all-time." The Post article follows:
"In view of the embarrassment and incon
venience the New York banks are causing the
rest of the country, why would it not be a good
idea to close the New York stock exchange until
confidence is fully restored. That would do more
to relieve the financial stringency than anything
else that could be possibly done at this time
With tho speculative activity of the exchange
terminated for the while, scores of millions of
dollars now required to finance the stock deals
would be released for legitimate business pur
poses and the present suspension of business
would come to an end.
"It is a disgrace to the country that every
industry, all commerce, and the movement of
staple products should be hampered by a con
dition that is for the most part local to New
York. The stock operations of the exchange
are in no sense essential to the progress and
prosperity of tho country, and they require the
money that is needed for the material business
of the nation. No legitimate interest would
suffer if the stock exchange were closed for
three months and perhaps confidence would be
sooner restored if tho public could have the as
surance that it would never reopen.
"The: various devices now employed to in-
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crease circulation can afford no permanent relief
to, the country. The trouble is fundamental an
our financial system must be strengthened at
the foundation. To increase the tremendous
weight now resting upon an inadequate founda
tion is dangerous. Relieve the situation bv
taking from our financial structure the deadly
burden of the stock exchange and business will
proceed without embarrassment.
"The men who depend upon stock jobbing
for profits ought not to be permitted to longer
distress the country. They are at best but para
sites feeding upon the body politic and their
welfare is unquestionably a matter of secondary
importance compared With the well being of tho
producing interests of the country.
"The vast volume of money needed in New
York at present because of the speculative act
ivity of the stock exchange would soon find its
way into legitimate channels if the exchange
were closed.
"Close the stock -exchange for awhile."
"IN GOD WE TRUST"
Takin' God's name off the face
Of our coin them words of grace
That have been through many a year
So much comfort and such cheer!
Takin' God's name out my life
After all these years of strife,
Well! and then his eyes grew dim,
As he muttered out the rest:
Friends, you tell 'em, I'll be blest,
Uncle Samuel says, says he,
That them words he used to see
Was plenty good enough for him!
Takin' God's name off rdi-pen!
Here's my country full of men
'AtrI'm tryin' the best I can
To bring to stature of a man,
With the old injunction borne
In upon 'em night. and morn,
'At we can't do nothin' at all
'At we can't keep growin' great,
Masterin' time an' conquerin fate,
Buildin' on foundations strong
As the teemin' ages throng,
Lest upon His name we call!
Takin' God's name off see here!
Washington, who had no peer,
Trusted, -Him; Lincoln, too;
All my children, Gray and. Blue;
All my stalwart sons of time
Trusted Him and rung the chime
On their lips of prayer and praise
Mighty are we in His hand,
Buildin' manhood in the land;
Truth and freedom for our star,
. There we was, an' here we are
Magnifyin' all His ways!
Takin' God's name off my gold,
Blottin' out them words I hold,l4
Dearer than my children's life,
Sacrificed for me in strife
'S if we'd grown too big to care
Whether He was watchin' there,
Whether He was markin' time
To our march across the years
Filled with roses and with tears
Tending, guarding us like sheep
On the hills of toil and sleep,
With His fatherhood sublime!
Takin' God's name off, you say?
No more trust in God today?
No more reverence for His name
Since we've filled our hearts with flame
Of the mighty power and strength
Of a national, length to length?
Well, you tell 'em, good an' strong,
' As fer Uncle Sam, he thinks
They've been cuttin up high-jinks,
They've been turnin' in their path
In a, way to stir his wrath,
An', by all the gods, they're wrong!
You just tell 'em I trust God!
Every bloomin' field and clod
Of this land of mine "is fiaught
With the wonders He has wrought
Not with my poor statesmanship,
Arm of power and grace of lip!
Tell 'em, sonny, with true vim,
Uncle Sam is .trustin' still,
With his heart, an' soul, an' will--Not
in his own growth and might,
" Conquerin' sword and tongue of light
But in God; just trustin' Him!
. Baltimore Sun.
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