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The Commoner.
VOLUME 8, NUMBER J
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It. WALSH, a Chicago banker, and
roprlftor of Hip dffnnet Chicago Chron-
icio, wan uumm-ii ut u .i'j -,,-i 'w; , ,, ,
to bo gnilfy oh fl fly-four counts ot mo muici-
monl charging him with misapplication ol mo
fuiKlH of tho Chicago National bank with tho
intent to defraud tho bank.
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r KNIOItAli Cliarlos II. flrosvenor, formerly
VJC a member of e.ongnss from Ohio, has
written for tho Cincinnati lOiuiuiror and other
newspapers concerning Hip dpinocratie noniina
ilon for I DOS. In Ihis Ftalemont General
(JroHvenor Hays: "Hut llio nominee must not
1)0 Hryan. I do not undertake in thin instance
to ho a prophet, hut applying the processes by
which I have heretofore been governed in mak
ing prognostications, I don't hesitate to say that
Mr. Hryan is impossible."
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T
"ANTI-HHYAN conference" which was
bo hold in New York City January 215
nine
to
was called on
mates that the
causo of tho dearth
can says:
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"conference" was abandoned ho
of responses. The Ameri-
"IimnniMsif nlv 5i f for Mm nnhlir:it Jon
of the story of the calling of (lie conference Gov
ornor Smith, of Georgia; Governor Swanson, of
Virginia; ox-Governor Douglas, of Massachu
setts; John T. McGraw, of West Virginia, and
others repudiated it and wrott to the American
that they know nothing of it."
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a T THE Missouri republican editorial mect-
lug held at St. Joseph, January IS, one
of tho queries proposed by Editor Clark of the
Carrollton Itepubllcan-Record was "Shall the
federal otllcers control tho policy of tho party."
Tho St. Joseph correspondent for the St. Louis
Globo-Democrat says: "Though no action other
than the discussion elicited was taken, it was
so treated as to guaranteo its being the pre
cursor of further comment from the newspapers
represented in the association. Mr. Clark de
clared he had a personal experience which
prompted his question, in that though his county
had Instructed for him as a district delegate
to tho national convention a federal office-holder
had come all the way from St. Louis .to Carroll
ton to toll tho republicans there that ho must
bo defeatod in the district. Mr. Clark thought
this, was an impertinence, and said so. When
tho quory was read a chorus of 'navs came from
the editors, and it was readily apparent that it
had started something. Ben Deerlng of the
Clayton Watchman was quickly on his feet. He
.said: '1 had in mind a query concerning the
proper use of this annual meeting of republican
editors, hut this question of Mr. Clark's opens
a subject which some of us have desired to talk
about. Is it not tho business of this associa
tion to discuss what policy the republican edi
tors shall pursue iir the campaign, rather than
what shall bo the subscription price of our
papers or tho effect of new postal rules as to
second-class matter? To tho query of Mr
Clark let us say 'no' in a , l08t omnllnt
manner.' " 1",llK'
O
MlE ROOSEVELT niliiiiioi,.nii ,..
.,L nwiwwu&uiiuon is given n
,,.. fa " " niuianapoiis News fren
in this way: "in ISS2 Charles J. Folgor JVs
secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of in
dent Ar hup. llo was a man of much aoilitv
and of tho highest character. Ho was nom nat'
ed in that year as the republican cand la to for
governor of New York, over Alonzo , D Corno?
tho Incumbent. No one denied that Judge Fo?n,:
was in every way qualified for the ofllco nSl
he was beaten by G rover Cleveland hv n i
ality of almost 200,000. The remiiiiLn PlUS
Dissatisfaction and (UsL ti rol'Vsoiitoll
amoB ,h0 ropSlta hobKu" totJKf
order. ,nd candidates from .sh&oV t!
differences between tho factions were irrecon
cilable. And tho result was that Grover Cleve
land had a plurality of 192,854, which was com
posed largely of republican votes. Now the in
terference of President Arthur in New York
was not nearly so direct and vigorous as is that
of President "Roosevelt. What the republicans
principally objected to was not so much any
thing that the president had done, as the mere
nomination of a member of his cabinet. This
of itself was thought to savor of dictation. But
a fight was precipitated, the chief effect of which
was to launch on tho public career a man who
has given the republican party more trouble
than all tho rest of its adversaries put together.
There thus seem to bo limits beyond which it
is neither wise nor safe to go. We wonder
whether Theodore Roosevelt has forgotten tho
Foltrer slaughter, and its cause. We wonder
whether ho really thinks he is strengthening the
parly in Now York by interfering in county pol
itics, and by opposing New York's leading citi
zen and able governor."
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MR. BRYAN visited Frankfort January
21 and addressed the democratic mem
bers of the Kentucky legislature urging them
to cast their votes for Mr. Beckham for United
States senator. Mr. Bryan visited Nashville,
Tonn., January 22, accompanied by Judson Har
mon of Ohio. A monster meeting held in the
citv auditorium was addressed by both gentle
men. Tn his speech Mr. Harmon said: "It is
folly to rail at the trusts and pursue them with
fines and Injunctions while wo carefully cherish
the law which breeds and feeds them. The way
to stop a Krowth is to go at the root of it. And
what relief would tho people get if the trusts
wore all dissolved, without revising the tariff?
The men and concerns which compose them
would go right on drawing separately the sub
stance of tho people by means of these excessive
tariff cbarcres. Tt would bo only a change of
form with the same result. I have seen a care
ful estimate showing that every family in the
United States contributes an average of $100
per year to the gains of tho beneficiaries of the
Dingley tnriff. in increased cost of necessities
alone. This explains why those who live on
wages and salaries find themselves no better
off, notwithstanding repeated increases in their
pay Surelv it is our duty, as well as wise
policy, to raise our voices against these imposi
tions on the people and give our pledge of re
lief. They say the tariff must ne revised bv its
friends. We say it must bo revised bv the
friends of tho people. Otherwise it will never
bo done at all or the revision will prove a
sham. On January 23 Messrs. Brvan and Har
mon visited Birmingham, Ala. There thev ad
dressed a monster meeting and also participated
n a banquet eiven bv the Birmingham board of
trade. Mr. Bryan left Birmingham for Wash
ington City whore he spent several days.
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qVlE CHICAGO Inter-Ocean (rep.) prints thi
L editorial: "Dispatches from the east
resent republicans thereabouts as MuhiTw' ,!,
the likelihood that Mr Bryan win b thS ,i VOr
crude candidate for president This year tS
assumption is that this will mako JepubT cin
v clory easy. Republicans who indulge in mS
Pleasing dreams are not only premature in 5 S
Joy. They are almost ignorant of rnnnhf
conditions in the west. Of JJ se tl ?m 10a.n
democracy is disorganized; and Mrrv hi?'"c
for this flinrrminfu '" , . uran stands
d,nf n-r.. ..-":"" Ul' let us not fovfrof
J VIW j
futile effort to show what they" Zid , th?!r
made his own 'call in r tfl .c,ou d o, he
l inno mi. ,- " "UL "" election.' aiiA
BrV ra ,. ?M
materials are all
tlwQ ,.TY?.. ru' uut tile
peued to hurt the ?enubli??- ?as haP
.democrats. The Inter-Oceil 1rLand Glp th
iiJLiWei -ocean knows whereof it
speaks, for it sits in daily communion with is
readers all over th.e middle west, where presi
dents are really made. About fifteen per cu,t
of tho voters whom the republican party counted
in 1904 have been Bryanized. The incessant
agitation from Washington against property ai.d
rights in property has transformed these voters
into semi-socialists. They are headed for Bry
anlsm just as they were headed for it in U9G
These voters must be educated and brought
back or replaced. And the task of education
will be much more difficult than in 189 G, for rea
sons that are too obvious and numerous to be
even mentioned here. These are tho cold facts
of the situation. They deny to the republican
party the pleasing hope of a walk-over. They
demand close organization, rigid discipline and
plenty of hard work and then more hard work
Those republicans who think otherwise are hal
looing before they get out of the woods."
A BILL HAS been introduced in the senate
by Mr. McCreary of Kentucky and in tho
house by Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri making
provision for ex-presidents. Referring to this
measure the Washington Herald says: "Tho
purpose is that former presidents shall be ex
officio representatives, for life, of the United
States at the pan-American and other interna
tional conferences in which the United States
may participate. It requests' an appropriation
of ?150,000, and the former presidents and other
members of the commission shall be paid an
annual salary of $10,000, and be allowed to
appoint secretaries at a salary of $3,000, with
all traveling and actual expenses paid by tho
government for the members of the commission
and the secretaries. Under the provisions of tho
bill, the president, by and with the consent
of the senate, shall appoint forthwith four other
persons as members of the coming conferences,
two for four years and two for eight years, the
future appointments to be made for eight years.
It shall be the duty of the former presidents and
other representatives to 'investigate and, from
time to time, report upon the several proposi
tions looking to the substitution of judicial de
cisions for force in international relations, with
a view to enabling the United States government
t0 exonerate intelligently in all international
efforts to secure to the people the bene
lits of more enduring peace. Their re
ports shall be made to the president and to the
congress of the United States, and they, shall in
vestigate and report upon all questions referred
to them by the president or by either branch of
congress. They shall also disseminate informa
tion on the question of international arbitration
and peace by addresses and publications in order
to insure to the people the benefits of their in
vestigations and conclusions. Their meetings
shall bo held upon their own Initiative, upon the
call of the ranking former president or other
person chosen by them as chairman, at such time
and place as they may agree upon."
qpHOMAS W. LAWSON has published in
X Everybody's Magazine" a statement show
ing why he abandoned what he calls "his fight
for the people." His article is in the form of
a letter addressed to E. J. Ridgeway, proprietor
?i fl?iimagaZe' Extracts from the Lawson let
ter follow: "You talk of what I owe the people.
What do I owe to the gelatine-spj.ned shrimps?
Whathave the saffron-blooded apes done for mo
Sfnt!!wi1?at,iI,?h?uld Ualt any decisions to
match their lightning-change, ten-above, ten
below zero chameleon-hued loyalty.. The people!
w eiT ?am has so sealed itself to my be
Jll' J: , ees its every appearance, of late
Stfno yllads ?f ntastically caparisoned -marion-E?r?
hse bold fronting of mirror-shields' and
savage circling of candy swords, mako me al
most die a-laughing. Forgive me, my dear
AmlSS?11 buti the pePle' Particularly the
Sai! Seople' are a Joke a system joke."
SSES?- "! 2? the inning of his fight and
nfn mi JLth,at the pePle would Sive him no help
thnt ?weiVaf fiSuting for them. Ho says
co5h5S. SSPly st00d h and grinned." Ho
continues: "Then came the overturn of all my
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