The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, July 24, 1908, Page 6, Image 6
"fT - f y,rriw' WJVWfV' T5 Vp""" ' HMMPW-' W.W" fWiBPglWPPIIPWWiftPiyflf fc-JV The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. OllAltLHH W. Bit VAN, JUOIIAIU) L. M KTCAIjPK, ltiIIffslior. Kdltor. 32-i-330 Huutli Twolfth Htrcot. Filtered nt tlir I'oMofl.'ce nt Lincoln, Neb., nc f-ccond-clnw mntto Ono Year 81.00 fciJx Months no In Clubs of I-'lvo or more. J'crYcnr 75 Tlireo MonUiB So Sliitflo Copy - - - - 0 Bnnijik' CoiiIch Free. l-oroln 1'ostuKO 02 Ccnta lixtrtt. PUIISCRII'TIONS can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. Thoy can also bo sont through nowspapora which havo advortiscd a clubbing rate, or through local agents, whero sub-agents havo boon appoint ed. All remittances should bo sont by postofllco money order, express order, or by bank draft on Now York or Chicago. Do not Bond Individual checks, stamps or monoy. DISCONTINUANCES It is found that a largo majority of our subscrlbors profor not to havo their subscriptions interrupted and their flies urokon In caso they fail to remit before oxpiratlon. It is thoroforo assumed that continuanco is desired unless subscribers order discontinuance, either whon subscribing or at any tirrio during tho year. Presentation Copies: Many persons subscribe for friends, intending that tho paper shall stop at tho ond of tho year. If instructions aro given to that pffoct thoy will rccclvo attention at tho propor time; ItlDNKWAIiS Tho dato on your wrappor shows tho timo to which your subscription is paid. Thus January 31, 08, means that payment has been re ceived to and including tho last issue of January, 1908. Two weeks aro requlrod after monoy has boon received before-tho dato on wrapper can bo changed. CHANGE Oir ADDRESS Subscrlbors requesting a change of address must give OLD as woll as NEW address. ADVERTISING Rates furnished upon applica tion. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. A STATEMENT FROM MR. BRYAN Lincoln, Neb., July 23. To the Readers of The Commoner: My candidacy makes it necessary for me to suspend editorial work, and I desire to have it known that I should not be held personally responsible for matter appearing in The Commoner during the campaign, ex cept that which appears over my signature. My brother, Mr. Charles W. Bryan, who has had charge of the publication since its establishment, will assume control until No vember, and the associate editor, Mr. Rich ard L. Metcalfe, will, during that time, be editor. . The Commoner will publish such speech es, letters, etc., as I may prepare for the gen eral public and the readers of The Com moner will have full and accurate informa tion as to the issues discussed. I bespeak for the paper, the cordial support which, from the beginning, has made my connection with it so pleasant. All profits from The Commoner, over and above actual expenses, from now until election will be turned over to the demo cratic national committee for the benefit of the campaign. WILLIAM J. BRYAN. TO COMMONER READERS The necessity for Mr. William J. Bryan's re tirement from active participation in The Com moner's editorial work, will be readily under stood by every one who appreciates the vast amount of work devolving upon a candidate for the presidency. The change, whilo relieving Mr Bryan of responsibility he should not boar and of work which, with his othor important duties, should not bo required of hi i eayo The Commoner free to discharge its duty in thejarge field it occupies. . y Free from tho embarrassments which, with Mr. Bryan as editor, would bo manifold in a campaign where ho is i.A .ii,iJ " mT1. i11 a SSwwS".W'0 S' ta' "s? Commoner ma : depend upon Vthat C,,Z w 1 faithfully alhon to the gfSit nrincln ln??i '" uiiunnugoa ana no opportunity The Commoner. tojimprovo tho paper and to make it a powerful agent for:popular government 'will be ignored ' Tho Commoner will keep its readers in formed as to Mr. Bryan's movements; will print his speechos and letters and will occasionally havo signed articles from his pen. Tho lack of democratic dailies must bo supplied through tho weekly press and Tho Commoner will bo in a position to contribute materially to tho voter's fund of information. Commoner readers may depend upon it that this paper will discharge its duty during the campaign of 1908, meeting every reasonable expectation so far as honest, energetic effort is concerned. It is desired that The Commoner keep in touch with the members of the democratic or ganization and officers of democratic clubs throughout the Country, and the co-operation of these officials, as well as the assistance of every reader who may have some point which prom ises to bo helpful in the fight, is earnestly solicited. The subscription price of The Commoner during the campaign will be 25 cents. Those who believe that The Commoner is doing a good work aro invited to aid in the effort to increase its circulation. Itft tV THE INCOME TAX In its issue of July 14, tho New York World prints an editorial entitled, "Abandoning the Income Tax." The World editorial follows: "The World can understand the silence of tho republican platform in regard to an income tax. The republican party represents the pluto cratic elements opposed to such a tax. The men who would contribute most to the support of government under such a system of taxation aro republicans. Most of tho men who own franchises, who havo special privileges and con stitute tho real capitalist class are republicans. Men like Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Harriman, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Schiff are naturally against an income tax, and the republican platform, with fine disregard of all Mr. Roosevelt's shrieks about swollen fortunes, expresses by its silence their disapprobation of such a system of raising revenue. But why should the democratic party have thrown it over? Mr. Bryan himself voted for an income tax while a member of congress. He always professed to believe that a law could bo drawn which the supreme court would sus tain, just as it twice sustained previous acts providing for an income tax. To wait for a con stitutional amendment is to wait for years, per haps for a generation. A tax on the hundreds of millions of annual income of the wealthy would go far toward relieving the burden of taxation now borne by people with small incomes or almost no incomes at all. There Is no more just or equitable way of raising public revenue The democratic party ought to have taken a strong position on this question. What excuse can it make for surrender?" One of the planks in the democratic plat form is as follows: "We favor an income tcx as part of our revenue system, and we urge the submission of a constitutional amendment specifically author izing congress to levy-and collect tax upon indi vidual and corporate incomes, to the end that wealth may bear its proportionate share of the burdens of the federal government." When, in 1896, the democratic platform favored income tax legislation without waiting for an amendment it was charged that tin nartv intended to pack the court. Now when an amendment is asked for, the World calls it an abandonment of the income tax. It is hard to please some people. l TIIE NOTIFICATIONS MEETINGS The formal notification meeting for- Mr ' ASt"1 PlaC nt hlS h0me rview on Mr. Kern will .be notified at Indiananolis oarly in September. Mr. Bryan will Si Pn! Kern notification meeting. attend the &&&& "OLD 1808" On Saturday, July 11 thn 3f ti t public celebrated' the one 'h mdredth anni?' sary of its establishment. As the M Isaourf ri" zettc i was founded in 1808? and Tc the bolder" generation now passing from tho stage it was affectionately known as "Old 1808." Durtng tho century of its existence tho Republic hit aimed h Iirh and nnnnmniui.,.i ".., '"""r. ,,aB . tors upon it, ecoml century tronor m" be"" tor than .ovqr boforo. Itu history hau be fnii t of stirring Incident. ,t lm 4ronlcloS"f"" VOLCME 8, NUMBER 2 4 wars in which American arms took part; it has been burned 'out, gone through floods and con! quered many obstacles, and yet it has never missed an issue. Its centennial number was a triumph of the art of .making newspapers The Commoner congratulates "Old 1808" upon its rounding out of a century of success, financial and social, and wishes for it added centuries of usefulness. t i& t&b LOOK OUT, MR. SPEAKER Hon. H. C. Bell is going to contest tho election of Speaker Cannon in the Danville dis trict. Mr. Bell is a Simon pure democrat and a great campaigner. As his platform will prob ably endorse all of the reforms that were turned down in the republican convention, he is likely to give "Uncle Joe" a sure enough race, anil if he is elected, that district will have a brand of unadulterated democracy. t f2r CLEARLY NON-PARTISAN The Philadelphia North American (rep.) says: "Whatever the shortcomings of the re publican platform they can not be charged to Taft but whatever the democratic plat form lacks is chargeable directly to Bryan." Clearly the North American's always ad mirable and somewhat famous non-partisan edi tor is off on a vacation. Men, not dollars. 'The voice is the voice of Sherman, but the hand is the hand of the trusts. The Washington man who was treed by a dead bear might find some consolation by ad dressing Mr. Harriman. The solution of the slum question does not lie in the free distribution of milk and ice. The abolition of the slum is the only solution. It seems that Chairman Burrows forgot to tell tho convention about the "publicity letter" he received from Mr. Taft. 'You have a beautiful country," said Cardi nal Logue to Mr. Rockefeller. The cardinal not only has an eye for the beautiful, but a rare discernment as to ownership. When Mr. Sherman is elected he will be the tenth vice president from New York," says the Milwaukee Sentinel. The Sentinel is much better in dealing in futures than it :is in chron icling the present. 1 , Yi A Philadelphia .man rocked the boat and the young lady accompanying him ', promptly knocked him into the river with ,a, spare oar. The Carnegie hero commission' is respectfully asked to take notice. The g. o. p. .platform refers to the emer gency currency bill as a "temporary enactment." O, yes; so temporary that it will be replaced about the time the. tariff is-revised by its friends in the interest of its victims. The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that Uncle Sam -is goiig to provide immigrant labor to farmers and adds: "Wise Uncle!" .But how about providing jobs for some hundreds of thou sands who are not immigrants? Mmer Gould-de-Castellane de-Sagan says wo are lacking much on this. side of the ocean that foreign society possesses. Every .once in a while somebody says something about, this country that makes us prouder than ever that we aro permitted to live in it. Will, the Roosevelt admirers who are sup porting Mr. Taft bo deceived, or w?" the Wall Street supporters of Mr. Taft be deceived?. The answer to this may be found by carefully study . ing and finding out how often Well Street has been deceived in the candidate it supported. The republican leaders are now engaged in fixing their speakers' list so the ones who point to Paft as the man to carry out the Roosevelt , policies will bo, dated, for the west, while those who will point cui that ffiaft's election, ineans the end of Rooseveltism" will' be .datedin tlie east. J AJ1-J?. r t 'J , &,!,. KiimXA ItUtUvJL