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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1912)
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Low Round Trip Fares In "effect daily through September.) 30tb, via Pennsylvania Lines For full information call on or address W. H. Rowland, Traveling Passenger Agent, 319 City National Bank Blder., Omaha, Neb. ECZEMA CAN BE OUKED. My mild, soothjnfir, guaranteed, euro dobs It and FnKE Sa.mpx.r proves It. STors Tire Itchino and cures' to Htay. Wnrritt Now-Topay. Dr. CAN NADAV, 174 Park Square, Sedalla, Ho. GOV EUNMENT Positions nre easy to pet. Myvfree booklet X10I6 tells how. Write todav-tNOW ISAltli UOntlNH, Washlnctou,JD.C. The populist national convention, with a small number in attendance, met at St. Louis and adopted a plat-j form reaffirming the 1892 plank and adopting some now planks, ono of which favors tho recognition of tho Chinese republic. The loading plank discusses at 'some length money. "The quantitative theory of money as declared in our Omaha (1892) platform is now universally con ceded," the preamble states. Issu ance of money by the government to tho people are also favored. Government ownership of the tele graph and telephone system and the parcels post are recommended. The initiative, the referendum, direct election of senators, direct primary, presidential primaries, equal suffrage, registration of lobby ists and a graduated income and In heritance tax are among the other planks. In estates exceeding $1, 600,00.0, 50 per cent should escheat to the "state," the platform reads. The last paragraph of the platform embraces the following: "We favor the extension of free schools in tho lines of manual and occupational training. Wo favor the recognition of the Chines republic. We favor old age pensions, the com mission form of government for cities and the granting of franchises to public utilities corporations tiy popular vote." Deciding there" was no v need -fcf a national treasurer noi a riatibdal committee, the delegates changed their plank and adjourned. Taft and Roosevelt republicans in Texas held separate state, conven tions and nominated separate state tickets. of financing tho Wilson campaign is going to bo absolute publicity. We'll take contributions of $6,000 or $10,-000-or more, of course, provided they com from individuals, but -just as soon as any such contributions are received they will be made public, so that the public may know exactly what we are doing. Wo don't want anything from corporations. "I haven't yet settled upon any particular scheme for raising cam paign funds. Thero is nothing to worry about, however, on the score of contributions. I feel sure that ample money will come into our treasury by popular subscription." A son with the inheritance of $3, 000,000 waB born to Mrs. Astor. the young widow of Col. John Jacob Astor, who lost his life on the Titanic. Seven persons were electrocuted in th New York state prison in one day. A Kansas City, Mo., dispatch, car ried by the Associated Press, says: Ira Haworth, known as the "grand father" of the republican party in Illinois and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at a local hospital, a charity patient. He was 85 years old and friends had ar ranged to celebrate th event with a dinner. Haworth was one of tho six men who attended the first re publican meeting in'Illiribis frT185G, and later wasbne of the delegates who voted for tho nomination of Lin coln for president. In 1860 Lin coln sent Haworth a savel and a cane made from a rail which he had hewn from a fence. These Haworth treasured greatly and always kept them locked in a chest. Government Formers Wanted. $00 monthly. Free quartors. Examination soon. Wrlto, Ozment, 58F, St. Louis. PATENTS "gggSBSfi?;"' Frco report as to Patentability Illustrated Guide hookv ana i.ist or inventions wanted, sent iree. 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A New York dis patch says: .Blackmail extorted f:om gambling and disorderly houses in New York City is said tn find itQ way to the pockets of three .men "hlgner up" who are the real .heads of th graft syndicate that provide police protection for a m-ice to rh under world. Information placed in the hands of District Attorney Whit man by a private detective working with him on the Rosenthal. case show those "higher up" are a lawyer, hotel proprietor who claims strong politi cal affiliations, and a police official. Two police inspectors also are said to have been profiting richly from graft. Whitman is now convinced that Rose told the truth when he said that at least $2,400,000 is collected from gambling houses in one section of the city alone. Whitman is not willing to hazard a guess on the total amount of blackmail, but is con vinced that it will Tun into fim mil lions. Private investigation is atllt being Conducted rfecrnrdinn' t.h inuA blackmailing system. It is said, that tuuujr iJiuimueui persons will oe sub poenaed by Whitman. An important eye "witness tp the5 Rosenthal murder' was found by Whitman! He will not appear before the grand jury hut will be held V reserve until tho trial. ' you found tho real public opinion of tho country. "Imagin my horror whon ,, -newspapers, the next day, ignored uie rest or my speech which I thought not without merit and gave prominence to what I said about to bacco chewing, declaring in the head lines that I said tobacco chewing made thinkers." Th governor added that a big tobacco company also made a photo graph of ono of tho newspaper re ports and used it in their advertise ments, stamping him "as a college professor who advocated chewing to bacco to develop the mind.1' "That's th sort of thing I think is wrong," said tho governor, "and should in some way be made impos sible, for even though untrue I doubt if it was libelous." Aidma IMata atl will Wia Tti Trial F!aa Rolla Wells has' taken char'ge at Now York of the office of treasurer of tho ' democratic national commit tee. Mr. Wells said: "The policy A news item in the New York worm says. Rufus L, Perry, a negro lawyer of Brooklyn, who has appeared before the public many times, embraced the Jewish faith. The ceremony took place before several Jewish friends in the home of S. Scheiner; at No. 79 East Seventh street. Mr. Scheiner's offi cial title among his own race is that of mohl. He says that he has offi ciated at 15,000 similar ceremonies and that Mr. Perry is' tho first negro he has ever known to accept the Jewish faith. Neither, he says, can any- of his brother mohls remember a similar ceremony, A flonp-tff -NT T .!'., i.-T. . 0, ,. ., u.jtjuu;u, says: Woodrow Wilson's entry into the political limelight, with a squad of correspondents and telegraphers camped in tents on th meadow, near his cottage has given him a novel ex perience. Th governor remarked jthat while ho recognizod the sincerity pi most newspapers, he could not understand some misrepresentations fcnd inaccuracies. "For example," related the gover nor, laughingly, "when I was presi dent of Princeton university I de livered an address in a certain city which I said that public opinion was LI Sed cSted :;;' r: ,": , puc w..w D uoyuuuou m iao crossroads-store where tho farmers sat around, chewed tobacco, spit into the SftWdllflr. anrl avrrmnt.AJ i j i :added, jokingly, that no matter what , ,l . . "a4"81' iuuiwuo cnew ing, it must b admitted that it made - " - vi, nuorovor you found- raoa chewing tobacco together The senate sustained the presi dent's vetoes on th wool and metal tariff revision bills.- Clarence Darrow, attorney for tho defense in tho McNamara trial at Los Angeles, was acquitted of the charge of bribing a juror. THE FEARLESS ROOSEVELT Kansas City Star: In the current Commoner Mr. Bryan rather unex pectedly, echoes a familiar screech, th purpose of which is to concen trate prejudice against Mr. Roose velt: "Did he not show, by his conduct at Chicago, that ho is more interested in obtaining the office for himself than in advancing reforms?" asks Mr. Bryan. Well, Mr. Roosevelt has a way of concentrating his energies upon the business in hand, and. th business in hand at Chicago, was the selection of presidential , candidate. '..; Mr. Roosevelt knew, that , the preference of the republican party was over whelmingly for him and he was not afraid to obey the summons indi cated by the expression of that pre ference. The call was not for a candidate to be named by Mr. Roosevelt; it was for Mr. Roosevelt himself, and he knew it. H had th characteristic courage to do everything ho could, uut xn in open and regardless of precedent, to mako the decision of the Chicago convention fit the ex pressed wish of tho people. The audacity of the national com mittee suggested the need of extra ordinary efforts to conteract the com mittee's shameless maneuvers and Mr. Roosevelt had th confidence and the nerve to do his utmost for a square deal. If the party prefer ence had not been unmistakably and overwhelmingly for him, ther would never have been any chance f or tho sham complaint that "he was moro Interested in obtninfnc fho nnminn. tion," etc., etc. If Mr. Roosevelt wishes to bo president again h is only one of millions of Americans who wish him to bo nreaidnnr. anln TTfa nnnnoi wish ig a matter of no importance cceyt as snowing that he is not afraid to assume tho splendid re sponsibilities that thoso millions ot Americans are-eager to intrust with him. When Mr. Taft was first put for ward as a likely candidate for th presidency, ho dilly-dallied and shied and protested that he didn't want the office. This country has had enough m prGsideite who don't want th office, or who pretend thy don't! EVER MEET ONE? "That get-rich-quick man is as busy as a bee." "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox. "Ho's on of those busy bees who can't manage to gather honey wittioutln w i,i "igmg somebody.". .iumSwu otaf, '., M r .i ,'. I"