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mpuj't 'i 'PJi! w'lu W iMPpPIPMppppF''', 2 j",M 7WB?i Is'- 3 l-U. t V. B. y- The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY Entered at tho PoBtofllcc at Lincoln, Nebraska, a Hccond-cIaHB matter. CIIA1I1.K8 W. HllYAN Publls'liCr Editorial HoomR mid "" Omro, 324.330 South 12th Street WJM.IAM J. IJllYAM Ktlitor and l'roprlctor niaiAUD 1. Mctcai.kk AwoclntcKdllor One Ycnr .00 Six Month CO In ClubH of Five or moro, per year.. .75 Three iHonlliM J5 Single Copy - ,0 Samplo Copies Freo. Foreign Post. C2c Extra. SUIISCIUI'TIONS can bo Bent direct to Tho Com moner. They can also bo Bent through newspapers "vhloh have advertised a clubbing rate, or through local agentH, where Bub-agents ve oen ap pointed. All remlttanccH should bo sent by post ofllco money order, express order, or kV&nVwiiml on New York or Chicago. Do not send individual chcckH, Ktamps or money. KKNI2V,AIiS Tho dato on your wrapper shows tho tlmo to which your subscription is paid. "s January 31, '13 means that payment has b con i re ceived to and including tho last issuo of January, 1013. Two weeks aro required after money nas been received beforo tho date on wrapper can Do changed. CIIANGR OF ADDRKSS Subscribers requesting 4i change of address must glvo old as veil as new address. ADVERTISING RatcB will be furnished upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. government wo have found tho best means of insuring to us, what you have been enjoying through the same means for a hundred and forty yoars, tho "inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.' "Jt is equally gratifying and significant that tho political ideas and ideals of two great people though separated by a broad ocean and living under different skies, are of one and the same kind. The declaration in our ancient classics and the words of one of your greatest presi dents, both of which you have just recited, show that the Chinese and tho Americans are always united In their love of a government based on the people's will. I am confident in the hope that this common faith in the soundness of republican government will serve to bring China and the United States into a yet closer contact than they are now and to further strengthen the friendly relations which have invariably existed between them." Assistant Chinese Secretary Peck read the Chinese text of President Wilson's message and of the remarks of the charge d'affaires, while Mr. Wellington Ku, a graduate of Columbia uni versity, read the English text of the president's reply. Tho members of tho American legation were all introduced to the president who, after a "brief conversation withdrew. The party was then shown through the grounds and buildings of the west park, and on returning' to the palace were met by President Yuan and invited to lunch with him. Music was supplied during the meal by a military band and at the conclusion of the luncheon several pictures were taken of the company. The charge d'affaires and party then took leave and were escorted back to the legation. Resolutions thanking the American nation for its action were passed by both houses of the na tional assembly on Saturday, May 3rd All tho American consuls and tho commander-in-chief of tho Asiatic fleet were informed of tho- inten tion of Charge Williams to deliver the message of recognition and called upon the local authori ties at tho samo hour. Great enthusiasm was shown in Hankow and Wuchang where criers with gongs were sent about the streets announcing the recognition of tho Chinese republic by the United States of America. At Shanghai there was general rejoicing and a celebration of the occasion by appropriate decoration. Tho charge d'affaires also reported that an elaborate program for the celebration of tho event on the 8th of May had been pre pared and similar celebrations were to be held throughout tho country. His report is dated May 6th, and closes with the statement that it would result in a good effect upon the relations between the two countries and it is hoped would do much to consolidate and strengthen the new republic of China. The Commoner. democrats that it is their duty to vote to carry out the party platform pledges. He regards himself as the accredited representative of the voters who wanted certain things done. Com plaint has been made that the 'people' have no representatives in the lobby that infests the na tional capital; thdt it is the 'interests' which selfishly are affected that maintain bureaus and such for the influencing of legislation. Perhaps President Wilson may regard himself as tho people's lobbyist' and when you come to think of it in the light suggested by the term last quoted, the people are not so all-fired badly off for a lobby agent after all. If the people, or a great part of the people, approve things the president is trying to accomplish they ought to understand by the signs to date that they have a very effective worker. For the signs point to the accomplishment of the executive program as far as it has been outlined." CIIINDA'S MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE The speech of Viscount Chinda, at the dinner given recently in Pittsburgh, to George W. Guthrie, the new ambassador to Japan, will surely have a wide effect in allaying irritation and removing misapprehensions. Thoroughly judicial in tone and temper, the address breathes a spirit of large-minded toler ance which constitutes a most effective rebuke to the coteries which discover a menace in every thing Japan says and does. This Pittsburgh address of Ambassador Chinda, deserves to be taken, and undoubtedly will be received, for what it really is an open message to the American people. In his negotiations with Washington, the Japanese ambassador has in the very nature of things assumed the role of an advocate, and he has presented the Japanese case from Japan's standpoint. But it is 'clear that Chinda realizes that the relations between the two countries rest on a broader basis than that of the particular claims which Japan makes at the present time, and, coming as it doeB from the accredited rep resentative of Japan in the United States, Chinda's statement can be accepted as embody ing the real feeling of the Japanese government, and, we think, of the majority of the Japanese people. There have been many speeches in Japan, along the lines marked out in Chinda's address at Pittsburgh, but that utterance derives an ex ceptional significance from the fact that it was delivered in the United States, and by the man, who, of all living Japanese statesmen, comes in closest personal contact with the American pub licBuffalo (N. Y.) Times. THE PEOPLE'S "LOBBYIST" Referring to the charge that the president has been "lobbying" the Washington correspondent for the Chicago Record-Herald says: "What President Wilson has done has been to remind AMERICA'S MISSION . VOLUME 13, NUMBER 23 every clime and defended it with forts and ear risons; American civilization will imprint its nil upon the hearts of all who long for freedom. To American civilization, all hail! "tw noblest offspring is the last!" Extract from speech delivered by Mr. Bryan at Washington Day banquet, given by the Virginia Democratic association, at Washington, D. c Fcbnimi 22, 1899. ary THE NEW INDIAN COMMISSIONER Referring to Cato Sells, recently chosen by President Wilson to be Indian commissioner the Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph Herald says' "The Iowa press, without regard to party, is generous in praise of the appointment of Hon. Cato Sells, of Texas, to be commissioner of In . dian affairs. It is easy to understand why this is so. Mr. Sells is a former Iowan and made his residence laterally in Vinton, Benton coun ty. He was federal attorney for the northern district of Iowa during the last Cleveland ad ministration and established a great reputation for himself in the prosecution of the Van Lueven pension fraud cases, in which the eccen tric but able "Pino Tree Bill" Irwin was chief of the opposing counsel. When other Cleveland appointees bolted the party in 1896, Mr. Sells, notwithstanding he was not a bimetallist of the 16 to 1 school, remained loyal. He was for years, until his removal from the stato in 1906, a leader of the democracy of Iowa, and was repeatedly a' delegate to national conven tions. Upon his removal from Iowa several years ago, Mr. Sells plunged immediately into tho poliitcs of the Lone Star state. Ho took with him to his new field of labor a knowledgo of methods of political organization that, if shared by other Texans, at least was not put frequently into practice by them. Moreover, ho took with him his remarkable dynamic energy and the southern suns have not availed to minimize, it in the least. To say that he is one of the biggest men in the party in a stato prid ing itself upon big men, is to give him praise no higher than his deserving. President Wil son's success in winning the Texas delegation to the Baltimore convention is due principally to the organizing genius and the industry of Cato Sells. In honoring him with appointment, the president is standing by a friend. Moreover, he is putting into the public service a man to ho depended upon for integrity in all his public, no less than his private relations. Considering the dignity and the responsibility of Mr. Sells' high office, which carries with it a salary of $7,500 a year, the former Iowan has reason to feel highly complimented. His friends in Iowa tender him whole-hearted congratulations." Much has been said of late about Anglo Saxon civilization. Far be it from me to de tract from the service rendered to the world by tho sturdy race whose language we speak. The union of the Angle and the Saxon formed a new and valuable type, but the process of race evo iution was not completed when tho Angle and the Saxon met. A still later type has appeared which is superior to any which has existed here tofore; and with this new type will come a higher civilzation than any which has preceded it. Great has been the Greek, the Latin, the Slav, the Celt, the Teuton and the Anglo-Saxon, but greater than any of these is the American, in whom are blended the virtues of them all. Civil and religious liberty, universal educa tion and the right to participate, directly or through representatives chosen by himself, in all the affairs of government these give to the American citizen an opportunity and an inspira tion which can be found nowhere else. Stand ing upon the vantage ground already gained, the American people can aspire to a grander destiny than has opened before any other race. Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the in dividual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught tho individual to take care of himself; American civilization, proclaiming tho equality of all be foro the law, will teach him that his own highest good requires the observance of the command ment: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thv self." - J Anglo-Saxon civilization has, by force of arms applied the art of government to other races for the benefit of Anglo-Saxons; American civili zation will, by the influence of example excite in other races a desire for self-government anil a determination to securo it. Anglo-Saxon civilization has carried its flag A FALSE CHARGE A Philadelphia dispatch, carried by the As sociated Press will be interesting in many sections of the country. The dispatch follows: Charged with conspiracy to print and circulate what purported to-be an oath taken by candi dates for the fourth degree, of the Knights oj Columbus, Charles Megonigal, a printer, of 4oi Brown street, and Clarence H. Stage, of 4l-j Lancaster avenue, have been indicted. Megoni gal, who is a former policeman and coroners deputy, was indicted on four counts and Stage on two. It is charged that the papers allegea to have been circulated by the defendants con stitute "a malicious, false, blasphemous and in decent libel" on the Knights of Columbus as an organization and on James A. Flaherty, rrxwv A. Hart and Charles B. Dowds, as members o the fourth degree. Flaherty is supreme knignj of the order, and Hart is master of the fourui degree. The language of the "oath" is o I to most violent and fanatical character. " time to time it has made its appearance in oh ferent parts of the country. Meng, tpstl. Stage were arrested last February. In his les mony at the magistrate's hearing ertt, ,,,,,, nied absolutely that the Knights of ColumDiw is an oath bound order. He said no oai taken by any member or officer of the ort,a zation. DEMOCRATIC LITERATURE W. N. Randolph, Ala. In the flush Prid of victory, we must not forget who it was i . has kept the altar fires of true democracy ui ing steadily for sixteen long years ine v, moner and Bryan with his lectures, ine . g and file can best do their duty by s"Wrufor these old leaders. Enclosed find my cosed $4.50 for yearly subscriptions to the enuu list of subscribers. ntetafeW&iw Jfcti
