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'? vst The Commoner VOL. 22, No. 10 The Commoner ISSUED MONTHIAT Entered at the Postofnco at Lincoln, Nebraska, nn second-class matter: WILLIAM J. BRYAN, CHARLES W. BRYAN, 3dItorand Proprletdr Associate a. and Publisher Edltr Rmo and Buslnoss Onico, Suite 207 Press Bldg. One Ycnr $1.00 Six Month no In Clubs of Flvo or moro per year ... .70 Three Month.. ... & Single Copy 10 Samplo copies Free. Foreign Post. 25c Extra SUBSCRIPTIONS can bo sent direct to The Com moner. They can also be sent through newspapers which havo advertised a clubbing rate, or through local agents, where such agents havo been ap pointed. All remittances should be sent by post ofllco money order, express order, or by bank draft on New York or Chicago. Do not send Individual checks, stamps, or currency. RENEWALS The dato on your wrapper shows the time to which your subscription Is paid. Thus, January 22 means that payment has been received to and Includo tho Ifcsuo of January, 1922. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers requesting a chango of address must glvo old as well as new address. ADVERTISING Ra'tes will bo furnished upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NED. "It was a welcome relief to the representatives and senators to get away from Washington, " runs a dispatch commenting on the adjournment of congress. It is not always that congress does something whoro both the members and the peo ple generally are equally well satisfied and free to say so. Tho newspapers have been carrying stories tb the effect that somebody or some group is cornering diamonds, as there is a scarcity of thorn in the market and the production of the mines does not apparently meet tho demand. It certainly will take a lot of them to' supply the needs of the coal profiteers aftor they have taken this winter's gouge out of tho people. Last, May tho federal supreme court told the manufacturers of this country that they must stop lying about the merchandise upon which they place their labels. It said that the federal trade commission was right in requiring that such labels tell nothing but the truth. Which rominds us, have you noticed any changes in the labels of any prosecutions of manufacturers since that date? Despite the efforts of attendants to prevent it, an insane man who had escaped from the Lin coln hospital, lay down on the railroad tracks in front of an approaching train and let it cut off his head. Tho incident created a sensation.sYet, as we recall it, not a single person seemed alarmed or terrified last July, when the Republi can party of Nebraska deliberately endorsed the civil administrative code, equally as deliberate an attempt at suicide. Every time we soo a dark cloud mounting the sky we start to wondering if it isn't a sign that another thirsty wot has just discovered that even if congress should vote to amend the Volstead law to provide for the making of light wines and beers it would bo still unlawful to majce or sell any light wine or beer that contained enough kick to intoxicate. The biggest crop of boobs is that which was gathered by the various anti associations when they started selling member ships in a light wines and beer campaign combination. Did you know that in making his income tax return the owner of coal lands or oil wells is per--' mitted to deduct for tho depreciation of capital that results from tins extraction of the minerals, and also that there is nothing in the law that permits a farmer to make a similar reduction for the soil plant food that each of his yearly crops takes away? Dr. H. J. Waters, agricultural ex port, says that this amounts to $10 to $12 a year for corn produced. Why was one class of busi ness men exempted and another not? Do the farmers believe that such things just happen ? DILL FOR SENATOR, Tho Democracy of the State of Washington is fortunate in having ex-Congressman Dill for its senatorial candidate. Ho won distinction as a congressman and just tho kind of -man the neo plo of tho west need in the Senate. Worshipping the Beer God Tho New York Democrats are again worship ping an idol this time it is the Beer-God. They havo declared for wine and beer, knowing that the constitution will not permit the manufacture and sale of any wine and beer that will intoxi cate. They are impotent to get what they ask for, but they can, if successful, put the great state of New York on the side of lawlessness. It is a bid for the vote of the underworld. They are doing what they can to discredit the Demo cratic party in the nation, as they have in the past by worshipping Wall Street. W. J. BRYAN. ARIZONA'S GREAT TRIO The Democrats certainly 'ought to carry Arizona this year. They have Senator Ashurst, a candidate for re-election; Congressman Hayden, a candidate for election, and ex-Governor Hunt, a candidate for re-election. It is a great trio. Ashurst has made a remarkable record as a" senator. Hayden has won high distinction in congress and Governor Hunt has endeared him sdlf to the voters by his fearless defense of th.e people's interests. Would that our party were in as good position in all the other states. A TYPICAL DEMOCRAT Ex-Congressman Ayres of the Wichita district will be returned to the House this year. He is a, typical progressive Democrat sound on . every subject. He led the fight against universal com pulsary military training in 1920 and urged the" payment of the soldiers' bonus out of war made fortunes. He ran sixteen thousand ahead of his ticket in 1920 and was defeated by only one hun dred by a candidate who spent twice as much as the law permits. He will be elected this year. WHITE'S POOR APOLOGY What would the Republican party do with out Wm. Allen White to apologize for it. In pic turesque language he pleads for mercy on the grouird that "it wasn't so bad." "It might been a lot worse." But could it have been "a lot worse"? How could it have done more that was bad and less that was good? White resigned from Judge because he could no,t stand for its wetness and yet he continues with the Republican party. He is straining at a knat and swallowing a camel. THIRTY-EIGHTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY On the 1st of October, Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan celebrated the 38th anniversary of their marriage informally at the home of their daughter, Grace (Mrs. R. L. Hargreaves), 1520 Ogden Drive, Hollywood, Los Angeles, W J Bryan, Jr., assisting. Mr. Hargreaves is mana ger of one of tho branches of the Hollman bank and their son, William, is practising law in Los Angeles. Mrs. Bryan has been spending the summer with Mrs. Hargreaves; Mr. Bryan went to Los Angeles after finishing his Chautauqua season. About a hundred friends called to offer con gratulations, among whom were ex-Secretary and Mrs. McAdooi, Mr. Marco Hellman, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Dockweiler (Mr. Dockweiler is a "memb'er of the Los Angeles bar and Democratic national committeeman), Dr. and Mrs. Von Kleinsmid (Dr. Von Kleinsmid is president of the University of Southern California), Captain and Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson, Dr. and Mrs. S. P. McLennon of the Hollywood Presby terian church, Dr. and 'Mrs. J. H. Nash of the Hollywood Congregational church, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Haywood of the Hollywood Metho dist church, Dr. and Mrs. Montgomery of the Anti-Saloon League, Mr. Will D. Wood, Dr. Hill and others interested in the temperance cause, Judge Anderson, Mr. T. H. Pickford of Washing ton, Mrs. John Vardaman of Mississippi, Mr. Harry Berger and daughter, and Miss Nellie Allen, a classmate of Mrs. Bryan's. Their young est grandchild, Evelyn Mary Hargreaves, was christened just before the reception. Mr. Bryan left the next day on a campaign tour which will take him into eight states Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Minesota, Wyoming and Utah in six of' which senators are to be elected. On October 28 Mr. and Mrs. Bryan sail from Los Angeles to Miami, Florida, via Panama. THE LIGHT IN NEW MEXICO Senator Jones of New Mexico seems to be making a winning fight for re-election. His per sonal popularity and his deserved prominence have brought great prestige to the state. New Mexico can not afford to lose such an asset. The Democrats also have excellent candidates for governor and congressman. The tide of reac tion against Republicans in power promises to elect the entire Democratic ticket. KENDRIOK OP WYOMING Senator Kendrick of Wyoming is a candidate for re-election and should be returned. Few senators have made so good a record during the first term If he had done nothing else than share in the preparation and passage of the bill to regulate the packers, he would have earned a second term, but he has been prominently iden tified with many measures. PEARSON FOR THE SENATE Every California reader 0 The Commoner should work from now until the polls close to elect Pearson, the Democratic candidate to thS Un ted States Senate. He is sound on the prohi- Vo!2nfnaJ1?f n a,nd n aH the onomic issues Vote for him and urge others to vote. KANSAS TAXES DEVOURING FARMS Tax JJ1J $30,988,121 J2f$ 30,849,566 JJJS 38253,735 IHI 43,645,103 JJJS 47,106,519 1S1J 58,483,777 JJJJ 68,026,738 1921 75,962,537 Taxes now twenty per. cent of Candidate Davis. Farm Production $376,297,713 342,843,467 371,188,476 507,483,787 592,017,250 746,619,135 699,170,341 , 351,121,242 farm products. EULOGIZING THE BAR-MAID On another page will be found a wet woman's tribute to the Engish bar-maid. "NOWHERE" we are told is "woman's refining influence so acutely felt as behind the saloon bar." This was the language of Mrs. Gladis Marshall, "speaking for the 1,100 members of the organization who havS taken up the fight to keep the age old in stitution of the rose cheeked English bar-maid from going into the discard." "Can you beat it?" "" M'KELLAR OF TENNESSEE United States Senator Kenneth P. McKellar has been re-nominated by the Democrats of Tennessee. He should be elected by an over whelming majority. His high character, his soiund Democracy, and his faithful service to the people of that state entitle him to the support of the voters of all parties. A FARMER FOR GOVERNOR The Kansas Democrats are running a farmer for governor. He is a sure enough "dirt farmer" and' has a university education. He has served in the Kansas legislature for many years and is just the man to lead the farmers out of bondage to plutocracy. CANDIDATE O'CONNOR The division in tho Republican ranks in North Dakota makes possible the election of O'Connor, - the Democratic candidate. He has behind him a united Democracy and receive the support of many Republicans. MR. BRYAN AT WICHITA Four thousand persons, ono of the largest morning audiences in Wichita history, filled tho Forum this morning to hear William Jennings Bryan, in a political address. Mr. Bryan delivered his entire address, with tho exception of a moment or two at a climax, sitting in a chair, and so effectively was it done the audience forgot the situation, completely. He -suffered, he explained, a painful accident the other night when a porter let fall a Pullman ' berth ladder on his toe. Applause, and at times cheers, filled the Forum at frequent intervals as the orator, who is no stranger to Wichita, approached and passed climax after climax in his address, and hundreds of persons went to the stage following the pro gram to shake his hand. Mr. Bryan came, he told tho audience, in the interest of W. A. Ayres, who is the Democratic candidate for congress from this, the Eighth Dis-trict.-rWichita Beacon, Oct, 7. x. x ' V X A ?-. j aiMtetf'i&itt mMtttnLek e-Jri&-','K'friJ: fJ ?.
