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them
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encourage the circulation of the Yellow
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and the best time to prepare for war is
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crats are about dead for the present but
they havn't found it out yet, so jthey
will continue to kick up a great deal of.
sand, during the next four years.
Especially will the mud guns o ::r the
' democratic press be very aggressi1 re in
their efforts to malign the ; policies of
our President. Already they are ' at
work: The Y. J. will pay its respect to
mtac anu an otner iaites, . irauus anu
humbugs in its own peculiar style.
We have adopted this bi-weekly form
of the Y. J. in order to give'lus time in
which to thoroughly prepare each article
Aur print and with a -. view 01 maicing
. this bi-weekly the ideal of ! republican
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the above suggestion, by devoting it; few
spare moments in introducing the J.
to your republican friends who never
saw the paper. Let -us not neglect I our
party papers now that a great victory
flas been won. Truly and indeed all
seems well to-day, but" remember we
SSKLSm
toat lurk in f orgetf ulness and careless-
ness. Let us not turn hack for Ant- in-
stant. it is not enough to be : awake; we
jstkeep awake. It is not enough to
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ahead; we must go ahead and
keep
Kemptn Vior 'V11-wtt To olr-of ie rirt a
, iocal paper," nor the organ of any district
, or section, but, circulates in every coun
try wVl ff 4-Via 4- oJ - -A no 4- aA
is always repubUean and Always- Atneri-
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EDITORIAL.
Editor Bryan has gone into effect.
vve wonder whether the Commoner
can live up to its press notices?
The Commoner is two weeks old and
we have had no earthquake vet.
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The, Goebel election law of Kentucky
is a sample of Bryanism in full bloom.
The democratic watchword seems to be
give the rank and-file a chance." ,
Is it an anti-Vice crusade that is going
on in the.mountains 4JColorado?
Tow the W. C. T. -U. wants'
men
them
taught to knit in order to
ibreak
of smoking. 'Nit!
That couple that was married by tele-
pnone may certainly be expected to
have a hello of a time.
In o'ne respect this will be a better year
than 1900: Bryan, will not be nominated
J at Kansas City this year.
The democratic party seems to heed
leaders in both branches of Congress as
badly as it does everywhere else.
The next battle will be fought between
Bryan and the democrats. The battle is
now on. Watch the fur fly.
Oar exports are forty times as great as
they were one hundred years aero while
our imports are only ten .times greater.
Kidnaping has been made a capit .l
crime in Missouri, but how about a law
in that state to punish men for stealing
votes?
A western man has named his pet bear
William Jennings Bryan because he says
it is so hard to let go of him . when he
gets you in his hug.
The gist of Mr. Bryan's speech at the
Lincoln Club banquet was: "My princi-
pies may they always be right; but
right or wrong, my principles."
it is strange that the democrats will
spend so much time chasing ghosts.and
nDgoDims wnen tne wooas are iuu 01
game wortn toiiowing. , 1
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some
Even the worst of us have
friends who are not frightened away by
protests. Pettigrew got 13 votes in the
South Dakota legislature.' I
A news dispatch from Washington
says that Admiral Dewey now takes
long walks by himself. Has love's
young dream faded so soon? ' t
"Mrs. Nation has been doing a smash-
ing busines, out west and Jaas actually
turned awav business an several; becas-1
ions." Theatrical note.
There are three sorts of people in he
world nowadays; those that have the
grip, those that have had it, and those
that expect to have it. I
Why "doesn't OoinPaul come over and
secure the services of Mrs. Nation. At
least, they could not be less 'valuable
than those of Webester Davis.
Oom Paul has had his eyes operated
on and Lord Salisbury is; now hoping
that the old man will be able to see the
error of his ways. i v
Jim Weaver of Iowa who is wet nurse
ttiat
11 !ht be
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a contributor to Bryans C ommoner.
One otthe venders of the .tti cen-
tury is the fact that Bryan got out the
first issue of the Commoner without
mentioning the heaven-bornvratio 16 to
O j ik :
If Jefferson and Jackson had as many
1rind of hirths as the democrats have
ways of celebrating these events, they
must nave had,
wouldsav.M'a d
as the Texas fellow
a devil of a time a-bornin.'
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with Yellow Jackets. ;
Dispatches in regard to the Vice
President's prowess in Colorado bears a
suspicious resemblance to some tnat
came from Shanghai during i the . late
unpleasantness. .
We really wonder in what direction
the spirit of feminine unrest will break
out next. Mrs. Nation's . escapades ar e
merely part of this general feeling for
revolt.
A" Chicago woman wants to rent a
haunted house. Anyone having a - line
jof that sort of goods ou hand, can dis
pose of same by applying to her. No
triflers.
Bryan contends that -reorganizing is
an internal remedy. Now- if he can't
manage those stubborn democrats . any
other way he might make a hit by try
ing tobasco sauce on them.
Talk about harmony in the democrat
ic party! sbenator Tillman nas lust
been boasting of how he tore up the
Clevelandites at the Nebraska banquet.
These harmonizing proceedings sug
gest a buzzsaw.
i lie repuoiican party made tnis coun-
try the most prosperous on earth and it
is periectiy willing to accept tne respon-
sibility of Congressional appropriation
in keeping with the general progress of
the rontitrv.
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Without being personal it may be re-
marked that there seems to be some- The truth of the observation is demon
thing about aspiration to the United strated by the malevolent malice display
States Senate that developes dog-in-the-
manger qualities in men never preyious-
My suspected of them.
As the country has endorsed the re
publican idea that a growing country
needs growing appropriations, the wail-
mg m some quarters about the amount
of money appropriated by this Congress
will not cut much ice.
Uncle Sam started business for the
new century with an available cash bal-
lance of more than $ 143,000,000, exclu-
sive of .the 150,000,009 gold reserve.
That, does pretty well for the "empire"
doesn't it?
The Commoner says that victory has
made the republican party so arrogant
that its intolerance is likely to swell the
ranks of the opposition. Certainly,
Col., did not you notice how the demo-
cratie ranks .were "swelled' ' last Nov-1
ember?
Mr. Bryan has a good deal to say about
.the terrible time we will nave vwnen
the crold standard is complete. " : ie
sees the' devil iust ahead. The evils Mr,
I . m
Bryan sees in republican laws are like the
good things promised by the democratic
party, they are away oft in tne iuture .
Col. Bryan declares the
democrati
party is in splended fighting trim,
the man dishonest or is he just jnsa
I
insane;
The democratic party was buried-, la
November and Mr Bryan was chi
I mourner. There . are some democrat!
I however who insist that the party
only crippled, and that it was Bryants
I funeral we all witnessed.
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If Son. Grover Cleveland 'would take
something to aid. his digestion, perhaps
the national outlook would not appear
quite so gloomy to him. "
Venezuela seems disposed to court the
humiliation that several of her neigh
bors have met within the past for get-
ting too cocky with Uncle Sam.
The election of Joe Baily to the United
States Senate frorn Texas went off so
smoothly that it has been hinted tha
the oil trust down there had
everything
greased for the occasion.
The death of a good women, wether
she wore the crown of royalty or the
crown of love, touches all "mankind
The world weeps with England in mem
ory of Victoria, the good queen.
In other empires they hang statesmen
who pass resolutions of sympathy with
rebels in arms. In this empire of ours
there is an unwritten law, which forbids
the hanging of fools and idiots, there
fore they are permitted to "resoloot" at
will. Ark: State Republican.
The Senate tax reduction bill differs
so widely-from the House bill that com
parison is i practically impossible. It
may be said, however, that the' Senate
diffuses lesser reductions among a larger
number of measures than the House
does. Neither bill is altogether satisfac
r
tory.
The appropriations for this Congress
will amount to nearly if not auite a
billion and a half. Well, what of it?
We have the money; we need it to
maintain our position in the world, and
we propose to spend it for that and oth
er TDuroosesi- This is a billion and a hal f
country nowadays. '
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J Bditor Bryan says the Krag-Jorgensen
Land Lee-Metford attachments of civiliza
tion seem" to be running hot in their
bearings. It's no wonder, Billy. The
friction you and Altgeld, Tillman,.
Pettigrew & Co. are furnishing is
enough to make the bearings of these
attachments hotter than the hinges of
hades.
It is now believed that the President
has made un his mind to an extra sess-
ion. certainly it does seem xriai one
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will be a necessity, if for nothing else,
in order to take action in regard to the
pWli ins as SOOn as the Supreme
Court shall have affirmed their status
with respect to the rest .of the country
It is said that men nver forgive those
whom they injure but hate them, and
hound theni through life if .possible.
ed by Governor
Beckham toward
Governor Taylor -whose stolen omce
with, its honors and emoluments
Beckham appropriated.
The report of the Taft commission
transmitted to Congress by the Presi
dent, announces that the rebellion in
the Philippines is practically at an end.
Ever since the defeat of Bryan "became
known over there, the rebellion has
been disintegrating and the Commiss
ion now thinks that it is time for civil
government to be defmitely establisned
by act of Congress.;
k ' 'It may be that they , call them 'infant
industries" because the people never
seem to grow old enough- to take notice
of how nicely they are being plucked."
I Commoner. However slow the peo
rde are to learn things, there is one
thing certain, Billy. They will not for
o-t rl urin r the next 2 v years of how
they were "plucked" by tne tan 11 law
the dems gave the people the last time
they had a chance. Put that in your
pipe and smoke it. : ' .
Well, I never
knew that before,"
claimed 5
Id Elise. who was
tudying her
.school lesson.
t, dear?" queried
her mother.
"That D
answered the
"What put
asked the mo
"Why, repUe
ays Here,
'David pleaded
ion,', so he
must have been a republican. ; I wonder
if there is any thing about ; democrats
in the bible, mamma?" 5 ; ; -:7,
veara
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uiniin r 1
kiiew wh
1
Lvid was a republican,"
Uittle student -
hat idea inta your liead?"
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disie, "ix j&
torpeotect
Dave Hill may well consider himself,
"between the devil and the deep sea,":,
with fool-friends telling him he ought
to be President and the Chinese Minis
ter telling him he ought to be. married.
There are several other men who feel
quite as badly over this poor country as
Mr. Cleveland does, but they will not
mingle their tears with his. He always
does his weeping oh a pedestal too high
to be reached by other men. ;
Sixty-three years as queen and never
guilty of an unpopular public act or an
unwomenly private act, is the proud re-
kford of Victorial It stands alone and
will stand alone in the royal annals of
the . world. Victoria's are notboin in
every century.
. The River and Harbor bill, as.it. pass
ed the House, provides for a survey of
Salt River from its mouth t Shep
herdsville, Ky. Is this an effort to lo
cate the political party that went up
that river last November?
Postmaster General Smith is a strong
advocate o,f . the Ship subsidy bill, be
cause his official duties have shown hixn
that foreign governments are far more
liberal than ours in making their postal
service contributory to the upbuilding
of a merchant marine." !
The usual lot of twaddle .about the
River and Harbor bill is being printed
in the usual papers. There has proba
bly never been a River and Harbor bill
that did not appropriate some money
for something that did nbt really de-.
serve a public appropriation, but on the
whole no public money spent does
more good to, the whole country.
The Commoner says that the time
come wnen tne causes set lortn . m
tne
Kansas Citv platform wflP5e vindicated
by a majority vof ythe people. That
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prophecy is about aft par with the one
Mr. Bryan made in '96 to the effect that
if McKinley was selected the country
was ruined, that wheaand corn and all
other farm products would depreciate in
value. Just reverse his prophesies ami-
Bryan is a first class prognosticator.
Voluntary reform is always better than
compulsory reform. We are glad that
the "West Point cadets unanimously a
dopted; an, antihazing resolution .before
the Congressional committee made its
report. Perhaps many of these young
men never realized the brutality of their
practices until they, saw them described
in cold type. By the way, cold type is a-
bout the most powerful agent of reform
we nave. . v
The change in our commerce with the
world in the short period of ten year
is tne most remarxaoie ever experi
enced by any country; According to of-
icial figures, our imports increased' less
than 1 pdr cent during that period, hav
ing been $823, 397, 726 in 1890, and $829,
052, - lib in 1900, wnue aunng tne same
period our exports increased 72. 4 per
cent, having been $857, 502, 548 m 1890
and $i, 478, 050, 854 in 1900. '
We have always been compelled to
believe that the plain plug of a man. is
the happiest man in the world after all.
His pants may bag at the knees and he
may not be acquainted with the latest
style of chin whiskers; he may not hold
down a throne or the presidency of a
railroad; he may not know the thrilling
dy- of having a brand of socks named
in his honor; but as he ' potters along '
through life he gets about as much sat
isfaction and calm out, of it as his - more
distinguished friend. He knows that
there is no crank hanging around , the
corner to shoot a hole ' through his a
natomy or bury a cheese ! knife up - to
hilt in his person. He knows when- he
sits down to his frugal meal that he cdn
eat his pie with his knife with perfect
impunity, for there' is no danger of its
having been spiked with rough on rats.
No doubt it is lots'of fun to-., be hailed
whenever, you step out on your porch
and to have yourself contmually mis
quoted in the newspapers and to know
as you hang your crown - for the "night
and crawl into your luxurious couch,
that the police force is standing out in .
your bacx, yard to keep the admirrng
public from . throwing bricks through
your window, but notwithstanding all
these ardent joys,- the common everyday
chap who wears a hickory shirt and a
hat that is eight years old, gets tne most
pleasure xmx 01 xe in tne long, run, ,
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