everything else ringable,
rings with indignation. In
a recent investigation anent
the high price of meat, an
reader doubtless concluded
that for once the railroads
were going to be forced to
arrange matters for a
square deal for the “com-
ty, they may win out on
more than one issue. Sen
ator Raynor admires Bryan
as a man, but urges that
the Perpetual should real-
“In the first place, the Republican ranks are
rent with discord and dissension. The Insurgents
have come to stay. They are not fighting for a
compromise, but are contending for a mighty
principle, and in the end they will win. There
are no such words as retreat or surrender in their
vocabulary. To state their position simply and
concisely, they are striking first for individual
freedom within the party, and next for the rights
of the people against the forces of corruption and
the tyranny of the money power, protected by
legislation and favored by the Government. Near
ly every proposition they have contended for has
been voted down by the organization, and it is a
remarkable fact that every principle they have
espoused is to be found among the traditional
precepts of the Democratic party.”
All of which reads beautifully but fails to
explain why there have been so many Demo
cratic deserters, and why these same deserters
voted for so many Republican principles.,
Chicago has been the scene of many scan
dals, political, business and family, but the
case of William Lorimer
LORIMER BRI-
BERY SCANDAL
MAKES ANOTHER
TRIAL A FARCE.
