The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-24
SCISSORS EDITORIAL.

Your Uncle Grover Cleveland is
said to have hooked nearly half
million on Wall Street as the re-
suit of speculation in Northern
Pacific. The ex-President has
long since been recognized as a
successful fisherman. - Maury
County Democrat.
A committee should be appoint
ed to look after Ricketts,, of the
Memphis Scimitar, during the
reunion. Says the Scimitar.
"About 1000 girls are coming to
the reunion, and at least "a, 946 of
them are fit to make mans
heart go pit-a-pat."
We sincerely hope the case of
the "bhes" on the part of one
the leading financial organs of the
United States may prove to have
no foundation. But what would
the Republican party say should it
all come true9 They have been in
absolute control now for more than
four years, have had no difficulty
or hindrance in putting their pol
icies in full and complete opera
ton, have removed all threat o f
free coinage, and yet, and yeti we
are not safe. Williamson County
News.
AT Union City the Daughters of
the Confederacy take practical
view of the working of their or
ganization. They now propose
70 educate two daughters of inGi-
gent Confederate soldiers. They
are making an effort to find a fe
male school that will take the girls
free of tuition, they paying all
other expenses. They have al
ready raised money to defray the
expenses to the reunion of soldiers
in Obion County those who are
not able to pay for themselves.
All honor to these. noble women.
Paris Press.
Hon. Z. w. Carmack has struck
q responsive chord in the national
heart, and every true American
citizen admires the manly, self
respecting tone which character
lied his speech. And this spirit
was brought into bold relief by
the sniyeling, fawning, apologetic
tone which has characterized SO
many recent expressions from
public men. The great civil war
was ended years ago. Our fathers
thought they we're right, the rec
ords show they were honest and
brave. But the issues were settled
on the battlefield, and anything
which suggests an apology or ex-
PLANTATION is out Of order now, and
comes in bad taste. The Confed-
eracy was buried with all honors
of war, and we have dressed in
mourning long enough. Let us
cherish all the sacred memories,
and be careful to preserve the
truth of history, but It'll high time
to stop all bosh about the New
South, the Old South and reunit-
ed people, and turn our attention
actively to living issues and to the
development Of our natural re-
sources. Pulaski Citizen.
If the State papers that are de-
voting so much space trying to
bury Bryan would give as much
time trying to purify their own
Democracy q suffering public
might be greatly relieved. The
daily papers Of Tennessee, because
of their antagonism to Bryan, and
to the principles of Democracy
have done much toward disorgan-
izing and weakening the party in
the State. Had these papers the
prestige and influence such papers
ought to have the State would
long since been in the control of
the Republican party, but fortu-
nately for the Democracy and the
State they are looked upon by the
masses with suspicion, and theirin-
fiuence thus crippled. Its unfor-
tunate indeed that the Democracy
of Tennessee has so few dailies
who claim to be Democratic that
can be relied upon. To the week
| " the masses have to look for
sympathy and leadership in the
advocacy and defense Of genuine
Democratic principles and Demo
cratic Observation-Disclosures Dem