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The Commoner.
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yOLUMB 5, NUMBER 17,
talnod today in a short timo. I am go
ing to suggest a plan uy wmen 10 uu
taln a goodly number of signatures In
this county, which is this: There are
2G voting precincts in tno county, uuu
:iC you will send mo two dozen pledge
'blanks will agreo to send them out
'to loyal and slncoro democrats living
in tho sovoral precincts, including tho
ones hero, who will bo glad to assist
in this work. This method will servo
a double purpose- which is, first, to dis
tribute the burden spoken of, and, sec
ond, it will be an encouragement to tho
men in that they will fool honored by
tho confidence that is placed in them
and will tako renewed interest in tho
Joffcrsonian principles.
Wm. P. AI. Scolt, Fallon City, Knox
county, Twin. I was born in Virginia
March 12, 181G, and have been a dem
ocrat from my boyhood, volunteered
'and was sworn into tho confederate
army February 12, 18G4, so was an
18-year-old boy in tho army of North
ern Virginia in a battalion of Virginia
artillery. Being . in my sixtieth
year I cheorfully fall into line, answer
ing to democracy's roll call, signing
tho pledgo and enclosing herewith,
With ploasuro I endorse and ratify
your plan to begin tho campaign of
1008 forthwith. My prayer to uur
Fathor who art in Heaven shall bo to
overrule and direct that democracy
pure shall bo successful in the next
election. I have five sons, one in busi
ness in Huntington, W. Va., three in
business in Ashland, Ky., one at home,
all domocrats and will, if living, in
1908 assist in the election of the nomi
nee of the democratic party.
R. C. Tuckor, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Mr. Bryan strikes tho key-note whon
he says got back to tho people, and ho
appeals to what is noblest and best in
man, when he says better bo defeated
In striving for tho right than success
ful In wrong. I voted the full ticket
last fall, but confess that I shed no
tears over our defeat. I have voted
twice for Mr. Bryan for president, and
hope to have an opportunity to repeat
it. I always read all there is in The
Commoner, and then leave it on the
train or in a hotel. May it grow and
prosper.
Ezra B. Tabor, Editor and Publisher.
Lincoln Monitor, Hamlin, W. Va. 1
most heartily endorse your primary
pledgo plan of enlisting the true Jef
forsonian democrats, into fighting
ranks. In union there is strength, and
to this end I sign tho pledge. I have
taken this plan up through the col
umns of my paper and I expect to be
able to send you a largo list of sign
ers in a short timo.
I. M. Garrett, Louisa, Lawrance
County, Ky. You will find enclosed
my primary obligation. I approve of
your plan of organization. I believe
in tho great common people and de
mocracy. If they do not resist the pow
er of plutocracy our republic is gone.
I am willing to do all I can to save
it,
T. L. dmithdeal, Bluofiold, W. Va.
I tako great pleasure in adding an
other name to the list of true domo
crats, who are signing tho primary
pledge and I sincerely hop that this
simple plan may bo tho means of
bringing about such a perfect organi
zation of our forces as will result in
a triumphant vindication -of tho poli
cies which you have so nobly and
ably contended for in tho past few
yoars. I wish you, a true exponent
of tho people's best interest, much suc
cess in your ovory endeavor.
N. G. Richards, Bonifay, Fla.
Please find enclosed primary pledge
and application for subscription cards.
A; N. McBride. It is with nlonsurG
I sign tho primary pledge. I think it
i3 the Uest move the democratic party
can make.
John I. Stafford, Law and Real Es
tate, Modesto, Cal. Enclosed you will
find tho primary pledge signed as
suggested in The Commoner, Casting
a vote, like joining a church, is an
act that should appeal to the con
science. If all voters with democratic
tendencies will attend tho primaries,
and thero assist in an honest declara
tion of principles and upon a clean
ticket, their conscience will not trouble
them so much on election day. The
Commoner is right. Recent elections
demonstrate that whon democracy
stands for the people, declares for
something positive, as does The Com
moner, the people support it. The
conservative radicalism of Chicago's
democracy was warmly supported by
the people of Chicago. It is apparent,
and has been for some time, that our
next candidates nominated for presi
dent and vice president on the demo
cratic ticket will be thoroughly in ac
cord with Tho Commoner and its edi
tor on substantially all party plans
and party questions. This fact is
becoming more apparent each day,
and Tho Commoner is recognized as
tho only publication universal enough
in its declarations to be an official
national democratic paper. If this bo
true (and it certainly is) then no sec
tion of tho country, city, county, dis
trict or stato should at all hesitate to
begin organization at once along the
lines suggested by The Commoner.
Wm. Campbell, Mt. Pleasant, la.
Election day true democracy is the
voice of the people. Not the voice of
a half dozen politicians. In my mind
the saving grace for tho democracy is
the voice of the people and the golden
rule. Enclosed you will find five pri
mary pledges.
J. M. Money, Scottsboro, Ala. I
have read the editorial in The Com
moner relative to organization and am
returning herewith signed the pri
mary pledgo. I think the plan a wise
one. "Get back to the people" and
tho people will get back to the demo
cratic party. The aggressive element
of the party is again in the saddle,
with the fearless Nebraskan in com
mand. Let all good democrats go to
work and the victory of 1908 will be
ours.
M. V. Sheldon, McCook, Neb. En
closed find pledgo signed by myself
and son. We heartily endorse your
pledge arrangement to attend jail pri
maries of our party between now and
the next national convention. I have
been a democrat all my life and ex
pect to be. I supported Douglas in
1860 and McClellan in 1864, Seymour
in 1868, Greeley in 1872, he being the
regular convention nominee. "7 voted
for Tilden in 1876, for Hancock in
1880, for Cleveland in 1884-88-92. I
supported Wm. J. Bryan in 1896 and in
1900. I voted for Parker in 1904 and
expect to stay with the democracy of
our country as long as I live, because
their principles are right. If we can
got near the people they will stay with
the party, and wo will win out in 1912,
if not in 1908. May your life and
health be spared to complete this great
work.
Stephen Shackleton. I cast my first
vote for Buchanan, my next for Ste
phen A. Douglas, none during the war,
tho next for Peter Cooper, and have
followed that line since, until I voted
for you and now as the democrats
and republicans have divided our plat
form between them, I shall again vote
tho democratic ticket. I have never
yet voted a republican ticket that is
tne presidential head. I have voted
for what I took to be good republican
men for tho offices, because I thought
tney were better lltted for the office
than their opponents. I think that
there will be three parties next timo,
and as I can not swallow socialism in
its entirety, I shall vote the reformed
democratic ticket as nearest to mv
thinking. y
Frank Shell, Andrews, Ind. I think
this is the- best step that has ever
been taken towards organization in the
democratic party. I believe that the
six and one-half million voters who
voted with us once are as anxious
now to vote for such platforms and
such men, as was before tho neonle
in 1896 and 1900. I, liko.many others!
expected our great leadnK w t tw
I to lead us through that St. Louis con-
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