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corporations engaged In public sorv
Jfco; strict food laws and prohibition
iqZ contributions, to campaign funds by
corporations. It also pays a compll
Imont to Mr. Bryan.
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Tho Wisconsin state convention met
.at Milwaukee June 29. A fight Was
Jwagqd over one plank in tho Platform
relating to municipal ownership, but
the- plnnk was finally adopted. The
platform denounces trusts and monop
olies, favors" tariff revision, flays that
trust made or controlled good3 must
,bo put on tho free list, advocates .the
reservation of coal and oil rights in
public lauds by federal government,
favprs the income tax, opposes im
perialism, declares for tho election of
United Statos senators by tho people
and insists upon government control
and regulation of all public service
corporations and recommends that tho
Wisconsin legislature amend tlio pres
ent law so that the state railway com
mission may correct upon its own Ini
tiative the tariff, schedules which
soeni to need modification. The mu
nicipal ownership provision over
which there was a fight was as fol
lows': "We favor such, legislation as
will enable municipalities to own, con
struct and acquire by purchase such
public ' service utilities as they may
deem proper, and to enable them to
do so we favor amending section 3 of
article 11 of the constitution of our
state so that indebtedness Incurred
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POPULAR APPEALS FOR GOVERNMENTAL REFORM.
THE BATTLE FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
THE EASTERN WAR AND THE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA.
SOME OF MR. BRYAN'S 1905 SPEECHES.
SECRETARY TAFT'S FREE TRADE ORDER.
THE GREAT BATTLE IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA.
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ADDRESS, THE COMMONER. LINCOLN. NFRRiXKI
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THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
I promise to attend all the primaries of my party to be held between
now and tho next Democratic National Convention, unless unavoidably
prevented, and to use my influence to secure a clear, honest and
straightforward declaration of the party's position on' every question
upon which the voters of the party desire to .speak. .. .
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own homo without cost and Ifyoa decide fo keep ityou can SLv fSrft ?
mall convenient payments. Onr other factories makoPlaSo aU
Writ today for trco OecripUve prloo lluta and f uUinfornmUoi AdroS
ihc tHiiLtwuuu uu. "ff ch!cago.UI,
in acquiring such public utilities shall
be excluded from the limitations of
said section, thus permitting munici
pal corporations to acquire public
utilities and to. restrict the constitu
tional limitations of indebtedness to
debts incurred for non-productive
property,"
Tho next recommendation bears on
the same subject, being a suggestion
that .a law bo passed delegating to
municipalities the power to regulate
tho rates and prices which public util
ity corporations may charge.
Two cents a mile as the maximum
charge for railroad passenger traffic
is urged in the twelfth plank.
The platform also denounced the
practice of campaign contributions by
corporations. Complimentary refer
ence was made to Mr. Bryan.
The Vermont democracy and the
independent republicans (anti.Proctor
and anti-machine) met at Burlington
and voted for fusion. The two con
ventions nominated a state ticket
headed by Percival W. Clements, lead
er of the independents, and four years
ago their, unsuccessful candidate for
governor. In the joint convention the
independents took the offices of gov
ernor, secretary of state and auditor,
whild the democrats were satisfied
with the offices of lieutenant governor,
treasurer and attorney general. The
ticket as made up is: For governor,
P. W. Clement, of Rutland; for lieu
tenant general, G. Herbert Pape, of
Barre; for secretary of state, Sherman
R. Moulton, of Burlington; for treas
urer, Walter B,' Phelps, of Jnosburgh
Falls; for auditor of accounts, Ed
ward J. Hall, of Bennington; for at
torney general, V; A. Bullard, of Burlington.
NOT FOR HANS
Hans. came in from his ranch, two
mile's this side of Olney, this week
to buy a horse.
"I've got the very thing you want,"
said Ike Bergman; "it's a fine road
horse, five yeard old, sound as a quail,
$175 cash down, and he goes ten miles
without stopping."
Hans threw his hands skyward.
"Not for me," he said, "not for me.
I wouldn't gif you five cents for him.
I live eight miles from Astoria, und
I'd haf to walk back two miles."
Astoria Herald.
DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING
A contemporary bemoans tho fact
that all Of the hemp being shipped out
of the Philippines is going in vessels
of foreign register and wants- to know
when the democrats will be willing to
see the United States possess a de
cent merchant marine. Why, the dem
ocrats are willing enough. They sim
ply do not propose to dig into the
federal treasury for funds with which
to enrich shipbuilders who are already
wealthy. Those that want to build
merchant vessels on their honest mer
its can go ahead as fast and as far
as they like. The democrats will
offer no objections whatever. Salt
Lake Herald. '
FOUND IT
Little. David had alw.iva hoon .
garded -by hls father , and mother as
being particularly smart and clever
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While he -was playing in front of his
home, a rough-looking tramp appeared,
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his father kept his money. He re
plied that it was all in his vest in
the kitchen.
A few minutes later 'the tramp
came through tho doorway in a hurry,
very much battered up and looking
sad, muttering:
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vest." Philadelphia Ledge.
ITALIAN LITERATURE
Miss Florence Trail of Frederick,
Md has written a "History of Italian
"Literature" which has' attracted con
siderable attention. The work is pub
lished in two volumes, the price of
Which is $4.00. It is said that tha
value of the book has been recognized
by the king and queen of Italy, as
well as by Italian literary authorities.
One writer, referring to it, says, "It
is the first history of this literature
ever written by an American, and it
Is a brave effort to throw 'open pleas
ures long hidden to the people that
they may enjoy th.e' treadufes of thig
rich literature for themselves."
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