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The Commoner.
.VOLDMB' 8, NPMBER
20
The Commoner.
ISSUED WEEKLY.
WlUJAM J. ItllYAN ClIAUM'iJ W. JJltYAN
Krillornmt Proprietor. Publisher.
lUciiAiii) L. Mkicam'ic Kdltor'nl JIoomih nntl ntinlnmt
AriaclntcKriltor. on'co 32i-s:o Foulli ICtli Street,
Ifiitrrrd nt tho Poitod'cn at Lincoln. Neb., w Frcond-clnw matter
Olio Voar &1.HO Tlirno Monllm - - - - 5o
Hlx Montlm 50 Sliifc'Io Copy 5a
In OIiiIm of I'M vo or moro. Bnmplo Copies Free.
PcrVoor 7f Korean Poslno G2 Centa Kxtrn.
,.FI,SCn1;.11 TI(NS ca 1)0 sent direct to Tho Com
;,, . a,1y,c'" '"-Iho bo sent through nowspapcrs
j!,V.i ' lmv? ftdvorllaod a clubbing rate, or through
iocai njronts, whero sub-aguntti havo been appolnt
, An remittances Hhoulil bo Bent by postofllco
mJ?,V,0y-rOr,(lcr' "xpross order, or by bank draft on
ni,nXi,Joi;Ic or Chieiiffo. Do not sond individual
chocks, stamps or money.
JiinlS if.i0f .V.r ""bscribors prof or not to havo
iirSifnBiibscr,ny.ona 'ntorruptod and their nioa
ft I nJ eaB0 t,,ov faM to rmlt beforo expiration,
iininna .Jforoiil8sumod tliat continuances Is desired
wiinn .,?,,b8Ftr.,bors ordor discontinuance, cither
CnM orlbinB, or ut ,iny t,mo durliiR tho year.
fffl i ? Copies: Many persons subscrlbo for
SffLf iho yt'll.Vi If instructions aro given to that
time recoivo attention at tho proper
n,nlIMI)LFnYAliS.T"7no dato on yor wrapper shows
Vnn,,m o? L1,ch your subscription is paid. Thus
JBr? 31 98j means that payment has been rc
?nn d m aml Including tho last lssuo of January,
iiS . wooUb aro required after monoy has
changod00 boforo tho dato on wrapper can bo
nhnGFi P, "mtrcSS subscribers requesting
'IVdrosf addroSH Inuat eivo OLD as woll as NEW
.tioAiPVl3UTISIIVG"nat03 fulshed upon appllca-
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Address all communications' to
THE COMMONER, Lncoln, Neb.
$5 00u?or?f ?nenn nl?Sd thh' SalarIes fro
$0,000 to $7,500, or 50 per cent, and then pro-
TtXVhe amount of d0- y
donburof8 TnEEll0p0A for RPsentative Ro
uonDurg, of Illinois. A man who reads tho
tCnTn,er S llilleontly can not long remain in
tho bondage of ignorance nm ln
"Our relations abroad are the hannfoqr "
remarks the St. Louis Times But it nSst be
remembered that tho Times speaks generally
not matrimonially, of our foreign relations
The Pittsburg Dispatch rejoices because
tho Pennsylvania Railroad has succeeded in
floating $40,000,000 of bonds "sakes alive-
Eve?Mr.HB7yanU7an'tPne,n W SaJ
CaDltol ' Tii 5. i h.ell) but admire our
Blshed the most unsucSuTcdMates,50
Speaker Cannon wants to know wi,u
this Lemon is also for Bryan W& tc5 Sa
for Mr. Bryan or i,nt u ,, wllethor ho s
thisl,nohe o y Lemon ToUnSS t0 say that
lion will hand to the g T p Denver.conven-
THE MILLION ARMY PLAN
The Commoner will bo sent to any one ap
plying for it, from now until tho close of tho
1908 campaign, for 45 cents. It is hoped that
through tho million army plan, The Commoner
-piay bo placed in every precinct in every stato
in tho union.
Cut out, sign and return the certificate
printed on this page for your own membership.
Or if you do not care to mutilato your copy of
Iho Commoner send in a request asking for a
number of blank certificates and they will be
forwarded to you, thus enabling you to givo
your acquaintances an opportunity to join in
tho work of building up the "army of a million
plan" and enabling them also to secure The
Cc nmoner from now until November, 1908, for
only forty-five cents.
It is not possible to print In full the letters
received at The Commoner office and relating
to tho Million Army plan, but extracts from
somo of them are given below:
J;.A c.offGy Courtnay, N. D. I enclose
herewith draft to pay for 95 subscriptions to The
Commoner for a period of six months. These
subscriptions were raised through the instru
mentality of the Bryan-Burke club of this place.
List of names and addresses of subscribers en
closed. , D. G. Pickett, M. D., Fredonia, N. Y. -Enclosed
find money order for $28.2-) for fortv
seven subscriptions to The Commoner.
Jacob Breitbach, West Pullman, 111. Hav-
lnl ?in a u1bs,cribQr t The Commoner for
some time and being heart and soul in the move
ment to secure the embodiment of democratic
Jhn10??8' as,chamPioned by The Commoner in
tno policy of our government after March 4
armv ?r inS J6 ? h enrolled The Million
army. Kindly send me certificates and I will
endeavor to aid the cause by securing a number
of new subscribers for The Commoner.
nlease find sl8n' ,MInI?eaPol,s, Minn. Enclosed
please find $1.80 for three subscriptions. Please
send me twenty-five certificates.
Dleaattad sVSift M?,rB Hil1' Enclosed
"mpertificaVef With ""member-
J. Coleman Alderson, Charleston W Vn
Enclosed please find $3.G0 for six subscrinUoiT
Please mail me twenty-five more certificates "f
have gotten my old friend, Capt. W.C Hopkins
who is over eighty years old. to go to his formor
home and organize a Bryan dub. He S
to send you quite a number of subscriptions "mis
J. E. Poag, Greenville, Ky. Enclosed
please find 60 cents for The Commoner Please
sond mo fifty certificates. "oner. 1 lease
Pleas?find sJToVV J Texas Enclosed
piease una $2.40 for four subscriptions PIpto
send me more certificates. tfiease
Frank S. Robertson, Abingdon Va t?n
send mo ton certificates. uramoner. Please
Andy Kingan, Shelbyvillo Inri Tnnn,
please find $1.20 for two rabBcrlpUonT p
sond me one dozen certificates! ease
Wm. C. Hopkins, Charleston, W. Va Fn
closed please find $7.80 for thirteen subscr
tions. Pleaso send me twenty-five certificaS
Rev. R. P. Werner, Whitehouse, 0 -Enl
closed please find $1.20 for two subscriptions
Pleaso send me some more certificates.
, W ? AGreery Tupelo, Miss. EnclosPd
Please find $1.80 for three membership certm
cates. Please send me some moro certificates
Noah Harmeson, Fayette, la. Enclosed
pleaso find $2.40 for four subscriptions Please
send mo some more certificates.
fw;LiiM' r Jghnson Lowell, Mich. John D
Campbell of Smyrna, Mich., has given us H
which we enclose to you, and requests Vat wG
designate five parties to whom you are to send
Tw Co1r?mon.e1r' wishing to place them where
they will do the most good. I havo chosen the
following enclosed persons. cuosen mo
W. E Robb, Howell, Mich. I herewith send
you remittance to pay for 301 subscrip ons to
The Commoner to run until after election
draft for kargnnf' HttJviHe, O.-Enclosed find
subsciiptions to Th? fr thiS llst of 66 annual
Buuscnptions to The Commoner. Sixtv-four iro
new Bubscribers, and two aro renewal
J. M. McCullough, Charleston, W Va
chafer mo SrberShip ctificaiesVaand
membersLifceficS86 Mnd m a
year
SlfSW1' WraU Lake' ICl0?nkBeUert
Clifton Kan 6; F. E. Stahr, Bolivar, N Y
J. T. Warrall, Thorne, N. D 10- A t ir'nl '
mott, Lohrville, la., 11; F.N0etzti LaoSST
Wis., 7; Joe McCrum, Atchison, I J G h '
man Hoy, Silver Creek, Nob 9-T'tt
Madison Mills, O 7- w Vance,
Sharon, Pa., 14- r n nL Jgilnsto. South
M. C Hill, CoodenllfP eSeVtlon5
M2diiTe; lbert Bellvea' Smtordalfi"
fn; Michael Wilhelm, Manchester, Md G-'
J. T. Nichols, Olathe, Kan 10- ? n tV i
mann, Terre Haute lAd is. t .0 Linde
Snrinfftown Tpv ?. r A 1' J' M' McCracken,
bpringtown Tex 6; L. C. Benninger, Stonefort
r Y Ai S c,Ilambers, Spencer, W. Va 9
G. D. Abercombie, Stillwater, Okla G- W A
Givens, Fountain Inn S C r- w a t?. , '
Berkshire, Vt., 6; H H Lnndl'q t Jn' E
Eisenmeyer, Nestor, Cal 11- w w wiiii
aam8ie'j7syT &P'
Bl'BrandlummTt!11! S' TT'sk'' A'
Casper, Wyo., '6- J Mtn' t S 7anDoren'
on. ni oi i' M1IIer, Jonesburxr. Mo
5ri'iCilla8, Stephens, Columbus, Kan 6- NT
Mickelson Shelley, Ida., 6; Jolm Titus Grami
Monf' f.iChAlmonA1I?n
SpringB Mont Tl ASp2?Cf ' f7 hIte SulPhui
springs, Mont., 8, F. A. Phelps, Nicklow W Va
6; Jas. I. Roberts, Monroe, Mich 7 Dr t?'
Mooney, Wellington, Tex in w a tV I' ,.'
Pierro 9 n f. a v S' U1 A' Kantowski,
J "&. ekr!' WeirsWVn?" $
ferBuSo TlK 2661 McDa?:
Neb., 10 ' H HawkIns DuBois,
Here is
The Com
moner will be
sent from now
until Novem
ber, 1908, to
every one who
will sign and
send Coupon
accompanied
by 45 cents.
Your Opportunity to Help
i
ONE MILLION MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE
IU Commoner Jirmy for w$
HEADQUARTERS LINCOLN, NEB.
I ftmby enlist In CDe gommonei' Army and mm mv
assistance in mm success to Democratic ais
JnS'l4S''f,r'r'' ""'"" 0J '"""' 7 c"'"""""- y rss
until the close of the iqoS campaign. auumr
Name
Post-Office.
State
bo returned nt tho ninsn nrti, . " .. CUC(l at rho Commoner ofllco; mul thoy will
" "a,KU lo u, ombe who bIriiqiI thein. if requested
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