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CHARLES W. BRYAN, PUBLISHER
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VOL. 8, NO, 40.
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Lincoln-1 Nebraska October 16, 1908
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That Is The Slogan.
'Two Votes For Bryan And Kern"
The argument in this campaign is on our side. This argument may not have been presented to your neighbor,
who intends to vote the republican ticket Let everyone who advocates the election of Bryan and Kern make de-
terrained effort, between now and election day, to get one vote among his neighbors. From now on let the slogan
be "Two votes for Bryan and Kern' my own and another man's."
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NINE MONTIIS OE FAILURES
The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal, a repub
lican paper, prints in its issue of Octo
ber 5 the following:
Commercial failures - in the United
States during the nine months ending
September 30 were 11,943 in number
and $179,677,523 in amount of default
indebtedness, according to statistics,
compiled by It. G. Dunn & Co. In the
corresponding months of 1907 there
were 8,090 failures, and the amount in
volved was $116,036,348, Manufacturing
failures were 2,862 in number and $79
140,341 in amount, against 1,094 similar
suspensions last year, with liabilities of
$62,783,957. There was 7,630 trading
defaults for $72,820,227, against 5,878
failures In this class last year for $3,9,
893,927. Other commercial failures
numbered 454 and Involved $27,726,865,
against 258 for $13,358.,4Q4 in 1907.
Banking, and- othjar -fiduciary, concern
suspended to the number of 14 7 with,
liabilities "f rfillOOS.Glti against 2$
bank 'failure's Tor' $i2457669 last year.
Failure statistics for nine months are
compared below for a series of years:
Year. Nos Assets. Liabilities.
1908 11,946 $123,237,797 $179;677,523
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
8,090
7,912
8,806
9,183
8,176
8,676
8,683
7,851
6,854
9,258
9,702
10,783
9,449
9,907
10,398
73,978,690
45,787,940
44,325,069
67,328.110
53,109,285
43,265,389
39,931,458
58,390,002
30,751,557
59,968,124
77,392,957
120,401,309
81,044,566
90,266,802
200,000,000
116,036;348
84,660,237
76,234,028
111,659,205
101,655,855
85,407,490
80,560,862
101,867,448
5p,703,905
92,549,417
117,293,975
171,155,031
121,007,123
181,144,502
251,334,265
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AFRAID OF THE LIGHT!
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Anticipating the publication by the dem
ocrats of their campaign fund, republican man
agers have sought to recover some lost ground.
They print the names of two contributors, An
drew Carnegie and Mrs. Itussel Sago and they
announce that they will make other contribu
tions public AFTER THE ELECTION.
An Associated Press dispatch tells the story
in this way:
"New York, October 9. The fact that
Andrew Carnegie has contributed $20,000
to the campaign fund of the republican
cause was announced- today by State
Chairman .Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff also
announced that Mrs. Russell Sage hasjjon-.
tributed $1,000 to the same fund. Thero
have been no other largo contributions
from individuals, Mr. Woodruff said, but
smalt sums are comlpg In from various,
sources. Gfeorge R, Sheldon, treasurer of,
the n&tidnaj committee, whea asked abbut
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WHAT OF IT? A REPUBLICAN CONFESSION
AND A REPUBLICAN DEFI
The Chicago Inter Ocean, a republican pa
per, in its issue of October 7, printed an edi
torial from which the following is taken:
"Judge Parker let out a whoop at Balti
more on Monday over the $100,000 that the re
publican national committee redcived from the
Stundard Oil companyrand dld not return in
the Roosevelt campaign of 1904.
"AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE REPUB
LICAN CAMPAIGN FUND GOT $100,000 FROM
THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY, AS IN 1806
IT GOT $50,000 FROM THE NEW YORK LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY, AND. IN 1904 $200,
000 FROM E. H. HARRIMAN. WHAT OF IT?
"The only questionable feature of these
transactions is that in 1904 the country was
Riven Mr. Roosevelt's word of honor that his
campaign fund had not received contributions
from large corporations, when, in fact, it had.
However, that is Mr. Roosevelt's affair, not the
Party's.
"Otherwise, what of it? What effect did
theso contributions have except to, promote tho
lHticnl education' the public?? . '
mitted to assure the Filipinos that thoy would
bo given their independence.
Commenting upon this story, tho Chicago
Tribune said that tho stqol magnate "has tried
the patience of his frionda .aovoroly In some of
his late bids for notorioEy." It expressed tho
opinion that Mr Carn,ogIo is' constantly posing,
and said "ho scattered libraries throughout tho
country, all of which aro to bo called for him,
and every one of them is 'a contribution to tho
conscience fund.' "
Then tho Tribuno said: "Mr. Carneglo
made his money In a magnificent "way, but ho
should 'nevoi tdrget that ho, mado It through
th'o undue" favoritism of tho government of tho
United States. 'Owing to' tho discrimination
practiced In his favor by tho tariff, ho was en
abled to amass a fortune of $200,000,000, or
more, most of which' came put of tho pockets
of his -countrymen throueh tho oneratlon of un
equal" laws. Muqh haB beon paid pf tho benefit
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the contributions, decimea-to tiiscues xnerav -
savinK,that ha -wouldL "iubllBh! ljiaT'incntM)5tLCSMOOjIoJW4!l
arising: to' q wor.jtjnmen .fromlho establish? fcb
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OF ALL. THE ' 66 tr8Ss to survive
TO TOT REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
AFTER ELECTION."
If tho republican managers aro willing to
make Carnegie's contribution public, why not
give the names of other heavy contributors?
The explanation Is that Mr. Carneglo has given
away so many libraries out of the money which
he has obtained through "undue favoritism" at
the hands of the government that the republi
can managers rely upon his "popularity" among
the people to prevent the fact of his contribu
tion doing Injury.
But let it be remembered that Andrew Car
negie has good reason to contribute to repub
lican campaign funds and wo need go no farther
than to a republican newspaper for proof.
Several years ago it was reported that An
drew Carnegie had offered to pay $20,000,000
for the Philippine Islands, provided he was per-
and flourlsti, but there are stihje people who
have not forgotten the Homestead strike, nor
the outrageous manner In which tho working
men wore treated at tho time by employers
whoso brutality has seldom been exceeded in
the history of labor agitations,"
The republican party has, in every presi
dential campaign and congressional campaign,
been financed by the men to whom they have
granted what tho Chicago Tribune calls "unduo
favoritism." Does any one imagine that tho
tariff barons and trust magnates will withhold
contributions from tho republican campaign
fund this year? Does any one believe that tho
republican party will over revise the tariff in
the Interest of tho consumers so long as it ob
tains its campaign funds'from tho tariff barons?
Is anyone surprised that the republican
managers aro afraid of tho light?
The First Voter
.Young man, great responsibility attaches to
your first vote. As you begin, so you are likely
to continue. .The momentum that carries you
into a party at tho beginning of your political
life Is apt to keep you in that party unless some
convulsion shakes you out of it. Start right,
and in order that you may start right, examine
the principles of the parties and the policies
which they advocate.
There are two great party organizations In
the United States, ono fifty years old, and tho
other more than a century old: The republican
party has been in -power almost uninterruptedly
for more than half a century and under its reign
abuses have grown up which threaten the
perpetuity of the government and. endanger our
civilization. So great are these abuses that re
publican reformers aro now pointing out- that
something must be done and what can be
done' The first thing Is to undo tho things
that have been done, and the party to undo
these abuses is not the party which has done
them, but the party which has protested against
these abuses and pointed out remedies.
The republican party has turned tho taxing
power over to private Individuals; It has allowed
monopolies to grow up and assume control of
the Industries of the country by granting privi
leges by law and by giving immunity to the largo
violators of the law; the republican party has
permitted the fortunes of the predatory rich to
become so largo that government Is corrupted,
politics debauched and business polluted.
The democratic party proposes to withdraw
the taxing power from private hands, to so legis
late as to make a private monopoly impossible,
and to enforce the law without discrimination.
It proposes to protect legitimate wealth, and
punish those who attempt to plunddr tho public
for private gain. On which side do you stand,
young man? Are you with the masses in their
effort to restore, the government to its old found
ation and make it a government of the people,
for the people and by the people, or are you with
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