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The Commoner
AUGUST, 191G
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GmOUIiATING THE COMMONKB '
The Commoner is making a special rat of
2c por copy where it is desired for free dis
tribution. This rate is open to individuals, can
didates or campaign committees, and copies will
bo mailed to one address or to any number of
addresses furnished. Following are some of the
letters from readers who have been active im
circulating The Commoner among the voters:
W. C. Zerbe, Fredericksburg, Pa.: Enclosed
find $1.25 for which please send me a bundle of
fifty Commoners of the last issue as per your
announcement. I consider the last Commoner
exceptionally good for campaign purposes.
J. J. Degan, Tonopah, Nev.: Please send me
one hundred copies of the June issue of The
Commoner. I enclose money order for $2.50.
N. A. Wells, Estancia, N. Mex.: Enclose 25c
to pay for ten copies of The Commoner for free
distribution.
Isaac Sorrell, Butler, Ky.: Please send me
twelve copies of the June issue for distribution.
Enclose remittance to 'pay for the same.
R. D. Turner, Wallace, Ida.: Please send me
two extra copies of the June issue of The Com
moner. G. R. Vivian, Los Angeles, Calif.: I wish you
would send me as many of the May and June
issues as the "enclosed $1.00 will pay for.
Jens Jensen, Tacoma, Wash.: Enclosed find
check for three dollars; $1 to pay for subscrip
tion and for the remaining $2 send me a bundle
of extra copies of The Commoner each month.
II. B. Hbpkins, San Francisco, Calif.: En
closed please find my check for $2.50 for which
send me 100 Commoners of the July issue, which
I desire to distribute among voters. There is
much contained in this number of great import
ance, bearing upon the issues of the present
campaign, that its influence can not be over
estimated; copy of the paper should be in the
hands of every voter; and I hope that all demo
crats will interest themselves looking to this end,
realizing that the democratic party is so forti
fied to go before the people in this campaign in
connection with the record of the present admin
istration and the soundness of the St. Louis
platform, that if the democrats everywhere will
go to work, that Wilson and Marshall should
sweep the country by the largest vote that -was
ever given to any president of the United States.
A friend of Thet Commoner from Ottawa, Kan
sas: I enclose $1 for 40 copies of July Com
moner; I will wa'nt 40 copies each month till
election
E. A. Yontz, Fairbury, Nebr.: Enclosed find
remittance for $1.00 to pay for four campaign
subscriptions. W. J. Bryan has brought the old
bourbon out of the woods so that it has adopted
about all the good t'hihgs of the G. O. P. and
progressives while the G. O. P. has gone over,
body, soul and breeches to the big interests, even
swallowed the bloody Teddy's "War or bust"
principles, and the "People be damned," rule
will be the G. O, P. rule if successful this fall;
and Hughes is just the man to fix the rule of
the money power and its grafting interests on
the country for another decade or more. Ne
braska liquor interests are responsible for the
defeat of .the Bryans in 1916, and it's the mon
ster's dying kick it is hoped.
D. F. Rogers; Longt Beach, Calif.: Please send
me for the enclosed $1.00 forty copies of The
Commoner.
H. S. Bekemeyer, Springfield, Ohio;, Please
find enclosed check for forty copies of The Com
moner; I may want to send out another lot di
rect to other parties later on.
The brewery at Salem, Oregon, has been con
verted into a Loganberry juice factory; the
brewery at Lansing, Michigan, has been convert
ed into an "auto-body" factory; others have
been converted into ice plants and refrigerators,
but the Flint, Michigan, brewery takes the prize.
It has been converted to religious uses by the
Methodist church.
President Stanley Hall of Clark university says
that there are between three and four billions of
American money invested in Mexican mines,
railroads, oil fields and ranches. Thus, in a few
brief words, it is easy to summon the principal
reasons why it is our manifest duty to go in and
clean up Mexico.
The careful explanation is made that nobody
wanted Hughes at Chicago but the people' This
ought to be supplemented by a statement as to
who it was besides the railroads that desired; the
plank making the interstate commerce .commis
sion the sole arbiter; of freight rates the country
ever.
Campaign Work Starts in Earnest
The announcement of The Commoner's spe-
i.f0"-?56 for now ttbcripUons from now
until the close of the 1818 campaignmade in
our July issue, met with a hearty response from
all sections of the country.
The largest club sent In under this offer num
bers 1,044 new subscribers. It comes from
Kansas. Splendid clubs are coming in from
other states, and the way the smaller clubs are
coming in is a good indication of the lively in
terest of the 'democrats in the success of the
party in the coming fall elections.
During every important campaign it has been
customary ,for The Commoner to make a special
low club rate. At no other time will The Com
moner accept clubs of short time subscriptions.
These offers are made only for the special pur
pose of enabling democratic workers to circu
late The Commoner widely as a medium to place
in the hands of voters. It has been the testi
mony of numbers of workers that wherever Tho
Commoner is regularly read the democratic vote
increases.
There is need for active work in every pre
cinct of every state. Every new, progressive,
independent or doubtful voter should be reached
by democratic workers. Campaign clubs should
bo organized and democratic literature distrib
uted among the voters. Tho Commoner will bo
found a valuable aid in placing tho facts and
arguments before the voters from now until the
close of the campaign. At the low rate given it
will be an easy matter to secure good clubs. If
no campaign committee is organized to take up
the work in your precinct, take up the work
personally or in conjunction with other inter
ested workers.
The blank below may be used in sending in
clubs of four. If more names are secured a blank
sheet may be used. Start a Commoner Club in
your precinct today. Let every democrat take
an active part in this campaign. Active co-operation
from now until election day is needed
to insure victory at the November elections. A
good Commoner club in your precinct will bo an
effective aid to that end.
LETTERS FROM WORKERS
Archie Burnham, Delight, Ark.: I take great
pleasure in sending you the enclosed list of now
subscribers at your special price. I believe that
every truo democrat should see to it that such
information as is furnished by The Commoner
is given proper distribution in his community.
R. D. Byrne, Baymmette, Ala.: Enclosed find
post office money order for $1.00 to pay for the
enclosed list of four campaign subscribers. I
have taken The Commoner for several years and
could not do without it. Mr. W. J. Bryan is a
man after my heart.
W. C. Flndley, Butler, Pa.: I enclose you list
of thirty-three subscribers under your recent
offer for the national campaign of 1916-1 met
with quite ready response, even from repub
licans, several of whom are in this list, show
ing a desire on their part to cast off the old col
lar that has checked their progress so long. Fake
progressiveism purloined from Bryan (who pro
claimed it originally many years since after
formulating it as a principle) and seized upon by
and made a personal asset by T. R., has turned
real progressive men and women to consider and
investigate the great things done by this admin
istration for tho masses, proof of which is the
opposition of all who profit by office seeking ap
pointments, monopoly and special privilege.
Unprejudiced investigation will convince all
honest men that now the democratic
party is tho only proper home for real progres
sives, if faithful porformanco is to be given
weight.
T. Q. Brown, Ashley, Mo.: Enclosed find poet
office monoy order for $3.50 to pay for fourteen
campaign subscribers to Tho Commoner.
F. E. Payne, Inavale, Nebr.: I send you here
with check to pay for tho enclosed sixteen cam
paign subscriptions to Tho Commoner; I wisk
you would send tho last number of Tho Com
moner to them. Some of theso men are repub
licans who I want to read Tho Commonor dur
ing tho campaign.
G. H. Bickol, Cook, Nebr.: Herewith remit
tance to pay for tho onclosed club of subscribers.
If possible send .them tho Juno and July Issues,
containing tho speeches of Glynn, James an
Bryan.
W. P. Wooton, Russellvlllo, Ark.: Enclosed
herewith find remittance for $5.75, which I send
to pay for the onclosed club of campaign sub
scriptions. t Wo believe in Wilson and the dem
ocratic party, and wo believe that Bryan is one
of tho greatest men of tho nation ho gave us
Woodrow Wilson, our Presldont.
J. A. Hofflburner, Sawtello, Calif.: Enclose
25c in stamps for which please send mo a few
copies of The Commoner. It is tho best thing
I have read In years, and a sure vote maker.
Rex. E. Frye, St. Joseph, Mo.: Enclosed find $1
to pay for The Commoner to tho enclosed four
names and addresses, as per your campaign
offer.
It is well to recall the fact that one of the,
most strenuous supporters of Mr. Roosevelt for
president was Chancellor Day of Syracuse, who
was unable, some years ago, to find strong
enough words to condemn T. R. The chancel
lor's condemnation was based on Mr. Roose
velt's "attacks upon wealth." We had not hear
that the chancellor had changed his views on
tho necessity of protecting tho rich from legislation.
The interstate commerce commission has re
cently made a ruling that in its practical effect
will increase freight rates on Nebraska railroads
from 27 to CO per cent. This will undoubtedly
provo a very strong argument for tho use of re
publican campaign orators to convince tho peo
ple of Nebraska that their interests will bo bet
ter safeguarded by enacting into law that plank
in the republican platform that promises to sub
stitute federal rate regulation for that of the
state.
Bank clearings are tho one Indisputable index
of business conditions. Tho fact that these show
an increase in every city, including dozens that
are entirely outside tho zone of activity of those
concerns that are making millions manufactur
ing war munitions for sale in Europe, is as con
clusive evidence of the essential stability of the
country's business as anyone could desire.
In pursuance of its well known policy of per
mitting the people of each state to decide wheth
er they wish the saloon banished or retained, the
national liquor dealers association is preparing
to show Nebraskans how fearful a folly it would
be for them to change conditions so that the
brewers and distillers from outside the state
would be deprived of a profitable market.
SPECIAL 1916 CAMPAIGN RATE
The Commoner, Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen: I believe in the effectiveness of personal work among the voters and
will do what I can to place good democratic literature in the hands of the voters as' an
aid to democratic victory this fall. I am sending you the following list of subscribers,
for which I enclose 25c each under your special campaign offer. ,
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