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and elected Wilson As appreciation
campaign " wilson invited liim to tho White
of ,,!S t tako dinner withjvim. .Mr. Bryan or
HfL Vforcc of twenty million people. known
g . iirv federation -which elected him presl-
,.,7 ,,nnnimous-Vote; with Mr. Bryan as
I (Lt- loader they elected a dry senate and houso,
I 16j . ,irv legislature In forty-five states; drove
r in narleycorn to tho dry doclca. of England
5 many other European; pdrta. Mr, .Bryan is
mSiiiBt. He can manufacture machinery to
aftio all disputes and .controversies of qyory
H and character instead of using force-, and
W' there ever a time in the history of -this
nation when tlierowas; greater need of a man
r Mr Bryan's typo in the. .White . House than
ihere is today? Recently Wilson .released, the
Greatest criminal in the univers.0. The organizer
of mobs, riots, and the perpetrator of all formn
of crime and misery upon poor children and
women. The criminal that I am referring to is
John Barleycorn. " ' " -f -..,
Readers of The Conimpnor, impress drop your
mind that it will not he necessary foiiMn.Bi-yan
to waste any of his campaign timo explaining
wily he was not right in the .past. -v-..
Readers of The Commoner, do you jrant to
conscript a man who will make desperatoeffprts
to tako the control of the government o,u,t of ( tho
hands of the selfish interests? . . t ,;.v
I endorse the fifteen .planks .suggos.t&a byMr.
Bryan, in the platform. . ;': , ' -j;. ,i(
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, R. Gossard, Texasjrlri 'xoply-taCsvaifc' in
quiry in The Commoner, r"Who .Shall:TJlS X)ur
Standard Bearer for 1920?", it i3:qvidcnt no
man can be elected for athird term. JJheAvriter
does not believe in life tenure, of offiqe,' either
in state or church. No -man is great and 'good
enough to get beyond the reach of f the pepple.
Our candidiate should hem man oj unimpeach
able character, not bavingto defend; iDitherf his
record or character, one Tvhohas widei;. experi
ence in state craft;! .onehoi- has ''atways. de
fended the interests?), the. people? wJthoirb stint
or favor. SUch aiaiiiiisf'WF;;.;!'. iB'fasiti'iIC he
cannot be induced to1maltci-thoiracb;;; then I
would suggest our matfchres& statesmattj Morris
Sheperd, a man whomTTexaiJdeligMdjtohohjor,
who has always;, stood iforithe frightjuxtdbf all
"cirtfuirfstances, dhd' who Iiascbeen thezteffl' leader
in achieving the' high! advancement of the iinpral
uplift df our country. -- . .. .
Our platform shpold fltandf for gorvernment
control of railroads sq as to prevPhtVflU'ikes,
demoralizing all. traffic and subjecting? thepe,oplo
to continual annoyance and loss; fon.a -commission
to regulate the differences- arisiiig between
capital and labors for necessary laws to enforce
compliance with all, our lawls; for 1& suppres
sion of all mobs,: so the. worst 'crmin;aA.,shall
have right of dofenso in oMr courts; .jtoijvunl
'versal suffrage, to all who, can read and ..write,
over 21 years old? for ;more stringent ,pmjgra
tion laws, preventing emigrants whpfcftnenot
in sympathy .with our form of govermentand
who do not come to .pur shores -viU acknowl
edged intentions of becoming citizen ,.iip,r a
universal text book in all our schools in which
loyalty is taught, and the government tp .furnish
such books free, in all our' common, fcpUoqls; a
commission of Jewed niexi toielect slibo"oks.
This commission .made-up from every 'state in
the union in ..proportion,, tp population. ', . This
would unify 6ur people as nqthlng elsegaX do.
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C. E. Sugg, Kentucky. You ask Its to: express
our preference' for: a democratic candidate- for
president next year, '-"- : i ?:. v;
I am first for Mr. Bryan and next for whom
he wants. He is the only man in the1 U. S. whom
J would follow without question. I have tho
Mbit and he has proved absolutely-true.
His Dual plan for the railroads will win'' out.
way do I say so?' Why should I doubt ft? Ho
jjas won so much election 'of- IT. S. Senators by
popular Tote, jncbme tax, banking reformf publl
S iin of caiQI,ale11 expenses before election, pub
lication of names of' owners or creditors of news
papers, prohibition, woman ': suffrage -and - soon
we League of Nations will be a fact and surely
of !?ryTwi11 teUthe'truth that "The Heart
"i the League' of Nations'-' is She embodiment of
jot. Bryan's great -plan to bring about those con-
forev18 "ndr iCl1 "There sha11 h& no more war
nr?Qi8,C01nmon;.to hear democrats say MMr.
2Sn tllG loSical man for -the democratic
"omination." attvnUSfh .,n-n m nt fnil to
SS,.UI tno lionor.' ftnd also' honor itself by yet
Kl? him Its. president. It would he the most
v,c7PletG vindication of popular gdyemment In-
would be duo solely to popular domaud imtn
fluonced by 'any selfish or sSrdfd inferos' Evc?y
. one who Is entitled to credit for a tnimblo.l
,v,t!i,iaim n0t, au ?ld man but r havo iwwftd the
SoB?d0nTImrTd I W?"1 t0 HV t0 Me Mp Ur
president and I want my son to know that I
never missed a chance to vote for him.
Win. McCrath, South Dakota. In. responao
to your request through Th Commonor, I will
aar, that for months I have been talking with
, my neighbors and many othors and havo boon
noting the minds of tho pooplo in various part
of the country, and I am roady to givo it an
,my opinion, that tlui paranount issue in the
SJj!rS!,iontial can,Pan' ..ill bo AMBIUCAN
INDEPENDENCE. And 1 venture to tiuggeit
that no man, or parly, in favor of placing this
country in any sort of an ALLIANCE with for
eign countries will be able to find Tavor with
the American people.
You say the democratic party is tho hope of
tho -NATIONS But the people want a parly
that is the hope of the AMERICAN NATION.
It is quite significant that tho democratic
party of Massachusetts, in convention assembled,
passed a resolution against the ratification of
. .the treaty as presented, and demanding that no
i. nation shall have more votes than the United
v,. States, that the sovereignty of tho American
unpeople be protected, and demanding tho right
of self-determination and that no additional
ti: burdens be placed upon peoples wanting to be
;. -.fee. This is, indeed, in keeping,. with their
, , traditions, for down in that country is tho
manger in which American liberty was born.
I am ready, and I believe the American people
are. ready,, to support any man who, or any party
.jYsrkich, stands for American Independence ro-b-
.jgarflless of .politics. In my judgment the Amorl
,Mj caiv people believe that the future welfaro and
. .. tj,o .'future destiny of America should.be kept
. 4. the hand's of true Americans, and that the
' a'ea,t.of government of the United States should
--...Wv5- lUUAlCU fJUUlOVUUlV 111 (.Ilia UUUillljr,
is no man In tho nation whom we "wonld rather
- viwiuna man Mr. Mryan. If vo
wii .wun aim as our fctandard.bearers
boliv w.o can win at all, but tho patf
own luiuro good, far botlor lone ahtl 1Ta Tlr.ht
umn win nnu h wrong.
r. E. S. Richardson, .MIehlgan-.T:h i ap
proaching presidential campaign may Imj.jihH
upon new iuHUeti not yt developed, kuioorw
taln it is tho quostlons of oapital and luhpnand
Kovcrnmeut ownership and control of -public
transportation fncllltlim will not bo among. tl
lonst isxuoe. Tlroy aro questions that must lift
aettlrul In. tho near ruture. On them the voice
of tho people muat and will bo hoard until, they
are settled right. Tho perpetuity of our govern
ment depends upon the right settlement of all
oc"omic questions of vital public interout. ,-
Who can lend in the coming camplgn with the
groatost assurnnco of succohs may not yet htf ap
parent. Juat now William Jennings Bryan lx the
iimn of tho hour. Throe defoats has not lessened
'his groat popularity, nor cooled his ardor for tho
public welfare. The enactment Into law, by his
political opponents, tho groat issues written in
the throe former democratic platforms by Mr.
Bryan attests his advanced thought and states
manship, and shows his unselfishness in tireless
labor for tho good of his fellow man ami tho na-'
tlon that wo love.
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' have voted three tinies. for you and twice for ,
ll President '"Wilson,.. and I have road The Com-
C. V. Pike, "Idaho. Replying to Mr. Bryan'
"Attention Doiiibcrat," will say that tho people
of this section expect tho democratic party to
nominate a presidential candidate who stands
for the rights of the masses as against tho Spe
cial privileges of the classes. A man whose war
record is fcound, and, who has stood for woman's
suffrage and prohibition. He must be a man
of peace rathqf than a man of war, an unques
tioned patriot; buVnot a Jingo. A man of brains,
a man of character, a man capable of political
leadership. Such a man, we think, is McAdoo,
or palmer, Or Daniels. If FrankBn K. Lane,
Were eligible he VPuld be tho strongest man
that could be nominated, so far as the west is
concerned. '' ':"
'. ..tmoner,froni lU first issue, arid, hi my" judgment,
. , ine,seaiiuiuiiiB x
:. in,Vitj)L.the d,
celved all alpng
Uex E. Frye, Mis3ouri,-lteplyIug to yohr re-
fuua vin j-iiu uuv.v'p uu juufiib .
Answer: The cost of living is the greatest Is
sue beforo us now. Tho democratic party, should
be. awake to the fact that the difference between
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bt ..T)f. R. .It,, Wyatt, rMispissIppi. -I endorse' the
fc sentiment of the Missouri democrat whose,, letter
appeared in your last issue Practical yjU or . Sffi&tf that coWdlty tbthe
the reforms ro now enjoy wore : or Jpnaled' b . j , greater in America than any rtoun-
,fI. .r, Bryan. ProMtipn, ta to be an issue in the the' world Tho conscienceless profiteer
.,, ,next campaign, and who has worked Harder ' atohned
.; p lpnger for it than Wr. , Bryan? He a ; - . $$ $fo jhc groatoet assurance of
. so stood first and last for w.0flVv""ftg;,i?J.'', access? foeVuXi so far as conditions 1
...the women will vote Ho .was In W o u J0J--od ffatnio parallel that of MO. ,
.... of. tho people to determine whether pr ndt I e What the .party is most in. need pf now is
,, cpwvtry, wanted to enter the world war f. rhn '. .M t t th utmost onf-
vt people, had to do the i flng .and ft uvlm 'ould b0 M fo1
.M. paying, and they should, have oen wnpultod. I ft t itAfno man in mind for 20
rAm. afraid there is t, ' y6ars, that ram, Iff' W tlrA choice yet. and if
-,,oinfthe.land. I am fo.r Bryan for president, gfc yn havo to bo 8atl?jfUd wUh
;; " Hprae one whoso ideals arc the same as those of
3j; E Swope, Kansas. i, ioo, unvo uea Wm. -J Bryan. ,
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subscriber to The commoner '; " ,-, c y, virgin, Illinois. -To your "Democrats,
- number and a constant admirer o .f -B ill Bryan, Atgn3VVtoDQr number, would say that
" as.-t.he "Ex-MissOuri Democrat" calls him. I re- ..?;1Vima .hHn i i.t nn nmir for. tho
member how Mr. Bryan took hold of the Bain-
" . ..... 1 i.i -Jf tntn Vin nafh nf
more convention aim icu n " ,i VinT
rectitude, and nominated the incomparable Wil
son who has dared much and suffered more
than any president, almost to the sacrifice of his
life? and whose place in history will be high
among those who "served their fellow men." If
the country had given him the i congress he .had
-Sdced for last year peace would have filled tho
-world months ago, and the democratic party
would not havo tho hame of "Missouri Denio
St out- to "get Wilson" because the said
M D failed to get his man in the K. C. post
M Jii.nt.vnn Is very much alive and will
SffbowS' ifd?rSctfngCthe Sirs of the United
SLte? to? iW rears' l llope' for wh.0CVTer Is
" nominated will need -his hearty support. I am
fnTavor of Brand Whitlock for democratic can
didite fo? 1920; He has the world-wide view.
". -n-oTr tt Lee Missouri. -Replying to . the
Fra?nn in The Commoner that democrats
suggestion in ine uom hQ
, givinb "'r:,. .. in fiiA nnmt
to say that we are, firsts last.
write y' "Vad I the party in the coming
best qualified to lead tne pa y i
campaign, ?J rhat grd old champion
aiid all the time, for that gr (aifeady
a of the PMf'fff;rr.v the party must go if the democratic party and organ
'. ha:mar.tfte confidence of the . .people.. -Thorc ' d'ogreo of fc'otiflctento oC success.
ns f Bee thinKS4. thbrc is but one course for tho
party-to ptirsUe ahd that Is a veryo-adical one.
The Itoosevelt platform of 1912 should hceome
ours in toto, with such additions as time has
added initiative, referendum and recall, own
ership of public utilities, strong methods of
handling the liquor traffic. As to men, Bryan
first; then, McAdoo, if he is not too close tp.the
financial Interests. Above all tbjngs, however,
is the radical platform, and no trimming.. ,
Th?3. B. Slinlcard, B. W- Mclntosir, Indiana.
Wo are invited to write you pur. opinions aj to
wLo would be the best man to load in, fjjo,.i?ext
national campaign. Tho man who haft stopd, for
clean elections The man who has fought,, for
justice for tho laboring man. The man. whoiad
vocated the regional bank and government rarm
loans.- The man who has been; a consistent and
faithful advocate of temperance and pjsohfbftiou.
The maa who saved the party in 189j',"rrhe
man who Is the greatest of the living. statemien,
and who has lived to seo tho reforms above
enumerated enacted into law; and- who-, ha
lifted the "crown of thorns from tbetbeow of
labor." This mart is William J. Brynm thonly
man; as we believe, who can again regenerate
the democratic parly ana organise whirrum. - any
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