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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1904)
fcjWWW"l,-Jlf P VV .. -J jjHuMV'-Avigof,';' The Commoner. if 4 "Welcome "Does Not Mean Surrendei (Continued from Page 3.) 'a mild "way to get back to" the famil iar principles advocated by the party for more than 100 years. "Democrats who were' faithful to the party in 189G and in 1900 are not prepared to say that the national platforms of thoso years departed in the least from the 'familiar principles advocated by the party for more than 100 years.' "If by 'the eastern idea' these gen Others went away because they had important business dealings with cor porations. Many others who never had an original opinion in all their lives and who would not understand a great principle if it were accom panied by a diagram made readily un derstandable to children left because in certain quarters departure seemed to be fashionable, and Lhev honed to make it appear that they had a mo- Starving With Plenty to Eat tlemen mean democracy controlled nopoly on the intelligence and the and dominated by the trust magnates; if by the eastern idea these gentle men mean that the democratic party is to take on again the ioul smelling garments that were forced upon it during the Cleveland regime; if by 'Bryanism' these gentlemen mean the spirit of the platforms adopted by the democrats at Chicago in 1896 and at Kansas City in 1900 then there are democrats in' all portions of this country and in Nebraska the prairies are crowded with them who will say to these gentlemen that the demo cratic party will never, with their consent, adopt 'the eastern idea' and will never abandon 'Bryanism?' "The thing called 'Bryanism' is nothing more nor less than demo cratic principles-explicitly stated, and in a way that the people may know just what tftdy may depend upon in the event drthe success of the parly advocating1 those principles. In brief, 'Bryanism' means 'business in the ap plication Of democratic remedies to public ills.' The representatives of special interests understood the defi nition in 1896 and in 1000, and they, therefore, exerted their influence against the party. ''Some gentlemen talk about those democrats Who are 'weary of the husks of defeat.' It must not be for gotten that only a few individuals can immediately profit by political" vic tories.' There are, comparatively speaking,' only a few offices to bestow, hence a very small number of men have paramount interest in more vic tory. There are. however, millions of democrats who are more interested in a victory 'that means something for the party's principles, and therefore something for the masses, than they are in victories that mean office to a few bandwagon politicians, who nev er favored a political policy tney would not . surrender in return for an office, and who never opposed a po litical principle they would not Em brace if it happened that in the sur render they could win either an office or the privilege of being patted on . the back by some trustee of God, or dained to control the property, and therefore .the opinion of the country. "The democratic party's position on the question of bimetallism was made an excuse for the departure of some men who did not believe with the party on fundamental questions. Curt d to Stay Cured. Mrs, S. T. Roberts, Clinton, La., sent a postal card request for a trial bottle or Drake's Pal metto Wine to Drake Formula Company, Drake Block, Chicago, 111., and received it promptly by return mall without expense to her. Mrs. Roberts writes that the trial bottle of this won dorfuiT?almettoMcdiclnoprovedquitesufllclent to completely cure her, She says: One trial bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wine has cured mo after months of intense suffering. My trouble was inflammation of Bladder and serious con dition of Urinary organs. Drake's Palmetto Wino gave mo quick and entire relief and I nave had no trouble since using the one trial bottle." Drake's Palmetto "Wino cures every such case to stay cured. It is a true, unfailing speci fic for Liver, Kidney." Bladder and Prostate Troubles caused by Inflammation. Congestion orCatarrh. When there is Constipation. Drake's Palmetto Wine produces a gentle and natural action of the bowels and cures Constipation im mediately, to stay cured, One small dose a day does all this splendid work and any reader of this paper may prove it by writing to Drake Formula company, Drake Building, Chicago.IU., for a trial bottle of Drake's Palmetto Wino. It la free, and cure. A letter or postal card i your only expense. honesty of the world. "Among thoso who strayed there are many with whom democrats commonly known as Bryan demo crats,' would have no difficulty in affiliating. There are many who, while not agreeing with .he demo cratic party upon the question of bi metallism, do agree with it on tne question of trusts; there are thobe who believe just as firmly in the war fare against asset currency and bank domination as do the democrats who remained at home: there arc amonu those who strayed away men who are just as firmly convinced against the policy of imperialism and who ob ject to centralized government and to the exercise of unconstitutional pow ers. However some of these gentle men may have been misled on tlie money question, they are, ,at heart, democrats upon fundamental ques tions, and their geLeral opinions are such that any democrat could very readily keep step with them to the music of liberty, self-government and constitutional order. , "But there are others wlio strayed away in 189G and who remained, away in 1900 who never were and never could be democrats. They believe and let it be granted that In some in stances it is a sincere belief that corporation government is the best, that some men are born, booted and spurred, to rido over others. The ouly candidate that would be acceptable to these men would be a candidate chos en by the corporations; the only platform to which they would sub scribe would be a platform written by and for the trust magnates. A very ignorant man elected to the po sition of justice of the peace walked into the office of a county clerk in the good old state of Kentucky, saying; 'Mr. Smith, I have been chosen b my constituency to the office of justice of the J. P., and T want to be qualified.' The 'clerk, who had an intimate ac quaintance with the new . justice of the J. P. looked at hm a moment and then, taking his certificate of election, replied: 'I can swear you in, but all h 1 can't qualify you.' -"In Nebraska these gentlemen bolted the party,' not on.y in 189G and in 1900, but they bolted in other years. 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A, Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. branch one man talks about surren dering to 'the eastern idea,' while another points with pride to his mis erable half-baked republican doctrine and pompously adds: 'Truth s mighty and must prevail' then it is at least not improper that some one of the boys who remained at home enter a word of protest. It need not bo protests against an invitation In viting the return of those who went away. They are right cordially wel come; but they need not think and the world must not think that the men who remained true to the party and followed William J. Bryan in 1S9G and 1900, will permit it- to he understood, even by Implication, that the faithful were In error, while wisdom and truth will die with those who deserted the party. "When democrats extend the hand of welcome to those who once, or twice or thrice, deserted, It means welcome.' It does not, however, mean surrender. It .does not mean a sur render of the great principles to which the democratic party Is committed and which it cannot yield if it would live. It does not mean that demo crats have concluded that government by corporations is the best form of government and that opinion shaped by the trust magnates is the best form of opinion. It means that everyone who is willing to affiliate with the democratic party is welcome whether ho be convert or backslider; that the sins of the past will be forgotten in the effort to fraternize for the good of the people through the success of the party. "But If the interviews of politicians or the resolutions of statesmen be Interpreted as a surrender of demo cratic principles, the hjmblest demo crat in Nebraska has the right to cay that the party will not return to 'the Idea of 1892;' the party will not be again placed under the authority of the representatives of special inter ests; it will not, in its dealings with the people, again hold the 'word oJJ (Continued on Page 12.) 111 m f