OCTOBER 21, 1904
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The Commoner.
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The Big Stick
and
The Little Stick
I am right, vole that way, or you are
a moralcoward. Do not fear that your
vote will be "thrown away." Your
vote is never thrown away until It
ceases to be the representative of your
honest convictions. '"
To the extent that the opponents of
republican principles support me in
1904, the hands of those-' will be
strengthened -who shall make war upon
the republicans in 1908. The present
attitude of national democracy is an
impossible one. They will be driven
from it, beyond ail doubt. Four years
from now the Belmonis, Gormans and
Hills should be put into the republican
camp, where they belong. The real
democrats will return to their Omaha
and Chicago platform. In some hon
orable way, the Bryan democrata must
act with us; .the cause demands it;
duty requires it; patriotism exacts it;
to the success of true democracy it is
indispensable. To preserve an organ
ization of resistance to the plutocracy,
to show them that they can not play
their selfish games quite go easily as I
mey naci imagined, to make them feel
that there is life in the people yet, to
form a nucleus around which the be
trayed people could . rally, we make
this struggle.
It has already grown into larger pro
portions than I could have foreseen. It
promises to bring forth good fruit
without heart-sickening delays. The
effects of the attacks which we are
making upon, this unholy desertion of
uie democratic masses, by the demo
cratic bosses, are even now apparent
and reassuring. But even had not this
been true, I should still have taken the
same course -upon the high ground of
duty. ;.
Carlyle's Advice
The great Scotchman, Thorns Car
lyle, said:
"Cast forth thy act, thy word, into
the ever-living, ever-working universe:
It is seed-grain that can not die; un
noticed today it will be found flour-
MAKES STRONG HEAR.TS
Thousands of week hearts have been made
strong.and healthy by the use of Dr. Milea'
New Heart Cure. It acts directly opou the
heart muscles and nerves, quieting the oxcited
condition, nourshlng and building up their
wasted energies. It -regulates the circulation,
stimulates the appetite and tones up the
stomach. If first bottle jails to benefit, money
hack.
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Ishing like banyan grove after a thou
sand years."
Plunged Into poverty when a lad, I
have, trom my sixteenth year, been
looking at life from the seamy side. I
know what the life of the poor boy is,
for I have led it To walk the streets
looking for work and finding none, is
an experience never to be forgotten,
and I have had it. To take the side
of the oppressed costs mo no effort; to
do otherwise would cost me my self
respect As far as has been in my
power, l rave labored to so change our
laws as to make it easier for other
poor boys to do what I found it so
difficult to do find opportunity, find
work, find adequate pay and reach a
competence be'fore the strength Is so
spent in the effort that enjoyment does
not come with success.
Democratic In" Every Act
Every speech of my life, every page
of my books, every vote in the Georgia
legislature arid In the congress is in
perfect harmony with the broadly dem
ocratic faith which finds partial ex
pression in this letter. I hope there
has been growth, development, expan
sion; I know there has been no con
tradiction or apostacy. Whenever by
voice or vote or deed I could be of
service to those who were working in
the cause of humanity, T have not
failed to respond. The eight-hour law
passqd by congress had my hearty sup
port The official record will prove
that I led the fight for the automatic
car coupler bill, against a corporation
lobby led by Colonel Stahlman of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad.
more for tho farmer than any other
law on tho statute book of this repub
lic, and before all of tho farmers de
cide to voto against mo I trust that
they will consider what I did for them.
Regardless, however, of how any
man will vote because of tho laws re
ferred to, I take some pleasure in al
luding to- them, for tho reason that
they provo that tho sentiments ani
mating this letter are those which have
controlled my life. I regret that my
opportunities for doing work of that
kind have been so few. Republicans
and democrats united their voices to
prevent mo from serving more than
ono term In congress, even when the
plainest evidence was presented of the
frauds which deprived me of tho of
ficial commission.
Since then I have had no oppor
tunity to do more than to advocate
with the pen the principles to which
I am devoted. To accept this nomin
ation and expound those principles,
this becomes a matter of servlnc tho
good cause. And no matter what tho
results may bo, I shall find satisfaction
In feeling that I havo done right
THOMAS' E. WATSCN.
Father of Rural Free Delivery
Against the resistance of Judge Hol
man of Indiana, Mr. Loud of Califor
nia, and others I passed through the
house the first appropriation which
this government ever made for the free
delivery of mail to the people who live
outside cities, towns and villages. That
resolution, which was defeated on the
first vote but which I carried through
on the secorid (February 17, 1893) is
tho foundation of the present rural
free delivery system wnich elves em
ployment to forty thousand men, and
wnicn carries civilization to the re
motest "neck of the woods." The far
mers of America have seldom asked
anything in the way of favors from
the government: more seldom havo
they got anything even .when they
asked. The rira.l ireo -delivery does
Where Worried Vote
In four states Wypming, Colorado,
Utah and Idaho" women possess tho
right to vote on equal terms with men
at all elections. Either full or partial
suffrage for women exists in twenty
six states. In eighteen states women
possess school suffrage. In Kansas
they have municipal and school suf
frage. Montana and Iowa permit them
to voto on the issuance of municipal
bonds. In 1898 Louisiana granted
them the nrivileee of votiner unon
questions relating to public expendi
tures. With this exception the south
ern states have been slow in advanc
ine the woman suffrage cause. The
women of Wyoming, 'Colorado, Utah
and Idaho vote for presldentlon elec
torsKansas City Journal.
Boodle Not Partis
The confession of former Speaker
Charles F. Kelly of the St Louis house
of delegates goes a little moro into de
tail than the admissions of the other
repentant boodlers, repentant when
tnreatenea wiin state s prison, uooa-
l!ng, ho avers, has been In practlco in.
St Louis for twenty-five years. Hardly
a bill has passed without bribery. Tho
combine usually received $10,000 for
its voto in bulk, but on ono or two oc
casions tho price got down to $50 a
voto, and some even accoptcd $5, but
Kelly naively adds, they were properly
ashamed of selling themselves for so
low a price. All thi3 is sufficiently fa
miliar to those who havo followed tho
Vull of graft in municipal and stato
legislatures. The ono point which
Kelly makes, and which ought to ho
tu ken to heart by tho voters every
where, is that there was no party lino
In the combine. Every man was look
ing out for his own pocket all tho
tiiLe. Republican boodler and demo
ciatlc boodler cared nothing for re
publicanism or democracy when tho
g. eater issue of boodle was concerned.
Sp long as the voters persist in per
mitting themselves to be blinded by
the false Issues of party to the real
issue of good city government and hon
est municipal officials, so long will
tbere be combines ready to sell out
party and public for their own inter
ests. If these 6't Louis revelations and
those in other cities and states do not
convince the voters that it is time they
looked into tho real Issues probably
nothing will. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Clergyman from Etostwb
An old clergyman in "New Hamp
shire, who was not at all satisfied with
the size of his congregations, made up
his mind that he would have one good
large one, at least; and so he said one
day, mysteriously, to his church:
"I want you all to be here next Sun
day, brethren and sisters, and to tell
all the others to come; for we shall
hwe a sermon, on that day. preached
by a clergyman from Bpston."
When tho day came, tho "housejra
crowded, and the people were sur
prised to find no one in the pulpit, ex
cepting the good old pastor himself!
"You see, my beloved hearers' he
explained, before giviag out his text,
"I have been visiting' in Boston, and
came from there last night" Everywhere.
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