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The Commoner. MAT 20, 1905 15 plan of organization to tho end that real democracy may soon prevail. Noah L. Van Doren, Burket, Ind. It affords me great pleasure to sign a pledge of this kind, as I am a demo crat whoso principle is based on the platforms of 1896 and 1900. I have always attended them as far as health would permit and I expect to do all I can in the future to advance the in terest of the common people. John E. Coughlin, Minneapolis, Minn. I desire to strongly endorse the primary pledge movement as ad vocated bv the editor of The Com moner, because if there is any way to get the proper feeling in a party, regarding national issues, it .is the outspoken thoughts of the rank and file; then too, it brings the party "back to the people," where it prop erly belongs, and not in the hands of political bosses and Wall Street dicta tors. I will do all in my power to influence my neighbors and friends to sign the pledge, because it is a step m the right direction. Enclosed you will find pledges written by my father and I. W. H. Taylor, merchant, Exeter, Neb. As a democrat who always at tends primaries and county and state conventions, when possible; as one of the "original Bryan men;" as one whoso pleasant duty it was to intro duce Mr. Bryan to one of his first political audience in Nebraska, an audience consisting of not over two dozen people; as one who is proud of the fact that when Mr. Bryan was first elected to congress, I wrote a New York paper saying Nebraska had just sent a young man to Washington his name is W. J. Bryan; keep your eye on him, if he lives you will hear from him;" as one whose privilege It was to represent the democracy o Nebraska's Fourth Congressional dis trict at Kansas City in 1900 when Wil liam Jennings Bryan was unanimously nominated our standard bearer; and as one who believes that most of the corruption in politics is chargeable to failure of honest voters to attend pri maries and county conventions, I can cheerfully subscribe to the within pledge. J. W. Mitchell, Greenville, 111. I think all genuine democrats should sign this pledge and aid-in bringing about the reforms advocated by W. J. Bryan. G. W. Leach, Bethany, Mo. En closed find primary pledge duly signed which I heartily endorse. I will do all I can to get my neighbors interested in attending every democratic pri mary. J. W. Morgan, Starke, Fla Signed pledge enclosed. I am reading with interest, the various words of com mendation, of the plan, as appearing in each issue of The Commoner. Speaking of re-organization, the term to me seems misapplied. The party of the people is organized all right, hut the rank and file have carelessly allowed a few demo-republicans to steer the good old craft into treach erous waters, where she would have gone down to oblivion as they intend ed had not the people been roused in time. Let's every man jack of us, help to get the party back to her true course, as recharted and mapped out so well in 1896-1900 We can roll up a victory that will overflow into half the republican strongholds of the land. ' A. G. Porter, Secretary Democratic Committee, Milan, Mo. I most heart ily endorse the primary pledge plan, and will endeavor to do all I can in helping the grand old democratic prin ciples win in 1908. Geo. B. Jordan, Adel, la. Enclosed find my primary pledge. I am heart ily in favor of the plan. E. Harvey, Boscobel, Wis. Enclosed pledge duly signed. I am in favor of honest democratic principles. William Goodyear, Colfax, Wash. I have been so busy advocating the merits of the primary election pledge to others that I have neglected to send in my own, but now enclose it with tho signatures of a number of loyal democrats. Tho merits of tho plan are obvious to every man who wants the democratic party to bo the party of tho people in fact as well as in theory. If every democrat will go to the primaries there will be no hu miliating fight in the next national convention to secure a declaration for fundamental democratic principles. The platform will be framed in ac cordance with the wishes of the rank and file of the party and not to suit the pleasure of a small coterie of am bitious leaders who are democrats for pie not for principle. It will be framed with a view of receiving tho support and arousing the enthusiasm of the voters, by frankly declaring for the reforms which they know are needed and for the policies which they believe will benefit the people and not with a view of securing a big campaign fund from undemocratic sources with which to manufacture en thusiasm. Money manufactured en thusiasm fails to enthuse or get out the vote, ag was proved in the last campaign. Priscilla, the Puritan maid en, sounded the key note of the argu ment for attending the nrimarlea when she sjiid to John Alden: "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?" Let every democrat speak for himself at the primaries and the nartv will immediately become a positive force, relying lor victory upon the -merits of its cause instead of remaining a negative quality trying to squeeze into power by imitating the republicans so closely that the people cannot distinguish- between them. May God bless you in your noblo and patriotic work. H. H. Hamilton, Berlin, Green Lake county, Wis. Your plan for organiza tion is good. I 'am with you heart and hand. E.X3. Hicks. Sidney. Mont. I believe the plan an excellent one and hope every democrat will do his duty and attend the primaries. AFTER MANY DAYS (Continued from Page 12) pace, and instinctively he fell into the measured pace set by the roll of the far-off drum. The morning's feel ing of dread was forgotten and many strangers turned to see the gray- haired, erect and proud looking man who fell into line by the side of the widow who was known to them all. No one saluted the color with more reverence than this soldier of the gray. No one paid more atten tion to the solemn ritual of the Grand Army of the Republic as it was read over the graves of the men whom he had once met in the deatn grapple. 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