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',uwty,')ix 'W "H)PNfiwii',wi?iiii'wjir' 1 1 tji t iWWWW1 The Commoner. VOLTJIVfE.B, NUMBER 51 TT, 1 The Commoner Good Work hy Commoner Readers ISSUED WEEKLY 'Entered at the postofflco at Lincoln, Nobraska, as second class mail matter. One Yeu $1.00 Six Mentha 50o la Clubs ef 5 or more per Year 75o Three Month 25o Single Copy....- 5o Sample Copies Free ForeUn Postage 52o Extra. SUBSCRIPTIONS can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. They can also bo sent through nowspapore which have advertised a clubbing rate, or through local agents, where sub-agents have been appointed. All Mmittonccs should bo cnt by postofflco money order, oxnrcsa order, or by bank draft on Now Yoric or Chicago. Do not send individual checks, stamps or mBJBNEWALS.-Tho date on your wrapper shows when your subscription will expire. Uhua, Jan. 31, ui, means that payment has been received to and inciuu lng tho last iaauo of January, 190G. Two weeks are required after money has been received before tho date on wrapper can bo changed. ..!.,. CHANGE OF ADDRESS.-Subscribers requesting a chango of, address must glvo OLD as well as tho NLW ADVERTISING rates furnished upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER. Lincoln, Neb. Thero is yet plenty of room on the water wagon, The elastic conscience seems to be rapidly becoming unpopular in this country. The Pine islanders are still pining, but stoutly maintain that their hearts are. of oak. There is a little more room on the water wagon now than there was three or four days ago. An epidemic of truth seems to have broken out among those leading republicans of New York. The Panama canal was "DeLesse'psed" once, and tho American people will not stand for the threatened repetition of the event. It seems that the Salvation Army and Amer ican Volunteers have managed to v locate many of the places that Santa Claus usually skips. The czar has been so busy dodging that he has not had time to suggest that the whole mat ter be taken to The Hague for settlement. The Commoner wishes its 500,000 readers, the 50,000,000 who should be readers, and all the rest of mankind, a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The Boston Herald recently devoted a half column to a discussion of the "anthracite situa tion." Most of us could tell it m three or four words. When the chorus appears on the stage the steel kings are not visible to the naked eye, but like the politician's overcoat in the expense bill, they are there just the same. Several thousand homeless cats and dogs in New York City were kindly cared for and fed on Christmas day. Several thousand homeless and hungry children were overlooked. It appears that it is not what Mr. Corey knows about the steel business that keeps him at the head of the steel .trust. It is what Mr. Corey knows about the principal stockholders. If Winter is loafing around now for the pur pose of having an excuse for lingering in the lap of Spring we can not Hud it in our hearts to cen sure him, but just the same we insist that he is entirely too old for that sort of foolishness. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat calls attention to the fact that Ex-Vice President Morton recent ly spent several hours on the witness stand and did not once say "I forget." Perhaps Mr. Mor ton has not been dabbling in high finance and life insurance. Among other senators who were surprised 'that Mr. Shonts was still holding his railway lob while bossing the canal, was Senator Dryd'en, whose salary as president of a life insurance com pany is just thirteen times larger than his salary as senator. It would seem an easy matter to surprise a senator. Commoner readers are taking great interest theso days in tho effort to increase tho circula tion. Tho following letters are self-explanatory: Thomas H. Sladen, Palcines, Calif. Enclosed you will find a club of five and postoffice order to pay for one year's subscription for that num ber. As you will see by the list, they aro all new subscribers but myself. I make them a present of the first year's subscription, and feel satisfied they will continue to subscribe for The Commoner thereafter. I have been a subscriber to The Commoner nearly all the time since its beginning. Mrs. Sladen thinks it Is the best paper coming to our house, and there are many. I would like to help spread the principles enun ciated in The Commoner, but I am too old now beginning my seventy-fourth year to do the active work I would desire. We are anxiously looking for the promised letters from Mr. Bryan. Best wishes for the spread of his doctrine gen erally. C. Bittman, Yukon, Okla. I have got ten subscribers for The Commoner. Could get more but am so crippled that I can't get around. I am seventy-three years old. There are three things which I would like to see accomplished the election of the president by the majority of all votes cast, the popular election of senators and popular election of postmasters. Then we will have better government and the corporations will not have to spend millions of dollars to elect our president, expecting to be reimbursed with a high protective tariff. If the farmers and labor ing men would give more attention to their duties as citizens we would get along much better and leave this government In good shape for our children. G. W. Lowdenslager, Dulany, W. Va. As I .see so many clubs from the Little Mountain State, I thought it my duty to assist in extending the circulation of The Commoner. So you will find enclosed $4.20 to pay for these new subscribers and my renewal, making in all seven subscrip tions. Frank Whitesel, Watertown, Nebr. I take pleasure in sending six yearly subscriptions and $3.60 to pay for same. I find no trouble in get ting subscribers for The Commoner. R. M. Montgomery, Carbondale, 111. Enclosed find $3.00 to cover five yearly subscriptions. These are the work of three minutes by using the telephone. R. H. Reid, Proctor, Tex. Enclosed you will find postofllce money order for $8.40 for which you will please send The Commoner to names as per enclosed' list. No trouble to get subscribers for The Commoner. N. B. Hames, Colorado City, Colo. Enclosed please find twenty new subscribers, all paid for. I think well of the suggestion made by our friend F. L. McDannel of Owasso, Michigan, and would further suggest that we all try to get at least one new subscriber each week. O. P. Hyde, Mayor, Marietta, Ohio I still have several subscription cards, and I hope before long to get them filled out. I have run for sev eral months in one of our local dailies at my own expense an advertisement to the effect that I would receive subscriptions at the clubbingrate, but have had little time to personally solicit sub scriptions. I am interested in increasing the cir culation of The Commoner, and think it is the best work that democratic democrats can engage in for the good of the party. The following named subscribers have sent In yearly subscriptions in number as follows: Hon. J. B. Weaver, Colfax, la., 30; Joseph Cul bertson, Iola, Kan., 14; James Corrigan, Holyrod, Kans., 6; M. D. Spencer, Studley, Kans., 9; Wil liam Folsche, Troy, Kans., 9; W. L. Foster, Ural, Okla.. 6; A. C. White, Kendrick, Idaho, 6; John Keller, Lodi, Calif., 7; George W. Wood, Lake City, Mich., 7; J. M. Clugh, Okemah, L T G; J. E. Hanna, Lexington, Ky., 7; J. E. Downing, Dayton, Ohio, 7; James D. Anderson, Deals Island, Md., 9; A. R. Darr, South Bend, Wash., 6; J. M. Gibson, Jiba, Tex., 6; I. D. Rognllen, Kalispell, Mont., 6; T. J. Watkins, BIrchwood, Tenn., 7; George Warren, Maloy, Iowa, 6; J. B. Williams, Martinsville, Ind., 6; Amos Under wood, Underwood, Wash., 10; Ed Robertson, Medford, Oregon, 6; Frank Wilkerson, East Marion, N. Y., 9; E. D. Holland, Deer Lodge Mont., 7; William O. Coleman, M. D., Nashville, Mo., 10; Nicholas Partridge, Owatonna, Minn., 7; John Edwards Bray, Reno, Nev., 6; Thomas Stackhouse, Glasco, Kans., 10; J. P. Weigand, Wichita, Kans., 8; Ed F. Poorman, Humboldt 111., 6; John L. Langley, South Danbury, N h' 9; West H. Humphreys, Mayfield, Ky., 6; li i'' Denman, Lufkin, Tex., 6; W. L. Magee, Martins ville, Mo., 16; Frank Whitesel, Watertown Nebr 6; G. E. Hain, Fremont, Mich., 0; J. H. kinder Roberts, Wis., 11; Ross Charley, Oaktown ind' 12; E. H. Wilson, Nebraska City Nebr., 8,'l p' Dickson, Kenton, Ohio, 6; George O. Abington Neelyville, Mo., 6; F. J. C. Walker, Shackle ford' Mo., 9; Messrs. Scott and McGregor, Nickerson' Kans., 6; J. Richardson, Painesville, O., 8; j. m' Patty, Butler, Mo., 8; A. F. Berry, Atlantic,' la ' 6; J. M. Mounger, Forney, Tex., 7; Thurmaa Braley, Proctorville, O., 6; T. W. Huston, For tescue, Mo., 7. The following named subscribers havp each sent five yearly subscriptions to The Commoner: Richard Adkins, Wewanta, W. Va.; J. E. Baker, Lincoln, 111.; H. Sleeth, DeLassus, Mo.; Mrs. o! Osborn, Bernadotte, 111.; John Connell, Now Bed ford, Mass.; B. B. Krammes; Tiffin, Ohio; F. C. Finch, Holyoke, Colo.; E. L. Willeford, Richmond, Mo.; N. C. Titus, Lebanon, Ind.; W. A. Luther, Hastings, Iowa; C. C. Hampton, Dunn, Tex.; J. J. Jones, Moberly, Mbf; A. C. Wallace, Piedmont, Ohio; Captain John Shaffer, Flora, Ind.; Eugene Wade, Addison, N. Y.; A. L. Sanford, Covello, Wash.; L. L. Matheson, Stillwater, Okla.; P. L, Vernon, Jr., Toone, Tenn.; C. J. Hart, Carey, Ohio; W. H. Enle, Molalla, Oregon; James Jones, Flat Rock, N. C; W. M. Griffith, Bloomiugton, Ind.; W. H. Widney, Yorktown, la.; R. T. Mayo, Claffin, Kans.; E. J. Rosecrans, Ashland, Nebr.; George Mumford, Gower, Mo.; S. S. Sims, Van Buren, Ark.j John McKenzie, St. Onge, S. D.; Fred Boterman, Davis, S. D.; J. H. Saye, Saginaw, Mich.; John Beaver, Fresno, Ohio; J. A. Price, Rowena, Tex.; E. S. Sandusky, Falls City, Mo.; R. G. Salyer, Golden, Mo.; Charles Bamford, Mor ton, N. Y.; Sam Meredith, Waynesville, 0.; D. H. Kirkpatrlck, Hubbardston, Mich.; W. A. S. Cobb, Santa Anna, Texas; J. A. Raymer, Piqua, Ohio; W. H. Jones, Humphreys, Mo.; A. Michael, Converse, Ind.; Felix W. Ewing, Ventura, Calif.; James Bell, Marysville Pa.; Willis Simmons, Bal laire, Okla.;, J. N. Magruder, Paris, Mo.; Frank E. Buck, La Plata, Mo.; H. M. Peden, TImpson, Tex.; Thomas H. Coley, Rockport, III.; Thomas B. Campbell, Lexington, Mo.; E. A. Brown, Rica Lake, Wis.; James Lucas, Hillsboro, Ohio; A. M. McBride, Ava, 111.; H. P. Carnahan, Benton ville, Ark.; R. C. Roach, Waterville, Ohio; D. S. Burson, Richmond, Ind.; J. N. Waters, Augusta, Kans.; T. J. Britt, Rocky Ford, Colo.; James T. Penniman, Quincy, Mass.; R. M. Montgomery, Carbondale, 111.; F. R. Bear, Tropico, Calif. Everyone who approves of the work The Commoner is doing is invited, to co-operate along the lines of this special subscription offer. Ac cording to the terms of this offer cards each good for one year's subscription to The Com moner, will be furnished in lots of five, at the rate of $3 per lot. This places the yearly subscription rate at 60 cents. Any one ordering these cards may sell them for $1 each, thus earning a commission of ?J on each lot sold, or he may sell them at the cose price and find compensation in the fact that ne has contributed to the educational campaign. These cards may be paid for when ordered, or they may be ordered and remittance made alter they have been sold. A coupon is printed ueiow for the convenience of those who desire to pai ticipate in this effort to increase The Commoners circulation: 5 10 15 20 25 50 75 100 " THE COMMONER'S SPECIAL OFFER Application tor Subscription Cards Publisher Commoner: I am interested In In creaslne The Commoner's oWBS?S5)n sire you to send me a supply' of sumption cards. I aprree to use my utmost endeavor w sell the cards, and will remit for them at ine rate of 60 ce,nts each, when sold. NAME. Box, on Street No p. o...... Statu Indicate the number of cards ; wanted 1 by marking X opposlteone of the numbers v ed on end oi this manic. If you believe the paper Is doing a rort f its encouragement, tin our xne uuuvu .v-i- It to THE COMMONER.. Lincoln. N v T I !UCi-i. 4t:in, Wn'iii rtiMumfcif.ftfihhMii inlifiaUtiM''JiN