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PRIMARY PLEDGE PLAN
As this copy of The Commoner may
he read by some one not familiar with
the details of the primary pledge plan,
it is necessary to say that according
to the terms of this plan every demo
crat is asked to pledge himself to at
tend all the primaries of his party to
be held, between now5 and the next
democratic national convention, unless
unavoidably prevented, and to secure
a clear, honest and straightforward
declaration of the party's position on
every question upon which the voters
of the party desire to speak. Tnose
desiring to be enrolled can either
write to The Commoner approving
the object of the organization and
asking to have their names entered
on the roll, or they can fill out and
mail the .blank pledge, which is print
ed on this page.
The following letters are self-explanatory:
G. C. Rutherford, Scary, W. Va.
I herewith return primary pledge
signed by 35 democrats of my neigh
borhood, mostly farmers. I am a
plain farmer, but am interested in the
great effort Tho Commoner and its
editor, W. J. Bryan, are making to se
cure just recognition of the rights of
the plain 'people .of this country and
that was my reason for recently .sub
scribing for your paper, and for se
curing the enclosed list of primary
pledge signers. Let every farmer in
"the land whose eyes chance to fall
upon these words, and who is a be-liever-in
the doctrine of "equal rights
to all. special privileges to none,"
join hands with the editor of this
paper in advancing our interests by
effecting a thorough organization of
the democratic party for the next
presidential campaign.
Frank Nelson, Potomac, Md. En
closed find primary pledge signed by
myself. I will try to get all the demo
crats in my precinct to sign the
pledge and subscribe for The Com
moner. S. H. Robertson, Glendenin, W. Va.
Find enclosed primary pledge with
15 signatures of true and tried demo
crats. We think the present upheaval
of reform sweeping over our land is
ripening fruits of the efforts made
by the democratic party from 1896
up to the present time. We think
events are shaping themselves sp
that the rich and powerful will join
- with the people in a demand for a
true democrat as president in 1908.
Count on the democrats whose nameB
are signed to this pledge, to be found
in the front ranks supporting demo
cratic principles.
J. S. Close, Millgrove, Ind. En
closed please find 25 signatures to
the primary pledge. I think there is
no paper as good as The Commoner,
and wish every voter could and would
read the last issue March 9, 190C.
Wm. Stiles, Parsons, Kan. En
closed find primary pledge signed by
90 Bryan democrats who will prove
themselves true to the principles of
the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms at the coming elections.
Bruce Peterson, Ilasco, Mo. En
closed find primary pledge with 13
signatures which I secured in a short
time. Many more might be secured,
but I do not have the time to .spare.
I hope that good for the masses may
come from some quarter.
W. Ashton Taylor, Murray, Idaho.
Find enclosed 11 signatures to primary
pledge. The voters' of .the democratic
party of this state are being organ
ized; the purpose of which is to take
the party's control from machines and
politicians and place it in the hands
of the voter, where it rightfully be
longs. The party will be made the
enemy of trusts, and the friend of la
Ijor, will return to the principles of
true democracy and to victory, we
have a committee appointed ten in
number so situated over the district
as to be" In touch with all the voters.
They get the views of the voters on
various questions and give any infor
mation of the progress of the work.
They will examine the registration
and take all precaution necessary to
prevent fraud, The good work of
Ohio last year will be repeated in
Idaho this year.
. Walter Edwards, Brock, I. T. Find
enclosed primary pledge signed by 24
Bryan democrats.
Robert B. Smith, Big Fork, Mont
Find enclosed my primary pledge. In
1904 I tried to persuade some of our
delegates to the democratic national
convention to put aside the idea of
Parker's nomination and nbminate or
work for some democrat. They
thought they knew better. Parker
was nominated with the aid of the
Montana- delegation the result was
Montana -went overwhelmingly for
Roosevelt and a -republican was sent
to the United States senate.
. The' following have sent in primary
plodges in number as follows: B.
White, Peck, W. .Va.; 35; T. ,W. Hal
stead, Connersvillo, Ind., 19; D. Har
rison, Linden, Cal., 19; Chas. W.
Johnston, Fort Fairfield, Maine, 23;
O. B. Hickman, Butler, Mo., 35; Peter
Reynolds, New Sharon, la., 23; John
R. McClure, Grampian, Pa., 4; CD.
Shrader, New Albany, Ind., 11; 8. D.
Buckles, Bolton, Mo 35.
THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
I promise, to attend all the primaries of my party to be hold between
now and the next Democratic National Convention, unless unavoidably
prevented, and to use my influence to secure a. clear, honest and"
straightforward declaration of the party's position on every question'
upon which the voters of tho party desire to speak. ' ' x '
Signed.
Street
County
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Voting-precinct or ward; . n .".
Fill out Blanks and mall to Commoner Office, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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The Coffee Debate
The published statements of a num
ber of coffee importers and roasters
indicate a "waspy" feeling towards us,
for daring to say that coffee is harmful
to a percentage of the people.
A frank public discussion of the
subject is quite agreeable to us and
can certainly do no harm; on the
contrary when all the facts on J30th
sides, of any question are spread before
the people they can thereupon decide
and act intelligently.
Give the people plain facts and they
will take care of themselves.
We demand facts in this coffee dis
cussion and propose to see that the
facts arebrought clearly before the
people.
A number of coffee importers and
roasters have joined a movement to
boom coffee and stop the use of Pos
tum Food Coffee and in their news
paper statements undertake to deceive
by false assertions.
Their first is that coffee is not
harmful.
We assert that one in every three
coffee users has some form of in
cipient or chronic disease; realize for
one moment what a terrible menace
to a nation of civilized people, when
one kindof beverage cripples the en
ergies and health of. one-third the
people who use it.
We make tho assertion advisedly
and suggest that the reader secure his.
own proof by personal inquiry
among coffee users.
Ask your coffee drinking friends
if they keep free -from any sort of
aches and ails. You will be startled
at the percentage and will very nat
urally seek to place the cause of dis
order on something aside from coffee,
whether food, inherited tendencies or
something else.
Go deeper in your search for facts.
If your friend admits occasional
neuralgia, rheumatism, heart weak
ness, stomach or bowel trouble, kid
ney complaint, 'weak eyes, or ap
proaching, nervous prostration induce
him or her- to make the. experiment
of leaving off coffee for 10 days and
using Postum Food Coffee, and ob
serve the result. It will startle you
and give your friend something to
think of. Of course, if the person
is one of the weak ones and says "I
can't quit" you will have discovered
one of the slaves of the coffee im
porter. Treat such 'kindly, for they
seem absolutely powerless to stop the
gradual but sure destruction of body
and health.
Nature has a' way of destroying a
part of the people to make room for
the stronger. It is the old law of ''the
survival of the fittest" at work, and
the victims are many.
We repeat the assertion that coffee
does harm many people, not all, but
an army large enough to appall the
investigator and searcher for facts.
The next prevarication of the cof
fee importers and roasters is their
.statement, that Postum Food Coffee.
is made of roasted peas, beans or
com, and mixed with a low grade of
coffee and that it contains no nourish
ment. We have previously offered to
wager $100,000.00 with them that their
statements are absolutely false.
They have not accepted our wager
and they will not.
We will gladly make a present of
$25,000.00 to any Toaster or importer
of old fashioned coffee who will ac
cept that wager.
Free inspection of our factories
and methods is made by thousands
of people each month and the coffee
importers themselves are cordially
invited. Both Postum and Grape-
Nuts are absolutely pure anu made
exactly as stated.
The formula of Postum and the an
alysis made by one of the foremost
chemists of Boston has been .printed
n every package for many years and
is absolutely accurate.
Now as to the fojod value of Pos
tum. It contains the parts of the
wheat berry which carry the elemen
tal salts such as lime, iron, potash,
silica, etc., etc., used by the life forces
to rebuild the cellular tissue, and this
Is particularly true of the phosphate
of potash, also found in Grape-Nuts,
which combines in the human body
with albumen and this combination,
together with water, rebuilds the
worn out gray matter in the delicate
nerve centres all' over the body, and
throughout the brain and solar plexus.
Ordinary coffee stimulates in an un
natural way, but with many people it
slowly and surely destroys and does
not rebuild this gray substance so
vitally important to the well-being of
every human being.
These are eternal facts, proven,
well authenticated and known to
every properly educated physician,
chemist and food expert.
Please remember we never say or
dinary coffee hurts everyone.
Some people use it regularly and
seem strong enough to withstand its
attacks, but there is misery, and dis
ease iir store for the man or woman.
who persists in its use when nature
protests, by -heart weakness, stom-.
ach and bowel troubles, kidney dis-'
ease, wealc eyes,, or general nervoii.',
prostration. Tho remedy is obvious. '
Tho drug caffeine, contained in all
ordinary 'coffee, must bo discontinued
absolutely or the disease will con
tinue in spite of any medicine and will
grow worse.
It is easy to leave off the old fash
ioned coffee by adopting Postum Food
Coffee, for in It one finds a pleasing
hot breakfast or dinner beverage that
has the deep seal brown color, chang
ing to a rich golden brown when good
cream is added. When boiled long
enough (15 minutes) the flavor is not
that of rank Rio coffee but very like
the milder, smooth and high grade
Java, but entirely lacking the drug
effect of ordinary coffee.
Anyone suffering from disorders set
up by coffee drinking (and there is
an extensive variety) can absolutely
depend upon some measure of relief
by quitting coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee.
If the disease has not become too
strongly rooted, one. can with good
reason expect it to disappear entire
ly in a reasonable time, after the ac
tive cause of the trouble is removed
and the cellular tissue has time to
naturally rebuild with the elements
furnished by Postum and good food.
It's only just plain old common
sense.
Now, with ' the exact facts before
the reader, he or she can decide the
wise course, looking to health and
the power to do things.
If you have any doubt as to the
cause of any ache or ail you may
have, remember the far reaching tel
egrams of a hurt nervous system
travel from heel to head, and it may
be well worth your while to makethe
experiment of leaving off coffee "en
tirely for 10 days and using PosAum
in its place.
You will probably gather some good
solid facts, worth more than a gold
mine, for health can make gold and -sickness
lose it. Besides there's all .
the fun, for it's like a continuous in-.,
ternal frolic to be perfectly well,
There's a reason for ,
POSTUM
Postum Cereal Co.-, Ltd., Battle Creek,
'"s Michigan.- .
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