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" w T f'f l1 " !,,' iw -i -s ,ilri AFBJL IS, 1905 The Commoner. 11 y PRIMARY PLEDGE PLAN As this copy of The Commoner may be read by some one not familiar with the dotails of the primary pledge plan, It is necessary to say that according to the terms of this plan every demo crat is agked to pledge himself to at tend all the primaries of his party to be held between now 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. Those 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: W. L, Blocker, Baltimore, Md. I enclose list of .36 signatures to the primary pledge. Most of them are democrats, all are advocates of pri-i mary elections. Jeff Parrot, Indianola, la. Find en closed primary pledge signed by 35. I do not miss the time J have been getting these names. I hope every democrat in Warren county will be given a chance to sign the primary pledge. This is the time for true democrats to get busy. If they do not we will have another Parker in 1908, or something just as. bad. Ed C. Manning, Toplin, Texas. I enclose primary pledge. Our people have been attending the primary meet ings several years. In this part of the country all the democrats we' have are Bryan democrats. T. McPherson, Webb, la, Herewith find a few more names jaigned to the primary pledge. This makes 26 pledge -signers and 5 new Subscribers" 1 have sent recently. ' Chas. W. Beagle, Jackson, Wyo. We are 100 miles from a railroad and the population is so scattering it Is almost impossible to see all in per son. We are in the midst of the game field of Wyoming, and surrounded by the Teton forest reserve. About every other man you meet is either & game warden or a forest ranger. jJUnder above conditions, as you may 'know, the republicans are greatly in the majority, but the handful of dem ocrats we have here are strictly of the Bryan stripe. We hope for the com plete overthrow of graft in 1908, ' W. R. Keith, Bridgeport, Okla. Find enclosed primary pledge with 19 signatures of true ana tried demo crats. I think there is no paper as good as The Commoner and wish every voter could and would read it. Enclosed find check for $11.40 to pay for The Commoner one year to each of the 19 pledge signers. P. P. Pullen, Buchanan, Tenn. These 35 primary pledge signers in two precincts. Send me more pri mary pledge blanks. I live on the state line, and will get into Kentucky next. W. H. Hopewell, Keen, 111. En closed find 35 names signed to pledge. I am willing to predict a land-slide, in 1908 with a good democrat at the helm. John D. Harris, Scary, W. Va. I will do all I can to help the primary pledge cause along. Please send me about twenty copies of The Commoner for distribution. J. Greenville, Wittenberg, Mo. I am now 87 years old, poor and a crip ple, yet I am not willing to die until I can see a change or administration with a good democrat holding down the presidential chair. Here goes for the change. R. P. Jeffers, ' Highland Station, Kahs. Enclosed find primary pledge signed by myseff and 16. of my neigh bors, all of whom are Bryan demo crats, and ever ready to do what they can for the good of pure and un adulterated democracy. Every man whom I solicited signed the pledge with two exceptions one was a so called democrat, the other afraid he could not keep the pledgeras he never had attended a convention and was afraid he would not in the future, but he is a true blue democrat. The Neligh (Neb.) Register says: "There is one line of work in which The Commoner, Bryan's paper, is en gaged that is very commendable, and that is thq securing of pledges from democrats to attend ail the primaries of the party to be held between now and the next national convention. The pledge which the voter Is asked to sign further recites that the signer will use his 'Influence to secure a. clean, honest and straightforward dec laration of the party's position on every question upon which the voters of the party desire to speak Cer tainly the primary is the place where the common people may express them selves but the greatest trouble lies with the people. They fail to attend the primaries and permit the profes sional politician to hx up delegations to all the conventions and in many instances force upon the voters can didates "who are not desirable." John Walker, Corder, Mo. These are all the people to whom I pre sented the pledge. Our people will all attend the primaries. Col. D. C. Husted, Greenville, Ohio I enclose primary pledge signed by nine voters. Will Bochman, Brantley, Okla. I send herewith a primary pledge peti tion with thirteen signatures'. The following havrs sent in pledges in number as follows: A. M. Hittel, Kremis, Pa., 35; Floyd Smith, Cana da, Ky 15; E. Dalton, Baileyton, Tenn., 30; Louis N. Williams, Kirks ville. Mo., 20; Geo. W. Stout, Ash land, 111., 35; W. E. Davis, Jamaica, la., 16; Jas. M. Lamb, Macon, Mo., 12. THE PRIMARY PLEDGE I promise to attend all the primaries of my party to be held 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 -the party-desire to speak.- -.. - Signed, ,- . Street v .?:. .'. P?stoSe . Vv : v v .) County 7?1 ... . .'.... ,- .Tr Voting precinct "-.or ward. . . ;,. ."'.. . Fill out.Blanksland . mail to Commoner Office,' Lincoln, Nebraska; PERKINS THE PET George W. Perkins, partner of J. Pierpont Morgan and former vice pres ident of the New York Life Insurance company, is under technical arrest on the charge of grand larceny for-hls sharo in contributing funds of his in surance company to the republican party during the last presidential cam paign. The ordinary procedure in such a case would be the indictment of the accused man by the grand jury. Some times, when exceptional circumstances exist, a magistrate issues a warrant direct, without waiting for grand jury action, as, for Instance, when the ac cused person is upon the point of fleeing from the jurisdiction of tho court. In tho present case the only exceptional circumstance which has led District Attorney Jerome to pro ceed by warrant seems to be that Mr.. Perkins is Mr. Perkins. Upon habeas corpus proceedings the case will go first to the supreme court and finally to tho appellate court of New York, for tho determination of the law point involved, which is whether such acts as Mr. Perkins' actually constitute larceny under the provisions ofvthe penal code. Except that he appears as an exceptionally favored defendant, Mr. Perkins will be in no better position to win in the highest court under the present pro ceedings than he would have been had ho been regularly indicted. The points of passing interest In the chosen method of procedure are that Mr. Perkins escapes the specific stigma of having been "indicted,' that he is given a minimum of inconven ience by rude officers of the law, and that he has the greatest amount of freedom to carry on his own affairs while his able counsel fight this legal battle for him. These phases of the case, of course, attract attention, but in reality they are but trifles. The central fact upon which the public may congratulate itself is that the law is on the way to be tested, and that a basis is being laid for a number of important crim inal prosecutions, in case tho law is held to apply. Chicago Record-Herald (republican). $5.0 If Nothing if it Doesn't it Suits IfMt 1f SalM Hfakary Mf bRmB'1 That's how wo Mil oar SIH Hlkry SpvalaJ Tp Bwaiy. Though lt'a the Huc known for merit In orenr noctlon of tho country, and yon know what tou buy, ntllJ yon can hare oae to um for 30 claya baforo you decide. Wo make Rood, nrat-claM Top IinMlea t36.00 un toonrfamounKawSDlU Hickory Special. And all other kinds of Yehlclc. and liar mwtatoo. IttakMlHObiKpngeatoatiownll thoao In our new 1S0S catalogue. We toll you tkla book will are you money and we want to SEND YOU ONE FREE But wo muathareTonrnamsandaddraw, wlier can we reach you let na know today. Thia (ahead aunrtora. Wo maka rehiclee and Imrneen and ehlp Ireot to you to try. You can't get a sioro liberal proposition and jroa aavo xnlddloKian'e profit of a third to half by dealing with hoadauartera. Oar guarantee laaleaallyblndtngono between you and ua. You know the yoara ot oxperlonco and long nuccemtul butlnraa behind It, Now we want to aond You that cataloguo ao you can pick out what you want to try then lt'a up to the good. Your addrem, pleaae, at once. THE OHIO CARRIAGE MFG. CO., n. o. rnKLPs, pre. Station 12 ClHhmatf. O. 1 "POLITICS IN NEW ZEALAND" Btho titleof apatnphlotof 116 pagos which lolls fth0 BOCC08sof t Torrens ayatomof land iin.BfKOVcrnino.,it t0,0ffropU ami telephone lines, government railroads, postal sayings banks andothcr reform s.-Prico 26o postpaid. AddrKs T. F.'TAYLOR.Bakcr Bldr.,Fhlld.lphlg,F. -TOMMY'S ACT OF KINDNESS Governor Folk of Missouri was talk ing about reform. "We all believe in it," he said, "but we want to see it brought about at other folks' expense. We are like, too like, a certain Kansas City boy. "This boy's mother said to him on her return from a long day's shopping In the Thanksgiving season : " 'Now, I hope my little Tommy has taken to heart mamma's talk of last night about charity and unselfishness. Since he has few troubles of his own, I hope he has thought of others' troubles all day long. Since he has many causes for thanksgiving him self, I hope he has tried to give cause for thanksgiving to others. What Is my Tommy's report for the day? How many acts ot kindness has he done? How much woe has he light ened? How many hearts has my Tommy made grateful and glad?' "In this rather muBhy way spoke the good young mother. And her Tommy replied: "Tve done a whole lot of good, ma. I gave your new hat to a beggar woman, and I gave the cook's shoes to a little girl In busted rubbers what I seen on the street, and I gave a poor lame shoestring seller pa's evening suit the open front one that he hard ly ever wears.'" Kansas City Journal. 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