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,, Muckrake, indeed! It requires a steam shovel.
. i By tho way, Mr. President, what is better
than a muck rake for cleaning out a niudscow?
General Nelson A. Miles is another gentle
man who has heen given a vindication by events.
The packers caught with a lot of "embalmed
beef" ori hand need only to he patient and wait
for; another' war.
One or two ' sections therein containedren
ders it very difficult .for Senator Piatt, to express
himself adequately on the rate bill. " ' '
The Russian douma is talking as much and
doin.3 as little as a certain legislative body pre
sided over by a "standpat" speaker.
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i'. A.reauer wants to Know what "inconsistency"
is.; It would be inconsistent for a New Yorker
to chide a Kansan about the Burton case. ,
... Tho senate will havo to remain in continuous
session for a long time boforo it can catch up
with tho work of doing its duty to the people.
"Home Coming Week" is on in Kentucky.
Mr. Taylor of Indiana may look across to the
blue grass pastures, but it is not likely that he
will take advantage of tho excursion rates.
The senate has suddenly grown sensitive to
public opinion. But just wait until the people
got a chance to toll the senate all that it has
been thinking during the last ton or a dozen
years.
The work of the Armstrong committee cost
the state of Now York $100,000. It cost a lot
of ominent financial gentlemen a great deal more
money than that, to say nothing of what it cost
Jn the loss of reputation.
If the Standard Oil company has violated
the law, punish it," said Mr. Rockefeller lust be
fore sailing for Europe. To be sure. Imprison
the oil, or burn it. The immunity bath- will take
care of the gentlemen who own the stock.
It will be a severe blow to the cattle raisers
to learn that the packers have put up the meat
in awfully filthy surroundings. At any rate the
packers unselfishly opposed exposure on account
of the damage it would do the cattle men
Wayne MacVeagh is now endeavoring to ex
plain how he came to be retained as attorney
by both sides of the Philadelphia gas cases. A
lot of valiant defenders of national honor have
beon called upon for explanations during, the
last six months.
As this copy of The Commoner may be read
by somo one not familiar with the details of the
primary pledge plan, it is necessary to say that,
according to tho terms of this plan every demo
crat is asked to pledge himself to attend all of
tho 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 straight-forward declaration of
tho 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 organiza
tion and asking to have their names entered on
the roll, or they can fill out and mail the blank
pledge, which is printed on page 14.
As a result of the Juno 1 campaign 5,000
names were added to the primary pledge list.
T. L. Parsons, Amy, N D. What a holy and
divine thing the human heart is if people would
do as God intended when he breathed His image
into man. Woman is infinitely richer in God
like qualities than man. Human nature is a
beautiful thing as God intended it to live, but
the trouble is that this wild, mad scramble for
the dirty, blood-stained dollar doesn't leave poor
humanity much of a chance to develop itself ex
cept on the brutal, animal side. Our present so
cial system or lack of system Is especially de
signed for crushing out all that is good in hu
manity and developing all that is bad. Enclosed
find my primary pledge.
W. A. Orr, Redkey, Ind, I am glad and
willing to do all I can for the principles of I
truo democracy. We all think a great deal of
The Commoner, for on all subject3 it comes to
the point. I enclose primary pledge with 25 sig
natures. P. P. Pullen, Buchanan, Tenn, Enclosed find
a list of 35 signatures to the primary pledge. I
believe this is 71 names I have sent. Will try
to get some more soon. I am doing all I can
for The Commoner and its cause, which I think
to be right. May blessings crown it.
i M.. V. Knoles, Newalla, Okla. Enclosed you
will find 28 signatures to the. primary pledge.
Success to The Commoner and safe return to
Mr. Bryan and family,
E. C. Robinson, Dale, Ark. Please find en
closed primary pledge Bigned by six good demo
crats. . I will get more signatures as soon as pos
sible. Great success for the primary pledge plan.
The following have sent in primary pledges
in number as follows: G. W. Workman, Mt.
Grove, Mo., 47; J. D. Roberts, Jr., Lexington,
Tenn., 31; T. W. Dunn, Cornhill, Texas, 10; H.
W. Stocker, Wagnersfield, Ohio, 5; T. H. Cooper,
St. Louis, Mo., 4; Samuel N. Reickel, Claypool,
Ind. 20; E. B. Shaffer, Grafton, W. Va., 16.
L. B. Gibson, Waco, Texr T enclose thirteen
names duly signed to primary pledge I secured on
same floor where my office is located. It is no
trouble to get the people to pledge their allegiance
to democratic principles as expounded by Jeffer
son, Jackson and Bryan.
Charles F. Wynne, Moncton, N. B. Every
little bit counts. Here are two primary pledges.
I hope to caBt my first presidential vote for a
genuine democrat.
Nelson R. Tucker, Fremont, Ohio. -Inclosed
find the names of 42 persons that have signed the
primary pledge. I am heartily in favor of the
initiative referendum and the "recall;" I favor
public ownership of public utilities, which are in
their nature monopolies. I favor direct nomina
tions, the primaries, the election of United States
senators by a direct vote of the people; I am in
favor of a graded income tax so the burdens of
taxation will be shifted from the shoulders of
the poor to the rich, who are better able to bear
the burden. I am in favor of good roads and op
posed to boss rule in any shape. These reforms
would be a death blow to monopolies, graft and
other ills which we are afflicted with. Let us
unite in a solid phalanx and secure these reforms.
In unity there is Btrength.
S. M. Butts, Jasper, Mo. Enclosed please
find pledge from an Independent voter to at
tend and participate in all primaries held by
the democratic party in my precinct from
now and until after 1908. After read
ing General James B. Weaver's views in The
Commoner May 4, they strike me as being good
sound sense to every word therein; tho rempdv
so plain, too, and easy to apply, if the people
will it. It looks like this will be the .time to
begin, to apply, the remedy, before it is too late.
Have never seen the whole people aroused as
they are today. If tho democratic party puts up
its best men for office, with plain, clear cut dec
larations of principles, with a broad platform for
all to stand on and every man and woman has
equal rights and special privileges for none it will
win. Half way measures won't answer now. It
is either for reform or against it. Either the peo
ple must rule or the trusts. Which will it be?
Your votes will decide it within the next two
years, or I don't read the signs of the times
aright. Seems like we have been standing in
the wilderness, as it were, forty years. Surely
there is a Moses somewhere among the demo
cratic leaders to guide the people out. They
won't have the big four insurance companies to
grease the band wagon in 1908 like they did in
1904 for the Plutes ways are found out.
- Jerome Morgan, Frederick, Okla. Pleaso
find enclosed primary pledges of thirty-five Jef
ferson and Bryan democrats.
S. R. Timberlake, Pembroke, Va. I send the
names of three men who are true to the cause.
Send to each one of us a sample copy of .Tho
Commoner.
The following persons have sent in primary
pledges properly signed: J. McGowen, Canoa
City, Colo.; M. J. Seymour, Ashtabula, Ohio; F.
A. Smith, Waterville, N. Y.; Geo. E. Landess, An
tigo, Wis.; James Q. Costigan, Albany, N, Y.;v
Adam Schiferl, West Point,"Neb.; A. H. Young,
Allegheny, Pa.; Thos. Blent, Flower, Colo.; Reed
Beard, LaFayette, Ind.; Albert Krabbe, LaFayette,
Ind.; James W. Schooler, LaFayette, Ind.; H. W.
Hurst, Tarklo, Mo.; C. Clark Rogers, Bellingham,
Wash.; W. A. Gibbons, Monroe City, Mo.; August
H. Haberkost, Akron, Ohio; W. E. Brown, Summit
Point, W. Va.; G. Milton Slifer, Charles Town,
W. Va.; Edw. L. Henson, Charles Town, W. Va.; s
A. D. Gortz, Charles Town, W. Va.; T. Quinnlan,
Ashford, N. Y.; J. L. Kilpatrick, Whitewater,
Kan.; Seth Ball, Salmon Idaho; E. E. Ames,
Tyler, Minn.; W. E. Weems, Seaton, Texas; P.
B. Brown, Lone Star, Kan.; Joseph F. Littlefiejd,
N. Berwick, Maine; J. O. Brandel, Fort Atkinson,
Wis.; M. L. Dudley, Glens Fork,-Ky.; Jos Dudley,
Glens Fork, Ky.; A. G. Cardwell, Seymour, Mo.;
Beardsley, Pittsburg, Pa.; Martin Jennings Caton,
Allegheny, Pa.; Daniel Mock, Tilden, Neb.; M.
C. Brown, Cotter, Ark.; Jos. F. -Chilton, Frede
ricktown, Mo.; J. P. Laughlin, Bethel, Me.
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