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" ",Tt V " " " " f wv -," AUGUST 31, 10 The Commoner. i J THE PRIMARY PLEDGE FROM THE PEOPLE SPECIAL OFFER v3rtr"7j'r " f As thla copy of The Commoner may be 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 ashed to pledge himself to attend all of the primaries of his party to be held between now and the next democratic national convention, unless unavoidably proyented, and to secure a clear, honest and straight-forward 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 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. Extracts from letters received at The Com moner office follow: G. L. Babcock, South New Berlin, N. Y. Inclosed find primary pledge with twelve signa tures. William P. O'Rourke, Newark, N. J. I take pleasure in handing you herein primary pledge with twenty-five signatures. John Moran, XJnityville, Pa. Enclosed please find primary pledge with signatures of thirty-five loyal democrats. W. C. Broan, Cotter, Ark. Enclose find list of thirty-seven signers to the primary pledge. Joseph Martin, Camden, Ohio. Please find seventy names signed to the primary pledge, prom ising to attend all primaries of the democratic party. I expect to do all I can for the good work. Please send me more blanks. Linn A. E. Gale, .East Pharsalia, N. Y. En closed find several primary pledges which I have secured from loyal democrats. I will send more as soon as I can for I consider it a- very impor tant part of the work for reform. A full repre sentation in the democratic primaries would' soon rid the party of the domination of men whose only motive is greed. Henry G. Clayton, Waynesburg, Pa, En closed find primary pledge sheet, signed by 35 democrats ; " the plan is a good one, and will, I be lieve, be the means of arousing a lively Interest among the voters of the country that will tell at all future elections. Please forward other blank pledges; also sample copies of The Commoner. Edward Callaghan, Charleroi, Pa. I never realized the Importance so forcibly or so clearly of the attendance of voters at the primary elec tion as I did at our last election for delegates to the county convention. And I do now sign the primary pledge and hope that all the voters will vote all the time because all the voters will be right sometimes, although I voted for Parker, yet I have been sore at Bryan for taking the stump for the ticket. And just think of it! The Pennsylvania democracy, instead of giving Bryan the "skidoo," endorses him, and rocks the boat for Emery. I am going to vote for Emery, be cause I know him to be a good clean republican. I take back all the harsh things I said against Bryan. P. Stuart Byrne,1 Marquette, Mich. Here is my primary pledge and it is no empty promise either; have attended every one I could for the past thirteen years. Right fn this neck of the woods democrats at the present time are as scarce as hen's teeth, as you may know when I tell you that at a primary held a month ago mine was the only democratic vote cast in a precinct where the voting strength all told Is 363. But T am one of those kind of democrats who believe in striving for a principle even if it is unfash iopable. But wait till 1908; then they will all be tumbling over themselves to get into the band wagon those "temporary expedient" fellows and all the rest. Yes, put me down as a primary pledge democrat, and put me down big. F. M. Newkirk, Mountain Grove, Mo. En closed find 35 signatures to the primary pledge. J. M. Stowe, Davidson, Sask, Canada. As I am under another flag my support can not help you much up here, but I expect to be of service in 1908, when I will be not a "still democrat," "but a live one, all the time. Henry G. Clinton, Waynesburg, Pa. The Commoner of July 20, has excited much favorable comment: Mr. Metcalfe's article, "Stand by Roosevelt," is one of the best of the many good things that have appeared In The Commoner. Evidently Mr. Metcalfe knows what he is talk ing about, and his article has so opened the eyes of many voters that they are now earnestly ask ing "which Roosevelt?" Mrs. G. T. Watson, Portalos, N. M. -Please give mo your opinion as to the best preparatory school for boys, a school that looks after tho moral development of boys as well as tho learn ing of books. I am a reader of Tho Commoner and one of its staunchest friends. (Will somo edu cator among The Commoner readers givo this reader the desired information?) William Orr Farmer, Kirkland, Wash. I sond you a clipping from tho Seattle Times containing an extract from tho address of Prof. Ross, given at the commencement exercises at tho Washing ton state university. Prof. Ross's remarks are certainly opportune, in viow of the wholesale disclosures of corruption in high places that have recently been mado in tho crimes condoned bo cause of tho social position of tho criminal who remains unpunlshod. W. F. Burgoner, Los Angeles, Cal. Enclosed you will find two editorials from tho Los Angeles Times of June 18. In these editorials Editor Harrison Otis tries to explain away tho vindica tion of the quantitative theory of money. I send these clippings to show you tho trend of repub lican argument here, and hope you will repro duce that part of Mr. Roberts' speech touching on the quantitative theory, in Tho Commoner. It would pass for an extract from one of Mr. Bryan's 1896 speeches. . C. B. Cole, Wyandotte, I. T. I would like to say a word to The Commoner readers in re gard to Thp Commoner, Condensed, or Commoner, book form. I fear that a great many Commoner readers have overlooked the value of this work. I have taken overy copy just as fast as they have been put out, and added to my collection of books, and I have none that I prize more highly than The Commoner Condensed. They cost practically nothing. -I -would not take $5 per volume for them, if I could not get them again, and I would like to urge every Commoner reader who has not got them to take all back numbers and also take the volumes as fast as they come out, and add to their library. As a reference book on all po litical subjects it has no equal. A. G. LaGrango, Worthington, Minn. If the cartoonist of your paper is short of material, I would suggest the following: "As the elephant is the exponent of the republican party, or g. o. p., which means the great octopus party, I would suggest that the four legs of the elephant be sub-divided into eight tentacles or suckers and that one of these suckers should have for its co-efficient or money-valve, J. P. Morgan, who Is doubtless a lineal descendant and heir-at-law 6f the Morgan, tho Ladrone pirate who infested the high seas three hundred years ago, and J. Dodger Rockefeller for another; Carnegie, the modern Robin Hood, who divides his loot with the people, and so on, and as this is to be a lean year for the g. o. p.'s, let him be drawn in skele ton form." John Flaherty, South McAlester, J. T. I in close you a copy of a letter by Governor Green McCurtain of the Choctaw Nation, of which the McAlester Daily Capitol says: "Green McCur tain, governor of the Choctaw Nation, a man known as one of the greatest living Indian schol ars and statesmen; a man who has long served hiB tribe in many positions of trust with honor to himBelf and race boldly comes out at this Important time and advises his tribesmen to weigh well the evidence of the past before form ing an alliance with a political party whose his tory has been one devoid of respect or honor in the execution of sacred treaties." In this letter Governor McCurtain said: "Judging the future by the past, we must conclude that if the In dians have any friends they are to, be found in the democratic party. We have never received any favor from the republican party. That party has been unjust and oppressive to the Indian from 1865 to tho present moment. The only favors the Choctaws and Chickasaws have ever received from the government were at the hands of President Cleveland, a democrat. His instructions to his commissioner sent here to treat with us showed him to bo our sincere frierid. Had his policies been carried out, we would not now have any cause for regret He was anxious that every pro tection be given us, and told his commissioners that they must yield ns every advantage. The only thing he insisted on was a change in our forna of government" One readbr writes: "Find 7 subscriptions. I have intonded to do this for your paper long oro this, but havo simply neglected getting at it Thero was a meeting. of our democratic county central committco at my offlco last Saturday and this is tho result of tho more announcement that I would sond in tho names ,of any who desired to subscribe for Tho Commoner. Hopo I can do more for tho good of tho causo you represent, in tho future." Commoner readers havo sent in yearly sub scriptions In numbers as fqllows: L. A. Lobor man, Mcadvillo, Pa., 6; E. J. Hall, Marion, Ind., 11; S. M. Rodflold, Maryvlllo, Mo., 6; J. M. Starke, Montgomery, Ala., 10; D. A, Frakor, Sholburn. Ind., 7; Ida Alico Westerflold, Lincoln, Neb., 8; J. N. Baxter, Now Martinsville, W. Va., 6; S. N. Smith, Muncie, Ind., 7; J. S Moyer, McKeesport, Pa., 7; Philip Dolan, Union Center, Wis., 7; G. P. Armstrong, McEwensvillo, Pa., 6; I. N. Jonos, East Stone Gap, Va., 8; John Dohony, Fairmont, W. Va., 12; Levi Thayer, Now Berlin, N. Y., 8; II. H. Willsio, TarkJo, Mo., 10; James Ilcagau, Elkhorn, Mont, 10; Terence D. Stewart, Morgan town, W. Va., 7; I. N. Kelly, Big Stono Gap, Va., 20; Thomas Thomas, Ionia, Mich., 8; Annie L. Jack, Vicksburg, Miss., 31; W. I. Williamson, Jan nlngs, La., 6; A. C. R. Morgan, Woathorford, Tobas, 9; J. H. Langston, Phoenix, Ariz., 7. Tho following havo each sent in five yearly subscriptions : J. J. Russell, Charleston, Mo.; Michael J. Flynn, Cincinnati, Ohio; J. H. Beard, Carthage, Wis.; Isaac R. Konnard, Rossvillo, Ind., Joseph F. Tull, Carrollton, Mo.; A. G. Read, For est Hill, Cal.; T. S. Collier, Dearborn, Mo.; John McNornoy, Dayton, Ohio; Joseph A. Quinlan, East Chicago, Ihd.; Preston Childers, Muddy Branch, Ky.; C. II. Davis, Livonia, Mo.; J. W Kline, Ds Moines, la.; C. W. Hazlett, ones, OkJa.; James W. Ross, Atwood, Ind.; S. W. Morgan, Sunny side, Cal.; F. B. Atwater, High Springs, Fla.; J. Hogo Tyler, East Radford, Va.; F. W. ICamman, Herscher, 111.; O. A. Crout, D'Lo, Miss.; M. D. Daggett,. Oshkosh, Wis.; P. S. Anthony, HunU villo, Ala.; Edward N. Rutherford, Lafayetto, Ind.; J, J. Cleary, Escanaba, Mich.; W. Tf Bar nett, Torre Haute, Ind.; W. H. Musgrove, CuJl nan, Ala.,. It. M. Rings, Kirksvillo, Mo.; JoEn Draper, Freeport, Mich.; L. C. Northcutt, Elmira, Cal.; L. E. Brockett, 'Harris, la.; C. W. Worslor, Wellsville, N. Y.; L. J. Ezell, Trenton, N. D.; A. Applegate, Prospect Plains, N J.; G. G. Jalnes, Exeter, Mo.; I. B. Talbott, Albion, Neb.; J. M. Earnhart, Lebanon, Ohio. Everyone who approves the work Tho Com moner is doing is Invited to co-operate along tho lines of tho special subscription offer. Ac cording to the terms of this ofTer cards each good for one year's subscription to The Commoner will bo furnished In lots of five, at the rate of $3 per lot. This places tho yearly subscription rat at CO cents. Any one ordering these cards may sell them for $1 each, thus earning a commission of $2 on each lot sold, or he may sell them at the cost price and find compensation in the fact that he has contributed to the educational campaign. These cards may be paid for when ordered, or they may be ordered and remittance mado after they have been sold. A coupon- is printed below for the convenience of those who desire to par ticipate in this effort to increase The Commoner's circulation: THE COMMONER'S SPECIAL OFFER Applleatten for Subscription Cardt 6 10 15 20 25 50 75 100 Publisher Commoner,' I am interested In In creasing Tbe Commoner's circulation. aodde sire you to seud me a supply of sabseriptto cards. I agree to use. my utmost endearer to sell the cards, and will remit for thesnat tbe rate of GO cents each, when sold. NAM.. Box. oe Strwt No P. o Stats Indicate tbe number of cards wanted by marking X opposite one of tbe numbers print ed on end of this blank. If yeu believe the paper Is delng a werk that mer its encouragement, fill eut-tlie abeve eeupon and mall XtU THE COMMONER. Lincoln, SUfc. fk N Mf"! t