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Vol. 6. No. 40.
Lincoln, Nebraska, October 19, 1906.
Whole Number 300.
CONTENTS
Kb. Bryan's Letter
' " ' ' Dingleyize It
'"Where The Battle is Going On
Bill of California
' Important to Nebraska Voters
- SrOONER
Iowa Democrats Remember
. LaPollktte and Long
Prayer Meeting or Primary
Comment on Current Toei'ci
Home Department
Whether Common or Not
News oe the Week
EVERY VOTE COUNTS
Every- democratic reader in every
state should remember that every vote
' counts .an(f it might xfie Chat his particu
lar vote would have a determining ini
fluence upon the election.
One frequently hears during a cam
paign the statement: ."My ballot won't
have any bearing on the result, and there
is no use in my going to the polls." Men
who habitually make this statement for
get that they do not stand alone. Public
interests have suffered greatly in the
past by the stay-at-home vote. One ballot
by itself does not greatly count, and yet
in the aggregate these stay-at-home bal
lots would in many cases have changed
results. And there have been many in
stances where even a single ballot might
have turned the scale.
Not long ago the St. Louis Republic
said that at a municipal election in St.
Louis one of the nominees for the city
council was elected by a plurality of three
votes, out of a total of about 98,000, and
these three votes definitely decided the
majority of the superior branch of the
municipal assembly. These three votes
caused a majority of one in the city
council; by such a small majority putting
the council in sympathy with the mayor
and his administration. These three
votes practically determined the general
working policy of the council.
Commenting upon this fact the Re
public said: "At some time in the na
tion's history one vote might determine
the government's policy or the country's
destiny. The small plurality of three
votes out of 98,000, impresses the value
of one ballot and accentuates the duty
of patriotism upon every occasion. Every
ballot is equal. Every ballot is a unit,
which, whether applied or not applied,
has some bearing on results."
At this moment these observations
are important to the American voters
and particularly to voters in those states
where repeated republican victories have
caused them to lose hope. But there are
good reasons for believing that if every
opponent of monopoly will do his duty at
the polls, victories for the public Interests
will be won in many districts and states
heretofore regarded as republican ter
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Patriotism of the Standpatter
Homes and Shrines of. Britamy
Mr. Bryan's Fortieth Letter
He 'who sees only the cities and villages of
Great Britain misses one of the most interesting
features of English life. Land tenure Is so differ
ent here from tenure In the United States that
the reader will pardon a sketch of the old-fashioned
manor. In England, the right of primo
geniture still remains and the family home de
scends to the oldest son. It" not only descends to
him, but It continues its descent through him to
his son and his son's son and is not subject to
alienation. It was our good fortune to be invited
to several of these homes, some of them rich in
family heirlooms and of historic Interest.
Our ambassador, Mr. Reid, is occupying one of
the most famous estates in England; it is known
as "Wrest Park and is about forty miles from Lon
don. During the London season, many spend the
"week's end" at their country home and af'er a
fortnight's experience, In London we could appre
ciate the necessity for it, for the dinner hour is
eight or eight fifteen, while receptions and balls
begin at any hour from ten to twelve. The House
of Comiaong doe net convene until three o'clock
In the afternoon and generally gits until mid
night. Little wonder that there is an exodus on
Saturday morning.
We spent our first week's end at Wrest Park
and were shown through Its spacious grounds.
The house itself Is only about seventy years old,
but the land has been In the hands of the family
for several centuries. The estate consists of
about seven thousand acres, most of it in cultiva
tion, but enough is left adjoining the house for
woods, parks, lawns and gardens, and these have
been laid out and ornamented by landscape
gardeners. There are walks lined with statuary,
green stretches of velvet turf, miles of well kept
hedges of holly and box and cedar, stately oaks,
summer houses, tea houses, green nouses and ev
erything in' the way of ornament that taste could
dictate and money supply. The gardens ar
especially attractive. They were shut in by high
walls and against these walls fruit trees, vines
and flowers are trained with artistic effect In
the hot houses peaches are ripening before their
season, and huge bunches of grapes are growing
purple. Cucumbers, tomatoes and many other
vegetable! as well as fruita which we grow out o
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