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'vwjfjfvtl 'sjpsy1 " " r tojjp ..' r Commoner0 l lie yy.v- WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Vol. 6, No. 41.: Lincoln, Nebraska, October 26, 1906. Whole Number 301 WORK FOR PRIMARY PLEDGE SIGNERS As a result of The Commoner's pledge campaign, thousands of democrats throughout the country have signed the primary pledge, thus obligating themselves to participate in the primaries of their party. These primary pledge signers now constitute a great army of men and if they work with a common purpose on general election day as well as on primary day, great good will be accomplished. The Commoner submits to every primary pledge signer, and to every one of its read ers, this request: Will you give such portion of your time as you can spare to a personal effort to get out the vote in your immediate neighborhood on election day November 6th? CONTENTS .f 1!.?' Mb. Bbyjlh's Letts Dkmocbacy is Gaowuro Jk. Hkaxst's Good Fight Pobtkb of Iowa. - Wiocex this Battlk is Gonro 0 . Bossibm rar Ohio '' r - BJELL OP OAUTOKJTLi. 'w'jfe ""'-, !"'' ' "" -'-.f-v. ".Jb. BKTAirs Spebch at JopLnr;0Mo. ooxmxst ox cukbsxt topics Homb Djipabtmsht WHKTHBfi COMMOH QKiNOT News op tm Webb. A 1 i Will They "Leave It to It's Friends?" M MR. HEARST'S GOOD! FIGHT ' ! j . ' '"' The men and interests making up the opr position to William R. Hearst' In .New York a ford ample reason why every loyal democrat should give him enthusiastic support. The men .who "preserved the national honor" In 1896, the insurance grafters, the advocates of special In terests, the corporation managers, the Wall street financiers and the bond brokers wno trafficked in the government's need all these are massed solidly against Mr. Hearst, and their opposition should BOlidify the people in support of the man who. Is making such an open and telling fight against these harmful interests. Mr. Hearst is making a magnificent campaign and Is frankly telling the people Just where he stands. What he has accomplished for the peopie In the way of reforms through the instrumentality of nis great newspapers is an evidence of what he will do if elected governor of the Empire state. With Mr. Hearst in the governor's : chair there will be no more control of New York's executive by j in terests that are adverse to the people. Mn Hearst is specific andlain in liis decla-' rations, while his opponents indulge in general!-' nation and vituperation. He has taken the tf6o- pie Into his confidence and raaybe depended upon to carry out his campaign pledges. He is en titled to the support and vote of every democrat who puts public good above private profit, and of every citizen who prefers good government by representatives of the people to bad govern ment by representatives of special privilege. How his average audience looks to the republican spellbinder DEMOCRACY IS GROWING This year several hundred thousand young men will cast their first vote and the Commoner addresses a word to them. The democratic and republican partioa have opposed each other for about fifty years. The republican party was organized Just before the war and the purpose of its organization ras to oppose the extension of slavery. As a result of the war between the states It became the party of emancipation, although Lincoln never declared In favor of emancipation prior to his election. Since the war the republican party has been hi power with the exception of the years when Gro ver Cleveland was president, and then It had con trol of either the senate or the house for moat of the time. The democratic party Is as old as ojjSjfgjp stitutional history and having survived )aeCord. defeats Is now not only vigorous, but These two parties represent different t WW P ' 'I ik aim Wtfr wm. Z mh '"'.'.:' ."' . ' X '' lllliRnftHI f' " " i h MOO v lk " il w -,-vi . - ) At m-VA -ui-.r . .stJ it ltti, ) AAt "1 .feArlw: & fcaj ttr - jja. .ii