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curing a national triumph for progressive, demo
cratic ideas.
The democratic gains in congress have not'
been as great as the party expected, but they
have been sufficient to make it probable that
the democrats will control the congress to be
elected in 1908. In nearly all the legislatures in
the middle states the democrats have made de
cided gains and these promise much for the sen
atorial contests which take place two years
hence. . .
In Iowa, Kansas and California the democrats
made a splendid fight for their guberuAorial
ticket. The reduction of Governor Cummimr ma
jority from more than seventy thousand to; about
twenty thousand put Iowa in the doubtful states
for two years hence. Kansas and California can
no longer be claimed as certainly republican.
The fight made by Mr. Harris In the former state
and by Mr. Bell in the latter, give more than ,a
reasonable hope of success' two years hence.
1 The victory in, Missouri will bring joy to
very democratic heart. A wail went up when
Missouri dropped out of the, democratic column
two years ago. Her return is greeted with wide
spread rejoicing. Oklahoma, the new state, comes
fn with a rousing democratic malority. The con
stitution will be written by democrats, and. she
will send two senators to fight In the interest of
the, wealth producers, petnocracy welcomes
Oklahoma to a 'seat near the1 head of the table.
Jnt Nebraska the democrats hoped,, with' the
aid 6f the ponullsts. to elect their state ticket
and their candidate' for. the "United States senate-
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In this, they failed, but they have made substan
tial gains throughout the state as shown by the
yote on congressmen and the legislative ticket
as well as by the state ticket They have gained
one congressman and came within less than two
hundred votes of gaining another. In two other
districts the republican majorities have been so
much reduced that we can reasonably count on
four democratic congressmen two years from now.
In the legislature the fusionists will have about
four times as many as they had two years ago.
The. republicans' have had an . effective cam
paign cry in ''stand ' by the president." While
the record showed that the democrats In the
senate and the . housp stooU by the president
beer than the republicans, the, admirers of the
president very naturally .gave weight to his ap
peal for a republican congress although in making
the appeal the president, put, a personal victory
above th6 riefdrmd Which' he has been advocating.
Two years 'from n6w that 'appeal will, be of no
avail; for thet president will hot be IiT'ouTce after
March 4, 1909: ' Even if "he were a" candidate
which no. friend of his can assume after his
repented declarations he would have to confront
the third term issue, and who. would say that that
issue albhe would not lose the president enough
votes to make his race hopeless? The popular
vote as indicated by the Congressional 'elections
shows that the republicans 'yen how5 have a nar
row margin to go. on.' and that "margin -will' be
quickly Wiped out if the -president- allowed" him
self to be drawn into-a iace for a"thirdf term.
. Now as to- the futures The democrats, un'i-
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The fight in the repuwfca? rani h ? SUCCGS3
reformers and the stWSer win" Gen tho
fierce as the months go by for LT more
of the republican party is to rwLClJaractcr
this fight. If the standpatters tin ? ? by
ers will have to take rSe in h r?fonc
party; if the reformers wh? tVrJulnt
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more clearly each vear the dangers of corpoS
domination, .over politics. The democrats have ll
slated the d vision by advocating remedial ie
lation, and the president -has. contributed to the
educational work more than anyone' else. If this
were a personal difference it could be smoothed
over, but it is a vital difference, and the feeling
bOtween the two elements of the party is such
that either-element would rather see the party
defeated than have the oHier element succped.
There is no republican in sight who can harmonize
the two elements, and there is no republican be
longing to either element of 'the partv who can
cdmmand the support of the other element. All
that the democratic partv has to do Is to stand
steadfastly its position and offer democratic pr'n
ciples' tor the solution of "all- the problems that
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. Young man, , great responsibility attaches, to
your first vote.. As you bpgln, so you -are likely
tovcontihue.' The momentum that carries you'4nto
a 'party at. the beginrifhg o your po'Itical' life is
tpt. tJceep yoii in th'aj..p.rty unless some cbn
Tiilsionshakesyou out. of It., Start right, and
In 'order that" you may start right examine the
prlhcWesspthe; parties' and the policies which
"Hfiari vonn t.ft. - " ""
' There are two great party organizations ; in
th'e United States, one; fifty years old," and the
other more than; a cerittiry 'old, The republican
party has Tteen; hi p'dwer almost uninterruptedly
o pniore than half a qentury, and under i'ts reign
abuses have grown up which threaten the per
petuity of the govefnment and endanger our
civilization. S6 great are t'hese abuses that re
publican reformers are now pointing out that
something must be done and what can be done?
The first thing is to undo the things that have
been done, ah,d the party to undo these abuses
la not the party which has done them, but the
party which has, protested against these abuses
arid pointed out remedies. J
The republican party has turned the taxing
power over to private individuals; it has allowed
monopolies to grow 'up and assume control' 'of
the industries of. the country by granting privi
leges by law and by giving immunity to the large
violators of the law; the republican partv has
perhiltted the fortunes of the predatorv rich to
become so large that government is corrupted,
politics debauched and, business polluted.
The democratic party proposes to withdraw
the taxing power trovd private hands, to so legis
late as to irake a., private monopoly impossible
and to enforce the law without discrimination.
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It; proposes to iprotect'"legiUmate 'wealth uarid pun
isn tnose who, attempt 'to1 plunder' the public
nrivafe crain. 'ICfn UxrKtfth ama An vhii o'r,'
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man7 -Are you wtth.Jthe' masses' 'itffheirefo? t
to reatore1 ;the goWrhiriehttd ifeim fourida'fion
and' triake' it agbVerrimetft bf the'peop'lefoi' the
tleopkfand bj thv6ple, 'or ayou vithnh"e
republibSri leaderd1 itf-thNr' eff6V t6(erpetUiife
the' party in powe,rby sellings immunity 'inretufh
for'tcampaieti cbtitHbhtions'? ' j r
-v. i There 'aie' alwavs two partibs in 'the' country,
and one 'is necessarily Ii0arer: tc 'the people than
the" other. " In this i 'country the demoordtid paKy
is nearer tb the people than" the republican pKrty.
Its leaders have itfofe faith' in the people tfnflare
more' anxfous to : keep the government fuHdrr the
control of the peonle. - Take the : ensotioii- of-s
TTnlted States -senators by the people asa test.
The- democrats want to give to- the voters . m
chance to-elect and to control itheir Tenresenit'a
tives in the United States senates VThe demo
cratic party in the house of representatives
passed the first resolution for the: submission of
the necessary constitutional amendments They
did this eight ypars before any republican con
gress did .It. The democratic party has twice
demanded this reform in its. national platform.
The republican party has not done so, Why do
democratic leaders insist unon this- reform and
republican leaders .oppose it? There cani be. but
ope .answerthe democratic, party., is, nearer- to
the people, than the republican -party Young
' man, will you stand with the people, or against
ttem? , .... ';.,',.-
The ;answer to; thin. , question , -affects vour
country, If you are with? the people' yotr i'nflu
enco, be itf great ortsmall, wjl.l hasten -ther .ylctojEy.
If. ypuvara against .the, people,. your flneice ,piay
retard that .victory,, ABMj w.hjde, ft .therstTiln-
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fess at the recent eTeotlon.jwe made gains 6noifgh
to give us a Arm bdih for our party's hoW'of
-curing a docrati' ma?6rity; in the coS
to be elected two, years hence.,' Now is th
to- lay the foundationr for success, and there is
nothing that will contribute so much to' Success
as. deserving it'., TUe house of representatives
has ceased to;bea deliberative body. The -rules
put it within the .power-of ar few men tocontrol
SSfT Th? corm,tte on, rules is so smaU
that t does not represent the country; it-re"
sents no one, but . the, speaker., The comraittet
of Qxo country, It would be possible lor the So
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of represefttative"Jbe:,b,r6uglf'ln'tb closer bar
mony with nHrgnato not
be so 'erfsy to;-stranfleulejr(sa;Mnri' ts'lf'-nt
a -fight for a larger cqmniiftce Oh rules? n v'-
Tlfe speaker4 lfts1'"fooJ miih XWc'i l.
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FIRST VOTERS
stance W' is your country that may gain or Ipse
b' your'-ac.tion,wyou musjt; remeraper that in the
Ionjf rhn ybuf ' 6vn r posltidtf in -pbiitics will de
pend upon ydtii47 conduct: You can not fnol
the pebpJe alwa,y. ".Tbu, may lead them astray
if you dare, but they' will, punish 'ypu when, thy
'fipd ypfa 6bt. ,?"?bu"'njriy woflr 'for the, ponfe
thout thelf'tedognizih; it at, first, but you cHn
trust ' therri, to'" discover the' cn'aar'ter of your
work an'd td reward you' accordingly.
Readers of The Comm,oner; look .affr the
youh'g'man, 'the first voter' Tt: is much easier to
stVhirnriht1'fhnn,,it:iR to convert oup who In
ch'drifri,,Wfi, pn'rty- VfiHfKtions; Thay sever ties
bT'TPat' srf ngh l an'd long stindlng. tf evprv
demderatv'vviil plcl iduf a young Republican and
furnisb hlni HWohirS 'between pow and 19ft a
Vas't; army 7of recrul's can be gathered. Te
Commoner will; nVake -itself as is"eful as nossiblo
toi fh'psp ybnn'f? men!' 'Tf you think that this paner
'Will1 help you -in your' eforf1 to bring the fist
voters 'into'-H-he'o'ernecrntic p'arfv. 'won't you bring
The ('Commoner .tfv 'their a"ttentIdnV There is no
literature 7ikeT&; hewsnaner, Speeches arf rnd
and-too often thrown awav while newsnarers cme
eVery week ahd each"issue' reinforces the arci
ments mad6' by "former Issues.' ;rNo simrle aru
irie'nt can eoual in effect the argiiment which
Is" presented weekly5. Tf each reader of The
Commoner will pick out a young: republican who
will! vote for the first time in '1908 and secure
his sifhsorlption, many tiongressional districts rn
bo: carried and 'many'" stnt'e- legislatures be made
democratic; Will yon'trv?
j' A 'special f rate of sixtv cents p'r year will bo
givm,o.anvone who -will cast' his first votp in
1908 ,Tn'! ,'otfler to f obtain ' this? 'fate It will bo
,nrcPssa.ry;to;isayi that the. dew subscriber will bo
'!a:i"flT:st;voten, Ip mos i --
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gress
?Sr. KjS.ddteprVpeaker to select
comraineea' onsbt-nqt to' be Siinriintoil 4'v rtn
lv!n "l?"? rho' committee bmrht to be undor
obligations to their' cbnstiftfits rstnd to ?he
Hnnr A' tTW are'unlftr obligl
to ?hltther,:aflr to-ehftTarty' second ahd
to their- constituents third. While''the drimoerrfHn
party- cm not make the rules tehSmlm
it secures a maJoHty'w the members it bnn ' hnd
Bhould, begin its fight now. U has been customary
this
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c;umrnt
-Rnl.Vny.-fluppirfpjt wisdom. .T.Iip. Hnmrnoner von-
fiFffl ty .tp'KKt-fl' RlV-. tho 'democratic minority
TOLf.tassprt Ae right of a caucus to select the
m9rIfyfMie'm;b.era ctf 'the committee. It will
'UM stijenth ,to;t;he party in the, next campaign
jf,;aem96rntip,c4tid,idates will present the advnn
tages o'f'tlie paucufi plhn dver the one man rule.
;. . If the;' democrats in the house of representa
tive's will mtfUe a ficjljt for a committee on rules
Targe en'ongh to feprpse'nt'the.wnole country and
Ut themselves in opposition to the. one man. po'er
which lias dwarfed the posHpn of e members
and ehshrtnd thef spenlcer as boss, the election of
a democratic' cdijgrqsq in 1908 will be made easier.
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