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The Commoner VOLUME 8, NUMBER 8 WllOIIl NIC ropUDIlC'lllH IlUgUl nuiimnuu unu mw null Icr wlicl her tlio diances favored victory or defeat. Thai. 1h my poHillon today. If I lutvc retained your confidence it 18 bo outiHP I havo Kpoken from my heart to your lionrtH and have cherished the same ideals that you have cherhdied. If I am nominated I want the nomination to ('(iino from I ho voters rather than from the convention. The convention is hut (ho servant of the voters the voters are I he masters. They have a rlglil to determine holh the plat r...., ..i.i Mii .... twtiiii ir 'ni u'.'iiil tii nmni- iii wiiu i'H'i:n-u ilium. i ilul ,.ri..lw,tl rf Hl.l linttiln liiu uinnrn wi tut) jm in ( M i am to ne your candid." to i wain, your rucled for me. If I am your can- dclegates itiHtr ciciegau'H lnsirucuMi lor me. u i am your can didate again it will he in answer to a call from tho parly, and upon that condition only am I a candidate. If the voters of tho party want tup. for lliolr rnndlihilo tliov will Instruct, t.hnir delegates to that effect. And there is more needed than instructions. Tho delegates should he nieii vlio are willing to 1)0 Instructed. They should ho men willing to carry out the instructions which the peopje glvo thorn. J do not want delegates instructed for mo, but complaining of their instructions. J do not want delegates who will spend their lime at tho convention explaining that they would like to bo free and that they Consider it impossiblo to elect tho man whom they are instructed to nominate. I am perfectly willing to fight all tho enemies thai can got in front of me, hut ny enemies shall not get behind me again. I say this of myself, but it. holds good Tor any Candida to whom you may wish to nominate. It you prerer another candidate then those who prefer me should not ask to be a part of the convention which nominates him. Tho dele gates should act as tho representatives of the people, and they should bo men who are willing to do what they havo been instructed to do. If you wnn t mo to bo your canatdato lot no man who does not want to see me nominated repre sent you in the convention. Let no mall have a sent hero who does not want to seo mo elected if nominated. Let the candidate who hns the support of tho people have tho heart ns well as tho voice of the delegates. And again, if. I am nominated, it will come at tho end of. twelve years of fighting in the open. My views are known to all the people Thev have been openly voiced and I Za right to aSu10 that the people who nominate no will give mo tho kind of platform on wlUch nect thaltnifn;U 'ght' ,T ?avo thc rillt -the ,m t v Jm nomlned, the platform of the .unity will bo one for which I shall not havo to apologize. It should be one on which I ran malco the campaign. It should bo one whic will enable me to make an honest light in o open or tho principles for which the neon e know I stand, and without evasion TlcnS a SlSVr tMng- , V am nominated an Twin n platform on which I can stand and Sell t have a right to assume that tho party will LJ tho management of tho camnaitrn ,f ,!! V , of-men who want to see ? 5L lpfllnoTh1linda the right to assume that the SommitLT0 charge of tho campaign will be wUHni tn " vote their time to winning a victor-Tn i ? Jid0 ftllfoami)a,Rn whe wSo momborB of tho committee would not attend ml! If I stand for and tho kind of a n'riif t 7 nro too well known for there tn i ,mnko Those who do not want th?t ki d oY l do not want mo nom'-mtod Thev !i 1 fll?ht mo elected. Tf thev do w V 5 lo not wnt they should give their suplrttontn m?, locta didate. Tf they are not fSJ t 1, Yoter cnn' I shall make they ; st St ?inlnc1 f a furht man ami the light n iste 'tT' Th nated it will be because 1 1, I !, , T nm noi princlples for wl icT sKn7 P a,' for tho they are for mo ,1,1 "in"1 lul "t because enough to believe that six nn,i ,? ,not vnln of voters will turn out 5,rt i .lmlf mll,ion ir me just to satisfy n ,v?Jil.,?(,ofll.t!Wy JZfc '-ai amuitlons. You arc interested in me because you are In terested in yourselves, because you are in terested in your children and your children s children. You are interested in me because I believe in tho kind of government you love. I would rather be the leader of six and a half million democrats who think for themselves and march with me only when I march in the direc tion in which they want me to march than be the leader of six and a half millions without thoughts who would simply echo what someone else said. The democrats havo been thinking for themselves and they have been studying public questions from tho standpoint of the many. They have been considering the rights of all tho people rather than the privileges of a few. There is no doubt that a large majority of the people believe in democratic principles and are ready to try tho policies that our party has been advocating. The nation's conscience is awak ened; let us appeal to it with an honest plat form; with an honest organization and with honest methods, and our appeal will not be in vain. WX tV V l&r WILL THE BANKS ANSWER THIS? Jn addition to tho arguments already pre sented by The Commoner in favor of the guar anteed bank, the following is submitted: The United States government requires a deposit of specific security when it deposits money in a national bank; the state also re quires security as a rule, and the county, and city deposits are secured either by bonds or by the deposit of specific securities. Now tho question arises, if the United States government which can at any time in spect a bank and find out just what it is doing and how its business is being conducted, requires security for its deposits, why should not security be given to the depositor who can not examine for himself and does not know anything about the bank's solvency or methods? And loss to the national government, to the state, to- the county or to the city would be borne by all tho people and thus be small upon each one, while the loss to the individual has to be borne entirely by himself and may wipe out his entire savings. Is not the argument stronger in favor of the protection of depositors than it is in favor of the protection of the na tion, the state, the county or the city? But tho case is even stronger when the bank is required to put up specific security for the protection of national, state, county, or city deposits. Its gilt-edged securities are thus hypothecated and the inferior securities are left for tho security of the depositors, so that as a matter of fact, the public deposits are not only protected, but they are protected at the expense of the individual depositors. What shall we say of a national bank which willingly gives the government specific security and then op poses tho protection of depositors? And strange to say, these big banks that get the biff deposits from the government upon specific security are the very ones that have fouirht and are fighting the system for the guaranty of depositors. It is time .that the depositors understood the situation and got together for their own protection. Will any banker who U opposing the guaranty system answer this argu ment and explain why it is right to protect 3- SalToSoBlta?8118 aUd Wrng t0 PrteCt ,ndW- t5 Jfi v v A GOOD IDEA Congressman Hitchcock, of Nebraska m.wi a strong point the other day in preying an amendment authorizing our consuls abroad to gather information as to the price fi 011 American-made goods which are sold abroad Tn address ng the house Mr. Hitchcock stated "Ths matter is very largely in the interest of American manufacturers. To a verv Hl2i extent these manufacturers are in th fi ment of a .high protective tariff ?to enable ?h?m to compete, as it has been supposed with ?5i f manufacturers in the American fields it T5S open secret, a notorious fact oi e n , S an. even denied, that a great man v o? L thmk not facturers are selling5 their gSJds in T manU" and other markets tc cons m li" Ewropoan much below the prices S HiJ ? oad at prices American market an that Amerlnn Un U the are compelled to pay. Now thi n? consumers amendment is to require oS 2n??JiCCt f, my reports on our foreign trade to Mnfi1". Tkins "on for the American people on tS?-intor' point, as to tho nrices nf Z ? this llPortant in foreign land1'? pfSR?.0 goods the American people woToVwlUlnBto have these agents of the United States investi gate trade conditions for the purpose of develop ing such facts as may be helpful in spreading American trade, but it certainly seems to me that we should couple with them instructions to our agents to ascertain authoritatively and officially whether the charge is true that these American manufacturers, protected by lawi favored by the government of the United States', are actually engaged in selling their products at prices to foreigners in foreign markets far below those that they charge to Americans in the American market. This additional informa tion will cost nothing, and it certainly will bo of value. If the charge is true, it ought to be come known. If it is false, it will do no harm to ascertain that fact." Mr. Hitchcock is entirely right and has presented the subject in a forceful style so char acteristic of him. We havo a right to know at what price American goods are being sold abroad and our consuls are the proper persons to secure this information. By all means let the facts be known and then let the republican leaders explain the facts if they can. t tjy $v ( WOULD HE REMIT THE FINE? Governor Hughes is arguing against fines he says they are unjust to stockholders. He pre fers imprisonment. Well imprisonment would bo better but Mr. Rockefeller has not been im prisoned and that fine is the only penalty in sight. In view of the fact that Chancellor Day is for Governor Hughes and in view of the furth er fact that the younger Rockefeller has de clared for Governor Hughes the question arises would Governor Hughes limit the $29000,000 fine if he were president? This may become a pertinent question how will Governor Hughes answer it? WOULD HE REMIT THE FINE? cr l& &nl t&fc A FAITHFUL DEMOCRAT Here is a letter full of heart thrills. It needs no explanation. It speaks for itself: San Francisco, Cal., January 29, 1908. Editor Commoner: 1 enclose a postofflce money order of $3 and five membership certificates. These were obtained by Mr. Mahzer on his dying bed. He passed away January 23, after a long illness, but it was the earthly end of a long life spent in working for humanity and for true democracy and, as these certificates testify, his dying efforts were for the cause of humanity. He was born August 3, 1830 and there is no doubt that it was through his efforts that this state was carried for Lincoln. He was the first ' president of the Single Tax society in this city and an earnest worker for its principles. He was my husband and the best man I ever knew. Yours cordially, MRS. MARY J. MANZER. The Commoner extends to Mrs. Manzer its condolence. c? t? t5 t REAPING THE WHHILWIND The republican leaders sold the govern ment at auction in IS 96 and delivered the goods. In 1900 the contract was renewed and now the people are paying the penalty. Those who sow the wind still reap the whirlwind. &&&& EMERGENCY If the emergency is such as to make an emergency currency necessary it is strange that so many of the financiers are willing to appoint a commission and put the whole thing over until after the election. to v Jv v THE "FIRST GUN" fllo The' republican convention in Florida was f ?' giUn Ahe camPign" and, considering that two delegations were elected, it may be regarded as a double-barrelled gun "DEAD EASY" IN WISCONSIN 'Tr?1?'8 so?,i letter from Wisconsin: Grand Rapids, Wis., Jan. 25, 1908. Edi- , L07?ner' Lincoln, Neb.: Inclosed er Smi ?rin(T ?rder for 40-20 toeth SXi Sm f sixtv-seven subscribers and T tLt( th0 milHon army membership. Thi n2fad easy obtaining subscribers for -the Commoner this year. "Respectfully yours. "L. .M. NASH.' :l