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VOLUME 8, NUMBER lg
The Commoner.
ISSUED WEEKLY.
WlI.I.IAM J. UnYAM
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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
Congressmen who will not put pulp on tho
freo list should bo beaten to It.
A.n Aldricli bill under tho Vreoland, inamo
would1 provide just as much commercial stench.
Roosevelt, senior, has not yet taken a ba
loon trip, but congress has held a lot of his "ro-
iorms" in uie air. " . .
Ill in.
Andrew Carnegie says this country's money
system is tho worst in the world. Mr. Carnegie
might explain his system to the country.
Senator Warner of Missouri talks like a
republican who realizes that the negro vote of
Missouri can not possibly change tho result thiB
year. 4 ,
Speaker Cannon's joke was wasted upon
tho Japanese visitors. It sounded to them very
much like Uncle Joe's joke on tho newspaper
publishers. v
Speaking of interfering wth tho "get-rich-quick
schemers, why does Uncle Sam neglect to
bar from the mails the correspondence between
Americans heiresses and the scions of foreign
Among other things that make us laugh
Is the spectacle of a republican editor begging
for a romoval of tho tariff on wood pulp and
.paper in. one column and declaring in another
column that "tho foreigner pays the tax."
While claiming great credit for trying to
preserve our forests by means of the "forest
reserve act," tho administration continues to
offer a premium for tho destruction of forests
by retaining tho tariff on lumber and wood pulp.
"To the publishers pulp Is a business pro
position," says the republican Sioux City Jour
nal, standpatter, And to tho man of lanro
family shoes, clothing, lumber, sugar, etc., are
a "business proposition." Tho tariff tax upon
them operates just like the tariff tax on pulp.
The wages of 30,000 Massachusetts cotton
mill operatives were cut ten per cent last week
The veek beforo 00,000 other operatives wero
subjected to a similar cut, and 35 000 mole will
got the same kind of a republican tariff pros
perity dose next week. Tho full dinner pail Is
.Decerning something of a hollow mockery.
A Grand Old Man's Good Work
Charles R. Glenn, Lamar, Mo. Enclosed
find draft for $30 for fifty subscribers for Tho
Commoner. These subscribers wore secured by
Undo George Beamer of Lamar, Mo., a grand
old man who is and ever has been a devoted
and enthusiastic friend of yours. Although In
his eighty-fourth year and quite feeble, Mr.
Beamer has quietly gone around and gathered in
these subscribers for Tho Commoner. He has
been going around each spring for several years
doing this noblo work in behalf of democracy,
which Is such a profound pleasure to him. He
said to tell you (Mr. Bryan) that this was his
final and farewell effort, that he probably would
not be able to do this any more, and that he
must step aside and let the young men continue
this work. It was his intention to get an even
100 subscribers but owing to his feeble health
ho has not been able to make the effort. Mr.
Beamer is well and favorably known in this
community as one of our substantial and pro
gressive citizens. He is a farmer and stock
raiser by occupation and by his many years
of experience- he has acquired a vast fund of
useful information. Ho is a man of superior
intelligence, splendid judgment, positive convic
tions, intensely loyal and devoted to his ideas
of right; aggressive and fearless in opposition
to what he considers wrong; ever kind and con
siderate towards his fellow man and a splendid
type of the highest character of citizen. He
reads each and every issue of The Com
moner. He is respected and esteemed
by all who know him for his many sterling
qualities of manhood, his high ideals and splen
did citizenship.
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Each of tho following persons has sent in
yearly subscriptions to The Commoner In num
ber as follows: J. P. Ruth, Swissvale, Pa., 7
David Raichart, Roanoke, Ind., 15; J. B. Gray
Shlrleysburg, Pa 11; Frank Cogswell, Sunfield
Mioh., 7; Wm. Crockett, Dorset, O., 8; L c'
South, Forks of Elkhorn, Ky., 30; G. A. Walter'
Kingsville, Ky., 10; C. R. Srope, Barbertown'
N. J., 9; A. E. Campbell, Big Rapids, Mich 7-'
J. W. Crawford, Millwood, Ky., 6; Jacob Baner
Akron, O., 8; H. R. Craig, Ulysses, Neb e'
Irwin Hickman, Drexel, Mo., '10; J. H. Karnes
St. Joseph, Mo., 8; O. L. Stearns, Salem, Va 12 '
J. A. Erikson, Fertile, Minn., G; P. H. Padgett
Versailles, Mo., 6; Olo Helgesen, Washington,
Cal., 6; Fred Lowry, Morehouse, Mo., 10; Jesse
Gandy, Broken Bow, Neb., 6; J. R. Gooch
Gravelhtll, Tenn., 6; J. W. McClellan, Grenola!
Kan., 6; M. C. Burt, Port Allegany, Pa., i
W. S. Hastings, Greene, Pa., 7; V. W. Panton
So. Elgin, 111., 16; M. H. Southwick, San Diego'
Cal., 6; W. W. Chesley, Schaller, la., 7; S. e!
Beckett, Belleville, W. Va., 7; G. Frick, Chillil
th al' V D' - Ward' Portland, Ore., 9;
y l' .?tra?,ley.' Galena Md., 8; M. V. Sperry,
Cambridge Springs, Pa., 6; R. jr. Scott, Jasper
Minn., 6; A. J. Livingston, Spencer, la., 8;
Lewis Straight, Waterloo, O., 6; W. J. Reid,
Sheridan, Ark., 6; Matt McCarty, Eden, Wis
7; N. R. Tucker, Fremont, O., 9; W. D. Vin
cent, Clay Center, Kan., 8; D. M. Stamm,
Geneseo, 111., 10; Emil D. Moessner, Detroit
Mich., 6; F. A. Partlow, Clear Lake, Wis., G;
B. R. Mason, Lynchburg, Va., 6; E. E. Anderson,
Garland, Kan., 10; B. P. Leonard, Troy, Pa., 8;
Sn,N' CamPbeI1' Ypsilanti, N. D., 6; George A.
Miller, E. Orange, N. J., 15; A. J. Malek, Hay-
nld' " ? RF- CIose' Del1 Roy, O., 9; Patrick
O Toole, Merrill, Mich., 8; Isaac S. Cramer,
Flemington, N. J., 6; A. P. Spangler, Kaufman,
Tex., 6; L. H. Howe, Rolfe, la., 7; F. E. Stbhr,
Bolivar, N. Y., 6; James Moore, Rossville, Ind.,
7LM,WillIams Derrick City, Pa., 10; Tim
othy Miller, Libby, Mont., 8; Robert R. New
berry, Mechanicsburg, Va., 6; W. H. Crawford,
Bluefield, W. Va., 10; Whitfield Tuck, Win
chester Mass., 7; J. A. Armstrong, Danville,
?4' xi ?,heo' Dayman, Benton Harbor, Mich.,
11; Walter A. Holmes, Sterling, N. J., 10; R. L.
Lucq, Puxico, Mo., 6; S. G. DeHoff, Canton, O.,
V V., Smith, Somerset, Ky., 36; A. JHar
bert, Moorefield, Neb., 6; W. A. Roblnston,
Hodgenville, Ky., 7; A. T. Kalloch, Ashland,
Me. 8; Hardy Cox, Grassy Cove, Tenn., 7; Jas.
S;,?' Sroe CIty Pa" ; W. A. Sanborn,
Pittsfleld, N. H 7; Alfred A. Lewis, M. D.
Morrlstown, N J 8; C. J. Coffey, Spencer, Neb.
?itT0d0AP- Hob?s' W' 0ssipee, N. H. 8; Gar-
i0iL' .Th0rpex'r A$a' Minri" 12 - R- Srop'Q,
Barberstown, N. J., 6; Frank Schaibley," Li?
"VN,10'' Wm' C(Wad' Warsaw Ind!,
6, E. R. Richardson, Athens, Ala., 10; H. H
Thpmpson, Lima, N. Y., 1Q; T. J. Casey, Seattle,
Wash., 9; F. M. Murray, Cadyville, N. Y., 12;
S. L Myers, Polo, 111., .8; Mrs. Agnes Powers,
Lckt0ni T,e3' 6; Martin H- Wallace,
Providence, R. I. 6; Allen R. Brown, Brighton,
V1-' 6 Wna. G. Crittenden, Detroit, Mich., 12;
J. F, Walker, Belleville, Kan., 29; Henry A.
Parsons, Kansas City, Kan., 8; Zack Sutley, Ft.
?TSaD".?;t ? Hari'lsn, Albany, Tex.,
6; E. P Arnold, Hopkins, Mlch.r 6; Dir L. Beam
Comanche, Tex., 7; J. D. McClure, Albany, Mo..
9; J M McCulIough, Charleston, m-Va., 10;
H. A. Starley, New York, N. Y., 1 ot John W.
Smith Sr. Eagle Point, Ore., 11; $. W. Shade,
Lexington, 111., 21; H. A. Edwards, Niles, Mich.,
9; J. Peterson, Blakesburj, la., 6; J. Doherty,
Olympia, Wash., 7; W. J. Mays, Milo, Mo., 7;
August Ruttman, Gregory, Mich., 7; Chas. Don
ohue, New Richmond, Wis., 7; R. N. Keys, Fate,
Tex., 6; W. D. Burditt, Lafayette, Ind-., 6.
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