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MAY 22, 190S
This Commoner.
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Is stoutly against it. The speaker will not per
mit a measure to that effect to be heard upon
the floor. Every democrat in the house has
signed a petition asking for a hearing and while
only thirty republican signatures would have
been necessary to secure that hearing, only one
has been obtained. Do not the republican rep
resentatives recognize that by this action they
are arraying against themselves the most pow
erful political force in the nation? It Is my
opinion that Speaker Cannon and Chairman
Mann, whose conduct of the investigating com
mittee on wood pulp has been characterized by
an apparent desire to prove every publisher a
liar and a thief will find trouble in their own
districts.
"And again a bill which has received tho
united- support ,of the democrats in the. .house
and iri the senate can not get a hearing, in tho
housd.and apparently will not be reported from
the senate committee. I refer here to the bill
providing for the publicity of campaign contri
butions to national candidates. This was not
introduced as a partisan measure. Jt- was
pressed by a committee made up of members
of both parties and. headed by the Hon, Perry
Belmont who has been indefatigable in historic
for-it. Yet as the session has progressed it
has become perfectly evident that this bill pro
viding for honest elections and intended to pre
vent? the. repetition of the descent of Cortelyou
and jBliss upon the life insurance companies of
Now -York for more than a quarter of a million
of dollars Is to be urged by democrats only
and will be opposed by the united forces of the
republican party in house and senatq. In a
briefrTunning debate Saturday John Sharp Wil
liams' (urged the bill which has been reported
by the- committee, but which the speaker and
his -lieutenants will not grant a hearing on the
flodr. - Mri.. Williams declared that every demo
drat in' the house would vote for it, -and with
some satire called attention to the fact that the
president months ago urged its passage,, but as
the'time of election drew near it had been over
looked in the .later presidential messages. Mr.
Payne-ofcNtfwaY.ork, the republican house leader,
attaokedrthe, bill and voiced Jho views of tho
majority, in his. speech against it. Probably the
game of the republicans will be to pass the .bill
through taphouse two or three days before ad
journment, ioajate for the senate to J tuA . and
. n ' l i WILLIS J. ABBOT. ; .-n
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-' r ' ' .REBUBLIOAN HESITANCY
r ' J The Ihd'ianapolis News, Independent repub
lican 'says: H
' ' . ' ''The party governing for twelve years now
has 'selsn its high-built and gilded prosperity
comedown with a crash on the eve of a presi
dential ' electibii; 'has seen the sacred tariff that
it' has worshiped coming to its own in such in
equalities and injustices as to make dissatisfac
tion 'lo'ua and deep. The people have been suf
fering. pfrbm high meat prices, high lumber
prices, 'high aper' prices; but who shall dare
piitahythlng on the fre6 list? Who 'shall' dare
reform the steel schedule to stop the plundering
of home buyers compared with favored iorelgn
er? Who shall make an end of the preposterous
treatment for years of the Philippines for the
tienefct of the 'sugar and tobacco monopolies?
That also involves the tariff. And a thing that
has" been the unquenchable light on the altar
since the party's hlrth is not to be touched with
hasty1 br unholy hands. Men must have time to
think., Especially so when all this synchronizes
wtthTaudacions legislation against old and tried
gutiporter.sV-the corporations and with the
time 'when a new man is to be found for presi
dent and hardest of all party leader. There
is the additional burden. New policies impend.
High tariff and corporatlonism will not longer
do. What shall take their place and to what
degree and in what shape?
"It Is indeed a most Interesting political
development that we are witnessing. It is a
great party in the air to a certain extent, not
knowing just what step to take next. So this
unwillingness to act is no mere haughtiness.
It is a sign of hesitancy; the halting of a great
ho3t that heretofore and thus far has marched
without faltering, now surrounded by so many
new conditions as to be doubtful of just who
are Its friends and to be uncertain as to the
landscape, not recognizing instinctively what to
do at the parting of ways."
That hilarious sound from the immediate
vicinity of the Cleveland, Ohio, city hall is mere
ly Mayor Tom Johnson having the. last laugh
over that street railway controversy.
The Million Army Plan
The Commoner will bo sent to any ono ap-
?oa2b r It( from now untn tho clso of tho
1008 campaign, for 45 cents. It Is hoped that
through the million army plan, Tho Commoner
may bo placed in every precinct in every slato
in tho union.
Cut out, sign and return tho certificate
printed on this page for your own membership.
ml ltou do not care to mutilate your copy of
The Commoner send in a request asking for a
number of blank certificates and they will bo
forwarded to you, thus enabling you to givo
your acquaintances an opportunity to join In
the work of building up tho "army of a million
plan and enabling them also to secure Tho
Cc-nmoner from now Until Novembor, 1908, for
only forty-flvo cents.
It is hot possible to print In full the letters
received at The Commoner office and relating
to tho Million Army plan, but extracts from
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Each of the following persons has sent in
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Geo. W. Otez, Dorrls, Cal.j J. M. Harris, Drexel,
Mo.; Wm. T. Cressler, Cedarvillo, Cal.; Patrick
Shanahan, Delano, Cal.; C. P. Lantenschlager,
Patrlcksburg, Ind.; M. F. Mullen, P. M., El Ver
ano,' Cal.; C. J. Rundell, Wayne, Neb.; Geo. D.
Culbertson, Hood River, Ore.; T. N. Howell,
Billings, Mont; Thos. L. Dunn. Martinsburg,
W. Va.; S. S. Field, Baltimore Md.; Edward
Meakin Dunkirk, N. Y.; R. A. Hoffman, Madi
son, Virginia; Charles McKinloy, Sharon
Springs, Kan.; O. M. Bouncy, Iionno Torre, Mo.;
J. A. Mounts, Shannon City, la.; Geo. W. Kerr.
Pasadena, Cal.; M. A. Aqulrro, San Jaclnta,
Cal.; J. A. Hartman, Rockwall, Tex.; A. M. Hol
land, Kenton, Tenn.; J. C. Finch, Binghamton,
w. Y.; n, l,. Guynn, Albuquerque, N. M.; John
p. Campbell, Smyrna, Mich.; Andrew Coon.
Medinn, N. Y.; Patrick Condrom, Mitchell, S.
D.; J. R. Simons, Yorkvillo, 111.; E. M. Giles,
Ridgeway, Mo.; Jos. C. Vickory, Bloomingdnlo,
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field, Kan.; Win. Curtis, Laytonvlllo, Cal.; J. R.
Lowthors, Pullman, W. Va.; C. P. Burbachor,
Summerfleld, O.; W. H. Potter, Paullina, la.;
S; L,tnn?rdy' JiJ1 Dorado "M Goo. O. Slombel,
Whoatflcld, Ind.; E. E. Priest, Cando, N. D,;
T. B Gill, White, Ark.; C. W. Howland, IndJA
pendencc, Tex.; J. Wesley Epporly, Floyd, Va.;
J. D. Crenshaw, Cambria, Va.; C. D. Mollohan,
Normantown, W. Va.; F. D. Green, Freeport, O.;
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W. P. Wilson, Edna, Kan.; P. M.Barlic, Phelps,
N. Y.; J. P. Banta, Castine, Ol; B. F. Hicks,
Boyds, Md.; M. A. Whisler, Hanloy Falls, Minn.;
Wm. Neville, Douglas, Ariz.; G. A. Walter,
Kingsvillo, Ky.; S. Hognason, Mlnneota, Minn.;
W. H. Dick, Palestine, Tex.; A. Yoder, Arkansas,
City, Kan.; Harry Knecht, Barberton, O.; O.
Hubbard, West Point, Miss.; Richard A. Foist,
Iowa Falls, la.; Chas. H. Daughorty, Philadel
phia, Pa.; J. E. Alexander, Sunnyside, Wash.;
T. W. Martin, Washtucna, Wash.; E. L. Ornsby
Oakland, Cal.; E. J. Oliver, D wight, Kan.; A. F.
Hollebaugh, Alcove, Wyo.; E. L. Berry, Hayes
Center, Nob.; Dan Devoro, Lakeside, Wash.; W.
P. Pickens, Farmington, Ark.; S. M. Redflold,
Maryvillo, Mo.; A. B. Crawford, Juliaettc, Ida.;
J. A. Bryan, Monongahela, Pa.; J. F. Falk, Es
sex, la.; Thomas J. Fagan, Ellsworth, Minn.;
Eugone C. Protman, Portland, Ore.; J. W. Mor
gan, Starke, Fla.; P. H. Hoyt, Jameston, N. y:;
R. E. Wallis, Winfield, Kan.; S. M. Wilder,
Spring Valley, Minn.; Z. T. Jones, Newport
News; Va.; E. Downey, Breda, la.; F. G. Sut
ton, Argyle, Minn.; J. K. Bruce, Wooldrldgo,
Mo.; Stephen Drlnkard, Straw, Mont.; J, L.
Morgan, DeSoto, Kan.; W. J. Wllhito, Fayette,
Mo.; M. J. Regan, Milwaukee, Wis.; D. P. Coff
man, Sacramento, Ky.; J. D. Curtis, Bennington,
Vt.; Joe Boettcher, Topeka, Kan.; Jno. C. Casey,
Massena, la.; E. J. Westgato, Macksville, Kan.;
Miss M. W, Anderson, Spring Garden, Va.; L.
McCutchenn, Campbell, Mo.; Harry Falrmari,
Cairo, Mich.; T. J. Acton, M. D Eubank, Ky.;
W. I. Borcman, Parkersburg, W. Va.; A. S. Mer
rln, Sanders, Mont.; L. P. Watson, Forest City,
Mo.; B. F. Cochran, Lathrop, Mo.; Wm. Hurley,
Burlington, Wash.; E. L. Dawson, Chickasha,
Okla.; Wm. Roe, Dillon, Mont.; R. T. Richard
son, Winfield, Kan.; Wm. Walsh, Merna, 'Neb.;
H. V. Coetchins, Duluth, Minn.; Chas. F. Lira
bacher, St. Marys, O.; S. H. Edington, Milner,
Ark.; H. B. Edwards, Waxahachio, Tex.; M. J.
Choppins, Belleville, Kan.; J. C. Wilhart, Long
Beach. Cal.
Here, is
The Com
moner will be
sent from now
until Novem
ber, 1908, to
every one who
will sign and
send Coupon
accompanied
by 45 cents.
Your Opportunity to Help
ONE MILLION MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE
IU Commoner Jlrmy for 190$
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T hereby enlist in tfte gowtnoner Array and pledge my
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Enclose 45c to cover the expense 0 sending The Commotier to my address
until the close of the iqo8 campaign.
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Note.' Membership certificates win bo countersigned with Mr. Bryan's printed signa
ture and numbered In tho order thejr are received at The Commoner office; and they wUl
be returned at tho close of tho campaign to tho members who signed them. If requested.
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