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The Commoner.
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 25
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KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE
. HOW THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COVNENTION VOTED
; WHEN REQUIRED TO "TOE THE MARK" ON REFORM
' PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED BY REFORMERS
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE
PEOPLE
The plank providing for election of
United States senators by the people was
defeated by a vote of 866 NAYS to 114
YEAS.
campaign" the names of all contributors and
the amounts contributed or promised and
the amount and purpose of all disburse
ments, and to whom paid, was defeated by a
vote of 880 NAYS to 94 YEAS.
embodying Senator LaFollette's ideas gen
erally, wag defeated by a vote of 950 NAYS
to 28 YEAS.
PUBLICITY OP CAMPAIGN FUNDS
The plank providing that campaign man
agers publish from time to time "during the
LA FOLLETTE'S PLATFORM
GENERALLY
The entire minority report offered by
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, and
PHYSICAL VALUATION OF RAILROADS
The plank providing for LaFollette's plan
for the physical valuation of all railroads as
a basis for the fixing of railroad rates was
defeated by a vote of 917 NAYS TO 63
X JLJX3LM.
HOW OHIO, TAFT'S HOME DELEGATION VOTFD
On all these DroDositions election of senators Kv tk nnL 1,,.; c -i i
Ti. . c . r i 11 i . jrjpw voiuauuu ui iaiiroaa property,
publication of- campaign funds, and the adoption of LaFollette's ideasOhio, Mr Taft's home
delegation-voted in the negative, and unanimously in each instance, with the exception of the
proposition for the election of senators by the people, in which case TWO VOTES FROM
OHIO were cast in the affirmative.
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Who Will Be the Victim?
Tho following editorial Is from the Buffalo
(N.Y.) Times:
It is plain that Candidate Taft has framed
up, a great bunko game for somebody. Who is
to bo tho victim? Will it be Theodore Roose
velt, or wil.1 it bo the system?
Mr. Roosevelt selected Mr. Taft as tho man
to further his policies aa president. He directed
the work of securing delegates and packing the
national convention for him. Ho will naturally
oxpflct Mr. Taft to stand on Jiis policies if elected
, ;. The policies of Mr. Roosevelt are" thor
oughly hated by the system, tho chief members
of which are Mr. Harriman, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Mor
gan, Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Rogers. They
want, those policies put down just as soon as
they can bo They are rejoicing because Mr.
Roospvelt is to retire from ofllce on the fourth of
next March.
i Y?1 these samo men of tno system declare
that the nomination of Mr. Taft for president
Is perfectly satisfactory to tljem, and that so
far as they are concerned a better choice could
not have been made.
u 1 !iy does tho 8ystQm want Taft? Has ho
given the word that tho system will be immune
wi JKnl ment, f0P mladeeds he wins the
election? It would seem that tho system would
want such an assurance before putting its O
K:.on a candidate, and opening its strong box
besides to assist him in his campaign
If Mr. Taft Js going to be for Mr. Roosevelt
he Js going to bo against the system. If he la
going to be : for the system he is going to bo
against Mr. Roosevelt. . D0
if ?0?eo-!He !SL goins t0 b0 bunkoed. Who is
it to bo? Mr. Roosevelt or the system?
V i, J? cnconsus ot opinion is that it is going
to be Mr. Roosevelt. Buffalo (N. Y.) Times.
f SOMEBODY WILL BE FOOLED
Tho following editorial is by Henry. WnU
Jou?naird Printed in th Lo"vmeenCouHeJ:
As the republicans frame the aihmn
somebody, is to be fooled migTitily Who ia it
likeliest to be, Rockefeller and company who
will provide the sinews of -war, or the malses
of the people, who are expected to provide the
votes? That is the sum of it, whichever way
we take it, or consider it.
We are promised a change of policies. Of
which policies- the policies of the republican
SLd?entr the P?,1Icies of the republican con
gress? The republican party can not be true
to tho ono without repudiating the other It
can not at one and the same time keen'sten
with Roosevelt, the radical, and CannoS the
standpatter; with tariff reform and the gospel
of protection; with the trusts of the east and
tho farmers of the west; with the people ad
fS,e8r7atom In ne WOrd' rePcanismPfor "
and MammonreSUrCeS Ml DOt Serve both G
When tho republican congress refused to
enact a aw of publicity, under whose operation
blackmail could no longer be levied upon an?
interest by tho managers of either organization
t proclaimed the purpose of the republicans
tp lay tribute upon the corporations and to f?v
the fat out of the manufacturers, again to sen
the foreign embassies to the millionaire ? 2nd
promises of no rear interference to the trust
magnates, as a return for the means ofonr2
ing the ballot box and buyingKection
Is It possible that they look for a hicrn
letter of Mr. Taft, prematurely exploded to
make denial of this? Is it nossib? tSn? to
rely upon certain glittering genwaJltlS ey
president adroitly kept ontotsMuLV
the crucial moment to help them deSv fflndi
a vote of eight to one they strnSr ?S7iit?, Bl
of their platform. Thev Kav ? Ideal out
ing the country by a frL vote ? P? ? Carry"
of winning the elL?ion exlent bvIf COUnt5
all that is meant by the popuHs ?LKunt'tK
have patched together at ?h?i! ? aullt tne
behind which they may work ti? 3 aTscreen
vices of Hanna and CwteTyou ? familiar de'
tl-d
partake by the ofmini Vi t0 slt down ftnd
Loods anSy cold stoS JolTlh0t canned
Chicago apparently w!thStf5?r ffJ6 men-u at
law or Uie uplifted I h nf of Jhop.uro food
-Louisville finrieVj55Si. AnaniaS Club'
A NATIONAL CHAUTAUQUA FOB COLORED
PEOPLE
The Bible Eduqational Association, organ
ic VTn laWS f New Jersey' witn branches
J 9nH I Temple' Ph,ladlPhia, Pa., and
hLn I Yemnt aVenUG' Was&ington, D. C, has
been offered a valuable property at Pont Pleas
ant, New Jersey, for the establishment of a na-
ureVstt '" thG Cl0red T f
The objects of the Chautauqua $e: To give
nnfUeh,C,UrSe f instruction iZhe English
Bible, special normal training for public school
nplT; !PGClal StUdies In sociology; and a
special ecture course by. persons eminent in
their calling.
These courses are to be given with a view
h f0 StUdy'f the word f God; the
dnH f g0d citIzenshiP.- Proficiency in
domestic and social economy; training for mis-
TZ r7f?tlle cultivatl of civic virtues;
and to insti into tho colored people the neces
sary appreciation o2 moral responsibility, the
value of common politeness, and the necessity
or a greater economic efficiency.
,Jnifty USand d"ars are' neede r the
SSwTappeal TSF Pleasant' N J"
our pllfS? i pePIe in sections of
to the flJSw? iontTi ag liberally as possible
worSorSl raaenancePof this
A. fS Sh0uld be"8ent to Hev. George
WarneJ 9t(T ft?01!' " or to Hon. B, H.
warner, 91G P street, N: W., Washington, D. C.
SAMUEL G. JMILLBR,
President.
JESSB LAWSON,
w Vico President
ERNEST J, STEVENS,
Marb?e&f; June.8 bSSS;
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altv WnSfr ?rof-Ke"y Miller, Howard Univer-
5Sl m2SdSfttofr DNC-J HnsMll H. Con
Pennsylvania PlG Univerty, Philadelphia,
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