. The Commoner. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR . i VOL- 8, NO. 27 Lincoln, Nebraska, July 17, 1908 Whole Number 391 CONTENTS ON THE BACK TRAIL THE TWO PLATFORMS COMPARED JOHN W. KERN FOR VICE PRESIDENT INDIANA IS HAPPY HOW THE STATES VOTED SENATOR GORE ON THE DEMONSTRA TION AT DENVER PERMANENT CHAIRMAN CLAYTON'S AD DRESS " . MR. BRYAN AND ONE TERM - LABOR GOT A STONE GUARANTEED DEPOSITS . ' - HOME DEPARTMENT The Commoner will be sent from now until ' 1AWBHW'"' i Election Day for Twen ty-five Cents. Boa Ho - , v '.-. .N , " Mirny '".''. w . iGw II v ,... .''-. . Wmi ",- " IIH ft r,& ' 'ill ! '"T1 PPJSfi'f f x8R 0?"! "' llw5akiiJ .ti'- f;f-r Mfe m c. . T f - E;23r, 1ffFWwt.r'wx 4TF r- ? vT ON THE BACK TRAIL ill THE 7TO PL Al FORMS COMPARED Below, in parallel columns, are the national platforms of the demo cratic and republican parties. The former was adopted in Denver and the latter was placed before the people of the country by the republican national convention in session at Chicago: Guaranteed Deposits ..v - ' V. .' ' DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM We pledge ourselves to legislation under which national banks shall be required to es tablish a guarantee fund for the prompt pay ment of the deposits of any insolvent national bank under an equitable system which shall be available to all state banking institutions wishing to use it. ... . REPUBLICAN PLATFORM v ' -t kJk'J- '. p 4 Ik-. " ' ir. - ,t z i . . ,H' " ' Tl-T; ' '. " . " -VSi.. K.fi H "-f Hi r'K W:-H v, 1'i V'; a, .V