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irajv" -r"""!-qpi ein "H muunimiWfPUPPWWPIP 6 VOLUME 8, NUMBER 35 ; i The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. CiiAiiMca W. Biivak, UiciiAiiri L. Mmtoawk, Publisher. Editor. 324-330 South Twelfth Street. Entered nt iho I'ostonicc lit Lincoln, Net)., on eccond-clnw matter Olio Year Sl.OO Three Montlis - - - - 25o Bix MontliH CO SIiikIo Copy 3n Clubs of Five or more. Bnmplo Co)lcs Free. Per Year ForolKij I'ostwro 62 Centu Kxtrn. SUHSCRIPTIONS can bo Bent direct to The Com moner. They can also bo sent through ncwspapois which have advortlscd a clubbing rato, or through . local agents, whore sub-agents havo been apnoint cd. All remittances should bo sent by postomoe monoy order, express order, or by .bank urart on Now York or Chicago. Do not send Individual checks, stamps or monoy. 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Address ail communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nob. Naturally and of course all of us will take d deep Interest in "Young Turkey." "When Mr. Sherman insisted that the peo ple do rule ho doubtless winked his left optic in the direction of Danville, 111. Mr, .Taft says that some tariff schedules should bo revised upwards. This affords Treas urer Sheldon his glorious opportunity. "Dirt is flying at Panama!" shrieks an ad- ministration organ. Yes, but a good deal of the stuff you see flying dawn there is money. Let's see we're, not hearing so much from republican papers' about "rear platform oratory" lately, are we?,. Nor about "canned speeches." . - " -."Reports from various sections indicate that the angle of Joseph G, Cannon's cigar is tend ing downward. Mr. Sherman's endorsement of tho g.b. p. platform and Mr. Taft's speech of acceptance means a severe strain upon the Sherman unmentionables. Senator Hopkins of Illinois says "Mr. Taft's promises are not binding on the party." . Is the promise of any g. o. p. manager binding on the republican party? Friends of. Chairman Hitchcock call him "tho silent man." But Treasurer Sheldon is expected to furnish tho medium of talk for the g. o. p.. committee. The Commoner. Speaker Cannon says ho will speak in all tho doubtful congressional districts. If "Uncle Joe" means it.ho Is In for about seven districts a day from now until election. The Pittsburg Leader, which is supporting Taft and opposing the bank guarantee law, is diligently condemning a Pittsburg banker who has just looted a bank. If Chairman Hitchcock could bo real sure that a couple of letters were destroyed and forgotten, he knows whore his committee could get hold of a "practical man" for campaign purposes. Mr. Taft's promise to call an extra session to revise the tariff in case he Is elected is cal culated to enthuse the eminent tariff beneficiar ies who feel that their schedules need revising upwards. ."The republican party Is pledged to revision on the protective basis;" says the Sioux City Journal. Mr. Taft says some of the schedules .are too. low. That ought to explain the repub Jlcan idea of revision. Tho report that Mr. Rookefeller plays the game of golf "on the square" impels one to ex press the wish that ho might have begun the practice many years ago. "It is amusing," remarks the Sioux City Journal, "to see some newspapers supporting Taft and arguing for most of Mr. Bryan's is sues." 'Why. it -must even bo positively annoy ing, to the Journal. The St. Louis Times assorts that if the gov ernment guarantees bank deposits it ought to guarantee .good crops to the farmer who sows soed. If the St. Louis Times is willing -to have its mental ability jueasured.by that sort of aru- mont, certainly nobody will object. Answering tho question, "Shall the people rule?" the Sioux City Journal says: "Not in a southern state, if they happen to be a colored people." So? Perhaps in Springfield, Illinois, or Springfield, Ohio. American made agricultural Implements are sold cheaper in Argentina than in the United States. Perhaps Mr. Taft thinks the schedule covering American made agricultural imple ments needs revising, upwards. "Bryan's election would be little less than a calamity to labor!" shouts an Iowa republican paper. Anything less than the present calamity would be welcomed by a million and, a half of ijdle worklngmen in this country. A bountiful crop being assured tho Wash ington Post wonders why the republican party should go to the trouble of issuing any other campaign arguments. The Post is another of tfiose republican organs that imagines the voters o'f America think with their; stomachs. , ' The Pittsburg Gazette-Times says that xinder democratic administration we havo never had prosperity for any period, long or short." The Gazette-Times' historian is another one who belioves that fiction oft; repeated becomes history. , Mr. Taft has gone fishing. If for votes it must bo admitted that between his own plat form, the republican platforms of the different states, and his own amendments to the Chicago production, Mr. Taft will have a large variety of bait. Mr. Taft is loudly demanding "the impar tial enforcement of tho law." That's exactly what the workingmen are demanding and ex actly what they have not been securing through tho working of the injunction as applied to in dustrial disputes. i The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph op poses bank guarantees on.. the ground that it "upsets a system 'that was years in the build ing." A few-months ago a large gathering of financiers in New York City admitted, under pressure, that the. system was about the poorest imaginable. Tho St. Louis Times intimates that tho Lincoln-boy who acquired the dope habit while-in the Nebraska state prison may have gotten some of his ,dope from the pages of The Com moner.. Tho fact that the Lincoln boy in ques tion is not a victim of paresis absolves the St. Louis Times from all blame. The New York Tribune calls attention to the fact that Mr. Bryan has often had platforms collapse'under him, and remarks that "Mr Bryan-has an unfortunate tendency toward tho selection of weak platforms." Bo that as it may, perhaps one reason why republican can didates -are neyer in a platform collapse is that they never stand on their platforms. "AFTER" THE ELECTION Tho New York Herald in its issue of Aug ust 29, printed the following: "George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the re publican national committee, would not deny yesterday that tho committee has received a $50,000 contribution from William Nelson Cromwell, who is a member of. the national ad visory committee and well able to make a largo contribution. " 4Is it true,' ho was asked, 'that Mr. Crom well, representing E. H. Harriman, gave to you a check for $50,000?' " 'We 'have received no contribution from Mr. Cromwell for Mr. Harriman. My under standing Is that Mr. Harriman usually transacts business for himself.' " 'Has Mr. Cromwell .made such a contri bution for himself?' " 'I decline to discuss contributions at all. The names of the contributors will be published after election.' " This is a sample of the "publicity" the people are to have so far. as concerns republican campaign contributions. It has been reported by reputable news sources that Mr. Cromwell, perhaps the most conspicuous corporation attor ney in. America, contributed $50,000 to the re publican campaign fund. The people. aro inter ested in knowing whether this story is true, but the republican treasurer declines to discuss contributions and the people must be satisfied with the assurance: "The names of the con tributors will be published AFTER election." But why not BEFORE election? e &&&& "THE WRONG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ANX IOUS TO FOOT THE BILL" The Commoner calls the attention of its readers everywhere to an editorial which ap peared in the August 10 issue of the New York Evening Post (Ind.). From that editorial the following is taken: "It is Impossible not t sympathize, not with Mr. Bryan's managers merely, but with any honest campaign committee which endeavors to raise money as it should be raised by the vol untary gift of the many voters interested in tho election. The truth is that our electorate has been pauperized. It has been led, with good ground, to believe that individuals seeking, pri vate gain or public office would-'put up' the money to run the campaign. Thus only a day or so ago it was announced in Philadelphia that the republican office-holders in that city would be assessed a certain percentage of their salaries. And for what? Not to carry Pennsylvania, but to amass a corruption fund for other states. The voter needs to be enlightened as to his duty to contribute to a cause in which he is vitally interested. His present attituda reminds one of- the anecdote told of a stingy church member who always declined to contribute to church expenses, because, as he said, he be lieved salvation was free. A wise old deacon who had labored with him retorted: 'My friend, we must discriminate; salvation is free, but re ligion is expensive.' Politics, like religion, is ex , pensive. The trouble is that the wrong people have been anxious to foot the bills." t SUGGESTION FOR DEMOCRATIC CLUBS Chanute, Kansas, 1908. The Common er: I was once a "howling democrat from old Missouri and all the way from Pike," bjit since locating in a state beastly republican, in a city no less joined to the plutocratic idol I have thought best to keep mum, but the re straint has been trying on my nerves. I feel now that the time is at hand when every demo crat should "speak out in meeting," speak strong, loud and often, for -victory seems in sight and only needs a united, harmonious and con centrated effort to win and hold the coveted prize. To this end let me suggest that every democratic club, every Bryan club in the United States see that its members read The Commoner that every club make an appropriation to send The Commoner to conservative republicans (or radicals for that matter) but especially to the young men who will cast their first vote this fall. -I would further suggest that every presi dent and leader in. every club Impress on the minds of its members that each and every one of them Is a committee of one to solicit and forward subscriptions to The Commoner. I make these suggestions not so much in the Interest of The Commoner as In the interest of "ire party, because I believe it the best exponent of the party, the strongest and best educational force and at the price asked for it (25 cents) by far .the cheapest way torget democratic .principles, -policies .andreformsdni the Jiands .and-hearts of the people. JOHN W. MARTIN, Jr. -JJMfclfaja ir iTlrMi55 Ml irln I ilillli lilill mmim rtflia-i