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SpimiFi ii wijii 9ymmmxmmmm The Commoner. 0 6 r li The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY. ClJAIU.tiS W. llltVAN, ItlCIIAltl) I MlflCAI.l'K, IMibllslirr. Killtor. 324-3?.0 South Twelfth Street. rrtrirO pt Ifcr 1 oMofl c nt 1 Jrroln. !.. r.f fccrrct-clrM inntter Out? Yvnr ftl.OO Tlirc-u MoiiUift - - 25o fcix KIuiilliH 80 Single Copy Go i Ch.L ot I'Jvc or more. fturi Jo Copies Free. Per Year .75 J'oielKii PoMapj 62 Cents Extra. SUllSCltll'TiONS can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. Thoy can alno bo sent through newspapeis which lmvo alertlsed a clubbing rate, or through local agents, whore sub-agents have been appoint ed. All remittances should be sent by postoinco money order, express order, or by bank, draft on New York or Chicago. Do not send Individual chockR, stamps or money. DISCONTINUANCES It Is found that a largo majority of our subscribers prefer not to navo their subscriptions Interrupted and their flics broken in caso they fail to remit before expiration. It Is therefore assumed that continuance is desired unless subscribers order discontinuance, either when subscribing or at any time during the year. Presentation Copies: Many persons subsorlbo for friends. Intending that the paper shall stop at tho end of tho year. If instructions are given tto that effect they will rccclvo attention at tho proper time. URNEWALS-Tlio date on your wrapper shows tnc time to which your subscription Is paid. Thus January 31. 08. means that payment has been re ceived to and Including tho last Issue of January, 1908. Two weeks are required after money baa been rec Ived beforo the date on wrapper can bo changed. OIMNGIC OF A DDICI3SS Subscribers requesting H flhango of address must givo OLD as well as NEW address. ADVlDItTisiN Rates furnished upon applica tion. Address all communications to ' THE COMMONER, L'ncoln, Nob. i "" " ' '' ! ' ' ' 0 0 TOO MUCH CAMPAIGN MANAGER Walter Wellman wires from New York to the Chicago-. Hecord-Herald (rep.) na follows: "Tho activity of the president in tho campaign probably does Mr. Taft more harm than good in New York. All through this section the complaint h gen eral that there is too much Roosevelt and not enough Taft in tho republican leadership of the hour and there p a common opinion that Mr. Taft should say more and Mr. Roosevo.lt less.' .. - "To avert a panic! says Mr. Roosevelt of the st'col trust deal. Aiid it didn't. And the steel trust is willing to have a lot of panics "avortod" just the same way. - - Awful thought! Perhaps Broughten Bran denburg is 'tho author of some of the letters bearing a Washington date line Mr. Rockefeller's agreement to write a series of magazine articles means a well paid job for some capablo newspaper man. A man was found frozen to death near Des Moines last week. This, however, is' not the first intimation we havo had to tho effect' that the republican campaign in Iowa is a frost. Mr. Foraker returned tho draft for $50,000 because tho deal did not go through. Mr. Cor telyou did not return tho $2G0,00'0 raised by Mr. Harriman, presumably because the deal did go through. Mr. Rockefeller says, "A laborer is worthy of his hire, no less, but no more, and in the long run ho must contribute an equivalent 'for what ho is paid." Wonder when Mr. Rockefeller will begin working for refunding? In tho meanwhile fair minded men will un derstand that Mr. Bryan has undertaken uo "de fense of Haskell." Mr. Bryan , has simply de manded justico from tho boosted champion of tho "square deal." Tho samo "square deal" champion, mind you, that refused to do justico to tho dying old soldier, James N. Tynor. 0 N CANNON IS THEIR IDOIj Tho Chicago Tribuno (rep.) of Mon day, September 28, printed an interview with James S. 'Sherman, republican can didate for vice president. In that inter view Mr. Shorman said: "I was not aware that Uncle Joe was an issue. I am not awaro that there is any opposition to Uncle Joe either in his own district or 'elsewhere. I can not conceive of any constituency so blind, ignorant or dense as not to appreciate tho services of that great statesman. Ho is the most useful member of the legis lative branch of tho government." This indicates very clearly that the way to defeat Mr. Cannon is to elect a democratic house. THE PRESIDENT AS"A' CAMPAIGN MANAGER Associated Press dispatches of October 1 announced that Mr. Roosevelt had sent for Chairman Hitchcock of tho republican national committee, tho understanding being that Mr. Roosevelt was displeased with tho progress of tho republican campaign management and that he intended to take an active part in thje work. v The president of tho United States as a campaign manager would provide an edifying spectacle. iS t it ttP Its w w MR, KERN IN ALABAMA Birmingham, Ala., October 2, 1908. The Commoner? At a meeting of representative business men from air parts of the state here today, presided over by Henry B. Gray, presi dent of the People's Savings Bank, the follow- ing resolutions were unanimously adopted: ' "Be it resolved by this conference of busi ness men of Alabama, met in pursuance of the call of Nathan L. Strauss, chairman of the na tional committee of business men, that the busi- ' ness Interests of the country will be more safe and secure from panics and depressions by the election of Wllliahi J. Bryan president, and John' W. Kern vice president of tho United States, and that honest business men legally transacting legitimate business have no fears of a change, of, tho administration of our federal affairs into their hands and of the , constitutional govern ment that they know will follow." After the meeting a luncheon was tendered by the business men to John W. Kern, vice pres idential, candidates, addresses being made by Mr. Kern, National Committeeman Tomlinson and State Chairman Mallory. (Signed) JOHN W. TOMLINSON. & t &t & FOURTH EDITION FOR THE TEXT BOOK A Chicago dispatch says: "The democratic campaign textbook is probably the most popular political publication over issued in this country. From tho day of tho appearance of tho first edi tion, when the text books were made available to the public, democratic headquarters have been overwhelmed with orders and the shipping department has been unable to keep up with them. In order to meet the increased demand for tho text books an order was placed today vfor a fourth edition. The requests for the book comes largely from individuals, who send along their quarters which amount covers the cost of printing and postage. If the demands for the text book continue to increase as they havo in tho past week, many other editions will havo to bo issued." & &&& NOT ONE CRUSHED ' " f Mr. Josophus Daniels, chairman of, the pub licity bureau at democratic national headquar ters, has written a lettjr to Attorney General Bonaparte requesting that he furnish a state ment of tho trusts that havo been prosecuted by tho department of justice and the amount , of fines collected as a result of. the penalties imposed. Mr. Daniels shows that there are 287 trusts in oporatlon throughout tho country. A reply from Mr. Bonaparte should show to what extent the administration has gone in curbing illegal corporations. Mr. Daniels' letter to At torney General Bonaparto follows: "Mr. John Moody, publisher of 'Moodv's Manual of Corporation Securities,' the standard ' reference book for American investment securi- VOLUME 8, NUMBER 30 ties of every nature, has prepared a list of 287 trusts in the United States. I am enclosing you, herewith, the list prepared by Mr. Moody with! tho request that you will furnish a statement of those trusts that have beon prosecuted by the department of justice and -the amount of fines collected, together with a statement of the present standing against those trusts that havo been prosecuted." ENCOURAGING WORDS FROM MR. BRYAN Fairvieiy, Lincoln, Neb., October 2. Mr. Bryan stated today that advices received by him from the party workers indicate increasing democratic sentiment throughout the United States. . "A candidate can only form opinions as to his chances," he said, "through reports mado to him by party workers. Every report made to mo indicates that not only is the trend among the voters toward democracy this year, but tho sentiment for our candidates and our party is ' increasing. My advices are that not only will our candidates for president and vice president have a large majority of the popular vote, but we will also havo the -majority in the electoral college.". . . . WHAT ABOUT SHERMAN, MR. PRESIDENT? If Theodore Roosevelt is really look ing for undesirable public men ho need go no further than the republican na tional ticket. Let him inquire how man;' millions of dollars of Indian oil leases have been given away since James Sher man was made chairman of the commit tee on Indian affairs of the house of rep resentatives. Let him find out what the Indians ever got for those leases in ex cess of a bottle of whiskey. Let him find out how many times those leases were given away in some omnibus appro priation bill, and how few were granted in bills whoso title stated their contents. If the republican party proposes to appeal to the conscience, the patriotism and the incorruptible citizenship of the country it must rid itself of the candi dacy of James Sherman or its campaign is a forgery on its face. Buffalo (N. Y.) Times, 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCARED ABOUT NEW YORK Walter Wellman wires from New York to the Chicago Record-Herald as follows: "Having made extensive inquiries as to tho state of public feeling here in New York I deem it my duty to point out that there is nothing sure about, the verdict of New York, doubt does exist. The well nigh decisive thirty-nine elec toral votes of the state are yet to be fought for. There are elements which .threaten unpleasant surprises -for those who havo. settled down into the com fortable belief that the state is safe and sure. Tt is impossible to study the con ditions now existing here without com Jng to tho conclusion that tliolr not '"effect is. to help the democrats. If we compare the Bryan of 189G and 1900 with .the Bryan of today in the opinions of the people. of New York, he has gained tremendously. Evidence of this is found in the well known indifference of bank- ing and commercial men to the outcome of the present election. Those who are republicans are as a rule against Bryan, but not savagely. They no longer look upon his possible election as a fore-run- ner of the national disaster. They are not spending money to defeat him. JVTany business men who in tho Bryan cam- paigns of the past have worked energeti- cally for the republican ticket will this year stay at home on election day or vote for Bryan himself." 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JtlgaJi iJtt-lHt.! -J. .u. J