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The Commoner.
.VOLUME 8, NUMBER 4Jj
ANIVERAllY:bF THE REPUBLICAN PANIO
-;" October; 28l908,' will bo tbo flrst anni
versary of 'the' republican panic and tbo panic
is yot wltb us. It will bo remembered tbat tho
panic broke witb full force on tbo whole country
Monday, October 28, 1907. On Sunday bankers'
conferences wero bold In every town in tbo
United States. In order to prevent runs on
.banks tbe various financial institutions in differ
ent cities adopted tbo clearing house certificate
plan, which plan was devised to keep business
moving without requiring tho banks to pay out
-all of thoir cash on band. Cash payments wero
everywhere suspended, although checks were
honored to tho extent of a small per cent of
tho individual's deposit. Tho newspaper dis
patches of the day told this story:
"The Now York bankers have engaged
about $12,000,000 in gold in Europe. Bankers'
Trust . company of Kansas City closed because
denied tho privilege of issuing clearing house
certificates. Has deposits of $800,000. All the
banks in Oklahoma and Indian Territory closed
for a week by holiday proclamation of governor
because unable to got cash from Kansas City
and St. Louis banks. Duluth grain market sus
pended and elevators advised not to buy- grain.
Wheat broke four cents at Chicago and four and
one-half .cents at Now York and all grain -weak.
Runs continuo on two trust companies and two
small banks at New York. Now York'stOck mar
.ket opened at an advance."
11. G. Dunn and company' report ihftdo
public, October 5, 1908, shows that the comme'r
,. cinl failures during the nine months ending Sep
tember 30, 1908, wero 11,943 in fcuhiber5 and
?X79,G,77,C23 in amount of default indebted
ness. This ,fs -tbo largest number of failures.
Durjng tbo nine months, period of 1893 the failures-amounted
to. 10,298. On .this flrst anni
versary of tho republican panic- we find- all' of
the large cities full of idle meh.3J.ThP' Chicago
Inter Ocean and other republican papers' Jtold
the story of starving school childrenn the'eity
of Chicago as late as October, 1908.
- prp:aro the headlines, running across threo
cpLuAWns of the paper, from the Chicago ' Inter
ucean. trep.j: -v p:n;t
, HUNGER .MENACES 20,000 i .
PUPILS IN CITY SCHOOLS; "
MANY BEG REFUSE TO EAT
Stavtlinfc.Oouditions in Chicago Shown by Report
? ot Investigating Committee Who Find
. ' - v Starvation Has Mirny .Victims"" 1 'r
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5,000 HAVE NO MEAL IN MORNING
Body Asks Food for Children Some' of Whom
Huvo Forgotten Taste of Batter,' TJiVinaJ'n
Dry Crusts Earned by Heroism of MdthS1'" .
ora-Who Go to Bed Fas'tirig !
Tho Tribune beads Its article: ''"fr"
HUNGER STALKING IN CITY SCHOOLS
'x$?:?. "",. ;M3?al' Means and Ten Thousand T '
Others Aro tyndcrfed ' " '
BtoryTwUlK'COrI"Herald (Ind: Rei hes" its
THOUSANDS OF PUPILS Tt'
SUFFER FROM HUNGER
GREATEST IN HISTORY
Nathan Strauss, the great merchant of New
York, and chairman of the Democratic Business
jkeasuo, speaking inNow York on October
'JTho PanIc which began last fall is Tifin
V- Jlmt ls BtronS statement, but I
mean it, Wo are not over it yot. Politics was
alt ;Sf, ' ,tUls, "anl0- A" b's JogSionta
tliia country 1ms been dominated by trusts and
HclnTaTt"0118 '" th int0r0S " eU8raepunb-
; THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S OWN ANSWER
In his address to tbe republican national
, convention Temporary Chairman Burrows ?S
TIIEfcTu tho republican, victory in, 1904, and
In tbo begird ,y.1ev.of Jfelila .Indorsement, it
tlon between the ,.....-Mr opportune to inauire
publicans of r ..publican party done in the last
HPn'nT8 'government, control to forfeit pub-
future admlntatmtion?" ' " m lW Capafy
vFPtI flUs (luestIn. ) Hie Rochester "(New
..York), .Union; and Adverr. finds -a strfkhig SZ
Advertiser, takes out of tho mouth of SenaTo?
BurroW own party as stated In the 'republican
platform of 1896: "In tho broad effect of Its
policy it has precipitated panic, blighted indus
try and trade with prolonged depression, closed
factories, reduced work and wages, halted en
terprise and crippled American production.
Every consideration of public safety and indi
vidual interest demands that the government
shall be rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves incapable of conducting
It without disaster."
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" HELXTHE NATIONAL COIVBHTTEE
The battle for democracy is almost
won. The democratic national commit
tee has made and is making the greatest
fight in political history. It will need
more money than it now has to pay the
expenses of tho closing hours of the
campaign. They have asked the various
newspapers to call upon their subscribers
for help. They have asked if The Com
moner readers will send them $10,000.
There are many who have not contribut
ed.. Let every one who has contributed,
call upon his neighbor to assist in rais
ing this amount. Contributions may be
sent direct to The Commoner or to
Herman Ridder, .treaBurer. democratic-national
committee, Auditorium Annex
Hotel, Chicago, 111.-
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NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC TICKET
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The state ticket offered to the .voters by
,,tho liTebraska. , democratic convention, is worthy
i.of.,.thQv.'heartyuppQi;.tof eyery. citizen who fa
vors reform in state government. A. C. Slial
lenberger, tbo candidate for governor, has been
a leader in demanding tho reforms so long de-
sired by the people,, and in his campaign two
nymfta.figo -foe voiced the demands of the people-r-the
reforms which his opponents refused to de
MmauAd, eithqr in: phitfprm. or upon, stump and
which they now claim as their own. The nomina
tion of Mr. Shallenberger was a recognition .of
his active and persistent, fight for reform in this
state. Tbe other . candidates upon the ticket
with- Mr. Slmllenbergtfr 'are staunch advocates of
refprft--m.en' vohave, been actively engaged
In tho crusade against railroad domination and
' m'ach'ifie management.
It is no disparagement to former tickets to
say "thati the? democratic state tlckot in, Nebraska
.tbis year is, tho very strongest ever. offered to
,thp people. The candidates aro making their
'camiiaign'tfpon n platform that offers' real re
form and substantial relief to the people.' That
platform is directly in line with the national
platform on the subjects of bank guaranty, direct
election of' senators, publicity of campaign con
tributions,', etc. Tho ticket in its entirety is as
follows:
For governor, A. C. Shallenberger.
For lieutenant governor, E. O. Garrett.
For secretary of state, A. T. Gatewood.
For auditor, W. B. Price.
For treasurer, Clarenco Mackey.
For superintendent of instruction, N C
Abbott.
For attorney general, H. B. Fleharty.
For commissioner public lands and build
ings, W. B. Eastham. . ;
For railroad commissioner, W. H. Cowgill.
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A MARYLAND POLL ,
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Washington, D. C., October 14
The Baltimore News, a rank republican
organ and ardent supporter of Taft
took, a.night or two since, a straw bal
lot in the seven theatres of the city It
resulted: Taft 683, Bryan ,1307
Four years ago these same men indicat
ed on the slips handed out that -they
voted as follows: For Roosevelt 778
fpr Parker 671 If this is a political
barometer, and I believe it is in -Maryland
from, my investigations, and the
same.. .ration change holds cut in.most
. of the ;atatp,i.Mr. Bryan will be elated
" vsvij ruyupi, ana with electoral
,: votes topaye., ,,". '
1 vrr.'t ALFRED J. ,. STOFIE1J,
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"REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY"
In the popular mind "prosperity" is
associated with tho republican and "hard
times" with the democratic party. Re
publican editors havfl rHnntul fha mnn
lng or threat that our boasted republi-
" prosperity would vanlBh within a
fortnight after the election of Bryan in
our ears so long that if we don't actu
ally believe wo do vaguely fear it. If
this be true, It is a remarkable admis
sion and it Indicates a remarkable state
of affairs. If republican prosperity is
such an airy, volatile, thing it can not
ho founded on .the hed rock of right
and justice; it can not be based on true
values; it can not be built upon our
wealth of mine and forest and farm and
factory. It argues something economi
cally wrong.. If Bryan is elected, will
there be fewer fishes in our lakes and
rivers; fewer dollars in the nation's cof
fers? Will our countless acres shrivel
up; tho millions of cattle of our pasture
lauds perish as if by plague; will onr
factories and furnaces vanish? Why will
prosperity flee from this great country?
Will there be fewer hands to labor; few
er mouths to feed; fewer backs to
clothe? The threat that prosperity will
cease with republican rule is either a
bugaboo with which to frighten the
fainthearted, or it is a confession of the
most stupendous wrong- the world has
ever seen, and in either case it is the
most' contemptible kind of demagdgism,
for the man who plays upon the fears of
the people is surely a demagogue, or if
he has the power to back up his threats
with results worse still a traitor who
ought to hang higher than Haman.
Republican brethren, do you know that
when you reiterate this "scare talk"
you' are lending yourself to the uses of
industrial pirates; do you know that to
assert that hard times would follow
Bryan's election ,i3 the most terrible ar
raignment of the republican party that
can be made? Taft's defeat can npt take
one jot or tittle from the natural re
sources of our country; it will not make
fewer by one the band of willing Work
ers, nor lessen the legitimate needs of
the people by so much as one loaf of
bread or one pair of shoes. His defeat
could not affect tho natural sources of
wealth; the supply for the products of
-manV- skill, and therefore -if the asser
tion that honest laborers would starve if
Bryan is elected means anything it means
that the beneficiaries of republican rule
would not be satisfied with an equitable
division of profits, and so would pout
and bring on hard times, a thing which
they might do since they have absolute
control of the means of production. f
this be "republican prosperity," the
sooner we substitute socialism for re
publicanism the better. From the Ap
pleton (Minn.) Press.
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IF BRYAN IS NOT ELECTED SEWARD
BOTTLING WORKS CLOSE
(Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.)
Seward, Neb., October 18. The Sew
ard bottlintr works nostfirf n nnHno Rtat-
Inc thfct in t.hnvfmt "Rrvnti la nnf t1eo.t
ed that it will hn nloHP.rl flown, thus
"throwing 2,000 men out of employ-
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WATCH THE THREATS
EVERY ONE HEARING OF THREATS TO
DISCHARGE WORKING MEN IN THE EVENT
OF MR. TfjRYAN'S ELECTION SHOULD COM
MUNICATE THE PACT TO NORMAN E. MACK,
CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE, AUD
ITORIUMS ANNEX HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILL.
n,h6 names of such informants PiviU riot he dis
closed by .Mr. Mack.
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