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The Commoner. .VOLUME ii," NUMBER 1 6 1 1 ! ' 4 ; u lr.iWfUi' m Q ':'ii. iii tt!i ft4- - i 'I I ! W $! Ii ;i:, ;,i'i w vim .'m-m: ' i ... . WE;; rav t lUlft. :. mill ' . ! 'J- !iji. I ti$ i a'CT MJ V OT P i I Ml h l rh '!"" r ,l m Srft M. The Commoner. ISSUED WEEKLY Entorcd at tho Postoffico at Lincoln, Nobraska, an nccontl-clasB matter. WlIXJAM J. UllYAM Keillor nnd Proprietor ItiarARD L. Mktcalfk AisodntoKdltor CHAllMtS V. UllVAN Publisher Fdllorlnl Noomu nnd Ilusliicss CHco 324-320 SouUj 12th Strcot Oae Yenr $1.60 Rlx MonlliM BO In Clubu of Flvo or moro, por year... .75 Three Month 25 Single Copy 03 Sample Copleo Free, Foreign Post. Go Extra. 8UHSCIUPTIONS can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. They can also bo nont t!u iub' newspapers which havo advertised a clubbing rate, or through local agents, whoro sub-agents havo been appoint ed, All remittances should bo sent by postofflco money order, express order, or by bank draft on New York or Chicago. 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ADVERTISING Rates will bo furnished upon application. Address all communications to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb, DENVER PLATFORM Tho Denver platform contains tho following plank on imperialism: "Wo condomn tho experiment in imperialism as an inexcusablo blunder which has involved us in an onormous expense, brought us weak ness instead of strength, and laid our nation open to tho charge of abandoning a fundamental doctrine of self-government. We favor an im mediate declaration of tho nation's purpose to recognize the independonco of tho Phillippino islands as soon as a stablo government can bo established, such independence to be guaran teed by us as wo guarantee the independence, of Cuba until tho neutralization of tho islands can be secured by treaty with other powers. In recognizing tho independence of the Philip pines our government should retain such land aa may bo necessary for coaling stations and naval bases." This is, in substance, the same as the declara tions contained in tho platforms of 1900 and 1904, except that neutralization is suggested as a relief from tho necessity for protection. Now that the new congress will have a substan tial democratic majority an effort should be made to secure the passage of a resolution carrying out tho democratic platform on this subject. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS The following dispatch was printed in tho Detroit Evening News: "Muskegon, Mich March 2. An effort of Hugh Nichols, of Cin cinnati, who has twice directed Governor Har mon's presidential boosters' club, to sprinir a Harmon boom juBt beforo the democratic ban quet broke up here this morning fell flat. State ments concerning Harmon met with but ner functory applause. E. O. Wood, of Flint, mak ing the introductory speech for Nichols was greeted with wild applause when he mentioned Bryan's name. When Nichols arose and started In on the Harmon boom, but few handclans peeted his statements and he turned the sublet to other questions at once." ujb The American Homestead, a monthly farm Journal of national scope, will bo sent to all Commoner subscribers, without additional cost! who renew their subscriptions during the month of March when this notice is mentioned The Commoner's Work for the Public Godd Writing in Hampton's Magazine, Judson C. Welliver and Louis Brownlow, Washington cor respondents, pay tliis tribute to The Com moner's work for the public good: "Immediately after tho November olection 'lifelong' democrats who had been voting the republican ticket ever since 1896, set in mo tion a scheme to call a democratic conference to meet In Baltimore to declare a party pro gram. This was a tory scheme designed to commit the newly victorious party to conser vative policies. Of course, Mr. Bryan was, not consulted. Things went on merrily for a week or two, and then Mr. Bryan wrote an eleven line editorial in his weekly paper, The Com moner, in which he denounced the proposed conference and its organizers. And then, lo and behold! there were not enough democrats left willing to accept the invitation to make up a conference. The scheme was called off, and a Jackson day ratification banquet was substi tuted, Mr. Bryan being invited to be one of tho chief guests! "When the democratic members of the old congress began to assemble In Washington for the winter session several of the veterans were inclined to minimize the importance of rules revision. They were not at all pleased with the activity of the progressives who were in sisting upon immediate redemption of the party pledges in that respect. Another Commoner editorial, a few personal letters from Mr. Bryan, and some of these same men were running around in circles declaring that the revision of- the rules was the most important duty on the democratic docket. "To minimize the Bryan influence in the democratic party in congress is to confess utter ignorance of tho situation." Following are merely samples of the letters that are coming to The Commoner office these days: John A. Merrill, Los Angeles, Cal. I am a republican who has voted for Mr. Bryan from 1896 down, and I have promised to vote and work for him at every opportunity. I have taken The Commoner since it started. During tho last campaign I paid for twenty-five sub- "NEVER SO DRAMATIC A FILIBUSTER" Concerning the dramatic filibuster carried on by Senator Owen of Oklahoma, John Temple Graves writes for the Hearst newspapers the following interesting story: "The last filibuster of a filibustering senate was its most striking and dramatic. "That last lone stand of Owen of Oklahoma, held the senate in terror and alarm. Rising like a lone Indian upon the plains of uncertainty with a chin as firm as a rock and. with an eye as keen as a hawk's, he held a whip hand over eighty-nine senators for seventy-five minutes and threatened for a time to let the gavel fall upon his as the last utterances of the Sixtv-first senate. "Owen was ostensibly fighting for Arizona and the Arizona' constitution. New Mexico's constitution had been received and its reaction ary provisions were acceptable to the president and to the republican majority and New Mexico was about to be admitted alone "Owen took the floor to fight for Arizona under a constitution that was progressiva nnS vitally that it contained the initiaUve.Ihe refer endum and the recall. "He planted himself upon the proposition SfttM?8 senate if?1Ied l irst, that the two great forces fightihe for supremacy in this government were the forces of Progress and popular sovereignty represented by the -Arizona constitution, and the reactonarv influences of interest and ultra conservatism represented by New Mexico. Upon thla ernmS tnfieVe.Was JustIfled in Bg theSsenato to the last moment of protest in behalf of ht Eeljevedf gWat Bove Mich t the last Ave days upon the floor that the Sixtv" first congress since the November election? SS nnbZ atuTto add two Tfjia refused to see Arizona owlmioJ and ho admission would brSSr S?2d bcausG Kb senators. S in two democratic "Planted upon these two positions, the fiery scriptions for three or four months and sent them to republican friends hereabouts, and many of them came through for Mr. Bryan. ' In my judgment Mr. Bryan has done more to bring to the front tho insurgency of the republican party than almost all other forces combined. There is practically no difference between a pro gressive democrat and an insurgent republican, and with every drop of blood in "my veins I protest against the deliberate effort on the part of some of the leaders of both parties to rob Mr. Bryan of the fruits of his victory. N. E. Devore, Redondo Beach, Cal. I hopo to double tho number of your subscriber's here within a short time. If convenient, kindly mail mo your one and two-year 'offers for subscrip tion to The Commoner. I quite agree with you Insofar as the democratic prospects for 1912 are concerned. If our representatives make good and our party places at the head of the . ticket progressive men and a united party as well as an earnest endeavor on the part of all loyal democrats, the next president will be a Jeffer sonian democrat. It goes without saying that the larger The Commoner's circulation, the greater its in fluence will be. .Every Commoner reader who believes that this paper is a power for good can help to enlarge its field of influence. Mr. Bryan will do what he can to co-operate in what is intended to be an organized move ment on this line. He has given instructions that every new subscriber may receive The Commonerfor the period of two years (which will carry it until after the presidential elec tion of 1912). for the sum of one dollar. Will every Commoner try to secure at least one new subscriber? With the awakening of interest in public questions, it will be found that many will be able to secure a, large num ber of subscribers at this rate but every Com moner reader' may at least secure one new sub scriber and this in itself would provide an enor mous increase in The Commoner's circulation. Put your shoulder to the wheel today. Help in the effort to keep the democratic party true to its name. . v senator was absolutely immovable to all the in fluences that could be brought around him. Senators were in terror over the fate of in dividual bills. Other senators were in terror over the fate at the last moment, of certain important remnants of the appropriation bills ?Jw Sere Y-?T? .ne or two who cherished the faint hope that at the last hour some lingering reaction toward reciprocity might bring that matter to a successful conclusion and. save the session PePlG the temrs of an extra "Grave and dignified senators swarmed around around the desk of Owen of Oklahoma bu?thrfi n f Mnt?na' came and pteaaB went on mp n n Shook hls head and went on Mr. Gore, Owen's blind colleague ava"i? IS?? aSide' Bacon cam toSno S JSnator Stone was refused: the'vener- pe lonll Zlf 1 Money' iado S??St each f timhe Siefn young senator med from menVfor ArTzona" tranqUUly CntillUed hi ar" WmMlfBtonnX0 vice;Present of the senate nimseir stepped down from the chair nf th tTn &?dwiff Vo8 ST0t ? M weSt over of SdvantSe an aZ to relInuI his position Even to th,n d S Ye way to ther business, a smiHnl Jcrr1116 the OWahoxnan turned andwenf coolly Sn absolute obdurate ear TJnitodXB?e?tSS?e.fr?? th0 Indent of the capital offering tSti5ottemarble room tho eitlSnlwar ?wen would'come to reacHn arreemeno0Art, W0Uld Q mado this Owen shook & .ArIs50na matter. At snapped his black pvi8 5ead. wIth emphasis, any" conference lSSn?ldtreft,Bed t0 enter lnt Arizona's life mSri to a comPromise of a filibuster seen unon V neye so draa a filibuster unon t, flo,or of the senate or and PWBowld iiSpTm 1?VeIed UCh wealth t Anally Senata? Owen fnTi' lQ Vai time agreed thnt if fii ' :n hIs own Sod and then for thi ?? Wte WOuld vote there New Mexico unS, JmBBS0U o Arizona and render the floor eSf ! tems' ho would r" 11:30. The votl'?11.? Was acmpllshea; at 43 to 8 J TlSJdrlQ ? the Proportion ao refusing both states and Owen .- 'X'