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The Commoner.
ISSUED WEEKLY
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DEMOCRATIC DATKS
Domocratlc primaries or conventions will bo
hold as follows:
March 14 Kansas democratic stato conven
tion. March 19 Primaries for North Dakota.
March 26 Primaries for Now York.
April 2 Primaries for Wisconsin.
April 0 Primaries for Illinois.
April 12 Now York democratic stato con
vention. April 13 Primaries for Pennsylvania.
April 17 Illinois congressional district con
ventions. April 19 Primaries for Nebraska.
April 19 Primarlos for Oregon.
April 27 Primaries for Tennessee.
April iv uolorado democratic state
vontlon
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May 1 -Connecticut stato convention.
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May 1 4 California primaries'.
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con-
?nT?fSTn ! ' WH?i ?n,ly a few years aS nt Presi
dent Taft to Oklahoma to argue against the in
corporation of the initiatlvo and referendum Into
its constitution, recently wont from New York
v?i A recmmend to a constitutional con
vention there in session that the initiative and
lo indorse!' JU8t abUt th propor
Tnat a, f0 men should bo in a position to
of JoWnn w and,terror,ze thGP president
of 90,000,000 of American people" was nro-
nounced a deplorable situation, the corrctioS of
-nJ2?dJ!JS SSuwSS1 yuiVdit0
coin lost one-half of its value,'' asserted Mr
Bryan, "during tho panic of 1907 made you take
clearing-house certificates, which if thnv h ,rSS
Wore entirely destroyed and wirtWew "
Mr Bryan supported his declaration that th
world was making as much nrojrroi th ,.e
as it is intellectually and morally, by dting r
cent developments in Russia, Persia Turkic
China and Great Britain, where aria ScraS -ud
themselves and hav0Pa vSicngThr
The reception accorded Mr. Brvan nr th r
kins hotel between 3 and 5 o'clock in th f?r"
noon furnished convincing nroof ,? tor"
larity of the dlBtSSLSTK PX"
Oregon people does not wane. In 120 mii.nl
ho shook hands with over 2 onn ml minutes
children, and tS lobby of a- hS TT00 and
tho reception was holdVas "wldVa't t
rjsssft thoXcm !a
The Commoner.
tlon of tho stato joined with prominent republi
cans in tho hearty welcome tendered Mr. Bryan.
Two or three times in the afternoon when tho
crowd of visitors had thinned Mr. Bryan re
paired to his room for rest, but it would not be
fifteen minutes until the lobby was again
crowded with persons who wanted "to see
Bryan," and the big, good-natured handshaker
reappeared and remained every time until the
last visitor had been greeted with a Qrin hand
clasp and Bryan's characteristic smile.
The remarkable ability of Mr. Bryan to re
member names, faces and incidents was tested
several times in tho reception, but in every in
stance he was equal to the occasion. One of
these tests was presented when W. R. McGarry,
a Portland lawyer, met the Nebraskan. In the
memorable campaign of 1S96, when Mr. Bryan
made his first race for the presidency, Mr. Mc
Garry was in Grand Rapids, Mich.,, when the
democratic candidate visited that city. On that
occasion Mr. McGarry presented Mr. Bryan with
a huge potato bearing sixteen warts, symboli
cal of tho "10-to-l" slogan of the campaign. At
the time Bryan made splendid use of the unique
presentation, and in an address later in the day
exhibited the potato with tho statement that
"even nature itself sustained the verity of the
free silver theory."
"I once presented you with a potato," began
Mr. McGarry as lie greeted Mr. Bryan.
"Oh, yes," interrupted Mr. Bryan; "that was
in Grand Rapids in 1S9G," and both enjoyed a
good laugh.
"I have been owner and editor of a news
paper for eleven years and find great pleasure
in writing editorials. I am praying for the soul
to enter into the editorial sanctum so that edi
torial writers will refuse to write what they do
not believe," said W. J. Bryan at the Press club,
where he received an enthusiastic greeting from
an overflowing audience. "The newspapers
owned by monopolies will then be unable to ex
ist," added Mr. Bryan.
"Journalism will not be at its best until men
shall write what they beliove; then they will be
more believed than they are today.
"I have found that reporters can be trusted
with confidential messages, and that they are
fair to men in public life. News is sometimes
made to fit the editorials, but reporters are not
always familiar enough with tho Bible to report
a democratic meeting."
in,BT7ai! was first introduced In the person
of Bill Hanley, the big Oregon rancher, those
being deceived acknowledging their ignorance
by applause.
MR. BRYAN
Editorial in Portland Oregonlan (rep 1 " The
marvel about Mr. Bryan is his abounding opti
Spn?BaniUniWaTlng faith in Mmuelt and 'nia
Ifrton exhas been thrice defeated for thb
SoSl ?t7S bUt, the iron has never enter his
soul. He has been kicked and buffeted about
more than any other man since Lincoln bt
ho emerges with serene and unruffled spirt
Any other would have been soured crushed
defeated. But not Bryan. Ho accepts Ms
ZIT? ?Siti0n with marvelous good humor
calm 'tw3 th fUtUre with unapproachable
SL 1ilere1was never anything like it.
shodSfra J, They
evangelist HeS has lbeef s ? d V coZcl
MR. BRYAN IN UTJUI
men keyed up to tho highest nitph nf ISS . of
Regret was exnresspfl tw ? f enthusiasm.
not been hel in thl tlbernacie L ?fnS ha(1
desired to hear Mr w f 'uS0,tllat a11 wno
opportunity to do so lLculd havo ha the
were unable to kata aIXVV6re I as many who
as there were of ttose IVo wl t0,th? theater
to find place in the SuTldmg B frtUnate as
It appears that so great w'm fh0 i
in tho visit of Mr Bryan tJS StJIltGrest felt
far as from St. George iS Jh?,Partl08 came
part of tho state Thori6 Vory 80uthermost
the stage were many republicans who (Mhod i0
know tho great commor.or's poslticn up ,n -.i,b
lie questions, and especially upon the eliuaiioii
as affected by tho most recent political iePiop.
ments. Local democrats aro especially jubilant
over the success of the big meeting, which seems
to have infused them with now courage. Indica
tions are that the party in Utah will be thor
oughly organized for the coming election, as
State Chairman James H." Moyle and County
Chairman Joseph A. Young aro already at work
bringing together their respective forces. Other
country have been heard from, all anxious to
make preparations for a strong fight in the ap
proaching campaign.
MR. BRYAN IN NORTH DAKOTA
Associated Press dispatch: Fargo, N. D.,
March 7. W. J Bryan made four speeches in
Fargo today. Invading tho city early the Ne
braskan addressed three gatherings previous to
the big, democratic meeting at the opera house
tonight. Mr. Bryan delivered an address to tho
students of Fargo college, going from there to
a meeting of state democrats at a local theater.
Extolling Governor Burke of North Dakota and
criticising President Taft for alleged misquota
tion of Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Bryan opened his
address at the forenoon meeting of the stato
conference of northwest delegates. He &aid Mr.
Taft has been so busy following out the Roose
velt policies that he had not had time to think
about Lincoln.
"Mr. Taft's whole environment has been that
of the dollar," said Bryan and he has never
had any real knowledge of men..
In the the afternoon Mr. Bryan addressed a
large meeting of women at the opera house, his
subject being "Fundamentals."
At one of the meetings today, Governor Burke
denounced the candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt, say
ing: "As soon as Roosevelt saw how great was
tho movement he rushed in in an effort to cap
ture the prize which Senator La Follette had
placed in reach. What has Theodore Roose
velt done that should cause him to look upon
himself as the savior of this nation? By his
action in coming out for the presidency he has
as much as said that Taft was not fit for the
place, but he has also said that if Taft was the
nominee he would be for Taft, showing plainly
that he was not sincere in his wish for the great
good of all the people."
TUB STORY OF THE STEEL TRUST
Read the story of the Steel trust as told in
another column of thia issue. The points as
brought out by the Washington correspondent
of the New York World are:
Profit made by J. P. Morgan & Co. in organiz
ing trust, $69,300,000.
o?r.Pnflt made by trust in nine years, $1,029,
0So,89, instead of $980,000,311 as it claimed,
or $13 a ton on finished product and 40 per
cent on cost of material and labor.
n fn, V?7, when E1ert H. Gary and H. C.
imcK told Prosident Roosevelt the trust con
trolled 60 per cent of the steel industry of tho
country, it controlled 80 per cent.
the effect of the Gary dinners was "to exclude
free competition."
a 7rhootntontrols "2,500,000,000 tons out of
4 4br,940,000 tons of commercially available
?V tue1Vnited States," restraining "compe
tion by making the greater portion of its profits
fir,IhW,mat0.rla,ls and in Plants producing semi
finished materials, while the finished product
plants make very low profits."
K37ASme 01Ltho Carnegie company, $305,239,
the trust01 Pr ent of tho 180 concerns IDL
in J1 t Is merely a holding company engag
BtnMr buness except the control through
T !??lp of thG subsidiary companies,
thivm tJ Bt ha? accluIred Plants and dismantled
them to prevent competition.
domestifiS0tireV,ents comPetition- both in the
domestic field and in export trade.
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