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The Commoner
VOL. 14, NO. 11
Lincoln, Nebraska, November, 1914
Whole Number 667
NOW FOR 1916
The election returns of 1914 indicate that the
voters approve of the president and his policies.
They have given him an increased democratic
majority in the senate and a safe majority in
the house, not as much of an endorsement as
his splendid record deserved, but enough for all
practical purposes.
The republican gains in the house, however,
are .notice to the party that it must gird itself
and-begin the campaign of 1916. The progres
sive republicans have almost disappeared the
membership of that party having largely return
ed to the regular organization. The fact that
men who marched with and shouted, for Roose
velVhave so quickly returned to the bosom of
the. standpatters, shows how incomplete. an Tin-
derstanding they had of reform principles. Pres
ident Wilson has more than fufllled his prom
ises; his fidelity to the people's cause has been
tested, 'and it has stood the test. Surely ho de
served the support of those republicans who pro
fess progressiveness, but ho did not receive any
thing like the number which he might have rea
sonably expected. A larger percentage of them
went over "horse, foot, and baggage" to tho re
actionaries. Cannon was returned to congress
from Illinois, and Curtis goes to the senate from
Kansas! With the closing up of the breach in
the republican party, New 'York, Now Hamp
shire, Connecticut, and other eastern states have
returned to tho republican party, and the fight
of 1916 must be made on-fundamentals. It is
evident
The Alcoholic Millstone
. The democrats of the nation have an issue to
face and they may as well prepare for it. The
liquor interests are at bay; they are on the de
fensive. They realize that they have but a few
more years in which to fatten upon the woes
of their victims, but they are fighting desper
ately and are willing to hold any party between
them and the fire. Tho democratic party can
not afford to shield the brewery, the
distillery and the saloon from the
rising wrath of a determined people. Dem
ocracy is the nation's hope on political and
economic questions let it not, by taking sides
with the liquor interests, repel those who put
moral issues first. The young men of the coun
try are democratic by nature, but they will not
submit their claims to political preferment to
those who conspire against the home and every
thing good neither will they find pot house
politicians congenial party associates. The pres
ident has set a, high standard in intelligence and
morals, and the party can not afford to lower tho
colors to gain a temporary advantage. Those
whoBe support depends upon subservience to the
liquor interests disgrace the party while they
are with it, and then leave it if it refuses to obey
them. They are a millstone about the party's
neck. The democratic party is the party of the
future it has a chance to enter the Promised
.Land why allow the liquor interests to lead
" it away into the wilderness? Get ready for the
fight W.J.BRYAN. -
. ' THE CALL ANSWERED
The democratic majority in the United States
senate has been increased six votes by the elec
tion of Phelan, of California, Johnson, of South
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t.that the republicans, whether Pjogress- .
ivo or regular, will not, a3 a rule, support a dem
ocratic president oven when ho is laboring un
der great international burdens. They praise
him and express great satisfaction that ho has
kept tho country out of war but voto for those
who pledged to support tho president? well,
that is another matter.
Now that tho linos of battle aro drawn, it be
hooves democrats to got to work and convert re
publicans. Thoro novor was a bettor time; tho
voters are seeing democracy successfully applied
to great questions, and democrats should bo
ready to point out and explain the difference be
tween tho policies of tho two parties the differ
ence becomes more plain tho longer democratic
policies aro tried. Get to worlr.
JBRYAN.
Dakota, and Husting, of Wisconsin; but their
election has increased the fighting strength of
the democrats In the senate more than the mero
voting strength would indicate. Tho three new
senators from the northwestern and Pacific slope
states are men of wide acquaintance with pub
lic affairs, have been identified for years with
the fight for progressive democratic principles,
and aro known in their respective states as men
who will not compromise with wrong and men
who are fearless in their advocacy of the peo
ple's rights. The west has answered the pres
ident's call for help. It has not only maintained
its democratic representation in the lower house,
but it has made a splendid contribution to tho
democratic side in tho upper branch of congress.
The democratic majority in the senate after
March 4 will be sufficient to enable the adminis
tration to pass its measures through that body
without unnecessary delay, and tho three new
senators representing states formerly represent
ed by republicans will have no small share In the
legislation to be considered by that body during
the next two years.
CONTENTS
NOW FOR 1916
THE ALCOHOLIC MILLSTONE
THE CALL ANSWERED
FALSEHOOD NO LONGER NECESSARY
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
RESULTS OF THE 1914 ELECTIONS
THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN THE
HOUSE
THE ELECTION OF POSTMASTERS EN
DORSED ' ,.
THE MAKING OF A MAN
THE FEDERAL ANTI-TRUST BILL
WORK OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET
CURRENT 'iOPICS
THE 63D THE PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
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; Falsehood No Longer
Necessary
The following news' 'Item which appeared in
the New York Times of November 6th, Is worth
remembering:
"That tho business of this country is about to
enter a new era of prosperity was the belief ex
pressed last night by John F. Norman, general
manager of the Blgelow-IIart-ord Carpet com
pany, at a dinner given in his honor by the sales
department of the newly consolidated company
at the Hotel Astor. His opinion was reflected
in tho optimistic remarks of President R. P.
Perkins and tho other speakers, who advised tho
business men of the country to believe in the
national administration and stop 'calamity howl
ing.' "Evidences of prosperity in the carpet trade,
which was one of the industries hardest hit by
tho new tariff, was taken by every one present
as a sure indication that any other depressions
which may exist in other trades will be effaced,
and that tho business of the country will sopn
bo booming.
' " 'It is true,' said Mr. Norman, 'that a sharp
blow was struck at tho beginning at the indus
tries of the country, but the grit of the business
man of the United States has brought him back
fighting harder than ever. There is no place in
the ranks for the calamity howler. The man
who can not stand a little adversity without Im
mediately denouncing the administration, must
go down. There has never been a place 'in tho
business world for this type of man, and there
never will be.
" 'The spirit which made San Francisco greater
than ever after its earthquake; the spirit that
made Galveston greater after its flood; the spirit
which made Baltimore the greater after Its firs.
Is the spirit which will prevail in this country
and make the United States trade greater .bjm
tho world has ever known. My agents report
normal conditions throughout the country aad
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