The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, January 01, 1917, Page 20, Image 20
W The Commoner 20 VOL. 17, NO. 1 -.rryjfiBinri fc i ' Ttf F"1! "" '" ' 'i ! ' l il . y hand at soliciting for Bubscrlbers to Tno Comvi'yet proboaea. I have i fought the union i OOOZ6 ililGITlGIlt OH tll6 monor- z d,d bottcr than l cPected Sot twelve all my life, and know tfiiat a task he has 08t '! Run .Following are a fow letters from readers who hayo Joined Tho Commoner Army to assist Mr. Bryan in driving tho liquor interests out of tho democratic party and out of tho nation: Potor P. O. Graber, Kans. I am exceedingly glad to know that Mr. Bryan takes position .against tho liquor trafllc. I have learned from experience that tho liquor business is the root of many ovils. . W. R. McKernort, III. I think Mr. Bryan is right When ho advocates that tho democratic party should embody in its platform in 1920 tho prohibition plank. It is tho leading payty, and it is for tho democratic party to advocate those progressive ideas. 0. W. Arnold, Ohio. After thanking you for tho oxcollont paper you furnished us with dur ing the year 1916, will say we are anxious to continuo our subscriptions for the, "big" year to come, namely, tho yoar 1917, when wo will attempt to place Ohio whore it properly belongs, in tho dry column. J. M. Wolfe, Ark. I am sending you here with five subscriptions, including my own, will try to send another list in tho pear future. Will say, I heartily endorse tho plan Mr. Bryan has marked out for the light against the liquor in terests, and sinceroly hope ho will ie spared and givon the health and strength to mako the fight for tho people as ho has always done. Mrs. E. McCaull, la. I approvo of W. J. Bry an's plans, and hope he wilL live to see them succeed. W. Carls Richards, Md. I am in perfect sym pathy with Mr. W. J. Bryan's plan to reorganize the democratic party and to lead in the. fight for national prohibition, and nothing would please mo more than to see Mr. Bryan a candidate for the presidency on this platform in 1920. If such n- groat bloBslng should come, let me assure you that I will do everything in my power to bring about liia nomination and election and the suc cess of tho great cause ho is so nobly advocating As an ovidenco of my good intentions, I have onclosed a check for ?3 and you will kindly send Tho Commoner for one year to the enclosed list of names and addresses. R. T. Kelly, Tenn. I think your- plans in re gard to prohibition are all O. K. Thos. A. Owens, 111. I am in favor of W J Bryan in calling on tho better element of the democratic party to fight the liquor interests in the party and driving- them into the republican party, whore they belong. 1 U B!m ??nes' Mo'I am ladt0 enter upon tho battlefield against tho liquor traffic. i J;3 B; Shelton Mo- Enclosed find bank draft for ?5.25 for which i please send The Com moner for one year beginning With January, 1917, to enclosed list. May I add that it is a real pleasure to ask my friends to subscribe for The Commoner; I feel that when I have placed this paper in the home, that I have added a good and wholesome magazine whoso influence will bo felt for good. R. A. Garrett, W. Va. .Yours of tho 2d to hand, and in answer to same will say you may count on mo. Where he leadeth I will follow. Will send you list of names later that will co operate. J. W. Fowel, Cal. -The Hon. W. Jt is on the right, track. Hope he brings the democratic party to realize it must endorse prohibition. J. L. McCormick, Mont. Your plans for the future can not fail to put new life into the dem ocratic party. Your work ia the campaign just ended was wonderful. Tho west rewarded you richly and will back you loyally in your splendid fight for prohibition and woman suffrage throughout the nation. You will be democracy's candidate four years hence, and America's next president. A; J. Anders, la. I will assist Mr. Bryan in driving the liquor interests out' of the party and out of the nation. J' . Jno. Mlchelet, Wis. I agree with you in all plans stated, and believe you will succeed. I am now past 86 years, I was one of the first support ers of Lincoln and after the rebellion the party did not act to suit me and I became a democrat and, have voted with yiem since, . lovd. M. Jaxiksoiu Mont. J have been trying for ono year, 1917, at the clubbing rate of 60c. I Include my own renewal. I think it is my sacred duty to help and is the duty of every loyal American to help W. J. Bryan to establish so briety in tho place of lnebriacy in the minds and hearts, and cast out devils generally, thereby bettering our conditions morally, physically, spiritually and financially. J. Thos. Hines, Ala. Yours of several weeks ago received In regard to the issues that con front us. I heartily indorse the stand taken about tho questioa of tho saloon and you can at any time depend on me taking this side of the issue you have presented. Henry Fingado, Co. Am sending a list of new subscribers and the names of voters who will bo pleased to help in ushering in national prohibition. Personally I am heartily in favor of suppressing the liquor traffic, and with W. J. Bryan to lead tho fight, it is a foregon conclusion that whisky is doomed. T. E. Higgins, Phillips, Wis. I am in com plete accord with Mr. Bryan in his endeavor to lead the democratic party to espouse the cause of national prohibition within the next four years. I shall do what I can to assist. P. J. Sweeney, Wash. I am in full sympathy with Mr. Bryan's declaration of principles, and am satisfied that the next four years will be a history-making epoch for this nation. I want to take this opportunity of expressing my renewed confidence in Mr. Bryan's ability at all times to do the right thing and ho will be found, Tbeliove, as he has always been found, fighting the battles of the common people. David L. Hall, W. Va. I heartily indorse your plan for the next four years to bring the demo cratic party in for prohibition, and send you a list of names who I think will take an interest in tho matter. Jno. C. Jones, Kans. Certainly you may al ways depend on mo to do what I can to assist in this fight for national prohibition. I have been with Mr. Bryan over' since he started in 189 6V and can back him up mbre heartily in the cause he has Just championed than In any other cause he has undertaken. Here's wishing strength to his arm. Wm. J. Dunn, Ohio. Yes, I approve of Mr. Bryan's new contest against the liquor interests, and shall do everything that is proper to help advance the cause.. I herewith give you a small list of "dry" democrats, who I believe will add zeal to "tho cause. D. A. Rensser, Kans. I am in sympathy with Mr. Bryan's plan for the next four years; put me down for a dry democratic party and national prohibition for 1920. I will give you a few names who I believe will join the movement. H. W. Payne, Mich. In ranlv tn vit iff of about one month ago, which got misplaced taken. uc uas under- A. B. Nicholson, Mich. I am in Tinrt with the plans announced by Mr W i TT and he can count on what influence Im inn to assist in this vicinity for the great IL"! enclose list of democrats and independent voter. also a few subscribers. Voters B. W. SIsson, Mo. I'm with W. J. in his n.u for morality, sobriety, and honest gove nment Always have been with him in the pa!?, "!" ing to change my attitude yet. oth" A. P. Rose, Ind.-"Rah" for Bryan JTp the right track. If we had squeezed the boo,! out of the democratic ticket at the convention last fall we would have swept Indiana for WiiZ and the state ticket too. l80n TTyn AveI Kyr-1 ha7G been a subscriber to The Commoner for the last ten years I 1 very glad to see Mr. Bryan fighting the liminr traffic; it is the greatest evil of the V!enX and will be hard to down but public in this vicinity is growing more and mora against it, but it seems that Kentucky will be one of the last to enter the dry column. PEACE COMMISSION ADVOCATED From the St. Louis Republic, Dec. 10. William Jennings Bryan advocates that Prot estant, Catholic and Jewish churches of America appoint a commission to urge peace among the warring nations. Former Congressman Bartholdt recommends that Bryan be sent as emissary of churches of America to Europe in interests of peace. The liquor trafllc, war, social immorality, the six-day work weekend and the anti-Japanese propaganda in America all received body blows yesterday at the busiest session the Federal Cotincil of Churches of Christ in America has held yet, in Second Baptist church. William Jennings Bryan, apostle of peace and newly proclaimed champion prohibition, fur nished the thrijl of the long .sessions in a talk in the morning, at which he suggested that the council, working with the churches of the Cath olic and Jewish faiths, appoint a representative commission to visit Europe and work in the in terests of peace in the war-harried nations of that continent. Richard Bartholdt, former congressman from Missouri, and peace advocate of international note, unwittingly was cogitating on the same thing at the time the "peerless leader" was ut tering his views before the representatives of the Er-otestant. faith in America. Dr. Bartholdt appeared at the afternoon ses sion without knowing Bryan had "beat him to it." "When I heard that Mr. "Rrvnn vjna in tnwn and would say that I am verv mn tow, JilZkt. also neard tfaat the council was considering the stand that Mr. Bryan has taken atrainat ViS ' -Dace measures," Bartholdt explained, privately, liquor traffic. It has been mv vi n ,, x asked for an apointment before the body, l do away with tho liquor business and it would help all other business. You may depend on me t, aw x can tor tne cause and Mr. Bryan's plan and leadership QY;?VBll0ikl?an,' K You may put my name sA one that is trying to help Mr. Bryan to put flie whiskey traffic out of tho United States. flnS,nfTd,Thompson N J- Very glad to fUt Planf Mr' Bryan's attItde in re 5 , ? ,, e comine campaign. I do without doubt believe that he could not make a stronger country U t0 flght the liqUOr totereata ta 5S W. F. Stevenson, S. C.I desire to say that I approve very hearHlv nf m i ,1 !ixnJr fJi: "! ""uot tatr-srsE connected the conceptions of Mr. Bryan and a peace movement." Bartholdt spoke briefly, only urging that Bryan's recommendations be acted upon favorably, if n I.. , party WIth wnich to do : f fc 8,top BhiPPin& erain to Europe, stop converting it into deatnwH u . "i ' ' -- W..T. Loncshore. Mn t n i 1, I SSS - - onfemeX for a saloonless nation; more wi 1 follow if it an inspiration to know we have a leader who KLn0tTb gUlded by a desire break office. I never felt so good in my life- Zl whipped them without the aid of Tammany TaT gart or Sullivan; again we sethe hanToT W j" Tr S,8, Supposed t0 be a dead om ' J. F. Stlllwell. Ohio-Hls plan is the biggesi "AN UNFRIENDLY ACT" Cesare in the New York Evening Post-