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The Commoner
JANUARY, 1917
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Generous Letters from Friends
Richmond, Va Not. 11. I am
writing to congratulate you on. your
nart in tiio victory. Tho papers in.
the east seem not to have said much
about your part in the campaign, but
I understand that you were very ac
tive in the western states, to which
Mr. Wilson owes his election. I fol
low you through Tho Commoner, and
have a continuing and growing sense
of admiration for the unselfish pub
lic service which your course exem
plifies, especially since your retire
ment from the cabinet. The example
of your life strengthens my arm as I
fight against the selfish interests in
my own state. Hon. Jno. Garland
Pollard, Attorney General.
Minot, N. D., Nov. 11. I-write to
congratulate you on the splendid vote
polled for President Wilson in the
north half of our state. Minot and
Ward county alone gave him 1070
votes out of some 1400 total, by
which the state was carried. We feel
that your tour through the north half
of the state turned the tide and as
sured us of victory. It is the first
time that North Dakota has been car
ried by a majority on behalf of a
democratic candidate for President.
Halvor C. Halvorson.
Hillsboro, N. D., Nov. 11. I con
gratulate you on the great victory
of the democrats without the aid of
Tammany. I am pleased that the
great agricultural section of the south
and west controlled the election. It
shows the people of these sections
want peace. I congratulate you on
the prohibition victory in Nebraska,
You are the one man whom judg
ment always vindicates. I notice the
largo vote the President got wherever
you spoke. John Carmody.
Garner Iowa, Nov. 11. I want to
bo counted among the hosts"who are
congratulating you and giving you a
very large credit for the glorious re
sult. I take off my hat to you, Mr.
Bryan, and recognize that you have
done yoeman service, and the victory
belongs more to your efforts than
any other one man save possibly the
President himself. We are progress
ing toward national prohibition and I
have enlisted for it and want to see
tho democratic party espouse this
great cause. Harvey A. Sweigard.
Washington, D. C.,"Nov. 10. Al
low me to offer you my sincere con
gratulations for the great part you
took hi re-electing President Wilson.
I have followed your movements
through the late campaign, and. in
my opinion, your great personality
and influence h&ve been the cause of
the west's remarkable rally to ijhe
support of the great humanitarian
principles of the democratic party.
Thomas S. Kennedy.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 11. Accept
my congratulations upon the great
victory that you have won over your
foes and the foes of the people. I
hung my flag out to the breeze yes
terday in honor o your great vic
tory. May God bless your soul.
Gliomas McCarty.
oi pa., Nov. 9. Congratula
tions and best wishes. The whole
numai. race owes you a great debt
and with the deepest sense Of pro
found gratitude I beg to thank you
tor the last election results. Wall
street and Tammany, may not take
jnemselves so seriously hereafter as
jo try to run-the country in the in
, vf. .of stock eamblers and crooked
PoHic'ans. Wm. Russell Smith.
Wakefield, Neb., Nov, 10. I want
o congratulate you on what you have
ione for the temperance cause in this
tw.?nd in others- May I not say
mat it was through your efforts Wat
Mr. Wilson was again elected. I
notice with a great deal of pleasure
that the states you campaigned went
for him. The west saved tho day. I
am telling my friends that wo are
going to have Bryan on a dry plat
form for democratic candidate for
1920. I am truly glad that tho west
went for Wilson, largely through
your efforts. May you have many
years of usefulness. Thos Ilawlings.
Fort Collins, Colo., Nov. 11. I
want to congratulate you on your
great work in the campaign and to
hear that you are for national prohi
bition. Hope you will live to put it
into the next democratic national
platform. J. B. Warner.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11. Allow
me, in this hour of rejolcinc (which
I trust will not bo turned into sor
row) to congratulate you as tho
greatest democratic agitator the
world has ever known. Richard H.
Calkins.
Sherman, Tex., Nov. 11. I wish
to congratulate you especially on the
election, as to you belongs the glory
of our having Woodrow Wilson for
president. His relection without the
vote of New York is most gratifying.
I now hope to see you nominated
and elected president in 1920. We
can do it. I love you because you
love the people. J, D. Bllwood.
Washington, 111., Nov. 10. It is
my wish to congratulate you upon
past twenty ytears, being consum
mated Jn the late election. No more
bossism in the democratic party.
Think of it; Sullivan, Taggart and
Murphy shelved, its a grand victory,
the west has received its own. A. E.
Merchant."
Philadelphia. Pa.. Nov. 10; Per-
mit me to congratulate you upon the
good work which you accomplished.
I feel that the fine returns that have
come from the middle west and west
are the result of your advocacy of the
cause. J. Washington Logno.
Bluffton, Ind., Nov. 10, 1916.
Feeling that the great victory which
has just been won by-the democratic
party for the peace and prosperity of
our country has, in a large measure,
been due to your untiring efforts in
in the west, I desire to return to you
my sincere thanks and congratula
tions. May your futuro be crowned
with as great victories as has the
past. Mrs. M. W. Walbert.
Los Angeles, Cal Nov. 8. Accept
my congratulations for- your most
noble, patriotic efforts for the cause
of humanity and democracy, and may
the whole of the American people
feel justly proud of our greatest and
grandest victory in the interest of all
the people. All hail to Nebraska for
heY. greatest of great achievements.
All California democrats are singing
praises to Wilson and Bryan. J. M.
"Langston.
Honesdale, Pa., Nov. li. l wisn
to congratulate you upon the splendid
Bhowing made by the states west of
the Mississippi where your influence
is the greatest. The slogan "Wilson
kept us out of war," was worth much
more to him than his Americanism
and his preparedness attitude. The
lovers of peace and the true progres
sives remained with the democratic
party, while others, like Roosevelt,
who was annarently washed, returned
rto wallowing in the mire. We have
four more years Of peace ana piency
under Wilson, for which we all are in
no small measure indebted to you. I
sincerely congratulate you upon the
results of your labors for true dem
ocracy. R. M. Stocker.
New York, Nov." 11. I wish.to ex-
tend to 70U my heartiest congratula
tions upon tho splendid victory nnd
tho wonderful help rendered by you.
During tho campaign wo received
numberless communications from tho
territory which you covered of tho
splendid results of your work. I know
that in tho victory gained you feel
fully compensated and I rejolco with
you in that wo will have four more
years of demorcatlc rule. John F.
Costello, Vice-chairman, Speakers'
Bureau, Democratic National Com
mittee. Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 13. -I
want to congratulate you upon our
great victory. WNo have at last broken
tho bonds of tho bosses of both par
ties, and tho people that you always
nau such confidence in are in tho sad
dle. The returns show all tho Bryan
states for Wilson and progressive
policies, and all tho anti-Bryan and
reactionary states for Hughes a
splendid endorsement for you. This
victory is due to your untiring efforts
and unselfish support more than to
any other man in America. David
Gorman, Chairman, Democratic
County Central Committee.
Hayneville, Ala., Nov. 11. I feel
sure that you are now being deluged
with letters and telegrams congratu
lating you on the signal victory that
you wero largely instrumental in
winning for the democratic party, but
notwithstanding this fact, I shall not
forego the pleasure of adding my
word to that of others, the debt that
democracy already owed to you has
been largely increased during tho
last national campaign. It was due
to tho years of patient labor that you
have expended in tho west that made
our victory possible, and I think that
you aro entitled to the credit of a
large part of the succcbs that crowned
tho democratic candidates in the
election. L6wis A. Easterly.
Schenectady, N. Y Nov. 13. I
fell into tho habit of writing you
post election letters in '96. Three of
them were letters of condolence.
This is a letter of sincere congratu
lation. I doubt if you have ever had
a finer personal tribute than the vote
in the states in which you spent most
of your time. With the result so
close it makes your own part in se
curing it so plain ihat even
the World (New York) grudg
ingly gives you credit. But it goes
back farther than 1916. You have
been tho John the Baptist of this new
dispensation, and your message has
finally found lodgment in the hearts
and minds of your countrymen. It
has been a privilege all these years
to follow your leadership. There is
a young democrat in my family who
bears your name who promises to
take up the work when I lay it down.
There are compensations In life. Be
ing elected President wouflU never
have added to the esteenand real
affection in which you aro held by
thousands of men who work and pray
for real democracy in America. That,
it seems to me, is a greater heritage
to leave your children than to have
endured the bitterness of four years
in the White house. J. G. Chamber
layne. Jackson, Mich., Nor. 10. I have
been waiting to write you to thank
you for your services rendered us
during our campaign until I could re
port the exact results. Tho closeness
of the presidential campaign has
overshadowed everything so that we
have not been able to get our county
returns accurately. However, the
nearest that we can figure at the pres
ent time is that Jackson county,
which went against couaty prohibi
tion last spring by 473, went for state
wide prohibition by a majority of
2945, the city of Jackson carrying for
prohibition by about 1337. I feel
that wopwo you a great deal for your
nsslstarfco? In" obtaining thin magnl?
ileent result and I deslro most heart
ily to express tho appreciation of our
committco and of tho writer person
ally for your kindness In tho matter
and especially for your services
without charge, Watson R. Smith,
Chairman, Jackson County Dry Fed
eration. Chicago, 111., Nov. 11. I was ex
ceedingly pleased because of tho ex
cellent showing made by tho demo
crats of Nebraska and wo appreciate
tho fact that it was by reason of your
Influonco and personality that Ne
braska went for Wilson. To you and
you alone must bo given tho credit
for tho victory. A "leader" is ono
thing, a "boss" is another thing, and
1 think tho party has had enough of
"Bobs Murphy." Frank C. Smith.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 10. It
must bo a source of great gratifica
tion to you to realize Unit tho seed
sown twenty years ago Is today bear
ing fruit. Well do I recollect your
first campaign for president and your
address to tho voters of San Ditfgo
and Los Angeles counties, also your
statement to tho writer that you
hoped tho day would como whon tho
President of the United States could
bo elected without the vote of Now
York state. It is somothlng for dem
ocracy to bo proud k that they elect
ed tho President not only without
New York, but without Illinois and
Indiana. It scorns to bo tho gener
ally accepted idea that a President
Wilson garnered in more votes from
that clasB of people who beliove ho
kept us out of war than from those
interested in any other policy for
which ho stood and tho final result
must indeed by highly satisfactory
to you sinco you aro tho acknowl
edged father of tho peace propaganda
in America. J. Harvey McCarthy.
Blueflold, W. Va Nov. 12. As a
common layman I want to thank you
for tho wonderful things you have
done for tho A.mcrican people, and
the, divine example you have set for
111' world. You in your wisdom
made it possible to have Mr. Wilson
for four years, and if it had not been
for your wonderful campaigning
through tho west and middle west
this year Mr. Wilson would never
havo been elected. God bless you
and yours. L. C. Field.
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