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rf$j'l The -Commoner Hi V0L. 17, No. 3. to- I m ;& - , . ,. .. Keep Up tte- War on Liquor Interests SISBFS35 tut J A JT gressional district in Virelnin thot ' con i j.t. Gbmmoner readers are onllsting for the war against the liquor -interests. Below are extracts from a few of the lottors from those who in dorse Mr. Bryan's plans to help rid the country of the booze business the greatest enemy of the morafj social and economic progress of the na tion Will you not join in the movoment? The lottors follow: H. H. Barnes, Tex. I am sending a few names whom I want to read The Commoner. One 'must read Mr. Bryan's paper to know what Mr.' 'Bryan 'is doing for the people and, good goVerrimont. His. stand on the liquor traffic is having wonderful effect for good. E. M. Richmond, Mo. I desire to say that it was a source of great satisfaction to me when 1 road in the papers Mr. Bryan's declaration of intention for the next four years. I have been personally in the fight against liquor for' 15 yoarB. Think his plan to reorganize the demo cratic party and take it from the control of the liquor interests is a good one. I am ready to do what I can to help in this work. M. J. Ledbetter, Miss -7- "JV. J. Bryan may count on my influence and help, however little, that may be, in any and all of his great' and noblo works. E. J. King, Pa. Your plan Js good enough for me I will never forsake your calh I am with the democrats of the south and west. On the very day your letter reached mej at a meot ing of the democrats of my ward, I offered a resolution that we pledge ourselves to nominate only dependable democrats as delegates to all conventions, beginning with the year" 1917. Wd polled 3,000 votes for President Wilson; there is only one ward in Philadelphia that' polled more votes than we did. 3,, IP. Buchheit, Fa. I am in receipt, of your letter in regards to the (.campaign in which Mr. Bryan hopes to wipe oiit the liquor-traffic. You may assure him that, I am wih him heart . and soul as I have been for 20 years in every fight ho has put up in the interest of the people. Charles Bussey, W. Va. In regard to Mr. Bryan's plan to rid the country of saloons," I would be only too glad to sqo this accomplished - Samuel H. Laird, Ida. We, the good people of Idaho, voted our state dry by amending the constitution. Mr. Bryan will get good hearty support from Idaho in favor of national prolii-4 bltion. I am personally willing to do all I can to help lay the foundation for the emancipation of whiskey slaves, not only for their own sake,' and their families, but for the- betterment of' civilization by doing away with the unthink ing 'and depraved voters. John P. Erickson, Ind. I am not a politician, but will help for the cause of temperance. Will give you some names of democrats' that'l "am. sure will be in favor of temperance, ' ' ' Thos. B. Cashman, Minn. I will be glad to! do anything within my power to drive rum out' of this country.' As you state, the democrats are the logical people to bring this about. W. A. Greenwald, Neb. I am heartily jn fa vor of W, J's plan 'and believe the time is ripe to change the tide from the whisky crowd that has been dominating politics in this and other states. . ' yv. H. Dodge, Mich. I am heartily in favor of the ideas advanced by you with reference to the work that should engage the democratic party, for vthe campaign of 1920. I am sending you. a list of names as you suggested and will trynand get others in the near future, j$ A. Poster, Ind I am sending you a few names to be added to the dub af 32 I sent some time ago. I have been a subscriber to The Com moner ever since the first number was issued and have sent in a small club every year. I am now in) my 80th year and hope I may be able to -send -in other clubs in the future. L. M.'Periwold, Kans.' Replying to your let ter" concerning the policy of The Commoner and the undertaking of Wm. J. Bryan, will say I compliinfe'nl Mr. Bryan on the stand he has taken anM agree with him fully. The only way tdet rid of the saloons is no saloons. And I know of no better way than to do it through the democratic party. I hare not the time to campaign last year dated from the day Mr. devote to getting a list, but I herewith enclose my check 'for $3.00 covering subscriptions of five of my friends for The Commoner including myself. James W. Bowman, W, Va. I herewith send you a list o subscribers to The Commoner. 1 have been a continual subscriber to your paper from its first publication and have all these' years been much interested in, its circulation. T. W. Huston, Mo. I enclose a list of names of 15 subscribers for The Commoner as per or der. I hope I may be able to secure additional names from time to time, Vance Hickin, Ohio. I qan only say that I shall continue to do as- best I can, but with greater zeal than ever before when Mr. bryan has taken this open stand as our leader. C. J. McKittrick, Iowa. I wish to say that ' I am with Hop. W. J. Bryan in all of his work for a cleaner, stronger democratic party, also for his wonderful work in behalf of the labor ing people. D. A. Lewis, 111. It is. my opinion that the time never was more opportune than it is now for the democratic party to champion the cause of prohibition and woman suffrage. A. W. Gordon, Ind. Mr. W. J. Bryan's plans , meet with my hearty approval and he can count on my three Gordon votes and our influence as far as it may go. When I havte ,more time I will see what I can, do in picking up a few sub scribers, also a -few names that I think it would be well to write. ' F. G. McCutcheon, Kans These (enclosing, list) are only a few cf the good, unterrified dem- "t ocrats in Brown county, Kanpnq'. who heartily endorse your good paper, and Wm. J. Brya' John s. Mohler, OJiio. r-I am in complete and absolute sympathy with W. J. Bryan's plan, and will, be. glad to, aqsjst dn. any way to mak;e, i'f a success. I have always approved of the metti-''.' ods advocated by him, in f act,, lie has never said anything or done anything but what has had my hearty support and approval.. A. P., Bleish, Mo. We believe you are right Keep up with the fight. , Wm. H. Gentry, Ind. I heartily endorse the plan announced by Mr. Bryan, I believe that the party that has woman suffrage and prohibi tion in its platform four years from now will be the successful party. If it is coming I would much rather have it under a democratic admin istration than under a republican. John Womblo, Mont. I am sure glad to see you take the stand you have. I am sure we can win in 1920. " W. T.' Wilson, Tex. -I heartily endorse Mr; ' Bryan's plaiis. l 'j. H. Crutcher, Kans. I am in hearty ac cord with the plans set forth in your letter, and am sending names and my subscription for same. . ' L. G. Geneways, Neb. I want to say that W. J. Bryan can count on me to help him in- any way that I can to make this nation dry, and I. have three sons that may be counted on to help. G. W. Nulton, Ohio. In answer to your com munication to make the nation dry In the next four years I am in hearty accord and will assist to the best of my abilities. A. D .Thompson, Ky. I approve to the full est extent the plan of campaign against the sa-' loon outlined by Wm. J. Bryan, and wish him abundant success in this and everything he undertakes that is right (and I have little fear if any, that he will ever undertake anything that is wrong). . b Chas. L. Vaughan, Va., Yours of recent date making a special subscription offer to hand I have done a little work among my friends and the friends of Mr. Bryan, and am herewith en closing you a list of 20 names, all of them new subscribers with only two or three exceptions: I find that Mr. Bryan is still held in favor by all the forward looking democrats, and especi ally those who have followed his movements -closely for the past twenty-five years The names I am sending you are representative, and' publican representative to Washington u' need The Commoner's 'influence among our peo. S. B. Pulliam, .Ky. Congratulations to Mr Bryan, for all the credit for the last piSm is of a right his. More strength to his arm g0S grant that he be given the power to continue the fight to divorce the democratic party from the whisky forces and make of our party tT great moral force it should be. Albert Guhl, la. I am more than pleised with the stand Mr. Bryan has taken on the li quor issue and the sentiment of a good ma" jority here is the same. - Eight years aK0 1 started the fight against the open saloon in Vincent and Webster counties, two years follow ing they were all closed except Ft. Dodge. J. H. Luglan, la. I want to say that I am going to work for prohibition in 1920 and l have been for W. J. Bryan in every political is sue since 1896. J. A. Scruggs, Va. Mr. Bryan has been tho leader in many reforms but he has never cham pioned a cause more worthy or an enemy more deserving of attack than the liquor interest. That he will meet with strong opposition within' his own party I have no doubt. The open sa loon is strongly entrenched both politically and financially, and are prepared to fight every inch of ground for the continued privilege of de bauching American manhood. In my humble opinion I believe we will see in the next four years the greatest battle ever waged in the political arena. Mr. Bryan can look back across the years and find a great deal of satisfaction in .seeing many progressive measures which he has advocated crystalized into law, but his greatest triumph is yet to come. To be the leader in the cause to make the nation dry will be the crowning achievement of , his illustrious career. W. H. Rhodes, Neb. I desire to assist Mr. Bryan in his fight to have the dry forces secure control of the democratic party. I know of no better plan than to put The Commoner into tho hands of the democrats of the state. Dr. Geo, Ellis, Ala. Allow me to congratu late you for your bold championship of nation wide prohibition through the democratic party. I believe you will win just as you have won in so many great reform movements. J. M. Mounger, Tex. Enclosed please find money order to the amount of $4.20 for the dear old Commoner, which I have been reading since, the first copy of volume 1. I have taken many subscriptions for this valuable paper as your files of back date will show. Never made a penny of money off it yet. I have lots of good friends over the country that I have sent subscriptions for in the place of making a profit Th .'money I am satisfied in taking the subscrip tions pnly for the purpose of building up dry democracy. I will send you the list of six new subscribers, and I want my own subscription extended for another 12 months. Hero's for th$ liest wishes for national prohibition and woman's suffrage, with a great hope and wish that W. J.. Bryan will have to be very much considered in the .next democratic national con vention. Guy Johnson, Utah. Having always been an enthusiastic supporter of Mr. W. J. Bryan, I certainly heartily approve of the big work he is now undertaking The success of our UtKh Bryan spoke at Ogden. It grew by leaps and bounds every day afterwards, and his prohibi tion talk was a feature of the campaign. T. J. Harvey, 111. As to my views on Mr. V. J. Bryan's temperance plan, I think he is doiug a great thing for the- American people. I also hope he will get his plank in the next demo cratic platform in 1920. The democrats in Shilo township favor Mr. Bryan's temperance move. I have talked to most of them and I haven t heard one against it. H. A. Hornlein, Calif. Having been a sub scriber for The Commoner 'from the first issue, I find great satisfaction in seeing it grow both in strength and usefulness. The last presiden tial election shows very conclusively, to tiw minds' without prejudice, that the Hon. aa. J. Bryan saved again the democratic party. lI '".IS 1 V JJJMJHtelMtelri'n'iii'"'' '" " j4 ai'&J
