THE VALENTINE DEMOCRRT
i. M. RICE ; Editor and Propr.
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THURSDAY , APRIL 27 , 1905.
The Primary Pledge.
Organize Now.
From The Commoner , Lincoln , Nebr. , March 17 , 1905.
The Pledge Outlined.
"Mr. Br.yan has been in receipt
of a multitude of letters since the
election urging organization for
the campaign of 1908. The rank
and file of the party are ready to
begin the fight ; they only await a
plan of co-operation. This plan
has been under consideration for
some weeks and is herewith sub
mitted.
"Let each democrat pledge him
self to attend all of the primaries
of his party to be held between
now and the next democratic na
tional convention , unless unavoid
ably prevented and to use his in
fluence to secure a clear , honest
and straightforward declaration of
the party's position on every ques
tion upon which the voters of the
party desire to speak.
"This plan does not involve the
writing of a platform in advance
of the primaries ; it does not rest
upon the paramount importance of
any one issue. It recognizes the
right of the democratic voters to
control the policy of the democratic
party , and to determine its posi
tion upon public questions. It al
so recognizes the importance of
honesty and sincerity in politics.
"This proposition will appeal to
all who are willing that the major
ity shall govern in party manage
ment and in the nation. It does
not mean that those who exert
themselves to secure a good plat
form will be bound to support a
bad platform that is a question
which each must determine for him
self but it does mean that the
democratic platform shall give
voice to the prevailing sentiment
of the democratic party , and that ,
the party shall take the country
into its confidence. The pledge
proposed is a primary pledge
because the people speak at the
primaries. The national conven
tion is attended by delegates and
THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
I promise to attend all the primaries of my party held be
tween LOW and the next democratic national convention , unless
unavoidably prevented , and to use my influence to secure a clear ,
honest and straightforward declaration of the party's position on
every question upon which the voters of the party desire to speak.
Signed
Postoffice State ,
County Voting Precinct
Fill out blanks and mail to Commoner Office , Lincoln , Nebr.
Another Reign of Nepotism.
The events are certainly of too
recent occurrence for the people
of Nebraska to have forgotten that
while Judges Norvel and Harrison
were on the supreme bench of the
state and Messrs. Irvine , Ryan
and Ragan were supreme court
commissioners nepotism stalked
rampant through the corridors of
the state house and kept the com
pany of the men on the bench.
The wives or some of the other
each delegate represents tens o f
thousands of democrats. The state
convention is also attended by
delegates and these represent
thousands of democrats. The coun
ty conventions are , as a rule , at
tended by delegates , and these in
turn represent huvdreds of demo
crats. At the primary the voters
speak for themselves ; there de
mocracy has a citadel.
"When the work of organization
is sufficiently advanced , a time can
be set for the meeting of the mem
bers of this organization , while
pledged to but one thing namely ,
attendance upon the primaries
are urged to co-operate among
themselves for the support of ev
ery effort put forth to eliminate
corruption in politics. No cause
can prosper permanent that does
not appeal to the moral sense of
the country , and the moral sense
of the country is now being awak
ened to the importance of purifiy-
ing politics.
"The Commoner will also fur
nish all the information that it can
upon the questions which are be
fore the public to the end that its
readers may be prepared to render
the maximum of assistance to ev
ery worthy cause.
"Who will be the first to make
this pledge ? A record will be
kept in The Commoner office of
the name and address of each por-
son who enters into this movement.
Those who desire to be enrolled
can either write approving the ob
ject of the organization , and ask
ing to have their names entered on
the roll or they can fill out and
mail the blank which is printed be
low.
"The Commoner will be pleased
to publish a limited number of
brief letters on this subject. Mr.
Bryan is encouraged by his cor
respondence to believe that there
will be prompt and hearty response
to the above proposition. "
relatives of each were carried on
the payroll of the state as clerks
stenographers and drew thousands
of dollars for services which in '
many cases was never performed. .
The matter was brought to the at- ,
tention of the legislature several' '
sessions ago and the revelations at
that time stirred the public to a
high degree of indignation.
With a recklessness born of ma
jorities at the polls , the republi
cans seem to have forgotten the
scandal of old and the practice of
nepotism has undergone a renais
sance. E. R. Duffle , who , by the
way was a former commissioner
appointed as a democrat , and , who
too , the editor hereof once voted
for in a democratic convention as a
candidate for supreme judge and
is heartily ashamed of it now , has
been appointed commissioner a-
gain , this time as a republican ,
while his wife gets a job as steno
grapher. Judge Barnes' son is
slated for another of the steno
graphers , and female relatives of
several of the others will draw
state salaries. Gov. Mickey has a
son in the governor's office and all
through the state house this dis
gusting and indefensible practice
goes on.
The whole affair indicates a sad
lack of morals. It may be that in
the future the voters shall have to
understand that when a vote is cast
for a public official it gives the
whole family free license to graft
on the state treasury. Fremont
Herald.
The Boston Herald in comment-
. ing on speeches by Judge Parker
j in New York and by W. J. Bryan
in Chicago , the occasion being Jef
ferson's birthday , has the follow
ing to say in part :
"Judge Parker has no new pol
icies to offer , no patent process of
restoring the democratic party to
control of the country. He thinks
the party has lost its control by
forsaking the fundamental princi
ples on which it was founded. He
has little faith in schemes of re
organization. When the people
are won to faith in genuine demo
cratic ideas they will attend to the
matter of organization by a spon
taneous impulse. In organization
that begins at the top and works
downward he has no confidence.
The effective organization begins
at the bottom and rises from the
local to the national. Hence suc
cess can be hoped for only from
the inculcation of true democratic
ideas among the voters. When
they are regenerated in heart and
sentiment they will know how to
accomplish the ends they desire.
He did not say , but he might have
said , this is precisely the way in
which Mr. Bryan operated , and
that he came much nearer accom
plishing a party success than the
men who nominated and supported
Judge Parker did. Mr. Bryan's
campaigns had a popular impulse
that the last democratic campaign
certainly lacked.
"Mr. Bryan's Chicago speech
was a more eloquent and suggest
ive address than Judge Parker's.
His analysis of Jefferson's char
acter and ideas was excellent and
forceful. The art with which he
applied Jeffersonian principles to
present facts and current issues was
j masterly , especially his confutation
of the arguments of those who at-
1 tempt to cite Jefferson as an up
holder of the right of monopolie :
to oppress the people. There is a
directness , a vigor , a specific per
tinence and a sympathetic quality
in Mr. Bryan's speech that are nol
so conspicuous in Judge Parker's ,
although we rate Judge Parker'
address , as a whole , among the
best that he has made to the public.
"Reading these two utterances
of two leaders of the same party ,
uttered in the calm of a post-elec
tion season and calling to mind the
conditions developed in the party
in power since last November , one
can hardly escape the conviction
that in the near future a new align
ment of political forces is possible.
Both the republican and the demo
cratic parties are charged with in
ternal repellant forces , which show
little disposition to harmonize , and
are liable on any sufficient pretext
to explode and compel new com
binations. Both parties contain a
large contingent , whose convictions
are more in accord with those of
one of the factions in the other
party than with the other faction
in their own party. In other
words , there are powerful elements
in each that tend to their disrup
tion. At present the power of the
machine , rather than any commun
ity of opinions , holds the republi
can party together. The members
of the democratic party enjoy more
freedom. At any moment a crisis
may come that will burst all con
straining bands , and in liberty of
conscience men who think alike
will find a way to act together. "
"A Yankton editor wrote a
strong article on patronizing home
industries and one of the store
keepers in thanking him for his
sentiment wrote on a letter head
printed in Sioux City.-5 The mer
chant is like some we have known
We have just received a full line of the celebrated
JOHN DEERB
Farm Implements ,
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consisting of
Plows , both riding and walking
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Listers
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Cultivators
Harrows , Disks , etc , etc
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We have three different
makes of riding Cultivators
and also carry in stock Lister
Carriages suitable for convert
ing any steel beam , walking
lister or plow into a riding lis
ter or a riding plow.
Experience has proven that
the JOHN DEERE goods are
the best in the market , and by
buying two car loads we are
enabled to make you very close
prices , Our friends are invited
to call and inspect the goods.
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personally. They think it is the'
duty of the editor to labor for their
interests while they do not feel
under obligations to reciprocate
the favor. Such selfishness is un
worthy even the smallest favor.
Ainsworth Star-Journal.
Within forty-eight hours after
the election of Wrn. Warner to
the United States senate from Mis
souri he received annual passes
over six lines of railroad. He was
the same Wm. Warner who was a
private citizen only a short time
before and the question arises as
to what he had done that gave him
right to assume that he was then
entitled to the courtesies in ques
tion. Does anybody suppose for
a moment it was not because he
was in a position where he could
be of a greater service to the rail
roads. Fremont Tribune.
An Opportunity
We want a man
in this locality to sell
the WHEELER &
WILSON Sewing
Machine.
We can offer ex
ceptional induce
ments to someone
who commands a
horse and wagon and
can devote his time
to advancing the
sales of our product.
Energetic men
find our proposition
a money-maker , ca
pable of development
into a permanent
and profitable
business.
WRITE AT ONCE
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72 and 74 Wabash Ave.
CHICAGO
FOR SALE Early Ohio Seed
Potatoes delivered at Valentine ,
Arabia , Woodlake or Simeon at
30c a bushel. JOHN OIIMESIIER.
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The Donoher
will be 35c after April 29,1905 ,
Except Regular Board.
Meal Ticket Limit 10 Days. R. L. HALL , Propr. f ,
GRANT BOYER ,
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