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VOLUME XXIII VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY ; SEPTEMBER \ 0 , 1908. NUMBER 35
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OUR LINCOLN LETTER.
Lincoln , Neb. , Sept. 7. ( Spec
ial Correspondence ) The demo
cratic campaign text-book is View
ready for delivery , and ma.v be
had by sending 25 cents to 'the
Text-Book Committee , care demo
cratic national headquarters , Audi
torium Annex , Chicago. And it
is well worth sending for. John
E. Lamb of Indiana , Josephus
Daniel of North Carolina and
Richard L. Metcalfe , editor-in-
chief of the Commoner , were the
members of the Text-Book Com
mittee , but Mr. Limb and Mr.
Daniels cheerfully admit that Mr.
Metcalfe performed the bulk of
work. . The national committee is
a unit in declaring it the best text
book ever issued by the party. It
is crammed full of interesting
facts ahd figures , presented as
only a first-class newspaper man
can present them in printed page
form
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Last Friday night Mr. Bryan
was shocked to learn of the sud
den death of Alexander Troup , edi
tor of the New Haven ( Conn. )
Union. For the past twelve years
Mr. Troup has been one of Bry
an's closest friends and most trust-
el advisors. . . The friendship be
tween these two men has often
baen remarked , for they were
men of almost identical ideas. Mr.
Bryan was overcome when the
news reached him and was unable
at the time to give expression to
his high regard for the dead etfi-
tor , Mr. Troup has been high in
the councils of the party in the
east , and the New Haven Union
was admittedly one of the strong
est of the democratic dailies on the
Atlantic coast.
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Herman Ridder , editor of the
Now York Staats , called at Fairview -
view last week and brought glow
ing reports of the political situa
tion. According to Mr. Ridder
New York is already in the demo
cratic column , the republicans
losing ground every day.
' 'Democrats were never so unit-
eJ' as they are now , " said Mr.
Ridder , "and every day sees an
increase in enthusiasm and deter
mination to give New York's elec
toral vote to Bryan and Kern.
The leaders are engaged in a good-
natured contest to see which can
do most for the party success. "
Mr. Ridder was on his way home
from a brief visit to the Pacific
coast , and he said the situation in
that .section was most encouraging.
"It looks like victory , and it
k ks better every day , " said Mr.
Ridder.
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Last Thursday Gov. Crawford
of South Dakota spoke at the state
fair grounds in Lincoln , making a
radical republican speech. It was
the big day of the fair , 35,000
pe > ple passing through the gates.
Gov. Crawford spoke to about
3,000 people. On Friday , the last
day of the fair Mr. Bryan spoke.
The attendance on Friday was less
than 12,000 owing to the closing of
the fair and * the tearing down tof
the exhibits. Mr. Bryan's speech
was non-partisan , and he spoke to
6,000 people all who could get
within seeing and hearing distance
of the stand in the big auditorium.
This is mentioned'merely as a
"straw. "
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Speaking of "straws , " have you
noticed in any of the big republi
can dailies any reports of "straw
votes" on railroad "trains ? Four ,
and eight years ago these papers
were forever giving the results of
"straw votes , " but they were all
favorable to the g. o. p. then , The
absence of these votes this year is
noticeable and it is a safe bet
that if they were not unfavorable
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Carnival Dates : -
Sept. 22 , 23 24 , 25.
to the g. o. p. the administration
organs would be full of them.
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A Nebraska banker called at the
Commoner office last week , and it
so happened that several of the
eastern correspondents were pres
ent.
"Can you give me , off hand , the
names of any men who have here
tofore been voting the republican
ticket , but who are now support
ing Bryan ? " asked one of the cor
respondents.
"Yes , sir , I can , " was the bank
er's reply. "Four years ago of the
seven bankers in my town I was
the only one who supported the
democratic ticket. This year five
out of the seven'are suppporting
Bryan , " and the banker gave their
names. "There are five ministers
in my city , " giving their names ,
"and all five of them have always
voted the republican ticket. Not
one of them ever supported a
democrat for president until this
year. Now four of the five are
supporting Bryan , openly and en
thusiastically. " And the banker
gave the names of the four. Then
be proceeded , off hand , to name a
dozen or more republicans who are
today supporting Bryan. The
correspondent was convinced.
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Forty editors of as many official
organs of trades unions attended a
conferance in Chicago on Septem
ber 1. They decided that- the in
terests of organized labor demand
ed support for the democratic
platform and ticket. Of the forty
editors present only two dissented
from this decision , and these two
favored independent political ac
tion the formation of a "labor
party. "
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Here are two or three samples
of how the tariff is "fixed" in the
interests of the rich :
The man in humble circumstan
ces who is compelled to buy the
cheaper grades of flannel under
wear finds the grade he buys
is taxed 144- per cent. The fine
grades of flannel underwear are
taxed 86 per cent.
The ordinary grades of woolen
blankets , such as the average
workingman bu.vF. are taxed 165
per cent. Th e extra fine grad-es ,
such as the rich and well-to-do
buy , are taxed 71 per cent.
Knit fabrics worth 36 cents a
pound are taxed Ml per cent ;
those worth § 1.07 per pound are
taxed 90 per cent.
The tariff is a tax on consump-
j tion , and the burden falls heavier
upon the poor man than upon the
rich , for the simple reason that the
necessities of the one are the ne-
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June 11884. . August 12 , 1902 ,
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