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ONE THOUSAND New Commoner Readers from One Community
George II. Mocllring, Ray, N. I). Herewith plca.se And list of ONE THOUSAND subscriptions to The Commoner. This section of the
state is largely progressive republican, not of tho bull moose brand, but of the La Follctto kind. Many republicans hero admit that Mr. Bryan's
victory at Baltimore was a master-stroke, and they will read The Commoner with interest. The educational value of The Commoner can not
bo overestimated, and I trust that you will begin these subscriptions with this week's issue, and with its assistance wo believe the voters in
Williams county will overwhelmingly indorse Wilson and Marshall at tho polls this full. Best wishes for the continued success of your paper.
no difficulty in Indorsing thorn. They both take
tho side of tho trusts against tho people, and
tho trust magnates are divided between tliem.
They agree In applauding tho decision of tho
supremo court emasculating tho criminal clause
of tho anti-trust law. Thoy both favor imperial
ism and they both prefer national to state
remedies. They equally owe their elevation to
office to tho "bosses" and to, the funds con
tributed by predatory interests funds contrib
uted for the purpose of securing a continuation
of favors; and thoy have been equally partial
toward the claims of contributors. Tho chief
point of difference on national issues seems to
bo that they both want the samo office. It would
not be difficult for men who think as Mr. Taft
and Mr. Roosevelt do to get together but for
their hatred of each other. There aro many
earnest men, however, in both wings of tho re
publican party who want reforms; some still ex
pect to secure these reforms through the regular
organization, others have joined the new party
with tho hope of securing them more speedily.
Both of tbeso groups can consistently support
Governor Wilson, who stands for all the reforms
for which tho people are now ready. If he is
elected, as now seems almost certain, his victory
will be regarded as a triumph for progressive
ideas, and tho reforms which will come through
him will make it possible for the people to rule.
Surely the republicans who have profited, as
both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft have, by-, dis
sensions in the democratic party, can not-complain
if the democrats profit temporarily by -tho
split in tho republican party.
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HITTING nARD
Governor Wilson delivered a telling blow to
Roosevelt's preposterous claim to leadership of
the real progressive thought of the country
when, at Sioux City, he showed that the Roose
volt plan for "regulating" trusts, instead of pre
venting tbem, originated with Gary and Per
kins. These gentlemen are not interested in tho
people and thoy are not planning for the people.
The interests of Gary and Perkins are wrapped
up in trusts and Mr. Roosevelt is their agent to
carry out their plan.
Governor Wilson is also right in opposing the
tariff board as "a motion for a continuance."
The existing board has already been used by the
president as an excuse for delay and this excuse
has cost the country several hundred millions.
The tariff board, however honestly intended by
some, is a farce and a fraud. After postponing
action until the board reported the republicans
would not accept any findings that justified re
ductions and tho democrats would not accept any
findings that justified existing rates. Congress
and congress alono can settle the tariff question.
CAMPAIGN LjftlSRATURE
Every voter pught, to ;poat himself on tho
Issues and on the records -of the parties, and ho
ought to do so at once. Tho most comprehen
sive collection of campaign material on the
s democratic side is to be found in the campaign
toxt book. This is issued at cost by tho national
committee Address, Democratic National Com
JEitteG, Fifth Ave Bid., New York, or Demo
cratic National Committee, Chicago. Congress
man Clino of Indiana, has propared a table
showing what has been done to carry out tho
democratic platform of 1908 and how the re
publican party has failed to bring the people
relief. .
Congressman Underwood has also presented
a review of the party's rocord. These speeches
can doubtless bo obtained from the national
committee.
Got ready for the campaign and then go to
work among your neighbors. Pick one republi
can and convert him and then try others
President Taft Is said to be putting his. de
pendence on "the silent Tote." To bo sure' We
can not blame the man who contemplates voting
know1' fr decllnIne to mak0 the fact
MR, BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN ITINERARY
Mr. Bryan's campaign dates for the first ten
days of October have been announced as follows:
Mr. Bryan is now campaigning in California, but
will complete his work there with a meeting at
Sacramento on the night of September 25.
September 26 he will speak at Reno and Carson
City, Nevada. The evening of the 27th he ivill
speak in Utah. Tho 28th and 30th ho will
campaign in Wyoming, closing his Wyoming tour
at Cheyenne the night of September 30. Mr.
Bryan will reach home on the evening of October
1, which is his wedding anniversary. On the
morning of October 2 Mr. Bryan will leave for
Beatrice, Neb., where he will speak at ono
o'clock p. m., and will speak at Fairbury, Neb.,
at 3:30 the Bame afternoon. On the evening of
October 2 he will speak at Belleville, Kan.
October 3 and 4 Mr. Bryan will make a speaking
tour through Kansas on a special train, which
is being arranged for by the democratic state
committee of Kansas, together with the state and
congressional candidates The special train will
leave Belleville, Kan., 'on the morning of October
3,. at seven o'clock. During the day, Mr. Bryan
will speak at Concordia, Morganville, Clay Cen
ter, Junction City, Abilene, Solomon, and close
the day's work with a night meeting at Salina nt
eight p. m. October 4 Mr. Bryan will speak at
Lindsborg, McPherson, Marion, Eldorado,
Augusta, Winfield, Wellington, and close Mb
Kansas tour with a night meeting at Wichita.
At the close of the Wichita meeting Mr. Bryan
will leaVe for Lincoln, .where he will arrive at
noon on October 5, to 'welcome Governor' -Wilson
upon his arrival at Lincoln on the afternoon
of that day. Elaborate preparations are being
made for Governor Wilson's Omaha and Lin
coln meetings on the afternoon and evening of
October 5. Both of these meetings will be held
under state auspices and will be largely attended
by democrats throughout the Btate. Governor
Wilson will rest in Lincoln Saturday night and
Sunday, October 6, as a guest of Mr. Bryan at
"Fairview." October 7 and 8 Mr. .Bryan will
devote to the South Dakota campaign and
October 9 and 10 he will campaign in North
Dakota.
"BLA0IO5ALLED"
Governor Woodrow Wilson is not a member
of the more or less famous Manhattan club in
New York city, and if we are to believe some
of the Now York papers the governor is not
likely to become a member of the exclusive or
ganization. But ex-Senator James Smith, jr., of
New Jersey is a member of the Manhattan club:
so is Henry Watterson, Thomas Fortune Ryan,
August Belmont and other gentlemen more or
less famous in American politics. These New
York papers tell us that Governor Wilson's name
was proposed for membership in the Manhattan
5? i V as witndrawn "when it was made
Plain that friends of exr&enator Smith and other
leaders named blackballed the New Jersey gov
ernor. It is not at all likely that Governor Wil
Bon will lose any sleep over this incident. To
forego the privilege of associating with James
Smith, jr., Henry Watterson and others of the
elect is, to bo sure, a mighty sacrifice, but the
certificate of disfavor issued by these gentlemen,
ib, after all, a badge of honor.
NOW MORGAN IS FOR ROOSEVELT
The Chicago Tribune, Mr. Roosevelt's leading
organ says that J. Pierpont Morgan has an
nounced his intention of voting for Theodore
Roosevelt The Tribune says that the reason
assigned by Mr. Morgan was "Roosevelt is al
ways doing something interesting and I like to
watch him."
Has Mr. Morgan, like his partner, George W
Perkins, turned Idealist? h
MARSHALL SHOWS HIS STRENGTH
Governor Marshall is showing his strength as
a campaigner. His speeches are full of arcu
ment and he expresses himself with eplgramatic
force. At Hannibal, recently, he ridiculed Mr
Roosevelt's claim that his party is the only ono
that can free the country of boss rule. Gover
nor Marshall pointed out that 'relief from boss
rule lies in the success of the democratic party
Mr. Roosevelt has never held an important
office that he did not receive at the handB of
the 'trusts and he would not know of a republi
can boss if he had secured the regular nomination.
MURPHY OR DEMOCRACY
Murphy nominated Hearst for governor in
1906 and Hearst polled 691,105 votes to 749
002 cast for Hughes. The Hearst vote was nioro
than 42,000 below the vote for-Herrick in 1904
Murphy nominated Chanler for governor in
1908. Chanler was a radical and a progressive
with a wholly clean record. He polled 735,189
votes to 804,651 cast for Hughes. There was a
tremendous republican revolt against Governor
Hughes, and the democratic party should have
carried the state, but the Murphy load was
too heavy.
Murphy nominated Dix for governor in 1910,
and Dix polled 689,700 votes to 622,229 cast
for Stimson. Dix's vote -was 45,000 below Chan
ler's and 1,400 below Hearst's. He was elected
only because nearly 200,000 republicans re
mained away from the polls. An average change
of 18,00.0 votes would have beaten the whole
democratic state ticket.
Murphy jiominated McClellan for Mayor in
1903, nnd McClellan polled 188,681 votes in
Manhattan and the Bronx; tho stronghold of
Tammany hall. , ,
Murphy renominated McClellan in 1905. The
city had then had two years of experience with
Murphy bossism, and McClellan's vote in Man
hattan and the Bronx fell to 140,264. Ho was
re-elected only because the opposition vote was
divided between Ivins and Hearst.
Murphy nominated Gaynor for mayor in 1909,
and Gaynor, in spite of his record of political
Independence, polled only 134,075 votes in Man
hattan and the Bronx. He too was elected only
because the opposition vote was divided.
Tho record of Murphy's bossism has been the
record of a steadily diminishing democratic vote.
If Murphy bosses the Syracuse convention next
month, the democratic candidate for governor
will be defeated. If Murphy bosses tho demo
cratic city convention next year, the democratic
candidate for mayor will be beaten. The demo
cratic party can not win with Murphy. It is
politically bankrupt, and a receiver should be
appointed at once.
Through his control of the legislature, Murphy
has secured the enactment of a rotten primary
. law that strengthens his control of the machine
and makes the election of anti-boss delegates to
tho state convention a matter of great difficulty.
There is not at present a: democratic opposition
that has the organization nd tho resources to
make a successful contest againsJ; him in the
primaries. ' ,
Its supreme duty in to carry on the fight that
Bryan began against Murphy at Baltimore and
that resulted In the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson for president. If the committee does
its duty the state convention will be taken out
of Murphy's hands. The 'devastating issue of
Murphyism will no longer confront tho party.
A democratic governor can be elected this year
and a democratic mayor next year. Otherwise
the party is doomed to defeat,- New York
World.
DURBIN OF OHIO
William. W. Durbin, who has for years been a
"hewer of wood and a drawer of "water" for the
democratic party, is a democratic nominee for
congress in the Eighth Ohio district. Mr. Dur
bin was chairman of the Ohio state committee
during the Bryan campagn of 1896. He has
always helped keep the party In Ohio in line for
progressive principles. Mr. Durbin has spent
his life in working for others and those
who have been tho beneficiary of his faithful
service now have the opportunity of conferring
upon him an honor which will be worthily home.
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