The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 13, 1905, Page 4

The Primary Pledge--Organize Now, (From The Commoner, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 17, 1905.) THE PLEDGE OUTLINED. “Mr. Bryan has been in recept of a multitude -of letters since the elec- tion urging organizing 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 himself to attend all of the primaries of his party to be held between now and the next democratic national conven- tion, unless unavoidably prevented, and to use his 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. “This plan does not involve the writing of a platform fn advance of the primariee; it does not rest upon the paramount importance of any one is- sue. It recognizes the right of the democratic voters to control the policy of the democratic party, and to determine {ts position upon public ques- tions. It also recognizes the importance of honesty and sincerity in poli- tice. “This proposition will appeal to all who believe {n the rule of the people —to all who are willing that the majority shall govern in party manage- mentand in the nation. It does not mean that those whoexert themeelves to secure a good platform will be bound to support a bad platform—that is a question which each must determine for himeelf—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 con- fidence. The pledge proposed is a primary pledge—because the people speak at the primaries. The national convention is attended by delegates and each delegate represents tens of thousands of democrats, The state convention is also attended by delegates, and these represent thousands of democrats, The county conventions are, as a rule, attended by delegates, and these in turn represent hundreds of democrats. At the primary the voters speak for themselves; there democracy has its citadel. “When the work of organization is sufficiently advanced, a time can be set for the meeting of the members in their various localities. The mem- bers of this organization, while pledged to but one thing—namely, attend- ance put the primaries—are urged to co-operate among themeelves for the support of every effort upon forth to eliminate corruption in politics, No cause can prosper permanently that does not appeal to the moral sense of the country, and the moral sense of the country is now being awakened to the importance of purifying politics, ‘Who will be the first to make this pledge? A record will bekeptin The C ommoner office of the name and address of each person who enters into this movement. Those who desire to be enrolled can either write approv- ing the object of the organization, and asking to have their names entered on the roll, or they can fill out and mail the blank which is printed below. THE PRIMARY PLEDGE. I promise to attend all the primaries of my party to be held between now and the next democratic national conventian, unless unavoidably pre- vented, and to use my influence to secure a clear, honest and straightfor- ward declaration of the party’s position on every question upon which the voters of the party desire to speak. ce aC A PM POSCOMO,....00srsrsrsssesrreserccrececsrsosoveees Voting precinct or ward Fill out blanks and mail to Commoner Office, Lincoln, Neb. APPEAL TO FILIPINOS. Humorous Philipics by a Witty Speaker. W R. Andrews, a well known lum- berman of Grand Rapids, Michigan, responding to a toast at a banquet recently, made the following eloquent- ly humorous appeal to the Filipinos: You Filipinos don't know what you are missing by not wanting to ag become citizens of this grand country j of ours. There isn’ anything like {t under the sun. You ought to senda delegation over to see us—the land of the tree—land of fine churches and 40,000 licensed saloons; bibles, forte, and guns; houses of prostitution, millionaires and paupers; theologi- ans and thieves, liberists and liare; politicians and poverty; Christidns and chain gangs; solochs and scala- wags; trusts and tramps; money and misers; homes and hunger; virtue and vice; a land where you can get a good bible for 15 cents and a drink of whiekey for 5 cente; where we have @ man in congress with three wives and a lot in the penitentiary forhav- ing two wives, where somemen make sausage out of their wives and some want to eat them raw; where we make bologna out of dogs and can- ned beef out of horses and sick cows, and corpses out of the people who eat it; where we put a man in jail for not having the means of support and on the rock pile for asking for a job of work; where we license bawdy houses and fine men for preaching Christ oa the street corners; where we have congress of 400 men to make laws and @ supreme court of nine to set them aside; where good fear they won’t get what they do want by voting for it; where a girl goes wrong {s an outcast and her male partner flourishes as a gentle. man; where women wear false hair and the men dock their horses’ tails; where the political wirepuller has displaced the patriotic statesman; where men vote for a thing one day and cuss it 364 days; where we have prayers on the floor of the National Capital and whiskey in the cellar; where we spend $500 to buy astates- man who is rich and $10 to putaway & workingman who {s poor; #here to be virtuous is to be lonesome, and to be honest is to be a@ crank; where we sit on the safety valve of energy and pull wide open the throt- tle of conscience; where gold {s sub- stance—the one thing sought for; where we pay $15,000 for a dog and 15 cents a dozen to @ poor woman for making shirts; where we teach the untutored Indian eternal lifefrom the bible and kill him off with bad whiskey; where we put a man in jail for stealing a raflroad; where the check-book talke, ein walks in broad daylight, justice is asleep, erime runs amuck, corruption permeates our whole social and political fabric, and the devil laughs at every street cor- ner. Come to us, Fillies! We've got the greatest aggregation of good things and bad things, hot things and cold things, all varieties and colors ever exhibited under one tent. Canny John Sherman. From April Lippineott’s. showed his talent for financiering at an early age. He and two of his Fifty Years the Standard Wade from pure cream of tartar derived {rom grapes. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., CHICAGO, “To Burn a Girl’s School. Lexington, Ky., April 8.—News of five attempts to burn Rucker Hall, the girl’s dormitory of the George- |* town, Ky., college, the largest Bap- tist institution in the South, has just come to light. Five fires were start- in as many rooms Saturday and Sunday night with the apparent 1n- tention to destroy the building. Ev- ery effort to discover the incendiary has met with failure. The college authorities believe that one of, the girls did it and the building {s now watched nightly. Detectives have been sent for and guards have been placed on all the floors of the hall. Every girl was taken before the faculty, sworn and questioned. Theproceedureconsum- edanentire night. While all the girls were at service at a nearby church the fire broke outagain. No- body wae in the hall whilethe service was in progress. Oue girl whose name is withheld, is said to be under suspicion, but the movements of all are watched. Because of this some of the parents have threatened to take their children away wom the school. He Slewa Missouri Woman. St. Joseph, Mo., April 8.—Cassius Brown, & negro, was convicted to- day of the murder of Mra. Nancy Gay | in thie county November23. Brown bound and gagged Mrs. Gay and cut: her throat. The body of Mrs. Gay was found by her husband, George Gay, and her son, Lester, when they returned to their home, near Agency, from the fiely at nvon, November 23 The throat was cut, the feet were tied and the hands pinioned behind the body. the father and son were arrested but were released soon after. Brown was arrested early in December. The motive for the crime was believed to be robbery. Asking Folk Not to Sign. Jefferson City, April 8.—Officials o the Burlington railroad are here be- fore Governor Folk opposing the signing of what is known as the max- imum freight rate bill paseed by the latelegislature. Judge 0. M.Spencer, of St. Joseph, and J. W. Blythe, of Council Bluffa, Ia., of the Burlington system, and E. F. Roberts, of St. Lovis, with others, are in the delega- tion. ‘ 202 Miles in 189 Minutes. Boone, Ia., April 10.—Engineer Wared, of the Chicago & Northwest- Coroner Defers to Widow’s Wish. Macon, Mo., April 10.—“If one of those boys killed Maurice, God knows {t, and he will punish the guilty, That’e not for us.” That is what Mrs. Maurice Maloney, widow of the Postmaster at Lyda, who died suddenly Monday. night from the supposed effects of a blow received during an attack by some young men recently, told the officers. Dr. L. O Mawson, coroner, came over from Bevier and suggested to the widow and her children that un- der the circumstances it wae proper tohold an inquest. Thefamily seem- ed averse to it, Mre. Maloney stating her reasons in the language given above. The coroner accepted her mandate and returned home without trying to ascertain the cause of the | gy old Postmaster’s death. TheGood Uses of A Lemon. From the Indianapolis Sentinel. Gargle a bad sore throat with a strong solution of lemon juice and water. The juice of a lemon in a cup of Se black coffee without any sugar will 5 cure sick headache. Lemon juice and salt will remove | i iron rust. A strong uusw:+iened lemonade taken before bre. kfas will prevent} & and cure a bilious attack. Lemon juic» added to m'Ik until it| & eurds and these curds then bound upon parts «wollen from rheumatism will bring relief. Lemon juice mixed very thick with gu 527 will removethat tickling cough that fs 5» unonoying. 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