Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-21
CONFERENCE HELD AT LINCOLN
IN WHICH NOMINEE AND FARMS
WORTH DISCUSS PLANS Fo1
GETTING coLoRED VOTE
DEMOCRATS APPEAL
FOR FARMERS AID
PLEA is MADE FOR SMALL CON-
TRiBuTIoNs AND VOTES AS
WELL-DEMocRAcY ONLY RE.
FuGE SAYS BRYAN.

WELL-DEMOCRACY ONLY RE-
FuGE SAYS BRYAN.
Lincoln, Neb., July 20. ~ William
J.. E"..yan's speech last night III the
members of the Central Labor union
of Lincoln in which he emphasized the
labor planks in the Denver platform,
has resulted in the receipt by him to-
day of a large number of kilograms
from lar leaders all over the coun-
try, congratulating him on his utter
ances.
Organization of negro Democratic
clubs in the states of Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio formed the subject of a
and Don Farnsworth of Chicago, who
was manager for Charles A. Towne in
his candidacy for vice president. A
the Democrats to secure as large a
negro vote as possible in the middle
west and Farnsworth's visit was the
result Of a suggestion which had been
made to him in Denver by Demo
cratic leaders.
The offer of his service for this pur-
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Farnsworth left for his home with the
understanding that the matter would
be further discussed In Chicago during
Brvan's stay in that city next week.
The standard bears for Democracy
are out for the farmer vote of the
country. In a joint letter today Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Kern appeal to the
farmers for campaign contributions in
order, as the letter states, to assist
in the restoration of the DemocraticI
party to power and thus secure for
the a~griculturists a larger return for
their labor. The appeal is as fonows::
ITO the farmers of the United
States:
The first contribution made to the
Democratic campaign FUND this year.
so far as we knox, was made by an
Iowa farmer. Just before the Denver
convention met, this man, who mod
estly prefers not to have his name
mentioned, %journeyed more than 100
miles to Lincoln with his contribution
Of 500, which he left with Mr.. Bryan
to be given to the committee when
organized for the campaign.
First Money from a Farmer.
This farmer was born in Sweden,
and for some time after he was nat
ulalized was a member of the Re-
publican party. But he was a stu
dent Of public questions, and in the
course of time became a Democrat. To
manifest his deep interest in the sue
cess of the party and in the triumph
of Democratic principles, he made
this free will Offering to the campaign
fund.
sSTf ic rNrrSnt n hot fhfr a rc@ ann-
tribution should come from that great
culturists. The farmer has nothing to
gain by privilege and favoritism. His
!, hope is in the application Of the
) doctrine of equal rights to all and
. special privileges to none," He is
been the victim of all special legisla-
> ton and has suffered from thhe control
!, Of politics by the great predatory cor
p%orations.
Expect Abundance in Small Sums.
1 "Now that the Democratic party has
announced it's determination not to
accept contributions from corporations
i nor to accept excessive contributions
o even from individuals and to publish
Q all contributions when over q reason
able minimum, it ought to be able to
secure a sufficient sum from the citi-
Il zens who ask from the government
e nothing but protection to their right
o and consideration for the general vel
n fare. There are hundreds of thous-
ands of farmers who are ~abundantly
able to contribute to the campaign
fund. There are thousands who could
!, give $100 apiece without feeling it;
there are tens of thousands who
could give $50 apiece without sacri
n fee, and still more who could give
$25 or $40 or SIS.
GAS the national committee has
not yet been organized, we will ash
j., the Commoner to call for subscriptions
Is to this farmers fund. Those giving
may indicate whether they are will
ing to have their mentioned
and if the contribution is not more
than 500 their wishes will be com
piled with. All contributions abov,
20 500 must be made known, no matte
e. from whom they come.
" Claims Strength of Platform.
as ''The farmers fund will be turne'
over to the national committee a
no soon as its permanent officers hav
been selected. Who will be the frs
m to respond? The Denver convention
m was a peoples conventions; it adopte
$ a strong, clear, honest platform, an
it's nominations were made with prac
- ical unanimity. Our fight is a fgE
for the whole people. Our aim
va equal and exact justice to all; OF
ro purpose is to restore the governmer
to the hands of freely chosen repr'
sentatives of the voters. How man
~ farmers will join in furnishing tn
fund necessary to present the issues
Of William j. Bryan.