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party approval, just as it received
republican approval in the Nebraska
convention held on the same day that
the democratic convention was in
session. It merely happened that
Bryan advocated county option at a
time when the issue could be advan
tageously utilized by political oppo
nents. It was an excuse for opposi
tion, nothing more, and the result of
the next election in Nebraska will
probably show that the victory over
Bryan was purchased at the expense
of the party.
Bryan had thought of the future
of democracy. He. sought a cam
paign issue on which to return the
democrats to power in the state. He
opposed those who would stand still.
He believed that the present Ne
braska liquor law was not such an
excellent statute that the party could
afford to stand on it for another cam
paign. His opponents, on the other
hand, as is- nearly always the case
when politicians seek to promote the
welfare of private interests at the ex
pense of the public purse or public
morals, advocated a standpat policy.
They saw only the temporary victory
over Bryan and overlooked the possi
bility of party defeat at the polls.
They Have placed themselves in the
unenviable position of being allied
with the liquor interests in their
state and have demonstrated that
they are leaders of the type that the
people have long been seeking to de
stroy. They have checked progress,
but that they have checked it per
manently no one who understands
the temper of the American people
will for" a moment concede.
Bryan's defeat does not mean that
either he or the principle for which
he stood is politically dead. The Ne
braskan will fight on; more than
that, he will continue to exercise in
fluence, and wide influence, in the
democratic party. His followers are
legion, , and whether', or not they are
numerous enough to force him again
into recognized leadership, their
voices will be heard through him for
many years to come. And eventually
please mark this well Nebraska
will have county option. Woman's
National Daily, St. Louis, Mo.
ride on the wave of popularity which
ever way it rolled.
Thus Mr. Bryan earned in some
quarters a reputation for being a
trimmer.
That ho is not was so clearly dem
onstrated in his course with respect
to local option and the Nebraska
democrats that the charge can hardly
over be leveled at him again.
Mr. Bryan must have known for
a long time that the state convention
would repudiate his leadership on
his proposal for county option. The
signs have been clear for weeks or
months.
But Mr. Bryan had fixed convic
tions on the subject. It was to him
a great moral question as well as
the application of the principle of
local self-government. He did not
sulk or run away. He did not try
to dodge the issue. He met it square
ly and went down to defeat, insist
ing on the righteousness of his posi
tion. The chairman of the convention
had In his speech warned Mr. Bryan
that the convention would refuse to
follow his leadership. The chair
man added:
"When this convention shall have
adjourned our differences, I am sure,
will be. forgotten, and we will all
fall Into" our accustomed places, the
leader in his and the subordinates
in theirs, to fight for our platform
and our party."
But Mr. Bryan has a more ex
alted conception of public duty than
mere party regularity. Ho did not
accept the dictum to fight for or plat
form which ho believed to be morally
deficient.
In a declaration issued two days
after the convention he called upon
the democrat and republican voters
alike to put up candidates favorable
to county option.
The local question Involved has lit
tle bearing on the case. If Mr.
Bryan's position on the county op
tion were the reverse of what it Is,
his exhibition of moral courago
would command the same respect.
It is several yearB sinco tho North
American expressed the belief that,
notwithstanding a recent seemingly
overwhelming defeat of Mr. Bryan,
he would continue to bo a potent
factor for good in public life.
Nothing that ho has done has more
justified our confidence than his do
fiance of party traditions, evpn in
tho face of losing leadership that Is
dear to him, when this week he stood
manfully for a moral issuo and
against all pleas of expediency or
personal political advantage. Phila
delphia North American. '
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A shaft of granite, marking the
landing place of tho Pilgrims at
Provincetown, Mass, was dedicated,
President Taft assisting.
Locomotive engineers have de
manded an increase in wages of from
15 to 18 per cent.
The United States supreme court
will pass on the Kansas bank guar
anty law in November.
MR. BRYAN'S COURAGE
Probably no other man in the his
, tory of American politics has so per
' sistently survived defeat as has Wil
liam Jennings Bryan. His peculiar
faculty for holding the confidence and
affections of so great a following de
spite the repeated repudiation of his
economic views by the nation Ib itself
a tribute to his personal integrity
and moral worth.
But Mr. Bryan never went through
a defeat which tested his qualities as
that which he suffered this week in
the Nebraska democratic state .con
vention. Not even his high ambi
tions and keen disappointments in
national politics were so well cal
culated to give a true measure of
Bryan the man as the virtual repu
diation of his views on a moral issue
by his own neighbors and party co
workers. The North American takes deep
satisfaction in recording that Mr.
Bryan emerged from the test with
renewed claims to the respect of the
American people.
This paper has never been one of
those that impugned Mr. Bryan's
courage. We have always conceded
and defended his high moral quali
ties even while questioning his judg
ment. But there .have been many who
not only assailed his political and
economic doctrine, but who im
peached his moral courage.
Mr. Bryan is temperamentally and
by the force of circumstances a great
agitator. Because of this supreme
talent and the passionate devotion
it aroused in his vast following, he
has seemed to some critics to be a
mere demagogue, always seeking to
The independent judiciary ticket
carried Tennessee in the primaries
by 25,000 majority.
Port Huron, Mich., has adopted the
commission form of government.
Thomas M. Bradbury was nomin
ated by the democrats of Missouri
to be railroad and warehouse commissioner.
A cablegram from Romo carried by
the Associated Press says: "Not
withstanding the extremely strained
relations between the Vatican and the
Spanish government the recall of
Marquis De Ojeda, the Spanish am
bassador to the Vatican, has pro
duced a great sensation in Rome. The
Vatican in a sem-ofilcial communica
tion says the recall of the ambassa
dor proves that the program of Pre
mier Canalejas was not arranged with
the hope of accord, but with a desire
for fight and the communication adds
he will have it. Vatican officials take
the darkest view of the situation not
only in Spain but in 'Portugal as well.
They are of the opinion that the ex
treme parties in fboth countries, aided
by foreign elements are trying to
overthrow the respective monarchies
with the object of uniting the Iberian
peninsula' under republican rule."
An Oklahoma City dispatch says:
"William Macklin Cross, better
known as Bill Cross, died here at
6:30 this morning, following his
nomination on the democratic ticket
in the'primaries yesterday for state
auditor, an office he has held under
the present administration. Cross
had lived, in Oklahoma since the
opening of the country in 1889. He
was the first secretary of state, and
has been prominent in the political
life of the state for the last fifteen
years. Ho was a candidate for con
gress in 1902. Tom P. Smith of
Muskogee has been appointed by
Governor Haskell to finish the unex
pired term."
of tho Y. M. C. A. building in Kan
sas City, Kan. Ho spoko of Speaker
Cannon and tho national house of
representatives, dwelling at tiomo
longth on tho purchases of subma
rine boats made by tho United States.
Men who controlled congress, ho said,
purchased eight submaTlnos when tho
naval committoo had asked for only
four. 'Let mo toll you of Lilly,' ho
said. 'Lilly was a congressman from
Connecticut. One day on Pennsylva
nia avenue ho said to me: 'Great
heavens, what will tho people do with
this crowd if thoy over get on to
them?' Ho wont on tho committeo
of naval affairs. There is a boat com
pany that manufactures submarine
torpedo boats. Tho navy department
asked for four torpedo boats, but
congress gave it eight. Lilly thought
thero was something wrong and ho
began to watch. A special commit
teo was appointed and it developed
Representative William Sulzer has
announced his candidacy for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor of
New York. .
Thirty negroes and seventeen
white men are dead as a result of a
pitched battle between whites and
blacks near Palestine, Texas. The
war started as the result of tho kil
ling of a white man by a negro.
Newspaper dispatches say that
Senator Crane of Massachusetts has
suggested to Secretary Ballinger that
he resign. Mr. Taft was in sympathy
with the suggestion. The secretary
said ho would not retire.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
returned from Europe in improved
health.
The democrats of Kansas nominat
ed the following state ticket: Gov
ernor. Georee H. Hodges: lieutenant
governor, Lot Ravenscraft; secretary
of ptate, Ray L. Taylor; auditor, Jon
athan S. Miller; attorney general, T.
P. Morrison; treasurer, B. M. Dreil
ing; superintendent of instruction,
D. M. Bowen; superintendent of in
surance, Northrup Mpore; state
printer, F. W. Boyd.
Lee O'Neil Browne is again on trial
in Chicago in connection with the
Lorimer bribery charges.
Dr. Crippen, charged with the mur
der of his wife in England, will be
returned for trial.
A Kansas City dispatch to the Chi
cago Record-Herald says: "Repre
sentative Victor Murdock closed his
primary campaign last night with
a' speech delivered from the balcony
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