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fi' '-rfy vy' . '- ft' " ' ' ' " ' ' ' "-' ' Commo WILLIAM X BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR net u ' . i tf i""ifc."-'r-K. ' -i ,r 1,1 '-.' ,J v &. !. voLm $ ;a-; .;; Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1920 Whole Number 731 . The feteis Here . Many dry DempcrVVliayV hibitfon question would not eriterinto the presi-'. dential cainpaign).,some have -even accused me, ;;..;" of disturbing the harmony p-the party "by calK . ..During the last few weeks I have been receiv ing attention to: the activities of" the wets. But in'gjAn increasing number of letters asking mo to THE ISSUE IS HERE FORGED 'upon thVparJy become for the fourth time a candidate for the by the friends of the saloon. Governor Edwayda , presidency. As it Is impossible to make personal MM W , I A PERSONAL WORD of New Jersey is theirv Varididato; The. Now. York Democratic platform, mates Jj impossible or them to support any one ele.r I , The dry Democrats had better, .get) Jo work at onco or they will be read out of the "party by the champions of the - liquor traffic. Democratic candidates for the United states senate, Demo- cratic candidates for 'cbrigr6ssj and Drndcratlo candidates for state and a vital interest m. proven t; trolling the convention WET candidate; . . ... DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHELMING DEFEATIT WOULT) B&'WORSE THAN THE PARKER CAMPAIGN. "To your tents, 0 Israel!" Every delegate ought to be instructed for prohibition. , W. J. BRYAN. answer to these letters, I give this one reply to all. 1 I recognize it be the duty of the citizen to respond to the calls of his country in peace or yrpx... Therefore, if the situation became such that my nomination was actually demanded, as iatimo;of war a.goldieVfs life' is1 demanded on the battlefield, T would, feel it my duty to consider it, but X hope no such situation will arise, and I . -Ar nni- visvnr n'AVk An4r irntAVio Ml t'fxr ' t li rt bliAh n ei( ...1 iirttv Afflr.Bi1in '-WfilrW . uv-yw n . ij, v,uMTm Buyu .,- Biui. '.. 'n.S'.o ' '?. ' .-'-. llriffftrt "will .ftfidfli' TPrtt' fhlrfV" VOflPfl'f TinVA. tnVpn lirlt-. owrt ftV.flianftt.B frnrrfwr.riftt- "?". .'".- "" ' Tir. .rw fr r rr-. . p. ? "tKrcv r-r.r-7 , . , .. r.-'.;..' a s- ;.u:; : nHfiin-AAmnmis -1 Vtkittifcitonri s-r' . uvovo - T" f5? .,:Tir.r?w". -v-! . i?t;ir.iif;."i':..ViA'fA.-.X Inrm Vtnn nanfaiTmh-. i.V, w6tffil5jM& MM6F , :f t TSr,.-k T vr j4rsw.2W!Sis' '.. .iii:xi!KrtiiAjr iifl,reH;:fTT-n'TirPH3nanaxraerfcnniTiaiijni!i-'.rriRoiiirH- ' rTv'r'nf1Kr t,vfTrt ntT-T7!t?S""J:fk5vP?pn:J wTfr"T-vt.t fc- "" JL-v Hi-a jl v -v .. , - 'rf j . . '-v.in, 'i;-, f .:i.i. 1 J a rA'tfA... HITOHCOCIC AND HIS BACKERS Senator Hitchcock's telegram,' published on another page, makes the liquor question the paramount issue in his campaign, and he can expect the active support of the wets who were marshalling under the Edwards' banner when the latter thought he was a candidate. As an original Harmon man and as an opponent of the currency law, he can count on the support of Wall street, but this support is weakness instead j strength because it drives away the dry vote, Jta Progressive vote and the women. The Hitchcock boom is not as promising as the Ed ards boom, and the Edwards boom' is no more. Ship of my '-famflyi . '& Jharegtrcesn reardedvasf ew public men have been- not with ofllcd, which is the least of rewards but with the satisfaction of seeing nearly every reform I have advocated written into the unrepealable law of the and, and now I see my peace plan made the chief cornerstone of the League of Nations. This is re ward enough for any man. Who could desire more? I desire quiet and rest, and look forward to a few years of uninterrupted happiness at heme. At home I can devote myself to literary, work, long ago planned but crowded out of my busy life work that will make a permanent record of what I have tried to accomplish for the Amer ican people and the world. I have not lost interest in public questions, nor shall I while I live, but I prefor to aid young er men with full pulse and tireless energy, who can take up and carry on the people's cause. I have scanned tho horizon for such men; I have welcomed them into tho arena of politics when ever I have discovered them, and it gives mo Joy to support thorn in every way possible while they champion tho cause Of the masses. Wo have ' issues beforo us and mighty work for those willing to put tho welfare of tho public , their own ease and comfort and risk all protection of th6 common PPdplo I rom-th oi priY.iiego,. uoamesnoj; desiring uio,$ nomination I think it my duty, to the progres sive Democrats 'of the nation- to go as a dele gate to the national convention if Nebraska Democrats desire it and aid thorn in opposing the reactionaries and friends of the saloon.. This is my position, and I conclude with a heart over flowing with gratitude' for tho loyalty and con fidence which my friends have manifested. No American has been more fortunate than I in tho character and the constancy of his personal and. political friends. It is an honor to have been a co-laborer with them. W. J. BRYAN. National Supremacy vs. Nullification &RY REPUBLICANS, GET BUSY Jhe Republicans can not escape the'prohibi- on issue. With men like" ex-Secretary Root a control of the New York convention the Question will be ignored in state conventions JM delegates selected favorable jo the traffic. TBnChlcag0 Tribuno is out. against prohibition.. nSn PRY REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE TO ET BUSY. ANOTHER AMENDMENT NEEDED asTThe fate o the treaty hangs in the balance redibl Commoner eoes to press. It seems in find it f Ulat the memDers p.f the senate should Eight SSlble to Set together on reservations, are ,e 8en&tors desire ratification and yet Permit t0 aBree' Shame on thG rules that h0n J teeiBlative body to so disappoint the anothp tU natiou aud the world! .We need ty. A amendmeat enabling a majority to ratl- ftould ?aiority can. declare war; a majority bQ able to conclude, a peace. . .v , W. J. BRYAN. The platform adopted by the Now York Democratic State convention, held at Albany, February 26, presents an issue which, in Demo cratic councils, must overshadow every other issue until it is repudiated or endorsed by the Democratic party of the nation; and, if endorsed, it will become the only important issue in the presidential campaign. The plank as printed in the press dispatches, reads as follows. "We are unalterably opposed to Prohibi-. . constitution. e gItlon 0f the ideas of actment was the imposiuon u an active minority Jg ain s the w tho great majority oi iu repeal, and to the end jha1 tw P thoroughly the. People of our state may . safeguarded until sucn i may be f ?ufW aboute sovereign o our state tottgwew j , power to sfQctramendment as to be in , . wifu'tU HberTand rea.onaMe vle.a of our people." It will be noticed that plank.beglns with a declaration of opposition ("unalterably op posed") to a provision NOW EMBODIED IN THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION and as much ' a part thereof as the Bill of Rights, the pro vision for the election of a President and Con gress, the provision for declaring war and con cluding peace or any other provision of that or ganic law. It is not only opposition but UNAL TERABLE opposition an opposition that no -conceivable reason, logic or condition can change. The reason' given for this unalterable ' opposition is that It is "an unreasonable inter ference with the rights of the states as guaran teed by the constitution." Tho excuse given not the fact or even the reason, but the EXCUSE is that those who wrote the platform "feel that the recent enactment was the Imposition of the ideas of an active minority against tho wishes of a great majority of the American peo ple." Before taking up the next clause In the plat form, it is worth while to notice' the insincerity of the two sentences, above quoted. The opposi tion can not be based uponany real belief that I i M 'A I . :i : 9 w'-Jm '.K1 c-;i 4 4'' m iB A-: -m "V . '. i ' ' T 4 $jx9 m . -A mi .. 7 Si "is HT" VL-Jglfagfr 'Ak-tfifc'iiVSl