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Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1920
Whole Number 731 .
The feteis Here
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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