BOOSTS CHAMP CLARK
Arthur Mullen Given Reason Why
Nebraska Should Be for the
Mieeouri Statesman
PROGRESSIVES SHOULD COMBlN
The Herald In In sympathy with
Hon. Woodrow Wilson's candidacy
for president of the Cnlted Statin
In recent yearn he has been doing
this country a valiant service In
smashing the corrupt political ma
ehinos In hta own state, and has ex
erted h nation-wide Influence for
better government. However, we
do not think that he U the only pro
gressive democratic candidate
Unfortunately the progressives of
the democratic party are divided in
thai campaign between a number of
candidates, while the reactionary ele
ment with all that they can control
nil no doubt center on one candi
date For this reason we believe
that progressive "voters should torn
bine, if possible, on one candidate
in order that the opposition may
not win on a plurality.
Believing that Hon-. Champ Clark
is a progressive statesman and that
he stands the best show of defeat
ing the reactionary candidate In Ne
braska, we give him our support for
the preferential vote to be taken In
the primaries which will be held on
the 19th of this month.
Following Is an article written by
former attorney general Arthur Mul
len and given to the press of Ne
braska last. week. While we do not
fully ngroe with Mr. Mullen In some
of the statements he makes con
cerning Woodrow WMroo, yel we
believe that he takes u sensible view
of the situation and advises a course
that it will be well for Herald read
ers to follow. Although the article
is long, we hope that every Nebras
ka democrat who reads this paper,
will rend it. It is as follows:
To the Democrats of Nebraska:
Chump Clark is entitled to the sup
port of Nebraska in the national con
vention. Jits public record, hta oca
tlon. his official position are imperii
tlve demands on the democrat a of
Hi is state We should vote for our
neighbor in the con vent ion as a
firs choice. This state should go
with Kansas and Missouri. Why go
to New Jersey or Ohio for a candi
date when we have the iest candi
date in a neighboring state? W hy
take up the governor of either New
Jersey or Ohio when the speaker of
the democratic house is a candidate.
No matter what we put in the
platform or whom we put on the
platform, the fight will be made on
the record of the democrats in con
gress. The fight will not be made
on the record of either the governor
of Ohio or New Jersey. If the
democratic party wins. It will be be
cause the democrats in congress have
convinced the public thai the dsn 0
iridic party can be trusted to ad
minister the affairs of the govern
ment. As we must make this fight on the
record of congress, then the only
man to nominate Is tit democrat U
speaker.. He is In a position to dt
fond the record of congress. If the
deOMM rntie party fails u nomhutt
Speaker Clark, It will ran away from
the record that democr.- I have made
In congress; It will lose the advant
age that we have gained by having
control of the house. If Speaker
Clark is defeated, 1t will mean that
tho democratic national convention
has failed to endorse the record of
congress.
How can we nominate a governor
of a state to defend the record of
a democratic congress when the
speaker Is a candidate? In the aeea
that Mr. Clark Is defeated for the
nomination how can we base any ar
guments in support of the democratic
candidate on the record of this con
greas? The opposition can truthfully
say that we have repudiated the re
cord of congress by defeating the
democratic speaker
Clark Made a Record
It was under the direction of
Speaker Clark, as a minority leader,
that the democrats In congress, for
the first time in sixteen years be
came united. So well did ho man
age things that la the election of
and with all of the democratic lead
ers Hie nomination would bring or
der out of chaos; all would be satis
fled; none would be disgruntled ;
political feuds would be at an end;
the party would present a solid front
o the enemy and thereby make a
real fight for progressive democratic
principles.
Nothing, either In the public or In
the private life of Champ Clark,
needs explanation or defense. The
so-called "progressives" would be for
Clark, for he was n radical twenty
years before the word "progressive"
was applied to public men. The so
called"conservntlves" do not find
fault with the record of the speaker.
The democrats who have been voting
the ticket in all the years of the past
will be for Clark, for he has never
sulked nor bolted at any time. He,
has never found fault with demo
cratic platforms or bolted the demo
cratic nominees.
The insurgent republicans will sup
port him, for it was thru the wise,
fair and intelligent leadership of Mr.
Clark that the insurgent minority
joined the democratic minority and
won victories in congress. His
treatment of the insurgent republi
cans has endeared him to them. No
i' her democrat has been so near the
insurgent republicans as Speaker
Clark; no other democrat would re
ceive so many insurgent votes.
No Plop Necessary.
Mr. Clark is a radical democrat
w ho does not need to change his pe
ll ical policies, his political opinions
or his political associates In order
to be classed among those who are
now called progressives.
Mis nomination will be pleasing
and heartily endorsed by the radical
progressives and dependents of the
country, such men as Senator l'etti-
grew of S. D., Theodore Uell of Cal
ifornla, George Fred Williams of
Massachusetts, Ollie James of Ken
tucky, and William R. Hearst of
New York, James B Weaver on
his death bed wrote a letter heartily
endorsing Speaker Clark. This en
dorseiuent Is of peculiar Interest to
the democracy of Nebraska
Nebraska Interested in Clark
Not only are we Interested in
Speaker Clark'a nomination becatist
of advantage it trill give us is the
nation, but it will give us a peculiar
advantage in Nebraska. Speaker.
Clark Is a western man. with West
ern ideas. He understands the needs
and wants of the wage seiners and
wealth producers of the country. Mis
nomination would settle Uie unfortun
ate controversy which has arisen be-
l;Jttefi
i sast KmB Bji lss
saaal aam'SlH
to Ik- knowti before the primary.
Democrats should know something of
the record of the man who aspires
o be the standard bearer In this
ampatgn. Hefore nominating him.
we should know what will appear hn
he headlines of the republican press
Jn the event of his nomination
m ii,
CHAMP CLARK.
have undertaken to force Governor
Haimon's nomlnaton onto the dem
ocratlc party over Mr. Bryan'B pro
test should remember the disastrous
election of 1904. Judge Parker was
nominated over the protest of Mr
Bryan. In that election the demo
crats in Nebraska elected only nine
members in the legislature; lost all
oi the state ticket and practically
all of the local offices. Mr. Parker
lost this state by more than 87.0'M'
majority. Knowing these things, BO
matter what the provocation may be
or how angry democrats become at
Mr. Bryan's attitude, we ought to be
patient and sensible.
It would be the sheerest folly for
the democrats of Nebraska to be In
Htrumentnl in nominating any candi
date for president over the protest of
Mr. Bryan. What advantage Will b
gained by endorsing a caindidate in
Nebraska that will not be agreeable
to Mr. Bryan? The wisest thing to
do is to nominate a candidate who
will have Mr. Bryan's support. There
is no sense or reason in throwing
away the support and Influence of
Mr. Bryan.
No matter what the viewpoint is.
in sober reflection, all know that the
n in ina! ion of Governor Harmon
would be a calamity to the demo
cratic party. Mr. Bryan's opposition
hits already made it impossible for
i. ween the friends of Governor Wilson ,he democrats to carry Nebraska in
and Governor Harmon The contro
versy between the supporters of
tiiese tuen is very nearly as bitter
as the regretable controversy be
tween Mr. Bryan and Senator Hatch
COCk. There is evidence on every
side of anger and resentment. This
Is a time for cool heads nnd kind
hearts. If the democrats of Nebras
ka could meet in convention and
fight out their differences, no doubt
they would agree on a course that
would be satisfactory to all.
As we cannot hold a coa vent ion,
tile rank and fib must settle these
tights and controversies, by giving
the preference vole ol the stale to
Speaker Clerk and elscttlnsj both
Mr. Bryan and Senator Hitchcock as
delegates to the convention. The
democrats Seed doth these men in
lie convention. Mr. Bryan has
more personal followers in the dem
( rtitic party than any other man In
It. Senator Hitchcock is one of the
leading democratic senators. His rec
ord la congress meets with the ap
proval of every Nebraska democrat.
No criticism has been made of his
official acts, none can be. Mr. Bry
an has stated that the controversy
between Senator Hitchiock and him
self is personal. Democrats gener
ally are not interested in the per
scnal quarrels of leaders. The sim
ple way out is to send them both to
'he national convention as delegates
and instruct them to vote for Champ
Hark. When Mr Bryan and Sena
tor Hitchcock meet ait Baltimore
they can fight it out or settle their
personal differences wlthoiH calling
i n all the democrats of Nebraska to
act as referee.
Governor Harmon Not Available.
Not w ithstanding the efforts of the
supporters of Governor Harmon lo
prove that he is a progressive, there
1910 the people of this country en -j u a general conviction In the minds
dorsed the democratic party and gave of democrats that he Is a reactionary.
that party a majority la the bouse,
the first since 1KS4. Under Iris lead
erht.ip democracy steered away from
thf defeats of the past to the victo-
Mr. Bryan is bitterly opposed to him.
Many democrats are displeased, and
. .en angry at Mr Bryan's attitude
Mr. Bryan's followers insist that he
ry of 1910. Thru his distinguished ' N right In opposing Governor liar
ability and sagacity he brought to j moti. The merits of the com rover
the dniiccratic party the only vtctesy are lost sight of in bitterness
T k has secured in a de ade
No democrat, no matter what
his
and resentment.
The ordinary democrat who has
a
record might have been in the past, greater interest in the principles of
nor what his present Ideas may be. he party than he has in the leaders
ean find tuuR with the conduct of ot ihe party should look lo the fui
Speaker riark. He is the moot pep- j ure and consider what the result
ular demo rat in the country. He
Is a real democrat, who Is on good
terms wkh Jl factions of the party
will be if a democrat candidate for
SfOJ dead is nominated over the pro
teat ot Mr Bryau. Those who
the event that Governor Harmon is
nominated. Seriously, why spend,
energy and time fighting for the notn
inationofa man that cannot be elect
edwhy nominate a man that means
a sure defeat for the democrat it
party or th's state?
Woodiow Wilson not a Progressive
Many democrats in Nebraska be
lieve that Woodrow Wilson is a pro
gressive; other democrats, equally as
boat Mt, Insist that he is not a pro
gressive. Tin facts ate thill most
of the sentiment in this state hi his
favor has been created because it
was reported by a few leaders, who
claimed lo speak for Mr. Bryan, that
(ioverau: Wilson was Mr. Bryan's
choice I r president. Those who cir
culated this report had no authority
to do I i Mr. Bryan has repeatedly
stated Sir i.hke. the pat ten days that
he has no choice as bet Veen Gover
nor Wtlscit tend Speaker Clark. Many
become committed to Governor Wil
son's support without amy investiga
tion of his record. They believed
that he was Mr. Bryan's choice. Mr.
Wilson's support in Nebraska is
largely basid on the false report that
he was Mr. Bryan's favored candi
date. Hie support is not based ou
Ills re ord as a democrat or his mer
its us a man.
Before Mr Bryan announced that
he h.nl mi choice as between Speak
er ("lark and Governor Wilson many
Ol Mr. Bran'l intimate friends look
ed up to opposition to Governor Wil
son as a species of democratic trea
son. Assuming that Bryan was for
him, the Wilson leaders arrogated to
themselves the right to say who was
and who wo not a progr .-sive.
Those who opposed snare looked up
on as "reactionaries." their honesty
questioned and their motive- impugned.
With all due resj it to the many
honest men who disagree with me, I
assert that Governor Wilson is not
now and never has been a progress
ive. This statement is made deliber
ately and after the fullest investiga
tion. It Is supported by the life
and ctaidmt of Mr. Wilson. It is
based on his utterances as an au
thor, his speeches and his writings.
With iio desire to do 'him an in jus
tit or to be over-critical with him.
a part of his record is here present
ed. What is set dowu h re is taken
CrSSS his books, from his speeches
and from his wri ing. It is Gover
nor Wilson's assault upon himself.
In justice to him, Ihesj things ought
Glimpse at Wilson's Record
.et us arlance briefly at his record.
He voted against Mr. Bryan In lf6
nnd in 1!00. He says that he voted
for Mr. Bryan in 1908. Governor
Wilson ha ntsver openly supported
Mr. Bryan In any campaign. Since
1 his open support of the demo-
ri,ic ticket Is confined to 1!01,
when Judge Parker was a candidate.
u other words, Governor Wilson
has openly supported Hie democrai
ic party on national Issues once In
twenty years. He was silent in all,
tf the fights made by Mr. Bryan; he
fcfs never raise.) his voice or used
his pen In defense of a sin)
gle principle for which democ
racy has battled in recent
years. His influence during all,
of these years has been against the
democratic party. Since 1896 he has
given aid, comfort and solace to re
publicans. He has found fault with
the democratic platforms and criticiz
ed democratic leaders.
In 1902 Governor Wilson finished
hi "History of the American Peo
pie." This book is an Index of the
political beliefs and convictions of
Ms author. In speaking of the Chi
cago platform of 1896 he says:
"It uttered radical doctrines of re
form which sounded like sentences
taken from the platforms of the peo
ple's party."
Of the cnmpalgn of IXl't; he said:
"The battle was to be won by ar
gument, not by ridicule or terror or
mere stubbornness of vested inter
ests. It was won by argument."
In speaking about the proposals of
the Farmers' Alliance he said:
"These were vague purposes and
the means of reform proposed Show
ed the thinking of crude and ignor
ant mindB."
In speaking of the people's party
he -Haiti:
"The people's party, which the
newspapers of the country lK!ij)
promptly dubbed "populist." had put
forth a platform which demanded
that the federal government should
itself acquire the ownership of all
railways, telegraphs and telephones,
the free coinage of silver, a gradu
ated Income tax, postal savings
banks, and all hinds held by aliens,
or by corporations, in excess of their
needs, reclaimed a radical program
which jumped with the humor of
hundred of thousands of working
men SStd termers the country over."
A Progressive View of It
This history is filled with argu
ments opposed to everything radical i
and to everything that is progress
lve. It is a standpat history, Written
by a leader of standputism. After
reading it. George Fred Williams,
the most promlut nt of progressive
uemocrats, made the following com
ment: "This week I Lave been ahooknd
ut the reading of the fifth volume of
his History of the American I'eo- I
pie,' published in 1902. It is toryism
of the blackest type. It is not S his
tory of the American people, but a
history of Woodrow Wilson's admir
ation for everything which the - adi
eu I democracy now seeks to .i.ume
and a series of sneers aind insults to
every class of men who have sought
to alleviate the injustice of capital-
sm. I think Senator Aldrich would
have written with more charity and
le&a bitterness. The worst is that
there Is no note of sympathy for
any suffering and protesting class,
but he seems to search for phrases
to show his contempt for tfliem. Head
the volume and judge whether I ex
aggerate in this statement."
The "Cocked Hat" Letter
The statements made In this his
tory are but a small part of the ev
idence given by Mr. Wilson himself
in contradict the claim that he is a
progressive. For the pas sixteen
years he has gone out of his way to
make arguments against Mr. Bryan
and the things for which Mr. Bryan
stands. In 1907 lie w rote 'ie follow
ing letter to Mr. .Inline
My Dear Mr. Joline: Thank you
for sending me your address at Bar
sons, huts., before the directors ot
the If. K. At T. Railway Company.
I have read it with relish nnd entire
agrement. Would that we could do
something at once dignified anil ef
fective to knock Mr. Bryan once and
for all iuto cocked hat. Cordially
and sincerely yours. Woodrow Wil
son."
Opposed to Railroad Regulation
The speech referred to in this
letter, which Governor Wilson read
"with relish and entire agreement,"
bitterly denounced Mr. Brvan us a
demagogue, violently attacked labor
unions and found fault with state
legislatures for passing laws .regulat
ing railroads. This speech bitterly
as&niled 2-cenl fare laws uiul the
laws providing for a physical sahia-
tlon of the railroads. The fact that
Mr. Wilson wanted to "knock Mr.
Bryan into a cocked hat" may tie
may not be Important, but the fact
that Mr. Wilson was in "entire a
greement" with the president of a
railroad who opposed 2-cent fares
and the physical valuation of the
railroads is important to the demo
crats of this state nnd nation.
The progressive demoerats of Ne
braska are not In favor of a presi
dential candidate who Is opposed to
the 2-cent fare law or to a law pro
viding for the physical valuation of
the railroads of the country. This
is an Important question that should
not be overlooked. Mr. Wilson is
opposed to the progressdve democra
cy of tJhis country on these ques
tions.
In another way Mr. Wilson has
shown his opposition to railroad reg
ulation. In 1907, when democratic
leaders were battling for the regula
tion of freight rates In congress, he
stated):
"I venture a feeble protest against
the blind and fooiHh outcry against
all railroads You and I know who
are responsible for this socialistic,
popuHs.Hr anti crusade; it is the cry
of the envious against the well-to-do;
the old story."
Other Stabs at Bryan
Do the progressive democrats want
to nominate u candidate for presi
dent whose vli w point Is as indicat
ed in the foregoing quotations?
Not only is Mr. Wilson out of har
mony with the democrats of this
country on the railroad question, but
he is and has been out of harmony
with practically every Important
thing that has been in the democrat
ic platforms since 18!ii; In a speech
delivered at the third anniril dinner
of the Virginians In the Astivr gal
lery of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
Governor Wilson called on the de
mocrncy of the south ;o demand a
rehabilitation of the democratic party
on old lines. Among ether things, he
stated:
"Since lS9ti the democratic party
has permitted its name to be usid by
men who ought never to have been
mi in ted to its councils men who
hold principles and professed pur
poses which it had always hitherto
'repudiated.
"Until it has read thvin out of the
patty as an alien faction there will
be no doubtful states again.
"There is no longer any democrat
ic party, either in the south or in
any northern state which the dis
credited radicals can use. The great
body of one-time democrats that
musters strong enough to win elec
tions lias revolted and will act with
no organization which harbors the
radicals as the radicals did not in
fact act with the Organisation tlu.v
i themselves have discredited in the
recent campaign, when the whole
country felt that the democrat ic
party was still without definite Char
acter and makeup
been reasoned out that Governor
Wilson Is a progressive and entitled
to the support of progressives has
never been explained. If Woodrow
Wllnon's record makes a progressive
democrat, what kind of a record
must a man hove to be conserva
tive? Time and space forbid further quo
tatlons from his writings and utter
ances, but what has been cWetl dis
closes the views of Governor Wilson
on some of the public questions
The statements herein made have
not and cannot be denied. With
this extreme conservative nnd stand
pat record, he, presents himself as
a leader of progressive democrats
without recanting on anything fee
has aaid nr done and without even
making an apology.
If he now believes in the princi
ples of the democratic party and has
been sincerely converted from his
errors of the past, let him go tnfco
the ranks and do penance before ex
pecting to be the democratic presi
dential nominee. He .should help
make at least one progressive battle
for a democratic presidential candi
date before asking to be made the
democratic leader. Democrats will
know before four years pass wheth
er or not the conversion U real or
whether or not it is the buzz of a
presidential bee.
Where He Can Do Most Good
Governor Wilson has work an hand
in New Jersey. That state is the
home of practically all the trusts
Nothing has been done to curb or
stop the organization of these trusts
in that state. If Governor Wilson
is a real progressive, he can drive
every trust out of New Jersey. No
other democratic governor ever has
had or now has the opportunity that
he has. By making a fight against
the trusts in New Jersey, he can
render a greater service to the peo
ple of this nation than any man can
is resident.
To nominate him for president
W0Utd be a blunder. The democrat
ic party would enter upon a cam
paign ot apology and defense. It
would spend its time and energy de
fending the record of its nominee,
instead of fighting republicans. H's
nomination would he a retreat from
the advance position that denuxracy
has taken. It would be a repudia
tion of the demoiratic platforms
since lS!Ui; it would be a humiliation
of those leaders who have been
lighting democratic battles. We
would drive away from the support
of the democratic Hcket the radicals
and independents. William H. Hearst
has said that all of his fourteen da
ily newspapers will fight Governor
Wilson to the end in the event of
his nomination.
Real Democrats for Clark
It's time for the democrats in No-
braska to get the obwibs out of
their eyts and the rancor out of
their minds. Let us give the prefer-
The coun'.y, as U moves forward i enc vote ' ChSMP (Mark. We know-
in its material progress.
will tolerate no party
or radii al experiment.
., K and !httt he ;i progressive.
If he is
of discontent Nominated, we need make no defense
but it docs or aPo'W- We can wage our fight
need a nartv of eonserv.i ive relr.ri., '"-"ins. r,ne common enemy in tie-
acting rn the spirit of the law
ancient institutions
ami
Fools and Knaves
Just four years ago this month,
when it was evident to everyone t bit t
iMr. Bryan was to b nominated Cor
the third time as a candidate of the
democratic party for president. Gov
ernor Wilson gave out an interview
containing the following gem-
"I have ever wished at times that
every fool could be also a knave, in
stead of being, as they often are,
people who possess attractive man
ners and excellent intentions. Take
Mr. Bryan for example, he is the
most charming and lovable of men,
personally, but foolish nnd dangtrous
in his theoretical beliefs."
Near the time that Governor Wil
son made such bitter criticism of
those who were attempting to regu
late the railroads, he made an appli
eation to become a benefi iary of
the Cameale pension tund. As a
student of public uffairs he kmew
that the gigantic fortune of Mr. Car
negie, Walefe was to furnish the pen
sion, was gained by unjust privileg-
es given to the steel trust. He knew j
that some service was contemplated I
in return for the pension.
Once Changed Hit Mind
Kor twenty years he opposed in j
his writings and on the platform the
initiative and referendum. A few
months ago he announced that he
had changed his views and now be
lieved in the initiative and referen
dum. His conversion on this qocw-
Uon occurred about the time that he
first became seriously considered as
a presidential possibility.
The tone of all his writings and
speeches shows that by education.
Instinct and environment he is a
conservative. He is not in ayiupa
thy with the so-called progressive
policies of the democnttu. party; he
docs not believe in thee policies:
he hai not supported the men who
advocated them. Just how It ba
half of ii real democrat. Democracy
will trlumpth in the natron. After
the victory we will have a man in
office whose public record nhows
that he believes in the basic princi
ples of democracy, that lie has faith
in the people and will use his influ
ence to place on the statute books
oi tne nation laws tnat will carry
out all of the policies of the demo
cratic party.
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