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The slogan should lit' passed
all along (lie democratic lint get
together and slay together!
:o:
The song of I lie robin has bi'fn
unavoidably delayed this spring,
much lo (he discomfort of the
people of'this communily.
:o :
We are glad In see I he textile
workers get more pay, but are not
quite sure what our wives will say
when they learn I he reseult at the
dry goods store next season.
:o:
The postmasters and federal
office-holders will see that Roose-
fit does not get very far in his
race for the republican nomina
tion against Taft.
:o:
Roosevelt gave Taft the presi
dency and now lie is trying to
take it from him. YVe were under
the impression that "the Lord
givcth ami I he Lord lakelh away,"
hut Roosevelt thinks there is
nothing he himself cannot do.
:o:
Requests should he sent from
every nook and corner Of every
county in Nebraska to Chairman
Humes asking him to call a mass
convention of the democrats, the
purpose of which is to be to in
some manner attempt to pacify
the nialcontenls who are respon
sible for the present condition in
which they have gotten the parly.
Something should be done ami
done right now.
I :o:
With a harmonious democracy
the victory would he already won
in Nebraska. Hut from the pres
ent condition of things success, is
.. impossible and appears very poor
encouragement to the candidates
1 hat will be nominated on April
10. There is plenty of time to
remedy the present outlook by
throwing aside petty selfishness
und the "rule or ruin" policy, and
coming together as sensible
democrats should.
The observing democrats can
readily sec that lion. John II.
Morehead is the uvailable candid
ate for governor because he has
never been mixed up with any of
the factions that have brought
about the present unpleasantness
among the parly leaders. He is
truly one of the best neu in the
slate, and is adding new friends
to his already large number of
supporters everywhere he goes.
His nomination should be as1
nearly unanimous as possible.
The tim is propitious for the
chairman of the democratic state
central coiniiiiii,-,i to call a mass
convention of the dtmoerats of
the slate, lo meet at Lincoln or
Omaha, and call off the dogs of
war who are instrumental in
bringing about the present dis
turbances in the democratic
ranks. Something of this kind
must be done if we expect the
least show of success at the No
vember election. It is rank
foolishness for the leaders of the
parly to go on with the light they
have inaugurated. They do not
seem lo care for the masses of the 1
party, so their selfish interests
are satisfied.
The following from the Mem
phis (Mo.) Democrat, one of Hie
staunch democratic papers of that
state, rellecls the sentiment of
hundreds of other democratic
papers throughout the land:
"Much as we have admired Wil
liam Jennings Hryan, we can but
icei i mu ne is overreaching his,i, is nn ,,ns. n)a(ir , (Jo jN( jf
iigl.Ls trying lo assume the role,a wiM lhlw nsj((, hpip
f boss of the democratic parly in filler annimosit ies and join hands
I he, nation. The parly has thrice1 , ,. rniH, olV)ir, fur vicloryf
honored the N'ebraskan with the
nomination for the highest oflice
in the gift of the American peo
ple, and now he ought lo be satis
fied to stand aside, leaving the
leadership to others, then push
I he cause along as hard as he can.
Many a loyal democrat in every
stale in the Union has stood by
Mr. Hryan through every conflict,
spending time and means that he
and his principles might prevail.
Now it is time he was behind
somebody else, boosting them all
he can."
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Hoth sides of the coal situation
appear to be approaching a
crisis as jauntily as if they were
stepping . in a Virginia reel. A
coal strike is a very serious mat
ter. It paralyzes industry arid
threatened starvation, and .should
not be lightly considered.
:o:
In Massachusetts last week the
legislature defeated the woman
suffrage bill. Inasmuch as there
are only 45(5,000 men voters in
Massachusetts, and there are ap
proximately (500,000 women of
voting age in the state, it will be
seen that politicians acted in self
defense. :o :-
The end of republican govern
ment will hi! in sight when we get
to the point where there will be
only one man in the whole nation
who will he able to fill the execu
tive oflice. Despotism is waiting
just around the corner for the na
tion which has only one logical
nan to run the government. He
alrice Sun. Or one party boss
who believes in the "rule or ruin"
policy as long as he is able to
hoodwink the common herd of his
parly.
:o:
If, Nebraska democrats should
give a majority vole in favor of
Woodrow Wilson for president
the delegation to the Haltimore
convention are in duty bound to
support him. If (hey decide in
faor of Champ Clark or Gov
ernor Harmon, the delegates to
the national convention nre in
duty bound to do the same. The
delegate who will not respect the
voice of the voters of his party
is not worthy to be selected as a
delegate and should not be. This
is pure and simple democracy and
"let the people rule."
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F.very democrat in Nebraska no
doubt feels a deep interest in the
success of his parly in the state
and nation, and the well-posted
ones feel that the leaders are
pursuing a very bad course to aid
in securing that end. The masses
of the party that is, the common
herd or rank and (lie are becom
ing very much disgusted at the
way some of the leaders are doing
at the present lime. Heretofore
the common every-day democrat
has been content to follow in the
footsteps of these leaders as long
as they were right, but. they do
not feel content to follow them
any longer, when they are wrong,
and they are not going to do so,
..III r.i
111(,llls ,,,..:,, ,1V whil,h , ,' v,
er. I ere must lie mum
,.,, ,. nml ,. ,
who are responsible for the pre
dicament inl o which the party is
at present placed, will not come
to the front in this undertaking,
the masses of the parly, who
Tavor peace and harmony, will
have to lake "the bull by the
horns" and do the work them
selves, and they do not want to
fritter away any lime in doing so.
When Sarah Bernhardt says
I hat under no circumstances will
she be a candidate for further
thatrical honors in this country,
what she means is that she will
not appear consecutively.
:o:
London hears that the Turks
have won a decisive victory over
the Italians in Tripoli. Knowing
observers have feared all along
that it was only a question of time
until the Turks would lose
patience.
:o: ...
Important developments may be
looked for in England, where
several million persons are suf
fering from genuine hunger. His
tory shows that hungry people are
not as docile as the more rotund
citizens would like.
:o :
Progressives who are booming
Teddy should lose no time in re
plying to the charge that they
are catching at the Roosevelt
coat-tails as a means of dragging
them out of political obscurity.
Here is a chance for some genuine
hot stuff."
:o:
Mr. Roosevelt evidently believes
in the recall of an ex-president,
but his utterances on this ques
tion indicate that he is not a very
enthusiastic believer in the prin
ciple of the recall of judges, ex
cept as a campaign promise to
secure the voles.
:o:
A few more such results as in
South Dakota and you will hear
no more of the Rough Rider as a
presidential candidate. Some
people have to be told good and
hard when they are not wanted.
And then there are some others
just like Roosevelt.
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There is no question as to a
big majority of the democrats in
Nebraska being in favor of har
mony, while on the other hand
there are some who want their
own way, w hich I hey seem de
termined to have, even if the party
goes to ruin. We believe in har
mony, and the man who opposes
working for harmony is not a
good democrat.
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The leaders of the democratic
party can yet come together, har
monize and all feel that life is yet
worth living in the 'democratic
household. No man on earth loves
to dwell in peace with his fellow
democrats better than the writer.
It is some satisfaction to march
along with a united democracy
and enjoy the enthusiasm Ibis
creates. Hut we feel greatly de
pressed, after nearly fifty years of
incessant labor for the success of
the parly we love, to see it
rent in factions and rings here in
Nebraska, with no attempt at
harmonization right on the eve of
an election when victory was as
surred. The conditions of this
parly, if we ever uttered a truth
in our life, is on our mind from
early morn until we close our eyes
in sleep at night. And we feel
that if every democrat in the stale
fell as loyal to his party as we
do there would be no trouble in
getting together and marching in
one solid phalanx to the polls at
the November election to sec vic
tory crown our cfTorts. Oh,
Hrolher Democrats, let's get to
gether, and show lo our enemies
that we possess some good feel
ing toward one another. Come
on, boys, and make peace and let
us dwell together in peace and
harmony as of old.
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"SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?"
Mr. Hryan has issued a state
ment declaring that, if he is elect
ed delegate lo the Haltimore con
vention, and the democrats of
Nebraska instruct him to vide for
Harmon, he will refuse lo carry
out those instructions and will re
sign bis commission.
It is difficult lo believe that it. is
Mr. Hryan who says this. He has
always pleaded for and demanded
rule by the people. He has favor
ed the primary system as against
the convention system, because
under the primary system the
people are the bosses and under
the convention system the leaders
are the bosses. He ha- pointed
out that the weakness in rep
resentative government lies in the
refusal of the people's chosen
representatives to carry out their
instructions.
Is Mr. Hryan now ready to de
clare that he will not help the peo
ple to rule unless they rule as he
instructs them to rule? That he
will refuse to represent the
democracy of Nebraska in the na
tional convention unless they in
struct him as he instructs them
to instruct him?
If the people of the United
States are qualified for self-gov
ernment then the people of Ne
braska are also qualified. If all
the people are qualified for self-
government that includes the
democrats. It includes even the
democrats of Nebraska. They
may make mistakes, at times, but
Mr. Bryan has well said, the peo
ple are entitled to make their own
mistakes. Their intentions are
right and in the end their actions
will be right.
Suppose there was a presi
dential preference primary law in
all (hi! states, as there ought to
be and as, in a few years, there
will be. - Suppose all the candid
ates for delegate to a democratic
national convention should take
the position Mr. Hryan has taken.
What would be the result? It
would be confusion, if not chaos.
Two-thirds of the democrats of
the country, even more, might
conceivably be left without rep
resentatives in the convention.
If delegates are to refuse to
carry out the people's will if
they are to refuse to serve unless
they can put their own will su
perior to the will of the people
what 13 the uso of electing them?
Whst b the ise of instructing
them? WHY NOT LET THE
LEADER, OR BOSS, OF THE
PARTY IN EACH STATE NAME
TH2 DELEGATES AND IN
STRUCT THEM HIMSELF?
An individual member of a
party has the ri?hl to. refuse ti
accept the judgmerl of his fellow
me:,.bers a;.d to refuse to act with
them. Hut the case is entirely
different when that individual
presents himself as one seeking a
commission to represent his party
on a particular issue, upon which
the rank and Hie are lo issue their
instructions when they elect him.
If he is determined in advance not
lo accept these instructions un
less they are such as he wants
them to be, then it would seem,
the .dignified, fair "and manly
course would be for him to re
fuse to present himself as a can
didate for the responsibility of
representing them.
If Mr. Hryan is not willing to
abide by the instructions of the
democrats of Nebraska be ought
not to be a candidate. Worbl
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