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The Commoner,
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VOLUME lO.NUMBER 4
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Sard 46ouf Bryan Kind and Otherwise
MR. BRYAN AN INSURGENT
It vis greatly to the credit of Wil
liam J. Bryan that he declares that
he will not support Mayor Dahlman,
the democratic candidate for gover
nor of Nebraska. The conditions
are these. The attempt is being
made in the state to enact a county
"dption law, and also a law requir
ing the closing of all saloons at 8
O'clock. In the democratic state con-
Hanna's trust badly defeated for
president and if they are not blind
ed to reason, if they will look along
the political horizon from California
to Maine, they cannot fail to see
the handiwork of Nebraska's match
less leader W. J. Bryan in every
village and hamlet in .the republic.
The debauchery of the ballot,
bull-dozing, falsifying and the free
use of money deprived Mr. Bryan
I nf .n nonf In tho "Whltr TTnnaa Vmf
vention a resolution opposing a it couia pot' stay Wm in his m'atch
county option law was defeated by
the vote of 638 to 202; but yet Mr.
Dahlman declared that if the legis
lature shall enact such a bill, or an
early closing bill, he will veto it.
Under these circumstances Mr. Bryan
will enter the campaign for other
democratic candidates, but not for
Mr. Dahlman. That is, Mr. Bryan
prefers principle to party fealty, and
he does it at some risk. Mr. Dahl
man reminds Mr. Bryan of twenty
yeats of support given him and
taunts him with the prophecy that he
has got hold of the "wrong end of a
red-hot poker," and that in the elec
tion he "will get the biggest trim
ming which has been, given in this
or any other state in several, de
cades." We had not thought so ill
of Nebraska, and are glad to think
so well of Mr. Bryan. New York
Independent..
VINDICATION FOR BRYAN IN
NEBRASKA
less efforts on the stump. For
twelve years Mr. Bryan has per
sistently, ably, logically and grandly
held up the shortcomings of the re
publican party. In every city in the
union he has thundered forth the
shortcomings of the republicans; he
has demonstrated, to the people that
they had betrayed them broken
their pledges legislated in the in
terest of trusts, and betrayed their
constituents for the benefit of or
ganized capital.
The long years of effort on the part
of the gentleman is bearing, fruit,
and t the Democrat is firm in the be
lief that William J. Bryan, single
handed and alone, without hope of
reward or gain, destroyed the re
publican party.
eet-and
trust that God will spare his useful
life for many years. Arizona Dem
ocrat. -
The people of Arizona, send grc
ing to Nebraska's gallant son,
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One of the interesting features, of
the election was the , result, in 'Ne?
hraska, where Mr. Bryan, former
leader of the democratic party, had
waged a campaign5 against Mayor
pacinian, of Qhiaha,, the, democratic
nomine tor, governor.- , ,
A month go, wh.?n. Mr.. Bryan bolt
ed the head of his party ticket, he
was roundly denounced throughout
the country. The democratic com
mittee in Nebraska, while it main
tained silence, was deeply grieved.
Individual democrats criticised the
Lincoln statesman, severely.
Mr Bryan's objection to Mayor
Dahlman was that Dahlman was the
candidate of the Omaha liquor in
terests. He hired a hall in Lincoln
after the democratic committee
had declined his services as a cam
paign speaker and delivered an ad
dress, in which he urged the election
of Chester H. Aldrich, insurgent re
publican, to the governorship. He
alBo urged the indorsement of Rep
resentative Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of
the Omaha congressional district, for
United States senator." Both of these
men stand for political progress and
clean government.
On Tuesday Nebraska elected Aid
rich and indorsed Hitchcock.
The result is more than a vindica
tion of Bryan. It is a display of that
intelligent Independence which has
heftn develoninir so ranlrllv amniiP fha
people of America in the last decade,
and which must ultimately ho the
foundation upon which our political
and economic problems are met. It
required discernment and a real con
ception of the duties of citizenship
for Nebraska to select A' republican
governor and a democratic United
States senator, and Nebraska demon
strated that it possessed those two
prime requisites. Washington, D. C.
Times.
CONGRATULATIONS
Tho verdict rendered by the peo
ple . yesterday when they elected" a
democratic ftouse, of representatives'
and several governors, while grati-.'
fying to .-those -people- who--rhave
fought , almost hopelessly Xor -years-has
its responsibilities. - .That tho
people would, sooner or later rebuke
the republican party and its high
protective tariff policy (the only ex
cuse ror its existence) is not sur
prising to students of economics.
That a high protective tariff protects
a few jpeople, but doe3 not benefit the
masses, is conclusively shown by tho
fact that the rich are getting richer
and the poor are getting poorer, This
publication does not regard the de
feat, of the republican party in a
personal sense that is so far as
President Taft or former President
Roosevelt is concerned, but views
it . as a condemnation of the
cardinal principle of that party r-a
high protective tariff. Had William
H. 'Taft kept his promise to the peo
ple in 1908 that the tariff would be
revised downward and had his party
enacted such a law, such - a revolt
as exists today, would not have been
possible. Had Bryan traded with
the trust interests in 1908 and de
ceived the people as Taft did, he
would have been president. Today,
however, Bryan out of the White
House is honored, while Taft, ac
cording to the verdict of the people
rendered yesterday, stands discredit-;
ed even in his own state. Wash
ington, D,. C, Bulletin., , ..L ; , -
SOMEBODY FOOLED YOU
Colonel Bryan is to make 'a speech
in St. Louis in the near future, if
present plans can be. put into effect.
But this time he is to talk as an
"elder." There is a gratifying note in the'
announcement. The eminent No-'
braskan is, we feel sure, well quali
fied for the new service which he is
to render. In order to be an elder,
we assume, one should have learned
the le.sson of humility, the mutability
oi. lums, tno many-pameu juuruoj
ARIZONA'S GREETING
While, the republican leaders of
the naticn are gazing into the hori
zon to discover the cause of the
many disasters that ore overtaking
their party they might call a halt
for a tlmo and study W. J. Bryan
study from cause and effect; look
carefully at the man whom Mark which mortals must take before they.
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