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APRIL 12, 1912
The Commoner.
done, or he would never have gained
a place in his cabinet. As to who
is furnishing money in Ohio to fight
Governor Harmon's candidacy, I
don't know.- Neither do I know the
quarters contributing the wherewith
to supply you with the postage and
printed literature you are flooding
Nebraska with right now, but I think
I know. I think, when I see at the
head of the Harmon state organiza
tion, a hic-hurraher for unlicensed
and. unbridled liberty, the while he
jests at the teachings of a Bryan
democracy; I think when I see the
quarter from which comes the most
Harmon smoke in Nebraska; I think
when I see the Harmon walking dele
gates trying to build up Harmon
strength here in our fair state by
hearkening back to the campaign of
1910 and Bryan; I think then, Chris
Gruenther, that this whole Harmon
campaign in Nebraska is backed by
men who are bent upon revenge and
wh6 care not a whit for democratic
success in state or nation, and it is
to such a bunch of political buccan
eers you have surrendered the blush
of your manhood.
Today Chris, the country is hear
ing the story of the wronged child
hood of Massachusetts. Of the greed
of the woolen industry and the im
poverishment of its laborers labor
ing men, women and children. Then
I read of the child labor law of Ohio;
how a progressive legislature sought
to thwart the mill owners in their
raid upon the childhood of Ohio and
passed up to Governor Harmon a
measure that struck a blow at the
. employment of child labor in that
great state. Governor Harmon, in
his stately mansion heard not the
cry of wronged childhood and mark
you, the child labor law of that state
became a law without an encourag
ing word or act from Governor Har-
mon. ' ,v n
"" You are- welcome Clirfs," to extoll
' Governor Harmon; you are welcome
too, in lending your, aid to bring de
feat to ninety per cent of the demo
crats who run for office this fall, but
in- after years, Chris, when telling
of the sacrifices yo-i havo made to
your party, also tell them of the
terrible sacrifice you done your best
to have it make for you. Go it
alone Chris, the Nebraska press is
not with you.
CECIL B. MATTHEWS.
THAT ATTACK ON MR. BRYAN
Editor Hastings Republican: Your
Public Forum column of last evening
was occupied with a bunglesome at
tack upon Mr. Bryan in the form of
an open letter to Chris Gruenther of
Columbus, intended, perhaps, as a
campaign classic. In order that the
reply may be briefly made let me
summarize respectfully the whole of
the gentleman's argument:
"I stopped in New York about
three months: I was a guest of the
club for two weeks; Mr. Hill is a
democrat and he told me; he ex
pressed himself to' me; I had lunch
one day with Robert Golette, direc
tor of the Union Pacific; I attended
another little meeting and one of the
guests was Hon. Charles Towne; I
talked with Mr. Morgan's confidential
man; he explained it t'o me in detail;
I was asked to attend a little gather
ing; I said at the time; I mentioned
it to Allen B. Parker; also Robert
Lovett, who is now president of the
Union Pacific; I expressed my opin
ion of both of these gentlemen; Mr.
Parker told me; Mr. Lovett told me;
I think it a shame; I will say that
I believe; I do not wish to say aught
against. Mr.' Bryan personally."
All of which goes to prove con
clusively the gentleman's charge that
Mr. Bryan is a "dog in the manger"
politician. That is, it might be
strained to so indicate had not the
correspondent convicted himself and
Wall street friends' in the one logi:
11
cal paragraph written as follows,
quoting literally:
"A week-or so later it was decided
that if Mr. Bryan was the nominee
at the Denver convention that they
would all.be for Mr. Bryan until
election day. The returns of that
election tell the story."
Exactly, the writer openly boasts
that the entire bunch of them lied
to each other, to Mr. Bryan and
the entire country from the date of
the nomination in July to the election
in November. That is the sort of
support Wall street and those who
"do not wish to say aught against
Mr. Bryan personally" have given
progressive politics in the past four
campaigns, and. the sort they will
continue to give in case their revered
Mr. Harmon is left at the starting
post. The logic of your correspon
dent aptly illustrates one of Mr.
Bryan's own stories of the uncertain
character of the mountain paths in
the Alps, where it is said that some
are so crooked that while on the
way one sometimes meets himself
face to face on the road back. Yours,
FERNINIST HARMONISM.
INCONSISTENCY .
Hamilton County Register: Dahl
man said if the' people elected him
governor and voted a county option
law he would not resign but veto
it. Would squarely prevent the
people from having their will.
Hitchcock was a supporter of Dahl
man and if you saw any criticism of
his attitude on that question in the
World-Herald you saw something
that escaped our vision. Bryan says
that if Harmon is chosen by the
democratic voters, he will resign and
allow him to be represented by those
who believe in him. He claims the
same right that a representative in
the legislature would have if his con
stituents asked him to do anything
against his conscience the right to
resign and give place to'spme man
who can act for them. This is noth
ing like being so revolutionary a for
Dahlman to say that he would use
the power given him by the people to
veto their will, but Hitchcock sus
tains Dahlman, a man of no particu
lar value to any party, and would
deny less liberty of action to Mr.
Bryan, conceded to be one of the
best men of the age, the loss of whose
co-operation would be with little
question, a death blow to democracy.
BUSY BOSSES
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal: There's
no escaping them. A couple of weeks
ago a group of democrats met in
Lincoln and recommende ". certain
candidates to progressive members
of their party. This act of usurpa
tion, as we all remember, was heroic
ally denounced by Senator Hitchcock
and his paper. It was undue inter
ference with the people's rule, an act
of bossism.
With what astonishment do we
find, therefore, in Senator Hitch
cock's paper yesterday a black -typed
list of candidates which it recom
mends to the democratic voters of
the state. The Lincoln meeting gave
approval to certain candidates on the
ground of progressiveness. The
World-Herald gives loving publicity
to its list because they agree to work
for Governor Harmon If the latter
carries .the primaries. Bossism gone
mad! Tyranny unspeakable! Popu
lar government and the direct pri
mary put at naught! The progres
sive democrats at Lincoln didn't do
worse. How is virtue fallen!
VOTING AT THE PRIMARY
Columbus (Neb,) Telegram: A
seeker after information, residing at
St. Edward, sends us the following
communication:
' Editor Telegram': In the coming
.primary election am I going to be
able to help nominate a president,
or merely help elect a delegate?
I havo no particular choice among
delegates, but I do havo a choice for
president.
Now, as you are acquainted with
the delegate candidates, and know
all about them, would it be asking
too much of you to tabulate or tag
them, so that I would have tho best
chance of helping to nominate my
choice of the democratic candidates
for president. I am sorry to bother
yon at such a busy time, but I want
to know. O. F. FLORY.
Yes, you will have your part in
helping to nominate a candldnte for
president. The ballot will provide
a place where you may express your
choice of presidential candidates, and
your vote will bo couiltcd. At the
same time you will havo a chance
to vote directly for delegates to tho
democratic national convention. You
ask tho editor of tho Telegram to
"tag" tho candidates for delegates,
so that you may be able to vote for
those delegates who would best rep
resent your views as to choice for
president. That is easy. There will
bo four delegates-at-large, and
twelve district delegates to elect. As
to the personality of the men seek
ing election as delegates, the Tele
gram regards them all, with one ex
ception, as clean men. Tho excep
tion need not bo stated, as all Ne
braska democrats who have kept
their eyes open well know tho namo
of that particular Nebraska demo
crat who has bargained with the
criminal interests on Wall street to
turn tho democracy of this state into
reactionary and stand-pat channels.
In order that our St. Edward friend
may understand just how tho candi
dates for delegates-at-large stand wo
shall group them under two head
ings, stand-pat and progressive.
The men put forward by the stand
patters as their choice for delegates-at-large
are:
G. M. HITCHCOCK,
FRED VOLPP,
THOMAS SMITH.
If our St. Edward correspondent
desires to promote the cause of Har
mon, Underwood, or some other
presidential candidate who is pleas
ing to men who manage the criminal
wealth of the country, then he should
vote for those three men who are
committed to the cause of Harmon.
If they could not aid the nomination
of Harmon, then they would give
their votes to some other stand-pat
candidate. If our St. Edward friend
wants to see a stand-pat platform
written by the democratic national
convention, then ho should vote for
the three men named above, because
they are solidly anchored to the ele
ments which are working to build a
stand-pat platform for the national
democracy. If our friend from St.
Edward desires to spit upon W. J.
Bryan and the principles for which
he stands, then he should vote for
the three stand-pat candidates for
delegates as they are named above",
because each of those candidates
hates Bryan with a hatred too intense
to conceal, and if the three men
above named should be chosen as
delegates to the Baltimore conven
tion, they would consider themselves
commissioned to do all in their power
to thwart the hopes and plans of Mr.
Bryan and all other progressive
democrats in the task of nominating
a progressive democrat for president,
and also in the task of writing a pro
gressive platform.
The men put forward by the pro
gressive democrats of Nebraska as.
their choice for delegates-at-large,
are:
W. J. BRYAN,
GEO. L. LOOMIS,
L- J. DUNN, -ts-- . m-;J)
W. 'H. WESTOVER;-; a. i-vrct'
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