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. APRIL 19, 1912 The Commoner. 11 The Fight Against Bryan in Nebrask; Crete Democrat: It 1b about f time the democrats of the state had a look behind the curtain to see these political medicine mixers at work. There you would reorganize the Taft supporters, the old Palmer and Buckner corporation tools and a lot of young unscrupulous pie hunters, busily engaged making dope that will catch 'em, unsuspecting democrats, as the nigger said "goen or comen." They are very active just now, but as some of them have openly de clared, when cornered, that they will not vote for Wilson if nominated, it is safe to predict they will be just as active Taft supporters as their pro totypes were for McKinley in 1896 or just the same, for Palmer and Buckner. These fellows like to work under cover, till they are smokedout, then 1 they become desperate; a la World Herald at this time, and fan the air with their long arms shouting franti cally at every move made by demo crats who work in the open, as Mr. Bryan does and tells the people just where he stands on every question. They have a big job on their hands revamping the old Grover remnants for delegates to the Balti more convention to support one of Grover's cabinet for president, and they expect to fool you with these galvanized remnants, just as Teddy has been fooling the progressive re publicans in order to sidetrack La Follette. Will you support such men any longer, is the question now up to you? These corporation democrats were in power from 1892 to 189G when the progressive democrats under the leadership of Bryan and others in this state and nation, met and van quished them and now the fight is on" again. The remnants have become T)old in their' efforts to put forward a Cleveland democrat as candidate for president, because they think they have the breweries and booze fighters back of them. They are anxious to bring on a scrap over the liquor question, so .they can work the pro hibition racket at every election. They are even circulating the state ment that Wilson is a" prohibitionist. These contemptible methods, re sorted to by the bunch of cheap pie hunters and office seekers, to work upon the prejudices of men who take a glass occasionally, have become so common, that they will not fool any but bar-room loafers. The change has come and democrats who have been fighting for 20 years to put their party on a good solid founda tion, will take care of the men seek ing to engulf it in the old slough kept by corporations for Grover pollywogs to play in. Stand up for democracy as enun ciated by Jefferson, maintained by Jackson and so eloquently elucidated by Bryan. Shy at anything that savors of corporation control of the party as it was under Grover. These remnants have ever been a block in the path of true democrats and the party never could win till it passed over their prostrate forms, since 1892. The big noise which is being emitted by the World-Herald is merely a skirmish fire calculated to cover up the real movement of the Harmon troops forward. THE BIG NOISE Fairbury (Neb.) Journal: There is no question that Senator Hitchcock came from Washington prepared to fight Mr. Bryan and start the move ment to give Harmon the indorse ment for president. The quarrel with Bryan was merely a pretext. Hitchcock came prepared to fight. He was primed and cocked and was looking for some excuse to explode. It is not to be supposed that the machinery would begin to operate so umoothly, so suddenly and so noise lessly without previous preparation. PROPHECY COME TRUE Hastings (Neb.) Republican: When one comes to think about it Editor Senator Hitchcock is pretty small potatoes, politically, to receive seri ous attention at the hands of the democrats of Nebraska. This is meant to particularly per tain to this present controversy with Mr. Bryan. This assault on Bryan is simply fulfillment of prohpecy. Those who wore in touch with Mr. Hitch cock's personal attitude toward Mr. Bryan and progressive principles pre- dcted soon after his election to the senate that he (Hitchcock) would align himself with certain eastern reactionaries to wage a relentless and uncompromising fight against Bryan at every turn in the road. This is just what Hitchcock is do ing. .This is all there is to it. WnY THEY MAKE THE FIGHT Omaha (Neb.) Chancellor: What ever may bo your personal opinion of Senator Hitchcock, if you are in favor of Nebraska pronouncing against the nomination of Judson Harmon for president, there is but one way to give full expression to that conviction, and that is to vote against those candidates for dele- gate-at-largo who have pronounced themselves in favor of Harmon's nomination. Senator Hitchcock has been one of Harmon's staunchest supporters in this state for several years, though he has but recently come, out in public for him. If Sena tor ' Hitchcock can conscientiously support Harmon, then ho can as con scientiously support any other can didates that are favored by Wall street influences. If he should be elected a delegate from this state, it will be a commission to him to fight fdr the nomination of Harmon or any other he may choose, in the event that the nomination of some progres sive, like Wilson, whom the democ racy of this state may endorse, can not be nominated at Baltimore. Therefore defeat G. M. Hitchcock, Fred Volpp and Thomas Smith, as dolegates-at-large. On the other hand, if you approve of the great fight that has been waged within the democratic party for twenty years to make of that party a people's party, a party re sponsive to the popular will, and a party ready and courageous enough to take a forward attitude upon the great questions of the day, there is but one way in which you may give expression to that approval, and that is to vote and work for these candi dates for delegates-at-large: William J. Bryan, I. J. Dunn, George L. Loomis, W. H. Westover. If you have thought that the fight for progressive democracy is won, and that you may rest content with apparent victories, then it were time that y.ou disabuse yourself of such opinion. Quite the contrary. The fight for true progressive democracy has but just begun. That is a fight in which those who are devoted to real progress must be eternally "on the job." It is a fight for liberty, and it is everlastingly true that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." They who profit through injustice never sleep. They are al ways on the job. It therefore be hooves all who have no hope or wish to profit through injustice, to be eternally vigilant in the conserva tion of those liberties they have, and in enlarging the scope of liberty's sway. Let no one bo deceived. The fight In this state is tho most important of any in tho union this year. For it is a fight with tho cold-blooded determination of attempting to dis credit tho unparalleled commoner at home. If the enemies of liberty in tho east could learn that Bryan had been discredited in his own state it would afford to them more satisfac tion, even, than would tho nomina tion and election of Harmon. And since Mr. Hitchcock has taken up the cudgels of that dangerous element for tho purpose of destroying the in fluence of Nebraska's most distin guished and most beloved son, it be hooves every progressive democrat to see to it that ho and not Mr. Bryan is left at home. The old populists, too, havo every reason to bo grateful to Mr. Bryan, as against any other democrat of this state. They have always been loyal to him, as he has been to them. So far as personal reasons go, Senator Hitchcock has been waiting for his hour of revenge against Mr. Bryan because Bryan reepmmended to Governor Poynter, a populist, that when he came to appointing a United States senator, he should appoint Senator Allen, a populist. It was at a time when the republican party had elected a successor to Senator Allen, but who died before taking his seat. Senator Allen, a populist, was al ready senator, and it was simply a question of continuing him a little longer in his 'Office, until tho follow ing legislature should appoint a suc cessor to him in place of Senator Hayward, who died. But Mr. Hitch cock thought that Poynter should appoint him, and ho thought that Bryan should insist upon Poynter appointing him. Because Bryan re fused' to do that," which would have been a' slap at tho populists of this state as well as at Senator Allen, Hitchcock saw fit to denounce Bryan, and to brand his act as "the sting of Ingratitude." But Bryan did right then, and tho populists of this state are going to remain loyal to him in this contest. They are going to re main loya.l to him, not only for his sake, but 'for the sake of progressive democracy. They can do this only by defeating Hitchcock for delegate-at-large. 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