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The Nebraska Independent SEPTEMBER 6, 1906 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHED 1889 J. M. DEVINE, Editor FREDERIC O, BERGE, Business Mgr. Published Every Thursday 1328 O Street Lincoln, Nebraska Entered at the pestofflea at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter. Under the act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS 2? MY,ftif. Subscriptions Must be ,0 6 Months aM in Advmee. .5 3 Months ra,a ,n av"nce' Subscriptions Can be sent direct to The Independent. They can also be M,nt through newspapers which have adver tised a clubbing rate, or through local agents, where sub-agents have been ap pointed. All remittances should be sent by postofflce money order, express order, or by bank draft on New York or Chicago. Change of Address Subscribers re questing a change of address must give the OLD as well as the NEW address. Advertising Rates furnished upon applica tion. Sample Copies sent free to any address up on application. Send for San.ple Copies and c'ub rates. ' ' n Address all cummunications, and make all flrafts. money orders, etc., payable to THE INDEPENDENT, 'Lincoln, Neb. WILLIAM J. BRYAN The spontaneous outburst of senti ment in favor of William J. Bryan that has swept over the land during the past few months, resulting in crown ing him with the leadership of thought upon the vital questions of politics is another demonstration of the su premacy of the moral function in the collective life of the nation.. The trend of events conquered ignorance, and with each demonstration of the truth of Mr. Bryan's teachings . the heart of the nation penitently turned in affection toward him who, conscious of being right himself, exhibited sub lime faith in the power of the people to eventually know and do the right. The reception recently accorded to Mr. Bryan upon his return to his na tive land after his globe encircling tour is without precedent as a tribute to a private citizen. In his tour of the world he found his fame had preceded him, that mankind in all of. its va rious strata wheresoever dispersed knew something of the gallant leader of the people in the titanic struggle for supremacy between democracy and plutocracy in the land of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. Never before did the presence of a stranger in the benighted regions of the earth awaken emotions akin to those awakened in the bleeding hearts of the earth's downtrodden millions along the pathway of America's great commoner in his journeyings through the eastern hemisphere. Bryan's voice in behalf of freedom has become a world power. He speaks as a citi zen, but his words have become en dowed with imperial power over the intellects and hearts of unnumbered millions who regard the political arena of the United States as freedom's bat tle ground for the children of the earth. What is the secret of Mr. Bryan's power? The answer is, he knows the right and dares to give it full and free expression. He is known to have ambition. But his implicit trust and sublime confidence in the power of the people too, in the end, know and do the right, tempers his ambition and levels his words and deeds with the eternal heartbeat of humanity. His ambition is an honest ambition and it has not corrupted his heart. He has given demonstration of a heart that is sublimely brave and true in being able to weather the storm of ignorance and prejudice until the" un folding hand of time has martially lifted the clouds of intellectual dark ness and cleared the mental horizon of his fellow citizens, when the hom age of honest hearts could no longer be withheld from him. Thus, the spon taneous ebullition of sentiment of affection for and confidence in Bryan in the hearts of his countrymen is made manifest in the hearty greeting and welcome home that is' accorded him, so universal that, for the time, at least, political bias is overwhelmed. EDWARD ROSEWATER The news of the sudden death of Edward Rosewater on the morning of 31st ult. was. a great surprise and shock to the citizens of Nebraska. In the demise of Mr. Rosewater, the state of Nebraska sustains a great loss. His services to the city and state of his adoption during the past thirty years, easily outranks that of any other Nebraskan, either living or dead. He was a man who did things. He was public spirited, able, indus trious and courageous, a man of su perb ability and untiring energy, a power for good and a terror of evil doers. At no time in his eventful life was the scope of his activity greater or his influence so potent as at the very hour of his untimely end. His pathway in business and poli tics was beset by difficulties that a less heroic nature would have shrunk from. But the valiant Rosewater was unawed and hesitated not, always ex hibiting a sublime confidence in the final outcome of all of his undertak ings in business and in public affairs. His life was one of indomnitable pur pose, resting upon a broad and com prehensive understanding of the ends sought, as well as the means to be employed and the difficulties and de lays to be encountered. Living in a state as completely sub ject to corporation rule as either Rhode Island or Delaware, his soul was in constant rebellion against the insolent railroad political regime that dominate party conventions and legis latures and besmirched the govern ment of the state generally. He conducted many fierce battles in caucuses, conventions and legisla tures against the railroad political rings and fought them with Spartan valor when victory was impossible, contenting himself with presenting facts and arguments for the enlighten ment of the voters. No matter how hopeless the task, in the face of angry majorities, led by railroad tools, whom he had publicly branded as such, the invincible and irrepressible Roman soldier seemed at all times eager for the fray. In his almost perpetual con flict with the corporation minions in politics, his motto seemed to be: "Lay on Macduff and damned be he who first cries, hold, enough!" He was a personal friend and ardent supporter of President Roosevelt and felt an intense satisfaction in applaud ing every move made by the presi dent to curb the aggression of the railroads and the trusts. Intellectually, Mr. Rosewater tow ered above the average editor of the daily ne'wspaper, and the Omaha Bee has, for many years, occupied a place on the front rank of American jour nalism. Rosewater's editorials cov ered a broad range and were noted for their breadth of scope and power and incision of statement. In the demise of Edward Rosewater the jour nalistic profession has lost a brilliant star, and the state of Nebraska has suffered the loss of one of its great est and most valued citizens. A TYPE Perhaps a lifetime may not again afford an opportunity equal to the present to so strikingly illustrate the baseness of a class of politicians that has been much in evidence at the re ceptions given to Mr. "Bryan since his return to his own country. They rep resent a type of humanity not con fined to any political party or to any nation or age. On the contrary they have been in evidence in all ages and all nations, encumbering the pathway of human progress and illustrating a hideous deformity of human character. The cause of humanity in every age has had to contend against its Judases and Benedict Arnolds. Less than a year has passed since some of the men of our own and other states who are attracting attention to themselves at the present time by their conspicuous fawning at the feet of Mr. Bryan were expressing great satisfaction in the belief that Bryan was as dead, politically, as an Egyp tian mummy. They emphasized their feelings upon the subject with the further expression that Bryanisnr was a sort of political distemper that had fortunately run its course and was now a thingof the past, to so remain for ever. Some of the men who thus spoke last year and the year before, and who are now seeking to monopol ize the attention of Mr. Bryan and parade themselves before the public as his most ardent admirers, are men who professed friendship for Mr. Bryan in the past and pretended to give him loyal support in his former campaigns. Others of them are men who made no profession of friendship for his candidacy at any times some of whom openly opposed him. Expressions of hostility toward Mr. Bryan on the part of these men were frequent and often obtrusive, until after the rate bill in the last session of congress became a topic of current discussion, when the name of Bryan began to be associated with that of Roosevelt and it was becoming appar ent to the dullest intellect that the popularity of both Bryan and Roose velt was soaring skyward. The new manifestation of Bryan's popularity surprised and stunned his enemies in the democratic party, who later having grasped the magnitude and power of the sentiment for him i'j the eastern states, made up their minds to utilize the Bryan wave to advance their own political fortunes. Hence among the loudest and most officious attendants upon Mr. Bryan are to be found many who neither understand nor approve of the ideas that Mr. Bryan stands for, and have no sympathies in common with the millions of stalwart support ers of the great commoner, but who have determined to ride upon the Bryan wave and make use of it to boost themselves into prominence and position, after which, if they can profit by so doing, they will be ready to be tray Mr. Bryan and the American people. Men of the type herein described are at the present time to be found plying their vocation of hypocrites in both political parties in the state of Nebraska, some wearing the cloak of Roosevelt, others that of Bryan, in order to deceive honest voters into electing them to office. The voters must bear in mind thafthe individual record of each candidate furnishes a far safer and better guide to their true character than do their pre election professions. They must re member that it was with a kiss that Judas betrayed his Master. THE CORPORATION IN POLITICS (From the Springfield Republican) President E. P. Ripley of the Atchi-' son railroad company maintains the right of a corporation to mix up in politics as an individual entity. This is a matter worth brief consideration. 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