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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1899)
? " * / MMMk.It * * O Conservative * AN INVITATION. Witliin the culm spclusion Among the quiet nooks Whore wait the friendly faces Of long-familiar books , I turn the poet's pages And read the quaint words o'er , When , with the faintest whisper , A zephyr swings the door. Once more the past attracts meTe To journey by the side Of pilgrims who "in folaweschipo Toward Cauntorbury rydc. " When lo , a wave of fragrance Sweeps through the ancient lorol > With whiffs of wild rose perfume The zephyr swings the door. As if the gentle Chaucer , Who loved all Nature well , Still wandered forth in spirit , Enchanted by her spoil , V 5 Anl sonfc u's voice which lingered iV , . Prom ages gonn before I To join a pleading zephyr \ Tliat. softly swings the door. X i " " " ' It swings to show a glimmer Lj _ Of rippling water's flow , Of white-sailed visions lleeting And drifting clouds of snow ; Of woodlands green where quiet Is hold with peace in store ; \ With subtle plea alluring , ' . , / j | The zephyr swings the door. Fleet fancy opens swiftly The portals of the years ; Afar , in shining meadows , The poet's form appears. Away from courtly splendors To scones that charmed him more , Ho beckons ono to follow When fancy swings the door. To follow where , mid daisies , In eager joy ho wont To seek in lonely pathways His deepest heart's content : Where words began their singing To echo o'er and o'er , Into the realm of Nature Ho swung the poet's door. From verdant arches rising Whore forest shadows sloop , From fields o'erspread with sunlight , From banks where llowers creep , Still calls liis voice inviting Grave eyes from bookish lore To wander forth with Nature When zephyrs swing the door. MAUY FKENOII MOUTON. KOOSEVEI/T AND BRYAN. If the political party which is now re- spousible for the Philippine war and the enormous loss of life and treasure which that war costs can again secure the presidency of the United States and elect an apologist or advocate of war it must choose some other man for its standard bearer than William McKinley. The "reluctant" is not , at present , pop ular with men who like decision , and hate indecision , of character. Mr. Mc Kinley does too many official acts "re luctantly. " He hesitates and then yields when the Hanna , Platt and El- kins style of statesmen importunately advise and direct what they want him to do. Theodore Roosevelt is honest. The odore Roosevelt is able. Theodore Roosevelt is brave and unselfish in war as he is fearless and upright in peace. Therefore if in 1900 the republican party can elect any man to the presi dency capable of rendering the republic of the United States an efficient , wise , and patriotic service , that man is Theo dore Roosevelt. He commands the re- poet of all who have the pleasure of his personal acquaintance. And if in their admiration for war , ind their adoration of heroes the American people Nebraska's Hero. , , , , . demand a soldier lominee from each of the great political parties , Nebraska can proudly present Colonel William Jennings Bryan , whoso nvincibility in peace and invisibility in war are known and praised in all pop- ulistic arousemonts from Maine to Cali fornia. Colonel Bryan was ono of the first to enlist. Ho was likewise the gallant ender of those first to resign. The jourage with which he became a sol dier was only equalled by the self-abne gation with which he relinquished the possibility of glory and guns on the field of battle. With an unparalleled record for shooting off his mouth and a record for shooting off guns which would make the Quaker vote a certainty for him , Colonel Bryan is , beyond doubt , the only military man whom the popu lists can put up against Theodore Reese velt. The contrast between the cruelty and courage of Roosevelt on the ono hand and the womanly tenderness and resignation of Bryan on the other would elect somebody. INITIATIVE AND KEFEUENDUM. While in Deadwood a few days since THE CONSERVATIVE met Colonel Steele , an eminent and well-known attorney of that city , who was formerly a represent ative of Wyoming in congress. Speak ing of the committee on resolutions ai the Chicago convention of 1890 , Colonel Steele stated the fact that William Jen nings Bryan asked the committee to put into the platform something favorable to the "initiative and referendum. The eloquent Nebroskan made no plea for this part of the platform based upon any alleged devotion or adherence to principle , but naively declared that such a statement would "catch a great many votes that otherwise might be lost. " After this statesmanlike and patriotic expression of friendship for the iuitiat ivo and referendum by Colonel Bryan Senator George of Mississippi addressee him , saying : "Good God ! young man can't you leave us anything in the way of principles that the fathers of the con stitution and the country declared foi and defended ? " Coming , as this did , from Senator George , one of the most intense and rad ical advocates of the free coinage o silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 without re gard to any other nation on earth or h the planetary system , the young man addressed subsided and made no further ffort in behalf of a plank endorsing the nitiative and referendum for the pur pose of catching the ballots of suckers. Colonel Steele is a democratic advo- ate of the gold standard and other ound propositions and stands high as a publicist not only in Wyoming , Colorado rado , South Dakota and Nebraska , but ; hroughout the entire Northwest. He s a lawyer of extensive and profitable practice and sincerely esteemed by all who have the honor and pleasure of his acquaintance. SHOW The citizenship YOUIt HAND. of Nebraska and of the whole re- mblio for that matter is becoming fa- igued with the bluster and bluff of Brj'anarchy. People who road and think begin to isk for some definite good which has jeou accomplished for Nebraska or for ; ho republic by the policies and politi- ians of the fusion persuasion. People nsk , what has Bryan accom plished during four years in congress ? Where is any legislation of a beneficent character emanating from his brains and labors ? When and where did Bryan accom plish a benefit for "tho plain people , " either as a lawyer , a statesman or a sol dier ? Has Bryan saved money for the plain people who pay the taxes in the United States ? Has he by any deed , act , thought or speech improved the physical , intellec tual or moral condition of the afore named plain people ? Will some Bryauarchist make an ex hibit , give an inventory , of the acts of this perambulating orator which have been of permanent usefulness to the American people ? Promises piled higher than moun tains have many populists given. But all their performances are below sea- level and out of sight. In Nebraska , from Allen and Kern and McKeighau and Maxwell and Billdech , from the highest to the lowest , what have the leaders of fusion organized , instituted or animated for the common good ? What principles do they stand for when fused together ? Are they any thing more or less than incarnate impor tunity for office ? Do they ever discuss government or policies of finance except as a presumed means of getting office ? Fusion should either formulate a plat form of principles , or compose a con fession , for puulic circulation. The taxpaying - paying voters call upon Allen , the ex- United States senator , and present dis trict judge , and all the lesser exponents of fusion.to show their hands. Let every body see upon what they are doing their betting , bluffing , office-seeking and office-holding ? If there be among them anything but inordinate appetite for public place and emolument let the people see the other thing or things. ' ' " ' v 'ft "M : Jjiste' ltj& "Vetou. . . i . < < < & < iw&tnmM&3m ' y&St'.rii , 'U ! ? * aia
