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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1900)
12 'Cbc Conservative. W11Y A DKMOCIIATIC PAPER OPPOSES MIIYAN. Our objection to Mr. Bryan , since he was first nominated for the presidency , has related and now relates to the plat form on which he stands and to the principles ho represents. The Times , in the summer of 1890 , declared the plat form which Mr. Bryan's friends then forced upon the democratic convention at Chicago to bo a rotten platform , a heretical platform , an undemocratic platform. When has Mr. Bryan repudiated or renounced any plank of that odious , non-democratic platform ? The conven tion at Kansas City , which declared Mr. Bryan the democratic candidate for the presidency again this year , desired to drop out of its platform some of the de testable planks which antidemocratic influences had caused to be inserted in the Chicago platform of 1890 , but Mr. Bryan commanded the reaffirm - ation of all the heresies , and the special renformation of the most offensive and dangerous of them all , " 10 to 1. " Mr. Bryan never , so far as wo ore in formed , cast a democratic vote in his life. In 1892 he voted for Weaver , the Greenback candidate , against Grover Cleveland , and he owes his prominence iu public life to his association with the greenback and populist elements in Ne braska , and not to the democrats of that state. Since ho became prominent , the democratic party has almost ceased to exist in Nebraska , and it is now a more tail to the populist kite. Should Mr. Bryan's ideas prevail , the democratic party in the whole nation will share the fate of the democratic party in Nebraska. Regarding , as wo do , the populist brain as addled , and the populist heart as a Jack Cade organ , wo totally dissent from the proposition to put them into the body of democracy. ( Hartford ( Conn. ) Times ( Ind. Dem. ) The people of A SENATORIAL Nebraska have on ENIGMA. their hands a rather queer problem in the candidacy for the United States senate of David E. Thompson. He lives in Lincoln , which is Bryan's town , but Thompson is in every way Bryan's opposite. He is a wealthy mau , who came to Nebraska twenty five years ago so poor that when he took a job as a railroad brakeman , he began work on an empty stomach be cause he was unable to buy a meal of victuals. He passed through all grades of the railroad service and then became a bauker and speculator in timber lauds , acquiring a largo fortune. Thompson took no interest in politics uutil a couple of years ago , when ho decided to be a candidate for the United States senate. Simultaneously with this decision , ho developed a remarkable vein of benevo lence and commenced to do things for all sorts of people , His extensive ohari- ties are the talk of the state and the cause of amazement. During the Omaha exposition he sent all the children of Lincoln between the ages of eight and sixteen to see the show. A couple of weeks ago he sent a train load of 500 children and 800 adults to the Ohantau- qua Assembly at Beatrice. He loaned the state of Nebraska $20,000 to bring home from San Francisco the First Ne braska regiment , which had just re turned from the Philippines and ho has not yet been repaid. Sometimes he sends a party of workingmen to the country for a rest , and occasionally he will fur nish transportation for 400 or 500 children and supply everything they need during a pleasant outing. Every Christmas he gives a carload of flour to the poor of Lincoln , and it is admitted that the aggregate of his gifts is very large. Now while everybody acknowledges that he is spending a great deal of money in public and private gifts , his real purposes are generally suspected of being selfish and he is called "a bold operator in charity. " The fact that he never developed his bump of philan thropy until he decided that he wished to be senator , is relied upon by his political opponents as showing that everything he does has a selfish motive. But , as might be expected , he is making staunch friends and bitter enemies at a rate that throws the politicians into a state of bewilderment , and many think that this shrewd business man , who has adopted such novel methods to work up political popularity , will be one of the two United States senators whom Ne braska will elect next winter. One of the seats falling vacant is that of Senator Thnrston , while the other is that created by the death of Senator Hayward.- Oakland Enquirer. The democratic leaders are too busy weeping over the woes of the Filipinos to pay any attention to Kentucky , whoso people are now governed without their consent , but this does not matter , as Keutuckians know how to take care of themselves , and they will do so in No vember in a way so emphatic that the wayfaring man , though a fool , will understand. Louisville Post. Earn While Learning Your Chosen Profession JIuiMinit crccltd and occupied by The International Correspondence Schools. Young men and women looking for employment should send for our free circular "Support Yourself While Learning a Profession.1' It tells how we prepare you to fill a salaried posi tion iu your chosen profession , wherein you can support yourself while learning , and earn more as you learn more. 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