The Conservative.
Now that the
KING JAMES.
empire is estab
lished , the fourth of July eradicated
aud the star-spaugled banner expurga
ted from American life , we look into the
"Imperialism" of ancient times.
Mncanley , the great historian of Eng
land , remarks of King James : "By
his fondness for worthless minions , and
by the sanction he gave to their tyranny ,
he kept discontent constantly alive. "
Did James too have his Crokers , Alt-
gelds , Tillmaus , Dahlmans , Sm y-ths
ct id omne gfnusf
The innumerable
ICKSTOUKD.
able friends of Dr.
George L. Miller , the pioneer editor and
one of the foremost upbuilde.rs of
Omaha from 1854 down to date , will be
rejoiced to learn that his health is com
pletely restored. He is now his own
strong self and , as usual , ready and will
ing to engage in all good works for the
prosperity and expansion of Omaha and
the state of Nebraska. He has been
always too generous of his purse ,
strength aud health in public affairs and
in private charities. But Horace Mann
said :
"Generosity , during life , is a very
different thing from generosity in the
hour of death ; one proceeds from gen
uine liberality and benevolence , the
other from pride and fear. "
The Omaha
PURE POPULISM.
World-Herald of
Sunday , a journal formerly edited by
Bryan and the Bnllionaires who hired
him , contained the following populistic
prediction from Long-talker Allen , who
is the superior in mind-strength and
brute-force of all the populist leaders in
the United States :
"What of the election from a purely
party standpoint ? " was asked , to which
Senator Allen replied :
"The populist party will live , and will
grow stronger with greater rapidity in
the future than it has in the past. It
has come to stay. I am now unable to
recall the name of a man in American
politics it could be induced to support
for the presidency but that of Mr.
Bryan. Certainly no man could get its
support who did not stand for all the
principles he stands for , and , I may add
in this connection , I am unreservedly in
favor of Mr. Bryan's renomination in
1004 , and to that end I shall labor in the
future. "
At last Senator Allen proclaims Bryan
a populist , although with primary nom
inations from the populist party and
secondary nominations from an alleged
democratic party , Colonel Bryan has
been masquerading as a Jackson demo
crat. Now , for once THE CONSERVA
TIVE and Senator Allen are in agree
ment. Col. Bryan is a populist , the only
populist whom that aggregation of
illusions , isms and vagaries called the
populist party , would support for presi
dent of the United States.
"S6C ° Ud
THE SECOND . .
UA.TTLE. battle has been
fought. It was not
won by Mr. Bryan , neither was it ,
strictly speaking , won by Mr. McKinley.
It was not a defeat for true democracy ,
neither was it a victory for republican
ism. But it was a triumph of American
citizenship over organized discontent
and anarchistic tendencies. It was in
fact a "second battle , " the contest of
1890 over again , and the result , a reaffirmation -
affirmation of the judgment then
rendered.
Mr. Bryan , instead of confining his
campaign to a dignified and intelligent
discussion of principles , belittled his
candidature by demagogic appeals to
class prejudices. He sought to array
the employed against the employer ,
those to whom the privilege of a sum
mer vacation was unknown against those
who regularly enjoyecl this pleasure.
Conscious of his own inability to earn a
livelihood for himself and those de
pendent upon them by any legitimate
business , aside from office-holding and
office aspiring , he very illogically
assumed this condition to apply to all
young men. Hence he proclaimed that
the present industrial system offered no
future to young men and that all oppor
tunities for advancement were closed to
them.
That the American people were not
misled by this sophistry , that they were
_ able to determine
, , ,
t „ . . . .
Popular Intelligence. , , , „
unerringly the dif
ference between words and wisdom ,
is proof of their intelligence and
sound , sober judgment , and a vindica
tion of their fitness for self government.
In spite of persistent attempts at con
cealment , in spite of Mr. Bryan's de
termined effort to talk about something
else , in spite of a mieleading declaration
in the platform adopted at Kansas City ,
the voter recognized that the real , un
disguised issue was , should the gold
standard , the basis of our national
credit , the structure upon which depends
the present prosperity of the country , be
maintained or destroyed. By a decisive ,
overwhelming majority the American
people declared that it should be main
tained.
The result was a victory for the forces
of constructive statesmanship and a re
buke to the combined elements of des
truction. It should be a warning to any
political party against striving for suc
cess by attacking the nation's currency
or seeking to arouse class against class.
It should deter for all time to come any
political organization from abandoning
its principles and resorting to temporary
expedients as a quick way to power. It
should teach the democratic party that
the only way it can regain the confidence
of the American people is to forsake the
corrupting alliance with populism and
fusion and return to the traditions and
former principles of democracy as laid
down by Jefferson and expounded by
Jackson , Tilden and Cleveland.
If the republican party correctly in
terprets the result it will not construe
the election of Mr.
Duty of Republicans. .
McKinley as a par
tisan victory or as an endorsement of all
republican policies but simply as an ex
pression of approval of the position of
the present administration upon the one
question which all republican orators
and writers agreed , during the campaign ,
was the only question at issue , viz. , the
maintenance of the gold standard. It
should act with moderation in the solu
tion of the vexed problems growing out
of the war with Spain and it could , with
profit to itself and benefit to the conn-
try , heed the sage counsel and advice of
party leaders like Hoar , Reed , Harrison ,
McCall and Littlefield whose efforts in
behalf of republican success were con
spicuous because of their effectiveness.
"The result in
EUCLID MARTIN.
this state is at this
moment uncertain , but it is already
known that but for the intrusion of per
sonalities and ambitions of republican
statesmen anxious to serve their party ,
Bryan's rout in Nebraska would have
been as complete as in Kansas. Perhaps
not quite so large but just as safe. But
as it is , I feel that all good citizens have
a right to congratulate themselves upon
the escape which we have just had. My
faith in the integrity and sound judg
ment of the American people is renewed
and I predict that the time will not come
during either your life or my own , when
the people of the United States will
place in the presidential chair a man
whose sole ambition is to create discord
and discontent with his fellow men , to
tear down the established commercial
institutions and enterprises , hoping
there by to elevate himself.
1 'Accept my congratulations upon the
course pursued by your paper , which
has been so largely recognized as a
factor in bringing about the results of
of yesterday's election. "
The above from a private letter indi
cates a sane and strenuous Americanism.
USEFUL.Whenever Col.
MAY BE USEFUL.
Bryan , who has
been in the habit of furnishing para
mount issues for a political syndicate
made up of misled democrats , protec
tion advocating republicans , of silver-
free-coinage-16-to-l tendencies and pop
ulists who believe any old thing good
enough for money renounces his money
fallacies , repents of his populistio esca
pades and declares himself for the gold
standard and the perpetuation of pros
perity , he may become a very useful as
well as a very oratorical citizen of this
empire. Less talk and more work will
also add to the Colonels career of util
ity.
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