The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902, November 15, 1900, Page 2, Image 2
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. BnSMMHKaBVfW *