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EVIEVMfcVIEWS
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Edited by ALBERT SHAW.
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The prominence J. Sterling Morton
as a possible candidate of the sound
money democracy for President calls
to mind the incidents of the beginning
of Mr. Bryan's political career.
When Mr. Bryan came to Lincoln he
didn't at first attract much attention,
although he plunged Into politics Im
mediately. J. Sterling Morton was
perhaps the first man to single out
young Biyan as a man of promise.
Certain it Is that Mr. Morton delib
erately chose Bryan as a personal
lieutenant, and until the spring of 1890
he expected a great deal of his vigor
ous and able young assistant. In 1888
W. J. Connell was the republican can
didate for congress in the First dis
trict and Morton was the democratic
candidate. That campaign marked the
beginning of Bryan's public career.
His aid was gladly invoked by Morton
and he made his first speeches in that
year.
In fact. Morton, Bryan and Albert
Watklns of this city were the only
speakers of note in that campaign.
Morton was backed by N. S. Harwood
of this city, who afterward became
president of the First National bank.
John H. Ames also of this city, and
Dan Cook of Beatrice. These men
were then and now, the leaders In
this section of the state of what has
been called the straight democracy.
They were friends of Mr. Morton then
and they are now, and they with Mr.
Morton welcomed the newcomer, who
promised to be of material assistance
in promoting the welfare of their par
ty. Connell the republican candidate,
was elected In 1888, and Mr. Bryan
went into comparative obscurity for a
year or more, or until plans for the
succeeding campaign began to be dis
cussed. Mr. Mcrton is a man of lofty
bearing, and. although he has run for
office a number of times In this state,
it cannot be said that he ever tried to
get a nomination. He always took the
position that If his services were want
ed they should be asked for. It Is no
secret that he desired a renom nation
for congress In 1890. as he was confi
dent that he could be elected . but he
did not depart from his usual custom.
He did nothing to push himself for
ward. It was then that Messrs. Har
wood. Ames and Cook, who today,
with Secretary Morton, are most bitter
In their denunciation of Bryan, turned
to the young man who had tried to se
cure the election of Mr. Morton In the
preceding campaign. They sent for
Bryan and urged him to become a can
didate for congress. They promised
him their most cordial support and
predicted that he would be elected.
Young Bryan evidently regarded his
counsellors as the agents of destiny.
He saw. opening before him. a career
or political life that promised a real
ization of his fondest hope, and It did
not require much persuasion to Induce
him to enter the fight. His candidacy
for the nomination was announced,
and he went Into the convention and
was made the nominee. "W. J. Connell
was renominated by the republicans.
That contest was a memorable one.
Mr. Morton had begun -to see that the
young man he had taken up in the
hope that he would become a faithful
and powerful ally was getting away
from him. But Harwood. Ames and
Cook were active in Mr. Bryan's cam
paign and they furnished the sinews
of war so needful at that time. Mr.
Bryan was elected by a large majority,
and his syndicate of backers and all
the leaders of the old line democracy
In ate district settled back to the feel
ing of confidence that at last the party
organisation was firmly established In
power. For years they had been look
ing for a Moses to lead them- They
had tried Morton, and they had tried
many others. But the chosen one had
always lacked the one element of suc
cess. Here was a young man untried, in
experienced, who came unheralded into
the Held and was able to do what many
before him had failed to accomplish.
No wonder Messrs. Harwood, Ames
and Cook congratulated themselves on
their wisdom and good judgment
At that time there was no question of
Mr. Bryan's loyalty to the party or
to the particular interests that were
responsible for his advancement. He
counselled almost dally with Mr. Har
wood and his friends and his pro
fessions of personal and political al
legiance were most satisfactory. It
was not until he had gone down to
"Washington and remained there a
year or more that his new sponsors
began to be troubled with the same
feeling that had previously animated
Mr. Morton. Before Mr. Bryan made
his great speeches in congress suspic
ion had been aroused by his personal
attitude toward those who bad helped
him Into congress. Instead of court
ing their society and seeking their ad
vice Mr. Bryan began, systematlcally
and adroitly, to appeal to the element
of the party exactly opposite to that
represented by the conservative Har
wood faction.
Mr. Bryan is an opportunist Soon
after entering congress he became Im
pressed with the Idea that the cheap
money craze, at that time in its lncip
iency, would become a movement of
national importance, and he plunged
into the cause of free silver with all
his might. His first speech on the
money question had the effect of com
pletely severing all connections with
the conservative element of the party
with which he had been prominently
identified. Mr. Morton joined with
Messers. Harwood, Ames and Cook in
condemnation of what they termed his
base treachery, and at the next state
convention of the democratic party
they began a light on Bryan and free
sliver that has extended to the pres
ent moment.
Mr. Morton's feeling toward Bryan
is such that he would willingly give
himself up as a sacrifice to the end
that Bryan may be defeated. He Is
also warmly interested in the cause of
sound money. And If he should be
asked to become the sound money
candidate he would not hesitate to ac
cept though he knew a person
al victory would be impossible. Some
of his best friends are urging him not
to allow his name to be used. They do
not want him nominated, because they
think he will be humiliated. Hereto
fore, when Mr. Morton has run for
office, and he has been a candidate for
governor and for congress, he has al
ways polled a large vote. Many repub
licans have voted for him. It is point
ed out that he could not get this sup
port In the present campaign, and the
democratic party itself is so hopeless
ly divided, many of the old line demo
crats who do not like Bryan and are
opposed to free silver having declared
their Intention of voting for McKinley,
that his vote in Nebraska would be
small. Probably no man In this state
enjoys so large a measure of the re-
njnrci ana connaence or tne conser
vative members of all parties as Mr.
Morton. He Is In every way the op
posite of Mr. Bryan. He Is dignified,
almost courtly In his bearing, aristo
cratic in his tastes. He Is cautious
and conservative. He has spent a
lifetime in study, and is a man of in
tellectual power and original Ideas.
He is now spending a few weeks of
quiet at his beautiful country place.
Arbor Lodg. Just out of Nebraska
City, where he Is receiving visiting
democrats daily.
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