Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-11

Colonel Dnnn's View of the Prcsi-
Dental Campaign in Nebraska.

e A'AN sun AANAAH'
There is reason to believe that by encr-
getic effort on the part Of the republican
leaders. and by patriotic cooperation on
the part Of the sound money democrats OF
Nebraska, Mr.. organs own state can be
carried against him in November. The po-
litical value Of Nebraska's eight electoral
votes in this contest Is considerable, hut
the moral advantage of a victory there
would be iuCalCulable.
We do not speak OF Nebraska as the
"enemy's country There is no enemy's
country anywhere where tho red. white. and
blue banner is dying. The enemy is the adyo-
cate OF reputation, who. through igUu-
rance or dishonesty, is now assailiug the
nations honor and the prosperity Of the
American workingman. Such a creature is
a public enemy, whether It lives in New
York or in Nebraska. Nj. Bryan's cam
paign managers seem to believe shat there
are enough Of such citizens in Nebraska to
make that state sure for the 53-ccnt dollar.
Our own advtces from Nebraska and the
Judgment of veteran observers familiar with
the politics Of every county Of the state,
incline us to regard 1t as a promising field
for special endeavor during the next eight
weeks. At the last presidential election
Harrison carried Nebraska by about 5000
plurality over Weaver, though the COM
bined p~opulist and democratic vote eX-
ceeded Harrison's vote by about 10000. At
the state election last fall, with a total
less than that of 1892, the republican vote
had decreased by about 5000 only, while
the populist vote had fallen off by $4,000.
But a more certain index OF recent political
changes in Nebraska Is afforded by a COM
parison of the 1892 vote with that of 1894,
when a governor was chosen, and the total
vote was almost exactly the same as that
cast in the last presidential year. The
comparison is worth studying:
1872 ........,.. # |sSS'$!t '$sH:%}SS' s$ sss'9$es R% -
This stalwart democratic residue Of 1000
votes, lmpregnable to populist attack and
resisting all temptation even to fuse with
the Nebraska populists for temporary pur-
poses, is the nucleus for a sound money
democratic vote this year, which, IL cast
directly for Mckinley. ma save the state
from Organism. Omaha and Lincoln and
the other larger towns of Nebraska are
centers for the dissemination of honest
money doctrine. Our Information is that
the silver wave is receding. Nowhere are
the lightness of MIR. Bryan's amiable, Thes-
plan character and the incapacity of his
intellect for important leadership more aC-
%curately understood thanh by his neighbors.
II the republican campaign committee will
do its full duty in Nebraska, and the honest
money democrats there will subordinate
partisanship to patriotism for the sake of
crushing out this portentous evil finally and
forever at the November election, Bryan
can be defeated in Bryan's own state.
We therefore strongly advise Brother
Mark Hanna to mark Nebraska well up in
his list of states wherein activity is es-
pecially desirable.
We advise Brother Bynum to regard Ne
braska as a state where no especial effort
should be made to induce honest money
to vote for those excellent can
Palmer and Buckner.
We advise the honest money democrats
of the state, whether they are Z, 900 or 10, 1000
or 20. 1000 in number. to forego the luxury
of voting for the third ticket, and to mass
their conscientious SURFACES for once upon
a republican candidate for president of the
United States.
The prize is worth the sacrifice. On to
Lincoln, brethren!