The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-08-08
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discussed there has always been heard
the chorus of mixed voices-"He is
such an honest man" Here in Lincoln
we have looked upon his face and we
have seen that It is good, and we nave
sa,uted him as one who has succeeded
in mixing p,ety with politics.
Our fellow citizen who bangles three
presidential nominations from ms pei'
MAYER took a penny that did not De-
,on, tn him. We are sure of that. he
never had a part, personally, IN any
,ohberv or corruption. He has heid
nm his head among men. and gone ms
way serene i'm the confidence OF recii-
.,,ae II Is a pleasure to be able to say
that I'm his private life. Mr.. Bryan mas
ALWAYS been and is a man OF unpiem-
ished reputation man of clean haoi.s
and moral impulses.
But in the present cr1sis the aues
sion at issue is not any one mans pri-
vate character Mr.. Bryan ana MI
Mckinley might be men Of exemplary
narsonal conduct and yet totally. shock
inely unfit for the discharge OF the I'M
nortant duties of chief executive oi
this nation. What IL Mr.. Bryans pri-
x-.ta life has been blameless, II the
.,.a,a NJ his official and public acts ana
,,,tarances has been in the direction OF
palpable dishonesty? An honest man
Is one who is fair in his dealings WIN
others: Just. frank, sincere-one VINO
is equitable. rightful. honorable. Lei
ne consider the brief public career OF
this man for whom extravagant claims
of honesty are made
Mr.. Bryan. as appears elsewhere IN
this issue of The Courier. was gwen
his first prominence by Mr.. j. Sterling
Morton. As soon as he got on his Feet
the first thing he did was to turn from
his benefactor. He secured a further
advancement from the element of the
democratic party represented by MI.
uarwood Once elected to congress.
he deliberately set himself in opposi-
tjou to the element of democracy tnat
made him what he was he was
elected to congress and paid a salary
of S. coo per year for representing the
neople of the first Nebraska district.
Did he do what he was paid TO DO!
Twenty thousand dollars for an eie-
vator in the government building IN
this city that has long since ceased 10
run, Will any one pretend to say that
Mr.. Bryan did any one thing for his
constituents in his four years in con-
gress. save secure a miserable appro-
priation for a usless and now disused
elevator? Mr.. Bryan made speeches
in Philadelphia and elsewhere, but
that was not what he was paid for.
Early in his congressional career Mr..
Bryan placed his ear to the ground and
imagined he heard the roar of
coming tide of tariff reform. And he
straightway rushed headlong into the
advocacy of free trade. The people of
this section of the state well remember
how the young man eloquent strobe
the roetrum brandishing butcher
knives in one hand and waving the
red flag of-fiannel in the other. As
soon as he observed a change in
public opinion he dropped free trade
as he had before dropped the men
who made him. and turned to the new
fad that promised to obtain a hold on
emotional humanity. We know his
connection with the cause of free silver
Mr.. Bryan for four years has been a
populist masquerading as a democrat.
He has straddled two parties in
manner that does violence to the true