Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-15
THE STING or iNgRArIrrDE.

| The STING or INGRATtT UDE.
How sharper than the serpents
tooth it is to have a thankless child"
But the wisdom Of the great poet
could not have known the real fangs of
the Shiny reptile of ingratitudc as eX-
emplfed in Nebraska politics. Could
! he but return TO life and share the
| lacerated feelings Of n deeply disap.
! pointed would.be senator perhaps he
might gain a faint conception of the
! painful wounds attributed to ''the sting
of ingratitude"
What ingratltude, oh, .countrymen!
How sad to contemplate.
Think Of the ingratitude of Allen and
his failure to appreciate the proud priv
ilege accorded him to invest a whole
years senatorial salary in dead World
Herald stock. Why should he insist on
taking n place that can be properly
filed only by man educated abroad
and versed in the table etiquette prac-
ticed by lords and dukes in foreign
capitals? What audacity for him to try
TO represent the plain people of Ne
braska at Washington when they might
and should have had as their envoy
plenipotentiary kid-gloved silk-tled
and gold-monocled nabJb bred to the
life and imbued with natural-born
disposition to hob-nob with royalty and
plutocracy.
Think of the ingrat titude of Holcomb.
What base betrayal of trust to go back
on the man who worked up his price
to the munificent figure of STJ per two
editorial columns. knowing the high
value set upon his friendship. how
could he turn his back on his great ben
efactor?
Think of the base ingratitude of
Stark and Robinson and Neville and
Sutherland How could they forget
that, but for the labors of Hitchcock,
instead of being in congress they would
still be in the swamp OF political OBJ
livion like unto Moses before Pharaoh's
daughter found him?
Think of the ingratitude of Smyth, the
trust-smasher How could he have
come within even talking range to
the assistance of the newspaper mega
phone to call them in and later to ring
his praises?
Think of the ingrattude of Poynter
That he should so obscure the luster of
his reign by taking up IL mental and
physical pgmy like Allen and ignoring
the radiant effiorescence of the haloed
idol of all sik-stocking gentry. That
he should be SO blind to his own inter
ests as to fail TO see in Nebraska's
greatest nobleman the only son who
could shed glory on the state.
But, alack and alas! Think of the
vile ingratitude of Bryan. What NOR
hideous migrate could be pictured?
Bryan-who was once honored by the
consignment of his wretched editorials
to the columns of the great hyphenated
organ instead of to the wastebasket,
where they belonged. Bryan-who was
allowed to use the World -Herald's press
pass free gratis for nothing to re-
port the last republican national con
vention. Bryan-who was graciously
permitted to collect his pay for services
performed in the shape of World Herald
editorial mileage. Bryau-who was
nominated for the presidency by the
sole and unaided efforts of Hitchcock
and Metcalfe. Bryan-who was given
special press representative on each
of his campaign-speaking tours. Bryan
whose denomination on the national
ticket can be blocked at any moment by
the simple withdrawal of the World
Herald's support. Bryan-the migrate
of ingrates.
oh, Shakespeare-tho dids't but tell
half the tale.