Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-01
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& Eed 6f4Coks upon the other side has
9e<n ID refer iii sneering tones to Ne
praslSa The fact that Nebraska gave
gee n{ ajority in the last election
esainst the Republican ticketseems to
kankle il the breasts OF some Of the
Eentleme4 upon the other side Of this
ne gentleman from Washington
1Mr; Cushman) stated that he was one
<ime resident of our State, and
IN &c 2 loss to understand why he
now manifests so much of bitterness
LoMard our citizens. What measure of
2Nenraska's far-famed hospitality was
denied to him while he dwelt within
me Oorders of our State that upon
leaving our soil he should carry within
ms bosom much of venom and
should waitflntil he stands upon this
moor IN orderAo give it utterance?
He also statsd, If I remember his
aanguags correstly-
That we stated out in the cam
paael Of 1896, alter having reduced the
peope to a co'hition of poverty and
eistrss, by giving to the country
brand-new soap bubble, filled with Ne
braska wind and that we in Nebraska
wanted the American people to chase
shat bubble off over another financial
and industrial precipice"
The gentleman is mistaken as to
the facts in the case. The BUBBLE to
which he refers as coming from Ne
braska was not furnished by the Demo-
cratic party and was not product of
our State. The soap out Of which the
bubble was formed came out Of the
Republican Congressional campaign
Tund. The wind came from every
Were. It is true it started from
Nebraska, and as that bubble Of Repub-
lican soap arose the Nebraska breezes
lifted it higher and higher. 1t passed
from out the boundaries Of our State
and was carried to the far Northwest
It touched the earth for the first time /
at Tacoma, Wash, and from there re-
bounded and lifting higher and higher
ut scared eastward in its course until
1t landed In the Capitol of the nation,
and just exploded in this hall Wednes-
day afternoon when the gentleman
from Washington arose to speak.
slaughter and applause.)
/ The endurance of this immense bub-
bile proved that plenty of soap was
used in its formation; but to fill that
Anighty bag of wind was such drain
uNpon the resources of Nebraska that
wy have had neither cyclone, blizzard.
ndr tornado since it lifted its dis
tended fsides and sailed from the bor-
ders of our State.
Thejgentleman said that he lived in
Nebraska number of years ago, and
in spanking of William ]. Bryan, said
Yes, Mr.. Chairman, know him as
well as though | had been through
him with lantern"
Why, the gentleman from Washing
ton is so small, compared with the man
whom he assails that his going
through MIR. Bryan with a lantern"
i from an intellectual standpoint, could
be likened only to a lightning bug
wandering through the vast recasses
/Of the mighty Mammoth Cave of Ken
lucky. daughter and applause.)
The gentleman further said in his
remarks that he had heard Mr.. Bryan
speak from the rear end OF freight
train in 1896; that Mr. Bryan address
ed. a cnawd. first from one side of the
car and then from the other" and /
infer that the gentleman from Wash
ington was, on that occasion, in the
same situation as the Republican party
OF to-day is upon the question of
ainances on both sides of the track at
the same time, trying to get within the
biggest crowd.
He refers, however, in sneerinp
tones to the fact that the train from,
which Mr.. Bryan was speaking was
ffeight train, as if that fact in itself
Was q disgrace. If Bryan was sneak
ing from freight train, it was be-
cause he was using at the same time
one of the means of travel provided
by the railway companies for the GEN
eral public in many parts of the West
He was not then and is not now. thank
God, the favorite and choice of trusts
and railway mdSudteS, and his fare
was paid at the rate of three cents per
mile and paid by himself applause
We have long since learned in
Nebraska that all good to the common
Ae0ple does not come from gentlemen
Tho ride In special trains and palace
s,aches, furnished by campaign con
Aibutions from the great trusts and
Expectations. What matters it whetb-
truth be spoken from the front plat
I'm f,f nalace car or from the ro,,