The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-30
THE issue IN NEBRASKA
Representative Stark's Views of
the Political Situation.
He Declares That the People of His
Section of the Country DO Not In
tend Tint an Empire Shall BE
Built on the Ruins of This Repub-
Observation-Disclosures rs Republicans.


would be Il, 900. Bryan's plurality in 1896
was 1856. The number of votes cast for
Palmer and Buckner was 2,ss5 1t is esti-
mated that 80 per cent of these votes will
be cast for Bryan and Stevenson.
THE paramount issue said Mr.. Stark,
with tle people of Nebraska and with the
people of the nearby States, is imperialism
They do not want to see an empire built
on the ruins of this Republic. They Will
vote against that. Fusion was never in
better shape than it is today. In the mat
ter of that d-Road convention it has been
shown that majority of the delegates
were Republicans incorporating as Popu-
lists. 1t has been shown that they were
given railroad transportation. and 1t was
promised TO them that their hotel bills
would be paid. 1t was a Republican
scheme to promote discord. But 1t failed
Mid-Rond PopuIists Scarce.
There are practically no so-called Mid
Road Populists in Nebraska or in that part
Of the country. They are Republicans with
perhaps here and there conscientious
| man whom they have deluded Fifteen
thousand majority is the least that Bryan
will get. 1t win probably be much more
The Peoples Independent Party Is the
only party which will nominate men for
high public Office who DO not happen to
be members of that party With US prin-
ciple is everything. and the political am
billions of men nothing. When the Demo-
Gratis at Kansas City refused to-nominate
Towne, our party felt aggrieved, but when
our people read the platform they saw
that it made for good government, ard
Adlai Stevenson was accepted the Vice
Presidential candh.@-s. When the two wo-
men in the story appeared before Solomon
each claiming as her own the same babe.
IT was the real mother who was willing
to give up the child rather than have it
die
Here is the introduction TO our plat
form: The Peoples Party of the United
States, in convention assembled. congrat-
uIating its supporters on the wide extern
sion of its principles in all directions, does
hereby reaffirm its adherence to the fun
damental principles proclaimed in its two
prior platforms and calls upon all who
desire to avert the subversion of free in
stitutionS by corporate and imperialistic
power to unite with it in bringing the
Government back TO the ideals of Wash
ington. Jefferson. Jackson, and Lincoln
Isn't that fair?
The Situation in Kansas.
I'm Kansas the situation is very much
the same AZ III Nebraska, and / feel quite
assured thu this State will cast its vote
for Bryan ard Stevenson.
In South Dakota the same conditions
appear to prevail. but not in such pro-
Eounced degree as in Kansas. There are
great many miners in South Dakota
and | do not know personally just how
they feel. though IL is reported that in the
main they are for Bryan
Representative Stark is one of the few
men in Congress who, after controversy
with Mr., Grosvenor. has come away IN
scathed. Mr.. Stark is not,a talking mem
ber but he is an advocate and judge of
long experience, and always makes his
presence felt in a debate in which he
takes part .-
On Friday. February 20, when the House
in Committee of the Whole had under con-
siGeration the bill ito regulate the trade
of Porto Rico" Mr. Grosvenor criticised
Mr.. Bryan. Santa Claus" as Mr. Gros-
venOr has been named by fellow mem
bers said in part:
Last fall. in the campaign in Nebraska. the
members Of Nebraska regiment criticised the
conduct of Colonel Bryan in resigang and COM
ing home, and good deal Of ieeriug and laugh
ter was going the State, and the lieutcn-
ant colonel Of is regiment wrote a letter, which
was widely published in Nebraska explaining why
the cUl1nel resigned and came nome. He said
that he tthe colonel had information that there
was critica danger that the treaty with Spain
would be defeated, and he fed f.om his regiment
aud came here a patriotic duty to secure
vote or " in favor of ratification. And he
cured one r more. One Senator at least who was
opposed 70 ratification when he came voted for
the ratification and made il the supreme law of
the lant. And his followers everywhere are
coming before the people OF the country and say
ing that It IS a condition into which the country
has been thrown By the act OF the Republican
party.
a Challenge to GrosyenOr.
Mr.. Stark was the member of the Ne
braska delegation to challenge Mr. Gros-
venor He said:
ON hearing the remarks of the dis
tinguished gentleman from Ohio in re-
lation to conditions in my home State
with which l am perfectly familiar, and
noting that he is greatly in error in re-
lation thereto, l consider it a duty to let
the facts be known.
The reputation OF the gentleman from
Ohio for fairness and mathematical &C
curacy is well established Desiring to spare
him any possible modification that might
result from the reflection that the public
was acting on misleading Information pro-
mulgated by him. | respectfully ask his
attention and that of the House to certain
facts that seem to have escaped his pene-
trating scrutiny. He speaks of the res:g-
nation and home coming of Colonel Bryan
having caused a good deal of jeering and
laughter, and of his having received the
criticism of the Third Nebraska for his
action.
1T is possible that Mr.. Bryan might
have been ridiculed by certain of his OPP
ponents, no matter what course he had
seen fit to adopt but the first query of
the Thoughtful mind would be as to the
source from which the carpng proceeded.
1t is better to receive the jeers than the
cheers of some people, Men have been
known to measure the hospitality of
kindly host by the snarling of a surly cur
at the entrance OF his domicile, and this
is not always a safe guide.
"A few politicians, a handful of noisy
newspaper men. did try to arouse partisan
clamor ans popular discomfort with the ac-
ton of Colonel Bryan, but their efforts
were wholly unsuccessful. 1t may inter-
est the gentleman from Ohio to know that
an election has taken place in Nebraska
since the return of Colonel Bryan's regi-
ment. The subject upon which he speaks
and all other matters relating to national
issues have been directly passed upon by
our people.
Nest potent, grave, and reverend
seigniors from Ohio and elsewhere were
sent by the Republicans to Nebraska to
enlighten our electors and assist them in
arriving at a verdict. After full hearing
Of arguments presented, the principles rep
resented by Colonel Bryan were indicated
in eighty-fiye of the ninety counties OF our
State, and the Fusionists increased their
m "a ~ IN