The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-03
OUT IN NEBRASKA.
How Bryan Demoralized the Demo
 cratic Party.
Nashville American.

NdSilVlIle American.
 AS everybody knows MT. William J. | Bryan lives in Lincoln. Neb., and 1t is in that town that he publishes his weekly paper, Tho Commoner. It is perhaps not so we'll known that MT. J. Sterling Nor ton. who was Secretary of Agriculture under Cleveland. and who lives in Ne braska City. Neb.. also publishes a/week- ly paper. Mir. Morton, who is an old newspaper man. calls his paper The Con- servative. and very bright paper 1t is. as its name would indicate. It is need less to say no Damon and Pythias friend | ship exists between MT. Morton and MT. Bryan. or that the former is ever likely to be entertained in the latter's barn. On October 4, 1S93 the Democrats of Nebraska held State convention in Lin | coln which was largely attended They adopted a platform. containing the fol- lowing plank, by vote of to 1:
 We. the representatives of the Demo- cratic party in Nebraska. in State Con- vention assembled. send hearty greetings | to our President. Grover Cleveland, and renew the expression of our confidence | and pride in his patriotism, courage and | wisdom. We heartily endorse the admin | istration of President Cleveland. We re- affirm the truths so forcibly set forth in l his message to the special session of Con- | gress. We favor his recommendations to | Congress therein made for the repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sher- man act, and we call upon the United I ing bill for the prompt and unconditional | repeal of that vicious law.
 | The Conservative recites the fact of the adoption of the platform, and then pro- | ceeds to apply the harpoon to the un-
 loved editor of it's reptilian contempo. | rary after this fashion:
 Then there arose from the benches of
 the minority in that convention flaming
 auence, deciared that If the Democratic | party, after you go home. indorse your | action, and this becomes their sentiment | I want to promise that will go out and l serve my country and my God under some
 other name. if go alone"
 During the eight years which have
 skipped over the earth since that proph'
 ecy of apostasy was made, the Demo,
 lacies of finance to which that apprentice
 in the business of forecasting tho future
 then adhered. The only certified prophecy
 of Colonel Bryan on record Is the ono
 presaging his own apostasy from a De.
 mocracy which believed ifl and advocated
 honest money. The Democrats of all the
 United States indorsed that resolution
 twice, by repudiating all persons and par
 ties who antagonized its avowals-fron
 Presidential candidates to Constables.
 The emotional declaration that I will
 go out and serve my country and my
 God under some other name was demon.
 Strated to be entirely truthful bv the ac'
 ceptance of the nomination for the Pres.
 idency of the National Populist party
 first at St. Louis in 1896, and second al
 Sioux Falls in 1900 In those educationa
 campaigns the tremendous and eloouent
 efforts of the apostate from the princi
 ples of Jackson and Benton proved that however eXhortive and emotional a citi
 Zen may become in hiS appeals for votes
 8 majority of American ballots Is deter
 mined by patriotism. not partysm. by
 reasoning and not by ranting. No mar
 can render a greater service to his coun trymen than that man who proves in two campaigns that majority of the Amer
 ican people love honor and honesty square dealing and integrity, better thai [. | they love mere party success
 Where are the other prophecies mad that day by the same adolescent Elijah In declaiming as to the free coinage O
 silver on that day-October f. 1S9S-did h.
 not stridently proclaim: If I am right lieve I am right-I will triumph yet al
 though you downed me a hundred times. And has he kept tally? Can he tel , how nearly to hundred times in Stat and natiopal politics ne has since bee "downed?" How now under the leader ship of the twice nominated candidat for the Presidency of the National Popu
 list party is the Democracy of Nebras l ka? Where are it's trophies? Where 1t consolation for having-without fear an Is solace found in having surrendere principles for the possibilities of politics
 places?
 ) "ln what State in the Republic ar ! found benefits and sound fruit from tha apostasy? Is there a Democratic Cover nor anywhere in the NorthF Is there | better organization anywhere among tn , people and more hope of success for hon est administration, for economy and cor ) science in the management Of public al , fairs because of the apoStste and his ora tions? Who, aside from the chief of tn . apostasy. has been uplifted, benefited b